Hey all! Today is my birthday so I decided to give all you awesome people a gift! Thanks so much for the Reviews, you're awesome! This is chapter 7 of 'To Hell and Back'. Okay, I has been recommended that I get a beta reader, so if any of you wish to fill that role than let me know; either PM or via review. Now as I am relatively new to all this, I don't actually have a clue what a beta does or what I'm meant to do so yeah, please tell me. Also it has been requested that I develop the plot and all that more so this is probably gonna end up a fairly long fanfic. Anywho as always: reviews, constructive criticism and ideas are much appreciated. Flames will be laughed at, possible and probable OOC. Let me know what you think though Reviews, those things are awesome :)
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DISCLAIMER: As much as I want to, I do not own PJO or HoO or any of its characters etc. they all belong to the genius that is Rick Riordan
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"Wise Girl, you have to get out of here" Percy muttered into her hair, Annabeth pulled back and looked at Percy in shock
"No! I came here to rescue you" she shook her head "I'm not leaving without you!"
"Yes you are; I know you're not really here"
"No, Percy I am here, I'm right here and I'm getting you out of here" Annabeth pleaded, Percy looked at her unconvinced, he had had too many visions to fall for Acheron's tricks anymore
"Go Annabeth, live your life; forget about me"
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"No! Percy how could I forget about the only guy I've ever loved?" Annabeth had tears pouring down her cheeks, she didn't understand what was wrong with Percy; it was like he didn't even believe she was there. She cupped Percy's face in her hands and made him look at her, "Percy, I am here, I am Annabeth and I am here to take you back to camp; I swear on the river Styx" she kissed him gently "come on Seaweed Brain, I love you; please let me help you" she begged quietly, ignoring the battle behind her. Percy heard a clap of thunder in the distance, he looked at Annabeth again, noting the tears in her eyes, he glanced to his left at Asterion; the huge man watched the gods as they attempted and failed at fighting Kronos. Like Percy, Asterion's movements hadn't been slowed by Kronos, he met Percy's eyes and an understanding passed between them.
"Annabeth, stand back for a minute" Percy said, Annabeth heard the difference in his tone and nodded, backing of a few metres. Together the two men grasped the chain on Percy's left hand and pulled as hard as they could. Alone; neither of them would have a hope of breaking it, but together their strength was enough to break the bronze chain off from the ground. Annabeth pulled what looked like an ordinary ballpoint pen from her pocket, she uncapped it and tossed it to Percy, when he caught it, it was no longer a pen; it was his sword Anaklusmos: Riptide. Percy almost smiled as he grasped the familiar hilt of the sword, feeling a sense of satisfaction as he gazed at the blade; he struck his other chain off and then worked to free Asterion, striking off the huge man's chains. The two stood side by side for a moment as they had done in the Arena; their broken chains hanging from their wrists. However, Percy's attention quickly switched to the blonde girl who was standing nearby. The son of Poseidon quickly covered the distance between them and wrapped his arms around her. The two of them momentarily forgot the battle raging behind them as they held each other, but they were soon jarred back to reality when a hellhound leapt at them, it would have killed them if not for Asterion, the huge man tackled the even larger dog and broke its neck with a sickening crack. Percy turned to see legion of monsters moving toward them,
Kronos must have called them, Percy thought angrily to himself
"Jackson! I'll take them" Asterion cried, gesturing to the monsters "you and your girlfriend help the gods; then we can get the Hades out of here"
"Alright, don't get killed; you owe me" Percy said
"Yeah, yeah; I saved your life too" Asterion replied, without waiting for a reply, Asterion ran toward the monsters; scooping up the Minotaur's axe along the way. After watching Asterion carve his way through the first rank of monsters; Percy turned back to Annabeth, who was standing next to him
"We'll talk later ok?" he said "For now; it's time to make that asshole pay" Annabeth paused when she saw the pure hatred in his eyes as he looked at Kronos. Percy charged at the King of the Titans, his sword humming through the air in a deadly arc for Kronos' neck. The Titan Lord ducked under the blow and kicked Percy away.
