Annabeth POV

Will was getting Allie ready to have her baby. She didn't want to, and they were waiting until the last second if possible. I was the one who had to tell Percy.

"Percy, are you there?" I asked against the large pile of rocks.

"I'm here Annabeth," Percy said. "How come Allie hasn't come out yet? Are her and the baby okay?"

I sighed. Gods, why did I have to be the one to tell him. "Percy, Nico can't get out. The rocks, they're blocking his powers. We're stuck. And Allie," I trailed off. "The baby's coming Percy."

"He can't," Percy replied urgently. "He's too little, Annabeth. He won't make it. Not in there. Maybe with a NICU, but gods," Percy cried out.

I wanted to stay with Percy, but just then Allie screamed. "Annabeth," Will called to me.

"Percy, I have to go, it's Allie. Just keep trying to get us out," I said but Percy didn't reply. I ran back over to Will. "What do you need?" I asked.

"Tell her, help her," Will stated pointing at Allie.

"Tell her what?" I asked.

Allie shook her head. "I can't have the baby. Not here, not now. I hit my stomach, he's hurt. And he's too little."

"You are both going to die if you don't," Will pleaded.

I sat down next to her and grabbed Allie's hand. "You need to do this. You're strong, you can do this."

Allie sobbed out. "I can't, I," she let out another scream.

Will looked up again. "Allie, he's coming out whether you like it or not. I'm touching his head right now. I'm going to need you to push."

Allie let out a sob, but then she squeezed my hand and screamed. "One more push," Will said.

Allie then let out a final scream and then there was a little cry. Will had brought a towel with, so he wiped the baby off and wrapped him in the towel after a quick examination.

"When the monster hit, there was more damage to the baby than I originally thought. His lung is punctured, he won't make it very long. I'm so sorry Allie," Will said but Allie didn't really register this.

All Allie was doing was looking at her little baby Will had handed her. She had him against her chest and she kissed his forehead. He was so little, but she loved him so much. Seeing this, Will stopped talking and let them enjoy their moment.

"Did you pick out a name yet?" Nico asked.

Allie nodded through her tears. "Percy and I were talking about Jayce, for Jason."

I smiled as I was tearing up as well. "That's perfect."

We then sat in silence as Jayce's cries grew fewer and fewer. Finally, Jayce's labored breathing stopped altogether. Allie let out a small sob.

"He's gone," Nico said sensing his presence in the underworld.

We continued to sit in silence until Allie spoke. "Annabeth," she said, and I turned to her. "Can you tell him?"

"Tell who what?" I asked confused.

"Tell Percy, tell him about Jayce." Allie pleaded.

"I," but then I sighed. "Yes, I'll tell him."

At that moment the rubble at the entrance started to move again. After the shaking stopped, there was a large hole. We were able to get out. Nico and Will helped Allie up as she was still clutching Jayce's body. I gulped and headed out.

Standing there waiting was most of our friends. They had been tirelessly working to try to get us out. Piper, Reyna, Calypso, Leo, Frank, and Hazel were there with Percy. When they saw my face, they all knew. Well, except Percy. My poor love.

"Annabeth," Percy's eyes were wild. "What happened? Where's Allie? Did she have him?"

I just took Percy into my arms, held him and whispered. "Percy, love, baby Jayce didn't make it."

Percy didn't make any sound. He didn't move at all. But in my heart, I knew he had just been broken. His baby was gone. That's when Allie emerged from the wreckage. I let go of Percy, so he could approach her.

Allie didn't say anything, she just handed Percy their baby that had been too good for this world. Percy was devastated. He held Jayce close to his chest and seemed like he would never let go. He had just lost his first child, it was heartbreaking.

Once Percy had Jayce in his arms, Allie collapsed.

"Allie," Reyna screamed. Thankfully, Will and Nico were still nearby so they caught her as she fell.

"We need to get her to the infirmary," Will said.

