The First Son of Artemis Book 3: The Last Olympian

Jason Nicholson, Son of Artemis. (16 years old)

I stepped out into the Hunter's camp to see all around 30 of them packing up bows, arrows, putting on armor, and wrangling their falcons and timber-wolves. Nikki went of to help Thalia arrange and pack up the camp, I went to the armory and found Bianca with other girls helping them fill their quivers with arrows. She managed to give me a small smile when she saw me and told the girl she was with to move out.

"So, are you ready to get going?" I asked her, trying to sound as upbeat as possible.

Her face seemed to fall. "Yeah Jay about that… I'm not coming with you guys."

I was taken aback. I knew that Bianca and I's relationship was a little rocky, however I knew for a fact she wanted to fight as much as I did. No matter how mad she would have been at me, she would never leave this battle willingly.

"What? Why!? We need everyone we can B, and you're a daughter of the Big Three, you're one of the strongest demi-gods we have!" I asked her, almost pleading.

She blushed slightly when I complemented her strength. However, she stood up straight, with a determined look on her face.

"I know Jay, but I have something I need to do. I'm going to the Underworld." She said as if this was something all casual.

For her of course she could more then likely sink into the ground now and be at Hades palace in minutes.

"Why are you going there?" I asked her.

She sighed and strapped her pack to her back and slung her black stygian iron bow around her shoulder. She grabbed her black bladed dagger from a trunk in the armory tent and sheathed it into her belt. It looked pretty off-setting, her having on silvery camo pants, and hunters armor, and then her black weapons emanating a dark aura. However, she pulled it off and still looked as if any monster who got into her way would run for their mommy.

"I'm going to find my father, Nico should be with Percy heading for New York he'd never leave Percy's side now…" She said with a steely look in her eyes.

She seemed to have some meaning behind her words, however I didn't ask any more about that.

She continued. "I'm going to convince him to come help in the battle. He can be stubborn, and he still holds grudges but hopefully he has a soft spot for his daughter. Even though I've never actually met him." She said seeming determined.

Her quest made more sense now. She may be a daughter of Hades but delving into the underworld was a serious undertaking for anyone. I looked into her eyes, those gorgeous dark eyes, and black hair pulled back into an intricate ponytail. It was the same girl I had fallen for over the years, the same one that was my girlfriend for more then a year. She seemed even more beautiful then before since she had become a hunter.

We used to talk about the final battle together, how we would fight and beat Kronos. She had sacrificed her relationship with me, and a lot more to become a Hunter, and give us more time to prepare. A part of me really wanted to go with her and help her as much as I could.

She seemed to read the look on my face and shook her head. "Before you say Jay, no I won't let you come with me. One, I'm a daughter of Hades, the underworld will be no problem for me. Two, don't you remember what happened last time you were down in the underworld when you were twelve? You almost died. Three, they need you in New York you Percy, Annabeth, Nikki, you all need to be there to lead." She told me demandingly.

I wasn't about to argue with her. I knew in my head she was right. I stared at her again, and I realized that we were finally alone. We were in the tent, just the two of us. Nobody was there to interrupt us, I could finally say everything I wanted to say to her. I was sorry about what happened, I would do anything to take it back, I… wish I could still be her boyfriend. I was still in love with her in the end. I didn't know what was happening with Nikki and I, but I knew that it was nothing compared to what I felt for Bianca.

I tried to say something romantic, something to express how I felt, something that would show her how I was feeling.

"I still love you." I blurted out, knowing it was true.

Her cheeks went red, and she tensed. "Don't Jay. Don't say that to me right now, we don't have the time. You know what could happen." She told me, trying to keep herself back.

I did know. If she said she loved me, declaring it like that we don't know what would happen to her Hunters vow. If it broke, she could age forward and our whole plan for the battle would fall apart. The whole reason she joined the Hunter's was to give us the extra time to prepare, it would have been worthless if she said what in my heart I wanted her to say. That would have made her even more upset.

We stood there for another minute, knowing that this would be the last time we saw each other under the current circumstances. The next time we saw each other, it'd be in the middle of the battle. I didn't know what else to do, so I just pulled her into a hug, putting my arms around her waist and holding her close. She resisted for a second before putting her arms around my neck. For a few seconds, it was like nothing had ever changed. The two of us were back at camp, up in a tree somewhere holding each other and watching the stars.

She pulled back and gave me a small smile. "One more thing before I leave. There's something Lady Artemis wanted me to show and give you." She said walking to the back of the tent with me following.

She stopped in-front of an armor stand. "Lady Artemis had a feeling that you would come to the camp before the battle. She thought you deserved armor befitting of her son. Besides, I don't think you want to go into battle wearing a t-shirt and joggers." She said smiling at the giddy look on my face.

I looked at the armor, it was magnificent. It consisted of silver camo pants, with matching combat boots. The top half had a long-sleeve, silver, padded undershirt. The breastplate was my signature silver color, with the emblem of Artemis imprinted into the middle of it. The helmet may have been the best part. It was in the shape of a falcon, that looked just like Agatha.

I looked at Bianca and nodded my head with a smile. "Oh yeah, this'll do."

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We ended up leaving the Hunter's camp around noon, Nikki and I rode on Agatha towards Manhattan. I was in my new armor, I steered Agatha from behind her neck with Nikki behind me, her arms around my waist. My helmet was in front of me, I had smudged eye-black running down my cheeks and I felt like a small silver version of Rambo. Nikki and I were ahead of the Hunter's and we were meeting Percy and Annabeth at the top on Olympus. Nikki had left Michael Yew in charge of the Apollo cabin while she was gone, but with the both of us being counselors we needed to be there when we laid out the plan.

