From now on, all our chapters are dedicated to our good friend Sara and it's the only thing we can do to make up for our stupidity. Sara, we are sorry. We may had been right, but we didn't consider the outsiders. (you know what we mean)

Slight change in the story. In chapter 10: Hyperion, when Percy and the others arrive at camp and after a few words are exchanged, I had made Dionysus destroy the hand. Scratch that. I changed it to:

"Although, there is nothing I want more, I can't do it. Annabeth would never forgive me. She would say the fate of Olympus is much more important than her. I may not agree, but I will not go against her wishes." I said and Dionysus disappeared. He probably went to destroy the arm away from the gods so they didn't get tempted. I looked at the gods and saw Athena smiling and crying at the same time, so I approached her. "I'm sorry." I said and turned to leave but once again someone stopped me.

The changes are in bold. Thank you!

Chapter 12: Turned Gold

Hyperion's POV

Soon, my brother. Soon, I will avenge you and then I'll try to bring you back. The Olympians and their children will pay. It will all start with Athena's favourite daughter. Then Poseidon's only demigod of a son and the others will follow. When you are fully restored, my brother, we will rule this world like it's supposed to be ruled. People will crumble in fear. They will know about our existence. They will built temples for us again. They will offer goods in trade for their lives. It will be a legendary era. The era of Kronos and Hyperion, the great titan brothers.

We will release the other titans of their eternal torments and replace them with the minor gods, while the Olympians will be thrown deep into Tartarus like they did with you. Prometheus, Atlas, Oceanus and so many others will rise as Olympus will perish.

All I need to proceed with my plan is the hand of Midas. Once that little demigod delivers it to me and I expose that amazing piece of art to the Gods' sight, they will do anything in their power to touch it. When they do, it's won't matter if they are immortal or not. They will turn into golden statues with their only purpose being to decorate our courtyard. They will be forever frozen and nothing will bring them back.

If the little brat destroys the hand and therefore I will be unable to implement my master plan, I will kill him and his girlfriend for defying you. Then I will keep on trying to find a way to overthrow the gods and you back. I will never rest until I have you back my brother. I swear upon the River Styx that I will bring you back or die trying.

"My lord...." one of my guard interrupted my thoughts.

"Yes, young one..." I trailed off expecting him to tell me what was so important that he had to interrupt me.

"My lord, while patrolling the area, two of the furies spotted nine demigods ascending the mountain. They seem to be leaded by young Perseus Jackson, the son of Poseidon." He finished and that caused me to rise from my throne.

"Does he have the hand?" I asked excitedly.

"We can't know, great titan. But he doesn't have it in his arms or carry a backpack, so he most likely had it destroyed." The guard said cowering back in fear.

""Send the furies and the telekhines to capture them. I'm sure the two daemons have unfinished business with the leader of this quest. But tell them that they shouldn't hurt him. I want him alive." I ordered and went to the window looking outside to see if I could spot them too.

"What about the girl, my lord? If the telekhines went to capture the party of nine, she would be left unguarded."

"Bring her to me right away." I said still gazing outside.

"As you wish." He said, bowed and went out the door leaving me alone.

"He will pay, my brother." I said looking up the sky.

Annabeth's POV

Three days had passed. 72 hours since I last saw him. Approximately 259200 seconds since I was taken away. This was the longest we have been away from each other since we got together. The clock kept ticking and Percy had still to show up. On the one hand I was hoping that he had changed his mind and stayed at camp. That way he would be safe. On the other, a part of me was hurt to no end thinking he didn't care enough to come and try to save me from the hands of Hyperion. Adding to that pain was the fact that my mother had said that there was still hope. But only if he came here.

I have spent the past few days sulking in the corner of this filthy hole, sleeping on the dirt and eating whatever leftovers they give me. They didn't give me much. It was so little as to leave me weak, but enough to keep me barely alive. Despite all the difficulties, I didn't care or mind. My fate had to possible outcomes. One, I would die and the other I would be saved. If I was saved, but something happened to Percy in his attempt to save me, all his efforts wouldn't matter. I would be as good as dead. I needed him to survive. He was my light, the air that I breathe, my reason for living and my salvation. HE was all that matter to me. And like my mother advised me to do: I will have faith in him.

