So guys sorry for the late update, school started, shit happened and I've been pretty busy.

But no worries it's here now!

So I'll stop talking now.

Percy

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was my sword.

Well, actually the lack thereof.

I didn't feel it. And the fact that I couldn't move wasn't helping much.

A flash of memories met me as I lay on the ground motionless. The dead consuming us, campers dying around me and my sword…it fell into Tartarus.

I tried getting up but found that for some reason, I couldn't. I was just so tired. I couldn't do much more than move a limb or two slightly.

That was when I remember the box Poseidon gave me in my strange dream.

With all of my remaining energy, I moved my hand over to where I had placed the box-in one of my pockets. I felt the outline of it and breathed a sigh of relief. It was still there, thank the gods.

In the distance, I saw Luke and Loki and they looked like they were in deep concentration. I realized grimly that they were probably the ones doing whatever was happening to us.

But as I watched them from the corner of my eye, a miracle happened.

A black man with an eye path covering one eye came out of nowhere and actually jumped Loki. I was almost as surprised as Loki was. Somehow, it was enough to break the spell.

I got up as fast as I could as I heard Loki yell to Luke, "Kill the Half Bloods. The avengers are mine."

I ran toward my fellow half bloods and we formed a group as Luke strolled over to us with a wide grin on his face. "Well well well, look at what we have here! Why if it isn't the great Percy Jackson. I fought you once and I can fight you again!"

He unsheathed his sword, backbiter and took a swing at me. I dropped to the ground narrowly avoiding the tip. Without my sword it would be a lot harder to fight him.

"Looks like someone has themselves in a pickle." He sneered at me before he closed his eyes and raised his arms slowly. As he did this, the earth around us cracked and a handle of creatures came walking out. There was a giant crab, a handful of darkens and a lot of other creature I had no idea about.

"That'll keep your friends busy for a while." Luke looked at me with a manic glint in his eyes. "But I want you all to myself."

He charged towards me and slashed across my face violently. I was barely able to dodge it. I could almost feel the blade cut the tips of my hair. I had to get my sword back before I was hurt.

But how….?

The box.

Of course, how could I forget? The box Poseidon gave me would give me anything I was in need of the most. And right now, that was my sword.

I ran towards the closest half blood near me who happened to be Thalia.

"Thalia, keep him busy. I need to get my sword."

She looked at me with a confused expression on her face but nodded anyways. She turned around just as Luke was about to have a go at her and locks his sword in the teeth of her spear.

When I get a few ways away from the battle, I frantically took the box out of my pocket. I held it with shaking hands as I go to open it.

Please work…

I opened it slowly and as gently as possible, like it was glass. I cringe away as it opens and hesitate to peer inside.

I expect not to see anything at all because I had a hard time believing that it could work. So I'm surprised when I actually open the box to find my pen laying innocently inside. I pick it up and run a hand down the side. It's the same as I remember it.

I slowly un cap it and it transforms into riptide, long and perfectly balanced. I breathe a sigh of relief as I close the box again.

But then, as soon as I shut the box, it disintegrates into a thousand pieces of dust. I stare at the dust covering my hands with wide eyes.

As the dust falls to the ground, I think about the price for opening the box. Something bad was bound to happen sooner or later.

But for now, I didn't have time to wonder about that. I had to go save the world. Or, to be more accurate, save all of our asses.

I ran back over to the battle only to come across Annabeth clashing swords with Luke.

"Luke! Please think, we can help you! Just stop trying to kill us!" Luke screams out as he slashes wildly at Annabeth and she jumps back.

"No Annabeth, join me. We will rule over these Half Bloods. You will be the Queen to my King!"

There's fury in her eyes when she says, "Never."

She slashes at Luke once again and he lets out a cry of frustration as he throws Annabeth into the air with more power then I would've ever thought possible. Without touching her, she flies through the air and lands hard on the grass about ten metres away. I watch her but she doesn't get up. Worry clouds my brain as she doesn't move.

But there was no time to think about anything else because Luke charges towards me with another attack. With riptide in hand, I block his attack.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Nico rush towards Annabeth to see if she's still alive. As I dodge another of Luke's attacks, he shouts, "She's alive! But barely."

"Luke you idiot look what you've done!" I slash my sword at his arm and am deeply satisfied when he screams out in pain. Blood starts oozing from the gash that I made across his face. As he backs up away from me slowly, I see confusion clouding over his face.

"Annabeth…" His eyes widen as he sees her on the ground not moving like he's just noticed this. Nico was guarding her by making sure none of the monsters battling us got too close to her.

With a sudden change of heart Luke runs over to her with an expression on his face close to that of a rabid dog. I'm caught of guard but I run behind him anyways.

When he reaches for Annabeth, nico raises his sword towards him. He ignores it and instead sinks to his knees beside Annabeth.

He places a hand on her chest and just sits there.

Nico looks at me with puzzled look. I shrug with no clue about what just happened.

"She's dying. I can feel her life force being sucked away." Nico states gravely.

Luke doesn't say anything and just sits there with a hand on Annabeth's chest, head bowed slightly.

Thalia along with Rachel run over to me.

"What's happening?" Thalia asks quietly.

"I don't know…"

Luke raises his head and he looks like he has an idea. I look at him expectantly when he doesn't speak for a while.

Finally, I become impatient. "Well? Annabeth's dying we can't just stand around here all day!"

