au where tartarus floods percy’s sense and he can’t hear annabeth calling for him to stop so he goes farther and farther to the point of no return and kills akhlys. suddenly everything quiets, power is roaring through his veins, golden ichor coats percy as well as the ground where the goddess lay begging for mercy. annabeth staring at him horrified, dazed, terrified. it takes him a moment to realize what he’s done, he stumbles back slightly in shock and disgust and that’s when annabeth’s brain starts working again and she rushes forward to get the two of them away as fast as possible. a goddess just died and it was not a quiet affair. every monster in the pit would be making their way towards them eventually, right? they had to go now.
nyx never appears, they make their way to meet up w bob and it’s a quiet and tense journey. annabeth cant find anything to say, neither can percy. they can’t even look at each other. bob doesn’t say anything about the ichor, instead he points out that their veil is gone. they are visible. as they make their way towards the crowd of monsters by the doors, everyone is silent. the monster are standing still, no one is going up, no one’s moving, no one’s talking, it’s completely silent. tartarus never appears, there is no fight. the crowd parts at them, whispers are heard but they can’t understand what they’re saying. halfway through, percy hears a telkhine behind him grunt to the dracaena next to him “godkiller” and suddenly it’s the chant of the crowd.
they’re cheering for him. a lot are proud of him. a few intelligent ones fear him, they hide when he looks their way, their fear is glaringly obvious. when they approach the doors koios simply steps aside. percy looks back at the monsters in disbelief, they must misunderstand his expression as they reverently kneel, silently pledging their allegiance, their service, their loyalty. the godkiller is on their side, he’s one of them now. the power still flows through his veins, his anger is even stronger. the rivers of the underworld burst from the ground and douse the thousands of monsters in seconds. the ones left behind are suddenly crying out in pain before bursting into dust. the elevator ride is quiet.