The heavy footsteps of the cyclops that brought me the leftovers to eat startled me. First of all, he had come again almost two hours ago. Also, his pace wasn't slow and even as usual. It was quick and uneven, like he had been running. Soon he appeared with a dracaenae by his side. Something was wrong.

"You two, follow me. We have to gather the furies and go to the gates. I'll inform you on what we have to do on the way there." He said to the two telekhines that have been guarding me all this time.

"Who are you to order us around, cyclops?" The taller one asked.

"These are not my orders. Lord Hyperion gave them, so let's go." He yelled and this time the daemons stood up to follow him. "You know what to do." He said to the dracaenae. When they left, I stood up and went to the bars.

"What's happening?" I asked my newly-found guard.

"Your boyfriend and his friends have come for you, but they will soon be captured and brought before the great titan Hyperion. And I, my dear, have come to take you to my master!" She said, unlocked my cell and dragged me to Hyperion.

We walked through the halls of this lame fortress and there was no one to be found. They most likely went to help in my friends' capture. But they can withstand the attacks of monsters. They have done it their whole lives. It's only the fight with the titan that has an uncertain outcome. We entered the throne room and found the titan looking out the window absentmindedly. The dracaenae cleared her throat and Hyperion turned his head to us.

"Oh daughter of Athena! How nice of you to join me." He said snickering.

Percy's POV

We had marched forward. Lines and lines of furies and other monsters kept coming at us, but we managed to deal with them all. I could now fully control my powers over the sea, so I used them in my fights. The whirlpools around my arms never disappeared. My anger and passion never let them do so. Whenever a friend of mine was in danger, I would just blast the monster away with a ball of water. None of us was hurt. Higher and higher we went, until we reached the gates. More monsters were expecting us there. When they saw me, their eyes held some fear before they finally composed themselves.

"Where is she?" I simply asked ready to pounce any second.

"Where you will soon be, Perseus Jackson." A cyclops who was standing in the front line said.

"We meet again son of Poseidon." Two daemons said. They were two of the three telekhines that tried to burn me alive two years ago.

"Don't you remember us? I think I'm going to cry....." The shorter one said in a childish way.

"Tell me where she is and get out of my way or....." I was cut off then.

"Or what son of Poseidon? Archers!" The cyclops yelled and dozens of arrows were thrown at us. I created a whirlwind around our fellowship and all the arrows changed directions. Some even hurt the monsters in front of us. Once the whirlwind died down Thalia, Malcolm and Jenny shot their arrows at our enemies, hitting their targets. They were the best archers on our side after all. Nico and Grover were back to back fighting off the incoming furies and the Stoll Brothers, Clarisse and I were in the same position.

"Blast the telekhines away and I will attack the cyclops. He seems to know where she is." Clarisse yelled and I did what she said. Once the cyclops was down, I ran to him and pressed the tip of Riptide to his neck, much like I had with Clarisse. The others seemed to understand what we were up to and gathered around us. Clarisse got up and joined the others in fighting off the monsters, while I was left with the cyclops.

"I will ask only once. I'm sure there are many more that value their lives here. So.... WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE?" I yelled and the whirlpools around my hands grew in size.

"She is in the throne room with the great titan Hyperion." He said.

"We'll see how great he is, when I'm done with him." I said and killed him. I stood up and was about to go, but I looked at my friends. They helped me get here... But Annabeth.....

"GO!" they yelled when they noticed my internal battle.

"We'll handle these fools. Go save my sister." Jenny said as she sliced a fury's neck.

I nodded and ran inside. I expected to find someone to fight me on my way to the throne room, but no. No one was here. No minotaurs, harpies, titans, gryphons or anything. It was awfully quite. Since I had no idea where the throne room was, I checked room for room to find the right one. So after checking all of them, there was only one left. The door to it was enormous. Much like the one Annabeth designed for Olympus. In fact the whole fortress had many similarities to Annabeth's Olympus. Only it was darker and filthier, since monsters lived here and not the gods.

