Thaks for reading and PLEASE post your Well I'm gona follow a promise I made to update all my stories at least once for evrey time I update the others twice so here is The Forgotten. Ch 2.

Chapter 2: Dead in war.

POV: Annabeth

As the camp celebrated it's victory I couldn't help but think of all we had done. We would be toast for shore if not for Dead Unit. The fact was they had been helping us for so long that I kind of expected them to show up. They owed us no loyalties though. They volunteered to fight our battles because they wanted to keep demi gods safe. They hate the gods. They feel the same way Luke did about them. They have a saying though. It goes "When demi gods are a live they are chased by a shit storm of bad. In order to stay alive there should be enuf bad in their lives to get them eternal damnation. We take their place. We sick our hands into the shit so they don't have to. And when we go, well we'll keep fighting a good fight for those who need it. We'll hold hell at the rallying point and do our best to keep the demi gods safe. It doesn't matter if we go because we were dead the minute we singed up with this unit." And they did protect us. At the battle for Manhattan five squads showed up armed to the teeth with rifles and machine guns. They had black hawks circling the city and evacuating the wounded. It didn't matter we were fighting for the gods to them. They knew if Kronos took over, demi gods every where would die a horrible death. So they fought up to their knees in monster dust and turned demi god blood. They also helped us in the battle for New Rome. I had talked to Patton who said he was in the back of a military plane. There were three of these large planes in the formation. The ramp at the back lowered and he stood up along with the other twenty kids in his plane. There was some turbulence but the kids remained standing until the ominous red glow in the cabin turned green. That was their cue. They cragged out the back of the plane without a second thought. They were free falling at about one thousand feet up. Patton knew his men knew what to do so he didn't even bother checking on them and the other four squads that were in his plane also knew their stuff. All in all the three planes dropped sixty kids. Patton said that was twelve squads worth of kids dropping through the sky. Patton straitened out with his head pointing down so he would fall faster. The Romans were being pushed back and needed help. At about one hundred feet to impact Patton flipped around and pulled a cord to release the parachute. It barely slowed him enuf to run off the momentum. But he charged forward while pulling the cord that would jettison the parachute from his back. As he charged he raised his assault rifle and started to shoot as Sargent Arrow landed next to him. Patton was the Sargent of 1st baton's Delta squadron and Arrow was the Sargent of 1st battalion's Bravo squadron. Arrow looked very different from Patton. For starters Patton was blond and Arrow had black hair. Patton had a normal skin tone but Arrow had a deep tan, and finally Arrow was a girl. Her I density was covered by the standard enchanted sunglasses but it was still obvious she was a girl. The two of them led the charge and wound up being the grand heroes of the day. Every time I saw the two of them together I could see something there. I never asked them if they were going out because Dead Unit was really secretive about their personal lives. I only ever knew them by their code names and never saw them off the battle field. Until the aftermath of the Giant war that is. They joined us for some R and R at camp. They were going to leave but I stopped Patton and made him stay for a while.

Once we were all relaxing at camp for a few days I dad a conversation with Patten that really made regret most of my life. We were talking about our experiences when I told him how I met Percy.

(A SIDE NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This next part is pulled directly from the story and or inference of what was said in the main story line.)

"I had been praying to the gods that the child of the great prophecy would arrive so I could go on a quest." I began. "Chiron had showed me the prophecy a few years earlier. I still wanted that kid to come to camp so I could prove my self on a quest."

"But the prophesy said that the kid would save or destroy Olympus?" He began. "Not to mention the hole cursed blade reaping the sole thing."

I paused at that. "I know." I said. "I was young. I never considered what the kid's arrival would mean. Then when Percy he was knockout by the Minotaur. When grover told me what had happened to this kid. I didn't care. The poor kid had jest lost his mother and I still wished he was the kid from the prophecy. I played nice with him so I could go on a quest. Only, over time I began to like him. I couldn't bring my self to tell him he was doomed to die in a fight that was rapidly approaching." Patton stared at me.

"He was your friend." He said coldly. "And you used him."

I jest stared at the floor. Patton gave off such a sense of trusting and friendliness that I felt the urge to tell him every thing. And I had revealed my self as an ugly monster.

"But your not the one that put the gun to his head." He continued. I stared up at him in surprise. "The prophecy was set from the start. Nothing you did changed that."

"But I could have warned him." I protested.

"For what?" Patton asked. "We all go some time. And he made it through anyway so what's the big deal?"

"What's the big deal?" I repeated. "How about the fact that Percy asked me to go to the college in New Rome with him. He has done nothing but help and love me and all I've ever done for him is put him in danger."

"I don't believe that for a second." Patton said. putting his hand on my shoulder. "You've done plenty for him."

"You're right." I said in a low voice. "I've lied to him, called him a cowered when he finally found out the truth and only wanted to know what the plan was, and dragged him down to Tartarus with me." I paused and shook my head. "I've put him through too much."

Patton shook his head. "I don't think he would agree with you." He said. "And the way I herd it he jumped into Tartarus to be with you." He gave me a half smile. "That doesn't sound like you dragged him down to me.

I shook my head at the ground. Percy meant every thing to me. I couldn't imagine my life without him but all I could remember doing for him was lying to him and bringing him pain. Later that day I found percy by his cabin. He smiled when he saw me.

"Hey!" He said as he waved me over. I sat next to him in-front of his cabin. He pulled me into a on armed hug. "We finally made it." He said. "No prophesies. No wars. Jest us." He nodded as he spoke. Like he was agreeing with his own words as though they had come from some one els. "We're free Annabeth." He said. "We're finally free." He leaned his head back and closed his eyes, enjoying the sun. We sat in silence for what felt like forever when I realized something. We had actually survived and we were together. Maybe Patton was right. Maybe this was how things were ment to be and the past was jest the past.

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