Annabeth's POV
The way coming out seemed to take a lot longer than coming in. About every ten seconds, there was always someone to kill. Each time, I had my dagger, Percy had Riptide, Thalia had her shield and a bow (I guess she was still used to the feeling of archery), Grover didn't do anything, and Nico called upon the dead to kill people for him.
The first round must have been the worst for Percy. He had been cut off from fighting and was out of practice. Even after a day. One Roman the size of Mount Olympus-
*THUNDER & LIGHTNING*
Sorry… A huge Roman I could see was greatly trained. He was still no match against my Percy. The only problem was I could see that the Roman was targeting his death spot as I called it referring to the Achilles' thing. The Roman raised his great knife, ready to stab. But I beat him. I pushed Percy out of the way, causing him to fumble, and stabbed the Roman in the side of the head with my blade. Percy stared, nodded at me smiling, and returned to killing off the other Romans. I blushed. I knew he was proud of me and he thanked me for saving his life…again. Once we finished that batch off, we returned to our fleeing.
The second round was better, but I could tell that Percy's death spot had spread around. I closed in around his back to protect him. I don't know what I'd do without him; my best friend. I man I even LOVED! That's huge for me… We kept fighting forever. The Romans resupplied their numbers after a lot of men were killed. Pretty soon we were going to be fighting on a mountain of dead bodies. Eventually the reinforcements stopped and we were running through the camp. We rounded a corner and I instantly fell to the ground in astonishment. I saw a vision of Kronos slicing his blade through Percy's chest. I knew it was impossible, but I felt the thump as Percy's body slumped to the ground. I heard his heart beat stop as the blood spilled from his chest to the ground. I saw the light in his eyes leave, causing my heart to split. I thought of how I had saved his life twice and now he was here before me dead. I screamed…
When I came back to earth and the vision cleared away, I saw Percy kneeling in front of me shaking me to get me to wake up.
"Annabeth. Annabeth!" he said, "Wake up, Wise Girl!"
"W-what happened?" I asked.
"You tell me," said Thalia.
"I-I had a…vision…I think" I said at last. I realized I kept my eyes on Percy.
"Get her to Chiron!" said Nico, "We'll hold them off for your escape." Three words. Bless his heart.
"Can you walk?" Percy asked me.
"I…I think I can," I said. But as soon as I finally got up, I fell to the ground. I felt weak and powerless. I came here to save Percy's life and now he was saving mine from a whole bunch of angry Romans. Before I could protest, he picked me up and carried me away.
It's really weird being in someone's arms; especially if it's the boy you like. It felt awkward, but comforting for me…
As I looked behind Percy, I saw Romans starting to charge on us. Percy found a safe place for me close by so I wouldn't be hurt and he left to fight.
"Now don't you go any where," he said. I smiled. He smiled back at me.
The whole fight was intense. The first person Percy killed was a poorly trained thirteen-year old. Percy took the sword from the now dead boy and started to fight with two swords. Clash. Bang. Crash. Slice. BANG. Clash.
He was amazing. But then I saw it. A Roman had fought his way to the other side of Percy and he stared at the death spot. Before I could think, I found the courage to stand up and run toward Percy. As the Roman started to swing his sword towards Percy's upper back area, I jumped in front of the blade, getting stabbed to save his life. The pain was unbearable. When Percy saw me on the ground bloody, I heard him yell and begin to kill the Romans faster and faster. The one Roman that stabbed me hovered over me and said, "Why is a man who is so full of himself worth saving?" Then he grinned. Percy came running and slice the blade into the Roman's head. A couple drops of blood dripped onto to my cheek but I didn't care. I was dying and I would probably die in this spot. I looked a Percy with tears in his eyes. I needed to say three words. They finally came out.
"I. Love. You…" I said and I closed my eyes. Before I finally blackened I could hear Nico, Grover, and Thalia asking what happened and Percy began to pick me up.
Then Thalia asked, "Did she say anything to you?" Percy stiffened up and stared. He wiped away the tears and looked at the three of them.
"Annabeth has saved my life multiple times but now she has died for me. I at least wish for her to know that I love her back," he said. Instantly, I felt myself become happy inside and I let go of myself letting my soul drift to the underworld.
Author's note:
Thank you all for reading my story. I always have really short stories and this one was sad. Please Review and maybe give some ideas for another story. Thanks again!
