Okay, I understand these last two or three chapters have been pretty suckish and a disappointment to all fans of this story. I'm going to be really careful with this chapter and not just put down words. Please, just give me another chance. Btw, I think that after this there will only be one more chapter. One or two…

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I'd like to say I was brave about the whole thing. I'd like to say that I rose my fist I the air and said, "Don't worry Jen! We'll fight them, or die trying." I'd like to say I ran right up there and shouted insults at Nakamura.

Instead, my heart jumped into my mouth and I fell on my face.

Jen was panicking, but she was staying cooler about this than I was. I couldn't form whole sentences.

Jen, on the other hand, got down to business. "We have to do something. We gotta warn the others."

I nodded, still trying to get words to form in my mouth. I looked again, and watched in horror as an even bigger ship, a cruise ship, was approaching the camp borders, full speed ahead. That was when I realized with a sickening feeling in my gut what was really happening. "Ethan's letting the Princess Andromeda past the camp borders!"

Jen looked at me, obviously ticked beyond belief. "No, really, Amanda? Where have you been for the past two minutes?"

I held up my hands, knowing that we had no time to fight. As Jen nervously watched, I racked my brain for a plan. Nothing came to me.

"What do we do?" I panicked.

Jen didn't look at me. She was thinking so hard that she was oblivious to my panic.

"WHAT DO WE DO!?!?!?!" I screamed.

Jen looked at me, her eyes filled with fear, pain, sadness, and bravery all in one. "You go warn the rest of the camp. I'll hold them off as long as I can."

"Hold them off?" I asked, clutching my stomach. I'm gonna be sick, I thought.

Jen held up her reed pipes. "Nature magic. Now, hurry! We have no time to spare!"

I got up, stumbling over my feet as I ran like Hades to the cabins.

Now, I know that this situation was dire and I had to be completely, deadly, absolutely serious. But this situation was so irresistible to use this line. So I ran up and down the U shaped cabins, screaming at the top of my lungs, "THE TITANS ARE COMING! THE TITANS ARE COMING!!!!"

Percy was the first one out of his cabin. He grabbed me by the shoulders and hunched over to my size. "Amanda?" he asked, looking as sick as I did a minute ago. "What do you mean?"

Out of breath, I stammered, "Nakamura… Andromeda… Kronos… Borders."

Percy had riptide out already and was running like HADES to the beach.

I looked around frantically, trying to figure out who to inform next. Weapons I thought. Weapons… Hephaestus!

My legs were already one step ahead of me. (Ha… body function humor… Ack! Curse Athena's inability to tell good jokes) I banged on the door so hard that the wood cracked. Hephaestus was gonna get me for that later.

Beckendorf answered the door wearing a blue nightshirt and nightcap. "Yes?" he grumbled.

This time I knew what to say. "Grab your weapons and get to the beach. The camp is under attack!

I realized that I should move out of the door a little too late, because a bunch of huge lumpy guys trampled me in their rush.

Shaking my head, I spat out a tooth and ran into the Hephaestus cabin. It was really hot in there. I had no time to look around, because I had to inform the rest of the cabins. I grabbed a sword and shield and put an oversized helmet on my head.

Letting out a war cry, I raced next door to the Apollo cabin.

Most of them had been woken up by all the noise, so when I slammed myself into the door, Lee Fletcher was ready to open. "What's going on?" he asked.

"Load your arrows, guys," I said, pretending to be much, much, much, MUCH more heroic than I really was. "Camp's under attack. Get to the beach."

This time I had enough since to run to the next cabin before getting trampled again. I knew that I couldn't possibly get to all the cabins in time. I need to get the message around…Then I slapped myself for being so stupid. "Hermes," I muttered, putting my legs into overdrive as I raced to the old looking cabin.

This time, the door was already opened. I ran into the cabin, everyone looking at me expectantly. "SPREAD THE WORD!" I shouted for emphasis. "THE CAMP IS UNDER ATTACK!"

I turned and ran with some elfish looking people at my heels. They were fast. Within a matter of seconds, the Athena and Ares cabin poured into the battle. Annabeth was right next to me. "What happened, Amanda?"

I stumbled, falling on my knees but quickly scrambling to my feet and catching up to Annabeth again. "Nakamura let the Princess Andromeda past the camp borders."

Annabeth choked on her own breath in surprise. "He can't do that."

I shook my head. "He is still a half-blood," I said, looking fearfully at the beach where monsters were already gathering. "He can summon monsters past the borders."

Annabeth cursed in ancient Greek. "Why do we even have that rule?"

We stopped on the beach. I held up my sword, not really knowing what I was doing. Annabeth grabbed my shoulder. "Don't fight," she said.

I looked at her like she was crazy? "What!?" I asked a little more sharply than I meant to.

Annabeth shook her head. "You stay here and, umm… attend to the wounded."

