WORDS: 3,000+
DISCLAIMER: I don't own PJO, Rick Riordan does.
Side note: The bottom half is roughly edited so excuse me for any mistakes in here. Thanks! :)
Random question of the day: What's your favorite color? (Mine's Grey/Gray)
Annabeth's POV
"Thalia," Piper said, waving her hands around, trying to get Thalia's attention. As you can see, Thalia was not listening at all. She was too concentrated on Katie who was moving the peanuts toward us. I mean, I would be mesmerized at them too, with them running to us... as if they were going to attack us! What? Not that they were supposed to be friendly peanuts.
"Awesome, now we just need Percy to get here..." She took out her phone and started texting.
"Thalia, help!" I yelped as peanuts started jumping on Piper. Katie tried to stop them but they merely jumped onto her before she could and I started to swipe multiple peanuts off of her, but they only went on me instead.
"Hold..."
"THALIA!"
"What?" She turned her gaze from her phone to look at us questioningly.
Piper fell backwards with a shriek. "They are attacking us! Help!"
Now with wide-eyes, Thalia quickly put her phone away and started to help Katie fight off the peanuts. After multiple yells of frustration and a stern glare from Thalia, the peanuts finally got off us. In a soldier like stance, they stood in a row of a hundred-fifty by twenty with Thalia acting like a general.
Thalia started to explain a bunch of orders to them, telling them to play dead until Percy, who she described as a clueless-teenager-who-apparently-is-her-cousin with black hair and sea-green eyes, walked in, they could not attack him to the ground.
"Got it?" Thalia asked to the peanuts.
They all nodded and resumed to stand like soldiers. I found it hilarious that the peanuts were acting that way, so I laughed out loud. All of their heads turned to me, eyes widened in surprise, except for the peanuts of course.
Thalia put her hands on her hips, raising a brow. "What's so funny?"
I waved my hand is dismissal. "Nothing, please continue."
"So," Thalia resumed talking to the peanuts. "Do you guys and girls know what to do?"
They nodded.
Piper said to me, "Now all we need is Percy."
Katie grinned. "He's coming."
"How do you know?"
"I was looking at Thalia's phone and... I can see him from all the way here," she said sheepishly pointing from above my shoulder. "I probably should've told you earlier but I was distracted and forgot about it for a second."
I patted her shoulder. "Don't worry, he hasn't seen us yet. Let's hide before he comes here," I told her as I went to crouch behind a tall, thick bush.
Katie hid next to me while Piper and Thalia climbed up into a tree. We waited for what seemed like forever because my knees were tired of bending and I didn't want to sit and dirty my pants. Finally, Percy's head popped up in my field of vision as I tried to see Thalia and Piper through the bushes without getting attention to myself.
I subtly waved to them as Katie picked up a leaf and threw it up in the air. Thankfully, Piper quickly caught our movements, whispered to Thalia, and gave me a thumbs up.
I nodded and whispered to Katie," It's time."
She grinned and pointed behind the bush. "Look."
I jumped slightly as I heard a loud cry of surprise. It sounds like the little peanuts have already attacked, I thought. Though, I did feel a little sympathetic for him, considering that he was my boyfriend but... I mean, can't everyone have fun once in a while? Besides, it's not like he's (maybe) gonna get killed or anything.
Shaking away my thoughts, my gaze went back to the scene before me. Percy writhed and shouted with an attempt to get rid of the tiny minions, but they followed their orders from Thalia and did not let go. I laughed softly at them as Percy was tackled to the floor. Katie patted my shoulder and pointed to Thalia, who winked at me. I nodded.
We needed to make our get away as fast as we could before Percy caught us. The little peanuts, as if on command, covered Percy's eyes and Thalia and Piper jumped out of the tree. They sprinted down the hill, heading to the car. Katie and I quickly followed after them, slamming the car door shut, then breathing heavily.
Thalia started laughing and all of us joined her. We high-fived each other, calming down.
"That was awesome!" Katie said.
I smiled. "Agreed. Did you see his face?"
"Priceless!" Thalia clapped. "Now, onto phase two. Piper, did you get the box?"
