Hey Guys! Since I'm facing writers block on my other stories, I've decided to write a new one that will never ever have me in a fix about what to do and what not to do. What is it? The characters read Anaklusmos14's "Intertwined Destinies" of course. This takes place when Olympus is closed and Zoe is wondering where Percy is. The story starts with Percy being kidnapped.

-PAIRING : PercyXZoe

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON OR HARRY POTTER (and no, its not a crossover)

PLEASE GO EASY ON THE REVIEWS. NO FLAMES PLEASE. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS OKAY.

CREDIT DUE: TO ANAKLUSMOS14 FOR HIS AMAZING STORY.

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS : READING ANAKLUSMOS14'S "INTERTWINED DESTINIES"

'Chapter 6', read Bianca.

'At the bottom steps, Khione turned to Zoe, "You may have fooled my father, hunter but you have not fooled me. We are not done."

Zoe snorted in disgust. "Bitch"

She hissed before turning to Jason, "And you, Jason Grace, I will see you as a statue in the throne room soon enough."

"Keep dreaming...bitch."

Everyone stared at Zoe weirdly. "What?" she demanded. "Please lay off with the 'bitch'. Lets show some decorum eh?", requested Athena.

Zoe scowled. "I'm sorry. Its just that I hate that bi...scullion." Percy snorted.

Zoe glared at the Goddess of Snow, "Don't think I can't see through your lies minor goddess.

"Nice. Hit her where it hurts" praised Hermes.

You will pay for betraying Olympus

"Yes she will" growled Zeus.

and are a fool for thinking she would treat you any better than the Olympians have."

"She was treated how she deserves to be treated", shrugged Hera.

Khione's eyes flashed with anger, "You and your little pet Jackson

"Hey!"

Zoe laughed. "Don't worry my pet. Everything will be just fine", she cooed, petting his long black hair. He slapped her hands away indignantly while everyone snickered. Nico and Bianca were looking everywhere but their brother.

Aphrodite smirked. "Ooh! Role play! Nice! You gonna buy him a leash and collar?"

"Eww! Yuck! Shut your trap Aphrodite" snapped Artemis.

will suffer painfully at my mistress' hands."

"Not if Percy's mistress kicks her ass out her mouth" snickered Apollo. Zoe scowled and fired an arrow topped with a boxing glove that caught him square in the face. "Ow!'

She growled before she spun around and vanished into a mini snow storm.'

"Thats just cold", said Percy smirking at the pun. Everyone groaned in exasperation.

Leo came running up to his friends, "What'd you make her mad for?" He whined. "She was my future wife."

"Not cool bro", said Nico grinning. "She's too cold for you." Everyone sighed and Bianca face-palmed while Percy high-fived Nico.

Zoe stepped forward until she was inches from Leo's face,

Percy scowled. Zoe snorted at his paranoia. Like she'd cheat on him. He was pretty much the only...boy she found tolerable and that was saying something.

"I don't have times for your stupid little games boy. If you're on this quest to find a girlfriend, then you should start walking home now. She is the enemy and I will not let your stupidity get in the way of finishing this mission."

"So cold" said Nico looking at Percy grinning. Percy shook his head. "Not cool bro." Zoe slapped both of them. "Shut up both of you"

Leo paled and nodded quickly before Zoe pushed past him as she made her way towards the Pegasus at the end of the room.

"That sounds like a cool song" said Apollo grinning only to pout as everyone ignored him. Mentally however, they were thinking-"Sweet Olympus! What is wrong with this guy!"

Before she got there, a hand grabbed her arm and spun her around where she met the piercing grey eyes of Annabeth looking at her angrily.

"You want to explain what Boreas was talking about back there? You've been lying to us the whole time?" Annabeth hissed with betrayal evident in her stormy grey eyes.

"She'd know all about betrayal wouldn't she?" sniffed Ares. Everyone sans Zoe and Artemis glared at him.

Zoe shook her head, "I can't." She said apologetically.

Annabeth's eyes flashed with anger before she pulled her friend aside so they had some privacy, "You can't or you won't? How am I supposed to trust you if you've been lying to me since this quest started?"

Zoe frowned.

Zoe narrowed her eyes, "Trust me? I believe thanks to you I would be dead right now if not for Percy."

Cue glares at Dionysius.

A pained looked crossed Annabeth's eyes, "Zoe… You know I…" She began before Zoe interrupted her by pulling her into a hug.

"Heh. Looks like you're more forgiving in the future", said Apollo.

As she hugged Annabeth, Zoe leaned down to her ear, "I'm sorry for saying that, I didn't mean it. I will explain once we get in the air. The others cannot know, you will understand when I explain."

Annabeth nodded slowly, "Okay…"

Zoe gave her a small smile and made her way over to Blackjack who looked downright miserable in the freezing entry hall.

"Poor guy" said Percy.

"I'm sorry for leaving you here Blackjack," Zoe said as she ran her hand along his snout. "I promise a whole box of donuts for leaving you here in the cold."

Percy opened his mouth only to shrink back at Zoe's glare.

Aphrodite smirked. And he says he's not her pet, she thought grinning madly now. Everyone looked at her suspiciously.

Zoe may not have been able to hear Blackjack's response but from the way his eyes lit up and he whinnied loudly, it was clear he understood her just fine. She couldn't help but smile at his excitement.

Aphrodite somehow managed not to wolf-whistle. Probably because she knew it would be extremely detrimental to her health.

Within a few minutes, the four members of the quest were airborne on their two Pegasus again as they put the lights of Quebec City behind them until they disappeared from sight completely.

