Hey there readers I am super super sorry that I haven't updated in so long and that this chapter is super short school just really got in the way and well I am so sorry please find it in you to forgive me.

Don't own percy jackson at all :'(

Chapter 11: The Winning Move in a Sick and Twisted Game of Egyptian Chess

Jayden ran through the mass of demigods, Egyptian, Roman, and Greek not really caring who was who. He had only one thing in mind and that was to find Isabelle before Seth did. He ran past his Roman siblings and let out a string of curses that were lost in the ruckus, he hated that Seth had singled Isabelle out that her life was in more danger than the others. He slammed his shield into an Egyptian and when he stumbled toward him again Jayden kicked him so hard that he skidded back into a wall with a sickening crunch.

"Jay where are you going?" Josie asked as she caught up with him.

"To find Isabelle." He said picking up the pace and wishing that Josie would leave him alone.

Josie rolled her eyes and said, "I don't think this is the time for your love life. If you hadn't noticed we're in the middle of a war."

"Seth's after her and I need to get to her before he does." Jayden said not wanting to think about what would happen if he didn't find Isabelle before Seth. "You can handle things here without me, right?"

"Um—yeah of course." Josie said turning around and heading back into the worst part of the fight.

He ran and didn't look back because if he did he would be more than a little tempted to go back and help her and her troops. He thought about Aery, Beck, Tristan, Jesse, Nico, Annabeth, and Percy and wondered how they were holding up, he shook his head trying to convince himself that they were all okay. He knew that personal loyalty was his flaw—Isabelle had been right he'd give his own life to save his friends—and they knew it too and were using it against him efficiently.

He skidded to a stop as the world before him disappeared and was replaced by a sight equally as populated by demigods engaged in battle. He hated it when he was shown flashes of events yet to come by Shai. His breath caught in his throat when he saw Isabelle slumped in a corner of a fancy room chains preventing her from moving. She looked up and glared at the blond haired man that had entered the room, Ra. The scene shifted and he saw the throne room of the gods in ruins, Set standing in the middle and Osiris sitting in Zeus's throne. Osiris kicked something and Jayden heard Isabelle scream, he hadn't noticed she was in the room. He looked at her, she was crying heavily. The scene before him faded out and his eyes widened as he realized that he was blindly fighting off some Egyptians, Huh my body's acting on it's own, I wonder if that's part of the curse. Focus Jay, focus, you have to find Isabelle before Seth does and hands her over to Ra. Okay so how is Ra back? Don't have a clue. Set and Osiris in Olympus and that body at Osiris's feet, does that mean we fail? Prophecies can be interpreted many different ways and the future can be altered.

Jayden thanked Ike and his siblings for taking over his fight, apparently Josie had gotten the word out to her troops that Jayden needed to get out of the battle. He ran deeper into the city, closer to the Empire State Building keeping his eyes open for any sign of Isabelle or Seth. He headed in the direction where the archers were stationed, he did a quick scan of the archers and found Jesse among them but not Isabelle. He felt his heartbeat quicken and he was gasping for breath, he was on the verge of a panic attack. Breathe Jayden, in and out, in and out. He managed to calm himself down enough to go join the archers.

"What are you doing here Jayden?" Lilynette asked as she pulled the string back and a white arrow of solar light appeared. "Are you okay, you don't look too good?"

"Where's Isabelle?" he asked scanning the archers for her once again.

"She's with Thalia's group." Lilynette said pointing to the west side of the Empire State Building. "You look seriously freaked Jay, is everything alright?"

Jayden ignored her as he took off running in the opposite direction. He had to get to Isabelle, he had to keep what he saw from happening.

With Isabelle…

Isabelle loaded another arrow into her bow and aimed it at Seth's knee. An evil grin spread across his face when she released, he pointed his finger and a bolt of solar energy disintegrated her arrow just as it was going to hit its target. She took a couple steps back and her brown eyes widened in horror when she realized that she was cornered.

"There's nowhere to run and no one is coming to save you." Seth said disintegrating another volley of her arrows. He stalked toward her and the way he moved reminded her of a lion hunting it's prey. He ripped her bow out of her hands and snapped it in half. "Your is the key to ending this war, our winning move in this game."

"Huh?" She asked thinking of a way to get away from him.

"We have won this war." He said hitting her head with one of the pieces of her broken bow. "Jayden will die at Osiris's feet and Olympus will come crumbling down."

The smug expression on his tanned face was the last thing Isabelle saw before she lost consciousness.

With Jayden…

"Are you sure that Momma Izzy's in trouble?" Aery asked for the hundredth time since he found her, Beck, and Tristan. "Seth's just messing with you to throw you off."

"No he's not but it is throwing me off." Jayden said as they ran through the west side searching every nook and cranny for Isabelle. "I've seen the flashes of the future and if we don't find her soon well this can all end badly."

"That's a bit of an understatement." Beck said.

Tristan stopped abruptly at the sight of something silver lying in the alley. Jayden and the others stopped as Tristan walked into the alley. He picked up the broken bow and shuddered at the sight of a puddle of blood. "Jay I think we may be too late."

He handed Jayden the half of the bow that wasn't drenched in Isabelle's blood. "We're going to Olympus."

"Why?" Aery said fighting back tears. Tristan gave her a sympathetic look and clapped her on the shoulder.

"Well we need to save the world and get Momma Izzy back." Tristan said in the softest voice Jayden had ever heard him talk in. "Plus that's where all the action is anyway."

Jayden nodded and led the way back to the Empire State Building. My body is the one that was at Osiris's feet. Jayden didn't tell his friends that this trip would probably be the last one they took together, he didn't want to tell them that he was going to die just like the prophecy said he would. He couldn't let them focus on saving him when they had to continue on after he was gone to save the world.

To Be continued...

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