Piper nodded. "Yep. It's in place and ready to go."
"Good. By the time we get to the abandoned amusement park, all those peanuts should be back to their original place and Annabeth can call him to come here ASAP."
"Wait, why me?" I asked.
"Because he would be more convinced with you calling him than either of us. Unless, he already suspects you are in on this," Thalia said. "But he won't, so give him a call." She reached into her pocket and handed me her phone.
I took it before asking, "What happens if he asks me why I'm using your phone? Wouldn't it be better if I use mine instead?"
"Right you are. Now, hurry up. It's going to take him a while to get to where we are."
"Shhh... It's ringing."
They all looked at me weirdly and the look disappeared as the phone was picked up on the other end. I held the phone to my ear.
"Annabeth? I was just about to call you. You would not believe what just happened to me!" Looks like Thalia was right, he wasn't suspicious at all.
"Oh, really? What happened?" I asked, trying to stifle a grin from forming.
"Peanuts attacked me!"
I couldn't help it, I just had to laugh. I laughed, not because I thought it wasn't true and he was talking crazy, but I bet you knew why. If you didn't, well it was because I had just witnessed him being attacked by peanuts. Get it? But how could you NOT laugh at that. Just picture your friend or family member being attacked by thousands of tiny objects and tackled to the floor by them. Okay, that seemed a little cruel but funny at the same time.
I did not realize I'd spaced out and was brought back from my thoughts when Percy asked, "Hello? Are you still there?"
"Hmm?" I said distractedly. "Yes, I'm still here. So, you were attacked by peanuts. Do you know how? And where were you?"
"Uh... let's see. Thalia called me about twenty-minutes ago and told me to come this peanuts farm because of an emergency and-"
"Hold on, so you just went without asking her what the 'emergency' was?"
Thalia sent me a glare that said, 'What are you doing?'
I looked from the phone to her, then back to the phone and to her again. Thankfully, she knew what I was thinking and nodded.
"Of course I asked her. But she wouldn't tell me anything about it, she just said it was an emergency."
"Oh, okay."
"Yeah, so why'd you call me? Usually you don't call during the morning."
Uh, oh. He'd got me on this one. It was true, I don't really bother to call him in the morning for reasons I'm not going to say (A/N: cough- sleep -cough).
"Er- well, I decided I needed to go for a run this morning, then I helped out some friends, and I just wanted to ask how your day was. Oh, and you know that abandoned amusement park?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Could you come here? A couple friends of mine wanted to play a prank on this guy and we need your help."
"Sure. Wait, do I know this 'guy'?" Percy asked suddenly very interested.
"Aww... don't be jealous."
"I'm not jealous!"
"And Barney isn't purple," I said sarcastically. "Trust me, you definitely know him and he has a lovely girlfriend too."
"Okay, I'll be there in around twenty-five minutes. See you then."
"Bye!"
I hung up. Katie looked at me with a funny expression on her face. I stared at her, raising my eyebrow questioningly. "Something wrong?"
"Nope," Piper responded instead. "That was a good excuse! I mean, playing a prank on a guy, who is actually Percy, and saying you need him to help us is genius!"
"I agree," Katie said.
Thalia nodded. "How long 'til he gets here?"
"About twenty-five minutes," I said. "We'll have plenty of time to set up the place. All we need to do is tie the rope and get Percy to stand on the 'X'."
"Yep. Also, Annabeth, could you lead him inside? Me and Piper need to be behind the buttons and Katie has to quickly seal the box to the floor. And since you already called Percy here, he would immediately know you are in my revenge but he wouldn't know about Katie or Piper."
"Sure thing. But what would I say if he asks me why we bothered to only call him and not Jason or Grover?"
"Good thing I thought of that beforehand. I told Jason to get Grover and go hiking to get off their lazy butts. So as of now, they are about two hours away from here."
I clapped, amazed at my best friend. "Wow. That was amazing."
She smiled. "You are very welcome!"
Katie and I leaned back on our seats and I turned to look out the window. The sun shone on my face and I smiled. Today was going to be a great day, even if Percy was part of it, and I was going to enjoy it.
