AN: So… I was planning to get a beta, but personal issues caused her to not be able to beta me, so I have nothing to say here now… Anyone wanna help me out? Also, I have a chapter 7.5 uploaded, check it out in case you missed it.

Cheryl POV

Chapter 9

Well, this was great. In the short time of like 1 day, Dad taught me to do crazy stuff like summon a whirlpool and heal myself with water. Well, it was more like a week, but whatever. "I guess I have to go to the Poseidon cabin now?" I asked. "Well, it's really up to you, but you should go to the quest. We can decide which cabin you live in later." He teleported me to the surface, and I found myself back on a boat "Hi, Percy!" I said. "Wh…where have you been? Have you seen Annabeth?" "Nope, why? My father just went talking to me. Oh, and by the way, you will be totally surprised by who it is." "Because a butt ton of demigods disappeared along with you. Annabeth. All the kids of Hecate, Nike, Hypnos, and a lot of other minor gods." "Wait, WHAT?" "I know… I haven't slept since. It's been a week, and we still haven't seen them… Not a single one. Except you, but you're not part of it, of course. Annabeth was seen being pulled away during Capture the Flag, and apparently the guy who saw it (who was on the other team) thought it was just like hostages or something, and didn't stop them…" He paused, thinking. "Never mind that. You said your father talked to you. Who is he?" "Take a guess. Hint: He has a domain similar to your father's." "Uh… Nereus?" "Nope." "Uh… a river nymph? No, then you wouldn't be able to just come in here… Phorcys?" "Nope." "Pontus? I have no clue." "Nope." "Okay, just tell me." A light shined above my head, and then in Percy's hands was a map. Not a real map, but the one of the ancient Greeks. The ocean was highlighted. On the map, it said, Oceanus. "Wait one moment… That means you're my step-uncle… Ok, Greek mythological relationships are annoying as hell… Screw this. Well, looks like you're going to have to be on this quest. Sam got sick on the way so we sent him back to camp, so this will make up for the six."

IMLINEBREAKANDVCRXSUCKS (Sorry for the insult, it's just LINEBREAK)

We sailed towards the strait. "We're going towards Charybdis." Percy said. "Why? Charybdis can kill the entire crew!" I said. "So can Scylla. We don't have a large crew, you know… Going near Charybdis means I could control the water to let us go forwards." "You tried to do that and failed last time, Prissy." Clarisse said. "Yeah, but not only has it been like 10 years and I know how to control my skill better, but we also have Cheryl with us," he shot back. "We can stay under the deck and have you two push the boat underwater, if that's true. No one would get eaten by Scylla." "So that the entire ship can get eaten? No thanks. She's a beauty, and I would rather not get eaten without knowing." I could see that Clarisse had nothing to say to that. "Annabeth would probably agree with me." Ouch. That hurt. Percy said nothing, then walked into his room, clearly hurt by that. I could understand. He just got reminded that his fiancée had been kidnapped. And from what Jeremy had told me, it wasn't a good place either. I saw Kennedy going down as well. I followed him. He needed to calm down. Although Jeremy was the official leader of this quest, Percy was the more experienced demigod and knew more about what to do. He might as well be the leader.

LINEBREAKISHAPPYVCRXGOTWHATHEWANTEDALONGERCHAPTER

Percy POV

"Annabeth would probably agree with me," said Clarisse. I don't know if she knew how much that hurt me, but I cried. I went into my room, and I cried. I missed her. She was the one thing stapling me to my life, and she was gone. She was a missing piece of my heart, and she's gone. She's gone. And I don't know when I'll find her. I don't know where I'll find her. I don't know how I'll find her. I don't know what she's being put through. I miss her. I miss her.

I did not live until today,

How can I live when we are parted!

The verse echoed through my heart. She's gone. She's gone. And I may never see her again. I made her a promise. I promised her. I promised her.

I took out the ring, a permanent reminder of my failure to save her. I was planning to propose after the game, but she had already been kidnapped. She's gone. She's gone. She's gone.

I looked at the painting in the room, the painting of us in Paris.

