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Nico 4ever: Look...There may or may not be Thalico. All i can say is, Percabeth is gonna be the main focus of the story. I'll introduce more characters soon, so don't worry about it!

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No one's POV

Two figures hovered over an unconscious body lying on a table. One of them had a doctor's coat on, and the other had a brown suit with a white shirt carelessly tucked out from his pants. The man with the brown suit obviously seemed tired and exhausted, and hadn't even tried to hide it. The wrinkles under his eyes seemed to pop out with more definition as he slowly sighed.

He had been under incredible stress and panic for the past 17 hours, and things had finally started looking up when he received news that they had finally found the last missing student.

But what he saw when they had first brought him to safety was so far from okay.

It really was not okay.

The missing boy – Percy Jackson…

My gods. What had happened to him?!… They had found him barely alive or what was left of him. He was dying from exhaustion, blood loss, hunger, dehydration and large chunks of him were missing and falling out...

A few of the students that we had sent to scout the wreckage had vomited when they had seen the state he was in.

Some had even fainted.

Thank gods for that girl Annabeth. I can't believe she didn't even flinch or collapse from the pressure when she found him in… the state that he was in. I'll have to debrief and counsel her later… and probably commend her and buy her lunch… and give her a freaking medal.

None of this had been planned or arranged. How could I have let this happen?

He sighed. The past 24 hours had been hell.

Mr Brunner was under a terrible amount of pressure and stress. He doubted that he'd be able to sleep tonight or the next few nights to come, but right now… he found himself shaking his head as he stared in disbelief.

He had been called in a few minutes ago by Dr Apollo to come and see the 'missing' student's situation. Rushing into the emergency wing, he had his doubts and was prepared for the worst news possible. But what he was seeing now brought disbelief to his previous thoughts and cleared every single thought he was having now…

This is incredible…

The fluorescent ceiling lights that hung from the emergency room cast a bright spotlight onto the examining table, highlighting the different features of the unconscious figure's chiselled face and highly defined muscles.

"This is extraordinary… What… What is this?" Mr Brunner stammered in disbelief. "How is he…?"

"To be perfectly honest, in all my years as a Doctor… and let me tell you I have been a doctor for a really long time eh… and I've never, ever seen anything like this!" Dr Apollo replied "His ability to heal… no. Simply calling it healing doesn't do it justice. It's bloody regeneration… And the rate of it, is… is just freaking incredible!"

"When you brought him to me, I thought, hey there's a poor chap who's only got 10 more minutes to live, let me see what I can do! Thanks a lot!"

"I don't believe it… Wait, he's nearly fully recovered. How is this possible? What did you do?" Mr Brunner questioned. He had propelled himself up higher, using his arms on his wheelchair to get a better view of Percy.

"To be perfectly honest… I didn't do shit mate!" Dr Apollo replied. "When I brought him into the emergency room, his heart rate was near to flat. And I was about to start operating, getting my tools and what not… I spun around and my elbow knocked over a bottle of water, tipping it over and spilling all the water over him."

"What…?" Mr Brunner interrupted, his mouth agape.

"What happened next was a bloody miracle! I had started cussing myself immediately and ran to get a towel. I had quickly bent down to wipe the floor, when I realised that there was no water spilt anywhere! I thought to myself, that's really curious and peculiar! So you see, I stood up and what did I see? I see the freaking water magically moving, getting absorbed by his freaking body!"

"What…?" Mr Brunner muttered.

"It was astonishing! It was like his whole body was a big mouth, and his body was drinking in all the water around him! If that wasn't weird enough, next thing I know his wounds start healing. The large chunk of skin missing from his right ribcage… Well take a look for yourself!"

Dr Apollo pointed to the mid-section of the unmoving body with his index finger while moving swiftly and decisively.

"See here? This is where the bite was. His entire rib-cage was exposed mate. Everything was infected and I'm pretty sure some of his large intestine was pulled right out. Now look at it! Everything is clean and healed. You can barely make it out with the difference in skin colour. All I had to do was just pour some water on it and it started regenerating itself! Easiest clean up I've ever done!"

"Incredible…" Mr Brunner replied. He leaned in closer to get a better look. True enough, it was completely healed and patched up. You could barely notice the difference in skin colour unless you knew what to look for.

"And you know… this kid? He had a broken bloody left ankle and right knee when I examined him. I did some x-rays… and it showed stress points all over the severed ligaments. This asshole… This son of a bitch ran and continued walking through the pain of a bloody broken ankle and knee."

