Author's Note - Hello lovelies! I finally posted the next chapter for this story! It definitely took much longer than I expected - I've been wanting to get on a set schedule for this particular story, but general business from home and work kept me from working on it. =/ But finally! It's all written. As always, I want to thank everyone who's reviewed, liked, and followed this story. I really appreciate all your support! I wanted to give you all a few updates and then I'll let you go so you can enjoy the chapter!

First of all, this will be the last chapter in this story that I'll be posting first point of view for Percy. I liked it at first - having him being the only one in first person and everyone else third, but I felt like the story would be a bit more neater if I just go ahead and do the same point of view for everyone.

And second of all, I had a few people ask me via PM on here if I'd be able to respond to reviews here on top (or bottom) of the page of every few chapters, and while I don't think that it's a bad idea, I don't think I'll be doing that. I like to keep each chapter as uncluttered as possible just for neatness wise. I don't mind answering questions, though! If you ever have something on your mind regarding this story (or any of my stories for that matter) feel free to ask me in my PMs! I'd be happy to answer them and I'm usually really good about checking my inbox.

Anyway, without further ado, here's Chapter Seven!

Percy Jackson

I heard low voices when I finally came to and as soon as my eyes blinked open I felt a dull ache at the side of my head. I was surrounded by white walls and the smell of sterilization. Slowly sitting up, I rubbed my hand against my head and almost as soon as I moved, someone ran up to the bed I was on. "Percy! You're awake!" Nessie stood there next to me, her eyes wide with concern.

"Nessie..." I frowned, trying to remember how I got here, "What happened?"

"You were in an accident while driving back to your hotel room," She explained, sitting on the side of the bed.

At first I was a bit nervous that I had lost my memory - I'd already gone down that lane and trust me it's not fun - but not long after she mentioned the car accident, I was slowly beginning to remember what happened. "I think I remember mostly what happened-" I began and then suddenly she hopped off of the bed.

"Wait-let me get my grandpa," She told me, "He's your doctor here and he wanted to see you when you were awake."

"Okay." I watched her leave and then laid back against the pillows with a soft sigh. It was a bit hard to calm myself down. I wanted to see if Mom and Paul were okay, but I decided to distract myself by looking at my own injuries. There wasn't too much to account for - my head was what was hurting the most - but there were still new bruises and cuts on my skin. My ribs ached a bit and three of my fingers on my right hand were all taped up.

I glanced up when I heard the door open again and Carlisle walked into the room - his brow furrowed with concern. He gave me a friendly smile as he approached bed. "How are you feeling?"

"Like a car rolled over on top of me." I gave a grimace and he gave a chuckle.

"I believe the reason for that is that a car did pretty much roll on top of you," His gaze gleamed in amusement for a brief moment, "Where does it hurt most, though?"

I touched my head. "My head mostly. I remember that it bashed against my window when the vehicle lost control."

Carlisle began gently probing my head, asking me time to time where it was hurting most as he put pressure on different places. "It's good that you're able to remember what happened to it - that's a good sign that there probably wasn't any memory damage. Are you able to remember anything else?"

"Not really... I remember us all driving back to the hotel after the party at La Push. I wasn't really paying attention 'cause I was tired and dozing off, but I do remember being confused when our car was hit." I could feel myself frowning once more as I tried to dive further back into my memory. Why had I been confused?

Then I remembered.

I looked back up towards him. "I was confused because we were hit in the wrong direction."

It was his turn to frown. "The wrong direction?"

"Yeah. There was no other roads around – it was just one way," I recalled, "There was no one else on the road – and even if there would have been, it wouldn't have hit our vehicle from the side – it would have crashed from the front. It was just all forest on either side."

"A deer, perhaps?"

"No. Way too much force to be a deer – I mean, if it would have been a deer we might have swerved a bit, but this felt almost as if a semi smashed into us." I rubbed my head once more at the memory. "Anyway. Is Paul and my mom okay?"

Carlisle stepped back from examining me. "Both came out with a few injuries themselves, but they'll recover. Though, your mom might have to stay just for a bit longer. We wanted to make sure that everything with the baby is okay."

Just as he finished his sentence, the door to my room opened once more, causing us to both look up as two new arrivals entered. Edward and Bella. Bella quickly hurried over to my bed. "Percy! We heard what happened – are you feeling okay?" I saw her gaze quickly assess me and I chuckled.

