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Chapter 7: Give us an explanation.
Percy's POV
I opened the door to my house. I sighed as I walked in. The whole place was reeked with beer. For the first time in a while, I noticed how dirty my house was. See, today I was released from the hospital, and I somehow convinced Annabeth that I was meeting my cousin at his house.
She seemed a little bit suspicious though. But thankfully she bought my story.
I had nothing to do cause thank God, Gabe wasn't here to abuse me. So I started cleaning the house. I picked up beer bottles, (And let me tell you, there was a lot) and stuffed it in a trash bag. After that, I swept the floor, cleaned any blood stains from the wall, and I mopped.
I got hungry later on, so I went to my refrigerator and I opened it. After taking a good look inside the refrigerator, it was empty. I mean, their was a few beer bottles left, but something caught my eyes.
A note.
Curiously, I grabbed it. I started reading it, but it was kind of hard for me to read it since I have dyslexia. About half an hour later, I finally made out something like this,
Dear Punk,
It's me Gabe. Since I knew that I was going to be in prison soon, I left you a note.
I swear I will break out of prison and come searching for you. And when I do, I will make you pay. I knew you had told someone about me abusing you. I had my suspicions.
So you better sit tight, and not tell anymore people. If I don't see you at the house by the time I get out of prison, I will search every inch of this planet until I find you.
Actually, me and my gang will find you. And when we do, I will make your life worse than it already is. Also, their is a surprise coming in a few days. Watch your back, delinquent.
Sincerely,
Gabe.
Uh oh. Their is a surprise coming in a few days? That's not good. I ripped the note up and threw it in the trash. I sat down on the couch as I started taking deep breaths. Gabe will find me. I am certain of that. But I didn't know that Gabe has a gang?
Maybe their watching me right now. I got up from the couch, and I closed the blinds. I don't want people stalking me. I locked the doors to make sure no one tries to murder me when I'm asleep.
I think I am going crazy. Who would murder me in my sleep? I sighed, before I unlocked the doors. I mean no one would want to come into our house. Besides, Gabe wants to torment me. Not kill me. Hopefully he doesn't want to kill me, right?
Annabeth's POV
I can't believe it. When Percy told me that he was staying at his cousin's house, I knew he was lying. I mean I know him for a couple of years even though he never talked to me before, but Percy is a really bad liar.
When Percy was released from the hospital, he told me he was going to meet his cousin at his cousin's house. Doesn't his cousin know that he should be taking Percy home, instead of letting Percy walk home alone.
What if someone kidnaps Percy on his way to his cousin's house? What if Gabe has a couple of mean friends who kills Percy? What if- "Um Hello? Earth to Annabeth?" Someone said waving a hand in my face.
"Huh? What? Oh hey." I said to my stepmom, Mrs. Chase. "What are you thinking about?" She asked me. "Nothing really." I murmured. I was having a mental battle thinking that I should tell my stepmom about Percy being abused.
Should I tell her? What if she calls the police? Percy told me not to tell the police, or Gabe will kill him. Besides, I don't want Percy to be dead. I think... I think I am developing a crush on him.
"Oh, okay then. Can you go and call your brother, Matthew and Bobby?" I nodded.
It has been a week since I've seen Percy. It has also been a week since Percy was released from the hospital. I haven't seen him in school and I thought maybe he needs to rest. I was also thinking of calling him when I realized I don't know his number.
After calling my brothers and telling them that their mom is calling them, I told my dad I am going to visit a friends house. "Sure," My dad had said. "But come home before dinner, alright?"
I promised him and I exited the house with my cellphone. I was going to go to Percy's house. I am going to go and check if Percy had lied to me. What I didn't know was that I wasn't coming home for a while.
Thalia's POV
Me, Nico, and Grover was going to Annabeth's house today. We were going to work on our homework. Nico and Grover are used to Annabeth by now, so they treated her like they known her for years.