"I don't know how to address an injury!"

Annabeth looked at me, her gray eyes as fragile as I imagined Sally Jackson's to be. I could see into them like a portrait, displaying her life filled with hurt. Thalia being turned into a tree, her parents treating her like a monster, Luke betraying her, Percy missing for the scariest two weeks of her life… she was heartbroken, hurt, and didn't want to see another thing die.

I was crying. Annabeth took a deep breath. "If… if anything happens to me… I want you to take over the Athena cabin." She turned and ran.

I watched the battle like an intense movie. First to fall was a girl from Aphrodite. I stayed stony. Then a boy from Demeter, my heartbeat stayed normal.

I turned my attention towards the two doing best. Percy brought out two monsters with every swing he took. Annabeth took out three.

Watching in satisfaction was a man I had only seen in nightmares (Or, sometimes good dreams) back at home: a handsome looking boy with elfish features, blonde hair with a gray tiger stripe, and unmistakable, completely golden eyes. It was Kronos in the shell of Luke, undoubtedly. In his hand was Backbiter.

I cowered fearfully. Annabeth turned to look at Kronos, too. They locked eyes, and Kronos's face went blank. His eyes began to flicker. They went from gold, to white and brown, gold, to brown, gold, and then settled on brown.

He gasped. "Ann—Annabeth?" He asked with tears in his eyes.

Annabeth dropped her sword. It clanged on the ground. "Luke," she whispered. She ran towards him, arms reached out to hold him.

Luke spread his arms to and ran. The battle halted. Everyone turned to watch. Percy stumbled over his own feet.

Annabeth and Luke were three feet from each other. Annabeth was in tears, and Luke was close to crying, himself.

As suddenly as they had gone to brown, the flicked to gold again. Annabeth tried to stop. She was too close.

I gasped. "Annabeth!" I ran towards her. Too late. Kronos swung at her stomach, and Annabeth was on the ground whimpering.

"NO!" I screamed. Hatred boiling up inside of me, I stopped in front of Kronos and thrust my sword into his thigh. He was on the ground, too.

Percy materialized next to me and put the tip of his sword to Kronos's throat.

Kronos smiled. "Kill me and you won't have time to save her," he said, pointing at Annabeth, who was moaning. Immediately I was at her side.

"Where's Percy," she whimpered, her eyes wide, yet unseeing.

"Annabeth," I whispered, "Stay with me. All we need is a minute. Just a minute."

Percy looked struck. He didn't know what to do. He looked at Kronos, who smiled, and then back at Annabeth and I.

I knew what was happening. This was his choice. Killing Kronos was the rise of Olympus. Saving Annabeth was the fall.

"Percy!" Annabeth moaned, her knowing what was happening. She had probably figured it out long before I did. "Percy! Save Olympus! Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Just save Olympus."

Kronos looked deeply into Percy's eyes. "Love only comes once in a lifetime," he said wistfully. "Are you just going to let it slip away?"

Percy was panicking. "Save Olympus!" cried Annabeth.

Kronos laughed. "Do you really care about your parents more than you do your love?"

"Kill him, Percy! Kill him now!"

"Save your love, Percy. Do it for the sake of love."

"Percy!"

I closed my eyes, letting tears spill, landing on Annabeth's neck. "Do your sister a favor," whispered Annabeth.

I looked into her blinded gray eyes. "Tell Percy…" her eyes lost their glow.

"Annabeth!" I screamed. She gave no reply.

Percy's face turned red and angry. He turned to Kronos. "YOU!" He shouted, pushing the sword a little deeper into his throat. "You killed her!"

Kronos looked up at Percy. "No…" he whispered. "It was your parents. If they didn't rule, and if they had left you two alone, you wouldn't be in this mess."

Percy drove Riptide in deeper.

"Join my army, and we can get our vengeance on them for killing your love."

Percy paused and thought. Oh, gods, I thought. Is he actually considering this?

"Percy," I said. "Annabeth died for Olympus. If… if you join the army she would have fought in vain."

Percy's hand trembled. I got up and stood by him. "Do what needs to be done," I whispered.

"I can't," he said… "No matter how right you are… He's right to."

All of camp was silent. Not even the wind rustled in the leaves. The sun had stopped to watch.

I sighed, and backed away. Percy must've thought I was going back to Annabeth's body. I wasn't.

Instead, I pivoted and rammed into Percy's back. He lost his balance and fell forward, shoving the sword into Kronos's throat.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Kronos, but his voice was lost as he crumpled into dust. He was dead.

Percy dropped Riptide and fell to his knees. I went back to Annabeth. I was going to need so much therapy after this.

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THIS IS NOT THE LAST CHAPTER! One more after this, which I promise will be worth reading. Okay, I know last chapter was really bad, and now you're all going to hate me because of what happened in this chapter, but bear with me. I PROMISE next chapter will be worth reading. PLEASE!