A/N: Okay here is the new chapter. Enjoy!

Artemis

Impossible. But Zoe had also mentioned that she had no idea of how it came to happen, but that it has and to accept it.

At her name being spoken, the son of Poseidon unfroze. He sprinted towards the exit, but was tackled by Lance, Leto's champion. Artemis took comfort from her mother as sadness filled her. Perseus had blamed himself for her death, and now she left him a note to say she may die once again. It almost broke Artemis that her friend would die again for Olympus, and this time with no one to follow her into battle.

Perseus shoved the champion into a headlock and cut a long gash across the champions chest, letting go to stand and resume running. Leto let go of her daughter to aide her champion. The gash was deep enough to be dangerous, but not so that it would've gone through the boy's heart.

Artemis sprinted after the son of the sea, his two companions following her out. They reached a beach in where Perseus knelt by the water, muttering under his breath.

Artemis nocked an arrow in her bow and fired, the boy dodging it and aiming his sword to defend himself. The arrow embedded itself into the sand, sinking until it vanished. Perseus looked at her with no emotion. His eyes were blue, shining and glowing with power. "Lady Artemis, I may lose your respect with this, but I can't let her die again. Not as long as I live."

With those words he struck, only enough time to let Artemis summon her twin daggers to defend herself before he swept her feet from under her. She didn't see anything but the sword at her throat. He had moved with incredible speed and agility, the strength and speed inhumane. "Farewell, Milady." Perseus smirked with no emotion, his eyes glowing with power, but void of emotion and feeling. His hand raised, and she prepared to block it before she felt herself get pinned into the ground, looking down to see a solid trident made of water. He had used his sword as a distraction to summon the trident.

He disappeared from view, causing her to scream in outrage. How dare he!

She flashed to beside the trident, and it melted back into the ocean. She held her twin daggers before appearing behind Perseus, knocking him down with her. He growled and reached for the water, trying to touch it with his fingertips. She held his shoulders tightly, and only heard the howl of a wolf before her body turned to mist.

Three days earlier

Zoe

She reached for her bow, arrow nocked and ready to release. Her sisters remained hidden as she passed the garden of her sisters, even Ladon had vanished. The tree was robbed of its golden apples, its branches snapped and pulled on to take them.

Steeling her nerves, Zoe walked up the mountain, remaining hidden. She saw a figure under the sky, and she assumed it was her father. She heard a labored breath from the kneeling figure, and she came out of her hiding spot, arrow aimed at the male underneath the sky.

Zoe gasped. Her bow fell out of her hands, the arrow having already fallen beforehand. Sea green eyes stared up at her, pain filling the fluid irises. His jet black hair stuck to his forehead, sweat beading from his entire body. "Zoe..." He cried out weakly, his voice broken and strained. A strand of gray hair was on his forehead, the strain from holding the sky on display.

She ignored her instincts and logic, only remembering the day he had watched her die. She positioned herself beside him under the burden, slowly lifted half of it off of the boy's shoulders. He groaned as his knees gave out, dropping the entire sky onto her shoulders.

She grunted at the sudden change increase in weight, but she held it in stride, slowly accustoming herself to the weight as it threatened to crush her. The strength of her father ran through her veins, her endurance also from The General. It gave her a bit of an advantage to bearing the weight, but it didn't make her immune to the pain and weight.

When the boy crawled out from under the burden, she centered herself underneath it, her knees digging into the rock ground underneath her. A voice laughed. "It seems you are weak when it comes to the boy. That makes it easier for us. I hope you enjoy carrying your father's burden for a while, so you can learn some respect, filthy half-blood." He spit at her face, causing Zoe to close her eyes and bite her tongue to keep from using her energy with a retort.

The man lifted her head to look at him, fingers under her chin. She glared into his silver eyes, the glare murderous even with the sky slowly sapping her strength. "There there, niece of mine. Do no fret. I will make sure the sea spawn comes to your aide. If not, your suffering will end quickly, as you are now mortal. The only thing keeping you alive is my cousin's blood in your veins, half-blood. Once its strength blessing runs out, you will only have seconds to live. Cousin Atlas may not have made the right choice to be a center of attention in the two titan wars, but he won't be the one they all look at. They'll fear me, more than you fear for the boy." Zoe's eyes widened, and the struggle to keep herself from speaking became worse.

