Carystus

The Plunge

Apollo doubled over in pain and clutched at his stomach. Golden blood covered his hands in seconds. He looked up. His eyes where the same blue grey color, but with golden flecks in them. He took a shuddering breath.

" at least it's me and not my sister." he managed to cough out. Blood filled his mouth and he chocked.

" you can still live." Gaia whispered. "I know you want to."

For a second, Apollo hesitated. He said something. But he was so weak it was barely a whisper. Gaia leaned forwards. "What?" she asked.

Apollo raised his head defiantly and calmly spat in her face. "I said, never in all of the ages will I be in debt to you." he snarled. Gaia pulled away sharply, clearly in pain. "I'll be back, Apollo, and I will get the rest of the prophecy from you." she hissed. Half of her face was smoking and bugs crawled out of her eyes.

" next time, make sure I'm too week to unleash a plague." Apollo whispered weakly. Gaia screamed in rage and placed her hand on Apollo's skull. Immediately, Apollo's eyes rolled back in his head and his body slumped as a sharp crackle of light shot through his body, shutting his brain down. Gaia leaned forwards to make sure he wasn't breathing, and disappeared into the earth.

Immediately, Hestia shot forwards and began tending to Artemis, while Hermes struggled to wake up Apollo. Eventually, Artemis was carried away in a stretcher while Hestia donated blood. As for Apollo, the only solution was mortals.

Annabeth whipped out her phone and called the ambulance while Hermes placed Apollo on the side of the road and Splattered glass on the road to make it look like a hit and run. Annabeth changed into running shoes, yoga pants, and a lulu lemon jacket borrowed form the Aphrodite cabin.

We all hid in the bush until the ambulance arrived. Annabeth played the role of the innocent girl who was running and thought she saw someone on the road. The ambulance crew believed every second of it.

"It's alright, Hun." one of the nurses reassured her. "Do you know him?" she added.

Annabeth paled right on cue when she saw Apollo's face. "He-he's my biology teacher's brother!" she gasped. "he must have gone to visit her."

The nurse nodded and promised to call as soon as possible. Poseidon made sure Apollo's horses knew what to do. Camp half blood fell silent.

A few days later, we got the call.