It was a few hours later and we were all at Allie's beside in the infirmary. Another Apollo camper had finally pried Jayce from Percy's arm and wrapped him in a shroud for burial. When Percy let go, gods, he kissed his son's cold head and whispered he loved him.

Allie started to shake away. Will immediately rushed over to her side to see how she was.

"Allie, how are you feeling?" Will asked. Allie shook her head. Will continued, "Is there anything that hurts? Your vitals seem fine, but you collapsed."

Allie stayed silent for a moment but finally said. "I'm done."

Nico asked, "What do you mean you're done?"

"My baby is dead; the love of my life is dead. I'm done." She stated simply.

The next few days were tough. Allie barely ate, drank, or slept. She was done, as she had said. She was slowly killing herself and there was nothing anyone could do about it. We had a small burial for Jayce, nothing special but I knew it meant a lot to Percy. He hadn't said much, but he hadn't wanted me to leave his side either.

Percy had called Sally the day after it happened. Her heart broke for her son and grandchild. Sally remained strong for her son, but I knew she was hurting too.

It was two weeks from when it happened when Percy said, "I think I need to be alone for a little. If that's okay with you."
I smiled and rubbed his arm. "Percy, of course. Whatever you need."

"Can you check on Allie while I'm gone?" He asked.

"Of course, Percy," I gave him a kiss on his cheek. "Do what you need to do."

Percy headed off towards the beach and I headed to the infirmary. In there, Will was checking Allie's vital. They were stable but lowering. Nico sat nearby as well.

"How's she doing?" I asked them. Allie was lying awake, but there was no use in asking her. She hadn't spoken since the burial.

Nico shook his head. "I can feel the life force fading out of her."

"Come on Allie," I held her hand, but she showed no recognition she knew I was there. "You can make it through this."

Percy POV
I went to the beach and cried. I just sat by the ocean and cried. I cried for my son who I never got to meet.

Without warning, I felt someone give me a hug. I looked up and it was my father, Poseidon. He was older, but still in his Hawaiian shirt. He had a sad look on his face.

"Hello, Percy. I've been meaning to come to make a visit, I'm sorry it took so long," He said.

"How do you manage it?" I asked immediately. I had been wanting to ask my dad ever since it happened.

"I'm not quite sure what you mean?" Poseidon questioned.

"How do you lose your kids?" I asked, and Poseidon sighed. "I mean, you've been doing it for thousands of years. How do you get through it all? I know you're a god, but do you feel it at all?" I stared at him hopefully for an answer.

"You know I know every time a child of mine is produced?" My father said, and I stared at him for clarification. "I knew every time a woman gets pregnant. Sometimes she loses a baby before she even knows. But every single time I know." He sighed again. "Not every time did I have the luxury to feel their deaths, but I know what it's like Percy. After thousands of years, I know."

"How do I get through it?" I asked.

Poseidon shrugged. "You just have to wait. I know for a god that might seem trivial, but it's necessary." I nodded and stared off. "And Percy, there was actually something else I wanted to talk to you about."

I looked at my father. "What is it?"

"In a few weeks' time, I'll send you something. I recommend Reyna, Annabeth, and Nico as well." He stated and then he was gone.

I sighed confused as to what my father meant. Gods were always vague. I walked back and ran into Annabeth.

"Hey," she said softly and pushed a piece of hair behind her ear.

Gods, had she been amazing. Through all of this, she was my rock. She loved me through all of this. And gods, did I love her more and more each day.

"I just talked to my dad," I told her.

She arched her eyebrow. "Oh, what did you talk about?"

"Just about losing," I choked not being about to say it. Annabeth placed her hand on my arm. She knew without me having to say it, and I was so grateful she knew me so well. "And something about he would give me something in a few weeks. Whatever that means." I sighed. "How's Allie?"

"The same, still bad. Nico says her life force is draining. It's like she is dying from heartbreak." Annabeth sighed.

"I'm going to go be with her," I stated, and Annabeth nodded.

