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I am so sad that the ending is coming up soon. There's two more chapters I think plus an epilogue. But another part of me is like "YES FINALLY!" only because I can't wait to start a new story. Which reminds me of the poll!

Poll Results: Rules Of Attraction: 23 Friends or Love: 16 Heroes of Olympus: 7

I'll be closing the poll when this story is complete. Looks like Rules Of Attraction is coming up :) get ready for some Thalico!

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Percy

I knew there was something fishy about Ares.

"I'm goin' after him," I told my mom. "Just take Nico, Jason, and whatever belongings you can. I'll catch up with you guys.

"Percy, don't," she said, quickly grabbing my hand. "Normally, I wouldn't worry about you so much, but... I don't want you to end up like your father."

I looked back to my mom. Her eyes were watering, but to prevent her from getting hurt again, I'll have to deal with Ares.

"Sorry, Mom, but this is somethin' I have to do," I said, hugging her tightly. I felt her pat my back.

"I understand," she whispered, her voice quivering.

When I leave the building, I hop on Blackjack and drive straight to the place that the drug deal was supposed to take place. As I drive, it begins to rain heavily. Surprisingly, I find myself calling Malcolm who gave me his number one time when I was walking by him in the hallway. He tells me that I should call the police and I follow his advice.

I drive near an abandoned warehouse and park Blackjack beside it. The deal was supposed to take place behind it. As I walk nearer, a river of blood slides towards me. Shit, shit, shit, I'm too late.

I go from walking to running when I see a body lying on the floor, a pool of blood around him like a bloody red lake. One hand is under his back and I slowly lift his back to see my gun. The other hand is on the wound where all the blood is coming from and I'm guessing it's a bullet wound.

"Damn it, Grover," I whispered. "You're such an idiot."

Miraculously, his chest was moving up and down which meant that he was still breathing. His eyes were closed, but he manages to make out a few words.

"Tell Juniper I... cared about her."

Tears began to fall out of my eyes. I'm thankful for the rain so that no one call tell that I'm crying.

"Aw, how touching," a familiar voice said behind me and I hear a small click of a gun being loaded.

"Ares," I said, my grief turning quickly into fear like gasoline set on fire. I see his outline, tall, bulky, a loaded gun in his hand. I raise my own.

"I never noticed that you and Grover are the same height," Ares said casually. "It's hard to tell the difference from afar, especially when it's dark and rainy."

"So you were trying to kill me? After all that I did for the damn gang?" I yelled at him.

"You're just like your father!" he yelled back. "He did countless things for the Half-Bloods, but I knew he wanted out. That night, I gave him a choice. Erase any thoughts of leaving the Half-Bloods or die."

"Bullshit," I said, the memories of that night becoming clearer. My dad's face was shocked when the gun was to his face. There was no talking. Just the sound of a gun shooting straight to his heart. "You just killed him in front of my eyes."

"Well, Perseus," he said, saying my name with a sneer. "You'll be lucky that I'm giving you a choice. Keep working for the Half-Bloods like this night never happened or die where you stand."

"I'd rather go to Hades than stay working for a cold-blooded killer like you," I said, finalizing my answer.

"Your choice" were the last words he says before he shoots. Somehow, my ADHD makes me pull out Riptide and deflects the bullet. I shoot for his hand and when a cry and a clatter, I know that I hit my target. Before he could pick up his gun, I run to him and charge with Riptide. Cursing, he draws him own knife which is a good three inches longer than mine. I start pushing him away from his gun, trying to stall as much time as I can.

We keep stabbing and blocking each other's knives. We're both fast and quick, but Ares is slightly slower but has more force while I'm faster but not as forceful. He manages to slice my arm, but I sliced his chest and shoulder. Both of our wounds aren't much, but we're both getting tired. It'll only be about time before someone screw up.
Just in time, police sirens wail. Two police cars are approaching us. While Ares is distracted, I disarm him. Exhausted, I walk away and let the police handle him. Ι should've known the police can't handle everything.

I turned around and in barely less than a second, Ares reached down, held up the gun and shot straight at me. I felt a burning pain somewhere in my body and the world turned black.

Annabeth

When I arrived at Katie's apartment, it felt as if she kidnapped me. In reality, she dragged me out of the door when I set foot inside and got Travis to drive while she pinned me down. She managed to duct-tape my mouth shut so I couldn't ask her what the heck she was doing. I kept fighting and fighting until the car stopped and Travis carried me inside a building. My building. Once inside the elevator, Katie slowly removed the duct tape and I finally talked, or screamed.

"WHAT IN THE NAME OF HADES WAS THAT FOR?"

"I'm sorry, Annabeth, but I think it's time you went home," she said apologetically. "Your parents called and they were worried about you so they want to make amends."

"I doubt it. I bet they're not even going to listen to me. They're probably going to just continue trying to run my life," I answered doggedly. If it weren't for the steel doors of the elevator, I'd punch my way out of here.

"Annabeth, just hear them out. I think they sounded genuinely sorry when they called," she tried to persuade. I thought about it for a minute.

"Fine. Only because we're already hear," I muttered as Katie smiled. I turned to Travis. "So how did she get you into this?"

"She has her ways," he replied, winking at Katie. I rolled my eyes.

When the doors finally opened, they pushed me towards my apartment. They stayed behind me just in case I'd try to run away. When I opened the door, my parents were inside the living room. My mom's eyes were red and puffy while my dad looked like he didn't sleep for a week even though I was gone for a couple of days.

"Oh, Annabeth, we're so glad you came home," my dad said, pulling me into a hug. I patted his back; I wasn't used to this sort of attention. Once he let go, I was very surprised that my mother hugged me as well.

"Annabeth, I'm so sorry I made you feel this way," she apologized and this time, I hugged her back. All I ever wanted was to make her feel proud of me. "I thought this was all for your own good."

"I'm sorry too, I should've just told you what I've been thinking," I admitted.

Once we finished hugging and crying (yes, I did tear up a little), we all sat down.

"So, what will it take for you to stay with us?" Dad asked.

"I want a bit more freedom. I want to be able to make some of my own decisions."

"That can be arranged."

I thought for a while before I spoke again. "I want Bobby and Matthew back."

"Now, Annabeth," Mom said gently. "We all know how attached you are to the twins, but I can assure you that they're perfectly happy at the children organization I placed them in."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I called them this morning," Dad said. "I even talked to them and asked them how are they doing. They said they're both fine."

I still wasn't entirely convinced.

"Then, can I visit them when I can?"

Mom hesitated for a few minutes before she made up her mind. "Alright. But promise me you'll tell us when you want to visit them."

I bet my grin reached from ear to ear because when I went up to hug her again, she smiled.

"I promise."

My cell phone rang, interrupting this bittersweet moment. It turned out to be Juniper calling.

"Hello? Juniper?"

"Annabeth, is that you? O theoí tha prépei na érthei sto nosokomeío aftí ti stigmí (Oh gods you need to come to the hospital right now)."

"What? Why?"

"Grover. And Percy. They're both here and they've both been shot."

IMPORTANT NOTE: DON'T KILL ME! IM NOT KILLING PERCY! But I just can't cant't decide if Grover should die or not. Soooo I'm being nice and letting YOU THE READERS DECIDE! There's going to poll on my profile and you can choose if Grover dies or not.

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