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Chapter 14

Nico disturbed Thalia all the way back to the waiting room.

"But why not?" Nico asked her in an almost whining manner.

"Nico will you shut up!" Thalia growled.

Nico seemed unfazed and wondered what made her that protective of why he couldn't see Percy. Percy... One of his only family he had apart from Thalia. And Gabe hadn't even come to visit. If he did, Nico was going to make sure he was going to strangle him to death and have a bullet through his eyes. He was going to die painfully. And even if he couldn't have guns in the hospital, there were plenty of tools he could use that was in the hospital.. And he was pretty sure that Thalia would help him with it.

"Thalia why can't I see him?" Nico asked Thalia again when they sat down.

"If you want to get nightmares go ahead," Thalia said without thinking.

Thalia had to grab Nico's jacket to stop him from running. She had let her tongue slip.

"I don't care if I get nightmares! I want to see him!" Nico yelled.

Thalia was distracted when she saw a doctor with blonde hair, almost golden... And that was when Nico ran stealthily towards where Percy was.

Thalia forgot about the man and chased after Nico.

"Nico no!" Thalia yelled.

Thalia grabbed him at the after second. She was too late. Nico had seen his cousin, and faced the after effects.

Nico was struggling with what he saw. Percy couldn't be injured that bad, but he was. Gabe couldn't injure him that much, but he did.

"I'm going to go kill him," Nico growled ferociously.

This was exactly what Thalia feared would happen. Death threats. But knowing Nico, he might actually do it. It was not that she didn't want to kill Gabe herself, she would go down to the beach right now and stab a weapon down his throat, but she didn't want to go to prison. That seemed like a weak excuse. Gabe deserved much more than death.

"Come on Nico," Thalia said, placing her hand on his shoulder. "Let's just go back."

Nico didn't calm down. His cousin could be dead, and he was just going to wait in the stupid chair and fiddle with something. He didn't change his mind as his hand went forwards the doorknob to Percy's room. A hand touched his to stop him.

"Thalia-" Nico said angrily.

"Not Thalia, it's me Nico," Apollo had come to save the day again.

"Apollo?" Nico asked just to make sure it was him.

"Yeah, now if you could let me through I might do a better job than any other doctors." Apollo added the last part.

Nico removed his hand and let Apollo through who gave him a reassuring smile saying that Percy would be alright.

Thalia who had been walking back dragged Nico towards the waiting room.

"You know that-" Nico started.

"Yes, I know that Apollo is here. Now hurry up." Thalia responded, getting annoyed.

Now that Apollo was here, Thalia and Nico had nothing to worry about. Apollo, however, was worrying about Percy. He looked really bad. Worse than when he got shot. Speaking about that incident, the bullet wound was still there. Along with all the other wounds Gabe had caused and of course the crash.

Apollo's eyes widened as he saw the monitor. Percy's heart rate monitor had only tiny squiggles going up and down. He would almost get a heart attack himself when he saw the line sometimes go straight and then a tiny bit upwards. But he wasn't going to let his friend die. Not today. Not tomorrow. He was going to save him, he was sure of it.

Thalia forgot about her best friend, but remembered it a few minutes after. Annabeth. Of course she would want to come, even when it was getting really late. Screw it, she thought as she dialed her friend's number.

"Hello?" Annabeth's voice sounded tired and stressed, and Thalia felt a pang of guilt.

"Annabeth it's me, Thalia," Thalia said quickly. "Percy's in the hospital, he had a motorcycle crash."

Thalia heard the phone drop, and Annabeth's dad coming in her room. She heard her distinctively talking, and the phone went off.

"I heard your conversation Thalia, I know a way to get her here without her dad interrupting." Nico said sneakily.

Thalia wasn't really fond of her cousin's ideas. But she knew that Percy needed Annabeth, even though he was unconscious. She sighed as she went on with Nico's idea.

Thalia waited for Nico to call Mr. Chase's number. Then she dialed Annabeth's one.

"Who is this?" Mr. Chase spoke in the phone.

"Hello," Nico said in a weird tone. "You have won a trip to the bathroom-"

"Thalia?" Annabeth guessed.

"Yeah, listen, I'll come get you to the hospital, and then-"

"No it's fine. I'll sneak out. I'll meet you at the front door of the hospital in a few minutes."

What? Thalia thought in a daze. How can Annabeth be here in a few minutes? Her house is at least an hour away.

"I guess he doesn't really need to go to the bathroom," Nico said.

Thalia ignored him. "Nico, do you think Annabeth can get to the hospital in a few minutes from her house?"

"No, she would need a car, or a vehicle. Or she would need to teleport, or run super speed-"

"Forget it."

But Thalia had actually thought about what Nico had said. Annabeth couldn't drive could she? Although she did say something about driving a helicopter at a young age...

Annabeth was the other person worrying. When she got off the phone with Thalia, she had an idea. Her dad always loved to play with those military planes; he could actually have one... No. She would borrow his car and drive to the hospital. She checked the time on her watch. She said she would be there in a few minutes. She wasn't going to be there in an hour. Taking a deep breath, she silently climbed out the window and did a skill roll when she jumped down and landed.

"Crap," was the word Apollo had used a lot today.

Apollo had fixed Percy up as best as he could. But even then, he looked as if he was dead already. He was too pale; he looked as if he had already been lowered in a coffin. He looked at the heart rate monitor again and jumped when he saw the line straight. It went down and up again.

Apollo didn't bother calling in the other doctors. They would just declare Percy dead, and he would be tempted to make the doctors injured for saying that.

"When's Annabeth coming?" Nico asked for the second time.

"She said a few minutes, but I think it'll be at least an hour-" Thalia saw a car parking that looked like Mr. Chase's car. "Never mind."

A door slammed open and shut, and Thalia looked up to see who it was. Annabeth had come in a few minutes after all.

A/N: Sorry for the wait and the POV change at times. Thanks for the support!

Tyson's Best Friend: Maybe I do, but if you don't like it, you don't have to read the story. Unless it was just a question that you wanted to be answered, then continue reading!