This is my first Percy Jackson story and I'm warning you all right now that it won't be a happy story. It has multiple character deaths but I hope you guys like it anyway. Oh and the Doors of Death in my world are at the base of Mount Olympus.
Disclaimer~ Percy Jackson and all the other characters do not belong to me but to Rick Riordan
Fatal Flaw
"To save a friend, you would sacrifice the world"~Athena in the Titan's Curse
The final battle was finally winding down, most of the monster army disintegrated and even the constant flow of reinforcements against us had slowed. But we still had Porphyrion and a handful of other monsters to defeat and every one of us was exhausted and hurt, I could hardly stand. The others weren't any better, Piper was limping from a hellhound bite to the leg, Leo had a broken arm and was incapable of summoning more flames, too exhausted. Frank was unconscious after being knocked out of the sky in eagle form, crashing to the ground and Hazel was protecting him and Hedge, long ago knocked out with a single swipe from Porphyrion, her arms drooping from the weight of her cavalry sword. Nico looked ready to pass out, his short blade held close to his side as he cradled his badly broken arm to his chest courtesy of a Earthborn's crushing blow. Jason stood near his girlfriend his sword drawn as he glared at the giant, a long cut on his face and his lightning long exhausted. Annabeth stood next to me, the picture of beauty her blonde hair was wild and her short dagger was held ready as we stared down the monsters waiting for them to make the first move in our momentary lapse of battle. She was covered in small scrapes and cuts, but her eyes held the determination to stop armies.
"You ready to finish this Seaweed Brain?" She asks glancing at me, the slightest wisp of a smile dancing across her lips as a small trickle of blood trickled from her forehead.
"Always Wise girl" I say with a smirk edging towards the others. "Jason and I will take on big and ugly, think you and the others can take the rest of the monsters and protect the couch and Frank?" I say glancing at Jason who appears to catch my meaning, smirking and raising his sword millimeter highe, his eyes sending me a clear message lets end this.
"Of course I can Percy," she responds giving me a quick peck on the lips. "Be careful or I'll have to resurrect you so I can kill you myself." she teases playfully, though I could see under the mask of playfulness that she really was scared.
"Same to you" I reply, a playful smirk sent her way, but real concern and worry in my eyes. She nods the same concern in her stormy gray eyes mixed with love before charging the monsters. I watch for a second mesmerized as she seemingly effortlessly slices a storm spirit into vapor, before snapping out of it and charging the king of the giants with the son of Jupiter at my side.
"Perseus Jackson and Jason Grace, the greatest heroes of the Greeks and the Romans!" declares Porphyrion wielding his 20 foot spear with ease, courtesy of Gaea. Speaking of the 'Mother Earth' she was dragging at our feet again, slowing us tremendously all throughout the battle, to put her back to sleep, well mostly back to sleep we needed to take down her last son and finally shut the Doors Of Death. As I reached him Riptide suddenly felt like a toothpick and I felt like a mosquito next to the 40 foot tall giant, not that that really mattered. "I am Porphyrion, king of the giants, son of Gaea. In olden times..."
"Yeah blah blah blah you nearly destroyed the gods, kidnapped Hera the usual. Now you are going to kill us can we please get on with it!" I shout back at the Giant interrupting him mid sentence, I really wasn't in the mood for his spiel, I was too tired. The giant face melts into a snarl, his white eyes glaring down at me.
"Insolent demigod, I shall kill you first!" he yells, bring his spear up high above his head before slamming it down towards me. I throw myself to the side, Gaea hindering me so the spear nearly hit its mark, but I manage to dodge the spear which buries itself at least 10 feet deep into the ground.
"Missed me, missed wouldn't want to kiss me" I couldn't help yelling at the giant, earning a weird glance from Jason as he summoned a force of wind to push the giant away from his weapon.
"Seriously dude?" he pants, the once effortless attack taking a lot from him. I smirk and charge to now weaponless Giant, slashing his dragony ankle and allowing golden ichor to pour from the wound. Porphyrion staggers slightly and swipes at me with one massive hand. I duck and roll bringing Riptide so the blade pierces the Giant's hand all the way through. He roars in pain and brings his hand up, unfortunately pulling me with it, my sword stuck into his hand hilt deep.
"You will pay for that Son of Poseidon he growls, violently shaking his hand and loosening my grip on my sword so I go flying, hitting the ground with my shoulder and my head painfully connecting with a rock, rattling my teeth, about 50 yards away.
"Percy!" cries Piper, distracted by my flight she is knocked to the side by an Earthborn, her dagger Katoptris flying from her hand. She lands on her back and the Earthborn she had been fighting towers over her, his six arms all holding hardened missiles of Earth, aimed at the daughter of Aphrodite. "You don't want to kill me" Piper says, her voice slightly shaky but her charmspeak still making its way through, though weakened from the exertion. The ogre cocks his head, thinking whether or not he really wanted to kill the Cherokee girl. I heave myself to my feet, my head spinning from its collision with the rock and I taste the saltiness of blood as it leaks from my forehead and mouth where my teeth had cut my cheek, I stagger towards Piper, weaponless because Riptide had yet to return to my pocket. She spots me and begins to speak to the giant again, giving the beast her best smile. "No you don't want to kill me, I'm not your enemy" she tells him, confusing him farther.
