Hey guys. I'm updating now because I may not be able to update at all over the next couple of days, if i can I will but I make no promises so here, have this chapter- and just a note to the review who said about the necklace being used to trick Kronos' people, the reason I haven't had them do that is one simple fact.
Kronos told Percy about it, he knows that she knows- and he'll know that any information they get from it now can't be trusted because she knows- he only told her because he didn't know about the fact that she'd bathed in the Styx so he didn't think she'd be able to escape.
Anyway, please do read and review I love getting the reviews. Also, poor poor Drew. She expects Percy to hate her.
Also, Poor Percy, they've both been through a lot.

Drew, to give her credit, didn't even hesitate, unclasping the necklace from her neck and holding it out quickly with a shaking hand, "Take it. Take it if it- I don't want it any more. Gods that bastard-"

And Percy took it quickly, curling her fingers around the necklace. "I'll get rid of it for you." she promised, "I'll find some way to destroy it, maybe melt it down, Leo can probably do that with his bare hands."

"Of course. Gods I-" Drew shook her head, "I know I'm a bitch but- I'm not that- I'd have never done that-"

"I know. I know you wouldn't Drew." and gods but Percy couldn't even imagine how Drew was feeling right now. She was turning things around, doing the right thing and
being good, making an effort, and then to find out that she'd been used like that? It was bound to be painful for her.

"You really believe me?" and Drew looked terrified, "I- you have to believe me-"

"Drew-" Percy grabbed Drew's hand with her free hand, "Drew, breathe-"

"I know I've screwed up before I know I've-" her voice caught, "Oh gods-" she shook her head, "I know I did bad things I know- but I've been trying I really have you know I have I-"

"Drew!" Percy shouted the other girls name, and Drew's mouth snapped shut "Drew listen to me- I know you wouldn't do that. I know okay? I'm not- I know you're not lying right now. I trust you Drew- you are one of my best friends- you're basically my sister okay? I love you. Seriously, you- yes you were with them before, yes you've done bad things in the past but you saved my life. You helped me escape and you got captured because you did the right thing." She squeezed Drew's hand. "I have no idea what they did to you- and honestly it might be better that you can't remember-"

"I-" Drew shook her head, "What- what do you think they did to me?"

"I don't know." Percy let out a breath, "It's going to be okay. If- if you do start remembering things then you can talk to me about it. You know that right?"

"I-" the daughter of Aphrodite swallowed hard and gave a small nod. "I know. Gods I- you actually believe me?"

"How many times do I need to say it?" Percy let out a laugh, "Of course I believe you."

"No one else ever has." and Percy felt her heart sinking- and suddenly Drew's panic made so much sense. Drew had told her after all- how her dad had never believed her when she said she didn't mean to make people do things. How she'd been punished for it all of the time as a kid.

Of course she'd been terrified Percy wouldn't believe her- especially since she had worked for Kronos when they'd first met.

"Drew Tanaka you are a dumbass." Percy declared, "A total dumbass, you know that? I believe you okay? I don't care what your dad used to think about you- you might be a bitch and you might be nasty and spiteful sometimes but you're also brave and confident, and, beneath your defensive act you're a genuinely good person. You're kind too. You were kind to me-"

"I was a bitch you to-"

"No, no you acted like a bitch in a lot of ways but you were kind too, you risked getting in trouble to get me food, you comforted me and helped patch me up when Alabaster hurt me, you were the best friend I could have asked for while I was stuck in there. And you helped me escape and you got hurt for it Drew." Percy shook her head, "You once told me that loyalty was something for other people but you were wrong. You don't make friends easy but you are a loyal friend and I am lucky to have you and it was not your fault okay?"

And Drew lurched forward, hugging Percy tightly and pressing her face into Percy's shoulder, fighting back tears, "No one else has ever trusted me."

"I trust you." Percy promised, wrapping her arms tightly around the other girl. "How could I not? Without you-" Percy shuddered, "Without you I would still be stuck there and I'd probably- I'd probably be Kronos' toy at this stage." she had no doubt that things would have gotten a lot worse for her when Kronos took control of Alabaster's body- she'd probably spend most of her time getting hit around for defying him. She'd have lost faith, she'd have broken she was sure of it. She owed Drew more than she had the words to say. .

"You'd have found your own way out eventually." Drew's voice was muffled, then she lifted her head slightly. "You're strong-"

"Drew the day you got me out of there- I- you remember the state I was in. I was breaking down. I'd have... I'd have broken completely. I'd have been a shell of myself I wouldn't have been able to escape like that." it was painful thinking back on those days- but- there had honestly been moments where she'd considered ending it all. She'd never reached the point where she would have actually done it but the fact that she'd considered it was proof of how bad things had gotten. And back before her therapy sessions she'd felt so very weak for that. For even thinking about killing herself.

