Hey Guys, this is the last bonus chapter. The end of this fanfiction. Sorry for making it so late but I hope this chapter made up for it.


7. Together Atlast

Annabeth sat near his bed, worried out of her mind. Though she knew Percy was only resting, her mind kept going back to what ifs and she was terrified that either Hades or Zeus were going to go back on their word.

God's weren't exactly known for keeping up promises. So when he opened his eyes to look at her, she felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her chest. And then anger washed in.

"What were you thinking, Seaweed Brain! The campers could've taken care of those monsters. You should've conserved your strength," She shouted. Percy voice was hoarse as he replied. His throat felt as dry as sand paper.

He replied huskily, "I'm back and I'm fine." Annabeth moved to get him some water and made him drink it. "Better now?" she asked. Percy shook his head and then puckered his lips. Annabeth smiled at that and placed a small peck on them. He automatically beamed at her.

"Is that all I'm gonna get?" he asked, cheekily. "Hold your horses, hero. You have to rest," Annabeth replied, chuckling. "But I don't wanna wait," he said, pouting. Annabeth couldn't resist. She went in to place a peck on his lips but got pulled into a deep kiss.

"Alright, Seaweed Brain, that's enough for now. Let's get you to the lake to gain your strength," she said, "Wait a bit. I'm gonna go change and come," Annabeth said and pulled out a one piece swimsuit from one of his drawers.

"You could change right here," Percy said, waggling his eyebrows. "Oh, you'd like that wouldn't you?" Annabeth teased. "You have no idea," Percy replied, his face looking dreamy. "Dream on, Seaweed Brain. I'll be right back," she said and went inside one of the bathrooms adding an extra sway to her hips as she walked.

Percy drank some nectar on the table and waited for Annabeth to come out. "Ok, I'm ready," Annabeth said, as she came out of the bathroom. She looked absolutely stunning in her red swimsuit which showed off her curves.

"You're drooling, Seaweed Brain," she said, putting on a robe over her and helping Percy up. Percy kissed her cheek and took her hand to get up. "I'm just enjoying the show, Wise Girl," Percy replied with a smirk.

Annabeth shook her head and smiled at her boyfriend. "Get your head out of the gutter and come on," she said, pulling Percy along with her, out of his cabin and went towards the docks.

Percy dived in happily and floated on his back. Annabeth went in next. She took off her robe and gently got into the water after testing its temperature with her toes. "How are you feeling?" she asked when she was in front of her boyfriend.

"I'm feeling like the top of the world. Believe me. This feels so good. I missed this. Just floating in the water without having to worry about what is gonna screw with our lives next," Percy replied.

Annabeth smiled and kissed his forehead. "You know what I meant, Seaweed Brain," she said, fondly. "Well, I am feeling a bit stronger. I'm slowly getting back my strength. Don't worry, I'll be back on my toes soon enough," he said, getting up from floating.

Suddenly Annabeth felt overwhelmed and a lump formed in her throat and tears ran down her cheeks. She hugged Percy tightly. "I thought you were gone," she cried into his shoulder.

"Shh, Wise Girl. I'm right here, I'm in your arms and I'm fine. I'm never leaving you, alright?" Percy said, rubbing her back and holding her to him tightly. "Don't make any promises. You said that the last time when we were in Camp Jupiter and then you died," Annabeth replied, holding him tightly.

"I had to do something, Annabeth. We are demigods. We rarely have happy endings and something tells me that we should enjoy these tiny moments if that's all we're going to have," Percy said, kissing the top of her head.

"I know. I just don't want to jinx us right now with promises. The last time you made one, it was part of a prophecy," she replied. "Babe, the war's over. There are no more prophecies and there aren't going to be any for a while now. So why don't we enjoy a normal life?" he asked.

Annabeth pulled away from him and looked into his eyes, "You're right," she said, "Damn, when did you get so wise?" she asked. "Well, I kinda have this hot girlfriend who knows almost everything. I guess she rubbed off on me," Percy replied, smiling, his green eyes were twinkling with mirth.

"Always the sassy guy," Annabeth replied, pulling him into a kiss and connecting her lips with his. The kiss was slow, but building in intensity. Percy slowly touched his tongue to hers, asking for entry to which Annabeth gladly obliged.

Their tongues danced together for a while but soon, they had to come up for air. Slowly, Percy kissed Annabeth's lips once . . . twice and then laid his forehead on hers. "That was nice," Annabeth said, smiling at her boyfriend.

