Percy's POV

It took forever, but we finally got through that stupid desert.

I can see why no one ever survived. The water is gone. I don't mean we drank it all but it literally just evaporated. Sand keeps blowing over the gold and if you stray too far you start coughing your lungs out. Also, there are snakes. Not just usual snakes. 8 foot long with two heads snakes.

Needless to say when we came over to a ledge at least 2,000 feet off the ground we could have cried in relief.

As soon as we got there we looked all around for a cave.

It took forever, but when we finally found it we I was sure we had walked past it before.

"You stay here. I'll put on my invisible cap and look around."

I nodded and stood outside the cave Riptide in hand.

There was I rumble in the distance. Looking I saw two figures headed this way. They both had blue hair.

I smiled as Spirit and Ducky came running to me. Hey Perce where's the girl.

Yeah I like the girl. She isn't dead is she?

I shook my head or at least I hoped not. I heard a scream and decided to go in.

Telling the horses to stay and wait I took off into the cave. Running through dark tunnels I tried to find Grover or Annabeth, but I kept coming to dead ends.

When I finally came to a big door that had already been pushed open I saw a huge monster unlike anything I'd ever seen before.

It was 2 stories tall, as thick as a boat, part of it was covered in scales and feathers, but the rest was coated in these little teeth things, and it had a horse connected to its tail.

It was running around the room following an invisible Annabeth.

Running over to Grover who was tied to the wall I asked, "What is that thing."

Once I had cut him down he shrugged and said, "I don't know but we need to help Annabeth."

Nodding I whistled at the thing. When it turned and started chasing me the opposite way I had come I yelled to Grover, "Get the horses." Hoping he knew I meant the ones we came here on.

Luckily I didn't run into any dead ends before I came out into a big open area.

The ground had nothing on it no grass or rocks or anything. The only exit was back through the cave because the rest of the area was surrounded by ledge.

Annabeth came running out of the cave.

She ran under the beast stabbing the pocket knife I had found into his leg.

I could tell she was about to tell me some elaborate plan, but we didn't have time for that.

Quickly coming up with something I said, "Lay down right there," pointing to the ground.

Annabeth's POV

"What?" Here we were facing a huge monster and he wanted me to lay down.

He just nodded and said, "Lay down right there I have a plan."

"Great," I mumbled but laid down anyway.

Percy ran straight towards the monster with a yell. I thought he was going to pull Riptide out of his pocket but it must not have returned yet from where he dropped it in the tunnels.

Closing my eyes I missed Percy jump on the things tail/horse and douse where the horse's tail and the monster's tail connected with blue hair dye.

Instantly the horse was set free and without its balance the monster went stumbling back.

I opened my eyes to see it tumble towards me. I had expected death but it tripped and fell off the cliff.

My relief was short lived when I realized Percy went over with it. I don't know how but I caught him by his arm before he could go tumbling down to his death.

I was trying to pull him up but I realized it was no use. He was pulling me more than I was pulling him and he knew it.

Smiling he said, "I love you, Annabeth," and let go.

(A/N, I know dramatic and cheesy ending. I think there is only going to be one more chapter. Thanks for reading. Please review.)