Heya! Because school is starting up again and also because my health is detirioating slightly, I will be going back to my regular only-monday upload schedule. Thanks for understanding!

Percy slowly opened his eyes. The world around him was a blur. He groaned. 'Will?' he asked. His throat felt raw. Speaking hurt. 'Wi..ll? Amboia?' He muttered. He felt a hand grab his.

'Calm down, young man. It's alright.' Percy moved his eyes a little. He saw an unknown person sitting by his side. 'Woau?' Percy muttered, trying to say 'who are you?' The woman pushed a button. Within seconds, Percy's eyes closed again. He fell into a slumber.

A few hours later, he woke up again. He felt a little brighter. He saw clearer. He heard voices in the background: 'We should check the heart monitor...'

'He woke up a few hours ago, though... completely out of his mind, but we've seen that before...'

'Hel...lo?' Percy muttered. He blinked. His sight got slightly sharper. He noticed that he was looking at a white... thing. He focused on his hands. He grabbed something - it was fluffy and soft. Oh, a bed. He realised he was laying down... so he was staring at a white ceiling. Something moved into his line of sight. It was the head of a woman.

'Good morning.'

'Hey...'

'Can you tell me your name?' the woman asked. Percy blinked. He thought for a few seconds.

'...Pewses... Per-se-us...'

'Good, good, spell it out of that is easier for you. Can you also tell me your last name?'

'Jason... Ja-c-k-son...'

'Well done! and how old are you?'

'Eigh..teen.' Percy swallowed. His throat felt dry. Swallowing hurt. 'I... no.. it...' The woman nodded.

'I know you know, Perseus...'

'Pewcy...'

'I know you know, Percy. You just have trouble speaking. You have an injury by your throat. Luckily, you don't seem to have brain damage.'

'Vewy lucy... indweed...' Percy felt that he was blushing. Why couldn't he just get a normal sentence out? The woman smiled. 'Shall I get you something to eat?'

'Eh...'

'I'll be back in a second!' The woman sped off. Percy blinked at the ceiling. He had heard someone else in the room. 'Hewlo? Sonene?' Nobody answered. He took a shaky, painful breath. He decided he was in a hospital, in an english speaking country. The woman was most likely a nurse. Percy didn't feel the presence of monsters around, not closely at least.

The nurse came back with a small plate. 'Here... I got a few pouches with nutrients, it seemed easier.' Percy had to hold back a sigh. Of course he couldn't have expected anything actually tasty. 'Can you sit up straight?' The nurse asked.

'Dunno.'

'Do you want to see if you can?'

'ya.' The nurse put down the plate and softly helped him sit up.

'Can you see straight? Or do you feel dizzy?'

'Nu.' Percy nodded towards the food. 'Kanit?'

'Yes, you can eat.' The nurse handed him a pouch. Percy took it from her. His hands were shaking, but he managed to open it and take small sip. 'Eating' hurt even more than trying to talk.

After he finished his pouch, the nurse took the plate again. She handed him a cup of water, which he finished while she walked around the bed. She took it from him again. 'Thanks. Now, I think it is best if you try to sleep for a bit.' Percy slid back down again. His throat throbbed.

'Gooiea.' The nurse smiled.

'Over there is a button. Push it if you need anything.' She turned out the lights and left.

Percy stared at the ceiling. He was tired - it felt like he was hit by a truck - but he couldn't sleep. He was currently in a mortal hospital, which was not a good place for demigods. It attracted monsters and it would take way to long to heal. Not that Percy hadn't been in a hospital before, he once had to get plaster around his leg, but then his mother, Chiron and Annabeth knew where he was, keeping him safe. Now, he was on his own. If a monster would disguise themselves as a medical worker, he would be screwed.

He blinked at the white ceiling. He heightend the blanket to see what he was wearing. A hospital gown. He tried to look around the room as well as he could. He needed his clothes. There was a coin in his pocket - he could Iris Message... someone. Annabeth, Chiron, his mother, Dionysus, whoever, he just needed to get out. He couldn't see his clothes. His eyelids were heavy. They closed, even though he wanted to keep them open so badly.

He woke up when a beam of light hit his face. He opened his eyes. A different nurse then the one from yesterday was opening the curtains. 'Good morning, mister Jackson.'

'Goomornun.'

