A/N: Hiya! This is the second one-shot of Percabethcentric! This chapter will be long but I think it's good; I also might have to make it into 2 chapters. Like I promised it will be very happy at the end. I had this in my mind for a while and I finally decided to put this into a one-shot!
Disclaimer: I do not nor will I ever own the Percy Jackson cast. The reason is because I'm a girl and my name isn't Rick, its Bells. Ok well on with the story!
How can you still care?
Before the war of the Gods, Percy, Grover, Thalia, and I were on a mission to reverse the effects on Luke. We traveled to the Princess Andromeda and discovered that it was docked near my home, in San Francisco. We boarded the ship using Percy's power to travel under the water. Percy and I were very distant from each other this summer. We never properly made up. It's been hard, I feel like I've lost a crucial part of me, but yet I'm still holding on. Anyhow, when we boarded the ship, Luke must have already know about our plans because when we stepped foot on the ship, we were ambushed.
Later did we find out that the effects on Luke were never permanent. He had only been a temporary host for Kronos. Although Kronos hadn't been in solid form, he was still very strong and growing stronger with every recruit. As we were sitting in our cold cells, Luke had paid us an unpleasant visit. He was in very bad shape and was radiating evil, literally. The first thing he said was that we had a choice, and that choice was that either Percy beat Luke in a fair duel, or we all parish, 1 by 1. Percy obviously took the chance to save us and Luke left with a satisfied look on his evil, scarred face.
And this is where this takes off…
"Percy," Grover said nervously. "Do you really think that you can beat him, even in a fair battle? I mean I have faith in you but Luke is kind of the best fighter that camp had seen in a century. I mean, really, can you do it?" Percy just kept looking down, his unruly hair falling into his piercing green orbs. "Grover," Percy said. "I'm going to say this nicely, okay?" Grover nodded his head. "Shut your goat mouth before I smack you, hard." Grover flinched. "And I know, but I can do it and I will. I refuse to let you die." Thalia spoke up. "We know you can, but it's just, he's got more training then you, plus, he has all of these monsters to train with, you don't know what you're in for, but still, I trust that you will beat Luke, because you are a great sword fighter." He finally looked up at us.
"Thal, I promise you, you will get off this ship alive, all 3 of you, even if it costs me my life, I swear to you that you will." He looked at each one of us individually and when he reached me, his stare intensified.
"Percy," I said. He looked at me again.
"What do you think will happen to the prophecy if you don't," I paused. "…make it?"
He just smiled. "That's for me and Nico to worry about, not any of you."
Thalia looked murderous. "What do you mean it's not any of our businesses?! Of course it is!" She yelled. "How, Thalia, is it any of your concern?" He said. "Because if you die then we have to wait another what, 5 years for the prophecy to be complete?! And in that time Kronos here can muster up an even stronger and more threatening army to Olympus! That's why!"
He looked thoughtfully at her and then replied, "That maybe true, but Nico and I have a way to make sue that thi8s is as strong as Kronos will, and ever get." We all stared at him with totally confused expressions. "Say what?" I said. "Don't worry about it." He said calmly. We all shut up. Percy got up a minute later and uncapped his sword, flicking his wrists, getting a hang of it. He then swung at the stone wall. For a few seconds we thought that he had missed by a long shot, but then a slit appeared. "Whoa…" Thalia and Grover said. He just smiled at them. I just sat there, not paying attention. All knew was that, if Percy won, we would be free, but then Luke would be dead as a log, and I don't want that. But, if he lost, we would all die, a slow and painful death. As my thoughts keep going deeper, debating about the 2 choices, Luke came in and was armed with 2 other half-bloods.
