Prologue
I whirled with my knife in hand, cutting down another one of Luke's mindless drones. I couldn't believe that I had once loved him, like family. I had trusted him. I had lost Percy in the mess that this fight had become, it was ugly. There was no glory in this, it was gore and pain. Anyone who thought that this was glory is out of their mind, like Luke. I didn't know why I still referred to him as Luke, Luke was clearly gone. Whatever had once been between us was long gone, consumed by the titan that now controlled him. He didn't know what love was, only pain. His path was one of darkness and destruction, which showed now as we fought for our lives. I winced as a thin film of gore covered my face as I stabbed one of the monsters in the throat. A half blood fell beside me, a hell hound ripping his throat out as he screamed. I winced and ran away from the bleeding boy, he had to be younger then me. We were failing, olympus was falling and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Nico ran past me, his eyes haunted as he ran through the gore. Other familiar faces flickered past as I sprinted for the empire state building. I had to find Percy and end this hell on earth, to many of us had died already. I thought I saw his sea green eyes as I ran, twisting. "Percy!" An enemy half blood slashed at me with a claymore sword. I danced out of the way and glared at him. He was a child, twelve, maybe thirteen at the oldest. It made me what to cry, I couldn't take it. "Get lost kid, this isn't your fight." He balked from the fire that shone in my eyes.
"Annabeth!" I turned to meet Grover's eyes, the satur looked terrified. "I can't find him anywhere." He was bleating with distress. "I looked all over the city, Kronos is missing as well." His huge eyes were watery with fear.
"I know Grover, I've been looking for him too, it's like they disappeared." I sent him a tight lipped smile. "We'll find him, Percy wouldn't do anything foolish without us." I hoped. I raced toward the building that held our hope, praying to every god I knew that I wasn't too late. Grover ran at me side, beating down endless hordes of enemies with a twisted oak club. I had never seen the satur so worked up, or violent. War ruined the best of us I guess. Blood stained my long hair that had fallen out of it's ponytail, I must have looked like a maniac. I felt like a killer. How old had the boy I had stabbed been, fifteen, sixteen? I couldn't deal with the weight of his death, I had ended his life so easily, like a reflex. Grover glanced over at me as I shivered, my eyes glazed.
"Are you ok Annabeth?" What a funny question to ask me at a time like this.
"I'm just tired Grover, tired of fighting and tired of killing." Understanding flashed in my old friend's eyes. I was glad to know that I wasn't the only one who was appalled by what was happening around us. I blocked a strike from a dark eyed boy who had to be a few years older than me. He smirked as blood sprayed from a wound he opened up on my arm. "Go, find Percy." Grover ran as I turned to face the boy, teeth bared in a feral smile. "You really don't want to fuck with me today."
"Did you lose your boyfriend?' He smirked at me. "I'm sure he's in a pile of bodies somewhere, don't worry, the goat will find his carcass for you." He didn't get another taunting word out, my knife found a home in his jugular. His eyes widened in shock and a gurgled cry passed from his lips along with a fine spray of blood.
"I told you not to fuck with me." I turned away from the dying boy before I accidentally shed tears for him. What if he had a family? I shook thoughts of remorse out of my head and continued on my way, my lungs burning as I ran through the half destroyed city. It had once been a beautiful place, hell, it had once been my home. I hated this now, and I had a feeling that it would never feel like home again. There would always be ghosts here. I reached the empire state building and ran into two hulking giant men. They crossed their swords in front of me, wearing grim smiles.
"No one else comes through here, orders of lord Kronos half blood." I shot the titan on the left a glare. That is what they were, titans. I bared my teeth again, brushing my blood tinted hair out of my face.
"Move or die." My eyes hardened to chips of ice. The one of the right gave a surprised laugh.
"You couldn't kill us mortal."
"You'd be surprised, I'm having a really bad day." Something in my eyes must have scared him, he took a step back.
"Let her pass, she's the goddess of wisdom's daughter, Kronos wanted to see her." Both titans shifted away from the door and I bolted through, running for the elevator. Percy must be here already if Kronos had the doors blocked, maybe he'd already killed the titan lord. I paced the elevator in fear, growling at how slowly it seemed to move. I was on edge, my hand clenched so tightly around my knife's hilt that it hurt. I ran my hand through my hair again and growled again. The doors finally opened to show a collapsed bridge. I screamed in frustration and hit the side of the elevator. How the hell was I supposed to get over there now? Blackjack, the flying horse had been down in the city with Percy before. I let out a piercing whistle and prayed that the horse would finally listen to me, I needed him to listen to me. The horse must have understood my panic, because he shot through the clouds and landed beside me.
"Listen, I know you don't like me, but we have to go help Percy." I unsteadily swung onto the stallion and screamed as he reared and took off like an arrow. The flight only seemed to last minutes though, and soon I felt him land. The city of the olympians seemed abandoned, totally empty. I rubbed Blackjack's nose. "Thank you, I'll go save Percy for you." I walked through the streets with unease, it was eerie. My footsteps seemed to echo through the entire place. A sudden pained yell caught my attention and I took off running. "PERCY!" I would know his voice anywhere, he was fighting the titan lord without me. "You ASSHOLE!" I dug my feet into the loose stone of the destroyed road and hauled ass through the streets. The open temple where the god's thrones rested shook with some kind of explosion. I ran for all I was worth, scared that I was too late. That should have been the last of my fears. When I torn into the open building Kronos had Percy pinned to the stone floor. Laughing at his struggles. My eyes flashed open wide, fear filling me. Kronos's golden eyes flickered to mine. They used to be Luke's clear blue ones.
"Just in time for the highlight of the show Annabeth." I screamed as blood sprayed from Percy's lips, the silver hilt of a knife sticking out of his weak spot, the chink in his armour. Kronos laughed as his green eyes opened wide in shock. "The part where I win little girl, where I end the game." His twisted smirk was nothing like Luke's kind smile.
"Say goodbye." He wiped mock tears off his face. "How sad."
"You bastard!" I hurtled my knife at him, but it did no damage." I shoved him away from Percy, grabbing his face and locking eyes with him. "Percy? You're going to be ok, right?" Tears streamed down my face and I shook him. "Percy!" He smiled faintly up at me, his green eyes fuzzy.
"Sure Annabeth, I have to still tell you how much I love you, I wouldn't die before I got a chance to do that." He winced in pain. "I really love you Annabeth, more than I'll ever get to show you." His green eyes unfocused for a minute before snapping back to my face. "Y-you're...beautiful..." They unfocused, for the last time, ever. Rage filled me as his crimson blood spread out in a tide of lost hope.
"He's dead girl , let him go." The cold voice of the titan lord snapped me out of my daze. "I won." He looked smug.
"No, this is far from over." I couldn't do it now though, I needed time. I snatched up my knife and stood tall, something my my heart shriveled up and died. "We'll meet again Kronos." I ran and threw myself over the ledge into open air, Blackjack caught me before I could fall to far though. The titan lord's words floated after me.
"I look forward to it daughter of Athena."
"Go Blackjack, far away from here." Tears fell down my face as we left the city, hope was lost for this war.
Hello darlings! Review and tell me what you think, if I get a review or two I might continue with the next chapter. This is going to be a darker story, but nothing too bad. Once again, tell me what you think and if I should continue this story.