A/N: Hey guys I'm back with a new chapter :) sorry about the wait but I have run out of all my pre written chapters so it takes a while to write them up :(
However I am trying to get a chapter written every other week (it would be every week but I have suddenly gotten other stuff to do on weekdays)
Even with all of that I try to write a little every night so that I can progress :)
Again I do not own PJO or any of the characters associated with it, however I do own the Plot to this story and the characters shown within it.

Hope you like the chapter :)

Chapter 11 Finally We Meet

As the evening was drawing closer the air was beginning to get colder, we couldn't go anywhere at this time so we had to set up camp.

The best place was demolished plane, everything else was already there for us to use. We all went around gathering wood for a small fire to keep warm; thanks to all the fallen trees it was quite easy to gather wood.

Making a fire was another problem, with all this snow around there was no dry place to start the fire. Carefully looking around we gathered enough stones to create a small circle, inside it we place all the wood and started a fire.

It was a good thing that most of the plane was still intact, otherwise it would have been hard to find a safe place to stay in. The plane stopped in a convenient place so the wind wasn't that much of a problem, we got the pilot cabin door to close so the passenger cabin was fairly warm.

Angie was sleeping in one of the chairs; Kathy was tending to the fire while Nancy was rummaging through the compartments for some leftover food. Cynthia was sitting down near the tail exit looking up at the sky, from her chair Louise was keeping an eye on her.

Ever since I brought her back with me, Louise has been very wary of her and it's not only her. We all are but she is the only person who can take us to where we want to go.

"Found them" shouted Nancy gleefully.

"Finally we can eat something" said Louise jumping out of the chair.

"So what do we have?" Asked Kathy

"Well we got some sandwiches, salted peanuts, some chocolates and brownies" smiled Nancy dropping it all down on a chair "dig in guys."

I picked up two sandwiches and walked over to Cynthia.

"Here eat something" I said passing her the sandwich.

"No thanks" she said grimly looking up.

"You uh don't like sandwiches? There are other things there as well you know" I said scratching my head.

There was no answer from her; she just sat there with her knees drawn close and head tucked under her arms. She was in no mood to talk so I just walked away from her and just sat near the fire, basking in the warmth of the fire I began to get sleepy.

One second I was looking at my feet the next I was out cold on the floor, the dream I was having was one of my old memories. A memory of when I met Sarah, times weren't exactly good. A war had been brewing between Sparta and her home town of Athens.

I remember seeing her as we charged into a small village, at the sight of her my blood crazed eyes began to soften. In all my years I had only seen the god of war circle the battle field; never had I imagined that I would see an angel in the midst of chaos

As I turned over in my sleep my hand landed on a stray cinder, almost immediately my eyes snapped open.

"Arghhhh!" "Hot hot hot hot" I said shaking my hand.

Looking at my palm the skin was burnt brown, it was still tingling so I quietly got up and walked out. As I put my hand down in the snow a nice numbing sensation spread through, looking back I saw Cynthia still curled up nearly the tail exit.

The other girls were all sleeping on the chairs; they all looked quite peaceful and happy. On the horizon I could see the sun starting to rise, looking around the damage we caused seemed to be on a much grander scale.

The dragon wings were somewhat visible through the trees, I don't know why but looking at the wings sent a chill down my spine.

"So cute you like to watch sunrises" came a voice from behind me.

Turning around I saw Angie walking towards me wrapped in a blanket.

"Gives you a chance to reflect on life" I said smiling

"Oh and you have something to reflect on" she said raising an eyebrow.

"A lot of things but never mind that how is your leg?"

"A little sore but much better, at least I no longer have a bone sticking out of my leg" she said laughing a little.

The sun was up now and the others were starting to wake up, after eating whatever was left we began to pack up.

"Guys I have been thinking and I feel that it would be best if you didn't come with me" I said meekly.

"What!" "You can't be serious Kralus, we came all this way and you just want us to turn around and leave?" Nancy asked in disbelief.