We got closer to Manhattan. We flew through Brooklyn, and I made sure to pass over Brooklyn House to make sure it was in tack still. I didn't know if Kronos would go after it, or even if he knew of its existence. However, I never would've forgave myself if something happened to Amos of Khufu. Thankfully the house wasn't destroyed and was still completely in-tact.

I was busy looking to see if I could spot Philip splashing around the terrace pool when Nikki yelled over the wind.

"Jay look at that!" She yelled pointing over to the Empire State Building.

I looked over and I had no idea what I was looking at. We were high enough to see blue beams shooting all over Olympus. It was if some kind of targeting system was pointing lasers at Olympus itself.

"That doesn't look good we need to get there quick!" Nikki yelled over the wind again.

"You got that right! Come on Agatha!" I yelled urging my guardian forward.

For a moment we sped towards the top of the Empire State Building. It should have been a routine flight, however when we crossed the threshold into Manhattan it's as if Agatha got caught in quicksand and was forced to slow up her wings. It was as if we were trudging through a bog. I talked to Agatha in my head to try and see what was wrong.

"Agatha! Are you okay? What's wrong!?" I asked her.

She let out a loud cry into the air. "I don't know Jay! It's some kind of magic, time is being slowed down around New York. Give me a moment and when we cross the threshold we should speed up again. We'll be in Olympus in no time." She assured me.

"Jay, what's happening!?" Nikki yelled over the wind to ask me.

Kronos. I thought. He was the Titan Lord of time, so he would have no problem slowing up time around Manhattan. It must have been his way of keeping the mortals away from the battle so that they wouldn't mess up his plans. However, I could feel a heavy layer of mist, and besides Kronos had to have had some kind of help.

Hecate, it must have been her magic helping him. The thought of Hecate made my blood boil.

"It was Kronos and Hecate! They put some kind of barrier around Manhattan to slow time and keep mortals out." I yelled back to her.

She grew a disgusted look on her face when I mentioned Hecate. She had told me about what Hecate had made her relive. It seems that was something else that we both had in common, we both now had a dislike for the goddess of magic.

When we crossed over the Williamsburg bridge fully, the sky darkened. It made sense, it seemed that time caught up with us when we were in Manhattan itself. It was daylight out when we were in Brooklyn, but now it was night time. I normally would have been excited, it was night which meant I would be more powerful under the power of the moon. However, I looked up and the moon was nothing but a slim crescent. A side effect of being a Son of Artemis, was that I knew the moon cycle by heart. I could tell you what stage the moon would be on any day three months in advance. That night it was supposed to be a full moon, the fact that it wasn't, meant that the gods, more specifically my mother weren't fairing too well in their battle with Typhoon.

I looked back up and we approached the Empire Sate Building. I was about to command Agatha to ascend when Nikki stopped me.

"Jay wait, we should land and take the elevator." She told me.

"Why, we can fly up and be there in less time?" I asked her.

She shook her head. "You may be right, but the gods wouldn't leave Olympus completely unguarded. They would guard it from the air at least. They probably have Aeolis, or some of the gods of the wind guarding up there. You and Agatha may be fast, but not as fast as gods of the wind." She reasoned with me.

I nodded in agreement. It was good point she made. I landed Agatha down right in front of the Empire State Building. Nikki swung her legs around the falcons back and landed onto the ground. She clicked the center of the necklace, and within seconds she was incased in a golden armor with her sword at her hip and bow around her shoulder. She brought her hands back and tied her hair into a tight ponytail, and she was officially ready for battle.

I leaped onto the ground and turned to Agatha. She had been with me through all of my crazy adventures. Whenever I needed her she always answered my call and had saved my butt more then once. I realized in that moment I never really properly thanked her. My mother had her born just to be my guardian, and she had done a fantastic job.

"Okay Agatha, I'm good for now. Be ready I have a feeling were going to be doing a lot of flying during this fight. Are you ready?" I asked her.

She let out another loud, might falcon cry. "I am Jay. It's time for us to finally drive back the Titan Lord. You can count on me." She told me confidently.

I smiled and patted her behind her head. "Thanks girl. I wanted to say, in-case I don't get another chance. Thank you. Thank you for always being there and saving my life for these last few years." I told her.

She let out another cry. "Of course, Jay. I am not only your guardian, but I am your friend, I'll always be there to catch you when you need me. Now, let's go! I'm ready for battle!" She said letting out another falcon cry that was so loud that it would've made any monster nearby run.

I watched my falcon fly off with a smile. I turned to Nikki, who was waiting with her hand on her sword. She gave me a small smile herself. The two of us walked into the lobby. The doorman who usually watched the elevator was gone, so Nikki and I got into the elevator and took it up to the six-hundredth floor. In the elevator some really bad music was playing, I had no idea what it was, but it was making my ride six hundred floors up very unpleasant.

"We need to talk to your father about changing the music in the elevator." I muttered to Nikki.

She managed a small chuckle, but it died quickly. She looked over at me, with a grave look in her eyes. "Jay, what do we do when Koios shows up?" She asked me.

