Chapter 13

AN: Told ya it would be up in five minutes ;)

Disclaimer: Do I look like Rick Riordan? NO, so I don`t own PJO, HOO or MOA.

Nyx POV

Night fell and I was at my strongest again. I was getting ready for the assassination of the idiots who dared to put the one person that could possibly make my brother happy at danger. Just one little tip, no one messes with my brother and gets away with it.

Once I had my armor on I flashed to the forest on the side of Percy`s palace where we agreed to meet before going to Mount Othrys . I waited for five minutes until Percy appeared with the other three demigods, all wearing full battle armor dyed in black.

Percy gave each demigod a ring with a small wolf design on it. They looked up at him with questions in their eyes.

"These rings are enchanted so that you will be able to know where you are and where the others are, it will make your skin tingle a little when enemies are close and you will feel a pull towards your target, that way you will not get lost in the palace and you will be able to track each of the targets. If you need help just rub the ring once and call for us in your minds and Nyx and I will hear you and come. I advise you to stay together and get the targets one by one. Track the Titans and take them out first, leave Gration for the least. Good luck demigods, we will be close if you need us" He said giving them a reassuring smile.

I could feel the moon light around us So Artemis decided to spy on us huh, clever girl, very clever I thought. She didn`t need to fiscally be here to spy on us, she could do it the same way that Apollo does.

I turned to Percy and caught him staring at the moon before shaking her head smiling but I swear I heard him mumble something that sounded like "Stubborn and clever girlfriend I got" I laughed and hit his shoulder playfully.

"Okay guys, we will flash you to the front of the palace, you need to snuck in and remember, we will be watching and we will help you should any of you need it" I said smiling at them before flashing us to the entrance.

Percy and I became invisible and hid our auras, leaving the assassins apparently alone. As much as my brother cared for this particularly group of demigods we needed to test them, see if they were ready for what was to come. Of course we will help them if they needed it but this mission was a partial test for them.

Percy and I used the shadows and traveled to the main room, keeping a close eye on the demigods.

Thalia POV

Nyx and Percy teleported us to the entrance and then disappeared. I sighed this was definitely not going to be easy.

"Do you really think we can do this? I mean they just disappeared and we don`t know the layout of the palace" Death breath said.

Wise girl and I smacked him in the back of the head.

"We are not alone death breath. Percy and Nyx are watching us and will come if we need them, have some faith on us" I said.

"We should put the rings on, Percy said that they would help us know where the Titans and Gration are" Annabeth said.

Nico and I nodded and we all put the rings on. For a moment there was nothing different but then it felt like someone threw a ton of bricks to our heads. I grunted and fell to the floor. Annabeth and Nico soon followed.

Suddenly the headache disappeared. I frowned and looked at the palace; it felt as if I knew the place, like it used to be my playground. I casted a look around and felt the pull that Percy mentioned, it seemed to came from three different places; one up, one to the right and the other to the left.

I noticed that Nico and Annabeth wore similar expressions on their faces; they must be felling the pull too.

"Do you feel it too?" I asked.

"Yes, the rings actually worked. I think the Titans are to the left and right and Gration is up there" Nico said pointing to a window on one of the upper floors.

"Well, Percy and Nyx told us to leave Gration for the last. Let`s go find Krios or Perses" I said.

Nico and Annabeth nodded and we started to walk towards the palace when suddenly I started to feel a tingle sensation in my hand.

"Wait, there are monsters near" I warned my friends.

"Yes I can feel them too. Maybe we should check the windows, see if there is a shadow in the room so I can shadow travel us there" Nico said while walking to a window and peeking inside.

Annabeth and I waited until he called us, took our hands and shadow traveled us to the room.

The room was empty except for the furniture but I could still feel the tingling sensation on my hand.

"The monsters are in the other room" Nico said as he leaned on the wall for support. He took a small bite from the ambrosia on his pouch "There are Dracnea guarding the doors and some Cyclops too, the pull is guiding us there"

We needed a plan, we couldn`t simply waltz into the room and say "Hey there, we came here to assassinate your master now shoo, we need to pass" luckily for us, Athena and her children always have a plan.

