*Puts hands in front of face to block objects thrown at me* Umm, hi guys. I know it's been about a month-ish since the last update, and I didn't realize that it's been so long until yesterday, so I promise I'll try to get back writing on this story again, I've just been busy with a lot of yard work and my summer job, but I'll try to get chapters out when I can.

I'm not sure why, but I' kind of lacking inspiration for writing right now, so please, if you could review or PM me with some kind of a prompt for a short story or one-shot so I can get back into writing, that would help a lot. Some kind of request with standards I have to meet.

Well, this has gone long enough, so I promise I'll get writing again, and enjoy the chapter! It's been way too long.

Chapter 10!

Percy's POV

I've spent a few days laying in the infirmary, healing an resting until I'm in good enough condition to walk around and move on my own. I laid/sat in my bed alone in the infirmary except for the times when Artemis or Thalia brought me meals. One time that Thalia came, she asked me what had happened to me, but I didn't know either.

Today was particularly lonely. Ever since I came to the hunt, I hadn't had as many nightmares, but I didn't have anyone who wanted to be around me either, apart from Thalia. The girls all tried to stay away from me, and Artemis didn't usually even acknowledge me, but she did still seem concerned with what had happened to me when I was helping her.

I've had a lot of time to myself while I've been in here, and I've spent a lot of that time thinking about my nightmare that I had when I blacked out. I haven't slept since, and I managed to stay awake every night since so far, but I didn't understand that dream. The person that Gaia had killed had been all of the people I car about, but the one who was the last was Artemis. I don't know why that happened, Artemis has accepted me as a guardian, but she didn't care about me beyond curiosity, and I don't have feelings for her. I respect her, sure, she's an honest goddess and she holds to her word, she's managed to keep her oath for several millenia, whereas the Big Three couldn't keep theirs for a century.

Artemis still confused me though. When I'd woken up and hugged her from my nightmare, she had hardly reacted, she even put her arms around me in an attempt to comfort me, then waved it off like it was nothing. I thought she would kill me, or cut off certain things that would be very painful, but she just asked if I was alright. I don't understand her, and I don't know why it matters to me so much that I figure her out.

I need sleep, but I can't make myself close my eyes, beacuse I'm afraid the nightmares will come back. I'm finally getting to the point of exhaustion that my thoughts are blending together, and I'm having trouble defining reality from my thoughts.

I looked around the white tent, and laid back against my bed. I thought about my nightmare again, then my eyelids slowly closed.

Artemis's POV

The past few days that Percy has been in the infirmary have been some of the most stressful in my recent years. What happened to him, and how come I'm alright now? He needs to recover so we can figure out what happened, and what caused it.

I've been trying to keep focused on my responsibilities and avoid Percy most of the time, because I can't let afford to be distracted, and I need to keep a steady mind. If I go see him to see if he's okay, then I'll start thinking about what caused it, and I'll get distracted again. I occasionally take him food, but he keeps quiet while I'm there. I tried agian to get him to tell me what happened while he was knocked out, but he won't tell me anything. He just says that he's fine and nothing happened. I don't understand what happened, and I want to know what caused it.

Maybe after he's been with the Hunt for longer, he'll open up about it.

I'm not sure what to do anymore now that Percy was injured, and we can't move him. Our camp is forced to stay in the same place, and I don't know how we can be productive. The girls spend most of their time at our archery range practicing, but that can get boring very quickly if that's all that they do, and their skills will detoriate if they aren't actually put to work. They've all become bored, and want to move on. I've only been able to go about my responsibilities and be concerned and confused about Perseus. He never seems to leave my thoughts for very long, whether I'm thinking about the injury, or the cause of his fear while he was asleep.

I don't have any more options on what to do, so I have to make a decision.

Tomorrow, I'll take Perceus to Apollo to find out what happened.

Well guys, I know it was short, and really bad, but I'm just not really sure what to do exactly at the moment, and I'm out of practice writing. Please leave a review for the chapter, and PM me or review with a prompt for a short story that I can use to get back into writing again please. I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I hope to see you in the next one!