Chapter 48: Gunshot Mysteries

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Annabeth's POV:

Stay conscious. Stay conscious. I told myself over and over but the pain was getting to be too much… even for me to handle.

Help is going to come. I bit back the tears. Help is going to come. Clarisse will be here any moment. I wince in pain as Kronos slashed at my face. I could feel the blood dripping down.

"Stop!" Percy's voice came from beside me. "I'll tell you everything… I'll tell you everything. Just let her go… please."

Percy don't. I wanted to tell him. I could handle this. Clarisse and Chris were coming. I know they were. Just hold out a bit longer. By this time I don't know if I'm saying it to myself or to Percy.

I opened my eyes, my eye sights were a bit blurry from the tears but I could see Kronos walking over to Percy who was holding something. Like a circular object of some sort.

"Untie her first." Percy demanded holding tightly onto the paper.

"Come on now Jackson… I'm the one with the power here-"

"I could crush this object and you'll never receive the information you want!" Percy warned, a rather crazy look in his eyes as if his mind just opened up an unpleasant memory.

"I could easily kill the girl." Kronos grinned.

Percy hesitated. Anyone could see that Kronos had the upper hand at the moment. "You wouldn't."

Kronos nodded, "You're right, I won't, but I can." Kronos replied confidently. "Now, you know me. I want to avoid casualties. So hand me that device and tell me how to encrypt it. After that I promise that no harm will come to you or the girl."

Percy stared at Kronos. "What about everyone else?"

"What about everyone else?" Kronos asked back. "What are they to you? What do you owe them? Your friends are always causing trouble in your life… so why do you need the agency?"

"I don't fucking need the agency." Percy growled.

"Then you could spare me the trouble of torturing a poor innocent girl. I honestly don't care if her mother is Pallas, all I care is that I get the information I need… what about you? This girl? Or the dreaded agency that never did any good for you?"

Percy hesitated as if he's actually considering the information.

I managed to muster up the last few energy I have left, "Percy don't you even dare to-"

"You're looking for the Mark of Athena right Kronos? To override Pallas' technology?" Percy said loudly with confidence.

Kronos smiled, "And you're looking to save your friend, so have we reached an agreement?"

Percy reached out and threw Kronos the object. Kronos held the object gingerly in his hands.

"Very well, very well. The true Mark of Athena crafted expertly by my old friend Quintus." Kronos smiled.

"Old friend? You killed him!"

"Ah, that's where you're wrong. I didn't kill him… The agency drove him to insanity and he killed himself. What was the lie on his death profile? Ah! He was killed by my crew. I'm a lot of things Perseus Jackson, but a liar is not one of them. Quintus's death was caused by the agency's pressure upon him."

Percy stared at Kronos.

"You call me evil… but the agency is no different. There is no such thing as pure goodness, there's a corrupted side to the agency. The difference between the agency and my group is that I know that cruelty is a must to maintain order. There must be one dictator, myself of course. Order is everything… and the agency? They are the true chaos with equal distribution of power… they could never get anything done."

Kronos walked closer to me and undid the bonds and I fell straight to the floor.. "See? I meant no harm. I only want the agency. This girl is yours-" Kronos stopped mid-sentence and fell to the ground.

"Who-?" Kronos began as he stared at the gun shot that had blasted through his left chest. His hand reached towards his chest.

"Glad I made it in time." A person stepped out of the shadow. I stared at Percy wondering if he was part of this, but Percy merely looked more surprised than usual.

Her mask covered her face but she was smiling, "The difference between the agency and you Kronos… is that we don't plan on ruling the entire world with fear." The woman leaned down and took the object out of Kronos hand.

"Who are you-?" Percy asked staring at the woman in completely confusion.

The woman looked at me for a second, "Run now, questions later." The woman said quickly. "We have to get out of here."

"We need to find Nico and Thalia first." I insisted remembering how Kronos shot my friend unconscious. A rush of pain flash through my head as it registered the pain that Kronos had inflicted on me. I felt myself being supported by Percy.

He looked at me with worry as if asking if I was okay. Despite the growing dizziness in my head, I quickly gave him a quick nod, but continued to lean on him for support.

"Look, my first priority is to get you out of here, Ms. Chase." The woman answered. "Mr. Di Angelo and Ms. Grace can take care of themselves."

"You don't understand… they are unconscious and still in here." I insisted feeling a bit light-headed.

"Not my problem, I have to get you out of this place." The woman insisted.

