Like you promised

~~chapter 4~~

Luke was once again pulling on my arm as he led me to a room that had two Demigods at guard, Luke motions his head for us to be let in.

The door opens and I first see Percy, who immediately sees me "Annabeth" he calls "are you okay?" I nod in response but I could tell Percy thought Luke harmed me.

"You have five minutes" Luke informed me as he left the room closing the door behind him.

"Percy" I whispered his name wanting to hug him so much, I wanted to cuddle with him and hide my tears in his shirt. But bars separated us, "Percy how are we going to get out of here?" I hoped he'd have a clue,

"I don't know you're the wise girl" he grinned a little flinching from Luke's stab.

"Percy I'm so sorry this is my fault"

"No, it's not how could you know that we'd get attack"

"I still chose a position for us that was far from our own team? If I didn't we'd still be at camp,"

"Can we not do this now, what does Luke want from you anyway why is he keeping us apart?"

"I don't know" I cried

I'm so confused, I don't want to me here on this boat, I want to be back to camp with Percy and feel safe once again. "Don't worry about me" he spoke up "get off this boat and leave me, worry about yourself, that's all I care for. Go and get help." He pushed me away, and tears began to form again,

"Percy I ca-"

"Times up" Luke came back in. The tears began to trickle down my cheeks,

"No Luke" I cried, I wanted to stay with Percy be trapped down here with him, why can't I? "Please let me stay here with him" I wanted to scream and punch him and his perfect teeth.

"Let's go Annie" he pulled me over his shoulder once again, and I began to scream and try to throw myself off but it wasn't worth it.

I looked pathetic, a screaming, small teenager vs a tall, strong well-skilled sword fighter.

"Enough!" Luke shouted annoyed. Without myself noticing I ended up being thrown onto a bed into an unfamiliar hotel looking room.

"Why am I here Luke!" I screamed even louder, making my mouth burn for the satisfaction of cold water.

"I'm protecting you" he was also angry, but in a protective way that I've seen before.

"From what?!"

"Listen Annabeth! Unless you're on my side your marked as someone to be killed, and I... I don't want that." Our angry expressions faded and I was stuck trying not to believe a word he's saying.

"I don't believe you," I muted tucking my knee in my chest, resting my head on my knees.

"To be honest... I don't expect you to Annie" he admitted

"Mmh that sounds formula, remember when you tricked me into holding the sky for your trap you said something similar like that, something like 'you shouldn't but if you don't I'll die'. YOU knew I still cared so you used that against me!" I sarcastically pointed out trying to hold the rise of my volume.

"Annie" he tried to calm me down,

"Stop calling me that! You've lost your right to call me that" I spat at him. I began to sob unable to control myself. I can't handle this, being face to face with him it feels heartbreaking, "why?!?" I cried I feel like I've asked him this question so many times (in my dreams). Where everyone's dying and my last breath to him his 'why?'

"The gods-" he was going to do his whole 'the gods have had their time' speech.

"No!' I sounded like a grumpy preschool teacher who's fed up trying to teach a child to say 'three' "why did you do this to me? To Thalia," my voice trembled with misery "you say you didn't betray her but you did Luke, you did. Poisoning her how's that not betrayal you practically spat at her, creating her death bed. For the longest time, you were the only person I truly trusted we were family and we promised never to leave each other- you did exactly that. Did anything mean anything to you or was it just... or was it just you blending in the whole time?"

He took a deep breath before he spoke again, "do you remember that time at the pond when the camp did a canoeing race?" I didn't answer. "You were turning nine and you were so determined to win, that when we teamed up you spent the whole afternoon making sure I was keeping up with the same speed and pattern as you." The memory came back to me it felt warm and fuzzy inside, and I had to push myself not to smile. "It was worth it though we came first," he smiled a little.

"What's your point?" I muttered, trying to control my emotions.

"I want- I need you to join Annabeth"

"Or what you'll kill Percy, I'm pretty shearing you'll kill him either way," I growled

"Perhaps" he grinned "but I guess you'd never know,"

"What do you mean Luke?" It felt like that was the first time I said his name, and it caused the many times I called for it to come flooding back.

"If you don't join I guess you'd never know if you could've saved him," Luke said his last words as he stood up and started to walk to the door.

"Wait for Luke," I cried out a little, as his hand reached for the handle. I imagined a smirk planted on his face from how pathetic I was to fall for him once again. But what use was I? And why was it so important for me to be apart of some plan of Luke. "I'll join... but you have to tell me why I'm so badly needed ."

I was expecting to hear, 'get Thalia to join,' or something like that, but I didn't expect his answer. "Your not apart of any plan Annie," he informed me still having his back facing towards me.

"Then why am I here?"

"Because I don't want you to die," and then he just left the room, leaving one confused me once again. When will this nightmare end?

He's not the same Luke I knew once upon a time, but apart of me wanted him back, the Luke, Thalia and I once knew. So maybe I could get him back, would it hurt to try?

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Released 11/July/2017

Okay this chapter was a little (too) rushed, also every chapter has Lukabeth fan art now so if you missed it go check it out.

See ya readers