A/N: Welcome back to The Engagement, audience! I just want to thank you all of your supports, I can't believe that this is going to end but I just want to say I love you all and thank you for always been here with me for the past few months. The next chapter is going to be the last so I just want to say these. Plus, I'm so sorry for being lazy for so many times. Okay, here is chapter 21. ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I do not own any f**king thing! I hate say this so much.
Song of the Day: Anything Could Happen- The Glee Cast
Chapter 21
Okay, let's say this; Percy was really confident that the Half-Blood would win in the beginning but that confident was fading inside after he had seen the Roman Kingdom performed.
They were really good at choosing the songs, also with performing them, and they had changed the songs since they had known that Piper would tell the other team their tragedy. They also changed the choreography into something more complicated which gained them plenty of supports from the audiences and Iris who always loves seeing unique and complicated performances. Octavian and Reyna also put some chemistry in their duet but thankfully, it wasn't very convincing like they had expected. But their ending was enough to impress everyone; it was an amazing cover of 'Ass Back Home' and their choreography was obviously better than the Half-Blood's. Apollo and Hestia weren't really impressed and convince with what they had done but Iris and the fans clearly were.
Then there was a short break before the result to give the audiences more time to vote and for them to rest and change.
After the Roman walked in the back stage, Beckendorf and Silena got them to a private space to talk, the Stolls made up since they couldn't think or create a prank without the other. Despite they were competitors but the Romans and Half-Bloods were still talking and laughing together, well of course not all of them, Octavian got himself into his private space next to the stairs lead to the stage with Coke on his hand. Jason looked at the blonde then turned to Percy who was glaring at the guy.
"He's not entirely bad, you know."
The black-haired raised his eyebrow in doubt. "You really think so?"
"Nobody is entire evil…well, except for Voldemort from Harry Potter or President Snow from the Hunger Games…I mean, nobody is entire bad."
"Jason, that guy is trying to steal our house; he stole our members and caused us so many problems, and he might have done something bad to Chris. So yeah, he's bad." He patted Jason's shoulder then went back to his conversation with Luke, Frank and Leo.
Jason sighed. "Maybe he's just misunderstood." He mumbled then walked to the blonde.
Octavian looked up from his coke when he realized Jason was standing in front of him. He gave Jason the 'what do you want?' look and raised his eyebrow in confusion. Jason nervously ran his fingers through his blond hair.
"Mind if I join you? I can't take any words about The Hunger Games thing or Slender anymore."
Octavian nodded then took his interest back to the Coke. The blonde wrapped his hands around his coffee cup and tried to break the silence but they soon fell into silence again.
What the hell am I doing? This guy hates me and obviously has no interest in talking with me. He thought. But there must be something makes him like this or someone…
"You like Pipes, don't you?" Octavian's cheeks immediately turned red along with his ears.
"How the heck do you know?"
"Blondes are not stupid." He grinned proudly. "But I'll never let you take her away so don't even think about that."
Octavian smirked. "Relax, man. I'm not that kind of person who would steal the other's girlfriend. But if you ever hurt her then I'll cut your throat then take her with me. Got it?""
"Aye, aye, Captain." They laughed then with all the sudden, Octavian smashed his Coke against the floor.
"Whoa, man! What the heck?" Jason exclaimed then everyone's eyes were on them.
"It's Marc. He orders us to do all of these because he hates Brunner since the man has put his brother in jail. He told us that it's time to take revenge and promise that he will pay big bucks on this!" Octavian said. Tears rushed down his face while everyone had their eyes on him.
"I'm sorry, guys. I just can't take this anymore." The Roman Kingdom walked to their captain and tried to calm him down then with the entire sudden, Dakota spoke.
"We quit."
The Half-Blood dropped their jaws then stared at the other team in shocked. Finally, Percy sighed.
"No. I'm not letting you." He walked to Octavian and grabbed the guy's collars. "You just can't say 'we quit' for some freaking dumb reasons! We've been practicing like hell and we're not going to let that turns into nothing! You and I have promised that the best team will win, and the best one will win when the freaking dumb host says the name! Not until that then you're not going anywhere or quitting anything for any reasons. Got it?"
But the other captain's eyes were not on Percy anymore but on the TV instead. It was showing a burning down building just next to the theater about 5 blocks. The TV host was saying something about there was someone still in the building and then a photo of Chris appeared on the screen, sending everyone to shock.
Octavian muttered something but Percy was too busy watching in news in horror then the voice of a guy from the show pulled everyone back to Earth. He told them it was time to announce the results, Annabeth told him that they'd be in minute but an opposite idea appeared in everyone's minds.
Clarisse slammed the door then ran out with the Stolls right behind her. Percy released Octavian's collars then looked at Annabeth who was explaining for the producers the situation. They nodded then said something before one of them headed to Michael and the judges the situation. Iris and Hestia all gasped and threw their hands on their mouths, Michael dropped his jaw in shocked and Apollo clenched his fist then said something about the police and ambulance. Annabeth walked to her boyfriend then grabbed his hand.
"I'll take care of the show. You and Beckendorf can go after Clarisse and the Stolls." She whispered into his ears then placed a kiss on his lips.
"Come back in one piece, Seaweed Brain." She smiled with him before he rushed out of the theatre.
