Camp of the Titans
Also known as
Percy Jackson and the ancestors of the heroes
A Percy Jackson/COTT crossover Part Four
Three minor gods rebel against the rule of Olympus, wreaking havoc all over the world. What happens when Jay, Theresa, Neil, Odie, Archie, Atlanta and Herry team up with Percy, Annabeth and Grover to stop them?
If you haven't read the Percy Jackson series or seen class of the titans, you'll get a bit confused and miss out on several references to events in the books. Both are amazing series and I highly recommend them. Some Percy/Annabeth, Jay/Theresa and Archie/Atlanta in there to keep everyone happy
Disclaimer- unfortunately, I don't own class of the Titans or the Percy Jackson series which was written by Rick Riordan
Jay crept up to the entrance of a cave, motioning for the others to be quiet and careful. Theresa had directed the group there after a vision showed her the direction to go. She was right, as usual, as Jay could hear voices echoing in the gloom. It wasn't clear but he caught snippets of words that sounded like 'Zeus' and 'Olympus'
They had been over the plan many times during the walk and Jay, Percy and Herry crept into the cave to confirm their suspicions, and to figure out the best way to begin the attack.
Percy took the lead and he uncapped his pen to reveal Riptide, his sword. Jay, not wanting to be out done, drew his retractable sword too. Percy grinned at him, acknowledging the similarities between the two of them. But while Jay was all serious, Percy was more rebellious; he took risks and didn't regret anything he did. With a start, Jay realised that he wanted to be more like Percy. Theresa was always telling him he was too serious and he was starting to realise that now. He looked back at Herry and smiled reassuringly before continuing after his new idol.
Out the front of the cave, Theresa paced anxiously. Grover and Archie were playing cards while Odie fiddled with his computer and Neil took advantage of what he called 'prime tanning time.'
"C'mon Theresa" Archie looked up at her "relax, Jay will be fine and besides, they're only scouting, they'll be back soon."
Theresa nodded absent-mindedly and sat down on a boulder.
"I wonder how Atlanta and Annabeth are doing?" she said after a while.
"Well" Archie scratched his chin thoughtfully "either they've both killed each other, or they are now the best of friends."
Theresa laughed "that's true, I guess they are so similar that those are the only options. Either way, they certainly won't be ignoring each other."
Annabeth was ignoring Atlanta. The redhead was still annoyed over the hunters of Artemis issue and Annabeth had had enough of her stubborn and competitive attitude.
"So how exactly did you meet these 'descendants of heroes?" Thalia asked
"I told you," Annabeth usually wasn't this short tempered with her friend but she couldn't help it, she was worried about Percy and Grover and what was happening with them. "Chiron helps them the same way he helps us and when we found out about the rebel gods, he thought that we should work together to defeat them, against Hera's wishes."
"Yes, I get that but..." she trailed off; looking for the right words "you obviously don't like Atlanta. What about the rest of them?"
"Oh the rest of them are great!" Annabeth said "Theresa is the only other girl and she's heaps of fun to be around. The guys aren't too bad either."
Thalia turned her nose up at that. "You know my opinion of men" was all she said.
Annabeth laughed "it's so good to see you again!" she said.
Over the other side of the clearing, Atlanta's PMR beeped. She answered it and frowned
"Archie?" she sounded confused "ARCHIE!"
She motioned to Annabeth.
"Fancy a good fight?" Annabeth said. Thalia grinned
"Hunters" she called "get ready for battle"
It was Archie who called Atlanta on her PMR.
The group of five were roused from their relaxation by maniacal laughter echoing around the mouth of the cave.
"Little heroes" the female voice taunted "so stupid. So naive. So...mortal.
"Leto" Odie whispered to the others "it has to be her"
"What do you want?" Theresa stood up, unsure of where to address her question.
A form shimmered in front of them and a tall, aging woman appeared. She had salt and pepper hair and wise blue eyes. She was beautiful for her age and held herself gracefully. She looked menacing and even though she had no real power, she was intimidating.
"Why my darling" she laughed as if Theresa's question was so obvious "I want Zeus and Hera brought down. I want to rule Olympus" she gave them a dazzling grin
"And how are you going to do that? We will defeat you" Archie stood up and stepped forward. "I'm sure our friends have already defeated your godly groupies"
Leto laughed again and Archie stepped back, confused.
"You are so stupid" Leto said "Mormus and Moros are too clever for your little mortal schemes. Your friends are dead. Or very close to it."
"No" Theresa gasped
"It was all a trap" Odie's eyes widened "you knew our plan and conspired to capture our strongest fighters. That's...that's..."
"Brilliant?" Leto supplied
"I was thinking more inconvenient" said Odie "for you. Now we are even more determined to defeat you, save our friends and be home in time for dinner." he turned to Archie "do you have the weapon?"
Archie froze, horror on his face. He turned slowly, looking at the pile of bags over by the rocks. What he was looking for wasn't there.
