So, this is the third time I have started to write this chapter, so I'm not going to have Penny's dreams in it. I used to, but it was really hard to write them and my work didn't get saved, so I'm just going to put slivers in where I can.
"Will she be all right?"
"I don't know. She might, she might not be. I'm not a healer, Percy!"
Penny woke to voices. Two she paired to Percy and Sally. The third she didn't recognize.
Her eyes fluttered open and she sat up, looking around at her surroundings.
Percy was standing beside the bed, arguing with a girl with flashing gray eyes. Sally was on the other side of the bed, laughing silently at them.
It took a minute for anyone to notice she was awake.
Percy was the first.
"Oh. Hey, Penny."
The girl went silent. She had been halfway through saying something about Apollo when Percy had noticed Penny.
Who-or what-was Apollo?
"What happened?" Penny asked. Her head hurt and she couldn't remember a thing.
At first no-one answered.
Finally, Percy said, "We don't know, Penny."
Penny could tell he was telling the truth.
She tried to think about what might of happened. She concentrated so hard she started to get dizzy.
Percy shook her shoulder, breaking her out of her train of thought.
"You should keep resting, Penny. You don't look very well."
Penny nodded shakily.
Everyone filed out of the room, and the girl turned out the light.
As Penny lay back, things started to come back to her.
She started to feel shaky again, her palms started sweating.
She tried to stop thinking about it, but, of course, that never works.
Her alarm clock beeped once, making her jump.
She looked at it. 12:00.
She looked out the window and saw it was dark outside.
It was midnight.
The darkness seemed to be closing in on her. Her bed felt cold as ice. Then it felt too hot.
It felt hard to breath. Penny's heart pounded in her throat. She could barely think.
Then things started appearing in front if her vision.
Flames seemed to lick the walls, sneering faces looked down at her.
Penny tried to scream but her throat felt too tight.
Then the light turned on.
Percy came over to the side of her bed and picked her up like a small child.
He sat down on the side of the bed, holding her in his lap.
"Shh." He whispered. "It's all right."
Then Penny remembered what he had said earlier that night.
He would protect her.