Percy Jackson-SECRETS 8

Percy Jackson- SECRETS- Chap. 8

                             Annabeth:
            Ok, it was really hard to describe how I felt right now. My entire body felt perfectly normal, like it would any other day. But my head felt like its insides had gone through a avalanche, covered in lava, then frozen, and put into a blender. It was so weird! I didn't know what was going on and i'm pretty sure I was crying.
            The weird thing was, if this counted as a headache it would be the opposite of normal. Normal headaches are when your head really hurts, and you go to sleep and it's all better. No. My "headache" kept me fully awake and in pain; thats not even the worst part! My mind wasn't just blank nothingness and pain. I had to sit and watch random facts fly through my head! ....I guess there is nothing I can do but wait. So, I waited.
            I waited, and waited. I wish these facts would tell me what time it was. Somewhere outside my little world of pain I heard someone's voice.
            "She's coming to." The mystery voice said.
            "How do you know?" Another chimed in.
            "Who's my dad?" The voice said.
            "Shut up, Lee." The other said, sounding a little mad. Wait. Lee, as in Lee Fletcher? He died years ago..didn't he?
            "Who's my dad?" Yep, that was defenitely Lee..but how?! I watched his shroud go up in flames! "Who's my dad?" Lee taunted. Well, Apollo of course. While I was listening to there conversation I started to hear some commotion.
            "No, Zoe, come on. I was just trying to annoy you! There's no need to--" Lee was cutt off by a noise that sounded a lot like a kick to the stomach. "Oh mother, someone please help me. Ow, my nuts." And with that there was a thump on the floor, which was probably Lee falling on the floor. Oh, correction a kick to the nuts. I laughed, all though that only caused me more pain.
            "See! I made her laugh." Lee said, obviously struggling to get into a sitting position.
            "And that probably just put her in more pain you immature bafoon." Zoe said. Wait, Zoe?! Oh yeah! Lee said her name before! But isn't she supposed to be dead to? Uh! I cant stand not knowing! I suddenly noticed that the pain was receeding from my skull. The facts started to sort out, faster and faster before my eyes, but it didn't hurt anymore. I tried opening my eyes, the light stung a little and the first thing I saw was a pair of sea-green eyes.
            "Percy."

                              Percy:
            "Percy." The voice rang in my ears. I saw the last tear slide down Annabeths face and wiped it away.
            "Yea, Annabeth, its me." I said. I watched her struggle to sit up, and tried to help her, but then Zoe interupted.
            "No! You must lie down!" Zoe said, and slapped my hand away. "Dont touch her, Percy."
             "You do understand she is my girlfriend, right?" I said.
             "Yes, she is your girlfriend. A girl who is a friend." She said. Annabeth giggled, but it sounded rough and scratchy, like she had just been through a bad cold and couldnt speak.
             "Still hate men, I see." Annabeth said to Zoe, but it was barely a whisper.
             "Annabeth, not you to!" Thalia said, coming up next to her bed and burying her face in the blankets. Her back rose and fell, like she was trying not to cry, but at the same time hiding it.

              Okay, right now I'm going to help you catch up. You see its been about five or six hours that Annabeth has been in this sort of comma thing. And, trust me, those hours were the longest of my life. After Thalia had seen Annabeth for the first time it had been about four hours since then, and no one had made a sound. We had all waited in silence for Annabeth to wake up, and now here we are.

