[ANNABETH]
Annabeth had never hated mortals more. Specifically, one group of mortals.
It was 10 in the morning, and Annabeth was practicing Archery with Chiron. Percy was next to her, trying hard but almost constantly missing, along with Katie and Will. Butch and Jason was meant to be here, but a few days ago Butch went missing, and Jason and Leo were tasked to look for him around camp. Everyone was worried, because Butch was nice and friendly to everyone, despite the teases and jokes he gets from his mum being Iris, and they didn't want to lose him.
"Percy, are you even concentrating?" Chiron said, smiling slightly.
"I am! Just that it's so hard to pull this string!" Percy complained.
"No one but you is having any trouble."
"Yeah but'--!"
Boom!
Percy was interrupted by the arrival of a helicopter and a huge blast that started a fire among the cabins. They all dropped our bows and ran towards the disruption. There were campers with buckets of water already, and they were trying to douse the fire. Percy ran to the lake and made the water into a wave, before crashing it over the cabins and soaking campers. The fire was out in seconds, but apparently the danger was not. Annabeth looked at the helicopter, and she saw a woman and a man with a gun standing at the door.
"Hello Camp Half-Blood!" The woman cried, face alight with glee."Assemble here!" They all hurried over to it, which was hovering over Thalia's Pine Tree. Soon all of the camp members were there, looking worried and tense. "You must all know about a missing camper? Butch? And you must be wondering how a mere mortal can see you and your camp. Let me explain."
Percy walked up next to her, gripping her hand. "I think she threw that bomb." He murmured. Annabeth nodded, grim.
"I managed to capture him, and give him this new mix of Truth serum we've made. We got so much information from him about this camp and the Greek gods! It was amazing, as if opening up a whole new subject in which we can explore. We scientists, or white-coats, whichever, wanted to do some tests and see how different you are from the average mortal.
Sadly, this Truth serum has poison in it, so it's like you tell the truth then die. Therefore little Butch died painfully. But no matter, he was only a son of Iris, a minor goddess." There were angry yells and muttering when she mentioned Butch's sad death. Annabeth was one of them, and she was furious at how indifferent she was to it.
"The good news, for us anyway, is that this camp have more children that have more important parents." She said, steadily ignoring our increasing shouts of anger. She yelled something else, but by now no one was listening. The lady leaned in to the man, whispering something coldly. He nodded, aimed his gun, and shot…
"No!" Annabeth yelled and started running a second before he pulled the trigger. The bullet went into Chiron's back leg, and he collapsed, shocked and pained. She was next to him in seconds, trying to help him up. "Will! Go get some bandages and medicine!" He nodded and ran off. Percy was on the other side of Chiron, helping Annabeth to get Chiron seated in a more comfortable position.
"I don't like to be ignored or yelled over." The lady said, her eyes glinting coldly, almost an exact replica of Khione's, if Piper, Leo and Jason had described correctly. "Oh yes, I forgot to mention. I'm Anne Walker, the boss of the new School we've made. Now, you all just listen quietly, or else your teacher Chiron will be leaving this earth for good. And before you make some plan to attack the gunman first then me, do remember that there are hidden guns that will blast you all and your camp into smithereens.
Anyway, all I request is that I have all five of the Big Three's children assembled up here." Anne looked at all the campers. "Don't pretend you have none, because Butch is most likely telling the truth and I just saw a child of Poseidon dousing the flames. Do hurry in coming up here. I'll give you ten seconds. For the next second afterwards, someone dies."
Percy moved forward, but Annabeth held him back. She didn't want to lose him again, and who knows what Anne might do to him? What-what if it's torture? The last time he went missing was bad enough. But she might lose him forever, and she didn't do anything about it. She won't be able to stand that. "Please," Annabeth said, looking at Percy, begging. "Don't leave me."
"I...I don't know about that...Annabeth..." He came over and hugged her tightly, before giving her a kiss and moving forwards. Jason was also moving there, and Hazel was waiting for them. Oh, there's Nico, Annabeth thought, and she started to worry. They came up to the front because they cared for everyone and didn't want anyone hurt. She knew Nico also wouldn't want that, wouldn't he? But in the past, people had treated him not that nicely and he shunned everyone. What if he didn't go up to the front? Would people really die? When Nico finally appeared from the crowd, she almost sighed in relief.
"This is only four!" Anne noted. Wow, you can count, Annabeth thought, her relief gone, replaced by anger.
"My sister is away." Jason replied flatly.
Anne sighed. "No matter. We can only have three anyway. Names and parents?"
"Jason, Jupiter."
"Hazel, Pluto."
"Nico, Hades."
"Percy, Poseidon."
"A mix of Greek and Roman? That's sad. I wanted either a full set of all Greeks or all Romans." She studied the set out more carefully, before laughing. "Jason, is your sister Greek?" He nodded. "Oh, what coincidence! A daughter of Zeus and son of Jupiter, a son of Hades and daughter of Pluto, and how about you Percy? Any sisters from Neptune to finish off?"
"No, no sisters."
