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ADHD can sometimes be really annoying. Standing still, waiting for results, and keeping quiet are some of the things that are practically impossible for a demigod to achieve.

I wasn't even aware that I was tapping my foot against the floor loudly, until Zia groaned in exasperation. "Percy, stop that! You're ruining my concentration!"

"Sorry. It's just that, ADHD." I said sheepishly.

Zia turned back to the scrying bowl.

See, she had this idea to use scrying to find Sadie, and unless a god himself was shielding her, she was pretty sure that it would work. Zia had been sitting Indian-style for hours, muttering some Egyptian words under her breath. I, of course, got the hardest job of all: waiting.

Then, out of nowhere, Zia gasped. "This isn't right."

I raised my eyebrows. "What isn't right?" I peered over the bowl.

"The scrying bowl keeps saying that Sadie is in-"

"Manhattan." I finished for her. The stupid bowl was indeed showing the Empire State Building, where an army of monsters and demons was laying siege on Olympus itself. A small number of demigods, roughly around fifty, were doing everything they can to keep up that hastily placed barricade around the entrance. The bad thing is, they would lose a demigod per five monsters that they kill.

I looked at Zia in alarm. "We have to go help."

She nodded. "Just let me get ready." She got up, and ran somewhere else.

Did I tell you that I hated ADHD sometimes? Zia practically told me to wait, which was not one of my strong points. I ran for the door.

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"I need to find Amos…I need to find Amos…" I kept reciting to myself as I ran through the halls. He needs to know what exactly happened here. Panic kept resurfacing within my emotions. Could Apophis be that powerful already, to kill the inhabitants of an entire city and challenge the Greek gods?

I blew out a sigh of relief when I caught a glimpse of him and Bast as I was passing through the infirmary. "Amos! You've got to…whoa! What happened to you?" I said, barging through the doors.

He definitely looked better before. He was sitting on a bed, while Bast was busy dabbing some healing potion on his face. I'm a fire magician, and healing isn't really one of my stronger points, but from the way he was wincing, that must've hurt. A lot. A black eyed decorated his face, and fresh blood was running from his nose. His bottom lip was broken, and there were visible bruises on his chest.

"Uh…I'll come back later." I started to go back to the door, but Amos held out his hand. "It's all right, Zia. I'm almost done here anyway. Just tell me-ow!" he yelled as Bast dabbed a bit of potion on his eye. "Bast, be careful." He said, glaring at the cat goddess.

She ignored him, and went back to work. "Baby." She taunted.

I stepped back to the corridor slowly, letting Bast finish what she was doing. I was contemplating on what to do next, when I saw a horse's rear pass by me. I almost started to wonder why a horse was in the First Nome, but then I remembered that the Greek centaur, Charon, no Chiron, was with us in the Hall of Ages.

Needless to say, I ran after him.

By the time I reached him, I was out of breath. "Chiron, I'm Zia Rashid." I said, trying to sound formal, but my breathing was still heavy.

He glanced at me for a moment. "Ah, the one Amos said…yes, I see."

I looked at him questioningly. "What did Amos say about me?" I blurted out.

"Nothing, my dear. Nothing that is relevant at the moment. Now, why are you chasing after me?" he said, running a finger across his bowstring.

I remembered the vision I saw in the bowl. "I sorta-kinda saw the Empire State Building being attacked."

Without saying anything, ha galloped away. It took me almost all of my strength just to catch up with him to the entrance of the First Nome. When he saw me, he nodded in admiration, but told me, "You must stay here, Zia. Warn Amos of what is about to come. If Chaos is really powerful enough to challenge Zeus…even the master bolt may be useless against him."

I nodded.

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As soon as I reached the Nile, I grabbed a drachma from my chest pocket, tossed it in the River, and said, "Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, accept my offering. Show me Lord Zeus, Empire State Building, 600th floor."

The drachma disappeared as it passed through the rainbow. The image showed Zeus and the rest of the Olympians, tense and unnerved in their thrones.

