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It's war time, people! And time for some shocking revelations and a character death! Who is it? You'll have to read to find out!

I followed Grover and Annabeth to a large red tent, my head spinning with this news. Typhon was free. And he was coming here to fight with the Titans. As good as our armies were, I wasn't sure we could beat him. Typhon was terribly powerful.

I entered the tent. There were benches and chairs in a circle around a little fountain, obviously for Iris-messages.

We sat down as Chiron entered the tent with a confused Clarisse. She glared at me. "I hear you got some training."

I nodded. "Little bit."

She smirked. "Bet I could still whip your butt." In your dreams, I thought, but I didn't say anything; this wasn't the time for quarrels. Suddenly two more people entered the tent that I knew very well.

"Mom!" I cried, rushing forward and hugging her.

"Oh, Percy!" she said, embracing me. "I've missed you so much! I've been so worried something happened to you!" She squeezed me until I thought my eyeballs would pop out. Then she examined me thoroughly. "What happened to you?" she said, amazed. "You look so…different!"

"It's a long story," I replied, smiling. Then I turned to Paul. It was sort of awkward at first, but then Paul grasped my shoulders and smiled at me. "Hello, Percy," he said. "It's good to see you again."

"You too," I replied. "But what are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be at home?"

"I felt it was necessary to bring them, so Kronos could not use them against you," Chiron explained. "Besides, Paul was a good fighter in his days at Camp Half-Blood. I feel that we will need all the help we can get."

That put an unsettling feeling in my stomach. I was glad that they were here, but I felt like they would be safer at home in New York then here right before a battle. Nevertheless, I trusted Chiron's judgment.

Jacob entered the tent, too, with Thalia and Nico, who marveled at our appearance just like everyone one else. Then, finally, the last to enter, Hippolyte and Thalestris, came in. We all took seats. "We're going to have a war meeting," Chiron told me quietly. "We need to discuss plans." He turned and addressed everyone. "As I'm sure you have all heard, Typhon escaped his prison less than twenty-four hours ago and is now making his way here, to join the Titan's army in what is surely to be the greatest battle in the history of the Olympians. Should we win, and Kronos is defeated, we shall enter a new time of peace and happiness. However, if we lose, the Western civilization will be destroyed and the Titans will take over, and we will enter the Golden Age once again."

"Which is bad," Grover added.

Chiron nodded. "We have mustered together allies from across the country: Camp Half-Blood, the centaurs and pegasi, the Cyclops from Poseidon's forges, including Briares the Hundred-Hand One, and now the Amazons, from the Everglades. With this army, and four children of the Big Three, I think we might stand a chance."

"What about the Hunters?" Thalia objected. "I must go and save them. With the war to distract him, Kronos won't care about them anymore."

"I cannot allow that," Chiron replied. "You must stay here and fight with us. If you try to save them, you could be killed."

"But Chiron –"

"No buts!" Chiron said sternly, and Thalia reluctantly backed down. "Now, we will assemble ten teams of assorted warriors. I will lead the team of archers. Jacob, you and Clarisse will lead the two teams of aerial combatants."

Jacob and Clarisse nodded.

"Percy, you, Thalia and Hippolyte will lead the main teams of warriors. You will be our main attack force, and you are the most critical to our success."

I nodded gravely, feeling anxiety well up inside me. I was the main attack force. The most critical to winning. It took all my Amazon training to remain calm and not start freaking out. "The remaining four teams will be led by Paul, Thalestris, Annabeth, and Beckendorf, who is currently working on an armor situation. They will be our second wave of warriors. Now, is everyone clear on the team they are leading?" When we all nodded, Chiron gave a small smile. "Now, this is how it will work…"

We reviewed our whole battle plan, with suggestions of our own that we had come up with on the quest and some that Thalestris and Hippolyte had from their Amazon battle tactics. Just when we began to finish, Cardinna Reeves from the Apollo cabin stuck her head in the tent. "Chiron, the Titan's army is coming down from Mount Tam!"

Chiron expression turned stony. "All right. Start distributing armor. We go to war at sunhigh!"

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Jacob's POV

A real war.

The exhilaration I had felt when the dracanae attacked Half-Blood Hill was nowhere to found now. In its place was a sickening sense of dread. People were going to die today. Lots and lots of people. Innocent campers who didn't have to fight, but were throwing themselves into this war to fight so that Luke wouldn't win. It filled me with anger.

I found Rachel after the meeting, talking to Tyson as they strapped on their armor. When she saw me, she looked like she was going to pass out. I kissed her for what felt like forever, and when we finally broke apart she was smiling. "You're back!" she said.

I nodded. "Just in time. You're fighting?"

"I'm joining the archers. Chiron thought it was best."

"There's nothing I can say to stop you?"

