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Test: So I'm assuming given Percy's luck, getting the Elder Cyclopses wasn't a walk in the park.
Zoe: Far from it, it was the first time Percy would run into Kampe.
Test: Yes, I've heard of his many encounters with the jailor.
Zoe: Sadly, one of the many enemies that would haunt him in his long life.
Today was the day. They were going to save the Cyclopes. Currently everyone was getting what they needed.
Percy got his twin xiphos from his room. He changed into a new set of his cloak and left his room. Percy walked back to the meeting room and saw the Hekatonkheires there holding two vambraces.
"Percy take these. They can be helpful in the future." said Cottus handing the chains over to Percy.
Percy took the vambraces and asked, "What are these?"
"These are celestial bronze vambraces. We created them and then infused them with the celestial bronze chains we took. There is a hidden blade that will protrude from under wrist in each of them. When we infused the chains into them, the chains can come out of the vambrace and you can use the chain like a whip because we have turned the chains into celestial bronze whips." said Cottus.
"Also take this. There are also ten throwing knives in there that will replenish after an hour." said Briares holding out a black belt that matched his cloak.
"Thank you for these gifts." said Percy taking the belt.
Percy put in the belt and noticed there was still a lot of extra space around hi waist.
"Won't this fa-"
The belt shrunk to fit around his waist perfectly.
"The belt will grow as you do so you don't have to get a new one each time." said Gyges.
"This is so cool!" said Percy.
"Wow you guys really put a lot of work into this." said Percy.
"This war isn't going to be an easy one, so we want you to be as prepared as possible to survive it." said Briares.
"Thanks guys." said Percy.
Hestia was the first of the gods to come back.
"Looks like you have some new toys." said the goddess.
"Yeah! And their really cool!" said Percy.
The other gods trickled into the room one by one all looking ready for battle.
"Now remember, we can't risk losing anyone standing in this room. We will try to save as many of the Elder Cyclopes as possible but we can't risk ourselves. We will need to survive if we wish to win this war." stated Zeus.
"Where is this base?" asked Poseidon.
"It's near Mount Othrys." said Briares.
"How close is it?" asked Demeter.
"I am not exactly sure, but I know that if we act fast enough, we can finish our task before Mount Othrys is signaled." said Briares.
"Shouldn't we destroy it?" asked Hera.
"We should if we are able to, but our priority is getting those Elder Cyclopes." said Gyges.
"Alright the plan is that we will distract and pull out the Titans while Percy and the Hekatonkheires infiltrate their base undetected." said Hestia.
"Everyone ready?" asked Zeus.
Everyone nodded their heads.
The gods grabbed onto the Hekatonkheires and Percy and flashed them near Mount Othrys.
"It east from here." said Cottus pointed towards the rising sun.
"We'll tell the cyclops to head here." stated Percy, planting a large branch in the ground with a black cloth tied onto it.
The group walked east for about one hour and thirty minutes before it came into view.
"It's right there." said Briares.
The group was able to make the outline of the structure in the dark.
"Alright you four go on ahead." said Hades.
Briares nodded signaling his brothers and Percy to follow him away from the gods. The four of them walked up to a couple of boulders and ducked down.
"Any idea where they might be?" asked Percy.
"I assume the dungeons, but I know this one has several." said Briares.
"I can make us a tunnel in, but we must do this quick. I can't exhaust too much of my powers making a tunnel." said Percy.
"Then we will have to hope we get this done correctly." said Cottus.
Percy walked from the boulders and concentrated. The ground started to part making a tunnel big enough for all of them to fit. Percy waved them over and the Hekatonkheires walked over carrying some large branches with cloth wrapped around one end.
"Torches?" asked Percy.
They nodded their heads and Percy lit each one on fire.
"Let's go." Percy said lighting his left hand on fire and pulling Solar Flare out from its sheath on his left waist sheathe.
The group walked into the tunnel and Percy closed the entrance behind them. They walked until there was a wall blocking them.
