Percy Jackson: Chaos' Army (Percy Jackson Fanfiction)

The Argo II Sets Sail

*Annabeth POV*
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My seaweed brain was finally back. And he wanted nothing to do with me.

I could tell that he hated me from the way he looked at me. Even when he had to talk to me, he called me Annie Bell as if he didn't remember my name.

If I had to guess, I'd say he didn't return for me. He probably returned for what he thought of as his actual friends.

His fatal flaw always was loyalty to friends, but I don't even think I counted as a friend to him anymore.

"Annabeth, you done packing? They're getting ready to leave."

"Okay, Malcolm. Thanks for telling me."

I walked out of my cabin towards the Argo II. We'd all thought it had been destroyed when Leo died, but apparently he was able to save and restore it to its previous condition.

Luke was laughing with Percy near the stern of the ship. My seaweed brain. I began walking towards them, but someone called out to me.

"Annabeth, I need to talk to you."

I turned around and saw Nico walking towards me.

He stopped right in front of me and began speaking in a low, serious tone. "Listen, you need to stay away from Percy."

I opened my mouth to protest, but Nico cut me off.

"No, listen! You don't know how bad you hurt him when you cheated on him. He didn't stop moping around for nearly 200 years after you guys broke up. He even kept the ring that he'd bought you. Now that he's over you, you can't just barge into his life and expect him to accept you back that easily. You need to give him his space. I think he'll forgive you eventually. Percy was never one to hold grudges."

"But-"

"No. Don't talk to Percy. At least, not yet."

Without another word, Nico swept around and walked back towards the Chaos cabin.

I looked at Percy again. I'd been searching for him form nearly the whole year and now here he was in front of me, and I couldn't say a word to him.

Percy must've noticed my stare because he quickly turned and climbed aboard the ship with Luke.

I was so stupid! Why did I kiss Samuel that night in my cabin? I didn't even like him! He was the most obnoxious person I'd ever met!

Leo abruptly interrupted my thoughts with his megaphone. He spoke in a Darth Vader voice and his best airplane announcer voice. "Attention passengers, now boarding the Argo II to San Francisco. This is the final and immediate boarding call!"

I grabbed my backpack and walked towards the Argo II. I began to climb up the side of the ship but it was hard with my luggage weighing me down.

"Need some help?"

Samuel smiled smugly, as he reached out his hand.

I scowled at him. "No thanks."

"Suit yourself."

The deck of the Argo II was how I remembered it except for one small button on the control panel that wasn't there before.

"What's that?" I asked Leo.

He grinned. "That's a surprise for later."

"Ok..?"

Since there were only seven rooms and eight of us, we ended up deciding that Leo would sleep in the engine room and the rest of us would get the rest of the rooms. Leo didn't seem to mind.

Soon enough, the Argo II was up in the air and flying across the skies to the west.

I couldn't help but think that flying was a bad idea; the prophecy had said that 'danger looms from up above.'

I told Percy this and he agreed.

"Good thinking, Annie Bell. We should probably go by sea." He had said.

Then he had patted me on my head like I was a little girl.

Piper noticed how Percy was treating so she came to talk to me.

"You know," she had said,"You can't blame Percy for acting this way. He bared his heart to you, and had it torn to pieces. If Percy ever forgives you, it'll take some time. All you can really do is give him his space."

When she told me this, I remembered when Percy had told me about meeting Thanatos. Thanatos had told him that they often mistook him for Cupid. I was starting to think that maybe love and death weren't so different except that sometimes death is kinder. Love certainly wasn't giving me or Percy any kindness.

I could see it in his eyes. The pain from long ago still hurt. And I couldn't fix it because I'd caused it.
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Hmmm... anyone sympathizing with Annabeth yet? Remember to comment and vote! BTW the love and death thing is something Cupid says in the House of Hades. In case you didn't know what Annabeth was talking about, she started thinking about since both Nico and Piper offered the same advice.
-Ronald