When Percy had went after the sow, or the pig with wings as Emily thinks of it, that the fighting was a blur to Emily. Emily had to make the hunters to back to 37th, two blocks from Olympus, Emily had wanted to help the campers. But she wasn't going to leave the hunters by themselves, even if they could take care of themselves. Even with how many hunters they had that they were losing hunters, half of the hunters were wounded and a couple of the hunters had died as they fell back to where they were now. Emily had healed some of their wounds but after. Awhile that the hunters had told her to keep her strength up for the fighting, of which did do but she didn't like it though. As dawn kept nearer that they were forced back to the Empire State Building, Emily wasn't sure of what full happen because of how blurred it was. She knows that she had fought along side, Thalia, James, Phil, Percy, Annabeth and some of the hunters.
But she couldn't name them all of who was fighting along side with for she didn't know all their names, finally the party ponies had arrived. When Emily heard the horn that she had been confused, for she knows that all the hunters there. For a minute she had thought it was the howling commandos, but it was unlikely since they were still sleeping. But when she saw the party ponies that she was grateful, the titan's army had pulled back. Emily had lean against the wall and fell to the floor, she was breathing heavy, not only that but she had a couple of wounds as well. But she was in better condition than the other half of the hunters, just than she felt a hand in her shoulder and she looked up to see James standing there. He had bent down and put his hand over her wounds and whispered some Greek healing words. Emily watched as the wounds healed up or at they had stopped bleeding, James had helped her up.
Emily had James had walked over to where Chiron was of who was talking to Annabeth and Percy. Emily was walking with a slight limp in her foot and she felt like she was having a headache at the moment. This was a downside of being a demigod, that the demigod would always have to fight battles or against monsters. It was at a time like this that she wish that she wasn't a demigod, however if she wasn't a demigod, Emily was sure her life would be different and she might even be unhappy with that life. However she was happy with the life she had now, even with the downsides of the life she had now. Besides if her personality was the same, she was sure that she would have got bored really quickly and there was a good chance that she might be died by now. Emily had put one of her arms around James' neck to keep her balance and to lessen the pain in her foot. When James and Emily were close enough that she could hear what Chiron, Percy and Annabeth were saying.
"Chiron, about saving the day."
"I'm sorry it took so long. Centaurs travel fast, as you know. We can bend distance as we ride. Even so, getting all the centaurs together was no easy task. The Party Ponies are not exactly organized."
"How'd you get through the magic defenses around the city?"
"They slowed us down a bit, but I think they're intended mostly to keep mortals out. Kronos doesn't want puny humans getting in the way of his great victory." Emily had snorted when Chiron had said that, they all looked at her when she had did that. "What was that for?"
"It just seems like if all the gods seem to think that the mortals are puny for some odd reason. Not only it sounded odd coming form you, Chiron." Emily looked at the three of them who looked a little puzzled at Emily meant. "Never mind, I have to tell you a story in order for you guys to understand it, just go on with planning." when Emily had said that Percy had spoke.
"So maybe other reinforcements can get through."
"Perhaps, though time is short. As soon as Kronos regroups, he will attack again. Without the element of surprise on our side . . ."
"And Typhon?"
"The gods are tiring. Dionysus was incapacitated yesterday. Typhon smashed his chariot, and the wine god went down somewhere in the Appalachians. No one has seen him since. Hephaestus is out of action as well. He was thrown from the battle so hard he created a new lake in West Virginia. He will heal, but not soon enough to help. The others still fight. They've managed to slow Typhon's approach. But the monster can not be stopped. He will arrive in New York by this time tomorrow. Once he and Kronos combine forces - "
"Then what chance do we have? We can't hold out another day."
"We'll have to." Emily had looked at Thalia before going on. "Go and see about setting some new traps around the perimeter. Not only that, but take the hunters that have he fewest injuries to help." Thalia had nodded when Emily's said that but Chiron had than spoke.
"I will help her. I should make sure my brethren don't go too overboard with the root beer." Chiron had walked over to Emily as Percy and Annabeth spoke with each other and Chiron smiled when he reached the two of them. "I am glad that at least you two are here."
"I figured. Has the demigods said anything about the battle of the labyrinth?"