"Why me?"

"Because I promised your mom that I would protect you."

I stared at the woman. The headache in my head was still apparent and this new information presented to me wasn't making it any better. The look on her face…

I brushed it off, there is better things to be worried about, "So where is she?"

"Not here." The woman replied promptly.

"Obviously." I scoffed.

"Why should we even believe you?" Percy asked clearly not trusting this woman at all.

The woman seems to recognize that Percy was here for the first time, "Because Mr. Jackson, I could simply kill you at this moment. My orders were to get Ms. Chase out, as for you… I could just leave you as dead and report that you died during your encounter with Kronos."

I could feel Percy tensing at the woman's threatening words and knew it was only a matter of time before he release one of his witty remarks on this clearly dangerous woman. "We'll go." I said after giving Percy a pointed look.

I gripped Percy's arm and immediately felt him relaxing just a tiny bit. "Let's go." Percy mumbled clearly not liking this woman at all.

"Good." The woman shifted her gun into its bolster before turning to face me. Her brown hair was tied in a bun and her face covered with a mask that hid nearly her whole face. "Let's quickly it up." She said ignoring the fact that both Percy and I have just been tortured by the infamous Kronos.

"Can you walk?" Percy asked from beside me. I nodded slightly and wanted to glare at the woman… at least someone was being considerate. "Here, just lean on me, until we get out of here."

I managed a weak nod as Percy supported me.

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Kronos' men were on us in a matter of minutes. But whoever this woman was, she shot them all down without hesitation. I don't know whether to admire her or fear her, so I settled with respecting this woman. If my mom trusted this woman, I guess I could respect her to an extent.

"Where exactly are you taking us?' I asked trying to subside the pain from the knife that Kronos have slashed all over my face and body.

"To a safe location obviously." The woman answered without breaking her stride. "You were smart to call for backup." The woman said without emotion.

Percy looked at me, surprised written all over his face. "You had backup?"

I rolled my eyes, "I'm not stupid… I wasn't just going to barge into your mission without backup." I replied wondering to myself if Nico and Thalia even think about the level of danger that their mission holds.

"This way." The woman said as she stopped and pointed down the corridor. "I need you guys to follow down this corridor and you should be able to see your friend down there."

"Wait where are you going?" I asked the woman feeling my headache fading little by little.

"I have some unfinished business with Kronos." She proclaimed a slight smile on the edge of her lips and started to turn away.

"You're just going to leave us like this?" I asked as she turned away.

She smiled, "If you're anything like your mother, I know you'll definitely survive."

I hesitated for a moment. This woman wasn't giving me any information at all. "Wait." I called out. "Where's my mom?"

The woman looked at me for a second the blue shade in her eyes pierced through me as if she was looking into my soul. "Not here." She replied.

I had enough of this woman's games, "I understand that! But how did she know that I was here."

The woman took the time to actually turn around and look at me. "I'll tell you this Annabeth, my orders are just to rescue you. Your mother's orders were to get you to safety and that is what I'm doing." She turned to Percy for a second before facing me again. "Perseus Jackson-" I felt Percy flinch from beside me, "-is none of my concerns, so I'm actually doing you a favor by choosing to rescue him and I expect that you do the same to not question me of my actions."

"You're-" Percy began as recognition was apparent in his face. "You're that woman-"

The woman casted Percy a look, "Aside from that matter, I assume that YOU will keep your promise to me and run from this place." I noticed that the woman emphasized her comment towards Percy. I stared back and forth between a shocked Percy and the emotionless woman.

"I get that you're trying to save me, but I want answers-"

"And answers you will get… in time of course." The woman managed a slight smile but I just wanted to punch the elder woman. "In any case, your mother did not die from that car accident four years ago, that's all I can tell you I'm afraid." With that said the woman rushed off in the direction we had just come from.

I narrowed my eyes at Percy who was staring at the retreating form of the woman.

Percy noticed my stare on him, "What?"

"Who is she Percy?"

"I don't know-"

"Don't try to give me crap! It's obvious that you know who she is!" I glared at him. I couldn't shake the feeling that I should know who this woman was.

Despite the situation, the idiot had the nerve to smile, "Love that you're jealous Wise girl, but we have some friends to save."

I could only hope I didn't blush, "What makes you think we're on good terms?"

Percy grinned like a little kid and I didn't have to ask to know what he was thinking. "You were that one that kissed me."

I could only hope that I wasn't blushing, "Are you freaking out over a little kiss?"

