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Percy found himself strapped in a chair in a room where he felt an evil presence. He looked up from his sleep to see a blonde man with a large scar on his face putting his hand on a sarcophagus. Percy recognized this man as the same person who put Annabeth under the sky.
"Lord Kronos, we have agents who have seen the Ophiotaurus swimming towards Mount Orthys," said the blonde man.
Very good. That little thing always seems to gravitate towards danger. You make me proud great-grandson. Atlas will be able to kill it, bringing to reign of the Olympians to an end.
"You still remember our deal, right Lord Kronos?"
You dare question me?
The blonde's eyes got big. "No sir! I was just wondering..."
I will put your father in Tartarus as well as all the other gods. Except for one…
When Kronos said this, Percy got goosebumps as he felt a strange feeling wash over him. As if, he was being watched.
There is an eavesdropper.
Percy's vision began to blacken, as he began to wake up.
*LINE BREAK*
Percy felt a tremendous amount of soreness all over his body as he realized he was laying in sand face down. He struggled to pull himself up, as he spit out some sand that seemed to find its way into Percy's mouth. He touched his back to make sure his backpack was still there, and then his head to find his helmet still latched on firm.
Percy took off his helmet, dumped out any excess sand, and put it back in his bag. The son of Athena looked around to examine his surroundings. He was on a beach, with close to no people on it. He hoped no gods saw him survive the fall from falling in the water. That probably would have probably caused some unnecessary drama with Poseidon.
He then noticed that when he woke up, his spear was nowhere near him. Percy got up and started to walk around, looking for his weapon.
After a few minutes of walking along the beachside, Percy found a group of small children. The oldest one, maybe 13, was using his spear as a hockey stick.
Percy walked up to him. "Hey kid, that's mine."
The child smiled devilishly. "I don't think so. Finders keepers."
"Amazing that this happens to me. Listen kid, I literally have no clue where I am, and I seriously I need my spear- I mean hockey stick."
The child looked at his group of friends, then looked back at Percy. "You don't know where you are?" Percy shook his head. "You're in Santa Monica."
The son of Athena sucked his teeth loudly and put his head in his hands in defeat. "What the Hades. This is what I get for being a good person."
"Listen, if you really need your hockey stick, you can…" He put his hand out like a bell boy asking for a tip.
"Fuck me." Percy pulled his leggings forward so he could check his pockets, only to find it full of sand, and golden drachmas. "Listen kid, if I show you a magic trick, will you give me my stuff?" The child shrugged his shoulders.
Percy pulled out a drachma out his pocket. "Alright, you see this coin? Close your eyes, and when I tell you, open them and there will be a pig in my hands instead of the coin."
The kid, suddenly excited, closed his eyes immediately.
"Alright, put your hands over your eyes so I know you're not cheating. All of you."
The group of children put their hands over their eyes, including the thief who put Percy's spear on the ground. Percy silently grabbed the spear, and began to walk away. "Alright, keep them closed." With that, Percy turned into an owl and flew along the beachside.
*LINE BREAK*
By the position of the sun, Percy decided he must have been going to right direction towards Mount Othrys. He had been flying for over 30 minutes, and decided it was time for a break. He landed on a not-so crowded place on the beach, and went onto a local pier.
He was sitting at a table at a pier diner, searching through his bag to try to find any food. His worst fears were now confirmed. Grover was in charge of keeping the food on the quest.
Percy was hungry, and he had no money. He thought about stealing some money or begging, but decided against it.
Help!
Percy looked around as he heard a voice in his head.
Help me somebody!
The son of Athena stood up and looked around the pier for this voice screaming for help. He looked out towards the ocean, and saw a large cruise ship called the Princess Andromeda.
I need help! They have me locked up! Someone?!
"Yeah I hear you." Percy had a feeling the voice would hear him.
A son of Poseidon! Please help me sir!
Percy gritted his teeth a bit when the voice said "son of Poseidon." When he was sure no one could see him, he turned back into an owl and flew towards the ship.
It was difficult flying out to the yacht. Percy was not used to the wind and the dangerous conditions of a bird flying over the ocean. Nonetheless, Percy made it to the yacht.
He landed on the roof of the top level of the boat. "I'm here, where are you?"
I'm on the first floor sir. There's a man polishing the windows outside of the room they have us in. He's wearing orange.
Percy looked below of him, and saw a man loaded with an assault rifle. What was he guarding? The staircase to the first level of course.
The son of Athena jumped down as silently as he could, and snuck up behind the victim. Percy then wrapped his large arms around the poor man's neck, and yanked on it until the soldier went limp. Percy hid the man's body in a nearby janitor's closet. He took the gun the man had and threw it overboard.
Percy walked slowly down the staircase, and looked over the railing on both sides to make sure there were not any guards. When he looked over the left railing, he found a man wearing orange, polishing windows. Percy looked around again, snuck behind the man, and chopped him in his neck making him drop to the ground immediately.
