Annabeth
A/N: I know Blood of Olympus is out already but I thought I should finish this.
Things were not looking good. Annabeth was severely wounded and was being shielded by Percy. Piper had just dragged of Leo to the side, and Jason was fighting three monsters at once. Hazel and Frank were cutting down monsters left and right. Nico was summoning wave after wave of dead soldiers and Thalia was launching volleys of arrows. This wasn't how it was supposed to happen. Percy slashed through a hellhound as it leaped towards her. Percy was sweating he couldn't hold out much longer. Even with his dad fighting by his side. She saw her mum make her way over to Percy and Poseidon and help them defend her daughter. Percy fell as he was cut across the shoulder. She felt the pain searing across her own shoulder. And now Poseidon was furious. The blade that had cut Percy was dripping poison. She could feel herself weakening as the poison weakened Percy. She knew that some ambrosia and nectar would help Percy, but she didn't have much hope that she would make it. She struggled to keep her eyes open. She saw as together, the gods and demigods took down the last giant. She saw her mother working with Poseidon and smiled. And then it was over. Gaea hadn't awoken. The giants were defeated. And Annabeth Chase was taking her last breaths. 'Percy…' she whispered. Her boyfriend looked at her. 'We were supposed to live in New Rome, Percy. Go to University. Have a life. No…it's not supposed to end like this. I had a plan-' she couldn't go on. The pain was overwhelming.
'Help! Please, somebody help!' Percy called, tears falling from his eyes. Athena and Poseidon ran to them, followed by the others.
'Annabeth…' Piper whispered. 'No, you can't die. We won.' Annabeth only looked at the younger demigod. She couldn't say anything more.
'My daughter… be brave. You can make it.' Athena said, tears pouring down her face. She knew that her daughter was dying, and she couldn't save her. Annabeth shook her head. Athena began to cry in earnest and Poseidon put his arm around her. Annabeth smiled and looked to Percy.
'I… I love you, Annabeth. What do I do without you?' he was crying. Crying harder than even her mother. She smiled at him and she knew he understood what she was trying to tell him. She was scared, too. Scared for what happened now and scared for him. 'I'll see you in Elysium, Annabeth Chase. Don't you dare leave without me, got it?' she looked at him gratefully. He was letting her go. Letting her escape from the pain. He knew that if he didn't say goodbye, she wouldn't be able to leave. She nodded. She looked around her then. She took one last look at her family and she closed her eyes and let go, the pain leaving as she took her last breath.
They all saw her chest stop moving. And then they heard the most agonizing scream. Percy was on the ground. His face was twisted in pain, and he was screaming like his heart had been ripped out. To everyone's surprise, Athena sat next to him and pulled him into a hug. Poseidon recovered from his shock and sat down opposite the goddess and his son.
'Percy…' Poseidon began, but he couldn't find the words to comfort his son. How could he offer words of comfort when they wouldn't help?
'She's gone. She's gone and I couldn't do anything. I promised her that everything would be ok. Why couldn't I protect her?' Percy cried.
'Perseus Jackson,' Athena said, in a calming voice, 'you did everything you could to protect Annabeth. It's not your fault.'
'Yes it is! I didn't do enough. I… I got hit by the blade.' He said and then he looked at Annabeth's shoulder. The same shoulder that she had previously been stabbed in. The one that she had been stabbed in with a poisoned blade. He saw the cut on her shoulder, exactly where the cut on his shoulder was. The cut that was green because of the poison on the blade that had caused it. She had been wounded because he had been wounded. They were linked in a way that nobody would ever understand, not even the two of them. He looked down at his shoulder and saw that his cut wasn't green with poison. And then he saw the water surrounding him. He looked at the rest of his body. He had scars where Annabeth had been cut. But somebody had poured water over him. He was healing and Annabeth would never heal. Percy felt like he was dying. Annabeth Chase was dead.