"Okay, we need to distract the Cyclops and take the Dracnea out so; Nico you shadow travel us there, Thalia will kill the Cyclops, nothing flashy, while you and I take the guards out" She said pulling her magical hat over her head "Be as stealthy as you can, do not let them see you until I am behind the guards, then we can attack freely"

Nico and I nodded while he took our hands again and we appeared inside the other room in a corner. They were three Cyclops and two Dracnea; the Cyclops were just sitting there while the Dracnea where standing at the sides of the door with spears in their hands.

I felt the air change around us and knew we only had a few seconds before the monsters smell us. I slowly took out my bow and aimed two arrows to the unsuspecting monsters and then fire.

The Cyclops fell to the floor before disintegrating into golden dust. The Dracnea tried to scream and call for help but before any of them managed to so much as breathe they were decapitated by a celestial bronze knife and a Stygian Iron sword.

Annabeth materialized again at my side and Nico came out of the shadows. We looked at the door and a burning sensation warned us of what was ahead.

Nico decided to shadow travel there first to see what Titan was. Annabeth and I waited for a few moments until he returned looking paler than usual.

"It`s Krios and he has at least seventy monsters in there. Cyclops, Dracnea and Lastrygonians. There is no way in Hades we will be able to take him out without them noticing" He said.

"We will fight then, he can`t get involved unless challenged. Let`s just hope that Nyx and Percy are near" I said.

"Nico, tell me how the room is, every single hole included" Annabeth ordered.

"It`s a big room, there is some light but barely enough to see, there are shadows in the corner and some other places, the monsters are gathered around Krios´ throne meaning the center of the room and they cover it from all sides" He paused to catch his breath "And there is a place on the roof, big enough for one of us to stay there crouched"

Annabeth stayed silent for a few minutes, shaking her head every now and then until her head snapped up "Okay, Thalia, you need to get to that spot and fire volleys of arrows to the monsters. Nico, do you know how to use the shadows to grab some of them?"

Nico nodded "It wears me out a bit but I can do it"

"Well then, use the shadows to trap as many monsters as you can, try to keep them still to give Thalia a clear shot. I will use my hat to take as many as I can. Do not wear yourselves out too much, we still have to take down the rest" Annabeth finished.

I nodded knowing that it was a good plan but also knowing that there was a good chance for all of us to die. NO, don`t be a coward now Thalia, you are Thalia, you don`t shy away from danger I thought to myself.

Nico took my hand and the shadows swallowed us and in no time I was standing above the monsters and Krios. I waited for a couple of minutes until some of the monsters dissolved into golden dusk for no apparent reason and the shadows began to grab others keeping them in place.

I took a deep breath and my bow appeared in my hand, I took as many arrows as I could and began shooting at the monsters in the shadows. They seemed quite surprised when volley after volley of arrows rained over them.

Annabeth took many monsters down when they were distracted by shadows and arrows.

Nico suddenly let go of the shadows and pulled out his stygian Iron sword and began to kill monsters left and right, his seemed completely focused in taking down as many as he could.

I jumped from the room, swallowing my fear for heights, and tapped my bracelet. Aegis appeared and the monster shied away from the sight of Medusa`s head. I began to attack with my spear but the monster kept coming, every time I killed one, two took its place.

This went on for a few minutes until Nico, Annabeth and I were fighting back to back in the middle of the room, keeping the monsters at bay and watching each other`s backs until finally the last Lastrigonian fell to the ground and dissolved into dust, joining his companions in Tartarus.

We were panting and eating some ambrosia to get energy back and heal all the minor injuries when we hear clapping. We turned to see the Titan of stars and constellations wearing an amused smile on his face.

"Well, well, well, I have to admit that I am impressed, I didn`t expect three demigods would be able to take down that many monsters" Krios said, he paused for a moment, seemingly studying us "Two children of the Big Three, one of them a hunter and a child of wisdom. You just made capturing the goddesses much simpler"

"We will kill ourselves before we let you capture us to lure the gods here" Annabeth spat at him.

We looked at each other and nodded "We challenge you to a fight Krios, to death" I said.

