A/N Here's a little Beckalina two-shot! Hope you enjoy!
DICLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY PJO STUFF NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WANT TO.
Charlie's POV
I heard people coming for the control room, as I was about two hundred feet from the door. I quickly turned around to make it seem like I hadn't gotten there yet. Before they got here I quickly took out a picture of Silena and silently told her I loved her. The explosives were all set. As I finished putting her photo away I felt my arms being grabbed. I looked over and saw two enemy demigods. They started puling me towards the deck of the ship.
As I came out into the sunlight I saw Percy engaged in a battle with Kronos. The demigods got their attention and Kronos sneered.
"Check the bag." The demigod on the side of my watch let go and grabbed the bag from my hand. I made eye contact with Percy. I felt my heart start to pound a mile a minute because I knew what I had to do. I mouthed 'go' and then gave him a few seconds. When the demigod next to me realized my bag wasn't filled I pressed the button on my watch that activated all the Greek fire. I heard the sound of it exploding and saw the look of confusion of the passengers aboard the Princess Andromeda. Within a millisecond I felt the heat and intense pain before everything
went black.
When I opened my eyes again I didn't recognize where I was. I didn't exactly feel there. Me being tall and on the larger side from working in the forges, I had this feeling that if the wind blew to hard that I would be taken away with it. I was in a line with people who didn't seem completely there. I could almost see through them. I decided not to think about it and I followed the line. Eventually I came to a desk. There was a deathly pale man in a black suit. I looked closer at his nametag. It took me a moment to decipher but I realized it said Charon. Wait a minute! Why does that name sound familiar? I thought really hard. Then it dawned on me. Charon takes all the souls to the underworld. I guessed I was officially dead. I hoped Silena was ok.
"NAME!" I heard someone yell. It snapped me out of my thoughts. I look up at Charon again to see him looking at me in annoyance.
"Sorry Charon, My names Charles Beckendorf." He nodded.
"Cause of death?" He asked in a bored tone.
"I died blowing up the Princess Andromeda in hopes of slowing down Kronos." I said confidently.
"Oh. A demigod." He said in mock amusement. "You got pay?" As he asked I felt like I has some added weight. I checked my pockets and pulled out a couple drachmas. I looked closer and realized they all had my father's face on it, Hephaestus. I guess this was the last gift from my father. I handed Charon the golden coins. He played with him for a bit. "Right this way." He gestured. Then I faintly heard him yell to the other spirits to get back as I was getting onto the boat.
Charon and the souls on the boat stayed quiet. It got me a little on edge. Before long we were docked. There were three lines going into the underworld, two were regular and led to the judges and was moving extremely slow, the other was an EZ-Death line and it took you straight to the fields of asphodel. I hesitantly got off the boat and walked over to the longer line. I waited for what felt like an eternity, under the circumstances it very well could have been. Finally I was standing in front of the three judges, Minos, Rhadanthys, and Aiakos. I stood in front of Aiakos first. I felt a slight pressure in my head so I knew he was reading my memories. After a couple of minutes he nodded me on. I moved on to Rhadanthys. Exactly the same thing happened. I was starting to feel like I was on some type of show. WHO WANTs TO GO TO ELYSIUM? Now to win this game you need to have been a hero in some way. To judge that here are our three judges! I think you know how the rest would go.
Finally I was up to the final judge Minos. I felt him looking into my memories. Once it subsided he took a big breath in, as if he needed it, and said, "Charles Beckendorf, you have been an outstanding hero willing to give his life to save his friends and loved ones. Because of this show of courage the three of us have deemed you Elysium." This was said in a bored tone as if he does this often. He waved me over in the direction of my eternal resting area. I walked up the white cobblestone walkway and reached the golden gates of Elysium. As I approached they slowly opened. I got inside the gates and then they closed.
I looked around and saw grand estates, little kids running around playing with each other. I saw a section of fallen hunters talking with bows in their hands; I recognized Bianca and Zoë among them. I then saw my friends who have fallen before me. I felt tears threatening to over flow. I saw Lee joking around with Castor. A couple other campers from when I first got there. I walked over to Lee. When he saw me he smiled and engulfed me in a hug. I didn't get along with many campers, but Lee was an exception. I missed him so much. After saying Hi I walked back over to the gates to Elysium. I stood there. Waiting for her. I don't care how long it takes her to get here. I just need her back, she is the love of my life, the only women I would ever dream of being with forever. She is brave, kind, strong, gorgeous, and so many other adjectives. She's the girl of my dreams. I need her.