Annabeth watched, horror-striken, as the Minotaur strode its way towards Percy. He held Riptide in front of him offensively, his stance widening to maintain his balance. The bull man sniffed the air and lumbered towards him.

"Hi Burger King." Percy said amiably.

"Long time, no see. Ready to die a third time?"

The Minotaur roared once more and Percy grinned.

"Well, here we go."

And with that, he charged.

Annabeth watched through her fingers as Percy battled the monster. Sure, she's seen him fight before. Heck, she's seen him battle countless monsters, mortals, gods, even Kronos! But something about this was- scarier. Maybe it was because if he got injured, there was absolutely nothing Annabeth could do to help him.

But maybe there was. She tested her weight on her ankle. It hurt, but she could stand. Slowly, she half- walked-, half-crawled in front of the fight.

"Hey, Bull Boy!" she shouted weakly.

The Minotaur snorted and turned suddenly to stare at was Percy's chance to end the fight then and there, but he didn't. Percy shouted at her,

"ANNABETH, WHAT, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THE GODS, ARE YOU DOING?"

Annabeth didn't respond, she hobbled off in a different direction, the Minotaur getting ready to charge.

"IF YOU GET GORED AND DIE, I WILL KILL YOU, ANNABETH."Percy screamed again.

The monster bowed it's head and Annabeth shouted,

"NOW, PERCY!"

Percy moved quickly and stabbed the Minotaur through its unprotected back. The monster wailed and began to disintegrate before their very eyes. Percy ran towards Annabeth and caught her right before she collapsed. They knelt to the ground, Percy crying.

"I swear- to all the gods- if you ever do something like that again, Wise girl." he gasped out.

"That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen!"

Annabeth kissed him to shut him up.

"You do crazy things when you're in love, Seaweed Brain." she said tenderly, brushing his dark hair out of his eyes. Percy's eyes softened slightly.

"Not that crazy." he said, helping her up. The couple walked for awhile and then found a cave to spend the night (could you call it night, since there's no sun?) in. They laid in each other's arms to keep warm.

"Where's Leo when you need him?" Percy said jokingly.

Annabeth smiled faintly. Being a son of Hepstapus, Leo could summon fire at will. Percy nodded off soon after that, and Annabeth just watched him. Even though they were in Tartarus, and most likely wouldn't survive this adventure, there was no one in the world, mortal or godly, that she'd rather be with at that moment. So Annabeth simply put her head on her boyfriend's chest, letting the steady reassuring beat of his heart lull her into oblivion.

*Sorry for the short chapter. I'm not that good at writing fight scenes. BUT THERE IS PERCABETH!*