Chapter Three: The Sister

When you have ADHD minutes are like hours, especially if you are left alone with creepy statues staring at you.

Percy was about to drown in the fountain out of boredom when Annabeth was finally back with her laptop. The delta symbol on top of the machine was flashing. The light that emanated from the computer screen was illuminating Annabeth s silhouette, making her look like a true goddess, glowing in the shadows. The frown in her stare could make any fearless mortal think twice about approaching her.

Thank the gods Percy was a demigod.

She was typing fast and talking to herself, slowly approaching Percy. He was still inside the altar.

"OK Percy, I just added your suggestion to the blue prints. I really liked the idea." Annabeth replied, paying more attention to the computer than to the boy.

This was her. The complexity of architecture defined Annabeth; it was part of her personality. Percy liked her a lot for that. He knew it was that fast thinking of hers that saved him during the war against the Titan, but there were times when he wanted her to just relax for a minute. He wanted Annabeth to know that there were amazing things in the world that had nothing to do with architecture. The girl needed to know that the beauty of these things lay in their simplicity.

Simple things like the sound of waves during a hot evening at the beach.

Annabeth turned around for a moment and Percy could see that the image in the background of her computer was some weird compass. She switched down the machine and left it in a corner. She saw that Percy was getting out the fountain. Annabeth expected him to come out dripping wet, trembling from cold; but like always, she could not see a trace of water on him. The boy came closer to her and she found herself smiling and it was not on purpose. Annabeth knew what Percy was about to do now. Being the daughter of Athena, she was an expert analyzing people, patterns and developing strategy.

At the beginning she hated the feeling. Annabeth could hardly find anything that she was not able to decipher, until Percy came to her life. This boy made her have a cluster of emotions that she could not identify. Not being able to identify them she could not fight them, she could not find a solution, everything was clouded The daughter of Athena was confused, what a shame.

She discovered that she was spending a lot of time avoiding and rejecting what she felt. Eventually Annabeth found a solution. She decided to embrace her feelings. If her heart was telling her to let this boy in, why not let him? Little by little she was letting go. Annabeth was slowly giving hints to Percy of what she was feeling. Although she was sure he did not understood half of them, with all that kelp going on inside his skull. To her surprise, it worked. It was strange and she could barely remember how and when it all exactly came to be, but they had a relationship.

Yes, she knew that Percy was about to kiss her. No, she did not only bring him here to see the altar. He was very close to her now and his scent was like sea salt water. She felt Percy s arms around her waist. She shifted in place so that they were perfectly intertwined together. With a tilt of her head she was in position to receive the boy's kiss.

The sound of hissing made Percy and Annabeth separate from their embrace and get into a fighting stance.

"Did you hear that?" Annabeth inquired, her brain working at a hundred miles per hour thanks to the demigod reflexes.

"Course I did. Any weapons in your amazing bunker of wonders?" Percy replied unconsciously putting himself in front of Annabeth to protect her.

"Well duh. But we don t know what it is or what it wants. We don t even know if it's real. And besides, don't you have Riptide appearing magically in your pocket?" Annabeth suggested.

They heard the hissing again, this time followed by an evil high pitched laugh.

Great, a monster with a comedian complex, just what Percy needed.

"Insulting the temples, are we now?" They could hear the voice in one place and the hissing in another. The thing was moving fast. Percy uncapped Riptide and took a step closer to Annabeth.

"It can t be," she whispered "we killed her."

"Care to share the info, babe?"

"Don't call me babe!" Annabeth snapped.

"You should be punished! You will pay for what your parents did to my sister." the monster hissed.

Percy was lost, his adrenaline flowing through his body and his senses sharper than ever. How did Annabeth managed to make sense of things so fast?

"Who are you?" The boy taunted strengthening his grip on Riptide.

"I am Euryale one of the Gorgon Sisters and I will avenge the death of my sister Medusa."

This chapter was hard to complete. I wanted so many things to happen. In the end only one managed to be published and I am happy with the outcome.

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