"So the sea spawn was released" he snarled "let me show you what happens to those who defy my will!" Kronos rushed forward and seized Percy, lifting him like he weighed nothing and tossing him into the river. Annabeth saw him sink below the surface, she drew her drakon bone blade and ran at Kronos, she drove him back with a series of fast thrusts and slices, Kronos however allowed himself to be pushed back; towards his scythe. Annabeth realised her mistake to late, the wicked blade of the scythe hissed toward her and she barely managed to deflect it. Kronos slammed the scythe into the ground and Annabeth was blasted back with a pulse of pure force. She slammed painfully into the ground near where Percy had been chained, she glanced around desperately, her sword was nowhere to be seen, she thought she had seen it fall into the river. Kronos charged toward the prone form of Annabeth, he had just lifted his scythe when suddenly the river exploded, black water rushing everywhere with enough force to knocked the gods off their feet, but Kronos took the brunt of the water, he was hurled off his feet and landed hard a good ten metres away. Annabeth heard the explosion and opened her eyes to see a black haired man flying through the air above her; Percy landed perfectly on his feet and charged toward the Lord of Time. Annabeth watched in awe as Percy fought the Titan King, he wielded Riptide in his right hand and had Annabeth's drakon bon sword in his left. The two blades moved in perfect sync, driving a desperate Kronos back before a whirlwind of lightning fast forehand cuts, backhand slashes, murderous overhead blows and thrusts that flicked out seemingly of their own free will. As the son of Poseidon fought, a hurricane began to form around him from the black water of the Acheron that was lying everywhere, the water didn't touch him but Kronos had no such luck, he was drenched in water, he was unable to hold in the cries of pain from the water; it was all he could do to block even half of the attacks. And when he did manage to strike back; either Percy flicked it off, not even pausing in his rhythm, or the hurricane simply blew the attack so far off course that Percy was in no danger at all.
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The gods slowly got back on their feet, all of them noticing that they were moving at regular speed, they glanced around; wondering what happened to Kronos when they saw him trying and failing to fight what looked like a black hurricane. Poseidon turned, looking for Percy but only saw Annabeth on the ground by the Acheron. The god of the sea ran toward her
"Annabeth, where's Percy?" he asked urgently, the daughter of Athena simply pointed at the black hurricane, Poseidon glanced back at the fight and was shocked to see that the hurricane was nowhere to be seen; in its place was Percy. As he watched Percy struck with Annabeth's sword, driving it through Kronos' thigh, Poseidon watched in shock as Percy spun and slashed Riptide across the Titan Kings chest. Kronos fell and Percy kicked his scythe out of reach. Percy didn't notice that the gods had moved to stand around him, he gazed at the fallen Titan Lord with a mixture of anger, hatred and disgust, Kronos looked up at the Son of Poseidon from the ground
"Please, I yield, you win" he groaned, but Percy just glared at him and drove riptide through Kronos other thigh and into the ground beneath. Ignoring Kronos scream, he pulled the bone sword free and stabbed it through Kronos left arm, again ignoring the scream of pain from Kronos.
"Stop! Please!" the Titan King whimpered, Percy was beyond furious. Did Kronos really expect him to stop? After all Kronos had put him through? Percy moved until he was crouched over Kronos face, Percy pulled back his fist and slammed it into Kronos' face, golden Ichor exploded out of his nose as it was shattered by the punch, Kronos whimpered in pain as Percy punched him in the face over and over, either unaware of the gods presence or simply not caring.
"Percy" a voice called, it sounded familiar; but Percy furiously pushed the thought aside when he felt a hand on his shoulder; the son of the sea god spun quickly and struck the person away from him. Percy turned back to Kronos without looking to see who it was and gripped Kronos' throat. Percy squeezed and Kronos clawed at Percy's hand but his grip was like iron, he brought his fist back again and sank it into the Titan Kings already shattered nose. more golden ichor poured from Kronos face onto the ground.
"Percy, stop please" the same voice pleaded, Percy sensed a presence behind him and he spun, forcefully grabbing the person's throat thrusting them back, he advanced after them and vaguely got the impression of long blonde hair through the haze of anger that had engulfed him, he gripped the persons throat; pressing them into the sharp, glass-like stones that made up Tartarus' ground, Percy brought his fist back determined to punish the person who interrupted his revenge.
"Percy" the person whispered in fear "please"
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Alright, so that was chapter 7. You people are actually lucky it's here, I re-wrote the entire chapter because my first attempt was just horrible. Anyway, remember: if you want to be my beta reader let me know *see top AN*, also please let me know what you think of this chapter and lastly any questions that you have about the plot/murders/the 2 years etc etc, let me know and I will try to answer them in future chapters. Oh and a special thanks to Parkway Drive! Their music helped me write the fighting and the 'Percy beating the living crap out of Kronos' part :)
Anyway please review!
BigSchwart out :D