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Chapter 11: The Rescue

Percy's POV

The look on Annabeth's face told me everything, she knew that she could use her cap to become invisible, but she wouldn't leave the rest of us. She was stuck and we were all in big trouble. I knew what I had to do, I had to use all of my power. I closed my eyes and concentrated like Theseus taught me, I pictured myself at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, I felt the pressure and I made my skin, my muscles and bones strong enough to survive the pressure. When I opened my eyes I noticed that Nico was lying next to Thalia, he was unconscious then I realized why. He had four darts sticking out of his body, he had been tranquilized, enough to take down a charging rhinocerous. I looked for Annabeth and then I felt the darts fly through the air, I blocked three of them, but one hit its mark. I saw Annabeth's eyes widen in surprise as a dart stuck out of her shoulder. She reached up and pulled it out, but it was too late. She was conscious, but she could barely move now.

I was mad, incredibly so. I stood up and walked out from behind the large boulders and was immediately hit by darts. They bounced off my arms, legs and chest. My skin was now too tough for the darts to pierce it. The guard's eyes grew big with surprise they threw their rifles down and attacked me in hand to hand combat. Three guards ran at me at one time, I was too fast. I dodged their blows and used the martial arts moves that Theseus had taught me. I dodged one blow and then struck forward I hit the first guard in the throat and then kicked him in the chest so hard that he flew 20 feet across the room into another guard. They both crumpled to the floor unconscious and broken. The other two guards tried to hit me with their night sticks, but the sticks broke as soon as they hit my tough hide. I dove straight for the two guards and grabbed each one around the throat I lifted them off the ground quickly and slammed their heads together. I heard a sickening crack as their skulls collided. I threw their limp bodies across the room and took out two more guards. In a matter of ten seconds I had knocked out six of the twenty guards in the room.

The remaining fourteen guards tried to run for the exits. I beat two of them to the door we entered. I kicked the first one in the knee and he hit the ground hard. I did a spin kick on the second guard hitting him squarely in the diaphragm knocking the wind out of him. Then I punched each one of them in the face knocking both of them out cold. Eight guards had made it through the door before I could reach the final four. I jumped through the air and landed sideways knocking all four of them to the ground. I grabbed the two nearest me and cracked their heads together. The other two held their pistols towards me and before they could fire I made the ground shake with a thunderous earthquake. They both dropped their pistols. I ran to the first guard and crushed him against the wall making and indention in the stone wall. The last guard tried to run again, but I tripped him. He landed faced down on the concrete floor. He slowly began to move and I leisurely walked over and kicked him in the head, he was out cold.

The eight guards that left came back in holding their assault rifles. They aimed their rifles at me, but before they could shoot I ran at full speed to Coeus. He was kneeling on the floor touching the back of his head. He wasn't much of a fighter I thought if a rock to the back of the head could hurt him so much and then I realized that it wasn't a rock that Annabeth had thrown, it was a piece of celestial bronze ore, what was that doing here? I didn't have time to figure that out, I grabbed Coeus and I held him in front of me like a shield. The guards approached me, but were afraid that I would hurt their leader. Before they could react I caused another earthquake sending guards bouncing into each other. Shots were fired and three of the eight guards dropped to ground with gunshot wounds to the head. The others were protected by their body armor. That left five guards to deal with. Suddenly something hit me in the back and then I felt a huge surge of pain and fire throughout my body. I didn't know what happened until I turned around and saw a guard who must of have snuck in from the other door that was behind me. The guard was holding a large taser rifle, I dropped Coeus hard to the ground and slowly walked toward the guard, he hit me with another taser blast and I fell to my knees. I crawled toward the guard and with one more blast of the taser I hit the floor unconscious.

Annabeth's POV

I couldn't move and I could barely see, I heard Percy fighting the guards and then I saw him. Percy was holding Croeus around the throat and then a huge earthquake hit. I knew it must have been Percy, then I heard the gun shots. I saw several guards hit the floor, but Percy seemed unharmed. Then I saw Percy's eyes glow and he stiffened as if hit by something. He dropped Coeus to the ground. Percy turned around and then I could see what happened. There was a guard with a taser rifle and he had fired at Percy. I could see the taser lines extend from the gun to Percy's body. Percy was hit with another blast and he fell to his knees. Then a third blast hit and Percy landed hard on the ground, I could tell he was out cold. Now I knew we had lost. A guard came over to me and pointed a gun at me, I slowly and weakly raised my hands in surrender.

"Good, this son of Poseidon is very strong!" Coeus said.

The guards stopped what they were doing and saluted Coeus. Then I saw four more guards enter the room

"You four!" Coeus yelled. The four guards ran over to him.

"Take our guests to the research facility and lock them in separate detention facilities. Tell Dr. Carson when you see him that he has new subjects, he should be pleased." Coeus said. The four guards came over and carried the others away. One of the guards helped me to my feet and I limped out of the room.

