To start off with I need to address three things: 1) the reason all of my titles are song names, is because I love music, and a lot of the song titles make good chapter titles. 2) I know that Thalia is a little ooc-ish, but I hate it when Thalia and Percy fight. I love both of those characters, and I don't want them to fight …yet! 3) I like to make short chapters because I personally don't like reading long chapters. And I don't like writing them either. So…in this chapter, a lot of time has passed since the hydra attack (6 days). Again it's mostly about Thalia and Percy talking. Review please!

Let It Out

We had started the quest six days ago, and we still didn't even know where to go.

"Arghhhhh!" Thaila shouted as we were walking on a pier.

"What?" I said irritably.

"Percy, we have been walking in no general direction for six days. We don't even know where we are! Why don't you use your stupid water powers to get us somewhere, of for that matter, find Annabeth and Grover!"

"Oh, my stupid water powers? Well, if I may recall, my stupid water powers have saved both of our butts us numerous times. But your powers on the other hand, have barley done anything!"

"Please, you're just jealous that my dad is the god of the gods, and your dad is some fisherman dude who does nothing!"

"Oh my gods Thalia! My dad is in charge of three-fourths of the world! What's your dad's job? Oh ya, controlling the sky! Who in Hades cares about the sky, it's the…"

"Oh, you think the ocean is more important than the sky! Are you insane? The sky provides a home for…"

"What, a home for birds? The sea provides a home for…"

"Deadly animals like sharks. They kill people.



"Well, I believe your dad makes tornadoes that kill thousands of people a year."

"Oh, and I believe that someone's father makes hurricanes that are also deadly, and cause major destruction."

"Thalia, you are pathetic."

"You're a moron!"

"You're a Pinecone Face!"

"You're a Seaweed Brain!"

That's when I lost it. I sat down on rock, and put my face in my hands. Thaila must have been very confused, because she immediately stopped throwing insults at me, and looked at me.

"What?"

When I didn't answer, she sat on the ground next to me.

"Percy," she said in a kind voice, "you know I didn't mean any of that right?"

"I know." I said without taking my head out of my hands."I didn't mean it either."

"Then what's wrong?"

"I'm just so worried about Annabeth. I can't imagine what Luke did to her. I don't even know if she's still alive." That's when I lost it, I started to cry, but not so Thalia could see.

"Percy, I know she's alive. But I don't know what Luke would have done to her. He loved her like a sister ever since he met her. We had been running away for a week by then, and we saw her. She was crossing the street, and a car almost hit her. Luke jumped into the traffic, and scooped her up. She was so close to being hit, but Luke saved her. Then for the rest of our trip to Camp Half-Blood, Luke didn't let her out of his sight. He would carry her around, and give her anything she wanted. Once he found five dollars on the ground. He spent it on an ice cream cone for her, and a little Barbie doll."

Then Thalia started crying.

In the end we were both sitting on the floor, lost in memories.

Thalia was thinking about Luke, and all of the fun times they had had together.



And I, I was thinking about Annabeth. I was also thinking about all of the good times we had had together, and of all the fun times we would have together. Because I would save her, and Grover, for that matter.

Sometimes it was better just to let it out.