Dr Apollo kept his eyes on the unconscious boy as he continued.

"Concussion, bleeding from his ears, broken ribs, dislocated shoulder, torn ligaments, traumatic brain injury and many, many internal injuries. The list goes on and on."

Dr Apollo paused to take a deep breath.

"How he's alive, I'll never know… It would've been so bloody difficult to patch him up, even for an elite like me. Frankly speaking, even if I had used my powers, I don't know if I could've patched him up this good so quickly. I tell ya mate, ya know his freaking forearm had a bone sticking out from the bottom?! And from the looks of him, it barely slowed him down. Look here."

He raised some x-ray pictures and passed them to Mr Brunner.

"This is where his bones used to be. And after pouring water on 'em, good as freaking new…" he finished. "Chiron, he's like a freaking plant; you pour water on him, and just watch him grow."

Mr Brunner smiled slightly at the thought of it.

"Hmm… Is he fully recovered?" He asked.

"Not completely, but more or less, all the fatal or life threatening injuries are taken care of." Dr Apollo replied. "Just some bruises, cuts and scrapes of that nature. Why?"

"Leave him as it is. Don't let him heal anymore. Finish up here and bring him to the injured bay with the others." Mr Brunner lowered his voice as he responded, "Apollo, not a word of this to anyone do you hear me? Not a single word. We need to exercise ultimate discretion about this"

"Eh? Not a single word about what?" Dr Apollo replied with a smirk.

Mr Brunner grinned and wheeled away through the doors that he came in - deep in thought.

Percy's POV

I had weird dreams full of life-sized stuffed animals. Most of them wanted to be friends. The rest wanted to kill me.

I must've woken up a few times, but I just couldn't seem to stay awake for long. I passed out again. I remember lying in a soft bed, slowly opening my eyes to bright fluorescent lights. There were people constantly moving around me and I could hear a faint beeping sound all around me. I opened my eyes slowly, blinking a few times; waiting for my eyes to adjust to the difference in light exposure. I tried raising my head to get a better look of my surroundings but something quickly pushed my head gently back down onto the soft and fluffy pillow.

My head was screaming murder. I should not have tried to get up. It was throbbing so hard, and there was a constant aching in my temple. What the hell happened to me?

I turned to my left.

Who was it?

The images that came to me were a bit blurry, and everything seemed to be dancing around in a mixture of bright lights and colours.

I could, however, make out long blonde hair, with tanned skin.

She smelt like… shampoo, lavender and… freshly cut apples.

I know it's weird…

Freshly cut apples?

What do you want me to say?

That's what she smelt like at the time!

I tried to speak. So many questions were running through my mind. Where was I? How long had I been out? But the question that I really wanted to ask… was who was she? Words failed to come out and I could barely move my mouth or muster enough strength to speak. All that came out was a stutter of sounds that came out like 'errrr' and 'uhhhh'.

"Shhh. Go back to sleep." She whispered "You'll be fine."

Her voice was cool and calm. Upon hearing 'Go back to sleep' I immediately stopped resisting the lull that had crept up on me, the pain in my head didn't seem so bad suddenly, and I fell back asleep with her voice echoing in my head.

Who was she?

I opened my eyes slowly… The sun was out, and the sky was a bright blue. Clouds were slowly and gently drifting through the sky.

Huh. I wonder…

The gentle wind breeze brought the smell of freshly cut grass to me.

Damn. Where am I?

"Percy! Son?" My dad shouted. "Come here son!"

Oh right.

"Coming Papa!" I shouted back.

"Careful Percy!" my mum yelled, "Don't trip!"

I got up, running straight to my parents. I was only 7 years old here, and my dad hadn't left yet. We were at the park near granddad's beach house, just having a picnic.

"Ahhh got you!" my dad laughed, I ran into his arms as he hugged me tight. "You ready for lunch son?"

I looked up.

"Uh huh!" I eagerly replied. "I could eat a whoole cow!"

"I'm sure you could son!" He chuckled, grinning.

I was looking straight at my dad, as I saw his expression immediately change. Just like his expression, the weather had swiftly taken a turn for the worse. The once clear blue sky was now a gloomy grey and dark. Thunder could be heard from a far of, and the winds had started picking up speed.

"Daddy? What's going on?" I curiously asked, "Is everything okay?"

He stood up and a worried look came upon his face. He turned and looked at my mother who sadly nodded at him.

"Mummy?"

I was young then, but I was old enough to know that they had just conversed silently with one another.

About what?

I have no idea.