After putting a bit of distance between themselves and the Leo and Jason on their other Pegasus, Zoe turned back and met the piercing grey eyes of Annabeth looking her expectantly.

Zoe sighed, "I know where Percy is."

Annabeth's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates before than flashed with anger, "WHAT! You've known where he was all along as dragged me all over the country looking for him!" She yelled loudly.

"Well isn't that tactful", snorted Percy.

Zoe clamped a hand over Annabeth's mouth, "Shhhhhh!" She hissed, "I didn't know where he was until a few days ago. Now can you control yourself long enough for me to explain?"

Aphrodite grinned again.

Annabeth glared at Zoe but nodded grudgingly as Zoe removed her hand. Zoe glanced over at their two companions but found they were talking to each other not paying them any attention.

"Flirts" snorted Ares. Everyone grimaced. "Yuck!"

"A few days ago Hera came to me in a dream. She told me she took Percy because a new threat is rising and Zeus closed Olympus thinking he could just ignore it

"Idiot", grumbled Hera and Artemis

Zeus glared at his wife and *cough*illegitimate*cough* daughter.

but her and Artemis made their own plan involving Percy and Jason."

Zeus glared at them some more.

Zoe explained.

Annabeth was surprised but nodded slowly, "Okay I can see why they would use Percy and Jason, they're both powerful demigods,

Percy puffed up proudly.

but why is it such a big secret?"

Zoe bit her lip nervously, unsure of how to best explain what she knew to Annabeth.

"Listen Annabeth, you have to understand that I only know about this because I was around before it happened and was told I would be punished severely if I ever told anyone this." She explained carefully.

"Told what? What could be such a big secret?" Annabeth asked confused.

"Oh nothing much. Just that there are two camps; one Roman and one Greek and that when they meet, they go to war almost immediately, the American Civil War and the French Revolution being prime examples" said Percy blandly.

"Not to forget the Punic Wars" reminded Zoe.

Nico and Bianca stared at her incredulously. "How do you know that?"

Zoe shrugged. "I lived through them. Wars were very-lets just say...grisly back then."

"You saw what happened to Boreas right? And how Jason said that was his Roman form?" Zoe asked slowly.

Annabeth nodded, "Yes…"

"Annabeth, the gods all have Roman forms just like Boreas. Jason isn't a son of Zeus; he is a son of Jupiter, Zeus' Roman form. There is a whole other camp where Jason comes from in California called Camp Jupiter. It's where Roman demigods go to be trained. It's like Camp Half-Blood but also very different." Zoe explained carefully.

Annabeth's brow was furrowed as she tried to comprehend why this was such a big secret. Before she could ask, Zoe continued.

"The gods separated the Greeks and Romans centuries ago

"Millennia" corrected Athena.

because they were constantly at war with each other. The American Civil War was actually started as a war between Greek and Roman demigods." Zoe explained.

"Mortal wars always coincide with the wars of the gods." Annabeth whispered

"Smart girl" grunted Hephaestus.

quietly before her eyes widened, "Percy is at Camp Jupiter?"

Zoe nodded, "I found out when Artemis told me about Jason needing to take the quest to find Hera."

Annabeth smiled, "Let's go get him!"

Zoe winced, "We… We can't. You especially can't go there, at least not yet."

Percy winced. "Uh-oh"

"What? Why?" Annabeth asked in disbelief.

"Because you are a daughter of Athena. The Romans and your mother do not go well together. She hates them as she probably should. They turned her from the fierce and wise Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy to barely more than a minor goddess. They had their own gods and goddesses of war and they even disrespected her by taking the Athena Parthenos, her most sacred monument from the City of Athens. You're mother doesn't have children as Minerva. You and Romans would not go well together." Zoe explained.

Everyone stared at Athena in trepidation half-expecting her to go gung-ho goddess on them.

Annabeth just stared at Zoe in shock, "How do you know all of this?"

Zoe chuckled a bit, "I've been alive since before Rome was even built. I've witnessed the rise and fall of Greece, Rome, and countless other empires and I watched the carnage that occurred when Greek and Roman demigods come together."

"Not fun" muttered Zoe.

Annabeth just looked at Zoe in a bit of awe, "Wow. That must have been amazing to be able to watch the world change over the centuries… Maybe I should have considered joining Thalia as a hunter. Who wouldn't want to watch the world grow and change over the centuries… She said before her eyes widened, "I… I didn't mean anything by that..." She added quickly.

"Tactless...", sung Percy.

Zoe smiled at her, "Relax Annabeth. It was my choice not to return to the hunt. I have no regrets."

Percy grinned while Zoe poked him. "I don't have any regrets in the future. That doesn't mean I don't have them now."

Percy's smile vanished as Zoe laughed and kissed him. "Relax. I was joking Death boy."

Hades looked offended. "Death boy?"

Annabeth smirked, "Yes Percy can be quite the charmer if he was able to melt through even the most dedicated hunter's icy heart."

Percy puffed (up), Artemis huffed and Zoe blushed. Nico snickered.

Zoe glared at Annabeth before she chuckled a bit herself, "Maybe but he's going to have Hades to pay when I do catch up with him."

"Would people please stop using my name as a curse? If I had a drachma for everytime I've said or thought that, Charon's salary for the next few millennia would be in the bag. "I mean really? What the Hades. Sure as Hades. Richer than Hades. Doesn't it ever stop?" cried out Hades. (LOL)

Everyone inched away from him. What the Hades was wrong with him?

Annabeth rolled her eyes, "I'm sure he will but you do know it's not really his fault right?"

Percy threw up his hands. "Thank you!"

Zoe huffed, "I know that but I can't exactly smack Hera or Artemis around and someone needs to pay for making me deal with this for the past eight months."