"Atlanta has it" he choked out. The group looked at him in shock. Leto laughed
"It's ok Archie" Theresa said, ignoring the immortal woman, "call Atlanta and we'll stall Leto until she gets here." Archie nodded
"Sure" Neil said nervously "after all, there's only one of her and five of us. How hard can it be?"
Leto laughed again and Archie paused from dialling Atlanta. Leto shimmered and the air in front of the heroes distorted. Then four more versions of Leto appeared. (A/N- this is a made up skill of hers. I don't know if she could actually do this in mythology but for the purpose of this story, she can.)
"One of me, huh" all five Leto's said in unison "well how about I even the odds?"
The copy closed to Theresa lunged and the redhead gasped as she was flung aside. She hit the rocks with such force that for a while she was motionless. Then shakily she stood, wiping a trickle of blood from her forehead.
"We won't let you win" she said, drawing her nun-chucks. Behind her, Grover had produced a heavy wooden club that appeared to be a glorified tree branch. Neil had armed himself with a stun baton while Odie clutched at a staff. Archie had his whip drawn but was fumbling with his PMR when Leto lunged at him. He dropped his PMR and it skidded to the side. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the screen change, meaning that Atlanta had picked up.
"Odie" he called in between strikes and dodges "what are the co-ordinates of our position?"
Odie looked momentarily confused but he told Archie who yelled them out loudly.
Everyone in the clearing paused, puzzled looks on their faces and Archie took the opportunity to slice at Leto with his whip. She screamed and shimmered before disappearing into a pile of golden sand. The remaining copies of Leto hissed and bared their teeth, turning to face the teens.
"You cannot defeat us" the said
"Oh really?" Theresa and Archie looked at each other and lunged, taking out three more of the goddess's forms. "I think we just did. The odds are in our favour again."
Leto laughed and her remaining form shimmered. Fifty copies appeared all around the clearing and Archie, Theresa, Odie, Grover and Neil all backed into a circle in the centre.
"Oh this is just great." Neil huffed as the goddess and her clones advanced.
"Well don't just stand there." An unfamiliar voice called from a cliff above the clearing "they told me you guys were supposed to be heroes And Grover, what's your excuse?"
Grover stumbled and squinted his eyes, trying to make out the figure but the sun was directly behind her.
"T..Thalia?" he stammered
"That's right goat boy, want some company?"
A volley of arrows flooded into the clearing and Archie couldn't help but notice that some of them were pink. And electric.
"Atlanta!" he exclaimed.
Atlanta moved into the clearing flanked by a group of girls dressed in silver.
"I'm back" the hunter said "did you miss me?"
"Atlanta," Odie yelled "we need the weapon, NOW"
"ok, ok" Atlanta fumbled around in her bag for a moment. Archie, trapped in Leto's headlock gasped for air.
"Any time now" he muttered loudly enough for her to hear. She shot him a dark look and drew a small black cylinder from her bag. The weapon fit snugly in Atlanta's palm and resembled a pen. On the end was a red button.
"That's the weapon" Neil scoffed. "Puh-lease, that thing couldn't catch a mosquito, let alone a god."
"Remember Lanta," Archie worried "you only have one shot per god. You have to choose the right Leto or we won't have a chance."
"Catch me?" Leto cackled "you have to find me first!" she split herself until the clearing was filled with clones. The fighting had stopped as the heroes and hunters stepped back in horror. The Leto's began to pace. Mixing in with each other, until it was impossible to track a single one. Odie narrowed his eyes.
"Well that's lame." Atlanta crossed her arms and swore. "Now how will I know which is which?"
"Wait," Odie said "shoot that one" He pointed to a Leto who was pacing back and forth to the side of the clearing. Everyone looked up at the geek.
"Ok Odie," Atlanta took aim "I trust you on this"
"Wait-" Leto began but Atlanta fired the weapon and the Goddess and all of her clones disappeared like they had been sucked into a vacuum. The silence that followed was eerie and Neil let out a long breath.
"It worked!" Atlanta let out a strangled laugh. "I can't believe it worked!"
Grover fainted.
"But Odie" Annabeth appeared behind the geek, holding her Yankees cap "how did you know which one was the real Leto?"
Odie blushed "well, I just watched them all and noticed that one was moving slower than the others. Like a computer when you over load it, keeping up so many clones was taking its toll."
"See, who said a computer geek was completely useless in a battle?" said Neil. Archie groaned.
"We can celebrate later" interrupted Annabeth "first we have to find Percy and the others."
"You mean go into the cave?," Odie sounded queasy
"why don't you stay here and help Grover when he comes round" Theresa suggested
"good idea" Annabeth agreed "he doesn't like caves either."
"Let's go" said Archie, drawing his whip.
The cave was as black as midnight and every footstep echoed.
"So much for stealth" Neil muttered
the group reached a fork in the tunnel, the route had split into three and there was still no sign of Jay, Herry or Percy.
