Nico's POV
A scream echoed through the castle, a piercing sound. I jolted up, and raced out of the room. Unlike any of the other students, us demigods knew what to do. We follow the sounds of the screams through the halls and arrive in a wide corridor, filled with terrified screams and hiding students. Hermione Granger is sitting on the ground, cowering in fear as the Minotuar stands above her. Now that I think about it, she was missing from the Potions class and her friends, Larry Snotter, and Hon Vesley, seemed worried.
Percy rushes to the side of the room and raises his arms, "Oh, Beefhead, over here!" The Minotuar turns and starts lumbering towards Percy. It clearly has NOT forgiven him for it,... twice.
Annabeth joins Percy and Piper runs towards Hermione, pulling her off the floor and out of harm's way. Then Reyna and Will take over and Piper runs to help Jason with clearing the rest of the students out of the hall.
I turn back to the Minotaur, and see Annabeth kicking and screaming in its arms, "Put me down! This is an outrage! Gah!"
Percy seems panicked and confused, so I decide to take action.
I shadow travel to the ceiling and drop on the Minotaurs back. Then, I drive my sword into his fist and surprised, he drops Annabeth. She lands on her ankle and cries out in pain. She most likely broke it again. Percy grabs her and carries her to Will before attacking the Minotaur. He climbs up the Minotaur and breaks its horn off with his bare hand.
"Take that! You beast! I'll kill you with your own horn again!" He cries and then somersaults off and drives the horn into the Minotaur. It dissolves in a burst of yellow dust.
I jog over to Will, "How's Hermione and Annabeth?" I ask.
"Hermione's fine, just passed out from shock and stress. Annabeth broke her ankle again but I gave her some Ambrosia and fixed it up the best I could without proper medical gear." He sighs, running his hand through his blond hair. "I'm worried about Annabeth's leg honestly, it's been breaking easily since her solo quest and diving into Tartarus didn't help the break heal. It may never be the same again. I'm sentencing her to bedrest for a few days and then a cast and walking stick. If she takes it easy and keeps taking Ambrosia then she should heal up fine." He pauses, "Or as fine as she'll ever get again."
I glance at where Percy is talking to Annabeth, "Have you talked to Percy yet?"
Will sighs again, "Yeah, he didn't seem happy, but said that it's going to be fine as long as I do my best."
"He's so optimistic." I say.
Will nods sadly. Then stares off into space, leaving me alone with my thoughts, and worries of Annabeth never getting better.
Wow! Sorry for the late update, I know it's no excuse but I had two tests this week and one on Monday so I was really busy. I'm hoping for a Wednesday or Thursday update though so that will be up soon! Bye!