The next few weeks passed, and I began healing. I wasn't completely healed, I didn't think I ever would be, but I was feeling stronger. I had Annabeth and my friends at my side.

During this time, Calypso started to show during her pregnancy. At first, Leo and she were careful to avoid me. They thought me seeing them would hurt. Honestly, it didn't. My hurt had nothing to do with their happiness. Once they realized this, they were happy to go around as they pleased. I loved seeing them get what they deserved.

One day Chiron called me to the big house. Once I was there, I was surprised to see Annabeth, Nico and Reyna already sitting at the ping pong table.

"What's this about?" I questioned.

Chiron handed me an envelope. "Your father dropped it off this morning."

I opened the envelope and inside there were numbers written. "They're coordinates," Annabeth said seeing the note over my shoulder.

"Okay, so what are we supposed to do with it?" I asked confused.

"Go to it, I guess," Reyna supplied.

"It shouldn't take you long, Nico can travel you all there. But Poseidon did stress some urgency to this. Something to do with Allison Andrews," Chiron said.

Nico looked sad. "I talked with Will this morning. She was rapidly declining all night. She hasn't eaten anything for days. She won't make it much longer."

"So, we need to get back to say goodbye?" I managed to choke out and Annabeth held my hand.

"Let's just get this over with and get back here. Nico, can you bring us to these coordinates?" Annabeth asked, and Nico nodded.

We all huddled in a circle. Each of us had one hand touching Nico. The next moment we were traveling in the dark until we arrived at a very bright space. Sand was stretched all around us. We were in a desert.

"Oh, gods," Nico mumbled.

"What is it? Do you know where we are?" Annabeth questioned.

Nico nodded. "This is where I almost died eight years ago."

I gulped. "What could my dad want from here?"

"Let's go check it out," Reyna said and pointed to something behind me.

I hadn't noticed it, but a few hundred yards out there was a dark cave. Standing guard there were pairs and pairs of monsters. How would we get in?

"I may have something to help," Annabeth said and reached into her backpack to take out a small golden box.

"What's that?" I asked.

She smiled. "Something I've been tinkering with Leo on. It's a knockout box. It won't kill the monsters, but it should keep them asleep for an hour or so." I leaned over and gave her a kiss.

"My girlfriend's a genius," I stated.

She rolled her eyes and blushed. "Yeah, well let's just see if it even works."

She set down the box, pressed a few buttons, and set a jolt throughout the sand. Off in the distance, sand was flying up as the various monsters fell over in sleep. Annabeth picked up the box and placed it into her backpack.

"That should keep them down, but we should hurry," Annabeth said.

We walked quickly over to the cave and carefully ventured inside. Annabeth quickly touched the walls.

"It's underworld shale and obsidian, whatever we are getting we'll have to get outside again before we can travel back," Annabeth said.

We then ventured further into the cave. There was no sound until we heard one. It was a soft moaning noise coming from the other side of the corridor. We all agreed silently and took out our weapons. We went into the room and it wasn't what I was expecting.

Against the wall, there was a man chained up. His arms were stretched to either side of him pulled out with imperial gold chains. His feet were shackled to the floor. He was covered in fresh cuts and bruises. A monster lay on the floor with a dagger covered in blood. The monster had been cutting him.

Then something interesting happened. Instead of the blood continuing to poor, it was slowly stopping. His cut seemed as if they were knitting themselves back together again. He was healing.

"Oh, my gods," Reyna exclaimed. She dropped her weapon and rushed over. "Is he?" she looked at Nico.

"It's him," he nodded slowly. "He's fine, well fine for him anyway. Anyone else and they would be dead, but he's healing."

Nico rushed over and aided in taking his shackles off. They cut his feet bonds first. Then they cut the chains holding his arms up and he fell to the floor. Annabeth rushed over and poured ambrosia in his mouth. That speed up the healing process.

His head was still to the side, but his body appeared healed. With his wounds gone, I could tell he was a handsome demigod. He had golden blonde hair and a brave face. However, he must have been like this for a while. His hair was untidy and overgrown, and he had an uneven beard on his face.

