Hey everyone! Sorry this chapter took so long. Anyway, enjoy the story!

Also, WARNING! This chapter contains mild sexual references, so if you're not comfortable reading the words, "Sex" and "Having sex," well you have now. :P

Jimmy

"God, this thing is tight." I said, pulling at my new 'Hello Kitty' shirt. Apparently Chaos got the shirt one size too small and it was clinging to my chest. It wasn't a huge problem, but it was uncomfortable as hell.

"That's what he said." Joanna said, still looking out the window.

I began laughing when I realized what she said. "Wait, what? That's what he said?"

"Yeah. You said 'this thing is tight' like when a guy has sex. The girl can be tight, that's what he said."

"Well I think a girl can say it too."

"Yeah, but it wouldn't make sense unless she was a lesbian."

"Wait, can they even feel that?"

"Guys! Please! There are children in the car." Percy said, interrupting us.

"Right, sorry." I said, looking back at the road. "We've just been driving for about five hours and I'm kind of tired."

"Okay, but can we please stop talking about what he or she said? Chaos is gonna have a million questions after this and I really don't want to explain the birds and bees to her."

"Fine." I said. We went back to what we were doing before. There was silence for a moment when I broke it.

"Still doesn't make sense."

"Jimmy, shut up. We're here." Joanna said, looking at me.

(CLASSY!)

X

It took us thirty minutes to find a parking spot in the Smithsonian. We ended up parking in the back of the back of a parking garage on the roof. Not really my preferred spot, but I didn't really care. I'm not gonna use the car again anyway.

We walked to the museum and headed toward the entrance.

"Well, here we are." I said. "Tonight we are gonna witness Night at the Museum three."

Percy looked at me. "There was a sequel to that?"

"Yeah, I know." I said, rolling my eyes. "It's a Ben Stiller movie, but somehow it's popular, which is weird."

"Oh crap!" Joanna said, stopping in her tracks. "I just realized we don't have any money. How are we gonna pay for tickets?"

"I've got the invisibility hat, but it only fits one." Percy said. "Maybe we can sneak in one at a time?"

"Guys." I said stepping in front of them. "Let's just do what the guys in movies do."

"And what would that be?" Joanna asked.

X

"Air ducts… it had to be air ducts." Joanna said, crawling behind Percy and Chaos.

"Well what did you have in mind? Sneaking in the back?" I asked. "Security would be all over us."

Joanna grumbled and continued moving. "I feel really cramped in here and I hate tight spaces."

I shrugged. "I don't know, could be worse." I said looking at Joanna who was right in front of me. Suddenly, Joanna's foot picked up and struck me in the face. I yelped in pain and gripped my nose.

"Oops. Sorry." Joanna said sarcastically.

"Shh!" Percy said, stopping. "Listen."

We were quiet for a while, and then I heard it. Voices coming from a room nearby. Of course it was a famous museum with a lot of voices, but these voices sounded… different.

"Come on, let's go." I said, going in that direction.

We crawled until we found a round room with dozens of monsters and men working. In the middle of the room was a throne on top of a large pillar. In the throne was a large, statue-like man with long, brown hair and a beard like Leonidas from 300. That had to be Atlas.

"You failed me, Thorn." He said to the man kneeling at his throne, who could only be identified as Dr. Thorn. It was hard to tell from where we were, but it looked like he was still injured from our last encounter, and he had a slight limp as well.

"But sir," he said, "I managed to capture ze girl. We can use her as bait to lure zem to us."

"Anabeth." Percy said, stunned. "She is alive."

"Shh." Joanna said.

Atlas stroked his beard. "Perhaps… we'll see what the demigods do. As for the group in the Smithsonian, I have a few surprises for them."

Atlas snapped his fingers and two men ran up to him.

"Get me the teeth from the tyrannosaurus exhibit."

The men saluted and ran off.

"Why is he using humans?" Joanna asked. "It's really weird."

"He likes to manipulate them… or something." I said. "I don't know, it's been a while since I've read the book."

In a minute, the men who retrieved the teeth returned.

