Chapter 4 The Confrontation

Percy POV

I clutched Piper to my side and looked at the 4 of them. Jason Grace, Annabeth Chase, Frank Zhang, and Hazel Levesque. I looked at Jason's cold blue eyes and noticed that they were filled with lightning.

"This'll only take a sec. It's always good when I prove to daddy how valuable I am." He said to no one in particular. He drew his Gladius and turned to me. "Split up, there's four of us and four of them." He ordered. "I've got Jackson."

Frank jumped at Leo who took off in another direction, Piper started running from Annabeth, and Hazel and Nico both sunk underground.

Jason looked at me fiercely. "You ready to die sea scum."

I responded cool as ever. "We'll see."

Leo POV

At this moment in time all I was doing was running for my life. Frank had turned into a Cheetah and was chasing me. The only thing saving me was my fire ability. Every time he got close I would draw a line of fire behind me. He realized his tactic wasn't working and he switched into a eagle and flew into the air. I stopped because I was out of breath. I looked up and saw Frank nose-diving towards me.

I spun out of the way and drew a hammer from my magical tool belt. (Neat huh.) I swung at him but he dodged.

Just one hit. I begged. I summoned my strength and pipes burst from under a nearby building and two wires flew out to me. I started working furiously with my hands and crafted an amazing weapon. I tied one end of the wire around my wrist and tied the other end around the grip of the hammer. I now had a hammer lasso. I drew another hammer and did the same with the other wire. Before I could even move a rhino bulldozed me. I flew back into a tree and Frank was standing over me. My ribs were on fire.

I have to keep fighting.

Frank threw a punch and I rolled to the side; I swung my wrist and a hammer came out of nowhere and hit Frank in the back. He collapsed and I stood over him.

"Game over Zhang." I said as I tied him to a tree with special wire from my tool belt.

I raced off to find the others and looked back and almost felt bad for the big guy.

Almost.

Piper POV

I stood at Rockefeller Center across from Annabeth. This was not the girl I met 100 years ago. Her cold complexion had gotten even more hostile. She regarded me with eyes so full of pure, unforgiving hatred. I couldn't say I didn't feel the same way towards her.

She spoke, "Well, well, well, look who the cat dragged in. Obviously a boyfriend stealing bitch."

I looked at her and I lost it. I drew my blade, Katropis, and lunged at her midsection. She blocked with a dagger of her own. She swung at my left shoulder and I ducked out of the way. Before she could recover I gave her a swift kick to the stomach. She jumped back a long way and looked at me. She was trying to figure me out and I didn't like that.

I didn't give her too much time to think I charged her and feinted high and slashed her leg low. She elbowed me in the face and I stepped back disoriented. My cheek was bruised and I looked around and didn't see Annabeth anywhere. I felt something hit my back and I fell to the ground. I rolled over and saw Annabeth standing over me with her dagger out. I had to do something.

Charmspeak was laced in my voice. "You don't want to kill me Annie."

She hesitated for a second and that was all that was needed. Before I could do anything she hit the ground and Leo was standing over her.

"Nuh-uh 'Annie'." Leo spoke while taking something out of his bag, was that rope. He tied her up and we sped towards where we thought Nico would be. I saw her struggling against the rope.

Who's the boyfriend stealing bitch?

Nico POV

I had created an underground arena that Hazel and me were now standing in. Torches lined the wall that was filled with statues of Hades, not Pluto. She had definitely changed. She seemed to be more hostile to me ever since she found out I was friends with Percy.

"Allow me to show you why Romans are much better than Greeks." She said as she drew her sword. I drew my stygian iron sword and started spinning it around my hand. I thrusted my left fist upward and ghosts started to rise from the ground. Eventually there was a circle of ghosts around her and she looked a little nervous but still determined. I closed my fist and the ghosts swarmed.

Hazel was a blur. Her skills had improved; she was ducking in and out of blows and slashing ghosts whenever she had the opportunity. Eventually she was left standing there but my plan had worked. I was falling from the ceiling and I kicked her on the top of her head. She crumpled in a heap and I was standing over her. I looked down at her.

"Maybe you shouldn't mess with The King of Ghosts." I said in a matter of fact way. I drew the power of my ghosts to tie her up against the ceiling. They would release her once I got far enough away. I created a staircase for me to get above ground. I looked at her.

I guess Greeks are better than Romans.

Percy POV

I stood firmly in Central Park without even sparing a glance anywhere else besides Jason's cold blue eyes. He wasn't budging either. He drew his gladius and I drew my new silver sword.

"Looks like someone got upgraded." Jason said with a hint of fear in his voice.

I looked at my sword and back at him and I just nodded. I wouldn't speak to this scum of the earth. This guy had stolen my son and the girl I once loved from me. He didn't deserve all the love and praise the Olympians were giving him. He didn't deserve a giant statue in the middle of San Francisco and he certainly didn't deserve to be my opponent.

I raised my sword and started running towards him. He did the same. I lunged at his leg and he simply jumped over it. He swung at my ribs but I easily blocked. We went back and forth for about 2 minutes. I did a somersault backwards and raised my sword.

Time to see what this thing can do.

I slashed to the side as Leo had instructed and a tornado had appeared behind Jason. He noticed it and tried to expel with a flick of his hand but nothing happened. He realized that this tornado was special and he ran. I had an idea that might just work. I controlled the tornado to herd him to a body of water. I teleported to the Hudson River.

I stood in front of a Jason that now had fear etched into his face. I raised my sword and stabbed the ground.

What came next I can't describe; it was as if tsunamis, hurricanes, and other natural disasters appeared and they seemed to engulf Jason. The storms passed and laid there was an unconscious Jason Grace.

I looked to my left and Piper and Leo were walking towards me. A huge smile was all over Piper's face. Leo was clutching his ribs but he looked okay. On the other side of me a hole appeared in the ground and out came Nico di Angelo.

"Let's go." Nico said.

As we were leaving I looked at Jason Grace.

Next time, there won't be a second chance.

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