Authors note: A percabeth centric story WARNING! MOA spoilers DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU'VE READ MOA

Disclaimer: I don't own The Percy Jackson series

CHAPTER ONE: BATTLE CRAZE

Chaos was raging all over the house. Hazel and Piper were back to back, fending off some Empousa. Jason and Leo were both running, slashing at an army of hellhounds. They were fighting the Empousa, but Hazel and Piper pulled them away when they began to fall to the Empousa's charm. Nico and Frank were desperately trying to figure out how to close the door. The door was nothing special, just a regular black door. It looked like it was made of wood, but Nico and Frank knew it wasn't. They had tried everything, cutting it, burning it; Frank even tried to pummel it while he was in the form of a giant grizzly. The door remained unchanged, a black wooden door just slightly open. It wasn't even open all the way. Jason and Leo ran up behind them but turned to fight off some telekhines.

"Any luck?" Jason asked as he sliced a telekhine's nose.

"No." Nico said pulling out his sword. "You two should have a look at it. Maybe you can figure it out." Frank nodded and transformed into a dragon. Leo examined the structural makeup of the door. It really was built like a regular door. Jason shot Leo a grave look.

"You don't think that maybe Percy and Annabeth-." Leo shook his head.

"Hazel said she could feel that they were still alive." Jason looked at the floor.

"Maybe they're still alive- which seems impossible after all this time, but that doesn't mean they've made it to the doors yet. The doors have to be closed at both sides, so maybe we can't close our side till they close theirs." Leo sighed. He had already thought of that.

"We still have to try." Before Jason could answer, the door blew open, and someone stepped out.

"What the…" Jason muttered. Percy was standing there, holding Annabeth in his arms, panting heavily and covered in cuts and bruises. The door shut quietly behind him. The whole room went quiet for a moment. Then all the monsters gathered there let out a collective battle cry and rushed toward the door. Jason and Leo joined the fray, fighting on either side of Percy. Percy made no attempt to help. The trio cut through monsters until they reached Nico and Frank. Nico raised a small army of skeletal warriors, but a huge cloud of metal birds was keeping them occupied. Six or seven hellhounds were biting at Frank, who was blowing fire at them. His huge spiked tail swung around dangerously and turned two of them to monster dust. Percy dodged Frank's tail with a little difficulty. As he stumbled backwards, a gryphon plucked Annabeth from his arms.

One of the Telekhines barked out; "Stop or we'll tear her to pieces!" Percy didn't hesitate for a moment. Riptide was unsheathed in a flash and cutting through the gryphon in the next second. Annabeth began to fall, but Percy caught her, dropping Riptide in the process.

"We have to get out of here!" Piper screamed from a little ways away. Frank ploughed through monsters until the group was reunited. Hazel's stomach was bleeding a great deal, and Piper had a gash running down both arms. The exit was only twenty feet away, but there was no way they could make it. Frank was reaching his limit; a hellhound had finally succeeded and ripped some of his neck scales off. Nico looked almost dead himself he had raised so many skeletons. Jason had a nasty cut on his back and Leo was limping. An Empousa leapt towards Piper. Piper tried to cut through the Empousa with her knife, but she was just a little too slow, and the Empousa nearly melted her face off. Jason summoned a powerful wind and put the Empousa's fire out. Piper jumped away. Percy took a deep breath.

"Jason… hold Annabeth for me… will you?" Jason nodded, a little confused.

"Sure… but what are you going to do?"

"Just stay close okay?" Everyone nodded. Percy pulled Riptide out of his pocket and unsheathed the sword. He shut his eyes. Percy moved with incredible speed. He slashed and swung his sword turning a monster into dust with every slice. The group of demigods followed closely behind him as he cut a way to the door. Once free of the house, Percy capped Riptide and ran for the Argo II.

"Percy how in the hell did you do that?" Piper asked.

"I learned how to fight in the dark. That's all." Percy replied curtly. Everyone was on the boat in a matter of seconds; even Leo with his injured leg.. Leo did some speed piloting and got them in the air. They flew over the camp halfblood and roman armies, fighting side by side, in attempt to stop anymore monsters from getting to the house. It was hard to say which side was winning, but when the armies saw the Argo II they cheered and fought harder, surging against the monsters ranks. Their new found hope would hopefully be enough to turn the tides. The group watched as the house of hades disappeared from view.

Jason gently placed Annabeth on her bed. Percy knelt down beside her.

"What's wrong with her?" Piper asked. Percy carefully revealed her ankle. It looked terribly infected. Black and blue bruises started at her ankle and wrapped around her leg all the way up to her knee.

"I'll go grab some nectar!" Jason said and tried to leave the room.

"No!" Percy grabbed his arm.

"What? Percy what are you…"

Piper quickly interrupted Jason with a little bit of charmspeak in her voice. "Percy, nectar might save Annabeth. You need to let Jason give it to her so she'll get better." Percy nodded and his grip on Jason's arm slacked. Jason ran off. Jason returned with some nectar and handed it to Percy. Percy glared at the small bottle of liquid. "Come on Percy… you want Annabeth to get better, don't you?" Piper felt like she was talking to a defensive animal she had to calm. Percy sighed but complied. He tilted Annabeth's head with one hand and gently poured some nectar into her mouth with the other. He gave her a ridiculously tiny amount. Some colour returned to her face. Her eyelids fluttered.

"Percy?" Her voice sounded scratchy.

"Annabeth I'm right here." He said quickly, sounding relieved.

"I can handle a little more seaweed brain." Percy got a nervous look on his face.

"But last time-."

"Percy give me that bottle." Annabeth snatched the bottle out of his hands and took another sip, then another. She moved to get up, but squeaked in pain. She settled back into the bed. "Did we-."

