Interlude

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Percy's POV

(This is an interlude. Since our dear Seaweed Brain was knocked out, we are exploring his dreams)

Oh, wow…

What was that stuff Katniss used to knock me out?

Whatever it is, it's some strong stuff. That I can assure you.

Right now, I can't tell if I'm in a dream or not. I'm standing in the middle of a room, I think. A dark one. Well, there's light but the light shines only in the middle.

But I'm unconscious, so I guess this must be a dream.

But it seems so real…

" Don't hurt yourself, Percy." A pretty girl in a white dress with blonde hair and grey eyes suddenly materialized next to me. " I think a broken leg and an infected arm is enough for now. No need to add mental illness to the list."

" Who are you?" I ask her. I know this girl. Her name is at the tip of my tongue. What was it?

" You don't remember me?" the girl asks, raising an eyebrow. " My, my. I thought you would've remembered me. Especially since I fell and died at your feet."

" Annabeth," I say, suddenly feeling horrified. Oh, shit. Don't tell me this is going to turn into a nightmare.

" Relax there, old buddy," a male's voice suddenly say. I look around and my eyes zero in on another familiar figure that emerged from the dark. The boy from District 3, Luke. " We're not going to harm you."

" Not going to harm me?" I nearly squeak.

" We're just here for a chat," another male voice speaks. Grover steps into the light. " You know, just a friendly chat like how are you doing, et cetera, et cetera."

" That sounds like revenge to me," I mutter. Luke and Grover snickers while Annabeth suppresses a smile. " Seriously, am I hallucinating?"

" Probably. That girl from your district – "

" Katniss," I say, irritated that they don't call her by her name.

" – yes, her. She gave you something to knock you out. Do you know why?" Annabeth asks.

I didn't answer straight away. Okay, the answer was staring right in my face, doing this awfully annoying dances. But I don't think I want to accept the actual truth.

" Come on, now, Percy. You must know why," Luke says, sitting next to me.

" Of course he knows," another female voice says. " He's not stupid." Katie jumps into the light, looking cheerful in her colorful dress.

" Could've fooled me," Annabeth mutters.

" Hey!"

" Annabeth," Luke says, flashing her a warning look. She merely shrugs and crosses her leg, leaning back against her chair. " Sorry about her. She's a smarty pants. That's why she's like that," he says to me in a low voice.

" I can still hear you, Luke," Annabeth calls out. He rolls his eyes.

" So, Percy," Katie suddenly appears in front of me. " Can you tell us why Katniss did what she did?"

" She went to the feast Claudius told us about."

" Bingo," Grover says.

" To get that…something."

" You're getting warmer," Annabeth says, sounding immensely bored.

I frown. Okay, I already figured everything out : Katniss knocked me out so that she could go to the feast and get that something we – I - need desperately. I look at them expectantly, wondering whether there was more to the puzzle I am trying to solve.

" I can't believe you forgot what I told you, Percy," a familiar voice suddenly say. A painful, aching pang hits me right in the chest and I actually stumbled back a little. " I mean, I did tell you, didn't I?"

Tears flood my vision as the person I miss so much steps into light.

" Addy," I croak. She smiles her dazzling smile, her grey eyes twinkling and she looks so pretty in that blue dress. The dress that she wanted so much when we were in the orphanage but couldn't buy. " Oh…I..," I couldn't get the words out. " Is this real?" I ask the others.

" No, this is all in your head," Annabeth says, yawning.

" Don't burst his bubble, Annabeth," Luke says, giving her an annoyed look. She shrugs.

" Okay, I'll just pretend this is real," I say before turning my attention back to Addy, giving her my biggest smile. " I've missed you," I say softly, pulling her into a tight hug. " I've missed you so, so much."

" I know," she replies, returning my hug. " I've missed you, too," she says, pulling away. " I've been worrying how you're going to make it through without me."

I snort in derision. " Give me some credit, will you?"

She snickers.

" We'll give you two some room," Luke says, pulling Annabeth, Grover and Katie. " We'll be here when you're done," he adds, before the four of them melts into the darkness.

" How are you, Percy?" she asks.

" Same old, same old. I'm in the Games, I'm injured, I'm having a hallucination where I am currently talking to my dead sister. Pretty much an ordinary thing to do," I say, smirking.

She laughs, the delightful sound echoes around the room. " Well, I see you still have your annoying side."

" My annoying side is what that has made you laugh, in case you don't remember," I say slyly.

" Yeah. And it's also gotten you in lots of trouble with Mrs. Woodlum and Gavin the Goat Man, if I remember correctly," Addy retorts, smiling gleefully.

" Yeah," I say, running a hand through my hair. " Don't remind me about that."

She snorts. " Okay. Can I ask you something?"

" Shoot."

" Do you like Katniss?"

" Of course I do," I say, giving her a weird look. Her face suddenly brightens. " She's my best friend. Her family took us in after the orphanage closed down. She took care of me in the Games. Heck, she's my ally, Addy."

She face-palms. " Okay, wrong question. Do you love Katniss, Percy?"

" Well, I..uh.." I could feel my face growing warm. " What are you on to, kid?" I quickly ask her, trying to hide my embarrassment.

