Hey, Everyone!

Okay, so I'm sorry if this chapter is too short for you guys, I tried to add as much action as I could, it's just...we're back with Percy and Annabeth, and I already told you about my block with them, so...

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Chapter 24

Annabeth

Annabeth didn't have anything to fight with.

Correction; Annabeth didn't have anything to fight with that could kill anything.

She stared at the wooden cane Percy had made her, and she took a couple seconds debating whether or not this weapon would be good enough in the end.

It's all you have, Annabeth, she told herself, and Percy doesn't have much time left.

She stood up, made sure her cane was securely in her grip, and she hobbled into the cave.

When the first horse looked up at her, she swung her cane into its head and made a huge dent where a skull might have been.

The horse sagged, bent over, and crumpled to the ground.

Annabeth nearly fell over, but she righted herself and planted her cane on the ground again.

The next horse came running at her, and she tripped it and stabbed it in the stomach as it fell.

For a dull weapon, it was very surprising that it could pierce through metal.

As she wrenched the cane out, the horse fell, and another turned to look at her.

She smashed the cane down on the top of its head and it fell to the ground.

The entire cave, which only had maybe twenty horses in it now, stared at her, and then about four horses, all made of gold, ran at her.

Gold is soft, she told herself. Heavy, but soft.

She stabbed the first one in the eye socket, where Annabeth noticed no eyes sat, and kicked another with her good foot.

She landed on her good foot and pulled the cane out of the one's eye. She slammed her cane into the side of another, and it fell with its brothers and sisters.

Annabeth kicked the last horse in the jaw, and the force snapped its head off and sent it flying into the head of another horse standing by, and they both fell.

Annabeth hobbled as quickly as she could through the stunned crowd of metal horses until she reached the tree.

Percy's head was hung and his skin was thin. She could see all the veins bulging out against his skin and Annabeth nearly started crying.

She untied the ropes as quickly as possible, and Percy fell from the tree, away from it.

She went to his aid as quickly as possible.

She checked his pulse and he was breathing. Alive.

She picked him up and carried him about halfway through the small cave before the next set of six horses attacked.

She stabbed and kicked at them, causing them to crumple and lie on the floor.

Annabeth continued to move, knowing she had to get him some kind of nourishment or he surely would die.

A wall of horses formed in front of the entrance to the cave.

Annabeth cursed. Anger surged through her as well as adrenaline, and she shouted, "I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!"

She let Percy go, and she screamed and attacked all the horses in her way with her flying foot and cane.

She even punched a few.

Metal heads were flying and metal legs were strewn across the floor.

Dented horse bodies collapsed with every blow, and once Annabeth had severed all the legs off the last horse, she looked back to Percy.

He was still slumped against the floor, like she'd left him.

She hobbled over, picked him up as best as she could, and half carried, half dragged him out of the cave.

She remembered the water hole she'd left open, and she dragged Percy to it.

She remembered what it had done to the blood in the water, and hoping it could rejuvenate him.

She scooped a handful in his mouth, and some of it spilled out and down his chin.

The rest dribbled down his throat.

His eyes suddenly flew open and he took a deep breath. He coughed, and his voice was hoarse. "Annabeth?"

She started to cry.

"Annabeth?"

"It's me," she whispered. "You're okay."

He smiled.

She scooped more water into her hands and she poured it in his mouth.

He more the gave him the better he became. His cheeks started to fill out again, and his veins became less and less visible.

His eyes fit into his skull again, but she still seemed too…thin.

She took another handful, and instead of pouring it in his mouth, she splashed it on his face.

And his face finished looking like his again.

He sat up then, and wiped water out of his eyes.

He looked over at her. "You saved me."

"I couldn't go without you, Seaweed Brain," she said. "I'd be lonely."

"Well, we wouldn't want that, would we?" he asked. And then he kissed her.

Exhaust took over her then, and she fell asleep in his arms.

Annabeth woke up to water on her face.

She sat up and wiped water out of her eyes. "What was that for?"

"I wanted to show you something, and you wouldn't wake up," was Percy's response.

She looked at him. He was kneeling by her ankle. "I decided to pour some water on it. A lot of water, actually. Look."

Annabeth saw no difference.

"So?" she asked.

"Move it," he answered.

And she twirled her broken ankle in a clockwise motion.

No pain. She was healed.

She leapt over herself and flung her arms around his neck in a hug. "You did it!" she squealed. "I'm healed!"

"Tartarus did it, actually," Percy corrected her. "I needed you to show me how to do it, though."

"How did I show you?" she asked as she pulled away from him.

"When you healed me with the water, I thought, 'What if I try it on Annabeth's ankle?' So, I tried it. And it worked."

She smiled. "I'm glad to be of service to you again."

"You were always of service to me," Percy replied. "You just saved my life a couple hours ago."

"Do you think it's really been only hours?" Annabeth asked.

"I have no idea," Percy confessed.

"Well, however long it's been," Annabeth stood up, "we should get moving."

Percy stood up with her.

She bent over to pick up her cane.

"You still want that?" Percy asked.

"Um, excuse me," Annabeth said, "but my boyfriend made me this. Plus, it made just about the best weapon fighting those horses. I'd like it to stick around, thank you very much."

Percy smiled. "Fine with me, but you're carrying it."

Annabeth laughed. "Deal."

And they walked off together, talking and laughing and being together again, while the eerie possibilities of there quest kept looming into the back of Annabeth's mind.

Yay, she got Percy back!

YAY, SHE CAN WALK AGAIN! XD!

Okay, so that was basically the most climactic thing I've done with them so far in this story, in my eyes. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as you could, I'm sorry if it sucked (I feel like it sucked...) and let's see what happens in the stuff I write for tomorrow!

Thanks for Reading!