Annabeth woke up to something she thought she'd never see again, sunlight. But there was something, well, someone she wanted to see more than that.

"Percy?" she was surprised by how strong her voice sounded, given that she'd just been stabbed.

"Hey," he answered. "Thank the gods your awake."

"How long?" she asked.

"Not long at all, a few hours maybe. How do you feel?"

"Fine," and it was true, she didn't feel any of the pain she had felt the precious night. She pulled back the covers just to check. No wound, not even a scar.

"How?" she whispered, she had meant it as a rhetorical question but a third voice which she didn't recognize answered her: "The blessing of Ra. Each morning, when Ra rides his sun chariot into the sky, he heals those who were hurt fighting in his name."

"Jaz?" Percy asked the voice.

"Do I know you?" She asked.

"No, Julian introduced me to you earlier, but you were still in a coma then."

"Julian?" she asked. "Is he okay?"

"Why not go see for yourself," Percy suggested. Jaz leaped out of the bed and ran straight down the hallway. Percy got up to close the doors behind her, giving them some privacy.

"You sure your okay, wise girl?" Percy asked when he came back to sit on the end of her bed.

"Never better, seaweed brain," she answered.

After a while, she moved to curl up against him, and he responded to the action by leaning down to kiss the top of her head.

"I love you," she whispered.

"I love you too."

They sat like that for hours. Her curled up on his broad and extremely comfortable shoulder, him caressing her hair and occasionally whispering sweet nothings in her ear.

That was when Alyssa came in.

"Your beauti-" Percy was saying.

"Carter and Sadie are back," she announced.

"Took their time," Percy replied. Alyssa just shrugged and ran back outside.

"I guess thats our cue to get up," Percy said with a sigh and she and Percy reluctantly followed Alyssa out.

...

Given that they had just succeeded in getting Ra back, Sadie was looking disappointed, like she'd failed. Carter on the other hand was grinning like a mad man...at Annabeth, Percy would have words with him about that later, but now was not the time.

"So, what happened down there?" one of the magicians asked, their names were all starting to blur together as far as Percy was concerned, "We're all dying to know."

"Okay," Sadie started in her annoyingly posh London accent. This may have been a long night, but it was going to be an even longer day, Percy thought to himself.

Once Sadie had finally finnished her story, Percy took Carter out for a private word

"You were smiling at Annabeth," he accused, he knew he sounded rediculous, but he couldn't stand the thought of one of these magicians flirting with Annabeth.

"I was smiling at Zia." Carter answered. "I like Annabeth, but as a friend, and I've only known her for a day and I would never get in the way of someone's relationship, especially after both people in that relationship have risked their lives to help me and Sadie and I've liked Zia ever since I knew her. You have nothing to worry about."

"Sorry, I almost lost her last night, I guess I'm just paranoid that I might lose her in a different way today," Percy apologised.

"How did you almost loose her?" Carter asked.

"She got stabbed."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, its thanks to you and Sadie that she's okay now."

"How so?" Carter wasn't used to not knowing the answers, and definitely wasn't used to asking people like Percy Jackson, who reminded him of his sister, for them.

"Some Ra blessing thing, if you and Sadie hadn't brought back the sun god, she would be dead." Percy couldn't stop himself, he was crying, he couldn't bear the thought of losinglosing Annabeth the way he almost had last night.