The First Son of Artemis Book Two: A Mother Trapped

Bianca's POV (1st person)

Dad, if you can hear me, I could really use some help here. I thought, before charging straight for the magician. The first thing he tried to do was bring both his blazing swords down on me! I held up my bow to block and our weapons became locked. I looked into his pure black eyes, and he had the look of absolute murder in his eyes. He wanted to tear me to pieces, and I had no intention of letting him.

Come on Bianca, Jay needs you to hold these guys off! Show him what a child of the big three can do! I thought to myself.

I screamed and pushed back his blades. I went at him, I struck at him from both sides with the ends of my bow, and roundhouse kicked him in his side. He screamed and double backed in pain. I loaded and arrow quickly and fired, but he wasn't as dazed as he looked. He sliced the arrow away and charged again. He brought both swords down again, and I blocked with the ends of my bow. His fingertips grew blue, and power coursed up his arms.

"Ha-Wi." He yelled, and the blue energy erupted, traveled up his swords, and sent me flying backwards!

My bow was blasted out of my hands. I felt my body tinge, and my insides felt like mashed potatoes.

"Bianca! Here!" Nico yelled from behind me.

He unclipped the sword from his belt and tossed it my way. I grabbed the Stygian black blade from the ground, and pulled it from its sheath. I pulled out my knife, just as the magician charged me again. We clashed, both holding two blades in our hands. Whenever his blades met mine I felt little singes of fire go up my arm. I needed to gain the upper-hand, and I needed to do it fast.

I backed up putting distance between myself and the man, and we circled each other with our blades raised. "Give up little girl! The House will find Jason Nicholson! We will kill him, and eliminate the threat he poses to the world!" He yelled sending a blast of fire towards me.

I slashed with Nico's sword and a wall of black energy surrounded me, deflecting the blast. "Jay would never harm anyone! He knows how to control his power!" I yelled back sending a blast of black energy towards him.

He intercepted it with another fireball. "It does not matter! His father helped the Kane's follow the path of the gods! His father was found guilty of Chaos magic, and he mated with a goddess! The very existence if a child of Greek and Egyptian origin is an abomination! He must be destroyed! I will kill him myself if I must!" He yelled.

A surge of energy rushed through my body. Jay really was counting on me. If I died here, and lost this duel, they magicians would find him, and as strong as Jay was, he wouldn't be able to fight off all these magicians. I was angry, and you wouldn't like the daughter of the lord of the dead when she was angry.

"YOU WON'T IM NOT GOING TO LET YOU!" I screamed, pointing both blades at him.

"The Underworld bends to your will Bianca, use it, it will always aid you in battle. Use it to your advantage!" A deep voice rang in my head.

My dad was actually helping me? I couldn't guess it would be anyone else. I felt the ground begin to shake under my feet. The underworld was reacting to my anger. It was stirring under my fee. The Underworld bends to your will. Well, it was time to put that theory to the test. If the underworld bended to my will, then I guess I should use it. I was going to send this guy to Tartarus.

"ENOUGH GAMES! I will kill you, you insolent little girl!" He yelled before charging at me, screaming with his flaming swords.

"You won't touch Jay where you're going." I muttered.

My body radiated black energy. The speed and quickness of my movements was unparalleled. He struck, but wherever he tried to strike, my blade was there. He couldn't get the step on me at all. Soon I gained the advantage. I forced him backwards, each strike became even harder. I brought down Nico's sword hard on his right side, and knocked one of his blades away. Then did the same with his other blade. I took a few steps back. The man was snarling, yelling profanities at me. I looked at him with my dark eyes, and envisioned him being sucked down into the pit.

"You won't harm Jay. You and your house. You will never get him, you won't harm the boy I love. You will have plenty of time to think on it, in Tartarus." I said looking calmly into his eyes.

"AHHHHHH!" I yelled slamming both of my blades into the ground.

The ground cracked open, and surged towards the man. Large ghostly hands, grabbed his legs, and drug him down. His eyes widened in fear, "NOOOO! I WILL NOT BE DEAFEATED BY A CHILD!" He screamed.

His legs went over the side and he clawed at the ground, but even more ghostly arms grabbed him by the waist. They drug him even further down no matter how hard he dug his fingers into the earth, it was against him. He was pulled, screaming and begging every god he could to save him. I knew none would answer. Just as his head and arms were about to be dragged under, he screamed one last thing to me.

"THE HOUSE WILL FIND JASON NICHOLSON! YOU CAN NOT SAVE HIM! THE HOUSE WILL FIND HIM, AND KILL HIM!" He screamed.

And those were the last words he said, before he was dragged down, down into Tartarus. The ground closed up, and it seemed as if nothing had happened. The aura of power around me disappeared, the ground under me stopped trembling. I felt my knees started to buckle, and it was like I had just been hit by a bug zapper, and all my energy was drained. I turned back to the group of Hunters and Campers.

