Chapter 14

A/N: Thank you for your patience, I've really been bummed out when my computer stopped working right. I may not update as much often, but I will try my absolute best. Right now, I'm using my mom's computer and may be using it for a while until my own is fixed. In the meantime, please enjoy this new chapter, and let me know in your reviews and PM's.

Annabeth: Well, get us started!

Thalia: Please, I need to know what happens.

Me: Give me a minute!

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus. I own Cody James, and IamKatieDaughterofDemeter owns Jace and Lucas Night.

While Percy and Jason handled Atlas, Thalia and Nico charged into the prison. At first, Thalia thought that the ground would swallow her up because she wasn't used to going underground. She was a bit shaky, but Nico grabbed her hand in assurance. She blushed, and continued to descend.

When they reached the underground prison, they both gasped. There were 15 god-sized cells, and only two were occupied. It was a single hall with 7 cells on each side. The 15th cell faced them from down the hall, and it looked like it will suck in whatever came close. Thalia realized that she was still holding Nico's hand, but she didn't speak up, but only blushed.

Wait a minute, what am I doing? I'm the lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis! I swore off the company of men, and agreed to an immortal life without being held down, Thalia thought to herself. Well, he isn't like other boys I've met.

She looked around, and her free hand found itself at the sheath she made for her father's Master Bolt. Its power was radiating, like it found its master. Thalia looked around, and in one cell, there was her father, the almighty Zeus, god of the Sky. She gasped, and ran over to her father. "Lord Zeus!" she exclaimed.

He didn't look like the king of the sky. In fact, it looked like he's been in prison for years without food or water. His hair was as grey as Annabeth's eyes, his sky blue eyes were filled with sadness, and his muscles were nothing but stretched skin. He didn't look powerful at all, in fact, he looked weak.

"Father?"

He looked up, and gave her a faint smile. "Daughter? What are you doing here?"

"I've come to rescue you. We need to get you out of here," she whispered. If there was one thing she knew, it's that no prisoner is ever truly alone.

Across his cell, Nico spotted Hades. His long, black hair was starting to turn grey, and his black eyes were filled with depression, but more sadness that anyone ever thought. He looked up at his son, but there was no flash of hope, in fact, there was fear in his eyes. "Nico? You shouldn't have come," he said.

Nico raised an eyebrow. "I-I had to come," he said. "We gotta get you out of here before anyone comes."

He looked down at his chains, and sighed. "My son, I can't be freed. The only key to my freedom is for you, my son, to pass on to the Underworld."

His eyes widened. He had to die for Hades to be freed? "Hang on, we can get you out of here." He turned to Thalia. "Thals, I need you to blast his chains off with the Master Bolt."

She turned to him, and unsheathed the bolt. Zeus looked up, and his eyes widened. She aimed the Master Bolt at Hades' chains, and an arc of lightning flew at him. It flew past the bars, and directly at his shackles. There was a huge explosion and smoke enveloped the cell. When the smoke cleared, Hades was still there with the shackles still around his wrists. There were no scorch marks on them.

Hades shook his head. "I'm sorry, but only death can free me from this cursed prison," he said. "I belong here though, it teaches me humanity, and I deserve this."

Nico shook his head in disbelief. He backed away, but he remembered that he still had the Helm of Darkness with him. He reached into his pocket, and the sky mask turned into a war helmet. When Hades saw it, his eyes widened. "You should not have brought that, the Titan Lord has everyone looking for them," he said.

Nico tossed the Helm between the bars, and Hades hesitantly reached for it. "At least use the shadows to escape. We can free the gods, but you need to get to the Underworld," Nico said.

Before the Lord of the Dead spoke, the sound of heavy footsteps approached him. Nico and Thalia turned around, and there were two Laistrygonian giants. They had a slingshot, two Celestial Bronze cannonballs, and spears in hand. They saw the children, and roared. "TRESSPASSERS SHALL BE LUNCH!" one of them roared.

They both charged the children. Thalia sheathed the bolt, and nocked two arrows into her bow. Nico unsheathed his sword, and the slowly approached the giants. They roared in laugher, and one of the giants inserted a cannonball into their slingshot. "Out lunch approaches! Would you rather be roasted or boiled?"

Thalia groaned, and fired her arrows at their heads. They bounced off like they were nothing, then she remembered that they had silver tails. Hades!

Nico charged at one of the giants, and jumped to meet its face. It smiled, and was about to swat him away. Luckily, he melted into the shadow of his hand before his hand swatted him. He reappeared on its neck, and rode him like a horse. "For Hades!"

