Chapter 3: A Cry in the Night

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(Sorry I literally haven't updated in like a month! So we're gonna pretend that Percy and Annabeth got engaged during the trials of Apollo so they are aware of Apollo's situation. Thanks and enjoy!)

Percy's POV

  A deafening scream. So shrill, so loud. Yet I knew whose it was.
I was scared out of my mind. I jumped out of bed and threw on closest shorts near me. I ran towards the screams. I followed them all the way down to the beach. I look out to a giant yacht floating calmly on the water. The screams continue but this time it's not just a cry in the night, it's saying my name.
"Percy! Peeerrrrcccyyyy!" I hear her scream. My heart stops as I hear her screaming and crying.
"ANNABETH! ANNABETH WHERE ARE YOU!" I yell. A feeling of despair washes over me. A man tall and tan walks onto the deck laughing.
"Oh I am so glad to finally be meeting the Percy Jackson!" The man exclaimed. "I've heard all about you and your heroic exploits with Annabeth over here!" He looked at Annabeth and said, "Isn't that right sweetie!" I was ready to murder him, and I mean literally.
"I have heard that you and Annabeth have been trying not get into lots of trouble so you could live a happy life!" He stared at me. "Well, plans change don't they!"
"P-Percy, don't listen to him. He's only t-trying to make you m-mad." Annabeth whimpered.
"Oh we don't need silly talk darling!" He grabbed her left hand. "What do we have here? Is this a ring! Oh my what a beauty! But the thing is, I need Annabeth for myself. So I'm afraid you'll need this back! So much for young love! To be truthful, you all getting married way to early! I mean 20! Most relationships end if you get married that young!"
The two guards holding Annabeth twisted her arms and she screamed. The man finally looked at me again.
"WHO ARE YOU!" I screamed at him. "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM HER!"
"Oh silly boy, I want her to be my bride! You demigods are so incredibly slow to things! You see, when the triumvirate overthrows Olympus, I will need someone to be my queen! And I just happened to choose your lovely fiancée here! Plus, she is the perfect object to be used for black male!"He stared at me with a deadly gleam in his eyes.
He grabbed Annabeths left hand and twisted her ring right off her finger.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!" I yelled.
"Oh but I do! You see I already have her in my grasp!" He looked at me and threw her ring into my hands, which I promptly zipped up in my pocket.
"As for my name. I am the emperor Nero."

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