yay second chapter :) well i dont want to make anybody who was waiting for this to wait any long so on with the story ^^

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The Earth's Possession

Chapter 2: Telling the Others

PERCY

Percy woke up in a cold sweat. For a minute, he couldn't remember what he had dreamed about. Then he thought, Nico. He quickly brushed his teeth and put on some new clothes and ran out to the kitchen. There he found everyone else already eating. Everyone looked up at him. Annabeth must've seen his expression because she asked,

"What happened, Percy? Did you have a dream?" Percy nodded grimly. Annabeth pursed her lips. "Was it about Nico?" Again, Percy nodded. Instantly, Hazel looked more alert.

"What happened to him? Is he ok?" Percy didn't want to be the one to tell Hazel the bad news but it wasn't like he could count on somebody else to do it for him, now could he? So, reluctantly, he shared his dream with the others. At the end, Hazel started crying. Frank tried to comfort her.

"Hey, it's ok. I've seen Nico around at camp. He's really strong, even without his sword... or demigod powers..." Frnak stuttered. Leo raised his eyebrows.

"But wouldn't that just make him a normal mortal?" he asked, oblivious to the damage he was causing. Hazel bawled some more and ran out of the room. Piper glared at him. Leo seemed to realise what he had just done. Frank awkwardly stood up.

"I'll go talk to her..." he said.

"No," Annabeth said. "She just needs time. She'll come back when she's ready. But, Leo? That was really uncalled for." Jason and Piper nodded. Percy just looked sympathetic. He knew the embarrassment of saying something that just made things worse. Annabeth could tell you ALL about it. He looked in the direction Hazel had run off to. Percy wondered if she was ok. Piper looked around. "Where did Leo go?"

HAZEL

Hazel felt stupid. Why did she run out like that? She brushed away fresh tears as she walked down the hallway. She felt a hand on her wrist. She whirled around ready to punch whoever it was when her fist was caught. Leo smiled.

"Easy. I'm not a bad guy." He grinned his mischievous grin. Hazel stood there, dumbfounded. It was shocking how much he looked like Sammy. Leo's grin faded into a caring smile. He gently brushed away the tears on her face.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking when I said that. But you know what? It's ok," he said, while pulling her into a hug," We're going to rescue your brother. He'll be fine." Once again, Hazel stood there dumbfounded. Deep down, she felt giddy that Leo was here hugging her but at the same time, she felt guilty for feeling that way because she was dating Frank. When Leo pulled away, she felt sad and happy at the same time. He held out his hand and smiled.

"Come on. The others are waiting for us." Hazel wiped away the rest of her tears and took his hand.

FRANK

Frank was pretty surprised and angry when Leo walked in, hand-in-hand with Hazel. His fists clenched. Hazel was his girlfriend, not Leo's. Even though he knew this, he couldn't help but shake in anger. He would never admit it, but he felt threatened by Leo. He had seen the way Hazel looked at him when the scroll as first sent to Camp Jupiter. He didn't like it at all. Now, seeing them walk in, hand-in-hand like a couple, Frank felt as if his worst fears had just come true.

"Frank? Are you ok? You randomly transformed into a rabbit," Jason asked. Frank looked at himself. Sure enough, he was a white fluffy rabbit. He silently cursed in rabbit and willed himself to change back. He sat back down in his seat and everyone raised their eyebrows at him while he just blushed.

"Anyways... as we were saying before you guys got back, we were talking about how we were going to help Nico," Percy explained as Leo and Hazel took their seats. Frank nodded. He looked to Percy and asked,

"Do you know where he is?" Percy looked a little pained but answered anyways.

"I know that he's in Rome somewhere, near the Pantheon. I think it's somewhere to the west of it." Annabeth nodded. Frank looked over at her. She looked a little tense and scared whenever Rome was mentioned, but he thought it was just pre-battle jitters so he never asked her about it.

ANNABETH

Annabeth was terrified. She knew that rescuing Nico was important, but she also knew about her own little quest that she had to do for her mother. That woman that she saw looking at the bus map WASN'T her mom. She was going to make sure of that. But, she couldn't help but feel like she was way in over her head. No child of Athena had EVER succeeded in doing whatever it was that Athena wanted so how was she expected to? She unconsciously put her hand in her pocket, where she kept the silver coin. She took a deep breath.

"The prophecy says 'Twins snuff out the angel's breath, that holds the key to endless death'. Is it safe to assume that Nico found the Doors of Death then?" She looked around the room. Hazel was squirming uncomfortably in her seat. Both Frank and Leo were looking at her worriedly. She rolled her eyes. Get a room guys! she thought. Then she realized how wrong that sounded and regretted ever thinking that. Percy looked like he was deep in thought which was unlike him. She raised an eyebrow and looked over at Jason and Piper. Jason looked like he was uncomfortable around Percy, which she could understand with him being the son of Jupiter. Piper looked like she understood this and talked to him, trying to distract him from the son of Poseidon.

She looked at everyone and remembered that she had never told them about the visit with her mom. She looked at each crew member and made sure that she had their attention before she said,

"Guys... there's something I need to tell you about." However, she never got a chance to finish that thought because just then, an explosion was heard from the main deck.

yay cliffy :) so thats the next chapter for anyone who's reading this :) yeah the reason it came out so fast was cuz i had already written it before :P so sorry but expect slower updates from now on. especially since school is coming back. see you all in chapter 3 hopefully :)