"So, why am I here again?" Percy whined. "I got attacked by peanuts like thirty-minutes ago and why did your prank for whoever have to be here?!"
"Oh stop it. It's not like anything bad is going to happen to you here." I wasn't lying when I said there wasn't anything bad happening to him. I'm pretty sure the 'box' plan was not harmful at all. I think. Oh, well. It was too late to convince the others to stop now. Ha! What a shame... I wonder if there was going to be blackmail. I hope so.
"But it's dark and I feel like Thalia did something I should be worried about."
"You're too paranoid."
"Maybe you aren't paranoid enough."
"Or maybe I just know what's suppose to happen next," I muttered.
"Huh?"
I waved it off. "Nothing." I pointed to the red 'X' on the ground. "Just stand there and don't move. You will have to wait until we're ready and then the trap will come down. Understand?"
He grunted, still miffed about the place we were in. He moved to stand on the edge of the 'X', looking cautiously at the mark.
I rolled my eyes and pushed him onto the middle of it. "Now, stay still and I'll give the signal."
Before he could say anything, I gave two thumbs up in the air and the metal box dropped. I ran to one side of the box, locking the hinge to the floor as Katie and Piper came around it and did the same thing until all four corners were sealed shut. The box shook as Percy hit the box.
"Um... I'm pretty sure this isn't suppose to happen!" He said inside.
Thalia's laugh suddenly boomed through the hidden speakers around us. Her face popped out of her hiding spot, which was behind a mirror, and pointed to a room. Katie, Piper, and I rushed into the room and took our seats. I pressed a black button labeled 'Sound effects #1' and the sound of thunder echoed through. Piper had her finger placed up on a blue button labeled 'PRESS ME #2' as we heard Percy's muffled voice.
"Erm... thef fish fnot money!" Which is translated to, "Er... this is not funny!"
Non of us responded, since we had to be quiet, like we had abandoned him. The metal box stopped its pounding and it felt like Percy had given up trying to get out. If you thinking he could've used Riptide to cut himself out, he can't. The reason is that he has no pockets. No pockets means his sword cannot return to him.
Why did he wear pants without pockets today? Usually he does, but why today? You may wonder. I don't know, you can keep wondering because I have no idea either. I was startled at the sound of the metal box rattling loudly.
I heard 'oomph' and groans from inside and felt a poke on my arm. I looked at Piper. I mouthed to her, 'What?'
She mouthed back to me, 'Be ready' and I held onto my seat to brace myself. She pressed a green button labeled '#3 ESCAPE!' and I found myself falling into darkness. I had expected to die from the fall but surprisingly, I landed on the ground like an angel, completely unscathed.
Ha. Fooled ya. That didn't happened at all. Okay, so I didn't die but during the landing, my chair had cracked from the impact on the giant cushion we had set up beforehand. I flew off the chair, bruised my arm on the side of the chair in the process, and proceeded to fall face down onto the cushion below.
"Mmph..." I groaned in pain, my voice muffled. Note to self: Don't let Piper do the escape plans.
Thalia and Katie had also landed in the position as me while Piper sat in her chair, unharmed and smiling. Thalia's face popped up and glared at Piper.
"Why are you the only one that landed safely on this cushion?" Thalia asked, still glaring as she dusted herself.
"Because I tested this before we came here and I'm pretty sure your chairs are suppose land like mine," Piper said, then realization dawned on her. "Ohh..."
I said sarcastically, "Yeah, oh."
"No, I mean ohh... like I forgot to tell you guys that you're not suppose to hold onto the chair too tightly or it'll start to lean to the side and it won't land straight. Oops."
"Yeah, oops," Katie and I said in unison. Thalia rolled her eyes and got up. She headed to a door, which had a bunch of stairs, and we followed her up. About half way up, I sat on a step, tired and legs sore.
"I'm gonna rest, this is too long," I stated, catching my breath.
Thalia sat next to me. "I think we should all rest before we go up because phase three will be in twenty minutes."
Katie, Piper, and I looked at her. "What? So fast? Why?" Katie moaned. "I need to catch my breath!"
