Percy POV

It had been three days. Three whole excruciating days. I hadn't heard from Annabeth in three days and it was killing me.

Nico had gone back and tried to search the area, but he couldn't find anything. Will had put him on rest, he was draining himself. I agreed he had to rest too, but we were all on edge. Why hadn't they come back yet?

Surprisingly, Allie was doing pretty well. You know, considering her fiancé had just sacrificed himself for her. She was organizing their battle plans, showing where they had been and hadn't been planning to attack. We increased our security, and our weaknesses became our strong points.

Other than that, Allie wasn't doing much, but she was still living. She was eating at meals and giving polite smiles when people asked how she was doing. The only thing she wasn't doing well was sleeping. Reyna and I took turns checking on her at night, and she was almost always crying.

Today was day four of not hearing from them, and I began to talk with Reyna. "Should we go after them?" I asked.

She shook her head. "I know you think you need to protect her Percy, but your girlfriend is the smartest person I know. If something happened, she'll figure it out."

I shut my eyes tight. "I know, I just want to do something. I hate just waiting."

Reyna smiled. "You can't always play hero."

I sighed. "I'll go check up on Allie," and I headed off.

It took me a minute to find her, but when I did, she was standing on the beach twirling her engagement ring. I walked gradually behind her.

"Hey," I said breaking the silence.

Allie didn't alter her gaze but spoke. "Annabeth went after him, didn't she?"

I tried to hide my surprise. "What do you mean?"

"I'm not dumb Percy," Allie turned towards me.

"I never said you were," I replied.

She sighed. "At the mansion, I thought Annabeth wasn't there, but she was." She looked at me for confirmation, but I neither confirmed or denied her story. "She stayed to break out Jake, but something must have gone wrong. You've been almost as anxious as me the past few days."

I shook my head. "How did you figure it out?"

She sighed. "At this point, I don't want to think Jake would ever purposefully go into a fight knowing we would never see each other again. And now with you and Annabeth. I guess I just put it all together."

I sighed again. "You're too smart, Allison Andrews."

She shook her head. "Did you look at the date today?"

I tilted my head. "No, why, is it important?"

She shrugged. "If Jayce had actually been born on his due date, he would have been one month old today."

I took a sharp breath. "Gods, really?"

It must have been out of instinct, but Allie placed her hand over her stomach and closed her eyes. "Our lives would have been so different Perce. But I can't imagine him being born into this, whatever is going to happen."

"I know," I said. "Leo is freaking out. He wants to take Calypso far away, but she's insisting he stays to help."

"She should go away," Allie said. "She's having a baby if I could," she trailed off.

"We can't change the past," I said solemnly.

"I know, it's just," she stared at me with teary eyes. "We can change the future. And if Jake and Annabeth are in danger, I can't just sit here."

"He just wants you to be safe," I defended.

"Yeah?" Allie retorted, jaw tight. "And I just want him to be safe. We love each other, but sometimes this is toxic, putting our lives on the line for the other."

"And I just want Annabeth here," I almost yelled back. Allie fell silent. "After Tartarus, all that was important was that we were together. I hate when we aren't together. Don't you think that I want her here too?"

Allie swallowed. "I'm sorry," she said softly.

I shook my head. "I shouldn't have gotten out of hand. But I'm sure they'll be fine."
Allie nodded but didn't seem so sure. "I hope so."

Annabeth POV

I yelled out again as the monster rammed into my broken leg. Jake lifted his head, but it quickly fell again. I don't how much longer we'll be able to stand this.

They were continually bringing in monsters and demigods for Jake to heal. He rarely got a break, and I could see how it was wearing on him. He could heal people, but his powers were becoming drained. It was like if Percy summoned a hurricane, he would need to sleep for a while to recover. Jake wasn't getting that chance.

Jake was chained against the opposite wall from me. It had been four days since we almost escaped. Four days since I've seen Percy and four days since Jake saw Allie. Four days since we had food.

