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No one knew where Selina's dad worked in. Maybe it was too hard? You could have just looked in The Last Olympian.
And Matt, there is such thing as resurrection, ever read HOO? Or maybe he won't die, you never know. Or maybe he will become a wraith, so he is dead and alive at the same time.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HOO. I do own Mark, Robert and Theseus though.
Onto the story!
Percy's POV
As we swiftly flew towards the massive smoke cloud, it started to rain. I quickly realized as we flew closer, that the sparks of light were from ten venti, billowing around in the wind. They immediately saw us and charged towards us, lightning trailing behind them.
They shot bolts of lightning that would have knocked us out of the sky, if I had not deflected it with an ice shield. I willed the ice to melt back into water and then I encased five of the venti, in the water. I heated up the water, until it was boiling. Soon the venti were just more dust lost in the wind.
As I was dealing with the storm spirits, Annabeth, Mark and Blackjack, somehow, managed to kill the other five. We flew through the smoke cloud, rain pelting us and lightning flashing around us. As soon as the rain started, it stopped. That was weird. We continued to fly through the smoke cloud, hoping our entrance had gone unnoticed. After we punctured through the cloud, I saw that the ground was a rocky, desert terrain with many rocks and crevices. A desert… great.
As we flew, I noticed that there were two Cyclops guarding a cave entrance. I told Blackjack," Land on that rocky out croft, ten feet above their heads." He angled to the place that I had indicated and then we climbed off.
What we were going to do was, Mark and I would jump on the Cyclops and, hopefully, kill them without a sound, while Annabeth watched our backs and once we are inside, Annabeth would use her invisibility cap to infiltrate the base and look for Nico, while Mark and I would be waiting to help them escape.
I positioned myself above a Cyclops's head, while Mark did the same on the other side. I motioned with my fingers, Three… Two… One… Then we jumped from our perch. I shifted into my wolf form in mid jump and landed on the Cyclops's head, slashing his throat with my claws on the way down.
I hit the ground and quickly decimated the Cyclops. Two seconds later, two Cyclops fell wordlessly to the ground, dead. Then they started to disintegrate, their essence returning to Tartarus, where they belonged. We motioned to Annabeth to join us and a couple of seconds later, Annabeth, Mark and I were walking into the cave.
After a couple of minutes of walking, we reached a room, that a fifty empousai, one hundred Cyclopes, fifty werewolves, sixty hellhounds, and a whole mob of venti. Annabeth silently reached into her pocket and took out her Yankees cap, to search for Nico.
After a couple of minutes of waiting, three people walked into the room. They were Robert, Theseus and Lycaon. Lycaon climbed in front of the crowd and spoke," The mistress has informed us that in six hours, The Mist will be dissipated and the mortals will know of our existence! The mortals will cower in fear and attack the gods and their children! Then we will rule the world! Now march! To California!"
The monster roared in approval, until an empousa stepped forwards and screeched," I smell demigod! Search the area! They are close by…" Then the monsters dispersed to look for us. Unfortunately, they found us and charged. Mark and I had about twenty seconds of planning, before the hoard reached us. "Have any plans?" I asked Mark.
Unfortunately, he shook his head. "All right then." I muttered. I uncapped Riptide and moved into a defensive position, Mark did the same. I analyzed our options; there was three exits, the one behind us, the one to our right and the one to our left. I had no idea which one Annabeth had entered and of course, there was limited water.
I assessed my enemies. The Cyclopes were looking at me, same with the empousi and werewolves. Mark had the storm spirits and the hellhounds. With an unspoken signal, Mark and I leapt into battle. Immediately, a werewolf leapt at my face, but I easily dodged and stabbed it in the head.
I collected water from the ground and used it to form a hurricane around me. Then I started to bounce between enemies, killing them with Riptide and hitting them with pebbles and wind.
A Cyclops came lurching up to me, but I used my hurricane to launch me into the air. I landed on the Cyclops eye and quickly stabbed downwards, ending its life.
I jumped off and used my hurricane to catch me. I was just about to leap back into the battle, when a voice rang out," Stop!" The monsters immediately fell back to their original places. "What do we have here? A son of Poseidon and a son of Athena?
That's comical. And where, pray tell, is the daughter of Athena? Rescuing our prisoner? That's right. We knew you were coming here the entire time. Now, bring the prisoners forward" Theseus, the son of Nyx commanded.
