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I'm sorry for taking so long, I just realized yesterday how long it's been since I updated this story. I will try to keep this as canon as possible. I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 4!

Artemis's POV (Expect this? I didn't)

After I told Percy all of the rules to living with the hunt and where he would be staying, I left on my own to do some hunting. It always seemed to be the best way to calm down, and I needed that right now.

I was stalking a particularly large deer silently through the woods when something felt wrong. I couldn't put my finger on it, or name what was wrong, but something just felt… off.

I gave up on the deer and started my walk back towards the camp, trying to figure out what the gnawing feeling in my gut was.

It seemed to be getting more intense as the walk went on, so I sped up to a jog, and then to a slow run until I neared the edge of the clearing where our camp was. I exited the woods next to Percy's tent, but it was silent and dark. He must've gone into the center of the camp.

I walked across the clearing and between the tents into the center of the camp, and I couldn't have expected what I saw.

Percy was laying on the ground with his eyes closed with three arrows embedded in him, and a pool of blood growing around him.

Thalia was kneeling next to him, trying to get him to wake up while the rest of the hunters stood a short distance away, watching. I could see some of them had their bows out.

I ran over beside Thalia and quickly asked "What happened?"

The skin below her eyes seemed a little damp, and she quickly wiped her face with one hand before answering "Percy was standing at the edge of the clearing, and after he claimed that Zeus made him Guardian, about fifteen of the girls shot at him before I could tell them to stop. He's been unconscious for about five minutes."

"Help me move him to the infirmary tent, I'll deal with the girls later."

Thalia nodded and put her arms under Percy's knees while I picked him up by his torso. We carried him through the tent flaps into the infirmary and laid him down on a bed which was quickly stained red below him.

"Go get Britt. She's a daughter of Apollo, she should be able to help with this."

Thalia nodded again and quickly left the tent.

I pulled a hunting knife out of my sheath and used it to cut what was left of Percy's shirt out of the way. I wiped the blood away from his stomach and shoulder, looking at how deep the arrows were in.

The wounds were bleeding badly, and he still had one that was embedded in his thigh.

I put my hand on his stomach and my other gripped the arrow, then I slowly pulled the arrow out. I could hear it cutting flesh, but there wasn't another option.

The arrow came out, and the blood kept flowing without anything to get in its way. I grabbed a roll of bandages from the table next to the bed and did what I could to cover and staunch the wound while he was unconscious without hurting him more.

I quickly set the bandages back down and moved to the arrow in his shoulder, but this one was near tendons in his shoulder. If they were cut, he wouldn't be able to move his arm for months, much less swing a sword.

I gripped the arrow tightly and started to pull it out from him. Once again, I could hear the flesh being cut while the arrow was drawn back out of the wound, and a small groan escaped Percy's lips. I glanced up to see his eyes still closed, but his jaw was clenched shut. My eyes went back down to the arrow as I pulled it the rest of the way out of the wound.

I set the arrow to the side and once again bandaged the wound, somewhat stopping the bleeding.

Sweat was dripping into my eyes from the stress of the whole situation. As much apathy as I felt for men, it would still be my fault if he died from this, and killing without reason was unforgivable. I used the back of my hand to brush some of my auburn hair out of my eyes and back behind my ear, then looked to the arrow in his thigh. This one didn't look very deep, and should be easier to remove.

I used my hunting knife to cut the hole in his pants a little larger so I could remove the arrow and bandage it. I gripped the arrow and pulled it out, but this one came much easier, and didn't do as much damage. I wrapped his thigh in a bandage, and made sure his bleeding had stopped. His breathing was still jagged, but that should improve in some time. Thalia came back in with Britt, and stopped at the entrance.

"He should be fine. Britt, I need you to change his bandages occasionally to make sure they stay clean."

Britt's lip curled a little when she looked at Percy, "But he's a boy!"

"And he's under my responsibility. Killing without reason is wrong, and he wasn't lying when he said Zeus made him my Guardian."

Britt's eyes dropped when I said that, and she went to the box where were kept our most of our medical supplies, getting some more bandages and nectar.

I looked to Thalia to see that she had a look of relief in her eyes now that Percy was stable.

Suddenly, I heard a jagged gasp behind me and a hard pressure on my wrist. I quickly turned around to see Percy, half-way sitting up in bed with his mouth partially open and breathing jaggedly. He had one hand gripping my wrist, which was next to him while I was speaking with Britt, and the other was clenched into a fist so tight that his knuckles had turned white.

His eyes shot open and they seemed to be filled with pain, but more than that, terror.

It subsided quickly and he realized that he had a hold of my wrist. His face flushed and he quickly let go, saying "Lady Artemis I'm sor-" but was quickly cut off by a fit of coughing. Some blood seemed to start flowing from the corner of his mouth, so I forced him to lay back down.

"Rest."

He still looked scared, as if he thought I was going to kill him, but he did as I asked.

Once he had laid down on the bed, his eyes quickly closed and he fell asleep. His breathing was still jagged and uneven, but he was asleep.

I looked back to Britt and Thalia. "Watch him."

They both nodded and I left the tent. I had some hunters to deal with now.

Sorry again for taking so long to update this, I've been really busy with a research paper and a lot of Trigonometry homework. I hope you enjoyed, please review, and I hope to see you in the next one!