Hey, so sorry it took me so long to update! We got a new computer and it would not let me publish, until today. It's a crappy chapter too. Again, so sorry. This is from the Camp Halfblood perspective so enjoy!
Annabeth P.O.V
I was getting more and more anxious and worried. Percy had been missing for WEEKS now and I needed my Seaweed Brain back! But I kept it cool, only crying by myself and continuously working on the Argo II with the rest of camp. Then I realized we hadn't talked to Nico in a long time, he needed to be updated. So I headed out of my cabin, rubbing my eyes from the nap I had taken.
I saw Leo taking charge, directing everyone on what to do. I knew Jason was supposed to take the place of Percy at camp, not in my heart though I still loved him, but it seemed like Leo was taking Jason's job. While Leo almost never slept and had gotten to know everyone at camp from working on the ship, Jason took many breaks, but he was a big part of the building, and spent a lot of his time with Piper. Even though Leo felt inferior, I felt that Jason should be the inferior one. Jason was getting a majority of his memories back and he had done a lot of things. He had sent so many monsters back to tartarus, he almost beat Percy in how many monsters each had killed. Anyway, I headed over to Leo, Jason and Piper.
I was explaining to them how an I.M. worked and that we were going to talk to that son of Hades I had mentioned before. As I was talking, out of the corner of my eye I could see that a group of Aphrodite girls, Drew and her closest friends, were sitting and watching. They weren't doing any work!
"Piper, why aren't they doing anything?" I spat this out, the Argo needed to be finished soon.
"I had already tried to get them to help, along with Jason, Leo and well, half of camp. They are pissing everyone off," Piper spat that out just as bitterly as I had.
"Fine, whatever, they're choice. OK we are going to Iris Message Nico first, then Grover. I need someone to get me a spray bottle..." I trailed off waiting for some help.
"Alright, someone go get us a spray bottle for us to I.M. with." Some kid got up and ran over to the Big House, and came back in a few minutes with a bottle in hand. He handed it to Leo who had made the order.
"O Iris goddess of the rainbow, show us Nico, wherever he is." A slightly blurred picture of Nico came through the rainbow. The three demigods beside me looked slightly surprised by Nico's unkempt appearance but I was just used to it.
"Nico good news and bad news" He looked surprised to see me. But I guess that was because we hadn't talked in so long.
"Annabeth! What is it? Percy? No wait, hold on, who are they?"
"Oh, this is Jason, Son of Jupiter and Leo, son of Hephaestus, a fire-user, then Piper, daughter of Aphrodite. They are part of the great prophecy and Jason is Roman, not Greek. There is another camp somewhere around San Francisco for Roman demigods. That is where Percy is! But he has lost his memory, it was taken from Hera."
"Wow, OK I'll come to camp now and you can explain everything to me. Then I will try to find the camp. I'm in the underworld so I might pass out when I get to camp." Then the messages disconnected. Again my three friends looked surprised, this time it was probably the whole "Nico passing out" thing. I gave them an explain to you later look. After a few minutes Nico was pushed out of the shadows and into my arms as he passed out. He only managed a moan before completely going limp. I carried him over to his cabin and set him down on his bed. The bed groaned loudly under his weight, but it wasn't nearly enough to wake him of his slumber. Confusion was etched on Piper, Jason, and Leo's faces. Before they could ask anything, I started explaining.
"Hold all questions to the end please. As you know, Nico is a son of Hades. One of his abilities is to Shadow Travel, like he just did, but it wears him out, a lot. So taking him to the Big House would be a waste. I'm sure that's what you were thinking, to take him to the Big House, I mean. He was out searching for Percy, and the Underworld is a good place to look. He is only 13 despite how much older he looks. Well, actually he is a lot OLDER than he looks," I chuckled there, it reminded me of old times. And the looks on their faces were priceless. "He is actually over e-" I jumped as Nico cut me off.
P.O.V. Nico
"I'm really about eighty years old. Hi, I'm Nico." They looked shocked and slightly scared of me. I was used to that though. But Annabeth looked happy, as happy as she could be with Percy gone. I was a mess and I'm sure she had more to worry about than I did. Then she pulled me into hug, making me feel a little better. I looked over to the other campers and the fear fell off their faces after Annabeth hugged me. I guess a hugger isn't that scary.
"O.k. explain everything." The blond started talking first.
"I'm Jason, son of Jupiter, sister to Thalia. I didn't know who I was. I met Leo and Piper and we were attacked by storm spirits and then Annabeth found us and took us back to camp. We went on a quest and rescued Hera and then I died. But Piper charm spoke me back to life. I could tell a lot more details but I think you want to hear about Percy first." He was the kid that my dad was talking about! He went to the underworld, dead, but then left alive. Huh, small world.