Finally, the monsters left, and Jake dropped to the ground. His arms and legs were shackled, but it didn't even matter. He couldn't move if he wanted to. I was fearing he was giving up.

"Jake," I tried to scream as much as I could. When he didn't reply, I scooted as far out as my chains would allow. "Jacob," I yelled, and he let out a soft groan acknowledging me.

"You have to keep fighting," I urged. I knew this was harder on him than it was on me, but he was giving up too early. "You need to be there for Allie."

"She'll be fine without me," Jake mumbled.

"Uh, no. Allison Andrews is hopelessly in love with you. You need to survive for her," when he didn't respond, I continued. "When Percy and I were in Tartarus, we talked about our future together to keep going." I paused. "What does your future look like with Allie?"

He didn't respond at first. "I see her in a wedding dress."

"Okay, keep going," I urged.

"I see, I see us living together in New York City, so she can keep her job," he swallowed. "I see us being a family. Allie pregnant, us having a little boy or girl," even though there was only darkness, I'm sure he let out a small smile. "We would take our kids to Camp Jupiter, to show where Allie and I grew close."

"Kids?" I smirked.

He let out a laugh. "Oh, absolutely. At least two little ones." He paused again. "But I can't have that."

"Jacob don't say that," I scolded. "We will get out of here. I have those same plans with Percy, well, similar ones."

"What are your plans?" Jake asked.

"Getting married on the beach. Moving into a house I designed near Camp. A little girl who looks just like Percy," I smiled.

"And you two broke up before because you were scared of the future," Jake said. Wow, Allie really did tell him everything.

"I'm not scared, just apprehensive. Things are bound to go wrong, but I've decided I'm ready for the journey," I pushed back and leaned against the wall. "So, neither of us can be giving up quite yet."

"What if we both die?" Jake asked.

"What do you mean?" I countered.

"If we both die, and Allie and Percy are alone," Jake said. "Do you think," but he trailed off with his question.

Yet I know what he was going to ask. Do you think they'll get together? If Jake and I were out of the picture, what would they do? I remember Percy's face looking at Allie when she was pregnant. He loved that baby, and even though he wasn't with Allie, he cared for her deeply.

"They don't love each other," I said simply, but with a sour taste in my mouth.

"That's not what I asked," Jake said. "They would get together."

I shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not."

"They would have another kid, maybe even a few. She would be happy," Jake said.

"Jacob Scheper, no. You make her happy. Allie's been so happy ever since you've been back." I said.

"I can't imagine my life without her," Jake said.

"I can't imagine my life without Percy. And I know they can't imagine their lives without us. Jake, just push through this." I pushed.

But then, all of a sudden, I started to feel sleepy. Like, super sleepy. My eyes began to droop, and I was out.

Unfortunately, I began to dream. Demigod dreams aren't like normal dreams, but this one was different I wasn't dreaming the now, it was like I was dreaming the future.

I was seeing everything from the outside. First, it was Nico at camp. Allie and Percy were standing side-by-side.

"Well?" Percy seemed to ask anxiously. "Did you get them?"

Nico solemnly shook his head. "I'm sorry. We got there, but it was already too late. Annabeth and Jacob had already died."

The scene began to shift with Allie falling to the ground sobbing and Percy standing blankly.

The next scene was the two of them in an apartment. Allie had her hair up in a bun and was chopping some vegetables. Percy stood next to her, helping make the dinner. They looked probably five years or so older, but a lot sadder.

Allie took a deep breath and set down her knife, squeezing her eyes shut. Percy placed his hand on top of hers. "Hey, you okay?" he asked softly.

Allie nodded, but tears came to her eyes. "I just can't believe it's been five years."

Percy took a sharp intake of breath. "I know, but they would want us to be living our lives. To be happy." Allie turned her head towards Percy and sighed. He took her hands. "Allie, marry me."

She sighed. "Percy."

