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It makes me smile.

I hoped it can help you smile as well.

Percy

Four days. Maybe five. I'm not sure how many days this has constantly been happening.

Annabeth would be taken away by Luke, and me by Gabe.

Annabeth would be unharmed, she wouldn't be hurt. But Luke would use her. That angered me.

Gabe would hurt me, though. Every new day, he would come up woth new ways to make the pain worse.

He used poison to spill on my opened scars, and I have been ill ever since.

Where did he get the poison from?

Don't ask me.

I was assuming it was night as Annabeth and I cuddled to the corner of the room, me breathing heavily, trying to act tough in front of Annabeth.

She was my last hope. And my mom.

I would throw up on the floor, and Annabeth wouldn't care. She would hug me, try to comfort me in any way. She wasn't bothered by the stinky smell. She just wanted to be beside me.

This night though, it was getting worse.

I was even paler than this morning, and I felt my heart beating slower. The poison as really affected me.

"Percy?" Annabeth took her head off my shoulder, to look at me in the eyes. Her grey irises glowing in the dark.

"Do you think the police will ever find us?" Annabeth let out a small tear leak from her eye.

"They will. They have to." I wiped the tear away, and slumped back onto the wall.

"You're getting even more ill than yesterday. Just don't die on me, Seaweed brain." Annabeth cried into my shoulder.

"I will never let you go. Not until we get out of here." I whispered, and closed my eyes.

My head was pounding, and I couldn't think straight. Suddenly, a middle aged man came bursting into the room. He was holding keys, and quickly slammed the door shut.

He looked at us, and had a sympathetic look.

"Listen. I'm one of the police officers here. My name's Bob. I found you guys, but I don't have any back up. The fat rat and blonde are out there waiting for me, so when I say go, you run as fast as possible. You hear me?" Bob stared at us, expecting an answer.

"Y-yeah." Annabeth got up, and helped me up as well.

I felt dizzy and woozy, but I had to keep going. For Mom. For Annabeth.

Suddenly, loud pounding can be heard onto the door, Gabe's voice can be heard.

"Let us in! You can't take them! I'll kill you!" Gabe yelled on the other side of the door, still vigorously pounding. (A/N: Sounds so wrong. Forgive me.)

"One." Bob whispered.

"Two."

"Three!"

Bob opened the door, and quickly punched Gabe's head. We ran down the hall, sprinting up the stairs.

Bob was behind us, running.

We ran to the front door, and slammed it shut.

Bob quickly ran to his undercover car, to call for backup.

I felt too dizzy, and felt as if I would throw up.

"Perce, we made it! Percy?....." Annabeth asked, and looked at me.

"I-" I quickly fell on the floor, as black spots danced around my eyes.

"Percy!" Annabeth cried as she came and bent down next to me, her princess curls in my face.

"Stay with me, Percy. Cmon! We just came out, you, y-you can't!" Annabeth cried, but I already was losing consciousness. Darkness came over as the last thing I saw was Annabeth's stormy gray eyes.

- Prepare yourselves. PLOT TWIST -

As I drowsily opened my eyes, a girl was looking over me.

"Dad! He's awake." She called.

She had red frizzy and curly hair, and green emerald eyes.

She's pretty.

No. I told myself. Remember Annabeth?

Who cares. I can choose who I love.

"Hello Perseus. Glad to see you awake. I'm detective Dare. This is my daughter, Rachel. I'll be asking you a few questions." Detective Dare took out his clip board, and sat in the chair beside me.

"Now, can you describe your step father to me?" He asked.

I felt dizzy, and I didn't want to answer questions.

"Dad, he probably doesn't want to be interrogated right now. Heck he just got out of a concussion that lasted for three days. Give him space." Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Three days?! Where's my mom? Where's Annabeth? Is Annabeth okay?" I asked, looking aroudn the room.

"Chill out dude. Your mom is in the waiting room. Annabeth is also being questioned by my dad, she's fine." Rachel said, her emerald eyes gleaming.

"Out, dad. I'll do the questions when he is ready." Rachel took the clipboard as the detective left the room.

"So, how old are you?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Seventeen." I gulped.

"Huh. One year older than me." Rachel huffed and sat down in the empty chair.

"School?" SHe asked.

"Goode High."

"Same! We should totally meet up sometimes. I just moved here, for dad's work. Blah blah blah. Anyway, I'll get the doctor." Rachel left the room, and I layed there, thinking about ehr frizzy hair.

No, I told myself. You can't fall in love with her. You have Annabeth. Annabeth..

Frizzy red hair.

I sighed in frustration as the doctor came in, with my mom at his tail.

"PERCYYY!" My mom yelled as she ran towards me, embracing me in a hug.

"Seriously, hospital's arent your thing now are they? You keep getting put back here!" My mom cried, tears swelling in her eyes.

"I'm okay mom." I patted her back, and hugged her.

The doctor cleared his throat, and began talking.

"The poison was very close to your heart. You're a lucky kid that Bob came when he did. Unless you'd be dead." He confirmed.

Wow, thanks for informing me. That I almost died.

"You'll be out in two days." The doctor turned to leave, but I quickly took the time to ask a question.

"Please tell me they caught Gabe?.." I looked at the doctor.

He turned around. "Sorry kid. But we found the blonde guy. He was arrested for sexual harassment."

Thank god they found Luke. I would kill him if he had the nerve to go to school.

The doctor exited the room.

"How's Annabeth?" I quickly asked mom.

"Oh, she's fine dear. Justa  bit traumatized. She's with ehr step mother, Helen, at home. She doesn't seem very happy with it though." Mom sighed and sat in the empty chair next to me.

Two more days.

Two more days until I finally went to school.

Where Gabe could be waiting.

Where Gabe could be hiding.

Where Gabe can destroy everything and hurt me worse than before.

-oOo

HEY GUYS. I am very sorry to tell you that Rachel is in this story. Wait until next chapter. Is an eye catching one. But guys, number 11 on PERCABETH!? You guys so totally rock! This story is so much better than my other one, I know. Until next time my little demigods.

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