I cursed in Ancient Greek. With everything going on I completely forgot about Koios. He was the father of the Titan Leto, Leto was the mother of Artemis and Apollo. So Koios was technically Nikki and I's great grandfather. I remembered the vision I had one night after Percy and I survive the Princess Andromeda explosion. Let's just say our Great-Grandpa wasn't exactly coming to give us sixteen years' worth of birthday presents. He said in my vision he was after Nikki and me specifically. I had fought Atlas, and almost beat him however in the end my mother had to finish him off. Atlas was almost certainly a better fighter then Koios, however I knew he wasn't to be taken lightly.

Koios was the Titan of Intelligence, foresight and resolve, his kids were Leto and Lelantos who was the Titan of Air. So, we would be fighting the smartest Titan, who could control the air and possibly see the future.

Safe to say it would be a tight fight.

I looked over to Nikki and gave her a reassuring smile. She had been strong for me when I was doubting myself, so it was my job to reassure her now.

"Well if he shows up, we fight him. We can and will win Nikki I promise I'm not going to let anything happen to either of us." She took a steadying breath and nodded.

"You're right, we'll fight him, and we'll win." She said confidently. She looked up and we both heard the elevator ding.

The doors slid open, and we stepped out into Olympus.

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We found some of the campers, who were all excited to see us. Nikki rallied a few of her cabin mates, while I figured out from some kids where Percy and Annabeth had the counselors meeting. We got the situation as well. The entirety of Manhattan was asleep, and it was thanks to a pair of my least favorite gods, Morpheus and Hecate. Kronos's plan was in full effect.

Nikki and I came up on Percy and Annabeth in the Olympian counsel chamber.

"Percy! Annabeth!" I yelled as Nikki and I entered.

The two of them turned around. Annabeth looked pretty shaken up but managed a smile when she saw the two of us. Nikki ran over and gave both a quick hug. Percy seemed relieved to see me, I pulled my best-friend into a quick hug and smiled at him.

"Ha it's a good thing you're here man. I need to talk to you." He said.

Annabeth gave me a hug before he could continue. She looked ready for battle, with her knife strapped to her shoulder and wearing combat armor and looking fierce. She still seemed kind of shaken which isn't normal for her.

"It's good to have you back Jay. I think you and Percy should talk. Nikki come on, let's go and get the counselors together." She told Nikki.

Nikki nodded and walked out of the council chamber with Annabeth. I turned to Percy as soon as they were out of ear-shot.

"Is she okay?" I asked her.

Percy shook his head. He told me how she and Annabeth just had a run in with Hermes, he blamed Annabeth for not saving Luke when she had the chance. Annabeth didn't want to tell Percy the whole story, and I knew that bothered him. I knew despite his friendship with Rachel, Percy was absolutely crazy for Annabeth. Hearing her hide all this stuff about Luke must have bothered him. Not only because Luke was the enemy now, but because he was scared she still felt something for him.

The two of them almost made my relationships seem normal. Almost.

Percy and I started walking towards the exit, when I also remembered what he had gone through with Nico. I looked at him, and he just seemed to radiate strength now. The bath in the Styx must have had an even stronger effect then we thought.

"So, I take it your bath in the Styx went well?" I asked him.

He nodded his head. "Yeah you can say that. It was the worst pain I've ever been through in my life." He told me.

He explained what happened when he went into the water of the Styx. He had to focus on one thing to keep him grounded to his mortal life. He saw Annabeth, which under normal circumstances I would have teased him about, however now didn't seem like the best time to do that. He also told me all about his trip with Nico to visit Luke's mother, how she tried to become the Oracle and failed. She always saw glimpses of Luke's future.

It was all enough to make my head spin.

After he was finished I asked a new question. "So, how many do we have here?"

"We have 40, Annabeth had Beckendorf make her this cool video shield, that can help us see anywhere light touches so that'll help. We're still outnumber oh I'd say 100-1." He told me.

"So, nothing really new then?" I asked.

He shook his head. "No, not really."

Man, what inspiring leaders we were. However, having only 40 campers was still not a large amount. We were missing a good amount without the Ares cabin. However, at that moment I remembered what Bianca had told me she was going.

"Wait, I completely forgot to tell you! Bianca isn't coming with the Hunter's she told me she's going to the underworld to petition her father for help. I know the other gods are busy with Typhoon and your dad's busy with his war but having one of the big three helping us out will be a huge help." I told him, sounding really confident.

Percy's eyes widened. "Umm I forgot to tell you." He said.

"Forgot to tell me what?" I asked him.

I wish I hadn't asked. He told me how Nico sold him out to Hades, and Hades had even imprisoned him for a while. Part of me wanted to strangle Nico, the other part of me felt kinda bad for him. He only wanted answers about his mother, and Hades wasn't giving him any. This was bad however, if what Percy said was true Bianca was going to be barking up the wrong tree. She would make the trip all the way to her father's palace for no reason.

"We have to hope that Bianca can talk some sense into Hades." I told him, trying to sound hopeful again.

He nodded his head and sighed. "You're right, if anyone can hopefully Bianca can. For now, though, we need to get everyone in position. Come on, we can go check the enemy positions in Annabeth's shield." He said as the two of us made our way back towards the others.

We decided to set up our headquarters in a hotel in the southeast corner of central park. It had food, water, beds and plenty of room for all of us to stay. We were all gathered around Annabeth's video shield. I was to the left of Percy, and Annabeth on his right. The images in the shield made all of us shudder with fear, and apprehension.

