When Percy told us his Idea, I thought he just as crazy as me, "Percy…" I grumbled, Annabeth felt the same, "Percy, that's crazy!"
Chiron sat back in his wheelchair and stroked his beard. "There is precedent, however. Theseus had the help of Ariadne. Harriet Tubman, daughter of Hermes, used many mortals on her Underground Railroad for just this reason."
"But this is my quest," Annabeth said. "I need to lead it."
Chiron looked uncomfortable. "My dear, it is your quest. But you need help."
"And this is supposed to help? Please! It's wrong. It's cowardly. It's—"
"It's what needs to be done, Annabeth. I don't like this anymore than you do. But in order to finish your quest, you need to get help first, and that help can't be me, because I have my own quest going on right now…Well it's not a quest, more like a mission." I said.
Percy nodded in agreement, "Hard to admit we need a mortal's help," He said. "But it's true."
Annabeth glared at us. "You are the single most annoying person I have ever met!" And she stormed out of the room. I think she was directing that towards Percy, because she was looking right at him, even though I was the one who started agree with his plan…
"So much for being the bravest friend she's ever had." Percy said angrily.
"She will calm down," Chiron promised. "She's jealous, my boy."
"That's stupid. She's not…it's not like…" He trailed off.
Chiron chuckled. "It hardly matters. Annabeth is very territorial about her friends, in case you haven't noticed. She was quite worried about you. And now that you're back, I think she suspects where you were marooned."
"We won't dwell on your choices," Chiron said. "You came back. That is what matters."
"Tell that to Annabeth." Percy grumbled.
Chiron smiled. "In the morning I will have Argus take the two of you into Manhattan. You might want to stop by your mother's, Percy. She is…understandably distraught."
I got up, "I guess that means I'm done here…It's been more than ten minutes…That can't be good, dammit."
Chiron raised his eye brow, "This mission with Artemis…What is it?" He asked, Percy also seemed interested, I sighed, "Chiron, you know about Bianca's…Well you know what happened right?" I asked him.
He nodded sadly, "Yes, I've heard about her…Nico told me what happened, don't blame yourself-
"I know…I've got some pretty good friends that remind me about that." I smiled at Percy.
"I didn't do much." He shrugged.
"But you didn't do nothing, so thanks." I told him and gave him a look of gratitude.
He nodded, "You've done the same for me, so don't mention it."
I guess that's all I'm going to get out of him. Chiron look at us and smiled, "Wyatt, you're almost back to your old ways, but you've changed actually." He observed me.
"I seem calmer? Well rested?" I asked.
He chuckled lightly, "Yes, I'm glad and I want to apologize for getting mad at you when you first woke. I'm deeply sorry for not believing you."
"It's alright, and I'm sorry if I disappointed you in some way." I told Chiron sheepishly.
He looked stunned, "Y-You never disappointed me, but I've always had high hopes for you, it's just when you lost your memories, I thought…" He rethought what he was going to say. "It's silly really…But I thought you will remember us forever, and everything else you went through to get that strong. I believed you were invincible, on the inside and the outside. But I was being foolish." He said and shook his head, disappointed in himself.
"Chiron…As I told Percy and the others, I don't know when I'll see you guys again, maybe next year, or longer. But I wanted to make sure no one has regrets, make sure they're happy, before I leave to the hunters for good." I explained to Chiron, I'm glad Chiron understands.
He nodded and gave me a warm smile, "Make sure to take care of yourself, I believe in you, whatever you face, remember all of us at camp half-blood are counting on you and that we trust you. We will all miss you. Good bye, Wyatt Knight."
I'm glad I came to this camp…I haven't made a lot of memories here…But I'll miss it either way. And now…I have to go back to Artemis, no more delaying this.
When I got back, I got an earful from Artemis. "I'm tired of waiting for you to return, Wyatt! Next time we'll keep going, actually every time you take longer to get back here before the time you said, we'll leave, no second thoughts!"
I kept telling her I was sorry, but she had enough. And so I will do everything she asks me, and I'll do it without saying a word. I'll just get it done and move on to the next thing.
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Rilurz~
