A/N: This story and I have a love-hate relationship, I think it's one of my better story concepts. But I find it hard too always write for this story. I don't want to abandon it but at the same time, I know it takes longer for me to write even short chapters for this story. Honestly, I wish it was more like my Harry Potter story, Repeat, which I can pump out 6k or 7k chapters seemingly every week or even Marvel at this Shinobi's tale which I can always hit 3k with ease. Sorry to ramble, onto the story:

Percy blocked a slash of a sword with his left arm sleeve shield before he kicked the owner of the sword in the leg, the leg snapping like a twig.

"AAAAAGGGH" screamed the owner of the now broken leg before Percy stabbed his in the head. Blood squirted from the wound and Percy roared in triumph as the fight ended. There was seven total bodies on the ground that surrounded his position in the Arena.

The last three weeks had been a whirlwind of fights, he had been delivering in bout after bout, delivering death to any Roman who dared to step in the arena with him. His drive to win in each fight had all come from a single moment in a fight from three weeks ago.

As he past Barry, he slashed the man's left calf open with his blade. Spinning as he came to a spot, Percy pushed his blade through the kneeling man's back, the blade punched all the way through choked on his old blood, but struggled to stand anyway, his body trembling as he stood."They have your mother" he whisperedPercy in a moment of pure intelligence said "huh"Those words were on constant replay in his mind, they had his mom. The question was where? And how did Barry know about his missing mom?

Taking a bow, Percy around and walked out of the Arena, the metal door opening to allow him to exit before closing behind him.

Annabeth was waiting for him, handing him a towel to help him wipe off the blood that was sticking to his body.

"That was brutal" commented Annabeth "When you used that one guy to block that other guy's sword, I nearly puked"

Percy tsk'd "I do what I have to do. I need to gain more favor from the Gods if I want to get your freedom"

Annabeth rolled her eyes at his words, Percy had seemed to believe that it was part of his life mission to obtain her freedom. She thought that he was more likely to die in combat than actually obtain her freedom.

The two 14 year old Demi-Gods walked back upstairs as they continued making their way to the bathing room.

"You need to stop with your joke, you know as well as I do that I will never be free" said Annabeth as she opened the door to the bathing room. She entered the room first, starting to run warm water to fill the pool like bathtub.

Percy started to strip to his underwear "Continue your lack of belief in my words if you want to, but I will do it or die trying"

Annabeth said nothing as she finished drawing the bath for Percy before turning and walking to the door, slipping out of the room and making sure to close the room behind her as she left the room.

Percy dropped his underwear and he walked into the warm water, his body hissing as the cuts and scraps all over his body closed instantly. He leaned back and allowed his body to sink to his chin as he allowed the water to restore his body.

There was a knock on the door before it opened and Percy glanced at it to see Annabeth standing there, with Aenegas right behind her. He pushed past her and Annabeth closed the door behind him.

"Sorry to disturb you during your recovery, but I wished to speak with you" said Aenegas in fake politeness

Percy closed his eyes and said "Then speak"

Aenegas chuckled "A slave with a sharp tongue, I love it"

His words weren't met with a response from Percy who continued to simply soak in the large tub of water.

"Your request for an audience with the Gods has been denied, you will get an Audience with Mars and Mercury, with the young Demi-God Jason Grace" said Aenegas

Percy opened his eye, standing up revealing his naked form to Aenegas before saying "Finally some good news in this shit hole"

Aenegas rolled his eyes "You are such a subpar Roman, Fluctus"

Percy scuffed "I am the same as you despite you trying to lie about it, Greek, you coward"

Aenegas huffed and walked out of the bathing room in a hurry and Annabeth walked into the room, a fresh towel, loincloth, and robe in her hands.

"You'll find that your continued irritation of those in stations above us, will not gain you the favor that you claim you desire" said Annabeth

"Then why do I have an audience with two Gods and that blond son of Jupiter?" asked Percy

Annabeth made a face that Percy couldn't put his finger on what it meant but she seemed concerned.

"Is that why Aenegas came in here? To be little more than a messenger and tell you of your audience?" she asked between biting on her nails, tearing them up.