"No, hear me out. We've been living together for the past five years. Neither one of us is dating. All of our friends are married and having kids. Hell, we even sleep in the same bed at night."

"Perce, the only reason is so we can watch each other, to make sure the other person is alive. It's not the same," Allie sighed.

Percy shrugged. "It will never be the same. But Allie, I love you, I want us to have a family together, to move on and build our lives together."

Allie bit her lip. "Okay."

"Okay?" Percy was enthused.

"Gods, yes Perce, I'll marry you," she smiled.

The scenes in my dream cut through. Percy and Allie are their wedding. Them moving in together in an actual house. Another scene drew long again.

It was Allie sitting on the edge of a bed, clearly very pregnant. She was holding a picture, of her and Jake, and sobbing. Percy had his arm around her, comforting her.

"I'm sorry Percy. I shouldn't be like this. We're having a baby," but Percy cut her off with a light kiss.

"I still think about her every day," Percy smiled. "Her hair, her smile, the way she kissed me whenever I did something stupid," he let out a light laugh, and it made my heart ache. "It's okay to think about him. I'm not mad."

Allie took Percy's hand and placed it on her stomach. His hand fluttered about. "You're a great husband, and are going to make a great dad," she smiled.

He placed a light kiss on her stomach. "And you're a great wife and mom."

The next scene cut to years later. Both Allie and Percy had grey and white hair. They were standing on the edge of a porch. Young kids ran around the yard, their grandkids. The scene ended with Percy wrapping his arms around Allie.

I woke up in a sweat. The chains rattled as I tried to catch my breathing. A small bit of light shown through in the cave, and I saw Jake shaking as well. He lifted his head up.

"Did you just have the dream?" he asked.

"Of Percy and Allie?" I asked to confirm.

He nodded. "They'll be okay, but Annabeth," he took a shaky breath. "I can't have that happen. To see them be together, to have a family," he trailed off.

"I know. Think of that, but with you and both of you happy. Are you ready to fight?" I asked.

He nodded. "Now more than ever."

Percy POV
I woke up in a sweat. The dream, it was so odd. I had to remind myself that it was all not real. Annabeth was still alive, at least I hoped so. I had to believe if she was really gone, I would feel it. I would feel if half my soul left.

I jumped slightly when someone knocked on my door. "Come in," I called out.

The door creaked open and in walked Allie. She looked just as bad as I felt. Her hair was tousled, and she was in her pajamas. She had on sweatpants and a Camp Jupiter t-shirt that was too big for her, they must be Jake's.

"Hey," she mumbled and shifted in her steps. Tears were coming to her eyes. "So, I just had this weird dream."

"About us, if Jake and Annabeth don't come back?" I supplied.

Her eyes widened. "Yes." She swallowed. "I know it's stupid, but they're still alive, right?"

I nodded. "They have to be, but wait?" I sat up more in my bed. "You're not a demigod, how are you having dreams like that?"

She shrugged, hugging into herself. "It's happened before. The gods want to send messages to me sometimes."

"What god wanted to send that message?" I questioned.

"I, I'm not sure," Allie said. She sat down at the edge of my bed. "Maybe Juno?"

"Why would Juno send us a message like that?" I asked.

Allie sighed. "It's happened before. After Jason died and then after I thought Jake died, and maybe before," she bit her lip. "She would send me dreams about my future family. I think she was showing me I had something to fight for. At first, I thought that it meant Jayce, but ever since he died," she gulped. "I still got them, but they were with Jake, even before I knew he was alive. This is the first time it hasn't been him."

I shifted. "That's, concerning."

"Somethings changing, I think she's telling us we need to set it back on track. What were you going to do with Annabeth and Jake being missing?" she questioned.

"I was going to just wait. Annabeth is smart, she'd get them out."

"What if that's not the way to handle it? What if we need to go get them?" Allie sighed. "What if this is where we get the Titans?"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Kill them, or at least disable them. There was nothing in those pictures your oracle painted about them being stuck there, with them. What if this is another one of those turning points, like me going into the action?" she questioned.

