A/N: Final battle AU freeverse poem from Annabeth's perspective. Dark, a lot of character death. Enjoy (or not), and please don't forget to review!

Shattered Drops of Crimson

She screams

She can't help it

knows she should

stay strong

but she just can't

She watches as he

drops

to the ground

the horrible blade still in

his fatal spot

She tries to run

but can't move

just like those terrible

nightmares

And the murderer

the murderer she used to love

just laughs

A cold grin

darkening his pale face

Her mouth hangs open

in horror

as he wrenches the blade

from her hero's back

with a sickening—

She screams

as blood sprays everywhere

shattered drops of crimson

coating the floor

and the bodies littering it

And somehow

she runs to his side

ignoring the magic

that held her in place

"You can't"

she sobs

"you can't leave me"

He looks at her

eyes broken

face bloody

and the light dies

fades

shatters

And something tears

inside of her

with a sickening—

And it's a relief

when the blade

comes down

on her