_Percy Jackson_

_Half past midnight. Manhattan, New York_

It was half past midnight. I materialized on top of the building across from the day care, startling Grey Shadow. She stood up, looking me up and down, her face immediately filling with sorrow and regret. She looked at my arm, which was wrapped in bandages and in a sling, then at my leg. I don't know what she was looking at, since the bandage Mom wrapped around my ankle was hidden.

"I'm sorry." she said in a small voice. "I could've—if I had been stronger I would've been able to stop you from hitting the ground. You almost died, and-and I could do nothing to stop it."

Oh gods, she's crying. I really hate comforting people, it's so hard. Just do what you do when Annabeth is upset. God's, what do I do? Okay, I got this. With the arm that wasn't in a sling, I pulled her into an embrace. She wrapped her arms around me, burying her face in my chest.

"It's not your fault." I whispered, stroking her hair.

"It feels like it." She muttered.

"But it's not. Okay. Look, I'm fine. I standing right here, with all my organs intact, still doing my superhero-thing." I said.

"What about-about Leo?" she hiccuped.

"We can go visit him right now. But from what they said earlier, he's fine." I said.

"But-but his M-Mom. She's gone. I-it's all my fault." Grey Shadow cried, shaking harder.

Then something strange happened: a strong gust of wind came, blowing her hair around wildly. Her hair changed from dark brown and straight to blonde princess curls, sorta like Annabeth's hair.

"Look, I-I know it hurts. You think it's all your fault. But you don't know exactly what happened. Something could have happened before we even got there. You can't beat yourself up about it. It's not your fault."

It's not your fault.

It's not your fault.

It's not your fault.

I should've been there. I could've stopped it. Then she wouldn't be in the hospital. It's all my fault.

"It's not your fault, Baby." Mom said, rubbing my cheek with her thumb. "It hurts. You think it's all your fault. But you don't know exactly what happened. Something could have happened—something you couldn't control. You can't beat yourself up about it. It's not your fault."

"B-but I co-could've d-done something—anything." I cried. "I-I can do th-these things. I-I co-could've helped."

I looked up at her, looking into her crystal blue eyes. "I want to help, Mom. I don't want things like this to happen. Not again. Not ever again."

"Hurricane? Hurricane?" Grey Shadow said, bringing me out of my haze. I looked down at her, seeing her red eyes watching me curiously.

"I..uh..I like your hair." I said. "Your blonde hair. It's pretty."

"What? Blonde?" Grey Shadow asked, touching her hair. "Shit! It's not supposed to be blonde. It's supposed to be brown until-until—gods, how did this happen?"

"May I ask what's wrong?" I asked.

"Okay, first, let go of me. We aren't friends, we just work together." Grey Shadow said, pulling away from me. "Second, you may not ask what's wrong."

"I don't get what's the big deal, blonde hair is hot. Especially curly blonde hair. You look like…like a Disney princess. Except the eyes."

Grey Shadow turned to me, pointing an angry finger at my chest. "Do not compliment me. If you could not tell, my hair was brown so my identity was kept secret. Just like how your eyes are blue, except earlier they were green but now it's blue agai—"

"Wait, green?" I asked.

"Don't interrupt me." She snapped.

"Wow, you are a true bipolar ass." I said, taking a step back. "I was just trying to be nice, and you come over here and start yelling at me."

"I didn't ask for you to be nice, Hurricane!" Grey Shadow exclaimed, the wind around her picking up.

"That's the thing, people are usually nice on their own. You wouldn't know that because no one ever wants to be nice to rude, blonde, bimbos."

"I am not a blonde bimbo! And I'm not rude either!" she shouted.

"You're the rudest person I know! You don't even want to be my friend! It's not like I'm asking to date you, because no one would want to date you!" I yelled back.

She let out a wild scream, strong winds hitting me and knocking me on my back. "That's it! I'm going home! Have fun on patrol by yourself!" She yelled, jumping off the edge of the building.

I groaned, rolling off my back and into a sitting position.

~Sleepless Saviors~

Where am I? I looked around, seeing a dark corridor. Giggles of two voices echoed off the walls. I turned around, seeing two little kids, no older then seven, a boy and a girl, running down the hall. They stopped in front of a large window, peering against it.

"You're my best friend, Annie." The boy said. Annie turned to him, smiling.

"You're my best friend too, Percy." Annie said. "Pinkie promise me we'll be best friends forever."

"Pinkie promise." Percy said. They smiled at each other.

"Look, its starting." Percy said, tapping the window.

"Aren't you glad we cut school for this?" Annie asked, smirking at Percy, who nodded.

"Annabeth! Percy!" Another voice, an adult, called. The kids looked down the hall.

"Daddy!" Annie exclaimed happily.

"Ow!" Percy cried, pulling away from the window.

"It's hot!" Annie stated, retracting her hand.

"Kids, that's a taped off zone. Get out of there!" The adult said, his voice getting closer.

"Fredrick, we have to go get them!" Another adult said.

Two adult males came bounding down the hall. A big, bright, blue flash went off inside the window, a loud BOOM echoing through the hall as the window and wall exploded, knocking the kids and adults in the air.

I screamed, sitting up abruptly in bed. I looked around my dimly lit room, taking a few deep breaths. I heard footsteps rushing down the hall, then saw Mom burst into my room, hair frazzled from sleep. "Perce, what's wrong?"

"J-just a bad dream." I stuttered. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" Mom asked.

"Yeah. You can…you can go back to bed." I said.

"Percy…its nearly ten in the morning." Mom said, looking at me curiously.

"Oh."

"Come on, Annabeth's been sleeping on the couch for an hour waiting for you." Mom said, walking out.

Slowly, I rolled out of bed, walking out of my room and to the living room. As soon as I stepped there, I was tackled to the ground by Annabeth. Annabeth has a habit of tackling me, especially when she's excited or pissed. She got off of me, picking up my legs and dragging me back to my room. Once there, she locked the door, sitting on my bed.

"So at work I'm having issues with this guy I work with," she started. "He's just so annoying and rude. I was trying to be nice and then he ruined it and he wouldn't leave me alone and then he called me a bimbo. I just don't know what to do. And I can't quit, you know I need to money."

"Well," I said, sitting up. "I think that this ass that you are always complaining about needs to get told what exactly he's doing wrong."

"Yeah….yeah. That's what I'll do. I'll give him a piece of my mind!"

"You could also talk to your boss." I added.

"Outta town. Like always." Annabeth shook her head, then looked at me, her eyebrows scrunching in confusion.

"What happened to your arm?"

Oh shit. "Uh…well..I uh…I fell?"

"You fell?" Annabeth asked.

"Yeah. It's nothing major, Mom journey freaked out. That's all." I said quickly.

"Right…okay," she said. "Come on, let's go get settled in our dorms."

Great, she let it slide. Hopefully she isn't too suspicious.

A/N: Yay, I updated. So, I skimmed through this chapter (cause I wrote it in November 2016 and now it's January. But, if you haven't figured it out, there's probably at least one superhero scene in each chapter. You should definitely pay attention to everything, cause everything is important. I wanna know what you thought about this chapter.

See we've got:

• Hurricane and Grey Shadow friendship

• Percy having memories he doesn't understand

• And more Percabeth friendship

See, don't you all love it? Let me know what you think! I love hearing from you. See you when I see you (probably Tuesday, cause I love you all). And hey, maybe there'll be a sneak peak if I get enough reviews.

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