"Oh sure. Punish the victim. By that logic, if your son was kidnapped and when you find him after eight long months, you ground him for you becoming worried, and I quote-'making me deal with this for the past eight months?' asked Percy incredulously.

Zoe blushed while Hermes grinned. "Already thinking about kids Perce?"

Percy and Zoe spluttered and blushed but didn't do anything to deny it making Hermes smirk. Artemis went pale white.

Annabeth rolled her eyes again before she turned more serious, "Wait so this is why Jason doesn't remember anything of his past? They took Percy's memories too?"

"Yes. Bloody mind-rapers", muttered Percy.

"Hey!"

Zoe scowled, "Yes, but Artemis said he remembers me but not what he we are. I swear to the gods if he has another girl at that Roman camp they won't be able to find of pieces to his body to cover in a burial shroud." She growled.

Percy grinned at her. "Now that you mention it..." he stopped and as Zoe narrowed her eyes. "Oookayy. Remind me never to joke about that again" he muttered to Bianca who sniggered.

Annabeth laughed loudly, "Oh please Zoe. Since he laid eyes on you he has never even looked at another girl. Even before you two finally admitted you liked each other he still ignored every other girl that even tried to gain his attention.

"As I recall, you were one of those girls", grinned Zoe. Percy looked at her wide-eyed. "Seriously? When?"

All the girls snorted. "Boys. So clueless"

I highly doubt he would change even if he doesn't remember that you two are together."

Zoe narrowed her eyes but smiled at bit, "For his sake, let's hope you're right."

"Ding! Ding! Ding! She's right! We have a winner!"

Annabeth smiled, "Zoe, he turned down being a god for you. I mean seriously, a god, are you really worried?"

"I'm regretting it now." Zoe narrowed her eyes. "Or not. Its been rainbows and daisies. I love you You know that right dear?"

Dionysius turned a snicker into a cough. "He's so whipped", he snickered to himself.

Zoe's smile grew a bit, "I suppose you are right."

Annabeth rolled her eyes, "Would you be with him if he wasn't like that?

Apollo cleared his throat. "I feel a haiku coming on." Artemis groaned. "I feel a migraine coming on. And gods don't even get migraines!"

'Zoe loves Percy,

Percy fears Zoe,

Apollo's so awesome'

"Hows that?" he grinned. Everyone snorted. "The first two lines were spot-on" sniggered Demeter.

Percy shuffled nervously, while Zoe smirked.

Now tell me how exactly we're going to find Percy on this quest to find Hera."

Zoe's expression turned serious again, "I don't know exactly but their plan is unite the two camps. They think by Jason earning the trust of the Greeks and Percy earning that of the Romans, they can act as a bridge to join both groups together."

"But what is this new threat we are facing?" Annabeth asked.

Zoe paled, "What came after the first war with the Titans?"

Annabeth looked thoughtful for a second before her eyes widened and her face turned pale white, "The giants? A… And Gaia?"

"No. The giant flesh-eating earthworm" said Hermes.

Zoe nodded slowly, "Yes and I don't know if uniting Greeks and Romans will be enough to beat this threat especially with Zeus acting like a child and hiding himself and the other gods up on Olympus."

"Excuse me?" said Zeus dangerously. Percy shrugged. "You're excused. Off you go dear. The daycare center is a street to the left." Poseidon and Hades fell apart laughing.

Zeus turned red and gripped his masterbolt closer to him, trying to look threatening but instead looking like a child carrying his itsy-bitsy precious teddy bear.

Annabeth nodded as she and Zoe fell into silence as both thought about their coming problems. A few hours later, the bright lights of Chicago came into view as Zoe pointed down for Blackjack to start his descent.

Jason and Leo flew down beside them, "How do we find the woman who is commanding the storm spirits?" Leo asked.

"Follow the wind. Duh!"

Annabeth shrugged, "I don't know."

Jason saw a flash of movement below them. At first he thought it was a small plane, but it was too small, too dark and fast. The thing spiraled toward the skyscrapers, weaving and changing shape—and, just for a moment it became the smoky figure of a horse.

"How about we follow that one," Jason suggested, "and see where it goes?"

The storm spirit dove into the grid of downtown streets. The Pegasus tried to follow, but the two Pegasus' side by side wingspan was too wide and his left wing clipped the edge of a building, causing him to stumble a bit before he regained control.

"Cool moves horsey", praised Hermes.

Everyone rolled their eyes. Horsey? Really?

Jason looked down at Zoe and Annabeth struggling to hold on, "Get above the buildings," he suggested. "We'll track it from there."

Blackjack followed the second Pegasus as they shot upward above the building as Zoe pet Blackjack softly, "Hold on Blackjack."

After a few minutes, Jason spotted the storm spirit again, zipping through the streets with no apparent purpose—blowing over pedestrians, ruffling flags, making cars swerve.

"Oh great," Zoe said. "There are two."

She was right. A second ventus blasted around the corner of the Renaissance Hotel and linked up with the first. They wove together in a chaotic dance, shooting to the top of a skyscraper, bending a radio tower, and diving back down toward the street.

"Those guys do not need any more caffeine," Leo said sarcastically.

Bianca grinned. "I love this guy."

Percy, Nico and Hades narrowed their eyes, silently promising to themselves to pulverize this Leo guy to nothingness the milli-second they met him. Zoe smirked in amusement.

"I guess Chicago's a good place to hang out," Annabeth said. "Nobody's going to question a couple more evil winds."

"That just sounds wrong"

"More than a couple," Jason said. "Look."

