Whah haha! I debated over whether or not I should post today... I kind of wanted to leave you all hanging ... But no, I'm not that mean. Here's another chapter! Annabeth's POV, no more Percy for a while... Are there any requests for POVs, or suggestions for the story? No Jeyna or Thalico requests though, because I strongly disapprove of them. Strongly. Well enjoy the story in which I'm making Percy get hurt right now!
Disclaimer:
Mom: You never study for math! All you do is sit on fanfiction!
Me: Because it's awesome!
Mom: ARRRGGGHHH
Me: *thinks about how piratey she is, kind of like Blackbeard in the PJO boks that I don't own... Or like Leo could be now that he has a ship, in the HoO books that I don't own.. :)*
~La
VII
Annabeth
Well it had looked like Percy could handle it. He had his Achilles curse after all, why wouldn't he be able to stand up to the hellhound or the Stympallion Birds?
What she hadn't counted on was the sheer number of the birds. Also, she had forgotten just how fast they could strike. She watched Percy being harrassed by them, and felt pangs of worry. However, she knew if she got herself hurt, he'd kill her for it.
Suddenly, she remembered how to defeat them... Music!
She turned and ran back towards the forts, knowing that most guards would have some sort of IPod, or CD player with some bad rap music or something on it.
And that's why she missed the first sign that would have shown her Percy didn't have his curse to protect him.
As she ran, she tried to fill her head with reassurance. He has the curse, he'll be fine! He's an amazing swordsman, he'll be fine! He was holding his own, he'll be fine! He has the curse...
And then, after five minutes of this, she reached the forts. What met her there was absolute chaos.
Guards were running rampage everywhere, with Jason chasing them, and Frank chasing Jason. Over in the doorway to one of the towers, was Octavion. He was slumped on the ground in a heap, with blood trickling down his neck; knocked out cold.
Even though Annabeth felt a pang of pity and sympathy for the Roman, she was glad he was hurt, especially after the trouble he had caused them.
Looking away from the slumped form of the augur, Annabeth returned her attention to the fighting guards and Jason. She had no idea what had happened here! Frank was holding Jason back in a bear hug, and the guards were taunting them.
"What's the matter Zhang? Afraid we'll whoop his butt?" one sneered.
"Yeah Grace! What, you can't even break away from the klutz over there? He's nothing but an over-large baby!"
Annabeth figured that if Jason wasn't a praetor, they'd be saying much worse to him. Also, that however calm Frank appeared, he was a Roman, and therefore would not be taking the insults well.
"EVERYBODY STOP NOW!" she scream at them all.
All eyes turned towards her. "Oh, what? The prissy little Greek thinks she can have authority over us now, does she?" one of the guards taunted
"Don't you dare insult her Traisec." Jason growled.
"Actually," Annabeth spoke up, moving toward them, "I think I'd like to hear what he has to say Jason. Go on." she added the next part while looking the guard - Traisec - in the eyes.
"Fine, I think I will. You and your filthy little Greek friends have no right to just barge in here onto Roman soil and tell us to hand over our supplies. You just want to make our conditions worse so that you can start a war on us. Well I'll tell you a little something priss, I ain't gonna be taking orders from graecus scum like you." Traisec said, then he spat at her.
Annabeth lunged, and caught him up against the wall with her dagger out and against his throat. The other two guards tried to help their friend, but Jason and Frank grabbed them in one quick and organized move.
While the boys tied up the other guards, she talked to Traisec.
"I can understand your insults," she snarled, "you don't trust us. Why should you, when all you've ever been told is how we destroyed you? But let me tell you something, we don't plan on betraying your trust. Our numbers aren't high enough to even think about it. This war with Gaia is real, get that into your pea-sized brain and face it. We need the Romans to defeat her, and you need us. Got that?" she paused as he nodded, terrified. "And Traisec? Don't ever spit on me again."
She brought up the hilt of her dagger and used it to knock him out cold. Then she brought him over to his buddies, and used a spare bit of rope to tie him up with them.
Finally, she turned to Jason and Frank, "I need music. Percy's being attacked by birds."
"O-o-kay?" Jason asked.
"Just trust me Sparky."
She'd taken to calling him that ever since she'd first heard Leo and Piper use it.
Jason scowled, "Fine, you're the smart one."
She grinned, "And don't you ever forget it! Now come on!"
They got hold of an IPod in no time at all, and Annabeth was pleased to see that there was some Justin Beiber music on there. That was even worse than Chiron's records! If that didn't drive the monsters away, she had no idea what would.
Frank and Jason each hefted up the last two crates, and Annabeth grabbed the IPod, then they took off running back down to the ship.
At least this time the run was down hill. It made it less tiring, and got them there three times faster.
The problem was, the sight that met them was not pleasant. Percy was coiled into the fetal position on the ground, not even fighting. The birds were taking advantage of his position, and were in such a deep and dark cloud that Annabeth could barely even make out his figure through the murk. They kept swooping in and out, pecking at various places on his body.
Annabeth remembered that he had no armor on. Schist, what if a bird managed to get to his weak spot? "PERCY!" she shrieked, hoping that he'd give a sign of life. To her despair, he didn't. What if he was already dead? She shook the thought away. No. She wouldn't let him be dead. He would not get away from her that easily. (A/N remember this from the books? It's what she said to him when he was in the Styx! I didn't even realise it until I finished typing it... xD)
She pulled the IPod from her pocket, and opened up to the Justin Beiber album. Then, she turned up the speaker to full blast, sent a silent prayer to Apollo to make the music magically louder, and pressed 'play'.
Beiber's song "Baby" blasted out, filling the air. Apparently Apollo had heard her prayer, because there was no way any normal music player could be that loud. Jason and Frank fell to the ground, covering their ears. Annabeth couldn't tell if it was because of the choice of music, or because of the noise level.
Either way, it worked on the birds. They screeched and flew away, about half of them disintegrating in the process.
Annabeth always knew that Justin Beiber's music was deadly.
When the birds were all gone, they could once again see Percy. Annabeth raced down to him and what she found was the most confusing thing yet. He hadn't been hurt in his Achilles spot, he had a deep puncture wound going straight through his stomach, and more all over his body. One even went into the little space behind his ear, right where the eardrum is located.
His Achilles Curse was gone.
Hehe gotta love my cliffhangers... xD I just re-read the last chapter... It was really short! I could have had so much more detail... Sorry! Well did you like it? I'm pretty sure this is the longest chapter yet... Yay! Review please... I almost made it longer, but I decided against it because then I'd have no ideas for tomorrow... :3 Okay well ANON REPLY TIME! Just one today...
Guest: You don't ever have to wait long! xD I upload every day, unless something comes up where I can't :) Glad you're so excited about the story though!
