A/N: Hola mi amigos! So, I'm sorry if the last chapter was boring, but I'll try and make this chapter better! Happy reading! Also, a part of this chapter will be in the third person's POV, 'cause I thought it would make more sense that way. So… yep. And I changed something in the previous chapter. Basically, the compass will glow when they're five hundred meters away from the portal, not one hundred. Yep.

Lifelong potterhead: Thank you! Also, I agree that Janus was helpful, but after defeating two vicious Chimeras and DJ almost dying while trying to hold up a collapsing cavern, I thought maybe Janus giving them another test would be a tad dramatic.

aviendhaphiragon: YES! I really liked that name for DJ's Pegasus. And I'm so glad you liked it too!

Enjoy!

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James:

We'd been flying for a while now. The city of San Salvador spread out below us. Even when I was this high up in the sky, I could tell it was a beautiful city. I couldn't make out specific details though.

We'd come through the door to find ourselves atop a hill, the Pegasi waiting patiently, with our brooms strapped to their saddles. We'd set off immediately, following Rose's compass. I only knew the name of the city because we'd descended once to grab a few bottles of water. The shopkeeper had given us weird looks, but I supposed five sweaty, dirty and smelly kids could be classified as 'weird'.

I'd lost track of my surroundings. We were pretty high up, and the air here was thinner. I had slight trouble breathing, but I was fine with this. It was better than flying lower and scaring unsuspecting pedestrians.

"We've been flying for hours!" DJ complained. Leo was holding Brisingr's reigns now, and DJ looked bored out of her mind. "Patience my little sister. I for one, am in no hurry at all. When we reach, I doubt we'll be greeted with chocolate brownies and tea." Leo called back. The roar of the wind made it a little difficult to hear, but I thought DJ might have mumbled something about stupid quests and stupid snakes.

Suddenly a huge blast of wind smashed right into us, sending Rose barreling into Brisingr. Her broom got jammed in his saddle, and she started to slip off. She cried out for help, and Leo caught her arm, barely managing to keep himself on top of Brisingr.

Percy was thrown off Blackjack, but the Pegasus swooped below and caught him again. I held onto the handle of my Firebolt for dear life. The wind was getting stronger by the instant. It seemed to be a hurricane, but how could there be hurricanes at such a great height?

Suddenly the wind started spinning wildly around us, and I lost control of my broom. I fell off the handle, plummeting downwards. The ground was coming closer at an alarming speed. I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact, but it never came.

I stopped a few meters above a huge tree. I was hovering in mid-air. I looked up, and saw my friends still trapped in the hurricane, which seemed to float off the ground. I barely felt any wind over here, which meant there was something unnatural about that wind. My eyes focused on DJ, and I could see that she had her hand thrust out in my direction. She was controlling the wind, breaking my fall. Suddenly another blast of wind blew Brisingr out of control, and DJ's focus broke. I fell into the tree, but the impact hadn't been so hard. I crashed into a few branches before falling to the ground.

To my left, Blackjack landed with Percy hugging his neck. The Pegasus must have helped get Percy out of the hurricane, but Brisingr was still stuck in the air, being tossed around by the wind. I could understand why. He was bearing the weight of three people, and it must have not been easy to do that.

Percy let go of Blackjack, who flew up, stopping just below the hurricane. Leo got the message. He dropped Rose. She screamed as she fell, but Blackjack caught her on his back, bringing her safely down. With the burden lessened, it wasn't difficult for Brisingr to escape from the hurricane, and within minutes, he had touched ground as well.

"What the HELL was that?" DJ demanded. Rose rubbed her arm where Leo had grabbed her. I could already see the bruise, but granted the fact that Leo had saved her life by grabbing her arm, I didn't say anything.

"Ouch." Rose muttered, glaring at Leo. He laughed. "Seriously?" He said, shaking his head, "You're seriously going to glare at me even after I saved your life?"

"I didn't need your help." Rose shot back. Leo rolled his eyes. "No, of course not. I'm extremely sorry for not letting you fall to your death. I'll take care next time."

"Guys, relax. You two look like you're about to bash each other's brains out." DJ laughed. Something fell out from the tree, and knocked me over my head. "OW!" I exclaimed, but when I looked at the thing, I forgot all about my pain.