"This is the end of the line guys; from here on I can't guarantee your safety." "I know I said that I will bring all of you back and I will not back down from that, this is the only way that you can all return safely."

"Kralus we will never be able to look Chiron in the eyes if we leave you here on your own" said Louise

"Wait what! But you said-"

"I know what I said Kralus" Louise sighed "it was all in the heat of the moment, I didn't mean any of it."

"So you don't mind being chased by dragons and lunged at by Stheno?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

"Not exactly Kralus" said Kathy scratching her head "we like to keep our heads attached to our bodies; we would also prefer that our bodies stay nice and warm."

"Well I got no power over that, all I can guarantee is one hundred per cent chance of action and adventure" I smiled honestly.

"So far we have no arguments there" said Angie nodding "I would appreciate it if we met monsters that were more fashion conscious." "I mean come on I lost such a good t-shirt because of them."

All of our eyes turned to Angie; we all just stood there as if trying to see if she was serious about it. Seeing her eyes shut and her face mellow we all knew she wasn't joking.

"Right then we should get going" I said changing the subject "grab everything you need leave anything that is not required."

"Um Kralus you know what way we are going?" Asked Kathy

"Not exactly….but she does" I said pointing to Cynthia.

"I won't be telling you anything got that" said Cynthia walking off.

"You will have to tell us eventually" I yelled after her.

Feeling slightly frustrated I picked up my bag and walked out of the plane, seeing that Cynthia had nearly made it to the dragon wings, I ran after her.

"Hey wait up, we need your help." "Why are you being so stubborn?"

As I caught up to her she stopped walking and just looked at the dragon wings.

"Cynthia I'm not sure you know but the information you have could help save someone's life."

"WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!" She shouted "I can't tell you anything."

Right then the girls caught up to us, they were all looking at Cynthia like she was the devil.

"What is your problem, all we are asking you is where we can find your boss but noooo you want to be all stuck up" said Angie bitterly.

There was a deathly silence for a like ten seconds and then a low rumbling sound was being emitted from somewhere. There was a loud crashing sound and I got swept away by snow, while trying to go against the flow I suddenly felt the snow give way under me.

As the snow began falling away I saw that I was no longer anywhere near the girls, more to the point I was falling down the side of a cliff. From the corner of my eye I saw my bag falling down.

Trying my best to reach the bag I managed to open the zip a little, trying my best to rummage through it I accidently pulled out a pair of boxers. Quickly stuffing them back in, I rummaged until I found my swords, pulling them out I stabbed them both into the side of the cliff.

The swords slowed down my descent but because of the amount of snow falling down, they weren't able to stay in place. As I hit the ground I was already getting buried, it was a little while before the avalanche died down, but by then it was already too late.

I didn't know how far down I was buried and more to the point; I didn't know how long I would last trying to dig my way out of here. My strength was being sapped so quickly, pushing the swords through the snow I was able to create a small breathing hole.

Taking in a deep breath it somewhat replenished a little bit of my strength. Carefully I began pulling the swords apart to make the hole bigger, after what felt like half an hour I managed to dig my way out.

As I sat there panting there was a loud roar followed by the ground rumbling, a fresh batch of snow was dumped on top of me and I lost it.

"ENOUGH!" I shouted bursting out from under the snow.

The sky began to darken as something flew over me, looking up I saw the dragon with Cynthia on it. I lost my sense of reasoning and anger washed over me, the swords began to glow like very hot cinders melting whatever snow was on me.

"YOU GET BACK HERE" I shouted throwing one of the swords at the dragon.

The chain kept extending itself until the sword swung around the tail and lodged itself in the bone.

"αστραπής Ιστός"

There were a few bursts of electricity from my hands and they shot up the chain to the dragon. Upon reaching the dragon, it split off in different directions to create a net effectively trapping the dragon.

I pulled the chain down with all my strength, this made the net become smaller and smaller until there was a large flash. A few seconds later there was a loud crash, the chain became loose and I retracted the sword.

