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EVERYONE (YES THIS MEANS YOU GUYS WHO I ALREADY GAVE MESSAGES TO): DO NOT KILL ME. What I do is for the greater good of the story. If you expected this to be cheerful, than go find a five-year-old girl, cuz this is not what you're looking for. (I didn't mean that, please keep reading) But yeah, for this chapter, bring a box of tissues. And I'm gonna confiscate your torches and pitchforks in advance.
Nico's POV
I heard sobbing coming from Percy's cabin. I didn't want to wake Bianca up, but she would want to help Percy, and the way to do that is to help Annabeth.
"Bi. Bi wake up." I told her.
"Wht?" she murmured groggily.
"Percy. He asked me to look over Annabeth. That's her crying. Come help me." At Percy's name she got up and walked to the Poseidon Cabin, still in her grey tank top and black sweatpants.
She walked in, gliding silently like a ghost. I tried to follow, and promptly tripped over the door.
Bianca pretended not to notice but I heard a stifled giggle. It was the first time I had heard a laugh since Percy was taken.
Annabeth was lying in Percy's bed, eyes shut tight. I could tell she was having a nightmare, probably about Percy.
Me and Bianca went over, putting our arms around her, until she woke up, shaking.
"P-P-Percy" She starts, eyes wet. "Luke… Mount Olympus. The one in Greece. That's where they are. We need to go now. Now" she says, shakily at first, but stronger towards the end.
"You get Jason, Me and Bi'll wake Chiron. Kay?" I ask. She nods, and goes to Percy's dresser, putting on his Camp-Half-Blood hoodie and both his and her camp necklaces.
Percy left it with Annabeth the first time they took him. He didn't want them to take it.
Annabeth's POV
I went to the Zeus cabin, to find Jason and Thalia awake. Thalia was…hugging Jason. That was weird. But they jumped when I got through the door.
"I know where Percy is. He's at Olympus, the original Olympus. I recognized one of the symbols from Homer's drawings. (I've never actually touched that book before, so I have no idea if that's true.) We need to get him, now" I told them.
Jason immediately got to his feet. "Percy?" he asked, looking at me with confused, startled eyes.
"Yeah. He's not dead yet. But we have to go now." I said. Jason and Thalia immediately started pulling clothes out of drawers. I left, standing outside the big house, already in my CHB t-shirt and jeans. I had pulled Percy's sweatshirt on too. I tugged on the necklaces, his and mine. His clothes smelled like salt. For a second it was easy to imagine his arms were around me, that I could close my eyes and when I opened them, he would be standing on the stone steps in front of me. But I couldn't close my eyes, without imagining him, lying there, broken and bloody.
I heard a voice behind me, and whipped around.
Jason put his hands up defensively.
"Just me. I'm not a monster. Thalia sent me to tell you we have the chariot hooked up." he said, slowly putting his hands down.
"Alright. Let's go find my Seaweed Brain." I told him, and sprinted to the stables. I heard his footsteps from behind me, and he was panting. He reminded me so much of Percy. Percy…
The chariot ride was a blur. I vaguely remembered Blackjack flying as fast as he could, he missed Percy too, and felt guilty for bringing him to Medusa, Thalia and Jason arguing, Nico trying to get me to eat something, Thalia and Jason eventually joining his pleas, until eventually they got me to eat a donut. I fed most of it to Blackjack.
I heard a voice. Percy's voice.
"Annabeth! Help!" a terrible scream followed, worse than all the others. It was as if three Percy's were screaming at once.
I jumped off of the chariot before it hit the ground.
"Percy! Where are you?" I was answered by another scream. It ripped at my heart. Without waiting for the others, I ran in the direction of the screams.
I heard footsteps behind mine. Voices calling Percy's name.
The uneven, rocky ground tripped me up. The screams were coming from behind a corner. I couldn't see anything except the side of the mountain we were on. Once, I might have admired the pillars and carvings, but now I ran between them and dodged them as if they were meaningless. Percy kept screaming, as I turned the corner.
Only to find that it wasn't Percy who was screaming. Instead there was a hideous creature with red fur. It vaguely looked like a lion. When it turned its head to me, I saw a head that looked like a wolf's, but with a mane like a lion. It had two plates like bones instead of teeth, and when it opened its mouth, a horribly life-like scream that sounded just like Percy came out of its mouth. Anyone read Catching Fire? It was like the jabber jays.
When Thalia saw it, she almost looked panicked.
"Everyone except Jason back away." I didn't hesitate to follow her orders. That was a leucrota, a creature that couldn't be killed by any metal, and could mimic voices.
"Jas, lightning. Now. As powerful as you can." Thalia ordered Jason. He immediately joined hands with her, and together, they closed their eyes. Almost instantly, a lightning bolt hit the Leucrota.
It withered on the ground and died. Jason and Thalia both opened their eyes, stumbling. But all three followed me into the base of the mountain. I remembered winding hallways from my dream.
Jason picked the hallway stained with blood. I winced, knowing that he was probably right. We followed him, running through a hallway that could wrap around Camp twice.
There was only one door, at the very end of the hallway. I tried to push through, but it was locked.