The Pegasus circled over a wide avenue next to a lake-side park. Storm spirits were converging—at least a dozen of them, whirling around a big public art installation. Two five-story monoliths rose from either end of a long granite reflecting pool. The monoliths seemed to be built of video screens, flashing the combined image of a giant face that spewed water into the pool. As they watched, the image on the screens changed to a woman's face with her eyes closed.

"Gaea", growled Hera.

Annabeth tensed, "I have a bad feeling about this."

Zoe paled but steeled her nerves, "I do too but we're heading in the right direction."

Then the screens went dark. The venti swirled together into a single funnel cloud and skittered across the fountain, kicking up a waterspout almost as high as the monoliths. They got to its center, popped off a drain cover, and disappeared underground.

"Flush!"

"Did they just go down a drain?" Annabeth asked. "How are we supposed to follow them?"

"Beware the Earth", reminded Athena.

"Maybe we shouldn't," Leo said as both Pegasus slowly descended to the ground. "That fountain thing is giving me seriously bad vibes. And aren't we supposed to, like, beware the earth?"

"Smart boy...sort off", commented Athena.

Zoe felt the same way, but they had to follow. It was their only way forward. They had to find Hera, that was her key to Percy and she wasn't going to let any venti or even any of Gaia's minions get in her way.

"We don't have a choice. We need to capture those storm spirits to bring to Aeolus. Zoe replied. "We'll check it out on foot."

Blackjack and the other Pegasus landed in an open area between the lake and the skyline. The signs said Grant Park, and Zoe imagined it would've been a nice place in the summer; but now it was a field of ice, snow, and salted walkways. The wind coming off the lake was bitter cold. Anyone with sense would be inside. Zoe's eyes stung so badly, she could barely see.

"Ouchie!"

The four companions made their way towards the drain the venti had disappeared down. According to the plaque, it was called Crown Fountain. All the water had emptied out except for a few patches that were starting to freeze. It didn't seem right that the fountain would have water in it in the winter anyway. Then again, those big monitors had flashed the face of the mysterious woman who only Zoe and Annabeth knew who it truly was. Nothing about this place was right.

"Nope!", said Apollo popping the 'p'.

They walked to the center of the pool. No spirits tried to stop them. The giant monitor walls stayed dark. The drain hole was easily big enough for a person, and a maintenance ladder led down into the gloom.

Jason went first.

"Ladies first!", reminded Hermes.

"How chivalrous", said Artemis sarcastically.

As he climbed, he braced himself for horrible sewer smells, but it wasn't that bad. The ladder dropped into a brickwork tunnel running north to south. The air was warm and dry, with only a trickle of water on the floor.

Zoe and Annabeth climbed down after him with Leo nervously bringing up the rear.

Aphrodite cackled mentally.

"Are all sewers this nice?" Annabeth wondered aloud.

"No," Leo said. "Trust me."

Jason frowned, "How do you know…"

"Hey, man, I ran away six times. I've slept in some weird places, okay? Now, which way do we go?"

Hephaestus frowned.

Zoe felt a bit of guilt about being so harsh with him. He had obviously had a tough life like most demigods. Then again, he needed to learn she was not the person to be flirted with whether she had a boyfriend or not. She did make a note to be a little nicer to him as long as he kept that loud mouth of his under control.

Aphrodite grinned. That sounded wrong. She giggled manically. 'Wrong. Wrong. Wring Wrong. Wing Wong' she chanted, giggling hysterically.

"Looks like the schizophrenia has already started", muttered Percy. The gods suddenly looked worried, and glanced at Aphrodite nervously, leaning away from her like she had the plague.

Jason tilted his head, listening, then pointed south. "That way."

"How can you be sure?" Zoe asked.

"There's a draft blowing south," Jason said. "Maybe the venti went with the flow."

"Venti", mused Nico. "Isn't that a Starbucks thing?"

It wasn't much of a lead, but nobody offered anything better.

Before they could start walking, Jason stopped them, "Leo … about the fire stuff Khione and Zethes mentioned … is it true?"

Leo frowned, "Yeah, well …" He opened his hand. A small ball of flame burst to life, dancing across his palm.

"A fire-user!", breathed Athena. Apollo grinned and mimicked an orgasm only to wince when an owl bit him somewhere that most definitely didn't cause an orgasm.

"That is so cool," Jason said. ―Why didn't you say anything?"

Leo closed his hand and the fire went out. "Didn't want to look like a freak."

"I have lightning and wind powers," Jason reminded him.

"And we just love you for them", said Dionysius sarcastically.

Zoe looked at Leo in shock, "That is nothing to be ashamed of. It is a gift that your father only blesses a very few of his demigod children to have. He must have cared deeply for your mother to bless you with power over fire. There hasn't been another fire user son of Hephaestus in at least a century."

Leo's eyes widened, "Seriously? Sweet!"

Artemis sighed. "Boys..."

Zoe rolled her eyes, "Just keep yourself under control. Your half-brother was the reason this city burned in 1871. So for the sake of us and everyone else, keep your emotions under control."

"His half-brother was also the reason London burned in 1666" muttered Percy.

"Did you know that the nursery rhyme 'London Bridge is falling down' is based on the great Fire of London?", asked Athena. "Nobody cares Athena. For Olympus' sake, you're such a bookworm" grumbled Poseidon.

Athena's eyes flashed.

"Better than being a bookdumb", she sneered.

Percy smirked. "Hey Athena, what's another word for 'Thesaurus'?"

Zoe sighed.

"Why don't you look it up in the dictionary", offered Apollo.

This time everyone sighed.

Leo paled and nodded quickly as he thought about how is fire powers were affected by his emotions.

