"MONSTERS! ATTACK!" Atlas barked.

Hordes of monsters swarmed Mount Tamalpais, Zoe, Phoebe, and Vicky readied their bows and shot volleys of arrows. Bianca took out her double daggers, and Thalia took out Aegis and her electrical spear.

Percy faced Atlas as he summoned his symbol of power, Anaklusmos, the magical blade. Atlas summoned a golden spear, and the two clashed as sparks flew.
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Percy was locked in battle with Atlas, the titan of strength and durability. Atlas attempted to stab Percy, but he dodged and slashed his underarm. Percy opened a gash below the titan's armpit, ichor flowing slowly out of it.

Meanwhile, the five girls were furiously taking out monsters left, right, and center. Thalia stabbed, dodged, slashed, and parried. The trio of hunters shot volleys and volleys of arrows. Ladon was breathing as much fire as he could, and slashing his claws wildly.

Phoebe realized that if she freed Artemis, not only could the moon goddess help them defeat the seemingly endless hordes of monsters, but she could also help Percy defeat Atlas. As strong as Percy was, Atlas was stronger, he being a titan and Percy a god. Phoebe decided to take the burden of the sky from her. She realized what the fifth line meant, though she was still trying to understand the sixth, she did understand that someone had to take Atlas' curse, the burden of the sky, from Artemis, in order to save someone.

She approached Artemis. "Lady Artemis, give me the sky. You must help them. You would do better in battle."

Artemis shook her head, "No. I will not burden you like this, Phoebe. You have a battle to fight."

"Please, Milady, the prophecy said that someone must withstand Atlas' curse, in order to save someone else. I we want as few casualties as we can, then I'll have to take the sky." Phoebe said.

Artemis finally gave in. "Fine. But don't you die on me, Phoebe. I'll go to Hades myself if you died an unworthy death. As with all my hunters."

Phoebe nodded, and proceeded to take the sky from Artemis. Artemis let go, and instantly, Phoebe was crushed by the gigantic weight of the sky.

Artemis summoned some ambrosia, quickly ate it, and said, "I wish you luck, Phoebe. Thank you. And do not answer me, focus on the sky."

Phoebe did not give any sort of comment or response, just as Artemis told her to. Artemis collected some of her power, and charged into battle.

Percy was still locked in battle with Atlas, both seemed equally matched in power. Artemis decided to help Percy, seeing as the monster horde were starting to disappear slowly, and Thalia seemed to have the edge on a battle with Luke, the son of Hermes who betrayed the gods.
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Up in Olympus, Poseidon and Hera approached the throne room. They expected Zeus to be there, as always. They were right, Zeus was sitting in his throne, not particularly doing anything.

"Brother." Poseidon greeted. "Your wife wanted to say something."

"Go on." Zeus narrowed his eyes.

Hera spoke up, "Zeus. You have spent every day in our marriage either cheating, or staring at mortal women, even if you don't do those two things, you refuse to acknowledge me more than just a bed-warmer. You hung me over the Void of Chaos for plotting against you, because you were and still are an unjust ruler. You've only ever treated me as a wife for the first five years of marriage, despite all the promises that you made. I officially declare our marriage OVER!" she shouted the last sentence, throwing her and Zeus' wedding ring to him.

"WHAT? You cannot do that! I am the king of the gods, and I declare when anything happens. And I declare you are my wife! Besides, won't this ruin your perfect image, Hera?" Zeus said.

"First of all, fuck you, Zeus. And secondly, fuck my image. I could care less. Ruining my image is better than spending one more day as your wife. Goodbye, asshole." Hera turned and walked away, Poseidon joining her.

As soon as they were out of sight and earshot of Zeus, Poseidon turned to Hera and said, "Damn, Hera. That was HOT!"

Hera blushed and replied, "Thanks, Poseidon. Can I join you in Atlantis? I don't feel like staying up here right now."

Poseidon nodded, "Of course you can, Hera. Come, I'll flash us there."
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At Mount Tamalpais. The situation was less than pleasant. Perseus and Artemis were battling Atlas, Zoe and Victoria were taking out what's remained of the monster army, and Thalia was locked in combat with Luke Castellan, the traitorous son of Hermes. Phoebe, who was still holding the sky, struggled and whimpered every few minutes, but kept holding it.

Percy slashed and distracted Atlas while Artemis shot volleys after volleys of arrows to the titan. Percy had a cut bleeding ichor from his left arm, just below the shoulder, but he tried to focus himself on distracting Atlas.

