Chapter 2: the war part 2

A/N : updated quite a few changes. Please read the authors note on the first chapter.

Last time: Suddenly, there was a blood-curdling scream coming from my right that was so ear-bursting that it caused all the fighting to stop. Literally. Even the giants stopped fighting. I looked over at the sight that met my eyes caused my heart to sink…

Percy POV:

Grief. That was the only feeling I was experiencing. Porphyrion had struck a lucky blow and had stabbed Annabeth with his spear as it penetrated her armour and lodged in her stomach. Just by looking, I knew it was a fatal blow.

"Nico" I shouted. Nico appeared out of the shadows in front of me. "Help Jason". I didn't wait for him to reply, I ran as fast as I could to Annabeth. I could feel the tears roll down my cheeks. I got to where Annabeth had fallen. Jason was still fighting Porphyrion and I knew he wouldn't last forever but Annabeth was my top priority.

"Hey…" I croaked. She looked up at me, her grey eyes once stormy but now dull. She saw my tears and raised her hand and shakily wiped them away. I put her head on my lap. Green eyes met grey.

"Annabeth I…" she cut me off my saying "Percy…listen to me. I-it's ok. I need you to…t-to do a few things for me. Pl-please?" she took sharp breaths throughout and I knew it was hurting her to talk. I nodded.

"First…I need you to survive this…ok. And secondly, I want you to move on…we know I'm going to die but I don't want y-you to be depressed. Live for me. Promise me." I brought my head down and cried on her chest. The war had resumed all around us but all that mattered was me and her. I felt like my heart had stopped functioning due to it being ripped out of my chest. She put her hand under my chin and lifted my head up so that we were eye to eye.

"I love you Percy…always and forever. My Seaweed Brain." She leant in and kissed me lightly. "Promise me…" I felt her body shiver and then go slack as she died in my arms. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I laid her gently on the side of the field. "I promise Annabeth. I promise."

Grief coursed through me and I let out a cry of anguish. It was quickly replaced by rage and a lust for revenge at the enemy that dared separate me from Annabeth…forever. I charged at Porphyrion as the tug in my gut increased. A tremor passed through the ground as I unleashed an earthquake causing the giant to stumble slightly. He tried to regain balance, but I was too fast. I was upon him in a flash as I slashed and jabbed at the giant. I swiped my sword at his legs and swept his legs from underneath him and smashed his nose. I raised riptide and brought it down severing the arm that held the sword that caused Annabeth's death. Jason came up next to me and slammed his gladius's hilt into the giants face before Zeus arrived, slicing the Giant's head off. Jason was turning towards me, but I wasn't waiting around. I wasn't satisfied. I was still angry. I turned around and headed towards Porphyrion's army.

I summoned the hurricane and I immediately felt the winds pick up. I wasn't feeling very forgiving and the wind and water were merging together into the mightiest storm I had ever conjured. I had almost no control over it, but I didn't care. I only cared about revenge. I leapt at the nearest monster and struck. The storm had grown and was so large that the height was over that of the Laistrygonians.

"Bah…stop that wind. I can't see."

Good, I thought. One of swung with his fist and managed to catch my shoulder slightly. I got angrier-if that was possible. I literally became a whirlwind of destruction. Monsters tried to help their comrade, but they never got close. The storm was too powerful for them and blew them away. The giant didn't stand a chance as I stabbed him in the gut. The giant's army were defeated. Finally. My storm stopped abruptly.

I looked around. All the gods were now fighting Gaia. Most the monsters were dead or fleeing. The rest of the seven were behind me. Jason was up again. They all looked tired and upset-they must have seen what happened to Annabeth.

"C'mon let's go finish this." We ran towards the Gods who were struggling against Gaia-who at that point realised that the giants were dead. She let out a cry of rage and blasted out beams of power causing the gods to fly backwards. We reached the battleground and stood face to face with Gaia. We all looked at each other, then Gaia then back at each other. We knew what we had to do. Gaia laughed. "Foolish demigods. I defeated all the Olympians and Hades what chance do you weaklings have? I am the Earth!" The Gods were slowly getting to their feet.

"You may be the Earth, Dirt Face but I'm the son of the Earthshaker. Know what that means? NOW GUYS" We all attacked at once. Frank shot arrow after arrow. Piper charm speaking Gaia to get her to go back to sleep. Leo sending fireballs left, right and centre. Hazel was using her power to lift up dead warriors' weapons and send them flying at Gaia. Jason was sending lightning strikes repeatedly. And me? I summoned the biggest earthquake I had ever produced out of sheer rage and grief. I followed it up with a hurricane and sent it flying towards Gaia. It was increasing in size as it travelled forward. The pain in my gut was almost unbearable and my muscles were sore, but I pushed on. The Gods were back and sent beams of power except Aphrodite who copied Piper and tried to charm speak Gaia into hibernation.

BOOM!

A massive explosion erupted from where Gaia stood as she was overwhelmed. As the dust settled Gaia was nowhere in sight. Cheers echoed from our side, but I didn't last long enough to let one out myself as I succumbed to the darkness willingly.