Samantha (Percy's friend from Goode) P.O.V

It all started as a normal day. And I thought it would stay that way.

That didn't happen.

I was in English with the cover teacher (Paul (Mr Blofis) was out of town with his wife) and I was trying not to fall asleep as the cover teacher droned on about the proper use of abstract nouns (who needs to know this in life?!?) then we'd gone to assembly listening to the principle and then the bang sounded.

And when I say bang I mean full on fireworks-and-bomb-type BANG!
The sound reverberated through your bones, shocking you to the core.

It was a gunshot!
"EVERYONE ON THE GROUND!" Masked men had barged into the assembly hall and were waving guns in the air, I was lying on the floor before I even knew what I was doing.

I looked over to my best friend, Percy Jackson, who was lying next to me. He looked confused, shocked and vaguely...miffed! That was the only word for it, he looked miffed. It was strange,I mean we were in a terrible situation-we could be killed for crying out loud- I would've thought about it more, but then the gunmen shouted again.

"EVERYONE LINE UP BY THE WALL, NO TALKING AND DO IT QUICKLY!"

We complied and soon the entire sophomore year (we were the only ones there because it was a planning day for our fair) was lined up against the wall.

"Today we have decided that we are going to hurt people." He said it calmly, as if it were an everyday occurrence, "So we are going to split you into groups, flip a coin and hurt one of you lucky people while all the others watch. Doesn't that sound fun?" He was insane, he was actually unstable!

It was as if I was in a daze, the masked men split us into two groups, allocated one group heads and the other tails, Percy and I were in heads, I prayed to God that it would come up tails. I liked my class mates, but these men were going to torture one of us!

But my luck was never that good. The coin came up heads.

"OK heads group, time for einy-meiny-miney-mo!" He laughed, it was almost a giggle!

His face was contorted into a sadistic grin, his blackened teeth shining through his cracked lips, the scratchy hairs on his chin pointing in all directions like miniature spears waiting to impale someone and his eyes.......after seeing that level of madness I never thought I'd sleep again. And I wouldn't have to to understand nightmares.

He went through us, his finger passing from one student to the next until he landed on Stacey, the slut of the year group (A/n:no offence to anyone called Stacey), she had tormented Percy all year making his life hell, and she was blubbering at the sight of the the man's wicked knife.

He pulled her forward.

"Aaaahhh, such a pretty little thing aren't we." She cried harder as he brought the knife close to her face. She was an absolutely horrible person, only caring about herself, but even she didn't deserve this!

"No."

The voice that spoke was cold, commanding and could not be ignored. The authority it held was unimaginable. I'd never heard that sort of thing before, it was like a commanding officer on a battle field. Then I realised it was Percy.

Percy!

"What is it boy?" Asked the masked masked mad man.

"Don't hurt her." What was Percy doing!? The psychopath cocked his head to one side-puzzled.

"But then who will I hurt?" He he sounded genuinely confused, in that moment I thought nothing would ever disturb me more. Percy inhaled deeply. I knew he hated Stacey.

"Me." Everyone gasped. What was he doing?! "You can hurt me. Just leave everyone else alone." The school was too stunned to speak.

The psychopath smiled cruelly.

"A trade? Your torture for hers?"
"Yes."
"And you know what this entails, torture isn't pretty?" The psychopath's smile got wider as he described the dreadful deal.
"I am familiar with torture." He said it flatly, but his voice rang with truth. What! How could my best friend, the fun-loving, mischievous Percy Jackson be familiar with torture!

"You sure?"

"Yes." He showed no emotion in his voice.

"M'k," The man said it as if he were agreeing to go to the shops on his way home, he was definitely insane. He threw the slut to the ground between them and Percy walked towards him.

Oh my God! 

-Samantha2611