Percy Jackson POV

I watched horror as the sword pierced her gut. Her beautiful grey eyes filled with pain.

"Annabeth!" I howled and forced Riptide into the heart of a Cyclops.

The two headed man yanked out the sword from Annabeth's body, causing her to clutch her stomach on her way to the ground. He then charged toward a Roman demigod.

I fought all the way to her side. When I finally got to her, I clenched her to my chest as her blood covered my shirt. Tears streaming from my eyes and my hands shook. "You'll be okay. You'll be okay." I fumbled inside my pockets to find them empty. "I need ambrosia!"

No one came hurrying to us.

I squeezed my eyes closed, angry with the Fates for letting this happen. "You'll be okay."

"Percy..." Annabeth whispered. She lifted her hand to caress my cheek. "I love you."

"No. You're not leaving us. You're not leaving me. You have to stay. Please, Annabeth." The tears flew faster down my cheeks.

Is there any water around here? The lake in camp. That's too far. The water will never make it here in time. I still have to try.

I felt the pull of water moving its way toward me.

"Please..." Annabeth lured my lips to hers in a passionate kiss. "I love you, Seaweed Brain."

I sniffled, tenderly moving her gorgeous blond hair from her graceful face. "I love you too, Wise Girl."

Annabeth smiled one last time as she closed her eyes and took her last breath.

My heart stopped. My breath stopped. Everything seemed to stop around me. Nothing else mattered to me.

I pulled Annabeth close to my chest and wept into her neck.

Why? Why did the Fates have to do this to me? To everyone who loves her? Why couldn't it have been me?

I wanted to have a future with Annabeth. We were supposed to go to college in New Rome. Now neither of us can have that anymore.

Suddenly, an explosion occurred above us. I looked up to find Jason and Piper falling from the sky. Before I could call for someone, a few Roman eagles caught them both.

Wait... Wasn't Festus and Leo up there?

Oh my gods... Leo...

The demigods finished off the rest of the monsters. The battlefield was littered with the fallen, both enemy and friend.

I lifted Annabeth's body walked in Camp Half-Blood grounds, not caring who saw, as long as I got Annabeth to the Big House.

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"For your bravery and sacrifice, the eight of you, plus all Head Counselors are rewarded with immortality!" Zeus bellowed with a grin smile.

Some of the gods smiled as they sat in their personalized thrones. Others didn't even pay attention with their minds elsewhere.

Immortality?

"Zeus," I started, taking a step forward from my friends, "do we have to accept the immortality?"

The sky god furrowed his brow. "Yes you do, Percy Jackson. You and your friends earned it."

I wanted to argue more, but there was no point. I guess I won't ever met Annabeth in Elysium.

My father, Poseidon, glanced towers me with a sad look. Athena has her hand in fists, years brimming at the edges of her grey eyes.

Jason took a deep breath and looked at me. "You ready, bro?"

I gulped. If I have to be immortal, at least I get to spend forever with my best friends. "Yeah."

My friends gently smiled before we were all enveloped in a bright yellow light.