AN: I would like to say that this one will be cliff hanger free! You finally get to see what Annabeth is think, which could be a good thing or a bad thing. It's up to you decide. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, or even read the story. It means a lot to me!

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At this point Annabeth couldn't tell who she was worried about more.

Leo wasn't acting anything like he use to. He walks around looking like someone ran over his puppy or something. The others had no idea what was wrong with him, but they were sure when it had happened. They said that he had fallen off the ship and about a week later they found him drinking coffee on an island coffee shop. Every time she'd bump into him though he'd throw on the happy smile and pretend everything alright. It was shocking how well of an actor Leo could be when he really wanted to be.

Percy on the other hand didn't even try to act like a hero. He was constantly taking naps, and he hadn't spent much time with her since their talk about Bob. It seemed to have hurt him more than he had told her. His fatal flaw must be making it worse on him to get over leaving Bob. His time down there was rough as well. He lost it and fought a goddess down there, and he almost won.

Both of them were changed, but she didn't know how to handle them. They both looked so fragile. She had a fear she would cause them to break down and crumble. She wished she could just understand what was going through their brains, but that was a harder thing to do than it sounds.


Annabeth saw Dylan fly off with Leo and ordered Jason to go catch him. She didn't know if he could survive another fall like that. She watched as Leo began to flail his arms as he fell, but then he stopped. It looked like he was in shock and was afraid to move. She watched as he fell slowly toward the land mass. She didn't have enough time guess which country he was about to land on.

"Jason catch him!" She heard herself scream. She saw Jason fly toward Leo with out Dylan seeing him.

"You'll be next for that daughter of Athena, and then I'll meet the lost son of Poseidon!" Dylan said repeating his horrible evil laugh.

Annabeth looked around her surroundings and saw what she could do. She saw rope, cloth, a random rubber band or two, greek fire, and a bulky cloth. An idea popped into her head as she gathered the items. She ran around the ship and dodged air gusts as she searched. "Frank and Hazel, I need you to fight him off while Piper, Percy, and I will finish my plan!"

They both nodded and charged ahead. Annabeth ran over to Percy and Piper with the items in her hands. "We need to make a sling shoot!" She yelled at them over the wind that had picked up.

"How do we make it out of these things? Their pretty much useless!" Piper informed her.

Annabeth looked a Percy who was actually smiling. "Athena always has a plan!"

Annabeth got to work as the other two held onto the rope as tight as they could. She attached the two rubber bands to the cloths and rope making it kind of like a cradle. She then pulled back as the others held the rope tight in the position they started in.

"Piper load the greek fire onto the cradle!" Annabeth told her over the high winds.

"But Jason..." Piper said as she saw that Dylan had seen Jason catch Leo. Frank and Hazel couldn't hold the distraction anymore as Dylan flew over to the two boys.

"Do it Piper unless you want to lose them both, put the greek fire in now!" Annabeth said in her no-nonsense tone she gave Percy all the time when he wasn't focused. It seemed to make Piper understand, and she loaded the weapon on the cloth.

Annabeth saw Jason trying to fight Dylan while trying to hold a terrified Leo in midair. It didn't look good for Jason as Dylan sent another attack at Jason. Jason was moving sluggishly with his extra weight. He looked like he was about to fall right out of the sky at any minute.

"Jason!" Annabeth shouted loudly to get his attention. "Fire in the hole!"

Annabrth let go of the rope and the greek fire went flying into the air. The three launchers stepped back to watch what the damage would be. Dylan didn't have enough time to evaporate before the fire hit him dead on. He screamed and turned into gold dust in the air.

"You have good aim you know." Percy whispered in her ear.

She turned around to see everyone was standing behind her. They all had a look of awe on their faces. They made it look like she had just made the formula for world peace or something. She turned again to see the two flyers land.

"Is he ok?" Piper asked as they landed.

Annabeth saw the pasted face of Leo Valdez. He looked like he was still falling through the air, screaming for his life and praying to every god he knew. She guessed that falling had become a fear to him.

"You ok Leo?" Hazel asked him, but he didn't respond.

"He's probably in shock. Hazel and Frank could you take him down stairs to his room so you guys can take care of him? I'm pretty sure the medic area has blanks to help you treat him.' Annabeeth told them.

Everyone walked down stairs when she stopped Percy. He looked up from the ground as if he had just notice she was there. He still had that frown pasted on his face telling her something was wrong. "Am I going to have to ask, or are you just going to tell me?"

"Nothing, I'm fine." Percy said and walked off.