Meanwhile, Thalia had pinned Luke down at the edge of the cliff.

"Please, Thalia, join me, we can be a whole family again. All we need is Annabeth, Come on, Thalia." Luke persuaded.

"Family?" she scoffed. "You threw away the meaning of family the moment you joined the titans, Luke. I'm sorry, but this is the end for you. Pray to Hades you're getting an easy punishment."

The black-haired daughter of Zeus then proceeded to launch the son of Hermes down the cliff, hearing an assuring thud after a few seconds. Thalia then came to Phoebe and Vicky, who were fighting with hunting knives, now that their arrows were finished. She helped them clean off the remaining monster troops.

Percy finally seemed to get an edge from Atlas, stabbing and slashing him with Anaklusmos. When he saw an opening, he mind-messaged Phoebe to loosen her grip at the sky. He froze time around Atlas, and slammed him with all the godly strength he could muster, then unfroze time around him. Atlas went flying back, and just as Phoebe loosened her grip at the sky, he received his curse once more. Perseus and Artemis let out a breath they didn't realize they held.

"NOOOO! NOT AGAIN! CURSE YOU, OLYMPIANS!" Atlas bellowed.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Complain all you want, Atlas. But remember, I'm not an Olympian. You got your ass whopped by a minor deity." Perseus mocked.

Artemis slapped Percy, "You are NOT a minor deity, Perseus. Don't you dare say that!" she scolded him.

Percy rubbed his cheek. "Damn it, Arty alright." He replied. Percy leaned down to kiss the moon goddess, but ended up only being able to give her an affectionate peck on the cheek, as she turned around and headed for Phoebe.

"Oh shit. I forgot about Phoebe. Sorry, Phoebe." Percy apologized.

"Ugh." Phoebe said, clearly too tired to answer from holding the sky.

"That's okay, Phoebe. You better not answer just yet. Your energy's not fully returned yet. Rest, my huntress." Artemis said, as Phoebe closed her eyes, drifting to the realm of Hypnos.

The three other girls approached Percy, Artemis, and Phoebe.

Thalia asked, "What now, Lady Artemis, Percy?"

"Well." Artemis answered, "Let us teleport you to Olympus. We can report this to Zeus and discuss it further there."

The three girls nodded, and with a flash, Percy and Artemis teleported the four girls to Olympus. Percy also teleported Bianca back from the realm of Hades. When the three girls saw Bianca, their eyes widened, especially those of Thalia's.

"I thought you said she died, Percy?" the daughter of Zeus asked him.

Percy shook his head, "Nope. The prophecy says that one will be 'lost' in the land without rain, not someone will die in the land without rain, besides, if Bianca died, Uncle H would kick my ass." He chuckled.

The group made their way to the Olympian throne room, and Artemis shot a silver arrow, which exploded into smaller arrows across the sky, signaling for a council meeting. The twelve Olympians flashed to their respective thrones, one by one.

"You called for this meeting, daughter?" Zeus grumbled, still unhappy that his wife divorced him, despite cheating on her multiple times, and producing little half-blood Zeusies all the time.

Artemis steeled her nerves at being called 'daughter', but replied nonetheless. "I have been freed. These demigods aided me and saved me, along with the help of Perseus. I expect them to be rewarded, Zeus."

Zeus looked confused. "You were gone, daughter? When?"

"For the love of us, Zeus! Literally Nyx and Tartarus themselves showed up in our throne room a few days ago and announced her absence. Are you truly that ignorant of you own daughter?" Poseidon said.

"You will remain quiet, Poseidon. Remember who is king." He replied, narrowing his eyes.

"Ok, that's it! Zeus! I've had enough of your ignorance, and I've barely been back here for a month! I don't know how you put up with his incompetence, but I, Perseus, god of Time, Tides, Heroes, and Quests, challenge you, Zeus, god of Thunder, Lightning, Law, and Justice." Percy spoke the two last titles while rolling his eyes. "To a one on one duel. If you lose, you abandon the throne."

Zeus laughed arrogantly, as if he was sure he would win, "And when you lose, sea-spawn? What will you give me?"

"If I lose, Zeus. I will return to Tartarus peacefully. You will continue your rule, and I will not interfere anymore." Percy replied, calming himself from the insult that Zeus gave him. 'The fucking arrogant son of a bitch.' Perseus thought to himself, while mentally making a face to Zeus' behavior.

