It's me again! Sorry i couldn't upload it Saturday, I was too busy busy crushing the number 3 in the State soccer team haha. Well anyway THANK YOU for all of you that review, it makes me happy to see that people read my story but i could always use more reviews so PLEASE REVIEW!
Just to let you guys know, this is the second to last chapter before it starts to get different. And if any of you were wondering where a lot of the characters are, you will meet a few of them in this chapter. This chapter is a bit more actiony then the other ones but know that later on in the story, I plan on having some epic battles. =)
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Chapter 7
After what felt like hours, I heard the conch horn sound and slowly got to my feet. It was an emergency sound and I knew that could only mean one thing. Kronos has made is first move. I got to my feet, uncapped Riptide and started sprinting toward the Big House.
As I was sprinting, I felt the events of the past year overwhelm me; all the joy and pain. Then, within this maze of emotions emerged hatred and revenge. I felt great anger for the one who tore my heart out. I wanted to rip Kronos apart for taking my Annabeth away from me. Fueled with new found power, I clenched Riptide, turning my knuckles white as I doubled my speed towards the Big House.
On my way to the Big House, I noticed the Mess Hall was slowly being overrun by monsters and by the looks of it, the demigods were just barely holding on. As I approached the Mess Hall, I saw three dracanae surrounding Malcolm, who was struggling to get back on his feet after being knocked to the ground. I ran to the one in the middle and stabbed it in the chest, and then as it turned to dust, I lopped off the head to the one on my right. Before the third could realize what was going on, I threw Riptide and pierced the dracanae in the chest, instantly turning it into dust.
Picking up Riptide from the pile of dust I just made, I made my way over to Malcolm only to plop on the ground right next to him. I realized how badly out of shape I was, as those series of moves that should have been simple already left me breathless.
"Percy! Dude, thanks man, you just saved me there," Malcolm said as he patted me on the back.
"No problem, anything for you man." I simply stated. I pulled him to his feet and he pulled out a square of ambrosia and handed it to me. "Thanks." I said, accepting the gift. I turned to continue helping the others but Malcolm grabbed me by the shoulder.
"Hey, I know you're sad and I wanna…"
"It's alright man; really you don't have to sympathize for me." I really didn't want to deal with another pep talk, but I think it came out a lot harsher then I meant it to be.
"No, it's not like that. If we live through this hell, I wanna show you something," and without waiting for an answer, Malcolm turned around and joined his siblings who were fighting a pack of about 5-10 hellhounds. Debating if I should help them or not, I eventually decided to leave the hellhounds to the Athena cabin and headed into the Mess Hall.
I entered the Mess Hall and found that it was being infiltrated by monsters on all sides. Most of the Apollo cabin was raining arrows down into the dining area from the balcony above, while there were several packs of three demigods fighting the monsters in the area. I joined the battle as I hacked and slashed at the monsters turning them all into dust. Just as I got done cutting down a hellhound, I saw an empousa charge, sword in hand to the back of a certain daughter of Ares.
"Clarisse!" I yelled as I sprinted to the empousa and decapitated it with one clean swing of my blade. Clarisse only just then whipped her head around and saw that I had already taken care of the threat.
"What are you doing here you brat! I could've handled it myself!" was all that came out of her mouth even after saving her. Clarisse La Rue and I were never EVER on good terms, but I knew deep down we were good comrades, maybe even friends.
"That's all you can say after I just SAVED you life?" I said with a hint of amusement in my voice. Clarisse looked like she was about to punch me in the gut but instead she mumbled out an almost inaudible, "Thanks." I gave her my trademark lopsided grin then turned around to continue fighting.
After about an hour or so, the fighting finally started to die down. I fell down and sat up on my hands as my body was heavy and sluggish. I should have trained at least. I mean when you don't do anything for 6 months, then go headfirst into a practical war, your body can only do so much, even if it is invincible. I sat there content for a few minutes then I saw Nico head toward me.
"Finally! I haven't seen you like this in a while!" Nico said as he let out a hand to help me up.
"Ya…I guess man." I said as I took his hand and stood up. But you know what? Honest to the gods, I was still suffering and dying inside. The battle momentarily let me forget about Annabeth in the heat of the battle, but now that it was over, all the feelings were starting to come back.
"That's good to hear man, at least…PERCY LOOK OUT!" Instinctively, I put my hand to my pocket and whipped my head around only to find a dracanae suddenly turn to dust just inches from my face.
"Well, well? The son of Poseidon, savior of Olympus can't even take care of himself?" I looked toward the sound of the voice and I saw Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus and lieutenant of Artemis floating on a cloud, bow in hand. The cloud disappeared and she landed on her feet and came to me.
"Ha…Ha…you're so funny Pinecone Face." I joked, but she just shot me the death glare and then surprisingly pulled me into a hug. It was really awkward at first, you know, her being in the Hunters and all, but I soon embraced it and hugged back.
Still hugging, I could feel the right side of my shirt start to get wet. I pulled Thalia out of the hug and looked at her and saw that she had tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" I asked, looking really worried.
"You're so stupid!" she said as she kicked with all her might at my 'man area.' I guess being invincible didn't reduce the pain of being hit there as I fell to my knees, hands down trying to recover from the hit.
"Hahahahaha! I'll just leave you two for now, nice meeting you again Thalia." Nico said in between fits of laughter. I slowly recovered and got to my feet and saw Thalia say goodbye to Nico. She then looked back at me and then proceeded to hug me again.
"Sorry about that. I just don't know what I would do if I lost you too," I knew what Thalia was talking about and started to feel the tears come back to my eyes. "First Luke, now Annabeth…please…please don't leave me too." I pulled her away again and used every ounce of my will power to muster up a grin.
"Hey…Don't worry; I'll never leave you alone." We stood there content as we continued to hug until I heard a familiar clacking of hooves behind me. My best friend Grover Underwood, satyr and member of The Council of Cloven Elders ran up to me breathless.
"Percy…you need…you need to come with me…NOW!" He said trying to regain his breath. I let go of Thalia and looked at Grover really confused, I mean that's a great way to say hi to your best friend after not seeing them for so long.
"What are you…" I began but was cut off with Grover grabbing my hand and frantically pulling me out of the Mess Hall. After a few minutes or so, I yanked my hand away from Grover.
"Dude where are you taking me?" I finally got a clear look at Grover's face and found it filled with fear and anxiety. "Grocer…what's wrong?"
"We have to go NOW! Everything will be explained once we get there." And then without saying another word, Grover started running and waved his hand signaling me to follow. I ran after him and followed Grover into the Big House only to find him kneeling on the ground.
"Grover…What're you…" I stopped myself short and looked up and knew exactly why Grover was kneeling. I gulped and saw the entire Council of Olympus inside the Big House, and from my gut feeling, I knew that nothing good was going to come out of this.
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