Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Story: Guardians of Light and Justice
Chapter 14: The Seas Divided, Part One
Percy's POV
I swam with my brothers to the edge of Atlantis. The city was more beautiful than I remembered. The outer wall of the city was made with a dark granite with flakes of quartz that made the wall look like the night sky. The buildings beyond the wall were an eclectic assortment of ancient Greek buildings with columns, and more modern buildings made of glass. For some reason the odd collection seemed to work. In the center of the city was a large sea mount that extended two hundred feet above the rest of the city. At the top of the sea mount was the most beautiful palace I had ever seen. The palace looked like something out of a fairy tale. Even from this great distance I could tell it was made from white Olympian marble, the palace seemed to shine like a small sun within the darkness of the ocean depths.
"Beautiful isn't it." Triton said as he watched me look at the city in all its glory.
"It is, I forgot how beautiful it was." I said sadly. Triton looked at me, and I could see him debating something internally.
"Percy, I'm sorry for being so jealous, I'm a terrible brother." Triton said.
"Don't worry about it, besides we need to see dad, Oceanus will attack at any moment." I said. The three of us swam to the palace as fast as we could. We reached the throne room, and sitting on the large throne in the middle of the room was my father. He was wearing a Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts with his usual leather sandals.
"Percy, so good to see you son." Poseidon said as he stood up, and swam toward me. He gave me a bear hug that would have killed a normal person.
"Thanks dad, I wish this was a social call, but Oceanus will attack soon. The Hand has mobilized against Atlantis, and the underworld. I've come to help, Uncle Hades and Nico have their hands full in the underworld. The other demigods and guardians will attack the army led by Prometheus and Atlas. This is a war on three fronts, and I wish I could say I was confident we can win, but I would be lying." I told my father as Triton and Tyson listened behind me.
"We're glad you are here." Poseidon said.
"My powers are limited here, but I will do my best to help." I said. My father studied me gratefully.
"Do you have a plan, son?" Poseidon asked.
"Yes, you will have to fight Oceanus directly. While we take the mermen and Cyclops armies, and attack Oceanus's forces.
"That makes sense. Athena called me earlier, what about help from the east?" Poseidon asked.
"Erebus will more than likely have some monsters and demons on his side from the east. Shiva promised to send me help when needed. I hope he can keep his promise." I said.
"I hope so too. We need to prepare. My boys go to the armies, and prepare them for battle. I will prepare myself for battle against my uncle." Poseidon said. We all nodded in agreement as we swam from the throne room.
We made our way to the outskirts of the city there waiting for use were two large forces. The first was the Cyclops army there were at least one hundred cyclops all at least twelve feet tall, some close to twenty feet. My little brother now stood at about nine feet tall, he was dwarfed by his cousins, however when they saw him they all cheered his name. I guess they really did love Tyson, and since the war he was there general.
"Ty, go to your army, and prepare them I will help Triton." I said. Tyson swam to his army, and prepared them for the upcoming battle.
Triton and I swam to the mermen army. There were at least one thousand mermen dressed in golden armor. They carried spears, tridents and harpoons. As we approached them they bowed to us in respect.
"Triton you're in charge, I'll back you up as best I can." I said. Triton gave me a reassuring smile, then he went to the army to prepare them for battle. I swam to the edge of the ridge that over looked the great sea plain that stretched out away from the city. I looked out over the plain, and the sight before me sent a shiver down my spine. The army of Oceanus stretched as far as the eye could see, thousands of creatures, many I had never seen before. I saw one thousand sharkmen dressed in armor with long spears in their webbed hands. There were hundreds of giant sharks and squid swimming behind them. On the ground heading toward the city were over five hundred creatures that looked like the combination of a tank and a scorpion, they walked along the sea floor, and their poisonous tails shined brightly in the darkness of the ocean depths. I used my enhanced vision to see far behind them, I saw a glowing golden chariot that was pulled by two large sea dragons. The driver of the chariot was Oceanus, he held a large harpoon in his hand that glowed with power. His forces moved toward the city, I had to go back, and warn my brothers. I swam back to the two armies, I told both of my brothers what I saw, and we prepared for the battle to come.
"The mermen and I will counter the sharkmen." Triton said.
"My army and I will take on the sea scorpions." Tyson said. They both stared at me worriedly.
"That leaves the giant sharks and squid for me, oh joy." I said as I gave my brothers a mischievous smirk. They both looked at me, and smiled broadly.
"I take it you've got a plan?" Triton asked.
"Yes, Tyson call Rainbow for me." I asked my younger brother. After just a few seconds a beautiful green, blue and gold hippocampus swam out of the ocean depths toward me. I spoke to Rainbow using my mind, we took off in a flash leaving my brothers to prepare for the battle. I told Rainbow to take me higher into the great water column that ascended above the city of Atlantis. At the top of the water column was the massive gulf stream that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the North Atlantic. I concentrated on my power as a child of Poseidon, and I used my enhanced mental abilities granted to me as a guardian. I opened my mind to the ocean around me, I could feel the minds of almost every creature in the Atlantic Ocean. I focused intently on two massive groups of creatures until I could feel their thoughts within my mind. I discussed my plan with these sea creatures until I received their confirmation of support. I told Rainbow to take me back to the city, and wait for our reinforcements to arrive.
