Jola Jola! Sorry it took so long to post. This story kinda switches b/t Artemis POV and Percy POV. I'll let you know when they switch. Oh btw, I don't own PJO, etc blah blah blah, yea... to the story

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Artemis POV

Meanwhile…

Artemis sat perched in the limb of the tall tree. Her trained ears listened for any sound of monsters. Everything seemed quiet, almost too quiet. She waited a while. She could feel Morpheus coaxing her to sleep. Her eyelids began to feel heavy. I can close my eyes for a minute, I suppose. Artemis thought sleepily to herself before closing her eyes.

SNAP!

Artemis awoke with a start as she heard a small twig snap from somewhere in the forest. She cursed at herself silently for falling asleep. She listened intently for what ever had made that noise. She could faintly hear a low-pitched growl coming from the underbrush. Soundlessly, Artemis slid from out of the tree, and began to creep towards Percy to wake him up. She had almost reached him, when from out of the forest jumped two large hell-hounds, and a Nemean Lion.

Percy POV

When I awoke, I realized a few things.

1) My arm was bleeding, and I was being dragged along the forest floor by a hell-hound.

2) There was another hell-hound plus a Nemean Lion that was circling Artemis trying to find a good place to attack.

And 3) I was even more tired then I was when I fell asleep.

I was really getting tired of hell-hounds. Thunk! All of the sudden the hell-hound had exploded into ashes. I glanced over at Artemis. She had her silver bow out, and was shooting arrow after silver arrow at the Nemean Lion, trying to hit it in the mouth. Even for the goddess of the hunt, that had to be a pretty hard shot.

Suddenly I heard a low growl coming from behind me. As fast as thought I pulled out Riptide and slashed at the second hell-hound that had tried to attack me from behind.

Sadly I missed. That's what happens when you try to put a tired demigod into battle; they make really stupid mistakes.

"You missed!" Artemis shouted, still firing arrows at the lion, "How could you miss! It was right in front of you!"

I shrugged, feeling very stupid, and looked around again for the hell-hound I had missed. Unfortunately, I hadn't realized that a third hell-hound had snuck up from behind me, and before I had realized it, I was sent flying through the air, and whacked my head off of something sharp. Before I blacked out, I felt something warm and sticky dripping down my face. Yea, tonight basically sucked.

Artemis POV

Artemis glanced over at Percy, and saw him lying unconscious on the ground, blood dripping from a gash on his forehead. The two hell-hounds were approaching towards Percy, obviously to finish the kill. Artemis scowled and shot one last arrow at the Nemean Lion, (which of course did nothing) and ran towards the hell-hounds. Here I am saving the mortal son of Poseidon, again. Artemis thought to herself bitterly as she notched two arrows, and let them fly at the hell-hounds. The arrows hit their marks and the hell-hounds evaporated into dust.

She turned her attention back to the Nemean Lion. She would have to worry about Percy later. She looked around the clearing; the Nemean Lion was gone. Where did-

Suddenly the Nemean Lion leaped from out of the nearest tree, baring its fangs, and extending its claws. Artemis smirked, A perfect shot. Right as she was about to release her arrow, another arrow, a pale blue arrow, was shot from out of the forest behind her, hitting the Nemean Lion in the throat. The lion melted into a warm, bullet-proof pelt, leaving Artemis stunned.

That was her shot. She would have killed it in an instant. Whoever the other archer was was going to be sorry.

She wheeled around, and drew her bow, and released an arrow into the forest, from where the blue arrow was shot. A flash of golden light illuminated the forest for a minute, and then went black again.

Artemis was furious that she hadn't been able to find out who had made that shot. The only other person who could have made a shot like that would be Apollo, and he doesn't shoot with blue arrows. On normal circumstances, she would have done everything she could have to find out who had made that shot, but she had to diminish her curiosity so worry about the pain-in-the-butt son of Poseidon, who was still out cold and bleeding furiously. So, with one more glance towards the forest, she ran over, to help Percy.

Percy POV

While I was out cold, I had another dream. I know, I know, I'm chalk full of 'em tonight. Anyhoo, back to my dream: In my dream, I heard Kronos's metallic voice echoing through a cave, "What were you thinking? The Nemean Lion was supposed to slow them down, and you killed it!"

