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I let out a booming laugh.
"Did you see that?" I laughed again at how funny this Paranormal Activities is. I mean come on how fake can you get. Nico and I were sitting on the bed in our hotel room watching Paranormal Activities which is by far the funniest scary movie. How could anybody find this movie "The scariest movie of our time?" I chuckled to myself.
"Your phone is vibrating." Nico said looking down at my phone. When you get older, it's harder for monsters to find you. So I thought it was appropriate to get a phone. I looked down to see Annabeth's number calling.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Thalia its Percy, you need to get to the Denver Hospital right away." Why did he sound so upset?
"What's wrong?" I asked. All ready gathering my stuff and packing it up. I motioned for Nico to start packing his things as well.
"It's Annabeth." That's all he had to say.
"I'll be there in two minutes." I hung up the phone.
"Where are we going?" Nico said putting our bags over his shoulder and grabbing my arm.
"Go to the Denver Hospital." Before I knew it we were standing in front of a red and puffy eye Percy. I looked around to make sure nobody saw us shadow travel, but there was nobody in the room.
"What happened Percy?" I asked sitting on my feet where he sat on the ground.
"It's my entire fault." Percy kept mumbling.
"What's your fault?" Percy took a deep breath. His face went from red to white. He got so pale it looked like he saw a ghost.
"We were resting here for the night. So across the street from our hotel was a gas station. I told Annabeth that I would run across the street to get us some food. She insisted that she should go with me and I couldn't tell her no. So when we got there I went to the back of the store to get some drinks, there was a drive by and she got shot in her neck." He broke down again when he was done telling me his story. I just sat there with a blank expression on my face.
What was happening?
I sat down paralyzed. Was Annabeth going to be okay? What if she doesn't make it? We parted on a bad note. I don't want her to die thinking I was upset with her.
Snap out of it Thals! What was I saying? Annabeth is going to be alright. She is tough and smart and something as little as this won't be able to hold her down. But it was not something little. It was something big. Getting shot is no joke. I wiped my tears away from my face.
"Is she going to be okay?" My question came out in a whispered and my voice cracked.
"They said she is in critical condition." Percy whispered back. I banged the back of my head against the wall. Why did it have to be Annabeth? Why her? She still had a full life to live. The more sorrow I began feeling the more angry I got. Nobody had the right to do this to someone. I heard a boom of thunder roll across the sky I looked out the window in time to see a flick of lightning light up the night. Once when the tears on my face started streaming down, it started pouring outside.
It was another two hours before a doctor came out. I looked up. It was the worst two hours of my life with all those possibilities running through my mind.
She could be brain dead.
She could not live to tell her legacy.
Or she would recover and be the same old Annabeth again.
She might be paralyzed.
My last strand of hope went as far as hoping it was the wrong person they said was in critical condition. And our Annabeth was in the other room waiting to be let go.
When the doctor stepped in front of us my stomach dropped. It was like my whole world was falling from beneath me. I felt any twinge of hope vanish from within me. This can't be happening to me. Why did everything I cared about disappear?
"No." I said out loud.
"I'm sorry we did everything humanly possible. We couldn't save her. The bullet was in too deep and there was so much blood. We are so sorry for your lost." And with that the doctor bowed his head and walked away. I put my hands on top of my head and closed my eyes. I breathed in and let my tears race down my face. I felt Nico's arms around me.
I never got to tell Annabeth goodbye. And I never will be able to. Outside the rain was really coming down. Thunder and lightning took turns dancing in the sky. The tears just wouldn't stop pouring down. Why did it have to be Annabeth. She was like a sister to me. She was my sister. And my last real conversation with her was one of an older sister scolding a younger sister.
Never take life for granted.
Sorry it's a little short. I hope you guys liked it. Please review! And please remember it's not worth taking someone else's life and you shouldn't take your own life for granted.