We walked out the door that Coeus entered through, on the wall was a sign with an arrow it said research facility. We walked about fifty yards until we came to a large freight elevator. The elevator said research facility s well, one of the guards pushed the button for the elevator and the doors opened quickly. The guards carried us into the elevator, the only button on the display said research and so one of the guards hit the button. We went down one floor and exited into at first a dark and wet room. One of the guards turned on a flashlight and then I recognized this place. It was a dungeon, like one out of medieval times. The guards moved us forward and we walked through a door on the far wall. As we entered my perspective and everything else changed. The room was a bright white, the walls and floors were white. We walked forward and my heart stopped, I saw demigods in hospital beds, demigods in restraints and demigods on metal tables. Researchers in contamination suits were in these glass enclosed rooms. Then I saw what they were doing. They were injecting substances into the demigods or taking blood samples. Then I realized what the metal tables were for these were autopsy tables. Then I saw one researcher cut into a corpse of a demigod and start to remove organs and such. I almost puked then and there. I couldn't believe it, they were experimenting on these kids and killing them. It was the most horrible thing I had ever seen and that's saying a lot. We continued to walk through this horror show until Thalia was placed in a glass cell, then Nico was placed in the next one, Percy in the one following that and then I was forcibly placed in the last cell.

After I was placed in the cell, I noticed that the guards who transported us were talking or arguing. I wasn't sure what was going on unless they were arguing about which one of us they wanted to experiment on next. Then I noticed that the guards walked over to the main electrical panel. Three of the guards hovered around one guard who had opened the panel and was investigating. Then I saw sparks fly and the lights in the research facility went out. No alarms sounded I wasn't sure what happened, then the door to my cell opened and a guard walked in. I tried to stand and I was barely able to. Then the emergency lights must have kicked in because my cell was illuminated again although the light was much dimmer.

"Leave me alone you are monsters." I yelled.

"No, I'm not." The guard said, that voice is so familiar I thought.

"Clarisse!" I said urgently

The guard took off the ski mask and low and behold it was Clarisse LaRue.

"Clarisse, how?" I asked. She just looked at me and smiled.

"Ask the Stolls after this mess is over, they're full of surprises." Clarisse said.

Clarisse walked over and handed me a square of ambrosia, as I ate it I felt my strength return and I could walk on my own now. We walked out of my cell and I saw the three other guards helping my team. I instinctively ran to Percy, he was still out cold and then I saw a water pitcher on the ground near the sink in his cell. I filled the pitcher and threw it on Percy's face. He suddenly awoke like he was hit with a cattle prod.

"What happened?" Percy asked, I just smiled and said, "I'll tell you later."

Percy stood and I was surprised that he could walk so easily. I saw Thalia and Nico walk out of their cells. They looked much better, I suppose they had their ambrosia as well. Then Connor Stoll ran over to us and he looked angry and sad.

"These are all of the demigods here." Connor said.

"That can't be right, we're missing around one hundred." I said, then the realization hit me.

"You mean the only ones left alive." I said as I felt my stomach turn into a knot.

"How many?" Clarisse asked.

"About thirty." Travis said, I could tell that he felt sick as well.

"We need to get them out of here, they're all in bad shape." Will Solace said as he walked up next to Clarisse.

"What were they doing here with these experiments." Nico said.

"I looked through a laptop, they were trying to duplicate the demigods abilities like reflexes, etc. They wanted to make some type of super soldier. They were particularly interested in demigods with special powers." Connor said.

"Like us, you mean." Thalia said. I could tell by the look on her face that she was really pissed.

"I'm afraid so." Connor stated.

"We need to get them out of here, Connor can your team get them to the Aethra?" Percy asked.

"We need more help that just the four of us." Connor said.

"We'll help you Connor." I said as I gave Percy a strange look.

"I'm not going." Percy said.

"What, I'm ordering you to help us, you have to go." I said stunned.

"Don't you all see, someone has to stop this research, if they get this information back to their bases to their bosses. They will keep coming after demigods or worse our families." Percy said.

"You can't destroy this place by yourself." I said angrily.

"Yes, I can. I'm the only one with enough power to do it, besides we're next to the sea and in direct contact with bedrock. I can use all of my powers to bring this place down and end this nightmare." Percy said.

I just stared at him, the others had walked away by then just leaving the two of us.

"Percy, I can't lose you, please don't do this." I said pleadingly.

"You know what I'm doing needs to be done, I can't stand back and leave this place intact." Percy said, my mind told me he was right, but my heart said don't let him do this.

As usual my mind won especially during a quest. "We'll help evacuate the demigods, please be careful." I said, I composed myself and walked to the others.

"Besides you need a diversion to get them out of here." Percy said as he closed his eyes and we could all feel the power within him surge forward, his skin color changed to a darker tan and when he opened his eyes, they were glowing as if the water within his body glowed with power. Then I realized the source of his power. Our bodies are made of eighty percent water, salt water. Percy could use the water within his body to increase his strength, durability, et. I didn't have any more time to think about it as Percy ran through the door knocking out the five researchers that were huddled by the door in fear.

