DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PJO!

Me: We're so close to the end! I can't believe it! It seems like only yesteray I started writing.

Zero: ...

Me: *grins* You're right. The whole crying and sadness thing just isn't my style. Well I can't say I'm glad it's almost over, but I'm not happy either.

Cam: I'm being left out...

Me: *sticks out tounge* Your fault. You know what you did. Now lets move on, I have something to do.


Percy's POV

Daniel was dead. But Tatiana was murdered with fire, her element, soon after she killed Daniel.

Everything's so messed up in my life. The one person who's been with me since I was a camper and was the only one who didn't ditch me was now dead.

I deserved to be dead, not her. She had a family that did care for her, and everything.

This is all my fault.

"Percy..." It was Rue. "Percy come on. There's still hope, she can't be dead." I shook my head.

"Don't lie to me. I saw her burn up. I watched her die..." I heard Rue get up and walk away from me. Seconds later I heard two pairs of footsteps.

"Get you fucking ass up Percy. Do you think we don't feel the loss of Tatiana's death? She was practically Lucian's sister, and Lucian isn't here being all depressed." Jade yelled at me. "Now get the hell up so we can win this stupid thing." I didn't move.

"She's dead and I could've stopped this. If I hadn't been with Annabeth that night, if I had tried harder to catch her, they never would've gotten to her. It's all my fault."

"Whatever, it's your fault, I get that you won't stop thinking that. But do you want her death to go without reason, or do you want to win this for her?" I thought about what Jade said. "You're not the only one who lost someone you loved Percy! I lost my brother! You don't see me acting helpless!"

"We're going to win this. I'm not letting her death be a waste." I said as I stood up, knowing Jade was right.

"There ya go. Now, lets get this thing over with. Then we'll give Tatiana a proper funeral." I walked over to the edge of the building and looked down.

The ground had blood here and there, bodies of Primordial forces everwhere. There had been no deaths on our side until Tatiana was killed.

"More of the fighters on our side are being sent to medical. Mainly campers but this isn't good." Jade paused and we all looked behind us.

Some of the greek gods appeared in golden lights.

"We warned you this could last a week. So don't start with me." I said coldly as I looked back down to the street below. "Rue and Jade, you can go down any time you want."

"No." They both said.

"We'd rather stay here until the greek gods leave." Jade said. Lightning struck a foot to my left.

"Commander, the number of the enemy have fallen in Holland Tunnel. They've retreated, but I'm betting they'll come back." Sarah said and I knew she had felt the gods' presentses because she had bowed before she started talking.

"Thanks for the update. Make sure they don't let their guards down over there. Dismissed." Sarah bowed and lightning hit her, then she was gone.

"Now, why are you here?" I asked but didn't turn to face the gods.

"I heard that my daughter died." I knew who said that.

"Yes Nemesis, you've lost another child but what does it matter to you? You gods only use your kids as pieces in a game."

"Jackson..." That was Zeus no doubt.

"It's the truth and the truth hurts. The same way it hurt when everyone forgot me and the same way it hurt when I lost Tatiana."

"Percy. Listen to me." That was Poseidon. "I-We're all sorry about that, but-

"No, I won't listen to you and I don't have to. You say the ancient rules keep you from fighting but guess what? This is a challenge from the Primordials and you're aloud to fight. You all know that, yet you don't fight. Because you never get your hands dirty."

"Better shut your mouth punk." Ares. I chuckled.

"Why should I Ares? I bet you're still mad about the time I beat you when I was twelve. Bet you want a rematch."

"Commander, I think we should go." Jade said as she stood on the edge of the building. We had to be twenty floors high. Rue did the same on the other side of me.

"Yes. It seems they want to blast us to bits." Rue said with a giggle.

"Stop irritating them. Those are orders." I said. Rue suddenlly was very still.

"Something's gonna happen." Rue said. "The image isn't clear, but it'll involve Tatiana-evil one-, that new guy Blake, and you Percy. It will affect all three of you, in what way I don't know." I slowly nodded.

"Let's go." Jade and Rue stepped off the building while I turned around and gave the gods a wave goodbye. Then I took a step backwards and fell towards the ground.

