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Chapter 23

Charles and Silena were on their way back when they saw that the doctor was already talking to their friends. They hurriedly made their way to them. "Will?" Charles recognized him. The said doctor glanced at Charles. "Charles, what are you doing here and what happened to you?" He asked. Instead of answering his question he asked him. "How's my brother?" "Brother?" Will asked confused. "Yes your patient?" Charles said impatiently.

Confusion was written on Will's face. "I don't remember you having a brother." He said. "It's a long story. Will you please answer my question already?" Charles demanded. "Charles." Silena said soothingly to calm his boyfriend.

Will smirked and raised his hand in surrender. He then became serious. "He's out of danger. It's a good thing you rush him immediately here. You saved him from losing a lot of blood." All of them felt relieved. "What about the hit on his head?" Annabeth asked trying to calm herself. Will look at her. "We have already run several tests on him. The result will be out after a few minutes. We will now transfer him to a private room. I'll visit in his room later and talk to you about his condition." He was about to leave when Charles called him. "Thank you." He said. Will smile at him. "Just doing my job. You got some explaining to do." Will replied referring to Sean. Charles smiled and nodded.

They went to the nurse station and asked where they moved Sean. They headed towards the room as soon as the nurse gave them the room number. They saw Sean lying on the bed. His head was covered with gauze as well as his body. Almost all his body was covered with bruises. There was a cast on his left hand. Apart from his body that was almost covered with bruise his face seemed to be untouched, just a small cut on his lips.

Annabeth immediately rushed to his side. Tears were silently streaming on her cheeks. Her heart sank when she sees how badly he was beaten. "How could they do this to him?" She mumbled. Charles clenched his teeth. He was mad at them for hurting Sean. If only he could beat them just like what they did to his brother. Silena hugged him. He buried his face to her shoulders. "They will pay for what they did to him." He said angrily. Silena rub his back to make him relaxed. Thalia and Katie walk towards Annabeth. Travis and Connor went to the other side of the bed.

They were all devastated. "Do you know those guys?" Connor asked Charles. He pulled away from Silena and walk towards the bed. Charles shook his head. "I don't recognize them. I don't even know if Sean does."

The door opens and Will comes inside. They all turn to look at him. "The results were out. Good news is there is nothing to worry about the hit on his head. The wound and his bruises will take time to recover. As you can see he was badly beaten. They nearly crack his ribs. His left hand was broken so we have to cast it." He tried to explain. "We'll have to keep him 2 to three days until he is strong enough to be discharge." (A/N Please bear with me I am not a nurse nor a doctor so I can't properly described Sean's condition)

They all let out a sigh of relief. Will place his hand on his friend's shoulder. "Nothing to worry about Charles, your brother is safe. You should take a rest and drink your medicine. You got some nasty bruises on you." Will teased. "This is nothing compared to him." He motioned to Sean. Will half smile. He patted Charles shoulder. "I need to go now to do some rounds on the other patients. Say my regards to your mom." Will said.

Charles cursed. He almost forgot. When Will exited the room he turned to his friends. "Guys can you stay for a while? I just need to pick up mom and tell her what happened." He asked. "Hey don't bother bro, we will go and pick her up." Travis volunteered. "Are you sure?" Charles asked. Travis and Connor nodded. "Thanks. I'll just call her then."

An hour later Travis, Connor and Hestia arrived. Hestia hurriedly went to Sean's side. She silently cried when he saw Sean's condition. "Who did this to him?" Charles hugs her mother. "We don't know yet. The police took care of them. I talked to Chris a while ago. He said they were already brought to the headquarters. They want me to go early this morning to file for complaint."

Hestia noticed that even Charles was bruised. "Are you okay?" she asked. "I'm fine, don't worry about me." He assured her. "How did all this happen?" She asked as she approached Sean and caresses his face. Charles filled her in on what he knows. "Only Sean can answer the rest." She noticed Annabeth who was on the other side looking at Sean. Annabeth suddenly felt someone staring at her. She turns to look and met Hestia's eyes. She smiled at her. Annabeth blushed and look down.

Charles told his mom about Sean's condition. Hestia was grateful that her son is okay. But she can't help but cry seeing him lying wounded on the bed. Charles stands by her side. "Um Charles, we should get going. We'll come back later." Travis said. "Yeah of course, thank you guys for your help. If it wasn't for you we don't know what happened to us." Charles said referring to the Stoll brothers. "It was nothing man. We just hope we could have been there earlier to avoid all this."

Charles hugs the two brothers. "You should go home too." He said to the girls. Annabeth hesitated. She doesn't want to leave Sean. Charles noticed her. "I'll inform you as soon as he wakes up. Go home and rest." He said. Thalia nodded. She then motioned Annabeth to go. Annabeth glanced one more time to Sean. She leaned in to whisper something in his ear. She squeezed his hand. They all said their goodbyes and left the room.

Back at New York

Kelsi wake up screaming. Her body is trembling and tears were running down from her cheeks. Poseidon and Sally rushed to their daughter's room. "Kelsi, honey are you okay?" Sally asked. Kelsi hugs her and started sobbing. "What is it honey?" Poseidon asks as he sits beside her daughter. She pulled away from her mother. "Something happened to Percy. He was in danger." She said between the sobs. Sally's heart crushed as she heard his son's name. "Shh honey it was just a dream." Sally said calming her daughter.

Kelsi shook her head. "It felt so real mom. I knew something was wrong." She said frantically. "Kelsi you're just dreaming." Poseidon said. "How can we be sure that it was just a dream? He's been missing for months dad. We don't know what's happening to him." She started to cry again. Poseidon clenched his fist. He sure was mad at his son for the accident but he regretted the way he treated him after. He knows that he's one of the reasons why he chose to run away. Sally started to cry too. Poseidon hugs both of them. "Find him dad. Please." Kelsi pleaded. "I miss him so much." He held them tighter. "I promise." He said as tears started to flow from his cheek.