A/N: Alright, he we go. I'm sorry about killing off Percy. But I will make it up in the end.

Annabeth's POV:

It hurt to run on my ankle but somehow, I made it out the door and up the corkscrew pathway to the doors of death. My ankle was throbbing but it wasn't as bad as the constant feeling like I was dying inside.

I got out of the door and then quickly found somewhere to hid. There were cracks along the walls that stretched from this level to the few above me. It was thick enough for me to squeeze through. I lodged myself off the beaten path while the guards and a few selected monsters ran past my hiding area.

I crouched down on the ground and tried to stay hidden.

"Oh gods, oh gods, oh gods…" I whispered into my hand. I waited for about thirty minutes or so in the crevice of the wall. Monsters and guards rushed back and forth and I watched them in silence. It was so hard to stay quiet and calm without Percy's hand to grab onto.

Once the rush of monsters were over, I wiped my eyes the back of my hands and pressed a hand to my forehead.

Then I stood up and wedged myself out of the wall. Checking both sides of the pathway, it was clear and I limped towards the door. There were guards circling the pathway above and below me. I was close to the doors of death.

It was open a crack, like when I asked my dad to only close the bedroom door only a crack. Light streamed in and I squeeze myself through the door.

The sunlight blinded me for a few seconds but I noticed my surroundings. There were two doors, one that closed from Tartarus and the other closed from the outside.

The outside was a forest. Trees stretched in every direction. I turned around to the door and it was literally a door in the middle of a stone cliff. The mist flickered and I saw a wall of stone instead of a door. Then a door again.

I took a deep breath and stumbled towards the closest tree. Maybe I could find a way to leave a note for Jason if I could close my side of the door. I tried to form a plan, but I collapsed to the ground.

I hugged a tree and folded my legs beneath me. The bark was rough on my arms as I slide down onto the leaves.

I let myself cry. I sobbed into one hand, and the other arm was wrapped around the tree like it was the only thing keeping me afloat in a sea of tears. I was the only one in the forest so I didn't hold back. Usually I was stronger than this, but if this was the last few moments of my time, I was going to let myself do what I had to.

"Percy!" I cried his name aloud and a few birds rustled from the tree tops.

I stayed like this, desperately clinging to the tree for a while. Once my tears were dry, I leaned my head against the trunk of the tree and sighed.

"Guess where I'm going?" A faint male voice said.

"Gods… What is the point of this?" Another male.

"Just please him. Leo hasn't been shutting up all trip." That was Piper.

"Who's there?" Jason.

"Holy." Leo chimmed. I imagined him walking through the forest with a pep in his step cracking knock-knock jokes about the doors of death.

"Holy who?" I shouted, hoping they would come for me. My voice sounded so weak and it cracked on 'who'.

"Annabeth?" Piper yelled.

"Please!" I cried. My heart was beating with anticipation to see another human being. All three steps of feet ran in my direction, shuffling through the leaves.

Soon I saw them.

Piper was leading, her hair was sticking out in random strands of braids. Her arm was bandaged at the elbow and her knife was in her hand. Jason looked exhausted with black circles under his sparkling blue eyes. Leo looked completely fine except for a dried gash in his soft cheek and his knuckles were wrapped in gauze. His hair was messy, like Percy's was, and his tool belt jingled at his side.

"Annabeth!" Piper exclaimed and dropped to my side. She gingerly wrapped her arms around me. Her light touch reminded me that I was going to shatter into glass pieces any moment.

"Holy Hera, it's the doors of death!" Leo finished the joke.

"What happened?" Jason asked. "Where's Percy?"

I was barely able to form the words. "He's gone." I choked out. Piper withdrew her hug and everyone had solemn faces. I felt their gaze lay on me as an eerie silence fell over the land. Piper stood up and smacked Leo in the arm.

"You don't make jokes during these situations!" She said, hushed.

"How was I to know!" Leo said defensively, hugging his arm. Jason knelt down by my side. I still hadn't taken my arm off the tree.

"Why, don't we sit you down over here." He said. I nodded and felt more tears slowly crawl down my face. I had to blink again to see clearly and felt his hands underneath my arms. I let him pull me to my feet and he helped me hop over to a nearby boulder that was tall enough to be a chair. Piper wrapped her coat around my shoulders and Jason put a hand on my knee. It felt good to have human contact but I was still a little wary.

"Annabeth, why don't you tell me exactly what happened." Jason's electric blue eyes were calming. They had an edge and sparked when the sunlight bounced off his eyes.

