Sorry it took so long for the update, I have been really busy lately. This is the last chapter for this story, I don't know if I am going to write a second one or not. Anyways hope you guys like this one.
Annabeth never would have thought that she would be in a room with a child of Hades, and Aphrodite and be smiling. After breakfast, Piper must have sensed that Hazel and Annabeth wanted to check up on Percy, but she wouldn't allow it. As much as it bothered her, she knew that somewhere in the back of her mind it was for the best.
Still, just waiting for him to wake up, if he did wake up was horrible. If he woke up and he still was in an attack frenzy, well Annabeth would give anything to make that not happen. After Athena had spoken to her she hopped that everything would get better, but the gods often liked to make life difficult for her and Percy.
"Are you alright Annabeth?" The sound of Piper's voice ripped her out of her trance. She looked over at her friends, both Hazel and Piper looked at her in concern. Their eyes had worry lines and bags around them, she didn't know how many quests Hazel had been on in her life, but she could tell this one was probably her hardest.
"I will be alright, thank you Piper." Annabeth said with a sigh. The look of the three must have been a very depressing one. The three demi-gods all looked like they were in one of those old movies that Annabeth's dad always use to watch, the ones about the great depression. Annabeth felt exhausted and no amount of sleep would help her though it.
A knock on the door got all of their attention. Piper looked extremely annoyed, she told everyone that when they were all in her room like this that she didn't want anyone to bother them. She said, that everyone even a daughter of Athena needed to let of some steam every now and again.
"What is it?" Piper said, with a bit of bitterness in her voice.
"Can I see Annabeth?" The voice of Jason said on the other side of the door, he obviously discovered how annoyed his girlfriend was.
Piper looked at Annabeth, the look she gave was more of ' if you really want to go' Annabeth almost had to hold back a laugh.
"Maybe later Jason, I am sorry but we are busy." She said, pretty sure that Jason wouldn't take that easily.
"Well if you are sure then I can come back later." He said, he sounded like he was holding back laughter himself.
"I will see you at dinner, thank you Jason." Annabeth said, she wanted to go see what it was about, but she knew that all she would do after that was go see Percy and watch him sleep. It took all of her willpower to not go with him.
"Alright, I will see you at dinner then." He said on the other side of the door. "Come on Percy, I guess she is busy." He said, walking away form the door.
"Yah that sounds like her." The voice of Percy said on the other side of the door.
Hearing his voice, Annabeth sprinted for the door, not caring if it was true or not. When she opened the door, standing in the door way was Percy, his hair was blowing in the wind, his smile was the same smile Annabeth found her self craving for so bad.
She could only guess the look on her face would have made Aphrodite wipe a tear from her eyes. She didn't know if this was real or not, she felt so many emotions. She wanted so bad to reach out and punch the idiot right in the face for making her go through this week. Instead all she found herself doing was reaching out to him, and putting her head in his chest, hoping that he was real.
"Well this is new." He said, in his famous killing the mood way. That lead to him getting a punch in the chest.
"Ouch, what was that for?" He said it like it was actually painful to him.
Annabeth wanted to say something, but she was afraid this was some sort of trick, she didn't want this moment to go away.
"Percy! Your...your alive." Hazel said running up to him, she almost threw her arms around him as well, but stopped when she realized that Annabeth wasn't about to let go.
"Yah, I guess after no sleep for a week, a few days is all I need." He said it like everything was normal, like he didn't try and attack or kill anyone. Annabeth took her head of his chest and looked at him. This time though she really looked at him, he looked normal. Hair, was a clean mess no longer stuck to his head in blood and sweat. His smile was still the same, but his eyes they didn't look as dead when she saw him on the mountain side. But, they had almost the same intensity, like he was still trying to figure out weather or not he was in danger. She noticed that he scanned his surroundings, just in case he needed to find an escape route.
"Lets go Hazel." Piper said, escorting Hazel and Jason away," I'm pretty sure Annabeth and Percy would like to have a talk"
As she left, Annabeth felt slightly weird, it was a bit of an awkward silence, like the first time she and Percy really talked together.
This time he looked at her, he wasn't scanning the room or looking for a weapon he was looking directly at her.
"Are you okay?" He asked, his voice sounding almost as tired as he looked. She didn't have to ask Annabeth knew that what ever it was that he went through shook him to the core, and he would probably never tell her what it was.