Legions of monsters were pouring into Manhattan from all the bridges and tunnels. The Williamsburg bridge that Nikki and I had flown over was swarmed. Legions of dracaena in phalanxes were marching with waves of hellhounds, giants and rouge cyclopes were all marching behind them. The toughest army however was coming through the Lincoln tunnel. Two huge hyperborean giants were marching behind legions of hellhounds and dracaena. In between legions they had somehow even managed to bring forward an old WWII M4 Sherman Tank. How they got their hands on one I had no idea, how we would destroy it, I also had no idea.

I looked to Percy on my left, to his credit he didn't look rattled at all. I knew on the inside he was freaking out; however, he did a great job of keeping all the troops and counselors in line. He started assigning different cabins to guard different entrances to the city. After some of the cabins were assigned, he turned and looked at Nikki.

"Nikki you take the Apollo cabin and take the Williamsburg Bridge! I know you guys can handle it." He told her, with a reassuring smile.

Nikki who was next to me gave a confident nod. "You got it Percy, they won't get passed us."

I put a hand on her shoulder and smiled at her. "Good luck." I told her.

She smiled and before she could leave Travis Stoll asked how we could get reinforcements. I looked and saw a sleeping bartender with a blackberry in his pocket. The idea came to me, I showed the phone to the group.

"I got an idea. If you guys need Percy, Annabeth, or me pick up a phone and call us you all know Annabeth's number, right?" I asked the group.

They all nodded. "Good, and the number for this phone is 609-555-6234, if you need me. We don't have many reinforcements really, so Percy and I will go where we're needed most. If you need us just call and we'll get there as fast as we can." I told them all.

It seemed to satisfy everyone and they all nodded in agreement. I turned over to Percy who nodded as well, agreeing with my plan. He assigned the last few cabins when Katie Gardner from Demeter spoke up.

"Percy, you forgot the Lincoln Tunnel." She said.

The Lincoln Tunnel was probably the toughest assignment, I had played enough call of duty with Khufu over the last few years to know those Sherman tanks were not something to be messed with. I was starting to worry about the Hunter's they should be close by now, they weren't far behind me.

Percy stroked his head thinking he turned to me. Before he could say anything, I heard a girl's voice come through the air.

"You can leave that to us!" Said the voice of Thalia.

I turned and smiled widely. The Hunters had finally arrived. They numbered around 30 just like when they left the camp, they all were ready for battle now. They had swords at their hips, and bows slung along their back. Hunting falcons were perched on all their shoulders, and silver timber-wolves were at their feet ready for battle. The campers and hunters greeted each other, well Thalia greeted most of them while the others gave small head nods and waves.

Thalia hugged Nikki, Percy, Annabeth and me. "Ha, it's good to see you guys again." She said happily.

She straightened her lieutenant's tiara and her black jacket. "It's great to see you guys too, I was worried you guys were delayed somehow." I said to her with a smile.

She flashed us all a wicked smile. "Haha don't you worry. After this is over, the five of us cheeseburgers and fries on me." She said happily.

We all smiled and nodded in agreement. I turned to Percy. "I'll head to the Lincoln tunnel with the Hunters. Will the two of you be okay?" I asked Percy and Annabeth.

Percy nodded his head. "We will be. After we activate Plan 23 and I stop the boats on the river, we'll go where we're needed the most." He explained to me.

I nodded and turned to Nikki next. "How about you Nik?" I asked her.

She nodded. "You bet. Good luck Jay, I'll call you guys if we need help." She said before turning to the campers.

"APOLLO CABIN! MOOOOVE OUT!" She said drawing her sword and moving to gather her cabin mates.

I looked over at Percy and Annabeth again. I smiled at them. "Well good luck you two, and no detours now." I told them.

I couldn't tell which one of the two blushed more. I took my new falcon helmet out from under my arm. I took in a deep steadying breath. I slid the helmet onto my head and turned to Thalia.

"Let's show Kronos the power of Artemis!" I said pressing the charms on my belt and wrist. My bow and my hunting knives sprang to life, I had a feeling I would need to keep them out for a while now.

Thalia nodded with a wicked smile. She turned to the Hunters. "Hunters of Artemis! MOVE OUT!" She yelled.

Thalia and I jogged out of the hotel, with all the Hunter's in tow. We were going to hold the Lincoln Tunnel.

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The Hunter's and me moved through the streets of Manhattan with blinding speed. It may have been a small moon outside, but it didn't mean we were all more quick and powerful at night. We got to the Lincoln tunnel before the army did. However, as soon as I landed in front of the entrance to the tunnel my super hearing ears caught something. It was without a doubt the sound of a moving army. I could hear hissing from Dracaena, hellhounds barking, and in the distance the rumble of the Sherman Tank that we had seen in the view from Annabeth's shield. I still had no idea how we were going to deal with that, but I learned back when I was like twelve that I worked better on the fly.

The rest of the Hunter's all ran up behind me, Thalia must have heard the advancing army just like me. She looked at me and waited for orders. I was technically in command however, I knew that some of the girls didn't exactly like taking orders from a boy, so I relayed all my commands to Thalia who in-turn relayed the orders to them.

I turned to her quickly. "Thalia get everyone set up, I want archery lines set up, we're gonna launch a volley fire. Hopefully it can disrupt the shield wall, after that get some of the girls set up in some of these shop windows! Hurry we don't have much time!" I ordered.

Thalia ran to disperse the orders. The Hunter's quickly rushed to formation, I saw some quickly run into the tunnel setting trip-wire traps that would launch huge nets and shards of celestial bronze as soon as they were activated. I had a plan in my head, and I could only pray to my mother that it would work. She'd never forgive me if I let her Hunter's die. Not to mention arguably the strongest of the armies that were marching was coming our way.

