Captured
A PJATO Fanfiction
©- Rick Riordan; PJATO
Summary:
It's been nearly a year since the Second Titan War, and Annabeth Chase has a problem. A HUGE problem. Her boyfriend, Percy Jackson, recently went missing. Who took Percy? As if TLH never ever happened. An OC is added, and Nico is 15.
AN: Happy New Year! Thanks to everyone who's read this story!
Chapter 25
Annabeth
I hate my life. My friends decided to convince me to basically give up on finding my boyfriend, and I actually agreed to! What the Hades is wrong with me? Sure, they keep telling me that we'll search for Percy again, but I know we won't. It's not going to happen. I-I'm never going to find him. I hate being useless. I can draw battle plans, redesign Olympus, hold up the freakin sky, but I can't find my missing boyfriend?
The six of us decided we might as well go with the person closest to us. Clarisse and Chris paired up, as did Nico and Jess, and Thalia and I were left. Always seems to be Thals that's left.
"Ready?" Thalia asked. I nodded silently. "Annabeth, you can't still be upset at all of us. We're doing the right thing!" Thalia cried, exasperate.
I glared at her. "I know that, Thalia." I snapped. "How would you like it if Luke was the one being kidnapped and probably tortured? Oh wait, you don't care about Luke anymore." I sneered. "You're in the Hunters now."
Thalia's eyes narrowed. "Don't even start that, Annabeth." she said coldly. "Let's just get back to camp." As if on cue, lightning struck us, carrying us to Camp Half-Blood.
When we got to camp, we saw Nico, Jess, Clarisse, and Chris arguing with Chiron. Campers were surrounding them, but they made a path when they saw Thalia and I.
"What's going on?" Thalia and I demanded in unison.
Clarisse glared at Chiron. "He's trying to figure out a freakin punishment for us." she growled angrily.
"Why the Hades do we need to punished?" Chris challenged.
"Yeah," Nico added. "We were searching for-"
"Percy." Jess finished. The campers gasped, and a familiar girl stepped forward. She had wavy brown hair and Percy's sea green eyes. She was somewhat short, considering I believe, she was at least part Asian.
"What do you mean he's missing?" she demanded. Ah, you're probably wondering who she is.
Thalia's eyes narrowed. "Who's this?"
"Tallie Marks, daughter of Poseidon." she introduced, offering Thalia her hand. Thalia shook it.
"Another child of the Big 3? Wow." Thalia muttered.
"Back to our little situation," Tallie said, turning to me. "Percy's gone missing?" All of the campers plus Chiron looked at me anxiously.
I sighed, but nodded. "A couple days now," I said. "We've been searching for him, but we've got nothing."
"That's why we came back to camp," Jess added. "To get help."
"Count me in." Tallie declared. I looked at the daughter of Poseidon warily. She'd only been at camp a few months, plus she was still young… Then again, Percy went on a quest when he was twelve, and Tallie's fourteen…
I shook my head. "No, not yet. Percy, he wouldn't want you to get hurt." I told her.
Tallie's face fell. "Fine," she said reluctantly. "But promise me you'll bring him back, alive."
I looked at her, struggling with this promise. It was a dangerous oath, and I wasn't sure I could uphold it. "I promise I'll bring Percy home alive." I promised.
Tallie nodded gratefully. "Thanks, Annabeth. I trust you." she said, before walking back towards the Poseidon Cabin. The campers all murmured something, but the crowd dispersed.
Chiron gave all of us a stern look as the last demigod left. "What were you thinking?" he demanded. "Leaving the camp without permission? Going on a quest without permission? Do you have any idea what kind of havoc you caused?"
I flinched at his tone of voice. Chiron usually doesn't get this angry… "Listen, Chiron," I said. "It's not their fault, I asked them to help me find Percy. I dragged them on the quest. It's my fault." I admitted. "But, in my defense, this is Percy on the line. Plus, a ghost told me to."
Chiron gave me a really odd look. "A ghost? Annabeth, are you alright?" he asked worriedly. Ah, there's the teacher I know and love.
"Fine," I answered. "But ask them, a ghost told us to find Percy." Chiron looked at the others, and they nodded. "See?"
My teacher sighed. "Fine, I suppose I'll have to believe your outrageous story, considering you are one of my most trustworthy students." Chiron said, looking us over. "Get some rest, you look like you need it. Jess, you may want to stop at the Apollo Cabin, first, though."
Jess nodded. "I was planning to." she said.
I sighed. "Thanks, Chiron." I murmured, walking back to Athena's cabin.
Later That Night…
Dream
That night, I had a dream. Actually, it was a whole bunch of my dreams, all mixed together as if someone had recorded each of them, and created a DVD of them.