As they began to trek down the tunnel it twisted and turned and seemed to go on forever. They weren't sure what to expect at the end—a dungeon, a mad scientist's lab, or maybe a sewer reservoir where all Porta-Potty sludge ends up, forming an evil toilet face large enough to swallow the world.

"What the-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence young lady", growled Hades.

Bianca flushed. "Sorry dad."

Instead, they found polished steel elevator doors, each one engraved with a cursive letter M.

"Huh?"

Next to the elevator was a directory, like for a department store.

"Huh?"

"This looks like a mall entrance." Annabeth said confused.

"Guys, read the directory. It's messed up." Leo said from their left as he pointed to the directory.

Parking, Kennels (Aphrodite grinned), Main Entrance: Sewer Level

Furnishings and Café M: 1

Women's Fashion and Magical Appliances: 2

Men's Wear and Weaponry: 3

Cosmetics, Potions, Poisons & Sundries: 4

"Hu-"

"For Olympus' sake, shut your mouth Apollo" roared Zeus. "I do not want to hear anymore Huh's and Ouch's from nobody. Got it?"

Nobody bothered to point out the double negative.

Thunder rumbled violently outside. Apollo shrank back. "Sorry father"

Just as they read the directory, the doors slid open in front of them.

The department store looked like the inside of a kaleidoscope. The entire ceiling was a stained glass mosaic with astrological signs around a giant sun. The daylight streaming through it washed everything in a thousand different colors. The upper floors made a ring of balconies around a huge central atrium, so they could see all the way down to the ground floor. Gold railings glittered so brightly, they were hard to look at.

"That sounds beautiful."

Aside from the stained glass ceiling and the elevator, they couldn't see any other windows or doors, but two sets of glass escalators ran between the levels. The carpeting was a riot of oriental patterns and colors, and the racks of merchandise were just as bizarre. There was too much to take it at once, but Jason saw normal stuff like shirt racks and shoe trees mixed in with armored manikins, beds of nails, and fur coats that seemed to be moving.

Aphrodite perked up.

Moving fur coats were so the height of fashion these days.

Leo stepped to the railing and looked down. "Check it out."

In the middle of the atrium a fountain sprayed water twenty feet into the air, changing color from red to yellow to blue. The pool glittered with gold coins, and on either side of the fountain stood a gilded cage—like an oversize canary cage.

Jason looked down in shock, "There's Coach Hedge."

"Huh?"

Zeus glared at a smirking Percy.

Annabeth and Zoe looked at him confused.

"That's what the faun said his name was," Jason explained. Annabeth looked confused but Zoe shook her head to stop her from questioning him about his use of the word faun.

"What's a faun?", asked Bianca.

"Faun is Roman for satyr", lectured Athena.

"We need to get down there and rescue him." Leo added quickly.

Before they could say anything, a soft feminine voice spoke, "May I help you find something?"

"Nah. Just dropping through"

Percy stood in front of his cohort; they would be attacking the fortress while cohorts one and two would be defending. Cohorts three and four were supposed to be attacking with them but were still miffed about Percy choosing the fifth over their cohorts and refused to work together. Percy decided they didn't need them, tell them to sit back and watch the show which drew a number of taunts and mocking comments from the legionnaires of cohorts three and four.

"Stuck up assholes" muttered Percy.

As the signal to begin the games sounded, Percy and the Fifth Cohort locked shields and began to march their way towards the fortress, or at least that's what it looked like.

"Huh?"

"JACKSON!" roared Zeus.

In reality the back half of their lines were undead warriors who were dressed in full battle armor and wore helms to cover their faces.

Percy and a little under half their cohort were currently making their way through a tunnel that Hazel found. After a few minutes, Hazel held up her hand to stop them and pointed above them as the ground above them slowly began to open up.

"Cervix is dilated!", yelled Apollo. "Nine hundred centimeters!"

He began to laugh only to stop abruptly as he saw all the glares directed at him from all the females in the room.

The guys on the other hand, were too scared to laugh but looked desperate to do so. Percy was sure he'd busted a rib trying not to laugh.

"Why can't we just tunnel into the fortress?" Gwen asked.

Hazel shook her head, "The engineers were smart; the fortress walls go all the way down to the bedrock."

"How will we get past the water canons? They'll blow up apart once we get spotted." One of the legionnaires asked.

Percy smirked, "I'll take care of those. I have a way with water."

'You could have a way with me too Percy", offered Aphrodite winking at him suggestively. Zoe snarled while Percy rolled his eyes.

Hazel looked at Percy confused but he just smiled.

The group climbed out of the tunnel as quietly as they could but were soon recognized by a few demigods guarding the side of the fortress.

"Look, more victims!" One said gleefully as he jumped over to a water cannon and spun it in their direction.

"Whee!", cheered Hermes.

"Blow 'em up Perce!", yelled Apollo.

"Finally some action!", boomed Ares.

Nico started cat-called.

Percy fist-pumped enthusiastically.

Everyone else stared at them like they had lost their minds.

Just as the demigod was about to fire, Percy held up a hand and focused on the water inside. The water canon spun to the left and opened fire on a huge group of demigods from the First Cohort.

"Hah!", yelled Percy.

Zoe stared at him open-mouthed. Why do I love him again? she thought in exasperation.

Hazel and the rest of the members of his cohort that were with him looked at Percy in shock but he ignored them and ran straight into the wall of the fortress

"That had to hurt", commented Dionysius.

Everyone stared at him before shaking their heads.

and vanished from sight.

Hazel and the rest of the cohort looked around confused until a rope latter dropped down the side of the fortress and Percy's grinning face appeared looking down at the legionnaires, "Are you guys going to make me fight the entire first and second cohorts myself?"

