Hello everyone! Very exciting news, I finally figured out where this story is going! So updates should be more frequent, hopefully! My goals is to finish this story by the time the actual Son of Neptune comes out, but that probably isn't going to happen. One can only wish. I also have an idea for a sequel, YAY!

Any here is Chapter 9!

Chapter 9

I wake up to someone shaking me, Percy. Damn him, does he have to wake me up so early.

Grudgingly I get out of bed, and get dressed. I run outside and meet everyone. They are standing next to a van that advertises strawberries, weird. I glance at Percy, and he gives me the I'll-tell-you-later-look.

"I'll drive," I offer, and hop into the front seat. Chiron walks up to the open window and hands me the keys. "I wish you all good luck," he tells me. "Thank you, Chiron, for everything."

I start the car, and we pull out. We all yell goodbye, and we are on our way.

Leo sits up front with me, while the two happy couples giggle in back.

"So how does it feel to be the most powerful half blood ever?" he asks me jokingly.

"It sucks," I respond.

"Sucks, I'm pretty sure that would be awesome. You have so much power. You can like cream anyone, cuz you like target their weakness."

"Yeah, but I'm just a science experiment. A weapon to save the gods."

"Well at least you weren't created by like a mad scientist or something, then we'd have real trouble on our hands." I laugh at his attempt at a joke.

"Yes, real trouble I would be," I smirk.

"Woah, don't go all crazy on me."

"Who knows maybe one day I will go crazy," I joke. He just stares at me, not quite understanding that it was a joke. "I'm kidding Leo, gods, lighten up."

"Oh, I'm perfectly light, just when you start talking about going crazy it kinda freaks me out."

"I promise, I will not go crazy."

"Swear, on the River Styx."

"Your taking this way to far. Do you really think I'll lose it someday?"

"No, but I just want to hear you say it."

"Fine," I huff, and stick my tongue out at him.

"I swear on the River Styx I will not go crazy."

"Good," he smirks.

The conversation ends there. I drive for 5 hours and finally pull into a rest stop.

"Its someone else's turn to drive," I say, effectively waking up the 5 sleeping half bloods.

"I'll drive," mumbles Percy.

"Oh no you won't, you're still half asleep, let someone else," I tell him sternly.

"How bout we go get something to eat and then I'll drive," he quickly counters. I guess he's not as tired as I thought.

"Okay."

We all pile out of the van and walk into the rest stop. It's as big as rest stops go, with 3 floors and what looks like a motel next door. We all go inside and get in line at a food stand. Piper and I go stand in line at Burger King.

We order our food, and are waiting in line when a scream comes from somewhere above us. We run to the spot we know we heard someone scream.

And there, leaning over a girl I've never seen before are, the gorgons. Yes, all three of them, how I don't know. I killed her not that long ago. Well this should be fun I think.

"Now!" I yell, and Piper and I charge. I go straight for Medusa, right as I'm about to strike she whips her head around. I have to dive out of the way to avoid her eyes, and her stupid snake hair. I hear her coming up behind me, and I roll to my feet. I close my eyes and let my other senses take over.

I can hear her running full speed right at me. I stare at her with my eyes closed, right before I think she's about to crash right into me I jerk my sword forward and luckily stab her. Where I don't know.

She isn't immediately coming for me so I spin around and open my eyes. I see Piper and Annabeth taking on one gorgon and Percy and Leo fight another. I spin a round and almost send my sword through Jason's heart.

"Don't kill me," he says.

"Jason, help me finish her off, I'll keep her attention you get rid of her head, okay?"

"Got it," he winks at me.

I charge full speed at Medusa who is making her way back to the clearly unconscious girl. I whip my sword out and slash in front of me, hoping I hit my mark.

"Stop," Jason yells. I freeze, and open my eyes. Before me lays Medusa's head, and my sword is just a quick swing away from beheading the girl.

The others fight on, but they all seem fine.

"Jason, help me with her," I say. I grab her arms, and her takes her legs. We drag her behind a now abandoned sunglasses cart.

"Do you have any nectar?" Jason asks.

"Yeah," I respond and drizzle some of the liquid into her mouth. Her eyes pop open.

"Wh-where am I?" The girls asks me stuttering.

"You're safe," I say quietly. "Just rest, and it will all be okay." The girl who is around my age nods her head and closes her eyes.

