This was really, really bad. As a last ditch resort, I grabbed both of my weapons and slashed at them. They gasped. I overheard the sound of something being kicked off the edge and Arachne crumbling to dust.

"Annabeth, open your eyes." Percy said.

"Medusa's head was knocked off the edge." Piper added.

I opened my eyes and heard the sound of a crash.

"Yep, Medusa's head has smashed into pieces." Frank said.

Calypso and Hazel were holding up a large green and purple barrier.

"Guys, are you done yet?" Calypso asked.

That said barrier was holding back a lot of monsters. Calypso collapsed to the ground and the barrier was broken. We charged and faced all of the monsters. Piper used her cornucopia to throw various vegetables at a bunch of Scythian Dracanae, including Queen Sess. Jason battled against Cleander, Vortigern, Alaric and Marcus. Zethes fought against Hazel, who was attempting to free him from Horatia's control. Calypso faced off against Cade and Mikey using nothing but her strength and wits. Percy and I dueled against Ella and Alabaster.

"You don't have to do this, Ella!" I shouted.

Then we faced off against the humans. They were all vanquished thanks to Leo's fire and Jason's lightning.

"Where are Nico, Thalia and Grover?" I asled.

Piper got a vision in her dagger. As the vision played, we all gathered around her. The vision showed Nico, Thalia, and Grover walking in the woods. They came across an unconscious Gwen and Alyssa.

Gwen slowly woke up. "Ugh... My head..."

"What happened to you guys?" Thalia asled.

"We were ambushed by monsters. I was knocked unconscious and. Oh no..." She started fumbling around. She got out the vial. "Phew, it's still there."

Alyssa looked at Gwen curiously as she woke up. "What is that?"

"It's a vial containing a special potion for Reyna. I have to get back Camp Jupiter."

"I'll take you." Nico said.

"Really? Thank you."

The vision ended.

"They must have gotten side-tracked." Percy stated.

"At least they're helping Gwen. She's only got one day left to save Reyna."

Frank shot an arrow at the camera, breaking it. "Less than that even." He put away his bow and arrows. "The sun's already set in California."

"That is true isn't it?" Hazel asked. Everyone else nodded in agreement with her before she didn't back to me. "Sorry we're late."

I sighed. "It's alright. You got here before I was killed."

"But how did you manage to fight Clytius and all those other guys?" Leo asked. "When Hazel transported us to the pickup spot, we saw a few knocked out deities and the body of Clytius disappear in a black mist."

I looked at them sadly. "I called on Khione."

Percy looked at me curiously. "And she came?"

"She did. She helped me to defeat all of them. She didn't turn on me, despite the enemy's attempts to lure her back into darkness. Her words were and I quote," I tried my best to intimate her voice. "'Being lonely for all eternity would be better than an eternity of pledging myself to evil deities. I learned my lesson, and I won't succumb to the darkness!'"

They applauded my vocal mimicry. Leo stood there, his mouth agape. "Wow, that was actually pretty close to what she sounds like."

"Thank you." I looked at the sky and suddenly felt the temperature get colder. "Let's get somewhere where it's warmer."

Hazel transported us back to Camp Jupiter. Hazel promptly collapsed as we had landed in Reyna's room. Gwen was there, with the potion in her hand. She hesitated.

"Get out of my head." she said aloud.

"Gwen?" I asked softly.

She groaned in pain. "Leave me alone you rogue maiden!"

"Gwen, don't listen to what she has to say!" I exclaimed.

Her eyes were flashing gold repetitively. I grabbed her hand. Gwen blinked and opened the vial, poured the potion down Reyna's throat, and touched her bracelet. She backed away. I let go of her hand.

"Did it work?"

She groaned in pain and ran away. As she did so, Reyna opened her eyes.

"Ugh... My head..."

"Reyna!" Jason threw his arms around her. Piper, surprisingly, didn't seem jealous.

"Oh Jason, my dearest friend. How I've missed you." Reyna stated. She looked around. "What happened with Gwen?"

"She ran away after groaning in pain."

"Oh dear... The evil maiden is still trying to corrupt her."

I scratched my head. "Corrupt her? I thought she wanted her dead."

Reyna sighed. "That's what we thought. But the tides have turned. Now she's trying to use Gwen's hidden pain to corrupt her and make her join the dark side."

"But why would she want Gwen as an ally? She's already got enough rogue gods, deities and mortals to serve her." Piper asked.

"It's never enough for her. Her choices for comrades are limited because of the Second Titan and Giant Wars." I reminded them.

"And we still don't know where her new secret lair is." Calypso groaned.

"New secret lair?"

"She was hiding in the Los Feliz Mansion about a month ago, but somehow, she anticipated an invasion and moved her troops elsewhere."

Piper chimed in, "Not only that, she sent Keto, Phorcys, and Janus to try and kill us. Obviously, we defeated them and we sent them to Mount Olympus."

Suddenly, an idea popped into my brain.

"I got an idea of where she might be."

"Where?" Frank asked me curiously.

I answered, "The ruins of Mount Othyrs."

"What? But Jason and I led the Twelth Legion to that godforsaken place years ago. We destroyed it! There shouldn't be anything left!" Reyna exclaimed.

"And Horatia shouldn't be alive, but she is." I retorted.

Reyna looked at me curiously. "Who's Horatia?"

"The evil maiden we've been hunting." Frank answered. "Annabeth put all the pieces together and solved the mystery. Every dream, every vision. She figured out who she is."

Hazel woke and said wearily, "But we still don't know what she wants."

"No, we don't." I stated sadly.

"We better gather our forces, Reyna." Frank said.

Piper widened her eyes in realization. "Oh yeah. Now that Reyna's been restored, Percy now steps down."

"So Percy Jackson kept his word?" Reyna inquired.

"I was somewhat reluctant, I will not lie." He looked over at Argentum and Aurum. "But after Reyna's demise, I realized I couldn't abandon my friends, or my duty as Praetor. Also, because of Nathan falling under Horatia's control, he would become Praetor and potentially cause even more disaster for the cursed camp."

"Guys, haven't you realized it?" Calypso asked. "Hazel, do you know what I'm talking about?"

The daughter of Pluto smiled. "I do. I feel a huge positive energy in the air and the negativity fading away."

We looked at them like they were speaking a foreign language. Percy was the most perplexed. "What are you two talking about?"

"The Curse of Camp Jupiter is broken." Calypso answered.

The dogs didn't attack Calypso or growl at her, so she wasn't lying.

Reyna smiled. "It seems Gwen was right. Restoring me did break the curse."

"Although now several people know her secrets and she's on the verge of falling into the rogue maiden's hands." Jason said.

"Then we must begin preparing for an invasion at once." Reyna said.

"We best contact Nico, Thalia and Grover." I suggested. "Where are the golden drachmas?"

A few minutes later, we learned that Nico, Thalia, Grover and Alyssa were joining us for battle. Tomorrow morning, we were to storm Mount Othrys (or whatever remained of Kronos's palace). I tried to sleep, but I was feeling restless. I should have been feeling tired from the battle, but I wasn't. I finally fell into deep sleep after who knows how long.