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Chapter 36: Health and Revelations

Camp Half Blood

Annabeth's POV

Thalia, Nico and I said our goodbyes to everyone as we left the boathouse. We needed to figure a way to help Luke and Percy recover quickly.

"Let's go to the big house, maybe Chiron or Mr. D can help us." I said, Nico and Thalia both nodded and followed me. We entered and made our way to the kitchen where we heard Chiron and Mr. D talking about the summer festival.

"Children, good to see you is there a problem?" Chiron asked. He's been so much happier since Theseus was put in charge of camp.

"Yes, the three of you look like you have a problem." Mr. D said. Good old Mr. D, I can't believe I thought that, but he's certainly much happier and agreeable since Zeus let him go home after each summer.

"Yes, sirs, the band needs its lead singer and bass player. We need help trying to speed up Percy's and Luke's recovery." I said anxiously. Mr. D and Chiron both looked at us thoughtfully for a few moments.

"The three of you go to the infirmary and wait with Luke, Apollo will be needed to speed up his recovery. I have an idea that could help Percy, but I must speak with Theseus first." Chiron said as he motioned for us to go. The three of us ran to the infirmary and entered quietly. We walked into Luke's room to find him awake staring at the ceiling.

"Thank the gods, it is so damn boring in here." Luke said anxiously. The three of us smiled at him as we found three chairs to sit down next to him.

"How's Rachel?" I asked hopefully. Luke smiled and sat up straighter in his bed.

"She's out of the coma, but she's sleeping now. The Apollo kid said that she needs her rest." Luke said.

"I'm glad she's out of the coma. Apollo should be here soon to get those burns of yours taken care of." I said.

"That's great, the band plays in less than two days. How is practice going Nico?" Luke asked curiously.

"Well with you and Percy out of commission I guess ok, but we need both of you." Nico said. Luke's happy expression turned to a look of sadness and worry.

"What happened to Percy?" Luke asked. I explained everything to Luke and when I finished he sank down in his bed and pulled his blankets to his chin.

"Awe, this is just great, I think the fates are out to get us." Luke said.

"Don't worry, Chiron has a plan to help Percy. He wanted us to see you before Apollo showed up and then we were to go see Percy." I said. Thalia and Nico both smiled, I could tell they were hoping to cheer Luke up. I guess it worked because Luke sat up again and smiled.

"Sorry, it's been a bad couple of days, I guess I've been expecting the worse to happen." Luke said.

"Hey, now for some good news, I heard some gossip from the Stolls." Nico said. We all looked at him with curiosity and a little foreboding considering we are talking about the Stolls. "It sounds like several of the gods will be at the festival this summer."

"Really, which ones?" Luke asked.

"Well, your dad for one, Athena and Theseus of course, my dad, Thalia's dad, Poseidon, Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Demeter, well I guess all of them except Hera, Hephaestus and Hestia." Nico added.

"Then we all need to be healed and ready." Luke said. The door opened and Apollo walked in.

"Well, nephew I hope your ready." Apollo said. Luke bowed slightly and smiled at his uncle.

"I am Lord Apollo, thank you for helping." Luke said sincerely.

Apollo smiled and looked at all of us. "All of you out, this procedure is delicate and Luke I'm afraid it's going to hurt like Tartarus." Apollo said. Luke's eyes grew wide and then a determined look crossed his face as he nodded. Nico, Thalia and I reluctantly left the room and waited out in the lobby of the infirmary. We heard several yells of someone in pain, but they ended quickly. After about an hour Apollo walked out and approached us.

"Luke is healed, but he is asleep right now. He should wake up in four or five hours. He can leave the infirmary at that point. If you'll excuse me, I must check on my oracle." Apollo said as he left us.

"We need to go see Percy, who knows Chiron's plan may already be in action." Thalia said. The three of us left the infirmary and walked back into camp. We noticed several people enter Percy's cabin carrying a large tank or coffin, when I saw that I froze. He couldn't be. Then someone slapped me across the face hard and I snapped out of whatever I was in. "Annabeth, its not a coffin, come on." Thalia grabbed my arm and dragged me for a couple of yards until I started to run on my own. We entered the Poseidon cabin to see my mom, Theseus, Poseidon, Triton and Tyson standing around a celestial bronze bath tub looking thing. The tub was full of seawater and Percy was lying in the water with only his boxers on. My cheeks flushed red when I saw that. I also noticed Thalia's face turn pink until Nico elbowed her, then she put her arm around him and kissed him on the cheek.

"What's going on?" I whispered to my mother. Athena looked at the three of us and motioned for us to step back away from the others.

"Poseidon has a plan to help Percy recover more quickly." Athena said.

"What's the plan?" I asked curiously.

"Some Atlantean ritual that needs the king's children." Athena said. We all walked back to the entrance of the room where Percy, his father and brothers were. Percy was in the metal basin and water completely covered his body. Poseidon knelt at Percy's head and had his hands extended onto the surface of the water. Theseus was at the foot of the basin with his hands in the same position. Tyson was on the left and Triton on the right with their hands extended in the same way. Poseidon started to chant in a language I never heard before, then all of them started to chant in the same way. My mom leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Its an ancient Alantean spell. They are calling on the sea to heal its son."

The water in the basin began to glow a beautiful blue-green color until the entire room was filled with that light. Suddenly a bright flash of white light exploded out of the water, when the light cleared all of the water in the basin was gone and Percy was sleeping calmly at the bottom of the basin. His usual tanned skin color had returned and he looked much better. His eyes opened, but we all gasped when we saw the color, they were fluorescent green, a color I have only seen in my science classes. Then Percy opened his mouth to speak, but the voice wasn't his.