I started to focus all of my energy on the creatures around me. The timber-wolves and hunting falcons were all creatures of Artemis, so they could be put under my command. I focused my energy and call them all to my side in my head! Before I knew it, the Hunters were all set up behind me Thalia in the lead. I looked at the wolves and falcons that were next to me, and one last idea came to my end. I had never tried to summon one before, but I knew I had to try.

I focused all my strength, drawing in power from the moon and focusing it all into my prayer. I felt drips of sweat begin to slowly make their way down my face. Normally these creatures only answered to my mother, I didn't even know if any could help me right now or if they were all pre-occupied helping my mother battle Typhoon. I knew if it could give me an advantage I had to try.

"Jay! We're all set up, the lines are ready how long until-. Jay are you okay?" Thalia asked coming up behind me.

Just before I could answer, I felt a surge of power go through my body. I looked up into the air and bounding down towards me was a giant Stag. It wasn't just some reindeer, it was one of the legendary silver stags of Artemis. It landed with a giant thud in front of me, and I stared up in absolute amazement. It was at least 7 feet tall, with a giant, strong silver body, and horns that stretched up at least another three feet.

All of the Hunter's knew exactly what the creature was and looked at me and it in amazement. The creature looked down at me and seemed to be analyzing me with deep silver eyes. I quickly lowered my head in, showing the creature the respect, it deserved.

To be honest, I had no idea if it would work but it worked in the one Harry Potter movie when he had to ride the giant eagle bird thing.

It seemed to work for me too, and the creature bowed its head down and brought a knee down, so I could climb onto its back. I can almost not believe that it worked, I summoned one of the most powerful creatures that my mother had under her command.

Thalia was just as impressed. "Wow Jay that was absolutely-."

Before she could finish my senses took over, and I heard something whizzing through the air!

"Look out!" I yelled jumping and pulling Thalia down. An arrow quickly whizzed past our heads and the lines of Hunter's almost didn't have time to react.

I looked down into the tunnel, and the army was now in sight. I could see the first wave, a huge legion of dracaena in a shield wall, all marching with their spears and shields razed. Behind her I could see a pack of cyclopes and lystregonian giants hoarding a pack of hellhounds forward. I felt the rumbling start in the ground and knew that the Sherman Tank couldn't be far behind them.

I saw the looks on the Hunters face, and knew I needed to settle everyone down. I ran over and climbed up onto the back of the great stag and pulled out one of my daggers. I raised in it the air and shouted.

"Hunters! READY YOURSELVES. KNOCK YOUR ARROWS!" I shouted riding up and down the line.

I reached the end of the line and looked up at the night sky again. The moon was still a small crescent, however what I saw in the sky filled my body with anger and determination. I connected the pattern of stars in my head.

It was the constellation 'The Huntress.' It was Zoe Nightshade watching over the Hunters of Artemis and me, just like she always had.

I raced up and down the lines shouting. "LOOK IN THE SKY! FOR ARTEMIS! FOR ZOE!" I yelled pointing my dagger towards the constellation.

The Hunters cheered loudly raising their bows in the air, shouting Zoe and my mothers name. I looked down in the tunnel and the army was almost here. I rode the Great Stag up to the front, in the middle of the line with myself in the middle. All down my left and right side were ferocious timber-wolves, with hunting falcons circling over-head. I kept my eye on the first wave of dracaena, they inched closer and closer to the wire traps we had set. It was time for the rest of my plan to finally go into action.

I looked back at all the Hunters with Thalia in the middle, all of them had arrows knocked. I raised my arm in the air and shouted again. "DRAW!" I yelled.

Every Hunter drew back their bowstrings, and all I had to do was give the final order, and the spark would finally light the powder keg and all Hades would break loose.

Before I could give the order, the first dracaena legion hit the wire trap! A loud BOOOOOOM shook the tunnel and the street it led out to. Dracaena and other monsters wailed and called out, and a huge cloud of golden dust could be seen in the mouth of the tunnel, out traps had worked. The smoke finally began to clear, but the legion of dracaena, and the monsters following them all staggered.

It was finally time. "LOOSE! FIRE, MAKE EVERY ARROW COUNT!" I yelled as loud as I could over the sounds of the explosion and monsters crying out.

I huge volley of silver arrows flew overhead filling the skies above us in a brilliant silver glow. Some hunters had launched two of three arrows at a time with complete ease! I gripped my hands over both of my daggers and watched the volley fly over to the army at the mouth of the tunnel. Almost every single arrow found its mark, and the legion of dracaena was almost completely wiped out.

I turned and yelled out. "CHARGE FOR ARTEMIS!" I yelled, before turning around and charging directly towards the army of monsters, commanding every falcon and timber-wolf to follow suit.

The Stag moved at an incredible speed, and before we reached the monsters line I brought my hands to my mouth and whistled loudly. I heard a loud falcon cry pierce the air! Agatha flew overtop of me directly for a huge lystregonian giant!

Before I knew it, I crashed into the line of giants and cyclopes. The first few minutes were a complete blur. I slashed from atop my Stag mount and took out hellhounds and any the leftover dracaena I could see! The Stag fought and bucked, clomping its hooves onto hellhounds and jabbing its horns into the giants and cyclopes. I heard the howls and cries of timber-wolves and hunting falcons as they leaped, clawed and attacked any monster that moved.

