Dying In L.A.-Panic! At The Disco

[This song has only some semblance to the chapter's contents, but I also was listening to it during my time writing this. Hope you enjoy!]

~Previously~

I set her down on the bed and as I closed the door, I could've sworn on the Styx, I heard someone weeping as it echoed throughout the building.

~Present Time~

~Athena's POV~

I was smiling as Percy carried me into our room but I didn't smile long. NIghtmares plagued my mind one after the other of me and Percy burning at the stake and other dreams.

~Nightmare Starts~

One that stuck out to me was a memory of Percy making out with Artemis and when he sees me, a sneer makes its way onto his face and he speaks.

" What are you doing here? And why are you looking at me like that? That heartbroken look in your eyes tells me you've loved me and crying on the inside. Well," he raised his eyebrows, "you're not the one for me. Artemis is. Maybe she'll let you be her maid of honour," his dark eyes flashed. "And if not that, you could be a bridesmaid."

They just cackled as the world faded to black around me. The darkness reminded me of a different nightmare I had. The one I didn't tell Percy. Just me thinking about it made the scene appear.

Artemis and I were free falling off a cliff in what only could have been Tartarus. Percy was at the cliff, looking at us with an unreasonably calm expression when an ominous voice echoed all around us.

"Perseus, you must choose one goddess to save. This is obviously a life or death situation. They may be falling in slow motion now, but not for long. Go on now. Take your pick. One out of four different choices. More than HE might've given you." (If you get this, I love you)

Four boxes appeared in a square formation in front of Percy, reading:

               Save Athena.                                                                      Save Artemis.

               Walk Away.                                                                          Jump In.

Percy immediately scanned each choice and tapped the one in the top right corner.

               Save Athena.                                                                    (Save Artemis.)

               Walk Away.                                                                        Jump In.

Artemis rushed up as I started falling faster and the last thing I saw was them kissing lustfully as my teardrops started to float above me due to me plummeting to my death. I closed my eyes as everything faded from view.

~Nightmare Ends~

I jumped up in bed, sobbing silently, but when I opened my eyes, Percy wasn't there. The room was filled with shadows and silence. I was too internally freaked out to actually do anything.

The longer I sat there, the scarier everything looked and the more tears dripped from my face. I slowly got out of the cooling bed and stared at the looming shadows that coated the room. A creaking sounded as one of the doors opened, light from the hallway spills in. A dark figure passed the widow, moonlight poured on to their face and allowed me to see their features. It was Percy.

~End~

Sorry for disappearing for months... no excuse but I moved and had no inspiration. I said I had moved in my one-shots book so go check that out! Hope you enjoyed!