"No kill?" he asks voice uncertain. I was almost there now, just a few yards away from the two.
"No kill" Piper repeats, her voice shaking, the charmspeak dying away. The Earthborn must sense this because he rises us the rocks and prepares to strike but I leap forward and tackle him, causing his rocks to hit the ground instead as I roll with the smelly ogre after contact with the ground, trying to keep his arms into the ground. Anaklusmos reappears in my pocket in pen form and I quickly draw it and turn it into the familiar, gleaming Celestial Bronze weapon I knew. I jump of the Earthborn and in the same moment slash it with Riptide, covering me with nasty smelling clay. I was going to need a million and one showers after this. I wipe some clay goo from my face and nod to Piper before dashing, to the best of my ability back to where I left Jason with the King of Giants. It hadn't gone well. Jason was on his back, his gladiolus absent from his hand, far from his reach. Porphyrion had reclaimed his weapon and was pointing it at Jason's chest, basking in the glory. I move faster but I knew I was to far away to help when suddenly Annabeth is there, throwing her short dagger with perfect accuracy and nailing the Giant in the eye. Porphyrion roars in pain, yanking the small blade from his eye with two fingers, and spinning away from Jason throwing his spear instead at Annabeth. I watch in horror as my girlfriend tries to dodge but the ground holds her in place and at the last second she frees herself from Gaea's grip the spear cutting into her shoulder.
"ANNABETH!" I scream, drawing the attention of the rest of the group, Frank reawakened though weak, Hedge still out cold. I dash over to Annabeth leaving the others to distract Porphyrion and help Jason. I kneel beside her, inspecting the wound, a deep gash through her shoulder and tear off a piece of my orange shirt pressing it to the wound and tying it sround tightly to stop the blood. "That was stupid Wise Girl" I murmur, staring into her gray eyes worriedly, seeing the pain clear in them.
"It was necessary Seaweed Brain" she replies trying to stand, I gently push her back down.
"No you stay here I'll take care of Porphyrion, I promise he won't hurt anyone else" I vow, rage filling me as I thought of the giant.
"Be careful Percy" She says, drawing me into a long kiss. I kiss her back giving her a quick hug before pulling away and turning back towards the Giant. My friends had not been faring well,, Jason, Piper, Nico, and Hazel knocked from the battle leaving a still hurt and exhausted Frank and Leo to try and defend them from the King of Giants. I I run forward, brandishing Riptide, as Leo is knocked into Frank, both sent sprawling to the ground. Porphyrion laughs, shaking the ground.
"This is the great 7?" he mocks staring down at my semi conscious friends. "I was at least expecting some slight challenge!" he says raising a giant fist to smash them to the ground.
"Yeah well I'm still here!" I shout, glaring at the giant angrily. No one hurt my friends. The giant whirls narrowing his eyes and opening his mouth to say something. I don't give him the chance, I summon water from the surrounding air, the tugging feeling in my gut almost painful now, and I solidify the water vapor, attacking the giant with it and pushing him back and away from my friends. I move like a whirlwind, a mini hurricane whirling around me as I attack the giant vengefully, stabbing and slashing everywhere I could reach. I dimly noticed the wounds closing up almost as quick as I could make the thanks to Gaea's intervention. I stab him again, tiring quickly with the repeated attacks on him with the water and with my mini hurricane, I had never kept up the hurricane this long before and I was already exhausted. I couldn't keep this up long, I needed to end this soon. Naturally this is when a crazy idea enters my head. I summon more water from the air, nearly falling over from the effort, and send it upon the Giant knocking him farther away. I push on with the torrent of water, the tugging in my gut burning, my body begging me to stop, but I don't sending wave after wave upon the Giant, each bigger than the last, pushing him towards the Doors we had come to close. The Doors of Death stood out against the cliff face, tall and intricate stretching over 50 feet tall, perfect for a 40 foot tall Giant. A black void is seen on the other sides of the wide open doors, spirits clamoring to get out, held back by Hades forces. Porphyrion finally seems to notice my goal, summoning a 5 foot long sword but I don't give him a chance to use it, summoning one last giant wave to push him back into the void, however I wasn't done yet. I rush to shut the doors, still sending waves to keep Porphyrion down as I tried to shut the doors, my hurricane dissipating as I struggled to shut the huge doors. Suddenly they move easier, the others struggling to help me and together inch by painful inch we get the door closed. When the space was too small for Porphyrion to get back through I stop with the water, sagging from the exhaustion pain blinding me slightly but I keep pushing on the doors, they were almost shut when...
"ANNABETH LOOKOUT!" Piper screams as Porphyrion strikes through the gape of the two doors at my girlfriend who was the nearest. Before I know what's happening, I running forward and pushing the blonde out of the way, screaming as Porphyrion's sword strikes me, right before the doors slam shut, sealing the Giant away for good.
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~Lakeshine