A/N: Sorry it's been a little longer than usual to when I usually update. Its spring break so I'll probably get more done. Well here it is now! Chapter 7!

P.s. I am doing a sequel. I have been putting notes about it down, but I got to get through this story first!

DISCLAIMER- I DO NOT OWN PJO! RICK RIORDAN DOES! I WISH I DID! … That's it…. On with the story!

Lindy

The fighting seemed to have stopped…for now. There was no noise in the city. I was beginning to freak out.

I turned a corner and saw maybe fifty centaurs fooling around and head butting each other. One of them seemed to be trying to calm them down. I froze, praying none of them would notice me. I started backing up slowly. Yeah, that was a big fail.

The one that was pacing back and forth up the lines of centaurs had turned slightly. His eyes over looked me the first time. He glanced again like he had missed something. He saw me ad reached for his bow. I made my horse run down another street around the corner.

I had no clue if they were on my side or not. They probably thought the same thing about me.

Like they appeared out of thin air, I was surrounded by centaurs. Many of them had t-shirts that said "Party ponies," of "Texas chapter," or "South Florida." They had weapons like Nerf bats, bows and arrows, paintball guns and swords.

The one that was giving orders before came over to me. Because I was on my horse we could see each other eye to eye. My sword was in one hand and my knife in the other ready to strike.

The only thing the centaur said to me was, "Where did you get those?" Referring to my weapons. My horse fidgeted under me.

I didn't answer.

"What is your name child?" he asked.

"Lindy." I told him. "Lindy Scarlett." A few centaurs mumbled something about the name being familiar.

"Well, Lindy, state your business here."

"I'm trying to find my friends. They left me to rest hours ago. But I would take it that you don't care because you will kill me anyway."

"Well you are obviously no one I know-,"

"Who are you?"

"I would think you would know."

"I'm sorry," I spat. "I don't."

"I am Chiron trainer of hero's."

"Ha!" a centaur yelled. "I know who she is! She is that famous singer's daughter!"

For some reason another centaur shot a paint ball at me. I moved me sword and blocked the paint ball. Orange paint splattered my sword and some got on my face.

"Dude! Why did you do that?" the centaur asked. The one that shot at me shrugged.

Chiron stared at me like I had dropped from the sky. "How did you do that?"

Before I could answer, I heard a familiar voice. "Lindy?" It was Connor. The centaurs parted to let him in the circle in which they surrounded Chiron and me. HE noticed I was ready to strike at Chiron.

"Chiron she is with us." He told the centaur. Every centaur lowered their weapons and so did I.

"My apologies miss Scarlet." Chiron said. I noticed that the Empire State Building was about a hundred yards away. I slid down from my horse.

"Uh, mine too, Chiron." I stuttered awkwardly. I turned to Connor. "I thought you guys were all dead." I admitted as we walked to the Empire State Building.

"Happy thoughts, Lindy." He said matting my back sarcastically. "Just think happy thoughts." I kicked him. "Ow! I take it your feeling better."

"Yeah actually a lot. Thanks." I didn't want to ask it but… "Is anyone…dead?"

"No." he said sadly. "Just some injures." I sighed with relief. Connor pointed out a medical tent for the wounded.

Chiron had galloped ahead and now was talking to Percy, Thalia, Annabeth and another girl with red hair and green eyes. There was a helicopter parked a few feet away from them that said Dare enterprises.

The ground shook and there was a loud roar. Connor and I glanced at each other the sprinted to Percy, Chiron and the others by the doors to the Empire State Building.

"Rachel," Percy said. "Get inside the building."

"I want to stay." Rachel, the red head, insisted.

Something then blocked out the sun's rays and across the street the drakon slithered down a skyscraper. It shrieked and thousands of windows shattered.

"On second thought," Rachel said in a small voice. "I'll be inside." She went in the building.

"Lindy," Annabeth said. "Maybe you should-,"

"I'm not sitting out again." I said sternly. They all looked at me with pity in their eyes. I was going to get myself killed.