I bowed deeply. "Lord Zeus."

He noticed the IM for the first time. "Oh, Chiron. Aren't you supposed to be in Egypt?"

I gestured to my surroundings. "Well yes, I am. But there are more pressing matters that we must discuss. A magician told me that she saw Olympus under siege."

Hera sighed. "That is true. Even in here I could feel the power of Isfet, wreaking havoc across all of Olympus. Only our power keeps him from materializing here and killing us all."

"And once our demigods fall, we shall be defenseless, unless his armies march right into this Throne Room, which we hope he will be stupid enough to do."

I winced at the thought of more demigods dying. They have already survived through one war, they need not survive another.

"But we have more than a hundred campers!" I protested. "How could we lose?"

Poseidon sighed. "Ah yes, about that. Well, they have their own…problems at camp right now, but do not worry, we sent my son to help."

"Percy? But he is here with me!" I said.

Apollo yawned. "Check again."

I was about to run back to the First Nome and start calling out for Percy's Name, when an ancient presence was invoked all of a sudden, even more ancient than the gods themselves. Through the IM, I could clearly see the three Fates, walking towards the Olympians, eyeing them with distaste.

In unison they addressed the gods at once. "If it were up to us, we would have the remaining Titans take over your thrones, but Lord Chaos had instructed us not to mess anymore with the natural order. He has told us to inform you that he shall allow this interference, but only this once. If you dare do this again, we shall have all of you chained and thrown to Tartarus." All three of them pointed their fingers at the Olympians. A dark mist covered them, and they disappeared.

Dionysus groaned. "Oh great. Now we have the choice to go help those brats. I was rather looking forward to a very nice demigodless summer."

"Mr. D, if there were no demigods, then you would not have to run camp anymore. Plus, we need them, and the gods would not want their children to be destroyed." I chided.

He groaned. "Blah, blah, blah. If it were up to me, I'd turn half of them into Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins, and the rest into blueberry bushes. That will make Poseidon and the satyrs happy, yes?"

"But it's not up to you, isn't it?" Zeus snapped.

"Please," Athena said, "Lord Chaos just gave us the opportunity we were waiting for, a chance to fight Apophis ourselves. We need to stop bickering amongst ourselves, and prepare for war."

Zeus nodded in approval, and held out his hand. IN a flash of lightning, the master bolt, his most powerful weapon, appeared in his hands. "Olympians! We go to war. Put on your armor. Prepare your armies." He turned to his brothers. "Poseidon, Hades, are you two with me?"

Hades drew his sword. "The underworld shall show Apophis its glory."

Poseidon raised his trident. "The sea shall rage across his armies!"

Zeus grinned. "Perfect. The rest of you?"

"The hunters are ready for war, my lord." Artemis said.

"We are too." The other Olympians chorused.

"And so are we." A voice said behind me. I turned around, and saw Amos, Bast, Horus, and eleven other Egyptian gods, dressed in full battle armor and ready for battle. "We shall show that wretched snake why he should never mess with us."

A flash of light appeared between us. When the light died down, the twelve Olympians were in front of us, all holding their weapons of power and dress in appropriate armor and riding their chariots.

Zeus had golden armor on, with a king's crown on top of his head. His chariot was pulled by a missive eagle. Poseidon had armor with designs like fish scales, and riding his chariot, pulled by two massive hippocampi. Artemis was on her moon chariot, pulled by a silver deer, and Apollo was on his sun chariot, pulled by a magnificent, flaming stallion. Athena had a chariot pulled by an owl, and her spear was by her side. Dionysus had his staff, and a chariot pulled by two normal horses. Aphrodite was dresses in pink armor, with an elegant gold and silver sword strapped to her side, and her chariot was pulled by two beautiful palominos. Ares, on the other hand, was riding his chariot, pulled by flaming skeletal horses, the sword that he sued to fight Percy with in his first quest in his hand. Out of all of us, he looked like he was the only one excited for war. Hephaestus was on a bronze chariot, pulled by two horse automatons. A sword was at his side. Hera was in a simple yet elegant white chariot, pulled by two white horses. Hades was in a black chariot, pulled by skeletal horses, and his sword was in his hand. Demeter was beside him, in a chariot that looked like it was weaved from grass, and pulled by two brown horses. I gazed at them in awe. Never in my entire existence had I seen all the twelve Olympians in full battle armor together. Compared to the Egyptians, the twelve Olympians radiated dominance, power, and command.

