Annabeth: Gabriel returns to me briefly in an Iris-message
That night, I got almost no sleep because I was a little too busy crying. Malcolm had tried his best to cheer me up, even using jokes from my favorite comedy shows to try and help me. However, my Iris fountain began to blink with a message from Olympus itself. I had Malcolm patch it through and to my surprise, as well as eternal delight, Gabriel was on the other side.
"Hey Annabeth, thought I'd talk with you briefly before I get busy in my new duties as the god of time," he said. "A conversation with you is always welcomed at this point," I told him. He smiled and let us in on the fact that he was sharing living space with Eos like I would have imagined. "Well I got some good news and some bad news for you, what do you want to hear first?" he asked me.
"I don't care, considering it makes no difference since I'm going to hear both either way," I told him. "Hmm, good answer and I guess that shall be rewarded with the good news first. Good news is, I already have a throne built for me that when you come into the throne room, faces Zeus' throne directly," he said. "Whoa, sounds like Zeus wants to be able to tell the time just be looking at your face or he really mistrusts you," I teased him.
"Ha ha ha ha but unfortunately, that's where the bad news comes in. I attacked Hera today when she tried to coo me into forgetting about what she did to me while I was a mortal. I even used some of my new powers as the God of Time to get away with it too since I managed to significantly slow down Zeus and everyone else around me. So you can guess about how trusting he is of me with the power to control time now," he explained to me.
"Oh boy, you've infuriated the King of Olympus himself by attacking his wife! How do you live with yourself?" I teased. "Shut up, he hasn't done much yet because he knows I'm his brother and he knows I'm also Hera's brother. Not to mention, I was given probably one of if not the greatest power in the universe. At my whim, the Fates could lose their power to weave the threads because they wouldn't know how much time has passed since a person was born nor would Thanatos be able to come to collect," Gabriel said to us.
"You have a great power Gabriel, use it responsibly. Remember the old saying?" I asked him. "I know, 'With great power comes great responsibility'. I'll be sure to use it for responsible purposes in the future considering I've also been made the God of Justice itself," he answered.
"Hmm, Time and Justice eh? You're unstoppable now!" I said to him. "I guess I am but Annabeth, I wanted to say something in addition to all of that. Watch Chiron, he's very jealous of me because I've done more in just a few years of my life than he has in all the three thousand that he's been around. He'll be looking for a way to get back at me and he'll try to hide his jealousy very well; I'm counting on you to call him on it when you can," he said.
"I swear on the River Styx that I will do my best to do that as much as I can and when I can. You are the best uncle a girl like me could ever ask for and I wouldn't trade you even for him," I told him. "Thank you Annabeth, I knew you could be trusted with your first assignment from me in my reign as a god," he said with a smile. "Do you also want me to make sure Percy doesn't make a fool or klutz of himself?" I asked.
"He's your boyfriend, do that if for yourself if you want to. Got to go now, just wanted to talk with you briefly," he answered. I said goodbye and just like that he was gone; I never saw him again after that brief message through Iris' rainbow network.