Everyone gathered to listen to Percy's orders. We were all nervously glancing at the drakon. Percy said something but I couldn't make out what he said.

"I'LL TAKE THE DRAKON!" he yelled. "Everyone else, hold the line against the army." He turned to Annabeth.

"Will you help me?" He asked.

"That's what I do." She mumbled. "I help my friends."

Percy paused then said something else but I didn't hear it. I started zoning out. My mind seemed to be somewhere else. I was freaking out, along with many other half bloods around me. We had barely enough people to hold the lines against the army.

Percy Raised his sword and we all charged at the army.

I don't know how long we fought but soon we were cornered at the doors to the Empire State building. The Party Ponies had retreated at first sight of the drakon. We were out of options, we had to retreat or get ourselves killed and the world will end.

Suddenly a rumbling sound was heard around the corner. Around a few buildings dozens of chariots rode. Each had a red banner with a wild boar on it.

"ARES!" a girl's voice yelled.

The girl who yelled had red armor on and a wild boar's head helmet. The odd part was that the girl had familiar striking blue eyes. I had seen this girl before.

A few of the Ares kids threw Javelins at the drakon. One went into the creature's mouth and it screamed "EEESSSS!" I have no idea what it meant but it was probably something along the lines of OWW.

"Ares to me!" the girl yelled.

Six new chariots arrived around the corner. They circled around us and pushed the enemy away from the doors.

Percy, Annabeth and the people in the chariots continued to fight the drakon. Two chariots overturned but the drivers just jumped out and fought with swords while dodging poison.

I defiantly had never seen anyone fight like this before. The girl who yelled before was spearing at the drakon's feet, and trying to spear out its other eye. The first one had been scrapped out by a hellhound who was now lying on the ground with a bloody paw.

But things began to go wrong. The Drakon was able to gulp up one of the boys fighting. It shoved aside another and sprayed poison on a third who started running around like a little girl. I didn't blame him.

"This isn't going to end well," a boy next to me muttered.

Percy and Annabeth jumped onto the back of the drakon. "You can do it!" Percy yelled to the girl, trying to encourage her on. "A child of Ares is destined to kill it!"

"ARES!" The girl shouted again, and then charged. Percy's expression changed to shock and terror.

Percy muttered something under his breath then yelled, "WAIT!"

Too late. The monster glared down at the girl and spat poison directly into her face.

She screamed, and then fell to the ground.

"Clarisse!" Annabeth yelled and jumped off the back of the drakon. Other Ares campers tried to defend the girl, Clarisse. I still couldn't believe this girl was Clarisse. From what I had heard about her, she didn't act like this. This girl was acting a little more frightened up until the point when she was sprayed with poison. I could see a tiny bit of blonde hair through the helmet of the girl on the ground. It was blonde. As far as I was told, Clarisse had brown hair.

Then it clicked. The face I saw through the girl's helmet was Silena's. She had blue eyes, blonde hair, and the same sad face I remembered from the hotel.

Percy stabbed his sword into the creature. Its attention turned to Percy. He got thrown off the monster, but landed on his feet. "C'MON, you stupid worm!" He screamed. "Look at me!"

For the next few minutes everyone fought. The armies collided again and so did the weapons. We pushed the enemy back, but not far enough. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Percy fighting the thing, but it couldn't hurt it.

Another chariot flew, (yes, I said flew) onto fifth Avenue. A girl with brown hair jumped from the chariot. She had no armor, or weapon. She cried out, "NO! Curse you, WHY?"

She ran over and knelt next to the dying girl. Annabeth and some other Ares campers were trying to get her helmet off. Another boy ran from the chariot. He stood by the doors.

The drakon screamed and the boy yelled, "Look out!"

The drakon turned to him and to the rest of us. We all paused fighting for a split second but the girl who had run from the chariot stood up.

"YOU WANT DEATH?" She screamed. "Well come ON!"

We continued trying to push the enemy back while the girl took down the drakon, with no armor or anything. Through the murmers of the people around me I figured she was Clarisse, the real one. She took down the drakon with an electric spear. It's body dissolved, leaving an empty armor shell. Clarisse ran back to the wounded girl and the others.

