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Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, that's Rick, because if I did the story would be way messed up.
Chapter 5
Annabeth's POV-
My long hair was streaming behind me as the wind ruffled it gently. My legs however pounded the ground repetitively and my heart was filled with sheer terror. I felt like someone had condemned me to Tartarus. I nearly threw up there and then. But one thing was stopping me.
"PERCY!" I screamed. Far ahead on the deck of a cruise ship stood Luke. But that wasn't what got me. His sword was pushed into the curve of Percy's neck. I screamed again "PERCY!" He looked up and smiled. Then his brow furrowed. He gasped as if realizing something for the first time then shouted back
"NO ANNABETH GO BACK! HE'LL GET YOU TOO IF YOU STAY HERE! RUN!" I saw Luke smile. He removed Backbiter from Percy's neck and allowed a puzzled looking Percy to stand up. Then he thrust his sword through his chest.
"NOOOOOO!" I screamed and within seconds I was on the ship, holding Percy's head in my hands.
"No Annabeth…g-go…he'll let you free if y-you go no-now" he smiled. "I love you Annabeth" he whispered and with that he drew his last breath. I turned on Luke with a shout of anguish.
"No will you join us Annabeth, now do you see what we are capable of?" he said smiling smugly. Never I thought. Only one thought was in my mind. Revenge.
"DIE TRAITOR!" I screamed, trying to stop myself from crying. I grabbed Riptide from Percy's pocket, uncapped it and threw the lid at Luke.
"Ow" said Luke, rubbing his eye (A/N: I know, I know it's been done with a hairbrush. Also Luke is not yet Kronos [In the dream only] intentionally). With that I thrust the shining bronze through his chest.
"That was for Percy" I said through gritted teeth "That was for Percy" and then I broke down and cried.
It was at that point I woke up.
"Are you ok Wise Girl?" asked a concerned Percy, standing over me. Hmph I thought Déjà vu.
"Yeah I'm fine…just a bad dream, nothing unusual" I said. He still was watching hesitantly as if to see if I was all right. Of course he knew as well as I did what dreams meant to half-bloods. I shivered. Gods I hoped it was just a regular dream. Finally he smiled
"Come on then, I told Grover we'd meet him by the subway, he's gone to scout out the area" he said. I jumped out of bed and jumped into a new pair of clothes I'd recently bought in the hotel shop.
"What are we waiting for then?" I asked and ran out of the door "Race you there!"
Percy's POV- (A/N: I know, some readers don't like me switching POV's, but this is much easier to write in Percy's perspective. Other than that I'm doing because I can, so there :P)
"You're on!" I shouted back as Annabeth sped from the room. I followed close behind laughing as I saw Annabeth queue for the elevator while I slid down the stair's handrail. I jumped of in the lobby and kicked open the grand doors. Then I stopped. Outside I saw a strange yet horrifying site. A huge spider-headed man was holding Grover up by the hooves. But that was the least of my worries. Standing over on a bridge, golden eyes glinting maliciously out of Luke's scarred eye sockets stood Kronos. Annabeth sped past me laughing but I grabbed her by the waist and clamped a hand over her mouth. She looked at me strangely then followed my finger to the stone bridge. She gasped.
"I've got to take down Kronos" I whispered to her "will you get Grover away from here if I-if I don't come back?" She looked down at the ground and when she looked up at me again there were tears in her eyes.
"No" she whispered "I'm going with you…this time there won't be a Calypso to help you heal…no I'm going with you…" I looked at her hard. Then I nodded. She kissed me on the lips gently
"It worked before, let's hope it works again" she said. I understood immediately. Mt. St. Helens. When she had nearly lost me. I understood her loss; I remembered what it was like to lose her. I nodded again.
"His scythe" I told her "If you distract him I'll get his scythe" this time she nodded. Hey, everyone likes a good nod once in a while I guess. I motioned forward and she chucked me her cap. Running forward she drew her dagger and hurled it at the scar running down Luke's face. I don't know how she knew but it was clearly a soft spot for he howled in pain and focused his attention on Annabeth, who was now defenceless. Great, now I had her to worry about as well. I ran as fast as I could without making a sound to behind Kronos.
"Ah Percy" he said turning around to face me. How did he know I was here? I was still invisible! "I've been expecting you and your little friends for some while now" he continued. As he talked I was thinking. Then it hit me. Stepping forward I yelled
"Were you expecting this?" and I called on all the sea inside me, focusing the entire expanse of the ocean at his scythe. Father help me I prayed. I could feel my strength ebbing out of me and I knew I was dying, but I couldn't stop now. Suddenly his grip loosened and the scythe went flying out of his grasp.
"Annabeth!" I tried to yell. Thankfully she heard and turned from where she had just finished off the spider-man holding Grover and ran forward and gripped the scythe. With a yell she hurled at Kronos. It flew towards him, cutting through his very being. With a terrible screech his soul flew from his body and shattered into his body. We had won. Annabeth was safe. With that knowledge in my heart I drew my last breath.
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