"I, I'm not quite sure," I began.

It was a lot to wrap my head around. But Allie was smart, and she was right. That dream message hadn't been an accident. The dream itself wasn't terrible, but it was almost a warning. Like, this is what will happen if you don't change it now. You'll be sad, but your life will still go on. But that future wasn't the best for either of us. I needed Annabeth and she needed Jake.

"We should go talk to the others. I know Rachel is here, and we can call Reyna over from Camp Jupiter. Piper can clue in on it too, and whoever else is around," I concluded.

"Let's go make a plan," Allie said. I began to stand up and Allie turned around blushing. I was wearing only my boxers. "You should put some clothes on first Perce."

"You've seen me with less," I smirked.

She shook her head as she walked out. "Put some clothes on!"

I laughed and got ready quickly. I met Allie outside 30 minutes later. She had changed as well. Her still blonde hair hung long down her back, but I could see some of her brunette sneaking in at her roots. She had on a Camp Jupiter shirt, one that was her size now, along with jeans.

"I called Reyna and she's on her way over. She said Frank and Hazel were at camp too and wanted to help. When I said Jake and Annabeth may be in trouble," she sighed, "they were already willing to help."
"Jake and Annabeth are in trouble?" Piper walked by.

I gulped. "We can talk about it once everyone gets here."

We started to the big house and Rachel met us along the way. "I had a feeling you would need me," she said.

We met at the big house and Reyna, Frank, and Hazel walked in right behind us. We all sat down at the table, except Allie. She was pacing back and forth until Reyna grabbed her arm.

"Allison, sit down. You're making all of us anxious," Reyna said.

She huffed but took a seat next to Reyna but continued to shift in her seat. Finally, Chiron came in and wheeled himself into the room and sat at the head of the table.

"What's this about?" Chiron asked.

We caught everyone up. The plan of recusing Allie, Annabeth and Jake staying behind, the too long of a wait, the weird dream. Rachel was nodding throughout it all.

"I know things have shifted, but Allie, why do you think the dream came from Juno?" Rachel asked.

She shrugged. "She's reached out to me before. Family has always been very important to me and I think she connected to that. I also know Apollo couldn't reach out, and although gods say they don't have favorite children, he's very fond of Jacob. He couldn't just let him die, not this second time."

"You seem to know a lot about the gods. Have you interacted with them?" Piper chimed in.

Allie shifted uncomfortably. Reyna touched her arm and answered for her. "Around Allie's third year at camp, some of the gods sort of kidnapped her."

"They kidnapped you?" I burst out.

Allie shrugged. "I don't remember much about it. They erased most of my memories from it, but I know I spent time with them."

"That's messed up," Frank commented.

Allie sighed. "After that, I had a weird mortal connection with them. That's why I know it was Juno who sent that message, and it was to change that future. If we do nothing, that will come about."

"So, what do we need to do?" Hazel asked.

"We have to go back for them," I said.

"Yeah, but how?" Piper asked. "Even with all of us, they have monsters and demigods on their side. And it's in the middle of the desert. Percy, your powers will be useless."

I tried not to be offended because she was correct.

"You can't just go get them," Rachel said. All eyes turned to her. She continued, "Yes, getting them is part of it, but you need to take out their army as well. The monsters, demigods, Titans in all."

"This is supposed to be a simple rescue, why complicate it?" Allie questioned.

"It's going to be nearly impossible to get them out, we all know that," Rachel began, and no one argued. "But, if we can take out their army along the way, we could get them out and win a battle in this war."

"Hopefully there aren't many more battles," Frank mumbled.

"So, what do we do?" Allie asked.

"We don't do anything child," Chiron spoke for the first time in this conversation. "You are mortal, you can't go into this."

Allie immediately began to argue. "You just sent me into the middle of the fight!"