Two Laistrygonians brought Annabeth and Nico forward. "Yes… these will do nicely." Theseus stated. Then he surprised me by saying," March to California. Do your duties, while we will deal with these… heroes. Lycaon, you must go as well, the mistress will need you . The monsters and Lycaon obeyed. They walked out the entrance on the right.
Theseus looked at us and said," Pathetic. Robert and I could beat you two in three seconds flat. Heroes. Bah. You are nothing more than children. Robert, lets show them a lesson." Then he bound Annabeth's and Nico's hands and feet with chains of darkness. After that, they advanced.
I readied Riptide and charged at Theseus. He waited for me until I was five feet away, then he leapt forward and tackled me. I dropped Riptide and punched at Theseus's face. He dodged and head-butted me. Hard.
I was sprawled on my back, when he walked up to me. I lashed out with my foot and tripped him. He fell hard on his back, but he climbed to his feet like nothing happened.
"My mother is a primordial! You cannot best me!" Theseus confidently shouted. "I have already killed Titans Giants and legions of monster, your corpse will join them." I replied. Theseus formed a ball of black energy and hurled it at me. I instinctively dodged, but it shot in all directions.
One bolt of darkness hit my sleeve and it started to burn. I tried to use water to extinguish it, but it wouldn't stop burning. I could feel the fire start to burn me, even though I was mostly resistant to it. I yelped and ripped my sleeve off and glared at Theseus.
"If you want to play with powers, then I will play with powers." I vapor traveled behind his back and stabbed, with my sword.
He somehow managed to turn around and block my strike, with his sword. He quickly retaliated and swiped at my legs. I luckily jumped and smashed the pommel of my sword, into his head.
He fell on the ground, but disappeared, I whirled around only to be punched in the face, so hard, that I flew twenty feet across the room.
I climbed to my feet and made a tendril of earth encase him. He shadow traveled and smacked me in the stomach.
I shifted into wolf form and pounced onto Theseus. I caught him by surprise. I viciously clawed his stomach, making him cry out in pain.
I was about to end his life, when he shot a ball of black energy, in between us, creating an explosion large enough to catapult me into the air.
After I painfully hit the ground, I climbed to my feet and made a boulder from the Earth, which I hurled at my enemy. Unfortunately for me, he dodged and started to charge towards me.
I met his charge with my own, but he, somehow, transformed into a hellhound. We smashed into each other and started to roll around, both trying to tear the other apart. I slashed his side with my claws, but all he did was open his mouth. Then darkness started to spill out and crawl over to me.
The darkness covered my face, like tar. It didn't come off no matter how hard I pulled. And then the voices came.
They started speak in my mind saying," It's hopeless. You can't win. You're a monster. Join us. We will make you stronger. We will help you to harness your rage. We will make you unstoppable.
We can give you a life without misery. A life without prophecies. A life without the gods. Join us and you and your loved ones will survive. If you don't you and everyone you love, will suffer in Tartarus forever.
Think about it. No more quests. Just you and your loved ones safe, without danger. You could live forever and be our champion. Use your rage. What has Athena ever done for you?
Kill her son, and then we will reward you greatly. All you have to do is walk over there and stab him in the back and you will receive everything you have ever wanted and more. You will become the ruler of the world! All you have to do is swear on the River Styx that you will do as we command."
The voices were using charmspeake and I was finding it hard to resist, until I thought of how Annabeth would react. I knew what I had to do. "I swear on the River Styx… that I will never join you or your mistress! Ruling the world? Talk about a nightmare." I used my power over liquids, to rip the tar off of my face and compact it into a ball, which I hardened and slammed into the hellhound's face.
It flew backwards and hit the cave wall, twenty feet away. I created five spears of earth, which I hurled at Theseus. He changed back into human and dodged all of the spears. He evaded with so much grace, it looked like he was flying. After he dodged most of my spears, he grabbed the last one and hurled it back at me, at one hundred miles per hour.
I stopped it in midair, right before it pierced my stomach. I willed it to turn around and aimed it at Robert's stomach. Robert unfortunately, managed to dodge the spear, by shooting it with his revolvers. But luckily, the shrapnel slammed into him and he stumbled backwards, covered with new cuts and bruises. While I was dealing with Robert, Theseus shadow traveled behind me.
I turned around and shifted into my wolf form. Good thing I did to. His fist would have knocked me out then and there, if I had not shifted into a wolf. I pounced onto his chest, while he shot another fire ball at me.
I vapor traveled the ball right behind Robert. I heard a satisfying scream and then a curse. I grinned. Theseus grabbed a dagger strapped to his chest, which he lunged towards my chest. I howled in pain, as the silver dagger cut through my skin.