"Don't worry – I'm fine. Kind of sucks though. I haven't been on vacation in ages and as soon as I do, I just run into trouble." It wasn't like I didn't expect it, though. Trouble seemed to follow me like the plague.

"We were just discussing about what could've caused the crash," Carlisle told them, straightening his notes, "We've ruled out that it was another car – there wasn't any other vehicle in sight anyway."

"It could have been a bear." Edward suggested.

"There's bears around here?" I frowned. That could be it, but still… it didn't seem right. "I dunno. A bear probably would have had more impact, but it felt even stronger than a bear." I tapped my fingers irritably. If only I hadn't been dozing off at the time of the crash. I might have had a glimpse of what hit us.

Bella's voice broke through my thoughts. "Well… whatever it was, I'm glad you three are okay. My dad was pretty upset when he heard about the accident. He was one of the first on the scene. He said the vehicle was totaled."

Nothing seemed to really add up – it wasn't another vehicle, and if it were an animal, there should have been a body somewhere, but nothing other than our vehicle and ourselves were found. "Strange…" I murmured, partially to myself, "And Paul didn't see anything?"

The three of them exchanged a look. "He said that it happened too quickly for him," Carlisle replied at last, "So I was a bit surprised that you were able to recall a bit more details than him."

I turned my attention to Bella. "Was it your dad that got the three of us out of the wreck then? Since he was there first?"

Bella shook her head. "All three of you were already outside of the car when he arrived. It was as if someone had already pulled you out beforehand."

The three of them left after a few moments of discussion, and I was left with more questions than answers. "Ugh." I sighed, tipping my head back. It felt like everything was going in a big circle around me.

"Ah, good. You're awake." A familiar voice made me nearly jump out of my skin. Hermes stood there – dressed up as a doctor and he gave me a light grin. "I'm glad that you're still alive, Jackson. There's something I'd like to speak to you about."

I tried not to groan as he made his way over to my side. "I hope you're not here for my report, because I barely have anything."

"I expected as much," Hermes gave a nod, "How are you doing, though? It took me awhile to free the three of you from the rumble earlier."

"That was you?" I blinked in surprise, "I thought the gods weren't supposed to meddle with that sort of thing."

"Technically we're not really supposed to, but since Zeus is behind this little research project, that rule's been put on hold. Plus I happened to be nearby when the accident happened – and I don't particularly hate you, Jackson," Hermes smirked, "So I decided to help. Good thing I did, too. The vehicle was beginning to burn."

I sighed softly. It wasn't like I wasn't grateful. He probably saved Mom's and Paul's life too. "Thank you."

"You're welcome… Now, on to business," His expression turned more serious, "Since I was nearby, I did have a good look at what happened. Before the crash, I noticed something. I saw someone rush out from the forest – going at a speed that no mere human could run, and that figure was who crashed into your vehicle. They were very quick, even my eyes found them a bit hard to follow. After they smashed into your vehicle, though, they left the scene and I saw another person chasing after them a few moments later – not running as quickly, but still fairly quick."

"Did you get a good look at them?"

"A bit," Hermes rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "It was a boy – probably not much younger than yourself. However, that's all I got. I was more so focused on freeing the three of you at the time. How about yourself? Have you learned anything of interest?"

Absorbing this new information, I frowned. "Well, I think you were right about this place is being strange. Earlier, I encountered a squid who told me that there were strange wolves on the shore that frightened the marine life around there – and there's something weird about the Cullen family – they're my newfound family up here and I don't know what it is about them, but they don't seem human. When I first met them… they felt off. My first thought was empousai, but… not all of them are female."

"Empousai…" Hermes mused, "I did pass that one Cullen on my way here. Dr. Carlisle Cullen is it? I noticed briefly that he felt a bit strange, but I didn't pay much mind at the moment."

"Maybe this town has different myths running around," All this thinking was making my head hurt a little bit – I was starting to wish Annabeth was here, she'd probably be able to connect the dots more quickly, "I mean, I've had a run in with Egyptian magicians before and there's a whole other world with them. It wouldn't be too surprising if other places had their own as well."

Hermes eyes narrowed. "That could be it."

"I wonder why Zeus is so interested in all this – I thought he didn't really care about all this stuff."

"Hmm. That depends," Hermes mused, "If we're dealing with deities other than Roman and Greek then it's sort of his job to be aware. Things get a bit dicey if we accidentally tangle with affairs other than our own so knowing is helpful."

