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Chapter Two - The Lord of Time's Evil Laugh

I felt my heart beat quicken as my blood ran cold. They're coming. They're coming. They're coming. It wasn't so much of a surprise, I knew that they were supposed to arrive soon enough anyway. It took them long enough.

But, what really worried me was the fact that I wasn't ready. I had continued to persistently tell everyone that I was ready for Kronos. I was ready and set to defeat him, one of the most powerful beings in the world.

So what if I lied? I didn't know that I had lied at the time. I had stupidly deluded myself into thinking that this wouldn't be as hard as everyone said. I was under the impression that this could be an in and out sort of thing.

I step in, I fight, I win. Tada.

Nobody can be perfect, you know.

"I sent Grover to get the others." Annabeth whispered. She had just become aware of all the stares. "I'm not sure when they will be here, but the other Campers won't arrive for a while."

"How many are there?" I hissed at her, feeling overly agitated.

"I didn't have time to count exactly, because I was running." She said, "But there were more than ten hellhounds, fifteen empousi, eleven Telekhines, all of the Furies--"

I put my hand up, "No details, please. I'm already tense enough as it is." She obligingly obeyed my plead.

"Listen," She suddenly whispered. The other students in the room confusingly did so, even though the words weren't meant for them. I listened.

Faintly, I could hear barking. The barking was followed by scratching, and...cheering? It sounded something like: two, four, six, eight, BARK, RUFF, scratch, BARK, who do we appreciate? RUFF, scratch, Kronos! BARK, RUFF, scratch, Kronos! BARK, Go-o-o-o Kronos! RUFF, scratch.

It was an odd sound, I have to say.

The random pattern continued, and soon they became too loud for my ears. They were close and I knew it.

Immediately, I pulled out and uncapped Riptide. Annabeth moved slowly to my side, her celestial bronze dagger banished in front of her. She stood in a protective and fighting stance at the same time. I copied her movements, I had to be ready to fight the more minor monsters at least. Kronos would have to wait for later.

And then they were there.

The number of monsters at one time was absolutely overwhelming. Everybody (excluding Annabeth, Rachael, and I) screamed at the top of their lungs; making several of the hellhounds screech to a stop. They toppled into now-vacant lunch tables. The students and lunch ladies evacuated quicker than I thought possible. If we weren't in such great danger, I would have laughed.

"Rachael, go!" I yelled. She scrambled for the door, yanking it open, and sprinting out at top speed.

That left Annabeth and I to battle over thirty-nine monsters. Oh, just perfect.

A table suddenly crashed into a wall not far from me. I jumped and almost dropped Riptide.

Unexpectedly, more and more monsters began pouring in. Large holes appeared in the walls, more monsters poured in through them. "Percy, fight! Go!" Annabeth shoved me away, straight into a hellhound.

It yelped in shock as I sliced through it's middle area. Luckily for me (and that was the only luck I've had the entire day), it disintergrated into nothing but a small pile. Demigods: one. Monsters: zero. I hoped the monsters points would stay at zero.

And then, that's when all Hades broke loose.

Annabeth and I were forced to slice left and right, up and down. It was beyond exhausting, and I felt the fatigue approaching. Of course, more just had to appear.

This didn't seem fair, not one bit. It was two against...what? Fifty? Sixty? Where were the other Campers when we needed them?

There was barking and scratching. I was bleeding badly. I desperately wished I could see Annabeth. I had no idea whether or not she was okay. Or alive.

It was utter chaos and I could hardly see past the monster in front of me. Not that there was really much to see.

Suddenly, deep laughter resounded in the room, the odd sound bounced off of the broken walls. I froze in panic and confusion. Who was that? The monsters all stopped, also, as if somebody had pulled a switch.

More laughter boomed throughout the damage cafeteria. "Perseus Jackson. Wonderful to meet you."

Believe it or not, I managed to freeze even more. Already? He was already here. Where were the gods? The Campers? Chiron? The Hunters? Where was everybody?

"I have waited for centuries for this moment." The voice continued out of nowhere. "The moment I conquer Olympus and banish all the gods and demigods to the deepest pits of Tartarus!" I swivled around wildly, trying to find the source.

"Who-who are you?" It was an idiotic question. I knew exactly who was speaking, and I knew that the Titan behind that voice would very soon do much damage to this fantastic world that we live in; including the people living in it.

More evil laughter. "I am Kronos. The Lord of Time."

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