First let me give a shout-out to Noah and Nolathir10! Without you guys wanting me to continue this story so much, this chapter would have probably come out in march so you can all thank them for this chapter coming out earlier;) also, I just want to say thank you for all the support I have for this story! I mean 500 views and only 2 chapters, that is amazing! Thank you all and I hope you read until the end! Sorry for any typos and oocness! Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Annabeth and the empousa would be here in four short days. There was no time and we were hopelessly outnumbered. They had hundreds and we only had around ninety. The thought of seeing Annabeth but her wanting to kill me consumed me and was the only thing I could even think about.

I kept playing over the scene in my head. What could I have done differently? What could have saved Annabeth, the only person who understands me and loves me flaws and all. She is the only person I love. I can't loose her. Not now, not ever.

I had finally been issued a wheelchair once I could use my arms. The Hermes kids thought it was a miracle that I could even move them but I still couldn't feel my legs and they were almost completely sure that I would never use them again. Somehow, hearing this didn't worry me too much as I was so focused on Annabeth, I didn't even have time to worry about myself.

I wheeled over to Grover. I realized I have been a pretty terrible best friend lately. I know that he was one of Annabeth's closest friends and knew her even before I did. I looked over at him and said, "Hey. Are you okay?"

He looked over at me and his eyes widened slightly. I guess he hadn't seen me since the mountain fell on top of me. He gave me a little smile and said, "Percy, it's great to see you alive. You have no idea how worried I was. I just feel like everything is falling apart, you know? With you and Annabeth. I was really hoping that your lives would be different. That you two would actually have as normal of a life as a demigod couple can have, but obviously that's didn't happen now did it."

I wish I could have hugged him right then but I couldn't move from my wheelchair. I just tried to cheer him up a little, "Grover, it's not like any of this was your fault. You were the best protector that any demigod could have ever asked for. All we have to do is worry about the future and we can't look at the past, we can't change anything. As much as I know we would both like to."

He smiled into his lap and said quietly, "Thanks Percy. I should talk to you more often. Well, it's pretty obvious that you should take your own advice too. You're right, we can't change anything, so lets go into this battle in four days together, just like old times. Okay?"

I smiled a real smile for the first time in days and said, "Just like old times."

Grover had to go train some nature spirits for the upcoming attack but I stayed in that spot for a while. It was then that I finally realized that I had to look forward. I had no choice.

I quickly wheeled my wheelchair to the field where we used to do our training and made sure that no one was around. Then slowly, I tried to get out of my wheelchair. There was no way that I would not be fighting in the battle, I owed it to myself, to Annabeth to do anything that I can and I know that if she were here she would want me to keep trying.

I fell on the moist grass the second I let go of the wheelchair. I couldn't get up and the only way I could really move was to army-crawl my way around but it didn't help me get back into my chair. I suddenly realized that it was a pretty stupid idea and I had no idea when the next person to come to this field would arrive. Would I be stuck here overnight? I couldn't wait here all night and my rib muscles were starting to throb. A lot of them were still bruised and broken which hurt when they were rubbed against the ground.

I was waiting there for over an hour when I realized how dark it was getting. No one was going to come at least not until the morning and I couldn't sleep on the ground. I focused on the waves crashing against the sides of the cliff just a few yards away from me. That was when I had the novel idea to go visit my father. I didn't expect his to fully cure me but I also wanted to know more about empousas and their venom.

I was too scared to talk about it with anyone at camp. I knew them all too well and I feel that they may leave out some details about it to spare my feelings. But my father knows me, he would tell me what I want to know.

I start slowly moving toward the edge of the cliff. It was a long and slow process and took almost thirty minutes. Finally, I reached my destination and looked out at the ocean. The moonlight was reflecting off the water and there were a few seagulls flying around silently over the water. The smell of the ocean comforted me and the salty ocean mist was more refreshing than I ever could have imagined.

I looked down and realized I may have miscalculated the drop. I had jumped off this cliff hundreds of times but I never had to roll down it. There were sharp rocks and little ledges dotting the cliff wall on the way down. I knew physically I couldn't try to find a better place to roll down. I would just have to hope that the water would heal me if anything happened.

I closed my eyes and felt my body no longer touching the ground. It felt like only a second before I felt something jagged and hard hit my head and at that moment I could feel the blood coming out of the huge gash on my forehead. The impact left me dizzy so it took me a few seconds to realize that I wasn't falling anymore. I must have landed on a ledge just above the water. I tried to push myself into the water, knowing that it would heal me but I could already feel myself blacking out again.

I knew that if no one found me I would stay on that ledge forever. I wouldn't even get to see Annabeth again, even if she wanted to kill me.

Sorry for the cliffhanger! Hope you liked this chapter, tried to make it romantic and a little action at the same time! Do you want the next chapter to be romantic, be a little more action packed, or both! Let me know below!

Ily, Ashley Morgan