He kissed her again, softly, "Yeah, it kinda was, wasn't it?" Percy breathed out. Annabeth hummed. "I missed this so much," she said, "Did you know that this is the first time we've actually been alone with each other since Tartarus?"

"I didn't realize that it was so long. But we're okay and we're together and that's what matters," Percy said, kissing her forehead softly. Annabeth sighed, she definitely was an independent girl but to just feel safe in the arms of Percy was just something else entirely.

"I love you," she said, laying her head on his chest and listening to his heart beat. "I love you too," Percy replied and they stayed like that, in each other's embrace waist deep in the water.

Then they got out of the water and changed into some dry clothes. Percy spread a blanket under a tree and they laid down, Annabeth's head on Percy's chest, cuddling together. They could see the blue skies and the clouds above them.

It was a calm but beautiful day and they loved it. They laid there in comfortable silence, just reveling in what they had right then. No monsters, no prophecies, just Annabeth and Percy finally together.

And of course their thoughts jinxed it. A few minutes later Hermes appeared before them. Percy and Annabeth got up to a sitting position. "Lord Hermes, what are you doing here?" Percy asked.

Rats! Did you get me some rats? George asked from Hermes's caduceus. George, don't be so rude. You haven't even said hello to the poor boy. And this must be your girlfriend. My, she is very lovely, Martha said.

"Sush you guys, I'm here for some important business," Hermes said asking his snakes to be quiet. Percy and Annabeth chuckled. Hermes rolled his eyes and then cleared his throat. "So . . . where was I?" he asked.

"You didn't even begin to say anything, Hermes," Percy replied. "Ah yes. There is a message for the Camp from Olympus. All of the campers are required to gather in the pavilion. The roman campers are still here aren't they?" Hermes asked.

Percy nodded his head in affirmation. "But why?" Percy asked. "That's for us to know and you to find out. Gather the campers and wait for us. We'll be there in—" Hermes checked his watch, "Oh another 60 minutes. No wait," he squinted at the watch, "Sorry. 60 seconds. Giddy up," he said and vanished.

"Oh great. We can't even enjoy a date in peace," Percy pouted. Annabeth kissed the pout and got up and helped him up. "Come on, lover boy, let's herd the campers," she said, kissing him on the cheek.

"And we'll have our alone time later?" he asked, hopefully. "Yes, of course," Annabeth said and smiled at his grin. Sometimes Percy was an absolute child but that was fine. She loved him for it.

The duo knocked on all the cabins and informed them to head to the pavilion. They were confused as to why they had to go for food so soon after lunch but they couldn't really ask Percy or Annabeth as they ran away soon after informing them.

That tends to happen if the deadline was just a minute. The Gods appeared at the pavilion but only half the campers had accomplished. The others were confused as to why their parents were here but they didn't say anything and just wondered where their camp representatives were.

In another minute almost everyone had reached the pavilion. Zeus was almost about to blow up because of something as trivial as making them wait. The Argo II crew turned up the last after informing everyone.

"Why were you all late?" Zeus thundered, "How dare you make the Gods wait!" Percy, sassy as ever, replied, "Sorry your Highness, but you should've informed us a bit earlier, don't ya think."

"How dare you boy!" Zeus growled pointing his master bolt at Percy but he didn't flinch. He just folded his hands and looked at Zeus with a bored expression across his face. "Is he trying to get himself killed?" One of the roman campers asked.

"Oh him? Nah, don't worry about it. He's always like that," Clarisse said. "Come on, Zeus. Enough drama. What are you guys up to? IF it's another quest or something, I swear I don't know what I'll do," Percy said and wiped his face with one hand.

"Learn to be respectful boy," Zeus rumbled. Apollo sighed, exasperated, "Dad, stop being such a drama queen. You should've become the god of theatrics instead," he said, rolling his eyes and lowering Zeus's master bolt so that it wasn't pointing at Percy any more.

"Thanks, Apollo. That's better. Now, may I know what we are here for?" Percy asked, "Cause I was having a really good time with my girlfriend from whom I've been separated for over eight months, reunited and then gone through the deepest pits of hell. . . . Literally. So may I please know what is so important?" Percy asked again.

"You are trying my patience, boy," Zeus said. "Yea, yea. I try your patience, you wanna turn me to ash, yada yada yada. We all know that. So come to the matter at hand please," Percy said, dismissively.