Zeus pondered for a minute, not bothering to remember that the last time Percy met Tartarus, a few days ago, he was extremely nice and even insisted Percy call him by name, rather than title. "Fine." He agreed.

Percy nodded, "I, Perseus, swear on the Styx to the duel's terms."

"I, Zeus, swear on the Styx to the duel's terms."

"The referee will be Chiron, make him swear to referee honestly and truthfully, as seen by his eyes." Percy said. Zeus didn't oppose to this, so Percy asked Hermes to flash the ancient centaur.

A few seconds later, Hermes returned with the centaur. Chiron bowed respectfully. "What is of importance, my lords and ladies?" he asked.

"Chiron." Poseidon called. "You are to referee the duel between Perseus and Zeus."

Chiron's eyes widened drastically, before slowly nodding. "You must swear on the river Styx to referee honestly and truthfully, as seen by your eyes." Poseidon continued.

The trainer of heroes nodded once more, before reciting, "I, Chiron, trainer of heroes, swear on the river Styx to referee the duel between Perseus, god of time, and Zeus, god of thunder honestly and truthfully as seen by my own two eyes."

Perseus and Zeus nodded. "Then let's get ready, Zeus." Percy said.

"You will regret the day you crossed the king of the gods, foolish minor god." Zeus replied.

Before things could get any worse, Artemis decided to flash the hunters and demigods back to Camp Half-Blood, where the rest of her hunters currently were as well. Both campers and hunters rushed to Artemis.

A hunter asked, "What is going on in Olympus, Milady? The skies have darkened and thunder is heard everywhere, and Long Island Sound's waves have just gotten bigger and bigger."

"Perseus has challenged Zeus to a duel." Artemis revealed gravely. "Let us hope that Perseus prevails." She whispered, careful to not let Zeus hear her.

"MEDICS!" She shouted. A few seconds later, a group of blond, blue-eyed medics appeared in front of her.

"Yes, Lady Artemis?" they asked.

"Treat her, please. She suffered the burden of the sky." Artemis gestured to a sleeping Phoebe.

The Apollo medics nodded and lifted her up in a stretcher, careful to let the female medics touch her. They took her to the camp infirmary, as Artemis turned back to the campers.

"Do not resume your activities. Stay inside your own cabins for the meantime. This is about to get dangerous." Artemis declared. The campers nodded, and returned to the cabins as the winds picked up and it started to storm. Even with the camp's borders, some of the wind and rain droplets penetrated it, displaying just how dangerous it was to step out of the border at this time.

It wasn't going good for Camp Half-Blood.

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BJack12: Yup. I'm in the mood for writing, what can I say lol. If sometime I'm not in the mood, then I'm not gonna update. I appreciate your concern BJack12. Thanks a lot. And just fyi, I'm uploading these chapters cause I want to, so don't feel like you're pressuring me to write more when I have more important things to do. Because frankly, I don't. I rarely go out anymore, because of the coronavirus. Call me a coward, but I am scared of the coronavirus, as all the people should, I feel. Again, thanks BJack12, you've really encouraged me in writing these stories, and I don't feel pressured at all. Sorry for kinda ranting lol.

ShadowThanatos: Thanks for the review! Chapter 7 isn't the end, cause we still have two more books to go, and that's if I decide to end it at PJO. Who knows, maybe I'll end up writing HOO as well, though it's just a thought. As for the chapters being rushed, well, sorry but I am really trying, and thanks to your support, I think I can keep a steady pace of 2k/chapter, but it'll take some time to eventually do 3k/chapter. As with the writing, I know I update quite fast, and I'm sorry if you think the chapters aren't as good as they can be, from now on, I'll try to read over my chapter and make it a tad bit more longer and more in depth, so that we can eventually reach 3k/chapter. Thanks, ShadowThanatos :)

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Rohan Rodrigues: Yeah, fun fact I actually wrote the dam scene with Bianca laughing with Thalia, but then I realized that she was lost back in the junkyard lol. I changed it last minute with Vicky (Victoria) the hunter. Just pretend that she understand the dam jokes. And as for the chapters coming out fast, as I said to BJack12, frankly, I don't have anything better to do. I don't really feel like taking a vacation, cause of the coronavirus, but if I just stay at home, I feel like I'm wasting time. So, instead of lounging around the house all day, I write. Trust me, if I don't want to write, I'm not gonna write. Nobody's pressuring me to do anything. Thanks for your concern, Rohan :).

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