We reached the outskirts of the city, and I noted that the sea scorpion army and the Cyclops army were already locked in battle. My brother and his army were holding their own, but they were outnumbered five to one, I hoped they could hold on.
I turned my attention to Triton and the mermen. They were locked in a heated battle with the sharkmen, but I could tell that my brother and his soldiers were starting to push back against their enemy's onslaught.
I again changed my focus to the squid and sharks that for some reason were slowly making their way to me. I think they were wary of a trap, I was glad because I was the only one between them, and the defenseless city behind me. They continued to move forward slowly, and I prayed to all the gods that my reinforcements would arrive. Ten minutes had passed with no reinforcements, I had to think of something to slow down the enemy. I would have to use my powers over the sea to slow them down. The sharks and squid were now only two hundred yards away from me. The sharks were about twice as big as any great white shark I had ever seen. The squid were at least sixty to eighty feet in length with massive whips, and a beak that could cut through steel cable.
I concentrated on the water in front of me, the only thing I could think to do was to freeze the water. I used as much concentration and power as I could muster until I had created a massive wall of frozen water. The wall of ice was ten feet thick and extended more than two thousand feet toward the surface. The wall extend for two miles in each direction along the sea floor. I felt the sharks and squid hit the ice wall, but they couldn't break it. I knew it would take them a while to break the wall, and it would take them too long to go around it.
I had enough time to check on my brothers, I swam to Tyson, his army was outnumbered by the sea scorpions, but they were still holding their own. I noticed about a hundred more scorpions heading toward my brother, and his army. The monsters were moving down a narrow canyon that was directly in front of the current battle that was raging between the Cyclops and the other monsters. The canyon walls were made of basalt, and I could tell that the rock was fairly unstable on the upper portions of the cliff. I concentrated on the upper most portions of the cliff. I willed a massive earthquake to move down the cliff face. Massive portions of the canyon walls began to separate and shift. Large pieces of the cliff fell down and forward. The sea scorpions had no idea what hit them as massive boulders rained down upon the sea scorpions crushing them into pulp. I had wiped out a hundred sea scorpions, and I hoped that was enough to help my brother, and his army. I swam back to the ice wall, large cracks were now visible. Any minute now the ice wall would collapse. Right before the wall collapsed I heard the sound of my reinforcements.
I looked toward the ice wall to see the sharks and squid slowly making their way towards me. I sent a mental message to my reinforcements. A second later I heard and felt the response. Shockwaves could be felt and heard throughout the water. Right before a large shark was about to attack me, a large black object flew through the water, and attacked the shark. I looked closely to see the familiar outline of a massive killer whale. The whale ripped into the body of the shark as more Orcas attacked the large sharks.
I felt a presence behind me. I turned to see a massive whip sail towards me, I used Riptide to block the strike, but the impact sent me flying to the sea floor. The giant squid loomed over me, and I noticed its massive beak perched above my position. It moved closer and closer until I heard a massive sonic wave hit the squid causing it to move away from me completely disoriented. I looked up to see the largest sperm whale I had ever seen. It hit the squid on the top of its mantle biting down and severing the top part of the animal from the bottom. The dead body of the squid sunk to the bottom of the sea floor, lifeless. I swam off the sea floor, and looked at the carnage that surrounded me. The whales were devastating the sharks and squid. They seemed to be enjoying the fight. The whales would attack in waves, as they would surface for air and then descend, they would hit the squid and sharks with such force that many animals were killed on impact.
I took this opportunity to check on my brothers again. The sea scorpions were all destroyed, but at a terrible price. Tyson and only ten Cyclops remained. I swam to my little brother to check on him.
"Ty, are you ok?" I asked. Tyson looked at me, he was covered in cuts and bruises. I touched his arm, and focused on the water. His cuts and bruises began to fade.
"Thanks big brother." Tyson said.
"Don't mention it, we need to help Triton." I said as we swam towards our older brother. We reached the large sea plain to see the battle raging on with neither side having the upper hand. Tyson and I joined our brother helping him ward off the sharkmen's attacks.
A massive flash of light was seen in the distance causing both sides to halt their attacks. I looked up to see Oceanus moving forward in his massive chariot. He fired his spear again towards Atlantis, but something blocked the blast. I looked back toward the city to see my father in his massive golden chariot that was pulled by the four largest Hippocampi that I had ever seen. My father held his trident in his hand, and his eyes glowed with power. The two forces of nature were going to fight, and I prayed to all the gods that my father would prevail.
AN: More underwater battles to come.