Previously on PJD:

After we all fall asleep, there's noises from downstairs. I pull back my covers and tiptoe down the stairs. There's a creek in the wood and I freeze. The noise stops. I start creeping down again, and I reach for my gun. But then I realize I am in my pajamas. I don't have one on me. I ball my hands into fists and walk into the kitchen. I hear a small whooshing noise and spin around. A shadow seems to be passing by. I whirl around again. No one is here.

I walk into the kitchen and slowly draw a knife out of the knife cabinet. I hold it out in front of me and creep into the living room. No one is there. I see that shadow again and spin in a full circle. No one. I go into the dining room and I hear a small click of a gun. I whip around in a half circle and a gun is met to my head. There is a figure in the darkness, and I can see it put its finger to its lips. I freeze and the figure takes the gun away from my head. Then the last thing I see is it being brought down onto my head and the world goes black.

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Percy's POV

"Nico what are you doing here?" Annabeth asks. Nico looks at the floor.

"He comes every now and then to visit his boyfriend!" Celeste smirks and Nico's face turns tomato red. I raise my eyebrows.

"Shut it, Cel," Nico growls and Celeste just laughs, throwing her book at him. He shields his face and throws it back.

"This is where you've been disappearing to all year?" I ask. Nico just nods and his face turns even redder. Will grins and goes to sit on his bed.

"I'll be gone by tomorrow. I come here once a week for a day. But you guys aren't..." Nico trails off looking us up and down.

"No. We're not dead. Almost, but no," Annabeth says. I snort.

"I probably would be dead by now if I didn't have you Wise Girl," I say. She grabs my hand and blushes. Then Celeste snorts.

"Oh, the good old days. Remember that Chase?" Celeste grins at Chase. Chase smiles at her.

"I agree with Percy though. You females keep us alive. Don't know how you do it though," Chase laughs.

"That's right. We were in your position once. And I saved Chase's ass so many times I don't think there's that many numbers in the world," Celeste giggles. Chase grins and puts his sketch pad down and walks over to her to sit next to her on the bed. They hold hands.

"Well...it's getting late. I think I'm going to bed," Annabeth says. I nod and we walk out the door closing it behind us. We open ours and walk in and climb into our beds. I roll over so I'm facing Annabeth and she's facing me.

"I think we'll be safe here. I just have a feeling. Chase and Celeste seem to have adapted here well and it's been two years," Annabeth says.

"I think we can be happy here, Wise Girl," I say. She smiles. Then before we fall to sleep I whisper to her.

"As long as we're together."

And she smiles.

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Celeste's POV

I can't stop thinking about Percy and Annabeth. How similar they are to Chase and I. I lay in my bed staring at the ceiling, trying to fall asleep but failing. I groan and roll over looking at Chase. He rolls over and looks at me. He points his thumb towards the door and I nod. We both silently get up and creep put the door, shutting it behind us. I sigh and look up at Chase. His eyes are sparkling with their beautiful purple color.

We walk down the hallway until we get to the ladder that takes us to the top of the Amity main building. We climb up and stand on the roof. Chase smiles at me before wrapping his arms around me. We hug for a minute.

"Do you think they are our ticket outta here Principessa?" Chase whispers to me. I shrug and we pull away and lie on the building top and stare at the stars.

"I think they might be, Amore," I whisper. Chase and I's families came from outside the fence. That's all we knew. They were Italian, from someplace far away. Then they died.

But Chase and I call each other Italian names. 'Principessa' meaning princess. 'Amore' meaning love. I grab his hand and he pulls me closer to him.

"There's something off about that Percy dude though. Do you think he's..." Chase trails off. I shake my head. He can't be, it's impossible. I was the only one...

"I think he may be. But if he if we need to keep them both safe. No one is safe until all four of us are out. Then we will fix this whole place," I say. "If Percy is xenos like us, no one is safe."

Hey my dudes.

If you don't know what xenos is, I'll give you a clue.

Go look it up in google translate. Translate it to English to Greek my dudes.

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