Omega: Son of Nyx (Percy Jackson Fanfiction)

Olympus Has Fallen

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*THIS HAS BEEN EDITED*

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PERCY POV

I knew I was going to have a bad day when I woke up to a drakon's roar. Especially this drakon. Like, come on, it seriously had to be defeated by Ares children? But that's not such a big issue, right? I mean, we have tons of Ares children here. Wrong. All those idiots stayed at camp and now we have to spare fighters to go persuade them to come. And in the meantime, we had to send fighters to hold off this drakon, even though they know they can't kill it. We're basically asking everybody, "Hey guys, who wants to die today?" Fat chance of that turning out well. Then all of the sudden, ta-da! Like a magic trick, Silena had pulled the Ares kids into battle against the drakon – but then, while fighting the drakon, she died. And it was all Clarisse's fault. Why couldn't she and her stupid cabin have just put aside their differences to come stop the end of the world? I hate to admit it, but the Ares cabin has some incredible fighters. Anyway, even after we defeated the drakon, with the help of Clarisse – who finally showed up – I had an uneasy feeling that something was about to go seriously wrong. And then when Kronos broke into Olympus, that feeling multiplied by 100 – obviously, seeing as how the king of the Titans was now smashing the gods' kingdom to bits.

-Flashback-

The fight against Kronos was not going well. Annabeth, Grover, and I were all injured and exhausted. And let's face facts – it's hard to win a war if you have no rest, and you're fighting against someone who basically recharges every night. We had managed to disarm Kronos – which is a pretty big accomplishment in itself – but now Kronos had Annabeth on the ground after stealing her knife, and I couldn't move. My worst nightmare was about to come true. And in that moment, as Kronos began to bring the blade down, I realized something – I loved Annabeth. And there was nothing I could do but watch as Kronos killed her.

"Family, Luke," she said. "You promised." I saw a brief look of recognition flash across Kronos' face. Suddenly, he lurched forward. "Annabeth," he said, but this time it was Luke's voice, "You're bleeding." Annabeth tried to reach her dagger, but it was just out of reach and she couldn't move without injuring herself further. "Percy, please," she croaked out. I ran forward and scooped up her knife. I stepped in between them and began to push him back. He seemed to know what I was thinking. "No Percy," he said, "you can't do it yourself. He'll try to push back and I won't be able to contain him. Only I can do it."

I raised the knife, prepared to strike, when suddenly it hit me. A hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap. Only it wasn't talking about my soul. It was talking about Luke's. And as I stood there, torn between finishing him off myself or giving Luke the weapon, I heard Annabeth speak from behind me. "Give it to him, Percy." Without much more thought, I flipped the dagger around and handed it to Luke. His face grew into a malicious grin. His eyes returned to the golden color they were in a few minutes before. "You fool," he said, "You really thought that puny boy could hold me back?" He pushed me aside and lunged at Annabeth, knife in hand, and she was still lying on the ground, unable to move. "No!" I screamed, before hurling myself in front of her and intercepting the knife with my body.

Whether by luck or skill, the blade slipped in between the straps of my armor and pierced the small of my back, my Achilles heel. You've got to be freaking kidding me, I thought before I was consumed by unimaginable pain – the likes of which I had never felt before in my entire life. As I was writhing on the floor in pain, I could faintly see a golden glow light up around me. The glow intensified until a blast of pure heat exploded from the air around me. The blast knocked Kronos back into the wall on the opposite side of the room, but my friends weren't affected.

Annabeth managed to haul herself up off the ground and over to me. She cradled my head in her lap as tears ran down her face. Through the pain, I managed to crack a small smile. "Pretty stupid of me, huh?" "You idiot," she said "why did you do that?" I tried to reply, but my voice was failing me. I coughed up blood, and the fake smile she had on before vanished as she realized how close I was to the end. My vision started going dark around the edges and I struggled to keep my eyes open. "No! Don't close your eyes Percy," Annabeth screamed, "Just hold on Seaweed Brain!" As I struggled to stay conscious, I saw the gods come running into the throne room. They looked around until they spotted Kronos on the far side of the room staggering to his feet. They all rushed to battle him except for Poseidon, who had caught sight of me. "No," he shouted, before running over to me. The other gods faltered in their charge and glanced back at me. There were many gasps of shock and Kronos chose this moment to speak. "Behold, puny Olympians, your hero is dying, struck down by my hand. The prophecy has been fulfilled!"

The look on my dad's face changed from anguish to anger, and he got up and attacked Kronos, with the other Olympians not far behind. Kronos simply waved his hand and they disappeared in a flash of gold. "Ah, much better," he said. "What did you do to them?" Annabeth asked. "I have taken complete control over this body and I am able to use my powers to their full extent, so I banished them to Tartarus," he said with a grin. "And now on to you." With that, he raised his hands again and Annabeth disappeared in a gray light. The last thought I had before I lost consciousness was, why hadn't that second light been gold as well?

-End Flashback-

ANNABETH POV

I found myself in a grassy field surrounded by trees. I didn't really asses the area because I was still recovering from the shock of watching the love of my life die in front of me. The tears started flowing down my face as I remembered watching the life drain out of him. All I want is to be able to see him one more time, but I know that is impossible now. But the thought of Percy being gone, just like that, is almost unbearable.

After taking a few minutes – alright maybe hours – to recover, I began to look around at my surroundings. I noticed that there was a giant pine tree in the middle of the clearing that looked exactly like Thalia's pine. What a coincidence – not. This had to be the work of the gods. But how? They were all gone, weren't they? On the tree there was a piece of paper, emblazoned with the Olympic crest. The paper said:

Annabeth,

I have transported you to Ogygia. I want you to make a new camp here with the help of Calypso. The other demigods will be arriving soon.

Love,

Athena

PS - Yes, that is Thalia's pine.

After I read the letter, I just had more questions. How had my mother transported me here? Was she alive? Were the other gods too? I decided to try to find Calypso instead of driving myself crazy with all of these questions. Also, I was probably going to need help building the camp. As I walked, I couldn't help but wonder where Percy was right now. If the gods are in Tartarus, does that mean the Underworld had shut down? Was it possible that he was still alive? If he was, I would find him. But first, I had to deal with the girl that almost took him from me recently.