Zeus sucked in a deep breath. Poseidon and Apollo were trying so hard to hold in their laughter but they grinned widely at Percy's antics. "Alright," Zeus started, "Everyone knows of the Second Giant War that we have gone through and come out successfully even though there are a few casualties.

"So we would like to thank and award the Argo II crew who helped us out in this war," Zeus said. "Excuse me! We helped you?" Annabeth asked accusingly. "We were the ones who fought it, FYI. You guys just helped," Thalia quipped along with Annabeth.

Percy smiled at Thalia. They were so alike. He put an arm around his girlfriend and around Thalia who was also standing next to him. "Alright. You fought the war for us. Better?" Hera asked exasperatedly before Zeus could blow his top off because he was being ganged on by Percy and Thalia.

"Better. You guys were like, You have to fight this battle on your own, when we were going against Gaia. I wouldn't call that help either," Thalia said while she mimicked a funny voice for Zeus.

Zeus sighed yet again. Calm down, Zeus, he chanted in his mind over and over. Percy fist bumped Thalia. "That was a good one Thals," he said smiling. "Guess you rubbed off on me, Kelp Head," Thalia said nudging him playfully.

"Alright let me amend my statement. We the Gods want to award the demigods of the Argo II for fighting the war against Gaia and preventing the destruction of the world. Jason Grace, my son, step forward," Zeus said, shimmering to his roman form.

Jason, formal as usual went forward and bowed before Jupiter. "Rise, Jason Grace," Jupiter said and Jason stood up. "You have been a great soldier and you have helped in preventing the destruction of the world. I name you the Pontifex Maximus. Since you are going to build temples anyway, might as well give you a title," Zeus said.

"Thank you, Lord Jupiter," Jason said and went back to his place by Piper. She was called next by her mother. "Piper Mclean, my daughter, step forward," Aphrodite said. Piper came forward and slightly bowed.

"My daughter. You were phenomenal in this quest. You let your emotions guide you and let your inner thoughts figure out who you were and used it to your advantage. You never gave up hope and aided the Argo II. Without you they would've fallen apart.

"So I give you this cornucopia. Most of my children are not really known for fighting, but you make an excellent swordsman, so I also give you your own sword," Aphrodite said. Piper took them from her mother. "Thank you," she said.

Aphrodite came to her daughter and hugged her, "I'm so proud of you, Piper. You have shown the true essence of Aphrodite which not only about love and beauty," she said. Piper hugged her back, "Thanks, mom," she said and got back.

"Frank Zhang," Ares called out shimmering to Mars. "Hazel Levesque," Pluto called out simultaneously. "Frank, you did what you had to do. You didn't fear death, instead you freed death.

"And that is what a warrior should be. I'm proud to call you my son. I present you a bow and a quiver of arrows. The supply of arrows will never end," Ares said and gave Frank his bow and arrows.

Frank got it from his father and waited for Hazel. "Hazel, my daughter," Pluto said, "You are one of a kind. Though you didn't complete your destiny the first time, you did the second. And after debating with the Olympians I have been allowed to give you the gift of life that you've never had.

"Spend it well, young lady," Pluto said, his eyes tender. Hazel had tears in eyes. She was sure she was gonna be sent back to the Underworld once her father saw because he couldn't act like she didn't exist then.

"Thank you! Thank you so much," she said and hugged Frank tightly as she could. The son of Mars had tears of joy in his eyes to. Nico came forward to hug his sister after they broke apart.

"Thank you so much . . . Dad," Nico said, trying out the word on his tongue. Pluto shimmered to Hades and smiled at Nico. Nico hugged Hazel tightly, "I don't have to lose my sister!" he exclaimed happily giving a kiss on her cheek.

Frank and Hazel stood back. "Annabeth, my daughter, come forward," Athena said, warmly. Annabeth moved forward and bowed slightly but it was kinda forced. "Annabeth Chase, you have made me so proud. You have faced two wars and you have offered expert council in going about on defeating our enemies.

"I am so proud of all you have done and—" but she was cut off by Annabeth, "Oh, you didn't by any chance mention my suicide mission to get your statue now did you? No, I don't think I heard it anywhere," Annabeth said, sardonically.

Athena turned grim, "Annabeth, you know it wasn't my fault—" she was interrupted yet again. "Well you could've at least sent some freakin help! Instead you just give me a stupid coin that does nothing. That's absolutely useless! And then you tell me to wipe out the Romans!

