WARNING: Percabeth moments
Percy's POV:
After the meeting in the mess hall I had felt angry with myself. I had stormed out and locked myself in my cabin, Annabeth had tried to follow me. She had knocked on my door, I had ignored her. She had slipped a note under the door, I had ignored it. No matter what she did, I had ignored it. I made myself have a shower, water normally calmed me, but not today. I was still angry. So angry I managed to make the sink explode - I would get Leo to fix that later.
I open the door to my cabin, and it came off its hinges - Leo could fix that as well. Annabeth was sat by my door, I ignored her. I went to the end of the corridor and went down stairs to the stables. I did a taxi whistle, and Blackjack appeared in the distance. Within minutes Blackjack was on the ship.
You called for a handsome horse. Doughnuts?
I smiled for the first time since Nico...
"Blackjack could you do a favour for me?"
Anything boss.
"Could you go back to Camp and fetch the Stoll brothers?"
Sure boss, then can I have a doughnut?
Then he was gone with a promise of a doughnut on my back.
I turned round to see Annabeth coming down the stairs.
"Why are you running from me Percy,"
"I think you'll find I walked,"
She put her arm on my shoulder, I pushed it away.
"What really happened?" She asked
I explain everything, including the fact Nico didn't think I cared.
"Oh Percy," her face was centimetres from mine now, I dropped my eye contact "Percy you listen to me, Nico was under pressure, I'm sure he didn't mean it like that."
I walked away from her.
"Percy wait.." She ran up to me a held me back.
"Just leave me alone," she knows better not to disagree with me when I am like this, so she returned on to the top deck of Argo II. I stand there thinking what a rubbish boyfriend I'm being.
Five minutes later I'm trying to find her, but she's not in her cabin or the mess hall.
I knock on Jason's door.
"Jason you seen Annabeth?" I ask
Jason is looking out the window, without turning round he says "I thought she was with you?" The he looks at me, "what happened?"
"You mean with Nico?" I stuttered
"No with you and Annabeth,"
I raised my voice how dare he ask that "Nothing at all, I don't know what your talking about"
"Come on Percy, I know that face" his eyes look concerned
I give him stormy look and and the boat shook. Then I blazed out of his room, right into Leo. Leo looked at me, if to say what the hell, but I carried on back to my room.
I went out on to my balcony, and looked out at the unsettled sea. Their was a Naiad looking up at me like she wanted me to come down to her. I jumped of the balcony and into the sea. I hit the water and followed her downwards.
I love it in the water. I could see the surface but it felt miles away. The Naiad carried on downward till we came to an old temple. Not the ruins of a temple, I mean a preserved temple. I followed her inside. I gasped, it was beautiful, there was beautifully carved statues and a large golden alter.
The is a temple in the city of Atlantis, the city was used by the Gods to punish humans that had gained immortality. The city was almost magical, not really much of a punishment, but more like the fate Calypso has. The Greek philosopher, Plato, wrote about the city. Poseidon was angry with Plato as now lots of people wanted to visit the magical city, he made the sea engulf the city and persevered it under the waves. People have searched for the city but have never found it as they have been looking in the wrong place. Poseidon hid it here off the coast of Funchal. The city also has an entrance to Tartarus. I will leave you to decide. But once you leave this place it will be impossible to find again as Poseidon swore to move it after anybody entered again. It is now or never.
She left in a swirl of bubbles
