Chapter 6

I arrive home to a scary sight

Okay, so here's Chapter 6, I would like to thank all you reviewers and a special thanks to zexydemyx66 for being a great beta.

That's it really, I should be able to update quite soon, I did volunteer at this festival thing this weekend but other than that I'm completely free, so the next update should arrive soon.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Supernatural.

Annabeth's POV

Tomorrow is Monday, but Sam and Dean haven't left yet.

I thought maybe we could get a head start on them. It's 8:23, it would probably be better if we left before they did.

I proposed this idea to Nico and he agreed. So we packed up the tiny amount of stuff we had, secured it to Nico's motorcycle then drove off.

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We arrived at the apartment building to see ambulances and police cars. Nico parked his bike and got off, I followed. With I shock I saw Percy sitting in the back of one of the ambulance's. Jessica was with him.

I rushed over "Percy! Jess! What happened?" I asked frantically. I noticed Jess was crying, Percy was comforting her.

Percy bit his lip and shifted uncomfortably.

I sat down next to him and whispered, "Talk later?" He nodded. I walked over to sit next to Jessica; I wrapped an arm around her shoulders. At that point, I noticed a bandage wrapped around Jessica's stomach. It looked like someone with professional care did it.

"Where... Is Sam...?" Jessica whispered.

"He'll be here soon," I promised.

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It was another hour until the unmistakably Chevrolet Impala drove up and parked.

Sam got out first, a look of confusion on his face, but then when he spotted us that look changed to horror. He ran over to us.

"Jess!" He whisper-shouted I moved over so he could sit beside her. She sobbed even more as Sam held her in his arms.

I moved over and pulled on Percy's arm, a gesture meaning, 'come on, let's leave them be.' Percy nodded and got up.

As we walked away, I glanced back to Jessica's body shaking as Sam cradled her in his arms.

We stopped at the fence to observe the scene. As we watched, I noticed someone walking up to us.

I turned and surprise, surprise, it was Dean. "Uh what's going on here?" He asked.

I sighed, "Honestly, I don't know," I said. Percy stayed silent. Dean came up and leaned on the fence beside me. Slowly, he moved his arm so it was sitting on the fence behind me, the universal gesture of saying, 'hey Baby.'

"So, maybe we should go figure it out," Dean said. Percy growled.

I held up my hand that had my engagement ring on it and said, "I'm engaged." Dean moved his arm and shifted uncomfortably.

"I know what happened," Percy said suddenly.

We turned to him. "I was watching TV when I heard a scream, so I ran into her apartment, and I saw that she was pinned to the ceiling... Bleeding from her belly. So I just got onto the bed and pulled her down, but it was a lot harder than you may think." We stared at him.

"That's... It should be impossible," I said.

"You'll be amazed about some of the things that are out there," Dean said. He sounded like he recognized the fact that Jessica was on the ceiling.

"Like Demons, spirits, were-wolves, vampires, tricksters and shape-shifters?" I asked.

Dean looked at me, shocked, then asked, "How do you know that?" he asked, the tone in his voice said he thought he already knew.

"I know things Dean," I said "Winchester." I added as an afterthought.

"Uh... You're a hunter?"

Pausing, I asked, "Hunter?"

Dean also paused, then said, "Ah, never mind. How do you know me?"

"Well, I know who Sam is, and you'll be surprised how much you can figure out if you know what to say."

"Like what?"

I chuckled to myself, "Like, please."

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Sam's POV

I sat with Jessica on our couch, comforting her. I had skipped the interview. I couldn't leave Jess alone for too long.

"What was that?" She asked finally. I paused. Someone knocked on the door.

"Hold that thought," I muttered. I walked to the door and opened it.

I saw Nico standing there, "I need to talk to you," he said and pulled me out into the hallway.

"Okay, Sam look, you can't hide this from Jess any longer. You have to tell her the truth about your family and about yourself," Nico said.

"Like hunting?"

"Yes, and what's in your blood." I stared at him.

