A/N: I know this is embarrassing-but last week, I just finished MOA. I was so busy with school that I set it down for a bit to long. Well, now I am SUPER excited for House of Hades and so… I wanted to make my own version of HoH. Here it goes. Maybe if I make it terrible, Rick Riordan will publish faster!
Disclaimer: All characters and plot etc. belong to Rick Riordan. Enjoy!
Annabeth's POV:
The last bit of sunlight disappeared and the only thing I felt was the wind that roared through my ears and my grip on Percy's hand. I couldn't tell how long we fell, but it felt like we fell for eternity. My insides felt like they were going to crawl up to my throat.
We fell at so many different angles. It was like being on a roller coaster ride that twirled you up and down. I didn't know which way gravity was pulling us until I saw the bottom. It was a split second before we landed but Percy wrapped a little tighter. I hoped we would stay together when we landed but I couldn't tell if our grip was going to help. My vision went black.
When the wind died down, I could tell we had stopped. I dared to open my eyes and as soon as I did, the pain of the fall enveloped my consciousness and I gasped as it wavered through my body. A minute passed of pure agony and I felt something tugging at my ear. It was the webbing wrapped around my ankle. Everything in my body hurt and that web was not helping.
Immediately my hand went to my knife, but I remembered it was all up in my backpack. Which was lost. I flailed around a bit and my hand met a sharp rock. Using it, I was able to cut through the webbing after a few tries. The cut end trailed off into the darkness.
Observing my surroundings, we were stuck in a cavern. It was dark and the only light that came was from up above. There were bits and pieces of the parking lot everywhere, little Italian cars scattered at every patch of ground. I couldn't see a way out, only endless darkness in every direction. The cliff that we fell from was tall and loomed in the distance. If I were a mountain climber, I would take every chance going up that vertical steep instead of dealing with whatever lurked in the dark.
Great. Percy and I were down here weaponless and we were supposed to find the doors of death? This is unreasonable.
I looked to the left, the hand Percy was holding when we fell. He wasn't there. My gut started to fill with worry and he wasn't at my right either. I slowly pushed myself up, trying to ignore the flaming pain in my ankle and back.
"Percy?" I called out. My voice echoed a bit off the cliff face. No echoing answer.
Rolling onto my knees, I was able to stand up and look around. He was no where to be seen. I grabbed onto the nearest car and used the side mirror to pull me up. More cars and darkness. No Percy. "Percy, where are you?" I called again. Even though I knew it was useless, I had to have some hope that he would make any noise.
"Holy mother of Zeus." I heard. It was Percy but he didn't sound as strong as he usually does. I looked in the direction of his voice.
He was sprawled on the hood of a yellow car. One arm was in the broken windshield of the car and the other was resting on his middle. His feet and head was hanging off the sides and he gave me a cheesy grin. Banged up and bloody, but both of us were alive.
I had to chuckle a little. Then Percy tried to roll over, not knowing where he was exactly, and he flopped right on his face in the ground below the car. As his body hit the floor, he moaned. I hopped to his aide. He crawled to another car and we both leaned up against the tire. Painfully, I was able to stretch my ankle out and lay my leg out straight.
"Are you hurt bad?" He asked. I told him.
"No, just hurts. How about you?" I asked. He went for my hand but stopped and gasped in pain. I swiveled to look at him. "Where does it hurt?" I asked.
"My side." He managed. I lifted his shirt and looked at his chest. There was a bruise that ran down his side. I poked it and before I could poke his side again he said, "Are you done playing doctor? That hurts you know…"
"Sorry." I pulled his shirt back down. "Well you were the one who landed on a car. I got the ground. That's a bit more of an easier fall." He smiled and rested his head against the tire. Percy reached up to touch my face. I flinched. He just touched a bruise, I know that feeling. I slowly put my cheek back in the cup of his hand and we soaked up the last moment of peace together. He leaned in and I pressed my lips up to his.
I sat down next to him and sighed.
"What do we do now?" I asked, resenting whatever was going to come next.
"Right now?" I nodded. "Right now Wise Girl. We don't have to do anything." We sat there listening to the endless silence of the darkness.
A/N: Yay! Okay well, I have some ideas so I don't know how long I am going to add to this but I wanted to get some ideas out. For those of you who have already read my other stories or have followed me know I have a lot of projects and stories I am working on, and I'm sorry if I haven't been updating as I usually do, but I just have so many ideas flowing in my head. Have a wonderful day and please read and review!