Chapter 10

I stood in front of the army of Atlanteans prepared to give my speech. Most were still unaware of my uncles unfortunate death. Many people looked excited, probably hoping to be called to the front lines. But now was not quite the time for that speech not yet anyways. The Atlanteans had once again gathered in the throne room. My brother Triton flanked my right sitting in his throne. My brother Nico flanked my left standing with confidence and determination. Jason was just a little behind Nico standing there with a look of sadness in his eyes. Its been several days since the untimely death of my uncle Hades. We have since then rebuilt Camp Rome, it now stands proud once again. We have decided to hold off the production of New Rome, because everyone is now fighting. Retired, active, man, woman, and child, as Romans everyone from here on out would be fighting. They felt it their duty to aid the final offense of the Roman Legacy. Camp Rome was nothing, but a large war machine. The Greeks had helped raise Camp Rome back up to standard and anxiously awaited for our next attack, which I was going to have to be addressing later on in the day.

I took a step forward towards the masses and held my hands in the air to quiet down the audience. As prince of the seas, people listened to me, so it only took a few moments for the whole kingdom to fall silent. I took a deep breath, "As most of you know, the invasion of the mortal world has already begun. We successfully reestablished Camp Rome, and rebuilt it from the ashes. The Roman Empire has risen from the ashes!"

Cheers went up loudly and many people were chanting Rome. The city was not segregated, but there were Roman sea gods and their descendants in the crowd so it was an overall happy message, to hear the success of their brethren. I cleared my throat, "Like every victory it came with a price though. Let us bow our heads to the fifty three demigods we lost in the battle."

Silence enveloped the city as many sad their prayers for the souls of the dead to rest in peace. I sighed, "Now the fifty three demigods will be honored as heroes. There losses were tragic, but none even came close to the one God we lost on the field. Let us bow our heads and mourn the loss of my Uncle Hades former King of the Underworld."

The crowd was quiet with shock only for a moment, then it erupted in panic. Triton stood up shot a beam of power over the audience drawing the attention back to the throne area. He said, "We lost a powerful ally yes. Zeus has now killed three of the eldest Gods. Only three now remain. This war however is far from over. My brother and I still stand perfectly capable. Percy, your prince of the seas holds a blade that can rip the soul of an immortal, riptide."

I uncapped my sword and held it in the air for the people of Atlantis to see it. Triton continued, "Zeus is only one God. He may have many gods supporting him, but we also have killed his primary strategist, the Lady Athena fell dead on the battlefield seven days ago!"

Cheers erupted throughout the city. Most people hated Athena for disgracing my father all those years ago. Being so disrespectful and being such a sore winner. Many people I know were placing bets on who the first immortal on their side to bite the dust would be, most of us were thankful it was Athena. I grinned at the rejoice of the crowd as Triton brought them back down, "You see this is far from over. This war will come at a heavy cost, with the victors unknown. But if we are the victors we will bring in a new age to the world. A age of peace and prosperity. The final age of our world. It will be the longest and the strongest in the history of existence. Stand with us, my brothers and sisters, my friends, and family, friend and foe, let us Raze Olympus to the ground together. We now have allies to avenge, we still have promises to keep. For we will not rest until the head of Zeus is on the walls of Atlantis and the Underworld!"

People were now shouting and screaming Raze, the people were fired up now. I patted my brother Triton on the shoulder, "We must return to Camp Rome, we expect you to be there for the meeting if at all possible brother. You need to know of what our attacking plans are."

He looked at me with no emotion, "Are we setting you and Di Angelo's plan in motion?

I smiled grimly nodding my head.

Triton said in acceptance, "I will be there little brother!"

I smiled, "See you soon."

With that I walked off the throne platform with Nico and Jason following right behind me. We walked side by side to the closest shadows and disappeared.

Line Break

The council of the free world had gathered in a completely sound proof, God proof, spy proof, room in Camp Rome. This is the first time everyone has gathered in one place since the death of Poseidon. I stood at one end of the table with Triton, while Jason and Nico stood at the opposite side. The Lady Vesta sat behind us with Pallas tending to the hearth. The rest of us were waiting for everyone else to file in. After several minutes the meeting began. I said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Gods, and Goddesses, we have a plan. We also know of the Olympian's plans."

Everyone edged forward in anticipation. The Lady Styx asked, "How did you come to acquire this information General Jackson?"

I smiled brightly, "An old friend of mine is working for us on the inside. It took a lot to convince this person, but she has now figured out most of the Olympian plans, and has for obvious reason chosen to remain unanimous."

