My very first fan fic! :) Be gentle, y'all.

Disclaimer: I am not Rick Riordan. though i wish I was.

CHAPTER 1

Percy's POV

I was running down the alley with riptide in my hand while two laistrygonian giants chasing me. I reached the dead end and anxiously looked around for another exit.

"We got you now, Perseus Jackson," Ugly no. 1 said while ugly no. 2 smiled triumphantly.

My only option now was to fight; but I was scared. Don't ask me why. I battled hordes of monsters in my life since I was 12, and fought the titan lord when I was 16. Now a year later, some random monster comes up and gets a piece of my mind. But somehow, these two buttheads invoked fear in me. It's like something's not right in the situation.

Anyway, I slashed riptide showing I was prepared.

"Oh, you're gonna be sorry," I taunted.

I leaped and about to anchor my first attack when out of nowhere ugly no. 2 brought out a strange form that looks like a person's body. I stopped in mid-air almost chopping the person.

"You go kill us and the girl goes too," warned ugly no. 1

They got a hostage. Wow, I didn't know these guys can get creative. I mean, why would they even go the trouble of kidnapping a mortal just to pick a fight with me. Plus, these guys are cannibals, for crying out loud, food is already in their possession! Unless…

Nah. I figured it wasn't a real person.

"Yeah right. You expect me to believe that you've kidnapped a mortal," I said

"Not mortal, demigod," ugly no. 1 smiled hideously. Ugh. These guys seriously need to meet my friend: Mr. Toothbrush

Ugly no. 2 showed closely the 'demigod' he's holding. I caught my breath when I saw the person's features: curly blonde hair, fair white skin covered with cuts and bruises and a small trickle of blood in the corner of her mouth. It was Annabeth. Anger roared in my ears and I felt a fury so foreign to me.

"Get your filthy hands off her," I snarled.

"Yummy demigod," ugly no. 2 sniffed Annabeth and she moaned in response.

That's when all Hades broke.

I charged the first giant, which I know is kind of reckless but I'm acting all spontaneous here. Ugly no. 2 still holding Annabeth smiled. A moment later shock crossed his face as I disintegrated his brother. He was so mad that he started to charge at me, and to my horror, tossed Annabeth like a rag doll. I dodged his first attack and ran to his back. I killed him with a single strike, and before he knew it, he disintegrated into thin air.

I ran to where Annabeth was laying, still unconscious. I held her in my arms and fed her my reserve canteen of ambrosia, which I always bring with me. Slowly she opened her gray eyes, her face still pale with beaded sweat.

"Annabeth," I choked.

The ambrosia doesn't look like it worked, and that was the last I have. I searched for wounds in her body, and what I saw almost made me faint. The gash in her five-inch blade wound turned into seriously scary color.

"Percy…poisoned," Annabeth breathed. I was panicked. So many things ran through my mind: I want to rush her to the nearest hospital, though I know they wouldn't be able to heal a wound like this; I want to bring her to a child of Apollo or Apollo himself. So many things to choose from but I just knelt in the alley and held her tight

"You're gonna be fine, Annabeth," I said to her, though it sounded like I was convincing myself than her.

Annabeth smiled, and it looked like that smile pained her.

"There's something… I need to tell you," Annabeth said. Her breathing was heavy.

I nod, uncomprehending that this is really happening.

"I…love you, Percy, so much," she said tears brimming in her eyes.

"I love you too, Annabeth. More than you'll ever know. So, stop this, because you're gonna be okay," I croaked on the last word. Tears are now freely streaming in my eyes.

She smiled a little and caressed my face. I held her hand in place and just then she closed her eyes. She's gone. I held her tightly as rain came pouring down, like Zeus saw the whole thing and mourned for her death. My tears were masked by raindrops, and soon enough we were both soaked. My world was falling apart. Everything felt like a blur. I couldn't embrace the fact that Annabeth, the reason of my life, my wise girl, was gone forever.

I didn't care less of anything. The pain in my heart made bathing in the river Styx like a child's play. I could have stayed there forever, if not for the annoying ringing in my ears and a voice calling my name. "Percy… Percy…"

"PEERRRRRRCYYYYYY!"