The Day Before Tomorrow

"Just great, awesome," Grover muttered. We were completely surrounded by Half-Bloods and other little minions. He was nervously trying not to bite my sword but I could see him eying the metal blade.

"Don't even think about it," I replied while focusing on Luke and Thalia. They were both smiling, Luke watching us about to die and Thalia staring up at Luke as if he was perfect. I glanced at Annabeth, "Why did you take your hat off? You could've gotten saved!" She had released my hand by then.

Annabeth rolled her eyes, "I'm not missing out on this fight Seaweed Brain." Oh how appropriate, bring up the ridiculous nickname while we were about to die. "Besides, you know you need me here. You'd lose otherwise."

"Or we'll all die trying," Grover said. I was thinking the same exact thing.

"Die?" Tyson asked.

"Yep," I replied. "Only Annabeth had a chance which she just destroyed."

"Hey, I could put the cap back on and run away if you want," she narrowed her eyes a bit but she was barely staring at me. Her entire attention, for the most part, was on Thalia, who Annabeth would never easily forgive for betraying us.

"Do that, please," I whispered. They were closing in now and only a few inches away that if I reached out Riptide far enough I could hit them. Annabeth exchanged one look with me and I knew her enough to know what she was thinking. She wasn't going anywhere anytime fast. I hated it when she was so stubborn.

"Time to die Jackson," Luke yelled over the crowd.

"This is not how I planned out my Monday," I complained. Annabeth smirked. At least I got to see her smile before I died.

"Attack!" Luke ordered and the army charged us. Kids my own age began charging me and I kept thinking about not hurting them too badly. They made the wrong choice…but to them, it seemed like the right one. I had to show them that it wasn't. I forced Riptide's handle into one helmet to knock out a younger boy. He went down easily.

Ananbeth, Tyson, and Grover understood as well not to kill anyone. We were half-bloods, children of gods but we were also children of mortals. We had some humanity in us. I used the water within me as a back source to strengthen myself.

I made my way through the crowd to charge after Luke sitting at his throne with Thalia by his side. I was tackled by a young Half-blood. I fell on the ground but I could still see Luke and Thalia from where I fought on the ground. "Fight! Geez, you need others to do your own work and you're the vessel for Kronos. You're pathetic." I wasn't one for smack talking, ever, but I was beyond angry. Before I knew it, Luke was staring down at me with a smile.

"You'll know a fight when you see it," then, everything went black.

You wake up to the smell of tacos and you know everything isn't going to be okay. How many times have you woken up to that smell? For me, it would be one too many times. Groggily, I opened my eyes to find that of the worst things to happen, I was in a prison cell with my leg connected to a chain attached to the wall.

"Oh good, you're up," Annabeth grumbled. She was beside me rubbing her leg which was severely bruised. "We got lunch." She nodded her head to the center of the room where the food laid. Of course, the chains were too short to actually reach the food. "How are you? I saw Luke kick you pretty hard."

To be honest, my head was throbbing. I hadn't thought my body could hurt so badly. I guess I'd never really been hit that hard by the vessel of a Titan before either. Instead of admitting this out loud I replied, "Fine, perfectly fine."

"Percy not fine," Tyson muttered while staring at the food. I could tell that he was hungry just by the intensity of the look his one eye was giving. I shrugged it off.

"Grover," I said to my pal who was beside me sporting a very large bruise on his head. He stared at me. "Can you chew through the chains?" I watched as he shook his head. "I'd thought I'd ask. They're jinxed or what not aren't they?" Everyone nodded their heads this time. "Wonderful."

"Don't bother looking for Riptide either," Annabeth explained. "Luke has a Half-Blood holding on to it. As long as he doesn't put it down, you won't get it." I sighed, so Luke had learned some things. "Do you even realize what tomorrow is Percy?"

"Would it be the day of all catastrophe depending upon my choice?" Annabeth nodded. "It figures. They tricked us. Thalia…did you even see that coming Annabeth?" We were all silent now as we thought of the traitor in the semi-lit, damp prison. "Where exactly are we?"

"Luke's been using it to control the Labyrinth monsters. Apparently, they still believe that the Gods live here from being trapped in the Labyrinth for so long. When they get here, Luke convinces them in some manner to join their side." Annabeth moved over so she was sitting closer to me. "And Thalia, being so kind, brought us tacos." She tried to smile but it didn't work.

I reached for her hand, "I'll stop it." I didn't mind that there was a hint of doubt in her eyes. I was having a hard time believing it too. Of course, I would do everything in my power to prevent the end of Olympus and the new rule of a Titan.

I heard footsteps and I squeezed Annabeth's hand. On the other side of the bars there stood Thalia with a smile on her face. My friends and I glared at her. I had no respect for a traitor like her. She led us into our death…to Annabeth's death…I was not happy with her at all. "If I were you, I'd get ready. Luke has a little battle planned out for you before he takes control of the world."

"And how exactly was he going to do that?"

"Like I'd tell you, Seaweed Brain." I felt Annabeth's grip tighten. She was not pleased with Thalia using her nickname for me. I didn't like it at all either. Thalia noticed, "Luke says too, if you don't fight, we place her in the pits with a few monsters until she dies or you give in."

There it was, what I had been warned about. My weakness being put to play. I couldn't help but know what they were doing. They wanted a guaranteed fight. "All right, we've got a deal." Then, Thalia walked away as if she wasn't evil, as if she was now on the wrong side. Maybe through her eyes, she wasn't.

"Percy, are you sure?"

"Tomorrow's the day, Annabeth, it was bound to happen." I scooted a bit closer to her and went to kiss the top of her head.

"What was that? A goodbye?" She asked impatiently.

"No, I'll always find you…remember?" There in the silence, we were left thinking.

I know in both of our minds was the palm tree with our names.

We were bonded forever.