I thrust open my eyes; the world around me was chaos. The first thing I heard was my mother's voice, yelling to me, piercing my ears. I sat up with a jolt, trying to get up. I turned my head and say the scene unravel, in was all a super-fast blur.

Annabeth was still in glowing chains, tanking on them, and yelling for me.

"Alice stay their, Alice please…" Then she turned to my father and screamed

her battle cry.

"Percy now, the sword." In response my dad threw the pen/sword thing he'd had

earlier. As it reached her hands, she uncapped in with lightning-fast speed. She

swung it at the monster soldiers holding her back. The first one raised a fist and tried to knock her out, but she was too quick. Right as the fist was a few inches from her head, she sliced the blade across the monster's chest. It left a long gash, and as it bled he began to evaporate in a shower of gold monster dust.

She then as soon as the other was dead she thrust her sword in the other monster dead center. As she did, my dad grabbed his own sword and killed off the monsters around her. When they got close Percy sliced through her chains, and held her in a tight embrace.

After seeing this happen I finally dragged myself up and half-crawled over to them. But as I did, Oceanus saw what was unfolding. He approached and attack, but first at me. He took a step forward, his long jagged blue sword inches in front of me. I crouched down, rolled and leaned down for my sword. As soon as the bronze blade left the ground, he struck at me. My sword hit his with a great speed, making sparks fly for a second.

I balanced my self, it was hard to do but I managed to get a few feet away from him. I took in a deep breath, thought to myself: Don't back away, that'll show weakness. What had Tyson said? "Better to have fought bravely than to lose by hiding from danger." Yeah don't run, just fight till you can't do it no….. more. Alice, you want this guy died, he kidnapped your mom! Just do it, he's a monster. Anger thrashed through my veins, and mixed with adrenaline, I charged.

I ran at him with crazy speed, utilizing every nerve and muscle in my body to run. I lunged at his stomach hoping it would prove a weakness, and screamed.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

But he seemed anticipate my moves. He thrashed his sword at me sideways, not so that it would cut me but to push me back, to make me back away. As I fell back my mother ran to me and held me in her arms and waited for the chaos to end.

Before I could react, another sword flew into the picture, I mean literally flew. My father's long sword crashed into Oceanus just a few inches above where a human heart should be. But because he was a God it wouldn't have mattered, he would have just bled a little. But it did hold him back, Oceanus was pinned by Percy's long sword to a pillar his leathery gray-blue skin. It made him almost glow in contrast to the black pillar. My father approached the pillar with a tense walk, and pushed the sword further still into the pillar. Oceanus struggled, but then with a burst of power he ripped the sword off the pillar and at my father. My thrust his fist at the sword making it fall to the ground.

Percy turned sideways so he could look at both my mother and Oceanus.

"Annabeth, take Alice and run tell, and my men to take over the palace. But I want you two in my father's palace. Safe. " My mother got up and laid me on the floor again as I leaned in pain against a pillar. My mother walked back to Percy, her eye's filled with tears again.

"I can't leave you Percy." My father's face turned to stone.

"Annabeth, just go…" He turned back to Oceanus, the Titan's mouth slowly curled into a smile.

"Oh, Lord Perceus the girl is right. She can't leave you, she's my prisoner. You can't take her with you by force it's against ancient law

Fathers voice boomed through the room with anger.

"What? You took Annabeth prisoner, of coarse but it isn't against the laws to save her, they're nothing stopping me."

"But that is where you are wrong boy. I have put an ancient curse upon her. She cannot leave until I have lifted it. If she tries to leave she will surly die…."

With that, the Titan raised his hands and clenched them into fists. Suddenly the air/water around swirled into a tube and smashed into my father. Pushing him against a pillar next to me. His figure crumbled in a heap against the marble floor.

A second later though my father was on his feet again. It took him only a few seconds before he had pounced on the Titan, with his sword on the monster's throat.

"Tell me how to lift it." With each word he got closer to the titans throat.

"Well…. we could make a trade. I lift the curse off your precious Annabeth and you give me what I want."

"Is that what this is about, a…. trade?" Oceanus noticed my father's tone and curled another shark-tooth smile.

"Precisely. Why else would I kidnap a mere mortal." My father took a step back and shook his head.

"What do you want…what do I have to do to lift the curse Oceanus." My father's tense grip on his sword dropped. I could tell he was losing this fight and he knew it to. Oceanus saw him back down, and took the opportunity to get the best of him.

"You have to make a choice. Give me your territory of the sea, your power and the girl may go free."

I stood up, and walked to my mother's side. She was cold as ice, standing there behind my dad. I looked into her eyes; they were gray orbs, motionless and shining. I tried to take her arm to and, walk her away from the scene.

I knew what was about to happen. Oceanus wanted my dad to choose between, my mother's life and his power. I tried to walk her away, but she just stood there staring at him, as if she thought she could bore hole in his back.

"Annabeth…" I had hardly noticed my father's slow movements toward us.

"No Percy, don't do it…right now isn't the time to be my hero again. Just do what's best…I'm not worth it."

My father's eyes shot back at her, they were blazing with pain.

"Annabeth, you are worth it."

"Percy no I'm not, you don't need to start another war because of me."

"Annabeth you are worth it." Percy walked up to us, and took Annabeth's hand. He came up close and kissed her, then stepped back.

Oceanus's metallic, and cruel voice interrupted their conversation, and brought my own fear's back.

"O how touching…. Paris & Troy, Percy & Annabeth." He muttered happily to himself. "But like most tragic love stories, they have tragic ends. Make your choice boy, and make it now." For one last time Percy looked back at us.

"I have made my choice, Lord Oceanus." There was a flash of light and the water around the palace felt as if it was about to boil. The feeling made my heart break. It made me feel like my dreams were to never come true. I had chills down my spine and the world was a blur.

I heard a scream, it was close by and it was my mother. With a thrashing speed she ran toward the light in front of me, that was growing with a blurry gleam. But all in a second the light fell.

There was a cold blowing, and with a sudden bolt a figure appeared and another glowing light was around. This one was soft and bright and gleamed off the shining black stone.

Inside the light a glowing pink figure appeared. As it spoke the light seemed to flicker with every word.

"You have been saved, my friends. But there shall be a price to pay." And the figure disappeared. The room was quiet and the chaos ended.