Percy Jackson. Gone

Chapter Eight. (Jason's POV)

"I know where Percy is!"

The door to the rec room in the Big House flew open to reveal a distraught Annabeth. "Annabeth? What do you mean?" I asked carefully. Butch from the Iris Cabin helped Annabeth to a chair where she had a glass of water and started to explain. "Piper took me to my cabin, and so I fell asleep soon because I was tired. But in my dream I was Percy." Leo cut her off.

"You were Percy? What?!" Piper smacked Leo which shut him up quickly. "Anyways I was standing on a beach and it was storming like Hades out, and I was just standing there and then I noticed that I was wearing different clothes and then I realized that I was being followed so I turned around and there was a Vrykolakas, and so I started screaming at the storm and shouting Zeus' names. A bolt of lightning came out and struck the monster. Then I flopped onto the sand and started writing. My dream became blurry and so I read quickly when I wrote. It said, 'why do they hate me? What have I done?' The last thing I saw before the dream ended was a building with red cursive lettering that I couldn't read, and a few statues"

Annabeth finished with a gasp of air and she looked at Grover with a worried expression. Grover's brow furrowed and he thought for a while. "Do you think that he's there?" He asked. Annabeth nodded. "Why?" Grover asked simply. "Hold up, time out," Clarrise made an time out with her arms. "Where is this place? And what is it?"

"Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium. And it's Medusa's last known place to be. Percy killed her there." Annabeth sighed. Malcom pulled her into a brotherly hug where she cried softly into her shoulder while Grover shuddered at the memory of the snake-lady thing. "Reyna, Leo, call Frank, Hazel, and Thalia, and tell them that you'll go searching through New Jersey. Piper, Jason start packing five bags for your mission. You're going on a search and rescue mission. If you can't convince Percy to come back then tell him what's happening at camp while he's gone." Chiron ordered. I nodded and smiled briefly at Piper."

"What about Grover and I?" Annabeth asked softly. Her eyes were red and her nose was snuffling. "Annabeth my dear, I think it would be better if you stayed here. Your cabin needs you and I need you to keep teaching Ancient Greek, and a bit of sword fighting classes with the other cabins," Chiron said gently. "NO! I NEED TO FIND PERCY!" She shouted. The daughter of Athena ran out of the room and sprinted to her cabin. I sighed and chased after her. When I got to the plain Athena cabin, I found Annabeth reaching into her trunk and grabbing clothes and throwing them into a drawstring bag. I reached to her hands and held them in mine. "Annabeth you heard Chiron. You need to stay here," I murmured. "But Jason. I need him. I need to find him. We went through Tarturus together. He promised he wouldn't disappear again," she cried. "Annabeth. He would want you to stay at camp."

"But he breaks promises all the time," she said quietly. "Oh really? When?" I asked. "When we were thirteen he broke his promise to Chiron to not go out of camp and go on a quest. When we were fourteen, he broke another promise to Chiron, to not go on a quest to rescue me," she said. I raised my eyebrow at her and she flopped onto her bed, sighing deeply. "Jason, I just miss him. Promise you'll do your best to try to bring him back to me?"

"I promise. I swear on the River Styx to do everything I possibly can to bring Percy Jackson back to you, Annabeth Chase." I swear. Thunder booms in the distance and I know that I had to do everything to keep that promise. I left the wise girl putting away her clothes, and went to the Zeus Cabin where I found Piper with five bags, sorting out some ambrosia and water bottles. "Is she okay?" Piper asked. "She wasn't but now she sorta is. Missing Percy." I answered. "He's gone for the second time in a little over a year. " She turned around and I looked into her kaleidoscope eyes.

"That would tear me apart," I mumbled. I turned and grabbed a few of my shirts and shorts and threw them into one bag. I heard other people to come into the cabin/temple and I turned around. "Hazel, Frank and your sister are coming in about two hours max. Butch is picking them up in the flying chariot." Leo smiled slightly. I noticed he wasn't as joking as he was on the Argo II. "Okay thanks Leo. Why don't you go grab some clothes and stuff from your cabin and pick a bag to pack for the mission?" He nodded and headed off to Cabin Nine. "Pipes you can get your stuff too. I'll finish up working here. Loading Ambrosia and Nectar and stuff."

"Okay thanks." I nodded and started breaking off wafers of Ambrosia. I stopped for a minute and looked over at my bunk. I walked over and stared at some pictures that I took with a disposable camera in Greece. Yes, I can be a tourist at times. Deal with it.. I smiled as I looked at the picture I took of Leo, Piper and I in front of the Parthenon. Then I stared at the one of Annabeth and Percy walking down a rocky beach, holding hands the night before the final battle. I unhooked them from the wall and put them gently in my bag along with my superman t-shirt I had gotten from my dad.

Who knew that Zeus could joke? I heard someone enter the cabin again and I ran over to give my sister a hug. "Hey," she smiled. "Hi. We need your help." Thalia's grin faded. "With what?"

"Percy is missing again."

A/N: Hey whats up! THE SKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Thank you @James1176 for getting me hooked on that!) I know I know. I'm so flipping sorry I haven't updated in a month. I wanted to update on PJ birthday!!!! Hope you enjoy! Over 1010 words! =) ENJOY! I PROMISE TO UPDATE MORE OFTEN!!!!