"What in Hades! And you strip the powers off my Yankees hat and I can't even use that to fool Arachne! I would've died if it wasn't for Percy and everyone else. And I would've died down there in those deepest pits of hell if it wasn't for Percy!

"You wouldn't even know of the horrors we saw there. And were you of any help! No, you were just mopey old Minerva who almost killed her daughter!" Annabeth yelled. "That's enough, girl! You dare speak to a goddess like that!

"I thought you were wiser than that. The dumbness of that son of Poseidon is rubbing off on you!" Athena yelled back vehemently. "Wipe those tears off and behave like a child of wisdom."

Percy saw red but he held back. He knew Annabeth could handle it and if she couldn't, he was only a few seconds away. "Well, now I didn't see you go on a death mission now! Instead you lead your children to death. Where was your wisdom then, huh! Tell me!" Annabeth yelled.

"You are trying my patience, daughter. Accept your reward with modesty and be quiet! Don't make me lose my patience," Athena raged. "I thought wisdom was patience. How did you get to be a patron of Athens anyway? Olives aren't even that good," Annabeth shot back.

All her suppressed anger and frustrations making their presence known. "That's it! No one talks to me like that," Athena yelled and pointed a finger towards Annabeth. A dozen owls came to her aid and dove towards her daughter.

They all fell dead to the ground. Nico stepped forward with his hands out stretched, "No one hurts my friends!" He growled. "You insolent child of the underworld!" Athena yelled at Nico and brought out Aegis.

A huge snake materialized next to her feet and headed straight for Nico who was paralyzed by looking at the face of Medusa. The snake stopped and gurgled. Poison slid from the edge of its mouth and it succumbed to death.

Percy came out with a murderous expression. "I can control poison, you know. Don't test me, Athena. I've been through Tartarus! Don't think I won't be able to handle a proud goddess. Don't you dare try to hurt my girlfriend or my cousin ever again or next time it will be you!"

"Percy stop it! Snap out of it!" Annabeth yelled, coming to his side in a second. "Look at me. We are fine. We are not in Tartarus. That's not Akhlys. We are okay," she said, holding his face between her hands.

Percy looked at Annabeth's face and his expression softened. "I'm so sorry," he said, his voice breaking at the end and hugged her tightly to him and rested his face in the crook of her neck.

Annabeth stroked his hair, "It is okay," she whispered to him, "We're okay." Athena found that to be the time to put Percy down, "Pathetic! Look at him, crying. Be a man, son of Poseidon," Athena provoked him.

Poseidon was about to open his mouth to defend the hero of Olympus but someone else beat him to it. "That is enough, Athena!" Artemis yelled. "Stop letting your pride fail you sister! Such hypocrisy from the wisdom goddess! What is this, Athena?"

"Artemis, you are supporting a boy!" Athena yelled, incredulously. "Oh for the sake of Olympus, listen to yourself! You are just jealous that your daughter has found a great love and partner beside Poseidon's son. Even Poseidon had taken the high road. I fail to see why you still keep harming your children with this silly little grudge.

"These are the times I think that Poseidon's wiser than you, Athena. Stop this childishness. You are three thousand years old and Annabeth's anger is justified. So stop this and give your daughter the reward she rightfully deserves. If you don't I will. Our heroes are to be honored. Not disgraced," Artemis reprimanded Athena.

Athena, understood her mistake, but that didn't mean she was going to accept it. So she turned away from Annabeth and went back to sit among the other gods. Artemis sighed at her sister's ridiculous behavior.

"Come forth, daughter of Athena. I reward you your knife and the laptop you lost on your way to the dreadful place. You have always overcome your hubris when the need for it rises with help from your boyfriend. Though I may be a maiden goddess, I do know a good relationship when I see one. I wish you all the best.

"You have chosen a good one," The maiden goddess said, giving Annabeth the dagger and laptop. Overwhelmed with happiness, Annabeth hugged the goddess who hugged her back with a smile.

Thankful that the drama was over, Hades called over Nico who looked taken aback. "But I'm not part of the seven," he said. "Nope, you are always a part of the team, Nico," Percy said, giving Nico a nudge to go forward.

"Nico, my son, you have been through so many hardships and I really hope you are one of the exceptions. You have lead the Argo II to the doors of death, you've walked through Tartarus yourself and you played a major role in reaching my temple in Epirus.

"Though I know the reason you did all of that, I'm proud of you for not holding grudges like me and letting them go. I don't think I can really give you anything to make your path easier, but give me your ring," Hades said.