"Thank you my children for opening this pathway. I do not have long to speak, they are after me even as I talk to you." The female voice said.

"Who is after you?" Poseidon asked.

"The titans, they wish to steal my power." The female voice said.

"Why do you talk through my son?" Poseidon asked.

"His mind is unlike anyone else's on my world. I have blest him for his aid." The female voice said.

"Who are you?" Poseidon asked. That was a question we all wanted to know.

"I go by many names my son, I am your mother's mother, the mother earth goddess, but in your tongue I am Gaea. I must leave, but I warn you that the titans want my power to destroy the Olympians. They are too powerful for me to defeat alone and I can only run for so long, help me my children." Gaea said, the connection abruptly discontinued and Percy eyes closed. He was breathing calmly and he looked healthy and peaceful.

"That explains what Percy has been hearing and seeing." Poseidon said.

"The lady that he keeps talking about is Gaea." I said.

"Yes, Iapetus and Crius want her power or they want to use her to destroy Olympus." Athena theorized.

"Is Gaea that powerful?" Thalia asked.

"Well, she is the personification of the Earth. Some of her power was reduced by other gods over the years as they assumed roles such as Poseidon's control of the seas or Zeus's authority over the sky." Athena said. Suddenly, I had a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach.

"What if the titans want to use Gaea to help them take back some of that power that she lost? What if they want her to help them reduce Zeus and Poseidon's power?" I asked hypothetically. My mom looked at me with a curious expression and then I saw the worried look on Poseidon's face.

"Annabeth that is exactly what they plan to do, great thinking. We need to talk to the full council immediately." Athena said anxiously.

"Your right as usual, we must inform them." Poseidon said. Then we all heard a grown coming from the metal basin. Percy was still lying on his back, but his eyes were open. He had a worried look on his face.

"Why am I almost naked in a metal bath tub with my dad, my brothers, and everyone else looking down at me like I just came back from the dead or something?" Percy said. All of our worried expressions melted and were replaced with smiles. Percy's worried expression faded and was replaced with a relieved smile.

"We used an old Atlantean ritual to heal you son. After the fight with the water drakon, you were pretty out of it." Poseidon said.

"Thank goodness, I thought this was a really bad practical joke by the Stolls." Percy quipped. We all started to laugh at that comment.

"No Perce, you're going to be fine." Triton said.

"My boy, Theseus, Athena and I need to go to Olympus. We will see you later." Poseidon said. In a flash of blue and gold light my mother, Poseidon and Theseus disappeared.

"Good to have you well big brother." Tyson said happily.

"Here, put this on Jackson." Thalia said as she threw Percy a robe. Percy gladly wrapped the robe around his body and stood up carefully. He almost fell once, but Tyson and Triton caught him. Percy walked out of the basin and headed for his room. Triton and Tyson said their goodbyes and left for Atlantis.

"We'll leave you two alone." Thalia said as she grabbed Nico under the arm and pulled him out of the cabin. As soon as they left I hugged Percy and buried my head into his shoulder.

"I'm ok wise girl." Percy said as he held me. He made me feel so much better I had been so worried about him, but now he needed to know how much he had worried me. We separated and the first thing that I did was punch him in the arm as hard as I could. "Damn that hurt." Percy rubbed his shoulder where I punched him.

"That's for making me worry." I said angrily. Percy stared down into my eyes and all my anger faded away. I could never stay mad at him for long especially when he looked at me with those eyes, damn him. Percy stepped toward me and then leaned down until our lips were barely touching.

"I'm sorry." Percy said as he leaned in and kissed me softly. I melted into the kiss and I almost didn't hear the knock on the door. We both finally heard the knock and separated. We turned and saw Tyson at the door smiling at us.

"Sorry to interrupt Anniebeth, but can I speak to my big brother?" Tyson asked.

"Sure, Percy the band practices at the beach in less than an hour from now, don't be late." I said as I walked out the door and gave Tyson a slight hug as I passed him.

Percy's POV

"Did Triton give you the design?" I asked. Tyson smiled and closed the door to my cabin behind him.

"Yes, and they look great." Tyson whispered.

"Why are you whispering?" I asked.

"I didn't want anyone to hear me." Tyson said worriedly.

"Little bro, don't worry you closed the door remember." I said as I smiled at my little brother.

"Ah yes, ok." Tyson said.

"So can you make it or not?" I asked. Tyson smiled and then took out a small gray velvet covered box. "Don't tell me you made it already?" Tyson smiled and handed me the box.

I opened it and I was speechless it was so beautiful. I closed the box and placed it in my top desk drawer and locked it. I turned and gave Tyson a big hug. "How did you make it so quickly?"

"Hephaestus helped. He said that he owed you several favors and that this would fulfill one of them." Tyson said.

"Ty you're the best." I said as I hugged him again. We both left the cabin and I escorted him to the beach. I waved as I watched my little big brother descend below the waves. I walked to the boathouse and entered. I saw the rest of the band there and Luke was standing holding his guitar. I walked over to him and shook his hand marveling at the great job Apollo did on healing his burns.

"You look great my friend." I said.

"You too Perce, I think the band is now set." Luke said.

I turned and faced my fellow band members and motioned for them to proceed with practice. We had some work to do before the festival and we were all determined to be ready.

AN: Sorry for the delay on the update it has been a hectic week. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. So the titans are after Gaea and now we know why thanks to a certain brilliant daughter of Athena. I wonder does this have anything to do with a sequel? What did Tyson make for Percy, that needed Hephaestus's help? Will Apollo find out about Rachel and Luke? Will Triton ask Calypso to marry him? Will being in a band help Luke reconcile with the rest of camp? All these questions may or may not be answered in the last two chapters of this story.