The girl's voice that I swear I recognized from somewhere answered him, "Don't worry my lord."The girl said sarcastically, "I've got my… mmm… minions, waiting for them in Colorado. I'll let them get their precious Master Bolt, and we get what we want. And soon, the gods say 'bye, bye.'" She laughed.

"Well don't dilly-dally, get to work on your plan, before I find someone better to fill your shoes." Kronos hissed.

The girl laughed mockingly at him, "Wow, 'dilly-dally'? Kronos, have you been watching too much 'Barney'? 'Cause you that really doesn't sound very scary. I mean-"

"GO NOW!" Kronos boomed.

"Yes sir." The girl said with more sincerity.

Yup, and that's where I woke up.

When I woke up, I felt instantly dizzy, and had the craziest headache. I tried to stand up, but began to fall again. Artemis managed to keep me balanced, although by the look on her face, she did it grudgingly. She set me back down on the ground, and I held onto my head, trying to stop the dizziness.

"Hold still for a minute." She commanded.

"Oh, yea, 'cause I was planning on running away." I muttered sarcastically, still trying to stop the dizziness.

Artemis searched through her pack, and pulled out a flashlight, ambrosia square, and what looked like a tube of toothpaste.

She handed me the ambrosia square, and clicked on the flashlight, shining it in my eyes, trying to see if I had a concussion.

"It doesn't look like you have a concussion." She said slowly.

"Well that's good." I said, taking a bite into the ambrosia square. The ambrosia instantly began healing my arm, but my head was still throbbing. I felt like passing out again.

Artemis looked at the gash on my forehead, and tentatively reached out and skimmed her fingers across it, causing a searing pain. I swatted her hand away and held my hand in my hands again, trying to stop the throbbing. I seriously felt like passing out, and throwing up, it hurt so badly.

Artemis looked slightly concerned, "Percy are you ok?" she asked slowly.

"Oh yea, perfectly fine. Right as rain, actually." I said sarcastically.

"The ambrosia isn't working." She said, quietly cursing.

"Uhh, no freaking duh!" I said, my head still feeling like it was falling off.

"We can't risk giving you any more ambrosia. We'll have to use some liquid fire." She said, pulling out the tube of toothpaste.

"Liquid what?" I asked.

"Liquid fire. Apollo created it. It works like Neosporin, and ambrosia, but isn't nearly as potent as regular ambrosia." Artemis explained.

"Why is it called liquid fire then?" I asked.

Artemis opened her mouth as if to answer but instead said, "Oh you'll see." Oh joy.

Artemis squeezed a small bit of liquid fire onto her finger. It kind of looked like soap-flavored jell-o. Cautiously, she reached forward and began to smear some of the liquid fire onto my cut.

Let me inform you on why liquid fire is called 'liquid fire'. When rubbed on a cut, it feels like someone is seriously burning your skin. Yea, not a pleasant feeling.

As soon as she rubbed the stuff on my forehead, I couldn't think straight. I shoved her roughly away from me, which on normal occasions probably would've gotten me killed, and began trying to rub the liquid fire off my head. When I tried to rub it off, I realized that the gash was no longer there. That still didn't mean I couldn't still feel the after-affects of it.

"Why did you do that?" I asked her furiously.

Artemis was still on the ground looking stunned, but still managed to keep her voice even, "I had to stop the bleeding."

I sighed, trying to calm down, "Sorry." I muttered.

Artemis shrugged, "That stuff does hurt. Apollo used it on me once, after a hunting accident, it really can pack a punch."

I nodded, as a wave of exhaustion washed over me.

"Go back to sleep. I'll keep watch again." Artemis assured me.

I nodded, and then remembered my dream. But my eyelids began to feel heavy, and I promised myself that I'd tell her in the morning. It could wait until then. Right?

Heyy, hope you were able to follow my random chingings in POVs. But hey if not let me know, and I'll try to fix it. Hmm... I think I'm gonna go take a nap now. Writing takes a lot out of someone (that and volleyball)

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~ArtemisFrimm