We gathered at the main battlefield.

"Has each cabin chosen a bridge or a tunnel?" The Athena cabin was stationed at the reservoir, but I was planning to sneak off again to go help up north.

The counselors nodded.

"Then let's do it," he told us. "Good hunting, everybody!"

We split up. My cabinmates went to the tents to wait for the enemy to show up. I made sure no one was watching me, turned invisible, and crept north. Once out of sight of the camp, I turned visible again and started running. I knew I needed to hurry, and I wasn't near fast enough. Eventually, I came across someone curled up beside a small scooter. Perfect. Making sure the driver wouldn't get run over, I hopped on, figured out how to start it, and sped north.

After almost wrecking a couple (hundred) times, I finally started to get the hang of it. It still took me a while, but riding the scooter was definitely faster than walking. However, I still arrived to a battle scene. Jumping off before the bike even stopped, I ran to help.

A large group of people I knew fought alongside the satyrs and nymphs stationed up here. I found Andy fighting a Hyperborean with a sword I had never seen before. I rubbed my necklace and surprised the monster by sticking a sword through its back. It turned to popsicles and melted as I became visible again. The shock on Andy's face was priceless.

"Wha? How did you—"

I shushed him. "Fight now. Talk later."

He nodded and we rejoined the battle.

I was stunned, amazed at how many people that I knew could see through the Mist. I helped Andy and Chris kill a few dracaena, found the pastor's kids wielding their own swords against some hellhounds, and recognized many people from my church fighting a legion of telkhines. How could so many people from the same area be clear-sighted? That was something to debate later. Right now, I needed to fight.

When faced with the danger of losing people I love, I have no mercy. I was a whirlwind on that battlefield. Utilizing every weapon I had, we fought the legion all night. I shot some monsters with my pistol, then switched to a sword to kill that one behind me. Taking out my bow, I shot several of the telkhines surrounding some people from church, giving them room to take out the rest. I found Andrew, a college student from church, trying to take on two Hyperboreans by himself. It looked like they almost had him, so I shot one as he got a lucky swing at the other. We fought all night, somehow even staying in the same area, to keep our position. Finally, sunrise came and the enemy retreated for the day.

I started searching for Andy and the scooter I had arrived on. I needed to get back to base, but I couldn't leave without saying goodbye. I found Andy standing next to my bike. I gave him a hug.

"You made it through the night," I said in relief. "And Olympus must have too. Have we lost anyone?"

"None. All the monsters fight with the celestial bronze. We all have celestial bronze to fight them with, but since we're all mortals, their weapons can't hurt us. We had a few injured when a giant threw them, but being mortal has thrown all the monsters for a loop. They can't figure out how to react."

"Good. Let's keep it that way." I faked a brave face and hoped he bought it. "I need to go back to base camp. I sneaked out. Athena cabin was supposed to be the main reservoir, but I thought you would need help here. You haven't told my mom anything have you?" He shook his head. "Good. She can't see through the Mist and I want to keep it that way for as long as possible." I looked at him hard, desperately hoping he and everyone else would survive the battle. "I need to go. I'll find you after we win." I gave him one more hard hug, waved to Chris and the others, and hopped on my bike. I sped south, trying to ignore the wreckage from the battles.

I reached southern Manhattan in a few minutes, and I started to wonder if we had lost. Nobody was at the reservoir and the same with The Plaza. I headed to Olympus. Thankfully, base had been moved there. I parked my bike and went to get an update.

I found Percy staring at an out-of-control helicopter, worry and shock on his face. I was about to ask what was wrong when I caught a glimpse of the people inside. Annabeth and Rachel were in the front, and it looked like Annabeth was fighting to control the copter. I wondered why Rachel was here. Maybe she came to fight? But she didn't have any fighting experience, her trip to the Labyrinth made that clear. I went back to watching the copter, hoping they wouldn't crash. Just as it was about to hit a building, the bird righted, then hovered slowly down. Annabeth had gotten it under control. They landed and climbed out.

Staying back, I watched as Annabeth asked Rachel something, got a reply, and stormed off. I can't believe how jealous she is. I debated running after Annabeth, but decided to wait a minute. I wanted to listen in on Percy's conversation with Chiron. Percy didn't look injured, but that couldn't be possible, unless…No he couldn't have.