With my anger still at its peak I slowly walked over to where the dragon had crashed, there were numerous burn marks all over it and Cynthia was nowhere to be seen. It took a lot of effort for it to get back up; no longer did it have the majestic form, the king of the skies had been brought down to the ground.

It turned to face me and let out a ferocious roar making the trees tremble and cliffs shake.

"It's your funeral" I said point a sword at it "after I'm done with you there won't be any pieces left to pick up."

As it swung its tail a few trees were uprooted and sent in my direction, I cut through them like they were made of butter. Seeing its initial assault go to waste it swung its tail again, with a lot of effort I managed to parry the attack.

As it tried to move close to me, its leg sunk into the snow causing it to go off balance, using this chance I charged ahead. Jumping at the last second I stabbed both swords where its neck was meant to be, it was now that I realised that the bones were near impossible to cut through.

As I landed on its neck, it went berserk flailing around like there was no tomorrow. It wasn't long before the swords dislodged and the chains became loose sending me flying.

Skidding across through the snow I hit a tree trunk, shaking it off I stabbed the swords into one end of the trunk and swung around a few times. It smashed into its face on the third swing and it was lifted off its feet, when it hit the floor the ground shook.

As it turned to face me its eyes were ablaze with anger, with what looked like a grin it shot out blue flames. Diving out of the way I tried to grapple on to its ribs, unfortunately it saw that and pinned me down with one of its legs.

Seeing it open its mouth in my direction I threw both swords into to its mouth, unfortunately that wasn't enough to stop it from breathing fire. Before the flames could reach me I pulled the swords out, they landed on the snow with a hiss.

My anger had reached its limits; small sparks of electricity were coming out of my hands. Looking up at the dragon I grabbed hold of its leg, I felt a huge amount of power surge through me and then there was a very bright flash.

I quickly closed my eyes but didn't let go, I held on tightly even though its cries of pain rang in my ears and as quickly as it had come the power the was gone. I felt the weight on top of me shift and I rolled away, opening my eyes I saw a lot of steam billowing from where the dragon had been standing.

Standing up I squinted into the steam to see if the dragon was still alive, for some reason the steam was swirling around on spot. I saw a small flash of blue and went to dive out of the way but it was too late, the flames engulfed my body.

As the flames died down there was silence, the steam blew off from me and from what I could tell the dragon was startled. There was not a single burn on me; a very thin bubble had been shielding me at the time the fire hit.

As I went to touch the bubble I felt very cold air swirling between my fingers.

"Right play time is over" I snarled.

Extending the chains as much as I could I used both swords to grapple shut its mouth just as it was about to breath another ball of fire. What happened next was a surprise to both it and me, the flames began to engulf it but they weren't travelling down the chains towards me.

A painful cry rang throughout the mountain; it was then that I heard someone call out to me. At first I didn't see anyone in the middle of all the carnage but then as I looked closely in the distance I saw Nancy and the girls coming over to where I was.

I kept an eye on the dragon to make sure that it wouldn't pull anything the second I turned around and I have to say it was pretty damn quiet after that last cry. As I watched the flames began to drift in the wind like ashes, soon the only sign left of the dragon were the scratch marks on the tree trunks and its dimming heart under some snow.

"Kralus are you okay?" Asked Kathy "you fell down a long way and what happened here?"

"Doesn't matter we have wasted enough time we have to get going" I said irritably.

As I saw Louise and Nancy shouldering Cynthia I ran over to them, I pushed them both down and held Cynthia by the shoulders. Shaking her like a rag doll a few times brought her back to consciousness.

"Where am I?" "Rufus what happened?"

"Who is Rufus?" I asked with a confused look.

At that her eyes snapped wide open and she looked very peeved.

"Let go of me" she snapped.

"Hey I don't like holding you either" I said letting go of her.

"Rufus!" "Rufus where are you?" Answer me she shouted.

