The Hero's Final Stand

By Jelloqueen1998

Have you ever wondered what Ares meant when he said that Frank's sense of duty would help Percy with an important decision since Percy's fatal flaw is loyalty? Well, I have, so here's my take on it. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus

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Percy's POV

I took a deep breath. I was exhausted. We had been fighting non-stop at the foot of Olympus for hours. And when I mean Olympus, I mean the actual one in Greece. It was amazing, but I didn't have time to enjoy the scenery. I dodged an attack from Polybotes. Yeah, I know what you're thinking. 'Haven't you already defeated him before? Shouldn't this be a piece of cake?'

Well, me being a demigod, nothing is a piece of cake. When we arrived to Olympus, all of the Giants (including those that had already been killed) were there, and they were stronger than ever. Jason, Piper, Annabeth, Leo, Hazel, and Frank were all fighting their own Giants. And before you ask, no, I have no idea what their names are.

Around us was an army of monsters. Luckily, our reinforcements arrived just before the battle, but things were looking pretty bad. I could see we were badly out numbered. If we didn't defeat the Giants soon, we would all die. But since the gods weren't here, we could only hold them off until they arrived.

The gods were busy in Manhattan fighting off the worst monsters you could ever imagine. My dad was trying to fight off Oceanus, the titan of the Sea, along with Pontus again to prevent hurricanes and tidal waves from hitting various parts of the world. So basically, we were doomed.

Anyways, back to the fight. I rolled through Polybotes's legs and aimed a kick towards his, uhhh, 'genitals'. He doubled over in pain and I barely miss being squashed by his 'Glutius Maximus'.

"You," he said through his rasping, pain evident in his evil voice. "You will pay for that, Sea Spawn." I laughed despite our current situation. I couldn't help it. Plus, I was exhausted. But that only made him angrier, and, luckier, clumsier. I just waited while he charged me (more like staggered alarmingly fast towards me).

I sidestepped and cut a nice, deep gash in his upper thigh. He fell to the ground, spreading a new round of basilisks on the ground. I quickly cut off their heads before they could register what was going on. I tried to keep my distance from him, but he grabbed me in a powerful grip, basically crushing all my ribs and choking me. The Giant grinned evilly in triumph.

"What are you going to do now, rat? Pray to daddy to help you?" he said in a mocking tone, that I really didn't appreciate at the moment. I was able to gasp out, "Basically." I summoned a hurricane and the Giant flew back from me and hit his head on a rock. While he was out, I took a quick breather.

I could definitely tell at least 5 of my ribs were broken, if not severally bruised. I staggered up and looked upwards. Dad, if you can't help me, I understand. But I really need your help to defeat this Giant.

I turned my attention back on Polybotes. He was back on his feet. His wounds were already healing and he stalked towards me. Apparently, he learned his lesson from the last time. "You cannot defeat me, demigod," he spat. "Not without the help of a god. And it looks like there are none. Give up now."

I knew he was right, but I refused to give up. "Never." All of the sudden, my energy came back and I felt more powerful than ever. I heard a familiar voice in my head. I am with you son. Now let's beat this overgrown sea slug!

I smiled and willed the earth to tremble, making the Giants, monsters, and demigods stumble. I was surprised when I looked over to see Jason glowing like a lightning bolt, Leo like a red firework, Piper was glowing pink, Annabeth was a silvery gray, Frank was blood red, and Hazel was golden. I looked at myself to see that I was glowing sea-green, just like my eyes.

I quickly ran over and engaged Polybotes in combat. I wasn't even breaking a sweat; we went on for about another 5 minutes before he was disarmed. I dropped Riptide and a Trident made out of water appeared in my hands (yes, I did get that from the movie!).

He looked at me with a looked of pure anger and disbelief. I raised the Trident and pointed it at him. "Say good-night," I said. And with that, I hurled my weapon at his neck. As soon as it made contact, Polybotes exploded into a pile of seaweed and crabs.

Good work, son. Then I felt all of the power leave me, but I still felt refreshed like I just had a dunk in the ocean. I looked over and after deciding the others didn't need my help with their Giants, I ran to join the army. I started to slash and hack my way through the monsters until I reached Reyna.

Reyna's forehead was covered in sweat and monster dust. She had a nasty looking cut on her arm, but it didn't seem to faze her. She swiped through monsters with her gladus at a very quick speed. She was the only roman fighting solo.

The cohorts were all in protective circles with large shields out. The demigods with spears were sticking the points out, destroying most of the monsters within a 5-foot radius of them. The monsters that got through were killed by the next line of defense.

It was a pretty good set-up. Less half-bloods were killed and they didn't get as tired, although it was taking a lot longer to kill them and the monsters were starting to figure out if they wanted to kill them, they needed to get a lift from a griffon or some other flying monster into the center of the group.

The Greeks fought in pairs of 2 or 3. This way, they could fight monsters without turning their backs to them unprotected. I looked over to see Clarisse and Malcom from the Athena cabin attacking a couple of empousa. The archers (who were almost all Greeks because Romans didn't prefer to use "wimpy" weapons like bows and arrows) stayed on the outskirts of the battle shooting down as many flying monsters as possible. Luckily, Thalia and the hunters were there to help.

"Hey," I said casually as I sliced through a dracanae. "What's up?" Reyna glanced coldly at me then turned her attention back to the hellhound she was dueling. She stabbed in and it exploded into a pile of golden dust. She replied, "Cut the sarcasm and start killing monsters."

I saluted her quickly before I started to head to the area with most monsters. "Aye, aye, captain." I saw her role her eyes with a slight smile on her face before turning her attention back to her battle. We had gotten closer the weeks before this battle.

I sprinted to the 5th cohort and joined their effort. They had lost about half of their warriors and the other half didn't look so good. I created a small hurricane and let my instincts take over. Within an hour or so, I had killed a good bit of the monsters and there weren't that many left where we were.

I took a quick breather and looked around. I noticed that all of the monsters were retreating. Something's not right, I thought. Of course, the Fates love to make my life harder. I deep, but feminine laugh echoed through the battle field, making all of the demigods still fighting stop and look up.

I ran to the place we had been fighting the Giants to see the rest of the 7 with their weapons drawn looking at the evil mother earth. Her mud clothing seemed to churns faster and her long sword gleamed in the evening sun looking eager to just run through some demigods. But the most terrifying part about her? Her eyes were completely open.