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Fight
Annabeth POV
Percy was gone. He was snatched out of my hands. I fell to my knees and began to cry because for the first time in my life I didn't know what to do. I was so ready to give up. I knew it wasn't like me, but I just felt so broken. I know I had said that I loved Percy, but I never realized how much I loved him until he was taken away from me, and that is a tragedy in my eyes. My tears were interrupted by Grover. "Annabeth, come on. We have to think of a plan to get Percy back."he said softly. "Why should we? We have no idea where he is or what tools we would need to rescue him. We don't even know who kidnapped him!" I said looking at him. He didn't seem to understand the situation we were in. "Annabeth, you know I never pegged you as a quiter. You are always the one telling us that there is always a way out, and you are the only one constantly thinking about how to get out of difficult situations. You are one of our biggest assets, so you can't give up now. Yes we don't know where he is, but we can find some clues and figure something out. And yes we don't know what tools we need to rescue him, but when have we ever known that? And come on Annabeth, as a daughter of Athena I know you have already figured the last one out. Luke is behind it, rather Kronos as Luke." He said with a little more force than his last comment. "I know you want Percy back, I do to, but he is not just going to appear. We have to work at it like we always have." He said, his tone going soft again. I let out a long deep sigh, and with it I let go of my fear, sorrow, desperation, everything. I cleared my mind and thought. "Well, they wouldn't have taken him to far." I said. "Why not?" Grover asked confused. "Because they want us to find him, they wanted us to see him get taken. If they hadn't wanted us to find him then they would have taken him when were were sleeping or some other time when we were weak." I reasoned. I got up and inspected the scene in front of me.
There was really nothing out of the ordinary, despite the recent attack, however, there was a chain. The dogs obviously belonged to someone and that person told the dog to leave it's chain. I picked up the gold chain and inspected it finding a charm. On the front of the charm was Kronos weilding Luke's sword, Backbitter. On the other side there was a message.
Annabeth: Daughter of Athena
Grover: Satyr
Yes I have your precious Percy. He isn't concious and wont be for several hours but I can assure you, that within three days time he will be dead.
I have written this to make a deal with you. If you go on about your quest you will be able to find the Golden Fleece. If you do you will save your camp, but
you will give up Percy. If you come to get Percy he will live on, but everyone in your camp will perish. It's your choice. When you make it we will be in the basement.
-Kronos
I looked at the note and re-read it before giving it to Grover. "What are we going to do Annabeth? I mean Percy is important, but he's only one person. We're talking about the hole camp here, hundreds of demi-gods slain." Grover said. I knew he would reason this way, he had a good heart and in a normal position he would have his priorities straight. What are we going to do... think Annabeth! I closed my eyes in frustration. Kronos was not going to hide the fleece in the hotel, he would make us find him and either take the fleece or Percy. If only there was a way... my eyes popped open. "Grover I'm afraid I don't agree with you." I said. He was about to respond when I cut him off. "Why would we take one, when we can have two." I said, now he was really confused. "Just come with me. We're gonna need to cut it close, but when it's all said and done we should be escaping with two prizes." I said, leading us into the hotel.
Percy's POV
They were here! I was going to die. Annabeth and Grover were safely hidden away in the a crevice that usually collected all of the blood and bones, which begs the question, why is there a basement in this hotel with a crevice that is used to collect blood and broken bones. Apparently it's been here since medieval times. Annabeth had slid something across the floor just as the door had opened, but I couldn't figure out what. "Hello Percy, well it seems your friends are a bit late. You see I left them a note telling them I would kill you in three days and that they could either come for you or go for the fleece and let you die. I suppose that you never really know who your true friends are do you?" he said with a dark amusement in his voice. I put on my best morose looking face and quietly answered," I guess not." Kronos had brought his whip again, but this one was modified, as they all were. "Well I can't wait much longer can I? I am quite disappointed, I was so looking forward to killing you in front of your friends, oh well. Here's to a slow and painful death." He said as he unrolled the electric blue whip. I suddenly understood what the whip did. It sent electric currents through the whip and, upon impact, the volts would go into my body. I shrunk back into the wall. He raised the whip, the lose charges sparking in the dark room and glinting in his golden eyes. As his hand was about to come down he let out a strangled cry as a golden dagger pierced his right arm, leaving a deep gash. I looked over to find Annabeth standing up with a fierce expression on her face. "Ah Annabeth, so you did decide to join us. I presume Grover is with you then." Grover popped up as well and they both climbed out of the mini precipice.
