Asuh to any who find themselves reading this

1) Kudos to you for finding this story out of all of them and thanks for your time even though this is probably not going to be the best. I have been playing around with the idea in my head a bit and wanted to see if I could translate it to words.

2) Feel free to comment on anything, whether its bad plots or bad grammar. I try, but people barely speak proper English anymore, and as such we lose our abilities to type with all the proper rules.

3) There are no guarantees I will be updating regularly or even finishing this, it depends on how busy I get with work and school.

Percy POV

Adrenaline is shooting through my veins. I can't stop. Won't stop. Not until all the monsters are dust at my feet. I have too much to protect. Too much to lose. I will do anything to protect those two. They are the future of New Rome. I can feel it.

Battle waged all around me. The tide of battle tilting in our favor but that didn't mean it was without consequence. Many legionnaires fell around me, and it hurt more and more each time. I could have been there if I had only been stronger. I decided to only worry with what is here and now. No point dwelling on the past at this moment, and I can deal with what happens later well… later.

I look to my right, "You three, with me. Those Cyclopes need to be taken care of." Even though I am centurion of the fifth, they still listen to my command thankfully. Man this is gonna be a long fight.

The Titan army had caught us unprepared… again. They have been one step ahead of us for the last few weeks. Sabotaging supply runs, intercepting scouting parties, etcetera, etcetera. There have been rumors flowing around about spies at camp, but I never thought it could possibly be true. However, it had never been quite as evident to me as it was now. So far, New Rome has always been able to adapt to the situation and have been able to pull ahead. The main problem about this engagement? We never formed ranks. Basically all of our group training is inter-cohort, so the legion itself is fighting sloppily, which is why I call to those nearby when I need a group.

"I... shall... return..." the last of the Cyclopes yells as it disintegrates into nothingness.

I was moving to my next target when I felt a nagging in the back of my head telling me to take a look around.

Jason. Reyna. I think to myself as I see them in a rather unbalanced fight with a mass of monsters. The fight isn't looking good even though they fight together in perfect sync. I can see their perfect communication as I am making my way over, smashing through the enemies that stood in my way.

"Come on!" Jason yells, shooting another blast of lightning down on some Hellhounds, but he is looking more winded than I have seen him in a long time. Hang in there guys, I am coming. I won't let anything happen to you, promise.

*slash slice* I finally make it to the fight and start working my way over to the two of them when I see a Dracaena hunter taking aim at Reyna. She is distracted by an empousa, so I can't call her out without potentially leading her into more danger.

"Gods, damn it all." I say to myself, cursing my inability to use ranged weapons. I finally break through this side of the monster group.

I won't make it in time to kill the Dracaena. In my mind, I see only one available option left.

She is only a few strides away from me when the Dracaena fires.

I through my sword and jump as hard as I can towards Reyna.

"Oof!" she exclaims as I tackle her to the ground, causing the arrow to miss its intended target. Quickly I get off her and scramble to retrieve my weapon from the gold dust of the now dead empousa.

"Thanks" she manages between breaths, not taking the time to look at me as she was already on another monster.

"Good timing as always, Jackson" Jason states happily. "Let's take it to em!" The three of us start clearing the area of monsters. Mowing through them like nothing at all. Their numbers are lowering and I make eye contact with Dom, one of the few turncoats who abandoned the Legion for the Titans.

Rage fills me as I make my way over to him, annihilating what monsters were in my way. All this destruction! The mayhem! How can he possibly go along with this! I finally make it to him after what feels like an eternity, and we both stand there, staring at each other, my rage just keeps building.

"Tell me, Dom, is this what you want? Betraying your fellow demigods to join those you don't know the true motives of?" I ask him, raising my sword to be ready for anything though.

"You don't know what it's like Percy, being unclaimed… being ignored! And how can you say you understand the motives of the our 'benevolent rulers' anyways? They only bother themselves with us if it is for their own survival." Dom replied. He kept eyeing my stomach warily though, but I didn't think much of it.

"You are right, Dom. I can't say I understand your feelings because they are, guess what, yours. Just like you cannot possibly understand any of my sufferings. However, how can this" I gesture to the death and despair around us "possibly be the right answer? Just surrender, come back with me. Tell us what you know. Join us again." I plead with him. It hurt me to see a demigod feeling so betrayed by their godly parent, and I do not wish to harm a fellow halfblood. But if he insists…

I can see the emotions running through his eyes. "You have to understand, this is never what I wanted! Equality among the demigods, you can understand that right? No one needed to get hurt. I will indeed go with you here. Not like I would win this fight anyway, even if I am at a slight advantage right now." He replies, still looking at my stomach curiously, as if wondering about something.

Battles end

"Finally" I mutter to myself as cheers erupt from the rest of us. Congratulations were ringing around and a strange feeling was settling in my stomach.

I spot Jason and Reyna over yonder, both looking winded, but healthy otherwise. Walking up to them I cast an arm around each of their shoulders. Jason on my left and Reyna on my right.

"Ya know, considering the circumstances I'd say this is one of the better outcomes. I mean, we won the fight even at our disadvantage!

"As basic as ever Percy. If only it were that simple." Jason said as stoically as ever.

"However," Reyna added "considering the size of these forces I would say we have put a big dent in the Titan's army, much larger than they did to us today. She looked over at the two of us when her eyes shot over to me, specifically my stomach.

"My gods, Percy, you've been shot!"

Adrenaline really is a magical thing. I didn't feel anything the entire time, but now that its been pointed out to me the pain finally registered, and I could feel unconsciousness hitting me.

"Heh, would you look at that…" I manage while falling over and blacking out.