"Annabeth!"

ow

"Hold on!"

Ow!

"Im coming!"

Oh my Gods OW!

Percy's whole body felt like it was back in the River Styx. His head, back, and foot were on fire. Walking was bad enough, but running? Forget it! His body screamed for him to stop. And for a second, he even considered taking a tiny break.

But all those thoughts left his mind in an instant when he heard a scream. Annabeth's scream. It was of pure terror, so horrible it turned Percy's blood to ice.

"ANNABETH!"

A new surge of power went through Percy. All the pain and fears he had felt before were no longer important. All that mattered was protecting Annabeth. Because if Annabeth died, so would he. Theres was no way he could make it out of Tartarus without her. And if she was gone, his life would be meaningless.

Percy ran and ran and ran, yelling out her name from time to time. He didn't care if all the monsters in Tartarus heard him; he had to get to Annabeth. She must of realized that he needed her voice to guide him, so occasionally she would give out a sob or cry out. Percy would of lost her long ago if she hadn't.

He had no idea how long he'd been running. It felt like days, but it could of been minutes for all he knew. There was no way of telling time in Tartarus. Percy pictured Leo saying: "time for you to get a watch"

Yeah very helpful. After i save Annabeth i'll just run to the Tartarus Clock Store

"Stop getting distracted!" he told himself. "You have to save Annabeth!"

"Oh but Percy," a voice said in his head. "your so exhausted. And you know it. Why dont you take a small nap right here on the ground. Then you can save your friend will full energy."

"Gaea," he growled. "Go away."

"Oh dear. You're hurt. Well, i can fix that. Come on just one little nap."

"No," he said, trying to stop his eyelids from drooping. "I need to save Annabeth."

"Her? Please Percy, you could do better. Stay with me and I'll find you the perfect mate. Doesn't that sound better then that ugly, weak girl your chasing? She's about to die anyway."

That woke him up.

"SHUT UP! Annabeth is the most powerful demigod i know! And shes going to kick. your. butt!"

Ok he had no idea where that came from but it seemed to work. Gaea hadn't responded so she must of ran off in terror.....or she just thought he was extremely bad at combacks and went to bother someone else. Either way it worked.

Percy  continued running. He couldn't believe he had almost fallen asleep. Some boyfriend he was. While Annabeth was about to be killed, he would of been lying on the ground snoring away. When they got out of here, he was definitly buying her dinner.

He turned left and came to a stop. He had just entered a cavern. A faint light was coming from...somewhere. He wasn't totally sure. The walls were made of black and grey rocks, sticking out so they looked like knives. Percy couldn't see the ceiling, it was too high up.

In a way, the cavern was beautiful. If you forgot the fact that it was in Tartarus, a girl was lying on the floor, or that spider webs we-

Wait. There was a girl.

She kinda looked like....

Oh Gods. I'm an idiot.

"Annabeth!"

He ran to her side. Her arms and legs were cut up from being dragged. She shook like crazy, muttering something he couldn't understand. Even though her eyes were squeezed tight, tears leaked out and ran down her cheeks, cutting through the dust on her face. She was absolutly beautiful.

"Annabeth," he said. He tried to talk gently but theey really had to hurry. "Wake up. Annabeth please wake up."

Percy kept shaking her, but she wouldn't wake up. He was just considering taking off his shoe and holding it up to her face (it had worked before) when her eyes fluttered open.

"Annabeth!" he tackled her with a hug. "Holy Hephaestus you had me worried sick! Are you hurt? Can you- oh my gods i sound like my mom. We have to get out of here before i start ordering you to brush your teeth. Oh sorry i got off track. Are you ok?"

Percy helped her sit up. She looked lost and scared, like a puppy. He wanted to hug her again but he forced himself to give her some room. They could always cuddle later.

"Percy, I-" she looked over his shoulder and her eyes opened with terror.

"What-" Percy turned around.

"Oh Annabeth, I see you have brought a friend. How unfortunate for him."

Ok sorry it took me forever. My bday just happened (yay) and i was busy.  But the entire time i was gone, i was writing chapters in my journal. So yeah. im trying. Im starting to scared i wont finish this book in time. Im packed this month!!!!!!! i have 3 parties (;P) a funeral (:'( ) and a two week vaca (:D) but im trying my best. 

Thanks to all the people who commented. I did get 5 votes even though half of them were mine and percabeth818. oh well.

All i want this time is 2 comments and 5 votes. Can you guys do that? i hope so

LIGHTBULB i have decided that im going to start dedicating my chapters. it may be because ur comment was nice, or because i like your stories, or because i like ur username. whatever the reason i will dedicate chapters. so whatch and see if you are the next winner!!!!!!!!!

btw thx for excepting me and my weirdness. i can be a little....off sometimes.

percabeth for life :D