I turned around so my back was to the building and made sure my feet would be the first thing to touch the ground. I willed my fall to slow down a bit when I was five floors from the ground. I landed on my feet and started walking the second I touched the ground.

Jade and Rue had landed at the same time as me.

I pulled out Riptide and uncaped it. Jade and Rue got their weapons ready. Then we charged into battle.

I killed anything Primordial that I pasted. I put all my anger, sadness, and hate into killing.

I stopped fighting when I saw Blake fighting. He looked as if everything was normal.

"Hey Percy. I see you're taking things well." He said when he saw me. I glared.

"Why is it you can act like nothing's happened? Like she's not dead?" I demanded.

"I've seen a lot of deaths in my life and you get use to it. But you ask why I act like she's not dead? Because it's the truth. She planned this and I helped put everything into action. I'm not the only one who helped though."

"I did to. She knew we never belonged with the Primordials and trusted us to help." Meri said as she walked over.

"So then...she's not dead?" I asked, not wanting to get my hopes up.

"Yes and No. The body you saw her 'die' in is gone. She's back in her prison, and now we can't predict what's next, but she's working on getting out." Blake looked up, and then around as if someone had called him.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I-I thought I heard a scream..." Then I heard it to. "I am not crazy. I know you heard that one!"

A black swirling vortex opened up above the whole battle area. The screams drew louder, and louder as if they were screaming into some type of microphone that made the screams a million times louder.

"Oh dear god..." Blake muttered and grabbed Meri's arm. "We gotta go! I know who's screaming. Percy, come on!" Blake yelled and ran towards one of the tallest buildings.

I grabbed Blake and Meri's shoulders and Blinked us to the building. Blake gave me a nod and ran into the building, then bolted towards the stairs. He'd let go of Meri when we'd appeared at the front of the building so Meri and I ran to catch up.

Once we got to the top of the stairs he hit the door with his shoulder, and it fell forward.

Blake slowed down when we looked up at the vortex.

It had gotten bigger and closer to the building tops. It radiated power and shot out black and purple things, and orbs that left trails of black or purple dustish smoke.

Powerful wind was coming from the vortex, strong enough to knock Meri down. I helped her up, as Blake got closer to the edge of the building.

"I am very grateful that I didn't wear a dress or skirt." Meri muttered and went to stand next to Blake. I just blinked next to them and looked into the vortex.

"This isn't a natural vortex." I said. I just couldn't name what kind it was...

"Magical. It had to have been summoned by a spell or...or...I can't remember." Meri sighed.

"It's to powerful to have been a normal spell. It had to have been and ancient one. The kind past down for years that was created generations or centeries ago." Blake said. I was surprised that he could tell when he didn't look like he was magical or something.

The screams grew impossably loud and I realized who was screaming.

"It's her!" Blake said and took a few steps back from the edge of the building. I directed all my attention to the vortex.

I could only see the falling figuer as a dot, but I used the water in the air to zoom in on her.

Tatiana was falling, she was screaming, and her arms were clawing at the air above her, as if it could save her. Her feet were kicking a little bit and her hair was up in the air around her face. Her clothes were torn and cut up, possibly burned.

The thought of why she didn't use magic made me wonder. And then I stiffened. It had to be an antimagic vortex. Then another thought came to me.

I wouldn't be able to help her.

"She's not the only one falling!" I looked to where Meri was looking and saw she was right.

Tatiana's alter ego was falling to, her screams had blended with Tatiana's so you couldn't tell the difference between screams. Her dress didn't fly up and reviel anything, but other than that she was acting the same way as Tatiana.

Tatiana was closer to the ground and her alter ego was higher up.

"We have to help her. One of you do something!" Meri yelled.

She was to close to the ground than I liked. I couldn't fly over there since it was antimagic and my powers as a demigod wouldn't work either. I was as powerful as a mortal.

Meri started yelling at Blake calling him crazy and I saw what he was doing.

He'd backed up to the oposite side of the building and the second I looked he started running my way. Meri was yelling because he was gonna jump off the building.

