Alright, here is the last reunion chapter. Next will be the alternate version of Blood of Olympus.

(Leo POV)

Leo felt bad. He was blaming Percy for what happened with Calypso. Annabeth and the others were all talking about how to handle Percy in his fragile state, but Leo didn't know how to do that. He had watched Percy decapitate a giant that the six of them hadn't even been able to handle. He had watched Percy almost kill his best friend; Jason insisted it wasn't Percy's fault, but still, it scared Leo.

So, he had decided to avoid him instead. He figured it was better than getting mad at Percy. But still, it didn't feel right. It's not like it was Percy's fault he had landed on Ogygia and fallen in love with Calypso. Was he jealous? He remembered feeling that way on Ogygia when he had figured out Calypso's past with Percy.

Eventually, something told him he had to just deal with the problem head on. It wasn't like he could avoid Percy for the rest of the trip, not if they had to work together.

So, not long after he ducked below decks, he decided to go back up. He figured maybe having Piper there would be helpful too.

When he got onto the deck, he heard laughter. He looked over to where Percy and Piper were sitting on the deck. Percy was leaning against the mast, laughing uproariously. Piper looked like she was pushing down her own laughter so she could keep telling the story.

He walked over to them. Percy looked up, tears in his eyes from the laughter. "Hey man," he said. "Piper was just telling me the story about Bologna."

Leo smiled. Percy didn't look nearly as intimidating like this. "Oh yeah? What part?"

Percy looked like he was struggling to breathe properly, "Did you really blow them up with toothpaste?"

Leo laughed. "Yeah, good times. I almost miss those weirdos."

Percy got his laughter under control. "Kudos man. What a way to win a fight."

Piper had stopped giggling. She looked a little nervous now, her eyes darting between Percy and Leo's faces.

"Thanks," Leo said when things started to calm down.

Percy had grown more serious now. "…Piper also told me about…"

"Yeah." He cut him off. He looked at Piper. "Would you mind actually? I think Percy and I should talk."

Piper stood up. "Ok, I think I'll be over there. I'd better not see a full-on brawl in five minutes, ok?"

"Yes mom." Leo said. "I think we got it."

She shrugged and walked to the railing of the ship, looking out over the water.

Percy started picking at splinters in the deck wood. "Where do you want to start?"

Leo sat down. He didn't really know what to say. He wanted to get this behind them, but how do you talk to a guy about a girl you both liked? Especially when that girl was an immortal sorceress on a prison island?

"I… I don't really know."

"For what it's worth. I'm sorry."

"…" Leo didn't know what to say. This was really not what he was expecting. He hadn't even started venting yet. "You're sorry?"

"Yeah," Percy wouldn't meet his eyes. "When I was…down there…I got a vision of her. She blamed me for abandoning her. I didn't really, but I kinda did too. The gods promised they would release her, and they didn't. But I should have followed up on it. I should have done more. I made a promise down there, and I'm gonna make the same promise now, in light of you and her. I promise I'll help you free her. I'll make the gods keep their promise this time."

Leo felt a giant knot of tension release. He had been expecting to have to yell at Percy to make him see his side of things. But now, looking at Percy sitting there, shoulders hunched, head down, all of his anger went away. He just couldn't hold a grudge against someone like this.

Then his brain finally caught up to everything he heard. "You'll make the gods keep their promise? How exactly do you plan to do that?"

Percy looked at him. "Simple, I'll march into Olympus and demand they release them. They swore on the Styx they would, and I'm on pretty good terms with her these days." He shrugged, "Or maybe I'll just throw them into Tartarus like they did to the Titans."

Leo started laughing. "Hahaha, good one dude. You…" He stopped laughing when he saw the look on Percy's face. "You're serious…"

Percy shrugged again.

"Dude, that's crazy. We're talking about the gods here. Literal gods. Zeus would vaporize you on the spot if you make demands like that."

Percy looked at Leo quizzically. "Have you met Zeus? He's a fucking coward. He's too scared to do anything."

Leo looked up at the sky, and almost clamped a hand over Percy's mouth. "Dude," he whispered. "Shut. Up. He can probably hear us."

Percy's face was indecipherable. "So?"

Then Percy did probably the most insane and suicidal thing Leo had ever seen. He looked straight up at the sky and yelled, literally yelled. "HEY ZEUS. FUCK YOU!"

Piper looked over from where she was. Her eyes were wide with panic. She ran over, "Shut up! What the fuck?"

Percy looked from Leo to Piper and back. "What is wrong with you guys? Are you seriously scared of Thunderbitch?"

Leo and Piper looked at each other in panic and incomprehension. "YES," they said in unison.

Percy looked dumbfounded. "Really? Why?"

"Um, because he is the king of the gods? Because he can vaporize us in a second." Leo was starting to panic at Percy's blasé attitude.

Percy shrugged nonchalantly. "But he won't. I mean, come on. We do all the work for them. What are they gonna do if we don't fight their battles for them? I mean, Zeus didn't fight Kronos, I did. We do all the work for them, and all they do is cause new problems."

"Percy, what are you saying?" Piper looked aghast. "You're talking about our parents here. I mean, what about your dad?"

"My dad is the least problematic because he stays at the bottom of the ocean and minds his business. Your guys' parents aren't that bad either. But Ares? Zeus? HERA? Come on. Look me in the eye and tell me the world is better place because of them."