Now she knew it was a perfectly reasonable reaction to her situation and the trauma she'd been through. She'd felt trapped and alone and that was the only possible rout of escape that she could imagine at that stage- it was hardly surprising that it had crossed her mind once or twice. "If it wasn't for you I'd have probably reached a stage where
I ended up using my dagger to slice my own throat-"

"No!" Drew's cry was loud, horrified, "No- no Percy-"

"I'm not suicidal!" Percy said quickly, "I'm not- I'm not considering it now or anything." she gave the other girl a weak but reassuring smile, "But back then I was reaching that stage. The stage where even dying would have been better than having to spend another day getting tormented and abused by him- and if you hadn't been there- if you hadn't supported me and comforted me- if you hadn't rescued me... I think that's how it would have ended." she gave a small shrug and an apologetic look, "I know it's not nice to hear but I need you to understand that I will never ever be like your asshole of an old family. Drew you rescued me from my own personal worst nightmare. I will always listen to you and hear you out I won't ever just accuse you of being a liar."

And Drew stared at Percy in silent shock for several long minutes before she whispered, "For the record if anyone ever hurts you I will order them to kill themselves." She sniffled slightly, "After all, no one hurts my baby sister."

And Percy felt herself smiling softly, nodding firmly at the other girl. "I am proud to be your baby sister- but I would appreciate it if you'd stop teasing my girlfriends and interrupting our dates-"

"I haven't been that bad recently." Drew gave a devilish grin, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "It's not my fault that I have very important things to discuss with you from time to time and it just so happens to be when you're having your cute little dates-"

"Next time I'm just gonna start making out with one of them right in front of you." Percy declared, giving Drew a dirty look, "Right in front of you. See how you like that."

"Oooh." Drew waggled her eyebrows, "I had no idea you were into that sort of- hey!" Drew's yelp came from the fact that Percy had grabbed a pillow from the bed and smashed her across the face with it.

"Don't be disgusting-"

"I'm just saying!" Drew laughed, leaping to her feet- and she looked almost lighter than she had been- and her smile was bright and carefree in a way Percy wasn't sure she'd ever seen from the other girl, "I mean- each to their o-" she ducked another well aimed pillow that hit the wall on the other side of her cabin before she rushed towards the door, laughing brightly as she yanked it open and skidded outside with a yell of, "See you in the morning princess!" before it slammed shut behind her and the pillow from next to Percy's bed collided with it.

Then Percy let out a breath, looking down at the necklace, which Percy had dropped on the bed in order to comfort her friend.

She stared at it for several long seconds, as though she was afraid it would bite.

Then she forced herself to let out a breath and she reached out, picking it up slowly so that the D rested in the palm of her hand, and she stared at it.

You'd never known it was enchanted to look at it, she'd always thought it looked kinda gaudy- Percy preferred more dainty things- or personal in the case of the bracelet Annabeth had given her- which usually covered up the scars on her wrist from her escape from Alabaster. Even her necklace from her dad was small and delicate looking- though the armor was strong enough.

She stared at it, blinking slowly before she raised it to her lips. "I don't know if anyone's listening right now- or if it'll be working- since Drew's not wearing it or whatever. But if it is- if someone's listening- if Kronos is listening-" she let out a slow breath, "You have hurt my friends. You have hurt my family over and over again. The next time we meet I will make you pay for that. I will make you pay for the suffering of the people I love. I don't know how but I will. Because we both know I'll do anything for them." then she was getting to her feet and moving to her drawers, opening one of them and grabbing one of her older camp tees, wrapping the necklace up as much as she could before she headed to the other end of her cabin and stuffed it under one of the beds there- she didn't want it anywhere near her but it was too late for her to bother Leo with destroying it.

With that done Percy headed back to her bed, changing into her pyjamas before she flopped down onto her soft bed.

And gods but she was tired- she was willing to admit that much.

She tried to stifle a yawn as she did- she honestly wasn't even sure she had the energy to get up and pull back the sheets so that she could get under them- she could feel herself drifting off and getting up just seemed like an impossible task at this stage.

She barely even registered the sound of her cabin door opening, but she did register the soft, fond sigh, and the sound of it clicking shut.

She opened her eyes slightly, and just as she'd expected Annabeth, already clad in her pyjamas was padding towards her, kicking off her slippers as she did, snatching one of the blankets off of one of the other beds.

"Look at you Seaweed brain." Annabeth's voice was soft "So tired you can't even get into bed properly."

And Percy didn't dignify that by speaking, though she did stretch out one arm towards Annabeth and make grabby motions that made the daughter of Athena laugh softly.

And soon enough Annabeth was climbing into the bed beside Percy, pulling the blanket over them both as Percy shifted to let Annabeth join her.

And Percy had to admit that she enjoyed being tucked into Annabeth, her back against the other girls chest, as Annabeth wrapped an arm around Percy's waist to hold her close.

"I love you Wise Girl."

"Love you too Seaweed brain." Percy felt Annabeth's lips, soft and gentle on the back of her neck, "Now get some sleep."

"Wish Rache was here."

"So do I." Annabeth admitted softly, "I called her, let her know you made it okay but she said she already knew. But you know she's safer where she is."

"I know." Percy mumbled the words, "Still hate it."

"You should have told me what you were going to do."

"I know." Percy hummed sleepily, "But you'd have tried to stop me- too dangerous."

"...I hate that you're right."

And that was all there was to say- or at least if Annabeth said anything else Percy didn't hear it, because she was very quickly fast asleep.