"Oh, I guess you don't know," Nico muttered.

"What don't I know?"

Nico paused, "Okay, 22 years ago, your mom died in a fire, by a demon. Have you ever wondered what it was doing in your nursery?"

"Uh..."

"I'll take that as a no." I nodded.

"Okay, it was feeding you, its own blood."

"What now?"

"It was bleeding into your mouth, feeding you demon blood!"

"That's um... Hard to believe."

"Yeah, I didn't know at first either. But Thantos told me."

"Thantos?"

"Yeah, you would call him the grim reaper." Nico looked a little pissed that I didn't know everything.

"The grim reaper...?"

"Yes. Now, you need to go back and tell Jess about this. She saw him, like Azazel, or the Yellow eyed demon, the one that killed your mom."

"Azazel?"

"Yes, now go tell her." Nico opened the door again, I was about to protest but Nico smirked and disappeared into the almost on existent shadows of the hallway.

"Sam?" Jess started. She stood up and walked over to me.

"Jess," I glanced back, but Nico was still gone.

"I need to tell you something," I started, still glancing back at the doorway. Jess sat down and I did too. I started with my mom's death, and as I explained the hunting thing, Jess looked at me with horror. And when I told her about the demon blood inside of me was when she cracked. She stood up and stared at me with terror "get away from me!" She screamed.

I stood up "Jess..." I started.

But she recoiled. "Don't touch me!" She yelled and ran to the door.

"Jess wait!" I called and ran towards her.

"Sam! I said don't touch me you, you FREAK!" She screamed and ran out the door.

"No, Jess WAIT!" I yelled but stopped at the doorway. I should've seen this coming. Jess disappeared at the end of the hallway.

"I'm so sorry," I whispered then closed the door.

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Jessica's POV

I ran through the grass away from the apartment building. I couldn't believe it. Sam said the blood of the... The THING that attacked me was inside of him, I don't know if I should believe that. But he could become like that creature. I have nowhere to go. So I just sat down on a bench and stared at the world in front of me.

A boy in his early 20s probably was walking up to me, I couldn't see who it was fully, but it looked like Sam.

I stood up "Sam, I told you to get away from me," I said sternly, I was done running. I wasn't a coward.

The man came close to me and I realized that it wasn't Sam.

"Oh sorr-" I started but the man held up a finger over his lips. He walked up to me, and smiled. His eyes were yellow. I couldn't move, like something was holding me in place.

"Hello again, Jessica," he whispered. I tried to scream but my voice was gone.

"Something is wrong here," the creature continued. "It's just, you shouldn't have survived that. Another force is at work, and I will crush it," he grinned as if he were proud of himself. "Sam will take the bait. He will risk his life to save you, and he will take his friends with him." He smiled again and grabbed my arm, but just before we disappeared, I found my voice.

"SAM!" I screamed, and then darkness greeted me.

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Annabeth's POV

Sam locked his door and didn't answer when I knocked, I'm not sure what happened, but he's sad about something. Hell, he's depressed about something.

"Sam?" I called again I knocked on his door again.

"Sam?!" I breathed in and out.

"Look, Sam whatever you're doing in there, just tell me you're not OBSESSING over some... Whatever!"

I paused "Sam!" I yelled again. I leaned my head against his door.

"Can you please open the door?" I whispered. I jumped as someone touched my shoulder.

"Whoa!" I said. It was Dean he looked at me curiously.

"Your brother is STUBBORN!" I said to him.

He laughed, "Yeah, you just figured that out now?" He asked.

Dean knocked on the door and called "SAMMY!? Whatever you're doing in there, just suck it up and get your lazy ass out here!"

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Sam swallowed "No," he said simply and closed the door.

"Oookay" I muttered, "Maybe we should just leave him alone?"

Dean shrugged, "Where should I go? I'm not going to sleep in the Impala," he said.

I paused. "You can sleep in my apartment, if you're okay with the couch," I suggested.