"Now what?" asked Percy, a little tired from making a large tunnel.
"Stand back." said Gyges before he charged into the wall effectively breaking it. Thankfully there was no one around that could have heard it.
The room they busted into looked like some waiting type room. There was a large door on the other side of the room.
"Looks like that's the only way." said Cottus.
The four of them walked closer to the door. Percy reached for the door knob and put his ear to the door. He didn't hear anybody on the other side. Percy looked at the others and they nodded. Percy opened the door slowly and as quietly as possible. He peeked inside and it was dark. He opened the door fully and the four of them walked into the room. As soon as all of them were inside the door shut behind them with a clink. Cottus turned around and tried to open the door but couldn't. Then torches lit up the room revealing an arena with stands around it. The stands were filled with all sorts of monsters grinning viciously towards the group.
"Looks like we have some new fighters!" shouted a tall man on the opposite side above the arena on a balcony. "Those Cyclopes were getting pretty boring too."
"They knew we were coming." growled Percy.
"Now let's begin round one." said the man.
The doors under the man's balcony swung open. A loud roar emitted from the dark room. Percy pulled Maelstrom out from its other sheathe and got into a defensive stance. The Hekatonkheires made one hundred fists.
Out came bursting out of the doors was a drakon. The drakon was fifty feet long and a twenty foot wing span. It's was midnight black with glowing red eyes. It ran up stopping twenty feet away from the group examining them.
"I've never seen a drakon like this before." said Percy looking at said monster warily.
"I don't know where they found it, but this breed is an ancient one. It also means it's much more powerful so be careful." said Cottus.
The drakon roared again and ran towards them. Cottus and Percy dodged to the left while Gyges and Briares dodged to the right. Gyges swung at it with his torch at the drakon breaking it in the process. It annoyed it more than harm it. Percy took the opportunity to run and jump onto the drakon and stab it with both of his swords.
The twin swords made a clink sound against the drakon's hide. The drakon swung its body and sent Percy flying into the ground a few yards away. He slowly got up and collected himself.
"What are we going to do? It's skin is impenetrable!" said Percy.
"It has to have a weak spot somewhere." said Briares.
"I'm betting on the eyes and mouth." said Gyges.
"That could work." said Percy.
"Percy be ready, we'll distract it and you stab it in its eyes." said Cottus.
Percy nodded his head. The three brothers ran towards the drakon. Percy crept towards the back of the monster. The Hekatonkheires were swinging their remaining torches. They were making sure to stay a fair distance from it. Percy put his twin swords back into their respective sheathes and pulled two throwing knife from his belt.
He ran towards the drakon as fast as he could and leapt onto its back again. He made his way to the head and stabbed one knife in each eye. The monster roared in pain. Percy pushed them as far in as he could. Seeing that it was as far they could go, Percy heated up the metal with his hands. The drakon started to thrash around and jerk violently. The drakon was screeching in pain. Percy held on for as long as he could and kept melting the daggers. Cottus and Briares took this opportunity and shoved their torches down the drakon's throat effectively choking it.
Meanwhile Percy had fully melted the throwing knives and jumped off the drakon and joined the others. The drakon jerked around for a bit before dropping dead.
"Very impressive, though you did kill my pet. For that you shall die. Get them." said the tall broad man ordering the monsters in the stands to attack them. He then left arena.
The monsters sitting in the stands started hissing and roaring. One by one they all equipped their weapons.
"Get ready!" said Percy.
That's when all hell broke lose.
All types of monsters swarmed the four figures. Each one protected each other working like a well oiled machine. It may have been a short time, but to others it would look like Percy and the Hekatonkheires had been fighting alongside each other for years despite Percy's age.
Percy slashed and stabbed any monster that came near. The Hekatonkheires kept on crushing monsters. There was no end to the hellhounds, empousa, laistrygonian giants, and centaurs.
"Percy raise us!" yelled Cottus as he smashed a hellhound.
Listening to what Cottus told him, Percy raised the ground around them bringing them up on a fifteen foot platform.
