Disclaimer- I don't own Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Nico DiAngelo, Grover Underwood, Chiron, etc, but I do own Julia, Meg, and Occultus.

Julia- Get on with the story!!!

Me- Sorry!!!

P.S. I HATED writing in Percy's POV, so it's going back to good ol' Annabeth.

Julia- What did I just say?

Me- SORRY!!!

Chapter 10- The Prophecy Is Almost Fulfilled!!!

The battle was futile. A couple of super-powerful half-bloods against an enemy is okay. A couple of super-powerful half-bloods against a Titan is bad. A couple of super-powerful half-bloods against the deadliest Titan ever is a problem.

Though Percy had the "Curse of Achilles", it still wasn't going good for us. Occultus easily deflected all of our blows, and wasn't getting tired. We were another story entirely. Only Percy kept going, hour after hour. After hour. I saw Nico panting on the ground, tired from summoning so many skeletons and creatures from the Underworld. I felt like curling into a ball, when…

"Hey guys!!!"

I turned and saw familiar set of electric blue eyes, jet-black hair, and warm grin. "Thalia!!!"

"Hunters of Artemis, at your service." She was wearing her silvery pants, but they had black paint splattered over them, as was her jacket. Her shirt was black with a white letters saying "Britney Spears is not music". She had a whole legion of Hunters behind her, determined expressions on their faces, holding their bows. Instantly my mood lightened. Maybe we had a chance!!!

Four hours later, I wasn't thinking the same thing. Percy had taken a break, and the Hunters had taken over. Now, only Thalia and a three of her best fighters remained. The others either died or were so heavily injured that Thalia ordered them to rest in the forest.

Meg and Julia were still trying to connect to Olympus. Percy was sleeping, and Nico had been stabbed lightly in the arm, but he had to rest before it was fully mobile again. Percy had told me not to fight, though I protested.

"Annabeth!!! Come here!!!"

I raced over to Julia and Meg. "What is it?"

"We got through to Olympus!!!"

"Really? Can I talk?"

"Sure, here you go."

I grabbed the phone. "Hello? Zeus? Mother?"

"Hello Annabeth." I heard my mother's voice.

"Hi mother!!! We have a bit of a situation."

"Please explain."

I told her the story. When I finished, I listened expectantly.

"Well, I feared that Occultus had risen again. This isn't good. We will send a god out there immediately."

"Thank you so much!!!"

"Be safe Annabeth." The connection was lost, and I watched Thalia and Occultus exchange blows.

Suddenly, I felt like punching somebody. My hands curled into fists, and…

Wait.

When Athena said they would send a god out here, she didn't mean…

Oh crap.

Oh crap crap crap.

"Hey punks."

Why, oh why did they have to send Ares?

"Hello, Lord Ares."

"Oh, Athena's kid. You're not hanging that Percy Jackson, are you?"

"Uh… well…"

"Oh great. That upstart and I have got some scores to settle."He stalked over to where Percy was sleeping, and kicked him in the ribs. I winced, but Percy just blinked, and rubbed sleep out of his eyes.

"Oh great. Hey, Ares."

"Punk. I was sent here to protect you… But I'm not going to do that. I hate you too much." The jerk smiled from behind his shades.

"So you're just gonna watch?" Percy asked.

"Exactly. Have a nice life. I'll come back after you're finito. Adios." The god disappeared in a flash of red light.

"Wonderful. That's great." Percy muttered under his breath.

"I know. I mean, what's with that…" I was interrupted by a shrill cry.

"Percy!!! Annabeth!!! Help!!!" Thallia was the only Hunter left. We both raced over. She was badly wounded, with cuts running up and down her face, arms, and chest. She fell to her knees, and started coughing up blood. "Ew" she wheezed.

"Thalia, go get some rest," I ordered. "You've done way to much already." She nodded and crawled off to join Nico.

"I guess it's just you and me now, isn't it Seaweed Brain?"

"But you'll never succeed!!!" Occultus smirked.

"We'll see."

We fought that way for some time, until something happened.

And that something wasn't good.

I heard Percy cry out, and saw him clutching his shoulder. How he got hurt with the Curse of Achilles, I don't know. I ran over to him, and started to hug him. "It's alright, Percy!!! Don't leave me Percy!!!"

"No, Annabeth!!!" he cried out. "Behind you!!!"

Several things happened as I twisted around to see what he was pointing at. Things seemed to go in slow motion.

I saw Occultus's blade coming at me, aiming at my unprotected back. I closed my eyes, preparing for death, because I knew there was no way I could get out of this one.

"I love you" I whispered to Percy.

I braced myself.

But no pain came.

I looked down, bewildered. Occultus looked smug. His eyes were at my feet. Slowly, I looked down.

Someone lay on the ground in front of me. My heart started pounding. The person's dirty blonde hair was tangled, and they had a stab wound right in the middle of their chest, turning their white shirt red.

Julia.

She'd taken a sword blow for me.

And she didn't appear to be moving.

A/N- I know, you hate me right now. But you should have been prepared. The prophecy stated that… Oh whatever. But yeah. This is my second to last chapter. I know, boo hoo. But I shalt be writing more fics in the future… I just don't know WHEN in the future.

Please, please, PLEASE review!!! And please don't write "OMG I hate you so much because you made her die". Cuz that would be annoying. Also, pardon the Britney Spears comment. That was one of my friend's suggestions.

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