I woke up in a room that looked like a hospital, and it was empty. My arm started to throb, and I remembered all that had happened. But even though my arm still hurt, like a lot, it felt better. And seeing that I was not dead, the potion must have worked.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that there actually was someone else in this hospital. A someone named Shawn. He was snoring in a chair near my bed. Even though he wasn't awake, I was touched that he stayed here, and Maya Hart don't get touched easily.
I tried to sit up, but immediately sat back down. Apparently, moving my arm doubles the pain. So I waited. And waited. And waited. After about 20 minutes of glorious waiting, Will
finally came in.
He shouted, "You're awake!"
"Yeah, yeah I am."
"You've been unconscious for about three days! We thought you were in a coma or
something. We thought you would never wake up."
I've bee asleep for three days? Wow. I thought I could never break my record of sleeping for a whole entire weekend.
"Do you need anything? Can you sit up?" he said.
"Uh, no. But now that you mention it, I am hungry."
"Gotcha. And I'm gonna wake up Shawn, 'K? He hasn't left your side. I'm sure he'll be happy to see you conscious."
I thought Will was going to gently wake him up, being the mature doctor-in-training that he is, but instead he screamed, "SHAWN! WAKE UP!" and darted out of the room.
"Gaa!" Shawn fell out of his chair onto the floor. After he got over the pain of falling onto the hardwood, he saw me and said, "Maya! You're awake?"
"Yep," I said.
He held a severely surprised look on his face for several seconds. He finally smiled and said, "That's great. I knew you were gonna make it, even though others weren't so sure."
I didn't know what to make of that last comment, but I was still really happy that he cared. I was about to talk to him about my dream, and what was going to happen, when
Will, and Percy and Annabeth and Chiron, came in.
"I'm back!" Will exclaimed. "And I brought barbecue, grapes, corn, rolls, and lemon-water with me!"
"You also brought Percy, Annabeth, and Chiron. I think its getting crowded in here," I said.
"Impossible! This infirmary can hold up to 75 campers. We get injured a lot. You know, in the Battle of the Labyrinth, there were so many casualties that..."
"Um, Will," Annabeth interrupted, "I think we have more important issues than the maximum occupancy of this place."
"What? I was responding to her remarks. It's an essential practice in maintaining a healthy relationship with your patients. Duh."
Annabeth gave him a long, confused look and than said to me, "Don't mind Will. Are you okay?"
"My arm still hurts, but I think I'm gonna be fine."
"That's good," Chiron said. "I'n the meantime, we have other problems."
Percy spoke up. "Yeah. I talked to Rachel, the oracle. She gives out prophecies. She said you should go to see her when you wake up, but I could, uh, ask her to come here."
I smiled. "I think that would be best. And thanks, for saving my life."
"Don't mention it."
He left, along with Annabeth and Chiron.
"Now eat, while I go get you some ambrosia," Will commanded.
He went in a different room, and I was left alone with Shawn. He didn't talk. I couldn't help but admire his patience. He didn't talk or interrupt for the whole argument. I, for one, could never stay quiet that long. (Well, at least when was conscious.)
It was totally irrelevant, but I couldn't help but think that he would make a really great dad.
First of all, I am soooooooooooooooooo sorry that I didn't update for so long. I'd like to give a great excuse, like I'm actually a ninja who just got back from saving the world, but sadly, I cannot. But it's summer now, and I have nothing to do, so I will try to update at least two to three times a week. (Key word- try.) And second, sorry nothing really happened in this chapter. I kind of needed a filler. I could have continued, but I thought that this was a good place to end it. Don't worry- the next chapter will be really important, so stay tuned! I'll probably have it up by Friday or Saturday. Adios!