"No."

I smiled. She was my girl, all right. Still, I was concerned for her. What if she died today? Would I be able to live with the pain of knowing I had willingly given her up?

I put my armor on while my apprehension grew stronger by the minute. I turned on Skysoarer and admired the new engravings on it: lightning bolts forking through the bronze that seemed to strike from different angles when I swung my sword. The Amazons had taught me that the sword was a real, living thing, and that I could connect with it for us to better communicate in battle. Now, I exchanged my feeling of apprehension with Skysoarer, but I only felt an excited pulsing coming from the sword. I sighed, but I couldn't blame it; it was an instrument of death, after all, built for this very purpose.

As I walked to the edge of the camp, I saw a ten-year-old girl from the Aphrodite cabin in a little suit of bronze armor, and my heart broke.

Then I came to the edge of the battlefield and took my first look at the Titan's army.

Now, you may think you've seen an army before. You might've been a little frightened. But I promise, you haven't really been scared until you've seen Kronos's army.

The entire field was a sea of black. Every last warrior, monster and Titan were clad in black armor. There was every monster I could name, and some that I couldn't even name. At least a thousand, maybe even more. I felt my heart sink into my boots. Things were not looking good.

"Big army, isn't it?" said a voice beside me. I turned; Thalia was standing there, staring out at Kronos's army with vengeance brimming in her eyes, which were identical to mine.

"Hey, I'm sorry you couldn't go save your friends," I said. "It wasn't fair."

She shook her head. "I'm still going," she said. "I'm not letting Chiron stop me."

For some reason, I wasn't surprised. Maybe I had expected nothing less from my half-sister. I nodded. "When will you go?"

"As soon as my troops start fighting," she replied, and I could tell from the hard edge in her voice that she wasn't changing her mind.

"Then I'll go with you," I said. She looked at me, surprised, and I shrugged. "It'll be easier if we travel over air. And I can't let you go out there on your own."

She nodded slowly. "Okay," she said, "It's a deal. Thanks." We slapped hands, and I felt the current go through my arm again. I grinned.

"I'll find you," I said. "I'll be in the air anyway. Fight hard while you can."

"Ditto."

That's when I heard the conch horn sound in the distance.

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We gathered in our teams. The front three went forward first, a powerful armada of campers, Amazons, centaurs, satyrs, and Cyclops. Briares was hidden behind a mountain somewhere. He would join us with the follow-up teams. Then the archers, with bows in hand, marched behind them. The other four teams came next, bigger and burlier than the first, and with more brutal weapons, and finally me Clarisse and me led our troops forward. Everyone except me was on a pegasi. Chiron had offered me Blackjack, but I had turned him down. I wanted to show them what the son of Zeus was really capable of.

We marched through what was now a battlefield, a grassy place that would soon be stained with blood. Mount Tam's peak, cloaked with black mist, glared down at us, as if it couldn't wait to see the bloodshed that was about to occur. Then, when the Titan's army was so close I felt like I could smell the monsters' disgusting breath, we stopped.

The two armies were only about a hundred yards apart. Both sides glared at the opposition. From my vantage point, I could see everything. I saw Percy, shifting in his bronze armor, Riptide glowing at one side with its wave patterns while Tyson's shield hung heavily from the other. I saw Nico, standing beside his mother, Thalestris, the resemblance obvious now that they were next to each other. I saw Rachel, standing among the other archers, her flaming red hair standing out from the others among her. My heart ached, and I wanted to run to her and tell her not to fight. But I held my position. I had a job, just like she did.

I could just see the top of the head of a huge creature, a huge Laistrygonian whose black eyes glinted wickedly. He spoke in a bellowing voice that sent chills down my spine. "This is your last chance!" he cried. "Surrender now, and you will be enslaved and spared your lives by the mercy of the Titan Lord Kronos and his servant Luke Castellan. Resist further, and we shall destroy you all. Look at yourselves. Look at how the gods are using you. Join us, and we shall forge a great new age, like no one has ever seen before!"

"Never!" cried the voice of Thalia. "We will fight to defend the gods! The evil of Kronos knows no bounds. Why should we serve him? We shall fight for our freedom!" The army took up the cry, and I had to admit it sounded pretty impressive coming from Thalia. We shook our swords and shouted.

The Laistrygonian's voice shook with anger so much when he spoke that he almost made my voice die out. "Then you relinquish your last chance and seal your DOOM!" Suddenly the Titan's army yelled and charged forward. Thalia screamed, and our army did the same. The first warriors crashed together, and the Battle for Olympus finally began.

Our first wave of warriors started off pretty well. We hit the Titan's army with tremendous force, forcing them back and sending splatters of yellow dust everywhere. I spotted my friends, fighting like there was no tomorrow on that battlefield, and I felt a rush of adrenaline pumping into my veins.

