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I was walking up towards the Big House, but as soon as Thalia was out of view, I turned a sharp left. I sprinted towards the infirmary. There was a chance Annabeth was in there. Foolish me, I'd forgotten to ask where she was.
I burst through the doors to the tent. The smell was horrible. It smelled like a hospital. I hate those places. Do not ever make me go into one of those. Ever.
I walked down the hallway and looked at the beds. Cat Indigo, Chloe Hunter, Opal Young, Greg Dunlop, Jake Cobb, Rosie Lucie, Teddy Lopez, Georgie Paul, and Farie Rhodes were the only people I saw. I recognized all of them. Well, duh. I talked to them all yesterday.
I looked at Greg again. The way he was sleeping was weird. He was almost tense. I couldn't tell if he was breathing or not. His hands were balled up in fists. His mouth was stretched taut, but it was closed. His eyes were looked as if they were forced to stay shut. Almost like he wanted them to be open. It was really freaky.
I looked over at Georgie. Her expression was different. She was relaxed and smiling. It wasn't exactly natural, but it wasn't disturbing.
"That's how you looked before you woke up." A familiar voice said behind me.
"The fact that you were watching me sleep kinda freaks me out," I told Nico. "Just sayin'."
"Not my choice," He shrugged. He was almost as tall as me now. "Anyways, good to see at least you're awake."
"So… can you explain exactly what happened?"
"Well, Chiron got mad that people ditched breakfast, so he sent us to find the missing people. I went to find you because I pretty much hate everybody else. Okay, Annabeth is chill too. Anyways, I found you. You looked pretty angry. You looked kinda like Greg. I got… um, scared. I went to find Chiron. I told him about what I saw, and he looked really concerned and then told me you weren't the only camper like that."
He took a deep breath. "I was looking after a couple other campers for about two hours, and then I came back to check on you. You were more relaxed. And within an hour of me seeing you the second time, you talked to Thalia."
I blinked. This didn't make any sense. I didn't remember what happened. All I could think now was What the heck is going on?
"Thanks," I told Nico. I walked out of the infirmary. I charged towards the Athena cabin. Chiron had to wait.
I practically knocked down the door trying to get to Annabeth.
There were a couple of people around her, but they all backed away when they saw me. A few of them left. I hoped it wasn't because of me, but I didn't have time to worry about that.
I took over the washcloth from Katie Gardener. I dabbed her forehead a few times. I felt my nose tingle and get warm. Then came the tear sting in my eyes.
"She's with you now. Maybe that will help." Katie hugged me, and then left with rest of the people who were here.
I finally got the chance to look at her. She was more relaxed. She had a wide smile across her face, as if she was enjoying being kept from reality. Did she know that I was kneeling at her bedside, dying inside?
Does she know she is tearing my heart away from me every second she doesn't respond? Does she know it's killing me to know that she's happy while I sit here waiting for her? Does it even occur to her that I am here, and she's smiling at the thought of never being able to see me?
Her eyes flickered, and her smile vanished. Her left side of her face turned red in the shape of a hand.
"Annabeth?" I whispered hoarsely. Was she just slapped in her dream?
"Shut up Percy!" She screamed. Her eyes were still closed and her body was limp.
I ran to the door and flung it open. I called out to all the campers who were out there to get in the cabin. They came running.
I quickly explained what had happened, and then I led them in.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" She was yelling. She was still not moving. Now she was smiling again. "You suck, you suck, you suck, you suck!"
"Holy Zeus!" Katie yelled. "Percy, get out of here! You shouldn't hear this."
"What the Styx are you talking about?" I yelled.
"You did the same thing before you woke up," She said quickly. "It was horrible. Get out. You don't want to hear this. Trust me."
She then shoved me out the cabin and locked the door. I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to do that.
I sighed and plopped down on the ground to wait.
