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Percy

I'm falling through darkness, the sides of sharp cliffs racing past me. Looking down through the haze, I see a pool of fire. I try to maneuver myself in the air so I don't fall into the fire, but I land in the fire anyway. At first I don't feel anything, then the pain comes. My arms feel like they are being burnt to crisps, but the rest of my body feels fine. I writhe in pain, trying to get out of the pit of fire, but I can't seem to move.

Then, the fire drains into holes in the ground and the pain slowly recedes to a dull throb. I look around and realize I'm in Tartarus, again and it seems I fell into a part of the Phlegethon. Like all of my other nightmares, I can just see Annabeth, but usually I can't get to her. This time she starts running toward me and though I'm stunned I run toward her. When I am almost halfway to her the pain in my arms increases from a dull ache to a fiery burning. I collapse to the ground, writhing in pain.

Something grabs my shoulder, making the pain even worse. I hear someone calling my name, but I ignore them. I'm trying to push through the pain to get to Annabeth. Whatever is holding onto my shoulder keeps pushing me down every time I try to stand. Eventually the pain gets so bad that I just lie on the ground waiting for the pain to go away, knowing Annabeth is waiting for me. I hear my name again. The voice sounds a bit more frantic this time, so I pry open my eyes.

I am surprised by what I see, I'm not in Tartarus anymore, I'm in a place that looks like a hospital. Then it all comes crashing back to me. "Annabeth," I croak.

"What?"

"Annabeth," I say louder this time, moving to get out of bed. That's when I see the strange man, hovering over Will, who is in the bed next to mine. My demigod training kicks in and I jump out of bed and move towards the man, planning to attack him. No one gets away with hurting my friends. However, I'm so weak that as soon as I have both my feet on the ground, I collapse.

The man jumps up and moves toward me and I finally get a good look at him. He's older, probably in his fifties, and looks like he hasn't shaved in a couple of days. He leans down toward me and I lash out at him. He looks surprised, then says, "Percy, calm down. I am Dr. House. I'm here to help you." I spend a minute contemplating if I can trust him and decide that I can. He grabs my hand and helps me back into my bed.

Nico walks into the room and a look of relief passes over his face. "Percy, thank gods you're okay." He walks over to the bed next to mine and grabs Will's hand. I realize that Will is unconscious and I become guarded again. "What happened?" I say in a serious tone. "He's fine," Nico says, "He was having a really bad panic attack and we had to sedate him." I had no idea that Will had bad anxiety, but I guess when people's lives are in your hands you can get pretty stressed.

"Is Annabeth okay?" I ask, and Nico's face falls. "She-She's going to be fine, but she's still asleep right now." This does nothing to calm me. I move to get out of bed again, but Dr. House stops me. "I want to go see her," I say forcefully, but he doesn't budge. "You can see her soon," he says, and I really hope he's telling me the truth. I want to ask more questions, but I'm suddenly super nauseous.

Before I can even say anything to Dr. House, I'm puking my guts out. Nico grabs a bucket and shoves it under my chin, as I throw up everything that I've eaten in the last day. Out of the corner of my eye I see Will starting to wake up, but I'm overcome by another bout of nausea and I look away. As I'm gasping for breath Will comes over to me and puts his hand on my shoulder. I can tell that he's guilty about not being there for me when I woke up.

"Will," I say, "I'm fine, you-" I interrupt myself by vomiting into the bucket again. When I finish, I look to Will to finish my sentence, but his face is pale and he looks distracted. "Will, is everything okay?" He just stares at me for a minute, then asks, "Percy, do you feel lightheaded?" Now that he mentions it, I do feel pretty dizzy. I try to nod, but that just makes everything worse. He calls Dr. House over and they ask me more questions about how I'm feeling. After five minutes I'm nauseous again so I grab the bucket and as I throw up, I see that it's not the contents of my stomach, it's blood.

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