"Are you all ready to face death?" Percy just grinned at him. "Nope, are you ready to join Kronos in Tartarus?" Luke grinned back at him. "Nope." The two half-bloods lead us onto the deck of the ship where the battle would take place. "Gather your weapons, Jackson." Percy took out Riptide and pressed his watch which transformed into a 3 foot wide shield. "I'm good, Castellan, what about you?" Luke smiled an evil smile and drew Backbiter and a shield. "Just fine." With that, they started circling each other. Luke made the first lung which Percy easily parried. "Not bad, not bad at all. I see Chiron has been giving you extra practice." Now Percy swiped quickly at Luke which he blocked, that's how the fight was. Swipe, block, parries, lunges. It went on like that for a good 25 minutes before both we exhausted.
"You read to finish this Luke?" Luke lunged. "With pleasure!" Wrong move Luke. Percy knocked Backbiter out of his hands and pulled his shield off of his arm. Percy looked angry then sad. "I really don't want to do this, Luke." Luke looked horrified as Percy raised Riptide over his head, just when he was about to strike, I screamed. "Percy, don't!" He turned to me and opened his mouth to speak then closed it. He then looked down at Luke and said. "I'm going to spare you," Me and Luke both let out sighs. "But, you have to come with us back to camp, as a prisoner."
Luke looked at him with a look of utter disbelief, even though I knew that Percy would never have killed him anyway, he too nice of a person to do that. Luke then nodded in defeat. "Alright, you have a deal." Percy helped him up and took some near by hand cuffs and put them on Luke. We also disarmed him, just in case he tried something. We got back the same way we got to the Princess Andromeda. As we got to the hill, Chiron greeted us with a shocked expression. "Oh my Zeus, how did you children manage to capture Luke?" He asked. "Believe me, Chiron. It wasn't easy." Percy mumbled. Thalia and Grover lead Luke to the big house, leaving me and Percy there.
He didn't look at me he just kept on staring out into the horizon, obviously in deep thought. He shifted his gaze to me then back to the sun. "This was definitely one for the history books." He said. I nodded. "I'm going to go down to my cabin; I'll talk to you soon ok?" He just said a "mmmh-hmm" and I walked off. I took a detour to the big house and over heard Chiron and Thalia talking. "-they have called him up, to finish him off." Panic quickly rose up in my chest and I ran to the infirmary, where he would obviously be.
When I got there, He was sitting on a bed, still in hand cuffs. "They are going to kill me aren't they?" He asked bluntly. I shook my head. "No, because I'm going to let you out." He just smiled and said, "I knew I can always count on you." I quickly took off his hand cuffs and he stared at me then grabbed me by the wrist. Before I could let out a scream for help, he placed his had over my mouth. "Let's go." As he was about to leave I heard Percy from behind say, "Put, the girl, down. Now." Luke spun around and smirked at Percy. I could see in his eyes, he was beyond furious. Namely, at me.
Luke then sneered at him. "I'll let her go, only, if you let me go." Percy nodded and Luke dropped me on the floor and fled. I looked into his eyes. I could tell, he was about a second away from asking me what the hell was wrong with me but he just sighed. Thalia and Grover barged in. "What happened?!" Screamed Thalia. I was still on the floor. She noticed that Luke was gone and her eyes automatically drifted to me. "Annabeth," She said. "What in the name of all gods did you do!?" I felt tears form in my eyes. "I let him go…" I said quietly. "You let him go?!" She roared. Grover just looked at me with disbelieving eyes. "Why?!" I felt the tears start to leak out. "Because I couldn't stand to see him die." That did it for Thalia. She grabbed Grover and left.
I sat on the floor, my face in my hands sobbing. I felt two strong arms wrap themselves around me. I looked up to see Percy there holding and shushing me. "How can you still care?" I sobbed. "Because, Annabeth, even how stupid you maybe, or the things that you may do, I will always be here, because well… I love you…" I smiled still sobbing, but I knew that no matter what happened, Percy would be there, no matter what, because he was the only on that actually cared.
A/N: OK sorry, that turned out a lot longer then I thought, and it was kind of well sad but eh, ok now seriously the next one will e about them happily at a diner, OK?! That makes everyone happy?! Ok review and give me ideas that you want me to write about!!