The titan smiled. "Don't worry. I'll keep your secret. I'll only tell him and your sister-in-arms, once they come for you." He walked away.

"You filthy, disgusting male!" He laughed openly at her words, and the titan walked back to her, his silver eyes boring into her onyx ones. He probed her mind before he showed her a quick vision.

She cried out in pain. The blade coated red- Lightning struck a tree- screams filled the air- a silver arrow, the arrowhead coated in ichor- lifeless sea green eyes, blaming her of his death- He let his hold on her go and her strength slowly focused into the burden above her. His smile never disappeared as he left her in her fear.

Present

Percy

He could only watch as he attacked Artemis, a trident pinning her to the ground. He ran to the water, but again was stopped by the maiden goddess. He growled and reached for the water, his fingertips an inch from the water. As soon as his fingers touched the ocean, they turned to mist.

Seconds later they reformed, thrown out of the ocean. Percy didn't feel anything, while he heard Artemis coughing to his right. His feet moved of their own accord, Riptide ready in his hand as he stepped and started his trek up the mountain. Percy worried for Artemis, but his body didn't respond to anything he tried to do. When he heard Artemis' voice go low and pained, he was only able to stop walking. Riptide was still raised, but Percy was relieved he had been able to at least stop himself.

He caught sight of a knife and his body defended itself, twisting the attacker's wrist while pulling their body in front of him, their back to his chest while he held Riptide at their throat. Artemis stepped on his foot to try to get his grip to loosen, but again he felt nothing and didn't even flinch. "I thought I said I'd leave you in your home turf, moon goddess." His voice was laced with venom, and again he had no power over his actions.

"If you kill me, Zoe will hate you for eternity." The words struck a cord in whatever was controlling him, and he shoved her to the ground, Riptide raised for a killing blow.

Zoe. His body went rigid, his body locking with his arms and sword raised above his head. He grit his teeth as he felt slight control over himself. "Run...Milady." He forced the words out of his mouth, which stunned Artemis by the sudden change. She struggled to stand before she turned back to him, not a single centimeter of movement from him.

"I won't leave you like this, Perseus. Zoe wouldn't wish me to."

He struggled to speak. "p-lease...-Go!" The words came in gaps, but he knew she understood what he said.

The goddess shook her head almost defeatedly. "For Zoe." She threw her knife at Riptide, but again something else took control, twisting the dagger in midair before throwing it back towards her.

She ducked and summoned her bow, firing arrows at him in quick succession. Sadly, Percy's senses were heightened. Everything went in slow motion to him, and he dodged all of the arrows with one move before he lunged at her, palm flat. The sound of his palm against her face was sickening, causing Percy to flinch, though his body didn't. The goddess looked up at him, stunned. The place he had slapped her quickly reddened, the impact causing her skin to leave an imprint of his hand.

Percy easily gained control of himself and threw his sword to her, stepping and almost leaping away from the huntress. He went still, shock still in his mind. "Go, before I do something worse." His voice was low, each word causing his voice to crack in pain and shame, guilt overcoming his senses.

A flash of light, and Poseidon stood beside him, hands on his son's shoulders. "Percy, control it. Do it for Zoe." Immediately Percy regained control entirely, the other presence vanishing at his regained control.

He felt his knees go weak. "Milady-" Poseidon held him back, waiting to see the goddess' reaction.

Artemis slowly stood up, knife still in hand, and walked towards the two men. Poseidon stepped back, Percy covered from view behind his father. "Careful, niece. I won't tolerate your rashness at the moment."

Artemis stared to the guilt ridden eyes of Percy. "Why?"

Percy had no answer for her, shame and guilt flooding his mind. Poseidon saw his son close to breaking and pressed a hand to the boy's chest, breaking his son out of his emotions. "Do not blame yourself, Perseus. You had no control." He turned back to Artemis, who stood still as she gazed at the demigod. "He would never lay a finger on you. That wasn't my son. Don't let your hatred deceive you."

