IDK why I always say this, but enjoy Chapter 16

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XVI 14 vs. 2

(Percy)

The battle between the gods and giants ended fairly quickly. Leo and Hephaestus combined their fire powers and turned one of the giants into a barbecued giant. Hestia helped there with the barbecue sauce. I'm not sure where the idea came from, but it worked anyways. Lady Artemis and I (I know, surprising right? Not often that you work with Artemis if you're a man) combined to finish off the other giant. The other gods helped by employing their own special powers. After the "little" skirmish, I found myself next to Hermes, whose caduceus was still in laser mode. Of course, George and Martha were ecstatic. I also managed to find a rat. I hope George will be happy.

"Hello Percy, did you bring me a rat?"

"George, how many times do I have to tell you that he's busy!

"Well, I did manage to find one, so here."

"Yay a rat!"

"Do you have no manners, George! Say thank you!"

"Oh right, thanks Percy!"

"You're welcome."

"You know Percy, they shouldn't eat too much." Hermes reprimanded Percy jokingly.

"Sure… what do you feed them."

"Ummm, they're immortal, they don't need food."

"Hey, just because we're immortal snakes doesn't mean we don't eat food!"

"George, shut up. Last time you said that he put us on mute for two weeks. TWO WEEKS!"

"Oh right, that sucked, but I was just telling the truth!"

"Shut up, do you not understand what those two words mean?"

"But-"

"Peace and quiet at last." Hermes said.

"You know Hermes, you should learn to keep them under control." I joked.

"Thanks, if you can teach me tricks, I'll pay you drachma, although I'll probably steal them later."

This banter continued for some time, while Jason and the others talked to the rest of the gods. This joking was much needed, as most of the time we were all worried about survival and defeating Gaea, which never lightened any mood. We finally got back to our camp a few days later, and we found that the monsters had attacked. The demigods had managed to repel the monsters, but some had suffered serious injuries, so Apollo and his kids went to heal them. Also, the camp wall had taken a severe beating, and was in need of repairing, so Hephaestus and his kids plus Athena and her "kids" went to fix that. Everybody was making themselves useful, except for Jason, Piper, and myself. There wasn't much we could do. We couldn't strategize. We couldn't build things. We couldn't heal people. We could only fight, but there was nothing to fight at this time. So we wandered around aimlessly, and we were joined by some other people who also had nothing to do. Soon, we decided to hold a swordsmanship tournament in the arena to see out of all of us, who was the best swordsman. No intentional maiming was allowed, and one of the sons of Ares volunteered to be referee. Winner meant that the loser was either disarmed, or the winner had a blade to the loser's throat. Soon, the contest was down to Jason, Piper, Frank, and me. Jason fought Piper, but in a few seconds I could tell he wasn't really trying since he didn't want to hurt Piper, his "girlfriend". He said that he liked Reyna, but judging on his attitude towards Piper, I wasn't sure if I could believe him. He lost to Piper, I wasn't sure whether or not it was on purpose. I fought Frank. I'd learned how to cope with his shape-shifting, mostly, but sometimes it was hard to avoid a claw, or that tail that was whipping up. Soon I managed to pin him down, but before I could put my sword to his neck and successfully win, he changed into a small animal, maybe a mouse, and darted underneath my outstretched arms. He effectively avoided, me, but made me angry. This time, I attacked with reckless abandon, and managed to defeat him. After the battle was over, I calmed down, and was grateful for Frank not taking it personally when I had almost tried to kill and maim him, instead of the mock competition fight that was actually going on. Piper and I agreed to fight the next day, since we had already fought six opponents today. I went off to the showers, but before I could get there I received an Iris-Message. It was from Camp Jupiter, which surprised me. What surprised me even more was that Reyna had managed to hold on to power, even though she had accepted me when I had come, and he was a Greek, therefore somebody to be killed.

"How is it out there?" She asked.

"Fine, how'd you manage to stop Octavian."

"I invoked my praetor rights. I was leader, so I could make decisions over the augur. The augur advises the praetor, but he doesn't really hold power, and I had a few cohorts on my side as well. Octavian was forced to back down. Although, I do not think that I can hold on to power here in Rome forever, I can do my best to stall Octavian for as long as possible."

"That's great. What was the point of this Iris-Message."

"I need you to keep an eye on Jason. He has this curse thing. He angered a god once, and he cursed him so that in the moment where everybody counts on him, when everything hangs in the balance and only he can tip the scales, he will be doomed to failure. He will not succeed. You guys need to find a way of making sure that that never happens, or else you are as good as doomed. Be careful of everything, everybody."

The Iris-Message flickered.

"And Percy I know that Jason likes Piper more than me, so I'll tell you this. I l-"

She never got to finish what she was about to say, for the Iris-Message petered out. Percy wasn't that smart, but if somebody just a bit smarter than him was there, they would've known that Reyna had meant to say. "I Love you."

Yet again, I must say, for all you Percabeth lovers out there. Don't kill me

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-RAfan2421