The Monster

Percy POV

The horrible mess stared back at me. I looked apalling and unbearable. But one moment I was staring at my reflection...and Annabeth was there too. I stiffened from schock, my brain not comprehending what was happening. She's not there. What? But.

Your going insane Percy, insane.

I blinked again. Annabeth? The name rolled off my tongue as it did before but sadder and lonelier. "Annabeth", I whispered. Was she really alive? No she isn't Percy, don't be fooled by it.

"Annabeth," I said louder, schock still clear on my face. She's there, standing right in front of me and the sight of her was heart-breaking. She looked beautiful but horrific. Her cheeks were tinted pink and her eyes were puffy and bloodshot. My eyes drifted to her stomach, where her shirt was soaked in blood and herr arms covered in deep wounds. Her hands were covered in blood and her face smeared with bits of it.

"Why?" She hoarsely whispered. "Why did you let me die?"

At her last word, my breath hitched and my heart was crushed even more.

"Percy, why?" She said more frantically. My stomach twisted in a knot. It couldn't have been my fault right? My mouth opened and closed like a fish as I gaped at her. I couldn't seem to find the words to reply back. All because what she said was right.

A white, hot searing pain shot through from behind my eyes. A thousand men banging on my head, desperate to break free. It was bearable, but each second the pain multipllied ten fold. Hundreds of voices erupted in my head, all speaking terrible words.

"Please Help me Percy,"

"Please.."

With each sentence came a depressing flashback of my horrific life. All the memories of me and Annabeth, all the happy times we shared, all gone with a single movement. Despite the happy memories, I felt horrid. Physcially and Mentally. Thoughts rushed and flashed throughout my mind so quick I coudn't keep up. My head hurt more and more and I clutched at my head, clawing to stop the memories. I didn't even notice that my restraints were broken. My panic didn't help at all, my chest constricted and my breathing became heavier.

But I still kept my appearance strong. I couldn't show weakness in front of my current enemies ; SHIELD.

"Im sorry Annabeth!" I screamed.

The voices grew louder and louder. I was practically wheezing in and out as my throat felt like it was choking on something. Lack of oxygen filled me and I began increasing in panic. Sudden pain from my head jolted me my body from the spot, causing me to shift around my chair painfully. I was a bit relieved that I was able to breath, but it quickly diminished as unbearable pain once again shot through my body.

"You should've saved me.." Her voice quivered and has a trace of anger as she leaned forward, her bloody body baptizing the Earth with her blood.

"I'm sorry!," Saliva drooled carelessy off of my mouth. A man flickered behind Annabeth, his mouth twisted into a sadistic sneer. Annabeth's eyes widened and she treid to speak, but her tongue forbid her.

"You see Percy, you take my wife from me, I take everyone else away from you," The figure snarled, almost smiling. Tartarus grabbed Annabeth and pulled her towards him. He raised his knife.

Percy you idiot, do something. But I coudn't, I was frozen in my spot. The knife in Tartarus's hand gleamed.

"NOOO!" I roared, anger coarsing through my veins, but I was powerless. I had no choice. I had to watch her die. Again. And it was because of me. I desperately tried to avert my gaze.

"Im sorry! Alright? Im so sorry!"

"Oh Perseus, its too late to be sorry. It's time to pay." Tartarus sneered and with one motion he did it. He killed her. MY ANNEBETH! Before she died she mouthed three words to me that would haunt me forever.

"Its never alright" She whispered her last words, almost snarling at me.

Tartarus flickered out of his position and what replaced him, me. My reflection.

A monster.

(A/n This next part is going to be a flashback and sorry for not updating The Hunted and other stories, I just happen to be better at writing darker stories, ill update soon. Sorry guys short chapter as well. Anyways please review.