Hey there! Umm. . . Sorry? Yea I know that doesn't cut it since I haven't update in so long. I was on vacation for 2 weeks. And before that I had this HUGE synchronized swimming event that my team hosted and so I had a lot to work to do. My June went like this: swim; swim; swim; paperwork for meet; swim some more. This HUGE event I speak of was actually Nationals. I would say it went pretty well. I mean, hey, I got to stand on a podium; I'm happy. And then on vacation, I actually wrote a lot of this. In my head, at least. I spent a lot of time in Poseidon's, my dad's, territory. [The beach] and had a lot of time to mull things over in the water. [Anybody catch that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire reference? I know that it's actually mull things over in the hot water, but the ocean wasn't hot. . . Anyway, I just finished the 4th Harry Potter book for the 2nd time (: I'll shut up now. Well thanks so much for reading this! Please review! It makes me unbelievably happy! :D

And enjoy this story of which I do not own.

Oh I forgot to say: sorry if characters are OOC. I'm trying.

Now, enjoy! [Did anybody actually read that whole thing? If you did, tell me in a review!]

Annabeth POV

"Are you sure you don't want to have a Senate Meeting, Reyna?" Jason asked the former.

"No! She's not!" Octavian tried to protest, but he was ignored.

"Yes, I'm sure," Reyna half-said, half-sighed. I could tell she wasn't happy about there not being and official decision and everything, but everyone knew that the sooner the 7 left and (attempted to) save the world, the better.

Currently, the seven were all packed and ready to go, standing by the Argo II. We were pretty much just wrapping things up. And, let's be honest, stalling just a bit. Yes, I know, I just stressed how important it was for us to leave soon, but it was apparent that most everyone was nervous. Seven demigods to save the world? I guess one could say that it was better circumstances than a normal quest, which would only be a party of three demigods. Like Percy's first quest to retrieve Zeus's Lightning Bolt. But that was a bolt. This is seven demigods against Gaea and the giants. The last time I took part in saving the world, we had an army of about 40, plus the Hunters or Artemis. Somehow, seven just wasn't a very pleasing number.

Anyway, the only person that didn't look nervous was the savior of Olympus, my boyfriend, Percy Jackson. His expression was calm and collected, yet fierce and determined at the same time. Of course, I knew him better than that. I might have been the only person that knew Percy well enough to know that he's just being a strong leader. On the inside, he was probably having a panic attack.

Then I looked over at Jason. He was saying goodbye to some of his Roman friends. To be honest, I felt bad for the guy. He was the other leader on this quest, and he still hasn't even gotten all of his memories back. On the ride to Camp Jupiter, I could tell it really bothered him that not all of his memories were clear, or even back.

Jason was trying to do what Percy was doing; playing the strong and fearless leader part. Trying was the key word there. It's not like he was trembling, like Hazel kind of was. It was the fear and nervousness evident in his eyes.

This fear and nervousness was also evident in Hazel, Frank, Leo, and Piper's eyes. Maybe mine, too, but I hope not.

From what Percy has told me in the short time that we have been reunited, I have gathered that Frank and Hazel had only been on one quest before; which was with Percy. And I knew that this would only be Leo and Piper's second quest, too.

It suddenly hit me just how low our chances of success and survival were. I mean, sure, I'd contemplated the odds. But it somehow seemed more real now, about to embark on the actual journey. It's going to be okay, I told myself. After all, I have Percy now.

"Hey Jason," Percy called. "As much as I hate to break up the moment, we really have to go now." He had a slightly apologetic look on his face now.

"I know I'm coming," Jason replied, looking almost longingly at Gwen and Dakota.

The seven made their way up the gangplank. Jason, Hazel, and Frank hesitated a bit at the top, taking one last look at their home, before turning their backs on it and joining everyone else on deck.

I could just make out Reyna saying "Good luck," and before I knew it the camp was out of sight.

I couldn't stop thinking about New Rome. Demigods could live to be old. Marry and have families. . . Let's just say that even a daughter of Athena can daydream.

[AN: I was going to end it here, but I'm going to write more as an apology for not updating.]

