Hello. I have decided ultimately to just do both endings. So those of you who wish for the story to be over here, there will be an epilogue, for those of you who want to keep reading, there will be another story. One of the reasons I chose this option is simply that there are probably some readers who won't have any idea what's going on in the next story, since it's a crossover. So enjoy.
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Percy stood on a barren plain. Mount Olympus dominated the sky to his left, behind him was a horde of hell hounds and shining gold lions. Above him soared birds-of-prey, his three companions stood, or flew, in front of their respective forces. Across the plain there was a mass of monsters, legions of dracaena stood behind a phalanx of sparti, and behind the snake women were hordes upon hordes of seemingly random monsters. Percy pulled a simple ball point pen from his pocket and tossed it into his left hand, he flicked the cap off, a simple bronze xiphos grew from the small plastic pen. He summoned his black longsword into his right hand, his wings shimmered into existence behind him while shining silver armor styled in the likeness of a wolf appeared over his body. Across the plain a group of massive warriors drew their weapons. The monster hordes by their feet roared their approval, Percy smirked. He raised his bronze sword high into the air, sunlight reflecting off it, visible for miles, the assembled hell hounds and lions roared, their voices making the ground tremble beneath them, the enemy phalanx shifted slightly in nervousness, the birds above him screeched loud enough to ripple the air around them, the enemy phalanx trembled slightly. Then Percy took a step forward, only for a flash of light to stop him in his tracks, Atlas appeared in shining plate armor, javelin in hand.
"I've come to make sure you live to see the ceremony lad" the Titan said, his voice almost friendly, Percy smiled.
"By all means, do try to keep up." Percy said, Atlas grinned in anticipation. Percy got into a running stance, he roared toward the enemy, his voice alone shook the ground, the assembled army above and behind him added their voices to his a moment later, the ground shook violently. Percy suddenly disappeared with an earth shattering sonic boom, leaving a crater in the place where he stood, his army charged in pursuit. But Percy had already collided with the enemy phalanx, shattering the shield wall and sending the first five lines flying with a shockwave as he rapidly decelerated from supersonic speed. The sparti converged on him, he spun and the skeleton warriors in his vicinity were obliterated. He lunged into a group of them as his army collided with what was left of the phalanx, Atlas roared his approval as he speared two sparti and tossed them behind him. The entire enemy army seemed to be moving through syrup as massive hell hounds and lions decimated their lines, eagles and falcons swooped down on the archers, preventing the Gigante army from supporting its endangered allies. Percy swept through the ranks of dracaena with his blades, all who stood before him were immediately turned to golden dust. Until a massive spear forced him to leap backward, a fallen spear piercing his thigh, Percy glared at the Gigante who had thrown it. Polybotes.
"So you're still alive?" Percy asked, the Gigante snarled at him and charged with his trident, Percy roared and leapt forward, Polybotes swung to intercept him, Percy spun around the trident and impaled Polybotes' right shoulder with Riptide. The Gigante fell to the ground, Percy ripped his sword out with a twist and used his black blade to cut Polybotes' throat open, the Gigante slowly choked on his own blood, the wound not healing quickly enough to save him. Percy grunted as the golden flakes were absorbed into his body. He stood from his kneeling position on the slowly dissolving body of Polybotes and roared to the sky, his army suddenly glowed a sickly red, his eyes seemed to give off power visibly, like colored sand falling from his swirling eyes. He charged another Gigante, easily getting inside the dragon legged immortal's guard and decapitating it. The golden particles were absorbed into him once again. He stood in a circle of enemies, none daring to do more than point their weapons at him. Percy growled and slammed his foot into the ground, it rolled outward like a wave from the point of impact, sending the monsters around him tumbling to the ground, he ignored them and rushed another Gigante, he parried blow after blow until finally he had an opening. Percy spun inside the Gigante's guard and severed one of its massive legs at the knee, it fell, Percy leapt up and brought his sword down on the Gigante's head, golden flakes flew around him before melting into his skin. There was only one Gigante left, Porphyron. Percy slowly walked toward his last real foe, who ordered what was left of his army to attack Percy. Percy sliced and stabbed his way through the throng of monsters, until he finally stood before the Gigante king, panting with exhaustion. Percy stuck Riptide into the ground and gripped his longsword with both hands. Porphyron laughed at him,
"Is the mighty Perseus Jackson tired?" he taunted, Percy fought to stay in control of his mind as he was racked with pain from his entire body, his immortal blood was fighting his mortal body. Percy didn't respond to Porphyron's taunt, he sighed and raised his sword high. The two armies battled back and forth across the plain, Percy's was still surrounded in a reddish glow, but the enemy was pushing them back with sheer numbers, Percy's friends were outnumbered more than ten to one, but he couldn't help until Porphyron was dealt with. Porphyron laughed and threw his flag pole sized spear, but it wasn't aimed at Percy, there was a yelp as the spear slammed home, Percy's blood ran cold as he spun around. Buddy slowly stopped struggling as red blood leaked out of the wound in his side. Tears burned Percy's eyes as he watched one of his oldest friends die, he turned back to Porphyron with rage pouring through him. He lunged forward, Porphyron brought his spear down, while a hidden one swung in from the side, Percy didn't notice the second spear until it pierced his stomach. He was sent flying, creating an ugly, blood stained scrape through the dirt as he plowed into the ground. He ripped the spear out and stood shakily, another spear flew, but toward Skittles, the lion was caught in the side mid jump, sending him flying into the mountain side, his body broken from the impact. Percy trembled with rage as he sprinted toward Porphyron, the Gigante king barely parried his frantic blows. Finally Percy sent the Gigante flailing to the ground, Percy jumped onto his chest and raised his sword for the final blow. Then a massive hand smashed into him, as the blade descended it was ripped from his grasp as he was sent flying, but the blade sill found home, piercing the Gigante's heart. Percy lay in the crater where he had landed, bleeding from wounds covering his body.
"Damn. I didn't get to tell my mom I was back." He whispered, the sky above him slowly faded into nothing as he lost feeling in his limbs. He smiled slightly as Zoe appeared above him,
"Hang on Percy!" She yelled, but her voice seemed so far away. He smiled wide at her,
"Love you Zoe. Sorry I didn't make it, your dad even came to make sure I did. I didn't mean to let him down, tell him I said sorry." Percy whispered, Zoe nodded frantically,
"I love you too Percy, just stay with me for a while longer ok?" she asked, Percy nodded, he dimly registered her screaming for Apollo,
"Make sure they bury Buddy and Skittles." Percy said, he laughed for a moment before coughing up blood, it was bright gold. "Why the hell did I name the Nemean Lion Skittles?" he asked aloud, then it all went black, he vaguely registered Zoe screaming his name. Then nothing.
Percy gasped as a blinding light appeared before him.
"Greetings Perseus Jackson. The Throne of Heroes welcomes you."
Major clue for the next story... If you get the reference please don't spoil it. Anyway, for now, I've been MonsterConnoisseur117, goodnight.