I searched Camp Jupiter as the Argo II descended towards the hills of New Rome. I was starting to miss this place, sure I like Camp Half-Blood better, but this is where I grew up. It’s still home to me. I looked down to look for a particular someone when the alarms blared as Leo’s voice boomed across the ship, “Danger! Danger! Romans about to blow our ship up!!!” I guess the legion still haven’t forgiven us for blowing up their city. “But I thought we were at peace already!” I shouted to Leo across the deck. “Why are they still attacking us?” “How the heck should I know that?!” Leo countered as he swings his Wii stick, which happens to be our ship control system. I looked towards the legion below me and happened to see Reyna there, trying to get hold of the situation of thousands of Romans, ready for war. The ship stopped to a jolt and I saw Piper tumble and fell down the ship. “Jason!!” Piper cried out to me with alarm and fear in her voice. I was glad that I was the son of Jupiter, so I can fly, if I didn’t Piper would probably be a grease stain on the Via Praetoria by now.

I flew down to save her and caught her right when her body was just about to hit the ground, “Remember? Just like the first time we met.” I said to her, trying to calm her down. She was frantic, with her hair all over her face and some smudged mascara lines from tears. She finally calmed down and held on tight on to me.We were embracing midair with Annabeth, Leo, Calypso, Frank, and Hazel looked down at us. We lost Percy in the war against Gaea. I will never forgive Gaea for it. When I remembered about Percy’s death, tears start to form in my eyes. I still could see it clearly.

His body, limp in Gaea’s hand, his form ruined. He was still alive because I still heard him groan and writhed in pain. A spear was pierced through his body and I heard Annabeth fell down as she cried, “You will pay for this! I will kill you!” Gaea laughed, “What can you do to me now? I’m fully awake, your one true love, your glue, almost dead.” Annabeth cried out in rage and I flew next to her. Frank turned into a dragon and joined us, Hazel and Piper ran beside us, Leo turned into a flaming boy and had a crazed look on his face. Gaea’s laughter boomed across the place, as she threw Percy’s body to the air. “You little children will never learn will you? I won, you will never defeat me!” Annabeth charged first. I guess Poseidon was angry at Gaea for killing his favourite son. Thousands of horses and pegasi came and attacked Gaea. I electrocuted her, Hazel tried to pelt her with piles of schists, Leo was throwing fireballs at Gaea, and Piper was trying to charmspeak Gaea to surrender. Her plan almost worked if the giants didn’t come. Annabeth turned her attention to the giants and she killed them almost in an instant. Trust me, you don’t want to see her mad. She got back to Gaea, who is still in shock after seeing all her children turn to yellowish dust. Annabeth jumped and slashed wildly at Gaea’s chest. She somehow wounded her and she had this reddish glowing aura surrounding her body. She got the blessing of Mars. Then a few hundred owls flew behind her, Annabeth’s mother, Athena, must have helped, then a very powerful lightning bolt electrocuted Gaea, right in its face, no doubt it’s the work of Zeus (or Jupiter, whatever), then skeletons rises up from the ground with diverging varieties of uniforms, the work of Hades obviously. If I was Gaea, I would be running and probably jump off a cliff myself. Annabeth was terrifying, she got the help of five gods and goddesses. Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, and most surprisingly, Mars (or Ares, whatever). The god of war hates Percy, I guess he must felt sorry for Annabeth. Gaea’s face was burned charcoal black from the lightning strike, courtesy of Zeus. Her arm looked painfully bent, probably from all the stomping horses and pegasi on it. Her chest was pouring golden ichor, definitely from the cuts Annabeth gave her. Annabeth pointed towards Gaea and commanded “ATTACK!” To no one in particular.
Then the army of skeletons, horses, pegasi, and owls started to run towards Gaea, all six of us ran towards Gaea and slashed and stabbed wildly. I flew towards her face and strike another lighting bolt on it. Frank blew fire to her whole body and she howled in pain. The skeleton soldiers pinned her down to the ground, “You cannot defeat me!” Gaea shouted as the ground started to open, “I am Gaea, mother of the Giants, Titans and I am the most powerful goddess of all!! You cannot defeat me! I am invinci—“ Her voice was cutter off by the ground closing, with Gaea falling straight to the deepest pits of Tartarus, where she would stay there forever. Everyone was silent and Annabeth ran towards Percy’s body.
“No, no, no, no, no! Seaweed Brain, you are not dying on me!” Annabeth said as she shook his limp body. “Somebody give me some nectar and ambrosia!!” She yelled. Piper took some and handed them to Annabeth. She poured the nectar down Percy’s throat and put some broken ambrosia pieces on his mouth. At first, nothing happened. Then suddenly his body jerked forward as if he was waking up after a very bad dream. He came up coughing and he fell back, Annabeth caught him in her arms and Percy faintly said “Annabeth?” “Yeah, Seaweed Brain. You still drool in your sleep.” Annabeth said, laughing. Percy smiled, then winced in pain, as if doing the slightest thing hurts him. “Annabeth, I love you. This might be the last time I talk to you, so I want to say something. I lov—“ Percy was interrupted by Annabeth, “No, don’t talk that way, you’ll survive. Please Percy, stay with me.” “Annabeth, I—“ “NO! I have been left by too many people! First I lost Thalia, then Luke, I’m not going to lose you!” Annabeth shouted. Piper was silently sobbing, Hazel was crying uncontrollably to Frank’s bulky shoulders. I went to Piper and opened up my arms for her. She ran to me and cried. I looked at Percy and Annabeth and heard Percy say, “I’m sorry Annabeth. The fates are cruel. Will you marry me?” With those words, Annabeth sobbed into his shoulder. Percy looked like he was in terrible pain, but he would do anything for his Annabeth. He coughed and there was blood on it. “Goodbye Annabeth, tell my mom I’m sorry, tell Tyson I love him, and tell Grover he was my best friend from the very beginning.” Then he turned to us and said. “I’m sorry guys, but I love you guys.” For a while, he had his old mischievous smile on his face again, Then his face slumped and he fell to the ground, eyes closed. “No, Percy, no! Don’t die! I love you.” Her voice failed her at the end. Hazel came over to comfort Annabeth, but she wouldn’t let go of Percy’s body. Then his body slowly rises up to the sky, still wearing that mischievous smile. Then it vanished into golden smoke and the whole sky turned grey, mourning the greatest hero of all time, Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, has died. Annabeth was still on her knees, hugging herself, muttering “I do, Percy, I do” as Hazel led her away to the Argo II. All of us was still paralysed. I still can’t believe that Percy was gone. Sure we had our differences, but we were best friends. I can’t believe he died. I tried to be the leader of the group just like when I was Praetor back in New Rome. I got inside my cabin and let the tears out.

