She stood there, blinking in all the light.

Y/N. My Y/N.

Luke laughed. It sounded inhuman.

"Well we're all here!" he exclaimed, clasping his hands. "Time to get the party started!"

I couldn't breath anymore. Luke left the table and had stood up to caress Y/N's jaw. She flinched, her eyes flickering back from me to him.

Touch me and I'll kill you, her eyes said.

"What are you going to do with her?" I demanded, standing up. My legs felt like Jell-O underneath me. "I need to know!"

Luke smiled. "I'm just toying around," he answered lightly. His eyes flashed evilly. "Percy, I've got something fascinating planned for Olympus, and I want you right next to me as we rule it together."

I looked desperately at Y/N. a guard stood awkwardly next to her. She didn't seem to mind. A few more pooled out of the door behind them, sealing us in.

We were severely outnumbered.

"Marry me, Percy," Luke smirked. "Love me. Be faithful to me." His hand reached behind to to grasp Backbiter, the weapon he used before in his previous life. Luke held it to Y/N soft throat. "Or she dies."

I almost fainted. Very manly.

I shook my head and looked down. I refused to answer.

Luke walked back over to me. He tilted my head up an gleamed.

"You'll be mine either way," he said. "Make the decision now, and she might just live."

Luke tousled my hair playfully and turned around. "Or I can have a little fun with her myself," he added. "Maybe I'll have a little fun with both of you."

"Shut up!" I yelled. "Don't touch her! Don't you dare touch her, or I'll kill you!"

Luke spun on his heel to face me again. "You can't speak to me like that," he snarled. "Never will I allow it."

I jumped back to where Riptide was in a blur. In a second, I was right in front of Luke, wielding my sword.

"I'll kill you," I said. "I'll kill you happily if you even think about doing anything to Y/N."

Luke narrowed his eyes.

Then he relaxed. He laughed. It gave me shivers.

He took my sword hand in his. Luke's palm was cold.

He took Riptide and slid the tip across the inside of my hand, right on my fingers. Blood seeped out slowly in drops.

"You're my best friend," Luke whispered. He placed Riptide's hilt back into my hand. "Kill her, and we can live together forever."

I gripped my sword tightly. I wanted to slit his throat and run away.

Why was I actually considering this?

"No," I answered shakily. "Just -- no. I won't."

A vision crept into my mind. I gave me shivers.

I stood behind Y/N, who was sitting patiently in a chair. I was holding Riptide in my shaking hands.

She was smiling, knowing what was going to happen.

'I'm sorry,' I choked. 'I don't want to. But I -- I have to."

Y/N let her shoulders sag with the experience of her entire life.

I plunged Riptide into her back. She didn't say anything.

Blood gushed out. Some splattered into my hands. I looked in horror with a single hot tear sliding down my face.

Y/N let out an airy laugh.

'Literally being stabbed in the back,' she choked. Blood spurt out of her mouth. Even in the worst of times, Y/N managed a smile. ''Funny isn't it?'

She collapsed on the side of her chair. I ran away into darkness.

"No," I said more firmly. "I will never kill Y/N. I swear it on the River Styx."

Luke frowned. "Then I guess I'll just have to --"

"Bastard!" Y/N screeched, putting her spear out of her boot. She sprung out of the grasp of a man and lunged towards Luke. "I'll kill you -- !"

Luke smirked. He tilted his head back and tripped her.

But Y/N will never fall. Not easily.

She jumped over his protruding leg and slid her spear across his thigh. Luke let out a withering help.

"Bitch!" he retorted. They must have been a new pair of skinny jeans. "You're gonna pay for this!"

Y/N just winked at me in response. We stood once again, side by side. We always fit perfectly together when we stood like this.

"The usual?" I asked, sneaking a glance at her. Gods, she's so freaking beautiful.

Y/N nodded in confirmation. "The usual," she repeated. Her eyes were so intent, so focused. I'm dating the right woman.

We stared at Luke. He narrowed his eyes and put Backbiter in the space between us.

"You'll regret that," Luke snarled. "I might just torture her in front of you for fun."

Y/N charged into battle.

I love her so much. I don't want to lose her.

We'll have our own infinity. I swear it on the River Styx.

~~~

I love Percy Jackson.

I love the fact that I'm in love with him.

I can love. I have a heart.

Please don't take him away. He's all I have left.

Please, Hades. Father. Dad. Please let him stay with me. You owe me at least that, don't you?

~~~

I felt searing pain in my eyes.

Luke slashed them.

I immediately dropped Riptide. I heard Y/N's shrieks, and felt her strong arms shake mine.

"You're an idiot, Percy Jackson," she scolded. I felt her lips against mine, leaving me shocked at both the pain and her.

"I can't see," I whispered. I tried feeling my eyes, but all got was blood.

No.

"You'll be okay," Y/N encouraged. "You'll be okay. We can get back to camp, and get you treated by Will Solace, got it? You'll be okay, you'll be okay, you'll be okay..."

I heard the urgency in her voice. Gods, she should just give up hope already. I'll never see again.

I couldn't locate Luke.

And then there was pain in my side.

"Y/N!" I yelled. "Where are you?"

Luke put an icy cold hand on my shoulder. He leaned in close to my ear.

"I'm sorry," he said in a monotone voice. "I love you, but that comes with a price. I'm going to have to kill you now."

Where was Y/N? Why did she stop talking? Was she okay? ANSWER ME!

I felt something sharp at my throat.

"Goodnight," Luke whispered. He pointed the tip of his sword deep into my skin, and moved it slowly across me.

It burned so much, and he's only moved half an inch.

I heard Y/N scream somewhere. Good, she's alive. Bad, she's screaming.

"Y/N," I whispered. "I can't see you. I can't see you. I want to see you."

I felt something -- someone knock Backbiter out of Luke's grasp. Y/N. It has to be Y/N.

I reached down to feel for Riptide. When I got him, I stood up immediately.

"We need to leave," Y/N urged. "We're at a disadvantage."

"What's going on?" I slurred. I was feeling numb.

Y/N grabbed my hand and led me stumbling past a quantity of bodies.

Did she kill all of these guards?

"Stop!"

Y/N gripped my hand tighter. "I splashed something on a shelf into Luke's eyes," she said in a hushed voice. "I don't know what it was. Probably a strength potion, so we should take this distraction as a way to escape."

I shook my head as she pulled me further away. As we reached the cabin door, I stopped.

"We can't just leave him," I said. "Even bad guys deserve some love."

Y/N shoved my shoulder. "Dumbass," she accused. "He's gonna slaughter us and torture us if we don't leave now. Stop showing mercy."

I shook my hand out of hers. It was sticky.

"I don't care," I replied. "It's my fatal flaw, you know."

I walked cautiously back to Luke. I could just imagine him -- reddened eyes and ripped clothes. Probably stained with blood.

"Luke," I called. I felt for him, touching his chest when I walked closer.

I felt his chest soften. "Percy," he breathed. "I knew you'd come back for me."

I smiled the best I could and gave him a hug. Luke placed his hand on the top of my hand. I felt Riptide clang to the floor.

"But not soon enough," he added.

I felt the most agonizing pain in my entire life.

Luke had stabbed me. In my back.

"You killed me," I whispered.

"I'm sorry," he said. We pulled away. "I had to. I hope you understand."

Luke tore his sword out of my back. I doubled over and collapsed to the cold floor.

The light went out. The only thing I could hear were Y/N's screeching in the distance.

I went to sleep.