"That won't save you puny god spawns!" hissed an empousa.
"Now what?" asked Percy.
"We sho-"
There was a large monster flying towards them. Nothing Percy had ever seen before.
"Kampe!" growled Gyges.
"Who?" asked Percy.
"She's the jailor of us and the Elder Cyclopes. We were suppose to be supervised by her at our next location but you rescued us. The past times we had her it was miserable." explained Cottus.
"Then let's kill her." said Percy creating large icicles from the moisture in the air and shooting them at her.
She dodged all of them and was getting closer.
Briares backed up to edge, "I'll distract her, take care of the rest." He ran and jumped off the platform just as Kampe got close.
Briares sent Kampe spiraling to the floor and he two of them skidded across the floor.
"Well let's do this." said Cottus before jumping down followed by Gyges.
"Am I the only sane one?" Percy said with a sigh.
Percy jumped down on the opposite direction. As soon as his feet connected with the ground, Percy used the momentum to create and earthquake. The earthquake caused all the monsters surrounding Percy to fall over. Taking advantage of this Percy quickly stabbed a few empousa and hellhounds. Percy charged the horde of monsters in front of him. His body was working by itself. Within a couple of minutes, Percy was covered with golden dust all over the place around him. He surveyed the area around him and saw more monsters coming out of the entrances in the stands. Cottus and Briares were now fighting Kampe while Gyges was still fighting the rest of the monsters.
Percy ran to help Gyges. Percy quickly took out a throwing knife and threw it at a hellhound right about to bite Gyges from behind.
"Thanks." said Gyges as Percy came up to him.
The pair watched each others back, killing anything that came close.
"We have to do something about those entrances." said Percy.
"I was just thinking the same thing." said Gyges.
"I'll take the right side, you go left." said Percy.
Percy ran off to the right side stands lifting himself with the ground to get up to the stands. Percy sheathed his twin swords and shot a torrent of fire from both his hands. All the monsters within range of the fire were burnt to a crisp. Percy got to the first entrance and caused it to cave in on itself. Percy proceeded to do the same with the rest of the entrances. He looked across the room to see Gyges finishing up.
He looked back to check on Briares and Cottus to see how their fight was going. Briares had some nasty cuts on him with a green liquid seeping from the cuts. Cottus was limping, but other than that he was fine. Percy pulled out his xiphos and jumped into a shadow behind him, teleporting himself to the shadow on the ceiling above Kampe. He slowed time around him as he descended to make sure she wouldn't move as fast. He held his swords in an ice pick grip. As Percy landed on her, he stabbed her in the back with both of his swords.
Kampe hissed in pain and shook Percy off. Seeing she was occupied with the distraction Cottus landed a couple of left and right hooks to Kampe's face. She retaliated by spraying poison in him causing him to back off.
It was a three on one fight. Briares had to back off from sustaining too much damage. Percy, Cottus, and Gyges had circled around her. Seeing that she couldn't do anything she charged at Percy. Percy slowed down time as she flew towards him. He rolled to the right while throwing two more knives at her. They hit their mark in the side of her. Kampe growled in frustration.
"We need to end this quick. I'm tiring from using my powers too much." said Percy while sweating heavily.
"Brother let's hold her down. Percy get ready to tie her up." said Cottus.
Cottus and Gyges ran towards her. Cottus swung at her but Kampe dodged it. However she wasn't quick enough to see Gyges' arms. His punches connected causing Kampe to stumble. The two Hekatonkheires wrestled her scimitars from her hands and held her down.
"Percy now!" yelled Cottus.
Percy flung his celestial bronze ropes over Kampe. She couldn't do anything against the celestial bronze ropes. She tried everything but couldn't get out.
"I can't hold her for much longer, finish her!" yelled Percy.
Cottus picked up both of her swords and ran over to Kampe and promptly sliced her head off. Percy retracted his ropes while watching her head fall off from her body, but before it could hit the floor it turned to golden dust, along with the rest of her body.