I shifted back into my normal form and pulled the dagger out. I summoned water from the ground and healed my wound, but it still smoked. Getting over the pain, I uncapped Riptide and assaulted my enemy. Theseus and I exchanged a quick flurry of blows, making it obvious that we were master swordsmen.
I jumped over a strike aimed at my legs, while I swiped at Theseus's head. He parried my strike and then kicked me in the stomach. I stumbled backwards, but quickly regained my balance. I was very tired and it showed in my fighting. I took a swipe at his legs, but then he was behind me. He blasted me backwards, with black energy and I slammed into the wall, lying on the ground in exhaustion, as Theseus walked over and lifted his sword.
He was about to swing down, when he was tackled by Mark, who drove his sword into his arm. Theseus growled," You will die; I don't care if the mistress doesn't want me to kill you. You will die painfully, son of Athena." He lifted his sword and swung down, but Mark formed an X with his swords and pushed back.
I looked around and saw Robert looking like he couldn't move, when I realized that he was trapped underneath a pile of rocks, which miraculously fell onto his legs, freeing Mark to help me. I rose to my feet and staggered over to Annabeth and Nico. As I drew close, I uncapped Riptide and swung at the darkness, but to no avail.
I looked at Nico and said," Have you tried to break them yet?" he nodded. "Have you tried to shadow travel?" again he nodded. I then came up with an idea. I summoned some water out of the ground and vapor traveled them outside of their bonds. Then I fell into the blackness of unconsciousness.
Annabeth's POV
I put on my Yankees cap and started to search for Nico. I went through the left entrance, taking a guess. I sneaked past some guards and looked for the jail. I found the room and silently stabbed the Cyclops guard, in the back.
He wordlessly fell to the ground and disintegrated. I looked around and found a box with Nico's Stygian iron sword in it. I picked it up and continued my search. In the second cell, I found Nico on the floor, looking malnourished, but otherwise unharmed. The room was white and Nico was muttering," too bright… too bright." I slashed open the lock on the door and helped him to his feet. "Wha?" Nico said.
"Shh!" I covered his mouth. He nodded his head and climbed to his feet. I said," I think this is yours." I gave him his sword and we started to walk out the door. Then all of a sudden, I was on the ground, my face feeling like it was on fire and Nico helpless in the grasp of a Laistrygonian giant. The two giants must have snuck up behind me. One lifted me up and carried me out the door.
I struggled, but they were too strong. Soon they were forcing Nico and I towards the main room, filled with monsters. The giants kept us in the dark, until Theseus said," Now, bring the prisoners forward.
The giants shoved us forwards and I saw Percy and Mark covered in monster dust and breathing heavily. "Yes… these will do nicely." Theseus stated. What? Then he surprised me by saying," March to California. Do your duties, while we will deal with these… heroes. Lycaon, you must go as well, the mistress will need you. Then the monsters and Lycaon started to walk out the entrance on the right.
Theseus looked at Percy and Mark and said," Pathetic. Robert and I could beat you two in three seconds flat. Heroes. Bah. You are nothing more than children. Robert, lets show them a lesson." He walked to Nico and I and bound our arms and legs, onto the ground, with chains of darkness.
I struggled against my bounds, while Nico looked like he was concentrating on something. I looked back to my friends, when I heard the sound of battle. I watched as Percy was tackled by Theseus and Mark was lunging at Robert, with his sword drawn.
Mark parried a thrust aimed at his heart and then he slammed the pommel of his bronze sword into Robert's stomach, while his silver sword followed behind.
Robert was hunched over from the strike to his stomach, but he still managed to leap to the side and slice Mark's calf. It was shallow, but Mark screamed in pain, from whatever that black fire was.
I watched hopelessly as Mark howled in pain and fell on the ground. Mark's sword flashed white for a second and then the fire was extinguished. Robert slowly stalked up to the fallen hero to deal the finishing blow, still thinking that he was burning.
He raised his sword to finish Mark off, when Mark surged forwards and slashed at Robert's stomach with his sword, but only managed to graze it.
Robert staggered backwards and regained his footing. He glared murderously at Mark, who grinned in response. Mark unleashed a flurry of blows at Robert, but he deflected them all. Robert sprinted at Mark and swept his legs out from underneath him, which made Mark drop his swords.
Mark kicked Robert's leg and retrieved his swords, while quickly stumbling to his feet. Robert climbed to his feet and they faced each other, at a standoff.