Annabeth finally got her helmet off. "Who is it?" a few people around me asked.

"Silena," I said not having to see if my guess was right. I hadn't said it really loud so only a few heard me, but they echoed it and soon everyone knew that the girl, Silena, was dying.

I don't know how long we continued fighting, but it seemed like forever until Clarisse joined the battle.

She was fearless. Her eyes were filled with hate. With her we managed to push the enemy back, and they began to retreat. Percy told us to fall back. WE all did, but Clarisse continued.

W walked into the Empire State Building. As Clarisse fought, she seemed to glow. A red shine eliminated around her body.

"The blessing of Ares." I heard Thalia say as we walked passed. "I've never seen it in person before."

"I AM CLARISSE, DRAKON-SLAYER!" Clarisse yelled. "I will kill you ALL! Where is Kronos? Bring him out! Is he a coward?"

"Clarisse!" Percy yelled. "Stop it! Withdraw!"

She didn't listen. I went inside the building.

As soon as I stepped inside, dozens of half bloods and hunters attacked me with questions.

"Was Silena really the spy?" They asked over and over along with other questions I didn't hear.

"I don't know," I said trying to push past. I was able to get by.

"You should know," I hunter said. "You were on their side." That stopped me. I turned on my heel and faced the group. I had enough of this.

"Listen up." I told them sternly. "I was never on their side. I barely even knew there was a spy; let alone what was going on. I was told nothing. If you think being on their side is easy, it's not. You have no clue what I went through and what it is like over there. Go there now and ask them if Silena was the spy, because I don't know. All I know is even if she was a spy, she went down fighting for us. She gave her life up to help us beat them! You should all be fighting extra hard to honor her! She was just as much a hero, probably more, then any of you, or anyone else!" I turned and stormed off, leaving all of them with their mouths open in shock of what I just said.

I sat down next to Connor and Travis who were looking just as shocked as them.

"That was cool." Travis said to me. "And almost funny."

"Don't make me start on you Travis." I warned.

"Hey Lindy," One of my half sisters called. She looked sad. Her name was Rebecca Johnson. "Come here."

I got up and walked over to where she stood along with a bunch of my other siblings.

"Will died." She told me. I looked up at her wide eyed. My heart sank. I barely knew him and I was devastated. He was my brother after all. "We are going up to Olympus to set his body. He is already up there."

A few of my brothers carried a golden cloth. In the center of it, was the symbol of Apollo.

We took the elevator to the 600th floor. I wanted to ask so many questions, but I didn't. I just leaned up against the back wall of the elevator.

The doors opened and I had to catch my breath. I couldn't describe Olympus with words it deserved. It was a marble city all built on a peek of a mountain that floated above Manhattan. Blank TV's lined the roads and were in shop windows. Gardens were scattered around the mountain, along with a few parks.

But something seemed wrong. (Obviously.) It looked almost depressing. Braziers were fireless, windows were dark, and the streets were deserted except for the occasional Apollo kids and nature sprits running around to help the wounded. WE would join them in a moment.

I couldn't explain how angry and upset I was. I wanted to march right up to Kronos and punch him, then chop him to bits like the gods did once before. So many half bloods were dead. So many people had died fighting his army. When I was little I thought the worst people could do was stealing.

I silently prayed that every half blood and hunter who died would reach Esylum. Maybe they would even try for re-birth and go to the Isle of the blest, because they all deserved it.

I quickly wiped a tear from my eye before someone saw.

After one last goodbye, we were off caring for the wounded. I probably cared for nine different people until a phone rang. Rebecca pulled a phone from her pocket and answered.

"That was Connor." She said to me once she was finished. "Kronos's army is already advancing."

"What?" I asked shocked. "It's been twenty minutes!"

We gathered the Apollo kids and anyone else well enough to fight. There were many murmurs from my siblings wondering who the new counselor was for the cabin.

Down stairs kids were already fighting outside. We had so little in numbers, but we went into battle like we never had before and searched our brains for advantages.