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ANNABETH:

Yep, here's the trap.

Of course. How could I have been so stupid? As Mother said, this trap is completely predictable. I don't know why I didn't think of it before.

Oh, well. Right now I have to concentrate on creating a new battle plan. There are at least two hundred monsters in front of us right now, plus Gaea. Most of the monsters are draceane, empousai, and telkhines.

Okay, Percy; you have the most experience fighting empousai and telkhines. I need you to tell the others those monsters' weaknesses and how to attack them in the best way.

Alright, responded Percy's (mind?) voice quickly; to attack the telkhines in the best and fastest way possible, slash your blade as fast as you can, and when you do this, sneak up on them. If they sense you behind them, you're definitely screwed.

What about with my arrows? Frank asked curiously.

Shoot it from as far as possible, and right through the middle.

And with my dagger how do I attack them? My dagger is definitely shorter than your swords. Piper said.

She does have a point, I thought.

Do the same thing, but get in within closer distance. And if they do sense you, use your charmspeak to distract them. Instructed Percy. Another thing; use your special powers, they will give you advantages.

What about the empousai? Jason pointed out, and the others murmured assent.

Okay, guys do not under any circumstances let them get within twenty feet of you. The charming spell will be harder to resist, and if you try to fight the spell, your powers will become weaker and your blows against them will be feeble. That being said, the only weakness I'm absolutely sure they have is probably our powers being used against them. Oh, and they can explode into flames to escape, so Hazel and Frank, be very careful. To destroy them fully, you have to catch them by surprise. Everyone got it?

There was a chorus of yeah's and yep's heard, and I congratulated Percy on knowing exactly what to teach.

Always the tone of surprise, Percy muttered.

Because usually, I'm the one teaching things. I said in my 'duh' voice.

Though in the middle of his (very) impressive monologue, I couldn't help but think how much hotter he seemed when he knew what to do, and wasn't being dumb just to annoy me.

Percy's voice interrupted my thoughts. I should be smarter more often than; he said smugly and smirked inwardly.

I could've said that smart people are more attractive to Athena kids in general, but then it would've spoiled his proposition to be smarter so I could think of him as hotter than usual, so I didn't say anything.

Anyway, these monologues and such took about thirty seconds to complete in real time, and again, I noticed how effective being able to read each other's thoughts is.

Gaea was glaring at us, waiting for our surprised and terrified reaction, but then again, she didn't know about the latest communication in the Seven's minds.

So instead of a surprised and terrified expression, we all radiated calm and smug looks that said: Nice try, but we all saw that coming.

Good. You're doing great Annabeth. Just use Perseus' plans and you should be able to escape, Athena said proudly.

Um, if things get too chaotic, will that prophecy line have to come true, the one that says: Wisdom's daughter walks alone, the Mark of Athena burns through Rome. I thought while shivering at the thought of having to ditch the others so I could burn through Rome.

If you deem it is time to become the raging fire of Athena, then that prophecy line must come true. You will do well, my daughter. Choose what feels right in your heart. You will make me proud once more. I love you, no matter what you choose.

The farewell my mother said to me was in a way, shocking, but I also felt pleased. I'd never heard my mother, the esteemed and wise Athena; tell me, a lowly demigod (in the gods' point of view of course. Not mine) that she loves me and is proud of me. Again, I have never felt happier to be the daughter of the wisdom goddess.

Without wisdom, demigods would be hopeless. Especially demigod children of Athena.

Back to the matter at hand, Gaea was now practically screeching in anger, and I could almost imagine steam coming out of her ears, like in those cartoons where the main characters are furious. And there my ADHD goes again.

"Well? Attack!" Gaea roared at her minions, who had been staring at us curiously, as if trying to figure out why we weren't quaking in fear because of their presence, but as soon as Gaea gave her orders, they were reeling to fight us.

With one look from all the others, I knew that all of us were ready to go down fighting, and I could tell the others were telling me to go Mark of Athena supernova on the monsters and burn them all up. I could tell by the defiant looks in their eyes.

