Chapter 12 screaming
Annabeth's P.O.V.
I turned after all of the Dracaena turned to a yellow dust. I saw Nico in a clearing, Per-no Kronos held Riptide.
"Nico! What are you doing!"
I shouted over the roar of monsters.
"Stalling him!"
He shouted back. Of course, so we could get a clear shot. I turned to find Thaila. She had the arrow. But I saw her dash into the clearing holding Aegis, her shield. She protected Nico. But Kronos blasted them 20 feet away. I ran to Thaila shouting, no screaming her name. I saw blood coming from her back.
"You have to…fading…clear shot…Blackjack air….go!"
She said gasping. She grabbed her bow and arrows and handed them to me. I took them and saw Thaila pass out. She wanted me to shoot him. I guess it was appropriate.
"Blackjack!"
I called. I saw him dive and I jumped on. I pulled back the cursed arrow and found a clear shot.
Please Athena, help me!
I pulled back the arrow, Blackjack dove straight at Percy and I let it fly. Kronos didn't swat it away; after all he thought it was just an arrow. Somehow, I saw a white owl out of the corner of my eye, t least she was watching over me. Then, the arrow moved. I mean it shifted the other way about an inch, right in between two chinks of armor. For a moment, I saw him stumble, he quickly climbed on the Skeleton horse near him, his face turned pale and he let out an earsplitting scream. I saw monsters cover their ears it was that blood chilling. It wasn't in pain, but in pure agony.
"Follow them!"
I shouted in fear. Was that supposed to happen? I saw an Apollo camper see this and follow us. Percy screamed in agony so many times it felt like my heart was being ripped out. The Apollo kid was pale.
"Shoot the horses leg!"
I shouted at him. He nodded, strung his bow and sent it flying. I only realized that Kronos was heading to the water. Of course, Percy healed at the touch of water. The horse tumbled and Percy flew, He skidded across the ground onto the planks of wood by the dock. His eyes were open in a scream so wild that blackjack was freaking out. I was crying actually it was that bad. It sounded like he was being stabbed thousands of times but never dying. I dove down while Percy screamed the worst yet. He swung out his arms, and his legs twitched uncontrollably. His scream sounded like a hellhounds cry when it was wounded. A thick gold mist faced through his skin. It was working! The mist thickened and it looked like he was being stabbed by an invisible foe. Slashes cuts, ripped flesh appeared on his right side. The mist thickened and faded into nothing. Then I saw Percy, the real Percy. Blood was coming out of him way to fast, His bones were visible on his right side. I pulled of his armor quickly; his white cloths were soaked scarlet. His hair, sticky and matted. His fingers twitched on his left hand. I gasped and fell to his side.
"Annabeth! Wha-"
The Apollo kid froze when he saw me. I sobbed and saw my tears drip onto his face. I saw Blackjack swop down.
"Please," I said looking at the Apollo kid "Get help, please."
He ran onto Blackjack and flew into the sky. I sobbed looking at him. He was breathing shallowly. I heard running hooves and saw Chiron and Thaila, Nico, Grover, and Juniper on running Pegasus. The only difference between a Pegasus and a horse is the wings. Pegasus can still run very fast. Thaila had a bandage around her back; Nico had one around the top of his head. Chiron stopped and kneeled down. Everybody else dismounted. Percy's breathing was weaker. The wood around him was red with blood. He murmured something very quietly. I put my ear to his mouth to hear what he was saying.
"Water…"
He was murmuring. I gasped and ran over to the water about a meter away. I saw a few Hippocampi in the water looking at Percy. I gasped as an idea came to my mind. I ran back, grabbed Percy good left arm and pulled him. People stare at me in shock as I pulled him to the end of the pier. He left a trail of blood, I looked at the Hippocampus and they caught on to what I was doing. I hopped on them and dragged Percy into the water. He gasped like he relieved in the pain. After minutes, the bleeding stopped and slowly ever slowly his cuts started to heal. I saw the tendons and muscle reattach on his legs, I heard him cough, and then vomit, most of it stomach acids but actually there was a lot of blood. It hit the water and sunk down under. I saw Thaila, Nico, Juniper and Grover jump in. Chiron paced on the pier. I didn't realize how far out we were until I saw them trying to swim to us. It would take then about ten minutes to get to us. I then saw four great fins arch out of the water. I gasped as the great white sharks surfaced and stared at Percy. I then saw a whale and dolphins. It seemed like the ocean was grieving. Percy coughed again, drawing my attention. His eyes fluttered open.
"Annabeth?"
He asked wincing.
"You aren't getting away from me that easy seaweed brain."
He seemed to notice that we were in the ocean. He saw the animals and laughed.
"Hey guys, you can leave I'll be fine. Hey is that Thaila, Nico, Grover, and Juniper?"
He asked me. I nodded and looked at his ocean friends.
"Hey Sharks and whales, can you get them here faster?"
The animals sunk under and swam over. I then saw a big wave coming. Percy saw this and cursed. He made a bubble just in time. He laughed and tried to right himself.
"Is he gone? Is Kronos gone?"
He shivered at the thought of him within his body.
"He's gone."
I said happily. The Hippocampus started swimming back to where Grover and the bunch were.
"Hey, Percy's awake!"
Nico said smiling.
"Sorry about blasting you into a tree and rock."
He said sheepishly. Thaila laughed.
"And sorry about launching an arrow that ripped apart your soul."
She said grinning. He suddenly frowned.
"Dang camp's waiting for us to come back."
He said sighing.
"How do you know?"
Juniper asked.
"Blackjack told me."
He said looking up. Sure enough 5 Pegasus's were flying in circles. They descended and there hooves skimmed the water. The whale helped as a loading platform. Nico took Guido, Thaila took Porkpie, Juniper took one named cloud, and Grover took one named Echo. Of course I rode Blackjack with Percy. When Percy was out of water he passed out, that was fine by me, I trusted Blackjack not to drop us. We descended into camp with cheers of victory. Campers crowded around us. Part of me wanted to know where that giant dragon went, but the other part was just happy to be back. I saw Nico get a head rub from his dad. I saw Artemis smile at Thaila, more importantly, when I got off of Blackjack, Poseidon came and gently lifted Percy. His wounds were hard to look at, so painful, and disgusting. I saw a Satyr walk over with a blanket and put it over Percy's injuries. Nico looked at Percy in confusion and then turned back to his father. I followed Poseidon and Percy. Poseidon went to his cabin and laid him in the bed. Percy hadn't been here for four years. It must have been a shock. Poseidon gently put him down and left in a trail of mist. I simply sat down on a chair by his side, watching him sleep…