"My broom!" I held it up. It was half of my broom, the other half being god-knows-where. It had apparently fallen into the tree after me, and had snapped in half. Rose didn't give me time for grief though.

"Guys look!" She brought out the compass from her pocket. It was glowing with a red light, which encased its round form in a strange hue. She looked up at us. "Five hundred meters left for-"

She was cut off by a shrill scream.

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Third Person POV:

James whipped his head around in the direction of the scream. Percy uncapped Riptide and held up his hand in a 'quiet' sign. James got to his feet, and the five slowly walked towards the source of the scream. They waded through trees, and found themselves in a vast clearing. Rose gasped.

The clearing was filled with no less than three hundred monsters. They ducked behind a massive boulder to avoid being seen, and peeked over the top. The whole scene was in front of them. The monsters clustered in a group to their left, and to their right, a hooded figure leaned over a rock slab. On the rock slab lay the figure of what was most probably a human girl judging by her high-pitched screams. Percy motioned at the others to follow him, as they sunk away from the clearing, back into the trees.

"What's going on? We have to help her!" DJ protested, once they were out of ear-shot. Percy nodded. "Yes, we do."

"But Percy, we can't just charge in without a plan, that'll be suicide! We need a properly formulated plan." Rose commented. Percy nodded again.

"We run in, we save the girl, and we kick some monster butt. How's that for a plan?" He said. Rose rolled her eyes. "Percy, I'm serious."

"No you're not, you're Rose." Leo cut in. DJ and James were trying hard not to laugh. "You're infuriating!" Rose whisper-yelled at Leo. Leo shook his head. "No I'm not, I'm Leo!"

"Alright, enough." Percy interrupted them, which was just as well, for Rose looked like she was about to bite Leo's head off. She shook her head and turned to Percy.

"Percy, I saw monsters not only from your world, but also from ours. Inferi and werewolves were among the few. If we're going to attack, it needs to be with a plan."

"Fine." Percy said. "Rose, you take care of the monsters form your world. Take the broom, attack them from above. James you get the girl." James turned red, and Percy realized what his words had sounded like. "I mean, go help her. Leo, DJ, you two come with me. We'll take out the rest of the gang and cause a distraction for James."

"Would you like a drink and some French fries with that order sir?" DJ said sarcastically. Percy pretended not to hear her.

"Alright y'all." He held up Riptide and Rose grabbed her broom. "Let's GO!"

The five demigods crashed into the clearing, startling the monsters. Each of them immediately got to work, following their respective assignments.

Rose aimed her spells at the werewolves and Inferi. She shouted every single offensive spell he knew.

"DIFFINDO! INCENDIO! REDUCTO! LEVICORPUS!" her spells killed off her enemies left and right, and soon, there were not many remaining. But the other monsters were still remaining. She hit them next.

Percy, DJ and Leo fought as one. Leo's hands glowed white hot with flames. He grabbed the monsters, melting their armor, leaving the bare flesh exposed for DJ and Percy to strike on. Monsters overwhelmed them, but Percy slashed through the ranks left and right. Leo shot columns of flames at monsters, melting them into puddles of monster goo.

DJ had a dagger in one arm and Lancer in the other. The sword cut through heads like they were made of butter. The three of them were on autopilot, barely thinking about their moves. Slash, cut, deflect, and stab. Rose looked down at them in awe. Now, of course, she'd never seen teenagers battling Greek monsters, but these three were impressive. Even Leo, though she would never say that out loud. The hooded figure, originally shocked into silence by the sudden attack, started to get himself together. He seemed humanoid, but it was hard to tell because of the cloak.

James had started untying the ropes that held the girl to the stone slab. The figure started lumbering over to them, but Rose landed in front of him. "I don't think so!" she knocked the wind out of him with a well-placed kick.

"Aw, right in the bifurcum!" Leo laughed as he fought a dracaena with a hammer.

"What the hell does that mean?" James asked, barely looking up from the immense knot that he was untying. "You don't wanna know!" DJ called from where she was currently in the process of maiming a hellhound. The monsters army was weakened. Rose could barely believe her eyes. Out of three hundred, barely twenty remained. Percy was going sword on club with a giant. Lastrygonian giant, thought Rose. She'd read about them.