Percy smiled, "I'm freaking out over the fact that you still have feelings for me." The jerk had the nerve to smile. "And the fact that I am still completely crazy over you."

Despite feeling a bit light-headed at his words I knew I was still angry at him, "That doesn't change anything Percy, you can't protect me by making me ignorant of everything around me. That's why our relationship had never worked. I tried to hide the fact that I was not your damn sister and you tried to hide the fact that you were somehow involved with my mother's death. Now hiding this from me? " A rush of pain shot through my head as if talking to Percy had emotionally drained me.

Percy placed his hand down and stared at the ground for a moment, "I'm sorry, I just thought-"

I stopped him, I knew if Percy started to defend himself, I'll start screaming at him and we'll attract too much attention. "Now is not really the time to be talking about this."

Percy looked like he wanted to argue but quickly refrained himself as if he understood the danger we were in, "So who's your back up then?"

I stared down the corridor that the woman had pointed out to us, my head still feeling slightly dizzy from the loss of blood. "We need to find Clarisse and Chris-"

"Your back-up is Clarisse?" Percy asked, surprise evident in his voice.

"Well considering that everyone else was pre-occupied, Clarisse was the only person I could trust. So yes, I called Clarisse for back-up." I replied back full of sarcasm.

Percy frowned, "What did you tell her to get her to agree? She didn't agree to help when Nico and I asked her- something about government getting their hands messy- so how did you get her to agree?"

"Are you going to question my methods Percy or are we going to rescue some people from dying?"

Percy groaned, "I hate when you're right."

For the first time in a while, I gave him a real smile, "You had better get used to it then."

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"And he's alive…" Clarisse groaned as soon as she saw Percy.

"Nice to see you to Clarisse." Percy grumbled with equal enthusiasm.

"So…?" I questioned.

"We have my team already assembled, we just need to make sure that you two are safe out of harm's way." Clarisse confirmed.

"What do you mean 'us two'?" Percy asked. "What about Nico and Thalia?"

Chris nervously fiddled with the wires in his hand, "They haven't been responding Perce, it's likely that they are either unconscious or more likely dead."

"Luke wouldn't kill Thalia. I know that for a fact." Percy deadpanned. I was still confused as to why Percy was so confident that Luke won't kill Thalia.

"Well, I guess that's a problem now, because Luke Castellan have just been reported missing from his area, it was like he knew that the government and the agency were coming." Chris informed us.

"That doesn't make sense though," I began. "No one knew that the government was even going to come- I didn't even know-"

"Exactly." Clarisse noted. She pulled out some sort of device. "Okay everything is going according to plan. Now let's get out of here before Kronos decide to make use of his ultimate weapon."

"Thalia and Nico-"

"Shut your crap Kelp Brain. My orders are to get you out of here. Those two assholes can protect themselves." Clarisse barked. "I don't give a shit what you think because I could either knock you unconscious and drag you out or you could make my job easier and follow along. After you two are out safely, we will then get on to rescuing the other two-"

A gunshot rang in the distant. "Shit!" Clarisse cursed under her breath. "We have to go, now! Chris we're going to split track, you know the way out right?" She said to her husband.

He nodded, "But what about-"

"I'll take care of that files and I'll find that agent that they sent in here. Take Annabeth out of here first, she's losing so much blood that it's only a matter of time before she faints-"

"Hey-" I began to protest.

"Don't argue with me princess, this is my profession and I know what I'm talking about. I'll take Prissy here since it's obvious that Chris can't take care of two little kids-"

"I'm older than you Clarisse-" Percy began before Clarisse expertly interrupted him.

"And I'm more experienced than you." Clarisse shot back. It was almost like she was fired on sass today. She quickly gave me a gun and handed Percy another one. "Take these and please… try not to fire them unless you are a second from death."

Chris nodded at his wife, "I'll see you out there in a bit."

Clarisse frowned, "Don't get all mushy on me Chris."

At that Chris just simply grinned as Clarisse practically dragged Percy in the other direction. Chris looked at me for a moment with concern, "Come on, let's get you out of here before you actually faint. If we don't run into anyone, we should be fine."

I only stayed silent and followed Chris. I knew that Clarisse was going to take a detour to retrieve whatever file she was looking for and I knew Clarisse could take care of herself, but if I'm honest with myself, I was actually concern about that Seaweed Brain.

"And Annabeth?" Chris said quietly as he led me through the corridors

I turned towards the soft-spoken guy.

