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So, here I was, son of Janus a centurion of the third, bound to lead a quest to save the praetor.

Reyna had organised transport for us out of camp and towards Chicago. We climbed the SUV with Axel at the wheel, I took shotgun and Kit took the back seat with the rest of the provisions we were given and had packed. We were soon the highway heading North East out of the state and hoping we could get the halfway point within eight hours of driving. All we really did for the drive was either play eye spy, sleep or just switch seats so the three of us could have some fun driving. I quickly faded off after having my turn of driving and for what I hoped again would be normal nap, but as always a demigods dream is never normal.

I was standing in a throne room, with the walls building themselves? Huh I thought I guess this could not be any weirder. Oh boy was I wrong... "Son of Janus" an ancient and powerful voice seemed to come from everywhere. I turned around and came face to face with a man, the same glowing golden eyes I had seen in the temple, but he wasn't old…or asleep, he was tall, stoic he looked like he meant business. I got down on one knee "lord Saturn" his face morphed into anger and he stepped right up to my face. "Listen here boy" he hissed "I am Lord Kronos, Titan of Time, king of the Titans, I am not that lazy old sod, that waste of energy that you Romans gave to me when you conquered the Greeks." I frowned the Greeks had titans and gods too? This is getting so much weirder than I expected.

And just like that he relaxed his face back to normal, he was just studying me with those golden orbs that seemed to make time stop, he stepped back and spun on his heels and sat on the black throne in the centre of the omega shape. "I give you a chance to visit me in your dreams because I know of your potential to my cause, son of Janus. Your father did me a great deal when my…Roman aspect was cast from Heaven by Jupiter, he rescued me and nursed me back to health, and in return do you know what I granted your father?" He smirked as me as his voice echoed around room, it caused vibrations in the floor and I knew that his power could totally out power the gods.

His eyes flashed "I gave him Time" I swallowed and nodded while keeping me head bowed. "My lord…I met a spy of yours, Samuel Strife?" his eyes narrowed slightly for a second and then he nodded "the son of Eris, he is a valuable resource he will help us with crushing my puny children." I nodded "yes my lord, what would you have me do?" again his eyes shone and he stood up "Son Of Janus, you will continue on your quest to rescue the praetor, and then you will accompany Sun to Mount Orthys where you will join me" I nodded again "yes Lord Kronos"

He opened his mouth to speak again but all I heard was a car horn and I awoke with a gasp as we narrowly missed a car pulling out of a slip road. I looked around and noticed that we were now in a city. "Where are we?" I grumbled at Kit, who was behind the wheel, I glanced back and saw that Axel was passed out with his hood pulled around his head blocking the light from hitting his face. I smiled at him sleeping and turned back to Kit as he replied Rawlins, Wyoming. "It's the mid-point you were passed out for hours dude, did you have any dreams about our quest?" I realised I should keep my dream conversation thing with Kronos secret, I shook my head "how about you? When you slept?" he nodded and then spoke softly "I saw Jason in a cage hanging above a giant fire with what I could guess was Sun watching Jason slowly cook over the fire." He swallowed and looked at me as we stopped at the traffic lights. "Blake, we are going to save him aren't we?" I nodded and smiled at him to try reassuring him. "Don't worry we will get Jason back, he has to lead us against the enemy doesn't he? Who I'm guessing is the Titans" a voice cut in from behind me "what about the Titans?" Axel grumbled and sat up; I chuckled and continued "we should inform Reyna that the camp should be ready for a fight against the Titans."

Axel spoke up again "ill inform her when we stop, look there's a motel right there" he pointed at it across the road and Kit turned the wheel and pulled in. I got out and booked a room for the three of us and we went inside the room and claimed a bed each. I just lay down on it staring at the ceiling until Kit piped up. "So, the first line of the prophecy… the day lost heir shall return, the flaming titan shall burn. I'm guessing the lost heir is obviously you? The lost heir of what though?" he hummed and looked at Axel who just shrugged. "Maybe it's the lost heir of Janus? Like since there are only two known sons of Janus, me and that former Praetor Varus?"

Axel and Kit nodded. "The second line is obviously about you beating a titan…but Titans are stronger than gods! How can you simply beat a titan? You're a Demigod!?" the son of Mars squeaked out. I shrugged "I guess I just have to try my best like I have done for the past few years being by myself." Axel laughed "I'm going to some sleep lads, a son of Sommnus needs as much sleep as possible" he winked at me and lay back and within a minute he was sound asleep. Kit looked at the moonlit sky outside and back to me with his blue eyes "I hope we can all get through this…" I nodded at him "we will Kit, we will." I lay back down and muttered goodnight and closed my eyes.

