AU: Hey Guys. Thanks for the reviews! I think I sucked writing this chapter I think Kronos Is a little too OOC anyways I might not be updating for two days since im gonna be on vacation. So READ AND REVIEW!

XII- Explanation

"I've been waiting for you Perseus Jackson." Said Kronos his eyes piercing through my very soul.

"H-h-how are you alive?" I asked stuttering.

He laughed in a very metallic voice like meshing sheets of metal together.

"You do know that you can't kill titans puny mortal"

"You, you, you took Jake's body, why him?" I asked trying not to make any eye contact whatsoever.

"You don't see the resemblance? I guess you can't since they aren't related by blood" He said looking at me with no remorse.

"What?" I asked dumfounded by what I just heard.

"Who you see before you is not Jake Matthews but Jake Castellan." He said in a harsh tone

That can't be true. Luke had no brothers or sisters. At least that's what I know. How can it be possible? I don't know.

"Y-y-you said that they weren't related by blood?" I asked still shocked.

"I guess I could explain it to you before your doom." He laughed

"Jake here, never knew his real mother, he lived in an orphanage. Then the mother of my last body, Luke, adopted Jake thinking that he was Luke since he ran away from her all those years ago.

Jake then found out that his new foster mother wasn't mentally sound so he ran away and found his new parents, the Matthews where he was scolded everyday and night. He was my first pick for my body but then Luke came along, then Jake just became my second host if anything goes wrong" He explained in every detail.

"Why are you doing this Kronos?" I asked trying to make my voice hard.

"To take revenge on the gods of course, but before that, I want to take my revenge first on you Perseus Jackson. Prepare for your death, I'll make it slow and painful" He said gesturing the Laestrygonian giant holding me up to turn me around, exposing my Achilles' spot.

I heard a dagger being unsheathed behind me. I was doomed. I thought about my mom, my step-dad Paul, my friends Grover, Thalia, Clarisse. But most of all I thought about Annabeth. Is this how it all ends? One thing was sure. I wasn't ready for death.

"Prepare for your doom Jackson!" Kronos yelled. I closed my eyes waiting for my death then suddenly I was on the ground. The Laestrygonian giant holding me in the air was now gone. He was turned to dust. Then something broke my shackles.

"Do something seaweed brain!" Someone whispered beside me. I recognized it was Annabeth wearing her invisible Yankee cap.

"INTRUDER!" Someone yelled from the crowd of monsters around us.

"Thanks, now. You don't do anything stupid wise girl" I whispered hoping Annabeth would hear me.

"Me? Do anything stupid? Who's the seaweed brain here?" She whispered invisibly.

"My Minions! Kill the intruders!" Kronos yelled echoing throughout the mountains. A battle cry broke out and they were charging straight at me.

Annabeth now visible was against my back readying her dagger for combat. I uncapped riptide and readied for my biggest fight so far. But I knew I wasn't fighting it alone. I was with Annabeth.

"You ready wise girl?" I asked to Annabeth at my back

"Ready as i'll ever be" She answered.

"Then lets go!" I shouted running towards the crowd of monsters.