Olympia : The Game

Chapter 7

Percy woke up to the sound of the monitor beeps in the hospital. He groaned as he tried to sit up straight. His vision was blurry as he rubbed his eyes.

His hearing was still a bit fuzzy, but it sounded like two people were in an argument in the room.

"Wha?" Percy managed. Then, both people looked at him.

"Percy?" A female voice called. "Can you hear me?"

"He's already awake. No need to panic," The other female grumbled. His vision cleared to see two of the least expected people that Percy would've guessed to be in the room.

One of them was Artemis, who had the look of genuine concern. The other was Annabeth, who looked impressed that Percy was still alive.

"What happened?" Percy asked.

Artemis sighed in relief. "After defeating the Hydra, you passed out from exhaustion."

"And this huntress overreacts, thinking you've died." Annabeth smirked. "Called almost everyone she knew."

"I didn't!" Artemis protested, but Percy knew she was lying. She would always bite her lower lip if she's lying. "Well, I was just worried."

Annabeth smirked. "Well, he's fine. Can you tell everyone outside that there's nothing to worry about?"

Artemis glared at Annabeth. But she knew that she had to do it. "Fine," She glanced one last time at Percy before giving him a small smile and exited the room, where Percy heard a lot of people talking and the sound of cameras flashing.

Annabeth looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "You guys seem close," Annabeth said.

"It's a long story," Percy admitted. "She's a friend of mine."

"Uh huh," Annabeth said, clearly not buying it. "Good job on the Hydra though. It's not an easy monster to beat."

Percy noticed the tone in her voice. "You say it like you can do a better job than us."

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Of course I can." She said. "But for a rookie like you to take charge like that in the last few minutes. I gotta say, I'm impressed."

"You saw that?"

"Who didn't?" Annabeth grinned. "Thanks to Artemis's and Frank Zhang's involvement in the raid, it gained worldwide attention. The part where you took charge of six other people had went viral. Everyone thinks you're captain material now."

Percy shrugged. "Adrenaline rush," Percy explained simply.

"You can't think clearly if you're filled up with adrenaline." Annabeth said. "You're a natural-born leader. Did you notice how everyone followed your command without hesitation?"

Percy had been too pumped up at that moment against the Hydra that he didn't really notice minor details like that. But as he recalled, he did remember.

"Maybe it's because they were fired up?"

Annabeth shook her head. "It's hard to give out commands on players who are fired up." Artemis said. "I felt this too when I first saw you. You're meant to be a leader."

"She's right, you know." A male voice said suddenly that made Annabeth and Percy jump. Percy looked behind Annabeth to see Frank sitting on a chair in the corner of the room with his Iris device on. When he saw Percy, he grinned.

"How long have you been here?" Percy asked.

"I was here all along," Frank said. "These two girls arguing about you were giving me a headache." He said as he gestured at Annabeth and at outside where Artemis is.