"Oh! Wait we should probably bring Grover here before we explain everything." Annabeth exclaimed.
"You haven't even talked to Grover yet? He must be busy with the Lord of the Wild stuff." I was surprised and kind of touched. They called me first, when Grover is Percy's best friend! But, I got over my feelings quickly as we raced to do another I.M.
"O Iris, goddess of the rainbow. Show me Grover, wherever he is," Annabeth seemed anxious to talk to him. Then Grover game through the rainbow. He was eating a tin can up in a tree with and he looked really tired. "Grover, hey it's Annabeth and Nico and other people you don't know!"
Grover jumped, almost falling out of the tree, but a particularly pretty dryad appeared and helped him back into position. "Hi, guys I've been looking really hard for Percy, but I can't find him anywhere." He looked concerned but also happy to see us. Then while Annabeth was telling Grover to come to camp, I heard mumbling from the trio next to me. "Why is the first thing everyone says about the Percy Jackson kid? They haven't even told us what he did that was so important. I mean I saw a picture of him and he looked nice, but what do we really know?" The blond kid Jason was saying. I was getting mad, I mean Percy, along with Luke and all of the campers that died, was a hero.
"I don't know Jason," this time it was the Hispanic kid, Leo, "I mean you were supposed to replace him as leader of camp. He had to be pretty wicked. Let's just meet Grover, I hope he doesn't have any scary surprises, like Coach Hedge." Annabeth heard the last part because Grover was on his way now. He was arriving on Pegasus.
"Actually he does have a surprise like Coach Hedge, Grover is also a satyr. But he is also Lord of the Wild." She turned to me, "do you remember the Labyrinth? Those were some pretty depressing times. I remember when," her smile fell,
"...Percy, blew up Mount St. Helen.
"Wait, that was Percy?" The girl, Piper, exclaimed. "My dad and I freaked out because no one knew it was going to blow."
"Yup, that was him, but I didn't really like Percy at that point. It was a little after Bianca died and I blamed him, even though she sacrificed herself to save everyone. Bianca was my sister. I guess I can explain everything when they explain everything.
O.O.O.O 3rd person
Everyone heard yelling. As they looked up to the sky and saw a satyr riding a Pegasus. He touched down to the ground, the tension disappeared into thin air. The satyr looked at the Latino son of Hephestus and said, "Hey, I think I know you.
Leo P.O.V.
As soon as the goat dude, Grover, said that I realized I did know him. He had helped me once while I was on the run. He gave me some food and directions to a safe place for people like me, but I didn't know what people like me meant. I thought he meant runaways, but now I know he meant demigods. But I didn't trust him enough to make my way here. He said he would take me there himself but he had very important things to do and he thought I could make it on my own. Of course I did, eventually.
"Yeah, I remember you," I answered, "You helped me once. You told me to come here, but I didn't follow your directions. I really want to get to the explaining though, I mean so much suspension."
Then Annabeth answered, "Yeah dinner will start soon. Um, we should bring me Nico, you three, Grover, Clarisse, and that's it I think." And with that we made our way to the camp fire but nothing was lit. The little girl that is normally there wasn't this time.
Grover spoke first, taking me out of my thoughts. "Well um, it started when I was looking for demigods in the school Percy went to. Eventually we made our way here and he beat the minotaur with his bear hands." Then he smiled at Annabeth. "Not that I remember very much, I was unconscious during most of the fight. Then he was taken to Annabeth who nursed him back to health. He beat Clarisse in a fight and was claimed by Poseidon. Then Zeus' master bolt was taken and the gods blamed Percy. He was sent on a quest to find it with Annabeth and I."
"Wow," Jason responded,"He beat the minotaur with his bear hands? He was that good? How much training did he have?" Awe was plastered on his, Piper's and probably my own face. I could tell Jason was not as good as Percy.
"None," Annabeth responded. "But he also did so much more than that." She went on explaining, everyone putting in their two cents. We were the perfect audience, gasping, laughing and Piper even cried at the right places. As devastated as Annabeth looked, she held herself together. She was one strong girl. Even Clarisse looked sad, even though she had stated more than once that she hated Percy. I thought he was an amazing demigod. I don't remember Jason saying stuff as cool as going into the labyrinth or fighting a god and winning. I felt bad for Nico who had to go through so much, but seemed like a cool person. Definitely not as scary as he was when we first met him.
O.O.O.O
It was perfect timing, as soon as we were done with explaining and planning for the Argo II the dinner bell rang. Now I know why Percy was sorry IS so important and we know what we are doing after we are done with the Argo II. I just hope we can find Percy.
Jason is my least favorite character so I kinda bashed him a little. Sorry Jason lovers! Very sorry for all the crappieness and the very late update.
