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Percy POV

The day started surprisingly well. The sky was blue, the birds were singing, the breeze was perfect, Fake. The blue sunlight was streaming in, the cabin was empty and there was a sense of peace, Fake. I didn't like it. Something was happening. I stood and quickly got ready, knowing that we were going somewhere new, and possibly dangerous. Nothing new, really, but then why did it feel so strange?

I sat in my table and ate my blue cheeseburgers. I love cheeseburgers. (I hate cheeseburgers.)

After that lonely, but pleasant, breakfast I walked to the lake where the rest of the Camp was waiting. Chiron stood looking out at them, with a sad expression on his face. I walked up, Riptide in my pocket. I looked around and cleared my throat, everybody silenced, and the remaining sounds were hushed whispers.

"Anna-"I stopped suddenly, remembering she was with a child.

She came forward anyways. "Annabeth, this might be dangerous and…"

"Percy, I'm going." She looked at me with those stormy grey eyes that I had fallen in love with.

"R-Right." I conceded knowing that when she set her mind to something, nothing could get her out of it. I held her gaze for a moment before breaking it and pushing away the pain.

"Jason." I continued. I ignored the surprised gasps and whispers. Did they think just because he betrayed me, took my girlfriend, got her pregnant, took my future away, and stole my life, that I wouldn't forgive him?

"Leo, Nico, Carter, Sadie, Walt and Zia." I finished.

They stepped forwards. I looked at Chiron, he nodded grimly. "Percy, this might be the hardest quest you will ever got to, I have talked to our oracle and…" He broke off and hesitated. "Good luck." He galloped away before I could protest.

I turned to look at the rest of the demigod's, we were alone. Leo broke the silence.

"So…what do we do now?"

I shrugged. "We wait until something unusual happens." I said simply while sitting on the grass in the edge of the lake. I had no idea what was to come but I had a sinking feeling in my gut.

Nico POV

"Look there! Someone opened a portal!" Sadie exclaimed, pointing a couple of feet away from us. It was a swirling vortex of sand.

"C'mon!" Sadie yelled and jumping in without hesitation.

"Wait! No! It isn't from our god's!" Jason yelled, holding Annabeth back.

Carter looked back at him frustrated. "You will be scattered in the Duat if you don't hurry! Get in!" I went in quickly, not wanting for my particles to explode. Just as quickly we appeared in Olympus, the throne room of the gods. This time, we appeared on our feet, unlike last time.

I was met with a strange scene; there were other…gods…as well as ours.

There was only four, Osiris, Horus, Ra, and Isis, I remembered. The time I spent with Anubis had many advantages. The Greek gods were, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Athena. Why were we here? I had no idea.

I glanced at the others. Leo was fidgeting nervously with a piece of copper wire and a screw…that kid was seriously ADHD. Percy stood tall looking at the gods defiantly; I loved that expression on his face, like he was ready for anything. Annabeth stood there, and I could practically see the gears turning in her brain, she was trying to figure out what was happening. Jason stood there, frowning, holding his sword at ready. Carter was looking forwards a worried expression on his face, he was holding his magicians bag close to his body. Sadie was next to Carter and her expression was very close to the one that Percy had.

"Children-

"Half-bloods-

Zeus and Osiris spoke at the same time. Zeus cleared his throat and looked at us. "We have brought you here on a peace treaty. We have decided that to avoid war, we will have to make sacrifices."

I did not like where this was going.

Athena interrupted. "A small sacrifice. Jason Grace, the son of the god of the skies …and, Carter Kane, the host of Horus and the blood of the pharaoh's." The throne room was filled with a shocked silence.

"Why?" Annabeth declared shrilly.

Isis spoke up. "Think of it like this, it's the most powerful demigod for the most powerful magician, a good trade. This will keep peace between our worlds; we do not wish to unite them."

Athena softened. "It will be like eliminating the nuclear weapons of both nations to prevent from hurting the other."

"ELIMINATE?!" Sadie yelled, looking horrified and outraged.

Horus answered calmly. "Yes eliminate. If each country stays with the weapon then what use is it to take it away? They can just use the newly acclaimed weapon against them. It will be better if they dispose of it, so that no one can use it. Like that, many lives are saved and war is avoided."

"But they aren't weapons! They are…they are…" Leo trailed off, embarrassed at the attention.