Lord Delphin leaned on the table, "Your sure this person can be trusted?"

I looked at Triton and he nodded at me, "I can only tell you this much, there are only three people in this world who are alive that know the nature of this girls relationship with me."

Many people looked at me questioningly. None more than Reyna who I could swear had betrayal in her eyes. I quickly said, "The girl is my sister and a daughter of Poseidon."

An uproar entered the room and I saw Reyna release a deep breath that clearly showed she was glad it was not a lover of mine or something. I don't know how women's minds work, so I just like to keep guessing. Triton banged his Trident on the floor and everyone went silent. I sighed, "This girls parent hood has remained a secret throughout the ages, but she is immortal, and is far older than myself. She is a few years short of Triton if that tells you anything. We all know hold old he is to!"

Many people chuckled at this and Triton glared. I gave him a cheeky smile and continued, "She wishes to remain unknown though, and it will remain that way throughout the war. Now lets get to what the Olympians are planning."

Everyone nodded sitting up straight and clearly putting on their thinking caps. It was slightly humorous to see so many deities become so serious in such a mortal like way. I grinned inwardly saying, "So if anyone has noticed yet, we can't go past Kansas in any direction. North, South or East, of that land is unreachable. There is a line that runs from the bottom tip of Texas, to the most northern point Canada. This line is celestial bronze and under ground. It is a thin line and varies in different locations, however we have not been able to find the hole in it yet. Apparently Lord Hephaestus had been building this line for years. But he only connected it after the assault on Camp Rome. The center of the line is in Wichita Kansas. That is where our next battle will take place."

Mnemosyne raised her hand, and I pointed to her so she could speak, "Why is it we wish to attack the center of the line. That is most likely where the majority of the forces will be, wouldn't it be better to dig up this celestial bronze line and destroy it passing through somewhere else?"

I groaned, "Yeah we thought of that. Unfortunately Hephaestus created this line when the Labryinth was still around. So the line is probably several hundred feet underground by now, which would make it impossible to dig it up. However, in Kansas there is a mine that they have a base sitting on top of. This is where he recently connected the line so it is the closest to the surface and easiest to reach. Our strategist from the Athena cabin calculated that if we dropped a bomb down into the mine we could level the mine and break the celestial bronze line. From there we would inhabit this base and prepare for our final assault...On Olympus."

Hecate chimed in, "A three battle war. What happens if we lose in Wichita?"

Triton and I locked eyes. We both agreed it was time to reveal a knew a potentially larger threat. I ran my hands through my hair and everyone could see the stress that I was now going through. I sighed deeply and looked down at the table, "Triton and I were the only ones who knew this. Vesta informed us that her father is going to be brought back to rule by Zeus' side, father and son. Zeus is not afraid of Kronos anymore now that he holds the immortal killing master bolt. If Kronos rises, and we can't breach the line in time the war is over, and we will be hunted to extinction..."

The room went dead silent. Tyche the God of luck said, "Were dead then."

Many people nodded and I looked around in shock at the people who agreed with him. Our plan was now ready to be put into action. I slammed my hands on the table and everyone flinched. I drew riptide and drove it straight through the table. I said with a tone that made most people tremble, "You see this blade? It has now killed multiple immortals. Gods that have stood for thousands of years. Zeus is on my hit list and he will fall to this blade. Wichita is not lost yet, their forces are strong, but I am prepared to send some immortals to the void. The time for mercy is gone my friends. This war is not over until every person in this room lies dead on the battlefield...Only then do we lose. But we will not go quietly into the night. We will not surrender. We fight to the last man, woman, and child. If you don't want to fight then leave. Go take refuge in Alaska, you will be safe there until the end of the war. It is truly the land beyond the gods, but that doesn't mean gods can't go there. If you truly have that small of faith in our army, then we will see you on the other side."

I drew riptide out of the table and capped my pen. I turned around and looked at Vesta and Pallas, who eyed me warily. I looked at the hearth and it looked like the fire was about to go out. I looked at it dejectedly, I knew I was going to have to do something desperate to bring hope back. The final part of my plan. I then said, "I will do what I have to. We will put it to a vote. All in favor of assaulting Wichita with the army tomorrow at first light."

Everyone's eyes widened. Triton asked me, "Isn't this a little soon, and rash?"

I shook my head, "In a week or less they will rise Kronos. I can't beat him again, not if hes at full strength. Not even if Poseidon and Hades were both still here. He will be far to powerful. We will need five days to re-establish our forces and gather the Atlantean army outside of Olympus. This is the only way... All in favor."

