Hi everybody! Here is the next chapter. It will (obviously) explain how Luke has risen. Also, I was thinking of writing a oneshot. I might post it, but maybe not. Enjoy the next chapter!

Luke had come again.

How had he come back? I decapitated him for Zeus' sake!

Thalia was trembling in fury. Tyson had drawn one of his forged swords along with a shield. They looked strange on him. Grover was trembling too, but in fear. Luke walked up to us, his eyes glinting.

"Hey, long time no see, Thalia." He said.

"Luke, you…you…" My voice choked up.

"You killed her," Thalia supplied angrily.

Luke said nothing. He was silent for a couple of seconds and said, "I begged for mercy, didn't I?"

Why would he ask me something like that? "Yes," I said.

"I thought so. I ought to tell you that that wasn't me." Luke said. "It was Kronos' weapon master, a son of Ares. He was morphed into my shape. Yet, he had no pride."

A waterfall of anger splashed through my head. He didn't kill her, but he was behind it. I would kill him either way. I uncapped Riptide. "Ah, yes, Anaklusmos. I was informed that you held this blade…so I commissioned this." Luke said.

He held out a shield with a familiar reflective edge…it was almost the same as mine. Mine was different somehow, but I couldn't place it. "It repels celestial bronze, like your own shield." Luke said. How did he know about my shield?

"And since your shield repels celestial bronze, and my original sword was destroyed, I decided to adopt a new style." Luke drew two swords from twin sheaths. One was made of steel, and one of celestial bronze. He put the bronze one back in its sheath and held the steel one in one hand, shield in the other.

Tyson had a strange glint in his eyes. He winked at me, unnoticed by Luke. He said, "If we go and fight, let us fight in the forest." Luke gave him a strange look, and shook his head.

"You die here," Luke said. "The forest won't save you."

"Scared?" I asked. I had no idea what Tyson was thinking about a forest, but the steely glint in his eyes matched the one in Annabeth's when she had a brilliant idea. Annabeth…

"All right," Luke said angrily. "You'll die in the forest, then. It makes little difference."

We walked to the forest, as if we had never been hostile. We went deep into the thickets of trees until Tyson said, "Stop here."

Luke drew his steel sword and shield. I drew Riptide. Thalia drew her lightning spear, Tyson his sword and shield, and Grover drew… well, his reed pipes.

What chance did he stand against four of us, all wielding deadly weapons? Except for Grover, but he didn't count. What chance did he have against three of us?

He spun his sword and attacked like he was carrying a stick instead of a three-foot-long sword, striking like a cobra. He flowed recklessly from one position to the next, slashing furiously. I tried to get in with Riptide, but he repelled it with his shield. I learned not to slash but to stab.

Thalia was having no better luck. She slashed and jabbed with her spear to no avail. Grover was trying to play his reed pipes but was panicking and the trees around us seemed to twist into unnatural shapes and nymphs walked out, furious. They immediately went and hid in their trees when they saw the terrible battle. Tyson wasn't very good with a sword and shield, but his strikes made huge gongs through the forest.

Thalia was concentrating hard. Black clouds swirled in the sky. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning came down and Thalia held up her spear. She was enveloped in a cloud of white-hot energy, and stepped out refreshed. She struck Luke's shield with the now-electrified spear.

Luke's shield crackled with blue lightning. I came in with Riptide, thinking the magnet mechanism had been destroyed.

I was wrong. I feinted, and found my sword blocked with Luke's shield. My sword sizzled with energy, and blue electricity flowed around it. I tried to pull it off the shield. I couldn't. I tried again. It was stuck. A surge of electricity made me relinquish my trusty sword. I hoped it would return to my pocket, but the crackling energy seemed to restrain it. Tyson looked as if a lightbulb had gone on over his head.

For the second time today, I was doomed.

Luke grinned. Thalia looked like she wanted to kill herself. Tyson was still smiling, and Grover was doing his best to play his reed pipes.

The steel sword was at my neck. Thalia tried to attack with the spear, but Luke waved her off. "No moves." he said. I steadily backed away. I tripped over a tree root and fell to the ground. Luke gestured, "And now," he said, "you die." He brought his shield forward and raised his sword for a downward stroke.

Tyson yelled, "Percy, hit the shield with yours!"

I was too exhausted to even think about why he said that. I brought my shield upwards and clipped Luke's shield on the side. The electricity arced to my own shield…and exploded.

I was lucky. I was thrown backward and hit my head on a tree trunk. Luke, on the other hand, was flung into the air and hit his back on a huge branch. I heard a loud crack. His back was broken.

My head was swimming (no pun intended). The last thing I saw was Thalia and Tyson advancing on the motionless Luke. I blacked out.

I know this chapter is a bit short. I'm not very good at writing action scenes, but I tried. Keep in mind that I'll want a couple reviews before I post my next chapter and possibly a oneshot. When I say reviews I mean signed reviews. Anonymous ones are welcome but they don't count.