Percy looked down in shame. "Something took control. It was still my fault-"

Poseidon interrupted him. "Don't you dare blame yourself for what others do to you. It is part of what makes your fatal flaw Loyalty." Again he turned to Artemis. "And don't you dare blame him as well."

Artemis shook her head. "No one will speak of this, ever." Percy nodded quickly, head still low. "Back to the task at hand. Uncle, we must find my ex-huntress. She may be in grave danger."

Poseidon gave her a curt nod. "Perseus will have to find a way to hold it in."

Artemis gave him a serious expression. "It was much like a counterpart-"

"We will speak of it once the quest has been fulfilled. Perseus, just stay focused, and don't lose control. I will bring your companions." Poseidon melted into the sea, three figures replacing his.

Lance stumbled over Jason, Frank in bulldog form beside him. Jason clutched his stomach. "I will never mist travel again willingly." Jason groaned out. Frank nodding before transforming to his normal self.

"Whoa, why is everything so dark?" Lance muttered with his back on the ground.

Artemis sighed. "He had been on Delos for too many years." She turned to the other boys. "Hurry, we must reach Mount Tam. Time is running out."

Following the goddess and Percy, the group trekked up the mountain, until stopping at the open gates. Artemis frowned. "They should have closed hours ago. They should not be open."

Percy stiffened. Something was pulling him inside. "Something's wrong." He sprinted into the garden of the Hesperides, finding nothing but an empty tree.

Lance stood next to him. "Next time don't say something's wrong and then sprint into the place you're saying has something wrong." He looked up at the tree and whistled. "Looks like someone sacked the place. Why don't we make like the hosts and scram?" He started to walk back out, but Percy forged on, causing the champion to sigh. "I forgot I was talking to a ghost."

"Perseus?" Percy stiffened, his grip on Riptide tightening until his knuckles turned white. Artemis had also stiffened, her dagger almost drawing blood from how hard she's crushing it.

Frank turned his head to listen for the voice again, but Lance and Jason just waved their hands in front of Percy. "Dude, stop freezing up like a tree. What's up?" Lance asked after Percy blinked twice.

They waited in silence for a few minutes. "Percy..."

No time to think, he dashed up the mountain and to where Atlas held the sky. Instead of Atlas, he found what he dreaded.

Dark brown hair flowed down her shoulders, some stuck to her forehead with sweat. A section of her hair was a bright grey, another strand slowly graying as she held the sky. Her eyes were closed, but Percy knew exactly who it was. The demi-titan's eyes opened to reveal two onyx eyes that locked with his sea green ones. She gasped when she saw him, but kept herself still, as to not let the burden crush her. "Not...real..." She struggled to form words, exhaustion heavy in her shoulders and shaking arms and knees.

"Zoe." He sprinted to her, until he was beside her. Going on instinct, he bent his arms and got on his knees, sliding beside her enough to take most of the burden.

The huntress kept her hold on the sky, but breathed in much needed air, finding it easier to speak. "Let go, Percy. I must carry it alone."

Percy felt his knees dig into the rock underneath him, the memory of carrying the sky the first time becoming reality once more. "No. I won't let you."

"Why must you be so stubborn?! Give me the sky!"

"Says the one who held it for the first time. Go with Artemis, she wishes to speak with you." With his last words he lightly pushed her out from under the sky, the burden falling solely on his shoulders for the second time in his life.

Third

"Zoe? You're alive!" Artemis embraced the tired daughter of Atlas.

Zoe shook her head to clear her thoughts. "Milady. We must help Percy. The sky will crush him!"

Artemis gave Zoe a look. "Since when do you call the boy by his nickname?"

She waved aside the question. "Not now. We must free him!"

Artemis nodded. "Search the area. If there are any others, keep them away from Perseus."

Lance nodded and pulled out a scythe. Jason looked at him with wide eyes. "Why do you have a scythe as your weapon?"

Lance laughed. "I'll tell you later, if I survive this battle." He closed his eyes and breathed in, before dread filled him. Jason stared at him quizzically, but he waved it aside. "Whoever kills the most monsters wins. Titans count as four points!" He charged at the other side of the mountain, confusing the two demigods. As soon as he hit the barrier, the Mist vanished to reveal and army, some titans in the ranks.