But our initial force didn't last long. The Titan army had the advantage of numbers, and it was quite an advantage indeed. I watched as our warriors downed a monster or other opponent, and three more sprung up in its place. Soon, our army was forced back, and I saw our warriors beginning to fall.

Then Chiron cried, "Archers, aim and fire!" I watched as the archers aimed their bows, and then thousands of arrows shot up in the sky and fell on the Titans army like a deadly rainshower. Most of the army recovered, but the archers quickly re-strung their bows and fired again.

Clarisse yelled, "Heroes, take to the skies!" as the last of the second volley of arrows downed at least fifty of the Titan's force. The pegasi whinnied as the warriors pulled on the reins and they shot into the sky. I closed my eyes and summoned the wind, and a light breeze blew on my back. Perfect.

With a whoosh, I picked up the current and shot into the sky with the others. We soared over the army, while the Titan's archers saw us and began firing arrows. But the horses were well trained. They either dodged the arrows or flew out of range, while the heroes on their backs decapitated monsters with their swords and javelins.

As for me, I flew up high in the sky. Thunder was rumbling, and I knew it was the gods supporting us, even though they couldn't help us directly. With that in mind, I sent my father a silent prayer. Please, Lord Zeus, I thought, lend me your power for this one day, and let me direct the lightning as you do.

There was a blast of thunder, and a bolt of lightning struck the tip of my sword. The bolt vanished quickly, but my sword was now charged with electrical power. I grinned. Time to show these chumps what happened when you mess with a son of Zeus.

I flew back down and directed my team over the Titan's army, and they swung their swords down and lopped limbs off human and monster alike. Skysoarer was the master bolt in my hands, sending blasts of lightning on the army so powerful they created huge craters in the sea of black warriors. I came lower to the ground. A hellhound jumped at my face, and I ran my sword through its chest. Two opposing half-bloods shot arrows at me. I sent a blast of lightning through my hands that not only diminished the arrows, but also knocked the half-bloods unconscious. For a second I felt a pang of guilt, but then it was gone, replaced by a hunger to end the grief of my friends.

The Amazon training had done its work: I flew around with tireless energy, causing lightning to rain down on the thousands of monsters while swinging Skysoarer with such precision that I could determine every muscle, every organ I was going to cut through before I even raised the sword. I saw the Laistrygonian commander towering above the others, laughing as he pummeled our warriors with his bare fists. Then I saw Tyson- brave, brave Tyson- rushing toward the giant, jumping on him and punching him in the nose. The giant roared and try to throw the Cyclops, but Tyson held on and wrestled the monster to the ground, where they were locked in a fury of punches and blood. Anger roared through me, and I landed with a thud in the trampled grass next to the wrestling pair.

The Laistrygonian finally managed to shake off Tyson and give him a punch in the stomach that sent him sprawling back, one eye looking dazed. The giant laughed cruelly- and turned to find my sword point at his throat.

"You don't mess with my cousins," I said, and lopped off his head.

As his body hit the ground and evaporated into yellow dust, I rushed over to Tyson. His face was covered in blood and he looked confused, but when he saw me he straightened. He took one look at the pile of dust where the giant commander had been and gave his big Cyclops smile. "Thank you!" he yelled over the clang of weapons.

"Your welcome!" I yelled back, and then I flew back up into the sky. Now I could see Percy from below. He was surrounded by a torrent of water that swirled around him like a whirlpool, and as he moved Riptide, the waves acted with him, lashing out at the monsters with amazing force.

I had been so lost in the turmoil of the battle of the battle that I'd almost forgotten about Thalia. The sun was high in the sky and she'd be getting impatient. I soared over the battlefield and began to look for her. As I flew, I passed gruesome sights: a Demeter camper, lying in the mud with his arm a mangled, broken heap. A pegasi, lying dead and forgotten as warriors jumped over its corpse to face the monsters. And the worst sight of all: Travis Stoll, being carried away on a stretcher by two Apollo campers back to the tents. Grief tore through my heart like a knife; his brother would be devastated.

I soon found Thalia, surrounded by monsters and fighting her heart out, as I had expected. Luckily, I turned up at just the right moment. She was being overwhelmed, and a dracanae had just struck out with her javelin and made a large cut on her shoulder. I landed beside her and she pressed my back to her own. We raised our weapons and stared at the monsters about to annihilate us.

"Think we can take them?" I asked her over my shoulder.

"Gee, I don't know," she replied sarcastically, "Might be tough if one more shows up."

"Are you being sarcastic?"

"Ooh, very good. At this rate you'll be doing algebra by next week!"

"Oh, just shut up."

