This chapter has some random stuff in it, I was bored and decided to put some more humor in here. This ends at a somewhat cliffie, and it may surprise you…
"Oh my gods," Annabeth exclaimed.
The huge Oceanus answered. "Soon, miss, it will be 'Oh my Titans?'" He waved his trident aimlessly. I was sure he was begging to attack us, but the ancient rules mentioned before by Chiron held him back.
I was about to throw my trident (I know that sounds weird) at the huge Titan's face, but Annabeth grabbed my arm and locked eyes with me. If I attacked, he would be able to attack back with all his might. Only the gods could fight him without consequence.
"Ha," he sniggered contentedly. "Cowards,"
I was itching to throw my trident, but the thought of the ancient laws kept me in place. If I did, both of us would be dead.
"There you would be wrong, Oceanus." A cool voice said behind me. I turned to see Hades with a misty black sword. It didn't even look solid. Spirits of the dead cried out from it.
Hades grabbed a bronze helmet I recognized, and set it on his head. He immediately became invisible. Obviously, the helm of darkness. Oceanus just cackled.
The black sword shimmered into existence, going right through Oceanus' shoulder. Wait a minute, through? Yes, it had gone right through him. It was just an illusion! I immediately chucked the trident. Sure enough, it went right through him.
He took his trident and swung it toward me. I made no move to dodge. The trident slammed me back into the wall of a nearby building, leaving me dazed. How could he have hit me? I couldn't hit him!
Hades looked confused, too. Oceanus took advantage of his not moving and whacked him with the trident. He flew a couple of feet back and crushed a marble pillar to dust. He was in fifteen-foot tall mode, remember.
Oceanus laughed and strode toward him. Hades got up, struggling, but Oceanus knocked him back down. Ichor flowed from a gash in Hades' arm. Oceanus raised his trident over his head, and Hades threw the misty sword right at Oceanus, point-blank. It flew right through where his heart should've been.
Oceanus snickered. He barreled toward Hades. I threw the trident again (Don't ask me how I got it back, it just came!) and it went right through the smoke. Oceanus turned toward me.
"Foolish boy," Oceanus said. "The Titans have unlocked a new power, projecting their strength! I can hurt you, or him-" he pointed at Hades "or any other that opposes me. But you – you cannot hurt me."
That was impossible…wasn't it? Annabeth was shaking her head hopelessly. Oceanus pointed the trident at us, the sharp ends. "Now you die, foolish son of Poseidon." He stabbed forward.
I don't know exactly how I did this, but I reacted before he even moved. I grabbed Annabeth and rolled. The trident demolished a building behind me. It had good reach, considering it was like FORTY FEET LONG!
Okay, I'm done panicking. I had to get away from him, fast. We ran, and ran, and ran. Oceanus didn't seem particularly interested in catching us, but come on. He was striding leisurely and catching up.
I ran right into Athena, who was looking agitated. "They're here," she said, half to herself. She saw Oceanus, and her eyes narrowed grimly. She took out something that looked like an AK-47 assault rifle and shot a spray of celestial bronze bullets at Oceanus. They all went right through him.
She groaned, and pulled out a bunch of acid green throwing knives. She threw one, and Oceanus dodged. The knife hit a lamp, which immediately disintegrated. Ouch.
Athena pulled out more knives, and threw them all at Oceanus, who had stopped moving altogether. They all went right through him. She looked desperate. She pulled out a really big book out of her pocket (don't ask me how it fit, I don't know!) and threw it up at Oceanus' face. It went right through. As it fell, I saw the words on the back: Trust Yellow Book.
Okay, I'm not worrying about that right now.
Athena was pale. I could see in her eyes, so much like Annabeth's: she had only one option left. "Рассеяйте!" she cried out. Oceanus disappeared in a puff of black smoke.
"Is he…gone?" Annabeth's voice behind me asked. She was cowering behind me? ME?
"Not for long," Athena said forbiddingly. "I can only dispel him for a couple of minutes. His body is still in Tartarus, but his spirit lies here. Come on." She beckoned and we ran.
We came to the hall of the gods, where sounds of scuffle ensued. I opened the doors and saw three huge Titans and an army of monsters. I could tell the Titans were Kronos, Oceanus, and a big guy that could be Coeus. They were smiting all within reach, and the gods included.
Zeus was hopelessly hurling thunderbolts, but they all passed through Kronos, who grinned. Kronos looked like a void of darkness, with a few body parts floating around. An eye, some toes, and a couple of fingers. Yuck.
Artemis and Apollo were shooting arrows at monsters. The army was quickly being decimated, but they could do nothing about the Titans. Athena was throwing acidic knives and reference books at monsters. The reference books seemingly did as much damage as the knives.
Kronos was grinning widely. I don't know how I knew that, considering he had no teeth. He conjured a black sword out of the air and walked toward Zeus, who backed away. Oceanus approached us again. He pulled out the trident and pointed it at Annabeth and me. "Die, boy." He said maliciously.
He jabbed forward, and a tremendous surge of energy seemed to fountain inside me. He was going to kill both Annabeth and me. The energy turned to rage, which interchanged with energy again. Time slowed down.
Oceanus had a grin on his face, and the trident was inches from my chest. It stopped. The energy inside me seemed to pulse. Oceanus collapsed, and Kronos' eye (he had only one eye at the time, remember) widened. My eyes glowed and hair began to fly. Annabeth collapsed next to me, but I was too encompassed in the power to notice.
Kronos approached me. The time-slow thing had stopped, and he was walking toward me, sword in hand. Everybody else watched, mesmerized. Kronos brought the sword down on me.
The sword was about to split open my skull when the power, dredged from deep inside my being, cascaded out. "Разрушьте их!" The words flew from my mouth. Kronos was blasted back, and disintegrated into black dust. The entire monstrous army screeched and was shattered. When I say shattered, I mean shattered. The monsters broke into pieces.
Oceanus and Coeus likewise disintegrated. Exhaustion overcame me, and I fell to the ground. I knew I was dead.
Another chapter gone, readers. What is the source of Percy's newfound power? How come the Titans were unable to be hit by conventional weapons? All these questions and more will be answered in…. The next chapter! Do I sound like some sort of advertiser saying that? I shall tell you this: Percy is really, truly dead. He is dead. Hear me? HE IS DEAD!
