Chapter 3: A Miracle Happening

Receiving from an unexpected ally

"FOR DAD, FOR ATLANTIS!", Tyson bellowed before rushing into battle.

"FOR ATLANTIS", the rest of the cyclops army echoed. They followed Tyson, who was already smashing sea monsters with his club, or 'stick' as he liked to call it. After knocking the monster out, he looked around him and saw that the enemy's army was far more greater. He frowned when he saw a few monsters among them that could only live on land. They didn't belong here.

He was brought out of his thoughts, when an enormous sea serpent swam toward him. Tyson dodged the serpent's teeth that tried to had bite him. "Big, bad snake", he muttered and smashed the serpent with his club. His cyclops' strength made the 'big, bad snake' smash onto one of Atlantis' city walls. The wall crumbled down under the serpent's weight, while the sea serpent dissolved into dust.

Meanwhile, Tyson had already killed 3 other monsters by punching them... hard... The enemy monsters backed up a little after seeing the general of the cyclops army fight, but soon charged him all at once. In a wide arc, Tyson smashed them all with his club while turning 360 degrees.

When Tyson finally had the time, he looked around him. The battle went smoothly and the enemy's numbers was growing thinner and thinner by the second. His smile faded, though, when he heard the sound of a horn.

Suddenly, out of the dark parts of the ocean appeared an even larger army out of nothing. His eyes widened when he saw more land monsters among them. Normally, those monsters couldn't survive under the pressure of the water. They shouldn't even be able to breathe or see! It was as if someone, or something, was helping the enemy's army. Someone that had power over the sea.

For a moment, he thought of his father, Poseidon, but he shook his head. His dad was good, not bad. There had to be someone else that was helping the army.

His thoughts were cut off by more monsters charging him. He killed the first ones with his club, but was soon met with a hydra. He remembered that his brother had fought this monster before. That he had warned others that if you cut off one head, two more would grow back.

Well, I don't cut. I smash, Tyson thought as he charged the hydra. He realized that there was more to this monster though, as the hydra breathed out. Bubbles appeared out of the monster's mouth, but in there wasn't air, not really. It was much too smoky for that. Tyson realized it was poison and dodged the bubbles in the water.

Three of it's heads were trying to bite him, like the sea serpent had wanted to do a while earlier, but Tyson didn't let them. He smacked the heads multiple times, before going toward it's necks. It tired him out a lot, but eventually he managed to smash the hydra into the sea ground, creating a large crater in the dirt, before it dissolved.

He charged the army that had just arrived and tried to get some strength from the water around him. The sea around him almost parted as he made his way through the monsters. Land monsters or sea monsters, it didn't matter to Tyson as he killed every monster that went in his way.

Tyson was panting heavily now, but he knew he didn't have time to rest. Even if he did kill a lot of monsters, each time even more filled in the empty places. The number of monsters was just overwhelming and soon he found himself being pushed backwards by the sheer amount of monsters that attacked him.

He gritted his teeth every time he was cut, even though the sea healed him instantly. He wouldn't be able to go on much longer. Rapidly, he looked around him, only to see his fellow cyclopes in the same position as he was. He frowned, but still did it, even though he didn't like it. "RETREAT!", he yelled at the rest, while he retreated toward the city himself.

He never had the chance to reach Atlantis.

Tyson stopped in his tracks as he heard two loud howls. When he turned, his eyes widened when he saw the two enormous sea monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, charging him. Above Charybdis was a huge whirlpool that even sucked the enemy's army. Charybdis seemed to swallow the water like it was it's food. Tyson felt himself being pulled toward Charybdis and had to grab a rock to not get killed.

Scylla, Charybdis' counterpart, was different then Charybdis, but not less dangerous. It's tentacles killed every enemy it saw and the dog heads around its waist ripped apart everyone who got close to them.

Tyson had heard stories about the two most dangerous creatures of the sea. Back in the days, sailors had had to chose between either of them. To choose between two equally dangerous monsters, that would both kill them. If those monsters were to reach Atlantis...

He glanced back at the city and saw that the rest of the cyclopes had already reached it. He frowned when he made his decision. Tyson charged the two creatures, knowing he would not survive it.

"I'm standing here in front of the US Capitol, waiting for minister Harthfield of Home Affairs, who will give a press conference in 10 minutes", the reporter said. Behind him were multiple camera's and other reporters, who were probably there for the same reason as he was. "We don't know the true reasons about the conference yet, but rumors has it that there's a new revelation in the current war.

We've tried to contact the minister for more details, but so far we've had no response. As you can see, everyone is etching to hear about the news and -", the reporter stopped talking, when a black Mercedes stopped and a black bearded man walked out. The reporter made his way through the rest of the press to ask the minister a few questions.

When he succeeded, he asked the question. "Sir, are the rumors true that something major happened in the war?", but the minister held his hands up and made his way through the crowd, not answering any of the reporters' questions.

