I WANNA GO TO THAT SCHOOL! I WON'T LET TONY DIE! HMPH!
Hey guys! Sorry about the late update, but as you know, I have school and I'm also busy with the collaboration I'm doing so, I barely have time for this story anymore. I'm not going to stop it or anything. I just want y'all to know that updates will be less frequent.
Also, a reader of mine gave me some feedback and said that story is a little choppy and fast at time. I wanted to say thank you, and I'll definitely try to make the transitions in the story much better.
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Okay! Now that I got that taken care of, ready for the chapter?
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Percy Jackson P.O.V. (First Person)
When I woke up from a dreamless sleep, I found myself in my cabin, the sea scent intoxicating. I breathed in deeply, listening to faint sound of the waves at the beach. I rubbed the back of my head, and remembered what had happened in the past few hours. Everybody had gone to bed by now, and when I looked out the front door, even Thanatos had left. What had I missed?
I went back inside, not wanting the cleaning harpies to see me and, well, eat me. I sighed and sat on my bed, burying my chin into my knees. I felt my eyebrows furrow unconsciously as I thought about how Jason would come to life. I fidgeted with Riptide, my mind going at 80 miles an hour.
If you're an ADHD kid, you'd know how hard it is to concentrate on one subject for too long. Yet, when I was thinking about my friends, I had no problem concentrating. No doubt, that was my fatal flaw in the works.
I was about to head back to sleep, bracing myself for anything to come in my dreams. As I pulled the covers over my head, I heard two simultaneous screams - Nico and Annabeth. I rushed to Nico first, my cousin being easily scared these days. I found Will comforting him, and I couldn't be more relieved.
I ran over to the Athena cabin, finding Annabeth awake and crying in her bed. I walked over to her, and knelt down, taking her head in my arms and stroking her hair, letting her tears soak my shirt. When she finally calmed down, I took her hand and walked over to the Hades cabin.
We peeked through the door and saw Nico shakily breathing, but asleep. His cheeks were tear-stained and Will was sitting next to him, making sure that he didn't wake up again. I walked inside, leaving Annabeth to wait outside. She needed some time to think anyway, so she let me.
I nodded a thanks to Will, and he smiled at me. I looked at Nico, and my eyes softened. My cousin had been through just as much as me, if not more. He had every right to be afraid after everything that had happened to him over the last couple of years. I smiled, "Thanks for looking out for him, Will."
Will looked at me with sad eyes, "I don't know how much more of this Nico can take. He's already beginning to become a shell of himself again."
I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, "He just needs support. As long we're all here for him, he should be able to get through it." I looked at him. "He's lost too many people already. If we don't show that we're here, Nico won't survive."
Will nodded and looked back at Nico, "Get some sleep, I'll take care of him."
"But-" I protested.
He smirked at me, "Doctor's orders, Perce."
I groaned, "Fine."
I walked out the door, pushing down the urge to ask him about Thanatos and what happened at the ritual. I took Annabeth's hand again, noticing that she was shivering. I led her into the Poseidon cabin, and she crashed on my bunk, making me take the one next to it.
I chucked and asked her, "So what happened with the whole Jason debacle?"
She raised an eyebrow at me, "Big words you're using."
I grinned, "I'm smarter than you care to acknowledge."
"Maybe." she mumbled, "About the Jason thing, once you and Nico were passed out, Thanatos sort of merged Jason's skeleton and ghost, putting him back in his body. I closed my eyes for the most part, because it was extremely disgusting seeing his flesh and eyes form."
I heard her shudder as she continued, "Anyway, when the body was created, Jason looked deathly pale. So, Thanatos picked him up and locked him in the Zeus cabin, saying something about him needing rest until tomorrow morning."
I had to hold in an excited laugh, "So...he's alive?"
"Somehow. It's supposed to be physically impossible, but then again, you controlled blood and Nico summoned a skeleton from California." She said.
I looked at her, "We can figure it all out in the morning. I'll call a counselor meeting. The Avengers will be there, and we can look over our next course of action. The Avengers will play a big part in the coming war, and we need to know how."
Annabeth stared at me, "G-Good plan, Percy."
I gave her a grim smile, "Yeah, well, I wouldn't need to make one if there wasn't a war."
She smiled at me, "We'll get through it. Together."
I couldn't help but smile back, "Together."
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Short chapter, but I have a lot of work to do right now. I hope you all enjoyed, and I hope the transitions were better in this chapter.
Thanks for all those people who give me feedback!
Okay, guys! Until next time! Sayonara!