Reminder of last chapter:
" What exactly happened down there, in the Tartarus? How did you survive so long?"
POV:
(Nico)-(bold)
(Leo)-(regular)
(Percy)-(italics)
Regular Third Person POV Unless I Tell You Otherwise Like Labeling It "Blah blah blah's POV"-(underlined)
AN: Sorry that last chapter's POV swap was a wee bit confusing. It will usually be separated better than that.
" What exactly happened down there, in the Tartarus? How did you survive so long?"
What
Happened?
How
Did
You
Survive?
Both questions rang throughout Leo's head over, and over, and over again.
Nico couldn't believe that Annabeth had just asked that!... Well he could but it was way out of line. Here they were trying to get him to relax and she asks a question like that.
"Geee Beth, you really like to get to the point don't you? Okay, well as for what happened... I fought monsters. How did I survive... ambrosia and nectar I guess."
"But how did you go so long with no food?" Annabeth countered.
"I did have food. Enough for a good handful of trail mix a day." Leo replied.
"That's still not enough." Annabeth stated quickly, so no one would interrupt her.
"I guess the food of the gods can prevent you from starving to death." As Leo said this, he took a halfhearted nibble at his breakfast.
"One thing just doesn't add up..." Annabeth started.
"What's that?"
"How did you survive?" Nico wanted to say something about how Annabeth was pushing him but he didn't.
Percy looked Leo up and down, studying him. They all knew what Annabeth meant. They all had been wondering the same thing.
"I alre-"
"No. You know what I mean. You barely have enough training or experience to take down one monster completely on your own. How did you do it? Survive?" It was hardly seconds before Leo answered but it felt much longer. Minutes. An eternity. The answer they all wanted. The question they all wondered would be answered. Even as Leo answered the question, his eyes darted around the room, before burning a whole right through Percy's being. An exchanged look with Hazel, confirmed that he wasn't the only one that noticed
how Leo seemed to
be just a little bit
c
r
a
z
y.
"Suerte... Luck. I survived on pure luck."
"You really believe that?" Leo smirked. Everyone seemed to be pleased with his answer except for Nico. When he asked this, all heads turned to face him. Then back at Leo.
"No... There is no such thing as luck. Only chance. I guess we could say, 'The odds were ever in my favor'." Everyone who understood the joke,(meaning Nico and Annabeth) snorted in slight laughter. There was an awkward silence, then Leo stood up and added, "I better go fix the rest of the ship, if we want to save those kids."