They both looked at each other, before Frank morphed into a lion and charged, and Jason unsheathed his sword and flew up, the winds giving him momentum before he brought down a bolt of lightning, frying a large portion of attackers. Lance groaned. "No fair!"

Artemis and Zoe barely reached the top before A titan appeared beside Percy. Zoe cried out. "Percy!" She tried to run to the boy, but Artemis held her back, her gaze still on the titan.

Twin blades were on his back, the scabbards crossed to make it easy to unsheathe and strike. He wore nothing on his front, his muscular chest on display. Black jeans with a black belt, black slipper-like shoes on his feet. His jet black hair was tousled, which disgusted her as that was how Percy's was. His silver eyes scanned over Zoe before his smirk grew as he looked to Artemis, a glint in his eyes. "Well, well. Seems I do know how to plan a capture. You owe me a dozen drachmas, each." He seemed to be talking to someone behind them, and Zoe turned only to have a hand cover her mouth. She bit on the person's palm and the woman cursed.

She tightened her hold on the titan spawn. "Bastard." In a flash they were beside the male titan, his eyes filled with mirth. Artemis raised her bow, but the titan summoned double-sided axes, chains connecting them together. She raised the blade to Zoe's neck, pressing enough to draw blood. "You shoot that and Endurance Girl gets it."

The other titan laughed. "Artemis, great to have you see me as well. I don't believe the sea spawn gave you my gratitude of putting your hunter into my domain. It was easy enough to split her from the constellation, and boom back to earth she went."

Artemis' eyes narrowed in surprise and anger. "You dare touch my hunter!"

"Aw, don't be like that, Artemis. As they say, 'We are all gone with the wind when it becomes our time,' and I believe your time has run out!" He pulled out his swords and twirled them , cracking his neck. "Now why don't you say we have a little fun before I have to capture you, eh? Or would you rather I shackled you now and handed you to my brother?"

It struck a nerve. Artemis shouted in anger, and she shot arrows at him without stop. The female titan sighed. "And of course he has to do that. Show-off." She snapped her fingers, and shackles appeared on her wrists and ankles. The titan shoved her next to Percy. "Stay there, I have to save his arse before he gets himself killed." With that, she flashed away and appeared behind Artemis, disarming her before she could react.

Zoe turned to look at Percy, who wasn't looking too well. His hair was matted with sweat on his forehead. A section of his hair had turned gray and another strand was quickly following. She got under the sky and pushed up, lifting a third of the weight off of him. His eyes focused on her. "Give me the sky, Zoe."

His tone was deadly calm, which sent a shiver up her back. She shook her head. "I must carry the burden."

He cursed under his breath. "Dammit Zoe! Give me the sky!"

"No! I have Atlas' blood in my veins. It is my burden by birthright!"

"I don't give a damn about your stupid birthright! I'm not watching you die again!" The words struck her hard, and she stayed silent, holding only a third of the weight of the sky.

Percy focused on holding most of the weight. As long as it rested on his shoulders, Zoe could easily fall in exhaustion without being crushed. He would have to figure out a way to get her out from under the sky, though.

Lance fought like a demon, slicing dozens of monsters with only a single swing of his scythe.

Artemis fell quick with the surprise attack of the female titan. The male scoffed. "You ruined the fun! I was going to rough her up a bit before my brother got a hold of her."

The female didn't even flinch. "I don't care. I just want to get the job done, so that you can keep your end of the deal!" She raised one of her chained axes threateningly. Artemis could feel a familiar aura from her, but she couldn't match it with the right name and person.

"You will get what you want, but next time leave my playthings alone. I wish to enjoy the bloodshed before my brother's arrival."

A black beam appeared, another masked titan beside the first. "Stop playing with the captives before they are secured. Selene, get the boy. Leave the girl under the sky. It rather suits her stupidity as much as my brother's." The first male titan whined but then said nothing, the mask on his face covering what is sure to be a smirk.

Artemis gasped. "Selene?" The female titan flinched, the other two having already gone to the other battles. Her face was covered, only her eyes visible. One silver, one black. Her right eye glowed silver and flashed as she locked eyes with the goddess.

