A new start (A Percy Jackson story)

Escape

Chapter 15: Escape
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own PjO or HOO, Rick does, and I don't think he's giving it away any time soon.

Percy's POV

Percy was sitting on the edge of his room, staring down at the valley beneath. It was rather beautiful with green trees, birds chirping faintly in the distance, water flowing silently beneath him... wait... water. flowing. beneath. him! Percy jumped to his feet and concentrated, trying to locate the source of water that was toying at the edge of his senses.

There!

Far, far below, hidden by trees was a creek, just a small one, it was narrow but it had to be enough.

Percy needed to know the exact location of the creek, if he missed then, well...

Concentrating once more, he started to map all the water around, the creek was the closest, but is was to far to the right... he'd never make it!

'Maybe if I use another room! All the rooms that face the valley had an open wall, right?'

Running out the door he took a sharp turn to the right.

'One door, two door, three door, five door! Perfect!'

Percy approached the door slowly, this could be his only chance at escape! Please be unlocked!

He started muttering to himself,

"Please, please, please, please.."

CLICK

'Open, yes!'

Opening the door, Percy peered inside cautiously, trying to detect any inhabitants, there were none.

Standing at the edge, Percy realized he really didn't want to jump, not at all, he had no sudden urges to jump. It was a long way down..

Taking a deep breath he stood at the very edge, getting ready to jump.

'Come on, you can do this... One. Two. Thr..'

"Hey! What are you doing!? Get back here!"

A guard.

'THREE!'

Percy jumped, a sharp pain erupted in his back before gravity got a hold of him and started pulling him down.

He tried to focus, if he didn't gather water the place he landed he would die, the creek wasn't deep enough, probably just barely enough to swim.

The ground was nearing at a high speed, a familiar tug in his gut, and his now tear-filled eyes (because of the wind) saw the blurry picture of water gathering to form a sort of gigantic pillow.

The landing wasn't pleasant, the collision wasn't as hard as it would've been without the gigantic pillow, but the impact still drove a sharp pain from his back.

Looking over his shoulder, Percy could see a golden arrow imbedded in his upper back. Once the adrenaline rush from the jump had calmed down, he could feel the searing pain from the arrow, looking down, he saw it had gone all the way through! It made it easier to pull it out without causing major damage and bleeding.

Reaching behind himself Percy broke the arrow, removing everything that wasn't smooth, gold?

Pulling the arrow out through his chest, he inspected the damage, it wasn't as bad as it could've been.

Yelling was heard from above, the guard had alerted the others! Getting to his feet, Percy stumbled downstream, hoping to find deeper waters so he could swim away. He hadn't seen any doors or gates on this side of the palace/cliff, so hopefully he would get far away before they figured out where he went.

Poseidon's POV

After talking to the messenger, Poseidon had left for Atlantis to discuss the new development with his wife and Triton. He could not believe that old man dared pull something like this, their feud had been over for thousands of years, at least on Poseidon's side.

There was no telling what he would do to Percy! Poseidon knew he could take care of himself, but at 16 years, in the eyes of a god, Perseus was a mere child! He shouldn't be out there all alone, in the hands of an enemy.

The sea god knew deep down he would never give Perseus back to him, he would keep him to himself and make sure Percy would never return. Poseidon decided he needed to find where Percy was held and attack! Sharing this news with his family, they started a thorough search across the world.

Hey everyone! I've been super-busy lately and haven't had time to update, but I haven't abandoned this story! The next chapter will be long guys! Blue virtual cookies for all who review!