I got within earshot in time to hear Chiron tell Percy to get some sleep.

"You think I can sleep after what just happened?" he asked. Well, I knew I could. That'd be my next stop.

Chiron chided him, "You may be invulnerable in combat, but that only makes your body tire faster. I remember Achilles…"

So he did. Percy actually bathed in the Styx and survived. He was out of his mind. But it seems it worked. I left to go find Annabeth, hoping if I went little-sister on her, she might calm down a little. I found her in the Empire State Building lobby.

"Annabeth!" I gave her a hug, avoiding her shoulder, then went rapid-fire, trying to get her laughing. "How did you manage to fly that helicopter? Are you okay? What did—" It worked. Annabeth laughed

"Slow down, Grace! Daedalus had some notes on invention and my dad's really into aviation. And yes, I'm fine. Now where have you been? After the battle at the reservoir, I looked for you but you were gone! I thought you were dead!" Time for her to crush me.

"When I went to church camp, I found out my youth pastor can see through the Mist. He said he had some friends that could help in the war and asked me to message him when the war started. After we got Percy's message, I IMed Andy and told him we would need help up north. I went up there to help and to make sure they were okay."

"And were they?"

"Surprisingly, yes. He and all his friends, most of which I knew, are clear-sighted mortals that got ahold of celestial bronze weapons. They can kill the monsters, but the monster's weapons don't hurt them. We've only had a few injuries from being thrown against a tree. Nobody has died."

"Glad to hear, Grace. Now you look exhausted. Go find a bunk. I'm not far behind you." I nodded, grabbed a little food, and crashed on the nearest bunk.

I woke to a loud roar. I ran into the next room in time to hear Percy say, "They're coming. And we're in trouble."

Rushing outside, I saw a shadow blot out the sun. The drakon—I recognized it from my mythology study—climbed down the skyscraper and let out another roar that shattered the windows. Percy yelled something and charged the drakon with Annabeth. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Rachel retreat inside the building, looking pale. Knowing the drakon could paralyze you with its eyes, I looked away and focused on the legion of dracaena in front of me. We charged.

I had my bow out in a second and took out several dracaena. At one point, I got lucky and took out two with one arrow. Cool. Anyway, I eventually got tired of firing arrows, and summoned my sword. Fighting two-handed, I took out a Hyperborean with someone else's help, then turned to take out an enemy hellhound that had shadow-travelled behind me. Summoning my shield, I blocked the knife swinging toward my head then sliced its wielder—a telkhine. I morphed my sword to a pistol, and shot much of a legion of dracaena down. We had made a dent in the army, but we were wearing down. I was starting to wonder when we should retreat to cover the doors at all cost when I heard the chariot wheels.

Glancing over my shoulder, I saw the Ares cabin riding to battle. Dodging to avoid the giant swinging his club at me, I shot him down and turned invisible. I was sick of monsters aiming for me and I wanted to see what happened. I got into a routine of shooting an unsuspecting monster, then turn and watch a minute, then shooting another. I watched as Clarisse led her cabin into battle and started fighting the drakon. The army was thrown into confusion, and I shot a few more monsters.

Then things went wrong. I watched as Ares campers were swallowed, then the drakon shot poison into Clarisse's face. She screamed as she fell.

"Clarisse!" Annabeth screamed as she ran over. I stepped further out of the battle so I could see better. I continued to take out monsters, but my focus was on the circle around Clarisse. Then another chariot landed and someone got out. I recognized Chris, then the other figure clicked. Clarisse yelled something lost in the battle and ran to the fallen girl in her armor. I couldn't tell who the girl on the ground was, now that I knew it wasn't Clarisse. I stepped closer, becoming an invisible part of the group.

Clarisse looked at the drakon with pure hatred on her face. She screamed something—I didn't pay attention. I was too focused on the fallen girl—and ran at the drakon with her electric spear in hand. With a mighty leap, she landed on top of the creature's head and drove her spear into its eye socket. The force broke the weapon, releasing all its power. Clarisse jumped free and ran back to our circle as electricity arced off the monster. She didn't seem to care that she had just taken down a drakon by herself. She focused on the girl in the middle of our circle.

Annabeth finally got the fallen camper's helmet off, and I gasped. Oblivious to the battle surrounding me, I stared at the girl in front of me. Silena Beauregard had led the Ares campers into battle.