               "Thalia, dont cry." Annabeth said, stroking Thalia's hair as she buried her face deeper in the covers. "It's not your fault." Thalia lifted her head, her face looked damp.
               "Good thing you have water-proof mascara." Kate said, entering the room, and everyone chuckled.
               "Please let me sit up, Zoe." Annabeth said. "Pleaseeee?" Annabeth gave Zoe the puppy dog face. I would have crumbled at that face. I almost actually did, but of course Zoe wouldnt have it.
               "No." Zoe declared.
               "Not fair." Annabeth crossed her arms and kicked the covers. Which looked very funny, because she was sort of half-sitting with two pillows behind her so it made her look all scrunched up.
               "Dont be such a child." Zoe reprimanded.
               "Please?" Annabeth made the puppy dog face again.
               "No."
               "Please?"
               "No."
               "I want to sit up!"
               "No."
               "Please?! I want to sit up!"
               "No."
               "Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please, Zoe. Please!?"
               "No!"
               "Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!?"
               "Ahhh! Fine!" Zoe surrendered.
               "Yes!" Annabeth said, sitting up and obvoiusly feeling victorius. Thalia sat on the bed and hugged Annabeth. Now, Annabeth started to fire questions like a Gatling gun.
               "So, why are we all here? Why did we run away from our parents? Why are Zoe and Lee alive? Not to be offensive, because i'm happy you guys never really died, but I just want to know. Oh, and why was my head hurting like it was being burned in a pit of fire? And why were random facts flying through my head? Am I asking to many questions?" We all just stared, same old Annabeth. She cant stand not knowing.
               Thalia started to explain everything to Annabeth. When she was finished...well I'll let you see how the conversation went.
               "We what!?" Annabeth screamed.
               "We are gettting our parents powers transferred to us." Thalia said.
               "And?!" Annabeth screamed, again.
               "If we dont get rid of it soon our parents are going to kill us." Lee answered.
               "But, can't we get rid of it!?" Annabeth screamed. Zoe slapped her on the head.
               "Stop screaming, you're going to get another headache."
               "Fine," Annabeth said. "But why can't we just get rid of it?"
               "We dont know how to." Katie said "Where's Jess?"
               "Still upstairs." Nico said, finally speaking up. He'd been really quiet, he gets like that sometimes.
               "Come on Nico, don't get all emo on us. Everyone's fine now." I said to him.
               "No, were not. We don't figure this out soon, we're all going to die. All of us." He said.
               "When you say all of us?" Luke asked. I'd just realized he was in the room.
               "I mean all of us, Speedy. The Olympians and us." Nico answered.
               "Don't call me, Speedy." Luke said, annoyed.
               "Is that possible?" Zoe asked.
               "I dont know, but I can see all our deaths, and it 'aint pretty." Nico said darkly. The look he made when he talked about our deaths. Lets just say it wasn't a very happy look, more like the exact opposite of happy, but ten times more evil.
               "Well, whatever, lets talk about this tommorow." Kate said. standing up. "It's almost time for dinner, and we still haven't started cooking."
               "Just order pizza." Lee sugested, sarcastically.
               "Yes of course, and how are they supposed to get it here!" Kate said. Everyone started to file out of the room, and Zoe went to help Annabeth off the bed, but I cut in.
               "I can help her." I said. Zoe looked at me for a second, and I thought I was going to get a good kick like Lee's, but instead she smiled and walked out of the room. I stared at the doorway, open-mouthed and shocked.
               "Zoe hasnt changed much has she." Annabeth said.
               "Yeah, she sure hasn't." I looked at her. "Still trying to figure it out?" Annabeth blushed.
               "Yes." She answered.
               "Well, take a break. Your head works to much." I laughed.
               "I can't, there's nothing to take my mind off things." Annabeth said, pulling me on top of her.
               "Really? How about this." I kissed her gently, and then moved my lips down her neck and along her collar bone.
               "Yeah, this works." She said, and used her hand to guide my mouth back to her's.
               "You two better get out of there. Now!" Zoe screamed, and we both laughed.
                      
                                Annabeth:
               Percy and I had just finished laughing, when someone yelled.
               "Let them be Zoe! You're so boring!" Who is that? She sounded really familiar.
               "Who is that?" I asked.
               "I think you know." Percy, said getting up and offering me his hand. I took it, and got up off the bed. Whoa, head rush. Percy helped steady me.
               "Shut up you preppy cheerleader!" Zoe yelled.
               "I'm not preppy!" That mystery someone yelled back. No, it couldnt be. Percy smiled at me, seeing the look of confusion on my face.
               "No..." I said.
               "You'll just have to see for yourself." He said. I smiled, and ran out of the room as best I could. It couldn't be, could it. I ran into a room that looked sorta like a family room, and came face-to-face with a certain Daugher of Aphrodite.