Shattered

Annabeth

Annabeth had no idea where she was or how she got there.

She had awoken feeling incredibly groggy, with every inch of her body screaming in agony. The daughter of wisdom slowly pushed herself off the ground, her body fighting her every inch of the way. When she was finally upright, her stomach decided that it needed to empty itself. 

Now.

She threw up the contents of her stomach and wiped her mouth off with her arm.

When the world stopped spinning, she took notice of her surroundings for the first time. She was at a rest stop, that much was certain. And around her were the already dissolving remains of four telekhines, her dagger lodged in the back of the largest one.

She felt her head for any sign of injury and hissed in pain when her fingers connected with a large bump on her left temple.

That might explain the memory loss, she thought.

Something was still off though. Why would she stab like that? That was a good way for the weapon to get stuck.

She couldn't ponder the curiosity further when a series of images and screams assaulted her. First was a picture of camp, followed by images of Thalia's tree. After a few seconds she realized it was her mother screaming but she couldn't make out what her mother was saying; only understanding about every third word.

-Tree.

-Danger.

-Help.

-Need you.

But as quickly as the visions and scream started,  they stopped.

Annabeth gingerly rubbed her head trying to soothe the pain caused from the sudden assault. That was strange... Her mother had sounded so desperate, even more desperate than the time she met her in the subway after Percy's disappearance. 

All Annabeth knew was that she needed to get to Thalia's tree.

She took a few more shaky breaths, and pulled her dagger from the glimmering dust that had once been a telekhine. She found a newspaper vending machine in the shelter of the rest stop. The date on the papers said it was Friday.

Friday? The last thing she remembered was Home EC with Abby, and that was on Monday.

Is this how Percy felt when he had awoke after Hera had abducted him? Well similar anyway, she just couldn't remember the last week.

Annabeth looked at a laminated map that was attached to a log podium. The map indicated that she was about ten miles North of camp. A bit of a walk, but she had walked further. Back with Luke and Thalia it hadn't been unusual for the trio to walk forty miles a day. She may have missed Luke and Thalia, but she didn't miss the constant travel.

She used her dagger to break the lock on a Coke vending machine and took several bottles of water.

I'll answer to the Coca Cola company later.

She emptied one bottle on her head, used another to rinse her mouth out, and pocketed another for the trip. She did a couple stretches, then starting walking down the road.