"That was different," he retorted. "It was a recon mission, and even that went badly. This is all fighting, if you get hurt, ambrosia and nectar can't heal you quickly and I know you don't want your fiancé to heal you either. He'll be in bad shape as it is."

Allie backed down. "I'm not weak."

"But you are mortal, and at this moment, that's all that matters. The future you saw? That or any other future will cease to exist if you are killed," Chiron finished.

"I can't just sit back," Allie said.

"This time, you'll need to," Rachel commented. "We've already changed the future, this is an alternative path from the first."

"But she can help plan," Reyna defended. "Allie, you know them better than anyone else."

Allie stood up from the table. "It's fine, you don't need to give me a pity position," and she hurried out.

I stood up to go after her, but Reyna held up her hand. "Percy, just give her some time. You need to stay here and plan."

"What use is a plan? They always go out the window anyway," I slumped into my chair.

"And that's why your other half is Annabeth," Piper smirked.

"Let's begin," Reyna said.

Two hours later, we came out with a half-baked plan. The day was already almost over, we would go there at first light. Now, all I needed to do was find Allie. It took me a moment, but I finally found her in the arena. I was going to go ahead and talk to her, but something was off.

"What are you doing here?" Allie called out.

At first, I thought it was to me, but then I realized another presence. Allie was standing sweating her hair falling down out of her ponytail, holding her dagger up. Opposite of her stood a woman tall clothed in a white dress. Realization dawned on me. It was Hera, or since she was talking to Allie, probably Juno.

"I was just checking up on you. Smart of you to know it was me who sent the dream," Juno replied.

"Again, what are you doing here?" Allie demanded. Why was she talking to a goddess this way?

"Come here darling," Juno said. Allie was hesitant but approached the goddess. The goddess placed her hand on Allie's cheek and Allie shut her eyes tight. Juno touched her hair as well and it changed back to brunette, her natural color. "I much rather would like to see you as you, not pretending to be a daughter of Athena."

Allie's eyes snapped opened and she took a step away from the goddess. "I don't know if I want to speak to you," there was something new in her eyes. Possibly a realization?

"Darling, I know it's been a hard year," Juno started.

"A hard year?" Allie tightened her jaw. "That's a freaking understatement."

"It wasn't all meant to be this way," Juno said.

"Really?" Allie crossed her arms. "What was it supposed to be like then?"

Juno sighed. "When you got pregnant, it wasn't supposed to turn out the way it did."

"When I got pregnant?" Allie's eyes widened. "Oh gods, please don't tell me what I think you're going to say."

"I knew Perseus Jackson would break it off with you. I wanted you to have a child," Juno said.

"Di immortals," Allie cursed. "I knew we were being careful. You made me get pregnant?"

Juno nodded. "But as I said, it wasn't supposed to turn out that way. The child was supposed to live, but there was outside interference."

"His name was Jayce," Allie's eyes grew sad. "And I know you know that."

"Child, I'm sorry," Juno reached out, but Allie jerked away. What was their relationship?

"You also knew I was dying," Allie said angrily. "You knew I was killing myself. Were you just going to let me die?"

"Of course not," Juno defended. "Who do you think convinced Neptune to tell his son to go get Jacob?"

Allie shook. "That was you?"

Juno nodded. "We've had this conversation before Allison."

Allie shut her eyes, and I could see tears forming in the corners. "But you've left me," her voice was shaking. "You let Jacob leave me. You knew he was alive, yet you let me live without him."

"I needed you to be on your own."

"And you left me for years! You let me leave!" Allie yelled.

"I couldn't draw suspicion," Juno defended.

"And what good did that do you?" Allie got up in her face, but then backed down. She took a deep breath and centered herself. "But you showed me that dream, why?"

"That can't happen," Juno said coldly. "You and Perseus can't be together. As much as I despise Annabeth Chase, and I'm not saying they are going to have it easy, but they need to be together just like you and Jacob are meant to be."

"So, we're all just pawns?" Allie forced.

Juno's voice quieted. "You know you aren't a pawn."

