Hey guys. Wassup. This is what you have been waiting for(I hope). Now listen. I want to see you guys review, okay? I haven't gotten any since chapter three. But anyways, I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus, Rick Riordan does. Please enjoy(although I think some of you might cry at the beginning).

"Annabeth Chase, w-would you do me the honor, of marrying me?" I said as I stay there on one knee.

"Um-wel-I - uh," she started before she realized she was making no sense.

"I-I-,"she started to say.

"I can't," she said in a saddened voice.

"Wait, what?!" I said as I tried not to collapse on the floor.

"I already worry about whether or not you'll come home everyday! I wouldn't know what to do if I married you, and then you die in battle. Maybe after this war if we win and survive, but not now. I still want to be with you, I'm just not ready to take that big of a step yet," she said trying to reassure me."Please understand."

I just stayed there on one knee, trying to control my emotions.

I understand what she means, but I just can't let go of the fact that she said no. I calmed myself down and opened my eyes to see Annabeth trying to block herself from the storm I started with her arms.

I willed the waves to calm down and stood back up. I took a second look at Annabeth and saw she was soaked and thought I was gonna get slapped. But instead she just stood there shivering and looking at me with sad eyes.

"I'm sorry Percy. I really am," she said," Maybe when this war is over."

"I understand. I'm just a little taken back is all. But I'm glad it's not because of something stupid. I would hate it if it was something like you cheating on me or just plainly lost interest," I said a little teary eyed.

With that, we both walked over to the couch in the back, sat down, and fell asleep with her lying on my chest and shoulder.

Next thing I know, I hear a familiar voice shouting," Percy! Percy! Wake up!"

I rubbed my eyes and looked around until I saw Nico standing inside an Iris Message.

"Nico? What are you doing? What's wrong?", I asked with concern.

"Sir, we've been attacked,"he paused before continuing." Our defenses kept it up for a good while, but there were too many, and we got overwhelmed. We've lost nearly half our men."

I took a deep breathe and looked at Annabeth. She was sleeping so peacefully and I didn't want to wake her. But I sighed and moved off the couch and gently laid her head down.

I walked to the edge of the cave with the Iris Message still floating there.

"In that case, Nico, come pick me up in the next hour so I can investigate the battlefield and decide our next move. I assume the wounded are being taken care of," I said making sure everything was being done right.

"Yes they are. Anything else?"

"No. Thank you. See you in a bit," I answered as I waved the image away.

I stood there thinking to myself for minute. I thought I should have someone who's good with strategy come with me and help assess all the problems.

But who? Annabeth is asleep and I don't want to wake her. Athena would probably ask about last night and tease me about it.

There's only one person I can think of now. And she can be quite unpredictable.

Reluctantly, I headed to her cabin where I saw many of her hunters walking out.

Most of them looked ready to shoot me until they realized who I was and had nervous and embarrassed looks as they passed by.

I saw Thalia and asked her if their Mistress was in there. She said yes, gave me a friendly and sisterly hug and left with the rest of the hunters.

I walked in and saw Artemis sitting in a chair staring at me with a blank expression.

"Lady Artemis, I need your help. My soldiers have been attacked, resulting in many casualties. I need your help in assessing the situation," I said hoping to avoid any argument. Of course no such luck.

"I'm sorry, but couldn't you have Athena or Annabeth come with you?" she asked slightly annoyed.

"Well, Annabeth is asleep and I didn't want to wake her. I took her out on a date last night and I thought it might be weird to ask for help from her mother," I said, hoping she would understand.

"Very well. Just step out while I take a minute to get ready."

"Thank you," I said before walking out of her forest themed cabin.

A few minutes later she walked out with a small bag which I assume was a bunch of clothes, drachmae, nectar, and ambrosia.

"How do you plan on getting us there?" she asked.

"Well, Nico is supposed to come pick us up within the next few minutes," I answered as I heard someone come up behind me.

I then felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I turned around to see a pale face with a smirk. Then I smirked. "Or I guess right now."

"I hope you don't mind, but I'm bringing Artemis to help us assess all the problems. Is that okay?" I asked.

"Yeah it's fine. Let's go," he said as he grabbed my hand and and started tugging me to the shadow of the cabin. I then grabbed Artemis' hand and we all jumped through. Next thing I know, I'm standing in a terrible and bloody field that I recognized as the battlefield that we fought in a few days ago.

"Alright, Nico, lead the wa-," I started but was cut off by a red-faced, yelling Artemis.

"What do you think you are doing?! Let go of my hand you stupid male!" she yelled in furiously at me.

I hadn't even realized I was still holding her hand. I quickly let go and waited for Artemis to calm down.

She calmed down, but strangely was still very red. She looked kind of cute like that. WAIT WHAT?! Why did I just think that? If I keep thinking like that I'm going to literally die. Artemis, the man-hating goddess of the moon and the hunt, has killed men and boys who have walked by just for the fun of it. She would do much worse than that to me if she knew what I was thinking.

I started to realize we were staring each other in the eyes, both of us blushing.

I looked away to pull myself together and then looked at a wildly grinning Nico.

"What?" I said nervously.

"Nothing. Follow me," he said while still grinning like a mad man.

As I walked through the small, mobile, yet sturdy gate, I saw many men lying on stretchers, yelling out in agony as they were wounded very badly.

"What attacked us?" I asked hoping to distract myself from all the screams of pain.

"We're not really sure. None of us have ever seen them before. Not even survivors of the Titan War have seen, or even heard of anything like them," he said with worry.

I looked over to Artemis. She had a worried look and was looking off into space thinking.

"Artemis, do you have any idea what this might be?" I asked in a quiet voice.

"Well we still don't know what they look like. Nico?" she said in an expecting voice.

It took him a second, but the pale son of Hades got the idea. "They were terrifying. And that's saying a lot. I'm the only one other than Percy and Annabeth to survive Tartarus. And I did that alone," he paused for a second, then he continued," but this was different. They almost looked like small, humanoid clumps of Tartarus, Gaea, and Ouranos."

"What do you mean?" asked Artemis.

"Well, they looked like they were made of swirling dirt with molten lava in between the cracks of their skin. And from the middle of their torso and downward, they sort of dissipated, ya know? Sort of like a ghost," said Nico.

"Could they fly?" I asked.

"Well, considering the fact that their entire lower half of their body is close to nothing and they don't fall, yeah, they do," he said slightly annoyed.

"Sorry. But we need to discuss this in the war tent. Can you go get Jason?," I turned to Artemis," Would like one of your hunters here to put their input on this?"

"Yes. Nico, could go pick up Thalia for me as well?" she asked politely.

"No problem. See ya in a bit," he said as he jumped into a shadow.

"Alright, let's head to the tent and wait for them to get here," I said.

"Okay, but Percy, you need to know that the monster he just described is a very dangerous one. Not only because of it's abilities, but because of what it symbolizes," she said with complete seriousness.

"What does it symbolize?" I asked concerned.

"You'll find out in the tent. Now let's go," she said as we walked off to the war tent.

Hey everyone. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I would like to answer a question someone asked me a while back. Percy can't be pronounced a real god until they win the war. This is due to the fact that all the Olympians, or the ones in charge, have to all agree to give him godhood. If they win the war, then they could make him an official god. Been thinking about that one for a while now. Anyways, everyone remember to review, review , review, and if you don't mind, please at least follow this story. That would mean the world to me. Thanks.