Hey guys! I know I haven't updated in a while, like, a REALLY long time, but I just wanted to wrap this story up. So... without further ado... here is the FINAL CHAPTER of Tortured Under the Sea! Grab a cup of tea, a cuddly blanket- or a pet- and RELAX, READ, and REVIEW!

"What?" Annabeth yelled, incredulous. She turned to face Percy only to find her boyfriend struggling to hold in his laughter, his face beet red from the strain. Annabeth punched him in the stomach, and his face contorted as he let go of all of the breath and laughter that he had been holding.

"Wi-se Gi-r-rl." He struggled to push out her name through the sounds of his own laughter. He immediately ceased all of the sounds that escaped his mouth once he saw the steely gaze that his girlfriend had fixed him with, "Uh… I mean…. Uh, love you?"

Annabeth rolled her eyes and turned away from him, facing the gods instead, "Mother, what do you mean by 'our love is the only thing that can save us all'?"

Athena looked down at her daughter in pride, then looked at Percy with a look of pure hatred, but then turned her head back to her daughter, pride once again melting her features of disgust, "What I mean by this is that there is another evil in this world- mythological, of course- that is killing all of the love in this world. And yours and that Son of Poseidon is the most powerful of them all."

"Okay... That is definitely a lot to take in…" Percy trailed off. "Okay! Well, we're gonna go now… So, bye!"

He grabbed Annabeth's hand and rushed out of the throne room, the wheels in his head already turning.

The sun was setting. Brilliant colors of orange, yellow, pink, and red danced across the cloudless sky.

It was a brilliant night. Especially for what Percy had planned.

Once Annabeth and he had returned to camp, Annabeth went to her room and sulked. Percy, on the other hand, ran around camp with a smile on his face, a grin so large it reached his ears.

Along the beach, right under a palm tree, near Percy and Annabeth's special rock, Percy had set up a small table, lined with a silk tablecloth and two plates with some candles and a fruit bowl in the middle as added decorations.

It was a basic setup. But it was a beautiful one that Percy knew Annabeth would appreciate. With the table to close to the receding tide, the ocean would lap against their feet at the sat.

"I think it's done," Percy said aloud. He quickly checked over everything that ran back to his cabin to change.

He pulled on some nicer jeans and a sea green t-shirt. His Converse shoes were on his feet and his raven black hair was a ruffled mess.

Percy walked to the Athena cabin where he knew his girlfriend would be. "Annabeth!" he yelled, knocking.

A few seconds later, the blond beauty herself appeared in the doorway, wearing jeans and a light grey blouse.

"Come on!" Percy said, grabbing a hold of her hand as he pulled her out.

Laughing, Annabeth replied, "Hold on! I need to grab my shoes!" She ran back inside and picked a pair of light grey high tops and pulled them on quickly before rejoining Percy outside and grasping his hand again, swinging it gently as they walked to the beach.

"What's all this Percy?" Annabeth inquired as they neared their destination.

"This," he gestured around him, "Is because I love you." he turned and pecked her on the lips, then pulled out her chair, "Sit down, m'lady."

"Well, why thank you, kind sir!" Annabeth giggled.

The couple talked and laughed and held hands while they ate. Annabeth almost lost it when she saw that in the mine glasses was blue coke, and instead of some really fancy three-course dinner, Percy had ordered pepperoni and olive pizza.

When Percy reached across the table, Annabeth watched as his hand dove into the fruit bowl and grabbed an apple. He tossed it to Annabeth, who caught it with ease. She looked down at the fruit and then up at her boyfriend, who was no longer sitting in his chair.

Percy had gotten down on one knee and was holding a small black box.

"Annabeth." He began, "Wise Girl. I love you so much. When I first met you, you were some insufferable know-it-all daughter of Athena. I never thought I would love someone as much as I love you. I gave up immortality for you because I love you. You took a poison blade for me… because you love me. I fell into Tartarus for you… because I love you. One legend says… and we all know that many legends are very true… that humans were created with two heads, four legs, and four arms, and one heart. But Zeus split them up because they were too powerful. So he split them apart. One head, two arms, two legs, but only half a heart. We were doomed to find our other half so that we could be complete again. We've suffered enough. But we have each other. And that's enough. You complete me. Annabeth. I love you to the deepest part of Tartarus and back. Will you marry me?"

the end.

Thank you so much to the people who are STILL reading this story... even though it's taken me over a year to complete. You guys are my TRUE inspiration! I love you all SO MUCH!