I tried to stop him but I was to late. He jumped off the edge of the building and went flying towards Tatiana. He couln't make it, it was to far.

Tatiana seemed to realize Blake was coming her way and stopped screaming. She moved and managed to grab his hand.

"Well I'm going down." Meri jumped off the builing, heading for ground. I did the same and landed safely. I have to admit seeming Tatiana clinging to Blake made me jealous. I should've jumped, not him.

I was low enough that I managed to make a soft cloud like thing appear under Blake and Tatiana. Stairs appeared on the edge of my cloud thing and I saw Jade had made them.

Blake walked down the stairs, but Tatiana clung to him as if letting go would kill her.

Blake set her down on the ground and she was shaking. Blake took off his jacket and gave it to her but she didn't take it.

"What happened? Are you okay? Why are your clothes a mess?" I asked as I knelt down next to her. I pulled her into my arms and she leaned onto my chest.

"I-we were sent to the Unknown. I-I didn't know the thing would send me there, I thought it meant something else. We were almost killed 6 times in the first 5 minutes...I-I..." Tatiana broke down crying and I knew it had to have been bad. She never cries during a battle no matter what.

"Come on, we gotta get outta here. Meri, Blake, each of you put a hand on my shoulder. Jade, I'll meet you at the Medical area."

Once they both had a hand on my shoulder and I had Tatiana bridal style in my arms I Blinked us to the Medical area.

Andrew, who had been walking by, saw us and took us to an office-made-medical room.

I place Tatiana on the bed that had been put there. She hesitated to let go, but she did let go slowly.

"B-Blake?" She asked and Blake was next to her in a second.

"I'm right here. It's okay." Blake whispered. Tatiana pulled him next to her and starting crying again. "Please stop crying Tatiana, please stop. Come on, your my Jen and my Jenny Penny doesnt cry..."

His Jen? Jenny Penny? My blood was boiling, but I held back.

"Blake...it was so horrible. I-I thought I w-was gonna d-die. A-and...and...I was terrified." After a few second Tatiana calmed down.

"There you go." Blake whispered and let her go. My jealousy lessened, but it didn't go away.

"Where is Lucian?" The second she asked that the door of the room flew open.

"Where's Tatiana? Is she okay?" Lucian saw her and ran up to her and hugged her. "Oh chaos! I thought you were dead! I swear, if you ever scare me like that again, I will personally kill you." Tatiana laughed.

"Glad to see you to, Lucian. Can you let go? You're hugging me a bit your tight."

"Oh sorry." Lucian let go.

"You were sent to the Unknown, survived, and now you're back here. But thank Chaos you're alright." I said.

"I'm so tired..." Tatiana yoned. "But I need to get back out there. I can't just sit here." She got up and I tried to stop her but someone beat me to it.

"No. You need to stay here and rest. I'll be damned if I let you go out there. You're going to stay here and I'll stay here to so you won't wonder off. I've seen what you can do to talk people into doing stuff for you. Remember what you did to that guard guy two days ago?"

"The one that I talked into getting me into the weapon place?"

"That's the one. I was there remember?"

"You're not the boss of me. I'm a big girl and I can do what I want." Tatiana stuck out her tongue.

"Over me dead body are you getting out of here."

"I don't want to kill you so...Bye!" Tatiana Blinked out of the room. I should've seen that coming.

"That's cheating! No fair!" Blake yelled and ran out of the room. I sighed.

"Let's go. We can't let them run around like this." I said and headed for the door.

"And you're just jealous of Blake. Plus you don't like how Tatiana's acting around him, right?" Jade asked. I didn't answer. "Now you know how she felt when she saw you with Annabeth." Jade said and used her powers to disappear from the room.

I just turned back around and went out the door, following the trail Blake most likely took.


Me: Okay, so maybe the next chapter won't be the last one. But I PROMISE this story will (hopefully) be done within another three chapters.

Cam: And your deadline is getting closer...

Me: Don't remind me! I'm trying to beat that damn dead line!

Zero: ...

Me: See? Zero sees my point. Please remember to review eveyone!