Screams filled the streets of San Francisco as more mortals fell dead on the ground. Even so, the soldiers stood their ground and fought against the small number of demigods who were fighting an impossible battle. Annabeth frowned as she saw the city that had turned into a battlefield during the months of fighting.

Many mortals had fled the city, in hope that they would be safe, but Annabeth knew that there were still families in those houses that were now full of bullet-holes. Those families were not the enemies, they were innocent, but they still suffered from the gruesome consequences of the war between the demigods and the mortals.

She turned as the door slammed open, revealing a panting son of Hermes. When he finally had his breathing in control, he reported the news. "Praetor Frank was able to clear the Richmond District and Sunset District. Thanks to your plan to blow up the Golden Gate Bridge, the mortals could only get their reinforcements by water and air, making their numbers lessen", Annabeth sighed in relief as she heard that.

She hadn't been certain if that plan would work. The Golden Gate Bridge was a valuable asset to the war for the mortals and the demigods, but also very vulnerable. "There's more though", the boy said. Annabeth perked her head up.

The son of Hermes breathed in and Annabeth knew it wasn't good news. "Treasure Island has been completely taken over and the enemy has taken over the bridge there. Also, Praetor Reyna is having trouble with holding Crocker Amazon", Annabeth frowned at that.

Now, they were practically surrounded by the Mortal Forces. They needed help and they needed it fast. Otherwise, they wouldn't survive the day. With the numbers and information they had, even Annabeth couldn't make a proper plan. A miracle had to happen...

Reyna hated fighting like this. To be so unorganized. To fight as an individual, instead of as a legion. She hid behind a tile of bricks to avoid getting shot, while looking for other places to hide. She hated how the mortals fought. As if they were afraid to fight in close-range, just hiding behind their guns.

She held up her shield while running toward a wall, with her automaton dogs, Aurum and Argentum, following her. Reyna knew that more demigods were hiding behind other walls, since it was too dangerous to do this as a group. Even Reyna knew that they had a better chance of winning if they weren't in a group, but that didn't mean she liked it. Or that they would even win.

Her dogs growled from behind her and she could block the strike from behind her with her dagger just in time. She scowled at the mortal that dared to attack her from behind, before pushing his celestial bronze sword out of her face. The so called Specialized Troops...

The Specialized Troops were mortals who have been trained to kill monsters and demigods with the same weapons as the demigods had. By stealing the demigods's weapons, they were able to wield them during the war. Training them took a lot of time for the mortals, though.

In return, some Mercury and Hermes stolen had stolen some mortal weapons, like guns. Not everyone was able to wield them, though, but the Vulcan and Hephaestus children had been able to use the metals in those weapons to good use. When the war had first begun, they'd given every demigod weapon an 'upgrade', so they could kill the mortals.

She pulled out her spear, which gave her a slight advantage. Patiently, she waited for the man to strike, which he did. She dodged the uppercut that left an opening in the man's defenses. Reyna took advantage of it and stabbed the man in his chest with her spear. When the man fell to his knees, she finished the job by piercing his neck with the weapon.

She ran out of the alley, but was met with 5 men, each pointing a gun at her. When she looked behind her, she knew she was surrounded by at least 12 mortals. Reyna gritted her teeth. So, this is the end then...

Then, a miracle happened. One by one, the soldiers fell dead on the ground, revealing the skeletal warriors behind them. Her eyes widened as she knew who they belonged to. She turned around to see Nico di Angelo walking out of the shadows. He gave her a small smile, which she returned. "I thought I'd come to help."

Reyna nodded, but then frowned. "But will you be enough? The mortals -"

"I can summon 100 skeletal warriors at the same time, now...", Reyna's eyes widened at that, "and they can't be killed by those mortals. Just say where I should summon them and they'll do the rest."

Reyna nodded thoughtfully. "Alright."

[A/N]: And here's chapter 3! A lot has happened and I hope lots of you guys will like it ;P Anyone has a guess who was behind the attack on Atlantis? Because I know ;P *mhuahahah*

So... I want to thank everyone who favorited, followed and reviewed last chapter! You guys are awesome and I can't wish for better minions ;P No, I'm just kidding... Maybe... ;)

To Avatarfanx2: Hmm... Yeah, I guess you're right ;) Let's just say that there aren't any titles for now - only the Praetors and the "leader" (not official, but that's Percy) though... Let's just say that there're mostly invisible ranks ;) I changed that part in chapter 2, btw ;)

To I am incredible: Haha, thank you ;3

To Di Blythe: I hope you liked this one too ;) Please tell me what you thought about it ;P Love uuu xxx

To awesomeness: That would be great, thanks! Hehe, what about this cliffys? ;P And I'm glad you're hooked ;D Btw, I can't read that mail address you sent me in your review for the Hidden Gladiator... Could you send it to me with spaces between them and AT instead of ? This way, it won't get blocked by the site ;) Your one-shot is done btw ;D

To TheMockingJay1998: Yeah I know... But his awesomeness is too much for me to write ;P Glad you liked it, though ;)

'Till next time ^^

Xx Anny