(A/N: Soooo the last chapter was pretty long so I made this one shorter. It's also Annabeth's first chapter. I hope I get her character right. Somehow. You guys decide. Read on…)

V

Annabeth

The morning sun filtered through the window and poured its creamy golden glow on her sleeping figure. She winced and turned away, silently cursing the sun for disturbing her beauty sleep. As she turned, she felt her back and legs ache; obviously beaten from the previous day which made her sleep like a log last night. Just a few more minutes. She thought. Something nagged her. By this time, her alarm clock would have blared and she'd be forced to get up but it didn't. She merely shrugged it off. Probably the sun came out early today. She lazily reached for her mobile phone and checked the time.

9:18 am.

"Styx!" She made a facepalm with her phone included which didn't make her nose feel so good. She glanced beside her and found out that her digital clock wasn't even there. She faintly remembered one of her siblings borrowing it from her last night. Was it Michelle? Chloe? She can't even recall. She simply nodded at whoever it was and went to her room to crash-land on her bed.

It took a few minutes to get herself up, stretching her aching limbs lazily. She still can't believe she overslept! She tried to remember last night. She'd been dead tired from organizing the night watch. Percy had kissed her goodnight and suggested that she should take a whole day off and let him run things for a while. Yeah, right. That'll happen. There'd been a "minor" fight with the Ares and Mars kids again just because of someone's missing toothbrush last midnight. She had to take at least a dozen campers with her just to stop Clarrise from joining the fray with her new custom chainsaw she simply named Roman-Shredder 5000 . The news about Nico at dinner didn't make it any better. Speaking of Nico…

"Oh, gods…" She hurriedly washed up, put on a fresh pair of jeans and orange shirt and went out to confirm her suspicion. She found Malcolm returning from breakfast with the rest of the Athena cabin. In an instant, Malcolm was alone as he faced her.

"Oh, hey Annabeth, errr-" Malcolm fidgeted before his elder sister's irritated look. "You must be looking for-"

"Percy." She said blandly; completing his sentence and making him flinch.

"Uh, he told me that if ever you're looking for him, you should refer to Frank or Jason. Okay, bye." He dashed passed her and went back inside the fort. It was indeed a fort. The high fortified walls complete with defenses, the drawbridge, and the moat. Everything. It was supposed to be used by the Romans for their games the other day but they arrived. The Greeks. Since the Romans won't tolerate living along with the Greeks, they let them have the fort. Cabin Nine took it from there and spiced up the whole place with such enthusiasm; with their curse being gone and all. There were now underground bunkers that went down a few levels and even a hidden Tomahawk missile silo which she just discovered last night. Jake Mason had said we're in hard times, we need more advanced defenses in case those Rome-sters, I mean, Gaea's monsters attack. She made a mental note of having that uninstalled later. But first thing's first…

She marched across the clearing where several tents were pitched up. Armories, target ranges, sword arenas, basketball courts. The campers are making themselves feel at home with no intention of getting along with the other camp. She sighed and shook her head wondering if that's even possible as the sea of campers parted to give way in front of her.

She spotted Jason and Frank on a picnic bench discussing something with Leo and Piper. Frank was this large lactose-intolerant Chinese Canadian kid she had just recently met. He was nice enough in fact, too nice to be a son of Ares or in his case, Mars. He's also one of the very few Romans who can get along with a few of the Greeks.

Leo threw his arms in the air and exclaimed something about the Argo II not being able to carry more than a hundred people. They then saw her approaching and they stiffened.

"Gee, look at the time," Leo glanced at his wrist but realized he wasn't wearing a watch. He then made a desperate grab on Jason's wristwatch which made the latter let out an indignant Hey. "Yep, time for some daily engine check. See ya, guys!"

And he ran off. Frank had a sour face as if he just chugged a whole gallon of milk and was looking to Jason for help. Piper gripped Jason's arm. "Look here, Annabeth. We can explain." Jason started but Annabeth cut him off.

"You darn right you should!" She snapped. "You just let him off like that? We don't even know what happened to Nico. We don't even have the slightest clue of what we're up against here! It could be a part of Gaea's plans and we just walked right into her trap. How can you idiots act so rashly?"

Jason was about to say something but Piper stepped forward.

"Hey! Jason did what he could to convince him not to go!" Piper answered back, obviously offended. "And we're not idiots so stop calling us that!"

Piper's short outburst was like a slap to Annabeth which woke her up. She just realized what she'd just said and felt terrible. Her face fell and she sighed. "I'm sorry… I-I didn't mean-I just-"

She couldn't say more since she's trying hard to keep herself together. With all the things going on around this camp, he'd been the one that kept her going. She can't afford to lose him again and probably this time for good. That's why she wanted to go to the search with him. She's afraid that every time Percy would leave, he wouldn't be back again. She'd suffered that feeling for some time and she didn't want to feel it again. Not now, not ever.

She felt a hand on her arm. "Hey, I'm sorry. It's okay. We understand that you're really worried just like the last time." Piper spoke gently. The two guys remained silent. "You're not the only one. We are too. Especially Frank, since Hazel went with Percy."

"That Pluto girl?" Annabeth recalled meeting her for a short while. The gears then began to turn. She bet that those two would be heading for the Underworld.

"Mhm." Piper nodded. "Besides, he's one of the best if not the best fighter I've ever seen. I'm sure he'll make it and come back with Nico in one piece."

"Don't forget that he's also the biggest idiot of a demigod ever." Annabeth rolled her eyes and cracked a small smile. "Thanks, Piper."

"Anytime, sis." Piper smiled and they hugged.

They were interrupted by a sudden woosh sound and a large black wall of fur materialized a few feet beside them. Jason and Frank stumbled in surprise and almost fell back on their seats. It was Mrs. O'Leary and on her back were Nico, Hazel and of course, Percy.

They slid down beside the large dog who whimpered and immediately lied down to sleep. The three were panting heavily with a wild look in their eyes as if they'd just been on a rollercoaster ride without any safety gear on. Jason and the others helped Nico and Hazel while Annabeth tackled Percy.

"Do that to me again Seaweed Brain, or I'll- or I'll…" She didn't finish as she buried her face in his broad chest and attempted to crush him in her arms. She looked up and saw his dazed expression. He was holding the side of his head.

"Percy? What's wrong?" She tensed. A cold sense of panic started crawling at her chest. "What happened back there?"

Percy glanced somewhere far away before staring at the ground, gripping the side of his head even more. "I-I don't remember…"

(A/N: OOOOOHHHHH! Nothing. Just felt like putting that. Is Percy's amnesia back for round two? This is one of my first shots on Percabeth and I hope you like it. I still need some more work on it, I know. Anyways, read on and tell me what you think. I just get fired up when the reviews come in. Tune in next time! See yas! Iron Raven out…)