Olympus
The gods were seated into their respective thrones with a meeting going on about the future of the defences of Olympus. Only two gods were absent- Artemis who was currently defending Olympus and Hermes who was keeping a lookout for any other attacks, while all were distracted.
He saw all what was going on during the attack. He saw Artemis sending the signal for help and was about to flash, when he saw her lieutenant being brutally killed by the Manticore. Hermes immediately flashed off to the meeting.
Hermes flashed into the throne room looking grim.
Zeus " What is the news, my boy?"
Hermes" I bear bad news father. "
Suddenly there was worry in his eyes. He spoke quietly" Is Artemis fine ?"
Hermes" As of the present she , she will need some consolance. Your daughter Thalia Grace was brutally killed by the Manticore. Artemis is crying over her dead body. We should go and pay Thalia the respect she deserves."
Zeus stood up in shock at hearing of her daughter's demise and motioned all gods to flash away to Artemis.
By this time, many demigods had made their way towards Thalia. Percy, Annabeth and Jason were crying next to Artemis. The gods flashed in and Zeus moved towards his daughter's corpse.
"Artemis, you must regain yourselves. We will mourn for her, but after we win this war. Show that her sacrifice is worth it."
Artemis" Another one of my lieutenants dead. Why is everyone after my favorite sisters. First Zoe, and then Thalia."
"She let out a growl. I won't spare that Manticore. He will face the wrath of the goddess of the hunt."
Zeus " Take her body and give it a shroud. We will burn it after we win the war"
Artemis "No, I will put her in the stars along with my previous lieutenant. I do not want her soul to go to the Underworld and get tortured by Tartarus."
Zeus " But, how can you put her above Olympus itself?"
Artemis turned towards him with a murderous glare, and was about to say something, but Hera put her hand on Zeus's shoulder and said" She has lost her best friend. Atleast fulfill her one wish"
Zeus huffed" Fine" He raised his hand and Thalia's soul lest her body and emerged as a constant in the sky.
Two weeks later
Athena was currently the god in charge of defending Olympus today. She had gathered 40 demigods from both the camps and most of the seven were present today.
The ground shook as an army of about 6000 monsters approached the Empire state building. The monster leading the battle was possibly the second most dangerous monster in Greek-Roman mythology after Typhon.
Ladon,a hundred dragon heads erupting from his neck approached Olympus. His serpent-like tail curling around his body. His presence inspired fear even in the demigod minds.
The demigods surrounded Athena as she discussed the strategy.
" I am going to face Ladon in battle. Annabeth, take your friends and siblings and plough through the middle .Rest of you make groups of five and start flanking. We must kill all . None should be allowed to escape"
"For Olympus"
" For Olympus" the demigods shouted and everyone charged into battle.
Percy and Jason charged together the weather turning stormy. Jason raised his gladius, charged with electricity and struck a group of Laistrogonians. All that remained of them were their celestial bronze clubs.
Percy created a whirlwind around him and charged into the army lines. He was so fast no monster was able to focus on him. He slashed with Riptide and a dranacae fell dead. Another quick swipe and a telkhine was thrown off its feat. Jason stabbed downward and the monster vaporized.
Annabeth, Piper and Hazel were fighting as a trio. Piper and Hazel led the charge, while invisible Annabeth cleared out the sneaking monsters.
Athena fought Ladon who rose to his max height towering at 50 feet as tall as the king of the giants. The dragon struck , and Athena raised Aegis and deflected the blow. Athena blasted the dragon with godly energy as the dragon attempted to strike again.
Both of them were locked in an intense battle of who could get into the other's defence. The rest of the demigods were doing really well as the region around the two was entirely devoid of monsters.
Ladon struck at unimaginable speeds and only Athena's godly speed and agility kept her alive. The ground shook and a stone fist erupted out of the ground(Gaea) as Athena was thrown into the air and into Ladon's vicinity.
The dragon struck again, but this time Athena was unable to defend in time as it struck Athena's midsection and the goddess screamed in pain. Just as quick,he struck again to finish off the goddess , but a bronze sword of the son of a certain sea god intercepted the blow.
Almost all the monsters were defeated. Annabeth rushed off to tend to her wounded mother. The rest of the Seven present surrounded the hundred-handed dragon. Percy smashed a wave into Ladon and the dragon was pushed back an inch. Frank morphed into an eagle, pecked Ladon's legs and flew away.
