Emily turned to the door as Rachel said that and than the door was throw open and there stood a ghost with mist rolling off of him. She could see the look on Daedalus that told her that this was Minos, the one who made Daedalus build the labyrinth in the first place. But he looked solid now, there was a couple of Laistrygonians. Trapped and chained between the toe was Nico, Bianca looked worried when she had saw him. Emily couldn't blame, somehow Emily figured that Nico was tricked in someway most likely because of Bianca. As the one she-demon spoke with Daedalus and Minos, as they spoke that Rachel had pointed out the wings and there was about the total of seven.
Percy had told Rachel to get them, that was all hades broke lose, for Percy and Annabeth started fighting the monsters. Emily, Thalia, Hannah and Bianca joined in, however Bianca had went over to Nico and unchained him. While Minos was telling the monsters to kill Daedalus, however Mrs. O'Leary was protecting him and he was fighting as well. Mrs. O'Leary had an arm of one of the giants and Daedalus had tried to get hai sword after he hit one of the giants with a loose piece of wood but the giant smashed the workbench causing the sword to fly away. Thankfully that was when things started to go their way. For that was when Minos had made the stupidest mistake in his life, even after death.
"To me! Spirits of the dead!" Minos had raised his hands and the air had started to him around him,
"No!" Nico had cried and he was up on his feet with Bianca next to him.
"You do not control me, young fool. All this time, I have been controlling you! A soul for a soul, yes. But it is not your half sister who will return from the dead. It is I, as soon as I slay the inventor!" Spirits started to form around Minos as he spoke, Emily bit her lip and was hoping that Bianca or Nico would do something.
"I am the son of Hades. Be gone!" Minos had laughed when Nico had said that, that laughed made it clear that Minos was really stupid to Emily. Minos should know at Nico had power over the dead and Minos was still died and hasn't raised up yet.
"You have no power over me. I am the lord of spirits! The ghost king!"
"No. I am." Nico had draw his sword from his belt and he stabbed his sword into the floor. The sword had cleaved though the stone like butter
"Never!" As Minos said that, that Emily notice that his form was starting to ripple and Emily smiled as she saw that. "I will not - " but Minos was unable to finish for a void appeared below Minos and his spirits making them go down below to the underworld of where they belong. Despite that, that the fight was still going on, Emily used her power over plants and used the poppy to toss the sword to Daedalus so he could join in the fight. Daedalus had caught be sword and nodded to Emily and who merely saluted at him of which he shook his head and smiled. Thalia and the others had went to over the wings while Emily had ran over to where Daedalus was and cut off the head of one of the giants.
"Cut off one head." Daedalus smiled and cut off the head of the other giant.
"Two more shall appear." Emily could hear more monsters coming, Emily grasp her sword tightly as Daedalus had spoke.
"Let's find two more." Before they could move that Thalia had spoke.
"Come on!"
"Go on, I am not going to leave Mrs, O'Leary behind."
"And I am not going to leave a soldier behind to fight by himself." Thalia looked a little worried for Emily. "We will be fine, Thalia. I had fought in a HYDRA base with only my uncle and this time I have a hellhound." Just than more monsters had come pouring into the work shop. "Go, Thalia."
Thalia and the others had left by jumping, however Percy and Bianca had to force Thalia to go. Mostly due to Thalia's fear of height and she was sure a small part was due to the fact Emily was staying behind. Daedalus and Emily had pushed though the monsters with the help of Mrs. O'Leary, Emily kept using her powers to help with the fight. Than all the sudden there was rocks coming from the doorway, the monsters scattered and ran. Most of them had left the workshop, Daedalus and Emily remained waiting to see if anyone would enter the workshop. Sure enough someone entered he workshop and Emily was surprised by of who entered and she had dropped her sword. For it was a Hekatonkniere, Emily wasn't sure of which it was than till the Daedalus had spoke.
"Which one are you?"
"I am Briares. You are Daedalus?" Daedalus had nodded.
"What brings you here?"
"I was offered to help the gods earlier by some demigods but I had refused because of how lonely I had been. But after they left that I felt bad and I didn't want to be lonely any more." Emily had step forward and looked between the two of them and spoke.
"Let's get to camp, we can help camp with their defense." Both Briares and Daedalus had agreed to that, Daedalus was about ready to leave but he stopped and pick up a laptop and the three of them and Mrs. O'Leary had left the workshop as the fire started to overtake the workshop.
