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EDIT: Alright, so I kinda forgot that Zeus was away, (sorry for that) so I edited the reinforcements part. It won't do much difference, but I did it just to settle future questions and clear it up.

Chapter 12

This was the only time that he wished for his best friend's power over flight.

Okay, this was one of the times.

But, wait. If he was falling right now, possibly down a hundred feet, yards, whatever; how will they be able to survive? Falling that far down to water is deadly enough, so how about a hard, rocky and jagged ground to fall onto, probably studded with a few deadly pointed stalagmites?

He shuddered at the thought.

Leo needed to think fast. He surely knows that Clarisse won't be able to soften her fall in any way, provided that the worthless war god doesn't have any powers. And if he had heard correctly, Percy was said to have defeated Ares at twelve. Annabeth said that she was there; she'd seen it, so he had no doubts.

Although, he doesn't know how Abby is going to save herself. Does Aether have power over air? He wasn't sure. The mythology classes don't exactly include primordial gods.

Then he had an idea. He's still not certain whether it was going to end up good for him and them, like Super Leo to the rescue. He had learned it from a cartoon (yeah, 517 and still on cartoons) which was gods damned awesome. Hopefully the trick'll work before they become Team Leo Bits.

He turned to the direction of his screaming companions, such because it was already too deep and dark to see. He lit his hands and feet on fire, and charged towards them. Yeah, he was now a freaking spaceship. Or pitship. Oh darn, that sounded wrong.

He slammed into a burly shape, and identified it as Clarisse. The fire seemed too far away from him to provide him light. He had needed them outstretched backwards. He boosted his fire and charged again, this time holding on to the daughter of the war god. There was suddenly a bright flash in front of him and he was temporary blinded.

Abby screamed and tried to summon some light, but the surface was too far. She could hear Clarisse screaming as well, but not Leo. What in Hades happened to that crazy guy? She then heard her peer stop screaming. Oh no, what happened to her?

She then felt a presence charging towards her. She thought of it as a monster. She mustered up her powers and energy and transferred them to the left hand, outstretched it, and released. There was a bright flash.

"What the Hades were you thinking?!"

"I'm really sorry, I didn't know!"

"Now look, the guy landed on his head apparently because of you."

"I didn't know, really! I swear! What was he doing, anyway?"

"Saving you, smartass."

"Argh!"

Before Clarisse could make a retort, a muffled groan drew their attention to the now conscious boy lying down on the cave floor. Abby helped him up while Clarisse was warily looking around for enemies.

"Ugh," Leo groaned out, "What happened?"

Abby opened her mouth to speak but Clarisse beat her to it. "Basically, we were falling and you were trying to save Aria here, who so wisely chose to blind you instead."

"I said I was sorry!"

"Nah, it's fine," he waved his hand dismissively, before standing up, taking in his surroundings. "How are we alive?"

"I guess it's some kind of magic," Abby guessed, in which Clarisse rolled her eyes at the obvious statement. "So no one gets killed in the fall. So no one escapes unless you go out the hard way."

"The hard way," Leo repeated, and his eyes widened. "The Doors of Death?"

Abby rolled her eyes and shook her head. "It's too dangerous, letting out all the monsters and all. And besides, the easier way is to free the gods first, then they'll flash us out of here." Leo face-palmed at that. "We aren't going anywhere for a while."

Clarisse drew her spear. "What did dead boy say again?" she asked her quest companions. "'There are no stairs, and...' What?"

"'And no signs to help you on the crossroads,'" the daughter of Aether continued for her. "I still don't know what that means. But I think Nico is-" she stopped abruptly. Her eyes widened. She summoned her bow and quiver on her back. She took the bow, while Leo yet again pulled out a hammer. He didn't blaze it up, because that needs too much energy, and there was enough light to see anyway.

Abby turned quickly to her companions. "Run."

A bush rustled just after the three people who bid good luck to the teenagers left the scene. A cloaked figure slowly rose from it, its eyes discoloring from a glowing blue to a dull grey. The hood above its head hid its face in the shadows. It checked if the coast was clear, then turned back to its companion, who was also in a black cloak like itself. It approached her and disappeared in a blanket of shadows.

They reappeared in the middle of an abandoned warehouse. Monsters turned to them surprised but bowed their heads respectfully. They nodded in acknowledgement and headed straight to a closed door which was previously a storage room. Sixteen cots were lied in an orderly row with eight on either side of the room, one currently occupied. They hurried to the lone cot.