No one noticed the hooded figure. DJ was rapidly trying to avoid icy blasts from a blue giant, and Leo was pinned under a hellhound, trying to free himself. James was desperately trying to cut through the ropes with a sharp rock he'd picked up.

The figure got up, and dropped his cloak. He looked like a regular man, but Rose knew there was something wrong. Percy had his back to him, and for some reason, Rose knew he was in terrible danger.

From somewhere behind the man, as if he'd had an invisible missile launcher, large spikes flew at Percy, who was completely oblivious to the development. He slashed his sword across the giant, and it disintegrated. Percy stepped back as the spikes flew towards him. Rose cried out and ran to him, pushing him out of the way, but she was too late. Five spikes embedded themselves in Percy's back.

He collapsed face-first onto the ground. DJ had her knife buried in the man's leg, which momentarily put him out of action. DJ and Leo had defeated their monsters, and James had somehow gotten the girl free. All three of them ran up to where Percy lay, Rose kneeling beside him. A sixth spike had grazed Rose's waist as she pushed Percy out of the way, and pain coursed through her body. The spikes had been poisoned, and she couldn't even imagine what Percy was going through with five of them in his back. He retched, coughing up blood. "Oh my gosh…" James muttered. The girl was leaning against a log. A black bag was wrapped around her head, but no one was bothered about her for now.

"Try the ambrosia!" Leo commanded James. A groan escaped the man who had hit Percy. DJ looked at him, her eyes shining with pure hatred. "You." She snarled.

She got up, and stood four feet in front of the man, who was trying to get himself up. "I recognize you." DJ said, her voice dripping with venomous anger. "Dr. Thorn isn't it? The Manticore we met when we recruited Bianca and Nico. Oh yes, I remember you."

Percy coughed again. He was in terrible pain, and it physically hurt to see him. DJ glanced towards him, then turned back towards the monster. "You… hurt… my brother." She spoke through clenched teeth. A smile formed on her lips, but it was far from happy. It was evil, bordering on manic. "That's a lot of water in your body. Let's see what we can do with that eh?"

She held out her hand towards him, and the man's expression turned to one of horror and pain. He cried out.

Sharp spikes started coming out of his body. Coated with blood, they were appearing from everywhere. His stomach, his torso, and even his neck. Rose resisted the urge of throwing up. She had never seen something so utterly gruesome before. Leo and James were staring at DJ wide-eyed. The manticore was in so much pain; he couldn't even scream. DJ had never felt so much anger, and that anger had fueled her. She didn't care how grotesque it was, what she was doing. All she wanted was to bring to the monster the exact pain which he had inflicted on Percy.

DJ's expression was scary. She looked mad, even ferocious, and a little crazy. Her glare could've burned a hole through the monster. Her friends didn't know what she was doing, but she knew perfectly well. There had been a lot of water inside the Manticore's body, water in every single one of his cells. DJ was freezing that water into icicles, and then making them come out of his body, skewering him from inside. A huge one pushed its way through his face.

"Let's hope you've learnt your lesson. No one hurts my brother." DJ looked terrifying, but she didn't care. This monster had hurt her brother, and he deserved to be punished. She closed her fist, and all the icicles rushed back into his body, and he erupted in a shower of monster dust.

DJ ran back to where Percy lay. "What happened? Isn't ambrosia working?" She asked, ignoring her friends' terrified expressions. "It's healing the wound, but the poison's in his system." Rose replied.

"DJ, this is something only Apollo's kids back at camp can manage. We need to get Percy back to camp." Leo said in a low voice. DJ nodded. "Maybe we could have Blackjack carry him?" She suggested. Rose shook her head. "That would be too slow. From the amount of poison I'd say Percy has little over an hour left."

"THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY!" DJ yelled. Leo and she looked deep in thought. Suddenly their eyes widened, and they looked at each other, as though they'd had the same thought. They spoke in unison.

"Nico."

A/N: I'm sorry if this update was late. I'll be updating every two-three days, so, yep. Please review!

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