"Hm, why not," Dean said. I smiled and opened the door to my apartment.

"Ladies first," I said jokingly.

Dean laughed. "Age before beauty." I stopped smiling.

"What?" Dean asked.

"I am WAY prettier than you," I said and sashayed into my apartment.

Dean paused. "Uh..."

"Come on! I'm just kidding! I mean, it's true but... Ah never mind!" I said. Dean cleared his throat and entered the apartment.

Nico was eating a happy meal on the couch watching the walking dead. He glanced up when we came in and nodded at us.

"Hi," Dean said. Nico just ignored him.

"Okay," Dean muttered.

I lowered my voice. "Don't mind him, he's very anti-social," I said.

Dean nodded. "I noticed." He walked over and sat down next to Nico, or on the other end of the couch.

He shifted uncomfortably and removed something from underneath the couch cushion. He stared at it. I realized that it was a leg bone.

Nico glanced over at it, his eyes widened. He snatched the bone from Dean's hands and shoved it in his happy meal box. Dean stared at him.

"Are you trying to burn a hole in my head by staring at it?" Nico asked suddenly.

Dean hesitated. "Uh no," he said.

"Okay, then stop staring. So there's a bone in our couch, big deal," Nico muttered. I stood by and watched for another couple seconds then I walked into my bedroom and fetched my laptop. I returned and sat down on the chair beside the couch.

I continued my research for coming tests and other things. Nico's phone rang, and he answered.

"Hello?" He paused, listening.

"Yeah. I guess that's smart." He listened for a couple more seconds.

"I can't he's dípla mou, ston kanapé," I looked at him in question, curious for the random switch to Greek. He had said, 'I can't, he's right beside me on the couch.' Maybe he was referring to Dean, and doesn't want him to know.

"Delta, epsilon, alpha, nu," Nico said. Dean looked at him confused. That's funny; he just spelled out 'Dean' in Greek. Maybe he's talking to Hades and he didn't Iris message him just in case a mortal was with him, and then Hades asked him who it was.

"Nope, you know how he is, you know... Off his rocker," Nico continued He paused.

"No! I don't have TIME for that. Sorry, but I think you might've forgotten that... I WENT TO COLLEGE!" I tried to hear what the person on the other end was saying, it sounded like "do both then."

"I can't do that."

"Yeah, but you're a theós!" 'But you're a god,' is what he said. So yeah, he's probably talking to Hades. Hades was probably saying to go kill blood children.

"I'll try," he muttered. Nico listened some more.

"Whatever. 'Kay bye." Nico hung up.

"Who was that?" Dean asked instantly.

"My dad," Nico replied.

"Okay, he forgot you went to college?"

"He's not exactly the most, um... He doesn't really pay attention to me." An awkward silence drifted around the room.

"He calls every month, but that's pretty much it," Nico finished. Dean nodded slowly. Percy opened the door and nodded at us. He walked over and sat down in the middle of Dean and Nico.

"What are you doing here?" He asked Dean.

"I have nowhere to go, and I don't want to sleep in the Impala," Dean replied. Percy nodded slowly. Then he got up and went to the kitchen.

He stuck his head back in the room and said, "Okay, who bought tuna?"

Nico smiled "I did," he said.

"Nico..." Percy moaned, "You know I don't like..." His voice trailed off. I was quickly moving my hand back and forth over my neck, the gesture of saying, 'STOP! STOOOOP!'

Percy smiled "I don't like tuna" he concluded and went back to the kitchen he returned a bit later, with a jar of peanut butter and a spoon. No one asked any questions, for our own sake.

I heard something from the bedroom, it sounded like an owl hooting. I looked around, but I don't think anyone else heard it, so I got off the chair and walked into the bedroom. Athena was standing there.

I gasped, but I didn't yell. I just quietly whispered, "Mom?"

She nodded. "Annabeth, you must find Jessica." she whispered.

"Jessica? Find her? What?"

