𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗟 . . . 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗬 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗡 [𝟭]

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜰɪꜰᴛᴇᴇɴ

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0.15  everyone needs a hug
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[name] ran until she was exhausted.

her heart was beating fast and she was trembling all over even though she wasn't cold.

rachel steered them away from traps, but they had no destination in mind – only away from that dark mountain and the roar of kronos.

they soon stopped in a tunnel of wet white rock, like part of a natural cave.

[name] couldn't hear anything behind them, but she still didn't feel any safer.

she could still remember those unnatural golden eyes staring out of luke's face. the betrayed look he gave her after shooting him in the eye. the pained cry he let out. the blood leaking out between his fingers.

she stared down at her hands with a deep, tired expression; in disbelief at that fact she hurt him.

"i can't go any further," rachel gasped, hugging her chest.

annabeth had been crying the entire time they'd been running.

now she collapsed and put her head between her knees. her sobs echoed in the tunnel.

[name] continued to breathe heavily while she looked up at the dark skinned girl.

she didn't really understand why the other girl was crying. why was she crying over a traitor?

and why did her own red cheeks feel wet?

[name] slid down against the wall and stared at the other wall across from her with dim brown eyes.

she felt a present sit next to her.

percy didn't say anything. she didn't want him to so she was grateful for that.

she didn't want pity.

she just wanted luke back.

percy gently slide an arm around her shoulder, causing [name] to lean her head on his upper chest. she didn't have the energy to think much about his actions.

everyone was silent. no word were said for what seemed like hours.

water dripped from the stalactites like a slow-motion rain.

breaking the silence, annabeth lifted her head. her eyes were red from crying. "what ... what was wrong with luke? what did they do to him?"

[name] looked up and glanced at percy as he told them all what he'd seen in the coffin, the way the last piece of kronos's spirit had entered luke's body when ethan nakamura pledged his service.