Percy dried off with the towel as it felt better than simply willing himself dry, slipping inside of his new clean loincloth before spinning to put on his new robe.

"Do not worry about that blond little bitch" said Percy as if he was talking about how nice the weather was "His time is almost up"

Annabeth frowned "He is a God, Percy. You can't just kill him like you do the people in the arena"

Percy blinked as his mind failed to shift gears as he tried to process her words. Annabeth had just called him 'Percy', since when had she done that? She had greeted him as Fluctus when he had arrived and he had never bothered to correct her as that had never worked with anyone else in the past.

He smiled and started the walk back to his room, his meeting with the Gods was in two days and he planned on resting until then.

Hoover Dam, Nevada:

While Percy and Annabeth retired back to Percy's room, Minerva also needed a break as she was struggling along her journey, she lacked the power that she once commanded as Athena, her Roman form was closer to the power and strength of a Demi-God than an Olympian God. It had taken her days to make it from New York to Nevada, something that should have taken mere seconds at full power.

She was standing at the observation deck of the dam when she heard it, the sound so out of place that she wasn't sure that it was real.

"Mooooo"

The cow-like moo had come from someplace near, but where? There was no place for a cow to be held at the Hoover Dam. Minerva moved over to the north edge of the dam and looked over

"Mooooooo!"

About thirty feet below her was the top half of a cow sticking out of the water, she was a bit confused as to how it got there. She snapped her fingers and the Mist wove around her, making her invisible to all of the mortals at the Dam. She jumped down and landed on the surface of the water, her limited Godly powers still enough to keep her from sinking into her uncle's domain.

As she got next to the thing and saw that it was a cow. She had heard of sea cows, like manatees and stuff, but this really was a cow swimming in the water. A closer look revealed that the cow had the back end of a serpent. The front half was a calf—a baby, with black fur and big, sad brown eyes and a white muzzle—and its back half was a black-and-brown snaky tail with fins running down the top and bottom, like an enormous eel.

Minerva's eyes widen as she put together what was before her, the answer to her problems.

"Ophiotaurus" she muttered, the cow serpent rubbed his head against her hand, as if trying to get her to pet him.

"The first time, during the Titan war, the Ophiotaurus was in fact slain by a giant ally of the Titans, but your father, Zeus, sent an eagle to snatch the entrails away before they could be tossed into the fire. It was a close call. Now, after three thousand years, the Ophiotaurus is reborn." said a voice from behind Minerva, causing her to whirl around.

She came face to face with Neptune, his weathered tan face looking more serious than she had ever seen it.

"Lord Neptune, what are you doing here?" asked Minerva

"Looking for the Ophiotaurus" answered Neptune "However I am more than glad that you have found it"

Minerva made a face of doubt "Why do you say that?"

Neptune walked up to the Ophiotaurus and patted it on the head before saying "Because The Fates ordained a prophecy eons ago, when this creature was born. They said that whoever killed the Ophiotaurus and sacrificed its entrails to fire would have the power to destroy the gods. But that power could be used for whatever you wanted to use it for."

Minerva didn't say anything as Neptune snapped his fingers and the and Neptune continued "Last time our friend here was slain, Zeus stole the entrails and we used it to defeat the Titans, particularly the power was used to defeat Typhon and our father Kronos"

"But they are defeated" protested Minerva "There is no reason to concern ourselves over them"

Neptune chuckled and the world shook lightly, the Earth Shaker living up to his nickname.

"You truly are a child of Jupiter, if you believe that they are defeated. Diana and Mercury have brought news from all corners of the world, the monsters are being swayed by a force that we cannot see at this time. But more importantly, our friend here wouldn't be if the next Titan-God war wasn't on the horizon" stated Neptune

"But if you can clearly see what is happening, surely father would listen to you" said Minerva

"Jupiter is more paranoid than Zeus was, the brotherly love that we held as Greeks never made it to Roman. He was so angry that I favored the Greek forces who invaded Troy, that when we shifted our powers from Greece to Rome, he distanced himself from myself and our other siblings" replied Neptune "Your father cares not for anything other than himself and his position of power"

Lightning split the sky above them, the lack of clouds would lead the mortals to question on what had caused the lightning for weeks to come.

