𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 || 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘹 𝘰𝘤

ɪx - ᴄʜᴇᴇꜱᴇʙᴜʀɢᴇʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛꜱ

——CHEESEBURGERS AND DEATH THREATS

LILITH FELT LIKE SHE was dying. as her and percy fell through the air

percy held onto lilith's waist tightly, making sure she wouldn't fall from his grasp. lilith, on the other hand, wrapped her arms around percy's neck. she was pretty sure they were both screaming curses but she couldn't hear anything over the wind whooshing in her ears.

as they got towards the water, lilith got torn out of percy's grasp. as she got closer and closer to the water, a black hole—almost shadow like—appeared beneath her and swallowed her whole.

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"lilith!" a distant voice called to the girl.

"lilith! fuck—" the voice said again, getting desperate.

"LILITH PARK!"

the daughter of hecate woke up. in front of her was annabeth and grover. both of them looked even more worried than they did on the elevator.

"hi.."the girl groaned as she sat up. she was lying near the mississippi. half of the body was in the water and half was on land, causing her shorts and the bottom of her band t-shirt to get wet.

"we thought you saw your mother!" grover bleated, helping her stand up.

as the girl stood up, she was embraced by her best friend.

"okay," lilith said, "rude."

"he's being serious, lilith." annabeth said, "we saw you and percy jump out of the arch and fall down six hundred and thirty feet!"

"and then!" grover added, "you disappeared out of percy's arms!"

lilith didn't know what to say—she had a feeling of what had happened, but she wasn't ready to say it just yet.

"honestly, i don't remember a thing." lilith said
touching her head gently.

the two just stared at her in worry.

her eye widened when she realized something.

"percy!" she shouted, "where's percy?!"

annabeth and grover looked sullen.

"he hasn't come up yet." the two said in unison.

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lilith spent that whole afternoon pacing around. her mind was racing.

percy couldn't have just—died.

she couldn't help but feel worried, they all did. annabeth looked mad yet equally as scared and grover was nervously bleating every five seconds. they waited for percy to resurface.

lilith was leaning on a railing when she spotted a familiar dark blue hoodie with small burn marks on the back.

her stomach dropped, "guys—"