"Yeah."

"And everyone-."

"Yeah."

Annabeth smiled and shut her eyes. Jason and Piper watched the couple's exchange silently. Percy grabbed Annabeth's hand as soon as he thought she was asleep.

"Go get some rest seaweed brain." Annabeth muttered, her eyes still shut.

"I will." Percy promised. Jason and Piper edged out of the room, feeling like they were intruding. In the hallway Piper tried to think of the right thing to say. Her and Jason hadn't been on the best of terms recently.

"Thanks for saving me back there." Piper couldn't look him in the eye. Jason examined his hands.

"Um… it was just, I was just…" He didn't finish his sentence. The pair stood in awkward silence before Leo burst into the hallway.

"How's Annabeth?"

Piper shifted away from Jason before answering. "I think she's going to be okay. She was conscious for a bit." Leo smiled.

"I can't believe we all made it out alive! Gotta wonder how they closed the doors without getting stuck inside though." Leo smirked. "Ah well. Are you guys alright?" Piper glared at Leo. Yes, Jason and her had been arguing and avoiding each other but they hadn't mentioned it to the others.

"Yeah I drank some nectar, and that cut on my back is practically gone." Jason replied. Piper blushed when she realized what Leo had really been asking. Her own arms were fine, they were no longer bleeding but she could use a bandage.

"I'm fine. We should go above deck and let those two rest." Percy was still in Annabeth's room, but he had promised Annabeth he would sleep.

Percy sat in the plastic chair beside Annabeth's bed for ages. It was well into the night when Annabeth woke up again. She seemed a little delirious.

"Percy I'm cold." She whined. Percy sprung to his feet. He searched through all the cabinets in her room but none of them held blankets. He moved to look for some out side of her room, but Annabeth whimpered.

"Don't leave me alone." Percy opened his mouth to protest, but Annabeth had tears in her eyes.

"Okay. I can't find any blankets though." Annabeth smiled.

"That's okay. Come here." She held her arms out for a hug. Percy stared at her for a moment before complying. He slipped out of his shoes and hugged her on the bed. She pressed her head into his warm chest. Percy started to say something, but she was already asleep again. Percy finally closed his own eyes and quickly fell asleep in her arms.

The next morning Piper went to check on Annabeth. When she found the couple fast asleep in each other's arms, she didn't have the heart to wake them up. A little spark of jealousy travelled up her spine. She ignored it. She left them alone and returned to the deck of the ship. Hours later they still weren't awake, and coach, who was unconscious for the whole battle and in a foul mood, went to wake up Percy. When Percy wasn't in his bed, coach ran into Annabeth's room.

"WHAT DID I SAY TO YOU TWO? I TOLD YOU WERE GROUNDED! NO SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED! THIS IS TWO STRIKES!" Percy jolted awake and uncapped Riptide when he heard the coach screaming, but quickly sheathed his sword when he realized his surroundings. Annabeth remained asleep.

"Sorry coach." Percy said quietly, but a tiny smile was playing on his lips.

"Hmph. Better be sorry." Coach crossed his arms and tried to look condescending, which is hard when you're a goat man in a yellow jumpsuit. Percy tried to wake up Annabeth, but she wouldn't respond to anything. He pulled the covers away from her ankle. Her ankle looked exactly the same as it did yesterday, maybe a little worse. Percy began to shake.

"The nectar didn't help." Hazel muttered from the doorway. Everyone was crowded outside, their faces all matching masks of worry. Percy was chanting no under his breath over and over. He placed a hand on Annabeth's face.

"Please Annabeth. Please wake up. Wake up!" He looked close to tears. Percy wasn't one to cry, but everyone could see he might any second. Suddenly his face went blank. "I want to try something." He said quietly. . He shut his eyes and focused on something deep within him. The pull of the ocean. In Tartarus, the feeling was barely there, extremely weak and hard to use. Now, with the ocean so close, Percy found the pull easily. He tried to coax a tiny amount of water, but he wasn't used to having such a strong pull, and water crashed out of him, filling Annabeth's room.

"What are you doing Percy?!" Someone yelled as his or her mouth filled with water. Percy ignored them and tried to focus again. This time he imagined a stream, a very small stream, and tried to channel it toward Annabeth. Amazingly the water obeyed him, and he guided it to Annabeth's ankle. He shut his eyes again and remembered how it felt to be healed by the water. He remembered when he was a lot younger; before he knew who his father was, in camp halfblood when he was playing capture the flag. He remembered how refreshing the water felt on his wounds. He thought about the exact moment his cuts healed. Percy slowly opened his eyes. He laughed with relief as Annabeth's ankle healed. He started to suck the water back into himself, but passed out before he could empty the room of water. Everyone was speechless, and wet. Coach picked up Percy and lugged him into his own room. Jason moved Annabeth out of her sopping wet room and placed her in his own dry bed. The rest of the demigods met above deck in the hopes that the wind would dry them off.

"I didn't know Percy could do that." Frank said, wonder lacing his voice.

"I don't think Percy knew that he could do that either." Nico said, staring out at the clouds. Nico shook his head in disbelief. "Those two… I can't believe they made it out of Tartarus after three months. I just hope they're really okay as they seem."

"What do you mean Nico?" Hazel asked quietly.

"I mean, maybe they got out physically, but I'm not sure if they are alright mentally." Nico shivered, remembering his own time down in Tartarus. "You can't just brush off three months of… that. Not even those two."

Frank shrugged. "They seemed fine to me."

"I hope so. I really do." Nico said darkly.

To be continued. Leave a review? They really motivate me! Also constructive criticism is appreciated.