Chapter 5: Winchester Break Out

Elise observed the knocked out satyr in front of her. No response for five minutes after she had knocked him out, though she had to scan the entire warehouse for a while, but there's no proof if he was working for the Atlanteans. She just trudged him all the way to the edge of the warehouse. She knew she had some Cyclopes to save, so she had to get the job done quickly. Her brother's life depends on it.

'Looks like I hit too hard.' she sighed before grabbing two steel pipes in the warehouse and clanging them near the satyr's ear.

"AAH! DIE!" the satyr screamed awake. He didn't even get up from the warehouse floor to try and kill the raven haired woman. She sighed at the satyr's overly energetic reaction.

"Settle down there, what's your name?" Elise asked.

"Why should I tell you, Atlantean scum?!" the satyr snarled.

"Well, if I were Atlantean, I would've killed you by now."

"Huh? You're not Atlantean?" he asked her.

Elise threw her arms up in frustration. "Really? It took you that long? You must be so idiotic."

"Hey! I'm not some idiot! I'm the son of one of the greatest satyr protectors who ever lived, and I sure as Hades can kick anyone's ass!" the satyr said.

"Okay, what's your name, then?" Elise asked.

"Chuck. Chuck Hedge." the satyr replied.

"Hedge?" Elise wondered. She recalled hearing that name from all of Uncle Jason and Aunt Piper's stories. "I heard that name before."

"You know my father?" Chuck asked her, eyes full of hope rather than reckless energy.

"Your father? Give me a name and I'll answer." Elise told him.

"Gleeson Hedge."

That's when she instantly recognized that name. Gleeson Hedge, the satyr who served as Uncle Jason, Aunt Piper, and Uncle Leo's protector when they were teens. Elise could only remember several adjectives to describe him: caffeinated, brash, cocky, gung ho yet inspiring.

"Well, I do know him, by name." she told the young satyr.

"You...you know my father? The demigods he protected?" Chuck asked.

"Those demigods he protected were my uncles and aunt." Elise said, kneeling down to the crouching satyr. Chuck was in shock. She could tell by how wide his eyes got.

"Seriously?" he stammered. "How can I know you're not lying to me, huh?"

"Do I have to swear on the River Styx? Fine, I swear on the River Styx that I just told you the truth and nothing but the truth."

Lightning crackled around and sealed the deal. Nothing happened.

"See? You can trust me." Elise said. "I'm Elise Jackson."

"Jackson?" Chuck asked. "As in Percy Jackson?"

"Yes. He's my father." she explained quickly.

Chuck's eyes grew wide as his hands rested on his head and a look of surprise and awe formed on his face. He was as stiff as the curly goat horns on his head.

"Hey, kid, you okay?" Elise asked, looking confused at how he was reacting.

"Y...You...You're...You're his kid?" Chuck asked, stuttering repeatedly.

"Yeah. Do I not look the part? Do I have to swear again? Look, I gotta go. I've got Cyclopes to save."

Elise got up and was about to leave the warehouse, when Chuck ran back to her side, taking his club along with him. Unfazed, she continued walking anyway.

"Hey, where're you goin'?" Chuck asked her.

"Find some Cyclopes being forced to work some hard labor. Why?" Elise asked back, wondering why the satyr started to hang with her. It intrigued her.

"Cyclopes in hard labor?" Chuck asked again.

"Okay, that sounded wrong, but still, Cyclopes around here are working around the clock as slaves. I'm going to find and rescue them." Elise explained.

"Let me go with ya, cupcake. Ya can't go find them alone." he replied. Elise stopped, now annoyed by the cupcake word so much it felt like a swear word to her now. She then remembered what his father's favorite word was.

"First of all, stop calling me cupcake." she ordered. "And secondly, do you even know which warehouse they're in?"

"I know which one. It's not far from here. Been there twice myself."

"Sure hope I can trust you."

"You can. I promise."

Elise sighed. The satyr was so persistent it really annoyed her, but then again, she needed help. Her gold ringed green eyes narrowed, making Chuck feel tense. It was as if she was turning into a monster in front of his eyes.

