Author's Note: And it's on! Kronos and Percy are at it again, with a lot of help from Barry, of course. Read and review!

As I charged him, Kronos stood with difficulty and drew his sword. I feinted at his head before going down to the legs, but Kronos blocked my strike. Even in his weakened state, he had thousands of years of experience, and Luke's skill with a sword.

We fought wildly for a matter of minutes, but it exhausted both Luke and I. I say Luke because while Kronos was in control, it was Luke who was swinging the sword. Eventually, Kronos realized, Duh, I have fire powers.

He blasted me with flames, and from above Annabeth screamed in horror. But I regained my feet quickly. Although my clothes were singed, I was unharmed. I remembered the Telkhines under Mt. St. Helens, saying, "Your father's nature protects you, makes you hard to burn." I guess that applied to fire as well as lava.

I crossed swords with Kronos once more, and just for a moment, Luke regained control. There was a silent message in his eyes. Kill me, they begged. Let it end.

Then Kronos roared, stamping his foot. Naturally, a wave of pure force blasted me back. Why is it that all Titans can do that? Kronos bellowed again, this time throwing his hands out to either side.

My friends and I were all thrown back by flame and sheer power as Kronos expelled his anger. The hurricane dissipated, and Barry, poor well-meaning Barry, got up and tried to create it again. Kronos blasted him with fire.

Things had gone from bad to worse. I was getting ready to make my most desperate move when a small kitten fell out of the sky and landed on Kronos's face.

You think I'm kidding? I'm not. The little calico kitten scratched at the Titan lord's face until Kronos threw it off him. The kitten landed about six feet away with an indignant, Mrrow!

Then it got weirder, of course. The kitten grew in size until it was a skeletal sabertooth tiger. As it charged Kronos, Annabeth and I exchanged disbelieving glances.

"Small Bob?" I asked softly. The cat turned to me and dipped its head in acknowledgement. "But that means…"

Annabeth and I looked up in the direction Small Bob had come from. On top of a large skyscraper, we could see a ten foot silver figure with wild hair and dressed in a janitor's uniform. "BOB!" we cried in unison.

"Friends!" Bob called as he leaped down the to ground.

I'd never been so happy to see a Titan, except when Bob rescued us in Tartarus. "Don't worry, I will keep him down!" Bob leaped into battle, spearhead jutting out of his broom. "SWEEP!" he bellowed.

Bob quickly engaged the Lord of Time. It made a huge difference having a Titan on our side, but it wasn't enough. Bob was badly outmatched, what with his not being previous King of the Universe, and Thalia, Annabeth, Barry, and I were all tiring out.

I glanced up at Annabeth. Despite the wings, which would have looked ridiculous on anyone else, she seemed beautiful and powerful. "I'm sorry," I murmured, although I doubted she could hear. "I promised I would never...but I have to."

As Kronos advanced, I closed my eyes, stretching my arms wide. I could feel the ocean with me wherever I went. I felt the water. It was everywhere, even inside people. I remembered the feeling of power I had at the edge of Chaos.

Looking within, I saw that the glass ball I had felt break in Tartarus was still there. A little smoother, but still sharp as a knife. I was the ocean.

My eyes flew open just as Kronos was about to bring his sword down on my head. I controlled the water inside him and choked him. "I'm sorry," I whispered again. I watched impassively as he stumbled back, gasping for air, but I couldn't stop now. I had to finish it.

Barry's POV

I stared at the charging metahuman, waiting for Percy to do something. Or waiting for Percy's giant, silver friend to stop Kronos. But Percy just stood there, and the ten-foot janitor was on the ground. As Cronuts, sorry Kronos, was about to kill Percy, Percy's shut eyes opened.

All of a sudden, time seemed to slow around Percy, but not like Kronos had done. This was more reassuring, like seeing palm trees wave in the wind or watching a wave break in slow motion. Percy's hand was extended toward Kronos, and Kronos seemed to be struggling to get air.

"Cisco, hack the security feeds. You've got to see this," I commanded slowly.

I heard clicking sounds as Cisco typed in commands. When they stopped, I heard Cisco and Caitlin inhale quickly.

"What is that?" Cisco demanded. I imagined him leaning as close to the screen as he could get. "The Jedi chokehold? The Force is strong with that one! And who's the janitor?"

"Cisco, this is serious," Caitlin scolded. "Can't you see how disturbing that is? I was never sure about how much we should trust these demigods, but this is on a completely different level than what I imagined. How on Earth are we supposed to trust them?"

"I think we should trust them more," I speculated. "I mean, they had these amazing powers we didn't know about. They could have killed us as soon as they saw us, but they didn't."

"What are you doing just standing around?" Cisco yelled. "Go help him!"

"Oh, yeah." I dashed over to where Percy was still surrounded by eerily slow wind. Kronos lay dead on the ground. "You can stop now, Percy," I told him casually.

But Percy didn't stop. If anything, he only started to use his powers more.

"Loyalty," he boomed in a voice like a hundred waves breaking at once. "They said loyalty would be my doom. But they were wrong." His gaze turned to me. "It will be yours."

Against my better judgement, I looked into his eyes. Immediately, it was like I was in the ocean. Waves were pounding me on all sides. The wind roared in my ears. Then, I blinked and I was back in Central City.

"What the…" I trailed off as Percy's wild gaze focused on me.

"You will suffer in the future. Better to die here."

And suddenly, I couldn't breathe.