Chapter 4

Attention: PJO and all things like that belong to Rick Riordan!

Percy's POV:

I got back to camp. I passed a kid who was just sleeping. I go over to him and help him up. He looked at me and said thanks, but he looked a little confused.

"Why were you sleeping behind here?" I asked. It is a kinda weird thing to do during the day... "Shouldn't you be with Nico? He's at the infirmary."

"Oh yeah," he says. "See ya Perce."

"See ya Will," I said, "Oh wait, it's lunch time. Nico will catch up with us I'm sure"

OK that was a little really strange. If that makes any sense. Will doesn't fall asleep, that's that other kids job. He's always asleep. I can't even think of his name. My brain is just going haywire. I think it's time to go get something to eat. I haven't had anything all day. Oh I bet they still have some blue pancakes! I think. But as I'm walking I can't help but think something is watching me. I turn around, but there is nothing there. Psshh I'm just as bad as Annabeth now. Also, Will is looking at me kinda strange.

"What are you looking at?" He asks.

"What? Oh...nothing" I say.

Nico's POV: (previously in the day)

I grab some bandages and reach for the ambrosia bottle. I don't even see it. Also, where is Will? He is supposed to be helping me with all this crazy hospital shit. I may be a son of Hades, but I don't like to see this stuff. I reach for the ambrosia again, and I finally look over to see that there is actually nothing there. That's weird. It was just there a second ago. I go to the cabinet and get a spare, but I look over and I think I see...Annabeth? She is running at like the speed of light. I barely even catch a glimpse of her before she's gone. I think she looked in my direction... uhhh...

I patch up the kids arm and move on to the next person. Where is Will when I need him? I focus on the next patient, but Annabeth running like that, it keeps nagging at me. That isn't possible. I don't want to think about what I just saw, but I will probably tell Percy anyway. Oh...I have to tell Percy. I guess Will will come with me. That's a good idea. yeah.

It's lunch time and I'm still in here. I patch up the last kid and send them on their way. I'm walking when I see Will and Percy. Perfect timing. I wait till they are closer.

"Hey Percy, have you seen Annabeth lately?" I asked. He shrugged. He's such a bad liar.

"Also, Will, where have you been? I was stuck with all the patients and the other doctors were like totally lost without you dude."

"Uhh...sorry," he says, "I guess I just kinda dosed off." he rubbed his neck and I saw two distinct little marks on him. I look at him really close. No pale skin, well duh, he'd already be dead from this much sun. No red eyes, guess that's good, and hmmm doesn't look like he's got a thing for blood, considering I have some on me when one of the patients arms started to bleed. Still, he was bitten I think.

This isn't right. Annabeth can't run at that speed. Yeah she is athletic, but people didn't even see her. Being a child of Hades, there are certain...perks...that come with it. I can see people who are alive, dead, or uhhh...undead. And Annabeth shouldn't be the latter.

Percy's POV:

Will is still pretty weak so me and Nico have to help him. Great. Will isn't fat, but he's kinda like Jason, kinda built up. I don't even get that, he's a medical dude, not even in battle training. But hey whatevs.

"Hey Percy have you seen Annabeth lately?"Nico asks. How does he know? I can't let him in on it. I just shrug, hoping that more or less diffuses the situation. Annabeth is kinda a touchy subject right now.

I run through the events today. First she comes out of nowhere and is all like loving, which I am totally happy for, but then she just runs away. And then there was that whole forest thing. Once I said the last few things the creature just like...vanished. And then there was that carving in the tree? Was Annabeth there? Why didn't she help me? God this is super confusing.

Will's POV: (Previously in the day)

I wonder how Nico is doing in the infirmary. He is a child of Hades, but there is a difference between a dead body and a living, almost dead body. He's probably freaking out. I better go-

"Ugh argghhhhh...mmmppphhh"

**Knocked Out**

"Will...will..Hey WIll," somebody said.

I open up an eye and I see it's Percy. He asks me what I was doing sleeping behind the building. I literally can't for the life of me think why. He asks me if I should be with Nico and I suddenly remember I'm supposed to be working at the infirmary. Oh crap. But Percy just says it's time for lunch. We go and I see Nico come along.

All of a sudden though, I get this kinda pain in my neck. I rub it which makes it feel kinda better. But Nico is looking at me. I think he's looking at my neck...

"Uhh Nico? SOmething the matter?" I ask.

"What, uh no, everything is just fine," He says. He gives me that sheepish grin and that's how I know he's lying. Nico and Percy both have to help me get to lunch since, for some reason I feel really weak. But once we got there Nico and I went to our own table.

Percy's POV:

I walk into the lunch room and I spot Jason, Piper, and... Leo?! And is that Calypso with him? I come over to the table and also see Frank and Hazel and Reyna! A smile creeps onto my face and I can't help but rush over to Leo and give him a big fat hug. Calypso just looks at me like I'm crazy so I give her a big fat hug as well. Frank said that things were going really well at Camp Jupiter, so they left some other people in charge and decided to visit. I just thought that was so cool.

"How did this happen?" I asked.

Leo fills me in on how everything went down when we basically destroyed Gaea. I can't believe he died and came back.

"That is like one of the most badass things I have ever heard," I said. He gave a shrug and then wrapped his arms around Calypso. That made me think of Annabeth. Let's not go there I told myself.

"Hey, where is Annabeth anyway?" Jason asked. I really didn't want to talk about it but I guess I had to. I told them, kind of in a nutshell what happened beginning at last night to now.

"Dude, that is like really strange," said Frank. Hazel didn't speak. I could tell the gears were turning.

"Yeah, she like carved into a tree this message for me. It said that I should meet her tonight," I said.

"You need some back up?" Asked Reyna. I didn't know what to say. I am comfortable with Annabeth, but what if it's a trap set by some kind of beast. Yeah, best to have some back up I thought.

"Yeah let's do this thing," I said.

End of Chapter 4

Well if you are reading this, I hope it means you like the story. It's really fun writing fan fiction, not gonna lie. I've never done it before and it's actually really cool. Please leave a comment, a like or something, and some constructive criticism, but no hate.