Here it is, part 2 ^.^
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On the night of my return I sat, hidden on my make-do bed, in the corner of the Zeus cabin. I wasn't crying. Why wasn't I crying? I felt sad. I was miserable, and the idea of crying felt right, but... Looking back on it, I think I was just in shock. The memories were all flooding back to me. It was like a movie in fast forward mode. Visuals, thoughts and feelings sped through at a speed I couldn't control.
Mother. Mother's hitting me. Why is she hitting me? It hurts. Fighting. Loud voices. Violent storms. Jason. Crying. Sadness. Jason's gone. Hatred. Running away. Luke. Relief. I'm not alone. Finding her, Annabeth. We're running again. Fighting monsters. A cyclops. Fear. More fighting. We get away...we're okay. We're going to be okay. Rain. We're almost there, almost at the camp. Monsters...too many of them. Panic. Monsters. So many monsters. Annabeth and Luke run. They have to. Desperation. I can fight. I can win. I can. I have to. I will. Lightning. Darkness. Anger. I pray to Zeus. Luke and Annabeth are just reaching the barrier. They're saved. They're okay. A scream...Annabeth? Sudden pain...It hurts so bad. Another prayer. I fight. Thunder. Lightning. The pain doesn't stop. Sharp smell of blood. My blood. I'm dying. I can't win. I've failed. Why won't Zeus save me?Another scream. Is it mine? I continue to fight. It's no use. I'm going to die. There is no help for me. One last prayer for help. It hurts...it hurts so badly. Can't move. More monsters. A sudden loud noise. Annabeth screaming. Worse pain than I've ever felt. I'm losing consciousness. I'm slipping away. Jason. I'm dying just like Jason. I stole a quick glance to the boarder. Luke is watching me with horror and pain on his face. I try to smile at him, to let him know everything will be fine. But...the pain. It's too much. A sudden loud noise and then-
There was a light tap at the door, just barely audible over the loud storm outside. I pressed myself deeper into the corner, making it harder for anyone to see me. I didn't want to be seen right now, like this. The door slowly slid open and Annabeth slipped through, losing the door behind her. She was soaking wet. She looked so different. She wasn't the little girl I remembered. I could tell she had been crying. "Thalia?" she croaked. I moved a little so she could see me. She sat down next to me on the floor. "I thought...I thought you were gone." She told me before she broke down crying. She put her arms around me and we sat there like that for some time. I couldn't just let her cry like that. "Annabeth?" I asked. She looked up at me. "You shouldn't cry. What matters is that I'm here now, and now it can be like it was before." I smiled at her. "Just you, me and Lu-" before I could finish, Annabeth started sobbing uncontrollably. Luke. She had been trying to say Luke. Why was this Annabeth's reaction? Again, I felt panic building up inside of me, taking over. "Annabeth? Where's Luke? He's alright, isn't he?" Although I asked those questions, I wasn't sure I wanted to know the answers.
Even as Annabeth was explaining what had happened to Luke, how he had betrayed the camp, I had trouble believing it. I didn't want to believe it. It hurt too much. Luke. My Luke. That idiot had let his built up anger get the better of him. He had given up. He had betrayed us. He had betrayed me. He broke the promise he made to me, when it was just the three of us.
The night we found Annabeth. I was laying down, with Annabeth cuddled up next to me, just like we were now. The only difference was that Luke had been with us. He was sitting across from me, and we were talking. "She's asleep." he commented, smiling down at Annabeth. "Yeah...I'm just glad she's going to be okay." I said. "She must have been terrified all alone for the past week." Luke nodded in agreement. "But it's okay now, because we're together. We can protect her now." I think I understood what Annabeth felt like. Not feeling wanted, desperate to get away. It would crush Annabeth if something were to happen. "Luke?" I asked suddenly. "Yes Thay?" Hm. Thay. They nickname he gave me. "Promise me something?" Luke smiled. "Anything." I watched Annabeth, calmly asleep. "Promise me that you'll always be there for Annabeth and I?" Luke seemed taken back by my request. "Of course! I promise, Thay. I'll always be there. Always." Luke moved over and laid down with Annabeth and I. I thought things were going to be alright. We would take care of each other.
I had believed him.
Although I didn't want it to be this way, I knew that I didn't need my mother, my father, or even Luke. Things change. You just have to make it through. You have to push yourself. It's the only way to survive.
And so Annabeth and I laid together, silently comforting each other. Things were going to be okay. Somehow. They just had to be.
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