Chapter 10: Fall of Olympus

Apologies if it's too short.

The last time Bran was on Olympus, it was already damaged. By the time the elevator arrived, his, Elise's, and Lianna's mouths hung open in shock.

If the previous Olympus was a wreck, then the current Olympus was even worse.

The whole place was in flames, for a city for gods. Greek fire roared everywhere, statues crashed to the ground, temples were being reduced to ashes, three figures walked through the destruction around them. The golden haired prince clutched his hand around Goldryn's handle.

"Let's go." he said as they ran out the elevator through the chaos.

"I see them." Elise said, pointing at the three figures. "Come on. Let's hide behind the flames."

The trio crouched down and prowled through the Greek Fire. They had to be careful not to make any noise, or even make contact with the dangerous substance. But, since they were all trained assassins, it wasn't that much of a problem for them.

"Lianna, Lianna, when will you learn that you can't get the drop on gods." a familiar voice rang in Lianna's head.

"Oh gods." she whispered.

"What's wrong?" Bran quietly asked her.

"They know we're here."

It didn't take long for a sudden blast of energy to knock all three off their feet.

"So much for sneaking." Elise groaned as they struggled to get on their feet.

They heard footsteps and the next thing, three people were standing in front of them.

"Hello, grandson." the tallest one out of all of them snarled.

"Poseidon." Bran spat.

The sea god was, just, tall. He had golden sun tan skin, long wavy black hair, a long flowing beard that is braided to the max, and sea green eyes. In his hands was a big golden trident with yellow lines going across it. He wore golden armor, also with yellow lines. Two more people appeared beside him.

The first one looked like a younger Poseidon, with a similar hairstyle for his muddy brown hair, duller sea green eyes. He wore armor similar to Poseidon's except he held a giant claymore that was almost as tall as himself.

The second one was a woman, a little shorter than the man. Her blonde hair was all curled up and her grey eyes had an unnatural sparkle in them. She wore a long flowing golden chiton and matching heels ("Who wears heels in a fight?" Bran must be thinking). In her hands was a staff with the bottom end sharpened like a spear and on top of the staff was a familiar sphere.

"Oh, this ain't gonna be good." Bran muttered.

"Is that the Apple of Eden?!" Elise demanded.

"Yes. Straight from the site where your father died." Annabeth bragged.

"Well that explains the golden armor and the yellow lines."

"Now, you, girl...surrender." Markus ordered, pointing his big claymore at her (AN. no, not like that, you dirty bastards).

"No. You lied to me about my mother." Lianna replied firmly, nocking an arrow.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Poseidon sneered.

Annabeth suddenly slammed her staff on the ground. The Apple glowed and released a blast that struck the three, sending them flying. Only this time, Bran managed to get back on his feet and swiped the air with Goldryn as a wave of blue fire flew at the three gods. That didn't work as another energy burst caused the fire to dissipate.

"Any bright ideas?" Bran asked.

"Just don't die!" Elise replied as they scattered. She returned fire at the Atlantean leaders with crossbow bolts, Bran with fireballs, and Lianna with arrows. That's when Poseidon unleashed an earthquake, halting the trio by trying to throw them off balance.

The daughter of Artemis suddenly found herself face to face with the blonde daughter of Athena, who tried to stab her with her staff. Lianna dodged the attempts, then kicked it out of Annabeth's hands and fought back with her sword, forcing the goddess to use her drakon bone sword.

"I'LL KILL YOU, YOU GODDAMN WENCH!" Lianna screamed in frustration as her sword slashes became even more frenzied. It didn't take long for Annabeth to blast the sword out of her hands and have her staff fly back to her. Lianna was quick enough to dodge an incoming energy blast, but not the next one as, the entire area glowed gold, not that anyone else even noticed.

Elise squared off with her supposed uncle. The seaspawn recklessly swung his sword everywhere, cutting down debris here and there while the younger Jackson sibling dealt quick yet not very effective hits.

"You're a fool like that idiot who gave birth to you!" Markus yelled.

"Well, try me, you boneheaded scumbag." Elise dared. She fired a crossbow bolt at a chink in his armor, which only angered him. That didn't work at all.

Lastly, it was Bran against Poseidon. Both traded blows, sword vs trident. What Bran lacked in physical strength against an Olympian, he made up for with agility. However, he was still pretty much at a disadvantage. One flick of Poseidon's wrist was enough to send him flying with a blast of energy.

"Have you no shame or honor, you pathetic mortal?!" the sea god bellowed. Bran got up and threw a Fatelight knife at him, which he barely blocked.

"Both terms are overrated." the golden haired prince wheezed back, his eyes were now glowing red and a Fatelight spear materialized in his hand. He charged at Poseidon, sliding underneath another trident swing then stabbing the spear on the god's left leg before getting back up and throwing Goldryn at the back of his head in spear mode.

It didn't spell the end for Poseidon when the back of his armor suddenly opened up and blasted him away from his current location, knocking the sword-spear out of its original trajectory. Confused, Bran tried to grab his sword back, then was caught off guard as Poseidon blasted back towards him, impaling him in the stomach with his trident.

"BRAN!" Elise screamed as she ran towards her injured brother after dodging a sword swing when an arrow suddenly found its way to her left leg. She collapsed on the dirty roads of Olympus in pain as she turned around to see Lianna holding an empty bow, her eyes emotionless and a gold aura surrounding her. Elise instantly knew what just happened.

Lianna had been possessed by the Apple of Eden. Annabeth appeared behind her and gave the order.

"Kill her."

The daughter of Artemis mindlessly nodded before preparing another arrow and aiming it at Elise. She managed to dodge the arrow, barely. She quickly used water coming from another reckless attack from Markus to heal her leg. She shifted to Fae form and propelled herself with blue fire, quickly scooping up her brother and taking cover behind the destroyed temple to Hestia.

"Bran, the Apple has Lianna under mind control. Let me heal you-"

"Elise, no. You have to get out of here. I'll buy you enough time. Go."

"But-"

"You have to. It's a losing fight, but you can you can start a winning fight. Go!"

Elise shifted back to human form and started to shed tears as her brother wheezed in pain. The energy blasts were starting to blow the temple to bits, so she gave one Bran one last hug before running to the edge of Olympus, tears falling down her cheeks.

Bran, in a cry of determination, unleashed a massive wave of blue fire and red Fatelight weapons, struggling to keep it up as his stab wound bled profusely.

Finally, he lost energy as the four now surrounded him. That was the last thing Elise saw before she performed a Leap of Faith OFF OLYMPUS and into the Hudson River.

"Where is your sister going to?" Poseidon demanded as he held Bran in a choke hold.

"You'll have to kill me!" Bran spat back. Furious, the sea god choke slammed him on the ground Undertaker style and prepared to kill him with the trident.

"Lord Poseidon, wait." Annabeth said. "Maybe someone else wants to get a piece of him."

She then gestured towards the still mind controlled Lianna, who just nodded.

"Label Lianna as KIA and freeze up Project-001." Poseidon ordered.

"Who's Project-001?" Bran asked out of curiosity, but all he got was a punch to the face as they forcibly dragged him to the unharmed Olympian palace, a trail of blood left on the road.

Olympus has fallen.