Then we jumped into the cluster of monsters and fought with all our might. Some of them put up a fight, but most just fell to the might of our weapons. Soon we were sorrounded by a ring of yellow dust. "Okay, let's go," I told Thalia.

I picked her up with me, and we flew over the Titan's army toward the entrance to Mount Tam.

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Percy's POV

I was the ocean.

The water flowed through my fingers like it was part of me. I controlled it with ease, and sent it lashing out on the opposition. I was slowly moving deep into the Titan's army, and no one seemed to be able to stop me. But one question continued to ring through my head: Where was Luke?

I had searched everywhere, searched for a blonde head and gold-blue eyes among the black-armored foes, but I couldn't find him. Could it be possible he wasn't involved in this fight at all, and he was still waiting for me at the top of Mount Tam? I wasn't sure. Surely he wasn't afraid the gods would interfere if he came out? Chiron had said that it was one of the Titan's biggest advantages: if Kronos was in Titan form, the gods could come and help. It was only that he was constrained in Luke's body that held the gods back.

I glanced up at the sky momentarily and saw Jacob flying overhead, with Thalia by his side. They were soaring over us toward Mount Tam. I cursed them both in my head. What did they think they were doing? Were they really going to disobey Chiron and go try to save the Hunters? That was their fatal flaw, their pride and need for control kicking in, making them think they could handle anything. Still, they were going to get themselves killed. I shook my head and tried to forget them and focus on the fight.

The tide was slowly turning. We had been struggling before, but now we were slowly, very slowly, pushing the army back, felling monster after monster with arrow and sword. We had long since released our second wave, and they were prevailing. The Amazons were our biggest help. They flew through the air, their weapons flashing wildly, taking out three enemies with one strike sometimes. It had taken a while, but we were slowly beginning to take back the fight. I felt a glimmer of hope begin to rise in my chest.

Then I heard the most terrible roar I had ever heard and saw the Titan Typhon walking toward the battlefield.

Jacob's POV

We soared through the main entrance. There were no guards – I supposed Luke didn't have warriors to spare. We came into the tunnel and immediately found the entrance to the dungeons. We landed and went down the stairs.

Thalia beat me to the door and blasted it open with a coil of lightning. The flying didn't seem to have weakened her this time; she was too determined. We walked through the door and several frightened faces looked up at us from a cell down the room. "You came back!" a little girl cried joyfully, her cheeks sunken from hunger and a bruise on the side of her head.

"Yes, and we're here to free you!" Thalia replied, as I blasted open the cell door. "Come on, quickly! There's a battle going on!"

"You should've seen what they did to us after you left!" another one said. "They hit us with rocks and didn't give us food for three days and told us if we ever did it again we'd be shot-" the others began to speak too, all at once, when suddenly their voices were drowned out by a terrible roar.

The roar sent chills down my spine. The very sound of it almost stopped my heart, and I felt a huge tug inside me to panic, to give up, to realize there was nothing I could do and that my efforts were meaningless…

"What is that?" one girl asked, the fear plain in her voice.

Thalia answered her while looking at me. "It's Typhon," she said. "He's arrived."

Typhon. The Titan's name caused fear to clutch my heart like an icy hand. I remembered my training, and took deep breaths, allowing calmness to come over me and melt the hand away gently. The Hunters were a different story. They started whimpering and some tried to go back into the cell. But Thalia ushered them back out. "No, come on, we've got to get out of here!" she said.

"They'll be none of that, dears," a voice said behind me.

I turned to find the Gorgons pointing their knives at my chest, their ugly faces twisted into evil smiles. Their wicked eyes lit up when they saw me. "Well, well, if it isn't the boy who brought an end to us the last time!" she cackled. "I can assure you, boy, it won't happen again."

"Don't count on it," I replied automatically. How could the Gorgons be alive? The force I had used on them had killed me myself. If they could survive that, I felt I had a reason to be nervous.

"No, it won't happen again, because we're going to kill you and your little sissy right now!" the other Gorgon said. "Imagine, both the kin of Zeus, dead! Won't Lord Kronos be so pleased."

"Yes," said the other one, "it will be nice to have his respect again."

Then they raised their weapons.

"Girls, get out," Thalia said urgently. "Go. Hide."

The Hunters obeyed, moving swiftly past us and out the door. The Gorgons took no notice of them. That was their first mistake.

"I think we'll kill the girl first, and then pin the boy down and kill him very slowly." The Gorgon licked her lips hungrily, chuckling to herself. Then they moved forward. Thalia and I ran forward to meet them, and our weapons flashed in a shower of sparks.

Okay, look guys, I tried to squeeze a whole bunch into one chapter, but the fact is this is just as far as I'm willing to go. Go to the chapters and click on part II, it'll be the same chapter though. I'm sorry I couldn't post the whole thing.