AN: Oh my god! It's been so long that I nearly forgot to update. This is the last chapter in this story, and it will be longer than usual. I would have updated sooner, but my computer couldn't save for some reason. I got it sorted out, and you'll see the fate of our heroes now!
As the Weeks wore on, skirmishes between the forces of Poseidon and the forces of Oceanus became more and more common. Percy was given command over one half of the army, and the overseer the other. They both had to report directly to Poseidon, who spent most of his days trying to get the gods to help him in his war. They were all too preoccupied to help, but they sent blessings, If that could help in a life-or-death battle.
Percy was Sharpening a sword with Tyson, and polishing his armor when he was summoned to a war council by a messenger. When he arrived, Poseidon and the Overseer were in a heated debate around a table.
"We can't risk him, or the troops!" Poseidon said standing up
"We have to! It's the only way to put a stop to this nonsense!" The large Cyclops thundered, slamming his fist down on the table.
"What are you talking about?" Percy interrupted. Poseidon and the Overseer looked at each other.
"Well, the Overseer" Poseidon paused and looked across the table "Has come up with an idea to finish Oceanus and his troops, once and for all."
"Well, let's hear it!" Percy exclaimed
"You will lead a group of 10 around the camp and flank them" The Overseer paused "While your father and I will lead the assault directly in an effort to distract their forces and allow you and your forces to get in and surround them and torch their base." Percy paused and weighed the options.
"I am strongly opposed to this idea. Not just for your safety, but because of the risks of losing such a battle." Poseidon said
"But it is the ONLY course of action" The overseer argued. Percy Paused and shifted from foot to foot.
"I believe… That is must be done." He sighed. Poseidon stood up.
"If that is what you think" Poseidon said "You will need this" He said handing him a long skinny box. Percy unwrapped it and lifted out a 5 foot long trident. Percy stood in awe.
"I thought it was destroyed!?" Percy yelled
"This is a LESSER trident. It isn't powerful enough to kill stronger titans like Prometheus, but can kill our Fish faced nuisance." The overseer grumbled.
Percy walked out of the tent and went to sleep at the tent he shared with Tyson. He slept fitfully that night, worrying about the battle to come the next day. Scenarios ran in his dreams where he died, Tyson died, Poseidon died, the Troops died. He awoke the next morning unrested but on his toes. Poseidon addressed the troops at dawn, just before the attack.
"Men, I don't need to inform you of how important this battle is. This could be our last chance to destroy these troops. The other gods will not help us, so we must help ourselves. If we have victory today, you will be respected, not just by me, and your kind, but also by the gods themselves! You will go down in history, as the bravest souls to walk this earth. For Honor!" He yelled. The Cyclops roared in anticipation and cheered. They charged forward out of the gates of their war camp. Percy put on his Greek armor and pulled on a helmet and beckoned towards his men.
"Come on! We have a limited time to cover a mile of ground." He yelled, pulling down the golden visor on the helmet. He waved goodbye to Tyson as he saw him charging out of the gates. He could hear the shouts from the sea demon scouts to alert their men. They were assembled in less than 5 minutes and engaged the Cyclops at halfway between the camps. Percy sprinted and hurdled a low piece of coral and quickly rolled under another. The Cyclops followed silent and quick.
"Argh!" One of the Cyclops said as he tripped. One of the Sea demons quickly turned, and turned away to yell something to his squad mates. Percy pulled out his bow closed his eyes, prayed and fired. He didn't need to look to know the Sea Demon hit the dirt facedown, an arrow straight through his chest.
They hurried up to the wall. One of the Cyclops handed him a stick of a strange looking dynamite.
"It will stick" The Cyclops said gruffly "Sea urchins on bottom." Percy grimaced and stuck it on the wall. They ran back 10 yards and ducked. The explosion was quieter than he expected, but still with the same effect of crumbling a section of wall. They ran in. A sea demon scout was caught completely unawares by Percy, as he ran Riptide straight through him. He sliced another one and hit another with the hilt of his sword. He was handed a water resistant torch from the Cyclops. He lit it with magic Greek fire and threw it on one of their tents and watched it catch fire. The Magical fire seemed to have a mind of its own, taking out the tents and setting the camp ablaze in only a few minutes. Oceanus saw this and yelled out.
