A/N: Update :D. Sorry for the long wait, I had my guitar recital (and it was so embarrassing in front of people)

Nico's POV

"P-percy?" I stutter. The Percy who had just arrived, the one that was bruised and bloody, turned to me.

"Nico? Where are..." he turns to Thalia, "Thalia?" he manages to say before fainting, along with Annabeth.

Thalia and I reached for them and caught them before they fell on the floor. Percy and Annabeth (the one who were not bruised) was frozen in shock.

"What happened" Sadie exclaims. "Who-who are they?"

"They're Percy and Annabeth" Thalia says, "but older. One year, perhaps"

"Impossible" Carter says.

Anubis' eyes were wide, "They are dying." he says then turns to me, "Can't you feel it, Nico?"

I nod. I didn't accept the fact that they are dying. This is Percy and Annabeth we are talking about. They are one of the few people who actually cared for me.

Grover stumbles towards the two, "Aqua-man? Perce?" he managed to say before fainting. He fell on the floor with a thud, which regained Percy and Annabeth's (the one who were frozen in shock) attention back.

A note appeared next to me and I read it, "We can't bear to see these two to die, so we decided to give them a somewhat a timeout to heal - Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Athena and Hestia"

"Wh-what happened. To us?" Annabeth says

"It's impossible! I can't be bruised" Percy says

"We are looking at your bruised body, Percy. Are you still denying it?" Zia says.

I turn to Apollo, who was staring at the fallen couple in wide eyes, "Apollo! Do something! Please!" I say, my voice cracking.

The god stands up and order Thalia and I to lay them on the floor. He mutter hymns and did some of his godly mumbo-jumbo.

"I need bandages, a clean cloth and a small tub of water" Apollo says, wiping his brow. Bast snaps her fingers and said items appear.

"Why can't you make them appear yourself?" Percy asks

"I'm saving my energy to heal both of you" Apollo says. He turns to me, "Open Percy's shirt while I prepare the gauze"

I nod and took one of Thalia's hunting knives and rip open Percy's shirt. I gasp at the numerous bruises and scars at his blood-covered body.

"Percy..." Annabeth says, "that's not possible..."

Aphrodite stands up, "I think the two of you should go to your rooms" she says to Percy and Annabeth, who reluctantly follows because of the charmspeak.

The Egyptians were uncomfortable in their beanbags.

I look at them, "You can come and see them"

Sadie was the first one to get up and went to Annabeth's side. Zia followed her, trailed by the male Kanes. Anubis and Bast went and stood next to Apollo.

"Thalia, cut open Annabeth's shirt also" Apollo says, cleaning one of Percy's wound with a damp cloth.

"W-what?" I felt my face warm up, "Are you serious?"

"They are in need of medical attention, Mr. di Angelo. Settle those thoughts later" Apollo says as Thalia rips open Annabeth's shirt, which was equally covered in bruises and blood.

Grover then sat next to me, "Oh Pe-er-cy." he bleated, covering his face, "What happened now?" he says.

"Calm down, Goat boy. He'll survive" I say.

Few minutes later, Aphrodite arrives, "Percy and Annabeth wants to see, well, themselves"

The said couple arrives and kneels next to the other them

"Why do I have a Bubblewrap splinter on my ankle?" she says.

"From the looks of it, I'd say you made that yourself" Thalia says, then a silver coin drops from the Fallen Annabeth's pocket.

I pick up the coin and look at it, "It's an ancient coin. An Athenian coin"

"Athenian coin?" Sadie says

"The currency from a town of Athens, whose patron was Athena" Carter answers

"Well, that makes sense"

"Let me se- OUCH" Annabeth drops the coin as it glows red then disappeared.

"That was anti-climatic" Amos says.

Apollo stands up and wipes his hands, "The other scars need to heal naturally, so I suggest you guys to eat. I'll take care of them"

Aphrodite stands up and brushes her gown. She snaps her fingers and she was now wearing a pair of jeans and a simple shirt, but she looks glamorous.

"I'll make dinner" she says and heads to the kitchen.

"You guys should see this" Apollo says. I saw scratch marks on his arms and face.

We stand up and head to the living. The Percy and Annabeth which have arrived (We'll name them FP [Future Percy] and FA [Future Annabeth] ) was sitting on a beanie, holding each other as if their lives depended on it.

"Hey, Nico" FP says. His voice was hollow. No more joy and cheerfulness in it.

"Percy, what happened?" I ask

"Long story, Nico" FA says, "Is that, us?" she points at present Percy and Annabeth

"Oh my gods" Sadie says, seeing FA's face, which was cleaned from the blood and grime. Her face was thin and her cheek bones were prominent. Percy was the same.

"I'm sorry but, who are you?" FA says, tightening her grip on FP, who didn't even wince.

"She's Sadie Kane, an Egyptian magician." Thalia says, "No need for reactions and an I-told-you-so. You already did that" FA blushed slightly.

"So, introductions please" FP says.

A/N: short chapter, sorry. :D

I keep on saying that I hate it whenever the author updates a story but only gives the readers a short chapter. I'm such a hypocrite :)