" I didn't think you were dense when I first met you, Percy," another familiar voice says. Another familiar voice that sends painful aches into my heart. " Hiya, Percy," she says, smiling widely.

" Rue," I say, feeling as if my chest is going to explode with emotion. First, my sister. Now, my little ally. I don't think my heart could take all of this emotional pent up anymore. " Oh."

I black out after that.

" Percy?" a familiar voice say, somewhere above my head. " Yoohoo…Percy?"

" How the hell did he pass out when he's already passed out?" a male voice asks, sounding amused. " What did you guys do to him?"

" Nothing!" Two girls' voice say in unison.

" Hey, Percy. Wake up already!" Someone is slapping my face right now. And none too gently, too.

"Wake up!"

" Stop slapping me," I murmur dizzily. " It hurts…"

" Wow..he's got a broken leg and an infected arm. Yet, getting slapped by Annabeth is hurting him more than those injuries," Luke says, laughing openly now.

My eyelids flew open. " What happened?" I groan, getting up. Oh, wow…my head feels like it's going to explode.

" You are, hands down, the weirdest kid I've ever met," Grover declares, looking at me in amusement. " You're already knocked out by your girlfriend and yet you still managed to knock yourself out again even though you are already unconscious."

" Stop talking in riddles, man," I say, grabbing my throbbing head. " What are you talking about?"

" Nothing," Addy says, shooting Grover a look. " Are you okay, Percy?" she asks me, her tone soft and guilt decorates her angelic features. I shrug, not knowing what to say. " We're really sorry about getting you too overwhelmed."

" Me? Overwhelmed?" I snort. " Please…"

Annabeth snorts in disgust. " I never realized you are such a dick, Jackson," Annabeth says, wrinkling her nose. " I'm surprised the Careers haven't made you their breakfast yet, with that kind of attitude." That pretty much ticked me off.

" What's your problem?" I ask her angrily as I get to my feet. " Are you still sore that you died at the very beginning?"

" Watch it!" she growls, her grey eyes flashing dangerously. " You don't want to push it."

" Me pushing it? You're the one who is a dick!" I snarl at her. " Just admit it : you're mad you didn't make it even to the final six."

" That's it, Jackson!" she screams. My hand flew to my waist, where I knew my weapons were safely strapped, to defend myself against her, just in case she attacks. Though, since this is a hallucination, the weapons weren't at my side.

I look up just in time to see Annabeth making her way towards me in this really freaky way. I thought she was going to attack me. Next thing I knew, she was spraying blood all over us. Well, all over me because even though the blood hit the others, there wasn't a stain even a speck on their clothes. Her right hand is dangling off of her wrist, attached to it only by her sinews and tendons. A long, deep gash began to form on her face, starting from her right eye all the way over her nose down to the side of her mouth.

I suppose this is where my hallucination turns into a nightmare.

Because Annabeth is now standing in front of me, not in her clean and beautiful way as she had at first. But in the state when she had died.

" Was it pleasant when you decided to torture me?" she rasps, blood trickling down the side of mouth. " Did you have nightmares about it? Remorse? Anything to show that you had regretted killing us?"

Looking around, I notice that the others (Luke, Grover and Katie) too had changed their appearance to their state when they had died. Luke with his throat slit open, Grover with the front of his shirt soaking wet with his blood and Katie…oh, shit. Her throat slit open and the front of her dress covered in blood.

I look to Rue (just in case she decides that I had a part in her death) and am glad to say that she is looking normal. Normal, as in no blood or anything. She stares at the other tributes with their wounds and blood pouring out, horrified.

" You did all of this?" Addy whispers, her eyes wide in horror.

" And I'm not proud of it," I say, gruffly.

" Are you sure you're not proud of it?" Annabeth hisses at me, her eyes doing some really crazy trick. " Are you really sure?"

" Yes, yes, yes!" I nearly pissed in my pants. " Stop doing that!"

" Doing what, Percy?" Luke asks, coming closer at me. " Do this?" His whole head breaks off from his neck and rolls around on the floor until it stop at my feet, grinning masochistically.

" Shit!" I say, leaping away from the laughing head. " When can I wake up?" I screech at Addy and Rue, getting mega creep up right now.

They shake their heads helplessly.

" Why do you want to wake up, Percy?" Katie giggles, wrapping her arms around me. " Why do you want to return to the Games?"

" Because at least it won't be as horrible as this nightmare!" I howl, thrashing around, trying to get away from her. Surprisingly, for a small girl like, she had a quite firm hug.

" Who says this is a nightmare?" Grover hobbles over to me, grinning sadistically. " This is real!"

I finally manage to escape from Katie's firm hug and stare at them in horror. " What the hell?" I cuss. " Let me wake up!"

" No," they say in unison, their eyes rolling around in their sockets.

I try to get away from them but that was when my left leg, my broken leg, gave away. That was when I also noticed my sword arm starting to throb again. They cackled maniacally and starts to advances on me. " No, please..," I plead to them. " Please," I say, looking imploringly at Rue and Addy.

But they were already fading, giving me a sad look.

Then, my victims attack me.

" No!" I scream, thrashing around, trying to get away from them. " No!"

A/N: Well, I think that was pretty disturbing…O.O anyways, after you've read this, be sure to leave a review! You know you want to…it's just a click away!

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