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I Don't Care
Slowly, I walked towards Athena's cabin. My mind was reeling with thoughts, but I tried to blank them out. Parts of the prophecy made sense, but as to some of the other lines, I was clueless.
When I arrived at Annabeth's cabin, I heard more puking. I raced inside, and took Thalia's place in holding Annabeth's hair.
"Are you okay?" I asked Annabeth when her mouth was clear.
"Yeah," she said in a raw voice.
"Well, I got a prophecy. 'To the Underworld you shall go. When a sacrifice is in need you will know. A son of Hades must take the lead, for you to get what you need. An enemy will appear and you may lose all you hold dear,'"I said, reciting the prophecy. I had never really understood how everyone was able to memorize their prophecies after just hearing it once. Then, the more I thought about it, I don't think anyone can forget them. It's like the prophecies are imprinted into receiver's minds.
Everyone was silent for a while, while contemplating the meaning of the prophecy. I steered Annabeth over to her bed, and made her lay down because she looked very pale. I sat down next to her, and ran my hand up and down her silky hair. Nico just plopped himself down onto the ground, and Thalia didn't move.
Like she does when she is stressed out, Thalia stood so still that you would have thought she was still a tree.
"Well, obviously I have to go with you," Nico said randomly, standing up.
"Yes, that would make sense, but would it really be that obvious? I mean you are the only son of Hades…aren't you?" Annabeth inquired nervously.
It was something to think about; were we really the only three children of the big three? Were there more children like us, who actually were awake? Could someone take away the burden of dying away from us? No, I thought to myself, stop thinking about that stuff. Focus on the prophecy.
"Well, yeah, Nico has to come with me…but I don't think anyone else needs to…" I said quietly.
Immediately an outburst started, causing mayhem. There were girls screaming at me, and I felt a few slaps across the face.
"Are you insane? You aren't the only two going! We have to come with you!" Annabeth screeched. Her voice had jumped up at least two octaves, and my eardrums were threatening to burst.
"Yeah, you have got to be kidding. Why in the name of Zeus would you even say something like that?" Thalia said. She was being a little bit calmer than Annabeth, but she still looked pretty angry.
"Annabeth, you can't go anywhere, and you know that's true." I said. I looked her straight in the eyes, and I knew that she understood what I was saying. "And Thalia, who is gonna help Annabeth if no one else is here? Obviously Nico needs to be there, so it'll just be me and him."
Annabeth was looking worried, and Thalia looked downright murderous.
"Well I think Percy's right," Nico said unexpectedly.
"Just 'cause he's right, doesn't mean I have to like it," Annabeth mumbled under her breath. Knowing I had won, I smiled to myself. I wasn't going without her because I wanted to, but because I needed to. I was doing what was best for her.
"Percy, I need to go on this quest." Thalia said with pain in her voice. I looked into her blue eyes, and saw that she wasn't lying; she really did need to come with us.
"But Thalia, we can't leave Annabeth alone!" Nico protested. The way Thalia was looking at me...my will was crumbling. She reminded me of Annabeth…so stubborn and downright stupid at some times. Thalia was like the sister I never had…and I guess we really were related: cousins.
While I loved Annabeth with all of my heart, I loved Thalia too, but not in a romantic way. She was just like a sister…even if she could be a stubborn bitch.
"Thalia-"I faltered. I needed to say no, no, I had to say no. She had to stay and protect Annabeth. Annabeth couldn't leave.
Well, she wouldn't have been able to leave if I hadn't looked at her.
Her stormy grey eyes were full of tears. She looked heartbroken, angry, and neglected all at the same time. She held out a clammy hand for me to take, and whispered one word: "Please."
I looked up at the ceiling, begging for help that would never come. My will had crumbled. What was going to be a small group of two was about to become a group of four. One was sick, another too stubborn to follow any directions.
"You know I really hate you guys for this…but-"I began, but I was cut off by Nico.
"Percy, we can't let them come! First of all, there are four people; that goes against ancient laws! We can't deify those laws. Second of all, Annabeth is too sick to move without puking, and you are thinking about crossing the country with her? The girls are right, you are insane!" Nico said. If looks could kill seemed like a good description of the look he was giving me now.
I opened my mouth to protest-though I wasn't sure why-but Thalia crossed the room. "Nico, please. We have to go." Thalia said. She looked at me him like Annabeth looked at me sometimes; with a heartbreaking look of misery that anyone would give in to.
And then, Nico's face melted into acceptance, just like the way mine always did.
"Oh screw it, I don't care." Nico said, although he still looked like he did care a little.
