Hey Guys!
Thank you for the birthday wishes(: Okay, so I'm only going to say two things, and one thing is: VOTE.
The other one is that the new One Direction CD came out, as you probably know. All I have to say is:
Up all night= Harry and Liam ft. Zayn
Take me Home= One Direction
Who is your guys' favorite member of One Direction? Mine's Louis(Louis actually gets to sing in the new album!3)
Okay. Enjoy. This chapter is set up differently. Let me know if you guys like it like this. Review or PM or whatever. I'm going with the MAJORITY of the people who like it. I like it both ways, but I prefer it this way, so if you don't review, well...
And a lot of you guys have been asking for Percabeth and I promise it will happen soon. In an unexpected way, but it'll happen.
Chapter Eight
Percy
Percy had a a school headache or an Annabeth's-been-talking-too-long headache, but a someone-smashed-him-in-the-face-with-a-tree headache. And his back felt like a very angry cat who had just gotten a bath had taken to him. Percy also felt like he was going to be sick. He was rocking back and forth. He wondered vaguely if this is how Hazel feels when she's on a boat. Oh, crap. The Argo.
How were the others doing without him and Annabeth? Or, more importantly, what were they doing? Were they in Greece? Looking for the House of Hades? Percy didn't know. All he knew was that a wave of exhaustion washed over him and all he wanted to do was sleep.
Nico( It autocorrected to 'Nice'. I found that ironic for some reason. Well, you'll find out why soon)
Nico wasn't in the mood for Leo. He was too...talkative. And that was saying something since Nico deals with Percy. And at that precise moment, Nico checked to make sure they were still alive. They were, though he was getting a weird feeling about Annabeth.
He had never really gotten this feeling before. It wasn't like she was dying or something. No, he would know that feeling. Suddenly, he heard a knock at the door.
"Come in," He mumbled. He wasn't really surprised to find Hazel poke her head in.
"Hey, we're have a meeting. Come on," Hazel said. Nico sighed and stood up. They had so many meetings. And they always ended up disagreeing. Nico thought he understood why the kept Greeks and Romans separate. He knew automatically the Percy and Jason would try to kill each other and that Octavian would be dead in three seconds flat due to the Ares cabin. The Hermes and Apollo cabins would be dead because they never actually worked at camp and one day of either Reyna or training would just about do them in. Actually just about one do of Reyna or training would do most of the campers in. Nico wasn't calling the Greeks weak, he honestly thought the Romans took it too far. Like steroid infused football players. But then he shouldn't think that because his sister was one of them. Speaking of his sister, Nico decided he should probably ask her about Annabeth. Maybe she would know something.
"Yeah, uh Hazel, can I ask you something?" Nico asked timidly. HE slowed his pace towards the dining room. He didn't want the others to overhear.
"Sure, what's up?" Hazel asked as she slowed her pace as well so she was next to him. Unease was etched on her face in the dim light of the hallway.
" Well, I-uh," Nico sputtered.
"Spit it out, Nico," Hazel sighed.
"Well, I was checking to see if Percy and Annabeth were all right and-"
"Oh no! Are they okay? Did they, you know..." Hazel rambled with a concerned look on her face.
"No, but something's happening, I just don't know what exactly."
"Well, what happened exactly? Wait, just wait until we get to the meeting," Hazel mumbled as she grabbed Nico's hand. She walked hurriedly to the Dining Room with Nico in tow.
Piper
"That is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard, Leo," Jason grumbled. Piper smirked. Jason was grumpy. Last night's interruption did not do well for his mood. Leo was suggesting that if Percy and Annabeth were being chased, they could disguise themselves as stalagmites. It was pretty stupid, but it also had potential as a Plan B. Suddenly, Hazel and Nico burst through the door.
"Something's wrong with Percy and Annabeth! "Hazel exclaimed.
"What?" Everyone except Piper said at once. Then, everyone started talking at once. Nico kept trying to interject and say something, but everyone just kept talking over him.
"Everyone, shut up and let the man finish," Piper commanded, coating her voice with charmspeake. Everyone immediately sat down and shut their mouths. Nico shot her a grateful look and started with his story.
Apparently he had been checking to see if they were okay, which they were, but he was getting a weird feeling about Annabeth.
"Aww! Wittle Nico has a cwush," Leo mocked. Piper and Jason kicked him under the table. Nico glared at him and Frank fixed an icy stare on him. Hazel just rolled her eyes.
"Anyways, I don't really know what's going on. But something is going to happen and I just think we should remember that and be prepared."
"Well, how can we be prepared if we don't know what it is?" Jason asked. Piper wrinkled her nose. HE was right, but he kind of sounded like a jerk when he asked that. Piper knew he didn't like Nico, but he needed to be nice still.
"By not letting it affect us. Or showing it at least," Nico said. Jason opened his mouth as if to say something and then shut it.
"Well, let's talk about our...lovely visitor last night," Frank said, struggling for the right word.
"Wait, what visitor?" Nico asked as he sat down.
"Well, while you were sleeping-," Jason started. Piper kicked him under the table. Breath hissed in between his teeth and shut up.
"Anyways, some lady came aboard the ship last night after her dragon/ pet attacked us. She was looking for Annabeth and said she had a bounty on her head. "
"Well, we already knew that," Nico said.
"I think she was talking about something different," Hazel mumbled. Piper nodded in agreement. She said nothing about Percy like all the other guys did, except that he was an idiot.
"She also said that Annabeth was cursed," Frank said.
"We knew that, too," Nico said slowly.
"Again, we think she meant something different," Jason said slowly, As if talking to a two year old.
"Maybe he should have been thrown into Tartarus," Nico grumbled.
"What was that?" Jason asked, anger flaring in his eyes.
"Nothing, babe," Piper said. " Anyways, I think this is all connected. I mean, it always is, but I think this chick is going to be a real threat to Annabeth. We should try to find a way to contact her."
"We could try Iris Messaging?" Frank suggested. Hazel nodded and pulled out a denarii.
"I thought the gods weren't speaking with us?" Nico said.
"Iris plays by her own rules," Hazel shrugged. "Leo grab the bottle thingy over there," Hazel said, pointing to the water spritzer. Leo grabbed it and started squeezing the pump. Hazel threw the denarii in and spoke.
"Um, Annabeth Chase. Tartarus?"
The image flickered a bit as if Iris was fighting to get it through . Piper guessed that was Zeus' doing. Iris won out in the end and what was left of the Seven were met with an interesting image.
Annabeth was walking next to a lady. No limp or anything, so Piper guessed they found some type of nectar or ambrosia. But Percy...Percy was face-down on a horse-lizard thing, wrists and ankles bound, and had so many people guarding him that they could barely tell it was Percy. His shirt was wrapped over what Piper guessed was wounds ,and he looked to be unconscious. They were walking into what looked like a cave. The woman turned to Annabeth. She said something. Annabeth looked back at Percy. A grimace passed over her face, but she composed herself, turned back towards the woman, and nodded. The woman smiled and snapped her fingers. The horse thing dumped Percy on the ground and followed them inside the cave. There was a guard standing by Percy, but it wasn't paying attention. Percy's eyes shot open and after about a minute of nothing, a blinding flash of light exploded from the cave.
The guard looked at Percy and flashed a smile. Piper noticed the pointy teeth. And apparently Percy did, too. He grabbed his sword and sprang to his feet. The guard advanced towards him. Percy swayed a bit from getting up so fast, but he easily got over it. He leveled his sword. The guard was silently willing him forward. Percy lifted his sword to strike and...
The image faded.