"Do you think Percy is okay?" Grover asked me. I shrugged. "I don't know. But I have a feeling that Percy wasn't chased by dogs. I think it's something worse." Nico nodded. "Your right. Besides, why is Percy keep on using that excuse? I mean it is old now, right?"
"Yeah," Me and Grover chorused. "Maybe he ran out of ideas." Grover suggested. I was about to say something else when I saw Annabeth exiting her house. "Hey A-" Nico started yelling, but I covered his mouth with my hand.
I pushed Grover and Nico into one of the bushes, as I hid behind another bush. I saw Annabeth looking frantically around, wondering who called her name. She then shrugged, and hurried down the street.
The opposite direction from where we came from.
"What was that for?" Nico asked me, as he glared. He got up from the bushes and helped Grover up. "Sorry guys," I apologized. "But I think Annabeth have forgotten that we were going to her house today."
"Ya think?" Grover asked as he brushed leaves off of his jeans. I stood. "I think Annabeth is keeping a secret from us." Nico rolled his eyes. "Wow, I never knew that." He said sarcastically.
I ignored him. "Lets follow her."
"Like detectives?" Grover said excitedly. I nodded. "I always wanted to be a detective."
"I thought you wanted to be an environmentalist?" Nico asked thoughtfully. "Well-" "GUYS!" I yelled. "What?" They both turned toward me looking irritated. "If we keep talking, we'll lose Annabeth."
"Your right." Grover said. "When am I not," I muttered.
Me, Nico, and Grover walked down the streets, following Annabeth. Whenever Annabeth stops or look behind her shoulders, we would hid in the bushes. Finally what seemed like forever, Annabeth stopped at an old wooden house.
To me, it looked ugly. Literally. The grass was like 5 feet high, the flowers were all dead, and the house's pain job wasn't well done. Who would live here? Annabeth walked on the driveway, and once she reached the front porch, she turned around, making sure no one was spying her.
She turned back around, and twisted the knob. The door creaked as Annabeth pushed the door. She walked in, accidentally leaving the door opened. "C'mon guys," I told Nico and Grover as I walked up to the driveway.
They scrambled after me. I walked inside the house, and when I took one sniff, it smelled like rotten beer. Yuck. I closed the door behind me as I herd someone screamed. I then herd a crash, and everything was silent.
Nico took a step back and he whispered, "I think I am going to go," I rolled my eyes. I grabbed him by the wrist and I said, "Oh no you don't, death boy. Lets go and find out what is going on."
He looked a little scared and I wondered if I should let him go. I mean he is younger than the rest of us. He could go and find the cops. But then I shooked my head. Nico is coming with me. I will protect him, somehow. Besides, he is my little cousin.
Grover didn't say anything, but he was shaking. We walked further into the dark cold house, and we found ourselves in the kitchen. "Annabeth?" I said softly. Their was no response except for another crash.
We walked as quiet as we could, past the kitchen. We were now in the living room.
I feel like I am in one of those old movies, where your in a creepy haunted house and you hear a crash. And when you turned around, you see someone wearing a mask holding an ax. The next thing you knew, you were on the ground with an ax stabbed in your heart.
Hopefully that won't happen in real life.
I felt someone hold my hand tightly, and I realized it was Nico. His face was pale. I would've killed him right now, but in this condition, I know how he feel. We were both scared.
Grover murmured, "If we ever get out of here alive, I will kill you Thalia."
We started walking toward one of the rooms, and when I was about to twist the knob, someone screamed, "Annabeth! Get out of the way!"
I froze. Nico looked at me worriedly. Grover started freaking out. Before I could do anything, two people ran from the living room. The didn't noticed us until they bumped into Nico.
Nico jumped 50 feet into the air, accidentally pushing Grover, who crashed into me. We got up from the floor and I noticed the two people who had bumped into us.
Percy and Annabeth.
"Thalia, Nico, Grover?" Percy gasped. "What is going on here Jackson?" I demanded.
