*ANNABETH*
Darkness, that was all there was anymore. It had been that way for hours now, nothing changed, nothing at all, just darkness. Occasionally there would be a sound, nothing discernible, just muffled whispers that found their way through the whoosh of wind in her ears. For awhile she had blacked out, from a few minutes after Percy let go to now, but that was only a guess, time was immeasurable down here. When she had come to, she was wrapped up in a set of strong arms, Percy. He was whispering to her that it was going to be okay, that they would find a way out, that he loved her.
"Oh thank the gods Annabeth, I thought you'd been knocked out or something when you hit that ledge." His voice was raw with relief.
Annabeth smiled to herself, he was so sweet when they were in danger, which seemed quite frequent nowadays. She imagined what his face would look like if she could see it, cute with worry as always.
"Its my ankle, I think that's why I passed out." She moved her foot a bit, for all she knew it could have disappeared with Arachne, she couldn't see anything." Annabeth gasped as a sharp twinge shot up her leg, it was still there, and hurt like a hellhound. Percy readjusted himself in the air as best he could, to support her ankle on his thigh, this way she was curled up against his chest. She closed her eyes and breathed him in. Even down here in the dark, surrounded by whispers of evil, he still gave off that distinctive sea-breeze scent, her fear subsided as she was engulfed with the smell, she could almost trick herself into thinking she was on the coast in Long Island rather than here. Percy tightened his arms, so much so that she was having a hard time breathing, but she didn't tell him to stop, she new that he needed her as much as she needed him.
"You should try and get some sleep." Percy said,quietly in her ear.
"I blacked out for well over an hour, your the one that needs some sleep." She scoffed.
"Together, always. We'll sleep at the same time, nothing will happen as we fall and I think once at camp, Mr. D mentioned that the fall to Tartarus takes nine days." Percy replied. Annabeth laughed, "And why did Mr. D mention that I wonder?" Percy coughed nervously and said "I think he was threatening me after I interrupted his pinocle game with Chiron for the fifth time." They both fell silent as memories of Camp Half-Blood swam through their heads, memories of the prophesied seven and the Athena Parthenos. Annabeth gasped as their situation hit her full force, "Percy-, Percy what if-"
"Annabeth, don't you dare start thinking like that, we will fight. We. Will. Live." He said it will such raw determination that he stole her words before she could form a response. So instead, despite her dislike of showing such a weakness she cried, she cried for Piper and Jason, for Leo, Frank and Hazel, for Grover and Juiper, for Chiron, Mr. D, even Reyna, she sobbed her grief and fear onto Percy's T-shirt as he held her like there was no tomorrow, which in their case, there might not be.