Lost In Paradise (Discontinued-please read A/N)

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Hi guys!!!!! I did it! I actually updated! I'm really proud of myself because I actually wrote this chapter out TWICE because Wattpad went all stupid and deleted my first attempt. O.o

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P E R C Y

I was really hating the world right.

I had a throbbing head, my throat was dry and my stomach was growling (like always). I was stranded somewhere in the ocean with no means of escape or any land nearby.

I was unsure that we would survive this-which was frustrating after what all we’ve been through, only to be defeated by…a mortal affair.

No, that wasn’t correct. There was something unnatural about what had happened. It wasn’t a coincidence that the two most powerful demigods of this time had ended up like this. No. Someone had planned this.

But to say who had done this was absolutely impossible. Even I knew that. Annabeth would give some detailed explanation, along with a PowerPoint Presentation, talking about the pros and cons of the situation while I would (start thinking about how jellyfish survive without brains…stupid ADHD) understand the basic facts. And from my basic understanding were born some ideas that were simple…and often deadly (but deadly was the norm for demigods). Sometimes I think that the most basic ideas were the most effective. In some situations, anyway.

One thing that I was certain of in this current situation was the devastating fact that perhaps Annabeth and I were responsible for at least fifty deaths.

No. Not Annabeth, She hadn’t done anything wrong. It was my fault…and my fault alone. She was helpless here unlike me. This was my strength; my element of control. And yet I too was helpless.

It felt like I was holding up the sky again, all the weight crashing down on my shoulders, depriving my breath. Nausea swelled in my stomach. My fault.

The least I could do now was save her. Save Annabeth. I have failed to protect fifty mortal lives but I will not fail to save one more demigod.

Anger surged through me.  I would save her. Even if it meant my life in exchange.

I swallowed the huge lump in my throat. My head buzzed; the beginning of a migraine? Or was it something else?

Annabeth was next to me, paddling sluggishly but with an air of determination. She kept brushing back that same strand of her warm and honey coloured hair, while her stormy grey eyes flickered with exhaustion and slight irritation. All her facial features were scrunched up- a sure sign that she was thinking too much.

Of course, she had a reason after what had happened with…well…everything. But my chest ached to see her hurting this much. I wanted to speak, but I knew too well from experience what happened if I interrupted her during her “Sherlock moments”, as I called them.

I could tell that Annabeth was about to give up. She thought…no she knew that our situation was hopeless.

I had realized that our so-called “plan” was pretty dumb. And that was coming from a guy with a head full of kelp.

The plan was to find land. Yep. Simple, right? But even I knew that roughly seventy percent of the earth was made up of water. Annabeth had lectured me enough times on various subjects, and thankfully, this was one of them. That’s the problem with children of Athena. Their knowledge kind of clings to you whether you want it to or not.