A/N: Thanks for all of your reviews. I just finished one of my other stories, Time Traveling 101 and will now be focusing on finishing this story (Which will be sorta short maybe, I haven't thought about it.) and then working on Secret Agent Man! Enjoy!
Annabeth's POV:
"ANNABETH!" I heard a shout before I was wretched from a relaxed pair of sea green eyes. In mid turn behind me, Percy crashed into me, sending us tumbling downwards. He straightened his arms, only with a slight bend, careful not to crush me.
I closed my eyes and grabbed onto his sweaty shirt.
We lay still for what was about ten seconds. Above us was a large hellhound. His beady little eyes looked at us and gave up. He started to walk away and I felt Percy lower himself, probably with the weight of a hellhound on his back. Back… Small of-
My thoughts were interrupted by a blood curdling scream. My whole body was crushed by his weight and with open eyes, I saw the open mouth of Percy come crashing down. His scream like a barrier of sound that penetrated my safe little reality.
The hellhound turned around and pounced. I pulled my knife and reached behind Percy's shivering body and stabbed upwards.
Specks of dust fell on us and Percy groaned again.
"Percy, what's wrong?" I asked as the battle diminished behind us.
"Achilles…" He croaked as I got out from underneath him. I slowly rolled him over and looking into his face of pain.
"Percy, what-" I was interrupted by a screech from him.
"Annabeth, it hur-" He said but his face froze for a second of panic before his eyes closed quickly. He stopped moving and lay lifeless on the ground before us.
"PERCY! Wake up, Percy!" I screamed but his head rolled to the side and it looked like he was sleeping. His messy black hair covered his forehead and I just about broke into pieces. I called over my shoulder for a medic and someone from the big house came rushing forward.
"Please, help him." I said forcefully.
"Percy has the mark of ach-"
"I KNOW THAT ALREADY! Tell me what's wrong with him, please!" I felt a tear run down my cheek. "He can't be dead." I whispered over and over as I watched the son of Apollo, I think his name was Max, work.
"Annabeth, you know that he can't really live after a puncture to his-"
"Shut up…" I felt something underneath my hand, which was wrapped around Percy's fingers. Max looked at me with hurt as I felt it again. A little bump next to my fingers.
"He is alive." I said quickly.
"Percy can't be he-"
I didn't let him get a chance to finish his sentence before I ripped off his armor. Percy still laid on the ground as I stripped him down to nothing but his jeans. With his shirt was strewn behind me, I carefully rolled him on his side. I looked on his bare back. No blood. In the small of his back where I knew it hurt for him, was a small black and blue bruise starting to form.
I remember one day when I kissed him and pushed him up against the wall in cabin three. He cried out in pain because a stray nail bumped the skin that was far away from it. If he couldn't handle a loose nail that sat a good inch or two from the small of his back, this must be hell for him.
My hand softly caressed the purple dot on the small of his back and he gasped for air. His body sent a shudder down his spine and I lay him back down. It was then did I notice his chest rise up.
"See, look-he is breathing." I said triumphantly and laid a hand on his bare front. So strong. Such a strong body was left motionless, helpless, slack just because of a small area on his back. Such a wonder.
"How in the heck…" Max looked in disbelief at Percy who looked seemingly healthy.
Him being unconscious scared me. I know that if he was awake, he would be in indescribable pain but it was still worrying.
"Ok, let's get him to the big house to see what is the matter." He said. Only a few monsters were going on, but I knew that the starter demigods were going to help take them down. It wasn't hard to lug an unconscious Percy across the field as long as I had help.
"Chiron!" I called into the big house. The only response I got was a hopeless echo through the three stories.
"Damnit." I hushed under my breath.
We hauled Percy into the hallway and in one of the doors. His toes dragged on the wood floor all the way until I safely tucked his feet on the bed. From the look at his breathing, it was slow, labored and difficult to take a breath in. Reluctant of this fact, he still inhaled and exhaled with shudders each time.
"His heart rate is a bit faster than normal." Max said as he held two fingers to Percy's neck and watched the precious seconds tick by on his watch, strapped to his wrist.
I brushed a loose strand of hair out of Percy's eyes and kissed the side of his face.
We sat there for a few minutes, trying to think of anything we could do to make his bed more comfortable.
Alas, we were out of options, only waiting for either him to wake up and give him some nectar or for Chiron to work his magic.
I held onto Percy's hand and felt his heart bump quickly under my fingers.
Suddenly they squeezed a bit. I looked up. From suddenly relaxed, Percy's body stretched upwards, fingers unclenched and legs down with a quick motion. From there he was awake and not fully aware of where he was.
"Percy, how do you feel?" I quickly asked him. I looked at his crazed eyes, circling the room and his shaking hands. He was in a lot of pain. He bit his lip as he tried to breath through his nose. It was no help and he was trying to breath normally but that didn't work either. His breaths were uneven and he was panicking.
"Percy, try to calm down." I said again. He licked his lips and Max went back to check his heart rhythm.
"Way to high," he warned and asked me to try to calm him down. Max left the room for some reason, only the gods know why and I looked into Percy's eyes. He was trying to be strong but his constant groaning gave it away. It still hurt, he cried through clenched teeth.
"I know. I know." I said and waited for Max to get back.
A/N: OK everybody. I know, the chapter you have been waiting for.
Just letting you know, I got my MARK OF ATHENA TODAY! I literally screamed when I saw the Amazon package on my front door. Really good everybody : ) : ) XD XD
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