Goode Knows

Chapter 24

Percy POV-
The next day, the phycologist didn't show up.

I was starting to think I really needed his help, but then again it might just be the white walls that were making me insane.

I was hand cuffed to the bed all day, and that certainly didn't help.

It was when I went to bed though that things got 100 times worse.

At first I couldn't sleep, I was just staring at the ceiling for hours on end.

When sleep finally overtook me, I relived some of the happiest moments of my life.

For a little bit, I forgot everything bad that had happened.

But then, Tartarus appeared.

He did the worst kind of torture, making you feel like everything was fine and then taking it all away again.

I was back in chains, except this time it felt different.

"No one escapes me Jackson." He said, "And your no exception."

"In a way, I'm doing you a favor. You don't have to relive your time with me anymore. Now, you can live more of it." He said, smirking evilly.

I couldn't help it, my eyes were filled with panic as he took out a knife.

As he walked towards me, I knew there was nothing I could do. The first cut he made was small, a simple cut from my jaw to my ear.

But then he did it again.

And again.

And again.

The same spot, over and over.

Deeper every time.

He stepped away and smirked at me, "Until next time Jackson."

He made one final, deep cut across my arm before the background slowly faded away and I was in the room again.

The difference from all the other nightmares, was that this one was in the present, and my wounds didn't go away.