Percy was mad. He was mad at the gods, he was mad at the games and most of all he was mad at himself. How could he have been so stupid as to thinking that maybe, just maybe, the gods would let him and Annabeth live in peace for a while. But no, now Annabeth himself and close to 22 other candidates will have to fight to the death for the gods' amusement. When Poseidon had told Percy what would happen in only a couple of weeks, Percy had thought his father was trying to be humorous and was just joking. However one look at his father's face had told Percy that Poseidon was not joking and he was being deadly serious.

At the current moment Percy was in the elevator going up to Olympus with the other demigods who had been chosen and unfortunately most of them were close friends of Percy's. There was Jason and Thalia for the Zeus team, even though Thalia was now a huntress somehow Zeus had her on his side. There was Nico Di Angelo and Hazel Levesque for Hades/Pluto. Annabeth and her brother Malcolm for the Athena team. Katy Gardener and Thomas Green for Demeter. Leo Valdez and Narissa representing Hephaestus. Piper McClean and Jack Daniels for the Aphrodite team. Will Solace and Annabelle (Percy wasn't sure of Annabelle's last name,) were both fore Apollo. Clarisse La Rue and Mitchel Jurie for Ares. Travis and Amelia were for Hermes. Pollux was the only remaining son of Dionysius so he was the only one on team Dionysius. Percy didn't know what the name was of the girl who was representing Artemis was.

The elevator came to a stop on the 600th floor of the Empire state building and all of the demigods hopped out. They were greeted by the Olympians and got separated into their teams. Seeing as Percy was the only child of Poseidon he was alone with his father which was nice but given the circumstances there was a lot of tension.

Poseidon walked Percy to his temple of Olympus and sat him down in the living room. "I know what you are thinking Percy and I agree with you. These games are barbaric, I tried to have them stopped but I was out voted. I am so sorry my son."

Percy felt rage bubble up inside of him. He tried to calm down and not yell but it was very hard. "Yeah? Well you should've tried harder. There are twenty other demigods out there that are about to die, just for your amusement. I wonder how you and the others gods sleep at night knowing how many lives you're about to ruin and I'm not just talking about myself or the other demigods participating in these game but I'm also talking about our families, our friends and our loved ones. You're going to force all of those people watch us either turn into a monster that has killed their friends or be killed. I hope you're happy." Percy yelled at his father and stormed out of the temple. Percy was so mad that a mini hurricane was now blowing around him, sucking up loose bits of paper or leaves.

Percy walked for a while, not exactly sure of where to go but after about half an hour he found himself sitting on the sand by one of the many beaches on Olympus. The longer Percy sat there the guiltier he felt for his outburst earlier. He loved his father but the gods had just crossed a line. They were sending twenty-one (including him) demigods to fight to the death. It was just plain wrong on so many levels.

Percy felt a shift in the sand beside him but he kept on looking at the waves, certain that his father had come to either yell at him for his outburst earlier or to blast him to smithereens for being so rude. Neither of the above ideas seemed pleasant but if Percy had to choose he would chose being yelled at. This way he would get to choose how he died and make sure that Annabeth was the one who survived the games. She deserved this; after all she had been through.

"If you've come to yell at me for my outburst earlier, I'm sorry okay. I know that I shouldn't have yelled like that but you see my point don't you?" Percy asked, his eyes following the course of a dolphin that was swimming in the ocean. The dolphin seemed so carefree and peaceful that it took every ounce of strength in Percy's body to not jump into the water and swim alongside the dolphin and try to forget his troubles.

"I don't know what you're talking about, I just came for a walk and saw you sitting down here and thought I'd say thanks for letting me free." A familiar voice said and as Percy turned around to see who it was she sat down beside him. Her caramel hair braided over her shoulder and her dark almond eyes were locked on Percy's.

Meanwhile in the temple of Athena Annabeth, Malcolm and Athena were busy making strategies for staying alive and how to make weapons if needed. Annabeth didn't necessarily want to win, in face she didn't want to win. Not of it meant killing all of her friends, especially Percy. He was her life and without him her life would be pointless. Annabeth would rather kill herself than live without Percy, that's how much he meant to her and Annabeth could only hope he felt the same way. They had been through so much together and now both of them were going to die. It wasn't fair.

"Annabeth, are you listening to me? This is serious we have hours before the beauty team come and get you ready for the parade and there is a lot of information you will be given between now and the games." Athena asked her daughter who nodded her head. Athena took this as a confirmation to continue explaining how they couldn't trust any of the other players on the games. Malcolm was listening intently and taking notes but Annabeth on the other hand was doodling. She didn't see the point of taking notes, she already knew that she was going to die so what was the point? She might as well get it over and done with quickly. Better to die a hero than live long enough to see yourself become the villain right?

The two demigods and the goddess stayed like this for another hour or two, Athena becoming more and more infuriated with Annabeth's lack of attention directed at the conversation. Finally the time came for the beauty team to whisk Annabeth and Malcolm away to get them ready. Malcolm headed into his room and Annabeth to hers. It is safe to say neither of them enjoyed the next hour and a half of being washed, groomed and waxed by random strangers who they had never met before.

AN: Hey guys! Hope you liked it, I didn't really know what to write… But who do you think the mystery girl is that Percy was talking to?

I probably won't update for a while because it's almost Christmas and after Christmas I'm going away for two weeks and I'm not sure if we will have internet…

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