Percy opened the door to be introduced to dozens of pegasi. Immediately, they all began to fly away from the ship.
Master!
The final pegasus that stayed in the room was unlike the others. He was completely black, and had blood red eyes. "Your welcome."
Master, I have to repay you. Should I tell your father of this deed?
"No, no, no. Please don't. There is nothing he can do for me."
Well, there surely has to be something I can do for you, boss.
"Please don't call me that. And, there is something you can do for me."
*LINE BREAK*
Percy sat on the pegasus's (whose name is Blackjack) riding towards the horrible Mount Othrys.
I think I see it Master!
Percy squinted his eyes to see in the distance a large tree with branches full of golden apples. Sleeping at the base of the tree was the large, multi-headed dragon Ladon.
"Well isn't that great. Blackjack, fly around for a little while. My friends should be around here somewhere."
Blackjack flew in circles in the air for a few minutes, until they saw at the horizon a group of figures. "Get after it Blackjack."
The pegasus obliged, and within a few seconds they landed in front of the group of demigods and hunters. As soon as Percy got off the pegasus, he was brought to the ground by a small, hairy man.
"We thought you were dead!" Grover exclaimed as he laid on Percy with all his weight.
Percy coughed. "Yeah well, I might be dead in a few seconds if you don't get off me."
After he said this, Grover immediately got off of the demigod. "I'm sorry. Please don't die."
When Percy got up, he looked at Blackjack. "Thanks buddy. I really appreciate the help."
No problem. I am now your personal steed. Simply call upon me and I'll come.
Percy nodded, and the pegasus flew away.
When the son of Athena turned back towards the group, he was met by a hug from Thalia. When she pulled away, she said, "I'm glad you're not dead. Were gonna need your help big time." Thalia then raised an eyebrow and pointed towards the pegasus. "So, how did you get a pegasus to fly you to Mount Othrys?"
Percy didn't wait a second to answer. "Well one day I wondered how to tame a pegasus, so I went to the library and read up on how to do it." Stupid ass answer? Yeah, I know.
The daughter of Zeus looked at the boy strangely, but shrugged then began to walk to the garden. Bianca gave him a small hug, but then followed her fellow demigod.
Percy looked at Zoe and opened his arms for a hug. She seemed to strongly consider it, but just extended her arm for a handshake. "You truly are an amazing man Perseus Jackson."
The son of Athena was not offended at all, as he took her hand for the handshake. "Thank you very much Ms. Nightshade. Now, let's put your jackass dad back under that sky."
The hunter smiled a beautiful smile, and nodded in agreement. "Lead the way."
Immediately after the two caught up with the group, about four absolutely gorgeous woman walked to greet the group.
The tallest one stepped forward. "Well, well, well. If it isn't our traitor sister Zoe. What made you crawl back here? You know you are not welcome after what you did."
The lieutenant of the hunters scowled at her sisters. "You horrid creatures. Still sitting here, doing nothing productive with your life. We have come to put father back under the sky. Now step aside."
The same Hesperide laughed evilly. "Go ahead my idiotic sister. Try to reach our father, you know Ladon will never let you back into this garden after what you did to him."
Percy pushed his way through the girls and pulled his spear out. "Shut the hell up. Your dragon won't let us through? I'll just make it let us through."
Percy strapped on his helmet and climbed onto the dragon which was still sleeping. He grabbed a golden apple, and yanked it from the tree. As soon as he did this, the dragon leaped up, knocking Percy off, and roared a ferocious roar.
Percy yelled loudly, and charged after the dragon. One of his one hundred heads was about to snap at Percy, but an arrow struck it before any damage could be done. A bolt of lightning also struck the dragon's body, resulting in him tumbling back a bit.
Percy stabbed the dragon multiple times and rolled backwards before one of his heads could touch the demigod. The son of Athena turned into an owl, and flew to the very top of the dragon with his spear between his beak. In mid-air, Percy turned back into a human and chopped off about six heads with one motion.
This seemed to upset the beast, seeing as all of his heads came at Percy at once. The demigod dodged most of them, but on the last attack he felt a sharp pain in his left leg. He looked down to see a tooth buried in his leg, with poison dripping from the wound.
"Motherfucker." Percy growled in pain as he was filled with a new rage. He looked at the dragon, and roared as his vision turned into a heavenly white color. As soon as this happened, Percy collapsed onto the floor, breathing heavily.
He glanced at the dragon, only to see a stone statue of a multi-headed dragon instead.
Percy cursed under his breath as he pulled the tooth out of his leg. Grover ran towards the demigod and helped him up. "That was awesome."
The son of Athena rubbed his head as he felt the migraine coming. "It doesn't feel awesome." He struggled to lift himself to his feet. He looked at his group of friends, only to see them staring at him in awe. As well as the Hesperides. "What are you looking at? We need to get Artemis out of there."
