This chapter will have multiple POV's. Just so you know. This chapter has a slight amount of romance in it. Enjoy, although it may be a little sappy/cheesy/overdramatic/some other adjective applying to fanfics. It may not even be a cliffie! You never know…

Thalia's POV

Annabeth got up with a really worried expression on her face. "What the f(x)?" she exclaimed.

Okay, I knew she was smart, but I had no idea why she used functional notation as an exclamation. It didn't make much sense.

She didn't even look angry. Just really, really worried. "Kronos must have bewitched him," she said to herself, as if she was trying to convince herself as well as me. "He couldn't have turned against me…It's not possible." She turned to the sky. "Why, Mr. Author, why?"

I didn't say anything to that."It's right in front of you," I proclaimed grimly. "I don't know what happened, but he's no longer on her side." I walked away to check out the army from another angle, see if there were any weaknesses. As far as I could see, there weren't.

Wait a minute.

The army before us seemed to be a mile away, but now they were already attacking. How was that possible? The whole camp seemed to be confounded with me, as they were taken by surprise.

My mind answered for me. Kronos…has limited power over time! He used that to trick us! It was too late for that thought, however. The camp was already being overrun within seconds.

I had to find Annabeth…and Percy.

Annabeth's POV

Percy wouldn't betray me…would he? I just couldn't get my mind around the fact that he had turned against me. I felt even worse than when Luke turned against me, and that was saying a lot.

Speaking of Luke, where was he? I scanned the large crowd of monsters with the binoculars Travis Stoll had given me, but there was no sign of him.

There was just Percy, walking forward with an icy looking sword in his hand, wearing a proud expression. He was starting to look paler, but his black hair was darkening. It used to be a comfortable-looking black, but now it looked like the blackness of a void. His eyes were also glowing acid green instead of sea-colored.

In a flash, the whole army was among us. I mean literally, in a flash. Kronos must have given them a boost. I threw my bronze knife into a dragon woman, who exploded into yellow powder. I retrieved the knife with a magnetic whip, forged by Tyson.

I fought like a crazy woman, sometimes throwing my knife, sometimes cracking the whip, sometimes slashing madly with the sword. The thought of Percy kept me in place. I would find him, and he would be good again.

I couldn't afford to be wrong. If he had sacrificed the Ophiotaurus…

I decided not to think about it. That wasn't hard, as the battle practically on top of us was occupying much of my attention. I spun and struck a hellhound in the neck, then threw my knife aimlessly. I heard a howl and a hiss of disintegration, and I knew I had hit something. I looked and saw…Dr. Thorn, almost completely gone in the wind.

I could see Thalia fighting like a demoness, spinning and swinging her spear. The sky around her was pitch black, and had a tendency to shoot deadly cloud to ground lightning at monsters, blasting them to dust and/or paralyzing them. Every now and then she'd bring down lightning on herself and destroy all the monsters around her while healing herself.

Tyson was swinging his double-bladed sword maniacally, cutting off various body parts of monsters. All that stood before him fell, even Agrius and Oreius who made the mistake of trying.

In a temporary lull between the monsters, I pulled out the binoculars and looked out from a hill. I didn't see Percy's black hair or now-acid-green eyes anywhere. I focused them further to not find Percy. I wonder where he is, I thought as I removed the binoculars.

It became immediately obvious. He was right in front of me.

Percy's POV

Annabeth stood before me. I had sought her out.

She pulled out her sword, but the expression on her face said that she really didn't want to use it. Her expression showed terrible pain, weakening my resolve. I brushed the thought aside contemptuously. Kronos is for the worlds own good. Not my own!

"Annabeth," I bowed slightly. "Long time, no see."

"Percy…" she said, not angrily. She was in pain.

I didn't have to worry about that…did I? I drove my mind from it and said, "You can join Kronos, Annabeth. The gods are treacherous; my father tried to kill me! Kronos will make everything better." I desperately hoped for her to say yes.

"No," she said, though she didn't sound entirely sure. Her voice cracked. "Percy, come back!"

"I'll take that as a negative, then." I brought my sword up slightly, and swung it. Annabeth blocked it with a swing of her own, and I stared, surprised. Her blade was barely cracked.

She noticed me staring. "You didn't hit hard," she said. "I did my best to divert the force."

I swung again, this time much harder. Her sword was cleaved in two. I put my diamond blade to her neck. "Any last words?" I asked.

A tear fell from her cheek and landed on my sword, where it glinted in the dim luminescence of my blade. "Percy, please." Her voice was full of terrible pain.

It broke my heart. Instantly, I knew that whatever I did, I would have to fight by her. My sword clattered out of my hand. "I'm sorry," I said.

Something unexpected in my head bent downward to retrieve the sword. I fought it, but it was too strong. It was consuming all my energy. I fell down to my hands and knees, panting.

My oath to Kronos! I thought. That was the only possible explanation. Kronos' power was fighting me, fighting against my decision. There was only one thing I could do. One thing I could do, the only way Olympus could be saved from the power of me sacrificing the Ophiotaurus.

I looked up to Annabeth and said, "Kill me."

Another chapter gone, another cliffie passed. Sigh… Well, Percy is good again, but at what cost? If you thought that he turned too quickly, I agree. I just couldn't think of a better way to put it, as I am terrible at writing romance. Reviews, people! I want a lot of reviews before I post the next chapter.