"I wouldn't worry about Percy, he's been through more than you realize. He'll make it out alive." Chris assured me.

"I'm not worried about him-"

Chris simply smiled, "If it makes you feel any better, I'm actually freaking out that Clarisse is going back into there."

"That's not the same-"

"He's only trying to protect you Annabeth-"

"Why does everyone assume that I need protecting?!" I glared at Chris. I understand that he's trying to sooth my nerves but I was getting pissed off at all this 'Annabeth is a fragile little girl' talk.

"You don't." Chris admitted as he picked the lock on the door.. "But it's just Percy's nature to protect those he cares about… especially after blaming himself for his friends' death." Chris took out his gun and reloaded it. "Try to put yourself in his shoes; the poor guy just really cares about you. He has seen many people die around him, especially people that he loves, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want the same thing to happen to you…"

I stared curiously at Chris but followed him into the next room. I knew that Chris had a dark past and it is pretty clear that Clarisse was the only one keeping him grounded… but why does it feel like something had happened between Chris and Percy as well. "You said you met Percy in therapy?"

Chris managed a slight chuckle. "That's what he told you?"

I decided to keep quiet and not mention that I had eavesdropped on them a long time ago.

Chris scratched the back of his head, "I guess you could say it like that. I was crazy and Percy was mentally and physically unstable at the moment."

"Why were you-"

"Crazy?" Chris gave me a slight smile. "Being in a place like this-" Chris gestured around us. "-for a couple years can get you crazy."

"What?"

"I was…" Chris hesitated as he pulled me down to a hiding place. A few seconds later, five guards ran past. He turned to me with a nervous look. "Well… I was a part of Kronos organization for a while until one mission where I accidentally killed someone."

"Someone… as in-"

"Nico's sister..." Chris looked down. "Since Percy has a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Percy knew it was me, but he didn't say anything. I was too scared to say anything."

"So you didn't say anything and Percy took all the blame." I finished.

Chris nodded and ushered me over to the next hallway. "I'm not saying that you should just forgive him on the spot, but it wouldn't hurt to give it a little consideration."

I raised an eyebrow at Chris, "Percy set you up to this?"

Chris shrugged, "I was his relationship consulter for a while. But honestly… you guys have to work it out somehow." Chris stared off at the corridor before cursing under his breath. "Come on, we're going to have some company soon if we don't hurry."

If Chris wasn't an actual relationship consulter… he should apply to become one… because his words were actually making me reconsider my messed-up relationship with Percy.

Percy's POV:

So many things happened at once. Nico and Thalia are gone, everything was going bad… and then suddenly that woman showed up… for a second I felt the panic that I haven't felt since I was a kid.

"Come on Jackson! I don't have all day!" Clarisse rough voice jarred me back into reality.

"I hate you." I mumbled as Clarisse dragged me along.

"Well I do too." Clarisse answered begrudgingly.

"You know that I could take care of myself fine, there's another reason why you decided to drag me along."

Clarisse look over and gave a small smile, "Looks like there is a brain in there after all. I'm looking for Silena's file and you are going to help me… and plus, I'm ready to kick Kronos ass."

"Maybe the best thing to do at the moment is to get out of here safely?" I offered, not really caring that I probably sound a tiny bit whiny.

"What are you trying to hide?" Clarisse glared at me. "It's as obvious as day that you are not responsible for their death."

"Clarisse just trust me on this… Kronos is not the person to be messed with."

"You shut the fuck up Jackson! I pick what I don't want and want to do! My best friend's death is something that I WANT to get revenge for. So either you help me… or I'll kick your damn ass."

Let's just say I decided to shut up.

Without warning Clarisse immediately burst into action as she fired her twin gun at the upcoming guards who instantly fell down dead. Pushing the gun back into its bolster, Clarisse pulled out a small communication device and barked out an order for her team to move in.

"Now come on Jackson, I didn't bring you as baggage, grab those key cards and let's go!"

Hesitantly I reached down and pulled out a gold card and quickly slipped it in my pocket, following Clarisse to the next room.

BLARRRR BLARRRR

"Now they sound the alarm?" Clarisse said with a disappointed look on her face. "And you call this a world-class terrorist group… amateurs! GET YOUR BIG FUCKING ASSES OUT OF HERE!" Clarisse yelled.

I quickly pulled her down, as much as I despised the girl, I didn't want her to die. "Are you trying to get us killed?!" I hissed.

