Hey guys,

Oh my dear gods! What in Hades name happened to me? It has been so long! I am so so so so sorry I haven't been able to update. I just got busy over the summer and now I'm starting High School, and I swear to all the gods that the workload is insane! I feel so bad about not updating this story! I have seen all the reviews and all the favorites but I just haven't gotten the chance to continue. But I would like to let you guys know that I am not abandoning this story, I just simply won't be updating as often. I will try my best to update for you guys just, no promises. Remember I love you guys so much and please please keep reviewing me some ideas to keep the story fresh.

So, I know I left you guys on a cliffhanger and I'm sure the people who really like this story felt like they did at the end of Mark of Athena! So without further ado, let's just get on with the story!

Disclaimer: Sadly I still do not own Percy Jackson or Young Justice


(Percy's POV)

Percy paused looking at the team to make sure they were ready. He watched as M'gann and Wally made their way to the table with the rest of the team. "Well I guess I better start off by asking, do you guys know anything about Greek Mythology?" The team gave unsure looks.

"Like Hercules?" Robin asked. Percy cringed at the mention of his uncle.

"Yup... apparently that's all you hear when you think about Greek Myths." Percy sighed, disgust filling his words. "Anyways, this might be hard to believe but they're real." Percy took a breath, letting the team process what he said. "The gods move west to the heart of civilization. So in my world that's the United States. But even though they are in the present time they don't change their… uh… habits." Percy thought again, making sure he was giving the right information, but it was a lot harder than he thought. On normal circumstances, he would be explaining this to Campers who already somewhat know who they are because they've read the new Camp Orientation Book, not mortals who have most likely never heard of Greek Mythology.

"Habits?" Zatanna asked, raising a brow.

"Well if you're familiar with Greek Mythology, you'd know that the Greek Gods would sometimes come down to earth and... "hook up" with mortals, creating things we call Demigods or Half-Bloods." Percy paused again, making sure the rest of the team was following. He saw on their faces a mixture of confusion, shock, and disbelief. But he continued anyways. "That's what Annabeth and I are. Half human, half god."

"That's how you know how to speak Ancient Greek." Robin deducted.

"Pretty much. All Demigods have ADHD and Dyslexia. ADHD is our natural battle reflexes and we have dyslexia because our brains aren't meant to read English, it's meant to read Ancient Greek. So a lot of us have a hard time in school… well unless you're a child of Athena. They still have a hard time but less than the rest of us." Percy said with a wink.

"None of this makes sense." Wally scoffed. Percy rolled his eyes. Of course there would be a non-believer.

"I can assure you it's all true. But trust me when I found out I didn't believe it either." Percy laughed. "I was 12 and ever since then it's been one heck of a ride." Percy smiled to himself reliving memories from the past 5 years.

"What do you mean?" M'gann asked. Percy noticed how she seemed to generally care about what he had to say. Out of all the team members, she was the one who seemed to believe him the most.

"The life of a Half-Blood isn't easy. My life especially." Percy looked up, putting his hands on the table. "I am the son of Poseidon, god of the seas, and most importantly, one of the big three." Percy watched as realization crept onto the teens faces. He smirked.

"What does Big Three mean?" Artemis questioned.

"The Big Three are the brothers, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades." Robin answered before Percy could.

"You sure know a lot about this stuff Rob." Wally said, leaning back on his chair.

"Like to read books." Robin said with a shrug. Percy snickered.

"Anyways in a nutshell, a couple of centuries ago, the gods heard a prophecy stating that a child of the eldest gods would decide the faint of Olympus. And guess who that ended up being." Percy gestured to himself. "On my birthday, August 18th, I had to lead an army of Demigods to fight against the great Titan Kronos, father of the big three. At camp we call this the Second Titan War." Percy felt a few tears escape his eyes, remembering all the Half-Bloods that fell during that war. "I'm going to stop there and say, though we won, we also lost a lot of great people that day." Percy stopped talking, taking a moment of silence for the fallen heroes. After 2-3 mins, he wiped the remaining tears from his face and continued. "I was named Hero of Olympus, along with Annabeth and many other of my dearest friends."

"You are a Hero of Olympus?" Wally mocked. Percy was starting to get a little annoyed with his disrespect.