He was about to start climbing up the mountain, until he saw in the distance a small cow head poke out of the surface of the water. "Moo!"
The demigod scowled. "Grover, get that little fucker and stay down here. After we save Artemis we'll come get you." Grover nodded, running into the water.
Percy led the group with a limp up the mountain, and after a brutal hour of climbing, they reached the top.
The group peered over a large boulder to only see Artemis holding the sky. Zoe immediately ran to help her maiden. "Lady Artemis! Give me the sky!"
The only word the goddess could mutter was, "Trap."
As soon as she said this, Atlas, and the blonde man Percy saw in his dreams appeared.
Atlas began to clap his hands slowly. "Nicely done. You've fallen right into my hands, where I can squish you easily." He then looked at Percy and smiled. "You. You have been giving me a lot of trouble, and now you've killed my dragon? Not a smooth move." Without warning, Atlas tackled Percy and began to beat him over and over again with haymakers.
Percy had dropped his spear when he was tackled, and it was close to a foot away from his hands. He was so weak from his encounter with Ladon, that he could not retaliate from any of Atlas's punches.
As Atlas lifted his fist to give Percy the strongest punch yet, an arrow was shot into Atlas's head. He was shocked for a moment, but merely smiled as he pulled the arrow shaft from is skull. He stood to his massive height, and was greeted to his daughter's knife attacks. Atlas simply swatted the weapons out of her hands, and threw her into a nearby rock.
Percy realized that this was where the Fates were readying Zoe's string to be cut. Bruised and bloody, Percy crawled his way to Artemis. When he reached the weak goddess, he said, "Lady Artemis, let me take this burden from you."
The goddess looked at the demigod. "Percy, this is too much for a mortal."
"Please…I don't want Zoe to die."
Artemis looked shocked at Percy's words, but regardless stood up to her wobbly knees. "Take it. I will destroy this disgusting beast."
Percy stood with a great amount of effort, and took some of the force from Artemis. He thought it wasn't that bad, until the goddess let go completely.
Gabe used to do this thing to me where he would give me a microwave, and tell me to hold it in the air until he told me I could put it down. Why a microwave? I don't know, the dude was crazy. Anyways, he told me to hold this microwave up in the air above my head until he said I could stop. At first it wasn't that bad. But after hours of holding the microwave in the air, it hurt my arms so bad, but I couldn't put it down or he would cut me. And let me remind you, I was five years old at this time, and the microwave wasn't exactly light.
Well holding the sky felt like that, but only one hundred times worse.
Percy immediately fell to his knees, and put the burden on his shoulders as he began to cough up blood. The poison in his leg seemed to be spreading at a breakneck pace, and his arms felt like they were going to snap in half at any second.
The son of Athena looked up from the ground for a moment to see Artemis and Bianca battling Atlas, and Thalia fighting the blonde man. Zoe was still on the floor, but Percy could tell she was going to be okay.
All of the sudden, Atlas parried Artemis with his sword and gave her a large cut on her arm. If the goddess was at full strength, she could defeat the titan with ease. But after holding the sky for multiple days, she wasn't exactly in perfect shape.
Percy had to help. "Bianca!" Percy yelled with a raw throat.
Immediately, the hunter ran over to Percy. "What?"
The son of Athena spat up more blood. "I need you to hold this thing up so I can help Artemis."
The daughter of Hades immediately looked terrified. "I can't. I'm not-"
"Yes you can! I know you can. Show the same courage here as you did when you were going to sacrifice yourself to save all of us at the Junkyard." She still showed a look of discouragement on her face. "I need you."
The newest hunter looked at Percy in surprise. Then she crouched next to Percy, and nodded her head. With that, Percy released all his weight to the hunter.
Bianca immediately began to scream in pain, as Percy took in large gulps of air. When he gained some strength, he picked up his spear and ran towards the titan and goddess.
Atlas had Artemis pinned up against a rock as he held a blade a few inches from her face. She tried to hold his wrist in an attempt to keep the blade away from her, but she was slowly losing her strength.
When the titan appeared to have finally trump the goddess, he was stabbed in the back by Percy. He immediately screamed in pain. Atlas turned around and began to swipe wildly as multiple strikes landed on Percy midsection.
Artemis used this distraction wisely, as she charged Atlas and pushed him violently into Bianca. The hunter fell out from under the sky, and Atlas fell under it.
The titan began to curse and scream at the goddess as he realized he had been defeated.
Thalia had thrown the man she was fighting off the cliff, and was currently sitting down catching her breath.
Percy coughed up large amounts of blood, as he held his wounds tightly. When she noticed him once again, Artemis began to check on the son of Athena.
"You idiot. Your wounds are very deep. I don't know if you will be able to survive them."
Percy laughed, which resulted in a large amount of coughs. "They sure feel like I won't survive them." Once he said this, his vision began to darken, as he heard the goddess of the hunt screaming his name loudly.