Okay, I know I said I will be taking a short hiatus until december 27 on my other stories, but I couldnt bear not posting this one. I just loved writing it, and I hope you love reading it! This includes parts from the Last Olympian, just so you know. Just so you know I'll be writing these in parts. About 5 in all. Enjoy Part 1!

Percy

I turned toward his army. It was now roughly one hundred and ninety-nine to one. I did the natural thing. I charged them.

You're going to ask me how the "invincible" thing worked: if I magically dodged every weapon, or if the weapons hit me and just didn't hurt me. Honestly, I don't remember. All I knew was that I wasn't going to let these monsters invade my hometown.

I sliced through armour like it was made of paper. Snake women exploded. Hellhounds melted to shadow. I slashed and stabbed and whirled, and I might've even laughed once or twice-a crazy laugh that scared me as much as it did my enemies. I was aware of the Apollo campers behind me shooting arrows, disrupting every attempt by the enemy to rally. Finally, the monsters turned and fled-about twenty left alive out of two hundred.

I followed with the Apollo campers at my heels.

"Yes!" yelled Michael Yew. "That's what I'm talking about!"

We drove them back toward the Brooklyn side of the bridge. The sky was growing pale in the east. I could see the toll stations ahead.

"Percy!" Annabeth yelled. "You've already routed them. Pull back! We're overextended!"

Some part of me knew she was right, but I was doing so well, I wanted to destroy every last monster.

Then I saw the crowd at the base of the bridge. The retreating monsters were running straight toward their reinforcements. It was a small group, maybe thirty or forty demigods in battle armour, mounted on skeletal horses. One of them held a purple banner with the black scythe design.

The lead horseman trotted forward. He took off his helm, and I recognized Kronos himself, his eyes like molten gold.

Annabeth and the Apollo campers faltered. The monsters we'd been pursuing reached the Titan's line and were absorbed into the new force. Kronos gazed in our direction. He was a quarter mile away, but I swear I could see him smile.

"Now," I said "we pull back."

The Titan lord's men drew their swords and charged. The hooves of their skeletal horses thundered the against the pavement. Our archers shot a volley, bringing down several of the enemy, but they just kept riding.

"Retreat!" I told my friends. "I'll hold them."

In a matter of seconds they were on me.

Michael and his archers tried to retreat, but Annabeth stayed right beside me, fighting with her knife and mirrored shield as we slowly backed up the bridge.

Kronos's cavalry swirled around us, slashing and yelling insults. The Titan himself advanced leisurely, like he had all the time in the world. Being the lord of time, I guess he did.

I tried to wound his men, not kill. That slowed me down, but these weren't monsters. They were demigods who'd fallen under Kronos's spell. I couldn't see their faces under their battle helmets, but some of them had probably been my friends. I slashed the legs off their horses and made the skeletal mounts disintegrate. After the first few demigods took a spill, the rest figured out they'd better dismount and fight me on foot.

Annabeth and I stayed shoulder to shoulder, facing opposite directions. A dark shape passed over me, and I dared to glance up. Blackjack and Porkpie were swooping in, kicking our enemies in the helmets and flying away like very large kamikaze pigeons.

We'd almost made it to the middle of the bridge when something strange happened. I felt a chill down my spine-like that old saying about someone walking on your grave. Behind me, Annabeth cried out in pain.

"Annabeth!" I turned in time to see her fall, clutching her arm. A demigod with a bloody knife stood over her.

In a flash I understood what had happened. He'd been trying to stab me. Judging from the position of his blade, he would've taken me-maybe by sheer luck-in the small of my back, my only weak point.

Annabeth had intercepted the knife with her own body.

But why? She didn't know about my weak spot. No one did.

I locked eyes with the enemy demigod. He wore an eye patch under his war helm: Ethan Nakamura, the son of Nemesis. Somehow he'd survived the explosion on the Princess Andromeda. I slammed him in the face with my sword hilt so hard I dented his helm.

"Get back!" I slashed the air in a wide arc, driving the rest of the demigods away from Annabeth. "No one touches her!"

"Interesting," Kronos said.

He towered over me on his skeletal horse, his scythe in one hand. He studied the scene with narrowed eyes as if he could sense I'd just come close to death, the way a wolf can smell fear.

"Bravely fought, Percy Jackson," he said. "But it's time to surrender…or the girl dies."

When Kronos finished, time slowed. I felt my legs turn to jelly. He got off his horse, and strolled over to where Annabeth was lying. Before I could do anything, he scooped her up, and put his scythe to her throat. Time went back to normal, and I looked in horror at Annabeth. Her shirt was soaked with blood.

"Let her go!" I snarled at him.

Kronos looked thoughtful. "No I think I'll keep her for a while. At least until you cooperate."

I ran at him, and screamed in defiance. He froze time once more, slowing my run to a crawl.

"Do you want the girl dead?" Kronos asked with an evil glint in his eye.

I shook my head, as fast as I could with time slowed. Kronos drug Annabeth to his horse, and threw her on.

"Until we meet again, Jackson." Kronos said, as he mounted.

I watched in utter horror as he galloped off with Annabeth. Time returned to normal, and I collapsed. The last thing I remember was watching Annabeth on Kronos's horse, her blond curls bouncing in the breeze.

Annabeth

I woke up in a dark, dampened room. I immediately stood up, and reached for my knife, but it wasn't there.

What in Athena? I thought as I scanned my surroundings.

"Looking for someone?" A cold voice said behind me.

I spun around. Luke was standing inches away from me. No, Kronos, not Luke. He smirked when he saw my determined expression.

"You're a feisty one, aren't you?" Kronos asked.

I glared at him. Kronos chuckled, and pushed me against the wall. "I can see why Percy thinks you're so special."

I winced slightly, thinking about how close he was, but I stood my ground.

"Why did you bring me here?" I asked boldly.

"I thought you were a child of Athena? Shouldn't you know why already?" He replied, with his face inches from mine.

I tried to get out of Kronos's grasp, but he pushed me further against the wall. There was no escape. I managed to compose myself, but I couldn't. I kept thinking about how Kronos was so close to me. Kronos smirked, and started to lean in, and I tried to shrink in the ground. Before he could do anything, Ethan Nakamura burst into the room.

Kronos

I pushed the girl roughly away from me, and faced Ethan.

"What!" I demanded.

Ethan looked terrified. He cleared his throat and spoke.

"The spy has confirmed…that Jackson knows of someone betraying them in the group."

I slammed my fist onto the table.

"Jackson is smarter than we think." I muttered. "Summon Prometheus!"

Ethan bowed. "Yes master!" he squeaked.

After Ethan left the room, I looked back at the girl. She was on the ground, wide eyed. I smirked, and walked over to her. As I did, Luke started to fight me again. I realized that he had feelings for this girl too. What made her so intriguing? How she winced at me being so close…she must have feelings for him too. I smiled. This could work to my advantage. The girl looked up at me, with bewilderment in her eyes. I chuckled, and grabbed my scythe from the table. She winced, and started to back up against the wall again, but I didn't turn to her. Instead I exited the room. I needed to find some information about Jackson, and this girl, and what relationship they might have.

Annabeth

I stared in horror at the ground. Was Kronos about to kiss me!? I couldn't handle being that close to him, since he was possessing Luke's body. After Luke started to help Kronos, my crush for him ended, but even now it was too hard to see him like this. Kronos was going to find out sooner or later that I had a crush on Luke. When he did, I was going to be in serious trouble.

Cliffhanger! Mwwhhhhaaahhhaaa. I had to keep you guys reading it! Comment please! I enjoy your feedback!