I looked around the table as I raised my hand. Everyone looked at me, but no one raised their hands. I sat down in my chair in defeat. Reyna came to approach me, but I couldn't even look at her. She didn't even support the idea. I put my hands in my face, and I could feel all the eyes on me. I knew what had to be done, even if the masses weren't going to support me. I stood up and clicked the trident pendant on my necklace. Sea green armor appeared on my body. I then drew riptide saying, "Then I will see you all in paradise. I will go a lone and face the army in Wichita. It works best this way, they won't send the monster army to fight one demigod. There are however several immortals on this base a long with three Olympians. If I can manage to take down the base then we can set up shop tomorrow, without any of you breaking your nails."

I said this with hostility as I went on. My brothers tried to approach me, but I held my sword up threateningly, "I will see you all in the morning."

People started to shout my name, but I pulled a shadow to me and disappeared from the room.

When I appeared I was against a tall wall that was surrounded by guards on top. I had seen many images of this place via Google satellite, and now that I am here I can go through the place undetected.

The fortress wasn't that big, now if I brought the whole army here then yes the gods would send reinforcements and then we would have a full scale battle. But if I can get threw this whole then make it towards the lounging area of the base, then I could start the immortal fighting there. Sure the plan was suicide, but I was to angry to see reason at the moment. Our plan had worked to well. I was angry that my people didn't have faith in our armies. I knew we could do it. My fatal flaw is loyalty, did they really believe I would lead all into a death trap. I shook my head and steeled my nerves. I will show them. I can do this.

Before I could move two people appeared at my side. Jason, Ricky, and Nico were glaring at me harshly they were about to start shouting, but I quickly held a finger to my lips silencing them. I motioned for them to come closer and we all crouched and began talking. Jason started, "What the hell Percy? You can't just leave like that!"

I glared at my brother, "Actually I can, I am the general of the whole damn army!"

Nico just grinned, "I didn't think you had it in you Perce!"

I gave my signature crooked smile, "Your plans always do seem to come out working perfectly, little brother!"

Ricky looked baffled. Jason shook his head, "What in the Tartarus are you guys talking about?"

Nico chuckled, "Don't get your underwear all tied up Jason, Percy and I had a plan. We just didn't want to tell you, because we wanted you to be surprised."

Jason looked at us in shock, "Was the plan to come and commit suicide?"

Nico and I exchanged looks when I began to tell him the plan Nico and I had come up with last night. It was simple, we would attack in a very small group of no more than 5 and take out the immortals here. We would leave one alive so that way they wouldn't raise the alarms to Olympus. That one immortal will be my sister. We explained how she was on the base and prepared to do what it took to keep Olympus out of our hair. By the time any of the gods on Olympus realized what had happened we will have broken the celestial bronze line and we will invade the base at full force in the morning. Triton knew the plan that was why he didn't stop me, even though he could've very easily. Our plan was simple. Breach the base, kill the immortals, have my sister message Olympus on the hour every hour to ensure the base is still standing. Then by morning when new immortals come to switch out with the ones here our whole army will be here and they will be hopelessly slaughtered and we could kill up to half the Olympian council in one night.

When I finished explaining to Jason and Ricky in depth of how we came to fishing up this plan and how we had planned to execute it, Jason's jaw hit the floor. He then scratched the back of his head, "Why didn't you guys tell me?"

Ricky asked before we could answer, "Why did you invite me?"

I smirked, "You wanted your father's name to be proven worthy of an Olympian. Well if his son can defeat a few immortals then I believe that is a very worthy immortal. I have a feeling your father will be watching over you, and we may need the help of a powerful God like that. Ricky you are the top sword fighter I have ever seen, you stood toe to toe with me on your first day. No one has ever been able to do that. Stand with us, I will make sure your father gets the recognition he deserves."

Ricky nodded and Nico went back to addressing Jason's question, "Honestly we didn't want to miss the surprise look on your face? We knew there were spy's in the council we don't know who, but it has to be someone. They knew we were striking Camp Rome first, we could've taken a number of locations first like the black fortress, but no they didn't doubt for a second we were going for the Roman Camp. Someone had to have told them so we put together this little fiasco. We needed everyone to looked shocked and surpirsed."

Jason shook his head sill amazed that we had come up with such a full proof plan. Then Jason's eyes widened, "Our girlfriends are going to kill us!"

