Percy Jackson: Immortal High School, Mortal Pain (Completed)

Spying

Memories flash through my head. They're so vivid as if it happened yesterday.

Eliza had to said to forget them, Lucas said to be strong and fight, Oliver said to be there for others, Haley said to destroy the curse, Grant said not to worry about them, and Fiona said to take advantage of each new life I get.

I failed them. I didn't do any of what they said, but only because I couldn't.

I couldn't be there for others because I was afraid they'd die too. I didn't know how to destroy the curse. Every life I have is the same and doesn't change. I couldn't be strong because I was weak. I didn't need to worry about them because they now were dead. Forgetting them is the hardest. The gods's are cruel. They won't let me forget, no matter how much I try. It's to remind me of my curse and how their deaths was my fault. Which it was.

"Peter! Peter Johnson!" A voice snaps me out of my thoughts and scares the living daylights out of me. Reflexively, I swing.

I hit Leo in the jaw. "Dude! Why'd you do that?!"

"Sorry!" I exclaim. "It's a reflex."

"You must be startled a lot then." He winces. That's true. Gabe scares me all the time when sneaking up on me. Plus, I have that stuff that happens with monsters and things like that.

"You'll be fine, Leo. It's not like you haven't been hit before." Calypso rolls her eyes.

"True, but that hurt like crazy! What do you have? Bionic knuckles?"

"No, just skinny knuckles." I hold out my hand, revealing a very scrawny hand with bone sticking out.

"He'll be fine," Frank says. "Are you alright? When we came up to you, you were like in a daze."

"I'm fine. Just thinking."

"Okay." He says unconvinced.

Uncomfortable, I get up and walk away. "I've gotta get to class."

"Bye."

"Bye." 

***

Soon, the day ends and I walk down the street to my house. Suddenly, I hear voices. Annabeth and her friends. I jump in an alley and hide behind an old trash dumpster.

"Are you sure you heard right?" Piper was asking.

"I'm positive. He's coming to join us on our quest." Annabeth persists.

"I don't like him," Thalia says bluntly. You're not the only one!

"Why not?"

"He's annoying."

"You think every guy is annoying."

"Except one." She gestures toward Jason.

"That's different. He's your brother," Leo protests. "I don't see why you don't like me. I'm a big, hot, chunk of good looks!"

"You're going to be a big, chunk of fire, ruining your 'good looks' if you had any, if you say that to me again." He gulps. "Besides, Jason isn't the only one I think isn't annoying."

"Then who is it?" Frank asked.

Thalia's eyes flashed. "You know who I'm talking about. Percy Jackson."

They all shift uncomfortably and start arguing.

"Jackson was a traitor!" Piper exclaimed.

"He didn't care about us! He was working for the enemy!" Leo argued.

"He sided with Gaea and Kronos and got his punishment. He's done," Annabeth says firmly.

No one said anything until Thalia grunted. "I don't know what you people think and neither do I care. I'm going to stuck to what I believe and that's that."

"Fine. We'll complete this quest and you can get back to your hunters and we get back to camp."

"Fine."

I shuffled slightly because my leg was cramping and moved a tin can. Thalia heard it.

"Did you hear that?" she asks.

"Hear what?" Hazel says confused.

"That noise."

"I think your ears are hearing things." Jason says.

Thalia storms over to my hiding spot and grabs me by the arm, hauling me over to the others. "Told you I heard something. Petey here was spying on us."

I tank my arm out of her rasp and scowl. "It's Peter, not Petey and it's not my fault I was spying, you snuck up on me and I didn't know what to do."

"Maybe stood there and waited for us?"

"You would've questioned me."

"So?"

"I don't like people going into my personal business."

"The same way you were going into ours by spying on us?"

"That's different! You came up on me."

"Don't see a difference."

"Shut up. I'm leaving."

"Not so fast, Johnson." Jason grabs my shoulder. "How much did you hear?"

"Not much except that someone is coming. Who's coming?"

"Me." A voice says behind them. They turn and I almost puke on the spot.

What is VANCE QUINN doing here?!