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All Heroes Fall

The Drakon

I sit in the blistering darkness of Tartarus. It is quiet, but never silent. The Fields of Punishment echoe it's victim's cries everywhere. I have never seen the Fields of Punishment. I just hope I will never have to. Annabeth is coming today. At least, from what she last told me. She could have gotten delayed, or captured. Or, oh gods . . . killed. Nope, nopenopenopenopenope. I refuse to think that way. She's not dead. If she was, I would know. Someway. Any way. The clomping of steps startles me out of my troubled thoughts.

"Annabthe?" I say into the darkness. I wipe sweat from my forehead and uncap Riptide. Just in case. The soft stepping becomes louder and louder. Shadows dance across the walls. Nope. That's definately not Annabeth. Larger. And larger. The shadow grows larger. Until it becomes the form of a fire breathing Drakon. My eyes widened. Terror overcomes my body. Fire flies past my ear and singes my hair. Backing against the wall, I am paralyzed with fear. There is no one to help me. I am stuck. The fear ripples through my chest. But I stop it there. If fear doesn't wake you up, it shuts you down. And shutting down isn't an option in this fight. Because you shut down, you die. Dying so close to Annabeth is a failure. I can not fail. I will not fail. This monster is the only thing standing, or hovering between me and Annabeth.
I run up to meet the monster. It roars at me and it's hot breath singes my clothing and fills my nostrills with disgust.
"You may not know this, being in Hell for so long and all, but there's a geat new invention called toothpaste," I say waving my hand in front of my nose. "I think you should check it out." I stab Riptide down into the beast's flesh and rear back as it lets lose a blood curdling cry.
We circle each other. Round and around we go. My eyes mixed with determination and fear, and the Drakon's with anger and blood lust. It charges me, opening it's jaws, ready to clamp down on my head. But I won't let it get that far. I chop off the creatures ear and jump on it's back. It turns it's head around and prepares to blow fire. As the searing plumes of red and yellow and orange explode from it's mouth, I jump off and come to the front of it. It attempts to face me again. I swing Riptide with all my might and bring the Drakon's head off with a single blow. Breathing a sigh of relief, I cap Riptide and sit in the darkness again.
As I regain my breath I begin to sense a change in the air around me. Uncapping Riptide again I swing around. Oh gods. Oh . . . Oh my gods. Her blonde hair sticks out of her loose ponytail and the dirty splotches on her orange t-shirt are fading along with the color. But her eyes. Her grey, peircing eyes. They would never fade.
She gives me a sweet little half smile. "Hey Seaweed Brain." For a moment, we just stand there. Taking in each other. Until I can't stand it anymore. I close the space between us and pull her to me, tears running down my cheeks. I can feel the tears running down her cheeks as well. She buries her head in my shoulder, tightening her hug.
Breathing in deeply she says, "Man, Percy. You really need a bath." I let out a breathy laugh as she takes my face in her hands and kisses me. Now it was my turn to tighten my grip around her now. We both let out a content sigh. She breaks away first.
"We need to get out of here. If the door closes, then we'll still be stuck here." Taking my hand, she leads me down the hall she'd come. More twisting and turning and we're at the Doors of Death. The, open, Doors of Death. She grips my hand harder and we step through the open doors.

Notes

Yay! Happy reunion about to come! But don't get too happy. Mwahahahaha. More to come later.

Comments

Really nice story!!!! Great job! Love it!

This story is one of my favourites!! Love it!

Eliza di Angelo Eliza di Angelo
10/2/14

You are good :)

I'm sad it's over.

Ginger Lord Ginger Lord
1/8/14

@TheHellhoundoftheNight

Thank you! And I'll definitely try to update as soon as possible.