Chiron was silent, just looked at me. Nobody cheered, and nobody asked me anything when I walked up to the group. I unstrapped Nico's sword from my belt and held it back out for him.

"Thanks for the save bro." I said with a weak smile.

He took it and nodded. The whole group was silent, until Beckendorf of all people broke the silence.

"Umm remind me, NEVER to make you angry." He said with a hint of amazement, the edges of his mouth trying not to smile.

Lucky for him Clarisse of all people started laughing. "HAHA! Bianca that was awesome! You straight drug him down into Tartarus! Beckendorf is right, remind me to NEVER make you angry!" She yelled in excitement

The cheer came all at once. Every camper and hunter cheered, the battle, this time, had really been won. The magicians were nowhere to be seen, and we hadn't suffered any casualties. While the celebration went on, I just stood there with a grin on my face. I was just glad Jay would be safe from the magicians now. Nico tugged on my shoulder and smiled at me.

"Jay would be proud of you, you know that right?" He told me.

That almost brought a tear to my eye. I nodded my head. "I hope he is, I'm just glad he won't have to worry about the magicians anymore." I said,

Before I could say anything else, everyone surrounded me. I was hoisted onto Beckendorf's shoulders. "Bianca, Bianca, Bianca!" They all cheered.

I couldn't help but smile even though I was all out of breath, and felt like I could pass out at any moment. It felt good to be recognized for once, I had trained all this time, and it was finally good to be able to do some good with my powers.

I yelled over to Nico. "Get an iris message to Jay! Tell him the magicians are taken care of!" I said happily.

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Jay's POV (1st person)

"So who's going to drive?" I asked holding the keys Mr. Chase had given us.

Mr. Chase had happily helped us. He gave us some supplies and offered us his car to get up to Mount Tam where Atlas was waiting for us. The closer we got to that mountain the more apprehensive I got. I was about to fight a Titan, willingly. Most people would think I was crazy. Which I probably was. Nobody in their right mind would go try to fight a Titan, especially Atlas, who was supposed to be the best warrior in the Titans army. He could probably kill me with one swing of his spear.

However I couldn't back down. The Titan had my mother trapped under the sky. Her power could only last so long, until she wasn't able to hold it anymore. I knew now that Atlas only lured my mom and captured Annabeth, to lure Percy, Annabeth, Thalia and I to him, so him and Luke could try to convince Thalia to kill the Ophiotaurus. It was an obvious trap, but I wouldn't let my mom suffer anymore.

She was the only family I had left. She was a goddess, she had the responsibility of controlling the moon and the forest. However she always found time to visit me in dreams, and remind me that she loves me, and promised that she would never treat me like the other gods treat their kids. She also said I would never have a sister, and that I was the only male she would ever love again, but I could forgive her for that.

Zoe snatched the car keys from my hand. "I'll drive." She said getting into the driver's seat.

I looked at her weirdly. "Zoe you're like 14." I said.

She reached up and smacked my arm. "I'm over 3,000 years old you idiot. Now come on we need to save Lady Artemis." She said opening the doors.

Thalia and Percy got in the back, while I got into the passenger seat next to Zoe. It was a silent ride to the mountain. I kept looked at Zoe who was getting paler as we got closer to the mountain. I knew what this was about. Zoe was a Hesperide, she used to guard the garden we had to cross. The garden of the Hesperides, it was guarded by Zoe's sisters and a 100 headed dragon we were about to have to get past. I would be just as nervous as her.

The sun began to go down, and I could hear Thalia and Percy in the back seat snoring now. It was about 8 o'clock. I couldn't blame the two of them, they would need some sleep before what we were about to do. I smiled happily when I saw the bright full moon rise over the horizon as we drove. The full moon gave me a massive advantage. I didn't know how well it would do against a Titan, but I just felt safer with the full moon. It also helped me stay wide awake.

I turned to Zoe, and sighed. "Zoe, why did you call me Jason earlier?" I asked.

She stiffened and kept her eyes on the road. "What do you mean?" She asked.

I put a hand on her shoulder. My silver eyes reflecting off the moon. "Zoe… looked I'm sorry. I'm sorry for how I've been." I told her.

She blinked a few times and sighed. "It's nothing Jason i-."

"Stop! Stop calling me Jason, you never call me Jason." I urged her

She readjusted herself. She sniffled and blinked more. "You have nothing to be sorry for Jay. It… it was my own fault, I'm a hunter of Artemis, I should've known we couldn't-." She cut herself off and looked at me for a second with tears forming in her eyes.