After who knows of how long, They had reached the labyrinth entrance that lead into camp and the entrance was already open. Mrs. O'Leary was the first one out, than Daedalus, than Briares and Emily was the last one out of the labyrinth. Emily watched as Mrs. O'Leary had jumped at Kampe sending Kampe sideways, Briares had send rocks towards Kampe. So that in no time she the only thing left was the two swords that Kampe had with her to fight. Emily had notice the howling commandos and the hunters fighting in the battle, Emily was about ready to join them when she heard the most awful and terrible sound that she ever heard. It made all the monsters go back into the labyrinth, Emily had to cover her ears when the sound was made. She only removed her hands when the last of the monsters had went though the entrance.
"Elizabeth!" Emily had turned around and saw her uncle running over to her, Emily RNA over to him and he hugged her. "When the others had got to the camp and brought you I thought you were died." The howling commandos had come over as well and her uncle had let to of her when the howling commandos had reached them.
"I am fine, uncle."
"What happened?"
"What happened that she had lived though World War II." Compared to most of the campers and the howling commandos, his wounds were not bad. Apparently his automaton body heals rather quickly of which explains of why he was never wounded badly in the war. All of them turned towards the voice and Daedalus was standing there and it was James who spoke first.
"Colonel Phillips, how is that you are alive?"
"He is a machine with a human soul that's how." The howling commandos had looked over at Emily when she had said that. Daedalus had smiled when she had said that.
"That is very true. I had been doing hat for two thousand years."
"Two thousand years."
"Yes." Daedalus had walked over to where Emily was with Mrs. O'Leary just behind him, Mrs. O'Leary had bounded over to her and licked her face. Emily petted Mrs. O'Leary when she had bounded over to Emily while he howling commandos had back away from Mrs. O'Leary. "Elizabeth, I know you found her during the year that you were part of the howling commandos and that you like her and I know she likes you. So I want you to keep her."
"But Daedalus-"
"Daedalus? You're Daedalus?" Daedalus had looked over at James when James had said that.
"I am indeed."
"But you are suppose to be died."
"That was just one of the rumors that was spread about me in two thousand years." Daedalus had looked back over at Emily. "Let me guess of what you were going to say that she is my pet."
"Yes. So why give her to me?"
"Emily I had told you about the labyrinth when you had found me and what it can do. You have seen the labyrinth yourself. It needs to be destroyed." Emily understood what he was getting at, Emily had looked at Mrs. O'Leary.
"I will looked after her. I am sure that the hunters would enjoy having her around." It was than Nico, Percy and Annabeth had walked over to where Daedalus was and he turned to face them. Emily noticed that Annabeth had the laptop that Daedalus had grabbed before they had left the workshop. Percy had spoke up.
"Daedalus, the Titan army is still down there. Even without the string, they'll be back. They'll find a way sooner or later, with Kronos leading them." Daedalus had put his sword away as Percy spoke and he had looked at Percy as he said that.
"You are right. As long as the Labyrinth is here, your enemies can use it. Which is why the Labyrinth cannot continue." Annabeth had looked shock and surprised when Daedalus had said that.
"But you said the Labyrinth is tied to your life force! As long as you're alive - "
"Yes, my young architect. WhenI die, the Labyrinth will die as well."
"But you can't kill yourself, it's wrong."
"Not as wrong as hiding for two thousand years or for most of two thousand years." Than Daedalus had looked over at Nico. "Will you take my soul for ransom, then? You could use it to reclaim your half sister."
"No, I will help you release your spirit. But my half sister has passed. She must stay where she is."
"Well done, son of Hades. You are becoming wise." Daedalus had looked over at Emily. "Take care of her, Elizabeth."
"I will."
"Then I am ready to see my son...and Perdix. I must tell them how sorry I am." Annabeth looked like she was going to cry, Emily could understand what it was like to someone that related to oneself or someone that one looked up to. Daedalus had turned towards Nico, Nico had Drew his sword, Emily wasn't worried that Nico would kill him. All a child of hades had to do was tell the soul to be released and it would be released from the body.
"Your time is long since come. Be released and rest." A smile appeared on Daedalus' face, he had froze like a statue. His skin had become transparent so that everyone could see the parts that made up Daedalus' automation body. The statue had than turned gray ash and disintegrated before their eyes, Mrs. O'Leary had howled and Emily had patted her head. The earth was rumbling under their feet, Emily knows that it was the labyrinth being destroyed. After the rumbling had finished that Percy had spoke.
"Come on, we have work to do."
That night that they had did the usual Burial Shrouds. A couple of hunters died as well as a couple of the howling commandos, the howling commandos that died had similar shrouds as one of the sons of Apollo. The hunters had silver shrouds, Emily watched as the shrouds were burned, Emily hated it when the body was in the shroud. After the burning that Emily had went to the beach and walked along the sandy beach, after the war, she had thought she had seen a lot. But it seems like a demigod's, included a hunter, life was unpredictable. Emily had put her hands in his pocket, just as she did that, that she had heard a voice behind her.
"You have much to hunk about with what happen today."
