Annabeth

Annabeth still couldn't believe the pain that Percy went through, and she came out near fine. You should've just let me fall! was her initial thought. She was happy he was with her, and she felt bad, she felt bad that she was glad he was here, in Tartarus, with her. The only reason he is here, is because of her. It's her fault he has a broken leg, it's all her fault.

"Annabeth, it's not your fault," Percy said, "you couldn't have known that there was a web attached to your ankle."

"I know, but-but if I was more careful, this never would've happened." She was choking up, she started to feel her eyes water up again. Percy grabbed her by the shoulders, turned her to look at him and said,

"Annabeth, listen to me, I don't blame you, I blame Gaia, if it weren't for Gaia, maybe we could've lived a happily ever after." Annabeth looked into his eyes while he said it, his deep green emerald eyes. She nodded to show that she understood, but that didn't stop her from feeling guilty. Percy suddenly groaned in pain as his foot hit a rock, causing her to stop and look at him with pity. "I'm fine Annabeth, stop looking at me like I'm a defenseless puppy!" he said with mock exasperation. This caused her to smile, to which he said, "There's the Annabeth I know and love!"

They kept walking for awhile, then they heard scratchy voices, they were speaking Greek, and they understood it just fine.

"I'm going to destroy that Perseus Jackson!" said one voice.

"Not if I get to him first" said another. Annabeth and Percy stopped, and they looked around the corner. There were two Telekhines playing… Go Fish?

"I knew that game was evil!" Percy whispered.

"Percy, stop joking!" Annabeth whispered, "how are we going to fight them? I don't have my dagger, and you have a broken leg!"

"Here," Percy said, reaching into his pocket and pulled out Riptide, "Take riptide and kick some serious doggy butt!" Annabeth took riptide and nodded. As she turned to creep up on them, Percy grabbed her arm and said, "I love you." and then he kissed her passionately on the lips.

"I love you too Percy." and then she started creeping off towards the Telekhines. Apparently the Telekhines were so focused on their game of Go Fish, they never saw her. They only noticed her when she impaled one through the back with riptide, he howled out and then crumpled into a pile of dust. The other one grabbed his sword, but quickly got cut down. She motioned to Percy that it was safe, so he started limping over.

When he got there, he pulled Annabeth into a hug, where he also gave her another passionate kiss. "I'm okay Seaweed Brain." secretly, she was just as relieved as Percy.

"I know it's just, I-I don't want to have to worry about losing you." Annabeth just hugged him tighter when he said that. She realized she had tears in her eyes, and she wiped them off. She looked up and saw that Percy also had tears in his eyes. She saw one tear rolling down his face and wiped it away. Percy looked at her with what looked like absolute-protectiveness. Like he was never going to let her out of his sight ever again, and this comforted her.

"Come on," Annabeth said, pulling away from him, "we need to keep moving." Percy put his arm around her shoulder for support, and they continued their trek through Tartarus. They didn't say much, they didn't need to, they just needed each others company. They heard another roar, this time it sounded closer than before.

Percy groaned, "I think I recognize that roar, can't he just FADE AWAY!"

"Who?" Annabeth asked.

"I can't say his name, especially here, but I've killed him at least twice already!" Annabeth had a pretty good idea who he was talking about now, and she shuddered. They kept walking/limping for another half mile, if she had to guess, when they heard a loud roar, like a bull about to charge. She looked around, and gasped. Percy turned and looked too, and he gasped.

There, was the Minotaur, and he was holding the backpack, along with and axe in his other hand. The Minotaur had a look of pure hatred(at least that's what she thought) on his face. The Minotaur started to charge, and Percy shoved Annabeth out of the way, and the Minotaur swung his axe, and hit Percy with the side of the blade, which sent Percy flying.

"PERCY!" Annabeth screamed as she saw Percy fly into the darkness, where she heard a sickening -CRUNCH-. The Minotaur roared triumphantly, and turned his attention to Annabeth, who stood up, and had riptide in her hands. The Minotaur charged at her, and she sidestepped it, and swung riptide out, slicing off a horn. The Minotaur screamed out, and smashed into a wall. The Minotaur turned towards Annabeth and swung his axe. Annabeth rolled to the side, dodging the axe my millimeters. The Minotaur kept swinging wildly, and Annabeth kept dodging or parrying.

Finally the Minotaur charged again, and Annabeth threw riptide at the Minotaur, and it sunk deeply into his head. The Minotaur gave a brief, surprised grunt before crashing into the ground, and it began to dissolve. She didn't even go pick up riptide, she just started running in the direction Percy had been sent flying, tears were streaming out her eyes.

She saw Percy about thirty to forty feet in front of her, he was slumped against the wall, not moving. "PERCY!" she screamed….

Please don't kill me for leaving it at this cliffhanger, and I'm sorry but the next chapter will be from Jason's p.o.v! And if you kill me! You will not find out what happens to PERCY! So think about that instead of killing me! Anyway, this chapter was a little difficult to write, but then I had a Eureka moment while trying to go to bed! So I hope you enjoy this chapter!