A whole day of fighting had passed, and the ongoing battle in Manhattan was proving to be as difficult as the demigods had expected. Even with the help of the Troopers of Athena (formerly known as the Hunters of Artemis), the demigods still suffered a great number of losses. As much and as valiantly as they fought, the titan forces simply outnumbered them by the hundreds. Between the traitorous demigods and all the monsters, the Titan Army was bound to win. They also had no help from the gods, as they were fighting the ever approaching Typhon. In simple words, the demigods seemed to have no chance at winning, and they all knew it.
Currently, Alexander Pond, Annabeth Chase, and Hector Carib Troy, along with a hellhound, were trying to defeat the Lydian Dragon. A clear sighted mortal named Rachel Dare had told them that it was destined to be killed y a child of Ares, and so no matter how much they tried, they could simply not kill it. Just as they were about to give up, Clarisse LaRue arrived in full armor, along with the rest of the Ares Cabin.
"Ares!" Clarisse said with a shrilly voice, "Attack!"
The Ares campers were brave. Clarisse was right there in front, stabbing her spear at the drakon's face, trying to put out its other eye. But things started to go wrong as time went by. The drakon was able to snap an Ares kid in half, it knocked aside another, and sprayed poison at a third, who retreated back in panic as his armor melted.
"We have to help" Annabeth said
The two sea spawns nodded, jumping onto the monster''s back and running towards it's head, trying to get the attention away from Clarisse.
The Ares cabin threw javelins, most of them which broke, but some were able to lodge themselves in the monster's teeth. As the monster snapped its jaws together, its mouth became a mess of green blood, yellow foamy poison and splintered weapons.
"You can do it!" Alex screamed at Clarisse. "A child of Ares is destined to kill it!"
Clarisse looked at them and nodded, but there was something different about her. Her blue eyes shone with fear, and everyone knew that psychopath Clarisse never showed fear. Also, Clarisse didn't even have blue eyes.
"ARES!" she shouted in that strange shrill voice. She leveled her spear and charged the drakon.
"That's not Clarisse" Hector muttered. "WAIT"
As soon as the Clarisse impostor was about to stab the Lydian Drakon on the face and kill it, the monster spit some venom into the face of "Clarisse".
She screamed loudly and fell
"Clarisse!" Annabeth jumped off the monster's back and ran to help, while the other Ares campers tried to defend their fallen counselor.
Hector and Alex fought the drakon with great fury. For several minutes all they did was dodge poison, but they couldn't do any damage to the stupid monster.
Suddenly, a flying chariot landed on Fifth Avenue. A girl ran towards the scene, her voice filled with grief.
"NO! Fuck you, WHY?!"
As Hector looked over he saw Clarisse kneeling besides the girl in Clarisse's armor. Her cabin mates were trying to unfasten her helmet, who was smoked with poison.
"WHY?" The real Clarisse demanded, holding the other girl in her arms while the campers struggled to remove the poison-corroded helmet.
The drakon turned to Clarisse, baring its fangs at the group that surrounded the dying demigod. Clarisse looked up at the drakon, her face filled with absolute hate.
"YOU WANT DEATH?" Clarisse screamed at the drakon. "WELL, COME ON!"
She grabbed the spear from the fallen girl, and without any protection whatsoever, the daughter of Ares engaged in combat with the drakon. Before anybody could assist her, Clarisse jumped onto the monster's face, driving her electric spear into its good eye with so much force it shattered the shaft, releasing all of the magic weapon's power. The creature's head filled with electricity, causing its whole body to shudder. Clarisse then jumped off the drakon, leaving the monster to decompose in agony. In the end, only the exoskeleton of the monster remained, a hollow scaly tunnel of armor.
Everyone stared at Clarisse in both awe and fear, as nobody had ever seen anyone take down such a huge monster so quickly, and single-handedly. However, the daughter of Ares did not seem to care about it, as she ran back to the wounded girl who had stolen her armor.
Finally, Annabeth Chase managed to remove the girl's helmet. Everyone gathered around: the Ares Cabin, Annabeth, Alex and Hector. The battle still raged along Fifth Avenue, but none of them seemed to care about that. Time seemed to slow down around them, creating a safe space for them, but only for a while.
Silena Beauregard, the daughter of Aphrodite, laid dying with her face badly burned from the drakon's poison.
"What were you thinking?" Clarisse cradled Silena's head in her lap.