My head was down looking to jab my dagger into a hellhound when I heard an arrow whizzing through the air. I shot my head down as the thing whizzed past my head. I looked in the distance and saw a new legion approaching, a legion of telkhines were marching forward in a phalanx. I jumped up onto my feet steadying myself onto the back of the Stag. It was awesome being able to ride it into battle, but my feet were growing restless, I knew I'd be even more effective on the ground. I spotted a lystregonian giant, trying to smash away a group of hunting falcons. I urged to Stag towards it and as I passed, I leaped from its back and onto the back of the giant! I brought both of my down on his beefy neck and slid down onto the ground! As my feet hit the ground, the giant blew into a pile of gold dust, sending him back to Tartarus.

I heard giant lumbering footsteps behind me. I turned quickly and saw another giant about to smash me with a giant club. I was about to try and duck out of the way, when a huge crackle of lightning came straight down from the sky! It fried the giant to a crisp, and he disintegrated into a pile of dust, his club falling harmlessly to the ground. Thalia came up running behind the pile of dust, with her spear in one hand and her magic shield Aegis in the other. The hunters came flooding behind her, clashing into the enemy lines with huge strength.

Thalia smiled at me like she was having the time of her life. "I hope you don't mind, you looked like you needed some help!" She yelled over the battle, skewering a hellhound that leaped at the two of us.

We both charged into the fray, we were holding our ground. Both of my daggers were in my hand, and I ducked and slashed at whatever I could with Thalia right at my side. We were holding out ground but with the sheer number of monsters coming our way we slowly began to be pushed out of the mouth of the tunnel! We were fighting in the narrow street that the tunnel led out to now.

I still hadn't seen the tank anywhere, but I knew we had to make a stand here and now. I ducked under a telkhines sword strike and stabbed it in the back before raising my dagger up. "HUNTERS ON ME!" I yelled to all of them.

We had a few casualties so far, and I didn't want them to rise anymore then they were at now. The timber-wolves and falcons that were left retreated to our lines, and all the Hunters rallied around me. I shouted with my dagger raised.

"COME ON ONE MORE PUSH! CHARGE!" I yelled charging back into the fray.

Before I clashed with another cyclops, I felt a cold chill pierce the air. Thalia and I both looked up and crawling through the tunnel was the biggest giant I had ever seen in my life. When he crawled out of the tunnel he stood at least forty feet tall, with a club that was the size of a suburban house.

"A hyperborean giant! This is seriously bad!" Thalia yelled smacking a hellhound away with her shield.

I looked and saw the giant begin to wreak havoc, with one swing of his club he sent two Hunters flying. Arrows dug into him, but with how much fat he had they barley seemed to affect him! I knew if we wanted any chance of pushing the army back we needed to take out that giant. We had taken out most of the monsters on the ground, but with one swing of his club the hyperborean was able to push us back farther, giving more time for more monsters to rush through the tunnel!

A plan formed in my head, it was a stupid plan. However, I excelled at executing stupid plans. I saw the giant club the beast was swinging, and then I saw Thalia swinging her spear at any monster that moved in front of me, her body seemed to be crackling with electricity.

"Thalia! Help me get up there!" I sheathed both my daggers and gathered all the strength I could into my legs.

Thalia looked over to me and nodded. She hurled her spear into an oncoming cyclops and just as the hyperborean turned around and raised its club. She ducked and had her shield up on her back. I got a running start and jumped up onto her shield. As soon as my legs landed on her shield I used every bit of strength I had and propelled myself up into the air, and as the giant swung its huge club around I latched myself on the beasts' weapon, which almost crushed my insides. I didn't know how I was going to kill this thing, but I knew I at the least needed to distract it, and get its attention away from the Hunters, long enough for Thalia to rally the Hunters and push the monsters back to the tunnel!

"WOOOAH GODS!" I yelled as the giant frantically flung his club around trying to get me off of it.

I ignored the pain I was feeling and slowly began to climb my way up the giant club. I eventually got close enough to his body. I pulled out a dagger and with every ounce of my body launched myself and before I could fall forty feet, probably to my death I lodged my dagger into the beast's giant gut. He gave a small wail of pain, which I found reassuring at least I could actually injure him.

I saw him bring his giant free hand come straight towards where I was on his stomach. With speed only, a child of Artemis could achieve I grabbed my other dagger from my side and I jumped even higher bringing both my daggers into the giant's chest! His fist kept coming to where I was, and he punched himself right in the gut. He wailed out in even more pain, from my daggers and the huge punch he just threw at himself.

I heard a cheer faint cheer and I looked down. Thalia was leading the hunters forcing the remaining monsters back into the Lincoln Tunnel! My plan had worked, we managed to push the monsters back, now I just needed to figure out how to kill this thing. I decided on a good old-fashioned plan. I was locked onto the hyperborean chest, and I used the momentum I had to jump up and I landed on his shoulder! As I expected he tried to swat my off his shoulder like you would swat away a fly I jumped over his hand and landed directly on-top of his head. I looked forty feet down to the ground and Thalia had all the Hunters with their arrows trained on the giant, firing as quick as they can. While he was distracted with them, I put away my daggers and pulled out my bow.

I drew it back, and three arrows materialized. This time however they weren't normal arrows, these arrows had explosives tied to the end if this didn't kill this thing nothing would. I took in a deep breath and fired all three arrows into the top of the beast's head. After I fired I back flipped off and began to plummet down towards the ground.

