One
I Can See The Stars
Percy could feel his grip on the sky slipping as a coldness washed over his body. An iciness was beginning to creep across his nerves, locking his limbs in place.
The teen spared a look in front of him, a dagger of protest forming in his neck. His friends were fighting, struggling to overcome the odds against them.
Thalia had pushed Luke against the edge of the cliff, but seemed to be arguing with herself. He wanted to scream at her, to tell her that Luke wasn't the same person, that he needed to die. He wanted her to kill the blonde teen, to end all of this suffering before it got any worse, but Percy knew it was for naught. Prophecies always came about, and trying to hold them off only made them worse.
On the ground next to them, lay Annabeth. Her body obviously struggling to stake awake. She was covered in bruises and cuts, not to mention the new grey streak in her hair. He prayed to all the gods he knew that she was alright. The poor girl seemed to be trying to convey something to Thalia with her eyes, but the daughter of Zeus was too busy with her internal fight.
In the very center of the palace grounds stood Atlas, the general of Kronos' armies. The Titan seems to be playing with the two people attacking him. Percy tried to watch, to do something besides just sit here, but soon his head grew too heavy.
The iciness had seeped into his bones, numbing his already frozen limbs. Percy felt as if he had been turned into an ice sculpture, an ice sculpture that held the weight of the sky on its back. The demigod wanted nothing more than to just let go, but he knew it wasn't an option. He had to stay here until they could figure out a way to get Atlas back under his burden, but until then, he was stuck.
Percy tried to focus on bolstering his remaining strength, but stopped when a cry of pin echoed across the mountain top, causing him to shoot his head up, ignoring the frostiness creeping up his neck.
The boy could only watch as one of his closest friends was back handed by Atlas, sending her flying into a mass of rubble. The Titan then managed to get past the goddess' guard, sending her to her back.
"And so the great Artemis falls. I had thought you would be... more." Atlas gave a lazy smirk, before thrusting at the downed goddess. Percy wanted to cry out, to help, to just do something.
"That's what you would think, Titan." Artemis sneered before knocking the spear of its intended course and imbedding it in the ground next to her, before using it as a lever to throw the Titan towards Percy's frozen form.
The demigod barely had seconds to recognize what the goddess had done, before he let his arms go slack. The Titan smacked into him, shoving him out from underneath the excruciating burden.
Percy couldn't help but give a small, if not pained, smile at being out from underneath the sky. The iciness was still there, but it seemed to be slowly heating up, allowing him to once again work his limbs. The demigod struggled, but after a moment found his feet, before walking towards his gathered friends. It took him far too long to realize that they were gathered around someone, causing his breath to hitch. He tried to rush over, but his half thawed legs fought against him for every step of the way.
"I can see the Stars, M'lady." Was all that he heard.
"Zoe! You'll be okay! Please don't leave me..." the goddess choked out as she hovered over her dying friend. The surrounding demigods could only watch with pained expressions as The defiant glint held by Zoe's eyes, faded to black.
"Lady Artemis..." Percy started, only to be cut off by a fierce glare from said goddess. "Please, we must leave. There is an army marching up this mountain and none of us are in any condition to fight." He pleaded, hoping the goddess would see reason.
Artemis seemed to hold his gaze, before turning back to her huntress. The goddess muttered a small phrase, before closing her eyes. The surrounding teens watched in awe as silver light seeped from the goddess of the moon, before surrounding the fallen huntress.
The silvery light seemed to wrap Zoe's body in a cocoon, before all of it disappeared in a silver flash. Percy was about to shout in protest, but something in the sky caught his eye. Situated directly above them, seemingly hovering next to the full moon, sat a new constellation depicting a huntress firing a bow.
"The Huntress in the Stars, forever set on being the guiding light to Hunters around the world."