Percy fell on his butt from exhaustion. He was pushing his limits, and wasn't sure how much he had left in him.
Percy looked over to the Hekatonkheires who were equally exhausted. "You guys alright?" asked Percy walking over to them.
"Yea, we're alright." said Cottus.
The rest of them got up and started walking towards the doors the drakon came in through. The doors wouldn't budge one bit.
"Now what?" asked Percy.
"We go through the doors Atlas went through." said Cottus.
"That was Atlas?" asked a shocked Percy.
"Yep that's him. The general of Kronos' army." said Cottus.
"Can you bring us up there?" asked Briares.
Percy lifted the ground they were on up to the balcony Atlas had stood on with more effort than he would like to admit. The four of them went through the doors with ease.
"The only good thing about him is that he isn't the brightest Titan out there." said Percy.
The group walked down the path the doors had led to. The corridors were made aesthetically appealing much to the surprise of the group. The four walked until they came up to a room with multiple entrances.
"Now what?" asked Cottus.
"Should we split up?" asked Percy.
"No, it's too dangerous. They know we're here and we're all exhausted." replied Gyges.
"Then we pick one and hope for the best." stated Briares.
They surveyed each entrance not being able to tell the difference due to them all looking the same.
"I think we should go down the one all the way to the right." Said Percy.
No objections were made causing the group to go down the path all the way to the right. They came into a forge that was left unattended.
"Shall I burn everything here?" inquired Percy.
"Only if you can, don't push yourself too much, you'll need the energy. But first let's get far enough first." replied Cottus.
The group went back towards the way they came.
"Do it." said Cottus.
Percy concentrated and tried to make the lava in the forge burn everything but it was resisting him.
"I don't think so boy." said a familiar voice.
The group turned to see Hyperion standing there with his golden armor and sword.
"What? Want to get beat by a kid again?" taunted Percy.
"You insufferable brat. Come here and I'll show you who's going to be the one to get beat." growled Hyperion.
Percy was about to unsheathe his xiphos but a pair of hands stopped him. Percy turned around to see Gyges the one holding his arms.
"Go and find the Elder Cyclopes. We will buy you enough time. Don't worry about us." whispered Gyges.
"But-"
"No, now go." ordered Gyges.
Percy nodded and spun in his heels running out of the forge. He could hear the sounds of battle going on behind him but he did not stop running. Percy got back to the room with all the entrances and ran to another hall. This time there were stairs further down the hall. They led downstairs. Percy ran down multiple flights of stairs before getting greeted by cell bars and one eyed monsters.
"Are you the Elder Cyclopes?" asked Percy.
"And if we are?" replied the closest one.
"We need your help to against the Titans. The gods have already allied with the Hekatonkheires who are currently here fighting off Hyperion." explained Percy.
"Let us out and we will help you. The Titans are evil beings that must be stopped." answered the same cyclopes.
"Ok, well my name is Perseus, but call me Percy. What's yours?" asked Percy.
"We do not have names under Titan rule." replied he cyclops.
"Well we're going to change that. You're allies of the gods and fight for them so you have the freedom to have names." said Percy.
"Thank you. We will discuss such things later. First you must free us." said the cyclops.
"Stand back." ordered Percy grabbing the bar with both hands. He lit his hands on fire and concentrated. The flames started to flicker between blue and orange. Finally they changed blue, effectively heating up the two bars he was holding even more. He spread the bars wide enough for the cyclops to get through one at a time. Percy was sweating heavily and stood aside for the cyclops to come through.
"Now what?" asked the cyclops that had been talking to Percy the entire time.
"You know the arena they had you fight in?" asked Percy.
"Yes." replied the cyclops.
Go through there. Once you get to the other side where the entrance is, there should be a hole in the wall that leads to a tunnel. Once you get out of the tunnel head directly West. It should be an hour and a half walk. I've planted a branch with black cloth tied to it so you'll know the spot." explained Percy.
"Once again, thank you for this. We will gladly fight alongside the gods for rescuing us." said he cyclops before leading the rest to the spot.
