A/N: Thanks for all the reviews and they're appreciated! I still want some ideas! In this chapter, there will be scene changes, there may be a few. Again sorry for the late update and if the medical terminology is incorrect.
Told from Annabeth's POV
You're in J.F.K. Airport, waiting for Claire to pick you up. You look ahead to see Claire waving from her car. You silently slide into the car after putting your luggage in. The car is silent. Looking out, you realize that she's driving to the apartment building.
"Wait, Claire, go straight to the hospital," you direct her. She makes a quick turn and you're on your way.
You can see the buildings on New York flying by as Claire tries to get to the hospital. After what feels like hours to you, you're finally at the hospital. You run into the waiting room, Claire leading the way.
"Annabeth," and you're embraced by Mrs. Jackson. She was always like a mother to you.
"Please tell me how he is," you plead. You see everyone in the room glance at each other. No one speaks or makes a sound until Grover takes in a breath.
"From head to toe, okay. He has a mild concussion, a cut on his cheek, a broken collarbone, a dislocated right shoulder, a hair line fracture on his left wrist, one broken finger, two cracked ribs, one broken rib, and he fractured in left leg in two places. He had to have thirty-two stitches to close all of the wounds. The ribs caused his left lung to collapse and he was in surgery for five hours. He's stable, but the doctors are keeping a close eye on him." And with a deep breath, Grover stopped and added, "He's actually really lucky."
"Lucky! You call that lucky. You went on and on about his injuries and the list seems to never end! How in Hades is that lucky? He's near death and his lung can collapse again!" You scream, not truly analyzing Grover's words.
"Annabeth, calm down, you know what Grover means. Percy could have died in the accident. He's lucky to be alive," Claire sooths you.
"Can we go see him?" you ask, tentatively. Thalia nods.
"You want to go by yourself? Or should one of us go with you?" Taking a little time to think over it, you decide to go alone.
Thalia directs you to the room. Before going in, you take a deep breath to calm yourself. Oh my gods? You're scared to see him. You don't want to see him battered and bruised, it'll just tear you into pieces, but you have to anyways. If you didn't see him, you would be worried if he was going to be okay or not by telling from his appearance. You open the door to see a sight you never want to see again.
It's Percy. He's hooked up to several machines and his arm and leg in a sling. His face is bruised and he has stitches on his face. He's pale as he could be and he's seems to be dead. The only thing reassuring you he's alive is the beeping of the heart monitor. That's it, you can't look at him anymore or you'll burst into tears again.
Walking quickly into the waiting room, everyone looks at you as you sit in the corner and curl up into the uncomfortable chair.
Hours go by. During the time, Grover and Claire devise a schedule in order that there would be someone here at the hospital at all times, but you refuse to leave. You go on and say that you'll stay the whole time, but you can't see Percy. Luckily, no one pushes the subject further.
Instead, Grover and Claire talked to the nurse at the desk. They talked to the hospital staff and you and the others were granted permission. It was pure luck that the doctor that had been presiding over Percy's health, was a son of Apollo. Shocked at the news, everyone, including you, asks if there was any magical way to help him, such as ambrosia or nectar. Dr. Wood said it would. He explains that at first, he didn't realize that Percy or you or the others were demi-gods, or in Grover's case, a satyr. He had figured it out when he saw Grover's hat accidently fall of as Grover was trying to tie his shoes just minutes before he came to tell us that Percy was being transported to the radiology wing for x-rays.
You realize that when Dr. Wood confessed he was, too, a demi-god, there was a glimmer of hope for Percy.
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