The first thing I dreamt about was the morning I woke up to see that Percy was gone.
Dream me shot up in my bed shakily, panting. She glanced around the room and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Annabeth, dear, wake up!" Sally called.
"I-I'm up!" Dream me replied. She got up and walked into the bathroom. Dream me looked at herself in the mirror, then gagged.
"Annabeth, can you wake up Percy for me?" Sally asked.
"Sure!" Dream me yelled. My heart dropped at what was going to happen. Dream me searched frantically upstairs, then ran downstairs.
"Sally!" she yelled. Oh gods.
"What is it, dear?" Sally asked.
"It's Percy. He's gone." Dream me whispered.
The dream shifted, and I saw myself battling Phobos, god of fear. My friends, minus Jess, were besides me, also fighting minor gods or in Chris's case, monsters.
"You can't win, girl." Phobos taunted. "You have skill, I'll give you that, but I'm a god!"
I glared at him. "At least I have a brain." I muttered. The god glared at me, then showed me my worst fear: losing the people I loved most.
First, I saw Thalia. I glanced around and also saw Luke, Grover, and a younger version of myself. We had successfully made it across the boundary line, but Thalia was a different story. I almost turned away, but I decided not to. A hellhound attacked her, delivering the final blow. There was a bright flash of blue light, and when it dimmed, I saw a pine tree in place of my best friend, Thalia.
Second, I saw glimpses of Luke. I saw Luke explaining his evil plan to Percy, while Seaweed Brain tried to avoid the scorpion. I tried to cry out, to tell Luke to think about it, but my voice didn't work. Luke slashed his sword in the air and disappeared. Next, I saw Luke bearing the weight of the sky. I saw a younger version of myself rush to him to ease his burden. I saw him leave me under the sky to take care of his selfish antics. Third, I saw Luke-er-Kronos. It was the final day of the Battle of Manhattan. I witnessed Kronos and I battling, Luke regaining control, Percy giving him the knife, and Luke's death. Tears blurred my vision as I thought of Luke, my older brother.
Lastly, I saw Percy. I saw the younger version of myself spoon-feeding him ambrosia while smirking. I saw us, along with Grover on our quest to the Underworld. I saw us in the Chariot of Damnation. I saw Percy fight Polyphemus after I was immobilized. I saw him on the quest to find me. I saw Percy speaking to Aphrodite(yes, he told me.) about our "tragic love story". I saw both of us on Atlas's mountain. I saw Percy fighting the empousai with Rachel's assistance. Our argument. The two of us entering the labyrinth. Our first kiss. Percy's return. The Battle of the Labyrinth. Percy entering the River Styx. I also saw something I didn't recognize at all. I was in a canoe, wearing my Yankees cap, yet I was still visible. I was laughing at Percy, who had fallen out of the canoe. I said something to Percy, then pulled him up into the canoe. Next, I saw Percy asking me for a kiss. Thinking back on it, I really wish I had given him a kiss. I saw Percy give Luke my knife. I saw the gods offering him immorality, Percy looking at me, then deciding to turn it down. Finally, I saw our underwater kiss. A watery smile crept to my face as I watched Percy Jackson, the guy whom I loved.
I blinked, then snapped out of my daze. Dream me continued to battle Phobos.
Next, I witnessed Thalia's argument with the bartender. I heard the witness accounts of Ares and Athena. Great, more useless information. I saw my own fight with the same guy, which resulted in the same outcome as Thalia's fight. Then, I saw Clarisse and Thalia talking.
Clarisse was sitting on a bench right outside a random store. She looked up as the Thalia walked outside. "Any news?"
Thalia nodded. "Another witness that saw Ares and Athena at that club only on a different night. What the Hades is so significant about that freaking bar?" she exclaimed, throwing my hands in the air. "Oh, and I found out the name of the club. Aegis Club and Bar."
Clarisse's eyes narrowed. "Aegis? As in Zeus's shield?"
"That's what I was wondering." Thalia muttered. "Though that may explain why Athena is attracted to that club."
The dream changed, and I saw Thalia and Clarisse in a cottage. When was this? I scanned the room and found that the two of them were speaking to Lady Hestia.
The only thing I caught from their conversation was the ending: "Keep your eyes open. Percy Jackson is closer to you then you think." Hestia said, flicking her hand. Clarisse and Thalia disappeared at the wave of her hand, and Hestia turned to me.
"See, Annabeth?" she said, smiling. "You know where Percy is, but you have not realized it yet." The scenes with Thalia and Clarisse replayed over in my mind, over and over again.
Then, it hit me.
AN: Any more guesses on where Percy is? His location is revealed in the next chapter!
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Disclaimer: I don't own the scenes mentioned from PJATO, Rick Riordan does.