It was a bit surprising that Hermes was explaining all of this to me – usually all of them were really vague. My brow furrowed. "…wait. Was it him who helped along my mom's research?" I narrowed my eyes, "I was wondering how she suddenly came about it."

Hermes grinned. "He might've played a hand in it – he wanted only a few people on this case – just so it'd keep under wraps."

I tried not to sigh. So this whole vacation had been pretty much fabricated so he'd have an excuse for me to meddle with things. Swallowing my irritation, I replied, "Maybe we should start with trying to find the kid you saw. He might know what's going on."

"Yes. I was already planning on trying to look for him – I drew a sketch of him for you so you'd be able look as well," He handed me a surprisingly well drawn picture of him.

"Huh," I said as I looked at the picture, "I didn't know you could draw."

"Just a hobby I picked up – it comes in handy when I'm passing along messages sometimes." He shrugged. "Anyway. Try not to get into anymore crashes. I won't always around."

I tried not to make a face. "Trying not to die is one of my specialties – unfortunately."

Hermes just winked in my direction and disappeared without another word. Folding up the piece of paper in my pocket, I slowly slid off of the hospital bed. My body was still aching as I walked out of the room. I nearly ran into Paul on my way out. "Percy—" He glanced me over with a look of concern. "I was just about to check on you. Are you sure you should be up and around?"

I gave him a reassuring smile. "Yeah, I'm okay. Sides," I chuckled lightly, "I've had worse. How's Mom?"

That question made him frown and I tried to get too nervous. Earlier Carlisle told me she had been okay, but maybe there was something I didn't know.

"She's just shaken," Paul replied after a moment of silence, "They want to keep for a bit until they're sure everything is okay."

I nodded. "That's what Carlisle said." Even though it wasn't really my fault this time, I still felt a rush of guilt. Trouble always seemed to follow wherever I go. "Is she awake? I wanted to see if I could visit her."

"I think she's asleep right now," Paul gave me a gentle squeeze on my shoulder, "Would you like to grab something to eat with me down in the cafeteria?"

I nodded, smiling a bit again. "That sounds good."

I wasn't really hungry, but I ordered a sandwich before sitting down with Paul. We were quiet for a moment, just eating, before I broke the silence. "Did you see what hit us, then?"

Paul just shook his head. "It all happened to quickly for me to see. But I'm positive that wasn't another car."

"I bet Mom will want to go home soon after this." I mused. After what all happened, I didn't really see her wanting to stay for too much longer.

Paul rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Maybe. Though, I'm not sure how long they'll want to keep her here. And I'm not sure how traveling right after will work out. It might be best to wait and see how everything goes."

I took that moment to look Paul over. He seemed okay for the most part, but there were a few cuts on his face and one of his hands was wrapped up. "What about you? Are you okay? Whatever it was, it did hit your side first."

He smiled a bit. "I'm fine. Just sore – a few of my fingers were broken too." He lifted his wrapped hand carefully.

"I found him, Grandpa!"

Nessie's voice made me look up and I grinned a bit as the girl hurried over. There was look of concern in her gaze as she approached. "Are you sure you should be up?"

"I'm fine," I took another bite of my sandwich as Carlisle entered the cafeteria, there was a look of skepticism on his face, "I was a bit hungry and ran into Paul."

I wasn't very used to all the fussing. Back at home, demigods would get banged up on a daily basis - much worse than my condition right now. The most the Apollo kids would have done for me would have been maybe bandaging up my head and calling it good. It wasn't that they didn't care - there's just usually no time to fuss to begin with, so when Carlisle gave me that look of disapproval, I gave him a sheepish grin. "I'm fine. Honest. You even said I didn't have a concussion."

"Still," He gave me a critical eye, "To be up straight away like this may aggravate it."

As Nessie got comfortable on my lap, my grin turned to a light smile. "Don't worry, doc. I'll take it easy from here on out."

Leah Clearwater

Have you caught the scent? Seth wondered, his voice sounded a bit of a distance away.

Leah flicked her ears, trying not to let her irritation show. Ever since she heard about Percy's accident, she had thrown herself into tracking down who was the cause behind it. They caught a whiff of a strange vampire, but that scent quickly ran cold. However, there was also another scent that mingled with it. A scent of a human - which she was tracking right at the moment and it seemed like she was beginning to narrow down its source.

Be careful, The sound of Jake's voice in her mind made her pause for only a moment, Whether if it's human or not, we don't know what we're dealing with. He was trailing a few steps behind her - she couldn't seen amongst the thick brush, but she didn't have to. She could sense him.