Minerva wanted to argue that it wasn't true, but how could she? He had blasted her off of Olympus for not knowing where Diana had been. Jupiter was known as the tyrant king for a reason. The lightning and following thunder from a minute ago only seemed to prove Neptune's words more correct.

"But why are you happy that I found it" asked Minerva

"Because I want you to kill it and burn it's entrails, regain your Greek power and restore the world back to normal" said Neptune

Minerva looked shocked at hearing Neptune's words, the Roman Sea God was telling her to become powerful enough to challenge any one of the Big 3 as well as most of the Titans?

"Why?" she couldn't help but ask

"Because Athena was a proud warriors with a brilliant mind and the power to back up her words and pride. We cannot defeat this upcoming threat from the Titans without our best warriors and minds. You, Athena, are a mixture of both. I would rather argue with you for the next 2500 years than to lose a fight we could have won if we just used our heads" answered before he stabbed his trident into the Ophiotaurus, ripping the half cow half serpent to shreds.

Picking up a part of the intestines that had spilled out, Neptune handed the Ophiotaurus' entrail to Minerva and said "Cook it, vaporize it, regain your power and right what has been wronged"

Stabbing another piece with his trident, he vanished in a brush of sea spray and Minerva was alone.

She held the majority of the insides of the Ophiotaurus in her hands, save the small piece that Neptune had taken with him. Could she really do this? Burn these entrails with her power and absorb the power to destroy Gods?

Jupiter turned around as the sky split with lightning, his eyes filled with an anger that nobody had ever survived before."My daughter goes missing and nobody can be bothered to look for her?" snarled Jupiter"What would you have me do?""FIND HER" boomed Jupiter, his eyes flashing with lightning as his anger caused him to lose control of his power."HOW WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO THAT? I USED TO BE YOUR SWORD AND SHIELD! BUT NOW I AM NOTHING BUT A TRAVELING SCHOLAR" shouted back Minerva, her gray eyes filled with godly rage and snarled and snapped his fingers, blasting away his weak daughter, sending her crashing down towards Earth.Minerva's mind went over her last interaction with her father before her hands sparked with godly power and she allowed flames to cover her hands and she immediately gagged as the smell from the burning tissue in her hands caused her to cough.

In a burst of heat, everything that covered her hands burnt up, leaving her with nothing in her hands, even the blood was gone. Minerva looked down at her hands in confusion, this was the power? This was nothing special? Surely the legend wasn't something more metaphorical right?"

Minerva was ready to give up searching for this new mystical power when she felt it. It was like a balloon that was slowly being filled with air, expanding ever so slightly before there was a surge and she dropped to her knees holding her stomach. The pressure grew and she curled up as she felt the heat inside of her grow more intense.

She felt her body start to grow and she could do nothing as she felt herself shake, whether from pain or from the something else, she couldn't tell. Finally there was a cooling sensation before she exploded in a blast of smoky gray and the world shook as her power was unleashed, before the smoke pulled itself back together and Minerva was no more, instead was the powerful Athena, her gray eyes scanning the area as she took in the world for the first time in years.

Back with Percy in Upstate New York:

A day of rest was what the 14 year old boy needed, his body aching even after his bath. Nothing could heal a tired sore body like a good nap, or at least that's what Percy believed.

Annabeth was currently not sleeping in the corner, after his massive tear of wins, Percy had asked for a second twin size bed, which of course was given to Annabeth.

It had been set up against the short wall, the bed fitting snugly between his bed and the wall underneath the window.

Percy stretched as he looked around, his back popping as his body complied with his actions and loosened up.

Glancing over at the curly blonde sleeping in the corner, he watched as a gray aura surround her body and she twitched for a moment before everything went back to normal.

Percy just laid in his bed, looking at Annabeth, waiting for something to happen but she just continued to sleep as if nothing had happened.

A/N: Lot of small stuff happened, I would say just watch and see what happens as a lot of things are gonna go down in the next couple of chapters.

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