VI.Annabeth Chase

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ANNABETH WAS NOT FEELING IN THE MOOD. First, she had to organize all the supplies and all that stuff. She didn't have to do it that neat, but she had OCD, so she had to make everything perfect. Also, she had to finish a report for Mythology, and since she was a Grammar Nazi, everything on that had to be perfect as well. She was one of those girls who had to have everything perfect. Anyways, she managed to finish the task. Glancing at her checklist, she read the next task. Check to make sure all things needed are available. Here is the list: Greek fire, spare weapons, balistae, Buford, entertainment devices, cleaning objects, etc.

Annabeth groaned. She would much rather be spending the day with Percy instead, relaxing on the beach before embarking on the quest. Her thoughts drifted towards when she gave him his birthday present last month.

"Look what I got you." Annabeth said, holding out a small package.

"Please tell me it's Riptide!" Percy said, since it was stolen from him and never returned.

"Just open it, silly!" Annabeth giggled. Percy could be, well, a Seaweed Brain.

Percy tore open the packaging and she saw his face lit up. "Thank you!" he exclaimed, hugging Annabeth. "Riptide's back! Yay!" Percy turned Riptide around, admiring the changes. Leo had tooken it, and improved it, including a mini fire in it in case he was in the dark and needed some light. Annabeth had helped paint the little blue and green waves aroud it.

She smirked. "I knew you would like it." she said.

"Yep-a-roonie, chaper-toonie." Percy replied, still admiring Riptide.

"You know what? I have another present for you." Annabeth said.

Percy looked up from Riptide. "Really Annabeth, you didn't even have to do this. You sitting here right next to me is the best birthday present ever."

She led him to the beach. A blanket was there, with a basket of fruit, and some of the food served at Camp Half-Blood, including Percy's favorite: the BBQ. He noticed a goblet beside it, filled with.. BLUE COKE! He hugged her, happy that she had remembered. They had shared the meal, splitting it between them. When they were finished, they took a little swim, and that night had ended with the perfect underwater kiss.

Annabeth quickly snapped out her thoughts and focused on her tasks, or tried to. Her thoughts kept drifting off to Percy, who was somewhere fetching supplies for the repairs to the Argo II. Sadly, she was inside the ship, and Leo was in the engine room, so she had no one to work with. She was lonely, with no one around. She wondered where the others had gone. She tediously finished the task and went to see if Leo had anything for her to do. When she reached the engine room, Leo was working on some wierd looking metal contraption. She knew better that to distract him.

She left the ship and ran into Jason and Percy, who were carrying a bucket of dark, murky water. Annabeth recognized it as Styx water. Without a word, the two boys carried it inside and left Annabeth alone with her thoughts. She waited outside, wondering where in the world Frank and Hazel were. She remembered that Lemnos Fire was needed, so they probably were in the island of Lemnos, trying to locate a few vials. Unfortunately, Lemnos was all the way in Greece.

"Hey Wise Girl!" Percy's greeting shook Annabeth out of her thoughts.

"Got anymore work to do?" Annabeth asked.

"Nope! Which means we can have fun! Where shall we go?" Percy pretended to think really hard. "I know! The BEACH!"

Annabeth rolled her eyes. Her boyfriend was such an idiot. Nevertheless, she followed him to the beach. She sat with him, staring at the waves for a few minutes, then quickly jumped up and said "I'll be back in a few." then quickly ran towards her cabin.

She rummaged through the cabin, looking for the item she desired. Finally, she found it. However, when she came back to the beach, Percy wasn't there. Suddenly, two strong arms wrapped around her waist. "Hey!" she exclaimed. "Let me go, Percy!"

"How'd you know it was me instead of some crazy monster?" Percy asked, letting go of her.

"Because you're so predictable." Annabeth smirked, rolling her eyes. She set the basket she was holding down on the blanket Percy had put down. She began unpacking the basket. It contained some of fruit, sandwiches, lemonade, and blue cookies. Percy started grabbing the cookies, probably since he loved anything that had to deal with blue. "Whoa! Don't eat them too fast or you'll throw up all over me!" Percy immediately stopped eating so fast, probably because he'd seen Annabeth get mad and it was not a pretty sight. Finally, Hazel and Frank arrived at sight, both covered in nasty monster dust, probably from fighting a monster. They both looked out of breath and the front of Frank's T-shirt was charred.

"What happened in Lemnos?" Annabeth asked.

"How'd you know that we went to Lemnos?" Hazel asked.

"Um, that's the only place with Lemnos Fire. You look like something else happened over there." Annabeth replied.

"It's a long story. I'll tell you later." Frank said. "For now, let's just say that it was a quest inside of a quest."

"Why don't you join us? We should make this afternoon the best we can make it." Percy offered, gesturing to the opposite side of the blanket.

Frank and Hazel sat down. Just then Piper and Jason came running up. They looked like they just had their own quest, though she knew Piper didn't do that much and Jason just helped Percy.

"What's up?" Piper asked, looking worried.

"Not much. What's wrong?"" Percy asked.

"Leo's having trouble with the engine. He asked if you guys could help him."

The group agreed and headed toward the Argo II. They found Leo wrestling with a peice of machinery while Buford was dancing, making the task harder.

"Need help?" Jason asked.

"Dude, I don't need your help. I'll be fine. Just chill." Leo replied, sweating as he tried to force the two parts together.

"Yeah right. You obviously need our help." He walked over and grabbed two peices and started shoving them together. Soon, both Percy and Frank were helping. In no time, they'd made at least six, which was all Leo needed. He quickly set them into place and closes the panel.

"I guess we'll be on our way in a few hours. Do you have everything packed?" Leo asked.

Annabeth quickly did a mental checklist. She had everything ready to go, but she felt like she was missing something. She knew this quest was going to be hard, so she had to be prepared. She went through everything she might possibly need, yet nothing came to her. Annabeth sighed, knowing it would come back to her. Yet that thing she was missing was the most crucial object to defeating Tartarus.

Okay guys! That was the sixth chapter and I'll try to update ASAP. Next chapter will be in Jason's POV. Please review!

-Chloe