"Ah, good. Now plant them in the soil."

The men looked at each other and shrugged. They planted the teeth in the soil.

"By the gods." Percy said in amazement. "He's summoning skeleton warriors."

"Don't worry." I said. "I've got something to take care of those things. And we've got the element of surprise on our side."

That's when I heard a "CREEEEEEK." We looked around for a minute, concerned.

"Um… Jimmy?" Joanna asked. "How thick is the metal underneath us?"

SNAP!

The metal underneath us gave and we fell into the room. We landed on the ground behind Dr. Thorn, who jumped back in fear. I landed first followed by Percy, then Joanna, then Chaos who landed on my back in a sitting position.

Atlas laughed. "Well isn't this a surprise?" He said as he stood. "How nice of you to join us, half-bloods."

"So much for the element of surprise." Joanna retorted.

As soon as we stood up, twenty men and monsters armed with machine guns and Greek swords and shields surrounded us. I stood back to back with Joanna and Percy while Chaos was looking at the men a little scared.

"Zat is zem!" Thorn shouted. "Zose are ze monsters who attacked me!"

Joanna chuckled at Thorn's accent.

Atlas looked at us confused. "Them? They are just a bunch of teenagers." He looked at the patch of dirt where the skeleton warriors were emerging. "Ah, my army of the dead has risen. And when they feast on your flesh you shall know pain. Kill them." He said, signaling the skeletons to attack us. They drew a few pistols and batons while advancing toward us.

Joanna took out her scythe. "Any ideas?" She asked me.

"Try taking out the guns," I said, "then take Chaos and Percy out of here. I'll handle these clowns."

"Right." Joanna extended her scythe to its full length and whipped it around, cutting up every gun held by the humans. After that, she grabbed Percy and Chaos and used her super speed to run out of the room, leaving me with the twenty guards and twelve skeleton warriors.

Atlas seemed surprised by Joanna's actions. "Interesting. I had no idea the demigods had a vampire on their side." He looked at me. "And what are you, then?"

"A vok." I said looking at him straight in the eye.

Atlas laughed when I said this. "A vok? Impossible! There hasn't been a live vok in centuries. And besides… your shirt says otherwise." I looked down at my shirt, then back to Atlas, insulted. "No matter, you and your friends will fail your mission, and all of you will die." He snapped his fingers and all twelve skeleton warriors charged me.

I took out the kunai Neil gave me and prepared to throw it. 'Neil, this had better work.' I thought. I threw the kunai at the skeletons and it struck the middle one in the forehead, sticking into its skull.

The skeleton pulled at the kunai, but it wouldn't come out. Then it began to beep. Knowing Neil, I knew something big and loud was about to happen. Instinctively, I ran toward a pillar, pushing a few guards out of my way. Then the kunai went off.

Where the skeletons were standing, a small black hole appeared from the kunai, swallowing the twelve skeletons in an instant. I got behind the pillar just in time, avoiding the blast. The suction was so powerful, even Atlas gripped to his throne, trying not to be sucked into the gaping darkness. Unfortunately, most of his henchmen weren't so lucky.

The black hole enveloped all the monsters and five humans. By the time the black hole disappeared, there were only eight humans left.

Atlas looked at the crater where the black hole was and back to me. He rose from his throne again, calming himself.

"Clearly you are a force to be reckoned with, but unfortunately for you, you are out of throwing kunai."

I wanted to ask how he knew that, but then I remembered, 'oh yeah… war titan.'

"Finish him." Atlas said, pointing at me.

The eight remaining humans ran at me. They were a little shaken up, but still combat ready.

The first one drew his knife and tried to stab me. I dodged his attack and threw him into another guard. Another guard charged me and tried to punch me. I blocked both his attacks, then kicked him and bounced off of him to kick another guard, sending them both into the walls on either side of the room.

Another guard came at me with a knife, but I caught his hand, twisted it, making him let go of the knife, and flipped him over, making him land on the ground. I kicked him in the head to finish him off.

