Hey! I'm back! Thank you to everyone who reviewed it makes my day and helps me update. Percy is amazing and I swear he won't die, but he might suffer unimaginable pain so… I got 7 reviews so no cliffhangers… sorry for the wait but it took me a while to think of a way not to end it on a cliffhanger. So this is gonna be like, 2000 words so… yay! To uber happy peep… yes, Percy should be in Once upon a time! Check out my story, different people different lives, for a biography of Snow/Emma. Dedicated to ADayWithNoLaughterIsADayWast ed your review made my day, I got the idea for Clarisse chaining Percy to a table from Spread Your Wings, which is a Percy Jackson and Maximum Ride crossover. So… yeah, this chapter is dedicated to you! Also, in this chapter, Percy has multiple flashbacks of Clarisse chaining him to a table, Grover and Tyson and Mrs. O' Leary playing fetch and (my personal favorite) ANNABETH! Yay! So if you wanna read something while we wait in agony for the House of Hades, try Masking the Pain. It's about Percy getting abused by Gabe and Annabeth finds out and helps him. Before I 4get, virtual cookies 4 all! (::) (::) (::) also, virtual donuts! OOOOOO! So disclaimer!
Me: Nothing is owned. I love Percybeth so much. Jasper is second place. If Jason + Reyna got together I would totally barf. Like seriously, no. Jason belongs with Piper. Maybe, I would let Leo be with Reyna, cuz Leo shouldn't be lonely. Leo is amazing. And Leo needs someone. LEO! But Percy beats all! Except he ties with Annabeth. They beat all! You all fail! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!
Percy: She's finally lost it.
Annabeth: She's complementing us. Don't judge.
Me: DONUTS AND UNICORNS AND RAINBOWS! AND PIE! PERCYBETH 4EVA!
Annabeth: Now she's lost it.
Percy's POV
I woke up in a brown bag with my hands chained behind me and a gag in my mouth. I didn't have any energy, so I concentrated on staying awake. I succeeded in my goal. You know what sucks most about this? I'm still bleeding. It trickles down my bare chest and dries in my hair, settling under my nose. I don't know how much time passed, but I spent every moment, remembering the past.
-Flashback-
I am 12. I just got back from my quest and I'm asleep. In my dreams, I can see the figure from the pit, teamed up with Luke, laughing as they plunged knifes into Annabeth. Even then she was my best friend, my fatal flaw. I moan in my sleep and Clarisse is standing above me when I wake up, panting heavily. "Wha- you doin imma Cabin?" I ask groggily, pushing her away. "I'm not in your Cabin, Prissy." She says, grinning evily. I sit straight up and look around. I'm at the dining table, my table, and I can't get up. Now you guys probably think I'm lazy, but I'm serious, I could not get up. "Lemme up." I told her, reaching for my pocket only to find that I was wearing PJs. "I can't Prissy. The keys in the ocean." Then I realized what had happened. "You chained me to a table?" I asked incredulously (big word, Annabeth taught it to me!) "Yep." She said, obviously pleased. "I swear to god, Clarisse I will get you for this… After I get out." I said, scowling. She smiled; she had anticipated this reaction. "Yeah, about that, Prissy, that's not gonna happen unless someone goes to the bottom of the ocean and gets the key. And, ahem, we can't breathe underwater." I closed my, eyes and groaned. I couldn't think of how I was gonna get out of this one. It came the next morning, after Clarisse had left, I had fallen back asleep and the Athena cabin was as always, the first to arrive. "What happened, Seaweed Brain?" I woke up to the Athena cabin gathered around me, Annabeth asking me what happened. "Clarisse chained me to a table." I told her as I struggled to hide my blue unicorn pajamas. "I can see that, Seaweed brain. Where's the key, because as much as I love the Unicorn Pjs, I cannot be seen with a guy who wears Unicorn PJs. And you are my best friend." She said. I was surprised at how she called me her best friend. So, naturally, I made fun of her. "I'm your best friend? Wow, you must have really low standards." Wait, did I just insult myself? Yeah, I kinda did. She laughs, throwing her head back, while I glare. "Under the ocean. First, go beat Clarisse up for me. Then could you ask my dad to get the key?" I managed to mumble."Sure, Seaweed brain" She walked towards the Ares cabin, still laughing. That was the day I started falling for her.
I sighed, then wincing at the movement. This hurt more than the time I played fetch with Mrs. O' Leary
-Flashback No.2-
I was supposed to be sleeping. Before I woke up to the loud barks of Mrs. O' Leary. Ung! I inwardly groaned. She had been inconsolable since Beckendorf had died. We all felt the same way, especially me. I felt that it was my fault that our anchor was dead, even though Beckendorf had visited my dreams, assuring me that it wasn't my fault. (So many big words!) I rolled off my bed, got dressed quickly and ran out to the training center.
She was waiting for me. She always waited. I grabbed the heavy, celestial bronze shield Beckendorf had made her, throwing it as hard as I could into the water. She looked at me, obviously impressed with the muscles that I had. No, I was imagining, she just stared at me, then barking sadly, shadow traveled away.
While she was gone, Grover and Nico came up. "Hey guys. Wanna help me play fetch with Mrs. O' Leary?" They looked at each other, knowing neither of them had an excuse and sighing, came to sit next to me. Mrs. O' Leary popped back into existence, and Nico took the wet, slobbery shield from her. I backed up to Thalia's pine tree, cuz Nico's got terrible aim. He threw it as hard as he could toward the lava wall. I laughed; his aim had actually gotten worse. That's what I thought right before the shield slammed into my head.
