Percy held Annabeth's hand as they raced along the corridors following Batgirl. He wasn't exactly sure where he was going, but he hoped that it was the way out. He was wrong. They ran out into what could only be called the command center, the main hub, the pilot seat. Percy thought that it had too much gold. Olympus was more white than gold.

"We've lost the antigram unit!" A soldier who was at one of the control panels yelled. "We're loosing altitude. Abandon ship. All hands to the escape pods!"

Several of the soldiers complied and ran to their nearest escape pods, but there were a good deal that didn't move. Some even seemed to be sniffing the air. Percy and Annabeth looked at each other. Percy took out his pen and Annabeth gripped her drakon bone sword.

"It's going to crash into the city!" Batgirl cried as she ran past all the chaos and jumped into the driver seat. "Autopilot, huh? Won't be needing that." She pressed a button and the panel dropped to reveal a steering wheel. Batgirl immediately began pulling up on it with all her might.

Percy and Annabeth had other problems, the moment they reached the bottom step on the main control level, several soldiers approached them. "Why the disguises? We all know each other." Percy smirked as he took the cap off of riptide.

The disguises melted off to reveal several drachma and telekines holding the imposter Zeus' weapons. "Fine by ussssss." A dracnea hissed. "You will pay for your interference." With that they attacked.

Percy dodged and slashed at the onslaught of monsters. It wasn't long before Annabeth disappeared and monsters started disintegrating spontaneously. They fell into their old rhythm, and it felt good to have her by his side again. Suddenly there was another loud explosion and the whole ship tilted. A telekines slid toward Percy who slash just in time before it ran into him. Percy began tumbling toward the front window, before he had the wherewithal to stab his sword into the floor.

"Percy!" Annabeth called. Percy looked up and saw her dangling from her sword as she pointed over his shoulder. He looked out the front window and saw that they were about to crash, but beyond that was the bay, a whole body of water.

"I see it!" He yelled back. Percy wasn't sure if he could control the water that far away, but reached out for it anyway.

"Got to steer this boat to a safe . . ." Batgirl pulled on the steering wheel.

Percy felt a twinge and pulled the water toward him. He and Annabeth watched as the water rose up from the bay and made a type of water slide for the ship to slide down into the bay. Percy held it until he was sure that all of the boat had landed safely in the water.

"Yes!" Batgirl celebrated, until the water started rushing in. "This way!" She motioned for them to follow her.

Percy shakily got up, capped Riptide and followed her. Annabeth kissed him on the cheek and said in a low voice, "Nice landing."

Percy smiled and wrapped an arm around her. They followed Batgirl up some ladders to a hatch in the top of the ship. The water was rising pretty fast and they were getting wet. At one point, Annabeth tossed Percy her bag. "Percy, keep my drawings dry."

"Don't think he'll be much help." Batgirl commented, as she struggled to open the hatch.

"May I?" Percy smirked as he climbed past her and easily opened the hatch.

"I would have got it." Batgirl complained as she climbed through.

"Of course." Percy smiled as he made sure Annabeth got through. By the time Percy got through, Batgirl was gone. "Where'd she go?" He asked Annabeth.

Annabeth shrugged. "She just dove off the side of the ship. Not even a goodbye."

"Rude. She could at least thank me for saving her life."

Annabeth laughed lightly. "Honestly, I don't think she noticed." Percy laughed with her. Then she wrapped her arms around him, "But I did."

Percy felt that tingling feeling that he always did, when Annabeth looked at him like that. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in close to him. He lowered his head and kissed her. Not like before, where he was just glad to have found her alive. But slow and sensual, as though he savoring every moment he got to hold her in his arms. He could have stayed on that sinking ship forever, as long as Annabeth was in his arms.

The moment was ruined, however, when a bright light landed on them. They shielded their eyes and looked up to see a helicopter hovering over them. "Stay where you are. We're coming to get you." A voice shouted over a loud speaker.

An inflatable boat pulled up beside the sinking ship with a couple of men wearing life jackets. "Is everyone alright?" One of them asked.

"As alright as one can be." Annabeth replied. Which was a good thing. Percy was still a little peeved that their kiss got interrupted.

"Let's get you to safety." They helped them into the boat. No one asked how they were completely dry after escaping a sinking ship. No one asked about Annabeth's drakon bone sword. They just wrapped some blankets around them and drove them to the dock. Lieutenant Gordon of the Gotham Police Department stood waiting for them.

"Do you mind answering some questions?" He said as he guided them to a patrol car.

Percy got the feeling that they didn't really have much of a choice as they got in.