Silena tried to swallow, but her lips were dry and cracked. "Wouldn't...listen. Cabin would...only follow you."
"So you stole my armor," Clarisse said in disbelief. "You waited until Chris and I went out on patrol; you stole my armor and pretended to be me." She glared at her siblings. "And NONE of you noticed"
The Ares cabin didn't know what to reply, both ashamed and feeling the guilt of their fallen comrade.
"Don't blame them," Silena said. "They wanted to... to believe I was you"
"You stupid Aphrodite girl," Clarisse sobbed. "You charged a drakon? Why?"
"All my fault," Silena said, a tear streaking the side of her face. "The drakon, Charlie's death...camp endangered-"
"Stop it!" Clarisse said. "That's not true"
Silena opened her hand, revealing a silver bracelet with a scythe charm in her palm.
"You were the spy" Alex said in disbelief
Silena tried to nod. "Before...before I liked Charlie, Luke was nice to me. He was so...charming. Handsome. Later, I wanted to stop helping him, but he threatened to tell. He promised...he promised I was saving lives. Fewer people would get hurt. He told me he wouldn't hurt...Charlie. He lied to me."
"You had a valid reason Silena, don't punish yourself too much" Hector said kneeling on the other side of Silena's body
"Forgive me" Silena said painfully
"You're not dying" Clarisse said forcefully
"Hector, tell your father thank you from my part. He...he brought me to Camp Half-Blood. And thank you...for being my little brother"
"No, Silena, I can save you" Hector cried
"It's over...Charlie" Silena's eyes were a million miles away. "See Charlie..."
The body of the daughter of Aphrodite stopped breathing, her heart stopped breathing, and her soul left her.
"That son of a BITCH!" Hector roared, picking up his bow and running towards the battle.
Hector joined the ongoing battle in fifth avenue, launching his arrows at great speeds and engaging in short-range battles from time to time. Along with Clarisse, the son of Artemis became almost indestructible. The pair took out everything that came in their path, no matter how big the monster was, they took it out with ease.
After a while, the two of them seemed to have killed a great number of Kronos Army.
"Clarisse, I'm going to go to the Empire State. Are you gonna do alright alone?" Hector asked as he killed a empousa with an arrow
"Of course Wood boy, I'll do alright" Clarisse said as she killed a demigod
Hector nodded and ran towards the Empire State Building, hearing a faint "I AM CLARISSE, DRAKON-SLAYED" and many death threats who followed.
Inside of the Empire State Building were many of the wounded. It was jam-packed, as the number of wounded campers, Troopers, and satyrs grew as time went on.
The son of Artemis looked around and noticed Annabeth and Alex talking to a Thalia Grace, the Trooper that wanted to kill him not too long ago.
"-have a feeling they'll need you up there-to set up the final defense." Thalia said
"Who'll need who where?" Hector asked approaching the trio
"Excuse me, I was talking to Alex and Annabeth"
"Right, but don't I have the right to know?"
"Thalia was telling us to go to Olympus and help with their defense" Alex said, not wanting to have a fight between Thalia and Hector
Hector grinned, "Oh alright. Yeah, you guys should go. I'll follow you to the elevators"
Annabeth, Alex, and Hector walked towards the elevators, where they met with Connor and Travis Stoll, the sons of Hermes.
"Is it true?" Connor asked. "About Silena?"
Alex nodded, "She died a hero."
Travis shifted uncomfortably. "Um, I also heard-"
Hector grabbed the son of Hermes by his collar and looked straight into his eyes. "She died a hero. End. Of. Story."
"Alright alright alright," Travis put his hands up, making Hector put him down. "Listen, we figure the Titan's army will have trouble getting up the elevator. They'll have to go up a few at a time. And the giants won't be able to fit at all."
"That's our biggest advantage." Alex said, "Any way to disable the elevator?"
"Not really. The elevator works by magic, but the defense is crumbling and so anyone can just head straight up without problem" Travis said
"Then we have to keep them away from the doors," Alex said, "We'll bottle them up in the lobby."
"We need reinforcements," Travis said. "They'll just keep coming. Eventually they'll overwhelm us."
"There are no reinforcements," Connor complained
"Actually," Hector furrowed his eyebrows. "I can get us reinforcements."
Leaving the confused demigods to be, the son of Artemis ran outside. The streets were quiet, way too quiet for the likes of Hector. It was as if something sinister was approaching them, something that was supposed to be unforeseen.