The last guard managed to find a gun from the ground. He pointed it at me and shot me in the head. He waited for me to fall down, but I didn't. As the wound regenerated, I grabbed the gun from him, crushed it, then tossed him to the side, making him hit the wall with a CRASH!

I looked at Atlas who was looking at me with his brow raised. Maybe if I can take him out now, I could end the quest early. I charged energy in my right fist, making it glow a neutral shade of amber. I lunged at Atlas who was still standing there expecting me.

"ATOMIC FIST!" I shouted as I dealt the blow, but then Atlas did something I thought wasn't even possible… he caught my fist.

I stared at his hand wrapped over mine while I was hanging there. The energy from my attack released in his hand, but all it did was let out a small, 'poof' and shake his arm a little.

Atlas looked from his hand to me. "So… you are a vok."

I gripped Atlas's hand, trying to wrench it off of mine, but it didn't budge. It was like trying to move a house

"I must admit, I did not expect one of your kind to survive after all these years. Your kind may think they are the strongest, but your kind were merely spawns of strength. I was one of the first to be brought up by it. The offspring of Uranus and Gaia."

Atlas put more pressure on my hand. I grunted in pain as I felt the bones in my hand being crushed. A feeling I haven't felt since before I had my powers.

"How does it feel?" Atlas asked as he squeezed harder and harder. "Does it hurt, vok? A feeling you are not so familiar with, I imagine." Atlas threw me of his throne and I landed on the ground with a loud, 'WHUMP!' I gripped my broken hand, which was shattered under the force of Atlas's. I knew he was a titan, but this was ridiculous.

I felt Atlas grabbing my neck and pulling my up to his height. He stood a full foot and a half over me, so I was dangling in the air. His hand wrapped all the way around my neck. I tried to pry it away as I gasped for air.

"I envy you." Atlas continued. "I have suffered under the weight of the sky for over two millennia with no rest, no food, no water, nothing but torture and hardship. But now I am free. Free to do as Chronos commands and soon this world will be rid of the gods once and for all."

Atlas brought me closer to his face, maybe to see the fear in my eyes as he strangled me. He chuckled as he spoke once again.

"I was ordered to capture the goddess and kill anyone who should interfere…" He formed a javelin in his other hand and brought it to my neck and I stopped struggling as I stared at it and Atlas. "I could kill you now, but I'm curious to what you are going to do after I release you and you reach your friends in the air and space center. But there is one more detail I am curious about. Do you think the vampire and yourself will make it back to the future… James McClure?"

My eyes widened. How did he know I was from the future, let alone my name? The titan standing before me was nothing like I had imagined him to be. I had anticipated him to be somewhat of a challenge, but against someone of his caliber? I don't know if Joanna and I still stood a chance.

"As I thought." Atlas said.

Atlas grunted as he threw me with all his strength into the wall behind him. I flew through wall after wall as I soared through the museum. I'm not sure how many walls I actually crashed into. I lost count after ten, that's when I blacked out.

X

Joanna

Chaos, Percy, and I reached the air and space center. Percy was out of breath when he stopped.

"I think we (pant) we lost them." He said.

"Good." I said, looking at him. "Let's hope Atlas hasn't gotten to the others yet."

"Hey!" Came a familiar voice from behind us.

We turned around to see Thalia, Bianca, Grover, and an angry Zoe looking at us.

"And speak of the devil." I said to myself as Zoe approached us.

"What art thou doing here?" She asked.

"Okay, please don't be mad, but…" Percy started.

"Not you." Zoe interrupted. "I'm talking about her." She pointed at me. I looked at her in shock.

"Me?" I asked.

"Yes, you. Why art thou here?"

"I'm here because I have to be here, but if anything you should be glad I showed up. You could use my help."

"Oh, by all means I am. I have nothing against thou or thine powers, but wherever thou tread, McClure is sure to follow."

"Well actually, he's a few rooms down dealing with some monsters, but he's not that bad."

"He is a nuisance, completely unprofessional, and overall he is a complete moron." Zoe said, losing her composure. "I won't let him within ten miles of this quest!"

Boom. Boom. Boom.

There was a noise coming from the floor above us. It sounded like crashing and concrete breaking.

