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Percy was tired of knocking out and waking up in unfamiliar places. But that's exactly what happened; he woke up in an unfamiliar place. Conversely, he also woke up to countless familiar faces staring down at him. He spotted Chiron, Jason, Piper, Katie Gardner, Connor and Travis Stoll, Lou Ellen, and numerous others. Thalia and Grover were peering over him from either side. Someone pushed through the crowd and grinned down at him. It was Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus. His eyes danced with a playful glimmer. "Well hello, Sleeping Beauty. Welcome to the Argo III."

Once Percy sat up, Calypso ran to him and put ice on his swelling head. She had on some ripped blue jeans and a royal purple shirt. On her wrist was a bracelet with tiny plastic dragon heads, Argo ships, and flames hanging off it, probably something that Leo made her. She still looked as beautiful as she did when she was immortal. Percy was glad that ice was on his face so he didn't turn red from embarrassment; all he could think about was himself on Ogygia, Calypso falling in love with him, her being cheated by the gods, her cursing Annabeth, falling in love with Leo, and finally being released from her beautiful prison, only to see Annabeth betray the camp. Percy thought that in Calypso's eyes, he was a pretty terrible guy. One thing was for sure, though; he would always respect Leo for being smart enough and dedicated enough to save her. Calypso had always been his biggest what if, and seeing her now, so calm and relaxed made Percy feel weird.

In just a few minutes of Leo's hyperactive storytelling, Percy was caught up on everything. Leo had gone on several adventures with Calypso, chauffeured on the back of Festus, their metal dragon. After months of traveling around the world, they had gotten back to Camp Half-Blood just in time to help Apollo get his Oracles back. Once they helped him with that, Festus had flown Leo and Calypso to Indiana for another adventure, and he was destroyed by Commodus (this very unpleasant guy who has it out for Apollo). Leo and Calypso were trying to rebuild the dragon with the help of a girl named Josephine. Before they could make much headway, they were summoned by Hephaestus and had been teleported to his forges. After a conversation (which Leo avoided elaborating on), Hephaestus had revealed a new and improved Argo ship, complete with new functions and additions. It was three hundred feet long, a hundred feet longer than the previously destroyed model. Sleeping in the main engine room was a rebuilt Festus, with the same hard drive that made Festus, well, Festus. Leo had given the ship the creative name of "Argo III."

Leo and Calypso had taken the Argo III for a test drive, but before they could make serious headway, Leo got a notification from one of the sensors in the ship. It was telling Leo that there was a bomb that had just been primed underneath the Hephaestus cabin. Leo had activated the Hephaestus cabin cameras (of course they had cameras installed) and saw that there was a cylinder with thick green liquid underneath the cabin. Leo and Calypso flew to Camp Half-Blood and got there around an hour and a half ago. They assumed that no one had it out for the Hephaestus cabin specifically, and figured that there may be a bomb under every single cabin. They knocked on everyone's doors and sounded the alarms, getting everyone up and filed into the Argo III. Since it was 300 feet long, it was more than enough space to carry everyone, especially since the upper deck held thirty large rooms with ten beds in each room. Next to each bed was a retractable television which the campers watched for live updates. Leo turned on the invisibility panels and for the past hour and a half, they've been parked in the forest right outside Camp Half-Blood and watching to see if anyone comes to attack it. Jake Mason was manning the cameras. He would use them to zoom in around the area while the campers followed along on their televisions. When Annabeth had killed Peleus, stolen the Fleece, and entered camp, the campers watched with horrified faces; they were traumatized that one of their most loyal campers had betrayed them. Once Percy literally ran into the Argo III, the cameras zoomed in on him on the ground and Thalia and Grover around him. The campers got excited and they all had swarmed down to the large main engine room where Jason and Leo were hoisting the three into the ship. Once Thalia and Grover were on the ship, Jason had pushed through the crowd and Thalia picked him up in a big hug that made Leo tear up. They had left Percy on the ground for a few minutes (Percy rolled his eyes at that) as they communed in one of the rooms. Thalia and Grover recounted the details of the mission to all the cabin heads and Chiron. Once Percy started to stir, one of the campers cried out and the heads left the room to check on the son of Poseidon.

Percy realized that while he, Thalia, and Grover were fighting Annabeth and her fire panther, Leo and Calypso had been evacuating the camp. He felt so proud and so happy, that he pulled Leo and Calypso in a hug. Both of them blushed when he did so, but Percy thanked both of them. He released the embrace and uncapped Riptide. The celestial bronze sword seemed to captivate the campers surrounding him. He tapped his wrist and his golden and green shield expanded. He looked down at his blood-stained white shirt, then turned to all the campers in the engine room.