"Stab me in the back, and I'll hunt you like the goat you are." she growled. Chuck nodded vigorously, knowing Elise wasn't kidding.

Percy led the demigods out of the brainwashing room. He took off his Atlantean disguise as he hacked and slashed his way through wave after wave of Atlantean soldiers, until he and the demigods found a sandy blonde haired teenage girl in a catatonic state, strapped to a complicated series of wires and cables.

"This must be Katrina Argyle." the son of Thanatos, Grady, said. Percy nodded. The ex Mentor stepped forward, cutting down the wires connected to Katrina's chair as Grady and another demigod pulled her off the chair. Katrina's emotionless expression did not change, but her lips appeared to be twitching a little.

"She's still in this state. Must've been from all this machinery abusing her powers." Grady told Percy.

"Let's get her out. We'll need her." he ordered. Soon, all the demigods were trying to get Katrina out as Percy walked out of the room only to be caught in the crosshairs of a group of Atlantean automatons aiming their SMG's at the assassin.

"Ah, crap."

In an instant, a shape flew in from behind the automatons, taking them down. Percy recognized the shape to be Kestrel, and he quickly tossed her her katana while he activated Riptide in scythe form. The two cut down the automatons fairly quickly.

"What the bloody hell did you do?" Kestrel asked.

"I had to do something, Kestrel. Come on, ket's go!" Percy called the demigods as they all made a dash for the exit, Grady and two other demigods having to carry the still catatonic Katrina with them.

"Get the detonator ready, Kestrel." he ordered.

"Don't worry about it. I got i-"

Kestrel was cut off as soon as she pulled out the detonator when a huge explosion blew apart the entrance, knocking everyone (except Percy) back. The others almost lost their hold on the daughter of Morpheus.

Percy activated his Eagle Vision in an attempt to see through the smoke, only to see an army of Atlantean soldiers and automatons aiming their weapons at them.

"TAKE COVER!" he ordered everyone as the rain of bullets and lasers started. Percy was barely able to create a row of Fatelight Roman shields to protect everyone from the assault. The demigods and Kestrel all took cover behind some weapons crates and in some storage rooms. Percy managed to take cover inside one of the storage rooms as soon as the shields broke apart.

"Kestrel! Blow it!" he ordered.

Kestrel pushed the detonator button...nothing happened. No sounds of explosions. She kept pressing the button until they realized, the explosion broke the detonator.

"Bollocks! It's broken!" she cursed.

"Gods damnit!" Percy cursed with her.

"Now what do we do?" Grady asked. Him talking was enough to give the duo an idea.

"Hey, does anyone have unconventional demigod powers? I'm open to suggestions right now." Percy said to the demigods.

"I can control blood." Grady admitted, still trying to shield Katrina from debris. She appeared to be stirring a little bit, but is nonetheless still catatonic. "Not from this distance, unfortunately."

"Anyone else?" Percy asked them. The rest of the demigods shook their heads.

"We're screwed." Kestrel growled.

"I have another idea..." Percy said, reaching for a secret compartment in his cybernetic right arm. He pulled out what looked like some kind of earpiece. He put it on his ear and a light blue HUD showed itself. Percy murmured,

"Armor on."

From the roof off the building, Percy's armor came to life. It began to move on its own, and Percy could now see what his armor can see from where he was now.

"That is impressive." Kestrel admitted.

"There has to be some other way to set off the explosions." Percy muttered. His armor zipped its way across the buildings, reaching the watchtower Kestrel infiltrated a while ago in record time.

"Please tell me there's still some C4 around here and a spare detonator..."

An explosion rocked the base.

"Hurry!" Kestrel yelled.

Percy didn't mind her words, but he knew he had to work quickly or else they'll all be dead. Finally, his armor caught a glimpse of an extra detonator and two C4's. The armor picked them all up.

"Okay, Kestrel, tell me where you planted the C4's." he ordered.

"Under a truck and inside one of the weapon's tents." Kestrel replied.

"Not very descriptive, but fine!"

More explosions shook all demigods were in full on panic mode.

"Grady, tell them to calm down!" Percy ordered as he struggled to control his armor with all the bullets and lasers being shot at them.