"Yes dear, everything is alright." She kindly assured me, "Come to mummy darling!"

I ran towards my mother, keeping my eyes on my dad. He was looking into the distance with the same worried expression on his face. His green emerald eyes didn't have its usual sparkle. In its place was a dark and dull green. He seemed to be at conflict with something.

I stood there, beside my mother - holding her hand and watching him. The winds began to pick up in speed, and I was having difficulty keeping my gaze on him.

"C'mon Percy, we have to go!" My mum whispered, "Quickly now, hurry!"

"Wait ma! What about Papa?" I shouted, "Papa come quick! PAPA!"

Tears filled my eyes as I was carried away by my mother who had started running in the opposite direction of the storm.

"Why isn't papa coming with us mummy?"

"PAPA!" I screamed, "PAPA! PLEASE COME PAPA! DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND!"

Till this day, I swear he turned around. Just for a brief moment, I saw the tears in his eyes, as he smiled sadly at me.

I screamed as he became smaller and smaller, as the distance between us and him grew bigger and bigger. I held on tight to my mother, and kept looking at the small figure in the distance.

When suddenly, a bright flash illuminated the area where my dad was…

… And then he was gone.

GASP

I woke up in cold sweat. My heart was beating fast and I struggled to calm myself down. I tried moving my arms, but they were locked into something. Slowly, calming myself down, I realised that I was gripping the railing at the side of the bed with my hands. My knuckles were turning white, and I could feel the railings shaking under the pressure.

"Hey!"

A hand gently rested on mine.

"It's okay. Calm down." The voice cooed, "Everything is going to be okay."

I looked up at the person and I realised that there were tears in my eyes. I had been crying.

Releasing my grip from the poor railings, I felt my heart rate slow down. I started to settle down, and a wave of calm washed over me.

The smell of freshly cut apples…

It was her from before.

I slowly sat up in the bed, pushing the covers down so I could sit up straight.

OW!

My head… It was still aching and throbbing badly, but it was bearable now at least.

I reached out to touch my head, and felt the bandage wrapped around it. I must've injured my head pretty badly…

Leaning against the bed rest, I propped myself against it to look at my visitor.

My visitor?

Describe her?

Well… How would I describe her…

Well, for starters… she had long blonde hair that curled ever so slightly. Not so much that it was all frizzy and curly, it was more of a perfect combination between straight and curly. It suited her perfectly and it seemed effortless as it curled just at the end of her hair. She had naturally tanned skin and definitely reminded me of a California girl. But the thing that struck out to me most, were those startling grey eyes. Oh my gods. Those eyes… I found myself completely swept in them.

"Errr hi?" she asked.

I was suddenly broken out of my daze and brought back to reality by her question.

"Umm hey." I awkwardly replied, as I looked at her.

She was wearing a dark blue blazer with a collared orange shirt inside.

She was a student here…

What was I supposed to do in this situation?! Arghhh

We made eye contact for about 5 seconds after which, both of us immediately looked away. Her face seemed to turn red.

I wasn't sure what it was, call me crazy, but she seemed as awkward as I was. Was I creeping her out? A billion things were running through my mind at this moment, what should I do? What should I say?

"So…. You kinda drool in your sleep." She said.

My face turned even redder then it was before.

"Really?" I responded nervously, "I always thought my pillow was leaky…"

She looked down.

Awkward silence ensued.

Arghh. Why'd I try to be funny?! Wish I was dead right now! Waitaminute, I should be dead… Last thing I remember… was… I was falling down with the hall… There was a loud crash and everything turned black… Next thing I know, I'm waking up in a hospital bed?...

OWW my head….

"Umm…"

I was about to ask her how I was still alive when I was interrupted by someone clearing their throat. I turned to see a man in a wheel chair, standing… well… sitting there.

His name was… Mr Binner?

"Ah, hello Mr Brunner!" The girl said as she stood up, smiling at him.

Oh right, Mr Brunner. She said Brunner, I'll go with Brunner.

"Hello Annabeth, nice to see you again!" He replied smiling back, "Mind giving us a moment here?"

"Sure thing!" she said, "I was just about to leave anyways."

She walked off and left out the door, not before giving me a small smile.

I smiled back as I watched her go.

I really didn't want her to go.

Huh.

He turned to me with a look of genuine concern on his face.

"So! How are you doing Percy?" Mr Brunner asked warmly, "Feeling better?"

"Yeah… I guess." I replied slowly, as I turned to look at my second visitor, "Could be better…"

If she had stayed…

Annabeth huh…

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