"Camp Half-Blood, Annabeth Chase has betrayed us. She was the one who took my baby sister. She killed Iris and Fleecy, most likely to destroy any chance of anyone Iris-messaging anyone else. She went to Tennessee, and has Nico captured."

Will Solace was looking down at the ground, his eyes red. He had been dating Nico Di Angelo for a while now.

Percy took a breath. "She would've destroyed this camp in an instant. Without Leo, you all would have lost your lives. Annabeth tried to kill all of you and almost succeeded."

Uneasy muttering flowed over the crowd. Chiron was uncharacteristically silent as he looked towards the shadows. Percy felt bad; Annabeth was one of his favorite campers in all his time training heroes, and now she has betrayed him just as Luke did.

Percy looked at Riptide. "But she didn't succeed. You all are still here, alive and well. I will go out there and I will do my best to drive those beasts back. Right now, Annabeth probably thinks you all are dead. Let's keep it that way until she leaves here. I need you all to stay in here as I go out there."

Percy headed towards the back ramp that he had been pulled up into the Argo III on. He felt the camp's eyes on him as he retreated away. Percy smelled electricity, but no Christmas. He knew it was Jason who had grabbed his shoulder before he even turned. "You're not going out there alone. She destroyed all of our homes."

Percy turned to Jason and the two stared each other down fearlessly. A few beats passed and the room started to shift uncomfortably. Percy saw defiance in Jason's eyes, as if he was saying, "There's no way that my mind is going to be changed." That look was familiar; Percy recognized that in Thalia almost every day. He looked down at the engine room floor. "I thought I lost you all. I can't do that again. You guys are my second family."

Jason nodded, but lightning flashed in his eyes. "And you're our family too. What if it's too much out there and you fall on the battlefield? We wouldn't be able to forgive ourselves. We're fighting with you."

Jason raised his voice. "Anyone who doesn't feel comfortable in their combat skills can stay here and man the gun room."

Grover's jaw dropped. "There's a gun room?"

Will Solace pushed forward. "What about Nico? Who's got him?"

Percy looked around. "Anybody who does not feel comfortable fighting on Camp's grounds or in the gun room can go with Will to save Nico. He should be in the forest, around the West Woods."

Piper nodded. "One of the cameras have been focused on him this whole time. We got eyes on him. He's still covered by a golden, flickering half sphere thing though…"

Percy explained, "That is an Egyptian spell of protection. If you're not able to reach him safely, get out of there as soon as possible; we don't know what or how this Egyptian spell works. We also need campers spread out around the perimeter of camp. These monsters need to stay with Camp borders; we don't need them wreaking havoc on my city."

Calypso handed him a breastplate that he slid on. Thalia handed some battle pants and some battle boots. She nodded towards him and turned to the Camp population. "Everyone get your weapons, materials, or whatever you need for your mission. We leave in five minutes."

Everyone started to scramble. Percy ducked into a room and began to change pants. Even though the situation was messed up, he felt at home here. However, Percy didn't know whether he felt at home because he truly belongs here, or because this life is all he knows. Regardless, he figured that his dream of retirement was never going to come to fruition. He had too many enemies, too many friends likely to betray him, and he was the son of one of the Big Three? He was a roasting cookout to passing monsters.

Within forty-six seconds (yes, Percy counted), he was dressed and was ready to go. Thalia came in dressed in her Hunter gear and Grover walked in with his knives. He was looking down at the floor and seemed pretty miserable. Thalia put a hand on his shoulder. "You good, Grover?"

He looked at Thalia glumly. "Yeah, just thinking about Juniper. I hope none of the monsters like eating trees."

Percy's heart went out to his friend. He would be worried sick if he knew that monsters had paraded through the home of his fiancé. He tried for a grin. "Hey, she's a tough tree. She wouldn't dare leave you here like this. You can go look for her if you want, while we storm the camp."

Grover looked up hopefully. "You guys would let me?"

Thalia and Percy looked at each other. "Dude, you're a grown goat. Go find your woman," Thalia laughed.

She didn't need to tell him twice. Grover bounded down the hall, kicked the door open, and sprinted off into the night.

Percy smiled at Thalia. "You're pretty cool, Wonder Woman."

Thalia grinned at him. "Not so bad yourself, Aquaman."

Percy laughed. He thought about how Annabeth told him that he and Thalia were so much alike that it scared her, and that they would either be best friends or worst enemies. Percy was glad it was the former.

