~Author's Notes~ Okay so it's twist time! Remeber. Piper (not McLean), daughter of Demeter is my OC for Connor. Luna, daughter of Hermes, is also and OC who is engaged to Malcolm (Annabeth's brother). And Charles and Silena are alive so all you Charles + Silena lovers. . . go nuts.

All the girls had their hair in braids and pony tails and lots of armor on just like the boys. Everybody had their weapons drawn and were practicing with other people. We were going over the plans again. Everybody liked their understood everything which made everything easier. I couldn't take my mind off of Twig and I'm pretty sure Annabeth couldn't either. Or Nico with Bianca.

We all started to huddle into the Delphi Strawberry trucks. Everybody was pretty quiet except for the Hermes kids trying to crack some jokes. The only reason why we laughed was becuase they were so stupid and corny, like most Hermes jokes. Though it was better than the Apollo kids imitating their dad and repeating their lame haikus over and over and over and-well. You get the point.

We stood in the lobby of the Empire State Building for a few minutes for preparations and once again, reviews of jobs. Silena prepped her make up to make sure she would pick a pretty distraction. Katie, Juniper, and Piper made sure they could still summon the plants and Grover made sure he had all his reed pipes prepped and ready to go.

Travis, Connor, Luna, and Chris checked their pockets and made sure they had all their tools. Hair pins, screw driver, and all the other stuff to pick locks along with the Jaws of Life Luna stole from the police a few years back. They were going to make sure Bianca and Twig got out of their cell and got safely back to the trucks where Argus would gaurd them.

Annabeth and Malcolm got everybody into a huddle so they could go over their plans, blueprints, and strategize. Nico kept his laptop with him at all times. Thalia sat beside him staring at a little black dot moving back and forth. "What is Luke doing?" Thalia asked.

Nico replied, "Pacing I guess."

"Where is he?" I asked.

"He's moved to a different place in Olympus that I've never even noticed." Nico said, his eyebrows knitting together. Annabeth crouched behind Nico and started looking at the laptop screen.

"I don't have a clue of where that is," Annabeth said. "But it looks like it's beside the palace of Nemisis."

"She has a palace?" I asked.

"It's a new feature." We went to the elevators, half of us going up and then waiting for the rest.

I stood in front of all them and remembered the last time I had fought in a big battle. "So is everybody ready?"

"YEAH!"

"FOR OLYMPUS?"

"FOR OLYMPUS!" We all started running, Nico guideing us to where we would find Luke.

We walked towards the palace of Nemesis. As we got closer, we noticed a small house type building sitting a few feet away from it. We tried to open the door, but it was locked. Over the doorknobs was one of those locks on your high school locker, but MUCH bigger. "Travis? Connor?" They shrugged and so did Chris. Luna pushed through them.

"Step aside, boys, and let me show ya how it's done." Luna cracked her knuckles and pressed her ear to the lock. She started turning it and within a few seconds, she was trying to lift it. "Um...help!" Malcolm and I ran and got it from her. I quietly opened the door. It was a lot bigger on the inside than it was on the outside. Halls twisted and turned and went in every direction. A million doors lined the walls. One door at the far end of the hallway was shut, but light shined through the crease at the bottom. We all walked along the walls, being as quiet as possible. Everybody had their swords and daggers drawn, ready to jump into battle.

We lined the door. I counted to three on my fingers. Everybody bust through the door. Luke and Ethan were standing in the middle of the room, as if they were waiting for us. "I told you they would come, Ethan." Luke said, smiling.

"How did you know?" Thalia asked. As a reply, Luke took the tracking device off of his shirt and flicked it to the corner of the room.

"Dang it!" Nico shouted. Luke stood up and pulled Backbiter, ready to fight. We all eased closer, causiously. Luke whistled and a flood of monsters entered the room and the battle began. Everyone was fighting a different person. As a squared off with a dracanea (which are extremely overpopulated), I saw the Hermes kids sneak out of the room to find where the were keeping Twig and Bianca. When we were our armies were getting about half and half I went to find Luke.

I trapped him in the corner. I held my sword to his neck. "Your wasting you time, Percy."

"I'm not falling for that." I said, inching closer.

"Oh but I'm not lieing." he said. Then, something that shocked everyone happened. The door, that I hadn't noticed was closed, burst open and a breeze of cold air swung in and time seemed to slow down. Someone stepped into the doorway. He had greyish skin, gold eyes, and a smirk on his face. Kronos.