A new enemy (Percy Jackson Fanfiction)

Solisse Olympus

Nico and I are talking and walking with Lee when Lee just stops. When I turn around he crumbles to the ground. I've already forgotten what we were talking about. Nico and I rush over to him. It looks like 3 cuts but the tears in my eyes make everything blurry. He opens his eyes and I can tell he's in unimaginable pain. He just starts up at us.

"Lee, what happened?" I ask him but he doesn't answer. I look up to Nico who's trying not to completely lose it. How did this happen? We were all fine not 2 minutes ago. Tears start to spill from my eyes. When I look back down at Lee his eyes are closed. My knees buckle and I fall beside him.

"H-how? What happened?" Nico all but yells. I can't answer him because I'm crying silently beside the ingered boy. He's just a boy. We're just children. The other gods send us on quests to places they won't go. We do their dirty work. The blood of their enemies is on our hands.

"Sunshine?" I hear Lee say quietly. A weak hand wipes the tears of my cheeks. "Are you ok?"

"Am I okay?! You're the one who keeps getting hurt badly with no explanation!" I snap at him. "I need you to put yourself first for once so we can figure out what's happening! We can't keep seeing you go through this! I can't lose--" my voice cracked at the end and I burst into tears again. He sits up, I can't begin to ever possibly think of how much pain that small action probably inflicted. He doesn't seem to care tho and he places a hand under my chin. He gently turns my head so I'm looking into his red, gold and black eyes. Most people would find the colors scary but I find them comforting. He wipes some more tears off my cheeks and we sit there in silence for a second.

"I'm sorry." He whispers so only I can hear him. I don't even know when Nico left but he's no longer with us.

"Just don't scare me like that again."

"I can't promise but I'll try my best." His words are followed by silence. I pull myself forward and gently put my head on his chest where their's no blood stain. Even if, he still grinds his teeth a little. I ignore it though. He didn't cry out in pain again so I knew that he'd be okay. We sit like this for a few seconds until I find his heart beat. It's shallow and slow. After I hear this I pull away.

"Ok, let me see." I tell him.

"I'd rather not." He tells me. We stare each other down. He won so I made a mental note to ask again later. I get up and help Lee up then we walk down to camp where everyone is still packing up. When percy sees the blood stains but no rips on Lee's stirt he scoffs.

"Did you get into a shirtless fight or something?" Percy asked Lee. Lee just sent him a glare and went to get a new shirt.

"I would love to see him without a shirt on..." Piper fantasized.

"No you wouldn't. He's covered in scars under his shirt." Fos tells her almost sadly.

"It can't be as bad as mine." Percy cut in. When did he become so rude and arrogant.

"It's worse." I tell him sadly.

"I have noticeably more scars than Fos and Jason." Percy shoots back.

"We've all seen you with no shirt and it's worse. It's been worse than you for 4 years now." I tell him then turn to Molly, Fos and Nico. "It's worse now than the last time we all saw." They all gasp a little. We all saw 2 years ago when a stray monster was in the underworld. His shirt got shredded and it was terrible then. He steps out of the tent he was changing in. He walks over to me.

"I swear if I get any more scars then I'll look like a mummy." He whispers in my ear and I can't help but laugh a little bit.

"If you get hurt again again I'll wrap you up like one." I joke. I look up at him and he's actually smiling. Well more a half smile but still. The last time he smiled was after I woke up from my coma and that was more in relief than actual happiness. I missed his smile. His happy full smile had disappeared when we were 7 years old and we lost a part of our family. He never got over that. He will always blame himself for Fin's death. I smile back at him but his smile drops when he seemed to remember something, probably his older brother Fin. Fin used to be the only one who could get him to actually smile. Fingalee Luna was someone special, always getting into trouble. For years the brothers would be inseparable. Astrlee = stars, Fingalee = moon. Fin died protecting Lee from their own father. Lee's been scared for years. He was mute for years. Didn't want to talk to anyone. Wouldn't eat anything. One day Fos and I broke into his room. He was practically dead. Just thinking about the impossibly skinny 10 year old made me shiver. We made him come out and eat something. He didn't talk for 2 years after that but he did go out and eat with us and Molly. When he did talk for the first time in years his voice was soft and strained. I was the only person with him and I was shocked. We'd been calling him Astrlee the entire time but his first words in years were to call him Lee. The moment was bitter sweet because Lee is the nickname Fin had given him. We followed his wishes though. After that I grew very close to him and our friendship turned into more. We all miss Fin but we can't dwell on the past.