My heart sank down to the bottom of my stomach. Here Zoe was, willingly going on a quest where she knows she's probably going to die, and she was still here. I may have been pretty dense when it came to girls the last two years, and I probably still was. However it was clear what Zoe was telling me.

"Di…did… did you, um you know?" I asked her with my hands in my lap.

She placed both her hands on the wheel and didn't meet my gaze. She nodded her head ever so slightly. My heart tore into two pieces. How could I have done this to her? Maybe it's because she was my mother's lieutenant, and sworn to never love a boy. After that night we spent in the cave… I wasn't going to lie I felt something for her. However after we kissed that one time, we seemed to start growing apart.

"Zoe, I'm really sorry I-."

"Stop saying you're sorry Jay. Bianca is a wonderful girl, and besides, it was foolish of me to have those thoughts." She said as we started ascending the mountain.

Jeez, have I mentioned how I felt guilty? Yes, I did? Well still, it's true. I felt even worse considering how I saw Heracles break her heart all those years ago. "Zoe I um… had a dream the other night. You were in it, it was back before you became a hunter… it was when Heracles-."

A loud BOOOM cut me off. The car was blasted sideways into a tree! The car smacked into it, and I felt my head smack up against the roof of the car! Everything was black after that.

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My vision was blurry when I came to. I was being dragged backwards, and I could feel a huge bump on the top of my head.

"Come on Jay, we aren't dead yet! Come on man, we still got lots of life threating quest to go on!"

I blinked a few times, until I saw Percy's green eyes in my vision. I rubbed my head, and felt for my magician bag, which was still there, I couldn't have that going missing. I saw Thalia and Zoe looking over, wiping off their clothes from the wrecked car. It was absolutely destroyed, burnt to a crisp. Atlas must have not wanted us to go up his mountain.

"Ughh, I'm fine, is everyone okay?" I asked rubbing my eyes and head.

"We're fine, but we don't know what hit us! Someone was trying to vaporize us, luckily we're close to the garden." Thalia said.

I nodded and winced from the lump on my head. "Well, it was probably Atlas, or Kronos, someone trying to stop us. We're not stopping though. We're almost there, Zoe, are we really close to the garden?" I asked the huntress.

She nodded, her face was covered in soot, and she seemed ready to murder something. She started walking without a word and we followed. The closer we got to the mountain the more I could feel my staff in my magicians bag get hotter, and my apprehension rising. I mean, I was about to fight a titan, and Luke. As if the Titan wasn't bad enough. I needed to be careful he didn't try to sweet talk Thalia into joining his side again. I knew Thalis had a strong will, but I didn't know the extent of how close she and Luke were.

When we got to the garden, four girls leaped out of the trees bows drawn! They were pretty girls, with dark hair and obsidian eyes. I recognized them, they all looked like Zoe. Zoe was in front of us with a deadly calm look. My bow was out, and aimed, ready to fight if I needed.

"Hello sisters." Zoe said blandly.

The one in the front spoke. "We do not see a sister. We see three demi-gods, and a traitor. Now, turn back or we will be forced to summon Landon." She said bluntly.

Zoe shook her head. "Lady Artemis has been captured, I am not turning back. I will fight Father if I must, I am not leaving her there."

The Hesperide shook her head. "Well enjoy your demise then. We will let Landon deal with you. LANDON AWAKE!" She yelled before her and her sisters leaped back into the trees.

When I saw the 100 headed dragon, I almost ran. I always assumed the "100 heads" thing was just an exaggeration. It wasn't. It literally had 100 different snarling jaws. On instinct I launched an arrow after I regained myself. It lodged itself in one of its eyes, and I reached for my magic bag. I could use some lightning now.

Zoe held her arm out to stop us from advancing. "NO! Leave him be, I'll handle this." She said.

"Zoe no! That thing will kill you in a second!" I said grabbing her arm.

She looked at me, the look in her eyes was deadly. I knew better then to try and stop her, she was tired of the distractions. She was ready to find my mom, and so was I. She slowly approached the dragon, and started talking to it! She was somehow keeping it at bay. She kept talking about how she used to take care of the beast when she lived here. Her back hand made a gesture for us to hurry up and get across the garden, and I could see the entrance to where Atlas was. Where my mother was now.

She waved her hand for us to cross and Percy grabbed my arm and shook me. "Come on Jay! She'll be fine, Annabeth and Artemis are just ahead!" He said running with Thalia.

Just as we started to run the dragon roared. We ran across the garden and just as we got to the other side, Zoe flew past us, and landed hard on the ground.

"Zoe!" I yelled running over to her.

She had a wound on her shoulder, it was burning. Poison. "Zoe, that thing poisoned you, we need to get you help!" I urged helping her to her feet.

She winced at the pain in her shoulder. "No Jay. We're too close to Lady Artemis to turn back. I'll be fine, we're going in there now. Artemis and Annabeth are both waiting for us." She said.