The nurse smiled. 'I brought you breakfast!' Great, Percy thought, another pouch tasting like fruit which has nutrients or something. The nurse helped him up and handed him the pouch. Percy quickly finished it. 'Uh... Iave... A... q-e-s-ton...'

'Of course! What do you want?'

'My... clovez...'

'Your clothes?'

'Ya... coin... in.. poket.'

'You want a coin... that was in the pocket of your clothes?'

'...Amulef?'

'Alright then. I'll get your coin. I'll be back in a second.' The nurse looked at him for a second, before walking off. Percy took a deep breath and flinched. It probably wasn't the weirdest request the nurse had ever got, but it still felt stupid.

A few minutes later, the nurse came back with the shiny coin. 'Here. There were also a few pennies in your pocket, but this coin looked more like an amulet.' She handed him the drachma. Percy nodded. 'Fank.'

'You're welcome.' Percy nodded and flipped the coin around a few times. It had a big, shiny one on one side and Olympus on the other. The nurse looked at the machines next to Percy's bed. 'Waif, is... dat... hea-r-r-tmonisor?'

'Are you asking if this is a heart monitor? Because, yes, it is.' Percy haphazardly swallowed again. He needed to get out or at least let someone know something was up.

The nurse explained how the remote for the television worked before leaving him alone again. Percy looked around the room only to realise nobody left him any water. Halfway through he decided that that was a horrible idea.

Percy pushed the button. Yet another nurse came in. 'Yes, is there something?'

'CanI get... watez?'

'Water? Of course.' She skipped out of the room and came back later with a jug of water and a glass. Percy slowly put some water into the glass, while she left again.

He dropped a coin into the water. 'Eh... Izis... godef of ze... goths... Ch-ch... Sa-lly Ja-c-kon?' He muttered. He took a sip of water out of the jug. To his surprise, the mist started shimmering. His mother's face appeared. She smiled when she saw him, but that smile immediately disappeared when she looked better. 'Percy! What is going on? Weren't you on a mission to Kentucky?' Percy blinked. Huh. He was on a mission to Kentucky, wasn't he? It was a bit of blur.

'...Iuess... g-uess. im...hophital...'

'...Percy? Are you okay? Did you try to say... hospital?'

'Hm-hm.'

'Poor child. Shall I make a call to Chiron to see what he can do? Do you need to get out of there.' Percy nodded. 'Aw.' It tugged on his throat a little. Sally smiled and grabbed her mobile Phone.

'I'll keep you on the line as long as I can.'

'Hm-hm.'

While his mother was calling Chiron (Who had finally gotten a Phone, the trilobite) Percy saw that her hands were shaking. 'Perce... is that a heart monitor? What do you have.'

'Dunno.' Sally smiled weakly.

'Percy... Oh, Chiron! Yes, with Sally Jackson... No, everything is fine with me, no monster invasion... Chiron... Chiron, Percy is in a hospital... Wait a second. Perce, do you know in which hospital you are?' Percy shook his head.

'Kantusy... Maye...'

'Yes, that it is probably the most logical place. He thinks Kentucky... Yes, that is where his mission was, I thought... You'll send someone? Great. Thanks, Chiron!' She hung up. Percy felt a wave of relief washing over him. 'Perce, Chiron will send someone. I hope I got the right hospital and I do not know how much time they will take. Hang in there!' She smiled at him. Percy gave her a smile back, one as wide as he could manage.

'Mister Jackson?' Without saying a proper goodbye, Percy swiped the iris message away. Swiftly, he drank a gulp of water that was way to big. He spit it all out and coughed. His throat hurt like someone had punched him there. He felt a sudden pain in his chest. The heart monitor gave a few bleeps. The nurse walked around his bed.

'Oh, calm down!' Percy swallowed and coughed again.

'Ouw...' He blinked. He started to realise how horrible he felt. Tears streamed down his cheeks. 'I..'

'You almost choked on your water, I think. Sorry.' She smiled. 'Shouldn't you be sleeping?' Percy nodded.

'Maye.' He slid back into a laying down position. The nurse turned out the light. Percy stared at the ceiling and the heart monitor for some time, before he started to realise the heart monitor was beeping constantly. Wow. Did he really not hear that before. With a deep, painful sigh he called the nurses again, to ask for earplugs. It still took him forty minutes to actually fall asleep after that.