Confused, Nico took off his ring and gave it to his father who gave it back to him after casting a spell on it. "This will make your shadow travelling a lot easier. You wouldn't have to spend so much energy as you normally do. And you can visit me anytime you want. Your room will always be available." Hades said with a smile.

Nico also showcased one of his rare smile. "Thanks, Dad," he said. "Oh no, Death Boy. You still aren't using your underworld powers for some time, don't forget that," Will said, making Nico blush.

"You sure move on fast, my boy." Hades winked which made Nico blush even more. "Tell me about it," Percy yelled, his arm around Annabeth who was laughing. "Aww, Nico's blushing," Jason said laughing at his cousin.

"Stop it," Nico said, suddenly interested in the ground as he walked back to the campers. "Alright and finally Leo Valdez, Percy Jackson, step forward," Zeus said. "Leo, I'm so proud of you my boy. May be we could work on rebuilding your ship some time," Hephaestus said with a warm smile.

"Thanks, dad, I'd like that," Leo replies, smiling. "Leo Valdez, you freed my wife from her prison and you captures the victory goddess. You built the greatest ship of all times and defeated a primordial. You sacrificed your life for your friends.

You cheated death, but I'll let that slide. Leo Valdez, I offer you the gift of immortality. You have done great deeds for Olympus and we see it fit to award you the greatest gift anyone could ever get," Zeus said.

Leo was taken aback, "You are offering to make me God?" he asked. Zeus nodded in affirmation. "Wow, this was sprung on me so suddenly. I don't know what to say. Can I think about it?" he asked.

"Of course, you can, son of Hephaestus. I give you one week to make your decision," Zeus said. Leo bowed and thanked Zeus. "Perseus Jackson, your accomplishments would take too long to list out so I'll talk about the recent things.

"You lead the Roman camp to glory and brought back its eagle standard. You erased the bad reputation of being my child and became the praetor of Camp Jupiter in the course of a week.

"You defeated Polybotes with the help of a boundary god, fought a battle with two giants and literally crawled through. Though I wish you wouldn't have gone through the last part. You passed the doors of death and freed it and you killed Gaia all by yourself with only some help.

You killed a primordial with your bare hands, Perseus and then you proceeded to make a huge earthquake to save all your fellow campers. I have never been more proud of you, my boy," Poseidon said, coming down from where he was sitting to Percy and giving him a hug.

Percy smiled and hugged his father back, "Thanks, dad." Poseidon gave his son a kiss on his forehead and then reassumed his position by the gods. "Perseus Jackson, for all your deeds and helping the gods and sacrificing yourself I offer you immortality," Zeus paused, "Again."

"Zeus, I've said this once and I'll say it again. I do not accept your offer . . . . . again. But please no more battles. Last time I said 'no', I ended up in Tartarus with my girlfriend. Not something you'd call a vacation spot really," Percy said.

"I thought this would happen but it was worth a try. And Tartarus was not really our fault. But we'll try to keep an eye on you and your friends" Zeus replied. Percy saw Ares giving money to Apollo and Hermes who were wearing huge grins.

"We made bets and Ares said Percy would definitely accept godhood this time and he lost," Apollo said gleefully while Ares just grumbled. "Well, what else would you want if not immortality, son of Poseidon?" Zeus asked.

"How about I get back to you on that? I am perfectly content with my friends and my really kickass girlfriend right now," Percy said, moving to Annabeth and putting an arm around her waist.

"Of course, son," Poseidon replied with a smile. The gods dematerialized and vanished. "Well, that was eventful," Percy said, "And now for my alone time with you," he said, holding Annabeth closer to him.

"That would definitely be nice. Let's go to your cabin," Annabeth said, pulling Percy to his cabin as all the other campers dispersed. "What do you want to do?" Percy asked sitting down on the bed.

"I just wanna cuddle with you," Annabeth said, climbing into bed next to her boyfriend and cozying up to him. "That does sound like a really nice idea. How about we factor in some making out t—"

But he was cut off as Annabeth was already kissing him. He held her around the waist and kissed her slowly but passionately, his tongue and hers dancing together. His hands roamed her body as hers roamed his.

When they finally broke apart, they just laid down together, cuddling and thinking about nothing but each other and reminiscing old memories and laughing about how he rejected godhood not once, but twice,

And Annabeth talked about her family too and about her uncle's son Magnus Chase. The duo talked and cuddled, something they were unable to do for quite a long time.


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