"Who is he?" I asked, not putting it all together.

"It's Jacob Scheper, Allie's fiancé," Reyna said in awe.

I stepped back a second. "I thought he was dead."

"We thought so too," Nico said. "Drake and I thought he had sacrificed himself and died. But after all this time, they must have been using him, torturing him."
At that moment, Jake woke up. His eyes flashed opened and he sat up quickly. "What, who?" he looked around. "Reyna? Nico? What's going on? Why are you here?"

I could see tears coming to Reyna's eyes. "We got a message from Poseidon, or Neptune whatever, to come here to retrieve something. That something was you."

Jake looked around again, this time at Annabeth and me. "You two were at Jason's funeral."

Annabeth nodded. "Yes, I'm Annabeth and this is my boyfriend Percy."

Jake nodded but was still in a daze. "So, it's over? They're done using me?" he almost pleaded out.

Reyna nodded. "Yes, they are done."

Jake still looked in a daze when something seemed to strike him. "You all look so much older. How long has it been?"

We all looked around at each other until Reyna finally spoke. "We thought you were dead Jake, it's been almost eight years."
His eyes went wide. "It hasn't been, it can't. Oh, gods. Allie." He placed his head in his hands. "How's Allie? Gods," he choked on a sob, "she thought I was dead?"

Reyna nodded. "She does, yes. After she found out, she left camp and didn't look back. I didn't see her until a few months ago."

"What happened a few months ago?" Jake asked innocently.

"She," Reyna gulped. "She was pregnant. The baby a legacy, the father a demigod."

A few emotions crossed Jake's face. Sadness but also optimism. "So, after me, she found someone else? She had a baby?"

Reyna shook her head. "No, it was a fling, they weren't together." A small look of relief passed his face. I'm sure he wanted her to be happy, but he still wanted to be with her obviously. "But," Reyna bit her lip. "There was an accident and the baby died."

"The baby died?" Jake asked.

Reyna nodded. "Allie lost it then. The pain from missing you came rushing back again and the pain of losing her baby. She's dying Jake. She's not eating, drinking or sleeping."

Jake shook his head. "She can't be. She's Allison Andrews. There's no way she could be dying right now."

"Jake," Reyna placed her hand on Jake's arm and he sighed.

"What am I supposed to do? Now? After all this time?" Jake looked defeated.

"Be with her," I stated. Everyone turned towards me.

"And you're Percy?" I nodded at Jake. "How do you know Allie?"

I gulped. "We met in college. We'd been friends ever since. I didn't know she knew about the demigod world until a few months ago."

"Are you?" He let the question hang.

I nodded. "I was the baby's father. But as Reyna said, we were never together. Just friends." Jake nodded but looked defeated still. "She talked about you a lot." I continued.

"She did?" he asked hopefully.

I nodded. "She always called you her fiancé. I know it hurt her to talk about you, but whenever she did she was always smiling. If you go back," I sighed. "She'll be herself again, I know it."

"So, she's at Camp Jupiter?" He questioned.

"Camp Half-blood actually," Reyna said. "We can head there now, we just have to get out of the cave."

Jake smiled and started to stand up. "I know it probably doesn't matter much, but can I shave and get a haircut when we get back to camp? I know it doesn't really matter, but I want to look good for Allie."

Reyna laughed. "Of course."

We started to walk out of the cave when Nico finally spoke. "Jacob, I'm so sorry."

Jake turned back at Nico. "Sorry for what?"

"Sorry for leaving you. It should have been you, not me. You had Allie and," Jake cut Nico off.

"And what? You had Will too," Nico was about to protest when Jake continued. "Nico, I choose this. Yes, it wasn't pleasant, but don't blame yourself." This set a wave of relief through Nico.

Once we got outside, Nico traveled us back to camp. When we got there, Jake rushed to shower and shave. When he got out and dressed, he looked like the Jake from pictures Allie had shown me. The only difference was his hands were shaking.

