Gods and Demigods read Intertwined Destinies

Chapter 18: Wisdom's Daughter Must Walk Alone

/Chapter 18: Wisdom's Daughter Must Walk Alone

If the circumstances had been different, Percy might have enjoyed walking around the bustling streets of Rome with Zoe, Annabeth and Jason. He had the girl he loved, his best friend, and Thalia's brother, who despite their recent little dispute seemed to have put whatever resentment he held behind him. If Percy focused really hard, he could almost imagine they were on some kind of lame mortal double date and they were just out for an afternoon stroll. Unfortunately for him, and his friends, they were not normal mortals./

"And that unfortunately comes with massive responsibilities to save the world. No paid time off, no vacation, no breaks," Percy said.

/Not in the slightest./

"Never," Percy said.

/No, they were given the privilege of sailing across the world to somehow find the doors of death and close them despite the fact that neither Thanatos nor his father apparently had the power to do so. Then after doing that small task, they had to find a way to defeat a primordial goddess and her giant children with what appeared to be only limited help from the gods./

Percy groaned and rolled his eyes muttering about how there was always someone else.

/Oh, how honored they should be. Or at least that was what Zeus would tell them, being the pompous ass he is.

He couldn't help the feeling of dread creeping into his heart as he thought about Annabeth going off to gods know where in search of some stupid statue for some stupid reason that he did not understand. Besides Zoe, she was his best friend and the only person other than Zoe he trusted to watch his back when they got into whatever unavoidable sticky situation came next. He and Zoe had been in plenty of them by themselves but it was always nice to have his super intelligent best friend there to come up with a plan in a flash rather than using Percy's usual decision to wing it and hope for the best./

"The only other person?" Thalia asked.

"I trust you too, Thalia," Percy said. "But not if we're anywhere about 12 feet off the ground."

Thalia glared and gave Percy a slight static shock."

"But really, when are you around, Thals. You're busy with the Hunt, I can't always call on you," Percy said.

"I get it," Thalia said.

/Sure it had worked up until this point but a guy can only get lucky so many times.

He looked to his left and saw Jason and Annabeth holding hands as they walked and couldn't help but smile at the sight. It was time for his friend to find some happiness after everything she went through with Luke. He made the right choice in the end but it was little consolation to Annabeth as he did it in the last five minutes of his life, leaving her to grieve for the loss of the boy she loved./

Annabeth smiled. She would always love Luke, but she had to give herself the permission to move on and find the right guy. She hoped that Jason was that guy.

/He looked to his right where Zoe walked beside him and his smile grew a bit as he thought about how lucky he was to have the person he loved most in the world by his side. Despite how improbable the two of them being together was, there was no denying she was the girl for him. Smart, beautiful, brave and not mention tough as nails and not afraid to kick his ass if he needed it, just what every man dreams of in a woman. Well, maybe not every man but she was absolutely perfect in his eyes and there wasn't a thing he would change about her./

Zoe kissed Percy and smiled. "I wouldn't change a thing about you either," she said.

/Despite how bad it made him feel, he couldn't help but be thankful it wasn't her going off on a solo mission into Rome. He knew she could more than take care of herself but he wasn't sure how he would do without her at his side. He had gotten so accustomed to going into every life and death situation side by side, at least now that he had his memories back, he wasn't sure what he would do if she wasn't there to save him with a well-placed arrow when he slipped up in battle./