Sorry's Just a Word

Chapter 3: New Wounds

Ten days passed and Brone wasn't back yet. The group had kept training the campers. They alternated having the six in their groups. Thalia never had them though because the first time she did she beat up Jack and almost killed Annabeth.

The campers, the hunters(who had appeared three days after brones leave) and the alpha team were sitting at their tables for lunch when a bright light flashed and Brone appeared lying unconscious on the floor in the middle of the pavilion. Everyone went quiet as the team sat there in shock. "Brone!!" Helia yelled as she shook herself out of her shock. Her yell shocked her team out of panic mode and into help our leader mode.

Helia was already at brones side as the others got up and ran over. Helia glanced at Nerezza and nodded. Nerezza closed his eyes as shadows engulfed the group and he shadow traveled everyone out of the pavilion and into their cabin.

The moment Brone hit the couch Helia pulled his cloak and mask off to assess the damage. She noticed the blood seeping through his shirt and took that off as well. His face was bruised and dirty. He had blood on his face and his hands from the giant cut on his chest which was bleeding heavily. Helia had only tore a few things off but she was already covered in her boyfriend's blood.

Everyone else was just standing in the living room. Watching Helia observe the wounds on Brone. They were scared. They didn't know what could've done this to their commander. Percy hadn't gotten this hurt since...ever.

"Thana go get the ambrosia! Nerezza, go get the nectar from your room. Sloan go grab towels, wet cloths, and the wrap from the kitchen. Seth go get Percy's crown." Helia ordered the group. They all scattered to get what they had been told.

Seth ran up the stairs to Percy's room. No one ever went in there. Not even helia. He didn't know where the crown would be. But that thought temporarily left his mind when he opened the door.

The blankets on brones bed were crumpled in a ball at the end of his bed. Seth could see brones bathroom from the door and could see the blood on the sink and floor. The mirror was broken like someone had punched it. Everyone knew brones nightmares were bad. But no one knew it was this bad.

"Seth!!" He heard Helia yell from downstairs. Seth snapped out of it and looked around for the crown.

They assumed Percy would have teleported it to his room once he received it from Chaos. Even if it wasn't they knew his Prince's crown would be in there.

He finally found the Chaos crown in a box under the bed with a few other things. Seth stopped when he saw a picture of him, Percy and Annabeth in the box. Along with a picture of Percy Annabeth and Grover. Then a picture of the seven.

Seth shook his head and pulled the crown out and left the box open on the bed. When he got there Percy was sitting up, barely awake. The bleeding had slowed but the wrap around Percy's chest and stomach was becoming pink.

He gave the crown to Helia who put it on brones head. Brones' eyes opened more and he groaned as the growing pinkness on the wrap stopped growing. Brone picked his head up and began to unwrap the cloth on him. Helia grabbed his hand and glared at him. "No," she said.

"Helia, I'm fine now. I don't need the wrap." Brone answered. "No. I don't care if your crown can finish healing you or not. I know you and I know Your going to take the crown off which means you'll be vulnerable again so you're keeping the wrap on for at least today." Helia told him. Brone sighed. He knew that this wasn't worth arguing about.

Once Brone nodded, Helia's expression softened and she hugged him. They stayed like that for a couple minutes until Nerezza cleared his throat. "Um sorry to break this up but um... what happened?" He said.