Omega had woken up with a throbbing head. He groaned and sat up, clutching his head in one hand while balancing himself with the other. It was pointless, however, when a blur of black tackled him back to lying down. His head hit a rather firm surface, and he groaned in pain. Dianne squeaked in surprise and jumped off him.

Omega once again opened his eyes, and he saw two people towering over him. One had a worried expression, and the other had a small smile showing relief. He sat again with the help of the daughter of Artemis. She asked if he was okay, and he replied that he indeed was, better than before he went unconscious.

"What happened?" he asked eventually.

Kaemon spoke up for the first time they rushed in the infirmary. "We should be the one asking you that, actually." Seeing the raised eyebrow, he sighed and explained. "There was a council meeting among the counselors when we spotted you falling; in fact, it was before it even started."

"Falling?" he inquired confusedly. The two assassins nodded. "Why was I- oh..," he began but then he felt another throbbing pain in his head, followed by an ominous voice.

You shall learn of the mistakes that will change your life… and when you figure it out, it will be too late.

He realized that his hand was holding on to his head, and his friends' hands put themselves on his shoulders to comfort him. He shook his head to lessen the painful feeling.

"What are you feeling?" Kaemon asked as he left his commander's side to grab a flask of nectar from the bedside table. He offered it to him who accepted graciously.

"My head hurts." He took a small sip and the headache disappeared completely. He gave it back to his soldier and laid back down. "And I'm tired. How's your mission?"

Dianne shrugged. "Oh, it's going great," she replied nonchalantly before her eyes zoomed into Omega's, and it almost scared the crap out of him. "Tell us what happened, mister, and don't you dare stray from the subject."

And so he explained everything that he had heard when he was patrolling above the camp. He never left out a single thing, although he did try to take the subject off of him, which gave him two punches to the gut.

"So yeah, that's what I heard," he concluded as he looked at them expectantly for an input.

Kaemon had assumed a thinking pose, while Dianne was incredulous as ever. "And you believe that?" she asked in disbelief. "Come on Omega, I knew you were stronger than that! Act like it!"

"I know, but it was-"

"Your conscience, you, I don't care, don't believe those!" the daughter of Artemis exclaimed. "They're probably a trick from one of those gods you spared. I knew it, all Olympians are the same, wanting the power for themselves. Was it female? Was it Artemis?"

Omega was about to reply when Kaemon cut in. "Shush, Dianne," he chided. "Don't pressure him."

The daughter of Artemis huffed indignantly but obeyed. The son of Bia turned to his superior. "Firstly, do you believe it?"

"Well no-"

"You better not!" Dianne interrupted but was silenced by a glare from her temporary partner in crime. Omega continued, "No, of course not. I only realized this now, but I think it was tormenting me."

Kaemon nodded. "Can you place the voice?" he inquired carefully. "It might've been lying about being your conscience."

The commander shook his head no. Kaemon sighed and nodded. "Okay then, just don't believe any of that anymore. Don't let it get to you, either. It might be your downfall."

Omega nodded and gestured for them to give their reports. The two straightened obediently and spoke in a clear voice about what had happened recently.

-*Meanwhile*-

Lee was instructing the Athena and Apollo kids in archery when a giant gleaming warship floated into their view. In an instant, the bows were aimed in that way defensively. The warship was made of a silver metal and another that could be made out as Imperial Gold. A huge white flag was used as their sail, indicating a 'peace' sign.

He immediately dismissed the class and rushed to the beach, where they were found descending atop the waves. A long and wide plank that looked like iron was launched between the rails and the shores, making an effective bridge for the passengers of the massive ship to walk through.

First came out Jason, or Jace as he called him. No, not the Roman praetor Jason, if you know what I mean. For hopeless people out there, it's Jason, the Greek, the Argonaut. He walked off the plank and stepped in front of Lee, who had pushed himself through the gathered crowd. Several hundred more warriors unloaded from the warship, leaving most of the campers who liked to read the myths gaping.

There was Tony- no, Theseus. He stepped beside Jason. More ancient Greek heroes were recognized; Achilles (his heel was clean), Perseus (the original), Heracles (who had changed for the better), Orion (his archery skills evaporated a bit in exchange for water powers), Odysseus (who has hated horses ever since), Orpheus (who needed someone to watch his back every time), Diomedes (his ego inflated), and a few Greek heroines as well, like Atalanta (she runs as fast as a high speed horse), Andromeda (as beauteous as ever), Deianeira (forever wife of Heracles), Asteria (an Amazon who had hated her killer for life, which is to say, eternally); and many others.