Clarisse just grinned, "Rule in emergency situation, people only start to sound the alarm when they are starting to get desperate… and my bet is… the cowards of this group would be the first one out of this hell hole-"

"So we're left with-"

Clarisse reloaded her machine gun and grinned, "The total pyschos."

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"COME ON KELP FOR BRAINS! YOU SHOOT AND YOU RUN! THAT'S THE DRILL FOR BASIC TRAINING!" Clarisse yelled as she fired off another round of bullets.

I was simply just too scared to even run to the next barricade. "In case you are wondering… I DIDN'T GO THROUGH YOUR FUCKING BASIC TRAINING!"

Clarisse smirked, "Well this is the training where if you don't get it right, you fucking die, so- shit... to your left!"

"You are trying to get me killed." I coughed out, wishing desperately that I never agreed to go with Nico on this suicidal mission.

"That's what I live for." Clarisse replied as she scoped out the surrounding before taking out her walkie-talkie like device. "Report."

A few words were exchanged and Clarisse quickly put her communication device back into her side pocket.

"So?"

"Am I obliged to report everything to you Jackson?" Clarisse grumbled as she threw me a new set of bullets.

"Considering that my life is in danger, I would assume so!"

"Well then, learn how to shoot that damn gun! Let's go! Enough talking already!"

I mumbled a few unpleasant words before following Clarisse as she shot the upcoming guards.

A sudden cold feeling was presented at the back of my skull, "Guns down Percy." I turned around and was face to face with the one and only Luke Castellan.

From in front of me, Clarisse steadied her gun, "I'd suggest that you put your gun down."

"You shoot me, and I'll blast his brains out." Luke threatened.

Clarisse look conflicted for a second. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprise if Clarisse just let Luke blast me in the head. I knew she hated me for Silena's death and since her only goal was to uncover the truth behind Silena's death… the truth that I refused to let her know…

Hesitantly putting her gun down, Clarisse glared at Luke.

Okay maybe I was judging Clarisse a bit too harsh.

"Ethan!" Immediately a figure appeared and took Clarisse into an arm lock.

The Ethan guy took Clarisse and we were directed to another room, "Listen Percy." Luke said quietly as he gave Ethan a nod.

"And tell me why I should listen to you?"

Luke grinned, "Cause what I'm saying could save your friends' lives."

I decided to listen.

"I'm giving you a free ride to where Thalia is and your job is to take her out. I don't give a damn about how you do it, but she better be out of here safe and sound." He warned me.

Without waiting for a word Luke shoved me into a small room, "Guards! OUT OF HERE!" Luke yelled. "Kronos asked for full enforcement in the main room! The fucking agents are at our tail and you still care about the fucking prisoners!"

"But sir-"

"Get the fuck out of here!" Luke commanded. "We only need one guard, the rest of you are needed up there!"

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A few moments later, the single guard was overtaken by both Luke and Ethan. "She's still unconscious." Nico said as he glared at Luke. Luke expertly led us to Nico and Thalia's holding cell and hence commence the jealousy hatred between Luke and Nico.

"Well get her out of here!" Luke commanded.

"I'm not your slave Castellan! You were the one that caused her to be in this situation in the first place!"

"Considering that I'm the one rescuing your little ass right now, I'd suggest that you shut up!" Luke shot back. "Ethan, how long do we have?"

Ethan looked at his watch, "Roughly ten minutes."

"Look, we could get out ourselves, we don't need this piece of shit escaping with us." Nico spat, clearly not bothering to hide the distaste in his voice.

Clarisse looked warily between Ethan and Luke, "I don't really give a fuck what happened between you two, but I'd appreciated if both of you shut the fuck up and try to get out of here." She looked at Nico, "Can you carry her?"

"Do I look weak to you?" Nico glared back.

Clarisse shrugged, "And you…" Clarisse stared at Luke.

"What about me?" Luke questioned.

"How do I put this nicely-" Clarisse began before Nico interrupted her.

"We don't trust you Castellan."

"I saved your fucking ass Di Angelo, I think a little bit of trust is only sufficient." Luke snorted.

"And you attempted to kill me how many time?" Nico questioned a look of satisfaction on his face. "If he screws us up, no one stop me from putting a bullet through hi-"

Suddenly I was pulled away from Nico's and Luke's debate into a dark corner, "What the-" A hand immediately covered my face.

"Shut up Jackson, we have company-" Clarisse hissed and immediately a voice rang throughout the room.