"We have talked about it, but what I found funny that no one commented on the fact that you are Lieutenant America." Emily was about ready to ask what that suppose to mean since it was clear since the first battle of Manhattan at she had been part of a year. However, unlike with this battle, she was defending Mount Olympus, she had been defending Manhattan itself. Before she could say anything that Annabeth had turned and looked at the three of them standing ere.
"Await a second, you are Lieutenant America?"
"Duh! I thought that the battle of Labyrinth and he battle of Manhattan shortly after that had made it clear that I was Lieutenant America." Annabeth had walked over to Emily and looked at Emily carefully before saying anything.
"Than it is true."
"What's true?" Annabeth had looked at her into her eyes.
"That you are a daughter of Athena." Emily had took her arm off form James's neck and remained looking back at Annabeth as she did so.
"Annabeth, I am not a daughter of Athena. I am a daughter to Demeter, I just happen to look like my father, not my mother."
"But the stories ..."
"Of Lieutenant America being a daughter of Athena is false." Annabeth had looked at Chiron when he had said that. "I would know, I had trained her for a year before she had become Lieutenant America."
"How come you didn't say anything?"
"For starters, I had thought she had died till her first visit back to camp since the end of the war. I was still grieving of her death by that point, for i could see a lot happening in her future. When I learned that she joined the hunt that I decided to let her correct those stories if she wished. But she hasn't till now." Emily snorted when Chiron had said that.
"That's because I didn't know about the part of the story of me being a daughter of Athena. I heard the rest of it though. Though I suppose that when those stories reached me that the campers must have assumed that I had already meet her and knew that she was a daughter of Athena. How did the part of the story of me being a daughter of Athena had come about anyway?" It was clear that none of them really knew of how that part of the story had come about. However that conversation had ended by a sound, for New York the sound would be normal. For there was a bunch of noise going on, but the sound of helicopter sounded odd after two days of silence. Emily had looked up at the helicopter, it had DE on it, but it was clear that it was not one of Tony's helicopter.
Than it started to go out of control, Emily had watched as Annabeth and Percy had got onto a Pegasus and went towards to the helicopter. Emily could barely make out Annabeth grabbing the door of the helicopter but than things started to go wrong. The Pegasus was knocked against the helicopter and the Pegasus started to fell with Percy on it's back and Annabeth was dangling from the helicopter. But than Emily saw the red hair girl pull Annabeth in, Emily remained where she watched as Percy and the Pegasus manage a sort of safe landing. But it was clear that the Pegasus was injuries, Chiron had went over to the Pegasus to heal it. Than the helicopter had straighten itself out and landed, Emily had walked over to the helicopter with the help of James. She would have ran but due to the limp she was unable to do so, just as Emily and James reached the helicopter that Annabeth had stormed off. Emily had looked at the red hair girl and realize it was the girl from the labyrinth a year ago. The girl had flopped to the curve before she had spoke.
"I'm sorry, Percy. I didn't mean to . . . I always mess things up."
"It's okay. So what's the message you wanted to deliver?"
"How did you know about that?"
"A dream." That didn't seem to surprise the girl and she had tugged her beach shorts. Now that Emily noticed the shorts that she saw that they were covered in Greek letters, pictures from camp beards, drawings of monsters and the gods. Emily had sat down besides the girl and notice that one of the beards had her staff on it. Her staff was one of two symbols for Emily as Lieutenant America, just before that final battle her uncle faced in World War II that Emily had got a beard with her staff on it as well as another beard.
"Have you been to camp?"
"No, but I've been seeing things. I mean, not just through the Mist. This is different. I've been drawing pictures, writing lines - "
"In Ancient Greek," I said. "Do you know what they say?"
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I was hoping . . . well, if you had gone with us on vacation, I was hoping you could have helped me figure out what's happening to me."
"Rachel. I wish I knew. Maybe we should ask Chiron - "
She flinched like she'd gotten an electric shock. "Percy, something is about to happen. A trick that ends in death."
"What do you mean? Whose death?" Emily wondered what Rachel means as well, Emily had no idea of how Rachel could know this. The only other time she had meet someone who could do of what Rachel was doing was the ... Emily sat up straight when she realize of what might be happening to Rachel, Emily had looked over at James of who looked just as surprised as Emily did. When he had looked at her that an understanding had passed between them, they both knew what what was happening to Rachel. The signs were there, for they had seen it happen before and Emily had thought it would never happen again considering what was happening to her. For hey both know the signs of when the oracle picks the next mortal host, Emily had bit her lip to prevent herself from talking as Percy and Rachel spoke.