"So I see I will get the pleasure of killing Percy in front of his beloved friends. Guards." As he said this, guards sprang out from the walls and grabbed Annabeth and Grover, but they seemed calm for some reason. We're all about to die and you aren't panicking? What the hell are you guys on? I was unchained and handed some nectar which I quickly ingested. "Now pick up your weapons and come into the sparing circle." I walked over to where my sword and shield were strewn on the ground, but next to it was a glowing pink pager. I didn't know what it did, but I knew it was a gift from Aphrodite and all of her gifts had worked so far. I picked it up along with everything else and walked into the circle. "Let the fight begin." He said with a wicked grin on his face. We began to circle eachother and I was careful that my back was away from him.I glanced at Annabeth and Grover with one last longing look before I lunged. His sword caught mine effortlessly and he smiled trusting foreword. I broght my sword back into a defending position and shelter my chest where he was aiming. I pushed his sword off of me and we held our swords together as if the fight were just begining. Then Backbiter swung for my quad and I blocked, but it nipped me. I let out a his as I felt the blood slowly come out of the cut. Kronos tried to take advantage of my injury and swung outward trying to slash me across my chest but I jumped back. I swung as he did and caught him. It wasn't a big gash but it was a good 2 inches across his chest on the right. I then swing again but twirled my sword and he staggered slightly stumbling as he tried to step back. Now it was my turn to smile. I caught him down by where I had been held all this time and brought the tip of my sword to his neck. I thought I had won when I felt an odd sensation run through my body from my pocket. It was electrifying. Without realizing what I was doing I pulled it out of my pocket, stepping away from my opponent and pressed the pink button in the middle. Then a few things happened. Kronos got up and frabbed his sword about to trust it foreward, there was a flash of blinding light, and I shielded my eyes. I kept them shut and squeezed shut waiting for pain, but it never came. I looked up to find all of the gods in the tiny basement. Kronos was kept by a lightning cage, as were the guards that were ince holding Annabeth. "Kronos, you have once again come back." Zues' booming voice echoed in the dark basement. You have taken young Luke again, this time against his will. You have taken the Golden Fleece that keeps my daughter healthy, and once again... You have lost." Kronos glared back from his sparking prison. "What are you doing here Zues? All of you!" Kronos yelled. "Miss Annabeth, you g daughter of Athena, so kindly informed us of your plans and came up with her own. Aphrodite was to supply her with a pager that she would plant for Percy to find and use, then when the moment was right the pager would send a signal through Percy and he would press the button alerting us to come." I looked to Annabeth, who was now next to me. She was cherry red. "She also managed to find your hidding place for the fleece. I must say Kronos, in the hotel? You hid the fleece in a bush in the hotel with a daughter of Athena on the case, you have lost your battle knowledge. And now, you will be destroyed." Zues said. "You can't destroy me, I am a Titan!" Kronos roared in rage. "No, but we can turn you into stone." and quick as a flash, Medusa's head which I had thought had been lost forever had been whipped out and pointed at Kronos. Within seconds Krono's was nothing but a stone statue. Then a gold smoke moved out of the body and into the Earth. "That was Luke's true soul. He's resting in piece now." Annabeth said before turning to the gods. "Thank you." she said and Grover and I followed. "No young hereoes. Thank you." my eyes lingered on my father and Annabeth on her mother as the left giving us only anwarming glance. Only Hermes left us with a gift. 3 vitamins so that we may return home. Home.
Epilogue
It's been 2 years since Kronos was "killed". Once we returned back to camp we were welcomed with open arms. We put the flecee back in its rightful place and attended dinner which was mainly a celebration of us returning the flecee. That night I receiver several visits. one from my father letting me know that he was proud of me. We talked about me going to college and of course, Annabeth. My dad gave me a special gift to give to her before parting ways with me. The next visit was from Athena, warning me to take care of her daughter. It was a short conversation filled with numerous glares from the goddess before she left. Aphrodite came next telling me to invite her to the wedding when I married Annabeth. I was blushing through the whole conversation. The last visit was from Hermes, simply thanking me for helping free his son's torchured soul. When Annabeth and I were 18 we left camp altogether, visiting occasionally. We both went to college, her for architecture and me for writing. I know it's an odd career for a dislexic but for some reason I went to college for it. When we graduated Annabeth got a job as an architect in New York, New York and I wrote my first book. It sold 1 million copies first month. It was a story about a Demi- god was in grave danger for stealing a lightning bolt from Zues and had to return it. Totaly fiction right? Things are great for me. I took Annabeth out for dinner last night for a special occasion and let's just say that I'll need to be calling Aphrodite soon.
I know this is not my best work, and I sincerely apologize that. But I felt like you deserved an ending to this story. If someone would like to re-write it be my guest. If I can in the future, I will think about re - writing it as well. Thank you for sticking by me even though I am horrible at updating. TTFN!
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