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PIPER:
I was glad Jason and Percy hadn't gotten too hurt. I mean, yeah, Percy was bleeding and all, but I guess just being in the sea (or on a boat) would heal him, so he was okay. We had just gotten off the Argo II and were heading west towards Mt. Olympus. The Seven agreed that Gaea and The giants would be there, since Porphyrion had told us when we battled him and his army, "You must be dug up completely like rotten trees- your eldest roots torn out and burned.
Annabeth and I were leading the group, since we could read Ancient Greece the best, and hello, Annabeth's a Daughter of Athena. It's an obvious choice. Anyway, Annabeth seemed to know where we were going, so I followed her. Suddenly, Annabeth stopped abruptly. She looked pale and horrified. Annabeth never, ever looks like that.
"Hey, are you okay?" I asked.
She nodded slightly.
"Let's just keep going." she said.
I glanced back at the others and saw Hazel, Frank and Jason looking uneasy, Leo was just staring at all of the rubble, (the place was in ruins, for gods' sake.) And Percy looked deep in thought, glancing at every little ruin, probably expecting a monster to pop out of nowhere.
I turned back to the broken pavement, dead tree trunks, and... Wait, where's Annabeth?
I immediately whirled around as fast as I could.
"Annabeth's gone!" I yelled. The others ran over and started yelling Annabeth's name.
"Quit that! If there are any monsters nearby, they'll hear us and were freaking dead!" Percy shouted hastily.
"He's right. Everyone calm down." said Jason.
"Where could she have gone?" asked Hazel.
I thought back to a few minutes ago when Annabeth had turned pale and looked horrified. Gaea must have spoken to her, threatening her. Probably something about Percy.
"Gaea talked to Annabeth; she looked horrified a few minutes ago. Gaea was threatening her." I said confidently.
"What do we do?" asked Leo.
"We have to find the monsters, and follow them, so they can lead us to Annabeth." Frank said.
I knew Frank was right, his father being Ares and all.
"How are exactly are we supposed to find the monsters?" Leo pointed out.
"I'm not sure, but I guess we should keep going until we hear noise and then we check it out," said Frank.
We all nodded and kept walking. I kept praying to the gods that Annabeth wouldn't get hurt.
ANNABETH: Wisdom's daughter walks alone, the Mark of Athena burns through Rome. That one sentence kept playing in my head, over and over. Obviously, this was a trick to get me on Gaea's side. But when she had told me she would torture Piper, Leo, Jason, Hazel, Frank and lastly, Percy, I couldn't ignore Gaea. I was not going to let my friends die.
I was walking absent mindedly toward the ruined Mt. Olympus, already way ahead of my friends. But what I didn't know was if they were looking for me, kept on going, or if they thought I was kidnapped again by Gaea's monsters. So I began to analyze those three hypotheses' I had.
My daughter of Athena instincts kicked in. They won't be yelling all over the place, since monsters would hear them, and I know they might've yelled for a minute or two, but either Jason or Percy told them to stop.
As I thought Percy's name, my heart heaved with sadness at having to leave him, after I had just gotten him back, but I knew it was for his own good, no matter how insane with worry he was.
As for the second and third theories, they are probably both true. If another one of the Seven had disappeared, I know that I would be telling the others to keep on going, instead of looking for the disappeared person.
I kept on walking, when I heard the familiar yells of the Seven. My mind warned me not to go to them, but my legs were on autopilot. I raced toward the sound and when I got there, I did not find the others.
How could I have I been so stupid?
I had found a clan of Cyclops. All of which were ready to have a grilled demigod for dinner.
PERCY: Was I going insane with worry for Annabeth? Yeah, you could say that. Again, I had a flash of déjà vu back to the winter before Luke had turned into Kronos and captured Annabeth; also just a few days ago when Gaea's monsters had captured her.
I didn't think she had been captured by Gaea. Like Piper said, Gaea had deceived her into thinking that if Annabeth didn't go to her, I would die. I might be an idiot (sometimes) but I'm not stupid.
I knew she would do anything for me, but I don't want her to get hurt because of that.
For all I know, she could be in serious danger right now. Most likely she is.
"GODS HELP ME!" Someone screamed ahead of us.
I ran as fast as my legs would take me and saw a sight that almost made me die of a panic attack.
Four Cyclops were sitting around a fire and—my heart crawled into my throat. There was Annabeth, hanging on for dear life tied around a long branch, a few centimeters away from being scorched by fire.
Hazel, Frank, Jason, Piper and Leo rushed into the clearing and immediately attacked.
Leo burst into flames, Piper withdrew her dagger, Hazel conjured precious cursed stones, Frank transformed into the lithe body of a tiger and pounced, and Jason summoned winds and threw them at the Cyclops while stabbing and slashing with his gladius.
I sprinted over to Annabeth's branch and untangled her like my own life depended on it. Well, part of it did, since I would be nothing without Annabeth, but I just concentrated, and before I knew it, Annabeth was untied and she was practically strangling me. I looked up and saw the monsters crumple into dust and the others sit down in exhaustion.
"I'm sorry I left, Percy. Gaea promised me if I didn't go to her you would die," Annabeth said, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Don't ever do that again. And don't worry about me. I'm always about to die, remember? Anyways, part of the prophecy just came true, and if you died you know I couldn't stand to lose you." I whispered and kissed her forehead.
She nodded and said, "I know. I love you." Instead of answering, I kissed her quickly, broke apart and got up to offer to help her stand up.
Annabeth rolled her eyes, "I'm not injured, Percy. Chill out." But she grabbed my hand and stood anyway.
The others got up too, and Leo asked,
"Where to now?"
"Let's just get out of here. We can find a place to sleep later," Said Hazel.
"Yeah, let's go." We all agreed and trudged off into the dark.
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