"Ah sad. If you did have one, then the Big Three, Greek or Roman, would have a child residing here. No matter. Everyone, listen up. I'll just take three of your beloved campers, these three boys to be precise," Anne pointed at Jason, Nico and Percy, "you Hazel, can leave. Well, come along now, you three. Remember this carefully: If you try to escape or step out of line, someone will never see the next sunrise here."
"What are you going to do with them?!" Clarisse yelled, waving her spear. She was behind Chiron, a hand on his shoulder, and often Annabeth had to refrain her as she is absolutely mad. Clarisse looked like she wanted to remove Anne's head, and she, for once, was in full agreement.
"Oh, just tests, you know, see how long they can run and what poison they can withstand." There was a huge sound of outrage at this, and everyone almost surged forward again before the gunman waved his gun a bit threateningly. "I, of course, being the generous one," --there were bitter laughs and snorts at this--"will allow ten minutes for the three boys to say farewell. They won't be seeing any of you ever again."
At this, Annabeth ran forwards and hugged Percy tightly. She started sobbing into his shoulder, devastated that it was the last time she would see him. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Piper also crying and hugging Jason, and Hazel crushing Nico with a hug. Everyone else hung back, giving them some space. She kissed Percy, trying to pour all her emotion into that one kiss. I won't ever see him again, she thought painfully. Never see my Seaweed Brain ever again.
Percy pulled back, looking at her and grinning. He held our his palm, and what Annabeth saw made fresh sobs from her. It was a beautiful white owl charm carved from marble, with a trident and a small smiley face on it's stomach.
"Did you carve this yourself?" She asked him.
"Um...that's not the point."
"Who carved this?"
"Uh...Tyson helped."
Annabeth smiled, before walking to join Piper and Hazel and allowing other people to say there farewells to Percy. She overheard Clarisse whispering to Percy to 'try and gut Anne', and 'I've already told Jason and Nico, work out a plan.', and she only smiled at the idea. Both Hazel and Piper looked like they have been crying hard, and the stains on their sleeves and shirt are evident. She was sure she was no better. Annabeth looked at Hazel's closed hand by her side, and Piper is holding something in both hands. She guessed they had gotten something like a last gift, like what Percy gave him. She held out her hand to show what Percy gave her, and Piper and Hazel did the same. Piper had a yellow lightning bolt crossed with a feather and Hazel had Nico's skull ring.
"It's-it's like a goodbye gift." Piper mumbled.
"Don't say that." Hazel said firmly. "Maybe we can find a way around it."
"I guess."
They watched the three boys talk and joke around. Well, they watched Percy talk and joke around, Jason was mostly talking, and Nico was just frowning like he hated all the attention. Which he probably did.
"Well, more than ten minutes have passed, come on boys." Anne went back inside the helicopter, the door closed, and a ladder fell out the bottom. Percy climbed first, then Nico and Jason. The helicopter took off, making them swing around wildly as it ascended. Percy waved to everyone and grinned before entering the hatch; Nico just gave a last glance in Hazel's direction, and Jason also waved. The helicopter sped off into the distance, before becoming a tiny speck and disappearing.
A/N
OH ME GOSH 1610 WORDS (not including this). THAT'S THE MOST I'VE EVER WRITTEN.
SORRY FOR A SLOW UPDATE I WAS MAKING A NEW TITLE PAGE. IT IS OBIVIOUSLY PHOTOSHOPED, AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN IN A FEW SECONDS. TOOK ME FOREVER!! ALSO, IT HAD TO BE ROTATED SIDEWAYS BECAUSE IT IS TOO LONG :'( THE ORIGINAL (non-rotated) IS COOLER.
ANYWAY, SOME BASIC INFO:
1) MOST AUTHOR'S NOTES I WILL BE MAKING IS IN CAPS. WHY? I LIKE CAPS.
2) I AM TRYING TO SWITCH FROM FIRST PERSON VIEW (I did this, I did that, we ran, etc) TO THIRD PERSON VIEW (She did this, he did that, they jumped). IF YOU SEE SOME ERRORS, LIKE AN 'I' INSTEAD OF SHE/HE, OR 'WE' INSTEAD OF 'THEY', TELL ME AND I WILL CORRECT. THE FIRST WORD OF EVERY CHAPTER IN BOLD IS WHICH PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW. FELT LIKE ADDING THAT.
3) THIS: ~~~ IS A TIME LAPSE.
4) I AM NO GOOD AT EMOTIONAL/ROMANCE STUFF, SO THAT WHOLE LEAVING SCENE IS DONE BADLY. ALSO, TO ALL SOLANGELO (dat how u spell it) FANS WHO ARE ASKING WHY WILL IS NOT CRYING OR ANYTHING, IT'S BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY SUPPORT SHIPS, SO YA. BUT I HAD TO ADD THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE WEIRD IF ANNE WAS LIKE, I'M GONNA TAKE AWAY YOUR BROTHER AND BOYFRIENDS AND HAZEL, PIPER AND ANNABETH ARE LIKE, OK, WHATEVER.
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