"I wouldn't mind", smirked Percy.

Hazel smiled and was the first person up the latter only to find her brother holding off a dozen members of the first cohort by himself as they tried to get to the latter. She quickly pulled out her spatha which looked somewhat funny on her small thirteen year old body

Apollo grinned slightly, only to whimper as he saw Percy, Hades, Nico, Zoe and Artemis (that traitor!) glaring at him dangerously.

and jumped into the fray.

Percy and Hazel pushed their way through the lines of legionnaires from cohorts one and two while their comrades held off the brunt of the enemy behind them.

Percy led his sister down the stairs where they found a group of demigods from the first cohort sitting at a table play myth-o-magic cards.

Nico grinned.

Percy let his body dissolve slowly in shadows as he crept his way towards one of the legionnaires, "Don't let us bother you, we'll just be taking your banner and be on our way." He said smirking as his body solidified behind one of the demigods.

The demigod tried to stand up only to collapse to the ground unconscious when Percy slammed the hilt of Anaklusmos into the back of his head.

"Ouch!"

Zeus twitched.

Percy lunged forward and put his sword point to the throat of a second while Hazel snuck up behind the third and put her spatha to his back.

"Such a back-stabber", commented Percy grinning at his father.

"I'm so touched", smirked back Hades wiping a pretend-tear from his eye.

"Nice little sis." Percy said with a grin.

"What do we do with them?" She asked returning the grin.

Percy smirked, "They look tired from their exhausting game of myth-o-magic. I think they need a nap."

Percy smirked. "I have have a feeling I'm gonna love this part!"

Hazel looked at him confused until Percy waved a hand in front of the second demigod as a shadow followed his movements, "Sleep." He said in a smooth but commanding tone.

"Night night!", said Percy gleefully.

The demigod's eyelids drooped before he fell forward into Percy who stepped to the side and let him fall to the ground unconscious.

"Opps. I guess I forgot to catch him." He said mischievously making Hazel chuckle.

"S-ure you did", drawled Artemis sarcastically.

The third demigod spun around when Hazel laughed and knocked her spatha away before putting his gladius to her throat.

"That runt is so gonna get his ass whipped", cheered Ares. "Not as much action in this as I would have liked but its good enough...for now."

The last part was said directly at Percy with a glare Ares probably meant to look intimidating, but only succeeded in making him look constipated.

"Back off Jackson or I'll run your little sister through." He yelled.

"Bastard", growled Hades.

Percy's eyes narrowed as he glared at the demigod before he noticed the pitcher of water on the table.

Poseidon smirked.

"Drop your blade and I'll let you walk out of here without a broken nose." He growled.

"So protective", teased Demeter.

Percy shrugged in response.

The demigod laughed, "What are you…" He started before the pitcher of water tipped over and the water shot out, solidifying into a shard of ice that flew right into the legionnaire's sword hand impaling it and forcing him to drop his sword.

"Ouchie!", squealed Aphrodite.

Zeus pinched the bridge of his nose. Why me Chaos? What did I do to deserve this? I mean, I am such an awesome and amazing and charismatic leader after all. I'm fair and just and getting a fucking migraine and gods don't even get migraines, he thought miserably.

You had to feel sorry for the poor guy. He didn't even know that he was in denial. Next was depression and then insanity...poor, poor Zeus.

"AHHHH!" The legionnaire screamed but before he could react Percy lunged forward and drove his fist into the kid's nose as he fell to the ground bleeding.

"I never make promises I can't keep", smirked Percy.

"No one touches my little sister." He growled.

"I second that", huffed Percy.

"You're talking to yourself", reminded Athena. "Thats the first sign that you're going insane."

Percy shrugged. "Don't care."

"P… Percy, how did you do that?" Hazel asked in shock.

Percy shook his head, "I'll explain later, I promise. Grab the banners, today the children of Pluto will take the honor from these war games."

Hades smirked proudly.

Hazel nodded and smiled and she grabbed the banners. They both made their way up the stairs and out of the fortress where the members of the fifth formed ranks around Hazel as they stormed out of the fortress.

Reyna swooped down on her Pegasus Scipio, "The game is won! Assemble for hono…." She began before a commotion back in the fortress drew her attention. She flew down as a number of the legionnaires from the fifth were formed up in a protective barrier around Percy who had his sword through Octavian's shoulder, pinning him to an interior wall of the fortress.

"Wonder what brought that on?", commented Nico.

"Nothing good thats for sure", said Bianca.

Two demigods of Apollo were attending to a fallen camper who had a pilum through her midsection.

"That barbaric bas-", Nico trailed off when Hades glared at him. "Sorry mother-I mean sorry father", he squeaked.

Reyna hopped off Scipio and pushed through the barrier of legionnaires from the fifth cohort.

"What's going on Percy?" She demanded.

"I think she means whats coming on, if you know what I mean", winked Aphrodite.

Percy didn't look back at her, instead twisting his blade that was still imbedded Octavian's shoulder making him cry out in pain.

"Owie!'

"This was her last day in the legion you pathetic little bastard!" Percy bellowed at the whimpering Octavian.

"Douchebag", swore Percy.

"JACKSON!" Reyna screamed.

Aphrodite smirked. "My my Percy. Quite the man aren't you?"

Everyone snickered while Percy flushed.

Zoe scowled angrily.

Percy twisted his blade one more time before ripping it out of Octavian's shoulder and tossing him at Reyna's feet.

"Lick them!", yelled Ares.

Everyone stared at him disgusted. "Dude...seriously?", asked Apollo.