Percy's cousin smile. "Exactly, that's why we should take five minutes to rest then run back up and drive to the ball pit."
"Huh? A ball pit?" Piper asked, confused. "That was in the plan?"
"Yep," Thalia smiled. "It also includes a camera and purple dinosaurs!"
I smacked my forehead. "I have a feeling that there's going to be blackmail here..."
"Duh. What kind of cousin would I be if I didn't have any of it in one of my plans?"
"True that. Well, we should probably head to the there now, the cage is going to pop off in a few minutes," Piper said as she got up.
We all groaned in protest. "In a minute! My legs are still dead," Thalia said as I exaggerated with her by gesturing to my limp legs.
"Get up."
"Fine. Can't you guys wait? Yeesh... Ow! I'm up! I'm up!"
"'Kay. So how long do we wait?"
I shrugged. "Five minutes? Thalia never said how long he would take."
"Oh," Katie said. "I still can't believe Percy just agreed to come here even though he knows what Thals is doing!"
"Yeah, she told me it was because he wanted to get this over with so he wouldn't have to worry anymore," Piper informed us.
"Smart Percy," I smiled. We three girls sat in the medium size bridge on the slide looking outside the clear bubble window, checking to see if Percy was coming. At first, we were doubtful about the play house size but I had crawled into the bright green tube and I fit! And we also uncertain whether Percy would come, seeing as he was definitely suspicious about us anyway.
But it all worked out in the end so no worries. Right now, Thalia was opening the ball pit, which was filled with Barneys, underneath us. So the plan was fairly simple, if not easy, so Percy was suppose to walk into the room blindfolded and pushed into the pit as Thalia took pictures of him. Simple blackmail. He wouldn't see it coming at all.
When Thalia had told us her plan at first, we laughed and thought she was joking. But we realized that she doesn't just randomly joke about this, it was hilarious though.
"Girls, look! He's coming!" Piper exclaimed as she pointed through the bubble window.
I laughed at the sight. "What kind of blindfold is that?!"
"Um... that would be Jason's," Piper laughed at the pink blindfold with tiny rainbow hearts on it.
Katie raised her eyebrows with a smile. "Why is he wearing Jason's? Wait, never mind that, why does Jason have a blindfold?"
"Because, he couldn't sleep at night ever since Thalia showed him Barney," Piper said defensively. "Now, shush. Let's listen!"
"Why am I wearing this?" I heard Percy asked as Thalia guided him to the ball pit filled with purple dinosaurs.
"Because," Thalia replied, not giving him a full answer.
"Because?"
"Just walk," she said, putting him on the edge of the pit. She took a few steps back holding a camera and got ready to take a photo. "Now stay there until I say keep walking."
"Uh... what's in front of me?" Percy's voice getting nervous.
"Nothing crazy." Not crazy huh? I beg to differ. "Now walk forward."
He took a step ahead and fell immediately into the hole, giving a shout of surprise. The camera flashes blinded me for a moment before I saw that Percy had landed on his stomach, face down into the many Barneys surrounding him. Piper and Katie moved to get out as I slowly followed them.
"So..." I said as I looked at my boyfriend. "How do you feel?"
"Very tired," he responded, his voice slightly muffled and got up.
"You're not embarrassed?"
"Nope. I expected this. I mean, what kind of person would Thalia be if she didn't have a blackmail?"
"I told you!" Thalia shouted to us.
I rolled my eyes and held a hand out to Percy. "Well, that's the last of it. You don't have to worry about this anymore. Well... except for the blackmail. But overall, I think you're fine."
"Good. I've had enough for today. All I want to do is sleep and forget about what just happened," He said.
Thalia ruffled his hair as she turned to leave. "Have a nice sleep."
Piper and Katie nodded. "Yeah, we're headin' out. Annabeth, wanna come?" Katie asked me.
I nodded. "Sure." I looked at Percy, who was leaving the ball pit and called to him. "Hey! Where are you going?"
"To find Jason!"
"Why?"
"I'm gonna ask him why he has a pink blindfold and if he has pink underwear too!"
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