Hector entered a very solitary alley next to a small irrelevant street. The son of Artemis took out his sword and cut his arm a little bit, letting a couple of drops of blood fall on the sewer. With nobody and no creature around, the ex-camper closed his eyes and breathed deeply. He felt his body as one with nature, which was very hard to do considering he was in the middle of the most important city on Earth. Concentrating even further, Hector felt every wild creature in the tri-state area become one with him.
"I am Hector Troy, son of Artemis, goddess of the wildlife. I request help from every animal available. Hear my plead, help your patron" Hector raised his hands and told the sky. After some time had passed, the son of Artemis decided to head back to the Empire State Building.
The lobby of the Empire State Building was the same as when he had left. Many wounded warriors and some of the unwounded ones just stood/sat there waiting for their next battle plan. There were very few campers and troopers that were able to fight, around thirty in total actually.
"Hey, is this everyone?" Hector asked Connor Stoll
The son of Hermes nodded solemnly, "Yep. Everyone else is up on Olympus being treated. Did you call for reinforcements?"
"Yeah, it may take a while for them to get here tho"
"How much time are we talking about here?"
Hector shrugged his shoulders, "Some may get here in fifteen minutes, others may take a few hours"
"Who exactly did you call?"
"You'll know when they get here" Hector answer cryptically, walking towards where some of the troopers were.
The troopers wore a traditional greek battle armor, which looked much worse than their original hunter uniform in Hector's opinion, and they each had a spear and a bow. They seemed to glow light grey, which wasn't that different from silver, but it still dulled them. The un-wounded ones stood talking amongst themselves, trying to ease their stress. Seeing many fallen sisters and feeling the unnerving doom that seemed to come, the troopers were very scared, even if they didn't show it.
"Long time no see," Hector said, interrupting the trooper's conversation. "how're you guys holding up?"
They all turned to look at him with hate I their eyes, "Fuck off boy"
Hector raised his hands, "Hey, I'm just asking how you are, you know, since the campers got some injured..."
"You know we have some injured as well, so don't ask the obvious" a blonde haired trooper said
"My bad. But look, I just wanted to make peace with you guys"
"Peace about what?" another trooper asked.
"You shouldn't hate me for my parents actions" Hector began, "Yes, Artemis may have lied to you for centuries, and yes she may have broken her oath and conceived me, but that doesn't mean that you should stop respecting her or that you should want to kill me. From what I know, mom had tried to tell the Olympians about me and my dad, but a prophecy got in the way, and then you saw how Zeus reacted when he found out...what I'm saying is, please forgive my mom. She didn't mean to hurt you guys, and I know that she really misses you. So, after this is all over, please forgive her"
"Look, Hunter-" a trooper began to say
"Hector"
"Hector, we know that it's not your fault, but that doesn't mean we can't hate you. As for Artemis, she broke our trust. We served her blindly and loyally for centuries, and she repays us with lies. I think I'm speaking for all of us when we say that a simple apology just won't cut it"
Hector stared at them for a while, looking straight into the eyes of each and every one of the present troopers. "And there's nothing I can do to make it right?"
"No" the blonde trooper replied.
"Fine, then I'll have to prove myself to you" Hector said with finality, turning around and gathering with some of the Apollo kids who were not healing the wounded.
The campers, troopers and satyrs were relaxing for just a bit when, out of nowhere, the Titan Army appeared on the street.
"A surprise attack!" a random Ares camper yelled before being stabbed by a giant
"Shit, THALIA! TELL ALEX AND ANNABETH TO GET THEIR ASSES OVER HERE" Hector yelled, looking directly into the eyes of Kronos. "Everyone! Defend Olympus!"
The campers, troopers, satyrs, and even the Party Ponies ran towards the enemy, engaging themselves in battle. It was a tough one, with many of the campers falling dead at the feet of their enemies, and many troopers getting wounded. Hector fought valiantly against many of the monsters, until he was incapacitated by three traitor demigods.
He laid with a spear stuck on his abdomen, watching as the battle raged on. The son of Artemis saw how Clarisse was defeated by a Hyperborean giant, as she and her chariot stood frozen in a block of ice. Some of the centaurs that were helping the efforts had fled, while others had died and disintegrated. The only one left standing was Chiron, who had an arrow notched straight at Kronos's face.
Hector saw as Alex, Annabeth and Thalia came out of the Empire State Building, looking in shock at the scene in front of them.
