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Chad

"Are you insane? I mean, clinically insane? Because what you're talking about is crazy."

I looked Percy straight in the eyes and said, "No, I'm not crazy. I mean it. I think I have the right to watch."

Percy put his head in his hands. "I don't get it, Chad. Couldn't you tell you weren't wanted there?"

That stung more than I wanted him to know, so I dropped my gaze and took a sip of my soda. After a moment, Percy spoke again.

"It's just no place for a mortal. We don't know what kind of weapons or monsters they'll be packing. And don't you remember what Mr. D thought when you came last time? He doesn't like mortals. He doesn't like anyone, really, besides himself and a few nymphs. Oh, and Pollux. But that's beside the point. You're way to vulnerable."

"Vulnerable?" I said loudly, and then, remembering we were in a restaurant, lowered my voice. "How am I any more endangered than you?"

Percy smiled slightly. "I've been trained, Chad, and so has everyone at that camp. Not to mention that I'm…special."

"Special?" I asked.

"Yeah. Special."

I raised my eyebrow. "Does this have something to do with that cut, uh, healing so fast?" The hellhound wound was gone. I mean, completely gone. Percy didn't even have a scar.

"Yeah, something like that." Percy said, taking a bite of his burger.

"Is everyone…like you, special like that?"

Percy shook his head, grinning slightly. "No, just a very select few…in fact, as far as I know, I'm the only one alive."

I gaped at him for a second. "And why-"

"Hey," Percy said. "How bout we get back on subject. The subject of you not going to see the battle."

"Come on," I pleaded. "I'll stay out of the action. I can stay in the big farmhouse."

Percy sighed. "You can't predict a battle. They may storm the house. We don't know what we're up against. And therefore, you and any other mortals will be far away from the camp."

"But I-"

"Chad, just shut up. Final answer, got it?"

I was pretty pissed, so I stood up. "I'm going back to the dorm." I said. "I'll see you around."

I left the fast food joint and walked back to campus. I barely paid attention to where I was going as I walked to our dorm building. Why couldn't Percy see that I was involved in this? I wanted to be there for the battle, even if I couldn't fight. It wasn't fair, dammit!

I threw my jacket on the floor and turned on the Xbox, planning on taking my anger out on virtual enemies. I play for about ten minutes before there was a knock on the door.

"Yeah?" I called, too lazy to get up and answer the door.

"Chad?" a voice from outside asked. "It's Jenna."

"Come in!" I said. The door opened and she slipped in.

"What's up?" she asked.

"Nothing," I said. Then I gestured at the TV screen. "Wanna play?"

She glanced at the screen for a moment. "Nah, I'm no good at war games," she told me, shrugging. "If it were Brawl, that'd be a different story."

I looked at her for a moment. "You play Brawl?" I asked.

She grinned. "Yeah, I've got a Wii at home. My brother and I Brawled all the time."

"Were you any good?"

"I was alright. I pretty much own with Zelda and Pit."

"You're on," I told her. I reached over and pulled the battered case out of a box. "I haven't played it this school year."

And so Jenna and I played videogames for an hour. Percy came into the dorm room just as Jenna was leaving to go study with Joslyn. I sat down on my bed and began reading, coolly ignoring Percy. He didn't say anything to me, but stayed on his side of the room, and we remained that way for a while. I don't really remember how long-you know how time flies when you're on Facebook instead of doing homework. But after a bit of time, someone knocked on the door.

I got off my bed and walked up to the door, pulling it open.

On the other side stood a girl about my age with reddish, poofy hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. She was wearing dirty jeans, a hoody and sneakers, and had an urgent look on her face. I had never seen her in my life.

"Hello, Chad." She said.

Annabeth

"Annabeth."

"No, you can't sit here." Annabeth told Watson sharply.

"I know you better than that. You're not so rude that you'll refuse a man a seat."

Annabeth lay down her fork and scoffed. Sure, a 'man', she thought. Watson sat down without further adieu.

"You look worried," he said. "What's wrong?"

Annabeth chewed a mouthful of Caesar salad before answering. "I'm not worried.

Watson grinned. "Yes, you are, Annabeth. I can tell."

"You don't know me, Watson." She said. "You don't know anything about me, and you don't care whether I'm worried."

Watson leaned in, so his low voice could be hears over the noise of the university's cafeteria. "That's where you're wrong, Annabeth Chase. I do care, and it frustrates me more everyday that you don't see it."

Their eyes met and locked for a few seconds. Then Annabeth stood up, grabbed her coat and bag and walked away.

As she left the cafeteria, she bumped into someone. Looking up, she saw a tall blonde girl glaring at her. Mumbling an apology, Annabeth slipped outside.

What Watson had said shocked her. He'd seemed so certain, so serious…He was much more devoted that Annabeth had thought.

She looked up and realized that she'd taken a wrong turn, and was now on a quiet path between two buildings. Sighing she sat down on a bench, letting her head slump forward a bit as she thought.

"Annabeth Chase," someone said in a tone completely unlike the way Watson's voice had uttered her name. Annabeth looked up.

Standing at the edge of the path was the blonde girl she'd seen in the cafeteria. But as Annabeth looked at the girl, her shape seemed to blur and fade…until her skin was almost completely devoid of color, her eyes were a sharp red, and her canine teeth extended past her lips. The girl took a step forward, and her right leg clanged against the cement.

Annabeth cursed in Greek. "Empousa," she accused the girl, standing up.

The vampire grinned. "Yes, godling. I've come to kill you."

Annabeth almost laughed. "You're a cocky one. I've been through much worse. And I have to say…I don't like cockiness."

And then, angrily thinking of the whole situation, Annabeth pounced on the demon, pulling a celestial bronze dagger from her purse.

