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Chapter 13- Rome

Percy POV

I shiver, recalling that dreaded meeting with Nyx. Suddenly Zarcrix appears next to me, his face looking grave. I look at him in surprise. "What is going on?" I ask him, wondering why he raises his eyebrows and sighs after I ask.

"Unfortunately, while you were in Tartarus talking to Nyx, Craig told Zeus to gather all the gods, and get them to use their power to focus in on Tartarus, so Craig could "prove" that you were walking against them. Unfortunately, they just happened to be scanning the mansion of night while you were there, so now all the gods believe you are working with Tartarus to try and overthrow them" Zarcrix says.

I feel my jaw drop in disbelief. "Of all the bloody times, they could have looked, it had to be then, it just had to be then" I say, disbelief evident in my voice.

"Yes, I know" Zarcrix says grimly.

"I have to warn someone about the war, but now I'm wanted because of Craig. I should warn the Romans, otherwise, the gods will be overthrown" I say, thinking quickly. I knew we needed the Romans, else we would be in major trouble, considering they had thrice as many demigods there.

"Yes, I believe that would be the best idea" says Zarcrix. "But I shan't take you there, as an inter-universal war has started between universe 114 and universe 101. I need to stop the war before universe 114 gets blown up." He says.

I sigh. I needed to get there no matter what, someone needed to be warned, else the fate of the world would be extremely bad. The human race would most likely be wiped out, we need Zarcrix and Nyx in this war, and the Romans. I sit down, barely noticing Zarcrix teleporting away, most likely to stop the inter-universal war.

I get up and walk towards the cupboard towards the back of the hut. I pull out the biggest back there was, and start packing it with food, water, and spare clothes. I fill the pack to the brim, also packing a light blanket. Then I put the massive pack on my shoulders, testing out the weight of it on my back. It was very heavy, but I would manage.

I step out into the bright sunlight of the morning, and walk towards the forest path. I take the secret little path for the brisk 10 -minute walk to the edge of the forest. I grit my teeth and groan silently, knowing I would have to get past Annabeth. I slowly creep out of the forest, then I remember the cloak that hid my identity.

"Percy?" comes Annabeth's voice from the grassy fields a hundred or so meters away. Too late.

"Annabeth" I say, nodding curtly.

"Where are, you going?" she asks.

"Canada" I lie, knowing it would make sense since it is the land beyond the gods.

"Oh, then I'm coming with you" she says determinedly.

"No, it is too dangerous, I am wanted for crimes I did not commit, if I am caught, then you will be arrested for helping me." I say.

Annabeth runs into her tent, and I take it as acceptance of the situation.

I begin to walk towards New York, intending to take a boat to Rome. Suddenly I feel a tap on my shoulder, and I spin around to see Annabeth there, with a small backpack.

"Gods your stubborn" I say, rolling my eyes.

Annabeth just shrugs. I sigh and set off at a brisk pace. We walk in awkward silence for miles until nightfall. As night approaches, I see New York, glittering in the distance, its lights flashing brightly.

"We'll settle down here for the night" I say, annoyed that Annabeth was following me to Rome, even if she thought I was heading to Canada. I walk off the path and towards a patch of longer grass that would provide some wind protection. I glance up and see Hermes flying high in the sky, about a mile away. I grab Annabeth and pull her to the ground, ripping out a couple of grass strands and throwing them over us.

"Don't talk, don't move" I hiss.

Annabeth just nods and ducks her head so she is not looking up. I do the same. We didn't dare to move for over an hour, and it was me who finally decided to look up. I see an empty sky, and shake Annabeth. We slowly move into a sitting position, and I smile in relief.

"Well, well, who do I have here?" came a voice from behind us.

I spin and see Hermes, with a maniacal grin on his face.

"Looks like I've found some little traitors" he says. Then he lunges and I am forced to use force magic to blow him back a few meters. I was very lucky he was in small form, otherwise we would be in a lot of trouble. Hermes looks very shocked, giving me the chance to grab Annabeth's shoulder and use force magic to send us flying towards New York as fast as I could take us.

I glance backwards and spot Hermes chasing us, gaining on us very quickly with his flying shoes. I turn and start heading towards the ocean, knowing it was our only chance of escape. I use more force magic to speed up, and Hermes stops catching us so quickly. Suddenly I hear a piercing whistle from my right side, and I feel a hoof slam my side, and Annabeth and I go flying to the side. My vision fades as the pain forces me to go unconscious.

I blink, and immediately feel a massive pain in my side. I try to clutch my side but found my hand unable to move. My memories fly back and I open my eyes. Annabeth was in a cage next to me, and my arms and legs were bound, and I couldn't move them what so ever.