"I don't know. Don't you feel it?"
"Is that the message you wanted to tell me?"
"No. I'm sorry. I'm not making sense, but that thought just came to me. The message I wrote on the beach was different. It had your name in it."
"Perseus, in Ancient Greek."
"I don't know its meaning. But I know it's important. You have to hear it. It said, Perseus, you are not the hero."
"You came thousands of miles to tell me I'm not the hero?"
"It's important. It will affect what you do."
"Not the hero of the prophecy? Not the hero who defeats Kronos? What do you mean?"
"I'm . . . I'm sorry, Percy. That's all I know. I had to tell you because - "
"Well! This must be Miss Dare." Chiron said that as he walked over to where the four of them were at.
"Chiron, Rachel Dare. Rachel, this is my teacher Chiron."
"Hello."
"You are not asleep, Miss Dare. And yet you are mortal?"
"I'm mortal. The pilot fell asleep as soon as we passed the river. I don't know why I didn't. I just knew I had to be here, to warn Percy."
"Warn Percy?"
"She's been seeing things. Writing lines and making drawings."
"Indeed? Tell me." Rachel had repeated the same hints Chiron as she did with Percy, James and Emily.
"Miss Dare . . . perhaps we should talk."
"Chiron, You . . . you'll help Rachel, right? I mean, you'll warn her that she's got to be careful with this stuff. Not go too far."
"Yes, Percy. I will do my best to understand what is happening and advise Miss Dare, but this may take some time. Meanwhile, you should rest. We've moved your parents' car to safety. The enemy seems to be staying put for now. We've set up bunks in the Empire State Building. Get some sleep."
"Everybody keeps telling me to sleep, I don't need sleep."
"Have you looked at yourself recently, Percy?" Percy had looked down at himself, he didn't look very good but his clothes looked worse than he did. Of which Emily found funny,
"I look like death, but you think I can sleep after what just happened?"
"You may be invulnerable in combat, but that only makes your body tire faster. I remember Achilles. Whenever that lad wasn't fighting, he was sleeping. He must've taken twenty naps a day. You, Percy, need your rest. You may be our only hope."
"Sure, talk." Percy had walked away and Emily had stood up and looked at Chiron, when Percy was inside that she and spoke.
"Please tell me that what I am thinking is what you are going to talk to Rachel about." Chiron raised an eyebrow when Emily had said that.
"What do you think I am going talk to her about?"
"Delphi?" Chiron had lowered his head, Emily felt her heart sink when Chiron had did that. "Chiron, no. Don't you remember the last time someone tried?" Chiron had lifted his head to look at her before he had spoke.
"I do. I am hoping it won't go that far and have a repeat of that if it were to happen." He looked at Rachel. "Come with me, Rachel. Rachel had got up and walked over to Chiron and than he looked at Emily and James. "You two may as well get some sleep or try to." Than Rachel and Chiron had walked off together and James walked over to her and spoke.
"I hope it won't happen again." Emily sighed and looked after Chiron and Rachel. Emily wasn't sure what happened to the mummy but something had happen to take away the oracle's humanity. Emily remembered before leaving to go to war that the new oracle had just be picked and took on the spirit of the oracle and than on her last visit before Emily had joined the hunt that the oracle had died and was in the attic. Emily shivered at the thought of what she knows happens, that the oracle had started to rot away. Emily had dreamed of what happened to the last woman of when she tried to to we the sprit of the oracle shortly after it happened. She was actually in the attic of she was dreaming that, that gives Emily nightmares from time to time.
"I hope so too. I really hope so. But I am worried that Rachel might have the same fate as the last woman."
"Yeah, anyway. We better get some sleep." Before Emily could react or say anything that James had picked her up and carried her into the Empire State Building. Emily had wrapped her arms James neck when he had picked her up.
"James, I can walk you know."
"But not very well." They had entered the Empire State Building and got some strange looks from the campers. James had put Emily in one of the bucks, when her head hit the pillows that she had fell asleep.