Two worlds meet (Kanes and PJ)

Waking (Percy)

I woke up to Sadie sobbing. Frantically, I tried to move my arm to comfort her. But just as I moved it, my arm let out a loud crack and pain shot through it like a thousand knives. Like, you couldn't think, all you know is the pain. (Comment if you have any idea what I did there) Yelling, I put my arm back down. She looked up. "Great, Percy, you're up." "What's wrong?" I croaked. "Carter... He was whipped." Then I as the bloody figure lying face down on a cell floor. I winced, remembering how my whipping felt like. Like how it felt now, in fact. I could still feel the place each lash had struck me. I was just doing a better job to contain it. "-ercy? You there?" Sadie waved her head in front of mine. Suddenly, I remembered Annabeth:" Where's Annabeth? Is she hurt? Is she-" "Percy, calm down. She's right there." Sadie pointed to a small corner, in which Annabeth was still sleeping. I calmed, and remembered the two pieces of ambrosia I had in my pocket. Hopefully they were still there. Yup. "Um, Sadie, I can take first watch, not that there's anything anyway." She nodded , already drowsy. Waiting until she finally fell asleep, I crept out from the wall I was leaning against. Each move caused me to feel a sea of pain and I had to stop for five minutes. Finally, I made it over to Carter. Taking out the squares, I stared at it. I knew it could heal some of my bones, maybe make me not in so much pain. But Carter was hurt, and, no matter how much I hurt, I can't be selfish while I have another person's pain as an expense. I took his face in my hands ... And no, I'm not going to kiss him. I stuck my hand into his mouth and forced the ambrosia down his throat. I know, it is even grosser than it sounds. Then, I sat back and watched him heal. Suddenly, somebody punched me between the eyes. I blinked, and collapsed to the floor. Annabeth fumed:" and what, Mr Jackson, do you think you're doing)?"

After Annabeth scared the hell out of me, I turned around to show her my back. I thought she would be distress. I thought she would cry. I wasn't expecting her to bury her head into my back and put her arms around me. I screamed bloody murder as every broken/bruised/whipped place in my upper body burn like fire, and every broken/whipped/bruised place did the same as I collapsed to the floor, screaming in agony. Annabeth stepped back, horror struck:" I'm so sorry, Percy! I didn't know it would hurt so much! Oh why, why are you always hurt! I'm so sorry.... I hurt you. I shouldn't deserve to be your girlfriend-" at that, I crawled next to her and cut her off with a kiss. "No, wise girl. You will always deserve me." This time, she carefully wrapped her arms around my neck, sobbing into my shirt. I held her there, just letting it all out.

After a while, Annabeth leaned back. She pointed to Carter:" what were you doing with him?" "N-nothing." She looked suspicious, but she didn't have any proof that I was doing anything with Carter. I smiled inwardly, thinking that I'd fooled her. Just then, Sadie woke. Immediately, her blue eyes searched for Carter. " What happened, Percy? Why is he all healed?" She asked, surprise in her voice. Annabeth made a "time-out" gesture:" Wait. Healed? Weren't you like this before?"

As if on cue, Carter woke up. " Sadie? I remember I was whipped.... Hey! All the lashes from my body's gone!" Sadie looked at him, and her tear stained face melted into a smile.

----time time skippy to until Sadie had explained to Annabeth about the torture-----

"Percy Jackson? Do you have something you didn't tell me about?" Annabeth asked me in a scary tone. "Well, uh, you see, I had two more squares of ambrosia left after the fall. I didn't eat them. I, uh, kind of healed Carter. I promise on the Styx that I have no more ambrosia left now." I crawled into a corner. Annabeth is going to kill me. Instead, she yelled:" you loyal idiot! Stupid stupid person. Why! I appreciate you healing Carter but you should at least have one square after the whippings!" Then she sobbed, dropping to the ground. Sadie put her arm around my Wise Girl. I tried to move, but so much pain flared at once that I had to stop. Carter came over to me:" Hey man, thanks for healing me, even when you are... Broken." His words trailed off. "Nah, it's fine. I've been worse." The only thing I could think of is when Annabeth was captured and I didn't know how she is.

She had been captured by a Titan under my watch. How could I have let that happen? Oh, stop your thoughts. Just concentrate on your love for Annabeth My heart said. If he does that, they are all going to get killed! My brain yelled back to my heart. Groaning, I turned back to reality.