Thalia smiled, and charged at the giant. She jumped up on its spear, and ran up the staff. The Laistrygonian attempted to crush her with his other hand, but Thalia quickly drew her hunting knives. His hand stabbed her knives, and he roared in pain. She smiled, and made her way to the neck. She grabbed the Master Bolt, and aimed it at his ear. "You want my father's bolt, here it is!"

An arc of lightning erupted from the bolt, and it nearly blew up his ear. It roared in pain, and quickly fell. She smiled, and jumped off his head. Then she remembered that she was so high up, it nearly scared her as she fell.

All of a sudden, Nico appeared from the shadow of the Laistrygonian giant, and caught her before she landed. Might as well call him the Shadowman, she thought to herself.

He landed on the ground, and she got to her feet. "Thanks, Nico," she said.

He smiled, and they both blushed. The Laistrygonian that was ridden by Nico recovered from the Two-legged spider from its neck looked at them both, and aimed his spear at them both. "Tasty demigods want to do this the hard way? Fine, I'll give you something to fear!"

It snapped its fingers, and two more Laistrygonians appeared from the shadows, followed by shades from the Fields of Asphodel. Nico stepped up, and raised his hands at the shades, but they didn't seem affected. "Kneel before the Ghost King!" he commanded.

Their forms flickered, but they didn't do anything. In fact, they unsheathed their weapons, and advanced on the Ghost King. Nico aimed his weapon at the shades, and slashed a few. Their souls were reaped into his sword, and he slowly advanced through the legion. Wait, legion?

Thalia was told by Percy that a legion is strong, but can fall easily because of the legion standard. You could barrel through the legion, and they could seem invincible, but if the enemy captured the standard, the legion would have to drop everything just to keep their standard safe. Percy learned that the hard way in Alaska (Best book ever in the Percy Jackson series!)

Thalia nocked a silver arrowhead, and fired at the shades. It wasn't a big explosion, but she scattered a few dead legionaries. "Good aim Thalia!" Nico complemented.

She smiled, and fired more arrows. Shades were falling, and the Laistrygonians were not happy. Nico grabbed the standard, and cut it in half. The remaining shades wailed, and faded into the shadows, back to the Underworld. The giant cannibals were outraged, and while Nico was busy celebrating, a Laistrygonian marched up to the Ghost King, and kicked him with all his might. His sword was knocked out of his hands, and he crashed into the wall.

"NICO!" Thalia shrieked.

Hades' shackled flickered, and he grew worried. Nico groaned in pain, and Thalia was about to go help him, but another Laistrygonian picked her up, and threw her down the hall, next to Zeus' cell. The Master Bolt fell out of her sheath, and Zeus grew worried. The cannibal walked up to Nico, grabbed him by the neck, and pinned him to the wall. "NICO!"

His vision became clear, and when he saw the hungry face of the Laistrygonian, he tried to shadow travel from his grip, but it was too strong for him. "I wonder if the spirits of the dead will honor you when you become a permanent resident of Hades," he said.

The giant crunched up his fist, and punched Nico hard in the stomach. The force of the punch destroyed the wall, and Nico's body flew toward Hades' cell. "NO!" Thalia screamed.

Hades sensed a death near him, and he feared that it was Nico. His worst fear was realized when his shackles faded away. His eyes turned to fire, and ripped through the bars of his prison. His roar rivaled Poseidon's strongest earthquake. Thalia's eyes turned to fire, and she snatched the Master Bolt. The Laistrygonian was about to pick up Nico and eat him, but Thalia thrust the Master Bolt at his way. An arc of lightning appeared, and vaporized the giant, leaving nothing but a spear and a golden belt. The other two giants roared and charged her.

"My daughter, focus on the targets. You don't want to vaporize us all," Zeus warned.

She growled, but she listened. Her vision, which was fogged by hate, cleared and she fired again. This time, two arcs appeared, and vaporized the last two. They yelped as they turned to dust. Thalia turned to her father, and vaporized his shackles. He slowly rose to his feet, and summoned his bolt. It flew past the bars, grew to its full length, and landed in its master's hands.

His power was restored. His hair turned black, his eyes were turning blue, and his muscles grew back to full length. He blasted his way out of the cell, but Thalia didn't meet him on the other side. She ran up to Nico, and kneeled by his head. Tears formed in her eyes.

"Nico! Wake up! Please wake up!" she demanded. "You better wake up, Death Breath!"

He didn't move. She electrocuted him, seeing that he might shriek in pain, but he didn't wake up. Hades looked at the poor girl, and pulled her back.

"LET ME GO! WHAT ABOUT NICO? NICO! WAKE UP NICO!" she shrieked.

