Hello fans, thanks to all those that are reviewing and following this story. I hope it's not to bad because it's my first. I would like to dedicate this story to the actor Wayne Rogers who died on 31St December 2015. He was great as Trapper in the TV show, M*A*S*H. Anyway here's chapter 4. Also, I converted the metric units into imperial to help those of you in the northern hemisphere. Though I must say imperial is so confusing. Metric is much better.
Disclaimer - I don't own Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles or Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
CHAPTER 4 - Third times the Charm
Percy woke up in a large room with rows of beds along either wall. On the walls there were hundreds of hieroglyphics that glowed blue, green and yellow. He looked to either side but found only 1 other bed occupied. Warily he slowly sat upright and swung his feet over the side of the bed. He stood up and swayed from side to side. After a few seconds he started taking tentative steps to the other bed. When he arrived he saw that it was Annabeth lying there with bandages around her midsection. At his arrival she opened her eyes
"Good to see your finally up, you've been sleeping for 10 hours straight."
"Well, I needed my beauty sleep. How did the battle Go?"
"Alright. Only had some minor injuries. Some fainting from the Egyptians. Nico got a bad gash on his arm, he was in here a while ago. I got the worst of it with cuts across my back. But the healers here are good, and the Ambrosia and Nectar helped."
With this she promptly stood up and wrapped her arm around his waist. Together they walked out to see the others. The others were glad to see them and after having dinner out on the balcony they all decided to go to bed to gain their strength.
The following morning Percy was woken up very early and urgently by Carter. "Percy, come quickly, our wards have picked up another army approaching. We need to suit up."
"Who else is up?"
"Just Sadie, Zia, Walt, Me and Alan."
"Well I'll get the other Greeks up and ready, you wake any Egyptians you need."
Percy quickly got dressed and made sure his watch and Riptide were with him. He then exited his room into the long corridor that joined the rooms. He opened the door next to his room and entered to find Annabeth lying on her bed asleep. He walked up to her and shook her gently.
"Not yet Percy, I need my beauty sleep."
"Annabeth, there's a horde of monsters approaching, you need to get up and get ready."
"I'll be right there. Meet you downstairs in 5 minutes."
Percy then went on to Thaila's room to find she was already up and equipped.
"Ready to go?" he asked.
"See you down stairs." she replied.
He visited Nico, Grover and Chiron in quick succession and then went to find Argus. When he entered Argus' room he found that he was already up and standing out on the balcony, then he remembered that Argus didn't sleep.
"Hey Argus, we're almost ready to move out, you coming?"
Argus merely nodded.
Percy headed downstairs and found that everyone was ready to go. Once again they headed out to see the army. Sure enough, on the northern side of the city about 2km (1.2 miles) out. Among the army were the usual Greek and Egyptian beasts, but there were some unrecognisable ...things... in the pack. Among the creatures there walked humongous giants with blue skin and clubs of ice. It was Thaila that made the remark that they looked like ginormous versions of the Hyperborean Giants. There were also other giants with normal skin and large beards. They had an odd assortment of weapons ranging from swords, axes, clubs and maces to picks and sickles. Walking beside these 2 sets of odd creatures were other giants that were wreathed in flames ranging from Orange to yellow. They were shorter than the other giants but still a considerable height. One of the flame covered giants was wreathed not in yellow flames but in blue and was obviously their commander. Among the other creatures there walked strange human type beasts with grey skin. Between the ragtag group of heroes no one knew what to make of the beasts, except Percy noted that both Chiron and Annabeth seemed to know a bit more than they were letting on about by the look in their eyes.
Once the army got closer the two sides once again closed in a thick and lengthy battle. Percy and Nico worked together to bring down a platoon of Scythian Dracanae while Annabeth and Thaila paired up to annihilate a squad of Hellhounds. Meanwhile Grover was using his nature magic to entrap a pair of Empousa who were trying to rip his head off. Argus was once again taking on a Hyperborean Giant. Sadie and Carter were working to destroy a Petsuchos and Walt was turning a pair of Heirocaspinxes to dust. Zia used her staff to turn a giant scarab into a flock of doves. Percy found himself suddenly fighting one of the giants wreathed in yellow flames. He ducked as a fireball whizzed over his head and quickly dove to one side as a wall of flames roared past him. He stood to find himself in the middle of a ring of fire. As he watched, the walls slowly got closer, he knew that soon he would burn. He desperately searched for the nearest water source...there! Across the street was a yellow fire hydrant, he felt that familiar tug in his gut and a torrent of water surged across the road and destroyed everything in its path. It reached the ring of fire and doused the flames. Then Percy launched a counterstrike and used the water to create a mini typhoon. He doused the giant and while it was blinded he stabbed it in the heart with Riptide. After an hour the heroes were starting to get tired and there was no relapse. The giants and grey men were difficult to kill as they were either big or tough. Everyone was still wading through Earthborn, Empousa, Cyclopses, Hellhounds, Hyperborean Giants, Scythian Dracanae and Egyptian snakes, scorpions, sphinxes and demons. Percy and Thaila found each other fighting side by side when the blue fire giant appeared in front of them. He sent a wall of flame towards them. Percy pushed Thaila out of the way and then the flames washed over him. He was expecting to be burnt but it just tickled. Then he remembered back to Mt St Helens when the lava had hit him, it was warm but not burning, at least for a little while. His father's domain protected him. Then he heard Thaila's voice cry out "You want heat big fella, I'll give you heat! Try 30000 degrees (54000 degrees Fahrenheit) via a little lightning." Then a bolt took the giant right in the chest pushing him backwards. Obviously Thaila was doing her 'daughter of Zeus' thing. Percy quickly followed up by dousing him with water. Percy and Thaila then stabbed him in the chest with Riptide and her spear. All of a sudden a warhorn cut through the din of battle. Everyone stopped to see what was happening. Out to the left a small party of people came into view. There was 7 people all brandishing weapons of some sort. In the front was a boy with blond hair and a sword. All of a sudden they charged into battle and started fighting the monsters alongside the other heroes. With the aid the battle was quickly won and the strangers examined each other. On closer inspection Percy noted that of the seven 2 were girls, 1 was really short and 1 had pointy ears. These guys needed watching he decided. All of a sudden Annabeth cried out. "Magnus!" and rushed over and embraced the blond boy.