I turned away from the railing, and saw that everybody was just kind of milling around, talking, and trying not to think about our responsibility for the possible end of the world.

I then looked to Percy. He was separate from everyone else, on the other side of this huge ship. I could tell that his muscles were tight and tense. He was gripping the railing so hard his knuckles were white. I couldn't blame him though. Poseidon's kid in Zeus's territory—not exactly the best idea. But I thought everything would be fine since Jason was on board.

Speaking of which, the others were noticing Percy from across the deck, too.

"Hey Percy!" Jason called. Percy turned around and raised his eyebrows in a way that clearly meant "Yes?" "Don't worry about being in the air and stuff. I don't think Jupiter- or Zeus, whatever- will blast us out of the sky with me on board." Jason said with a small smile.

"Yeah I hope not," Percy replied nervously. "It's just that some gods don't really like me, as in, have voted for my death. Including Zeus."

The next thing that happened was odd, and rid me of all respect I had for Zeus/ Jupiter.

[AN: ooooohhh cliffy! Just kidding, I'm not going to end it here. I almost did though.]

A lightning bolt shot out of the clear, cloudless, blue sky.

And hit Percy.

I was numb. Percy twitched in the electricity for a moment, before falling. Right. Over. The. Ship's. Railing. [AN: Dun dun duuunnnnn]

Di immortales, Annabeth! DO something! I thought to myself, but there was nothing I could do.

I did, however, yell, "JASON!" and it came out more strangled than I was hoping it would. Jason was already a step ahead of me though. He was sprinting toward the edge of the ship around the area Percy had been, and then he jumped right off. Hazel and Frank looked confused.

"He can fly," Piper added. Everyone was horrorstruck, but now Hazel Frank looked completely and utterly astonished, too.

I was in the lead as we ran to look over the side of the ship and looked down.

Jason POV

I saw the lightning bolt hit Percy, and I knew that it was my dad. I didn't really actually process anything though. I let my instincts take over as I ran over to the other side of the ship and jumped off.

It wasn't exactly hard to spot Percy. The hard part was getting to him. He was, clearly, unconscious. So instead of flailing around like Piper did when falling in the Grand Canyon, he shot straight down like a bullet.

I would say that Percy and I were probably about the same size, and I'm no child of Athena, but unless I somehow magically sped up, then he would hit the ground before me. Thank the gods we were already pretty high up. Still though, I had to get a move on.

I had never tried getting the air to push me down to make me go faster. I'd always wanted to go upwards. But I guess there's a first for everything.

So I concentrated on the air pushing me down and making me faster in order to catch up with Percy. In a matter of seconds, I had grabbed Percy's ankle and was on my way back.

It didn't go unnoticed that electricity was still racking his body every couple seconds. This was not good.

I went up as fast as I could, and upon reaching the ship, I flew over everyone and landed in the middle of the deck, laying Percy down gently. I looked up and saw how scared everyone looked. Electricity was still coursing up and down Percy's body.

"Nectar and ambrosia," Annabeth said. Hazel was closest to the stairs that go below deck and she ran off to get the godly food. Seconds later, she had reappeared, supplies in hand. Annabeth had knelt down next to Percy, and I was on his other side. Frank was next to Annabeth and Piper and Leo were standing at Percy's feet.

Annabeth poured a little bit of nectar down Percy's slightly open mouth. I then gently turned him over, since I'm the only one immune to lightning, and we all saw an angry red mark on Percy's back, under his right shoulder blade. [ AN: I'm not sure if lightning actually would leave a mark on someone's body if they were struck by lightning, but if anybody watched Avatar: The Last Airbender, then they would know that in that show, it left a scar. So that's what I'm going by, sorry if that is incorrect.]

It seemed everyone, even the genius daughter of Athena, was shocked. So I acted. I picked Percy up and brought him below deck as fast as I could.

AN: So I know that's kind of a weird place to end. I was going to write more, but I've been busy and I know that that's not going to change any time soon, so I decided getting this up was better than nothing. It's still my longest chapter! Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW and/or FAVORITE and/or FOLLOW! And thanks soooo much for reading! :D