Okay, I am really, REEEEALLY sorry. You see, I had these end of semester exams, and then I had the holidays and didn't bother, and then I lost track of the story, and then-

Okay, BAD ME! NO MORE EXCUSES!

Credits for the 'gods frying Sadie/Carter' idea given to Louisa4533. Thanks!

Sorry again for the delay. Enjoy the story!

Carter

The sight of all those giants sitting on their giant throne-chairs almost made me throw up my breakfast.

And if their gigantic bone structure wasn't threatening enough, all of them were staring at Sadie and I in identical suspicious, murderous expressions.

One of them, the one sitting in the biggest throne, coughed. He had a weird flashy thing in his hand... was that a lightning bolt?

(Shut up, Sadie. I'm just not used to seeing giants holding giant lightning bolts daily.)

"Uhm, hi...?" I said in a shaky voice. Actually, I was surprised I could speak at all. My knees felt like jelly that threatened to give away any moment.

Sadie sent me a 'shut up, you're not helping' look. I smiled sheepishly back at her.

"Why are you two here?" Someone finally said. I looked to see a goddess staring intently at Sadie and I. She had blond hair and grey eyes that bore an uncanny resemblance to Annabeth's, except it seemed more deadly. More... like she's calculating how to pulverize us this moment.

"Lady Athena." Sadie bowed. I gave her a surprised look, and Sadie rolled her eyes at me like 'I'm not completely clueless'. "Camp Half Blood, or even Olympus may be in danger."

All the giants sat forward at once. I stared at them, feeling the back of my neck prickle.

"Why would you say that?" The lightning bolt dude said. "Do you have any proof?"

"Yes." I said, feeling stronger now that Sadie has spoken and we're not dust yet. "When we were sleeping, our ba saw Apophis and who we believe to be Kronos joining forces. If this continues-"

"Blasphemy!" Somebody said. I gulped as I saw a god rise in outrage. He had on a dark robe and his dark black eyes were blazing in rage.

"Hades," Sadie whispered. "Nico's dad."

I may have been speaking too soon when I said that we're not dust yet.

"These children speak not the truth. Kronos is long gone in the very bottom of Tartarus." Hades said. "They are taking up my Cabin and feeding us lies! They must be sent to the Fields of Punishment!"

"Uncle-" Athena started, but Hades heard none of it. With a roar, he sent a midnight black streak of doom our way.

While I was standing there in shock, Sadie had put her brain back on track. (Yes, Sadie. That was a compliment.) She stood up tall and looked at Hades.

"N-dah!" She said. Immediately, a golden protective circle formed around us. The dark streak hit it and the circle flickered dangerously, but I had also said the spell and added my strength to the circle. We stood there, side by side as we looked at the gods and goddesses.

"Impossible." Someone breathed. We both looked to Hades.

"You children dare to block my attack!" He practically growled. "I-"

"Brother, enough." A guy sitting next to Zeus (the lightning bolt guy) said. He had a long beard and slung over her shoulders was a fishing net. "Let us hear what these heroes have to say."

"Yes." Somebody else said. "I knew my feeling of impending doom was correct."

"Apollo, shut up." A goddess bathed in silver smacked him on the head.

"Uhem." Sadie cleared her throat. "So, Apophis..."

I smiled as I watched the gods listen and nod.

"No!" Zeus boomed. "I will not have our heroes fight for the Egyptians. Have you forgotten-"

"Father." Athena said. "The heroes have a point. This is not only threatening to the Egyptians, but the Greeks as well."

Zeus glared at Athena. "This could be a trick-"

"This is not a trick." I said.

"SILENCE!"

The chattering in the throne room stopped.

"Fine." Zeus sighed. "All in favour."

"Yep." Somebody said. "War."

"No." Hades grumbled. "I do not trust the Egyptians."

"I second the 'yep'." Apollo said. "If my feeling is correct, then we need these two."

"No."

"Yes." Athena said. "It is necessary, even if I do not trust them."

"No way."

"No."

"Yes."

Zeus glared at Sadie and I. "It is a tie. For us to believe and help you, you would need to convince us more. Go."

"But-" Sadie started, and was cut off by a glare and a roar.

"You do not defy my orders! Now, scram before I change my mind and decide to pulverize you instead!"

With a grumble, Sadie and I left the throne room.