"How about this…?" Immediately the guards who were ordered to disappear earlier appeared. "You both shut the fuck up and I'll put a bullet through your head-" I turned around to see a gun being pointed at Nico's head. The poor guy didn't even see it coming as he was in a very bad position.

"Enough Atlas." I shuddered as the steely voice cut through the already rough voice of the so-called guard. "Castellan…" Kronos acknowledged Luke. "And Nakamura… good, good, now go ahead and turn over those four prisoners to me."

I stared at Luke in disbelief. Is it possible? But Luke's face remained passive. "Let him go Kronos." Luke said with a steady voice.

Kronos raised an eyebrow as if he had misheard, "Say it again?"

Luke held up his own gun and pointed directly at Kronos face. In an instant Kronos pulled out his own gun, not even fearing the gun being held just a few feet from his face. It was almost like Luke's action led to a domino effect, as Atlas pulled out a second gun to point at Luke, and Ethan pulled out his gun to aim at Atlas.

All at once, his poker face washed over as the fear became evident in his face, but at the same time anger. "You lied to me."

Kronos simply laughed, "I did not lie to you. I gave your mother the medical money that she would've needed and-"

"YOU DIDN'T FUCKING TELL ME THAT SHE WAS DEAD!"

Kronos didn't even look surprise, "Oh? That minor problem?"

"MINOR PROBLEM?! How about the fact that you were responsible for her-"

"Oh stop acting like a lost kid Castellan, this whole thing was because of your father's involvement with me that drove her to insanity. I just showed you the right path. Bringing down the agency to its core." Kronos explained with glee. "Come now, let's not make this whole thing a bloody mess. Turn over the agents to me and I'll give you anything you want."

Luke hesitated then glared at Kronos, "You told me that Thalia was dead… but all she did was worked for the agency and-"

"Are you going to act like a heartbroken kid? Your destiny is much more than that Castellan. Bring down your father and his stupid excuse of an agency. Thalia Grace has been dead. She chose the agency over you… how many more people are you willing to lose to the agency?" Kronos bribed. I could tell Luke was wavering again. Almost as if Kronos word is eating at his soul.

Clarisse was… I turned around to see the hard-core brunette gone. What the hell?

I could tell that Thalia was the only reason Luke chose to betray Kronos… but Kronos probably realizes it too. "Put the gun down… or the girl dies Castellan." Kronos warned as his gun shifted towards Thalia who was still laying unconscious towards the ground.

Both Nico and Luke diverted their attention towards Thalia and without warning a gun went off hitting Atlas' hand. In less than a second the sound of gunshot followed through. Atlas' previous aim towards Nico was somehow thrown off to Ethan who somehow shot uselessly to the side of Kronos head. With Kronos attention momentarily distracted, Luke immediately rushed towards Thalia, I did the only thing that I could do at the moment, I fucking took a shot at the notorious crazy leader.

"Jackson… you…" He clutched his side and held his gun in place, I wasn't sure he was aiming at but it became clear to me right when he released his shot. In a state of panic that my friend's life was at risk, I fired all the bullets in the gun straight at Kronos and heroically… I fainted… but not before hearing a sickening sound of a bullet hitting flesh.

"LUKE!" Ethan's voice rang out.

"Nico…" The last words I said before I finally blacked out.

You're an aaz, you're an aaz, you're an aaz. Okay first things first, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 WAS AMAZING! Second sorry for the long wait, I know what I said but seriously… I think we learned a long time ago to not trust what I say. Second thing second, doesn't hiccup and astrid somewhat reminds you of Percy and Annabeth? Third things third, I should probably stop talking about HTTYD2 and talk about well life… I've been well… not really going through a good time at the moment. I've been shitty and frankly I think I'm a burden to my family and a total jerk. I don't trust anyone anymore. I've been hella distant from my family. I'll admit first hand that I'm not the most open person in the world, but I want people to ask me what's wrong but at the same time I can never bring myself to tell them. I'm tired, woke up on the wrong side of the bed, just feeling "sucktastic" (see what I did there… okay not funnY), sorry distracted, just a few of my excuses. Lots of stuff been going on but yeah, still clawing my way through life like a normal person :)

Aside from my outlet rant, how have you guys been doing? Summer treating you guys okay?

Song: Still I Fly- from Disney's Plane Fire and Rescue- note search up the one with Kurt Schneider with Macy Kate and Austin Percario, honestly it's such a good and motivating song

AAZ