After a minute, Robert rushed forwards. I heard the unmistakable voice of my mother ring throughout the room," Use the light, vanquish your enemy."
I don't know what happened, but a blinding light came from Mark's sword, like a flash bang. Robert staggered around, swinging his sword side to side, attempting to hit Mark. He was screaming in pain, like the light had burned his eyes.
I wouldn't be surprised if he was a vampire. Mark rushed forwards and slashed his sword from the top of his right shoulder, all the way down to his hip.
Robert screamed in pain and tackled Mark, beating him mercilessly. Mark crumpled under the powerful blows and was about to be killed, when a dirt spear flew at Robert. He quickly took out his silver revolver and shot the spear, but the shrapnel slammed into him, making new cuts and bruises.
Robert glared murderously at Percy, who was fighting Theseus. He was starting to run to Percy, when Mark grabbed onto his leg and pulled him onto the ground.
Mark snatched his swords up and lunged at Robert's exposed chest.
Robert rolled out of the way and stabbed at Mark. Mark rolled out of the way, but he was panting from exhaustion and looked dead on his feet.
Robert stalked to him and lifted his sword, when a black ball appeared behind him. It slammed into him and Robert started wailing. He thrashed around, until the fire stopped. He hesitantly climbed to his feet and faced his opponent.
Mark did something risky and threw his bronze sword directly at Robert. Robert easily blocked, but Mark had charged forwards, to catch him off guard. It didn't work. Robert dodged the sword and shoved Mark onto the ground. He stabbed with his sword, when some rocks above him fell and landed on his legs, effectively trapping him.
I looked to Nico and asked," Did you do that?" he nodded. I looked back at Mark, as he walked to Robert. Suddenly, a scream of pain pierced the air.
On the other side of the room, I saw Percy lying on the ground, as Theseus leisurely walked up to him, to deal the finishing blow.
Immediately, Mark sprinted over to Theseus and tackled him to the ground. Percy climbed to his feet and trudged to us, as fast as his legs could carry him. He looked to Nico and asked," Have you tried to break these yet?" Nico nodded. "Shadow Travel?" Again Nico nodded.
Percy sat there for a little bit, thinking. Suddenly, I was teleported outside of my bonds, at the same time; Percy fell to the ground unconscious.
I wanted to help Percy, but I knew Mark needed my help, so with a battle cry; I bolted across the room and stabbed Theseus in the back. He wailed in pain, before looking at me, with hate in his eyes.
One second Theseus was glaring at me, the next a hellhound was pouncing at me. I would have died then and there, if Nico had not tackled me to the ground.
I hit the ground, but quickly climbed to my feet, as I picked up my drakon bone sword. Nico charged forwards, with darkness following him. A tendril of darkness spread out and lashed onto the hellhound. They both sat there, having a battle of the minds, as Nico attempted to control the beast of darkness.
Eventually the beast broke free of his control, but Nico just collapsed the rocks on top of it, effectively crushing it. We turned to Robert, who broke free of his "rocky cage." (Insert joke drum sound here) He unsheathed his sword and took out his revolver.
The three of us looked at him, daring him to move. By an unspoken signal, the three of us charged and Robert shot his revolver, straight at Nico.
I didn't have time to cry out, as Nico deflected the bullet off of his sword and vaulted into the air, slamming the pommel of his sword into Robert's face.
Robert fell to the ground, but climbed to his feet and stabbed Nico in the chest, hilt deep. I watched with sick fascination, as Nico pushed Robert back and took the sword out.
The gaping hole in his chest healed, like nothing ever happened.
"Next time you want to stab someone, don't use a sword with shadow fire, on a son of Hades." He launched the sword forwards and Robert nimbly dodged it. Nico rushed forwards and smacked his head to the side. Then he kicked Robert in the place "where the sun doesn't shine" and then he asked, "Any last words, Robert?"
Robert was about to respond, when a voice behind me said," Don't move or she's dead." I slowly turned around and saw a bloody Theseus standing behind me, with his sword against my neck.
There we go seventh chapter to Percy Jackson The Cursed. I am just going to take a moment to rant. Do any of you think the Blood of Olympus was missing two very important POV's? Percy and Annabeth were made into side characters. It's not right! We need to know what Tartarus did to them.
Hope I didn't spoil anything. Anyway, the question for this week is, what was Percy's mom's name? It's really easy, because no one has said anything for a while. Review and post your answer, if you get this right, you will receive a shootout. Please review and I will update again, next week.
