Chapter 4:Ow, ow, OW! (Annabeth's POV)

"What?"

I awoke to the sound of Percy's name being mentioned in the same sentence as an Aphrodite girl's. Not good. What was weird, was that I was staring into electric blue fabric. I decided to try and roll over onto my side to see where I was. Bad plan. It hurt like crazy. Correction, my shoulder hurt like crazy. But I had to know if Percy was ok.

"P-Percy? Hello? Anyone?" I asked. I sounded like a frog that had strep throat and was being strangles by a Cyclops. Not good. I tried to sit up, but collapsed back onto the lounge chair. "Shh! Shh. Rest up Annabeth. Just relax and try not to waste your energy." I didn't recognise that voice. I did not recognise the owner of it either. All I knew, was that he had grey eyes. Just like mine.

"You're an Athena kid?" I asked. "Yeah. Found out about a month ago." Then I recognised him.

"Marcus?" I asked. "That's me!" Marcus turned around and spoke to another kid.

"Erik! Go get Silena! Ask her how long and get her to come over here and help us out!" He yelled. About 30 seconds later Silena walked in and came over to me.

"Silena? What's going on? Where's Percy? What am I doing here?" I sounded like a lost and helpless child, but at least I didn't sound like a train wreck. "Annabeth! You can talk! Percy's on his way. He's bringing a healer from the Apollo cabin. Just wait 5 more minutes, ok?" Wow. She looked like she'd been crying. A lot.

"Stop treating me like a baby." I complained. She laughed. "It's freezing in here!" I complained. Silena walked over and put their hand on my forehead. "Hey Travis! Can we get a cool cloth over here!" Travis Stoll walked in and handed the her a cool cloth. As soon as it touched me, I felt as if I was burning up and freezing at the same time. Sweat appeared on my forehead, and I began to shiver harder. At that moment I just wanted to fall asleep. And then Seaweed Brain walked in with Will Solace.

I saw Percy push through a crowd of Athena kids to get to me. Will pushed away some of the blankets from my shoulder and unwrapped my "bandages". Percy looked ready to faint. I took a look at the cut. Now that the bleeding had stopped, I could see how deep it was. It reminded me of a bottomless pit with mouldy grass around the edge.

"Annabeth..." He choked up. He was probably thinking of how that knife had been aimed at him. But I didn't know why he looked so scared. I decided to let him know I was still alive and I remembered everything.

"Poison on the dagger." I mumbled. "Pretty stupid of my huh?" Then I heard Will breathe a sigh of relief.

" It's not so bad Annabeth." He said. " A few more minutes and we would've been in trouble, but the venom hasn't gotten past the shoulder yet. Just lie still. Somebody hand me some nectar."

All of a sudden I realised he had said so bad. SO bad. Emphasis on the so. He also told me to lie still, so I had a feeling that this was going to be painful. I closed my eyes and waited for Percy to pass Will a canteen of nectar before I grabbed his hand and got ready to squeeze the life out of it. I heard Will come over and clean the wound with nectar.

"Ow. Ow, ow!" I said. I guessed that Percy's fingers probably looked bright purple, and I didn't mind dying right then and there, but I listened to Silena's words of encouragement and didn't move. Then I felt some icky gooey stuff on my shoulder and herd some greek words being hummed. My guess was that Will was doing a hymn to his dad, Apollo. When he finished I opened my eyes and watched him put fresh bandages on me.

"That should do it." He said, as he stood up shakily. "But we're going to need some mortal supplies." He grabbed a random piece of paper and a pen. "There's a Duane Reade on Fifth. Normally I would never steal—" "I would." Travis said. Will shot him a mean look. "Leave cash or drachmas to pay, whatever you've got, but this is an emergency. I've got a feeling we're going to have a lot more people to treat." I had a feeling he was right.

Soon people began closing in around me to see if I was ok, and I was starting to feel cramped for space. "Come on guys. Let's give Annabeth some space." Thank you Travis! "We've got a drugstore to raid...I mean, visit." Bad move Travis. Bad move. Once everybody else shuffled out, I saw Jake start talking to Percy and showing him things on my shield. I figured there was no point in listening in because I was going to find out anyways, so I just lay there and tried to talk Silena out of blaming herself...