"The game was over and he stabbed Gwen from behind. I'm going to kill him." Percy growled still glaring at Octavian.

"Please do", said Ares practically vibrating in excitement.

"It's too late. She's gone." One of the Apollo campers said sadly.

"You're wrong grandson", seethed Demeter. "I'm going to kill him.'

Reyna's eyes widened but before she could speak Percy raised his blade to kill Octavian. Reyna quickly pulled out her gladius and blocked Percy's strike, barely deflecting if from Octavian's throat.

"Remind me to kill her too", growled Demeter. Everyone stared at her.

"No Percy. You cannot pass out judgment. I am praetor and I need to know what happened here." Reyna growled.

"She's so uptight all the time", complained Aphrodite. "She needs to get laid."

Percy scowled but nodded and pulled away his blade, "My apologies praetor but I saw him kill her when Hazel made it outside the fortress."

Reyna nodded as he pointed her blade at Octavian's throat as he tried to move, "Don't move." She hissed.

"Hissy hissy,

Little snaky,

Slither on the wall-" Apollo trailed off when everyone stared at him incredulously.

"Are you quoting (read: singing) Harry Potter?", asked Athena incredulously.

Apollo flushed. "Its a good book", he retorted defensively.

"Who else saw Octavian attack Gwen?" Reyna yelled.

"She so needs to get laid."

At first no one moved but suddenly someone jumped down from a higher tier of the fortress.

"I did praetor. The game was already over when he attacked her from behind." Piper said as she glared down at Octavian.

Reyna raised an eyebrow but Piper rolled her eyes, "I swear on the River Styx that the attack happened exactly as Percy said it did."

"Smart girl", grunted Hephaestus.

Thunder rumbled overhead while Piper stood there unflinching.

Reyna's eyes narrowed as she looked down at Octavian's trembling form, "Take this murderer away. He will pay for his crimes once Gwen receives the honorable burial rites she has earned."

"Give him to me", growled Percy.

Two legionnaires snatched Octavian up and started to drag Octavian away when Percy gasped.

Aphrodite grinned. "My my. Whatever happened now?"

Everyone ignored her.

He ran to Gwen's side, "She not dead, not anymore anyway." He yelled.

"Uh-oh", said Apollo. (Hey! That rhymed!)

A second later Gwen's eyes fluttered open as she looked around confused, "What's everyone looking at me for?"

"Cuz you're hot", grinned Apollo.

Demeter glared at him. "Hands off my daughter", she snarled.

Percy laughed as he put a hand to the wound on her stomach.

Hermes wolf-whistled. "Groping a lady there Perce. Not very nice you know. Especially since you're doing it in public."

Demeter, Percy, Zoe and Artemis sneered distastefully at him.

His hand began to glow a soft orange color as people looked at him in shock. A few minutes later he pulled it back to reveal Gwen's healed stomach.

"Ta-da!", yelled Apollo dramatically.

Every one of the assembled Roman were looking at Percy stunned.

"Such bad grammar", sniffed Athena. "Well why don't you edit it oh wise one?", asked Poseidon sarcastically.

"How did you do that?" Piper asked in shock.

"That seems to happen a lot around you", teased Bianca.

Percy smiled, "I am Vesta's champion. The hearth has the power to heal just as it does to harm."

Hestia smiled at him.

Piper and Reyna grinned while a number of legionnaires looked at Percy in shock or with envious looks.

"A-and that happens a lot too."

"How is she alive? I know for a fact she was dead a few minutes ago." One of the Apollo campers asked in disbelief.

"A-and that-"

"SHUT UP!", bellowed Zeus.

"-happens a lot too", finished Zoe, ignoring Zeus' outburst. Percy meanwhile was looking in sick fascination as a vein in Zeus' temple throbbed and pulsed violently. "Might want to calm down before his heart bursts", he muttered.

Before anyone could try and answer a column of green light descended from the heavens

"Cue dramatic music", said Nico.

and landed beside Percy as the demigods shielded their eyes. When they opened them, they all dropped into a bow at the sight of an Olympian goddess.

"Aa-aannd-"

"Lady Ceres." Reyna said in shock.

"-end dramatic music with a bang and flourish", continued Bianca.

Ceres smiled at her before turning to Percy and smiling, "Hello grandson." She said softly.

Percy smiled, "Hey grams."

The legionnaires just looked at Percy in shock as he spoke with an Olympian goddess as if she were a normal mortal.

Percy sniffed haughtily. "I'm just awesome that way."

"I come with a message from Olympus legionnaires." Ceres said in a commanding tone. "The Doors of Death have been opened. Death has been chained. Monsters will reform instantly until Death is freed. While some who are on our side," She said with a smile at her daughter Gwen, "will return, it will not be to our benefit the majority of the time. The earth goddess Terra is rising along with her giant children. Lord Jupiter has allowed me this one chance

"We shouldn't be needing your permission to leave Olympus", grumbled Poseidon. Zeus smirked while Hera shrugged.

to come speak to you to inform you of the threat we face. An army is marching towards Camp Jupiter led by the giant Polybotes. He will be here by the Feast of Fortuna. I am here to order a quest to go to Alaska and free death."

The campers paled at the mention of Terra and the army marching towards Camp Jupiter.

Octavian who was still being held looked at the goddess timidly, "We need a prophecy before we can issue a quest."

"Fuck off shrimpie", snarled Hades.

Ceres eyes snapped in his direction with a harsh glare, "Silentium interfectorem!" She growled. "My grandson Perseus will take this quest along with two companions of his choosing. Lord Jupiter has issued the request himself as he knows Perseus will not fail Olympus."