I suddenly jolted bak to reality when I heard Piper’s voice calling out my name in the distance. I realised I was falling towards New Rome while I had that flashback. Piper’s eyes had this wild fear in them. I commanded to wind to support our feet and we stopped falling. “What were you thinking about Jason?” Piper asked me with concern. “We were flying towards the Argo II when you suddenly blacked out and we were falling to our deaths.” “Nothing.” I lied. The last thing I want to remind Piper about was Percy’s death. It shook all of us, especially Annabeth, but she seems fine now. We flew back to the deck and fell flat on our backs, hands still intertwined with each other. I could feel my heartbeat, I was shaking, after the flashback, Percy’s death seemed more real. Everyday since his death, whenever the crew had a meeting and Percy wasn’t there, I would pretend that he was still sound asleep in his cabin, and he’s going to walk in any moment. “Jason, why are you shaking?” Annabeth asked me. “Nothing.” I lied again. “I was just worried that Piper and I almost died.” Annabeth raised her eyebrows in suspicion then shrugged, “Well, you’re safe now. That’s all that matters.” Then I stood up and went to Leo. “Why did we stop?” I guess I sounded a little angry because Leo winced when I asked him. “This dude suddenly popped out of nowhere and started slapping me around and told me to stop. So I stopped.” Leo said, scratching his head. Then Argus suddenly showed up and Leo jumped back in surprise. “Here! This is the dude that popped out of nowhere!” He said with a look of disgust and, fear? “Dude? I am not a dude. I am a god. I am Terminus, I am the god of boundaries, and I will not let you inside New Rome ever again! You blew up this city the last time you were here!” Terminus said. Leo winced at the memory. “I told you I was sorry!” “I thought the camp were at peace, why are they preparing for battle?” I asked Terminus. “Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, former praetor of New Rome. These Romans will never forgive you for blowing up their city. It would be worse if somebody got hurt!” He answered me. “But somebody did get hurt. I got hit in the head with a brick!” I shuddered at the memory. “Please, Terminus. Let us in. I need to see Reyna.” I pleaded. “Oh, I see.” He said with a smirk. “Well, if that’s the case, then you can land here.” After saying that, he vanished into a cloud of yellowish dust, Leo and I coughed. “I hate it when he does that!” Leo said. I chuckled as Leo fiddled with the controls.

The Argo II landed on New Rome. I held Piper’s hand as I walked down from the Argo II. I scanned the crowd of Romans for Reyna and saw her just in time as she turned away and walked back. “Hey Reyna!” I shouted. Reyna turned back and I swore that I saw her smile when she saw my face. I smiled back and her face suddenly turned serious all over again. I also saw a look of confusion in her face. She trudged her way towards me and when I saw her up close, she was a total mess. Her once braided hair was unravelled behind her back, she had bags under her eyes, as if she haven’t slept for a week, and her purple cape that symbolises her place as a Praetor was in tatters. “Reyna, what happened? You’re a total mess.” I said to Reyna. She looked straight into my eyes and answered fiercely, “I don’t have time for questions.” She scanned the crew and seemed utterly confused. “Where’s Percy?” She asked, not knowing that he died. Annabeth burst into tears at the sound of his name. She looked at me with a confused look and I gave her my best I’m sorry look. “Jason, may I talk to you?” Reyna said. I took Piper’s hand and started to walk towards her. “In private?” She added quickly. “Sure.” I answered her. I turned to Piper and told her to go comfort Annabeth as I talk with Reyna. She nodded and I gave her a little kiss. I saw Reyna wince from the corner of my eye. When I look back at her, I saw her staring at the ground, blushing, with a look of hurt in her eyes. I tilted my head in bewilderment. She seemed to not notice and gestured for me to come over. I walked over to her position but she kept on walking until we reach the two cabins meant for two praetors. “I remember this place, when we used to drink hot chocolate and watch movies together in your room, late at night, and when we used to throw jellybeans at each other, and when we used to dance in the ra—“ I was interrupted by Reyna, “Please stop. I don’t want to remember..” She blinked a few times and quickly turned away. I could see her fake a yawn, to hide her tears. “Reyna, are you okay?” I asked her. “It’s ok, I’m fine. Just… tired. It’s hard being a praetor alone and when somebody volunteers to help, its Octavian.” She forced a smile. I frowned and she said again, “Seriously Jason, I’m a big girl. You don’t have to take care of me like that anymore.” And with those words, she entered her cabin as I followed from behind her. Her cabin was way different then it used to be. The last time I entered her cabin was before the war. Before I met Piper, when Reyna and I used to be best friends.

Notes

Hey, it's Eliza!! This is the first fan fiction I tried to post here.. For all those Jeyna shippers out there (there's not a lot) !!!!

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