She put a finger to her lips "Jessica has been attacked by the Demon, and she's been captured. It's a trap for Sam and you children. The demon, Azazel, knows something is wrong here, but he doesn't know you are half-bloods, you must save her. You must host a rescue mission."

"But...? Where is..." My voice trailed off.

I stood tall. "Yes mother" I said. Athena smiled and disappeared. I returned and exited the apartment.

I knocked on Sam's door, "Sam, I know you're sad, about Jessica, but... She's in trouble and... W-we need to save her," I said.

Sam opened the door. "What?" He said.

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We gathered in our apartment, everyone was looking at me.

"So... How do you know?" Sam asked.

"Um, I... I saw it. I didn't think it was anything really, but then I noticed the yellow eyes... And... Um, yeah," I replied slowly. Sam shifted uncomfortably.

"Sam," Dean started "I- I'll help you save Jess- I mean, if she is... If Annabeth is really serious. But Dad is-"

"Stop it with Dad!" Sam yelled, a small tear glistened on his cheek and Dean stopped. "oh, uh okay" he said slowly.

"nomízo óti tha prépei na gnorízoun... Gia to théma ímitheus" Percy said to me. I nodded.

"It would be PRETTY hard to hold this rescue mission if they don't," I said.

"What did you say?" Dean asked.

"He said, 'I think they should know about us, about the demigod thing'," Nico muttered.

Sam looked up at this, "Nico... I thought..."

"I lied," Nico said flatly.

"Yeah, um, we know that Nico is the son of Hades," Percy said.

"Who?" Dean asked.

"Okay, so you know, those Greek myths? Like Hercules and Jason?"

"Uh yeah."

"Well, the Greek gods, like Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, and Athena, well, they exist," I said.

Dean chuckled. "Nice," he said.

"They're telling the truth," Sam mumbled.

"What?"

"Yes, the Greek gods exist, and sometimes they have kids, with a mortal... Called demigods, or half-bloods," I continued.

Dean turned to Sam "You really believe this?" He asked.

Sam breathed in and nodded. "It took me a while to get used to, but it's the truth," he said.

"This can't be true, I mean I know the gods are true, but kids? No," Dean said finally. Nico stood up he held out his hand and a shadowy sword shimmered and appeared in his hand.

He showed it to Dean, who was staring at him, shocked, "Do you believe me, now? Or should I raise Odysseus?" He asked.

"Wha...? How...?" Dean gasped.

"Nico is the son of Hades, the god of the dead, lord of the underworld. I'm the daughter of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and battle, while Percy is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea." I said. Dean stared at us.

"Do I have to demonstrate?" Percy asked. Dean stared at us.

"Dean, I know it's hard to believe, but it's real. It's all real," Sam said. Dean breathed in and turned to Nico who had put his sword away.

"Is hell really that bad?" He asked, "If you're the son of, whatever, then you should know."

Nico paused. "Uh, do you mean Tartarus or the Fields of Punishment?" He asked. Dean looked confused.

"In Greek myths, the underworld had 5 different places. There are the fields of asphodel, that's just like, after life, you know... Endless fields of daisies. Then, there's Elysium, which is just like, well, like heaven I guess. After that, there are the fields of punishment, which is kind of self-explanatory. And lastly, there's Tartarus, which is the deepest, darkest, deadliest part of the underworld," I explained.

"You say that like you've been to Tartarus," Sam said. Percy, Nico and I each had been to Tartarus, but we didn't really want to tell two strangers that.

"So, are we going to save Jessica or not?" I interrupted.

Sam stood up. "I thought that only one of my neighbors was a demigod, but I guess all of them are." He paused. "Right now, I just want to get Jessica back," he said.

Dean stood up too, "This might take a while to fully understand, but... Let's go help my little brother's girl." Sam looked at us as we all stood up.

"Thank you," he said.

I nodded "if there's anyone who can help, it's us."

Percy grinned wildly. "Yeah, we saved the world, twice," he continued grinning, he was just so proud of himself.

TBC...