"I hate this." Sadie glared at me through clenched teeth. "We should be trying to convince the gods, not climbing ropes over lava!"

"Hey." I held up my hands, then regretted it as the ropes started slipping. "Don't look at me. Not my idea of fun either, the lava-rope thing, believe me."

"Ugh." Sadie said as she hefted herself over the edge of the rock wall. "What do we do to convince the gods, though?"

I shrugged, reaching my hands to grab the edge of the rock wall.

"Do we just wait for the first move of Apophis and Kronos?" Sadie asked after I managed to lift myself up.

I turned to look at her. "Who knows what he'll do as his first move. I say we prepare the camp first."

Sadie nodded, then paused. "You saw how the gods reacted to the news. We don't know if the campers will-"

She was interrupted by the sound of a horn.

Scowling, Sadie slid down the climbing wall. Beckoning for me to join her, she put on her combat boots and started walking towards the forest.

"Sadie!" I called. She turned back. "Where are you going?"

"Capture the Flag." Sadie said. "Annabeth told me about it."

"Capture the Flag?"

"Two teams. Blue and red. They try to get each other's flags."

"Yes, I know what Capture the Flag is. I mean, this camp plays... Capture the Flag?"

"They fight with real weapons. It's like their tradition, playing a game of Capture the Flag at the start of the year or something like that."

I gulped. "Real weapons?"

"Annabeth said they usually don't kill. Injure a few campers, maybe. Not kill."

I gave a choked, forced laugh."Reassuring."

It wasn't reassuring. At all.

"Okay!" I said to Sadie. "How am I supposed to fight with... with... this?"

I was staggering around with a too-heavy armor along with what felt like a ten-ton sword.

Sadie was wearing a much lighter armor and in her hand was a small dagger.

"Deal with it." Sadie said. "Or, if you know a spell..."

I groaned. "My old sword was fine."

Sadie shrugged at me, flipping the dagger over in her hand. "Not celestial bronze. Doesn't work on monsters."

She walked towards the Hades Cabin, or, Nico.

"Wait." I lowered my voice. "We can't use magic. The campers think we're normal demigods."

"No." Sadie agreed.

The Capture the Flag teams were Hades, Ares, Apollo, Aphrodite, and Demeter's cabins on the red side, and Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, Hephaestus and Hypnos's cabins on the blue side. Sadie and I walked over to the Hades cabin.

"Hi." Nico said. "What do you want to do?"

"I'll get the flag." Sadie said. "Carter can... defend the tree area."

"Hey!" I protested. "I-"

"Okay, sure." Nico said quickly. "The Ares cabin is defending our flag, the Apollo cabin is staying up to sneak attacks with arrows, the Aphrodite cabin is doing their – ugh- perfume thing again, and the Demeter cabin is letting the plants help. Is that good with everyone?"

There were a bunch of bored 'yeah's and 'sure's.

"Okay." Chiron said, blowing his whistle. "Let it begin."

Now THAT was a sucky ending.

Okay, Thanks go to...

Dreamwritergoddess – Haha, thanks! I'm not even sure if Apophis can possess someone or not... and haha, Kronos finally feels the annoyance of being possessed instead of possessing someone :P EHH :DD Thanks for reviewing!

Scoobycool9 – Yeah, Sadie and Carter both have tales to tell. As for the Percy's PoV one... I'll think about it. Thanks for the suggestion and reviewing! :D

almostinsane – Haha, yes. Hades is against the whole thing... who knows what he'll do? Thanks for reviewing! :D

Louisa4533 – Thanks so much for the idea! Haha, and yes, credits are given to you. As previously said at the top of the page. :D Thanks again! :D

Loyal2Artemis – Thanks for reviewing! As for the Nico and Sadie thing... sure, they'll have some friendly moments, but as I've stated in the previous chapters, I do not like them together. Feels like Sadie's replacing Anubis, since Nico&Anubis are similar. Thanks, though! :D

Urface – Yeah, sorry 'bout the delay... Anyways, Thanks for reviewing! :D

BrownEyedGirlyGirl – Haha, thanks! I was going to write this chapter in Sadie's PoV, but I feel like we've got too much Sadie since the previous two chapters was Sadie speaking! Next chapter may or may not be Sadie... Thanks for reviewing! :D

Mustache lover – Thanks for reviewing! Yeah, I'll try and update faster... sorry for the big gap.

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