She kept looking up at the sky and I knew who she was talking about.

"If you are looking for your dragon it used to be there" I said pointing to a scorched spot a few feet behind me.

At this she was speechless, her eyes filled with tears and she just fell to the floor.

"You killed him! "How could you be so inhumane, he was only three thousand years old" she sobbed.

"Hey he tried to kill me too; I was only defending myself" I said frankly "in any case three thousand years is a long time."

Without saying a word she got up and walked over to the scorched spot I was point to earlier, she began digging through some of the snow and tree trunks.
She stopped digging when she found a faintly glowing football sized heart.

"Thank god you didn't destroy this, as long as this is intact Rufus will come back" she smiled with tears in her eyes.

"Uh you do understand the whole I obliterated him thing right?"

"What you don't understand is that Rufus is like a phoenix; as long as his heart isn't destroyed he will come back to life" she grinned "no matter how many times you destroy him he will be back as long as his heart isn't destroyed."

"Sister that's just madness" said Angie.

"Madness no, THIS IS RUFUS!"

The heart began to glow brighter and brighter until it formed into something, I rubbed my eyes to make sure that I wasn't seeing things. There in the palm of her hands was a live miniature dragon, for a few seconds no one said anything then the girls burst into fits of laughter.

"Damn I guess the warranty on that thing must have run out" laughed Nancy.

"Yesterday you were flying on his shoulders today he will be snugly sitting in your pocket" laughed Louise.

"Forget the shrimp" I shouted "just tell me where you are keeping Sarah."

At this the mini Rufus growled at me.

"What you want to go for round two?" "Sigh look tell me where Sarah is or I fry the shrimp" I said sparks flying from the tip of my fingers.

"You wouldn't dare."

"Just ask him, I'm sure he remembers all the jolts he's gotten" I grinned.

She looked on as Rufus shivered in her hands and then she looked over at me still making sparks fly from my fingertips.

"Fine but if anyone asks I didn't tell you where the hideout is."

"Finally!" I groaned "was that too hard?"

Now that Cynthia was ready to lead us to the lair all that was left to do was find my bag, after digging through quite a bit of snow I found but it was in no condition to be carried around.
Slinging the swords over my shoulder I began following the girls, mini Rufus was fluttering around Cynthia all the way.

An hour later we were at the river, the sight was very invigorating and fish were lazily swimming downstream. Looking upstream there was a large cavern from where the river flows.

"So where is this hideout?" I said splashing some water on my face.

"It's camouflaged as the boulder next to the entrance of the cavern" Cynthia sighed.

"Thanks for your help" I smiled "even if it was reluctant." "Come on guys lets finish this."

I walked up to the cavern while the girls said their goodbyes, getting close to the boulder I was expecting to meet some resistance but none came. Swiping my hand at the boulder the vision in front of me blurred, I smiled at endeavours of the new era and walked in.

I felt a sudden chill down my spine; the inside of this place was nothing but ice and the tunnel stretched as far as the eye could see. Carefully walking through the tunnel I kept a look out for anything unusual, as the tunnel was coming to an end the sound of low whispers could be heard.

Taking hold of both swords I exit the tunnel in to a magnificently carved room, there wasn't much light in the room but I could tell that there was a lot of ice in there.
As I took a step forward the whispering stopped, a cold harsh voice called out to me.

"Cynthia is that you?" "Is the job done?"

"No."

"No! "What do you mean no!"

"I'm saying that I'm not Cynthia."

"Then who are you?"

"Your worst nightmare" I grinned.

A/N:There we have it the end of the 11th chapter ^_^ hope you guys enjoyed the dragon fight...i know it was quite short but I really didn't want to extend the fight scene that much.
Only two more chapters to go and I will be finished with this book YAY!
Then I can get started on the next one :) I will be putting up a chapter of the next book when I publish the laster chapter of this one ^_^ already have the ideas and everything sorted out writing is the only thing that needs to be done :)

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