The rest of us helped the remaining demigods out of their restraints. We all made it out to the dungeon level and then I heard the alarm from the castle above, Percy was fighting them clearly. I could feel the castle shake and I could hear a hurricane outside. I saw an emergency escape tunnel just behind the elevator.

"We'll use that." I said.

I opened the door to the tunnel and flipped on the emergency light switch, dim lights illuminated the concrete walled tunnel. We made our way through the tunnel slowly as we assisted the thirty rescued demigods. It took us several minutes to reach the outside door of the tunnel. I swung the door open and we were hit by a sudden blast of wind. I walked outside with the others behind me and I saw it. A huge storm hovering over the castle. The winds were incredibly strong, then I felt the ground shake and then I looked over to the edge of the cliff near the east wall of the castle. I could see waves hitting the top of the cliff. That was incredible, these waves had to be over fifty feet tall. Percy was using a lot of power. I cleared my mind of worry and we ran toward the gate of the castle.

"What about the electric fence?" I asked.

"Its disabled, I knocked out power to the whole facility including the backups." Travis said proudly.

Before I could say anything else Connor was cutting a huge whole in the fence.

"There's the camp van." Travis said as we ran towards the vehicle.

"Can this thing hold this may people?" I asked.

"We can hold thirty maybe thirty four." Travis said.

"Don't worry you all go. Thalia, Nico and I have other transportation." I gave Connor the directions to the ship and the van sped off toward that direction.

"Nico!" I yelled.

"I know shadow travel" Nico said.

Thalia and I held onto his shoulder as we ran toward a shadow and disappeared. We reappeared out of the shadow of a large tree near the beach. We ran to the zodiac, pushed it into the water and made our way to the ship. When we got aboard I lowered the remaining two zodiacs to the water. Each one of us drove a zodiac toward shore as the others approached the beach with the rescued demigods. It took us two trips, but we finally had everyone aboard.

We watched in amazement at the storm and the huge waves that now poured over the cliff near the castle. Percy was still going strong, I just prayed that he would make it back to me.

Percy's POV

I made it to the main courtyard on the first level of the castle. I was standing outside and I could see the storm I created overhead. The water in the clouds and the winds were incredibly strong now. I had made a category five hurricane appear over the castle. The few remaining guards that were left tried to attack me, but I used the wind and a powerful earthquake to knock them to the ground. Then I used the rain that came down as weapons. I froze the water into long ice spears and threw them at the remaining guards. After the last guard fell to the ground with a huge ice spear sticking out of his chest. I focused on the structure of the castle. I caused a huge earthquake that shifted the foundations of the castle. I felt the sea below the cliff just outside the castle, I felt myself pull the sea toward the top of the cliff and then sea water began to pour over the side of the castle walls.

"Stop this Jackson!" Coeus yelled as he held a celestial bronze spear in his hand.

"I won't are you prepared to stop me." I yelled.

"You are no match one on one in combat with a titan." Coeus said.

"I fought titans before and believe me they were tougher than you." I said. That pissed him off his face turned red with rage and he charged me. I moved too quickly for him and I tripped him as I moved out of the way of his attack. He fell to the ground and his spear slid across the courtyard and fell into a large fissure in the ground that my last earthquake had opened up. Coeus charged me and we both grabbed each others arms and struggled. Then a great realization occurred to me. I could feel the water within my body and the power it gave me and then I realized that I could feel Coeus blood or at least the part of his blood with water in it. What did Theseus say, that gods and titans had about twenty percent water in their blood? I focused on the water within Coeus's blood and then I felt the connection. I think Coeus did as well as he let go of me with his eyes wide in surprise.

"How are you doing that?" He yelled.

"Its time to treat you like an experiment." I said angrily.

I focused on the water and then I urged the water to rise in temperature. I continued to increase the temperature of the water in Coeus's blood until I saw steam come of his skin. He was screaming in agony now as his skin began to rupture and he began to bleed profusely. He tried to run away from me, but I stood in his way and then a large wave came over the castle wall and I willed it to take Coeus over the side and into the sea. I mentally sent a prayer to my father to take care of the titan and I felt my father's reply, My pleasure son!

I changed my focus back to the foundations of the structure and then the cliff itself. I used the waves to eat away at the cliff at an incredible pace. Then I shook the castle with another huge earthquake. I could feel the castle move closer to the edge of the cliff and I felt the waves erode the cliff at an ever increasing rate. The use of this much power was finally hitting me, I was getting tired. I focused all my remaining strength into the final earthquake and wave. I released the energy and the ground shook with an incredible force the castle walls began to collapse and I felt the castle lean over the edge of the cliff. Then the last giant wave clashed against the cliff, the remaining foundation of the castle was washed away and then felt the remains of the castle descend over the cliff. As the remains of the castle and myself fell over the cliff and descended to the sea below I fell to my knees exhausted. I knew I wouldn't survive this battle now. I had sacrificed myself in accordance with the prophecy.

"I'm sorry Annabeth." I said, they were my final words as I fell into blackness, but before I closed my eyes I thought I saw a bright light, but I couldn't think about it I was too exhausted.

Another cliff hanger, I hope this one was better than the last.