Broken [A Percabeth AU]

- Chapter 1 -

Percy

"No! Please, I'm begging you! Five days is all I need!"

"It's too late. I told you the deadline was the 27th, and I told you that you would pay if you didn't do what was told. You didn't listen."

I watched as the bullet entered Jason's guts for the second time, not being able to stop it.

As soon as that murderer left, I called an ambulance. When the paramedics arrived, they checked Jason's pulse. Instead of putting him inside the van and rushing to the hospital, they pulled out a body bag.

"GET THAT AWAY FROM HIM! HE'S NOT DEAD YET!" I yelled.

"I'm sorry sir, but he's gone. I understand that you are in distress, but you need to seek medical attention for that head wound, please come with us."

Everything happened so fast I didn't even notice that my head was bleeding. That's when everything went black.

The next thing I knew, I was in a hospital bed, my head hurting as if it was on fire.

I sneaked out the hospital the next day and went home. My mom questioned my absence, but I shrugged it off and ran off to my room, remembering to lock the door.

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One week later

I hadn't realized that I had lost my best friend forever until the day of his funeral.

I spent everyday doing nothing, not caring about school and blaming myself for not doing anything, anything, to stop him from dying.

I repeated and repeated, until Annabeth Chase walked into my life.