V. Frank Zhang

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FRANK STEPPED BACK, stunned. "Don't you mean Vulcan?" Frank absent-mindedly asked. Hazel elbowed him and shot him a stern glance. However, the god in front of them didn't seem to notice.

"To answer your question, I am both. The Romans didn't really affect me as they affected Athena and Ares, or as I should say, Minerva and Mars. Now about that Lemnos Fire... you're lucky I have a few vials in the back. Follow me." Hephaestus replied.

"Um, how did you know we would come here, and that we needed some Lemnos Fire?" Hazel asked.

"As a god, I can see anywhere on this magnificent earth, anytime I want to. Leo actually prayed to me just a few minutes ago to help you guys find the Lemnos Fire. But there will be a price." Hephaestus warned.

"And that is?" Hazel inquired.

"You see this hammer? This is only my second best hammer. Without my best hammer, I cannot make weapons as fast as I can with my hammer. I want you two to find it. I believe some nasty, rotten Cyclopes took it and are using it to create other weapons for the Tartarus side. And they're somewhere underground." Hephaestus said, handing them two jars of Lemnos Fire.

"Great! Now we get to go underground!" Frank muttered. He'd already had some bad experiences underground. For example, in the Necromanteion, or House of Hades, he'd been terrorized by hundreds of monsters and had to fight them all. He also had to control a huge army of dead zombies and to top it all off, he'd nearly died.

"Okay, I sense a few Cyclopes not to far from here. They're in Athens, the capital of Greece." Nico said. Frank stirred. Sometimes he forgot that Nico was even there. He was so quiet. Frank had a healthy respect for him, ever since he'd gone through Tartarus alone and brought the Athena Parthenos back to Camp Half-Blood and saved many lives. "I suggest shadow traveling there."

Hazel and Frank both nodded. "Okay." they said.

At their arrival, Frank noticed that it looked different. The Parthenon had once been ruins, but now there it was, standing there, shining. Inside was the Athena Parthenos II, which looked just like the original one. He wondered who had done this. But off to the task. "Where do we find Cyclopes?" Frank asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, they should be in that tunnel over there." Hazel replied, pointing at a hole in the dirt 50 yards away.

Nico nodded. "That's where I sense the Cyclopes are."

They headed toward the tunnel. When they reached the opening, a stench hit them. "Ugh! What is that smell?" Frank asked, holding his nose.

"The smell of Cyclopes. Except there are several down there, so the smell is stronger." Nico explained, also holding his nose.

The three descended down, holding their noses to get rid of the odor. At the third bend, they ran into two Cyclopes who, apparently were guarding a door.

"STOP! YOU SHALL GO NO FURTHER! MY BROTHER AND I SHALL MAKE YOU PERISH!" one of the Cyclopes said.

Hazel raised her spatha. Frank and Nico quickly drew their weapons. "Let's aim for the eye, since they can't see very well." Hazel suggested. The boys, having nothing to argue about, nodded.

"On , two, three!" Frank said. And together they charged.

It was a whirl of gold and Stygian Iron and bare hands. Nico was thrown aside by Cyclopes #2 and Hazel had a broken arm and ankle and could barely fight. It was now up to Frank to get rid of the Cyclopes.

Frank charged, forgetting about the pain in his ankle from tripping. He slashed at the second Cyclop first, since it was weaker. He thought that he would just take him out quickly and move on to the second one, defeat it long enough to let his friends and himself to escape. Hopefully, the Cyclopes would be out long enough for them to get a head start. But unfortunately, he was wrong. The second Cyclopes was stronger than he thought, which gave him the suspicion that his brother was stronger. Uh-oh. If I can't defeat this one, I can't defeat the other one! And the other one is coming at me! I'll just attack what I can. I have no choice. I can't let them hurt my friends Frank thought. And that's exactly what he did.

"You're brave, young demigod. But unfortunately, you will not be able to continue on this little quest of yours. Say goodbye to your friends, little one!" the Cyclopes chuckled. "Be prepared to die before you ever go on your second quest."

"Not if I can help it." Frank muttered under his breath. He ran toward the siblings and slashed and whirled. He thought his vision was growing bad, since everything looked red. Instead, he realized that he had the blessing of Mars, again, for the third time. Fire flickered around him, and he was as invincible as a person who bathed in the River Styx, except for no weak point.

He was invincible. It gave him extra strength, so he could defeat the Cyclopes more easily. He quickly defeated both and motioned for the others to follow. Nico and Frank helped support Hazel as they tried their fastest to escape. Once they were safely away from the two Cyclopes, they noticed a flaming hammer.

"Look! It's the hammer of Vulcan!" Hazel exclaimed, pointing at the hammer. She started inching towards it.

Nico and Frank held her back. "Stop! It's probably a trap. There's no way it would be there with no guards. We'll go towards it, but be very careful. We don't want anymore attacks." Frank said.

"I sense death and Cyclopes nearby, but we don't see them. Are they wearing a cloak of invisibility or something?" Nico asked.

"Are they wearing a cloak of invisibility or something?" a voice said, mimicking Nico's voice. "What an excellent question, son of Pluto."

"Hades." Nico automatically corrected. "And show yourselves!"

Suddenly, five or six cyclopes appeared, followed by a pack of hellhounds. The hellhounds bared their fangs and the Cyclopes raised the weapons. "Be prepared to die!" the one in the middle called.

"Hazel, get out of the way and try to get as far away as you can from them. You can't possibly fight with a broken arm and ankle. And take my backpack. Eat some ambrosia, but not too much." Frank said.

"What about you?" Hazel inquired.

"Nico and I will try to defeat the Cyclopes." Frank replied, staring at the advancing enemy. "Ready, Nico?"

Nico nodded. And together they charged.

Okay guys! That's the fifth chapter and please review! And I'll give you a peek into the next chapter: It's going to be written in Annabeth's point of view. Thank you so much for reading!

-Chloe