I looked up and the arrows finally exploded. Green monster goo splashed everywhere, and the giant didn't even get a chance to let out a final cry. I stopped admiring my work and addressed the fact I was falling from forty feet in the air. I whistled and within seconds my arm was caught in Agatha's talons. She flew me out of the blast zone, and I couldn't help but smile as all forty feet of the hyperborean giant fell, landing right in-front of the hunters.

I was greeted to cheers and clapping as Agatha dropped me off on the ground. I looked off in the distance and I saw the great Stag flying off into the night. I was hoping it was going to assist my mother. The Hunters all cheered and yelled.

I heard things like. "You're not bad for a boy."

"That was an awesome strategy!"

"You're definitely Lady Artemis's son!"

The last one made me feel particularly good. Thalia came over and gave me a huge clap on the shoulder which almost made me fall over.

"HA! That was awesome Jay! We pushed those uglies back haha." She said happily.

I managed to be happy for a second. However, my senses were going all crazy. It was absolutely quiet; no monsters were streamlining out of the tunnel. If I was Kronos, I would be sending everything I had non-stop. There was only one thing that they could all be doing.

"They're regrouping! We need to get to cov-." I yelled before the loud BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM ripped through the streets.

I looked in horror as the Sherman M4 Tank ripped through the entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel. I still had no idea what I was going to do about it, but I knew now that we needed to get off the streets!

"GET INTO THE BUILDINGS MOVE GO!" I shouted ushering everyone towards the street buildings.

I heard the ripping of gun fire and saw the tanks machine gun was trying to mow us down! We managed to get to a shop window, we all tumbled into the empty building. I landed with a huge thud next to Thalia who was breathing heavy.

"I think you know Jay, but we need to take that thing out! I saw more monsters moving in behind it!" She yelled over the giant BOOOOOM of the main tank gun again.

The sound of that gun going off gave me the idea. I only had one way of possibly taking that tank out, and it had to be a bigger explosion then the one it was using. I needed to use the Moon Blast ability. My most powerful ability as a son of Artemis. I remembered that every single time I used it to this point, I had either passed out, or ended up close to death after it. I remember my moms first ever warning about the moon blast.

By me, it could only be used during a full moon. If I tried during any other cycle of the moon, I would have a hard time even getting the thing to show up in my hand. However, when I heard the sound of a machine gun ripping through the streets of Manhattan I knew I needed to try. I had no other option, my magicians bag was back at our headquarters, I didn't want to use it in this fight, I decided I would only use it if I had no other choice, I didn't want to survive the war only to have Zeus kill me for using Egyptian magic.

No, the Moon Blast was my only choice. I looked over to the back of the pharmacy we had all ducked into and saw a sign that said 'Roof Access'.

I peeked my head over the shop window, the tank was advancing down the street. It was flanked by an army that wasn't as big as the first one we faced, however it was still a huge mix of telkhines and dracaena with a pack of hellhounds following behind.

I turned to Thalia. "Okay, I'm gonna take out that tank. As soon as you see it go down, you need to ambush the monsters that don't get taken out behind it!" I yelled over the sounds of the machine gun.

"What are you going to do!?" She yelled asking me the obvious question.

"Something stupid!" I yelled before darting towards the access to the roof.

I bounded up the steps and just like the sign said, soon I was on the roof of the pharmacy. I stood on the edge, and none of the monsters noticed me. I took in a deep breath and looked up at the moon. It was slightly bigger now, I was hoping maybe my mom could spare the time to make the moon a tiny bit bigger. What my mom taught me over the years rang in my head. I focused all the energy of the moon into the palm of my right hand. I realized in that moment I never summoned the moon blast willingly, it had always been on accident when I was angry or in the middle of a fight.

I focused on all the things that had lead up to this. All of my memories, negative and positive. I thought about finding my father dead after my first day at Tranmere. My mother guiding my arrow to kill the cyclopes who took his life. I remembered meeting Percy, and Annabeth. I remembered our quest across the US, and into the underworld. I remembered fighting Heracles, the greatest hero in Ancient Greece. I remembered my mother taking him out, and when I finally met her properly.

I thought about what happened after she was captured. How angry I was, how determined I was to get her back. I remembered Zoe Nightshade, my first crushes sacrifice to save me in my fight against Atlas.

I remembered finding Nikki at Westover hall. Her capturing the flag against the Hunters for camp half-blood. When the two of us were chased out of school by One Eyed Jenny and her pack of hellhounds last year. How proud I felt when she leads the battle of the labyrinth. I remembered that later we would have to fight Koios and how much I wanted us to be safe.

I thought about Bianca, who I still loved. I found her in the Lotus Hotel, I saved her by jumping off the edge that day. I fought by her side in the labyrinth, and she never left my side no matter dangerous the situation. I remembered how my heart broke when she had to join the Hunters. Now she was trying to help me again by getting aid from her father.

I felt energy begin to violently swirl in my hand. My new feeling, was one of complete anger. All of these people, could die in the next few days, that's what Kronos wanted, and I wasn't going to let it happen. I looked up and saw the moon, and right next to it, the constellation of 'The Huntress' Zoe and my mother both looking over me.

The tank was about to past the store. However, I was ready now. The giant ball of moonlight swirled and swished in my hand. I took in a shaky sigh and leaped head-first off, the building.