Allie swallowed. "What are you going to do about it then?"

"I can't do anything about the Titans, and I can't promise all will go smoothly, but Jacob and Annabeth should make it back here by tomorrow evening."

Allie's eyes welled up in tears and I let out a breath. "Thank you," Allie said sincerely.

"I'll check up on you soon. As much as you think I've abandoned you, I'm always watching," Juno went over and placed her hand on Allie's cheek.

"Wait," Allie grabbed Juno's wrist. "How long until I forget?"

"Tomorrow morning. Perseus Jackson has been watching and you'll have some explaining to do," and with that, Juno vanished.

"Perce?" Allie questioned. I sighed and came out of the shadows. "How much of that did you see?"

"All of it," I admitted.

Allie took a sharp intake of breath but sighed. "Can you give me 30 minutes? I need to shower."

I nodded. "Meet you at the beach?" She nodded and quickly headed off.

True to her word, Allie was sitting on the beach thirty-minutes later, her hair still wet from her shower. She was playing with her hair but stopped when she saw me. I cautiously sat down next to her.

She crossed her legs. "What do you want to know?"

"Um," where did I even begin? "I'm not sure."

Allie sighed. "I guess I'll start from the beginning. You know the month Reyna said I was kidnapped for?" I nodded slowly. "I was taken to Mount Olympus."

"But mortals aren't allowed up there."

"Officially no, but apparently I'm special," Allie shook her head. "At fifteen, the gods explained I would have a hard life ahead of me. They gave me a choice, return to Camp Jupiter and face that track or go back to the mortal world and forget all about it," she stared at me. "I couldn't forget all about."

"So, you choose the hard way?" I asked.

"Yes, and no. Juno pitied me. We had this weird connection," Allie trailed off. "Neither one of us could ever place it. She told me she was going to check up on me time to time, take care of me, the only catch was I would never remember it until the next meeting."

"So today?"

"When she touched my cheek, I remembered our agreement. But I'll forget about it again tomorrow." Allie said.

"But she cares about you."

"As I said, it's complicated. Before Jacob and I were officially together, she wanted Jason and me to be, so she could be my step-mom sort of," I let out a scowl and Allie laughed. "Exactly. Once she realized Jake and I were meant to be together and we loved each other, she gave it up."

"So, you and Juno aren't," I trailed off not being able to say it.

Allie's eyes went wide. "Gods, Percy, no!"

I threw my hands up in defense. "I don't know what to think! I've never seen Hera care about anyone before. Even Jason, she erased his memory like she did mine."

"We had a long talk about that," Allie sighed. "After Jason died, you know how Jacob blamed himself thinking he could have prevented his death. Juno blamed Jacob too." Allie sighed. "When I thought Jake died, it was like she was punishing us. She never denied that she didn't. And now knowing she help orchestrate Jayce."

"It's weird. The gods play with our lives," I said.

Allie nodded. "I know this is really weird and a lot. What else?"

"What does Jake think about this?" I asked.

Allie's head dropped. "Jake doesn't know."

"What do you mean he doesn't know?" I asked.

"I barely know it! Plus, if he knew that at fifteen, I could have prevented all this pain," Allie sighed, and her eyes twinkled. "But also, all this love. The gods said I would go through so much pain but get so much love. I couldn't turn that down." Allie smiled. "Normally, people who are meant to be never are. To get love, you must go through the pain. That's why you and Annabeth have had so many hardships."

"What do you mean?"

"You two are meant for each other. Love can't exist without pain," Allie sighed. "But it's worth it in the end." The sun began to set on the horizon. "But you should get to bed Perce. You have a long day ahead of you tomorrow."

I nodded. "Thank you for sharing this with me."

Allie smiled. "Just remember, you can't tell Jake or me about this, okay?"

I nodded and kissed the top of her head. "I won't. And Allie?" she tilted her head up. "We are going to get them back."

What's going to happen next? Thanks for reading! As always, please read and review!