She tried to escape his grip, but it was like she was chained up to a wall. She escaped his grip, and quickly ran to Nico's side. Before she got there, Thanatos appeared and kneeled beside the Ghost King. He checked his pulse, and met Thalia's eyes. "I am very sorry, daughter of Zeus, but he is in my custody now. He will be tried in front of the judges, and may be given Ensylum," he said in a flat tone.

She teared up, and wanted to say her goodbyes to the son of Hades. Before she could get close to him, Hades grabbed her, and she shrieked as he pulled her away from his deceased son. Thanatos spread his wings, and touched Nico's forehead. There was a bright light, and they both disappeared. He's gone. Nico is dead, Thalia thought.

Atlas was now starting to lose the fight with the demigods. Jason summoned lightning bolts to rattle his nerves, Artemis fired exploding arrows, Annabeth threw pouches of Greek fire at his feet, and Percy was blocking strikes from Atlas' sword. He was strong, deflecting blows from the Titan of Strength.

Jace was slowly losing the battle with Cody. Four of his gems were destroyed, including the Poseidon gem. The Hades gem was still there, but it was cracked. He couldn't summon skeletons to do his bidding, but he could reap Cody's soul if he wanted to. Their swords clashed, and lightning enveloped their blades. Jace was getting really agitated from Cody's refusal to submit to him.

"Surrender mortal! Surrender your life to Atlas!" he demanded.

Cody smiled. "Not a chance."

He went for an obvious overhead strike, and when Jace blocked it, Cody swept him off his feet, and landed on the ground. Cody caught his sword, and pointed both of them at the fallen warrior. "Submit Jace," he said.

Jace smirked. "And if I should chose to not obey?"

All of a sudden, Apollo archers and Hunters nocked their bows, and aimed at Jace. He looked around, and realized that almost all of his monster army was either dust, or escaping the fate of their comrades. "Fine. I submit to—"

"Cody. Cody James of Washington," he said.

There was a roar in the distance, and they saw that Atlas was almost done. Jason was flying around, but he looked tired. Annabeth was out of Greek fire, and Artemis was running low of arrows. Percy seemed to be the only one without a problem.

Atlas stomped his foot, and the ground shook. Annabeth was knocked off her feet, and fell. Percy stood his ground, but he knew that Atlas was going to win. He looked up, and saw Jason hovering behind the Titan general. Then, he came up with a brilliant plan. "Jason!"

He must've thought about the same thing because he flew down toward him. He picked up Percy, and he flew into the air. He met Atlas' eyes, and smiled. "Honey, I'm home!"

Jason spun around, and threw Percy at the Titan lord. He flew in between his eyes, and kicked him hard. He tripped, and started to stumble backwards. Poseidon was right behind him, and Percy smiled as he landed. "Get ready!" he shouted.

Poseidon smiled, and when Atlas crashed into him, Poseidon flew backward, and Atlas stumbled into his own curse. "NO! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!"

Poseidon landed on his back, and everyone's chains faded. The monsters escaped, and the demigods cheered. A couple of the Party Ponies galloped around, and cheered as they chugged something in their flasks. Hopefully it wasn't wine. Percy could smell from one of the galloping centaurs that they were drinking Root Beer.

"NO! THIS ISN'T HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO END!" Atlas roared in rage. "THAT'S THE LAST STRAW! YOU WANT WAR WITH ME DEMIGODS? I'LL GIVE YOU WAR!"

Jace smiled, and quickly reached for a device in his pocket. He pressed the button, and Percy's eyes widened.

On Olympus, the Mist-dispenser glowed red, and exploded, scattering debris all over Olympus. Citizens in New York heard the explosion, and looked up at the Empire State Building. Instead of blue skies, they saw a kingdom above the building. In Los Angeles, DOA studios appeared in the eyes of mortals, and one just so happened to check it out. The mortal walked into the studio, and nearly had a heart attack. There were spirits there, staring at the mortal. Charon looked up from his magazine, and his eyes widened.

"Ghosts! This studio is full of ghosts!" the mortal cried as he ran out of the building.

In San Francisco, mortals stared in fear at Mt. Tam. They saw the sky trying to touch the mountain, and everyone panicked. It has happened, the Mist was gone.

Atlas chuckled. "Without the Mist, mortals will hunt down demigods and wipe them out. Without them, the gods will be sitting ducks. Thank you, Percy Jackson, for sealing the fate of Olympus!" he roared.

Percy looked around, and he realized why the monsters were escaping the mountain. They were going to wreak havoc in the mortal world.

"Uh oh."

To be continued…

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