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What happened was a complete blur. I landed on top of the tank and brought my right hand down right onto the top of the thing.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

The whole of Manhattan seemed to shake right then and there. I felt myself shot back, I somehow managed to gain my senses and landed on my feet, I quickly covered my face with my arms, and I was pushed back by the giant explosion. My entire body felt like it was on fire, and my vision for a few minutes was blurry. After the blast finally died down, I saw the charred remains of the tank sitting a few feet from me. I was amazed at how I did that.

My ears had been messed up after the blast, but I heard a muffled yell, which I assumed was Thalia. I saw sliver gleams shoot out of the shop and the Hunters all vaulted out of the sore and chased back any monster that wasn't killed by the blast! As I saw the last few arrows fly, I saw the Hunters hold their weapons in the air proudly and cheered!

"Jay! Jay are you alright!?" I heard being yelled, my hearing returning to me.

I rubbed my eyes and Thalia came up on me, offering her hand. She helped me move forward, Thalia had to help me for the first few steps, but I managed to get my balance back. I scanned the battlefield and all monsters had retreated back to Brooklyn through the tunnel.

We had won.

My body felt completely drained, I slowly drew on the power of the moon to gain my energy back. It was a slow process, I could still fight, but I knew I wasn't going to be using any of my normal son of Artemis powers.

We managed to win, but something was still off. I turned to Thalia. "Thalia, don't you remember seeing more then this in the shield?" I asked her.

It wasn't a bad problem to have. I didn't know how many more tanks and hyperborean giants we could defeat. They had struck and struck hard, however I knew for a fact I saw more then that heading for the Lincoln Tunnel.

Thalia nodded her head. "You're right. It seemed like a huge bulk of their force was heading towards the tunnel." She said mystified.

Before I could say anything else, the phone that I had hid in my armor for protection rang. It vibrated, and I saw I had a call from 'DA Viselli Contractors.' It must have been someone who needed reinforcements.

I flipped the phone open and put it up to my ear. "Hello, you got Jay." I said.

I was horrified when I heard Nikki's voice come through the phone. "Jay! We need more support at Williamsburg Bridge! They have even more then we thoug-. Michael on your left, two more!" She yelled.

She grunted, and it sounded like she threw her sword. I heard the sounds of battle all around her. It didn't sound good. "Nikki, how many are there!?" I yelled into the phone.

"To many! There's way more at the bridge then we thought. I already called Percy and Annabeth, they're on there way! The Minitour is leading another army down the bridge now! We're holding out, but I don't know how much longer!" She yelled, as a I heard a monster cry in the background.

"Don't worry Nikki I'll be there soon!" I yelled into the phone, bringing my two hands to my mouth and whistling.

"Thanks! We'll see you soon!" She yelled before the line went dead.

I looked over at Thalia who was waiting for me to let her know what happened. Agatha landed in front of me with a cry.

"The Williamsburg Bridge is being overrun, Apollo cabin is in trouble!" I told her, swinging my legs over my falcon.

Thalia's face came to life. "Jay it must be the spy! They told Kronos the Hunters would be here, so he moved his forces!" She yelled to me.

I cursed in Ancient Greek. "We'll have to worry about that later! Gather everyone up and set more wire-traps in the tunnel. Prepare for another assault, if it gets to be light out, make your way back to the hotel!" I yelled from Agatha's back.

As soon as Thalia nodded I took off. With blazing speed Agatha soared through the skies of Manhattan. It was one battle down, but there was a lot more to come I knew it.

Next, was the battle at Williamsburg Bridge.

A:N) SOOOOOOOOOOO everyone I was determined to come back a bang and here I am! This chapter is over 9,000 words and it was possibly my favorite chapter that I've ever wrote for this series. I have been waiting to write Jay into the Battle of Manhattan since book one.

I have a week off from work so you guys can expect at least one or maybe two more chapters of this within the next week. I am so hyped to write it.

What I did to prepare was re-read The Last Olympian so that I had the battle fresh in my mind and I could bring you an absolutely EPIC ending! MAN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK!

So I wanna clear up a few things. The Heroes of Olympus and The Kane Chronicles series in the actual timeline of the whole Riordan world, slight overlap with certain books happening at the same time as each other.

Lately I've been trying to find a way to fit Jay into both series, while staying true to the chronological order of events. However, in the end I couldn't find a way I was happy with. I thought for a while and I decided I wanted to do what I originally set out to do. I want Jay in all the Riordan books.

So Jay will be in all the Heroes of Olympus books (except lost hero or son of Neptune), and the entire Kane Chronicles series! I'll play it off as the Kane Chronicles taking place after Heroes of Olympus but before Magnus Chase and Trials of Apollo.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT. After this book, I decided that Jay is going to join Jason, Piper, and Leo in "The First Son of Artemis: A Best-Friend Lost" Which will have the arc of The Lost Hero. I'm sorry to everyone who wanted Jay to be in the 'Son of Neptune' arch. However in the end the romans would never accept a son of Diana I feel without a HUGE reason, and they wouldnt have that HUGE reason when Jay would first arrive at camp to accept him. Also, don't worry Jay will meet up with Reyna again one way or another, which i know many people including me are looking forward to! ; )

So my questions for you guys are as follows. How did you enjoy this chapter overall? What do you think about Bianca getting help from her father? Can she convince him? What will happen when Jay and Nikki battle Koios? How did you like the battle of Lincoln Tunnel? I imagined Jay as Legolas the entire time writing it myself XD

Most importantly what are you looking forward too? And what are your thoughts and opinions? Thank you guys so much for reading! I'll see you all again VERY soon!