Percy's Fall

A/n: This story is going pretty well. Sorry if I kept you people waiting. My parents are doing some remodeling around the house and they're forcing me to help. Yeah, my parents are getting between me and my computer. I'll try to keep up the pace for you all. But for right now, here's chapter 7.

Percy's POV

Rachel and I are so close to getting the lost symbols of power. I have to admit, this quest is by far the easiest I've ever had. Although Rachel had a lot to do with it, her power of the oracle gave us hints on how to avoid unnecessary and painful fights with monsters. Turns out our suspicions were right; Kronos is indeed back and assembling another army.

"Why me?" I asked myself grimly.

We set up camp at the base of Mount Saint Helens; we would charge their early next morning to get the stolen symbols back. Rachel and I have become surprisingly close, but don't get me wrong, I still love Annabeth and I WONT replace her with anyone else. As I was sitting next to the camp fire, looking at the embers, which reminded me of Annabeth, and our strong burning passion for each other, Rachel sat next to me, warming herself up.

"You really do love her, don't you Percy?" Rachel said calmly.

I was completely taken by surprise when she asked me, but I knew my answer from the very start.

"Yeah, I love her more than life itself." I said, my mind going back towards Annabeth.

"Well Jackson, I have something to tell you too." She said confidently. I just stared at her with confusion.

"Annabeth isn't the only one who is in love with you, I am to." She blurted out.

I was too stunned to say anything in return, which she took as her cue to kiss me, but not like her first kiss with me in Paul's Prius, this time she tried to match Annabeth's passion with hers. I pushed her away the moment I can think again.

"I'm sorry Rachel, um, thanks for telling me your feelings, but I love Annabeth, and her only." I said.

"I know that, but still, I can't resist you. Even though you say what you say, I won't give you up without a fight, someday you WILL fall for me and not her." She said unhappily and defiantly as she went to her sleeping bag and retired for the night.

I grimaced at the thought of that; I liked Rachel, but I LOVE Annabeth. Rachel is my friend, and as her friend, I can't allow her to waste her time on trying to get me when somebody else has me.

"I really need to find someone for Rachel." I said and continued to guard the camp for the night.

-Morning-

I was slowly sneaking around, trying to get to Kronos' throne room, how I wish I had Annabeth's invisibility cap with me. As I finally in the throne room, there were the symbols of power, radiating strong impulses of strength. I came to them, since no one was in the room, in plain sight. GIGANTIC MISTAKE. When my finger touched my father's trident, Kronos came from behind me and tried to slash me with his sword. Now me being invulnerable reacted swiftly and uncapped riptide. I screamed to Rachel to get out, and apparently she heard me, but not just the "get out" part. She started to run to me, trying to help, Kronos saw her and decided to take her out, and I don't mean the "would you like to go out with me?" take out, but the "I'll rip you to shreds" take out. I met Kronos' sword with mine just in time to save Rachel.

"YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE, NOW!" I shouted at her while defending her and myself from Kronos.

Rachel still didn't obey and Kronos knew that I can't keep protecting her for long, all it took was one distraction and I'm finished. A telekhine came and got his hands on Rachel, I quickly got rid of the telekhine, but that gave Kronos enough time to stab me at my weak spot, the small of my back. I felt a racing pain from my back and it was starting to get to other parts of my body. I managed to stab Kronos at his weak spot to, which still remained since he took over Luke's body the first time. The titan lord disintegrated into golden dust, but my vision was already getting blurry and my knees felt weak. Rachel came to me with tears in her eyes.

"Percy, Oh my gods, this is my fault, I should have listened to you." she said in between sobs.

"It's not your fault; I shouldn't have lost my concentration like that." I managed to say weakly.

I could already feel my life force leaving me, so I took off my ring and gave it to Rachel.

"When you get back to Camp Half-Blood, give this to Annabeth, and say I'm sorry for me." I coughed with blood.

Rachel was in full crying mode now and nodded.

"You have to hurry; the volcano can explode at anytime now." I said before she obeyed and left me to my doom.

I said a silent farewell to all the people I cared about, even though they're not here. And one last I love you for Annabeth. Then my eyes lids became heavy, my breathing became faint, and my heart stopped beating all together. I was DEAD.

Annabeth's POV

I just finished archery class when I felt a tear come down my cheek, I didn't know why, but one person came to my mind when I wiped the tear away: Percy. "I hope he's alright." I silently prayed to my mother and Poseidon.

I decided to that I wanted a few other twists and turns in this story. You know? Other then problems with relationships? You know what, there's really no need to explain this, you pretty much get the idea. My parents have been stressing me out lately, so now I'm getting new ideas here to calm myself down and to make this story even more interesting for you all. Don't worry though, the story isn't finished yet. I still have chapters to make here. This chapter I made to be a shocker, sorry to string you people on like that. Tell you what, I'll take a break tonight, and come back fresh in the morning.