Whoops… sorry about the whole height thing. I think the hot chocolate got to me. I will now be 4'9. Okay? So basically, he is just over average height, and you can guess I'm pretty tall for my age. I might be rounding up to 6'0 soon too.

~GoGreen52

Witness Protection

Chapter 16

PERCY POV

Recap-

I smiled at all my friends and girlfriend getting along. I wish my life could stay like this forever.

And that's when the gunshots were fired, followed by women and children screams. And the occasional man. I knew that this wasn't just going to be a good dinner… I would be fighting for Annabeth and I's lives.

End recap.

I took Annabeth behind me, prepared to take a bullet for her. Right now I'm just glad it wasn't at camp. We could be talking hundreds of kids lives… gone. I guess my grandpa has some good in him.

"Tip it over!" I yelled, Grover knew what I meant. He tipped the whole table over, and I pushed Annabeth behind it, just before someone shot at her. I smiled at the timing and crouched to use it as protection too.

"Give me a gun." Annabeth asked, looking at me straight in the eye. "Please! I need to help!" she kept on begging, but I knew I couldn't give in. that would make her even a larger target to the other side. They might not know for sure she's here.

"Nope." I said, shooting at one of my grandfathers men. We weren't going for the kill, instead the stabilization. Like for instance, shooting someone in their legs. It wasted bullets, but not lives that my grandpa had deceived.

"GET DOWN!" Grover yelled, taking Juni with him. I heard a bunch of shots… machine gun. Great. But after I heard something that worried me. A scream from farther down the table. It was a scream in pain. Absolute pain. And it was Juniper.

"Oh my God!" Thalia screamed. I saw Nico cradle her from my side vision. I saw Annabeth's eyes ask me if she could go see what happened. Honestly I wanted to know myself, so of course I let her go. I nodded and shot at more people's legs and arms.

ANNABETH POV

"Juniper, we'll get you out. You'll be fine." I heard Grover coaxing. I finally saw Juniper. He white dress was red… in the abdomen. She was shot where I was stabbed by Luke. I put my hand on my stomach, remembering Percy saving me.

"Juniper." I sighed, applying more pressure to the wound, letting Grover help in the offensive.

"A-Annabeth." Her voice was raspy and you could hear the stuttering. I let a few tears escape.

"I'll get you and Grover, Percy, Thalia, Nico out of here." I said, looking at the one person in the other corner. We met eyes. I knew that he wanted me. He knew I was here. This was my fault.

"W-What about you?" She asked, gripping my hand. I smiled and took it.

"I don't think that I'll be getting out of this one." I sighed, and stood up. "STOP!"

Surprisingly the gunfire stopped. But then someone held up their gun, ready to fire. "No. Don't." Luke got out of the corner and walked to the middle of the room. "We take her to Kronos. It was in the orders dimwits." He started walking to me, when Percy spoke up.

"Annabeth get back down. You don't have to do this." I could hear the tears. I didn't have to look at his face. This was tearing him apart.

"Percy… Juniper will die if I don't." I looked at him. Then I turned to Luke. "You take me, but you give me three minutes to say goodbye. Plus you let Grover take Juniper to the hospital. I can easily kill you now if you don't." I held up Juniper's gun and people gasped. This wasn't an Annabeth move.

"Okay. Three minutes. But we kill you if you try to get away." Luke walked back to a table, and talked to some other guys. I told Grover to take Juniper away. But first I took their cells and threw them at Luke.

He smiled and caught them. I was hoping that he would miss and get hit. But oh well.

I walked right into Percy's open arms. We kissed a long, passionate kiss. I pulled us apart and looked him in the eyes. "Promise me… that you won't take that bullet for me." I said. Percy had tears flowing and I did too.

"I can't Annabeth. You are my life now." He said it with so much passion, I almost believed it.

"You have so much more than just me. Rachel I hear, has her eyes on you." I suggested.

"Rachel isn't and never will be as good as you." He kissed me again. "I will get you back. No matter how high the stakes are, I will get my Annabeth back." He clenched his teeth. I smiled a hopeful smile, and kissed him.

"Let's just hope I'm alive when you come." I joked, looking at him. Those deep sea green eyes. I was going to miss those.

"You will not die." He said, looking at me straight in the eye. " I will make sure of it."

I smiled and kissed him. "Times up!" Luke yelled, coming to break Percy and me apart. He will regret that.

I tried to hold his hand as long as possible while being whisked away. This time… I was about to meet my fate, not a makeover.

PERCY POV

I couldn't believe that she was gone. She just was taken away by my stupid Grandfather. I was going to get her back.

I was pulled into a generous hug from Thalia. "I'm so sorry, Percy." Thalia said. I just hugged her, while Nico gave me a sympathetic look. What else was he going to do? Nico really doesn't show those kinds of emotions.

"It's okay Thals… right now we need to check on Juniper." She nodded and we walked out, and headed the the Hospital. Juniper had to be okay… for Grover.

This was an awesome chappie to write… I hope you likey! I will have a frenzy tonight… writer010's coming over! It's going to be like old times…

~GoGreen52