Percy rushed back to the forge to check on his friends. By the time he got back the forge was completely destroyed. Laying sprawled across the floor on opposite ends were Cottus and Gyges severely injured.
"Cottus! Gyges!" Percy screamed running over to each to see if they were alive as well as pouring some nectar into their mouths.
"Where's Briar-" Percy was cut off my and loud crash coming from the room next door. "Hold on you two, I'll be back." said Percy before getting up to investigate the noise.
When Percy entered the room he saw Briares taking a beating. Hyperion had some injuries, but none of compared to what the three Hekatonkheires had endured.
"Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have left them!" swore Percy in his mind.
Just as Hyperion was about to strike Briares, Percy took out two throwing knives in each hand and threw them at Hyperion, effectively drawing his attention.
"Well isn't it the little brat. Come to lose your eye this time?" taunted the titan.
"We'll see who's going to lose their eye when I'm done with you!" Percy yelled pulling out his xiphoses. Hyperion matched Percy taking an offensive with his long sword.
Hyperion started to close the twenty yard gap. Percy made sure his defense was solid. This time he wouldn't lose. As Hyperion closed the gap to around ten yards, he stopped running. Percy was confused but never let his guard down. He noticed Hyperion's facial expression change from one to annoyance to anger.
"You're lucky little child. We will meet again on the battlefield and time that I will kill you." he announced threateningly before disappearing in a golden flash causing Percy to cover his eyes. Percy was confused. What could make the titan just leave like that? Whatever it was though, he was grateful. Once Percy was sure it was safe he ran over to Briares. Briares was bleeding from his wounds.
Cottus and Gyges came stumbling in, supporting each other as they walked.
"Where's the damn titan?" asked Gyges looking around.
"I'm not sure where he went. We were about to fight, but then he just left." explained Percy.
"Let get out of here." said Cottus quietly.
Cottus and Gyges helped Briares up and they started walking towards the way they came through. When they got to the tunnel they used to get in, Percy sealed it back. Percy prayed to all the gods to let them know they got the Elder Cyclopses out and were going to meet them at the rendezvous point. Then Percy concentrated really hard. Using both his powers over the earth and fire, he caused a colossal earthquake and had the lava sweep through a majority of the base. Percy nearly fainted once he was finished.
"Don't push yourself too hard kid. You've done enough today." whispered Briares who was quiet the entire time until now.
When they started to walk again, Percy got confirmation from Demeter. She said they were going to meet them there. They were able to do some heavy damage to the titans, but took heavy damage to themselves. Percy was worried for the gods, but most importantly his mother and father. He hope they were all ok. Percy only confirmed to Demeter that he got her message as he didn't want to distract her if she was still fighting.
When Percy and the Hekatonkheires arrived at the clearing, they could see all the cyclopses keeping a lookout. At that moment Percy didn't realize how many Elder Cyclopses there were really. Percy couldn't tell roughly, but he was sure there was more than that could fit in that cell they were being kept in.
Just then, the gods appeared in a golden light. Poseidon looked the worst. To say he looked bad was an understatement. He had cuts and gashes all over his body, his armor was soaked in golden ichor, and he could barely stand. Hestia was supporting him, keeping him up. Hestia had some cuts and flesh wounds but nothing too serious. Zeus and Hades were pretty beat up too. Like their brother, golden ichor stained their armor. Hades and a large slash going across his torso, from his right shoulder to left hip. Thankfully his armor absorbed most of the damage. Zeus had a bunch of flesh wounds, some were just cuts while others were deep slashes. His right eye was starting to swell. Hera, like her sister Hestia was in better shape than their brothers but not by much. Her body was littered with cuts. Finally, Demeter clutched her left arm. On closer inspection, Percy could tell it was broken. The said goddess had a ton of cuts and scrapes all over her body. She did however have a long deep slice going down her right arm.
"Dad! What happened?" asked Percy, running over to his weak looking father.
"We will explain later, for now we must leave immediately. We don't want the titans knowing where we are going." said Hestia.