The vampire punched, but Annabeth dodged her arm and lunged forward with the knife. The empousa knocked it away so that it scraped against her metal leg, making a horrid scratching noise. Advancing, the empousatried to tackle Annabeth, but was much too slow and awkward. Annabeth was pushed over by her, but maneuvered so she was on top. The vampire girl hit Annabeth on the jaw before she could react. Pain blossomed in Annabeth's face, but she managed to drive the dagger into the girl's chest. She disappeared after a burst of flames.

Breathing heavily, Annabeth got up, grabbed her things from the bench, and began making her way to her dorm. Her vision was a bit spotty due to the pain on her left jaw.

Time to call Percy, she thought.

Chad

"What are you doing here?"

"Nice to see you too, Percy."

Percy ran his hand through his hair, frustrated.

The girl, Rachel, was sitting on Percy's bed, since the only chair we had in the dorm was for Percy's desk, and it was piled with laundry that we didn't have any other place to put. Percy was in front of her, looking annoyed. I was kind of floating in the background awkwardly. I didn't know whether to introduce myself or not, since she already knew my name.

"Look, Rachel, it's great to see you. Really. But why are you here? Don't you stay at camp most times now?"

Rachel grinned. "I can go on field trips. They don't own me."

"And of course, you choose to come here." Percy sighed.

She chuckled. "It was you or my parents, and you know how I love my dad." Then her voice became more serious. "I have something to tell you."

Percy straightened up. He was intrigued, but not enough to let the whole thing go. "And a simple phone call wouldn't have worked? Or maybe an Iris-message?"

Rachel laughed. "Right, IM you in here? Are you guys vampires or something? There's no light in here to make a rainbow."

I was confused as to why light had anything to do with IMing, but she had a point. The curtains were drawn, and the whole room was kind of dark. But not in a bad way.

"Okay, fine." Percy said. "What do you need to tell me?"

Rachel took a deep breath. "Well, you know the battle that's going to happen. When those half-bloods attack camp."

"Which will be when, by the way?" Percy asked.

Rachel frowned. "Don't you start me on that. Chiron and Mr. D have been grilling me for information for weeks. I'm not a library help desk, you know. You can't just look something up, it doesn't work like that."

Percy rolled his eyes. Rachel continued with her explanation. "So this battle is going to happen. And you're gonna be there. And you need to bring Chad, here."

Percy blinked at Rachel. I stared at her too. Then Percy spoke. "What kind of joke is this?"

"No joke," Rachel said. "He's gotta be there."

Before Percy replied, I snapped out of my trance and threw my fist in the air. "Yeah!" I whooped.

"No!" Percy said to me, then turned back to Rachel. "What are you talking about? Chad's going to get himself killed if he's there."

Rachel shrugged. "Yeah, maybe. So train him. But he needs to be there."

"Why?" Percy asked, sounding very desperate.

Rachel sighed. "I don't know. I really don't. But if he's not there, I have the feeling we're going to lose."

Percy scoffed. "We won't lose. We'll be fine."

Rachel looked at him in the eye. "Percy, you know better than to disregard my advice."

Percy was silent for a moment. The whole room was silent, except for the slight hum of my computer. Then Percy let his head fall into his hands.

"Fine." He muttered. "Chad can come."

"Woo!" I exclaimed. "Thanks, Rachel!"

She smiled. "Don't thank me. I'm just the messenger."

She confused me, but I figured I could ask Percy about it all later.

"This is going to be such a pain," Percy said. I ignored him.

Rachel sat up very straight then, and her eyes went sort of blank. After a moment, she was back to normal.

"The phone," she said.

And right then, Percy's cell phone began buzzing from the spot on his desk where it almost always resided, which I thought was weird.

"Better answer," Rachel said. "It'll be important if she's calling your cell."

Looking troubled, Percy strode over and picked it up. "Hello?" he said into it.

His face became more worried as he listened. "Are you all right?"

He grinned slightly at the answer. "Of course you did."

He listened some more, and then said, "Yeah. Rachel's here-I know, that's what I said. I'll explain it all later. Watch your back, okay? Hopefully this'll be all over soon."

He listened for a second longer. "You know what? That's a great idea. Nah, no one'll care. Tomorrow? Okay. I'll see you then. Love you."

He closed the phone. Rachel grinned.

"What was that?" I asked.

Percy sighed. "Annabeth was attacked. She's coming to stay with us until the battle."

I looked from him to Rachel.

"Um," I said. "Cool."

Percy sighed and Rachel smiled bigger.

Honestly? I was kind of scared for the time between tomorrow and the battle.

I guess it's illogical that I wasn't at all scared for the actual combat.

Okay guys. First off, I want to apologize for not updating in ages. I also want to apologize for that moronic oversight that was pointed out in the reviews-PERCY IS INVINCIBLE. I feel so bad for forgetting...*bead of sweat* I'm SORRY! I tried to fix it in this chapter, but it's still my own stupid mistake. Please forgive me!

Secondly, I want to say that you all rock! I got reviews and messages asking to update and finish the story. Don't worry! I will! I love this story, and I wouldn't leave you all hanging! But I love you guys so much for wanting me to finish it and for bugging me about it. I will not disappoint!

Basically, I just got super-busy and stressed, so I didn't really have time to write any. But now school is over, so I'll have tons of time on my hands, and I'll be writing almost everyday, which means I'll crank out chapters like crazy. So you'll get to read it!

I also want to let you know that I LOVE getting messages, so if you want to give me ideas or suggestions or ask questions or bug me about something or just say HI, that'd be awesome :) I won't ignore you because I love you.

Okay, until next time, love Jenna!

PS: I apologize for the formatting problems. There should be a bunch of line breaks between each POV, but it keeps disappearing...I'll try to keep on top of it.