5 blocks away from the theater
"Listen, old man; I swear that I'm gonna punch you in the face until your freaking nose falls out if you don't let us pass." Travis grumbled, grabbing a firefighter's collars. "And trust me, I do punch old men."
The firefighter looked absolutely freak out but strangely he shook his head slightly. "I can't."
"Our friend is in there and we're not going to stand here and watch him dying!" Connor shouted angrily.
"It's our job so please stay away from here." The firefighter wrenched Travis' hands away from him then walked away.
Clarisse collapsed on the street and started crying in desperate. Travis and Connor looked at each other then sat down next to Clarisse. They felt so useless. Connor landed his eyes on the building and prayed then his phone rang. He looked at it then showed it to Travis and Clarisse and smirks appeared on their face. It was a message from Percy.
They sneaked into a fire truck and started the engine then drove it away. They could hear yells, shouts from the firefighters at the back but did they care? No, of course so they decided to drive around the town a little bit.
Percy ran as fast as he could to the burning building while the firefighters were chasing and watching in shock as his friends drove the truck away.
The black-haired kicked the wooden door then jumped inside the building. Flames and smoke were all around him. He grabbed a blanket on a couch then put it on himself to protect him from the flames which he had learnt from the Boy Scout. He covered his mouth and nose with his hand then continued searching.
"Chris, where are you?!" He shouted, coughing. "Hey, answer me! Chris, where are you?"
"Clarisse?"
A huge weight was lifting off his shoulders as soon as he heard the voice.
"It's Percy. Chris! Where are you?"
"I'm…the kitchen…"
Percy ran to the voice despite the flames were getting almost everywhere and hotter. By the time Percy got there Chris was already passed out with his back against a wall and his hands were tied with rope. He rushed to his friend then checked his heart beats and breathes. Unfortunately, there was a pretty serious cut ran down his temple, his shirt and hair were soaked by blood which meant Chris could be in any minute. Percy grabbed a towel nearby and wrapped it around Chris head to stop the bleeding.
Then he helped Chris stood up and wrapped his arms around him then started moving to the door.
The ceilings were crashing down which warned him that the building was about to collapse in no time. Sweats streamed down his face as Chris was getting heavier and the heat was definitely getting higher. Half of the building was already destroyed by the fire then Chris woke up.
"Percy? What are you doing here?"
"Being a hero by jumping into a burning building to save my friend."
Chris laughed, coughing. "More like being a jackass."
"You know, I'm starting to think in that way, too." Percy nodded in agreement then realized there was this sad look in his friend's eyes. "I didn't just jump in here for nothing. We'll be okay."
"I hope so." Then with all the sudden a huge wood fell down from the ceiling.
…
Chris stared at his friend's motionless body lying on the ground in horror as Percy's temple was bleeding and his green eyes closed. He crawled to him and tried lift the wood but there was no use. Tears streamed down his cheeks as he called Percy's name.
He felt so useless and weak. He couldn't anything but cry in these situations. He was just a weight for Percy, for his teammates, for this world…
"Will you stop crying and help me?" He looked up and saw a girl with honey blond hair and grey eyes lifting the wood.
"Annabeth?" She didn't look at him anymore but focused on the wood.
"We have no time left, Chris. We must get out of here. Everyone is out there, waiting for us. I'm not letting any of us die in here. So please help me, Chris." She begged. He could see that Annabeth was trying her best for not burst into tears.
He paused for seconds then nodded and wiped away his tears. Chris placed his hands under surface of the wood and took all his strength and lifted the wood. The object slowly moved away from Percy and finally had completely off him. Annabeth quickly grabbed her boyfriend's hand and Chris grabbed the other. They made their ways to the door then Annabeth heard the clock ticking, she landed her eyes on a small timing bomb on the floor; 15 seconds. Her eyes went wide then she warned Chris and they ran to the door.
Fear reached Annabeth's throat as she ran to the door. Chris slammed the door with his shoulder then jumped out as the bomb exploded.
Apollo Hospital of New York
"You're perfectly fine, Mr. Jackson." Doctor Kane smiled. "You can leave the hospital now."
Percy nodded then looked at Annabeth with the 'I told you so' look. She just simply rolled her eyes then they thanked the doctor after walked out. Annabeth went after him just before they announced the result since she knew that he would do something really stupid and he did so she didn't know the result either. It was already 11pm so they decided to drive straight to Percy's apartment where everyone had been waiting for them. He opened the door then hung his coat on the hook along with Annabeth's. Then he switched on the lights as a wave of cheers, applauses and whistles approached them.
"We won!" Luke cried, rose up the sparkling golden Cup. Percy stared at the Cup then back to Luke then again at the Cup then back to Luke.
Then he cried in excitement along with Annabeth who was squealing like crazy.
"Wait, so that means we can keep our house?" Annabeth asked.
"We can keep our house." Thalia grinned, jumping up and down with Annabeth and the girls.
The captain couldn't shut his smile down because this is what he had ever dreamed. He got the chance to do what he loves. He has the supports from his dad. He could finally do something big for the people he loves. He has found his true love.
What the heck more in the world he would ever ask for?
"Hey, Captain." Jason called and gave him the Cup. "We would never ever make this far without you so it's yours."
Percy looked at the Cup then shook his head. "No, it's ours."
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