For once I had a dreamless sleep, thankfully no Sat-Kronos, or Jason hanging from a cage as Kit described. I woke up to the smell of Greek fire and sprang out of the bed and got Verdict ready. "WERE UNDER ATTACK" Kit screamed as he launched flaming arrow after flaming arrow out the window into the parking lot into the giant's loincloth. Axel was nowhere to be seen, "what is it?" Kit kept firing, "demigods and a giant" I grit my teeth; I knew Sun wouldn't make this easy... "Cover me" I yelled as I charged through the broken window and jumped off the balcony straight onto the giants head, bringing verdict down as hard as I could into his skull. He collapsed and turned to dust just as sword came flying towards my hip I swung verdict to block it, but instead they both glanced off each other flying away from each other. I brought verdict under control and turned to face my enemy... SHIT I realised I left my helmet in the motel… I pointed verdict towards him as he grinned under his helmet with his piercing grey eyes he stared at me with pure hatred and swung high towards my neck and I lifted the tip of verdict up blocking his sword.

Again sparks met each other and flew off the weapons spectacularly as I swung verdict down low to trip him he hit me in the nose with the handle of his sword catching me off guard and making me lose my grip on verdict. As I fell backwards I willed myself to fall through the floor and appear above him. I turned over mid-flight landing on top of him and crushing him beneath me. I was stunned and got up and suddenly I heard a yell behind me another demigod was running towards me with a spear. This is it I thought, as he was about to stab me when I was completely defenceless but Axel came to the rescue! He came out of nowhere and tackled the guy from the side and stabbed him in the chest on the ground where the boy lay.

I stood there breathing hard and leaning over my knees as Kit came out onto the balcony "Are you guys alright?" I held a thumb up and Axel got up and grinned at us. "I needed something like that, it's been too long since I've had a good fight, training is nothing compared to this." He took a shaky breath "I took out the remaining two demigods out behind the motel I suggest it's time to move." I nodded and Kit ran back inside and threw down my helmet and our Duffel bags full of provisions as we piled into the SUV and tore out of the town towards Chicago.

The time to Chicago passed by quick enough as my mind raced on all the different situations that could happen if we don't get to Jason in time. I realised that I would have to fight Sun, and then possibly let him capture me and bring me to Mount Othrys. I swallowed and accepted that it's the past I chose and what must happen if I am going to beat the gods, they must have the powerful son of Jupiter on their side. We quickly got into Chicago and it seemed like nobody was around as we pulled into the city, so we stopped the car and got out just as a beam of light erupted from one of the sky scrapers into the sky. I sighed and looked pointedly at the other two "I'm guessing that's where Jason is" we got back in the SUV and began seeing traffic jams on the street so we got out and walked the rest of the way towards the sky scraper. Once we got inside I noticed that there was no one inside at all and we climbed into the small elevator and on the way up I looked at the other two. "You both free Jason; I'll take care of Sun." Axel's eyes bugged out of his head but he nodded the same as Kit. The door dinged as I put my fingers over the ring form of verdict and stepped out into what I could only imagine was hell for some people. The whole floor of the skyscraper was one giant room, surrounded in fire and the first thing I saw was "JASON" Kit's voice rang out as he ran towards the stairs leading up to hanging cage he stopped when a pillar of fire appeared in front of him and what I could only guess to be Sun stepped out.

Pure gold armour as bright as the sun, a golden sword clearly made of imperial gold eyes like flames burning into the soul. He was staring down at Kit at what seemed like boredom. "I am Sun, Titan lord of the East, I am the third strongest Titan and you hope to best me? A puny son of Mars?" Kit roared as he drew his sword and charged Sun just as a swung his sword cleaving Kit's sword in half and basically Sparta kicking him off the platform into the air and smashing into Axel when they both went down. I looked to make sure they were okay before drawing verdict and walking up the stairs to face Sun on the flat platform at the top.

He grinned while he hung his sword by his side; his hand was twitching so he was ready for anything. "SO, the infamous son of Janus finally comes to my home" he holds his arms up and looks around at an imaginary crowd. "you're going to have to get through me to get to your precious praetor Roman" I grinned and fixed my grip on verdict and then my helmet "Gladly" I charged him aiming for his legs and he swung his sword towards my waist and I lifted verdict up just in time as I was launched back, just before the edge of the platform I dug my feet in barley holding on. I got back up and adjusted my armour strap and I dropped through the floor appearing above Sun bringing down verdict with a cry as he suddenly twisted his arm in rapid movements and punched me off to his side where I landed with a solid crack.

I struggled to get up as Sun trampled over to me and grabbed me by the neck and hauled me up with pressure "you're luck you are wanted by my brother, or else I would crush you" he smirked as I stabbed him in the chest with verdict, he howled in pain and dropped me to the ground backing up with the javelin still in his chest as he reversed into the swinging cage making it fall down onto the flames and just about rolling to safety with Jason still alive. I sighed in relief as I just stared at Sun, who suddenly shifted form into an even brighter version of himself with his helmet off I could see a white beard and his chest armour had what appeared to be ancient Greek on it... and then he was back to Sun. he looked up at me "you will die for that demigod" he got up and charged me but I created a doorway underneath him making him fall into the fire and I fell onto the ground exhausted. I had done it! I had defea- a roar came from below me and I looked down seeing Sun burn even brighter than before and boy was he angry….he marched up the stairs towards me and ripped verdict out of his chest and tossed it aside as he went up and punched me straight in the face and sent me flying to the far side of the floor away from the cage and my friends and he jumped down after me, he grabbed me and the we both

Vanished.