Annabeth shifted in her sleep again, She had been restless for a few nights now and Markos had noticed. He looked down at her, her usually soft features were now scrunched slightly a crease forming in between her eyebrows, she was having another nightmare. Markos smoothed hair from her face

"It's okay" He whispered, soothing her "I'm here, nothing can harm you" he held her in his strong arms as the plains of her face smoothed out, she settled. Markos didn't think anything of Annabeth's nightmare at the beginning, but it had been four nights in a row now and something didn't seemed right. He watched over her the rest of the night, but she didn't have any more disturbed dreams that night.

When the sun rose the next morning and Annabeth stirred Markos was next to her running his hand up and down her arm softly, she blinked into the morning light before her blue eyes settled on his face

"Hey" she smiled as she leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on his lips, his stubble scratching her chin

"Hey" he replied, stealing another kiss, they laid there for a while just watching each other before Markos said "Are you okay?"

Annabeth tipped her head slightly "Yer, why?" she smiled

"You've been restless at night, the past four nights infact" he tucked a strand of hair from her face behind her ear "Is there anything wrong?" A look of confusion crossed her face

"I don't remember any nightmares, were they bad?" she asked

Markos shook his head, he placed a quick kiss on her forehead and rose from the bed. Annabeth admired the muscles that covered his body as he stretched, the scars that marred his skin didn't bother her too much anymore, of course they reminded her of what she had to put him through and what he had to do to save her. A small smile played on her lips as he started his morning workout, the muscles flexing in his arms as he pushed himself. She took one last look at him before she gathered new clothes for today and headed into the bathroom.

The day was sunny and hot and the Demi-Gods were being pushed to their limits by Annabeth who was still kicking their asses at training.

"C'mon guys, push it, you survive by training hard, Good job Stevens" Annabeth called to the others, sweat was dripping from their skin, even Annabeth's limbs ached from training.

"Okay guys we're done, good job guys" she slowed her breathing as her heart pounded, the group separated a few spoke to Annabeth before they left, Annabeth stood there for a moment before taking her sword, she twirled it and went through a few movements, she spun and her sword clashed with another and she was face to face with Percy. A smile crossing both their faces as they began to spar

"Hey" he greeted as their swords clashed together

"Hey, how was the new guys?" she asked

Percy being camp leader had to initiate the new guys to camp, there had been two new arrivals in the past couple of days and Chiron had Percy show them the ropes

"Yer they're good" He said between swings "They are a little older than I expected and quiet but they seem alright, probably just need time to adjust"

"Who are their parents?" Annabeth spun and disarmed Percy, sword coming to his throat, Percy froze hands up yielding.

"They didn't say" he thought back to his time with the two Demi-Gods "They just seemed interested in the main campus…" he trailed off, his mind running with a thought.

"What is it?" Annabeth recognised that look "What's wrong?"

Percy looked up and towards camp where he had left them, his instincts told him something was wrong "I don't know…. Just a feeling" but it was more than that, there was something about the guys, just at that moment he saw one of them legging it away from camp. Without hesitation Percy bolted after him, Annabeth faltered but pursued as well. She had no idea why she was running but she knew Percy would have a good reason.