Ricky smirked at that. Nico and I however exchanged knowing looks and then high fived each other! Jason and Ricky looked at us like we had lost it and I said, "Dude, we thought of that to. On all of our beds was a note to Piper, Thalia, and Reyna. It told them the whole plan and everything we just told you. They were told to help lead the army tomorrow with Triton commanding the front lines. We couldn't risk saying our plan out loud and having our rooms bugged. Plus they would've tried to stop us. So when Nico and I discussed this we did it in Tartarus. We had to be 100% sure that no one would figure out our plan. This is our only hope. If we can take this base then all we have left is Olympus."

Ricky looked shocked and paled, "You two went back to Tartarus? That's a little extreme and paranoid don't you think?"

Nico and I just grinned, "It worked didn't it. You should've seen the look on all your faces, when Percy just got up and left! It was hysterical!"

Jason looked at me dead in the eyes, "Next time I want in on your plans. I don't know why you guys found it necessary to leave me out, but I want to be apart of it next time. Tartarus or not I should've at least been told, I thought Percy was trying to kill himself! Plus Reyna is going to kill you regardless so while we are killing these immortals I will start writing your eulogy!"

I paled at the thought and Nico and Jason fist bumped each other while I just glared in response. Ricky looked amused by our bantering, which is probably a little strange to him considering we are standing right outside the enemy line. I exasperatedly said, "Can we please get to the killing immortals part of this mission, I am a little bored here!"

My brothers shook their heads at me and nodded. We all darted around the closest corner and I took out a grappling hook. I perfectly threw it on top of the wall and began to scale it. I looked back down at my brothers, "Here we go guys, let the games begin."

I flipped myself onto the roof and lodged riptide into the closest patrolling monster. I noticed there was another person on this side of the wall with us and I quickly shot forward impaling Irontide into the archer. His body crumbled and I threw him off the wall to the side I had just come from. Jason, Ricky, and Nico were quickly by my side on the roof top as we surveyed the area. There were two lookout on every part of the wall. Not including the lookout in every tower. There were easily four towers on this wall and I could see all of the archers in the towers. Each section of the wall had a monster and a archer as there look out. I looked around completely unimpressed, "Athena really was the brains of this operation this defense is horrible."

They looked at me questioningly and I grinned. I said, "If I was you'll I would get down from this wall because its coming down. We have to bring the immortals out to play. There are three Olympians and up to seven immortals including my sister."

Nico looked at me curiously, "You left that part out Perce, who is your sister?"

I gave him a happy look, "You know her, and she's a hunter. I will allow her to introduce herself once we get to her!"

Both of their eyes widened and they launched themselves over the wall. Now that they had passed the celestial bronze line that was clearly under this wall they were able to openly shadow travel once again. I stomped my foot on the ground and summoned a massive earthquake. Earthquakes came almost as easily as water did with Poseidon gone and some of his powers passing into me I am much more in touch with my domains.

The whole world rumbled and the wall began to collapse. Archers had finally spotted me and began opening fire. I stretched my senses towards the Earth though and gave one last powerful stomp causing the whole wall to crumble to pieces at once. As I began to fall and stumble with the wall I shadow traveled down. I saw the whole where I needed to drop the bomb which was currently in my back pocket.

I looked in front of me to see my brothers and I surrounded by immortals. The lead immortal was Mars, and he was holding my sister by the throat, "Evening Jackson! I think we found your little traitor!"

I glared at him, "Phoebe are you okay?"

The huntress eyed me with fear clearly in her eyes. I said, "I will allow you to live if you let her go Mars!"

My brothers looked at me like I was crazy, but it was the truth. The huntress Phoebe was my sister, she confronted me about it after the second giant war, she wanted to get to know me since apparently I had gained the favor of her best friend Zoe, but now I fear her life may be coming to a swift end. Mars shouted, "Your surrounded punk, your head will hang in Olympian Throne Room! Surrender or die."

I growled, "Die!"

Before anything else could be said Mars slit Phoebe's throat and my eyes widened with anger. Mars said, "Then lets dance."

(A/N) Sorry to end the chapter so suddenly but the battle will be several pages long for me, and I would like to stretch this out into more chapters. The reviews are low in number, but all of them are good so please please please review more!

To answer a few Reviewers:

A guest asked about a Percy Annabeth Reunion and yes there will be ONE in the story.

A guest said not to bring Kronos back. Well its funny someone said don't bring back Kronos and then it gave me this idea to make him POTENTIALLY rise. The key word is potentially.

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