Luke sighs quietly and says, "I have to die."

Now I was dumbfounded.

"Wait…what?" Nico asks with an edge of anger to his voice.

"I have to die." He repeats louder this time.

I walk towards him slowly, my hands clenched into fists. "All this time, you want us dead. Now all of a sudden, you have to die?" A menacing edge to my voice.

He sighed heavily. "In the beginning, I was working with Loki on my account. But as soon as we ate those magical plants, something happened. I couldn't control my actions anymore. I still wanted to defeat you, but not by killing Annabeth."

I frowned. My hatred for him still burned strong but for some reason, I believed him. The hatred would never go away, but the thought of having to kill him because he told me to a second time left a bitter taste in my mouth.

From the ground, I saw Annabeth start to stir, trying to speak. I knelt beside her quickly and gripped her hand.

"Luke…" she whispered. My brow furrowed.

I looked up at Luke and he looked torn for a second. But as I watched, the indecision disappeared and was replaced by sheer determination.

He looked at me and said, "It's the only way. Kill me before I do any more damage."

Annabeth's slurred eyes widened slightly and she looked like she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"And Percy, you have to be the one to do it."

I took a step back in surprise. "Me?"

"Yes you." He didn't elaborate and I didn't have the heart to ask him to.

"Percy…" Thalia placed a hand on my shoulder.

I sighed and said, "Okay."

"Straight through my heart." He placed a hand where his heart was supposed to be. "Right here."

I nodded and couldn't say anything, my throat dry and scratchy. I stood up on shaky legs, readying myself. Luke was a hero. Despite everything else, he turned out to be the one to save us all. I glanced at Annabeth's limp body and back at Luke who was anticipating the blow I was about to place.

Luke groaned. "Percy, you have to do it quickly. Loki's control is coming back, I can feel it."

My unease grows as I raise my sword wordlessly. I can see Luke wince at the sword, but he holds his ground.

My heart beat rapidly as I began to bring my sword back. My hand was trembling and just as I was about to shove the sword into his torso…I stoppped.

"Percy, what the hell?!"

"I-I can't do it."

Luke growled and took hold of the blade of my sword. With my hand still placed firmly on the hilt of my sword, he pulled it towards him and I hear the sickening sound my sword made as the point sunk into his body.

My eyes widened and my breathing quickened. Luke screamed out in pain and I let go of the sword in shock.

Riptide stayed lodged in Luke's torso as I back away. Thalia runs towards to Luke, catching him before he falls. From the corner of my eye, I see all of the monsters Luke had summoned disintegrate into dust. Annabeth takes in a shuddering breath…and it's all happening too fast.

The others surround us and watch as Luke, with the energy that he has left, pulls out the sword from his stomach. He grunts in pain as it slowly gets ripped out of his flesh. It's in deep and when it falls to the ground, half of the blade is covered in crimson blood.

He takes in a shaky breath and laughs out a little, but it turns into a cough and drops of blood fall to the ground. "Well…guess you used…the box correctly…"

My eyes widen as I realize what he just said. "You know about the box?"

He nods slowly but groans, blood pouring out of the wound from my sword. He's getting paler by the minute; he's loosing too much blood. Thalia takes his hand in comfort.

"I'm…sorry Percy…for everything…"

Then he took his last breath.

His eye turned glassy as his last breath of air escaped his lungs. I heard Nico whisper, "He's gone."

I see a tear slide down Thalia's cheek but she wipes it away angrily. A loud bomb ricocheted throughout the clearing but the avengers pay no heed. I choose to ignore the sound.

I hear a cough from behind me and I realize that Annabeth has woken up. I scramble over to her and grasp her hand tightly.

"What…where…?"

"It's okay, you're safe."

"Where's Luke…?"

I sigh before saying, "He's dead."

"What?!" She exclaims as she sits up abruptly but groans and clutches her head not soon after.

I hold her as I say, "He's dead Annabeth. It was the only way to prevent you from dying...I'm sorry."

She scrunched her eyes shut as a tear rolls down her cheek. I gently wipe it off with my thumb. She looks up at me with broken eyes and I look back, trying to put as much reassurance in my gaze as I could. She doesn't say anything as she tries to get up and I help her. When we're on our feet, she says, "Let me see him."

I lead her over to Luke slowly. His eyes are still open, staring at something in the distance that none of us could see. Annabeth leans down to close them but gets up quickly when we hear something

It sounds like a loud whirring, almost like a really big helicopter. A few seconds later and a huge ship appears from the sky. A ladder drops down and 2 people wearing full body suits leaving nothing but their eyes uncovered, appear.

They land to the ground right next to us and before we can even react, they haul Luke on to their shoulders and grab on to the ladder again and get pulled up.

It takes a minute for us to process everything. And when we do, Annabeth leaps forward and screams, "What the hell are you doing!"

The ladder doesn't stop being reeled up into the ship. It's like they didn't even notice or hear Annabeth. I place a hand on her shoulder and say, "He's gone. We can't do anything."

I look around at the sad faces around me. Even though Luke tried so many times to kill use, he died a hero.

After about a minute or two, Thalia says in a solemn voice, "Come on we should go help the Avengers with Loki."

I collect myself and nod in agreement slowly as we drag ourselves to yet another battle.

So there you go guys I hope y'all enjoyed the chapter.

I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can.

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-Detective DG