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Percy

The seven demigods spent the next ten minutes searching for Nico, but with no luck.

"This is my fault," Percy said stabbing his sword into the ground. "I never should have stopped paying attention to everything around me. I was so focused on killing the giant…"

Immediately, Hazel said in a concerned voice, "Percy, it's not your fault at all! Nico knows how to take care of himself, and besides, we're all just as responsible as you are. Don't blame yourself."

She came over and gave Percy a hug, which made Percy feel a little better. Hazel was a few years younger than him, and he found that she was really nice and caring.

"We'd better go back to see Annabeth," Percy said. Then a new thought occurred to him. "What if the same thing that happened to Nico happened to her?"

He started running for the cave entrance. "Somebody come with me!" He called back, seeing as nobody was following him. He heard the other 5 demigods running after him.

By the time he got near the Argo, Percy's heart was pounding in his chest, adrenaline racing through his body.

"Annabeth?" He called up, desperately hoping that she was there. "Annabeth!"

There was no answer. Percy knew that there were hundreds of explanations – she was probably sleeping. But that didn't stop Percy from becoming slightly more panicked.

He climbed up the ladder that still hung from the railings on deck, and looked around. The deck was empty. He raced to her room, heart pounding.

He barged in, and for a moment his heart skipped a beat. There was no one there.

"Looking for someone, Seaweed Brain?" Annabeth's voice asked from behind him.

Percy spun around. Annabeth was standing there, arms crossed and smirking. Her hair looked damp but clean, in the usual ponytail. Most of her cuts had disappeared, which indicated that she had eaten either ambrosia or nectar. She was leaning against the wall, which probably meant that her head still felt….bad. But she was wearing a fresh pair of clothes and she had her arm in a makeshift cast – they didn't exactly have material on board.

"Annabeth! You're alive! And here…" Percy said, staring at her.

"Yes, I am alive. I told you that I'd be fine. Anyway, I have Coach Hedge with me. That makes everything fine, doesn't it?" She asked him, raising her eyebrows.

"Um….yes?" Percy asked, feeling a bit dumb. Of course she was here. Just because Nico had suddenly disappeared that didn't mean that all the demigods would disappear as well.

"Nico's gone," he suddenly blurted out.

"What do you mean, he's gone? Are you sure he didn't shadow-travel someplace? Maybe he went to Camp Half-Blood. You know that he's able to sense people's deaths. He could have sensed a lot of Greek and Roman deaths and went to try to stop it. In which case, we'll need the statue to try and help him. You did find the statue, right?" Annabeth asked yet another question.

But after she said everything, it made perfect sense. Just because Nico had disappeared without telling anyone, that didn't mean that he had been kidnapped by Gaea's forces. It wasn't uncommon that he suddenly disappeared without anyone knowing.

"Um…right. The statue. We found it, but it looks really big." Percy saw Annabeth roll her eyes. "No, really! It's gigantic! How to you expect us to get that thing into this boat? It's big enough, but how in the name of Poseidon are we supposed to get that thing over here?"

Annabeth shrugged. "We'll figure it out," she replied.

Once again, the intercom interrupted Percy. (This wasn't an uncommon event).

"Hello, Percy! Assuming you found Annabeth; please get your booties over to the deck so you can stop the girls from totally freaking out. Thank you very much! Actually, scratch that. I'm not going to thank you. Just please get up!"

"Well, I guess we can continue this conversation with the others. And now it's just the seven of us again." Annabeth said, walking towards the nearest flight of stairs.

Percy followed her and when they found the others, Leo was doing cartwheels (Percy thought they were pretty good cartwheels for a guy) and Hazel and Frank looked like they were in the middle of a deep conversation when Percy and Annabeth came up.

"Annabeth – you're okay!" Piper exclaimed when she saw them. She ran over and carefully gave Annabeth a hug. "We were all so worried about you! After Nico disappeared" –she cut herself off and glanced at Hazel. "Anyway, we all assumed the worst. I'm so glad you're okay."

"Piper, you know I can take care of myself," Annabeth said, grinning.

"Um, sorry to interrupt, but we really need to focus on how to get the statue and leave this place," Hazel interjected.

"Right – well, you could help us make it a little bit easier by using your powers, Hazel. I don't think...wait. Frank could turn into something useful." Annabeth and Frank both blushed as they realised what her words implied. "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that…" Annabeth said awkwardly. "Um, well, he could turn into something big. Maybe an elephant, to help us drag it. Leo, could you make a giant magnet that could attract the statue? That should be enough."

An hour later, they had all somehow gotten the statue onto the boat. Annabeth had gone into her room, probably for a nap, while Leo was taking off but now that they were flying in the sky again, headed to Camp Half-Blood, Percy needed to talk to Annabeth about what to do next.

He walked down into the hallway where all their bedroom doors were in, and knocked on Annabeth's door.

"Annabeth? Wake up!" He called out. There was no answer. Percy smiled to himself as he planned her wake-up strategy. Something with water would work….

He snuck into Annabeth's bathroom, turned the sink on and forced the water to hover over his hand in an ever-growing cube of water. When it looked about big enough, he went back to Annabeth's bed, to find nothing.

Just then, the water in his hand turned to mist, and with it came the usual rainbow. Except this rainbow had Annabeth's face in it.

"Percy, you have to help me! I'm in Greece, and it's going to be 6 days until they kill me and Nico to wake up Gaea completely and kill the gods. HURRY!"

:D I am so happy with this chapter! Are you guys? Probably not XP well, that was THE LAST CHAPTER so pleeeeease review! I really, really appreciate when people review – thanks a ton!