A/N: thanks for reading! You're all so amazing for doing so!
Disclaimer: all rights to Rick Riordan
Annabeth POV
I trust my knife up into the stomach of the last Cyclops standing before me. He turns to golden dust which settles on my arms. I turn, looking for my next victim, but there aren't any. There aren't any monsters in the clearing anymore, only my friends and me.
Jason is coming down from hovering, Percy is walking out of the river with whirlpools calming behind him, and Piper is sheathing her dagger. Frank is changing back from being a dragon and Hazel is kneeling on the ground, holding something in her lap. I don't see Leo, but I think he's behind a wall of flames at the edge of the clearing.
Hazel lets out a strangled sob causing everyone to turn to her. Jason starts forward, but stops when he's 10 feet from her. He quickly starts backwards with a look of pure horror on his face. Jason falls while backing up, but doesn't get up. He just sits, clutching fist fulls of grass on either side of him and shaking his head while still staring at Hazel and whatever's in her lap in terror.
Piper runs to Jason while Frank, Percy, and I start towards Hazel. Frank kneels next to her and wraps her in a hug. Hazel sobs against his chest. I stand next to Percy, grasping his hand. I finally get a good look at what's on Hazel's lap and scream. I lean into Percy and try to stifle my other screams. I scream because what is on Hazel's lap is terrifying. It's unimaginable. I scream because before me is our humor, our friend, our captain, our repair boy, our seventh wheel. Before me is the lifeless body of Leo Valdez.
I come to and see my friends looking at me in pure shock. Percy is at my side with Hazel's hand on his cheek. My vision is blurry and I realize its tears. I open my mouth to say something, but my lips just tremble and a sob escapes. Before Percy can get to me, Piper pulls me into a hug. I let another sob out as I hug her back. She pulls away and looks me in the eye.
"What... Annabeth...what just happened?" She says it so quietly I'm not sure anyone else heard.
Percy kneels in front of the chair I'm sitting in and asks, "Wise Girl, what was it this time?"
"Leo," I say shaking my head trying to get the pictures out. "It was Leo."
A/N: please review! And about Leo... I really don't want this to happen, but its kind of just my reoccurring theory...