I look up and see the gods in front of me, on their thrones as usual. The main thing that caught my attention however was Artemis in the corner. Or rather a deer standing next to her, and if I look down at the deer's front right hoof, I glimpse some blood. My blood. My eyes narrow and I use force magic to force my bonds to break. The gods don't notice, as my cage didn't allow them to view my back, and none of them were watching.

I feel my pocket, and almost sigh in relief as I realise riptide was still there. I slowly force Annabeth's manacles apart. She looks at me and mouths a quick thank you. I slowly force a small hole in the back of my cage. I slip out and slide on my stomach until I was behind Annabeth's cage. I force a hole in the cage, and Annabeth quietly slips out of the cage.

We crawl behind one of the many marble statues in the room. I slowly force a hole in the throne room wall, and I immediately feel a twinge of weariness and tiredness. A prickling feeling appears at the back of my neck, and I slowly spin around to see Artemis standing there.

I grab Annabeth's wrist and pull her out of the hole I had made. We start free falling through the air, and I realise I hadn't thought this through very well. Thinking quickly as we fall. I could see the top of the empire state building, miles below us. An idea rushes to my mind. I concentrate on the side of the empire state building and chip off a massive slab of concrete using force magic. I send it towards us, and use some more force magic to slow us down, so we land lightly on the concrete slab. I control the slab until we land on the roof of the empire state building.

As soon as we land on the flat I collapse, completely drained of energy. I look up and see a glimpse of a lightning bolt from Mount Olympus, Zeus obviously had just found out we had escaped. Finally, I come to my senses and roll under the cover of a small overhang, just on the roof. Annabeth follows me and we sit there. I had no idea on what to do.

The gods didn't seem to be able to see us. After an hour of breathing heavily and getting my energy back I get up and break a window. We jump into the building. We run towards the elevator, and travel downwards to the bottom floor. We dash out of the empire state building and down the street of New York, towards the docks.

I was breathing heavily, tiredness starting to get to me. We couldn't have reached the docks any sooner. I quickly pull out the rest of the money I had, to pay for a small boat that would allow us to get to Rome. We hop on board, and it was then I realised we had no food. I groan as we set off. Hopefully Zarcrix would be able to provide us with something.

The seas were quite rough due to Poseidon being angry, but we managed because of my water power, allowing me to get rid of most of the waves that came our way. Slowly but surely, we made our way towards Rome.

A few hours later, hunger pains were really starting to get to me.

"Why don't we just eat fish?" asked Annabeth.

"You know I don't eat fish, I can't" I say.

"But we must, or we shall perish." Annabeth says.

We of course, had plenty of water, since I could filter it. I groan. I knew I must eat fish, but I couldn't. I could probably survive without food, but it hurt to not eat. I unhappily cause fish to jump over into the boat, and Annabeth kills them with her knife. I throw up over the side at my first bite, but I eventually am able to eat a little.

I use my water power to send our small boat go speeding along, so we were travelling at an extremely fast speed towards Rome.

It was just a day later that I could see the area of where the Roman camp is, just ahead.

We slowly step out of the boat and onto dry land, and Annabeth nearly falls over after having been sitting in a boat for over a day. We slowly walk into the Roman camp, and I immediately spot Jason, Frank, and Hazel. Annabeth and I walk over to them. Jason turns around in surprise.

"Percy, Annabeth?" he says. "I thought you broke up?" he asks in surprise.

"We did, and we were forced to travel together to escape the gods" I say grimly.

"So why are you here?" he asks.

"To see you guys, and to warn you" I say.

"Why, what's happening?" asks Jason.

"It's a long story" I say.

"We've got time" Jason says.

"Well, after Annabeth and I broke up, I ran to the outskirts of New York. There, a Deity found me, his name is Zarcrix. He is the uncle of Chaos. Anyway, he told me about a hut in the forest of death I could use. Then he beat up Zeus. After that, I went on a massive, extremely dangerous adventure, and I won't tell you the details, but I nearly died a few times. I eventually found the hut, there, I trained for a while. Then Annabeth found me, and she waited outside the forest for a while. Oh yeah, and I beat up that Craig idiot. So anyway, Zarcrix then told me about 3 or 4 primordials as well as thousands of monsters. So, I went to Tartarus and convinced Nyx to help. At that moment, the gods just happened to be watching, and thought I was working against them." I say.

"Then Annabeth and I were captured by the gods, but we escaped and took a boat to here." I say.

"Wow, sounds like you guys had a bit of a trip" says Jason.

I roll my eyes. "Well, I just decided to warn you about the war, because I am afraid that you guys and the rest of the Roman demigods will be dragged into this war." I say grimly.

"Damn, I'll warn everyone else about this, its deadly serious." Jason says and jogs off.

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