"2 time Hero of Olympus actually." Percy said crossing his arms in front of his chest. Percy was ready to start something with Wally, but Artemis asked the question Percy was treading.

"But none of that explains what's going on with Annabeth… what's happening to her?" Percy anger disappeared, any happiness he felt a second ago was gone.

(3rd Person's POV)

When Percy first walked out of Annabeth's room, it was very very clear to everyone that he wasn't the same. It seemed as if misery and heartache was just radiating off of him, and though Robin nor the team had known Percy longer than a day, they were all so used to his bright, carefree personality. The woe and sorrow he was carrying was far from anything they were expecting from him. But as Percy started to explain himself and relive memories of his past, the light in his eyes started to flash again like someone had just flipped a switch and light started to eat away the darkness in his eyes. That is, until Artemis asked that fatal question.

"She's being haunted by our past," Percy said darkly. He looked down, serious to the point it scared the team.

"What-what do you mean?" Zatanna asked, clasping her hands together. Percy sat still, unmoving. He stared off into space, no emotion crossing his face. Finally, he took a shaky breath.

"About a year ago, Annabeth and I were some of the main Half-Bloods of another Prophecy. But shortly after the Second Titan War, the goddess Hera kidnapped me and took my memory." He stopped abruptly. The team could see the anger flowing through him as he clenched his fists together on the table. He sighed and began again. "When I woke, the only thing I could remember was Annabeth… but not even her, just the name. Deep down, I knew she was important to me, but I couldn't figure out why." A few tears escaped Percy's eyes, but he didn't bother trying to hide them. "I was switched out from my Greek Camp to a Roman Camp"

"Roman?" Wally asked quietly, trying desperately not to anger the demigod in front of him.

"Yes, there are Greek Gods and Roman Gods. Truthfully there's no difference." Wally nodded. "Anyways, while I was lost, trying to remember everything from my past, Annabeth spent 8 months hell bent on finding me." Percy smiled a little as his tears started to drip into his mouth. "By the time she had found me, my memory was almost completely intact, but unfortunately when we were finally together we had to fight in a whole war alongside 5 other Half-Bloods."

"Wow, you really never get a break do you?" Robin stated.
"Never." Percy breathed. "To make matters worse, Annabeth had to go on a quest by herself to find something called the Athena Parthenos and I couldn't do anything to help her whatsoever."

"But it's lost, and anyone who tried to find it never came back." Robin said amazed. Percy gave a proud smile of his girlfriend's actions in finding the great statue.

"Not in my world. Guess who found it." Percy winked. "Annabeth had to fight Arachne herself. Thankfully she beat her, but there was a downfall–" Percy choked, his voice broke, more tears streaming down his face. "Sorry bad choice of words. Anyways, to defeat Arachne, Annabeth pushed her into Tartarus." Percy seemed to grip his fists harder, turning his knuckles white. Though Percy tried to keep the horrors from overwhelming him and corrupting his mind, but he was breaking down with every word. "When Annabeth and I were reunited, I was ecstatic. I thought I could finally be with my girlfriend, but of course the fates have never been kind to either of us." Percy stopped again, his breathing becoming faster. Percy could feel his panic attack threatening to take him over. If he didn't finish this story soon, he would end up just like Annabeth. "Annabeth's ankle was tangled in some of Arachne's web, and… and it started pulling her to the-to the cliff." Percy's voice shook like crazy, making it harder and harder for the team to understand him. Every teen sitting at the table was on the edge of their chairs, most able to tell what was going to happen to the Heroes of Olympus. "I-I jumped for her, but the monster pulling Annabeth down was heavy. At first it seemed like we were going to go down, but I was-was able to grab a small ledge, but I knew I wouldn't be able to hold us." Percy bit down on his lip. His sanity slipping out from under him like someone pulling a carpet from under his feet. "We–"

"We fell." A new voice said startling everyone in the room. When they turned Annabeth was standing in the doorway, her arms wrapped around herself. She didn't move, her own tears streamed down her face. "We fell into Tartarus." She repeated. At that moment, Percy walked over to her and wrapped his big strong arms around her. As the couple cried together, the team sat in silence, not able to imagine the horrors they had to face.