Piper and Hazel were barely dodging the dragon's attacks as Jason called for lightning and smashed it down into Ladon. The dragon twitched in annoyance and struck Jason. The attack missed the son of Jupiter by an inch, but the shockwave caused him to fly off a few metres.
Leo took out a sphere and launched it towards Ladon. The sphere landed on the ground near Ladon, but as nothing happened Ladon went over to inspect. As soon as Ladon was on top of the sphere, the sphere exploded releasing green fumes which seemed to close in on Ladon and bind him.
Assessing the situation Percy shouted" Attack at once."
Jason raised his javelin to the sky and called out" Father, a little help" as his spear was charged with the power of the master bolt and he released the bolt onto Ladon. A million volts of electricity arced through the dragon's body as it fell to the ground, convulsing in pain. Percy charged forward, and stabbed Riptide in Ladon's midsection.
Piper thrust her dagger into Ladon's knee, while Hazel summoned a few jewels and encased them onto Ladon. Frank turned into a massive dragon, about half the size of Ladon, and picked it up in his claws.
Using his dragon strength he pulverized whatever life was left within the monster, and it turned into golden dust.
Athena and the wounded demigods had been teleported to the medic room by Hermes. The remaining demigods returned to Olympus and readied themselves for the next day.
Gaea
I was certainly not happy with the attack today. She almost had the Olympians number one strategist in her grasp, but the blasted demigods had saved her once again.
Taking care of the Underworld and Atlantis was easy. She almost had an unlimited army and was not going to waste that advantage. Every day, she sent armies against Olympus. Every attack, Olympus would lose some soldiers and she would take it as a success.
She had waited for millennia and was easily ready to wait out another month or two to become the mistress of the Earth. The puny gods would suffer in Tartarus and she would rule the world.
Throne room, 3 weeks later
Zeus " What are the further strategies?"
Athena " Father, I think it is time for killing Porphyrion. Our spies tell us that he will be coming to the battlefield soon and once he is around Gaea it will be impossible to kill him."
Artemis" I still do not think it is gonna work. It is not easy to kill him. Father himself may have to go, since Poseidon and Hades are not at full power."
Athena " We still do not have a better plan than that. We may need to send multiple gods though along with a few demigods."
Zeus " Who volunteers for the mission to kill Porphyrion?"
Ares, Artemis, Athena and Apollo(after seeing his sister raise hers) raised their hands.
Zeus" So, it is decided. Athena make a worthy plan and decide which demigods to take along with you. Remember, we need the best once here in the absence of you four."
Athena nodded and the council was adjourned.
Next day
Four of Olympus's elite young fighters were on a mission. So, it was upto Poseidon, Hades and Zeus to defend Olympus today. Poseidon and Hades had gained a little strength over the last two months and were not completely weak.
Along with them, Percy, Jason and Nico along with half of the third cohort made their way towards the huge army that approached Olympus. There were about 10 grand monsters but with the Big Three present, the army was decimated in no time.
Jason and Zeus fried the monsters with lightning. Percy and Poseidon defeated legions of Empousai with the help of earthquakes and tornadoes.
Hades, wearing his helm of darkness, thundered on his chariot, slamming his huge black staff and engulfing any monster that came close. Nico was doing an amazing job with his sword, twirling and killing any monster that entered his radius.
The demigods from the third cohort cleared up the rest of the monsters and it was an easy win.
Underworld
The four gods had teleported to the Underworld along with a team of seven demigods and five hunters. The mission objective itself was simple- kill the giant Porphyrion and teleport back.
Artemis led the way as they sneaked their way towards Porphyrion, while the others followed.
They entered Porphyrion's dark chamber, but found the chamber empty.
Ares "Where is he?"
Athena" Don't know. But, I do not think it is safe here. We should get a nice hiding spot until he returns."
Suddenly, the room illuminated as a 50 feet giant entered the room. Following him, were an army of monsters .
Porphyrion " Well, well ,what do we have here. Four puny Olympians who were foolish enough to come here. Well, today is the day Olympus loses four of their gods. Maybe I will keep the virgin goddess with me for some fun,ehh"
Artemis and Apollo turned red with rage.
Porphyrion shouted to his army "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's ATTACK."
