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: Wow. That's my simple reaction to last chapter's reviews. On the plus side, we made it to over 100 reviews! On the negative side, well don't even get me started on that. Anyway, my answer to nearly everybody's question: Is Percy going to come back? Hmm, I'll have to think about that one. He most likely won't come back in this book, but who knows. This chapter is more of a filler, because I needed Thalia's P.O.V. for Percy's funeral. And yes, next chapter is Percy's funeral. And no, as you all can see, Ch. 33 was not the end of Captured. I have probably two or three more chapters left, then it will be all finished, and after that, the sequel! (Which by the way will be called Chosen Trilogy: Abyss.) And, I may not be able to update as often because school is starting back up. Blah. :P So, here's Ch. 34. Hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 34

Chris

The next couple of days were depressing. If people thought Beckendorf's death took a toll on Camp Half-Blood, they have not seen camp right now. To put it lightly, imagine this. Beckendorf was the anchor of camp, and Percy's our boat. Without the anchor, camp was really messed up. Beckendorf held us all together. After he died, Percy took the role of the boat and the anchor. Now's he's dead too. Without the boat or the anchor, psh, we're screwed.

The gods took Percy to Olympus. No one really knows why, but I highly doubt we wanted a dead corpse at camp. Of course, we wouldn't care because we all owe our lives to Percy, but still. Annabeth had successfully contacted Grover, and now he was back at camp. Oh, if you thought Nico was emo, you have not seen the new Grover.

And you should just see Percy's half-sister Tallie. She doesn't seem like herself anymore, but then again, none of us do. You know how in all those books or movies how the hero always gets the everything he ever wants? That's a load of bull. That was supposed to happen to Percy, but no, the Fates changed his destiny. So now, we're stuck with a bunch of emo girls.

You all know Annabeth, right? (I certainly hope that after reading this that you know who Annabeth is. If you don't, wow. Just wow.) I'm sure a lot of you expected that she would act all depressed, suicidal, things like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've all read those "fanfictions" as you people call it. We already know that Percy has his own myth, things like that. All those fanfictions, they depict Annabeth as this suicidal, depressed, emo chick who lost her boyfriend. The same girl who doesn't eat, sleep, or do anything. Tell me I'm wrong.

Well, that's a load of dung. (New word! Athena's kids taught me it! ^_^) Annabeth is not under any circumstances this depressed, whiny girl who starves herself or deprives herself of sleep. Well, maybe the sleep part… In fact, she throws herself into her work. You barely see her anymore. Annabeth's either training, making battle strategies, or teaching a class. She's never sitting in her bed, crying her heart out. It's pretty strange, but hey, she's Annabeth.

A lot of things have happened in just three days. The camp's been turned upside down, people have been either depressed or OCD, and Olympus has a new ruler. Oops, forgot to mention that part. Sorry. ^_^

Well, you know how Zeus, Hera, Athena, Ares, and Dionysus betrayed Olympus? Yeah, that completely messed up the council. So, the remaining seven gods decided who should be on the council, and who should rule. Of course, you would think that one of the Big 3 should rule the gods, but both Poseidon and Hades have their own realm to look after. So, the council decided to take care of the unbalanced number of people on the council first. They gave Hestia, Hades, Nemesis, Nike, and Morpheus all the spot on the council, thereby balancing it. Another thing is that the new council finally decided who would rule the gods. Any guesses? No, it's not Nike. Nor is it Hades or Poseidon. I said that already, remember? It's not Demeter, either. That's right, it's Hestia!

After a millennia of not being on the council, Hestia was given her rightful place on the council, not to mention given the title of Queen of the gods. Took them long enough.

My thoughts were interrupted when one of my siblings, Rob, ran into the room, out of breath. Automatically, I thought something was wrong.

"You've got to come see this." Rob breathed, grinning. I followed him out of the Hermes Cabin warily and looked around.

Most of the campers had gathered outside, and most were laughing hysterically, despite the past events of the week. Rob and I pushed our way through the crowd, and I saw Connor in a chicken suit.

Okay, what would you do when you see your half-brother in a chicken suit? A.: Laugh like a maniac. B.: Take pictures. C.: Dress up in your own chicken suit with him. The answer? All of the above. Unfortunately, none of us had a chicken suit on hand, so we stuck to laughing at Connor and taking pictures.

"Why is he wearing a chicken suit?" I asked between laughs.

Rob grinned. "Travis and Connor made a bet on who could get a date first, and Connor lost." he replied, snickering.

"Who'd Travis ask out?" I questioned. I glanced at Travis, who was at the front of the crowd, grinning and taking pictures of Connor. Right next to him was Katie Gardner.

"Katie." Rob answered. Ah, we all knew about Travis's not-so-secret, secret crush on Katie.

"Took him long enough." I remarked dryly. "3 years, right?" Rob nodded.

"Almost beat Percy's record." Rob pointed out. "According to the Aphrodite Cabin, Tratie is the cutest thing since Percabeth." he said in a falsetto voice. I looked at Travis, who had his arm around Katie. The daughter of Demeter was smiling widely, as was Travis.

"They're a good couple." I commented. No response. "Rob?" I said, looking around. He'd gone over by Kayla Jenkins, a daughter of Apollo.

"Everyone seems to be hooking up, eh?" a familiar voice said from behind me. I turned around and saw Clarisse.

"Yeah, you read my mind." I said in agreement.

"The whole thing going on, you know, with Percy. It really makes you think about the people you love the most." Clarisse said, shrugging. I nodded.

"Definitely. It's like Beckendorf and Silena all over again." I added.

"Exactly. Guess it's the Fates telling us to cherish the person you love because you never know when their time is up." Clarisse murmured. For a daughter of Ares, she can be deep sometimes. You've just go to get to know her.

"So," I started. "About our wedding…"

"Chris?" Clarisse said.

"Yeah…" I answered uncertainly.

"Shut up."