It seems like not so long ago,

When you and I were both on show,

More verses popped up into my heart. I smiled, but it was a smile full of sorrow, full of grief, and I quickly went back to being sad. She's gone. I failed to help her. Now she's gone. She's gone. She's gone. She's gone.

LINEBREAKNOTICEDTHATPERCYISSADOHNO

Jeremy POV

Percy ran into his room. I saw Kennedy and Cheryl following him, probably to comfort him. I stayed on deck. We needed someone to control the ship. "Cheryl, Kennedy, don't go down there. Let him recover first. We all know how much he loved Annabeth. We need to get her back before he decides to kill himself or something." They obliged. Cheryl started to tell us about how she was actually the daughter of Oceanus, and had met her father, as well as her step-father Hades. "Cheryl, can you help get the boat through here? We need to get past these two monsters." "No, I actually can't. If we go too close to Scylla some of us will die, and if we go too close to Charybdis I can't get us out of the whirlpool once we get in it and through the other side." "Well, looks like we're going to have to wait for Percy to calm down. Cheryl, can you keep the boat in place? I need to talk to Percy." "You just told me not to." "We don't really have another option, do we? I've seen the location of their base. Maybe that will give him hope." I called for Kennedy. "Let's talk to him. I think we've given him enough time. We need to get going."

LINEBREAKWANTSACOOKIEVCRXHADGOODONES

"Percy?" I opened the door. "Go away." He said. I could hear him sobbing. "Percy, I want to talk to you." "Go away. I don't want to hurt anyone anymore. Everyone around me gets hurt. Zöe. Bianca. Beckendorf. Luke. Michael. Ethan. Silena. Jason. Leo. And now Annabeth. Go away." He said. I motioned for Kennedy to leave and help on deck. "Percy. I want you to man up, and talk to me. Annabeth's kidnapping wasn't your fault. They probably kidnapped her because they wanted to have this happen to you. Don't do what they want you to do." He whimpered. "Percy, I want you to know that your situation is not your fault. Don't blame yourself." No reply. I tried the door. He had locked it. "Percy, I want you to know this. I have been in a situation ten times worse than yours, and I didn't give up. We need to get this ship through this strait. The longer we stay here, we have a larger chance of monsters attacking us. You can mourn later. This is your duty." Still no reply. "Percy. Open the door." I hated myself for forcing him, but it was necessary. A necessary evil. "Percy. Open. The. Door. Now. Or I'll knock it open myself."

He finally opened the door. I went in. He had clearly been quite mad at himself. The once tidy and neat room had transformed into a battle scene. Paperwork was all over the floor, torn into shreds. His bedsheets were completely ripped and soaked with water. I said nothing. Neither did he. Finally, I spoke. "Percy, don't do this to yourself. Please. If not for yourself, do it for us. It's not your fault." "But it IS! I should have been more careful… I was the team leader, for gods' sake!" He proceeded to attempt to tear apart even more of the papers on his desk. I grabbed his hands down. "Percy. Stop." He did, to my surprise. "Jeremy, can I ask you something? Why does life seem to hate me? I've caused the deaths of thousands of people in the war alone." "Their deaths are not your fault. You couldn't stop Kronos from rising. We all know that. You just need to stand strong. Look on the bright side. How many demigods are in camp now?" "Less than half of that." "They chose their own paths. If anyone was to blame, it should be the minor gods and goddesses themselves. Look on the bright side. I've been in way worse than you have. I've been in Tartarus, albeit for a short time, I was abused as a kid, raped, sold as a slave, stolen from, had my mom get murdered, watched my sister get raped and wrongly accused for something I didn't even know existed that still hasn't been found! Come on, now. If everyone was like you are, we wouldn't have had civilization. Come on, let's get back up there, shall we? Let's do what we need to do." I helped him get up, and got him to get back up on deck.

AN: And that's the chapter! Yeah! I'm revising for the upcoming mid-term tests (which happens to coincide with my birthday… My birthday is a day before the first subject -_-) so expect less frequent updates. I mean, I'm making these chapters longer, so that should make up for it… right? See yah!