Chapter Five: The Hero Calls in Sick II

Annabeth was shaking uncontrollably when she had to leave the room. She wanted to be by Percy's side, and she was sure he probably wanted her with him, too. Annabeth was anxious something would go wrong; what if he had to get his leg amputated, or worse, what if he…didn't make it? Connor and Travis had gone back to border patrol, which left Chiron and Annabeth on the porch, where they could hear Percy screaming and cursing out of pure agony. Every few seconds, Percy would scream, "That's it, I can't take it anymore." She tried to enter the Big House, but Chiron pulled her back.

"Child, you have to stay here, the fact that Percy is still alive is a shock. Manticore spikes are…very venomous. He should've been dead hours ago." Chiron said, shaking his head, and let her go.

Annabeth charged into the guest room and gasped in shock, "Oh my gods!" The sheets on the bed were drenched in Percy's blood, and he was not responding to Will screaming his name, "He's not breathing! Let me check his pulse again!" He put two fingers under his jawline, "He's still got pulse, a really weak one though. Percy!" Annabeth shook Percy's shoulders vigorously until he let out a small breath of air. "I haven't even gotten that damn spike out of his leg yet, but I think I can now." Will said, grabbing a pair of pliers from the table and clamping down on the spike, "Now Percy…this is going to hurt a lot, just please don't move." Percy took Annabeth's shaky hand and held it tightly. Will yanked the spike out quickly, and Percy arched his back and let out a scream so loud, you could've heard it from Olympus itself.

"Percy! Everything's okay, the spike's out of your leg, now." She said rubbing her hand on his forehead. Will was cleaning up the wound with nectar; to kill the toxins where the deadly spike used to be. "Everything's going to be, Percy. You're fine, now."

Percy let a weak, tired laugh, "It's over now?" She nodded to her boyfriend and looked down for a few moments, and when she looked back up, Percy was asleep, his chest slowly rising and dropping.

Will grabbed a damp cloth and wiped his hands clean of the dried blood from Percy, "Well…he's okay now. He's just going to have fever like symptoms for a few days, and we're going to have to change his bandages every few hours. As for me, I'm going back to sleep." He sure looked like he needed it, he had dark circles under his eyes, and his gait was slow and hunched. Will walked over to the couch and crashed out and began sleepy soundly the second he laid down. Annabeth looked back at Percy, who opened his eyes and looked up at the ceiling, like something was up there, but she couldn't see it herself.

"Percy?" He shifted around and sat up, looking at her, "Do you need anything?" He shook his head, and traced his finger across the thread of the sheets, and he took a hold of her hand again. She started to nod off,

"Annabeth?" She snapped back, "I love you…so much. Words cannot describe." Her eyes got misty.

"Really?" She asked, and he nodded back. She leaned down to kiss him, and he met her halfway. Kissing felt foreign to each other; they hadn't in months of not seeing each other in person. Small kisses turned into a half hour make out session, until Percy finally said, "I'm sorry, I'm, really tired, I need to go back to sleep a little longer." Annabeth was a little disappointed but she could tell he was exhausted, "That's fine, Percy." She crawled up onto the bed and rested her head on his chest, while he wrapped his arm over her shoulder. Percy slowly fell asleep, his eyes batting until he faded off, and Annabeth joined him.

The next morning…

Percy snapped his eyes back shut when they opened to the blazing morning sun. Apollo must've been driving his Maserati at speeds as fast as light. He now only cracked opened his eyes slightly, and looked through the open door. Percy could see a few of the cabins, and a couple of campers, gathering around to head to breakfast. Breakfast sounded awesome to him, and looked down at Annabeth, who had her head nestled in the crook of his neck. He carefully moved away from her, and draped a blanket over her. He hadn't the foggiest on why he was at camp already, what he didn't remember either, was his wounded leg; and didn't notice it until he crumpled to the ground, "Ouch." Percy said in a dull tone, looking down at his leg now. He could hear Annabeth begin to stir from the noise,

"Percy? Percy? Where are you…" She trailed off when she found her injured boyfriend sprawled out on the wooden floor, "Percy…how long have you been lying here?" She put her arms under his back, supporting him as he sat up, Annabeth got him onto his feet, put his arm around her neck, and got him back to bed, "Percy. You can't get out of bed; Will doesn't want you walking on that leg. If you need anything, just ask me, and I'll get it for you." Percy huffed and pouted like a little kid,

"You're treating me like a kid, mom."

Sorry this chapter was short, but, you know, I can only write so much before I need to run off and do something else. I have some good news, and some bad news. The good news is; I have one more day of vacation. The bad…well, I have to go back to school after that. And that's going to cut my writing time into tiny pieces, so don't be sad if I don't update for days on end. I don't get that much homework, but I'm tired when I get home, from all the nagging and stuff like that. But the latest I'll drag out the updating is next weekend, you have my word on that.

One more thing, I have something quick to say, and this was my Facebook status,

Me: "Moo…I'm a giraffe."

Friend: LOL

Another Friend: "You're weird Gwyn."

Sister: "Bark…I'm a mouse."

Me: "Thank you, Jill."

It's not that funny, but still, it gave me a little laugh.

See you star side,

~iGwyn12

*snark snark* Oh…you again.

P.S. Don't worry, your boy (Percy) is going to be just fine! HungerGamesLuver13 :)

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