The Mark of Athena

Chapter 19

Alas, I fell asleep. But I uploaded two back to back so brownie points still count right? Oh well, Enjoy!

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Annabeth

Annabeth awoke to see a pair of beautiful green eyes staring back at her. She was laying on something soft and comfortable.

"Why am I on a mattress? What just happened? Guys say something!" she was met with complete silence. She did a quick sweep and did a head count to make sure everyone was there so she could yell at them all. Seven all present. Wait, there were nine of us.

She was about to yell the name when she looked closer at everyone's faces. They were all crying and a body was covered in a white sheet. No, please gods no. she didn't know where the other was and she didn't want to.

She was about to ask and was trembling. Percy gripped her hand fiercely and shook his head in confirmation telling her already answering the question he knew she was thinking and was about to ask. It was too much and she fell apart.

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24 Hours Earlier….

Hazel

Hazel was upset and confused. Everything happened so suddenly. She could only assume what had happened. First, everyone except Annabeth noticed that Jason was being murdered. Then, something flickered inside of her and she started to glow. Frank whispered in awe murmuring something about the Mark of Athena. Hazel guessed that's what Annabeth was doing.

Fire erupted everywhere and Hazel jumped at the same time as Frank. His lifeline was with her and they were surrounded. Frank dazed out for a sec and he swiveled around to her.

"Hand me the stick."

Hazel was terrified of where this was going but Frank seemed to have an aura of power around him. The Mars inside of him was finally showing its true colors. She tentatively handed him it.

And the unpredictable happened, he tossed it into the air and it burst in flames. In the air where there was nothing, it ignited. She was dumbfounded.

"ARE YOU INSANE ZHANG?" Hazel screamed at him and shut her eyes to prevent the tears. She gave up only finding that he was gone and talking to Nico.

'When was he going to die? How long did he have? Why'd he even do it?'

Those were the thoughts going through her head. Her mind was spinning. Piper knocked some sense into her by pulling on Hazel's arm. Piper, Leo, and she started towards the edge. The fire was engulfing them, trapping everyone and everything inside.

Leo, being Leo, took out a small helicopter and some sort of controller out of his tool belt.

"Leo! Now is not the time to play with toys do something useful for once?" Piper hollered at him. He winced but decided to explain himself.

"Well Miss Know-It-All I was actually just going to move the helicopter above us to see everything from an aerial view not play with toys." He huffed indignantly. Piper rolled her eyes and grudgingly said good idea. He smirked.

The two girls crowded around Leo to see the small screen in his hand. The fire had just completed to form the shape of an owl.

"The Mark of Athena…" Hazel muttered although Piper and Leo heard her clearly. They turned towards her expecting more information.