As the warriors filled the beach, Jason gestured his companions for order before he faced Lee, and bowed respectfully. The other warriors followed his lead. A hand gripped his shoulder which righted him to the correct angle. Lee spoke to him, laughter twinkling in his eyes. "I didn't know you were dramatic, Jace."

The Argonaut grinned. In a minute, Lee was surrounded by most of the warriors, offering and receiving hugs and greetings. The campers stayed rooted to their places as they gaped at the olden heroes who looked very alive and well greeting their former Apollo counselor. Amidst all the noise and commotion, a bright, golden flash filled the place and suddenly they were in the amphitheater, a mini-council of the Olympians set up on stage with the rest of the gods resting on their thrones.

A variety of emotions could be seen from the powerful immortals: shock, confusion, fear, glee, surprise, joy, apprehension, indifference. Three guesses for the last two emotions.

The campers bowed quickly not wanting to be blasted, while the vast amounts of warriors remained standing and only nodded in respect and acknowledgement. Hades, for now acting as the leader, looked overjoyed and annoyed at the same time, happy to see that someone would be willing to help them in the war, but annoyed to see the resurrected heroes that might add extra paperwork.

The temporary king of the gods cleared his throat. He narrowed his eyes at Lee, who stared back defiantly. He looked not only unfazed by this, but amused as well, as he gestured to the sea of warriors before him. "Explain this."

-*Tartarus*-

The titan deflected the dagger and slashed at her stomach. She leapt back to avoid the strike as the son of Jupiter jabbed his sword at the titan experimentally, who blocked and ducked as a spatha sliced air over his head.

Annabeth took the plunge and sent a swift knee to his face. Perses stumbled back upon standing up, before raising his sword to deflect a stab of a gladius. He got annoyed and assumed a series of strikes, slashes and stabs, forcing his enemies into defensive trying to keep up with his speed.

Annabeth tried to do a different approach. She waited for the right time and left a point purposefully undefended. Unfortunately, the titan read her like an open book and slammed his sword hilt to her untended side. She crumpled to the ground, some of her ribs broken.

Hazel had become frustrated, not landing a single blow on Perses so was Jason. She circled the fighting duo and summoned an emerald, hurling it at the titan's backside. It hit its mark and punched a hole through the titan's body, however it had no harm on him whatsoever; it just made him irritated. She huffed and raised her spatha, and charged again.

Jason dodged the emerald thrown by Hazel when it hit straight through Perses' body. The black blade swung aiming at his head, so he panicked and his blade met his. In his panic, he accidentally released a wave of electricity, and it conducted into his opponent's blade, to his rocky hand. Perses shuddered, but didn't show anymore signs of pain.

Annabeth groaned and struggled on her feet, gripping her dagger so tight her knuckles turned white. She saw her friends still fighting the titan so with little difficulty, she charged again into battle, her mind overloading and searching for a plan.

The son of Jupiter may not have noticed it, but Hazel sure did. The hole in his body looked much more defined and fragile after the electric wave. Strange enough, it wasn't regenerating, like she was expecting.

She stepped back to get a breather. Jason already had small sword cuts in his legs and torso areas. She noticed Annabeth attack from behind him, and her knife slashes did about nothing when the lava overcame the wound and solidified.

Why wasn't her emerald hole doing the same thing?

Her muses overtook her senses, and she didn't realize it until she was on her back on the jagged ground, a black sword pointed to her face. Her friends were on the ground, unable to stand. The hole in Perses' body became noticeably larger. Despite herself, she paled and shut her eyes, anticipating the worst.

But that changed when she felt a searing heat sail way above her head, complete with a loud, whistling sound that became an ear-shattering BOOM when it collided. She heard the low crackle of electricity from a few feet in front of her. Was that Jason?

Alas, when she opened her eyes, she only settled to gasp at what she saw.

OOH! CLiFFHANGER! But.. oops. Looks like I overdid myself. ...Never mind, you deserve it!

So as you probably noticed, I took a reviewers request (or implication, however you want to put it) to put not too much name changing, so just pretend that ALL the names are the original names. Because here, I fixed it. (HAHA)

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OVERALL, (let me end this suuuper long AN) thank you for your feedback and support. I'll try to update as fast as I can, but with my other story to update it wouldn't be too soon, plus school going on. I'm going to alternate updating between my stories, as so not to outrage the fans of this and that. Soooo, see you soon, later! REVIEW ~Smartzyfan