Me: Thanks for the reviews. Really. They were lovely.

So you guys know how I got Hades on the PJO FF test right? Well apparently I am a Slytherin Hades. Because I'm just that badass. B)

This is: Through the Fire

I don't own PJO.

Annabeth, Percy

Summary preview: Even the best can make mistakes.

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A woman with blonde hair and stormy gray eyes traced her finger over a picture's outline. The image was of a dark-haired young man on a beach, the waves calmly rolling in behind him. A caring smile was on his face and the woman's lips tug into a small smile in response, looking past the military haircut and the Navy uniform.

"Don't you dare leave me, Seaweed Brain." she muttered before setting the picture down and wandering back to her- to their- room.

This was going to be a lonely year.

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"We are sorry to inform you that Vice Admiral Perseus Jackson has been reported MIA as of 7:00 AM Eastern Time on October 13, 2018..."

The phone slipped from the woman's hand as the irritation of being woken up so early was replaced by numb panic. Missing in action? Missing in action?

No. No, he wasn't allowed to just disappear like that. He wasn't allowed to just leave his wife behind not knowing if he was okay or not. He made a promise all those years ago. He hadn't broken it yet.

He wasn't suppose to get hurt in a place where she couldn't help him.

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The gods were ignoring her. Not just her, but every person who had expressed concern for his whereabouts. Some garbage about how the Fates had tied their hands on this ordeal and that was that.

Ares looked a little too smug every time she caught a glimpse of him though. Poseidon looked far too distant and Hades looked distracted, while Nico wasn't even trying to hide the fact that he was steadily avoiding her.

Grover was off on some 'quest' and Iris wasn't taking her messages anymore. The US Navy hadn't gotten any word about Percy's whereabouts.

She was on her own when it came to trying the find out what the Hades happened to her husband.

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The woman was dressed in a royal blue dress, a light matching jacket around her arms as she looked up at the boat currently docking the harbor that late September. Her sharp gaze scanned the crew leaving the deck, reuniting with family and friends they hadn't seen in over a year.

She never did see the dark black hair paired with bright sea green eyes she had been looking for.

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A small fire was lit in her fireplace. As she gazed in it, she could have sworn she saw her husband's face grinning at her through the fire in some sort of twisted Iris Message.

But then she blinked and the image was gone just as fast as it had appeared.

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Her contacts had come back empty. Her friends were either avoiding the topic or just as frustrated as she was. The gods were still ignoring her. The Navy had practically written him off as dead even if they said they were still scouting for him.

And after having over a year to find him and having the search come up cold, she was starting to wonder in they were right.

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On March 23, 2020 there was one knock. Two more in a rapid repeating pattern. One last, hesitate knock. The owner of the house set down their coffee and walked to the door, opening it with a polite smile.

"Yes? What do yo-" the owner's voice suddenly cut off. A dark haired young man gave the owner a sheepish smile.

"Hey Wise Girl. Long time, no see."

'Wise Girl' blinked a few times. Stepping back to open the door farther, she studied the man's jaw for a moment before throwing her fist at it.

"You are a complete and utter bastard, Percy Jackson. Where the hell were you?" she demanded. Percy shrugged as he rubbed his jaw.

"Guess I deserve that one. And honestly? It's a lot easier to ask where I wasn't." He told her making his way into the house that he remembered beeing newly furnished.

"I already know where you weren't. You weren't on the 'coming home' ship. You weren't at Camp Half-Blood. You weren't in Camp Jupiter." her voice dropped to an accusing whisper as she added her last location.

"You weren't here."

Percy grimaced. "Very true. But," he added on, tilting the woman's face so she could look at him. "But I made a promise a few years ago that I wouldn't leave someone I care a lot about. I try not to break my promises whenever I don't have to."

A soft sigh and 'Wise Girl' sighed. "You know I hate it when you make sense through twisting my words." she told him.

A short laugh. "I missed you, Annabeth."

A reluctant smiled crossed her lips as Annabeth replied, "I missed you too, Percy."

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Me: Does anyone remember when I said 'someone coming back from war' plot that I ignored for Happiness chapter? Well here it is. Finally. :P Now, I barely know anything about the military, so the information might be a little off. :/

Thoughts?

Next Chapter: Triangle

~ Anna/ Bookover98