I could remember those times, just not as clearly as I remembered Annabeth.
-Flashback No.3-
The golden haired angel stood over me, feeding me liquid cookies. I could hear her voice, but I couldn't understand the words. She never left. I felt her breath on my face. I liked it when my guardian was close. I was in a bed, never moving, never getting up. My golden haired angel was worried. She had thought I was dead. I felt her tears, her sadness, as I got weaker, and weaker. She got happy when I opened my eyes. She was pretty. I wanted to make her happy again.
One day, when she spooned pudding into my mouth, I chewed before I swallowed. I couldn't see her, but I imagined how her face would light up, when she had realized that I was alive, that I was trying to get back to her.
I slowly remembered things. Percy. My name was Percy. Annabeth. She was mine. I had to keep her safe. To do that I had to wake up. I listened to her voice. I heard her talking about a shield. It had hit me, and now I was hurt. Now I was dying, and she wanted me to live. Every day I got stronger. Every day I started to feed myself more, remember more. Names. They floated to me, taunting me. I wanted more than that. I wanted faces. Then personalities. Then memories.
Eventually I got them back. I woke up for real. Annabeth. I remembered. I love her. I'll stay with her.
Now my golden haired angel was safe. But she was gone, not with me. And that was the worst torture of all. Those were the thoughts swirling around my head as I lost the battle with consciousness.
When I woke up, I was still in the bag. I still hurt. But something had changed. I felt it.
Light flooded my surroundings as the bag opened and a hand grabbed my hair. I squeezed my eyes shut in case it was Medusa. I was hauled onto the sidewalk or wherever the Hades I was. I leaned heavily on my captor as I was forced to my feet. Gods, now I can't even stand. This is just sad. I slowly, cautiously opened my eyes and saw that I was on Mt. Tam. I looked around, searching for Atlas. I whipped around at the sound of a horribly familiar scream. I whipped around to find, Annabeth holding the sky. "No!" I screamed, sprinting over to her. All of my pain disappeared. I would take the sky from her. Kronos was right. I didn't stop to think about how stupid, reckless, dumb and a whole lot of other things this was. I just took the sky from Annabeth. The instant the sky left her hands, she let out a laugh. I was in too much pain to be confused. Why would she be laughing? She kept laughing, somewhere in the middle, it turned into a man's rough chuckles, then dissolving into coughs. "Atlas" I whispered the word. I knew what had happened. Stupid fatal flaw. I looked around me to find Kronos on a golden throne, Luke at his side. "I told you so, Perseus." They both said at the same time, grinning. They made their way over to me, and Luke chained me to the wall while Kronos said some stuff I couldn't care less about. I was talking to Grover.
It's Percy. Hurry Grover. He made me hold it and it hurts! Oh my gods it hurts! Help me, please!
Don't waste your energy, Perce. We're on our way. Annabeth's coming. So's your dad, and your soon-to-be mother-in-law. (For those of you who don't like Percybeth… well firs reading this story? Second that means Athena)
I didn't have enough energy to tell him to shut up about my relationships. Just as my friends made it to the top of the mountain, I fell to my knees. I locked eyes with Annabeth right before I blacked out.
Annabeth's POV
I locked eyes with him and his green eyes stared desperately at me for one second before his closed and I was afraid I'd lost him. I ran over to him starting to take the sky when I heard him mumble something. "Beth' Beth' don't. Otherwise *cough* I'll have done it for nothing. *cough*" he says. I don't get what he's saying, but I don't take it from him. Instead, my eyes turn on Luke. He's not looking at me, chaining Percy to the wall. He thinks that we're just a minor threat! I'll show him. His hand was his Achilles spot. I grabbed my knife and threw it directly at Luke's hand. I did not miss. But I got the wrong hand. He slowly turned around. His eyes blazed with fury. "You. Should. Not. Have. Done. That." He said, putting dangerous emphasis on every word. I glanced over at Percy. Now it was my turn to avenge him. My boyfriend. My reckless, stupid, brave Seaweed Brain, who had been through so much. "FOR PERCY!" I yelled, as I charged into battle with my spare dagger, called Euros (Greek god of love) Percy had given it to me. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw Percy smile. I charged Luke, mostly on defense. I knew where to strike. He knew he was supposed to kill me, yet he didn't want to. I was his little sister, the girl who stayed up with him late enough that she used stupid words like 'sleepy'. I didn't want to kill him, but he did this to Percy. I remind myself of this as he slashes, I dodge, he lunges and I sidestep. We're playing a dangerous game, one neither of us wants to play, but both of us are determined to win. We spin in a circle as we duel. After about five minutes, I'm able to use Atlas against him. I fake around him and Luke sidesteps, walking into Atlas who's battling Athena and Thalia. Atlas is shoved under the sky as Percy collapses, finally free of the burden of the sky. The Titan base is silent as I kneel down next to my unconscious-but breathing- boyfriend.
WAS THAT A CLIFFY? HE'S ALIVE... AND NOT HOLDING UP THE SKY... BUT THIS STORY IS FAR FROM OVER. THERES A MUCH LONGER JOURNEY TO GETTING HIM BACK. AND THERE WILL BE A TWIST NEXT CHAPTER. REVEIW!