Had to make a songfic for this... Luke's one of my favorite characters.
There is no specific timeline. It's scattered memories.
Disclaimer: I no own Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The rights belong to Rick.
PLEASE R&R.
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
Luke looked down upon the golden coffin. It glowed faintly.
It's my fate, he told himself. And fate is final.
He looked off distantly, seeing his tiny family together in his mind's eye. Thalia and himself together, Annabeth...
He'd do anything for that reality.
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
When the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
Ethan Nakamura wasn't brave enough to do it. But he was.
Ethan fought on the Titan's side for the minor gods. Luke fought on this side for the promise of a new era.
No one else was brave enough to do it. Only he was willing to host Kronos.
"Fate," he whispered as he dove into the Styx.
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
It can only be me. He kept the thought to himself, but he repeated it like a mantra. It was the only thing keeping him sane as Kronos seeped into his body.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me
'til then I walk alone
He was always under-appreciated. But never again will he be the underling.
He looked upon the vast army he now commanded.
His army.
Very soon he will have Thalia again. And Annabeth.
A family.
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
It can only be me.
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone
He could never tell how much time collapsed when Kronos took over.
It drove him to an edge.
He knew that giving his body over to Kronos temporarily helped his cause, but it hurt not to do it himself.
Read between the lines
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
Kronos promised him a family, but some-days he doubted it.
It was a distant dream.
But one he strived for.
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
Nobody knew what he was going through.
Only me.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me
'til then I walk alone
His soul itself was being eaten up.
But he kept a steely gaze.
It was for a good cause, wasn't it?
(Is there even a good side?)
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
It can only be me.
I walk alone
I walk a...
Kronos took over, but he still watched from the deepest recesses of his body.
Percy, Annabeth and Grover were fighting valiantly.
Ethan was at his side.
This shall be easy, Kronos whispered seethingly.
NO!
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
When the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
The illusion was shattered.
It was never anything more that a fragile piece of glass.
A simple hope. A simple delusion.
Kronos was never on my side.
Annabeth looked at me, a certain gleam in her eyes. She yelled at me stinging words. Harsh, but true.
I want to respond back to her, I'm still here! But only Kronos' scathing words come out.
My soul was on fire, slowly eating away.
But I couldn't fade without securing her safety. I couldn't leave without fixing my mess.
Percy held out the knife, as I unstrapped my armor.
I knew what I had to do.
I looked back at everything I could've had.
Thalia, my girlfriend.
Annabeth, my family.
And I could've had them. But I caused my own doom.
And with that the knife pierced skin, and my vision was filled with death.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me
'til then I walk alone...