"You know she's right Jay. We'll get some help after, besides the winter solstice meeting is tonight! In-case you forgot, your mother kinda needs to be there." Thalia reminded me.

I couldn't believe I forgot that! The gods only met twice a year, if one of them wasn't there, it would kinda cause a panic. I've been so focused on finding my mom, I completely forgot, that her disappearance has effected more than just me. Zoe grabbed my shoulder.

"I'll be all right Jay. Come one, she's just ahead." She said running towards the cave.

Thalia ran with her while I looked at Percy, he helped me to my feet and sighed. "Well, let's go, just another day in the lives of Jay and Percy." He said.

I nodded my head. "Come one, let's go save the day again." I said turning and running.

The inside of the cave was huge. I could see the moon from out of the top of it, with stalactites everywhere. A meeting table was in one corner. Then there it was, a huge black void of nothing. I never thought the sky would look like that. Underneath it, there she was.

"MOM!"I yelled dispelling my bow and running over to her.

The whole weight of the world was on her back. Her shoulder we black with bruises, and cuts were all over her face. Her silver eyes were glossed over, and her raven hair was mangled and everywhere.

"Mom… mom it's me Jay. Come on, look at me!" I urged.

I held her face examining it, trying to see how bad it was. She groaned what made me jump. She looked at me, and instead of looking happy to see me, the strained look on her face seemed to grow to one of horror.

"No… Jay. Leave now… it… it's a trap." She croaked out.

I sighed. "I know it's a trap, I am going to get you out of here." I told her.

"HAHAHA Very brave young one. I have admired that about you." A voice bellowed.

"Jay!" Percy said pulling me up.

I looked over, and the first person I saw was Luke. He held his sword backbiter in one hand, on the other he had Annabeth. Her hair was in tatters and had a gag in her mouth. She was thrashing furiously but Luke had a firm grip on her. She had a pleading look in her eyes, she wanted to get unbound so she could fight. Next to him was Atlas. A large sharp spear in his hands, with shimmering golden armor. He had Zoe's obsidian eyes, and looked amused.

"YOU! You're gonna pay for putting my mom under here!" I said stepping forward.

My white staff floated from my bag into my hand and elongated. My dagger was in my other hand, and my silver eyes started flaring. Percy drew riptide, while Zoe pulled out her bow. Thalia looked at look with a murderous gaze, and summoned her spear and aegis.

The general laughed. "Hahaha! You are very brave young Jason. It's a shame, you would've made a good soldier in Kronos's army, having the first ever son of Artemis on our side would have been an advantage. However, I am sorry, but the Titan lord ordered your death himself. A Greek and Egyptian hybrid could interfere with his plans. Nothing personal, just duty." He said as if this fight wasn't going to be a problem.

"No father, you will harm him, and you will release Lady Artemis from the sky and take your place, or be forced under. It's your choice." Zoe said aiming her bow.

Atlas's eyes flickered with rage. "Ah, my traitorous daughter, you will die as well. I am sorry, you were my daughter once, not anymore though." He said.

My rage was boiling now, hearing him talk and looking at my mother the way she was. I stepped forward, my staff flickered with red lightning, and an aura of moonlight began to glow around me, I was radiating power. I dropped my dagger when moonlight began to swirl in my hand.

It was an ability I had used before, but not for a while. This ability was my most powerful as a child of Artemis. When my anger or emotions reached a high, I could channel the complete power of the moon into my palm. The more I focused, and more powerful my emotions became, the larger the power of the blast would become. The ball of moonlight began to swirl all around my arm and down my body. It would be a beautiful sight if a giant explosion didn't follow whatever I hit with it. I stepped forward, as more moonlight and red lightning sparked from my body. Around me something started to swirl. Was that… sand?

I didn't have time to worry. "ATLAS! YOU ARE GOING BACK WHERE YOU BELONG! You are going to get my mom out from under there, free Annabeth and STAY WHERE YOU BELONG!"I screamed his way.

The Titan just shook his head. My random sandstorm, lightning, and moon magic probably looked like nothing to the 15 feet tall Titan. "Such a shame, such potential has gone to waste. Well then, COME AT ME SON OF ARTEMIS! SHOW ME THE COMBINED POWER OF GREECE AND EGYPT!" He yelled surging with energy.

And after that, it was on.

A:N) Woah… that was intense. I'm sorry for the cliffhanger guys, but I have to keep you guys coming back to read xD

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Soooo what did you guys think of this chapter? How did you like Bianca absolutely destroying that magician? Do you think Jay will beat Atlas on his own? Or do you think Artemis will come out from under the sky and beat Atlas? OR do you think Artemis will come out, and she and Jay will take him out together!?

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