Annabeth's POV

I glanced at the clock. 10:49… It's been two months and 12 hours since I was attacked. My body ached. I had a headache. My stomach churned and longed for quality food. My hands began to sweat from gripping my crutches. Being in the Police building made me nervous.

'Out of all people, how did this happen to me?' I thought. An alarm rang and seven people who all looked similar to each other walked into the interrogation room.

"Can you identify which one attacked you?" the officer to my left asked. I gulped down my fear of seeing my attacker and nodded. Although I knew they wouldn't be able to see me, I feared Percy's words 'Are you sure you want to do this? Most people who see there attacker go ballistic and end up committing suicide…' His voice rang in my head and I braced myself for the worst. I turned to the mirror. 'Okay, number one…' I looked at the brown haired man. His biceps were as big as my head. But saw nothing in him. 'Number two…' This man had blackish brown hair and he was very tall. Nope! 'Three…' This was an extremely short man. 'Okay what is with that? Now four…' Again there was nothing to him that freaked me out.

"Um ma'am?" the officer asked.

"Hold on please, I'm taking my time, I somewhat lost my memory…" I confessed. The officer didn't reply but simply nodded and looked back at the men. I focused my attention on number five. His brown eyes burned into me, as if searching my soul. His hair made me gag bit. His tattoo of a black rose made me whimper, and his bruised on his face, including a black eye, brought a sudden urge to run away. I looked at his face again. His eyes looked calmer as if he had felt my pain and was feeling pitiful towards me. Judith… his name rang in my head.

"Officer…um number five…" I said. I felt sadness rise up in me. Except for his fearsome features, I saw a kind and grieving heart.

"Thank you…I will interrogate him, is there anything I can do for you, miss?" she asked. I nodded and stared at Judith.

"Can you tell him that I said 'go to hell'?" I asked. I turned to find Percy and Nico waiting for me. I crutched over to them and I looked at a mirror to see the officer looking at me shocked. Like she had thought I was an innocent girl. Nope. I was independent.

"What number did you pick?" Percy asked and he held a paper with numbers and names.

"Five…" I said. Percy exhaled.

"That was Judith, I'm just happy that you didn't freak out…I can't imagine a world without you…" he told me. Nico walked by my side, opposite from Percy. They both helped me when I tripped on something.

"Oh I freaked out…in my mind…" I confessed. Both looked at me with looks that shouted "how so?". So I told them. "When I looked at the first four men, I saw nothing, but when I laid eyes on Judith, he looked like my worst nightmare and I wanted to run away screaming while he tried to eat me like the boogieman, but like twenty million times worse…" I said and I looked at the birds chirping a nest by the car. I wanted to take a shotgun and shoot them. I felt anger surge though me.

"At least this over…" I said after walking to the car.

"Sadly, it isn't…" Nico told me. Percy nodded in agreement, with disappointment in his eyes.

"Why not?" I asked. Nico looked at my face and studied the bruises.

"He tried to kill you…that's a federal act. We're going to court…" Percy spoke up and he opened the car door for me. I handed him the crutches. I winced as I tried to climb into the car. Percy set the crutches on the floor.

"Well, who's going to testify?" I asked. Percy opened up the other door, the one behind Nico.

"I am… I saw him bash your head in the car and I saw him with the knife. Percy looked outside his door and stared at the huge dent.

"How is my skull not broken?" I asked.

"You have a big brain I guess, wise girl!" Percy said and he smiled at me. Thalia looked up from The Hunger Games and took out her headphones. I'm kind of glad she stayed in the car.

"So?" she asked. Percy and Nico both opened their mouths to speak, but I beat them.

"I spotted Judith and I wanted to throw up…well, run away actually…" I said. Thalia looked back at me and nodded.

"Hopefully he'll lose the case so you won't have to sit next to him in Spanish once we gat back to school…" she said. my eyes widened.

"THALIA!" Both Nico and Percy yelled.

"Sorry!" she said and she went back to reading her book.

"I SIT NEXT TO HIM?" I asked.

"Uh…yeah…kind of…" Nico said and he ran his hand through his hair.

"You could have at least TOLD ME THAT!" I yelled. "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO IF WE LOSE THE CASE? HOW WILL I REACT TO HIM IN CLASS?"

"I don't know…we'll just have to wait until the case…" Percy said calmly. The case…I'd need a lawyer, I'll get me dad…

"What about my dad?" I asked. Percy looked over.

"He visited you while you were asleep. I heard him cry multiple times…" Thalia said looking up from her book.

"Does he know I'm awake?" I asked.

"No, well, maybe…I really don't know…" I looked at Nico as he spoke.

"I want to see him…" I demanded.

HI! I was seriously busy, so I'm so sorry that it's taken like a week to update. Hope you'll all have a nice Valentine's Day. I hope someone asks me in these last few days!

Please review and with love…

~Kat