Zeus stepped out of his chariot. "Horus." He held out his hand.

Horus took it gratefully. "Who would have ever thought about this, huh?"

Zeus chuckled. It relieved me to see that he was taking things well. "Yes, who would have? Why, if this was some other time, we should be at each other's throats already."

"Yes, we would have. But this is bigger than us. You know that we ourselves ran away from Apophis when he was fully freed." Horus admitted. The other gods gasped.

"Horus-"

"finally-"

"humbled himself." Isis finished. He looked at her son/brother with a whole new kind of respect.

"Whoa. This is certainly a day of surprises." Athena commented.

Horus gave them the evil eye, and turned back to Zeus. "Well, yes. Without Ra, there was no chance we could ever win, unless…"

Zeus raised his eyebrow. "Are you asking for an alliance?"

Isis gasped. "Never."

Horus mouthed shut up. "Well I am actually, for the time being."

"I accept our Alliance." Zeus stated. Thunder rumbled in the sky. "And that seals it."

Zeus turned back to the Olympians. "Olympians! Prepare for glory!" I almost chuckled at the 300 motto.

Horus raised his khopesh. "Egyptians, to war!"

"Together, we shall show Apophis the might, of Greece, and Egypt!"

The rest gods all disappeared in a flash of light. All that was left was me, Zeus, Amos, and Horus. "Chiron, go to camp Half-Blood. Help the campers. And after that, head straight to Olympus."

"Amos, take your best magicians and defend Manhattan. Scout for any survivors left, and whatever you do, do not let his armies get to Olympus. Leave Apophis to us gods. The rest of us will fight that cursed snake ourselves."

I nodded, and ran back to Camp Half-Blood.

Distance for me was very short, since us centaurs were blessed with the ability to bend distance as we run. It has come in handy many times, but this was the time that I was only thankful for it.

Campers were waging their own war against the monsters, which were having trouble with the camp's magical borders. I saw Percy, fighting like a whirlwind, within the ranks of the enemy. A few other brave campers, like Clarisse, Lou Ellen, Katie Gardner, Malcolm, and the Stolls, which I had been very impressed about, were following Percy's lead. Apollo campers shot arrows into the air with pinpoint accuracy, taking out one or two monsters with every arrow. Hephaestus campers were arming the Ballista and the catapults. I saw a lone figure at the back, a girl with caramel hair, and a black dress, commanding the monster to attack, while blasting random campers with spells. My heart almost skipped a beat when I saw who it was.

Sadie Kane.

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All hope was lost. Sadie had been taken control of completely by Apophis. Zeus knows where she could be now. Apophis had left me to myself, and had taken Cade with him, so basically, I was back to square one.

I took out all of my rage against the demons. My rage, and despair fueled my every strike. Two demons came at me from the front and the back, and I ducked, and their blades stabbed each other. Another demon sliced at me feet, but I parried with my sword. And kicked it in the chest, sending it flying straight towards three more demons. I stabbed my sword to the ground, and muttered, "Serve me."

Skeletal hands began clawing up from the cracks in the ground. The demons were completely shocked, as skeletal soldiers popped up, a mixture of Roman Legionaries, Spartan soldiers, WW II soldiers, and Napoleonian Cavalry. Bullets were sprayed all over the demons, and they disintegrated on contact. The Even after being dead for hundreds of years, the Romans' training kicked in, and each of them formed a testudo formation, stabbing countless demons with gladius as they passed through the enemies' ranks. Spartan soldiers did the familiar phalanx, and pushed the enemy backwards, only to be massacred by a wave of Pila from the Romans. In no time at all, an army of over a hundred demons was devastated by skeletal soldiers.

