A/N: it's been a few days since the visit to the tree. And sorry that I haven't updated in such a long time. I was on a week-long camping trip. Do you know how bad life is without electronics? I barely survived the week because there was no wi-fi. And you can't plug in an X-box 360 into a tree and expect it to turn on. So, most of the stuff I brought couldn't be used.

Percy's POV

Annabeth and I were outside my cabin watching Carrie trying to make out with Conner. It was hilarious. She kept on running up to him and trying to pin him down, but Conner was way too strong and fast for her. The Aphrodite kids weren't the best warriors of all time. We knew it was kinda mean for us to make her do something she didn't want to do, but hey, she did deserve it. A crowd of about twenty campers had gathered around the two romantic brawlers. After about half an hour, Carrie was basically dragging herself to Conner and Conner was… well… as good as ever. Finally, Clarisse finally came to Carrie.

"Don't worry, I got this." Clarisse muttered

"No, Clarisse! Don't do this!"

"Well, since you put a hamster in my drawer and it peed all over my clothes, I guess that some payback is needed."

"Can't we settle this some other day?"

"Don't feel like. You're gonna get it today."

"Don't hurt me." Conner whimpered.

"AAAHHHH!" Clarisse screamed as she charged.

I honestly don't know how she did it, but she picked him up and threw him to a tree. Conner was screaming, but Clarisse continued to do her "duty". She got some rope from her back and tied Conner's feet and hands to together and tied the other end onto a tree branch. Pwned. By a girl… or man. You really couldn't tell the difference. Sure, she looked like a girl, but she acted like a guy. Maybe she was actually a really gay guy and her real name was Clarrisio or something. Anyway, Conner was screaming and trying to swing away from Carrie, but he was helpless. We watched and laughed as Carrie and Conner had a sucking lips moment. We were laughing so hard that we didn't notice Chiron trotting towards us.

"Annabeth and Percy, come with me to the Big House."

We followed Chiron and wondered why he wanted to talk to us privately.

"I believe that our camp may be under attack again."

"What? I thought that Kronos was defeated." I said.

"Well, Hermes came to talk with me yesterday and said that he saw many large groups of monsters headed our way to camp visiting one of his kids. There are probably more than a thousand. It seems that the monsters leftover from the battle are up for round two."

"There can't be that many monsters left from the battle!" I exclaimed.

"Remember that a lot of them ran away and hid in places. And, there are always new monsters reappearing. They are coming."

"When?" Percy asked.

"Very soon. I recommend that you two tell as many old timers here as possible to get prepared for the oncoming battle. But don't tell the younger campers. They may not be able to handle it."

"Yes, Chiron." We both said as we leaved the Big House.

Percy's POV

We told as much old timers as possible and tried to keep the news from the nosy new campers. That night, I found Annabeth at the beach, staring into the sky. I sat beside her and she leaned her head on my shoulder. I looked into her eyes and saw that she was somewhere else.

"Wise Girl, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"You can't hide anything from me. One look at you and I know that something's wrong."

"It's just that… that I don't think that we can win this fight. Chiron said that the monsters numbered in the thousands and we… number in the 20's and the 30's."

It was true. Many of the campers were dead and wounded because of the battle.

"I just don't think we will win. Sure, we got lots of more campers, but they are too new to be fighting. If we let them fight, it will be like a suicide charge." She said.

"Annabeth, it's going to be alright. I'm invincible, remember?"

"No, you're not. You almost died in the battle if I hadn't saved you."

I held Annabeth close to me and stared into the ocean. I was beginning to realize the seriousness of the situation.

"And this time, we don't have the gods to help us. The hunters probably won't come either. We're living the Alamo (Google it for those who don't know.)."

"No we're not. We can win this."

"No, we won't. We'll lose everyone this time… and I'll lose you." She started crying.

I pulled her in for a hug.

"Annabeth, it's going to be okay. I will be with you."

"No, something horrible is going to happen." She said between sobs.

"Annabeth, think positive."

"I can't."

"Then I want you to know something. Even if I die, I will always remember you. And you will always remember me. And whenever you need me, I will be in your heart. I will be there. Just look deep enough and I will be there for you. And know that I will always love you. No matter what. Even if I die, I will always love you. I will always be waiting for you to join me in Elysium. I hope you understand that."

Annabeth stopped crying and looked up at me. I pulled her in for a short kiss.

"I will always love you too, Percy."

"I thought you called me Seaweed Brain."

That made her smile. We lay down on the sand with my arm around her waist.

"I hope that I can still enjoy the night sky and the crash of the waves with you after the battle."

"I will, Wise Girl. I will."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

She smiled and snuggled close to me and fell asleep.

I held her closer but I had I weird feeling in my heart. Oh no. this was the kind of feeling I get when I do something wrong. Did I just swear to keep a promise that I can't keep. Oh man. This was going to be bad. I decided to not tell Annabeth. I shook the thoughts out of my head and tried to focus on Annabeth.

You're gonna be guilty when blondie cries because you didn't keep your promise.

Shut up, Vladigut.

Look, if you die, I die too. Now Alegutsia won't like that.

You're not making me feel better here.

I'm just saying that you should be more watchful. Try not to ruin blondie's and Alegutsia's lives. Please.

I don't know. I get this feeling that I'm going to die.

Then don't die! I wanna live and be happy too.

Please. I need to be alone.

Fine. But think about it.

I lay on the beach, thinking about what was going to happen. I had to live. I had to live to keep my promise to Annabeth. I had to live for Annabeth. I wasn't going to lose my love, my angel, my sunshine, my world, my Annabeth. I slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.