Percy's Pov
We grabbed some armor as all of us ran outside. Charlie ran off to get Mrs. O'Leary. We quickly packed on the armor and readied ourselves. "Is that?" Annabeth tried. We looked to the back of the army and sitting on top of the minotaur was the one and only Luke Castellan. "Oh-my-gods..."
"Keep Annabeth away from Luke," Nico said. "I'll take him."
"Okay. I'll take the minotaur and everyone will scatter." I said.
"Okay." I muttered the plan to Annabeth and everyone else. They all agreed and we ran into war.
I ran straight to the minotaur. I tried taunting it so it would throw Luke off but it didn't work. So I tried my plan b. I swung my sword at the minotaur's leg and cut it. "Hey!" Luke called. "Watch it, nimrod!"
The minotaur started roaring and I ran. It followed me and I felt like I was twelve years old again, fighting the minotaur for my first time. I ran faster than I had ever ran before while Luke held on for dear life. "Stop it! Stop you stupid minotaur! HE'S NOT WORTH IT!" he kept screaming. But the minotaur ignored. I dove to the left and the minotaur collapsed trying to follow. Luke flew off and started cussing the minotaur. I kinda giggled. Luke ran off to join the rest of his army. Now for the minotaur.
He stood up and tried to step on me which looked like he was trying to dance. I swung at it's feet and cut it but I was only doing little damage. I ran for the beach as I got weaker.
I trudged through the sand with the minotaur right behind me. I ran into the surf, leaving one foot there. The minotaur came closer and forced me to move, but the water did something wierd. It actually came with my foot, wrapping around my leg like a snake. It eventually spread onto my other leg and began to lift me up, higher and higher until I was almost taller than the minotaur. It stumbled backward, trying to figure out how to beat me. I swung at it's head but missed. It swatted it's hand through the giant wave that was keeping me up. As the water started to break apart, I jumped onto the minotaur, climbing onto it's head. As it rocked back and forth, trying to shake me off, I took my sword and jammed it straight into it's head, turning it into a big pile of dust and sand. With my luck, I fell face first into the sand. Feeling a bit weak after that, I ran into the water and stayed under for a few seconds.
I ran back to the gates where everyone was fighting. More than half of Luke's army had died off or ran home with their tail between their legs. That only left a few demigods/monsters that were easy to fight off and Luke himself.
I jumped into the fight, immidiately being attacked by a snake woman. Feeling my newfound energy from the water, I killed it fairly easily, cutting off it's head. After mostly everyone had died off, everyone else had ran home, leaving Luke alone. He smiled evily. "Who's gonna take me on? Annabeth? You wanna do the honors?" Annabeth's eyebrows furrowed and her mouth turned to stone. She wasn't moving, but when she did I grabbed her arms and pulled her back whispering to her soothing things. "Aww. The married couple. It makes me soo-SICK! So how's the kid?"
"How'd you find out about her?" Travis asked.
"It's so easy to eavesdrop."
"That's so not cool, dude." Connor said.
"It is for me. Now I'll repeat myself. Who's. Gonna. Take. Me. On?"
"Me." Nico said, stepping forward.
"Hmm. Interesting." Luke taunted. He and Nico stepped in front of eachother and started walking into a circle. Nico made the first move, trying to slit Luke's neck. Luke held his sword up, blocking Nico's and keeping them in that spot for a minutes. "I have something you want."
"What?" Nico asked.
"Something you've missed for a long time. Back down now or you can have it."
"Never." Nico slid his sword down the side of Luke's, sending Luke toppling backward. He quickly got up and ran towards Nico. Nico put Luke in a headlock for a while. He hit Luke's neck with his hand and put something black on Luke. Knowing Nico, it could be anything. I refocused my attention when he actually FLIPPED Luke onto the ground. Nico put his foot on Luke's chest and held his sword over him. Luke smiled. As Nico began to bring down his sword onto Luke, he disappeared. "Where did he go?" Nico asked.
"Uh-" was all we could say.
"That chicken!"
Later that day we all scattered around camp, regathering our memories. After Annabeth and I were done sitting at the beach, we went back to the bighouse. Nico was in the living room on his laptop staring at a blank screen. A red dot appeared and his computer started making noise. "What's going on?" Annabeth asked.
"It's Luke," Nico answered. "He's heading to Olympus."
~Author's Notes~
Dun dun dun! Cliffy! What does Luke have that Nico wants? R&R!