I pushed the gigantic door open with a wave of water and finally stepped in the room. There were two thrones in there. One of them was being occupied by Hyperion and the other had a big 'K' carved on it. Kronos's throne? Annabeth was in Hyperion's feet and he had a knife pressed against her velvet neck. It was pressed hard enough that I could see some blood flowing out of the wound. She looked up, gasped when she noticed the whirlpools around my arms and smiled at me. A smile that under any other circumstances would also cause me to smile. A dracaenae was on his right ready to charge at me.

"Again with the tricks son of Poseidon." He said shaking his head and turned to the dracaenae. "Attack him." He said, but the dracaenae didn't manage to follow her master's orders because I threw her against the side wall. She passed out at the impact. "Oh I see, you have gained complete control over your powers..."

"Enough so I can kill you. Let her go." I said.

"Oh young one. You are so very wrong. I'm a titan. I can't die. You and your girlfriend on the other hand....." He was about to slice Annabeth's throat, but again I used my powers and pushed him off of her. She was thrown on the other side and hit her head on Kronos's throne passing out in the process. Before I could go to her, I had to take care of him.

"I don't know how yet, but I will get rid of you." I said and attacked him with all the strength I could master. He blocked it with his hammer and pushed me back a little.

"You are a fool to come here Perseus. First, you defy my brother and now you fail to give me the hand of Midas. You will pay for everything you've done." He said and charged at me.

We fought for quite some time. He tried to nail me with his hammer, but I either dodged it or blocked his attacks. When it was my turn to strike, he would do the same. This was pointless. Neither of us would give up, but I was just a demigod. I would grow tired at some point. We continued to fight. I was using my powers more as time went by, because Riptide started to feel heavy in my hand.

"What happened demigod? Getting tired there?" He taunted and attacked again.

"Percy....." I heard Annabeth whisper as she awoke and got a little distracted giving Hyperion the chance to strike his hammer so hard against my sword that I stumbled back and fell on the ground. "PERCY!!!" Annabeth yelled but it was a little too late for her to do anything. But even if there was time, she was too weak to even stand up.

She was the last thing I wanted to see before I died so I turned my head to her and smiled. Tears were running down her eyes and she started screaming knowing what would happen. But then everything changed. Right by the side of Kronos's throne was the hand of Midas. Dionysus didn't destroy it. He brought it here. The hand was the only way to stop Hyperion. He can't be killed, but if he touches it he will turn into a golden statue. That's it!

"Any last wishes, brat?" the titan asked.

"Actually yeah. FUCK YOU!" I yelled and with a wave of water shot the hand straight at him.

"What is th........?" He didn't manage to finish his sentence because the fingers of the great curse touched him effectively turning him into gold. I carefully slipped from under his hammer and ran to Annabeth.

"Percy....." She whispered hugging me tight. That's exactly what I needed. "Baby, I thought..."

"Shhh, it's okay. I'm here." I soothed her as she buried her head in my chest.

"Are you okay?" She asked me all of a sudden.

"Am I okay? I had lost all hope. I thought I lost you the moment Hyperion took you away. I have even talked back at Zeus. I wasn't okay. But now you are safe, so I can be okay." I said crying too.

"I love you." She said and kissed me with need. I returned it with just as much passion.

"PERCY, BEHIND YOU!!!" I heard our friends, but I didn't manage to turn in time.

"Ugh......" I breathed as the previously unconscious dracaenae stabbed me in the small of my back.

"NO!!!" Annabeth took Riptide from my hand and killed the monster, but the damage was already done. I had been stabbed in my only weak spot..........

Cathy: Cliffhanger..... You hope you don't hate us so much. Your complains to Tony. He was the one to suggest we end it this way. Something about being more interesting and enticing to read. Personally, I hate cliffys.

Tony: I know my girlfriend's views on cliffhangers, but I also know that they make you look forward to see what happens next. Also they make you want to ask questions about the chapter in reviews or pms, and our goal is to get as many reviews as possible, isn't it?

Highlight of Cathy's day: I kicked the boys' asses in Pro Evolution Soccer 10!!!!

Highlight of Tony's day: It has yet to come, but I will have to make her pay for the above. (winks)

Downright of both our days: We didn't get our hands on Tommy boy or Kimberly (whoever didn't understand don't ask)

C&T