"They are souls." I provided

All eyes turned to me, expressions of surprise in most of them. Of course, they forgot I was even here, I registered their silence.

"Soul, Alma, Anima …Need I go on?" I said, with a tinge of irritation in my voice.

"No, No…" Hades supplied dismissively. "Yes they are souls but think of the many more souls we will be able to save by avoiding war."

Carter stepped forwards, a calm expression on his face. "I agree."

Osiris flinched at his answer. Sadie's face grew pale. And Zia gasped.

"No." Sadie said quietly. "No!" She repeated. "I…" she said while stepping next to her brother. "I am just as powerful as he is. If you are going to kill him, then there is no reason for you to kill me too."

For the second time, the throne was filled with silence.

"Sadie, no." Carter said weakly, a sickly look on his face. "Dad, please!" Sadie cried, looking desperately at her father. An expression of pain flitted across his features. "Children, it is for a greater good. And Sadie, the deal is one, for one, only Carter not you."

Carter turned towards Sadie and whispered in her ear, he grabbed her hand, with a look of desperation in his eyes. He turned towards Walt pleadingly. Walt frowned, and then his face fell. He turned and took Sadie's hand gently he murmured in her ear and took her away from Carter where she fell to her knees and wept.

Zia stared at Carter with pale expression of horror silently.

I watched this in grim silence.

Jason gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. "Okay." He said simply and bluntly as he stepped forward.

"Noooo!" Annabeth cried shrilly and grabbed his arm. "NO! No, please no!" There were tears streaming down her face all of a sudden and she had a wild look in her eyes. Her nails dug into his bicep, making the flesh around white.

"Annabeth, it's okay." Jason said soothingly, but his voice broke and he had faint tears in his eyes as he watched Annabeth.

She fell to her knees still gripping his arm firmly. "No. No. NO! Nonononono! Please! Don't take him!" She sobbed.

Percy was staring at Annabeth, his eyes like shattered glass.

Athena looked at her daughter. "Annabeth, it is a sign of weakness to cry."

"I don't care." She sobbed.

"Annabeth, this is what love did to you. I warned you, Annabeth."

"Shut up, no, shut up." She sobbed into his legs.

My eyes turned towards Percy, who was playing with his pen and was looking away from Annabeth when he suddenly stepped forwards. He looked at the gods, his jaw tight and his expression firm.

"Take me."

He said so quietly, but even so, the room lapsed into silence. Even Annabeth quieted her sobs in shock.

He continued before the gods could protest.

"I am the son of Poseidon, I went through Tartarus, I closed the Doors of Death, I united the Roman and Greek camps, I evaded war, and I defeated Gaia herself, with help."

"But-

He forged ahead. "And I am the son of Nyx." He finished.

The room erupted in chaos.

"What?"

"What treachery is this?"

"Poseidon!"

"Child, speak! What are you saying?"

Percy watched this with mild amusement. He chuckled softly.

"Do you find this amusing?" Zeus demanded with scorn. "Are you lying to us child?"

Poseidon stood. "He is telling the truth." He said gravely, his face pale. "Sally had told me about this, but I didn't believe her."

The gods looked at him blankly.

He waved his hand dismissively. "She is but a mere mortal, Percy's mother."

Athena stood suddenly, her face alight with recognition. "Yes it is true!" Then her face hardened. "He must be killed immediately. He could bring the death of us all! He is practically a god himself!"

Dread settled in the bottom of my stomach as I recalled the conversation between Annabeth and Percy. I quickly glanced at him. He brought it up on purpose, so Jason would not be killed. I looked into his eyes and I was certain. His fatal flaw. He would definitely sacrifice himself for the well being of his friends. He was doing it for Annabeth, but also for Jason.

I shook my head, clenching my fists, I felt and unexplainable anger rising in me towards Percy. He was so…selfless, so very willing to throw his life away for the sake of others. He didn't deserve to die. I felt a bitter taste in my mouth and hot tears spring to my eyes.

Zeus cleared his throat importantly and all eyes turned to him, as soon as the room was silenced, he spoke. "Brothers and guests, I say that we need privacy to discuss how to...how to dispose of our friends here."

"We will give you a room so that you may say your goodbyes and get used to the idea of no longer living." He continued, saying this as if proposing that we go out for a cup of tea. I remembered that to them, we were just disposable tools that they used to do their bidding.