~~~~`~~~~~` Annabeth `~~~~~`~~~~

"We are staying together," Percy promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."

"As long as we're together," Annabeth said.

Percy let go, and they fell into Tartarus to the sound of Nico and Hazel screaming for help.

As they fell, they held each other as tightly as they could, screaming.

"If we don't make it, I want you to know that I love you." Percy told her. "Nothing will ever change that."

All Annabeth could think about was those words. She forgot about all the pain she was in, she forgot that they where falling to their deaths, she forgot about how Arachne. She kissed him. "I love you too, Percy. We have to make it. I didn't come all this way just to die in Tartarus." She put her head on his chest. His heart was racing.

It felt like forever before they hit the ground. When they finally did, all Annabeth could feel was pain. It felt like her whole body was turning into jelly.

When she could see again, she remembered Her boyfriend lying next to her. "Percy!" She said with alarm. "Are you ok?" She had realized that she half landed on top or him.

"Ugh" Percy said. After a few minutes, he said "Annabeth? Yeah I'm ok." He tried to get up, but he fell back down.

"We should rest for a wile," Annabeth said. "Do you have any ambrosia or nectar?"

They both checked their pockets. Percy pulled out a sandwich bag with 4 ambrosia squares. They each took one, and took a bite. "We should save this in case we run into any monsters," Annabeth said.

"Your right," Percy said. "I wonder if they look any different in Tartarus."

"Lets hope we don't find out," Annabeth said. They broke the ambrosia squares in half, finishing the bitten half. She looked around for the first time, only seeing darkness. They tried standing again, and the ambrosia had helped. As soon as they both stood up, the Minitor, the first monster Percy had fought, came out of nowhere. Percy drew his sword, and Annabeth reached for her knife, but she remembered that she lost it before they fell.

Percy yelled at the monster, "come back for more one horn?"

That seemed to make the monster even more angry. He charged at Percy. Percy slashed and hacked, but the Minitor didn't dissolve. Then, Annabeth realized something. "Percy! You can't kill him! If we are already in Tartarus-"

Just then, Percy slammed into her. "What? How do I beat him then?"

"Try to find week spots! Cut off his head! Just hold him off while I think!"

"I'll try!"

She looked around for something to battle the monster with. All she saw was Arachne's webs. Then she got an idea "Percy! Distract the Minitor!"

"Kinda what I've been doing" Percy muttered.

She picked up some of the thread and tried to weave it into a net.

"You almost done?" Percy asked. He sounded out of breath. She realized that she was taking really long.

"One second… done!" She threw the net over the monsters head and stuck the end under a big rock. They ran as fast as possible. After about a half an hour, they where completely out of breath and collapsed behind a boulder. They held each other. Annabeth started sobbing.

"It's ok Annabeth." Percy said, "We will be ok. We'll get out of here."

"But what if we don't?" Annabeth sobbed, "What will happen to us?"

"Don't think like that, we're gonna be fine. We'll find the doors of death and shut them. We have to." He sounded more like he was trying to reassure himself.

"I just want a break."

"Me too." Percy said in a soothing voice. "When we get out of here, we will have a real date. I will personally go to Olympus and make sure that no one bothers us."

"How can we stay safe down here?" Annabeth started to calm down. Percy was so sweet. She started to believe that they would get out of there. "Can we sleep without getting attacked?"

"How about I take first watch. I'll wake you up if anything happens." His voice was calming.

"Ok." She kissed him, then leaned back on the rock. As soon as her eyes closed, she was asleep.