"Don't call me that, or I'll rip your throat out. The only reason why I haven't torn you limb for limb is because I don't care about this petty war. Now keep your mouth shut before you get me killed." She shoved the huntress and snapped her fingers, Celestial Bronze shackles and chains around her wrists and ankles. She grabbed Artemis' arm and pulled her close. "I'd feel pity for you if I wasn't focused on keeping my brother alive." She shoved her towards the point which the sky comes to meet the earth. "Looks like your brat can follow orders." She muttered before walking in front of Artemis and to the demi-titan who was holding part of the sky up. Her hair was graying faster than before, even though she was now only holding a third of what she had been before.

Zoe noticed the presence of the female titan, and she pressed herself closer to Percy, going deeper under the burden and out of the titan's reach. Percy was very aware of where their bodies touched. "Brat." Cursed the titan, and tried to reach her on the other side.

"Go, Zoe."

"No, I won't let you hold my burden alone!"

Percy turned to look at Zoe, her onyx eyes clouded with pain. Knowing he wouldn't win an argument, he prayed that he wouldn't have to pay dearly for his next action, and pressed his lips on hers.

She stiffened, relaxing into the kiss before he pulled away, and pushed her roughly out from under the sky. She rolled into Artemis' outstretched arms. Zoe's brain stopped working, her mind blank. She could still feel the tingling of where his warm lips had been on hers.

Artemis carried her ex-lieutenant as she figured the clouded look in her eyes was from holding the sky so long. "There you are! Now let's go before I have the other gods coming after you."

Lance tore down the monster ranks, nothing standing in his way. Then he felt it, the arrow going between his armor and into his skin, the arrowhead halfway through his rib cage. He paused his onslaught only to snap the arrow's shaft and scream, "For Leto!" The battle cry caused many to cower in fear, fearing that the peaceful titan had been released and looked for revenge on their kind. More arrows hit him, but he kept fighting, the arrows no longer stunning him.

Frank tore off the head of a hell hound before he heard Lance's battle cry. He roared, and the monsters fled in a panic. Jason threw more lightning at the monsters trying to retreat, and they took the thinning of monsters as a good sign.

They regrouped when the last monster was killed, and they watched Lance as he stayed standing, his scythe lowered, the head of his cloak up to cover his face. The first one to notice the arrows, Frank sprinted in a dog form before morphing into his human shape. "Lance-"

Lance turned to the son of Mars and smiled. "The arrows did not touch me, my curse has." He fell to the floor on his back. He pulled his cloak open to reveal an almost complete skeleton. His gloves fell from his hands, revealing only bones somehow staying connected together as the champion breathed raggedly, black blood coming through his mouth. Jason joined them in time to see Lance raise a skeletal hand, and Frank clasped it with his own hand.

Lance smiled to the son of Jupiter. "I told you I'd tell you why I use a scythe as a weapon. So that, when my curse is complete, I will become the Grim Reaper." He laughed humorlessly before coughing, the black fluid running down the side of his mouth. He pulled something from his neck and pressed it into Frank's hand. "Give this to Lady Leto. Tell her-... tell her it was an honor to serve her with my life." When Frank nodded, the champion sighed, the flesh from his mouth turning to ash with only his jaw still there.

In seconds, the rest of the champions head had become ash, only leaving a full skeleton with the cloak and scythe of the boy left behind. Jason raised the hood over the skull, smiling sadly. "He got what he wanted. Now people will say the Grim Reaper was on Mount Tam." Frank stayed silent, his hand still holding what the champion had placed into his hands.

The silence became heavy, until Jason realized why it was silent. "Where's Percy?" They searched for him until they found him under the burden, weakly holding it up above him. "Zoe...Zoe...Zoe..." He breathed each time and said her name, as if that alone gave him strength.

Jason turned to Frank. "We need to get to the gods. Get to the water and pray to Neptune. Explain the situation."

Frank nodded. "What do you want me to tell him, exactly?"

Jason smiled at a thought. He turned back to Frank. "Tell him that Percy Jackson is holding the sky."

L/N: Okay there you have it. The next one is til next year. Peace.

A/N: Leo, not funny.

L/N: Yea yeah, its not til next year. It's probably a few days if I finish my summer school hw. Same for Jane. Anyways, Enjoy and Review!