Chapter 7
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Annabeth's POV:
Once I'm outside the infirmary Piper gives me a hug.
"Oh Gods Annabeth, you don't even know how worried I've been. And the others. We thought you had died or something!"
Her words came as a bit of a shock. I don't know why but I realized I missed them too. It had only been two days but it felt like a week since I saw them. She was still hugging me, and I hugged her back. She drew away after awhile saying sorry, but I was like ice cold.
"One of the perks of being a vampire I guess." She laughed. Piper McLean you are a strange demigod I think to myself.
I look at her, wondering what she's thinking. She's excited to tell me about this plan, but there is something else. I can tell she is also running through all the memories that we have shared together. Before I know what it is we are back at the luncheon. Pretty much everybody is there.
Piper's POV:
I tell Annabeth that she should come with me. Even through the t-shirt, her skin feels like ice. We both walk out of the infirmary and I giver her a hug.
"Oh Gods Annabeth, you don't even know how worried I've the others. We thought you had died or something!" I say. She looks at me like I'm crazy, but then she hugs me back too. I can tell she missed me. We are like bffs, literally. Ever since we got back from, well, you know, we have had this like connection. Back when we were on the Argo II we would talk and tell each other things that, well only a girl and her best friend should know.
I draw back because her skin is like ice. If I stayed any longer, pretty sure I'd have gotten hypothermia. She looks at me. I can feel something. It's like she's almost reading my thoughts. That's not weird I think. But we are already in the lunch room and we both sit at the table. She doesn't look at me anymore.
I stare back at her. It's like a switch went off. She's still the same Annabeth, but her attitude, her whole personality is bit more...lethal, I guess. I don't know.
"Percy will be here once Will is done patching him up," I say. That makes her tense up. I realize, that she probably doesn't know how to control 'it' yet. It is like me with charm speak when I was first learning how to use it. I know I have a lot of questions that I want to ask her, but I want to ask her in private I guess.
Percy's POV:
I'm still in the infirmary, and Will is a pretty great doctor. In about the span of 10 minutes, I'm already cleared to go. She didn't uhh...drink as much I that's definitely a plus.
"Hey Will see ya later," I say. He waves back.
"Yeah see you for your 2 O'clock healing," he says sarcastically. But I really hope she doesn't bite me again. It wasn't bad, but it felt like I was falling, falling into oblivion. It was like the feeling of falling into...don't even go there I tell myself. That is not allowed.
I walk out of the infirmary with my usual, ambrosia and nectar, and make my way over to the lunchroom. But, out of the corner of my eye, I think I see something. I whip around but it's gone. I'm just about there when *wham* I'm flying backwards. I scream a little. Out of the shock and the pain.
The thing is already on top of me. But I uncap Riptide and plunge the sword into it's stomach. It gets off of me and shrieks in pain. It's a sunny day and while he is screaming I see he has the same necklace on that Annabeth is wearing. I run and rip it off of him. In a second, he is dust.
I'm on my hands and knees, gasping for breathe since that thing kinda knocked every single amount of air from my body. I see somebody crouch beside me. Her worried look means I'm not looking too hot.
I look over and it's Annabeth, but it's the real her. Not the 'other one' but it's the old her. Her look means there's something definitely wrong. I look down at my body and realize I have really big slash marks along my entire body. I don't know why I couldn't feel them during the fight, but I feel them now. Something happens and in a second I'm collapsing, but somebody catches me. I look at her. She is holding me up. She's pretty much my rock right now. I don't what I'd do without her. But we both make our way to the lunchroom while I put some ambrosia and nectar on myself. The cuts are already healing.
Annabeth's POV:
We are about to start discussing when I sense something. My body tenses up and run to the door. Everybody is staring at me cause one second I'm sitting next to Piper, and then the next, I'm at the door.
I see Percy and...the thing that attacked me two nights ago. But it doesn't look quite the same. It looks so much more beastly and grotesque. It is up by the forest but a split second it's on top of Percy. My eyes shift and my canines sharpen as I dart out and get ready to tear it to shreds. But it's too late. Percy ripped something off of the beast and it instantly disintegrated to dust.
I thought Percy was ok, but then he bends over and starts gasping for breathe. I rush over to him and he looks at me. I always get lost in his eyes. But I then notice all the slash marks across his body. He looks down too and I hate myself for not being there for him. He starts to fall and I catch him. He's so light. He's like the weight of a penny. I'm sure in my 'normal' state I'd have to have some help from Jason, but now I can help him myself. It's a good thing he has some medicine from Will. He puts the stuff on and instantly the cuts start to heal.
We both walk into the lunchroom and sit down next to each other.
"Annabeth," Percy says, "can you tell us what's going on?"
All eyes went to me. I suppose the first step in formulating a plan is to lay all the cards on the table first. And if that doesn't work, Piper is always a good guide.
I take a deep breathe and start to explain, or try to.
End of Chapter 7
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