"I'll tell you later." Percy said, looking behind him every few moments or so.
"And why is that?" I asked.
"Thalia, there is a secret that Percy has been keeping from y'all." Annabeth told me.
"What is the secret?" Grover asked.
"Well it's kind of a-" Percy started but he was interrupted by Nico.
"Guys?" He said through gritted teeth. "I-I would love to hang out and talk, b-but their is a couple of people right behind you. With a knife."
We all turned around and we saw 3 people, holding a bloody knife.
"Come with us, Jackson." The middle one said. "Gabe wants us to not kill you. But-" He was interrupted by a guy on his left who was wearing a red shirt.
"Shut up!" The red shirt guy said. As they both started bickering, we all started taking a couple of steps back. We were getting close to the front door.
15 feet... 10 feet... 5 feet... 4... 3-
"Hey! Where do you think y'all are going?!" One of the other guys said. He has a bone shaped tattoo on his left arm. "We're busted," Grover muttered. I sighed. I knew we weren't going to get out of here alive unless... unless... I then had an idea. A stupid one.
"Hey! You!" I yelled toward the Tattoo guy. Thankfully, that got all of the three guys attention. "Your mama is so fat that she can't even see her own feet!" I retorted. I knew that mama joke was cheesy but that was the only one that came into my mind.
Everyone was quiet until the Tattoo guy roared, "Lets get him, boys!" They all started walking toward us. "RUN!" I herd Percy yelled. "I was afraid you were going to say that," Nico shouted.
I ran toward the front door, and I threw the door open. It crashed against the wall but I didn't care. I ran outside followed by Nico, Grover, Annabeth, and Percy. We all herd the three guys cursed. I turned around as I saw Annabeth throwing a vase. Go Annabeth, I mentally cheered.
We all ran down the street. After a few moments of running, we found ourselves at the beach. "Follow me," Percy told us. He walked toward the other end of the beach, and he walked through the bushes.
We all followed him. We kept on walking for a few minutes. And let me tell you, their was a lot of bushes around here. After a minute had passed, Percy walked right into a tree. "Percy?" I called. "Are you okay?"
"Just do the same thing what I did," We herd a muffle yell. I shrugged and I walked in. The rest of my friends did too. What we didn't know was that the next thing we knew, we were in a cave.
But how could we just walk though a tree? Is it magical? "It's a hologram." Percy told us as if reading our thoughts. "I found out a couple of years ago. This is where I go, when I need to be alone."
"Who were those guys?" Nico said ignoring what Percy had just said a moment ago. "Those are Gabe's mean friends." Grover, Nico, and I looked confused. "Who's Gabe?"
Annabeth gave Percy a look as Percy sighed. I had a feeling Annabeth knows something about this. "You might want to take a seat," Percy told us. "Y'all might be angry once you hear what I am going to say,"
Nico gave Percy an Are-you-kidding-me look. "Where do we sit?" Grover questioned. "Oh, um... you could just stand," Percy finally decided. Annabeth rolled her eyes.
"So... I was thinking that maybe..." Percy started rambling but thankfully, he was interrupted by Annabeth.
"Percy," She said. "Stop stalling."
"I am not stalling. I mean that would be-"
"Percy!"
"Fine, I am stalling," He said finally giving up. "Just get to the point," I told him. "Fine... just don't... freak out. Alright?" Nico looked confused. "Freak out? Why would we-"
"Just don't, okay?" Percy interrupted him. Me, Grover, and Nico nodded. Percy took a deep breath before he said, "Gabe, he's my stepfather. He has been abusing me for the last 11 years."
Ha ha! A cliffy! I am so evil.
This is the longest chapter I have written for this story. I hoped you like the chapter. I know some of y'all just want Gabe to stay out of Percy's way for a couple of chapters, but that'll come soon. So please don't put in any negative reviews. Alright? :D
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