(Annabeth's POV)

I awoke shortly after Percy left my room. I spent a few minutes lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to control myself. I was not one to show weakness in front of others, much less people I've only know for a couple of days. I tried the breathing technique I learned from Nico, who was desperately trying to get over his PSD. I seriously underestimated that kid's strength. I couldn't imagine having to go through that alone like he did. I know for a fact that the only reason I survived Tartarus was because Percy was there, heck! I wouldn't have been able to survive the fall without him. I then started to think about my friends and family. "Are they worrying about us? Do they know we're gone? Will be ever see them again?" These random questions started to float into my mind, distracting my thought process. I really hated being ADHD. I layed there for a few more minutes before I finally lifted myself out of bed. Instinctively my arms went around my torso, as I crept out of the room into the halls of this mysterious cave. I carefully followed the sound of people and the sweet smell of food. As I crept towards the kitchen I heard a familiar voice speaking.

"I-I jumped for her, but the monster pulling Annabeth down was heavy. At first it seemed like we were going to go down, but I was-was able to grab a small ledge, but I knew I wouldn't be able to hold us." The voice said, every other word breaking in his throat.

"He's telling the story…" I said to myself. "Di immortales!" I cursed. Percy was breaking down; having a panic attack all because of me. He wouldn't have had to explain if I hadn't broken down myself. I took a quick breath, conjuring up all the courage I had in my body and entered the room.

"We–"

"We fell." I cut him off. I watched everyone's head rack towards me. I saw the little sight of hope in Percy's eyes. He slowly broke away from the table and walked towards me. He wrapped his big muscular arms around me. I hugged him back letting the sweet familiar smell of the ocean penetrate my nose.

"Are you ok?" He muttered into my hair, his voice low and husky.

"I-I'm ok." I said back to him. We separated and looked into each other's eyes, gray meeting sea green. "I just want to go home." I said no louder than a whisper. He raised his left hand and cupped my cheek, brushing my curls from my face. Though his hands were rough and callused from all the years of monster training, but they were so comforting, I hardly noticed.

"I know Wise Girl, soon. I promise." He gently planted a soft kiss on my forehead, then intertwined our hands and walked me back to the table. He offered me his chair, which I gladly took. Once I sat down, I felt his arms wrap around my shoulders.

"I'm sorry for that whole… mess." I said quietly. The team nodded back to me.

"It's cool. Don't worry about it." Wally said nonchalantly, speaking for the rest of the team. I gave him a nod of approval. There was an awkward silence for a while, until Percy broke it.

"So, um… how are we getting with the spell to get us home?" We all turned our heads to Zatanna. She obviously wasn't prepared for she had a pancake sticking out of her mouth. She quickly swallowed her food and looked at us.

"Uhm… well I was trying the spell all of last night but I can't get anything… I–" She was cut off by a loud alarm.

"Intruder Alert" A loud female monotone voice repeated.

"I guess that doesn't always happen!" Percy said, covering his ears.

"Someone's trying to break into the cave!" M'gann said jumping over her chair. The rest of the team following her lead. Robin was about to run after them but he stopped,

"Go hide in your rooms. They should protect you. Just remember to lock the doors." And with that he ran off with the rest of his team.

"Come on Percy." I said getting out of my chair and starting to the rooms.

"Wait… listen." Neither one of us moved.

"Where are the demigods?!" A hissy voice said.

"You don't think…" I started.

"Only one way to find out." He reached into his pocket and pulled out Riptide in pen form. (AN: Can we just pretend that Annabeth still has her bronze knife? I mean I know she has the drakon bone and whatever but I got really sad when she lost her knife. I mean Luke gave it to her so…) I pulled out my knife from its sheath.

"We never get a break do we?" I asked. We ran towards the fight to find two Empousa fighting the team. M'gann and Zatanna were laying on the floor groaning in pain.

"Schist!" Percy muttered. "You wouldn't happen to have your cap would you Wise Girl?" Percy said getting into a fighting stance.

"It's in my room."

"Great! Perfect! I'll distract them, go get your hat." I nodded and was about to turn away before Percy pulled me in for a quick kiss. "Just in case." He winked. I smirked while rolling my eyes.

"Be careful Seaweed Brain."

"You too Wise Girl." I then ran off into the halls.