Chapter 8 The Sons

Leo POV

I was sitting atop the throne to Hephaestus at Camp Demigod. The aftermath of the battle was very easy to manage. The Greeks seemed to side with us as the Gods had become progressively more and more Roman.

The Romans were the ones who resisted. Some we threw in prison, some sided with us, and Percy released a few to warn their precious Olympians about the incoming war.

I felt a chill in the air and looked to my side. Khione was sitting there staring straight ahead. She looked troubled.

"Sometimes I wonder if this is really worth it." She said, now looking at me. I let her continue. "We are far outnumbered and they have far more manpower. I feel like this can sometimes be a helpless cause."

"Don't say that." I said cutting her off. "You know that we have a fighting spirit strong enough to overpower any challenge that The Olympians throw at us. As long as we have each other nothing can stop us."

She snuggled up against me. "You always know what to say."

I looked at her and smiled. "I hope I know what to do."

Percy POV

I was standing at the Caldecott Tunnel entrance in San Francisco. I scanned the area looking for someone. I had received a note two days ago telling me to meet the writer here. They should be here any minute now. I heard footsteps to the side and looked over and saw Frank Zhang.

I drew my sword and held it to his throat. "What do you want?" I asked coldly.

He raised his hands up and stepped away; I lowered and my sword and stared into him.

"Hey Perce." He said nervously.

"Cut the shit, what do you want?" I said still gripping my blade tightly. His eyes were trembling and he looked very scared. He compiled his composure and spoke again, this time with a confidence in his voice.

"I have come to tell you that help will always be there when you need it." He said leaving me thinking. I looked up and he was gone.

I started to walk back to camp and I heard the horns.

Oh no.

I started sprinting towards the camp. When I arrived there I saw Ares standing in the Forum next to Dionysus. The Forum was in flames and there was someone down in front of them. I rushed over to where she was. I saw in front of me Nike, Goddess of Victory, with a spear impaled in her stomach. She was coughing up blood.

It didn't look good. I knelt over her clutching her hand.

She managed to cough out one last thing before she faded into the darkness. "Kill those bastards."

I turned around and saw Ares and Dionysus laughing at me cruelly.

"Well we meet again Percy Jackson, guess I should have finished you off when I had the chance. Well it won't matter because I can just do it now." Ares boomed. Leo and Nico stepped up behind me.

"Is anyone else hurt." I asked them.

Leo spoke up, "Everyone is fine, just a few minor injuries."

I nodded and ordered, "Formation 3." Leo and Nico then surrounded Ares and Dionysus. Leo planted his hand into the ground and a 10-foot wall of fire encircled us.

All three of us drew our respective weapons. Nico had his trademark Stygian Black Iron sword. Leo was twirling his dual fire swords. I held my sword and pointed at the two sons of Zeus.

"You will not escape this wretched place with your lives." I said.

"Attack." I yelled. We charged I took Ares while the other two took Dionysus. I slashed to his right and he sidestepped. He took his sword and lunged at my face; I ducked and rolled to the left and slashed at his leg. He jumped up and kicked me in the face. I flew backwards and landed on my side.

"Leo, expel the fire." I shouted. The fire disappeared and I stepped back and stabbed the ground.

Nothing happened.

Ares started laughing almost evilly. The ground started to shake and he stopped and looked in the distance. I looked over and saw that Dionysus and the other two were nowhere near us. There was now a full-blown earthquake going on. Ares was scared and you could see it.

In an instant there was a giant tsunami over my head getting ready to crash down on the God of War. He tried to escape but that was not an option anymore. He snapped his fingers.

"Until next time." And he disappeared.

Nico POV

Dionysus was running through the streets of San Francisco. Leo and I were running on both sides of him. Every couple of feet there were vines popping up in front of us. Leo was setting each one on fire. I had to jump over them because I didn't have cool fire-powers. Leo shot a beam of fire in front of him and surrounded us in a large ring of fire.

Dionysus stopped running and turned around. In a flash he was on the ground. Leo was standing over him with his fire sword. Leo plunged it into the god's neck. Dionysus faded away.

How did this guy get so strong to where Dionysus is an easy opponent? We started to walk back to the Forum to see how Percy did.

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