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ZEUS

The king of the gods paced in the throne room, trying to figure out how he should break the news to his daughter and brother. He honestly thought that they were tough and could handle it appropriately, but on the off chance they lost control they'd hate him. As if he could have stopped the deaths!

Zeus sighed and sat down on his throne, absently running his hands along the armrests. He decided that he wouldn't say it outright. Even he couldn't bring himself to say, "Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase were killed in the fight with Gaea." No, he wouldn't. He wasn't that heartless. So he'd just apologize to Poseidon and Athena. Yes, that was what he'd do. Let them figure out on their own what he really meant.

"It's now or never," Zeus told himself aloud, and mentally called for the other Olympians to come in. They popped onto their thrones moments later, and Zeus called for the meeting to begin. "Hades?" he asked, and that was all the prompting his brother needed to start out on a long spiel about what had happened in the Underworld since the solstice.

After a relatively long time of ten minutes of droning, Hades finally quieted and Zeus spoke, trying to hide his worry and miserably failing from the curious look on Athena's face. "You all know about the quest that Perseus, Annabeth, Piper, Frank, Hazel, Valdez and Jason undertook." Zeus took a deep breath. "Well, they have succeeded. The threat of Gaea is no more." Most of the gods began cheering, their howls of joy filling the throne room.

Zeus held up his hand for silence, holding his breath in anticipation, and the other gods quieted. "Now, we have slight, ah, cause for mourning. Two demigods passed on as an aftermath of the fight. They have received Elysium for their work. Both fought bravely, mind you." Here he paused. "Poseidon, Athena, I'm sorry."

One split second of total silence, then Athena screamed, "NO! NOT MY DAUGHTER!"

Aphrodite shrieked, "MY OTP* IS RUINED!"

Poseidon was silent.

Zeus felt incredibly guilty for having to be the one to tell them, but he had to. Athena shook her head and cried out, "You're wrong, Father!" before turning to Hades and demanding to know the truth. Suddenly Zeus wished he could be anywhere but in the throne room, watching the crestfallen expressions of the gods as they realized that the most powerful demigod of the century, and possibly the cutest couple in history according to Aphrodite, was gone. Just like that.

"I'm so sorry," he said quietly, but no one heard. Zeus tried to convince himself that he had just said it for their benefit, but he knew in his immortally powerful heart that he was really apologizing to Percy and Annabeth. For their having to sacrifice their lives just so that there could be fleeting peace.

Zeus bowed his head and mourned.

*OTP: One True Pairing; usually used in regards to which couple the person in question "ships" the most. If you don't know what shipping is…sorry, I can't help you xD