Even though all that summoning took almost all of my strength, I ran through the corridors, looking for the cell where they kept me and Carter. As I passed through random hallways, I heard a very loud groan, followed by Egyptian curses. I followed the sound, and led me straight to a door.

I swung open the door, only to see two demons kicking a beaten-up Carter on the ground. I sneaked behind them, and sliced them to pieces with my sword before they could even say, Oh snap.

I helped Carter up. His eyes fluttered, and focused on me. "Nico? where-"

"Apophis' prison, or what used to be his prison. Hold on, I'm going to get you help."

He backed away from my shoulder. "No man. I can stand up now. But what do you mean about this being Apophis' prison?"

I told him everything that happened, even crying at the part where Sadie was brainwashed by that snake. Carter put a hand on my shoulder sympathetically, but I could tell that from the look in his eyes, we both wanted to kill Apophis ourselves.

"Don't worry, Nico. We'll get her back somehow." It seemed like he was trying to convince himself more than me.

"Well, if we have to find her, we need to find Iris and Drea first." We searched through the endless maze of corridors, and finally saw them, chained to a wall, but luckily, they seemed to be fine, only unconscious. And beside them was…

Annabeth.

She was bloody, and her clothes were torn. Bite marks were present all over her body, and she was bleeding out. I hastily grabbed her, ripped a long piece of fabric from my shirt, and used it to staunch the flow of blood.

I broke away the chains with my sword, and picked up an unconscious Annabeth bridal-style. Carter carried Iris and Drea on each shoulder in a fireman's hold, and I shadow-travelled us straight to Olympus. I figured that we needed to let the gods know of what's going on.

Little did I know that we would be travelling straight into a war zone.

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From the trees, I could see the battle perfectly. Percy and the others were gaining an advantage, but one spell from Sadie, and then it's back to a fair fight.

I notched an arrow. But no ordinary arrow, mind you. It was a gift from my father, Kronos, during the beginning of time. The arrow point was made from a combination of celestial bronze and Imperial gold, and was filled with Titan magic, and has the power to completely remove one's power. I was supposed to use it against Zeus in the first Titan War, but I declined, and disobeyed my father. Even in the second Titan War, I was tempted to use it against Luke/Kronos, but something told me that I needed t for something more important, like now.

I aimed for Sadie, a little regretful that it had to come to this. I aimed carefully, for fear of my arrow accidentally hitting her head, of her heart. The arm of foot will do.

Millennia of prowess in archery came to me. I let the arrow fly, and imbedded straight into her left thigh. She screamed in pain, and started to glow in a golden light. I felt an ancient presence leave her body, exorcised by the arrow. Sadie fell to the floor, unconscious.

The demons were taken aback by their leader's sudden fall. Percy took the opportunity, and sent a wave of water crashing down upon them. The demons were washed away, disoriented, and made perfect targets for Apollo's children. Scores of arrows soared through the air, each taking out a demon.

I galloped through the trees, and ran past the camp borders. The campers all looked at me in irritation.

"You're late." Percy said.

"Not the time for that, Percy." I chided. "We must get to Olympus."

"But how?" He asked. "The vans were destroyed, so we could only walk there, which is definitely not an option."

"Then perhaps I could help." I smiling Zia said behind us. An Egyptian portal was already open behind her.

"Zia, just in time." I commented. She nodded her head, and gestured us to some into the portal.

As soon as I stepped inside, the vortex of swirling sand washed me away like the waves in water. I landed, right side up, thankfully, in the entrance of the Empire State Building, where a mixture of magicians, demigods, and Egyptian and Greek gods, were battling the enemy. Apophis himself, in his snake form, was circling Olympus, but every time he would attempt to enter, a blast of wind knocked him back. Thank Aeolus.

Percy and the others stepped through the portal, and stared in awe at the battle before them. "What now?"

I sighed. "To battle."

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