Percy knew he was missing a lot of information, but from his friends' reactions, this robot man was not the same robot man that they faced on the zombie ship where Zoro almost died.

While most of the crew dove for cover, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji took on the robot man. Percy, being nowhere near fast enough to keep up with them, provided cover from a distance.

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The grass around them withered and died as Percy pulled the water from the earth, formed it into giant spikes, and chucked them at the robot man just as the other three landed their attacks.

"You think that worked?" Percy asked skeptically.

"Not a chance," said Sanji.

"He's definitely different," said Zoro, "He would've teleported away from our attacks before."

Luffy didn't get a chance to contribute to their conversation before the robot man fired another beam at them. Luffy and Sanji dodged.

"What are you doing!" Sanji barked at Zoro, "Snap out of it!"

Zoro threw himself out of the way at the last minute, only to collapse, breathing hard.

"Zoro!" Luffy shouted, "How are you so hurt already? We just started!"

A cold unlike anything he'd ever experienced settled in Percy's heart.

"I-," Percy stammered, "I just started learning how to heal people two months ago. I didn't finish-,"

He didn't finish healing Zoro's life-threatening internal injuries.

Zoro had been fighting this whole time with half-healed, life-threatening internal injuries.

And now, Zoro was about to die, thanks to him.

"Leave him!" Sanji ordered Luffy and Percy, "We have more important things to worry about if we're gonna get out of here alive!"

It took Robin bonking the robot man on the head, mid-laser beam, and a thunder tempo from Nami to fry his programming. Once the robot began firing at random, Luffy, Zoro and Sanji landed the finishing blows.

Everyone collapsed, too exhausted to move after such an intense fight.

"That do it?" Franky asked the group after a beat, "Is he done?"

"He doesn't look done," said Nami, "Maybe we should've run."
"No, we need to take them on one at a time," said Robin.

"That wasn't Kuma," said Zoro, "So who was he?"

Their questions were answered when an axe-wielding marine and an exact replica of the robot they'd just fought, jumped down from a mangrove tree.

"And who the Hades are you supposed to be?" demanded Percy.

"None of your business," barked the marine, "All you need to know is I have special orders to take you in alive, Percy Jackson."

Percy looked around frantically. In front of them was a marine twice his size, with an axe that was bigger than Brook. Behind him?

"ZORO!" Luffy howled.

Behind him, Zoro lay immobile, bloody and barely breathing on the ground. Above him was a man in an orange and yellow-striped suit, holding a glowing foot over Zoro's head.

"Uncle Kizaru!" greeted the marine.

Robin grabbed Percy's arm, "That's the Admiral," she said urgently.

Telkhines surrounding him on all sides.

Lava bubbling under his feet.

Sending Annabeth away.

Darkness darkness darkness

Pain.

Percy saw Rayleigh on a hill in the distance. The old man gave him a grim nod, as if he knew exactly what Percy was thinking.

Percy gripped Riptide tighter.

I will see Annabeth again.

Percy knew what to do.