Chapter 7

Rick Riordan©

Luke paced around the room; it had been weeks now. No sign from Kronos, nor the police and nor Annabeth. It freaked him out. Right now, Athena was busy burying all the news about her disappearance and people were suspecting Luke.

And he didn't try to prove them wrong since he suspected that he really was to blame. It was no co-incidence that they Kronos' men. He knew why too.

Later that night, Luke got an email from a no-reply mail/ anonymous mail:

Dear Sir,

She is surrounded by Kronos' men, under heavy surveillance and practically drugged every day and in good hands.

Yours lovingly,

Don't fucking call the police

Well... Luke thought, and immediately forwarded it to the DCP. (a/n: no idea what you call your highest police post, detective/sergeant...no idea)

$3$

ANNABETH

"Do you have any idea when they will let me go?"

J chuckled as he relaxed his legs, "That is if he lets you go Annabeth. He may want to keep you here forever."

Annabeth smiled and laughed inside. "What?" asked J, "Why are you laughing?"

"You just remind me of someone."

J stiffened, but Annabeth just ignored it thinking it was a trick of light. "Yeah, he was something else. You have the same sense of humour. Although yours is a bit sadistic, his was light."

"I think it's about time we stop talking-" said J, dusting off imaginary dust from his jeans.

"His name was Percy Jackson, and he was the most wonderful guy I had ever met."

J stood up, " yeah, that's all very good but-"

"He was my best friend. He had been there for me for so long. That time I was still real, you know I felt for myself. He was my life you know; made me laugh. My family life didn't bother me so much back then; an hour with him was paradise. He showed me how to live. Did you know, when my parents got divorced, he was the one... Oh my God! And he just left one day. Didn't even both-bother to in- inform me. I was de- devas- devastated! How could he do that," she broke down. "One word would have been enough. I don't even know if he is alive."

J scratched his neck, and fingered the frayed end of his jacket. "Did you like that guy?"

Annabeth looked up, eyes somewhat red, "Liked him? If only he was with me for some more time, I would have fallen for him. He was really amazing."

"Well, he sounds like a douche if he left without a word," explained J, eyes wandering around the room; anywhere but at her.

"Shut up! You don't even know him. You have no right say such horrible things about him!" exclaimed Annabeth.

"And now that we have got that sorted out," tried J, still not looking at her eyes, "I need to go. I have more important things to do than listen to your entrancing stories. I'll bring you some food-!"

"What do you mean by that? Are you going to run away again? Why, every time I bring up something about my life, it isn't important to you. Why do you always cut me off? On one hand, you behave like one of my best friends and then the other, you are insulting me. What is your god damned fu''ed up problem? What is wrong with you?"

"You know what Annabeth," J sneered, adopting an indifferent robotic tone, "You are right! I am a bad person, very bad. And I do not need to do this. I cannot deal with this. Do not expect any help form me for now onwards, got it? I try to be nice and what do I get? NO- effing- thing! Go f yourself!

"Oh Percy!" thought Annabeth, "I wish I was not in this situation. J, please come back. Oh ! What did I do? I always mess up."

Simultaneously, J thought, "I wish I could tell you, Annabeth. It's driving me crazy too."

That's when he decided that he let her into the plan, atleast some of it.

A/N: So ther's that! And I havn't updated in like so long. I applaud everyone who is still reading this. You guys mean something to you.

And I know you want an explantioon as to what was so important, but here:

I had a good thing going with this fanfic. This one got the maximum reviews, like 6 reviews per chap, give or take. And I din't ant to mess things up, although I think I have already messed up big time. I was afraid that something would go wrong and I didn't.

Other things include, last time I updated was before my mid- terms, which went bad. Now few days back, my finals got over.

Also, I have( I think) completed a year on fanfiction.

Also, my thanks to IIWinterWolfII ( Is that how you write your name?

He is one of my favourite authors and people on this SITE. He has reviewed on almost all the stories.

Go check out his stories( if you haven't already) They are fun and really didffernt.

Also, you wouldn't have seen this chapter without SmilesBurnInTheStyx( whose sttries are awesome.

This is one person, who has encouraged me to write this chap down. The idea was also hers. Credits to her.

Love you sis.

-ATHPJ over and out.

P.s. Any kind of stories you want updated or wrote?