Me: Fourth of July one. Hopefully it's up by then.

Percy: Yeah, she never finished the Easter one.

Thalia: Nope.

Me: Whatever you two, Nico since you've been a lovely boy can you do the disclaimer.

Nico: Sure, author owns nothing but her OC's.

3rd Person POV

Nico stared at the glow stick in his hand. It was yellow and glowing. Thalia was currently waving a white one around and she was completely decked out in glow sticks. There was a red, white, and blue crown on her head, a yellow necklace, and a pink bracelet. Nico honestly thought it got rid of her punk image. Percy, the childish one of the group, had a circular blue one around his head. Then, since he was wearing a baseball cap, he had little loops of different colors cascading down his back. Nico was the only one not wearing a glow stick.

"Where are they?" Sally asked leading the three teenagers to a small hill in Central Park where they would watch the fireworks.

"How should I know?" Percy replied, "They just told me they would meet us here."

"Central Park is huge Kelp-Brains," Thalia added, "They could be anywhere."

Nico was silent, even if they could find the rest of the seven how would they know. Rachel and Grover weren't coming, something about the Stolls wanting to do something huge for the fourth of July.

"We could always go back to Camp," Nico suggested, "They could be waiting there."

"And if they aren't?" Thalia asked.

Nico shrugged in response, the yellow glowstick getting bent and twisted this way and that in his hands. Sally sighed.

"I'm going to go get us some hotdogs," she said, "Stay out of trouble you three."

Percy rolled his eyes, "Not our fault!"

Sally gave them a stern glare before going over to the hot dog vender. Paul had gotten caught up with some sort of School Board Meeting and couldn't make it to see the fireworks with the others. Kicking a random twig, Nico jumped at the sound of a shout. Then there was a gigantic roar. The three Greek Children of the Big Three sighed. Of course they couldn't have one day, especially a holiday, without a monster attack. Around them the mortal's screamed loudly and there was a mass panic. Percy felt with a grim satisfaction that now they would be able to find the others. Then there was a screech.

"Schist," Percy cursed, "The Kindly Ones."
"Might as well call them furies," Nico replied grabbing his midnight black sword.

"All three might not be here," Thalia replied.

The sound of running footsteps caused them all to draw their weapons and whip around. Standing there, in a surrender pose, was a latino elf boy. His grin was joking and his eyes were asking them if they would really skewer their friend.

"Hey guys, a bit jumpy now are ya?" Leo asked in a joking manner.

"Shut up Leo, we thought you were a monster," Thalia snapped lowering her spear.

"Hey Leo, where are the others?" Percy asked.

"Uh, I lost them when we got seperated by the Minotaur," Leo replied sheepishly.

Percy cursed in Greek, before looking them each in they eye. His own sea-green ones were a swirling of emotions. None of them could decifer them.

"Okay, Leo you Thalia and Nico are going to go hold off the other monsters that are here. I'm going to go give Beef Head an old welcome. I'll send the others your way when I find them," Percy told them.

Before anyone could object Percy ran down the hill, towards the sound of grunting. Thalia and Nico both cursed before following a flaming Leo down the other side of the hill.

Percy ran towards the grunting sound before using the water from a nearby fire-hydrant to lift him up. To his right he could see the Minotaur with the rest of the seven trying to fight it, keyword trying. Jason had already gotten badly wounded, stabbed in the back of the thigh by a horn it seemed. Piper was helping him, Annabeth was limping. It seemed that she had a broken ankle or leg, Percy couldn't tell at the moment. Hazel and Frank were both dazed, the Minotaur had probably thrown them into the trees they were leaning against. Annabeth was the only one still fighting, and she seemed to be losing. The Minotaur charged at her, and before she could jump out of the way, it grabbed her with his beefy hand and threw her at Piper. Both girls went down and Jason cried out as they landed on his injured thigh.

Rage filled Percy with so much force that he could feel the water bubbling and writhing underneath him. Launching himself at the half-bull Percy landed on his neck. With the feeling of deja vu, Percy held onto the Minotaur's horns to avoid being thrown off. Jason, being the only one even distantly aware of going on, stared at the son of Poseidon in shock.

"PERCY!" Jason exclaimed.

Percy waved at Jason from a top the Minotaur before holding on as the Minotaur bucked, nearly causing him to fly off. Using Riptide, Percy launched himself off the Minotaur before coming down sword first. Jason stared at the son of Poseidon, questioning his sanity. The gleaming celestial bronze sword went straight through the Minotaurs skull, causing the disgusting beast to turn into golden sand. Before he could hit the ground, the air stopped him. Jason Percy thought thankfully. He rolled over so that he was standing up, and felt the air let him go.

"Thanks Jason," Percy called out before the sound of fireworks going off startled him.

"Lemme guess," Jason said sarcastically, turning pale from loss of blood, "Leo set them off."
"Or Thalia," Percy replied bending down next to Jason.

The Son of Poseidon handed Jason, Hazel, and Frank some of the lovely godly food that could cause you to combust. He dribbled some Nectar into Piper and Annabeth's mouths, since both girls were unconscious. The sound of arguing caused him to look up. Red, white, and blue fireworks were bursting above them, sending light into the originally dark room. It made it so that he could see the three new people enter the clearing.

"Leo, why did you just send a flame ball at Alecto?" Thalia asked.

"She was flying!" Leo exclaimed, "What else was I supposed to do?"

"And Nico, how on earth did you set off the fireworks?"

Jason and Percy looked at each other, that was a good question. They thought it was either Thalia or Leo.

"I don't know," Nico responded coming into the clearing looking very agitated, "I just got very angry and suddenly green flames spurted out of nowhere and hit the fuse."
"Why were you standing near the fuse?" Percy asked looking up as the two girls stirred.

Nico didn't answer, instead he stole some Ambrosia from Percy and chewed on it. Plopping down next to the son of Poseidon, Nico leaned on him.

"The setting off of the fireworks must of drained you," Percy stated while the rest of the seven and Thalia also sat down, those with injuries fully healed. Well, Jason wasn't. There was still a scar on his leg. One that would probably stay there forever.

The Seven, Nico, and Thalia all looked up and watched the fireworks until there were no more left. One last firework went into the sky, bursting into a colored replica of the American Flag. In the light of the firework, Percy saw that Nico had fallen asleep. Smiling softly, Percy put a finger on his lip and gently picked Nico up bridal style. Everyone said their good-byes before going their seperate ways.

Me: Well, the ending was sweet.

Nico: I always seem to be asleep at one part or another of these stories.

Thalia: Yeah.

Me: I like sleeping Nico, anyways. Percy, you're being quiet. Why don't you do the reviews.

Percy: *snores*

Me: Percy?

Percy: *still snoring*

Thalia: He's asleep.

Me: PERSEUS ACHILLES JACKSON!

Percy: *jerks awake* Wha'?

Me: Ask for reviews.

Percy: *still half asleep* Uh, 'kay. P- *yawn* Please review. *Yawns and collapses back onto couch, asleep*

Me: Dear Zeus, did he really fall back asleep?