'Hey, Percy... Percy, psst, visiting hours will be over and I still need to get you out of here!' Percy heard someone yell right next to him. He slowly opened his eyes and got out the ear plugs. 'Hm?' The sound of the heart monitor pierced in his ears. 'Young man, I do not appreciate jokes like that,' He heard one of the nurses say. He heard a sigh.

'neeso?' Percy mumbeld. He looked around the room until he, in fact, saw Nico standing next to his bed, with Will right next to him. The second looked like he wanted to feed Percy ambrosia and take him to the sickbay of camp Half-blood to properly treat him.

'Sorry, Ma'am.' Nico didn't sound earnest and the nurse noticed it. She crossed her arms. Percy gave her a weak smile that hurt his entire jaw. 'Mam, cane twas prizat?' She raised an eyebrow.

'Ma'am, I think he wants to talk to us in private.' The nurses' lip quivered.

'A few minutes. And immediately call if something goes wrong. If the heart monitor only gives a bleep that is out of the ordinary, you call.' She walked off.

'Wa tdo?' Nico grinned. Will gave a sympathetic small and filled a small cup with some nectar. He took a few small bricks of ambrosia out of his pocket and put them on the bed. 'Here, take some nectar.' He helped Percy with drinking the nectar.

It took a minute for the nectar to start working, but eventually Percy felt the tension and pain in his chest, throat and other places dissolved. He still had bruises and cuts everywhere, but the worst pain was gone.

'Wow, fanks, Wiw..' he rolled his eyes. 'Guess I still haf touble tawking...' Nico had to hold his hand for his mouth to hide his laughter. Percy looked like he would smack him if he wasn't still weak.

Nico stood by the door and tried to block it with a chair while Will tried to untangle Percy from the heart monitor. 'I wonder if this whole thing was really necessary...' he muttered. Percy rolled his eyes. 'If you fay nof, pfo.. no.' He shook his head. 'Eh.' Will snickered.

They heard loud knocking on the door. 'Hello? Open up! Mister Jackson, are you alright!?' Will went on with dismantling the heart monitor. Percy swallowed. Nico tried to barricade the door better. The knocking continued, even harder.

Will freed Percy within another few seconds. 'Waf now?'

'We can climb out the window!'

'Hm-hm!?'

'Don't worry. We got two of the pegasi.' Will opened the window. Nico shuddered.

'I dislike them.' Percy shook his head and flopped out of bed. Nico helped him to his feet. 'Come, you can do it.' Percy stumbled to the window. Will dangeled his legs out of the window and whistled. 'Don't fall,' Nico muttered.

Within seconds, two pegasi appeared in front of the window. Percy looked out the window. A few people were pointing up and screaming. 'Hecase is nof oing to lise iz.'

Will shrugged. 'It'll be covered up.'

Nico and Will helped Percy onto a pegasus before hopping up themselves. Nico stretched. 'That was a nice fifteen minutes of ignoring the screaming of the nurses. Percy sighed.

'Poow nuwses. Zhey wewe nice.' Will, who was sitting on the same pegasus as he was, patted him on the hand. 'It's alright, they'll forget it in a bit. Come on, we need to bring you to the sick bay. You can't sit on this pegasus forever.'

Pegasi were quick, but it still took an hour and a lot of Percy's energy to reach camp half-blood. He closed his eyes while Will tucked him into bed. 'Here is some ambrosia, Percy.' Half-asleep, the son of the sea god chewed it up, before really dozing off. Will took a deep breath. He started laying out some things he would need when Percy woke up again. It was a shame that they had had to smuggle him out of the hospital so quickly. It would be more difficult to figure out what was wrong with him now.

Annabeth came running into the sick bay. Their was a little bit of blood coming from her lip. 'Oh, Annabeth, do you need a bit of cotton for that?' Will asked. Annabeth looked at him like he was crazy. 'Because of what? Where's Percy?' Will gestured at the bed.

'He's asleep. Yet, er, your lips bleeding...' Annabeth didn't care. She walked around the bed, so she could look at Percy without disturbing Wills' work. She took a deep breath. 'He is going to be alright, though, doesn't he?'

'Of course, just a bit of ambrosia, some bandages and I will have to figure out why he was on a heart monitor, but it'll be fine...' Annabeth grabbed her Boyfriends' hand.

'Good. Thanks Will.'

'It is only my job, Annabeth.'