The armor snuck its way through the base, shrouded by the noises of gunfire as it quickly set up a charge underneath a truck before quickly moving to the weapon's tent.

"We have to retreat deeper in the base!" Kestrel said. She was right, as the walls and crates protecting the demigods were beginning to crumble apart. Growling, Percy deactivated his armor, causing it to fall down on the dirt like a ragdoll (he could still see what it was seeing)

"We've got fifteen seconds! Go!" he yelled as he formed another row of Roman shields as the other demigods ran all the way to the same room they were being brainwashed in. Percy tried to catch up, but struggled to keep the shields up. They began to crack at the force.

"Perseus!" Kestrel called out. The demigods were safe. He nodded before making a mad dash for the room. He barely avoided a laser that would've scratched his cybernetic arm.

"Okay, let's do this..." Percy muttered as he reactivated his armor. It quickly ran for...the shipping crates?

"Wait, what are you doing?" Kestrel asked.

"We need some back up to get out of this." he replied. The armor threw the last C4 charge in the tent as it pulled out the revolver, firing red bolts at the locks of the shipping crates, freeing all the other demigods. It was at that time the Atlanteans ceased fire when they saw the automated armor standing over one of the open shipping crates.

"Time to go!" Percy said as he charged out of the room, cane sword activated as Kestrel followed him. The armor quickly set off the C4's, creating two massive "BOOM"'s that managed to disorient the Atlanteans. As that was happening, the freed demigods snapped out of their stupor and attacked the Atlanteans with either their bare fists, discarded Laser Tridents, or with their own demigod powers. The armor entered the fray, activating its hidden blades and attacking the enemy and protecting the demigods at the same time.

At that point, the others finally entered the fight. Percy rushed the enemy soldiers with his scythe and sword, slaughtering them left and right, with Kestrel backing him up.

Grady fared surprisingly well. When Kestrel's katana flew out of her hands thanks to a stray laser blast, the son of Thanatos held his own against the Atlanteans. He ducked underneath an automaton's left backhand only to cut its rectangular head off.

"Kestrel!" Percy called her as he threw both components Riptide 2.0 to her hands. She quickly caught them in time to slice down a soldier and stab another.

"I could get used to these." she smirked while observing the weapons in her hands before returning to battle.

Percy managed to call for his armor. It slashed, stabbed, and shot it's way back to its owner before opening up the back flaps. He quickly fit his body in before the flaps closed. The armor's visor glowed red briefly as Percy became one with his armor again. He popped his hidden blades out and continued to fight, shooting Atlanteans left and right with his six shooter and Phantom Blade. An Atlantean tried to stab him from behind, but Percy grabbed the Laser Trident, pulled the soldier to him, and sunk his hidden blade into his throat. He then shot an automaton that tried to shoot Grady from behind.

It was a chaotic scene in the Winchester prison, for about an hour until the Atlantean prison guards were all wiped out, at the cost of many demigod prisoners who desperately fought for their freedom.

"Did we win?" Kestrel asked.

"I guess we did." Percy said to her, deactivating Riptide 2.0 and sheathing it on his belt. "Let's help them move their fallen and we'll figure out our next move."

"Yes, sir."

As they picked up the bodies of fallen demigods, Kestrel heard noises. She heard the sounds of...moving aircraft

"Hey, did you hear that?" she asked Percy, who was still helping the other demigods bury their fallen. He heard the sounds as well.

"What's that?" he asked Kestrel. She just shrugged as she was just as confused as he was.

They heard screams and demigods panicking. Explosions roared across their minds as they looked up to see strange golden aircraft firing missiles at the prison ruins and the demigods.

"EVERYBODY MOVE!" Percy shouted as he and Kestrel ran back to the central building. As they ran, they saw explosions and demigods sent flying by those explosions. Soon enough, everyone scattered. Most of them escaped the prison site to scatter themselves across the city, while the other few ran into the building.

The explosions rattled the city. It didn't take long before the missiles of the Atlanteans seemingly leveled the entire place, building and all, right as Percy and Kestrel managed to take cover in it.

Sorry about Elise's part being too short. I planned out what's happening with Percy way more.