"Step aside, little son" Kronos told Chiron
"I'm afraid not" Chiron replied sternly, just as he did when he was mad at his students, which Hector had heard quite a few times having grown up in Camp Half-Blood.
The dracaena queen, who was standing besides Kronos, charged at Chiron with great speed. Chiron launched his arrow, embedding it on the forehead of the dracaena. The monster vaporized immediately upon contact, leaving the empty armor of the dracaena to fall on the ground. Chiron reached for another arrow, but his quiver was empty.
Realizing that he had no other choice, Chiron dropped his bow and drew his sword, a weapon who did not give any advantage to the centaur. The titan king chuckled, stepping towards the trainer of heroes.
"You're a teacher." Kronos sneered. "Not a hero"
"Luke was a hero," Chiron replied. "He was a good one, until you corrupted him"
"IDIOT!" Kronos's voice was heard throughout the city. "You filled his head with empty promises. You said that the gods cared about me!"
"Me," Chiron pointed out. "You said me"
Taking advantage of Kronos' confusion, Chiron swung his sword at the face of Kronos. But the titan king was very quick, and with great fighting skills. He easily evaded the attack and knocked Chiron's blade, yelling at the top of his lungs, "BACK!"
The centaur was sent flying into the side of the building with such a force that the wall crumbled and collapsed on top of him.
"No!" Annabeth yelled, running towards the pile of broken wall on the middle of the Manhattan street. Alex and Thalia followed her, picking up many of the bricks trying to find their mentor.
"YOU!" Annabeth turned to Luke. "To think that I...that I thought-"
She drew her trusty knife.
"Annabeth, don't" Alex tried to take her arm, but she shook it off.
The daughter of Athena engaged on a fight with the Kronos possessed Luke, who had stopped laughing as soon as he saw that Annabeth launched at him. She tried to stab Kronos between the straps of his armor, right at his collar-bone, but the blade bounced harmlessly off of his body. Annabeth recoiled in pain, clutching her arm on her stomach. It seemed as if the daughter of Athena had just suffered from a dislocated shoulder.
Kronos took this opportunity to try and finish her off, but Alexander Pond was able to yank her back.
At that time, a loud howl was heard all throughout the city. Everyone looked at the origin, surprised at the source of the sound. Standing on the street were hundreds of wolves, bears, deers, squirrels, skunks, bunnies, foxes, and just about every temperate deciduous forest mammal ever known. Looking at the animals, Hector slowly stood up, pulling the spear out of his abdomen.
"Follow the will of Artemis!" Hector yelled at the top of his lungs, earning the attention of everyone present on the battlefield. Pointing his sword at Kronos, he glared harshly at the titan king. "FOR ARTEMIS!"
All the animals ran towards the titan army, making a surprising amount of damage to the force. Kronos began to walk towards Hector, but he stopped when a loud "Arroooooo!" sound was heard on the street.
From the other side of the street, a small figure wearing a black armor sat on top of a hellhound. The hellhound bounded towards Alex, ignoring the monsters in the way.
"Nico?" Alex asked
"Got your message. Is it too late to join the party?" Nico smiled
"Son of Hades." Kronos spit, "Do you love death so much you wish to experience it?"
"You know, I was kinda hoping you would die instead,"
"I'm inmortal, you fool I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live."
Nico drew his sword, grinning maniacally. "I don't agree"
The ground started to rumble, cracks appearing on the road and the sidewalks. Skeletal hands grasped the air as the dead clawed their way into the world of the living, coming to aid their masters. There were literally thousands of dead soldiers coming from bellow. The Titan army individuals who were not fighting the animals began to back away.
"HOLD YOUR GROUND!" Kronos demanded. "The dead are not match for us."
The sky turned dark and cold, shadows thickened and a harsh war horn was blown.
"Who the fuck is that?" Hector muttered
A large chariot roared down Fifth Avenue, coming to a stop next to Nico diAngelo. The horses were living shadows, fashioned from darkness. Holding the reins of the chariot was Hades, with Demeter and Persephone riding behind him. A teenage girl jumped out of the chariot in full battle armor. It was hard to identify her, but her black eyes were a classic trait of Hades children.
"Nice of you to show up Bianca" Nico said from beside Alex
"Hey! I had to hurry them up. It's not my fault they wanted to look good for a fight" the girl rolled her eyes.
