Why me? A percy jackson story

Chapter seven

Percy pov

  Percy walked to his cabin. When he got  there he sat down on his bed. But he knew he would never get to sleep. So he didn't bother trying. Normally water heals him but something happened. The water made him even worse. Every part of his body hurt. So much he almost cried. Just then Annabeth walked in and hugged him tightly.

  He whimpered in pain and she backed up. She looked at him concern painting her face. She looked at him confused and slowly approached him. She took his hands and squeezed softly making him jump. She frowned and muttered "That is not good at all." Then she grabbed ambrosia and fed it to him. It tasted like steak, and he froze. His mind flashed back to that night. And a flash back started. It was summer time and his mother decided to cool them down with a nice steak dinner. She and Percy were talking about Percy's birthday.

It was Percy's birthday and he wanted a nice day just the two of them. They had gone to Central Park then the nice ice cream shop were she worked. When they came home Percy's mom grabbed a box from a closet and gave it to him. "Open it." She urged him in her soothing voice with looking at him with her dazzling eyes . Her ice blue eyes staring into his sea green.

When he did he was shocked. It was a charm. He and his mom had matching necklaces so if they were ever separated they would always have some part of each other with them. The charm was a wave. To symbolize the ocean they both loved. He immediately hooked on the charm. Just then his mom came out with steak, and it was amazing. So tender and juicy and it fell right off the bone.

His mom was in the middle of a big bite when Percy said, "This so tender it put chicken tenders to shame." The joke wasn't funny, but she loved it. She so much she started laughing and the piece of steak went down the wrong tube and it never came back out. All he remembered was a 911 call, and desperate call to a friend of the family, and the doctor coming out after what felt like hours telling him their was nothing he could do.

Finally the flashback ended, and Annabeth was hugging him gently. He looked at her and did something he didn't normally do. He cried no sobbed was better a better word for it. Annabeth just held him and let him sob. When he finally stopped she looked at him and asked what's wrong. Percy didn't answer. She asked again a little more forceful this time, and he told her. "You remember my mom right?" He asked .

She nodded,and he continued "Well... she isn't my... real mother. She just took pity on me when my real mom died. And all these years I have felt like it is my fault because I made her laugh and she choked. Then I moved in with Sally and Gabe and you know the rest." Annabeth looked shocked and hugged him tightly. "Oh Percy," she exclaimed. "I so sorry. I-I didn't know." Percy sighed

"I know I never told anyone because I was tired of hearing 'I am so sorry for your lost' or 'it gets better' because I am still waiting for that to happen." Annabeth cried gently into his shoulder and Percy tried not to cry. He knew he needed to be strong. He did feel one tear fall down his cheeks, then another, and another.

Just then Leo, Piper, Hazel, Frank, and Jason walked in. Percy just looked at them and smiled sadly. "Uh is this a bad time?" Leo asked. Percy looked at him and laughed but it came out more like a groan. "Not really. What's up?" "Uh we were just noticing that there is something wrong in the water and were wondering if uh you could uh maybe check it
out."

Said Frank nervously. Percy smiled glad his friend weren't treating him like he was weak. "Of course I will." Annabeth let go of Percy and he got up. Immediately black spotted his vision but he smiled through it. Then he went to the deck looked back at his friends, then looked at the water then he jumped in. He looked around and saw it. A gigantic blue green colored monster with what looked like jellyfish for hair.

She looked so odd she made Percy swallow water through his nose. "Hi." He said timidly. She looked at him and scowled. "Who are you and what do you want?" She said sourly. "I should ne asking you the same question ." Percy sighed and said "You're not going to make this easy for me are you?"

  She laughed a wicked laugh "No Perseus Jackson I will not." Percy was taken a back. "How do you know my name?" He asked alarmed. She laughed again "Tsk tsk tsk you would think that your own brother would know you. But alas my name is Kym." Percy was confused. But he played cool. "Well," he said nonchalantly. "You don't look like my mom so I'm assuming on the godly side." She laughed "Finally you got something right." Percy smirked and said "I wasn't aware I got something wrong." She looked offened and said in a English accent, "You dare make jokes with me human."'Percy fought back a laugh.

"You know got to make jokes. The point of a demigod." She looked even more offended. "No!" She said abruptly , "The point of a demigod is to do the bidding of us gods." If Percy had a cup of water he would have spit it out. "You're a god?" She looked down at him with noticeable arrogance. "Yes am. Bow down before me for I could kill you with one gorgeous look." Percy saw an opportunity with this and took it. "But you don't want me dead do you?" Kym looked taken aback. "Wh-what? What is this foolery."

  Percy took a deep breath and said, "If you wanted me dead you would have killed me already. So clearly you want me alive." The sea goddess laughed. "You want to play game demigod?" She asked "Because I can play games." Just like that Percy felt something course through his body and saw something coming towards him. He was a second to late and the object impaled him. He cried out and took the item out of him.

Kym laughed and threw another one at him. This one hit him as well. This time he didn't have the strength to get up and everything went black.