Leo and Piper were dumbfounded. Percy was always super loyal to his family and friends, but it looked like his loyalty was gone.

"I'm done fighting their battles," Percy continued. "I fight for humanity, not the gods. I fight for the people I care about; I don't care what the fuck the gods have to say." Without another word, he stood up and went below decks.

Leo and Piper just stayed frozen on the deck. They looked at each other. Leo was the first to break the silence. "Um…what the heck was that?"

Piper looked towards where Percy had gone. "I honestly don't know. I wonder what he saw down there that made him hate the gods so much."

Leo followed Piper's gaze. "I'm just glad he's on our side."

(Annabeth POV)

When Piper and Leo told her the things that Percy had said, she almost lost it.

They were sitting around the table in the mess hall eating breakfast. Percy was asleep in the stables. He had gone there at night to get away from people. Unfortunately for him, Annabeth had spent a fair amount of time there on their trip to Epirus, so she knew all about the perfect sleeping nook in the 2nd stall on the right.

They decided since he was asleep, they could get away with not having someone watch him. After all, the only way for him to leave the stables would be to take the stairs, and then they would see him in the hallway.

"So, he hates the gods now?" Jason was asking.

"Zeus and Hera specifically," Piper responded. "He basically said he is done fighting their battles for them, from now on, he's going to fight for the people he cares about, not the gods."

"Well, you can't really blame him, can you?" Annabeth replied. "Hera stole his memories, and Zeus threatened to kill him countless times. I mean, after we saved Artemis, the gods took a vote on whether or not to kill Percy and Thalia."

"I think it's more than that though." Piper didn't look her in the eye. "He said he has the essence of a Titan now."

"Of course!" Jason slammed his fist on the table. "The shockwave! How did I not figure it out sooner?"

"What are you talking about Jason?" Hazel was looking really lost.

"When we were sparring, and I launched myself into the air, he hit me with a shockwave. That's the same Titan power Krios used when we stormed Mount Othrys."

"You're right," Annabeth said. "I saw Kronos and Hyperion do the same thing in New York. It's a power only Titans have."

"Well, he said a Titan gave him his essence," Piper was saying. "And he thinks that is why he was able to kill the giant without a god's help."

"Well that certainly explains how he is so strong now, and how he was able to survive Tartarus." Jason was playing with his food, not really eating it. "I told you it was more than the blessing of Styx."

"I think it might actually be worse than that actually," Piper said tentatively. "I think I know whose essence he got."

Annabeth looked up from her food, "Piper, who is it?"

"…I think it's Kronos."

Annabeth dropped her fork. "No, not possible. We destroyed Kronos."

"I know, Annabeth. But when Percy was talking about the Titan, he said Kro… and then cut himself off. I think he almost said Kronos. It would explain the gold in his eyes."

Annabeth had her head in her hands. "Not again. Please, not again." She was starting to shake.

When the meeting was over, Annabeth immediately went down to the stables. She had told everyone not to force anything out of Percy, but this had to be an exception. If her boyfriend was really fused with Kronos, she needed the truth out of him right now.

When she got to the stables, she saw Percy sitting on the glass floor of the ship, looking down into the ocean below.

When she approached, he looked up at her and smiled. "Hey Wise Girl," he said softly.

She smiled, but as she grew closer, she also grew serious. She saw the gold in his eyes, and it scared her.

"Percy…" she said tentatively. "I need to ask you about something, and I need you to tell me the truth."

He looked at her oddly, "Um, ok? What's going on?"

"Did you fuse your essence with Kronos?" No point in beating around the bush.

Percy frowned. "Piper told you."

"Yeah."

"Damnit!" he pounded his fist against the glass. "She promised she wouldn't. I wanted you to hear it from me."

"So, it's true?"

Percy sighed, "Yes, but it's complicated, ok?"

She sat down next to him. "Then tell me everything."

He looked back to the glass doors. "So, when Luke killed himself, there was that explosion. It turns out, that was Kronos's essence being scattered. Thing is, I was standing right in front of him, so some of Kronos's essence went into me. When I was in Tartarus, I started to hear his voice. And then, when I was on the brink of death, he saved my life by fusing his essence with mine. I didn't have a choice; I would have died if I hadn't agreed to take in his essence." He looked up at her, "And I would have done anything to see you again. So, I had to survive."

Annabeth was stunned. She could barely keep a thought in her head with the swirl of emotions running through her. She was horrified that Kronos had been in Percy, but hearing Percy talk about it, her heart also melted hearing how much he had been willing to sacrifice to make it back to her.

When she didn't answer for a long time, he grabbed her hand. "Hey. Look at me." She did. "I promise, I am still the same guy. I'm not Luke, ok? I would never betray you."

She sniffled, "I know, you're still my Seaweed Brain."

She hugged him, and they sat together on the glass doors, like they had so long ago. But while they sat there, she felt a nagging sense of unease in her head. She pushed it down, wanting to live in the moment of being back with Percy.

And that's it for reunions. I hope you like how I went about it.

There might be a slight delay in the next chapter. I have to reread Blood of Olympus and plan ahead for what I want to write. It shouldn't be more than a week, but I wanted to give you all a heads up so you don't think I've abandoned the story.

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