abandon me spitefully ¦ percy / annabeth

the chaser (infinite)

Four months after the Second Titan War

"Ya know," Annabeth spoke up as she walked along the path to Athena's cabin, her hand entwined with her boyfriend's. It was late, the stars already all up in the dark sky shinning upon the couple.

"I've been thinking of making some changes to the Athena's cabin." Annabeth continued with a smile as Percy listened. His face brightened up considerably as he exclaimed, "Man, is that ever a good idea."

Gesturing towards the cabin mentioned, Percy chuckled humorously. "I have always thought this place was a bore — definitely needs some sprucing up."

At his words, Annabeth rolled her grey eyes in slight annoyance but her amused smile betrayed her. Nevertheless, being the smart aleck she was, Annabeth retorted, "You keep that up, Seaweed Brain, and you can kiss any redemption you might've gotten with my mother goodbye."

Percy laughed again before cheekily suggesting, "Here's a better idea, Wise Girl. How about I just kiss you good night instead." His voice was extra suave than usual and Annabeth burst out laughing, "Well, aren't you slick."

Even so, Annabeth leaned forward ever so slightly as Percy captured her lips with his in one second. There was something strange with today's kiss, Annabeth noticed. The kiss was more passionate, more urgent than usual but before she could question the nagging suspicion, Percy pulled her into a tight embrace and her thoughts simply melted away.

Unfortunately, despite being demigods, oxygen was still a requirement and both of them broke apart, gasping for air. Her cheeks coloring slightly, Annabeth whispered a quick goodbye before ascending the stars to her cabin.

At the top, Annabeth turned around, catching sight of Percy's disappearing figure. A smile appeared on her face as she stared wistfully at his back.

That was the last time Annabeth saw him.

—

"Percy?" Annabeth called out and to her surprise, the door of Poseidon's cabin opened easily with one small push. Stepping into the sea-themed cabin, Annabeth glanced around, in search for the black-haired son of Poseidon.

Surprisingly, there was no sight of Percy.

Something was wrong. Annabeth's heart thumped in her chest as panic began to set in. Something was very wrong. Turning around, Annabeth dashed to the Big House. Her journey was interrupted as she bumped into Rachel.

"Whoa, Annabeth, what's wrong?" The red-haired girl inquired, seeing Annabeth's flustered look. It was never in Annabeth's personality to panic or freak out. She was a child of Athena and children of Athena do not freak out.

"Percy! He's gone!" Annabeth replied, her voice rising with every words. Gods, where could he be? Her mind was a state of panic now but one thing was clear to her; Percy was gone.

"Percy?" Rachel echoed in confusion before realization dawned on her. "Calm down, Annabeth. Could he be away for a quest? You know how unpredictable —"

"Without telling me?" Annabeth cut in, causing Rachel to shrink back slightly at her harsh tone. "This is different. I can sense that he's not here in camp anymore. He's gone; taken, left, something!"

Rachel bit her lips uncertainly. "Fine, let's go see Chiron."

—

They couldn't find him.

The whole camp search for Percy but he was simply gone. Despite Chiron's protests, Annabeth had wanted to continue searching for Percy in the woods and the mortal world. She hadn't stop searching for the whole day, rejecting Chiron's offers of food.

Finally, late into the night, Annabeth collapsed from sheer exhaustion. Rachel helped her into bed, hoping that her friend would have a good night's sleep but it was just not her day.

Demigods' dreams sucked, as Percy would have said, but in Annabeth's case, she didn't just get a dream; the queen of the gods herself came.

"Hera!" Annabeth cried out, recognizing the goddess immediately. Her fists automatically clenched into fists; she hadn't had a good history with Hera. Her brain connected the dots quickly; Percy's disappearance and Hera's visit.

"Where's Percy?" Annabeth demanded as the goddess narrowed her eyes.

"I suggest that you speak to me in a nicer tone." Hera advised, her voice steely and cold. "As for that Poseidon boy, he's safe."

Annabeth scowled under her breath. "Figures. Where is he?"

"There is no need for you to know, daughter of Athena." Hera replied monotonously, her dress swishing with every move she made. "Just know that he is safe."

Her fists clenched as she forced her words out through gritted teeth. "Hera, where is Percy? Give him back to me."

"I'm afraid that can't be done." Hera answered as Annabeth's hopes crashed. The only chance of getting Percy back had to be through her least favorite goddess. What did she do to get such bad luck?

Hera glanced over and for a second, her eyes softened. "But I can tell you this. The day after tomorrow, go to the Grand Canyon. Find the boy with one shoe; he's your answer to finding that son of Poseidon."

Before Annabeth could question the goddess furtherer, Hera began to glow so brightly that Annabeth knew that she had to close her eyes and look away or risk dying. Squeezing her eyes shut, darkness overwhelmed her.

The next thing she knew, Annabeth was back in her cabin, her breathing heavy. Two days from now. The Grand Canyon. Boy with one shoe. The vital information Hera had passed to her nearly overwhelmed her exhausted brain and Annabeth shut her eyes again, hoping to throb her headache.

Percy, where are you?

this was supposed to be based on infinite's the chaser but things got out of hand xD i suppose this wasn't so bad… well, enjoy and review!

19 apr 2013

edit: the first scene was inspired/taken from Burdge-Bug from deviantART. i was supposed to credit her but stupid old me completely forgotten /sighs/ anyway, do check her works out; i'm a fan of her art :) also, special thanks to Originalwriter for reminding me. i'm thankful that there's no vulgarity in your words (though your tone was a bit harsh...) and you can come off anonymous; i completely understand that this was my fault and plus, i won't bite xD

20 apr 2013