Everyone stared at Zeus, who stared at Demeter, who stared at the ground.

"What?", she demanded. "So I exaggerated a bit. Not like you would have found out otherwise, being too scared to get your ass off Olympus. Really!"

Everyone just stood in shocked silence, one sure how to respond to Ceres command until finally Reyna steeled her nerves and spoke up.

"Thank you for warning up Lady Ceres." She said gratefully.

"Polite", nodded Hestia approvingly.

Ceres nodded, "I must return to Olympus. As for the attempted murder of my daughter; I have decided that the punishment be dealt with by my grandson Perseus.

"Bwahahahahaha!", said Percy.

Zoe groaned.

It would not be wise to ignore my order." She said before turning to Percy and whispering some words in his ear to which he nodded before she kissed him on the cheek and began to glow as the demigods covered their eyes. When the light vanished, Ceres was gone and Percy stood with an evil grin on his face.

Everyone leaned forward wanting to know Octavian's punishment, while Dionysius leaned backwards, before beginning to snore.

Reyna looked at Percy in disbelief before nodding her head, "What do you wish for Octavian's punishment?"

"Have him raped by a hellhound", suggested Aphrodite.

Everyone turned to her disgusted. "You're such a perv!", exclaimed Artemis.

"Thank you!", beamed Aphrodite. "Thats the first time you've ever complimented me!"

"That wasn't a compliment", muttered Hera.

Everyone turned back to the book, resolutely vowing to ignore the love goddess.

Percy smiled

"See? He agrees with me!", smiled Aphrodite.

Everyone twitched and turned green.

I most certainly do not! thought Percy disgusted.

and closed his eyes for a moment before the legionnaires shrieked in panic.

"The Dirae!" One of the legionnaires yelled as Romans began to pull out their weapons.

Hades smirked evilly.

"Stop!" Percy yelled. "They are here under my command."

The Romans looked at Percy in disbelief but the three torturers of Hades flew over and landed in front of Percy and bowed making Percy have to bite back a smirk.

"I'm just so badass."

"Lord Perseus, you summoned us?" Alecto rasped out.

Percy nodded, "Yes, we have a traitor who tried to kill a legionnaire. I have no time to deal with him. I believe you and your sisters will be more than capable of punishing him for the crime of attempted murder."

Everyone smirked. "They would punish him even if he was totally innocent and a cute, heart-breaking little angel", snorted Hades. Quite a few people shuddered at hearing the word 'angel' coming out of the Lord of the Dead's mouth.

An evil grin spread on Alecto's face but she bowed her head, "Of course my lord."

"Like she'd ever turn down an order like that."

"Is she a masochist?", asked Aphrodite suddenly. Everyone groaned.

Percy nodded as gestured for Octavian to be brought to him. Two nervous legionnaires threw him at Percy's feet.

"Lick them!", yelled Ares again.

Percy winced. "Umm...no. Ew!"

"Please, I didn't mean to kill her. Please." Octavian whimpered.

"Sure you didn't", sneered Nico.

Percy glared at him, "You lie. You knew what you were doing and now you shall suffer for being such a weak little coward. Enjoy your time in punishment." He said as Tisiphone and Megaera snatched him up by both his arms. Octavian whimpered as he looked into their eyes that dripped with blood.

"That had to be scary."

"Thank you Tisiphone and Megaera. Make sure he gets the full experience but do not let him die. He shall spend the duration of the war with Terra in punishment and then be brought back to the world of the living as an outcast of Rome. That way he cannot interfere with the war with his feeble attempts to gain power."

"I like", said Athena approvingly.

Poseidon sniffed. "Such bad grammar", he said in a high-pitched voice.

Athena glared at him. "I do not sound like that!", she exclaimed before she winced.

Poseidon looked smug. "Told you", he shrilled, smirking.

The sisters nodded and vanished into shadows with a sobbing Octavian clutched in their arms.

"Weak!", spat Ares. "Face up to your punishment like a man."

Alecto walked over to Percy with an evil grin, "Can we kill him just a little my lord?"

"Just a little", snickered Hermes.

Percy smirked and shrugged, "Sure but make sure he is alive when Terra is defeated. Gwen did not die and neither shall he but he will suffer for his attempt on her life."

"Technically she did", reminded Hephaestus.

Alecto nodded before she unfurled her wings from her back and shot into the air before vanishing in a blur of black.

Percy turned back to Reyna and the rest of the legion and their shocked faces, "I hope that you found my punishment fitting praetor."

"She might find something else...'fitting' too you know", winked Aphrodite. Zoe went for her bow but was stopped by Percy who squeezed her hand and kissed her lightly.

Artemis sighed in exasperation and looked away. Such a prude, thought Hera distastefully.

Reyna snapped out of her shock and nodded, "Yes, I believe it is fitting for his crime. Now we must call the Senate together to discuss the quest."

"Romans love their Senate meetings don't they?"

Percy nodded, "Just make sure my little sis gets the Mural Crown. The honor of victory for the fifth is hers.

"Such a good boy", cooed Demeter. Percy flushed, while Zoe snickered.

Now that Gwen is okay, I believe our victory is worth celebrating."

"And that's it", finished Bianca.

She tossed the book to Poseidon who caught it.

"Chapter 7", he read.

AN: And that's it for now! Sorry about the delay, I know its been just below a year and there's a very good possibility that it will take another year for another chapter. Sorry guys, but thats the way it is. I have it worse than you guys because I HAVE SO MUCH FUCKING WORK TO DO AND LITTLE TIME TO COMPLETE IT! Exams, projects and other shit like that. Sorry.

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Yours truly and apologetically,

Eccentrica.