"Hello Father." Hades said, ignoring the bickering siblings. "You're looking...young"
"Hades," Kronos growled. "I hope you and the ladies have come to pledge your allegiance"
"I'm afraid not. You see, my children here have convinced me-" Hades began to say before being interrupted by sea shell horn.
"Oh for gods sake! Who's coming now?" Kronos whined, which was pretty comical if the situation they were in was not considered.
Marching from where Hades army was standing, a very large blue-armored army came. They all wore serious faces and many of them had blue-purple skin. If a doctor were to see them, he would've most likely thought that they were all inbred people from Kentucky. But they were not inbred people from Kentucky, they were Poseidon's personal army.
"Demigods! We have come here from Atlantis to help you on your efforts" the general in charge said
"YOU'VE LEFT ATLANTIS ALL ALONE! Oceanus will destroy it!" Kronos laughed
"Our lord has left the bravest infantry led by one of his son's. We firmly believe that they will be able to keep Atlantis safe"
Hector, seeing how many soldiers had come to their aid, decided to go up to Olympus. After all, he doubted that Kronos would somehow be stopped from going to Olympus. No, that son of a whore would most likely send his own soldiers to battle while he went up to Olympus.
Feeling all the attention shifted on the two armies, Hector summoned a giant wild boar, who launched itself at one of the Hyperboreans. He then ran towards the elevator, one hand on his bow and another on his wound, getting in and closing the doors as fast as he could.
"Hurry hurry hurry hurry" Hector muttered under his breath as the elevator went up. There was no horrible music to distract him from what was going to happen.
Finally, the elevator arrived at the 600th floor. The doors opened and Mt. Olympus seemed on the brink of Chaos. The minor gods were preparing themselves for battle, and the medics were trying to get the wounded to a safe space. Hector looked around, trying to find at least one person who looked familiar.
Then, he spotted the person who had gave him his cursed blade.
"Enyo!" Hector ran as fast as he could towards the goddess.
"Hector, you're alive. Somehow..." Enyo said noticing his wound.
"It's fine. It doesn't hurt that much AGHAHGHAGH" the son of Artemis was saying before Enyo stuck a finger on his wound
"Yep, that's a fatal wound. How are you still running around?"
Hector grimaced, "I don't know, but that isn't important right now. I gotta ask you something"
"What is it?"
"The blade you gave me, does it has something special done to it?"
Enyo shrugged her arms, "I don't know, that was done by Bellona, not me. I was simply the messenger"
"You don't know anything?" Hector asked
"I mean I could ask, but it's gonna cost you"
"What is it going to cost?"
Enyo put a hand on her chin and began to "think". Then, raising a finger, she grinned.
"How about a kiss?"
"A-a what?" Hector said confused
"You kiss me, I'll tell you what exactly the curse of the blade is"
Hector looked around him, noticing how all the minor gods were panicking, scared of the incoming Kronos. He saw how many of the wounded demigods were dying despite the efforts made by Will and the Apollo Cabin. It was just one kiss with a goddess, and he could put an end to it all.
The son of Artemis looked at the goddess, who stood just a little bit shorter than him. She wasn't ugly. In fact, she was very pretty. But Hector felt wrong doing it, there was something inside him which blamed him for even considering it.
Hector leaned forward, little by little, until his lips met Enyo's. The goddess wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer towards her. Hector's eyes widened from the sudden possession on the goddess part. He pushed her away gently and looked at her.
"Aww, I wanted it to be longer" Enyo pouted
"I kissed you, you didn't say how long it had to be"
"Fine, a deal is a deal. The blade I gave you is not affected by any curse, and that is it's curse."
Hector furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head, "What?"
"It can cut people with the Curse of Achilles. That is it's curse. It also betrays people and the owner always dies...but the curse is mainly the first thing" Enyo explained
"It sounds more of a blessing than a curse"
"Be careful of what you say Hector. The biggest blessings have turned out to be the worst of curses" Enyo warned, walking past him and getting ready for the arrival of the titan lord.
"You should head to the Throne Room on the Olympian palace. That's where Kronos will go" Enyo said without turning to face Hector.
"Come with me" Hector said
Enyo didn't reply. She just kept on walking towards the elevator, waiting for Kronos to arrive at Olympus.
Hector made his way onto the Throne Room, running as fast as he could with his bleeding wound. As he approached the Throne Room, the son of Artemis heard the screams of gods and goddesses. He knew what was happening: Kronos had arrived and was making his way onto the palace. Buildings falling and exploding were heard all throughout the god's residence, and many more screams came with them.