"Right," Annabeth was quick to take charge "hunters of Artemis, you take the left tunnel. Theresa, Archie and Neil, the right and I'll take the middle."
"You can't go by yourself" Thalia protested "I'll-"
"what about me?" Atlanta interrupted crossly.
Annabeth looked sheepish and began to talk but Theresa butted in.
"why don't you go with Annabeth?" she had a wicked glint in her eyes and both Annabeth and Atlanta glared at her.
"fine." they said in unison.
The groups split up.
Annabeth and Atlanta moved into the middle tunnel.
"Wow its dark" Exclaimed Annabeth, reaching for her head torch.
"No kidding" Atlanta said irritably "it's a cave tunnel."
The two of them glared at each other for a moment before continuing.
"Can we at least try to have a civil conversation?" Annabeth said after a while "just to keep our minds of the darkness"
"Are you scared?" Atlanta laughed but Annabeth's worried glance stopped her "ok, let's try"
"so" Annabeth began "who's your favourite and least favourite member of your little group?"
Atlanta laughed again "well that's a tough one." she said "I like them all. Least favourite... well, I guess Neil can be whiny, Jay too controlling, but there is no absolute stand out."
"Ok, how about your favourite?"
"Well Theresa is my best girl friend but Archie is my best friend."
"I thought so." Annabeth nodded "so you won't mind me asking then; why is he scared of water? I mean that's a pretty stupid thing for a descendant of Achilles to be afraid of"
"um" Atlanta was taken aback by Annabeth's bluntness "I guess"
"And what is with his hair? I mean come on, purple? Percy's hair can look ridiculous sometimes but at least it is a normal colour-"
"ok stop." Atlanta put her hands on her hips "you can ask me questions about my friends, mock Archie's fears but don't you ever insult his hair."
the other girl flinched
"you waltz into my house" Atlanta continued "take over my room, steal my friends, especially Theresa, away from me and you have the nerve to insult my boy-" she stopped herself "best friend"
To her credit, Annabeth looked ashamed. Then she looked mad.
"I didn't steal anything" she said "Theresa was being nice, so I was nice too and as for taking over your house, I was there for a day. I slept on a cot on the floor of your room. If you call that taking over then I was clearly wrong in thinking that you were intelligent. Oh, and I think we're done talking" she finished angrily.
"Fine by me" the red head replied.
The silence was tense as they walked along. Atlanta narrowed her eyes, trying to see in the gloom.
"It that…" she began. But it was too late. Annabeth tumbled over the unseen edge with a scream. Then suddenly she wasn't falling anymore and she looked up. Atlanta had her arm and was slowly pulling her up. Annabeth collapsed on solid ground, gasping. When she looked up again, Atlanta was already sideling around the hole on a narrow ledge.
"Atlanta, wait" she called and the red head stopped "thank you"
Atlanta half smiled "no problem"
"I thought you didn't like me" Annabeth started to stand, her legs shook.
"I don't like you." Atlanta confirmed "but I wasn't about to let a powerful ally fall to her death."
"Well, I guess we've both been a little stupid. I shouldn't have been so mean about Archie. He adores you, you know."
Atlanta paused "really?" she grinned stupidly
"Anyway, we should get going. We don't want to miss any of the action" she stuck out her hand "we'll never be good friends but we can still get along and try to talk right?"
Atlanta took the offered hand and shook it "I can deal with that" she agreed. "So what's up with you and Percy anyway?"
"There is so nothing between us. Never. Ever, no way, he's my best friend" Annabeth sounded terrified. Atlanta laughed
"Denial ain't just a river" she said "besides I see the way you look at him. And he looks at you."
Annabeth stopped. "He looks at me?" she sounded hopeful and both girls stumbled along, chatting happily about their boys.
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Herry struggled against his bonds. A trap. He cursed himself silently for being so stupid as to walk straight into it. He looked at Jay, noting that he looked like he was doing the same.
On the floor and unrestrained, Percy lay motionless. Two giant-like figures towered over his body.
"Foolish mortals!" Mormus, Herry noted, was slightly overweight and favouring his left leg "they think they can fight a god and survive!"
"One these pests are disposed of" Moros was taller, his gargantuan body dotted with bleeding wounds. "We can storm Olympus and depose Zeus!"
"One down" Mormos kicked at Percy "and we'll get rid of these two while we wait for the rest!"
Herry bit back his anger. It was thanks to Percy that both gods were injured but the demigod had paid a high price.
"Let him go down fighting" the two gods released Jay who grabbed his sword from where it lay discarded on the floor. He charged but he was tossed aside like a rag doll, slamming against the rock wall and falling motionless beside Percy.
The Gods laughed.
"I think we'll leave the last one until the others get here" Moros said "which, by the sound of it, will be any minute."
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Am I cruel? Well I do like to keep you on the edge of your seats but never fear, much will be revealed in the next chapter! Stay tuned! AND DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!