Thalia checked her spear and sighed. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and her tanned skin was glowing silver once more. She reminded Percy of walking moonlight. "You're important to me, Percy. You don't know how much I care about you. But you scared me before we had gone to the Parthenon."

Percy thought back and almost immediately remembered how angry he was. Thalia looked at him. "You, yourself, don't scare me. Your Wolf Stare, or whatever you call it, doesn't scare me. I lead a pack of wolves and Hunters around the nation, fighting beasts and immortals everywhere. Fear is kind of old news. But what scared me was when you were cursing the gods and telling us that you were ready to kill Annabeth…well, you were starting to sound like Luke."

Time stopped and Percy's mouth hung slightly agape. He had to agree with Thalia there; he was around the same age as Luke was when Percy first met him, and Percy had ended up expressing the same feelings towards the gods that Luke did. Percy had judged Luke all his adolescence, and had no right to do so anymore.

Thalia's eyes did its usual thing and bore into him. "My entire life, I have never had one strong, positive male role model. Between Zeus' deadbeat dad thing, the teachers who got me in trouble, the monsters that tried to kill us, and the drunk perverts that would catcall at my mom and I when we were younger, I thought all men were terrible people. They seemed to feel entitled to abusing and taking advantage of whatever they could get their hands on. When Luke came along, I thought that he was different; he was cool, funny, and good with a weapon. But most of all, he was caring. He seemed to genuinely care about me and Annabeth, and we loved him in turn."

Thalia's eyes took on a steely anger to it. "And then he betrayed us, Camp, and Olympus. At that point, I realized that all the men in my life had failed me in some way. I turned to the Hunters, partly to escape the prophecy, partly to honor Zoe, and partly to swear off the group of people that had continued to hurt me all my life; men. But then I got to know you, Jackson, and you were different. You brought me back to life as a human. You were headstrong and impulsive, just like me, but your love for your friends and family was stronger than anything I had ever encountered. You stood up to Zoe and Artemis, Ares and Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. Every single Titan you encountered either feared or respected you, even Kronos. Your name is a threat among the community of monsters, and a legend among the demigods. You stood up to me and Aegis years ago when I got in your face after Capture the Flag. You demanded respect from everyone you met without asking for it. Your powers are awesome, and you are refreshingly humble. For gods' sakes, your fatal flaw is personal loyalty! You were the first good man and subsequently, the first real man I ever met. I don't want you to lose that. I'm mad…no, I'm furious with Annabeth too. But remember who you are. Don't lose sight of that, or you'll fall down a slippery slope quicker than you know."

Thalia kept her gaze for a few beats and left the room with the other campers filing out. Percy was left staring off into space, trying to remember how to walk. Thalia poked her head in the room and sprayed Percy with a hose of water. The water acted like caffeine, bringing Percy's senses and attention to hyperactive levels. Percy gritted his teeth, dried himself, and poured out the door with the other campers. He leapt out the Argo III and landed onto the forest soil. His senses told him it was about 4:00 a.m., and the wind was beginning to pick up. Percy saw that every single camper who had exited the Argo III was waiting around in a crowd. Once they saw him, they parted a way for him; they were waiting for him to lead the charge.

The breakdown: there were about 150 campers out of the total 300 campers outside with him. Percy looked up at the Argo III. All twenty of the Apollo kids had hustled up to the top deck and drew their bows and arrows. They looked like they were standing on thin air, but Percy knew they were on top of the Argo. They all had their eyes on him, waiting for his command. Calypso was leading the group that manned the huge guns. There were about thirty campers who were in the gun-seats, ready to blow up monsters. 90 out of the remaining 100 campers had spread out along a perimeter around the property line, across the Fireworks beach and around the stables. They all had varying weapons, trying to keep the monsters inside of Camp. The last ten campers, led by Will Solace, was Nico's rescue team. They had headed out moments ago.

Percy pushed his way to the front of the crowd, feeling the campers' energy just as he feels water running through the pipes of a building. Percy saw the monsters still tearing up the place, trying to find some tasty demigods to eat. Percy saw Annabeth standing by the volleyball courts, her Golden Fleece stripes visibly glowing even from that distance away. He saw Cyrene still on her back. He looked to his right. Thalia was there, with her bow and arrow, and she nodded at him. He looked to his left and saw Jason there, holding his spear. He grinned at Percy and waited for his command.

Percy never thought he would go into battle flanked by two children of Zeus, but he wasn't complaining. He cracked his neck and he felt the Wolf stir inside of him. He gave a feral grin and sprinted towards the monsters. The campers followed his lead and they stormed the army of monsters.