"You really think that out of the two of us, you should be the one asking that question?" She said, with a laugh. Percy smiled at her, but his eyes had the same expression on them. "You went through hell just so I wouldn't, some times Percy, you make it really hard to be a child of Athena and have hubris as a fatal flaw." She said, hugging him again this time she made it as tight as she could.
She let go of her hug, this time she looked at him. She could see in his eyes that he didn't really believe in where he was at. She remembered inside the dome that Jason had said Percy still believed that he was in Tartarus, if she had to guess Percy still had some doubt he was out.
"How did Deaths Doors close?" He said, looking at her with the face a detective might give a suspect.
"After you were knocked out we all went to the Argo II, and flew to the Doors. When we got their we expected that at least some of the monsters would be out, but nothing only the skeletons Nico left to guard it. The Doors them selves were starting to close, no one knew why. Then Nico saw a head of a monster on the ground, he recognized it right away, he said it was the head you were holding when you walked out."
Percy looked out the window to at the ocean, almost like he was trying to remember the exact scene.
"Hazel said she knew what it was. She said it made sure the doors were either kept shut, or kept open. Gaia must have made sure to keep them open, when you killed the monster the doors started to close. If you would have been a day late, you would have never made it out." Annabeth almost didn't want to say the last part, she had no idea what she would do if Percy never walked out of those doors.
"Well at least I did walk out then eh?" He said, still not looking at her, she could tell by the tone of his voice that he was trying to convince himself where he was at.
"Percy, Jason said that you told him you still thought you were locked in Tartarus," She wasn't sure weather it was a question or a statement but what ever it was it got his attention. Now he was facing her.
"I.. I don't know where I am at." He said, "part of me tells me I am still locked away." As he said it, Annabeth had to look away. She didn't like crying, and she hated crying in front of people, but she never wanted to cry in front of Percy.
"But, I have come to realize that I don't care if I made it out anymore." He said, his attention back to the waves in the ocean. " As long as I am with you I will endure whatever I have to." He said, Annabeth looked up her vision blurry with tears, weather they were from sadness or joy she had no idea. "That place it makes you go through you biggest fears, and it makes sure you lose. I found myself not remembering who you were. Almost like you never existed." Now he was right next to her, his face close to hers. Annabeth could feel her cheeks getting warmer.
"The worst was when you stabbed me." After he said it, Annabeth could feel her heart sink. "Not because I was dying, but that meant that I had truly lost you. No matter what happens I never want to lose you again." He put his chin on her head, and held her this time. " Regardless if this is real, if you are actually Annabeth Chase or not, I will never lose you again, I will endure Tartarus a thousand times over to make sure you wouldn't have to." His voice was soft, and Annabeth could feel tears running down her cheeks now.
"If some how you would end up in the underworld, I swear on the Styx, I would tear Hade's Kingdom apart just to bring you back. No one will ever take you away form me again." He then placed a kiss on her mouth, it was soft, like he was afraid that she would just disappear right in front of him.
"Gods Percy, why in the hell did you have to make me cry like that." She said, with a laugh after he let go of the kiss, still wiping the tears away.
Before he could respond there was a loud crash out side the door. When Percy opened it, Everyone on board the Argo II including Coach Hedge were on the ground, with classes in their hands.
"You guys were listening in on us?" Annabeth's face was now as red as it has ever been.
"That was so sappy dude." Leo said, at the bottom of the pile.
"It is because of the room, my mom blessed it last night, she told me in a dream. She said to make sure then when Percy wakes up, to put him and Annabeth in here together." Piper said, wiggling her way out of the tangled mess and over to Annabeth. "I thought it was very sweet Percy." She said, and he gave an awkward nod, almost like he was too embarrassed to speak.
"Don't worry, you two will have plenty of chances to be alone, when we get back to Camp Half-blood." Piper said, again. "Leo how far are we again?"
"About three days, at max." He mumbled with Coach Hedge's hooves in his face.
"We should probably hurry up." Annabeth finally said, grabbing a hold of Percy's hand. "No matter what Seaweed Brain remember, you made a promise." She said then gave him a quick peck on the lips before she carried him away from the others.
What ever was ahead of them, Annabeth knew would be harder then ever, but they would find away. Percy gave up his sanity for her, placed his life on the line for her. She wasn't about to let anything happen to him after that.
I know it was kind of sappy, hey sue me. All I know is that I liked how it ended, hope it was worth the wait. Thank you guys for sticking with me, if you want me to write a second one let me know.