❝ I retired from saving the world years ago ❞
the effects of a gruesome war make the hero go into an indefinite hiatus. he is pulled back when a looming threat is revealed making him join the earth's mightiest heroes
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wher...
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THE CRIMSON LIQUID WAS TATTERED AROUND the battlefield coated with the golden dust of defeated monsters and the air was filled with malicious laughter of the primordial goddess, Gaea. The demigods were scattered here and there fighting as their life depended on it, because it did.
Percy was fighting alongside Jason and Piper. He let out a breath of shock as Piper threw herself in front of the son of Jupiter as a spear pierced through her stomach. Her efforts went in vain as the spear pushed into Jason's body killing him in an instant.
As their lifeless bodies fell down he ran towards them as tears flowed down his eyes. Percy took the spear out and laid them both together and stood up.
He frantically searched for his friends when he spotted an eagle flying around and Percy had no doubt in his mind that eagle was none other than the son of Mars himself. Any relief he felt was teared away from his chest when he found Hazel and Leo on the ground. Unmoving. He was ready to break down then and there when he saw a few boulders were flying towards the unarmed son of Mars. "Frank!" the son of Poseidon called out as he leapt forward to take the hit only to come up a few inches short.
Frank let out a scream of agony before his body disappeared into the ground. Percy let out a sob as he saw the dead bodies. He stood up looking for a swamp of blonde hair over the sea of bodies. That's when he saw her held in the air by the daughter of Chaos. He ran in full speed towards her. Towards Annabeth.
Seeing him approach Gaea threw the already weakened body of Annabeth Chase into a pillar followed by a scream from the young savior of Olympus. Percy bend down taking Annabeth in his arms, sobbing. "You can't...l- leave me, Wise Girl. Please, No" He pleaded with his dying girlfriend. She raised her shaky and bloody hand to his cheek and pulled him into a very desperate and passionate kiss. They savored the kiss knowing full well it was their last.
"Promise me...t-that you'll move on. Promise me... I love you Seaweed Brain." Her hand on his cheek went slack as her beautiful stormy grey eyes showed no signs of life. Percy let out a heart wrenching scream that the whole battlefield went silent, all searching for the producer. "I promise" he whispered to the dead body of his Wise Girl and closed her eyes.
He laid her body and stood you still shaken. His sea green eyes which always showed a glint of hope was replaced by a look of true rage. The look on his face was terrifying enough to make the monsters run but his glare was directed towards Gaea, made her flinch. Percy crushed anything and everything in his path towards the Primordial. He annihilated the monsters as the demigods looked in fear even though he was on their side.
His eyes saw nothing but white. Rage for Gaea had killed his one true love, his best friends and now she had to pay the price. He advanced towards her paying no mind to the monsters he killed. He duelled with Gaea trying to find a crack in her armour. The raw emotion gave him enough adrenaline to keep going even though all he wanted was to curl up and cry but he couldn't.
