TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO GET THIS CHAPTER UP! Okay… yes, Percy Jackson just got shot … I really enjoy reading reviews, so please do! They make me smile in my boring, stuck in a rut life!
~GoGreen52
The Cost
Chapter 7
Previously:
Oh yeah… back to the voice. "Let Percy go." It was spoken with hatred and venom. OH! Ethan just ticked someone off!
Seriously Percy? Stay smart you idiot! My conscience told myself. I have to admit it was right.
"Why would I?" Ethan snarled, putting the gun to my head. Oh crap.
"Because I said so." The person stepped out of the shadows and I immediately spotted Annabeth. Dang, the twins work fast.
I met eyes with her, and I smiled seeing the ring on her finger. I mouthed one word, down. She looked confused, but she got flat on the ground.
I fought Ethan, grabbing the gun. Immediately the gun fired, whizzing passed my head. I fought back a sigh in relief, keeping focused.
The gun fired more, and I felt a sudden jolt of pain in my arm, immediately followed by Annabeth's cry, "PERCY!"
Percy POV
Man that hurt. I sucked it up, and pulled the gun out of Ethan's hands finding that new born strength. Ethan immediately backed up, his arms raised. Coward. I could sense the fear radiating off of him.
I heard Annabeth scurry close to me and I could just tell she was inspecting my wound. "Ethan. I'll let you go, but if I hear from you again, I will not hesitate to blow that head of yours off. Do you understand?" I said, cocking my head to the side, like I was mocking him… I guess I was.
He nodded and ran off. I smiled and sat the gun down. Annabeth lead me to the park bench and by that time, by standers had already alerted the police and I could hear the sirens. My dad was going to hear about this…
"Percy… I'm sorry for flipping out at you like that yesterday… you of all people did not deserve that." Annabeth told me with a soft sniffle. I wrapped my uninjured arm around her and she dug her face into my chest.
"Annabeth, you have nothing to apologize for… I was the one who reminded you of Luke… I could see that look in your eyes. That helplessness killed me…" My voice drifted off, and I really didn't know where it went. I was having flashes of those hurt-filled eyes that I had caused.
She looked up to me and smiled the smile that only she can smile… get it? I gave a goofy one back to her and I heard the sirens getting closer. I felt the pain in my arm and winced.
"Are you okay Percy? Oh, scratch that, you aren't you have a bullet in your arm." Annabeth mumbled more to herself, looking more closely at it, "When the EMTs get here, I'm having them check you for a concussion. Well, I suppose they might already do that, but why not make sure, right?" She sounded nervous and I knew I must've looked pretty bad.
"Annabeth just do me a favor and make sure Aaron and Adela are alright? When they left, they looked pretty shaken up." I asked of her, and she nodded.
"I'm going when I know you're okay. So I the mean time, I'll just call Thalia to check on them and bring them to the hospital." She said, and the sirens got even closer. I could tell they were less than a minute away.
"Who said I was going to the hospital?" I asked, giving her my award winning smirk. She just laughed and looked at me seriously.
"You are going." She said darkly causing my eyes to go wide. This was Annabeth here.
"Okay Ms. Bossy…" I mumbled looking down. I looked up and pouted. She just laughed and applied more pressure to my arm.
"Miss? Sir? Are you two all right?" A police officer asked, seeing us for the first time. Uhm… can he not see that I have a bullet in my arm?
"Yeah, I am but he really isn't." Annabeth said, motioning to me. The officer chuckled and radioed for a ambulance. They were already on the way. Freaking great.
"I can see. Wait… are you Percy Jackson?" He asked. Great. This cop knew me.
"Yeah… and this lovely woman next to me is Annabeth Jackson." I said, m"I can see. Wait… are you Percy Jackson?" He asked. Great. This cop knew me.
"Yeah… and this lovely woman next to me is Annabeth Jackson." I said, my voice off just a little bit from the blood loss. I guess I do need to get the bleeding stopped.
"You're amazing. Thanks for fighting for our country." I have to admit I was flattered. Not many people tell me that, and when they do… it makes this job worth it.
The ambulance got to the park in a matter of minutes and I was carted off to the hospital. "We have to get the bullet out." The EMT guy had told me. And they hooked me out to a sedative pulling me into a nice sleep.
Thalia POV
Nico and I were having a mild food fight in my kitchen when the phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and it read, Annabeth.
Huh… I haven't heard from her in FOREVER. I picked up the phone, expecting something good like, "I'm so sorry Thalia, I totally missed you." Or whatever.
"Thals?" I heard a voice ask. She sounded happy, relieved, and… nervous?
"Yeah?" I asked, itching to know more…. I mean, you would too if you heard her.
"Uhm… can you bring the kids to the St. Mary's hospital?" She asked me, causing my eyebrows to instantly raise.
"Why exactly?" I asked, and looked at Nico who was playing with noodles. Sometimes I don't even know why I'm dating him.
"Well… let's just say Percy got shot… again…" She said, I could tell she was trying to hide a smile. Percy is a danger magnet.
"Okay Annabeth, don't worry. I'll get them there."
"Thanks Thals."
"See ya Annie." I smiled, causing Nico to look up from the noodle and smirk at me.
She hung up and I did too. I could tell what Nico was going to ask.
"What happened?" He asked, like I said, I knew it.
"Let's just say Percy got shot… again. And now I have to bring the twins to the hospital." I said, grabbing the car keys, "Are you coming or not?" I asked, throwing a noodle that was on the counter at him.
If you were wondering, I made spaghetti, Nico claimed it to be awful and threw it at me. So I threw some back… yeah…
"I'mmmm cooommminng! SHEESH!"
"Drama Queen." I muttered, walking out the door.
Wow. I just watched the NBA dunking contest and it was FREAKING AWESOME! Sooo… I'm starting to get the Hardy Boys feeling where someone is like hurt or something at the end of each chapter, so I decided to end it like this…
~GoGreen52
