Chapter 12 (Written by Chomper, Beta'd by Chomper):

3rd Person POV

After flying for a while with the "Metal Angels From Mars" as the homeless guy called them when they landed, the quest reached San Francisco. They said their goodbyes and thank you to the statues and headed off. They stopped at a coffee shop to eat, and also to talk about what to do next.

"So what are we doing in the west? Thalia asked. "I know thats what the quest said, but do we have any ideas?"

"Yes, Actually. Zoe and I know what we need to do, and I'm sure Maddy has figured it out as well. We are going to need to go to the Garden of the Hesperides and fight the Titan Atlas who happens to be Maddy and Zoe's, father." Percy replied.

"Wait, you guys are half sisters?" She said surprised, and they both nodded. "Ok, but how are we supposed to fight Atlas if he is trapped under the sky?"

"I was getting to that. We believe that Atlas has forced Lady Artemis to hold the sky in his place. That is how she has been trapped for so long."

Just then, they all heard a Mooooooooo come from their left, off the pier, in the ocean, one of the last places you'd expect to hear a cow.

"Did you all hear that?" Maddy asked, and when they nodded, she went over to the pier and looked down. "What is that thing?" The rest of the quest came over to look at the half cow half serpent and shook their heads saying they had no idea. Suddenly Zoe spoke.

"Actually, I do know what this is, and I believe it is the monster that Artemis was hunting when she was captured."

"This?" Percy said, confused. "It is a innocent water serpent, why would she be hunting "One of the most dangerous to ever live" and be hunting this?"

"Because there is great power in killing innocence. The fates decreed in the first titan war that whoever sacrificed this beasts entrails over a fire would have the power to destroy the gods. In the first war an ally of the titans killed it, but was stopped by Zeus before he could sacrifice its entrails. Now that this monster is reborn the titans must not be able to catch it, as they would surely defeat the gods."

"What can we do?" Maddy asked. "We can not just leave it here for the titans."

"I'm afraid you have no choice." Came the disembodied voice of a Manticore behind them, "Considering it will be difficult to protect it if you're dead!"

"Dr. Thorn?" Thalia said, "I thought you died when you took Annabeth off that cliff."

"You know this cat?" Percy asked.

"Yeah, he was at the wilderness school where we picked up Nico and Bianca. I thought he died along with Annabeth when he jumped off a cliff."

"Oh, I'm feeling very much alive." Thorn chuckled, "But I can't say the same for your friend unless you hurry up to the mountain."

The quest was unfazed by his taunts, they figured they had a really good chance at defeating a single manticore 4v1. But their spirits dropped when all 12 (Is it 12? I guess it is now.) of the Sparti fanned out behind him. They all knew that with Percy and Zoe going all out that they would win, but that would show that they were gods (Technically Zoe's not a god, just an immortal blessed by a Primordial which gives her about as much power as some gods, but eh) before they wanted to reveal that.

As soon as the Sparti stopped moving, they all drew their guns simultaneously and fired. Screw It, Percy thought Whats one more power the Olympians will question, and made a shield of energy appear in front of the quest members. It melted the bullets instantly, and the quest members charged the monsters. Percy went for the Manticore, apparently named Thorn, while also making sure that they rest of the quest members had energy shields around them to protect them from bullets. When he stepped up to Thorn, the manticore laughed and shot spikes super quickly from his tail. His laughter vanished when his "Indestructible" spikes melted instantly when they hit Percy's shield. Instead, he just growled and swiped at Percy with his claws. Percy sidestepped and sliced at his paw with his sword, but Thorn, having the reflexes of a cat, moved just in the nick of time. Percy took a step forward and Thorn swiped at him again, but this time Percy did a 360, something Thorn wasn't expecting, and stabbed at Thorns exposed chest, piercing his heart. He crumbled into dust before Percy turned and went to help out Thalia.

Line Break (of sorts)

The Sparti, having difficulty using their guns as the bullets just melted against the targets, were forced to use daggers against the quest members. The one closest to Zoe fired a shot to try and distract her before attempting to stab her in the leg. She expected this, blocked it, and before the skeleton could recover she sliced at its exposed wrist, severing its hand, and dagger, from its body. But, to her surprise, the skeleton was not fazed and instead pulled out one of its own ribs and continued to fight with that. Unfortunately for the skeleton, while it did have another weapon, it was no match for Zoe's dagger and it was quickly dispatched, where two more skeletons took its place. When the first skeleton's bones did not immediately get held down with energy she feared the worst, but looked around and instead saw that Percy was just finishing off the manticore, and as soon as he turned around and saw the bones, they were wrapped in energy.

