A/N: Wow, two updates during the school week! I apologize for not updating daily, freshman year of High School is tough, so much homework and studying to be done! But don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you guys, and since there is only 4 more chapters to be written after this one, I am making a real effort to write every day and update faster. This way, I can finish this story and read the House of Hades sooner, allowing me to begin my new FanFiction and also find out what actually happens to Percy and Annabeth in Tartarus. Anyway, please enjoy Percy's POV and the battle with Enceladus, Damasen, Hyperion, and Krios!

Chapter 9- Percy

Just as Percy, Nico, and Thalia were going to pass out from exhaustion from using their powers to transport their friends and themselves to Los Angeles to meet the gods and rescue their parents, there was a great roar in front of them, and they were greet by a completely unexpected ambush.

This attack was something like the demigods had never experienced before because there was so many evil beings there and they were all out to kill. There was Enceladus, Athena's bane, Damasen, Ares' bane, Hyperion, the titan of the sun, light and power, and Krios, titan of the south, stars, and constellations, who also was the 2nd most powerful titan, besides Kronos himself.

Fortunately, the demigods knew what to do, and like they had rehearsed it, which they hadn't, each demigod paired up with their godly parent and took an opponent. Since Percy's, Nico's, and Thalia's Olympian fathers were currently unavailable, the three powerful demigods separated themselves and rushed to wherever they were needed most.

This meant that Thalia ran off to help Piper and Aphrodite battle Krios, the titan of the south. While Piper and her mom were doing fairly well on their own, they Krios wasn't going to be defeated by beauty and charmspeak. Nico dashed over to aid Frank and Ares who were fighting Damasen, the giant who was born to oppose and destroy Ares.

Percy did a quick look around, and saw that Leo and Hephaestus were having a tough time battling Hyperion, because they were literally fighting fire with fire, something that has been proven time and time again, to never work. So Percy sprinted toward the god of fire and his son, which was pretty difficult and frustrating due to his limited mobility that his crutches and sling gave him, but that didn't stop Percy from running on the crutches as fast as he could to offer his assistance.

Obviously, the style of flinging flames at an already burning Titan was not very effective, so in a rare stroke of brilliance, Percy summoned a ginormous wave out of thin air, ignoring the fatigue he felt from using so much power already. By Percy dousing the Titan's flame, and leaving a lasting hurricane to extinguish any further fire, Leo and Hephaestus were able to take control of the situation.

Just as the son of Poseidon was turning away from the now soaking wet Hyperion, he heard a scream behind him, which tore his heart into a million pieces. Percy recognized this heart-wrenching scream, because it belonged to the love of his life, Annabeth Chase.

Percy quickly spun around and sprinted toward the shriek he heard, but he didn't even make it 10 steps before he tripped over the crutches and slammed into the ground hard, landing on his broken arm. Frustrated, Percy angrily tossed the crutches and sling aside and dashed toward where Annabeth and Athena were battling the wisdom goddess's bane, Enceladus.

Running on a shattered leg was almost impossible, but Percy barely felt the pain because he was so furious. This rage was caused by Enceladus who had picked Annabeth up, causing the scream, and was about to kill her, despite being relentlessly attacked by owls, courtesy of Annabeth's mother, Athena.

"You b*****d! Put her down this instant, and come here so I can kill you!" roared the furious Percy.

When Enceladus completely ignored the son of Poseidon and was about to crush Annabeth to death, Percy balled into his hands into fists and slammed then onto the ground, ignoring the wave of agony it caused his dislocated shoulder. This action caused an intense earthquake to shake the ground, since Percy was the son of the Earthshaker, and make the bane of Athena to lose his grip on Annabeth.

Unfortunately, when Enceladus lost his death grip on Annabeth, it caused him to drop her and she sailed headfirst 20 feet to the ground. Luckily, Athena saw this coming and flashed herself to where her daughter was about to crash into the ground, and before Annabeth could, the goddess of wisdom caught her favorite daughter.

Even though Annabeth was now OK and uninjured, Percy was still filled with white-hot rage so he began to relentlessly attack the giant, despite the severe pain it caused him. Since Percy knew that he needed a god's or goddess's help to defeat a giant, he called upon the Blessing of Athena, which did count as aid from a goddess. Athena's blessing also gave him wisdom in battle to think ahead and defeat his opponent, which was very important for this particular enemy.

Using his son of Poseidon powers, Percy summoned another large wave out of thin air, which he made completely engulf the giant. Once Enceladus was completely emerged in the water, Percy made the wave freeze solid, trapping the bane of Athena.

After successfully defeating Enceladus, Percy slowly turned around to take in the damage and the victors of the battle, and he was pleased with what he saw. Apparently, Nico had called upon his undead skeleton army to aid Frank and Ares, allowing them to defeat and kill Damasen.

Thalia had summoned a massive lightning storm that burned Krios severely while Piper and Aphrodite had distracted the Titan with their looks and charmspeak. Leo and Hephaestus had managed to destroy Hyperion after Percy had extinguished his fire, which was his sole source for power. Finally, Athena had developed the fatal blow to Enceladus after Percy froze him in the water.

While all their enemies in this particular battle were defeated and dead, it had cost the group to use a lot of energy, especially Thalia, Nico, and Percy. Those particular demigods were about to pass out from fatigue from using that much of their powers and life aura, in such a short amount of time.

Percy especially, was about to drop because of the pain he was now feeling from sprinting on his broken leg and battling with his shattered and dislocated shoulder. The agony was so great, he almost wished he hadn't tossed aside his crutches and sling, because now his splint and bandages were starting to unravel and expose the injured bones to further harm.

However, before the three demigods could collapse, they suddenly dropped to their knees, screaming and writhing in unexpected agony. But what was worse than even this, was that three identical screams rang out in the distance matching the children of the Big Three's shrieks.

These new cries belonged to Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon who were currently being tortured by Porphyrion, Alcoyoneus, and Polybotes. Nico, Thalia, and Percy were going through unimaginable pain because of their parents' eternal enemies who were being tortured in Tartarus. But by the sound of their screams, it sounded like the gods couldn't hold out much longer, the pain from their natural elements being turned against them was getting to be too much for them to handle.

Disclaimer:

Percy: "You really do love your cliffhangers, don't you?"

Me: "How can you tell?"

Percy: "Well, considering you end every single chapter with one, I would say you enjoy writing them and leaving us hanging."

Me: "Absolutely, cliffhangers are so much fun to write but I do hate reading them in other stories."

Percy: "Don't you think your readers feel the same way? So why do you keep doing it?"

Me: "My story, my rules."

Percy: "That is so cruel; Rick Riordan would never do this to us."

Me: "You have got to be kidding me! Who ended an entire book with you and Annabeth falling into Tartarus?"

Percy: "Oh, right. That's different, though."

Me: "How so?"

Percy: "He owns us, and it just is OK!"

Me: "Exactly."