She didn't reply to him and kept her gaze forward. Whoever belonged to the scent was talented enough to not leave much of a trail behind, but between her efforts along with Jake's they were able to pick out the trail. It didn't really make much sense, but one thing was for sure - this human seemed fully aware of vampires - maybe even werewolves too. When they reached the end of the trail, however, they were left disappointed. It was as if the person had completely vanished and she released a frustrated breath. How can they just disappear into thin air? I understand maybe one of the bloodsuckers managing it, but what about a human? There's no way they wouldn't leave at least something behind. She growled, watching as Jake fell into step beside her.

He surveyed the area for a moment, looking a bit puzzled himself, before replying. Not sure, but I'm gonna talk to Sam and the Cullens to see if they found anything on their after this. Maybe they found something we don't know about.

Look on the bright side, sis, Both of them looked up as Seth joined them, he had a wolf-y grin on his face, At least your boyfriend is all good.

He's is not my boyfriend, She snapped and her brother danced away before she could catch his nose with her teeth, I just want to find out who did this. He might be fine right now, but it could have easily been the other way around.

Seth seemed to sober up just a bit upon hearing the hint of concern in her voice. She wasn't the type to let things get to her - and when something was bothering her, she'd always put up some sort of front to mask it. This time, however, it was a bit hard to control her emotions. She had gone from meeting the person she was Imprinted to and then the day after being told that he nearly got crushed in a car accident. She might have a better handle on her emotions nowadays, but even that would be a bit much for anyone to stomach. Don't worry, Seth gave her a gentle nudge, We'll figure this out.

Thankfully, no one had hesitated to help out when she first set out to try and track down the culprits. It didn't matter what pack you were in - no one messed with an Imprintee. According to Jake, as soon as Sam heard about it himself, he didn't even question it and set out with his own group to see if there was any trace in their territory. We should head back, Jake took that moment to take another glance around, We can circle around here a bit if you want, but I doubt we'll find anything.

Okay. She replied a bit reluctantly. She didn't really want to give up the search just yet, but she had a feeling that he was right. Whoever it was, they were probably long gone now. Besides, she wanted to check in and see how everything was with Percy anyway. Do you think it'd be strange to go visit him?

Jake shrugged. I don't think so, but maybe a bit. I mean, you did just meet him. But I don't think he'd be the type to really mind.

By the time they returned back home, she had decided to stop by the hospital and as she approached the building she was a bit surprised to see Percy sitting out in the courtyard along with Bella, Nessie, and his stepfather. Bella was the first who noticed her, and the other woman offered her a small smile as she walked up them. "Hello, Leah. I didn't expect you to be here."

Upon Bella's greeting, the others glanced over curiously, and she offered a slight smile herself. "Yeah. I didn't really expect to either. We heard about your crash, though, and we wanted to see if everything was okay."

She was looking at Percy as she spoke and he nodded. "We're fine... well, at least Paul and I are. My mom got the worse of it."

She frowned. "I'm sorry to hear that. She's going to have a baby soon, isn't she?"

"Yeah. It might take a bit for her to recover." Percy shifted, gently resting Nessie, who was asleep, into Bella's arms. He stood up, stretching a bit before he gave her a smile. "I was going to walk around a bit. D'ya wanna tag along with me?" True to his word, he seemed relatively unscathed apart from a few bruises and cuts and the bandage on his head. The two of them didn't say much as they started walking down the sidewalk in front of the hospital. Once they got a distance away from the others, though, she heard him sigh.

She hesitated for a moment and then asked, "You okay?"

"I'm fine. Just a bit disappointed," He admitted, "My mom was pretty excited about this trip and now it's likely she'll spend the last bit of it in bed."

She nodded. "At least it sounds like she'll be okay." She narrowed her eyes a moment later. "Have you heard any news about what could have happened to make you guys wreck?"

"Not that much." He answered, sounding about as frustrated as she felt, "I didn't see much of what happened myself - and Paul and my mom didn't either. All I know is that it wasn't another car." At some point they had stopped walking and he nudged a rock with his shoe, seeming deep in thought. After a few moments of silence he finally reached into his pocket, pulling out a piece of paper. Once it was unfolded, he showed it to her. "Have you seen anyone who looks like this?" It was a penciled sketch of a younger looking boy with dark hair.

After looking at for a while she finally shook her head. She didn't recognize him at all. "No. I don't see too many people other than those on the reserve. Unless if I'm away from home. Why?"

