A/N: Now, yes, I know I ended the last chapter with a cliffhanger, and I'm sorry, but now, you finally get to see what happens.

Chapter 5: Percy

I bolted up and ran outside of my cabin. The voice sounded so familiar, so petrified, so awful to hear. It looked as if the entire camp had awoken.

I heard the scream again, and saw it was coming from the front porch of the Big House, where Mr. D. and Chiron used to play pinochle. It seemed like so long ago.

I was caught in the middle of a crowd of people. I tried searching for Annabeth. I couldn't see her, and I became worried.

I heard someone call my name. It was Piper. She looked pale. "Percy, come on." I ran after her, right into the front of the crowd.

Right there and then, I knew I would never, ever get over the shock of what I saw. Jason was holding Nico back, who was straining trying to get to the girl lying on the ground.

The girl with the blade stuck in her eye.

The unconscious girl.

The blonde girl.

Annabeth.

I'm pretty sure Jason was the only thing that kept me from decapitating Nico. I finally just threw him on the ground, and kicked his crotch hard.

"It could have been worse." Was all I said to Nico as I ran to Annabeth.

The entire Apollo cabin was knelt over her. She was conscious now, for better or for worse, I don't know. They were trying to calm her down because she was kicking and screaming and crying, and I could've sworn I'd heard my name somewhere in there.

"Annabeth, we're never going to be able to get the knife out if you don't stop. Do you want it out?" An Apollo camper I didn't know spoke softly to her.

"Yes." She sobbed. "It hurts."

"I know it does. That's why we want to take it out."

I knelt beside her and held her hand. "Annabeth let them take it out."

Finally, they did. And I've seen some pretty disgusting things in my life, but let me tell you, her eye almost came out with that blade, and when that's someone you know and love, it's painful to see that.

Annabeth's scream was worse than anything I could ever imagine; it was high, scared, and full of pain. I squeezed her hand again.

"It's okay, it's out." I told her

"Percy, Nico wants to talk to you." Piper said from behind me. I turned around and looked at her.

"And why the hell would he want to talk to me now?" I ask her. She looks at me. "I'm not sure, Percy, and I'm sorry I don't know. Please just talk to him."

As I walk into the Big House, I notice my legs shaking, a sure sign that I'm really angry. A pale figure comes around the corner, and I notice it's Nico.

"Got something to say?" I growl at him.

Nico scowls. "Percy, you have to understand. Before this mess, I had absolutely nothing against Annabeth. But she got called. Not Thalia. She should be the one that gets killed."

"I don't understand."

Nico sighs. "I have a thing for Thalia, okay? And Annabeth acted like a coward. A coward who just took my love away from me."

I let that sink in.

"But Nico, Thalia's your cousin."

"So what?" He yells at me. "I love her and that's all that matters!" He turns away and disappears into another room. He comes out a second later. "Oh, and by the way, tell your darling Annie she's a coward, and whatever ugly building she'll design, I'll be happy to knock it down for the sake of Olympus!"

That struck a nerve. I ran after him and pulled him by his shirt collar.

"Hey, listen here, you little bitch, stay away from me. Stay away from her. Stay away from everyone!" I let go of him and run out of the Big House before anything else can make this perfect day go even better.

"Well, Percy, it seems like we've both hade the most shittiest day in the history of shitty days." Jason sighed as he threw another rock into the pond.

"Oh yeah. Now all we need is a Minotaur attack, and I'll be set to jump off Mount Everest." I responded. Neither of us smiled. We were to mentally warped to even remember how to smile.

"Of course. So, I've been thinking about Nico and…."

"What?"

"Well, Perce, I heard Nico talking to Silena the other day and, um, he said he has it in for you."

"What? He told me he had it in for Thalia!"

"Are you kidding? I think we've got a playboy alert."

"This is actually serious, Jason. He either attacked Annabeth because he was mad at her, or he attacked her because he was jealous of her. They both make perfect sense!"

"I know, but Percy, I think he likes you. He went to Silena because she's the head counselor of the Aphrodite cabin, and then when he asked to see you, he was probably going to tell you, got too nervous, and made up a lie."

"Yeah, but he probably hates me now, because I got really mad at him and called him some, um, unfriendly names, if you know what I mean."

"Doesn't matter," Jason said, shaking his head. "I think he likes you, Percy. I'm not saying you have to marry, because, Holy Hephaestus, I wouldn't want to be invited to that wedding, but just be nice to him. He's planning something. The closer you let him get to you, the more you'll know about him."

"When you say he's planning something, what do you mean?"

"I don't know, Percy, I really don't, but can't you tell something's up with him?"

I thought about it for a while. The kid had always seemed a little suspicious, but, he did seem It even more now.

Jason looked up. "I thought about asking Piper if she can somehow charmspeak and manipulate him so he could tell us things. I know it wouldn't be the nicest way, but it would still work."

Percy nodded. "Or you could try Hazel, you know, his sister. They're really close."

Jason looked up. He looked paler. "Percy, haven't you heard? Hazel's been captured."

A/N: I really don't know what's up with me and my cliffhangers.