I spilled everything I could think of. I told them about the maze of tunnels, Kronos and the spring. The innumerable lines of monsters ready to attack, Gaea's voice, how he was taken from me. I tried to fill in as much extra details as I could. It was hard but they stuck through my stifling voice. Leo didn't even crack any jokes either.

Once I was done, I hiccupped a bit and listened to Leo tinker around with spare nuts and bolts from his tool belt like he does when he needs something to do. Jason and Piper sat on the ground next to each other and she cried a little for Percy. I remained on the rock, and by the time Leo had built a simple robot that could flip pancakes, Jason had stood up.

"Where are you going?" Piper asked.

"This is the plan." He heavily gulped then pointed at the three of us. "I'm closing the door from the inside. Close this side and run to the ship."

"NO!" Piper yelled and ran to his side. She grabbed his hand and face. "I won't let you do this. I will close the doors." He grabbed both of her hands and held her close. I saw Leo scratch his head and step forward.

"There's no other way than through me." Leo said. "I want to go."

I watched the three of them bicker as I sat on the rock staring at the ground. I already knew what was going to happen. They were busy yelling each other orders about where to go, so I stood up and limped towards the doors. I stood at the crack and turned around.

"Hey!" I yelled at them to be quiet. All three turned their heads towards me.

"Annabeth, no-" Piper started. Jason took a step to me cautiously.

"Percy died for you-and this is how you are going to repay him? By giving up?" Jason said. "Let me close the doors. You have more to offer at camp than I." It did seem foolish to be walking towards my death. Selfish even, but this was my destiny.

"Jason, shut up." I motioned for Piper to come closer. Her colorful eyes sparkled with tears too as she drew nearer. She stood inches away from me, inches away from the depths of Tartarus. She gripped my arm and put on a brave smile.

"When you burn our shroud…" I pulled out Riptide and snapped my precious beads off my neck. "can you…?" I couldn't finish my sentence. I had suddenly forgotten how to form words correctly. A lump hitched my breathing as I tried to hold back the flood gates.

Immediately she nodded and saved me from another fit of sadness. I handed over both of our dear items. I took one look at my mother's ring and wondered what this summer's bead would be. I cocked my head wondering if camp would figure out a way to depict something very significant about this war.

"Thank you." I looked into her eyes. "Thalia and Grover knows what to say." She nodded and pulled me close for a hug. I was caught in her smell and braided hair for a moment.

I took a step into darkness and soaked in the last of my warming sunlight.

The door was hard to close. Putting all my weight into moving the thick door made of a mystery material, I was able to finally close out all the sunlight from Tartarus. I heard a click and a deep echo bluster through the air. That must have been Jason closing the doors from the other side. Our job was done.

Upon turning around, I appealed more to the trees with distant leaves that rustled in the breeze. I was greeted once again with a corkscrew pathway leading to armies of prepared monsters. The hellish fire burned many stories beneath my feet.

"Hey! That's HER!" I heard guards coming in from my right.

"RUN!" Guards from my right.

(A/N: Blue Oyster Cult (Don't Fear) The Reaper watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg [This is the original song that brought this idea to me in the first place.] I NEED MORE COWBELL!)

Now that I was trapped in Tartarus, I weighed the consequences thoughtfully.

I could stay paralyzed in my shoes and let the guards take me. Logically, I would be taken back to Percy's dead body and be agonizingly killed. That would ultimately bring Gaea to full power.

Or I could jump, probably black out on my way down to the fire. Gaea wouldn't have another demigod to bring her back and I could only hope that it was quick.

Be Brave. A voice in my head chimed. I recognized it as Percy-that was the last thing he had said to me.

My heart skipped a beat as I took a step towards the ledge.

"Don't move!" The guard said. His voice was so distant and soon my rapid heartbeat blocked out all noise. I looked towards the approaching guards. I didn't see them.

All I saw was a pair of sea green eyes and a bright smile.

It was hard, but I pretended to be a bird. My toes were hanging on the edge and the flames licked the sides of the pathway. Arms outstretched, I greeted death like an old friend.

Then I took a step.

*OFFICIAL PAGE BREAK*

When I opened my eyes, I was in an elevator. I was surrounded by ghosts. Most of them didn't seem sad through. Someone next to me slipped a hand into mine.

"What took you so long?" Percy asked.

A/N: Okay, that was AMAZING! In my opinion. I could do one more chapter about the beads, but I don't want to overkill the story. So I'm done. But seriously, listen to that song^^^

I was in the car, and had the music cranking, windows down, and my mix came up with this song and that day I really listened to the lyrics. I thought about ideas and how I would corporate this idea into a story. It's like Romeo and Juliet, as mentioned in the song^^^. I'm pretty proud at how the story turned out. And I finished the last line exactly as the song ended too!

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