"Back to the camp! Back to the camp to crush the knaves who did this!" The giant yelled. They were met at the gates by Percy and His Band of Cyclopes. The Sea Demons did a 180 and saw Poseidon's forces running towards them. "Fight to the death!" Oceanus screamed. He whipped out a sword and started fighting the Cyclops nearest to him. Percy charged and left a slew of Sea Demons dead on the ground. The Titan saw him coming towards him and raised his giant, pulsing blue blade to block him. Percy jumped and attacked him with riptide. Oceanus blocked the blade with his giant sword and in a deft move had it on the ground and stomped the blade in half with the heel of his boot. Percy's Jaw dropped as the blade shrunk until it was no more than a broken pen. Oceanus saw the opening and hit him with the hilt of his sword. Percy staggered back before whipping out the trident and blocking the sword as it rushed towards him for a second time. Percy caught the sword between the prongs. He swung it around and the great sword clattered to the ground. Oceanus roared and rushed towards him. Percy went sliding back as they grappled and wrestled to the ground. A hole cleared in the mass of fighting bodies. Both sides stopped fighting and started cheering for their respective champion.
"I will end your existence, whelp!" Oceanus yelled as he and Percy circled the hole that had parted to let them have space.
"Oh yeah?" Percy retorted "Bring it!" Oceanus roared and charged. He was fast for a big guy. Percy managed to duck out of the way just in time. Oceanus turned just as Percy was getting up. Percy scowled and lowered his shoulder, flipping the giant over on his back. The giant hit the ground hard. He grasped Percy's ankle and yanked him on the ground as well. The giant leaped to his feet and set a large boot down on Percy's chest. Percy gasped for breath as the wind was knocked out of him by the giant fish man. The giant leaned down and laughed in his face.
"How does that feel, sea spawn?" Oceanus said "Hurts, doesn't it? Lord Prometheus will reward me greatly for ending your pitiful existence" Percy gasped as he struggled to breath, his arms flailing. Then his left hand hit something. It was the giant blue blade. He lifted it and slashed blindly at the giant. He was splattered with red blood as the fish man's head flew through the air and landed in the hands of a sea demon that instantly let out a scream. The Cyclopes cheered and charged the remaining demons as they fled in an unorganized mess without their commander. Tyson rushed to the front, shouting commands to the troops. He organized the men and rounded up the last of the Sea Titan's servants. He spotted Percy and rushed to his side, helping him up.
"Brother! That was amazing!" He said "I killed many tiny fish people that tried to kill you."
"Really? That's great!" Percy said "We need to get back to dad" They gathered their things and set off. They spotted Poseidon kneeling at the side of a dead Cyclops. As they got closer they recognized it to be the Overseer. They rushed to him. Poseidon stood.
"There's nothing we could do. One of the sea demons stabbed him through the chest. He was almost dead by the time I got to him. He knew he was going to go and had time to choose his replacement before he left." Poseidon said, turning towards them "Tyson, will you lead the forge?" Tyson grinned and nodded his head eagerly before gripping Percy in a bear hug. Percy celebrated for a while before he had to go back to camp, his mission failed, but a larger mission succeeded. They had eliminated another titan who would cause them trouble. "Percy what is that you're holding?" Poseidon asked. Percy looked down to his hand to find that he was holding a bright blue blade that was as long as riptide had been.
"I don't know" Percy responded. "I picked up Oceanus' sword and it turned like this" Tyson quickly responded.
"This is very rare. It happens with only the rarest of blades. This blade recognizes you as its master now, because you slew the fish man. It took on the shape of riptide, because that's what you want it to be." Percy looked at the blade in awe. He commanded it to turn into a spear, and the hilt extended 4 feet and the blade shortened to one. "It will probably do the same thing as riptide, where it will shrink into something and it can fit in your pocket." Percy willed it to shrink into a pen. It immediately shrunk down to a pulsing blue pen. "May I see it" Tyson asked. Percy handed him the pen.
Tyson studied it. Percy and Poseidon shifted from one foot to another.
"I cannot command it. You are letting me, so I should be able to. But only you can command it." Tyson said. "Will you be going back now?"
"Yeah big guy" Percy said. "I'm going back to the camp" Tyson hugged him and he hugged his father and he headed off. He made it to camp by noon, where after reporting to Chiron, and kissing Annabeth, he collapsed into his bed. He woke later that day, around 5:00. He walked down to the beach where Annabeth was sitting. He kissed her and sat down
"How's it going?" He asked staring at the sunset "I missed you a lot"
"I missed you too" Annabeth replied "We only have a few weeks before camp starts again, and Chiron thinks it's best if we go back to the city and stay until summer."
"Speaking of the city, what do you think about sharing an apartment?" Percy said, turning towards her. She seemed a little surprised at the idea, before smiling and kissing him.
"That's a great idea"
THAT IS IT! My first official story OVER! Don't worry, you won't be not hearing from me for long, I'll start work on the next story ASAP and submit the first 2 or three chapters on Monday the 9th. REVIEW!!! I was not pleased when I did not get many reviews on my super secret sneak peek! That's why I didn't post for awhile. That and taking some advice from Moses J. B. on a tip for some more reviews. Great suggestion, but It didn't work for me. I'll go back to rapid fire chapters! How does that sound? Until next time, Cherokee out!