"Hey, what's that?" Thalia asked.

We looked up at the wall.

Boom. Boom. BOOM!

Suddenly, Jimmy busted through the wall and flew to the floor we were on. I would have been yelling at him for his bad timing, but I noticed something wrong with him… he was unconscious.

"Jimmy!" I shouted as I ran to him.

I knew he was going up against a Titan and a few monsters, but he looked terrible! How could he have let this happen to himself?

"By the Gods!" Zoe said in amazement. "Who could have done this to him?"

Before anyone could say anything else, there was a loud "Crash!" We turned to see what had made the noise and saw a crowd of people fleeing from a hallway along with a child screaming, "Kitty!"

"Oh yeah…" I thought to myself, "I completely forgot about this part."

A second later, bounding out of the hallway and face to face with us was none other than the Nemian Lion, a gigantic lion with silver fur, and burning red eyes (I forgot the description from the book, so I improvised). The beast roared in our general direction and instantly we scattered.

Zoe and Bianca ran to the staircases to get a vantage point, Thalia and Percy tried to surround the beast, Grover ran to cover and readied his reed pipes, Chaos stayed by Jimmy, and I did the only thing I could think of… I punched it.

I struck it in the face and the lion slid backwards about two feet and shook its head, a little dazed.

Only then did I realize how hard its skin was.

"Agh…" I shook my hand, trying to reduce the pain.

The lion charged me. I readied my scythe, but Thalia moved in front of me with her shield raised, scaring the lion. I jumped over her and brought my scythe down onto its back. I thought it would do something, but I was wrong. My scythe bounced harmlessly off its hide making sparks fly.

The lion noticed this and bucked me off as it lunged at Percy. Thalia got in front of the lion just in time to scare it with her shield, but it was too late. The lion rammed into both of them, knocking them prone. That's when the lion noticed Chaos near Jimmy.

The lion approached Jimmy and prepared to attack him and Chaos. But Chaos saw the lion approaching, but caught it off guard. Chaos looked at the beast, but instead of giving it her usual cute little girl look, her face turned into its original monstrous form, scaring the beast and making it back off.

Finally, Bianca and Zoe reached the top of the stairs and began shooting arrow after arrow at the lion, aiming for its eyes. At first, they bounced off its skin, but one managed to hit the creature dead in its right eye, making it roar in pain. I thought it would go down, but unfortunately, it only pissed it off.

The lion went for the support beams Zoe was over and broke them in one strike. The entire staircase broke and Zoe fell to the ground. The lion tried to finish her off, but I intervened just in time. I got in between the two of them and shot a large beam of red, vampiric energy at the beast, making it stagger backwards a little bit. The beam itself didn't do much other than that. It just hit its skin like flames hitting something solid.

The lion roared as it swiped its claws at me, catching me off guard and batting me out of the way. I crashed into a rocket ship just as the lion was about to finish off Zoe. Zoe raised her hunting knives for defense, but the lion was already in range. The beast prepared to bite and… nothing.

The lion was unable to reach her. Something was keeping it from biting Zoe. I looked at the backside of the lion and there, holding onto the creature's tail was none other than Jimmy.

Jimmy grunted as he pulled on the lion's tail, swinging it around into a replica of the Apollo 13, tearing it to pieces (BTW, I have no idea what's even in the room they're in, so just bear with me. :/).

I was reluctant to see him up and fighting again, but I could tell from his posture that he'd seen better days. His clothes were in near tatters, he was cut deep in certain areas of his body, and one of his hands looked like it was broken. On top of all that, Jimmy looked like he was about to collapse. Maybe he could take the Nemian Lion at full strength, but not like this.

"SOMEONE GO FOR THE DAMN MOUTH!" Jimmy shouted as the lion burst from the wreckage. The lion slammed into Jimmy, trying to knock him down, but Jimmy pushed with all his might against the beast, trying to overpower it.

I heard Grover playing his reed pipes in the background. It sounded like "Marry Had A Little Lamb," but all song likenesses aside, the ground burst open and vines engulfed the lion's feet, making it unable to move. Jimmy saw this opportunity and kicked the lion in its knee, making it almost break.

