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22.

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And now...

On with the story!

Just a warning...shit goes down in this chapter.
Y'ALL WERE WARNED!

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22.
Pained
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Annabeth had an anxious look on her face as she motioned to Percy and Calypso, telling them to move fast. Hurrying to the car, in which she and Percy had come to the cafe, she opened the door and started the ignition, slumping down the driver's seat.

"W-what's going on?" Calypso asked.

Annabeth gripped the steering wheel even tighter. "Jason is missing," she replied frantically.

Percy climbed on to the shotgun seat. "Where are we going now?" He asked her.

"Piper and Jason's apartment," Annabeth answered and began to drive the car.

Upon reaching there, they raced up to the elevator. They walked to the familiar door of Piper and Jason's house and Annabeth rang the bell, then knocked on it.

"Piper?" Percy mumbled.

They heard faint footsteps as the door opened and Piper looked at Percy, Annabeth and Calypso. She was in a very pitiful state, with messed up hair and tear stained cheeks.

Piper immediately pulled Annabeth into a hug and sobbed. "I do-don't know where he went," she cried. "I tried his phone, I did all that I could and we still haven't found him."

Annabeth tried to comfort her and motioned to Percy to open the door a little bit more so they all could walk in. "Piper, we'll find him, don't worry," she replied, as she gently pushed Piper inside her apartment.

"Where could he have gone?" Piper muttered to herself as more tears rolled down her cheeks.

Calypso sat next to Piper and rubbed her arm awkwardly in an effort to comfort her. Annabeth sighed and locked the door then sat next to Percy, in a couch beside the one Piper and Calypso were sitting in.

"Can you tell us what happened?" Annabeth asked Piper, in a gentle and soft tone. "From the very beginning."

Piper took a deep breath then looked down at her hands as she began to speak. "Well, he told me that he was going out, to meet Frank and Leo. Three hours passed and he had not come back so I was getting worried. I sent him a message, asking him when he was coming back. But, I didn't get any replies from him."

"And then..?" Annabeth promptly said, slowly.

"I called him. Called him thrice, to be frank," Piper continued. "But he didn't pick up any of my calls and that's when I got really paranoid. I then called Frank and Leo but they both replied that Jason hadn't even come to meet them. And then...I didn't know what do to. Just...lost."

Silence hung over them as Piper cried some more. Percy looked up.

"...what do we do now?" Percy asked, lacing his fingers together with a troubled look on his face.

"Well..." Annabeth began before she pressed her lips together as she thought. "I think...me and Piper should head to the police station and place a complaint while you, Percy, and Calypso can check out at Frank and Leo's respective houses, maybe check to see if you can find something around their places," she said.