*Percy's Pov*

It took us a couple tries to get out of the hole the older version of Nico had dropped us in. But we eventually got out, actually many people where caught in the hole many injured, after getting the bodies of those who were killed in our little fight we head back to camp. Omega's omen still ringing in our ears.

We took a plane back to New York though it was obvious Zeus wasn't happy about us being there. Our travel was threatened by storms all that time, but it never came down. As we landed in New York our gangly group of teenagers dirty and scratched up got a lot of stares. With a drachma we hailed the gray cab and somehow we all managed to fit, at least we couldn't be thrown around as easily.

We ran to the top of the hill ignoring our dizziness hoping that what the Demi-titan had said was just a bluff. We were sorely disappointed.

Stacks of smoke were still gliding upwards into an orange tinted sky. All the buildings that weren't destroyed in the first attack were now. You could see the pools of blood from Thalia's tree, it was a wretched sight. Thalia herself came flying down to us on a Pegasus; her black hair matted, her white-silver clothes were torn and covered in blood and she sported stitches in her left cheek right under her eye.

"It was a trap all along." Was the first thing she said when she landed.

"What was a trap? How did they get in the border?" I asked still in shock at the sight of so much death.

"Think Seaweed brain! We had too many search parties out at one time we were too weak to fight them. They knew we would do something stupid. A group watched the camp until that moment came. The little ones where their first target my new sister was one of the first victims. As for your other question, Demi-titans aren't monsters Zeto and Omega could get through just fine remember?" her voice broke when she mentioned her half sister.

Thalia only met her for the week after the initial escape, I think Thal tried to recruit her for the hunters but Angela would have none of it. The two got in a fight just before Thalia left.

"I'm sorry."

"Did you find them?" she asked composing herself again.

"Yeah, it didn't turn out well for us. I think Zeto and Omega went to the River Styx."

"You have got to be kidding me! You need to tell Chiron, I need to look for any survivors; Chiron is in the Big House he was hurt during the fight." Thalia jumped back onto the winged horse before I could say anything else.

We traveled slowly taking in the sad state of our sanctuary one by one everyone went to help out somewhere else until it was only me and Annabeth on the porch of the Big House where Chiron laid injured. We explained what happened and he informed us what happened here.

"We had about a hundred campers and half of the Hunters still here after all the search parties were dispatched, pretty mindless on our part, when they attacked. Thalia and her group had just gotten back from their search after a giant Hellhound chased them back killing two of the Hunters with her. Once everyone was in the dining pavilion for lunch there was a sudden tsunami, many thought it was you returning from California and ran toward it to meet you. They were sadly mistaken, the wave crashed down on them and swept away many of the trees and buildings at the shore. Everything farther inland was completely flooded. When the water receded three bodies laid where the group had disappeared."

"That was the start of the invasion?" Annabeth asked shocked that only three were sent.

"Yes, the three children of Oceanus started it all. They were stronger then we thought, they kept the water waist deep to make a counter attack harder. Many were grabbed by the water and pulled into the deep. But they were just a distraction, Hyperions children blinded the Campers with flashes of light that also set the buildings on fire Atlas' and Perses' children fought our Demi-gods."

"How many in all?" I asked trying to figure out how many Demi-Titans there were.

"Twelve in all, a child of Atlas snuck up under me and smashed my front legs with a war hammer."

"Will you be able to walk again?" Annabeth worried

"Yes but I will need a long rest. But that is not a luxury we have."

"Where's Mr. D?" I realized that the grumpy little man was no where to be found.

"Godly meeting, the big dogs are discussing what is to be done." a new voice sounded behind them.

"Lord Apollo, shouldn't you be in court?" Chiron chided the sun god.

"Yeah, but I got bored," he replied, "plus I heard a certain centaur needed some help."

"That's kind of you but the children should be looked at before I am." Chiron declined respectfully.

"No worries I was just there, they all just need to rest now so it's your turn."

As Apollo got to work on fixing the centaurs legs he gave us a brief over view of what the Olympians are discussing.

"They want to attack the Demi-Titans but the problem is we don't know where their base camp is. The Titans probably have it securely locked away from our view but we're sending out scouts either way."

"That sounds useless." Annabeth mumble grumpily.

"It is but it's the best we got." Apollo agreed grimly.