Chapter Four
A.N. Thank you ssooooo much to my lovely readers! I simply adore your reviews and alerts! Once again all credit for characters and other related items belongs to Rick Riordan, the one and only! Anyhow, now we are getting to the intense part so I desperately need to know how I am doing so I know how long to make this go for! If you want me to keep writing you have to review and tell me because if I don't get at least a total of ten reviews I'll end this story short.
My knees started to buckle again as the man kept talking. Where was Annabeth? What was taking so long? Did she have a whole army with her? Then suddenly I saw something out of the corner of my eye. A girl floating on top of the waves. Annabeth. She didn't bring anyone with her? Was she supposed to defeat an entire army of nymphs by herself? She had only her knife in her hand, and she was drowning. I instinctively tired to go after her, but the bonds were as strong as ever. Annabeth looked at me with desperation; it sent a shiver down my spine. I used every ounce of strength in my being to send an air bubble to her. I would not let her drown, I had to focus. Annabeth was trying to tell me something. Queen Lieli must have noticed me getting distracted because she took my hand and placed the ring on it gently, skipping the speeches she held out her hand. I knew Annabeth had to know something I didn't. (If that made any sense.) Otherwise, why else would she have come so unarmed? I saw Annabeth get up inside the bubble, shaking her head, I willed it to come at us, as fast as was humanly possible. The queen looked at me, this time with a threatening tone to her stare. How could I get past those shimmering golden eyes?
"PERCY!" I heard Annabeth's underwater scream before anyone else. Lieli squealed for her guards to get the girl. (At least I think that's what she said.) Then I figured it all out.
"See ya babe!" I called as jumped inside the bubble. The guards were so taken aback, they stupidly let go. The queen was fuming her pretty curls bouncing as she shouted. I propelled the water above to steer us to the nearest land mass. The ocean was big, but I was not tired yet. In fact I was just getting started.
Annabeth leaned over and kissed me full on the lips.
"I'm glad you're not married seaweed brain."
"Me too." I laughed. "Okay now it's explanation time."
"Well you must have figured out by now that the reason you couldn't get away was because you were in debt to them right?" Annabeth questioned.
"Uh nope, actually I had no clue why I couldn't get away, what I wondered was why you came so unarmed, and how you got here with no boat." I countered.
"Well one thing at a time. Firstly you must have done something to offend them, because you were suddenly in their debt, that you can tell me later. Secondly I got here from a helicopter driven by my dad's old friend and I knew once you were in the bubble you would be free." She said confidently.
"So you jumped out of a helicopter into the ocean and some random mortal just let you?" I was kind of confused.
"He was my dad's friend and he wasn't a mortal, I explained on the way. I told him it was a quest to save my boyfriend." Then she pulled me in closer by my tie and kissed me with even more passion than before. "You look good in a suit." Annabeth laughed. "Even when it's two sizes too big?" I dared. "Yes," she laughed and kissed me some more "Even then." I wrapped my arms around her and we stayed that way until the water changed back into lake water and camp came into view.
A.N.2 so yeah I could leave the end at that or … I could continue with better explanations about what happened and a bubble-wreck (ship-wreck see what I did there?)To a surprise island … It's up to you guys and your reviewing skills. Love you! Bye.
