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Alright… Chapter 6!

Chapter 6

Percy's P.O.V.

She was standing so close to me.. so close that I could smell her fragrance of lilies and jasmine… or it could be her perfume…

Well, that electrifying moment was over and it was replaced by a atmosphere of chaos and destruction.

The ground was shaking now. I held Annabeth close, even though I felt my cheeks turn tomato red.

I was kind of thankful that she was unconscious.

I was smart enough to know that this was an earthquake. I also knew that it wasn't safe to stay up here.

The ground was really violent now; it wasn't just the noise but also the cracks that were starting to form on the tile floor. Adrenaline rushed through me as I stood from my crouched position and ran down the stairs, carrying Annabeth bridal style with me.

As soon as I placed my foot on the ground floor, Annabeth screamed and tumbled out of my hands onto the floor.

"What the..the hell?" She said breathlessly.

She glared at me

"Were you carrying me?"
I shrugged

"Well duh, was I supposed to drag you down the steps?
Her eyes were wild now, taking in the entire situation

People were screaming and were trying to bustle out of the building.

The model planets had fallen down.. on someone.

Oh no.

I ignored Annabeth as I rushed to help the poor person stuck underneath the model of mars.

Annabeth stood on my side, helping me push the model off of the person, clearly a girl.

After great effort, we got the model off of the person.

Annabeth wailed.

"SILENA!"

She crouched down, sobbing on the lifeless, bloody teenager.

She quickly stood up, tears streaming down her face.

I immediately dragged Silena out of her own pool of blood.

I knelt down and felt her pulse.

I let out a sigh of relief.

"She's alive."

She was alive, but barely being able to hand onto her life.

I carried Silena out of the now empty planetarium, with Annabeth following behind me, sniffing softly.

Couldn't she just help a bit?
Well, it didn't matter anyway; I could carry Silena just fine.

Outside of the destroyed planetarium were a few ambulances and several mobs of people, including the entire 10th grade of our school.

Several girls rushed to help Silena, most of them crying.

I left Silena with the girls who were now dragging her to an ambulance.

I sat on the ledge of a fountain, water splashing onto my back.

It was relieving… until I saw Annabeth.

Her face had streams of black running from her eyes. Ugh… her and her stupid mascara… or whatever makeup product caused black tears.

"Th-there were 4 casualitites… Octavian, a 5 year old kid, some woman and another person from 10th."
I stared at my shoes, wanting to hurl at the sight of blood on my shoes.

"I-I have nothing to say."

Her eyebrows shot up, although she was still shaken, her eyes lit up with a strange curiosity.\

"Did you hear that snap? That could only have been caused by some blade.. and… and…"

I stared at her.

"When the famous, popular Annabeth become Annabeth the nerd?"

She blushed and giving me a nasty glare, turned away to go to Drew, leaving me alone.

The only feeling I knew the most.

Finally, after half an hour or so, the teachers herded all of us students back to the buses, two presences missing.

I took a seat purposely far from Annabeth.

The air was filled with muffled sobs and soft murmurs about death.

Before I knew it, the engine of the bus and the quiet whispers lulled me to sleep.

I was awoken by the sudden jolt of the bus.

I drowsily stood up, nearly tripped over myself once and took off from the bus.

I had been trying to block all of the negative thoughts and whispers in my mind that could send me crashing down into a bottomless pit of despair.

Rachel's boyfriend was dead, a five year old, who had a whole life to live was dead.

All because of an earthquake.

The mood of the class was dim as everyone collected their backpacks and coats and headed out of school.

Rachel rushed off without saying a word to me.

But I could easily tell she needed no words of encouragement. She was strong, and I trusted that she could handle herself.

Annabeth gave me a wry glance as she passed me.

I didn't know what that meant.

I decided to walk back home… which was a ridiculously bad choice.

Luke and Beckendorf were standing a few feet away from me, their backs facing me.

They didn't notice me at first but just as I was about to slip away, Luke grabbed my arm and tugged me close.

I resisted at first, but realizing he wasn't going to hit me I let myself be dragged into their converstation.

I didn't know why but I felt strange, like moments before a person confesses something.

"Why did you drag Percy here?" Beckendorf rumbled.

I was surprised that he remembered my name.

"Ah.. he's going to help us." Luke sneered.

"I'm not going to help you in anything." I growled.

"Oh… but you are…" Luke whispered in my ear.

Suddenly, something hit my head, and everything went dark.

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