The two skeletons attacking Zoe both jabbed at her with their daggers but she ducked, and dodged both of them. However, to her surprise, one of the skeletons had pulled out a rib and stabbed downward with it, catching her in the left forearm. It seemed the energy shield only worked for projectiles. She yelled in pain, but before anything else could happen to her she saw a black dagger go through the sternum of the skeleton in front of her, and to her surprise, it burst into flames. (I sooooo wanted to end it here but it was too short) After the skeleton dispersed she was met with a face she never thought she would see again.

"Bianca?" The girl smiled and before she said anything the stabbed her dagger over Zoe's left shoulder and into the skull of the Sparti behind her.

"I can explain why, and how, I am here later, first we must defeat these Sparti. It helps that I can kill them."

"Ok. Could you finish off the one thats currently trying to reform?" Zoe said, point to the bones held down with energy. Bianca nodded and walked over to stab it. After that had erupted into flames they went to join the rest of the quest in fighting the remaining Sparti.

Another Line Break (of sorts)

Thalia and Maddy decided to stick together for the fight when they saw 9 of the skeletons come strait for them. They got in a defensive position, back to back, and waited for them to come. While they Sparti were moving towards them they fired their guns, but to both side's surprise they melted on contact, doing no damage. Seeing as their guns were not effective the Sparti all charged with their daggers. As soon as the first Sparti were in reach the girls attacked them, one using a spear, the other hunting knives. The first two skeletons were quickly dispatched but the number started to catch up to them.

When they were surrounded by the remaining 7 skeletons they realized they had almost no chance of surviving the fight, the Sparti were just too powerful. But before any of them could attack the girls saw Percy behind two of them and he was able to kill them before they noticed. As soon as they burst into bones the rest of the Sparti looked that way giving Thalia and Maddy enough time to dash for the gap in the circle and make it to Percy. As soon as they reached him they heard a cry of pain come from Zoe and Percy instantly looked in that direction. What he saw made no sense. Zoe was on the ground, with a Sparti having stabbed her in the arm, but Bianca was somehow back from the dead and killed the skeletons around her. He decided not to question it and continue to fight with Maddy and Thalia. Of the five skeletons that remained 3 rushed at Percy and 1 at each of the girls. The girls made quick work of the 1 skeleton each, but one got a lucky swipe on Thalia and she was bleeding quite profusely.

Maddy went and tried to help treat the would, while Zoe and Bianca ran over to help Percy. When they reached him however, it seemed he didn't need any help as he was already dispatching the last skeleton. After he killed it, Bianca went and finished it off, which did not surprise Percy as he had known of her heritage the moment he met her. While Bianca went to every pile of restrained bones and finished them off, Percy and Zoe went to check of Thalia.

When they reached her they realized that the wound was quite bad and it had also broken one of her ribs. Percy did the same thing Zoe had done before, and sent pulses of energy into her wound closing it up.

"Now I'm going to tell you the same thing Zoe told Maddy. While the wound may be closed, it is still tender and could reopen with too much strain, try to be careful of it." Percy said to Thalia once he finished healing her.

"Alright." She replied, "I think I can handle that."

Just then Bianca walked over and said "Alright, all the skeletons are dead, we won't have to worry about those guys again."

Maddy and Thalia, having not seen her before both stared, eyes wide and mouths agape. Finally, Maddy was able to speak.

"Bianca?"

A/N

Alright! Finished this one in only three days, which surprised me. Thanks for all the reviews guys! I think I got six which is my best (Besides the Prologue). It really helped motivate me to write this one quicker. Continue reviewing and we might just have another chapter this weekend! I do believe that this actually beats my last chapter in length which means that this is officially the longest chapter of the story. Also, I have even more good news. This story has reached over 100 Follows and almost 80 Favorites! Thank you guys, I never expected this story would be so well received. On a slightly lower note, updates may become a little more infrequent, as today was my first day of High School (I'm sad summer's over, what about you?) and I already have homework. I can only imagine that the homework level will increase throughout the year making my nighttime uploads be taken up by homework. I'll try my bet to update just s quickly, but I can't make any promises. Please R&R and Until Next Time, I'm out. - Chomper