It wasn't labeled, but I somehow knew Percy was in there. Nico summoned a skeleton warrior and the warrior couldn't break the lock. However, he was able to make a window. Around five minutes later, there was a hole large enough for us to crawl through. We crawled through to find Luke and Percy, inside a glass bubble.
Percy is unconscious, he's breathing shallowly, as if every one hurts him, which it probably does. He's hooked up to a table, and Luke is pressing buttons on it right before he spots us. Luke grins at us, right before Percy's back arches, and my boyfriend lets out a deafening scream, right before collapsing back onto the table as if nothing happened. Luke disappears, literally vanishes into thin air before the glass disappears as well. We don't question it, just run to Percy's side.
Percy's eyes are wide open; he's looking at us as if scared. "Percy? Can you hear me? Luke's gone, you're safe I promise" I tell him, his face visibly relaxes when he hears that Luke's gone, but he's still watching us, as if suspicious. At the moment, I don't really care that he's looking at me like that, I'm just so happy that he's safe, that my Seaweed Brain is with me at last. Until I try to take his hand and he jerks it away.
His confused stare manages to hold my gaze for one instant before asking all of us: "Who are you? Who am I?"
Hahahahaha! Cliffy! Don't worry guys, I wouldn't leave you like that, of course there's more! There's no more Percy torture! well, no more inflicted pain. so if you like Percy, It's all safe to read!
Percy's POV
I didn't think I would be able to take this for much longer. I had been here for nearly three days. I hadn't had anything to eat since the nectar and ambrosia Annabeth had given me. I wanted her to come. I wanted it to be over. I wanted Luke to finally snap, and just kill me. I wanted it to end. My entire body was filled with the poison from the knife when he wanted Annabeth to see what happened.
"Percy, this is a special Poison. It contains water from the five rivers of the underworld. Together, they make a poison, that when combined with power from Zeus's master bolt, can block out all memories of your loved ones. So right before your friends come, and they are coming Percy, I'll strike you with the electricity, and the only thing you'll remember is me, torturing you. Not any names, except for mine. Oh, don't worry, it'll eventually come back, but with great pain, every time something comes back, you'll collapse." He had told me after Annabeth's presence had gone.
Now, it spread slowly, sending fire through my limbs. Flames licked at my organs, slowly tearing me apart. It was almost as bad as the River Styx, but the fire numbed the other pains. So, all I felt was the fire. I wasn't quite sure which was worse.
Thirsty. I was so thirsty. That was painful, too. A dry mouth feels awful to a human. Imagine, not having any water for three days. Now imagine that for a son of Poseidon. So, you ever have any injuries, don't complain. There will always be people or demigods in worse pain.
Luke had come in, smiling that sadistic smile that I had grown to believe would be my last sight. He pressed some buttons, and I knew that Percy Jackson would soon be dead. There would be someone in my place, though. A scared boy who doesn't remember Anything. Doesn't remember Annabeth. Right before the pain started, I saw her. I locked eyes with her, right before pain erupted. And Percy Jackson disappeared, leaving behind a boy who couldn't remember his own name, let alone the Love of His Life's.
The boy's POV
"Who are you? Who am I" I asked with increasing urgency. I felt like I should know these people. They felt familiar. But if they were on my side was a mystery. "Are you working for Luke?" I asked, and the blonde's face fell. I instantly felt as if I should comfort her, it was like a forgotten instinct.
"Hey, It's Okay. You're okay." I told her, straining against the ropes that held me to the table.
For a second, she stopped crying, and looked me in the eye. Hers were grey. I got the feeling that normally they would be hard, and calculating, but now all I saw was pain and loss, like me.
She undid the ropes, then crushed me in a hug. I instantly stiffened, it hurt and I didn't know this girl, with the grey eyes, that I felt like I should know. Every time I searched my memory for that shade of grey, I remembered strawberries, and laughter. But it was faint, and i didn't know who it belonged to. I couldn't remember my name. That was scary.
Anyway, she pulled back, hurt clear in her eyes that I loved even though they held mysteries. I hated mysteries.
"Percy? You don't remember anything?" A girl I hadn't noticed before asks me. She has short black hair, and is wearing a crown. I don't know why, but right now she scares me. I weakly attempt to crawl back, but almost fell off, before a concerned-looking blonde boy caught me, hoisting me back onto the table as if i weighed nothing. After Luke, I probably didn't.
"I don't, I'm sorry." I said to the boy, who was keeping his arm around my shoulder.
"Perce? We gotta get back now." said a boy who seemed to have appeared out of the shadows. I nodded, I wanted to get out before Luke got back.
"Wait, Nick." said the blonde girl. "Percy, what do you remember?" she asked. I'm pretty sure she meant me.
"I remember Luke, for the last three days. And I know now that my name is Percy... Or... Perce?" I questioned the boy named Nick.
She looked at me in horror. "What did he do to you?"
The next words out of my mouth were the scariest I've ever said. "I don't know."
And this, good people is where I leave you. I want you to know that I'm really sorry, and that Percy will physically recover in the next chapter. Remember to Review, and thanks for reading!