"Form even groups around each of us." Hera ordered the Elder Cyclopses. Percy watched as the Elder Cyclopses formed five different circles around each god. Poseidon didn't have the power to teleport all these cyclopses by himself. Once everyone was ready, they shimmered in a golden light and disappeared from the clearing.
When Percy opened his eyes, he was back at their hideout.
"Elder Cyclopses, please wait here while we attend to our wounded. We will debrief after. Thank you." Hestia said calmly before leading Poseidon out of the room. The other gods and Hekatonkheires followed shortly after.
"Go Perseus. Make sure your family is ok." said the Elder Cyclops Percy had been talking with before. Percy nodded and went over to the medical wing.
Percy ran over to his dad who had fallen unconscious. The smaller wounds had already began to close up.
"We've given him some nectar and poured it on the more serious wounds." said Hestia walking over to Percy with nectar soaked bandages.
"Wrap him in these." said Hestia before walking over to attend the other gods. Percy watched his mother in amazement as she walked away. How could she be so calm? If he was alone, he would've freaked out because of the condition his father was in.
Percy turned his attention back to his father. He took the bandages and started to wrap them around the wounds that hadn't closed. Golden ichor started to stain them a bit, but there was nothing else that could be done besides letting him rest.
Percy turned to check on the other gods. All of them had been treated except Demeter who was being now by Hestia. The other gods had fallen asleep from exhaustion and their wounds on he beds. The Hekatonkheires seemed fine helping each other out.
Percy walked over and watched as Hestia's hands glowed orange and fixed Demeter's broken arm and minor cuts.
"What was that mom?" Percy asked curiously as he had never seen his mom do that before.
"The power of the hearth has more power than to harm Percy. I can heal minor wounds and heal broken bones instantly. However, if it is serious wounds that need proper medical attention then I cannot help." the explained Hestia.
Percy's eyes widened as he took in the new information.
"What now?" Percy asked.
"Now, the three of us and maybe Hekatonkheires if they're up to it can debrief the Elder Cyclopses." said Demeter. "Why don't you go ask them while we finish up here." she continued.
Percy nodded and walked over to the three.
"How are you guys holding up?" Percy asked.
"We'll be fine with some rest. Glad you came when you did." said Briares.
"Couldn't let you escape me so easily." Percy said with a smile.
"Of course not." Briares said smiling back.
"Are you guys able to help Demeter, mom, and I debrief the Elder Cyclopses?" asked Percy.
"Sure. We'll meet you there in a bit. You don't have to wait for us to start. I'm sure they're a bit anxious." said Gyges.
Percy nodded and walked back over to his mom and Demeter.
"They'll help, but they said to start without them. They need a bit." Percy informed the two goddesses.
"Well we should get going then." said Hestia. The two goddesses started walking toward the doors with Percy trailing behind.
Percy stopped at the door and turned around and surveyed everything. The gods may have taken a heavy beating, but this marked the beginning of the end. The end of the Titan rule over Earth. The gods had allies now and with these allies they were going to bring upon a new age, a better one.
With that final thought, Percy turned around and ran to catch up to his mother and aunt.
Test: Was it truly the beginning of the end for the rule of the Titans?
Zoe: Yes, with the help of the Elder Cyclopses, the gods got their symbols of powers.
Test: Like Zeus's Master Bolt and Poseidon's trident?
Zoe: Correct.
Test: You said that the gods didn't know about mortals and such, how long does it take them to learn about them?
Zoe: Well actually, not that long after they freed the Elder Cyclopses.
AN: So I know this story was on hiatus for a long time, but its still not officially off of hiatus. Like I said a while back that I would continue this story once I finish my other story. Well I am almost done with my other story and had been writing this chapter here and there so I thought I'd post it just to give you guys and girls a little something to read for now. Feel free to check out my other story if you want.
And as always, please leave a review because any feedback is welcome, good or bad. Give me some suggestions for things you may want to see in the story that I could put in.