Do it if you need to, Owl Head. I'll make a fire proof bubble to protect the others. It's your time to shine! Literally. Said Leo jokingly in my mind.

I looked at Leo, who was already looking back at me and grinning. I rolled my eyes and made a face at him, and he didn't seem fazed by the fact that we might die in the next five minutes.

Sometimes the ignorance of that kid amazes me.

I glanced at the others, and mouthed 'good luck' to them.

Then I looked over at Percy, who was already looking at me, and I felt a rush of warmth run through my body, and I saw the pain in Percy's eyes. I could see it was taking all of his willpower not to convince me to blow up all these monsters with one wave of my hand, and to stay by his side, fighting until the end.

He knew that becoming one with my curse, and burning through all of Rome is my destiny, and it pained him to not do anything to change that. I loved him so much for that.

I calculated that we were about two feet away from each other, yet so far away from each other. I wanted to launch myself at him, and kiss him passionately one last time, but I knew I couldn't. If we survived this, (and the chances were highly unlikely) and saved the world, I vowed to myself that I would marry him.

My willpower almost crumbled, and I nearly flung myself at him, but as it turns out, I didn't have to. Percy ran to me, and hugged me tightly, and before the monsters could actually charge us, I reached up and kissed him. It was short, lasting for about five seconds, yet it was the best kiss we'd ever shared. Short but sweet, it was completely blissful. I could stay like that forever, melt into his arms and stay there.

Then my moment of complete happiness was destroyed when the others coughed uncomfortably. And, also, the monsters were starting to get inpatient. I broke away from him, and whispered in his ear: "I'll love you forever."

He smiled sadly and murmured, "Likewise,"

I looked back at my friends, who also decided their last moment of life could use a dramatic kiss. Poor Leo looked annoyed, and was grumbling incoherently about how he wished Reyna had been here.

Out of nowhere, Reyna appeared. She looked exhausted and wiped out, but when she saw Leo, she launched herself at him, and Leo looked like he might die of happiness.

I even surprised myself when a tear rolled down my cheek and into my mouth. It tasted salty, like every single one of Percy's kisses.

It seems Aphrodite felt bad for Reyna and Leo, so she flashed Reyna there. I could hear her squealing like a mutant pig, and we were an Atlantic Ocean apart.

Through all the (somewhat) chaos, the monsters decided to ruin our tiny moment of pure bliss by launching themselves at us.

Leo and Reyna jumped apart, and as quick as lightning, she conjured her gladius. She destroyed the first ten monsters that flew at her, and Percy grabbed Riptide and sprinted to help her.

The others were all grabbing their weapons and ripping apart every single monster that appeared next to them.

I clutched the belt that held my dagger, and smiled cruelly at Gaea. I threw my dagger with deadly precision at her.

I mind-yelled at Jason to levitate Gaea off the ground, so my shot could kill her. She is still a goddess, but she was Piper for some time, so she is in the form of a demigod right now and can be killed.

Gaea screamed in agony, and squeaked out to the remaining twenty monsters, "Avenge me!" The monsters looked confused, but they charged us anyway. My celestial bronze dagger flashed as I disintegrated the last monster.

The Seven cheered, and we ran out of that place to find Nico and Thalia waiting for us at the Argo II.

When they saw us, they practically cried in relief, and screeched simultaneously, "Did you kill Gaea?" which caused us to nod before bursting into hysterical laughter. Partly because we were so glad to be alive, and partly because Nico and Thalia sounded like a couple.

Thalia glared at Jason, who was laughing the loudest, and Nico gave Percy and me his famous death glare. We silenced ourselves instantly. The others were still laughing hysterically, but stopped as soon as Nico and Thalia simultaneously gave their perfect '10 death glares' as Percy called them.

"Good. But what do we do about the giants? We still haven't closed the doors of Death." Nico pointed out.

A deep growly voice answered, "We can help with that."

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