Percy is basically controlling a wave right now and we are riding it over to the lifeboat Annabeth and Tyson are on. I see them both struggling to find out how to start it, and Tyson dropping the engine into the ocean. But, my attention focuses on something else as I see one of the guys try to jump onto the wave, but fail. Then, Luke successfully gets on. I look at him and still try to reason with him. I can't give up on him.
"Luke!" I yell getting his attention.
"You need me, Stella. We can be together after all this is over, I just need you with me." He says, and for some reason, my mind is considering it.
My mind considers what a life with Luke is like after we destroy Olympus. But, I shake my head away. This is the darkness thinking. I can't let it interfere with my thoughts, not anymore.
"Luke, you don't want to do this, just help us get the fleece and come home!" I shout.
"Stella!" Percy calls. "Just stop! There is no good left in him." He says making tears well up in my eyes. I know Percy doesn't know Luke like I do, but I thought he would understand why I didn't wanna give up.
Percy throws Luke off the wave. He is flung into the sea. I feel scared for a second, seeing as, he could've just plunged to his death, but his head comes up from the water and he seems so angry. I wanna go with Luke and still try to talk to him. He needs me. When everyone at camp thought I was this evil, dark person, he was the only one who saw me for me. I can't give up on him, but, gods, I'm gonna regret this.
"I'm sorry, Percy. But, I need to do this." I say as I shadow travel back onto the boat.
"No! No, what are you doing?" He screams turning back to come get me.
"Percy, just leave. I'll see you soon. But, you have to understand, I need to do this." I try to convince him, and it works, surprisingly.
He reluctantly nods his head and jumps onto the lifeboat. I see Annabeth yelling and arguing with him, but he just says 'go'. I wave goodbye. I can feel the regret, now. Questions in my mind like 'why would you do this to yourself?' or 'why can't you just leave Luke alone?', but I ignore them. Something else is at play here. Luke's and Chris' eyes glowing yellow? I need to get to the bottom of this. But, I just used my powers, totally forgetting about what the gods said. I just signed my sentence to tartarus for Luke.
"I knew you would stay!" Luke yells as he climbs onto the back of the boat.
I stare at him, when I should probably shadow travel back onto the lifeboat, but I need to do this.
"Of course, I would never leave you, Luke." I say, hoping for him to say something like 'I love you' or 'me neither'. But, he doesn't.
"You ready to destroy the gods, as they destroyed me?" He says, making me so, utterly confused.
"What are you talking about?" I question.
"Now that your friends have abandoned ship, and you decided to stay back here without them, well, its time you see what I see." He says in a raspy, dark voice.
Why does he sound different?
"You said the gods destroyed you, what do you mean?" I ask.
Then, I hear a voice in my head. One of recognize as Hades speaking to me.
That is not Luke, child. You made a grave mistake.
"Who is it?" I ask, out loud, drawing attention from 'Luke'.
Kronos.
Thats all he says, but I can feel fear creeping up on me. I have read about Kronos, as has everyone in Camp Half-Blood. And I know exactly what this means. Kronos has the power to 'compel' or 'take-over' minds. He must've done this with Luke.
Part of me wants to just bail, but another part wants to play this out. Maybe, if he still thinks that I know nothing, I can get information.
"Ugh, Hades. Always an annoying boy." Luke says.
"What?" I ask, there is no way Kronos or Luke or whatever could hear Hades.
"You half-bloods think you know it all. You think I can't glance inside that little head of yours." He starts as he walks towards me, making me back up. "I mean, yes, your mind is very difficult to enter, maybe because you have so much going on up there. But, I can hear your despicable father try to talk to you."
Great, well my whole plan of acting dumb just went to crap. Damn, I really regret staying behind to be all tender and kind and understanding to Luke. Luke's gone now, as far as I'm concerned. This is Kronos I'm speaking to. All I have to do now, is find out a way to kill Kronos. This should be a piece of cake...
Author's Note
Ahhhh!! Guys, 2k reads on the Lightning Thief X Reader! This can't be real! I can't express how much I appreciate this especially because this is the first thing I have ever written. Love you all!!
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Fanfiction"We need you! Don't you get it? You are nothing to the people at camp! They fear you! No one cares about you! Except me." He says as his eyes glow yellow. I look at him terrified. "Whats wrong with your eyes?" I ask.