"Brick by brick! That was my promise. Tear it down, BRICK BY BRICK" Hector heard Kronos say somewhere behind him.
At last, after a few minutes of painful journey, Hector arrived at the Throne Room. All twelve thrones stood magnificently, showing pure power and control of the domains which they represented. His head focused on a silver throne with moon a doe's designs. Hector instantly recognized it as Artemis' throne, the throne of his mother.
The doors of the throne room were ripped off their hinges, revealing Kronos and Ethan Nakamura.
"Here we a-what the fuck are you doing here?" Kronos asked, his eyes glowing a golden color.
"I'm here to stop you from destroying Olympus" Hector said, aiming and launching an arrow at Ethan Nakamura's neck, killing the son of Nemesis.
"I am going to make you watch as I destroy all the thrones. Starting with your whore of a mother's throne" Kronos said
"You will not destroy any throne Kronos" a voice behind the titan said. Turning around, the titan king saw Alexander Pond, along with Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood.
"Or maybe I can destroy you first Pond" Kronos said smiling
"Turn around and fight me like a man you coward!" Hector roared, launching an arrow towards Kronos. The arrow did not have any effect on the titan, however, it just bounced harmlessly.
"You call me a coward yet you launch an arrow when I'm not facing you? Hypocrite. Just like your mother,"
Hector's face flushed red with anger. He dropped his bow on the ground, touching his watch and summoning the sword which Enyo had gifted him...or rather Bellona had gifted him.
"Fight me with a sword Kronos. Unless you're afraid" Hector said
Kronos scythe slowly turned into a blade. The titan king raised his sword and began to battle Hector. Both of them had great swordsmanship, but Kronos had a physical advantage. Alex came from behind and tried to battle Kronos, but the the titan was able to evade and push the son of Poseidon to the ground. Hector then slashed at Kronos, but the former simply was able to stop the sword from cutting him by using his sword. Then, using his great force, Kronos punched Hector on the shoulder, making him drop the weapon.
Taking this opportunity, Kronos grabbed the son of Perseus by his neck and elevated him. Hector couldn't breathe, his eyes only seeing Annabeth who approached him from behind Kronos. But the Titan king wasn't unaware of this approach, and so with a simple hand flick, the daughter of Athena was sent backwards.
"Annabeth!" Alex screamed
Kronos, deciding to have a little fun before killing the supposed "hero", simply crashed Hector's body on the floor, leaving the son of Artemis almost paralyzed.
Kronos then approached the son of Poseidon, who had just gotten up. Alexander tried to slash at Kronos, but the titan had simply controlled time around Alex, making him do all of his movements in slow motion.
"It's too late, Alex Pond," Kronos said "Behold!"
Kronos pointed at the hearth, making the coal glow, thus creating a white Iris-message like image. In it, Alex could see Nico battling many monsters, along with his sister Bianca and their father Hades. It was a hard battle, the titan forces seemed endless. Even with all the help Hector, Poseidon and Hades had sent, the titan army was simply overwhelming.
The scene shifted, showing something that would terrify any demigod to the core. Approaching the Hudson River was a giant column of storm. Many chariots circled it, locked in combat with the creature.
Lightning flashed, arrows of gold and silver streaked into the cloud like rocket tracers and exploded. Looking more closely, it was evident that the cloud-like creature was Typhon, and the ones who were battling were the Olympian gods.
"The Olympians are giving their final effort." Kronos laughed. "How pathetic."
Zeus threw a lighting bolt at Typhon, but the Storm Giant simply staggered a little bit, keeping on his pace towards Olympus.
Then, something extraordinary happened. When Typhon stepped on the Hudson River, one of the chariots made a conch horn sound. It was the call of the ocean, done by Poseidon.
Poseidon's chariot flew below, circling the monster and swinging his trident, the river responding to his will. It made a funnel cloud around the monster, effectively trapping it.
"No!" Kronos yelled after some silence. "NO!"
"NOW, MY BRETHREN!" Poseidon yelled loudly, "STRIKE FOR OLYMPUS!"
Warriors burst out of the river, riding he waved on huge sharks and dragons, and even sea horses. It was a infantry of cyclopes, being lead by Poseidon's youngest cyclops, Tyson. The cyclopses tied Typhon down. Poseidon then threw his trident and impaled the monster in the throat. Golden ichor spewed like a waterfall from the monster's wound.
