3rd Person's PoV
Percy could not believe his ears. Maybe he was hallucinating or something because of the prior two fights, but he imagined Annabeth's voice claiming she'd fight Pontus.
He was about to dismiss it as something out of his imagination, when Annabeth placed him down gently and away from the battlefield. That's when he knew he wasn't dreaming.
"Annabeth." He stopped her, not caring who or what was watching them. He was not gonna allow her to fight a battle like this. But Annabeth was as stubborn as always.
"You already fought your battles, Percy. It's time you let me battle mine." She reasoned with him. And he hated when she reasoned with him.
"I'm not gonna allow you to do this alone." He fought back. She wanted to fight? He couldn't stop her at that, but he could always see that she would fight next to him.
"You trained me, Seaweed Brain. Are you saying I'm not ready?" Annabeth knew that using this kind of pretext was low of her, especially if Percy was exhausted and focused, but she had no other choice.
"Annabeth, you could kick my ass any day of the week, but not against him!" He finished, pointing at Pontus, who was watching the scene with a smirk in her lips.
"Percy, he's just like you were... and who used to win most of the battles?" She used that voice that normally teachers use when there's something obvious and the student is not seeing it.
"You." Percy mumbled, not liking her to be right, for once... ya that's a lie she's always right. Sighing, he handed her his own sword and kissed her full on the lips, "For good luck." He smirked, watching her flush half in embarrassment, half in annoyance. Turning her back on him, Annabeth faced Pontus, who was acting as if she was the most boring thing in the world.
"Though I know I'm nothing compare to you, I'd like you to stop treating me as if I was no challenge." She retorted at him, unsheathing her knife. Pontus chuckled and started to draw circles with his mallet in the air. The smirk on his face never leaving.
"Would you feel more important if I tell you that you'll be the first casualty in this new reign?" Pontus mocked her. In some ways, this taunting reminded Annabeth of the days when she and Percy would practice in Camp Half-Blood. Do all the entities with water have such a twisted humor?
"Would you feel more important if I were to tell you that you'll be the third more important casualty?" She taunted back, almost as if acting as a child. Pontus finally gave away his confidence façade and showed a full scowl. Chase, too soon for his likes, found his taunting spot. "Don't worry, you and your brothers would be exhibit in the new Garden of the Forgotten, where our future kids will learn how history was actually written..." Half of her hoped her taunting could become true. Percy, although, was already planning a gigantic garden just to do that.
"I'll be the one rewriting history!" Another weak spot found... Pontus was giving away more and more quicker, as Annabeth's wits could come up with. "And, just to prove my value, I'll keep you as my pet and entertainment."
Percy was getting sick of hearing people threatening Annabeth. When would they learn that, if they threaten Annabeth, they would have to deal with him? Unfortunately for him, he couldn't interrupt the fight or Annabeth would end up killing him.
"You're sick, you know that?" Annabeth scowled at him, twisting her knife in her hand. Suddenly, she lunged at Pontus, who was waiting for her. Annabeth, instead of aiming towards his chest or arms, she aimed towards the legs, sliding over the ground and making cracks on the ice's surface. She stopped and faced the back of Pontus, who quickly turned around. Annabeth's eyes were still focused on his legs, who were creating more and more cracks with each step. Smirking, she let him get closer enough before dodging his mallet and stabbing his left leg with Percy's sword.
Pontus imagined that this would be more like the other fights. But he wasn't fighting Jackson, he was fighting Chase. A totally different character. She'd be fighting erratically until she found a weak-spot in his new body and she'd exploit it. He decided that charging ahead would not give her the enough time to find said spot, but he was overwhelmed by the fastness of the attacks by his opponent. She kept moving her dagger around, as if she didn't need anything else.
Annabeth's distraction was going good so far, as Pontus didn't realized she already found his weak spot. He also moved as if he didn't feel the sword down his leg. Swaying and making random cuts would provide with distraction enough until his legs gave away and he couldn't move. Not surprised by the fact that Tartarus' power could have ended Pontus in a flash, she decided to use that in her advantage.
Pontus began hearing some cracks, but he dismissed it as cracks from the ground. After all, his shape was tall enough to cover several skyscrapers. But, when the first loud crack was heard significantly close to him made him look down. The ground was stable and in no fear of breaking. Then, what was breaking? A chill (or should we say, a heat) run up his back as he noticed the sword stuck in his leg, creating more and more cracks the more steps he took. Glancing one last time towards his opponent, he managed to see a big flame, melting and vaporizing his new form away.
Annabeth was new in the control of the elements, but she figured that if Percy could manage, she could give it a try. Not expecting such a successful result the first time, she dropped to the floor, exhausted for the amount of energy she used for this. Fortunately, someone caught her in the way down, allowing her to rest against a chest she knew too well.
"I told you I could do it..." She drew a weak smile, getting comfortable against him. She could feel his chest rumble with laughter.
"Come, you're weak and need rest..." Without waiting for a reply, Percy swayed her up in his arms, and walked away from the improvised battlefield with three new sculptures to decorate it.
"This is nowhere to be over, is it?" She mumbled, resting her head in his shoulder.
"I wish it was, Wise Girl... unfortunately, we have a bigger fish to catch soon or later."
Hello, guys!
First of all, I'd like to apologize for the long absence. Things have been hectic lately and I'd had to organize them before continuing with my writing. As I'm writing this, I'm trying to catch up with all the delay posting, but I'm pretty sure that I'll be back at regular pace by the end of the month. I beg your patience for it.
Which leads me to remind you all that, I have made a Facebook page for my A/N and any news/rants/explanations/thing I like to be posted there. I recommend you check it out, mainly for the A/N, as I won't be posting them here anymore. The page is written down:
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For this morning, I'm planning to update only three stories, can't remember how many chapters each: Mortals: Meet... 2, Percy Jackson, son of Chaos and Garden Wall. As I mentioned before, be patience with me. I'll probably update Urgent! Inspiration: Needed tomorrow and Wednesday (that was written on Monday, when I still had power on... Haven't had yesterday and today is as fast as I can update), with Mortals: Meet... the In-Laws next. Any chapters that are missing from Mortals: Meet... 2 will be post ASAP.
As I mentioned in a post on Facebook, Mortals: Meet... 2 is coming to an end. Although it was a pleasure and a privilege to write almost 200 chapters about Percy and his friends (and making up a few futures and two lovely spin-offs of my own), I'm running out of ideas, which is why I'm slowing my writing a little: I wanna supply the demand, but I don't have resources. Which is why I decided, with a heavy heart, that it won't be a third part.
Also, I'd like to let you know that, I wanna finish Urgent! Inspiration: Needed before focusing in another story. I realized I tried to handle more than I can take and I'm not as focus as I was at the beginning, as life takes unexpected turns. That being said, it doesn't mean I will be giving up my writing and my stories, as it means too much to me.
Maybe, I'll diversify myself into a new fandom...? Or random stories...? Who knows...
Please, check my Facebook page and I'll see you guys during the week.
Again, I apologize for the lateness and I appreciate your patience.
xoxo, Silver