He saw me looking and said. "Sorry, I'm just nervous. It's not every day you have a reconnection with your love."

I smiled. "I get it, man. I got my memory wiped and ended up in the Roman camp. When Annabeth saw me again, she judo flipped me."

Jake's eyes got wide and Annabeth added. "Guilty."

"But I'm sure you'll be fine," I said.

We were heading out to the beach. Surprisingly, Nico had talked to Will and Allie was out on the beach. It was time to connect her to her love.

Allie POV

I was laying in my bed in the infirmary. I could hear what everyone was saying. I was getting worse. My vitals were dropping. They didn't think I would make it until the end of the day. Eventually, everyone but Will left.

I liked Will. He had some of the same aspects Jake had being a child of Apollo. They both cared and many other things. Gods, did I miss Jake.

"Let's go for a walk," Will said. I didn't acknowledge that I heard him. He sighed. "I know you can hear me and I know you know you're dying. Wouldn't you want to feel the sun on your face again? It's a beautiful day."

I don't know what made me want to do it. Maybe I knew it would be my last time before staying in the underworld. Maybe I wanted to feel the sun one more time. Maybe I felt like something would change.

Therefore, I swung my legs over and sat up. A dizziness passed over me, but it quickly passed. Will had a surprised expression on his face but helped me get up.

We walked outside, and I headed to where my body wanted. I wanted the wind and the sun. I headed over to the ocean. I took a deep breath and smelled the seawater. It was calming. When I was pregnant, Jayce always liked the water. Now knowing he was a grandson of the sea god, it made sense. Gods, did I miss him.

I opened my eyes and saw some other people across the beach. I squinted and saw Percy, Annabeth, Will, and Reyna in front. However, there was another person with them. Who was it?

They continued to walk forward, and I saw him. Oh, gods. I saw him. I had to be dying if I was seeing him. His golden blonde hair, his relaxed smile, gods, was I hallucinating? I couldn't move from my spot. But once he came close enough, I knew it was him.

I ran forward, and he ran as well. He took me up in his arms and gave me a big kiss. I tangled my hands in his hair and pulled him close. He placed his hands on my hips and deepened our kiss. I knew there were people watching, but it honestly felt like it was just us.

We pulled away for a moment to breath. Our noses touched as we caught our breath. I opened my eyes just to see him and saw he was staring at me too.

"Allie," he moaned out.

"Jake," I cried. "How? What? Is it really you?"

He smiled softly. "It's my love. I promise. I'm so sorry I left you, I didn't," but then I kissed him again.

"How?" I asked again.

Jake shook his head. "Poseidon sent Reyna, Nico, Annabeth, and Percy on a quick quest to find me. I don't know why now the time was right to make an impromptu rescue, but I'm glad they did." He took a deep breath and looked into my eyes. "They told me you lost a child. Allie, love, I'm so sorry."

More tears came to my eyes. But with Jake, I was finally able to talk about him. "His name was Jayce. He was so little, but I'm pretty sure he had my eyes and nose."

"I bet they were extra cute," he remarked.

I let out a sad laugh. "They were. But he was taken too early. I wish he could have grown up, but he died."

Jake nodded. "I know, but Allie you need to eat. And drink something and sleep."

"But I just got you back, we need to talk and," Jake kissed me again.

"Later. Right now, we need food. Then rest," he said.

I shook my head. "What if I'm just imagining this? What if you're not there when I wake up?"

He smiled softly. "From now on, I'll always be here when you wake up."

We went to grab something to eat and headed back to Hera's cabin. I laid down on my bed. Jacob slide in next to me like he did when we were living together. He kissed my head and I rested my head on his chest. I slept well for the first time since he was gone.

I hope you enjoyed this. Sorry for the tradegy, but it was always how I envisioned it going (I teared up a big while writing it). Hopefully the end made up for it. Please keep reading and reviewing. Thank you all again!