Percy paused for a moment, seeming to have a debate with himself, and then as he was folding up the paper he answered. "The guy who found us and dragged us out from the wreck made up a sketch of who it might have been."

She looked back down at the paper. "So that's..."

"Yep," He didn't seem too happy about it, and with another sigh, he ran a hand slowly through his black hair, "It just doesn't add up though. If a person runs into a car it wouldn't have knocked against it with that force - it would have knocked them with that much force. The guy who sketched it said that there might have been two, but that still doesn't make much sense." He muttered a few other things to himself that she wasn't able to catch. "And even if that was what happened, there's no way in Hades someone would have been able to just stand back up and shake that off."

"Hades?" She wondered, mildly amused by the strange wording.

She heard him chuckle a bit. "Just a inside family joke." He slipped the paper back in his pocket as they began walking across the parking lot. "But anyway... unless if our guy is either secretly Ironman or made out of stone, then I don't know what happened."

Or a vampire. She silently added. His story definitely added up to what they found out in the woods. Two scents - one vampire, one human. It sounded like it could have been the vampire who ran into their car. On accident, maybe? Or was it on purpose? She might have understood it better had it just been a vampire. The easy explanation for that was that they could have been trying to hunt, but that didn't explain the human. "I'm sure things will settle soon. Not much happens around here, but when it does, the police are usually on it pretty quick."

She could feel an air of skepticism radiating off of him. She couldn't really blame him, so she decided changed the subject. "Hey, if you ever feel up to it, you're always welcome to visit La Push again. It's pretty common for us to have bonfires, so you can come if you'd like."

Percy was quiet for a moment as they slowly walked. She took that moment to glance towards him and he was watching the ground, his brow furrowed and thoughtful. Finally, as if feeling her gaze, he looked up, smiling a bit. "Yeah, that sounds like fun. I like the beach there. Should we head back now? I'm not sure how long Carlisle will let me wander without pouncing on me." He grinned.

Leah laughed. "You should have seen him with Jake – the guy you met over at the reserve. He broke his leg once and Carlisle all but wrestled him because the idiot wouldn't rest it."

"Sounds kind of something like I'd pull," He admitted with a snicker, "But Annabeth would probably toss me in bed if ignored a doctor's advice."

"Your girlfriend?" She wondered, curiously.

"Yeah," His grin softened back to a smile, "She definitely keeps me in line."

She had expected to feel something when he mentioned his girlfriend – something like jealously, or envy – maybe it lingered somewhere in the back of her mind, but at the moment she only felt curious. "I'm surprised she didn't come along with you."

"We thought about it, but she had a lot going on back home – with school and family stuff of her own," Percy shrugged, "Otherwise, I think she would've liked to come."

Leah nodded a bit absently, and as she glanced away from him she noticed that the two of them were back where they started. "Anyway, I probably should head back home. But before I go, I was thinking – maybe you should make copies of that sketch you have and hand them out to people. There's a good chance that someone might have seen them."

He seemed to perk up a bit. "That's a good idea. Thanks for visiting by the way – it was kind of nice getting away from the crowd a bit."

"No problem."

She watched as he headed back through the hospital doors before walking back to her parked vehicle. As she approached, she smelled Edward before she saw him and she tried not to wrinkle her nose. He was waiting by her car, a slight smile on his face – the one that appeared when he was reading through someone's thoughts. "What do you need?" She wondered, keeping her tone neutral.

"I just wanted to tell you that we didn't really find anything on our end. Alice tried to look, but it's been a bit complicated."

"Complicated how?" She frowned.

He was frowning too. "I'm not sure. There's something about Percy that's a bit off. Not in a bad way or anything, but it's almost like the werewolves with him. Alice can't really grasp anything of the future that involves him – including the accident. We didn't know anything about it until we were told after. I have a hard time reading his thoughts, too. I only pick up bits and pieces."

"I see…" She tried not to sigh. This whole situation was becoming more and more troubling. "Well, I guess we'll tell you if we learn anything or whatever."

He gave a stiff nod. "Likewise."

With that said, he vanished and she flopped down her driver's seat.

What a long day. She sighed and after turning on her car, she reached over to the passenger's seat to grab her phone. One of its lights were blinking – indicating she had a message, and she opened it. Her breath took a sharp intake as she read the message.

Leah. Come back as soon as you see this. Sam's group found something. – Jake.