The lion roared and Jimmy grabbed its mouth and held it open with what strength he had left.

"SHOOT IT NOW!" He shouted as the lion thrusted its head upward, sending one of its fangs deep into Jimmy's gut. Jimmy gasped and coughed up blood just as a celestial bronze arrow flew past his head and into the roof of the lion's mouth.

The lion roared in pain again and collapsed, turning into dust and a brown leather jacket.

Jimmy doubled over and gripped his wound, now regenerating. I ran to him to try and help him. It's been a while since I've seen him like this. The others walked over to the remains of the lion, except for Chaos, who ran up to Jimmy and hugged him, crying a little.

"Don't die, mister." She said, scared. "Please don't die."

It was obvious that Jimmy wasn't dying, but I guess with all the blood, Chaos was worried sick.

Jimmy obviously didn't feel comfortable with her hugging him, but he gave her a smile and rubber her head, letting her know that everything was okay.

"Well, well." Zoe said, shouldering her bow. "I knew thou would show thine ugly face eventually."

"Nice to see you too, Zoe." Jimmy said, looking at her with an annoyed look.

"Thou couldn't hast just left us alone, could you?" She asked, obviously angry. "We were fine without you and we'll be fine without you after you leave… now."

"Hey, back off." Thalia said, getting in front of Zoe. "In case you haven't noticed, he just saved your life."

"Saved my life?" Zoe asked, laughing a little. "Nay. He did not save my life. I was close to killing the beast, and I would have had it if thou hadst not interfered."

"Oh is that what you call it?" Jimmy asked, probably tired of Zoe's B.S. at this point. "Because here's what I saw. I saw a selfish bitch lying in the rubble of a building as some gigantic beast came to finish her off, and while you were too busy soiling your pants, I came to save your god damned life! Look at me! I'm a wreck! Do you have any idea how much energy I used in this hour alone? I could have died saving you, and you won't even give me a thank you. So maybe next time you're in trouble, you'll think twice before pissing on the guy who helped you. What do you say to that?"

Zoe said nothing. She just looked at Jimmy with a stern look. Finally, she looked down at his shirt.

"I like thine shirt." She said.

Jimmy grumbled.

Chaos smiled and looked at Zoe. "Yay! Someone does like the shirt!"

"Chaos, not now." Jimmy said.

"I'm sorry, who is this?" Thalia asked, pointing at Chaos.

Everyone looked at her for a minute, then Grover broke in.

"She's a Lybia." He said, wide-eyed. "They eat children and are close relatives to Gorgons." Grover looked at me. "Why in Olympus did you bring this creature with you?"

I sighed. "We fought her in New York and she lost her memory. I couldn't just leave her."

"Just like a monster to help some other deadly creature." Zoe said, looking at me. "Why don't you just kill us already and save the time?"

That's when Jimmy slowly stood up. "Okay, that's it. I have had enough of your attitude! We're trying to help you!"

"Who said we needed help? This is our quest."

"If you try and find the goddess with that attitude, you'll be dead before you reach Texas!"

"Hey!" Percy said, stepping between us. "Knock it off! Zoe, I know we can't trust them, but they seem to know more about this quest than we do. Plus, if something was strong enough to take down Jimmy, I doubt we can handle him alone." Percy turned to Jimmy. "And you… stop cursing." He gestured to Chaos, who was still hugging my waist and looking at me innocently.

Zoe and I grumbled as we agreed with Percy.

Before we could officially apologize, we heard footsteps coming from the hallway. We looked to see about twenty of Atlas's minions running at us with their usual assortment of weapons. I wanted to stay and fight, but Jimmy was wounded, there was no way the demi-gods and hunters alone could handle twenty fully grown men and monsters with guns, and I was completely out of energy. We had no choice but to run.

We sprinted for the door and exited the room, but when we got out, Jimmy pulled me aside as we ran. He whispered something in my ear, something that almost made me stop in place and could have gotten me killed…

"He knows who we are."