Annabeth misses the first warning - she and Leo being as wrapped up in their conversation over the salvage as they are. But the second is crystal clear, and she whirls around just in time to watch the water shield surround Leo and herself. Just in time to watch the electricity travel through the water right back at Percy and shock him.
The shield collapses, soaking them both, but Leo beside her is temporarily forgotten; "Percy!" she shrieks, whipping her knife out at the same time without even thinking, and then she's rushing for him. She hears him groaning, sees him stirring, and he manages to give her a wave - a sign she recognizes for him being okay, relatively speaking.
Her relief is short lived, because there's a spectre hovering near Percy; it looks like it's trying to possess him but it... doesn't work, for whatever reason. Probably his thick skull, she manages to think, as it seemingly just pings away. In frustration, the spectre turns on Annabeth, the next closest target. It probably didn't help that she'd been screaming at it to leave him alone.
Without even thinking, she swings her knife at it, but it doesn't do anything, beyond give it the chance to grab at her arm. The physical contact is startling, maybe a little electrifying, and Annabeth can feel instantly that it's attempting to possess her.
"Get out!" Already enraged at the fact that it managed to electrocute her boyfriend and already filled with the adrenaline of combat, Annabeth is borderline ragemonster right now. She clutches her knife tightly in one hand, but all her focus shifts to fighting off the possession. Sorry, Leo.
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The shield collapses, soaking them both, but Leo beside her is temporarily forgotten; "Percy!" she shrieks, whipping her knife out at the same time without even thinking, and then she's rushing for him. She hears him groaning, sees him stirring, and he manages to give her a wave - a sign she recognizes for him being okay, relatively speaking.
Her relief is short lived, because there's a spectre hovering near Percy; it looks like it's trying to possess him but it... doesn't work, for whatever reason. Probably his thick skull, she manages to think, as it seemingly just pings away. In frustration, the spectre turns on Annabeth, the next closest target. It probably didn't help that she'd been screaming at it to leave him alone.
Without even thinking, she swings her knife at it, but it doesn't do anything, beyond give it the chance to grab at her arm. The physical contact is startling, maybe a little electrifying, and Annabeth can feel instantly that it's attempting to possess her.
"Get out!" Already enraged at the fact that it managed to electrocute her boyfriend and already filled with the adrenaline of combat, Annabeth is borderline ragemonster right now. She clutches her knife tightly in one hand, but all her focus shifts to fighting off the possession. Sorry, Leo.