The Awakening: Chapter 6

Thompson's P.O.V

Annabeth was lying motionless on the ground. Cora dragged her listless body and picked her up.

Josh was furious. "Alright! We don't leave our friends to die when the sky is dropping on one of our friends!"

He lined each and every one of us up in a line, and we bend down our heads.

"Does anybody have anything to explain to me why you left Annabeth to die from the weight??"

He glared at us with such sharp, bright glare that it took all of my willpower not to cower.

They all remained silent, afraid of him. He looked at the shivering form of Annabeth Chase.

"Uhh..." Cora stuttered.

"Umm....." I was at a loss for words. Words won't come out of my mouth either.

"What you did there, is intolerable!!" Josh growled at us. "You could have cost her life! You guys are not tolerant enough to care for your friend!!"

He had a point there, he was right. We were not really tolerant about our friend. We were all depending on a leader, but when the leader is asleep, we were too selfish to help our friend.

"So, from now on, I will be keeping a close watch on all of YOU!!!" He chided. "And if I ever see you doing something like this ever again, you will be kicked out of the quest, UNDERSTAND!!!" He told us with a thundering voice that made all of us surprised.

He then stared at Annabeth. "Don't worry, Annabeth. Let's just stay at camp for a while, ok?"

Annabeth didn't seem to listen, she didn't even seem to open her eyes either.

Just then, I saw hundreds of monsters circling around us. I saw Josh touching the tent and the tent immediately transformed back into a necklace. Josh wore the necklace.

We were faced with so many monsters that I don't think we could kill them all.

I drew my weapon, which is a 4'3 celestial bronze blade, and started slashing the monsters. I saw Josh went in a frenzy and took out the monsters row by row.

Just then, I saw silver arrows sprouted from the trees, and as it hit the monsters, the monsters began to disintegrate and they started to retreat.

I saw a girl jumped from the tree above, and it's the same girl I saw before. It's Luna Silver.

"Hey guys! We meet again!" Luna said.

Then, she looked at Josh, and said. "Josh? You alright?" She said in a firm tone.

I looked at Josh. He's been poisoned. I could recall that there are some keres with the monsters and they might have poisoned him. I looked at his shoulder wound as he curled into a ball.

Jessica's P.O.V

Josh had been poisoned by the keres. It's very dangerous since the poison can only be cured by a god or a titan.

I poured just a little nectar on his shoulder wound. As I watched, Josh seemed to relax and his wounds began to ease. But the wounds were still there, I guess that the wounds can only be healed by a titan or a god's power.