"Jason, stay here, I'll be back in a second." He nods.

I rush to help my friends. One of the gorgons, Stheno, I think has Annabeth cornered. I see Percy meet Annabeth's eyes. She shakes her head. I look around for Piper, she has found another wounded demigod, who is right in the middle of the battle. She is trying to help her to safety, but its not going very well.

I run to Annabeth's aid. She is good, she must be. To be holding off a gorgon with just a knife.

I copy Annabeth and whip out one of my own knives. I throw it right at the gorgons back, and it hits her right to the left of what must be her spine. This doesn't kill her, but gives Annabeth just enough time to wedge her knife in the thing's heart. She too dissolves into dust.

I rush over to Annabeth, and see she is bleeding from a huge cut in her leg. She starts swaying and I catch her. I lay her down on the ground and feed her what is left of my ambrosia. She still lays there, eyes closed but the bleeding slows, and eventually stops. I move her out of the way, and turn around just in time to see the final gorgon disarm Percy. Percy? He's an amazing swordsman, how could this happen? Then I see it, the huge gash in his arm.

His search frantically for Annabeth, but don't find them. He finds mine instead. I nod to him, and he ducks just in time for the knife I throw to hit the gorgon in the heart.

It's over, this battle, has ended, finally. I look around and count the people who lay wounded, Percy, Annabeth, Leo, and the two other girls. Piper and Jason are trying to help but I feel one of the girls, the one Piper is trying to help, fading. I rush over to her.

"Piper, we can't help her. I can feel it, she's gone." She just nods and goes to help Jason with the other girl. Hopefully this one can be saved.

I go to Percy, his gash is bleeding uncontrollably. I rip off the hem of my shirt and tie it around his arm.

"Percy, sorry I don't have any nectar of ambrosia left,"" I tell him apologetically.

"Its fine, I just have to find Annabeth," he says and stands up.

"Percy lie down, she's fine."

"No I just have to see her." He says and quickly looks for her. He sees her lying on the ground. And runs to her. He kneels beside her. Thats when I look away. I see Leo, he's struggling under the weight of one of the vendor carts things that fell on him.

"Hey look its Crazy Girl to the rescue." He jokes.

"Haha very funny. If you ever want to get out from under there you'll never call me that again."

"That can't be promised." He winks at me. I decide to ignore his little nickname for me and try to pull him out from underneath the cart. I tug and he's almost all the way out, except his foot gets stuck. I push the cart with all my strength, and finally Leo pulls his legs out from underneath it.

"Owwwwwwwww!" He screams when I touch his ankle. Its broken, I think.

"Come on Leo, I'll help you stand but we have to get outta here." I carefully pull him to his feet. He leans against me and I help him to the van. We are the last ones there, and Piper, being the only one who is uninjured enough to drive gets into the drivers seat and gets us on our way.

I look at my friends, many of the unconscious, laying around me in the back of the van.

Jason and I heal everyone as best we can, but we can only do so much.

"Jillian, go to sleep, you've been awake this entire time." Jason tells me.

"No, no I'm fine." I don't want to sleep fearing what might happen when I drift off.

"I'll take care of them, trust me." I'm too tired to disagree this time, and I lie down next to Jason, and immediately fall asleep.

In my dream I hear a voice, its the Oracle. She is mumbling something repeatedly. I concentrate hard and finally catch what she is saying.

"The tagalong, the number eight,

Shall truly have the worst fate.

Frozen in time, alone they stand,

The fate of Olympus in there hand.

An impossible decision will end the strife,

A choice between love and life."

Oh, great another prophecy. Suddenly, the voice switches to the one of my father.

"Child, lead them well. This prophecy is for you to share, if you wish."

"Father, who is the number eight?" I ask.

"Not the boy you soon will find."

"So it is one of us here?"

"I've already said to much."

"Father," I plead.

"Just don't forget your latest addition."

"Father, I don't understand."

"You soon shall, choose wisely child."

"I will Father, I promise."

My dreams continue, all memories from the past two days swirling in my head. I see the battle from Annabeth's eyes. I see the silent goodbye in Percy's eyes when she is cornered by the gorgon. Oh my gods, she really thought she was going to die. I see the battle from every perspective, including the now dead half blood. I feel her final breaths. When her heart stops my eyes flash open.

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