The other gods attacked with a renewed force. Ares stabbed the monster in the nose, Artemis shot a dozen of arrows at the eye of Typhon, Apollo shot blazing arrows, setting the monster on fire, and Zeus kept sending lighting at the monster. Little by little, the water rose and wrapped Typhon like a cocoon, sending him straight into Tartarus.
"THE FUCK HAPPENED?!" Kronos screamed, slashing the image with his sword
"They're on their way." Alex said, "You've lost"
Kronos smirked and looked straight to Alex, "I haven't even started."
Kronos ran towards Alex, who readied himself for the attack. Kronos slashed furiously, making the son of Poseidon lose his balance lightly. Alex was able to sidestep and jab under Kronos's guard, but the titan countered the strike and disarmed the son of Poseidon.
"AAAHHHHH" Hector yelled, standing up and running straight into Kronos with his sword on his hand.
The titan turned around just in time and stabbed Hector on the chest. Hector's eyes widened from the pain and fury, and blood poured from his mouth.
"Was that all you had son of Artemis? I must say that I'm disappointed" Kronos said
"You..shouldn't be" Hector said, stabbing his sword straight into Kronos' heart
"H-h-how?"
"Me ti megalyteri thysía, káno to teletourgikó tou chrónou. Ypárchoun treis theótites, allá chereiázontai móno dyo. Díno ti zou mou gia tin isorropía tou sympantos, gia na exaleípso mia gia pánta ton titána kai ton tyranno. Afíste ton thánato na érthei kai gia tour dyo, oúte gia ton Tártaro. An gia lógo o Perséas den eínai zontanós torá, me aftín ti thysía, zitó apó tin psychí tou na epistrépsei gia na diacheiristeí ton chróno." Hector recited in perfect Greek
A white light envolved Kronos and the son of Artemis. Piece by piece, the immortality of Kronos was taken away from the body as it became part of that white light.
When the light disappeared, both bodies laid on the floor in a pool of blood.
"Curse...you" Kronos said, his body going limp as soon as he completed those words.
Hector smiled despite the great deal of pain he was dealing with.
"Hector!" Alex yelled, running towards the bloody body. "Hang in there buddy, we can call Will to heal you"
"No, don't...don't do it. This...was my...my sacrifice. Kronos...is-is gone forever. Faded" Hector struggled to say
"Troy!" Annabeth ran to his side, cradling his head on her lap. "You can't die"
"The prophecy is completed. I did my job" Hector coughed, blood tarnishing Annabeth's clothes.
"No, you don't have to die. Luke is dead, maybe he was the child of the prophecy" Annabeth tried to reason, Alex nodding his head besides her.
"I'm sorry..." Hector's eye led out a single tear. "Silena said...to thank dad. Tell my mom... I'm sorry for...being such a...bad son. And I'm sorry...Annabeth for...everything. Please take care of her Alex"
"I will" Alex replied
"It hurts...so much. But it's worth it...for my family" Hector said, taking his last breath in the world of the living.
There you have it, as you can see, this story is coming to an end. It has been really fun writing it, but I feel that if I extend it, I will just be adding new weird plot lines that will mess up the original idea. I mean, originally this idea of mine was supposed to be a one-shot, and just by modifying the first chapter, this story has turned into my best work.
Thank you all so much for reading and reviewing. This chapter was longer as you could see, and I'm not good at writing very long chapters, so I hope this is coherent.
Wifiespancake, I like your idea, but as you could see in this chapter, it wouldn't work. I was already thinking about closing this story soon, and while your idea is good, it would just send me into a direction I'm honestly not looking at. Hope you understand :)
I know what Hector said at the end was in "Greek" (not written in greek characters) but that's more readable. It basically said that he made a sacrifice and that Kronos would fade.
Alex Pond is not an asshole as many other fanfictions put sons of Poseidon who are not Percy. He grew up just like Percy Jackson from the books did, he bathed on the Styx just like Percy from the books, so i tried to make him a nice person. He wasn't the focus of the story, so I couldn't put many fight scenes on him, but he is still a nice and useful person.
Finally, think of Enyo's kiss as a last kiss. Enyo probably knew he was going to die, and so she decided to kiss him one time before his death.
And yeah, that's about all I have to say. Again, thank you for reading and I sincerely hope you liked this chapter.