We charged. (You have no idea how tempted I was to end it here but I left you hanging for two weeks… lucky you)

Nico and I took the sides; Annabeth used her hat again and disappeared from sight. Krios stood up and pulled his sword from its sheath and stood there waiting.

Nico swung his sword in a deadly arch to Krios´ head while I used my spear to stab him in the stomach but Krios was too fast; he blocked both blows with a single move of his sword and launched a counter attack at Nico, hitting him on the chest with the handle of his sword and sending him flying back.

He was about to swing his sword at me when ichor started to pour from a long gash on his arm. I smirked, he forgot about Annabeth, not so bright for a Titan.

"Puny demigod! You dare cut me!" he screamed while slashing with his sword to his right where there was apparently nothing but I heard a scream that belonged to my friend. Her hat had fallen from her head and she had a long cut in her stomach.

Anger flooded my mind as I saw this. This was my best friend, the girl I considered my little sister, the one I had taken care of since she was seven and this titan dared to harm her. No one touches my friends. No. One.

Krios was preparing to deal the final blow but I took Aegis and stepped in front of Annabeth, who had fallen to the floor and was trying to stop the bleeding in her stomach. I stopped the sword with my shield, I didn`t even cared about the pain it brought to my arm. I grabbed my spear and started to slash at him but he moved to damn fast.

Suddenly the shadows around Krios moved and grabbed him, keeping him in place. I risked a look to my left and saw Nico, an angry expression on his face mixed with determination but I noticed he was straining to hold Krios in place, I had to hurry.

I took several steps back and threw mi shield to his face, then my spear to his stomach and finally I made my bow appear in my hand and fired an arrow straight through his heart. He stopped moving and glowed a bright golden light before exploding into golden dust.

I wasted no time and ran to Annabeth`s side. She was still bleeding and had gone pale. Nico was by her side now too.

"She will die if we don`t stop the bleeding" He told me.

I searched for ambrosia only to find that we had to little to actually heal her completely. Nevertheless I took the ambrosia and put it in her mouth, she started to chew slowly and the bleeding stopped, her cut was beginning to heal but it still left an angry pink line across her stomach.

Her skin had returned to her normal color and she looked better. She tried to stand up only to fall to the floor again holding her stomach.

"Give her more ambrosia!" Nico urged me.

I glared at him "That was out last piece and if we give her more we risk hurting her"

He looked down "We can`t leave her here, she can`t even stand much less fight"

I wanted to scream at him but I contained myself and then it hit me. I AM SO STUPID! I mentally screamed at myself. I rubbed the ring in my left hand and called to Percy and Nyx mentally.

They materialized to Nico`s side, causing him to step back.

"So you remembered" Nyx said and Percy went to work on healing Annabeth.

I blushed and looked down "It took me awhile but yeah"

Nyx laughed "Don`t worry, I would have forgotten too if I were in your situation. Percy will heal her; she will be on her feet and fighting in no time"

Nico had finally recovered from the shock and face palmed. I looked at him, wanting an explanation.

"I can`t believe we forgot we could call them for help" He said.

"Yes, you could have called but then again you wouldn't have defeated a Titan without our help. You have proven yourselves here, all three of you" Nyx said.

Nico and I smiled at her. I casted a look towards where Annabeth had fallen only to find she was no longer there.

I freaked out and stood up, looking around me only to find her and Percy laughing behind me.

"Told you she would freak out!" Percy said.

"You where right" Annabeth said back.

I glared at them and walked to them smiling sweetly. I grabbed both their hands and shocked them.

"Idiots" I said and left them on the floor.

"You never learn, do you Perce?" Nyx asked shaking her head and laughing softly.

"Yeah, whatever. It was worth it now come on, there are still one Titan and Giant waiting to die" He said as he and Nyx disappeared again.

"Well, let`s go find them, no point in delaying it" Nico said and began to walk to the door, Annabeth and me following him.

AN: Okay, a semi cliffy here, I am sorry but my mom is telling me to go to sleep "We have to wake up at 5 am tomorrow" Argh, so not fun.

Anyway, school starts tomorrow but I will be going on Wednesday :) I will still update once a week, don`t worry ;).

See you soon Awesome Readers!

Yours truly,

Owlways.