Percy:

My brother Tyson to the rescue and getting a special package from Mom

The shaking meant only one thing: that my brother Tyson had responded to the flair that Gabriel had ignited earlier. "In the name of Poseidon!" I heard him shout just before he came and started bashing undead soldiers with his "stick" (his weapon given him by the gods when he was made the general of our dad's Cyclops army). I fought as hard as the Curse of Achilles allowed me to, harder than I had ever fought in my life.

Gabe, Thalia, and Annabeth had the same idea in their heads since Gabe was moving almost at the speed of light and Thalia was going mad with her spear. Annabeth was also going mad with her knife and we had a virtual feast out of destroying the hordes of the Titans. Tyson and his Cyclops soldiers also had some fun destroying the palace of Oceanus as well as smashing several hundred soldiers at a time with their feet. Then I saw something that I never thought I'd see: Annabeth, Thalia, and Gab all being grabbed by the Cyclopes and carried away.

Tyson scooped me underneath his arm as well and carried me out of the palace before it started to crumble. "Wait, what about your soldiers Tyson, you're not just gonna leave them behind are you?" I asked. "They will survive the destruction of the Palace with little to no injury but you won't if we don't get out of here soon," Tyson answered. I was suddenly hit by the fact that Tyson's speech seemed less childish than it had been when we last met though still relatively childish.

He had no doubt matured a bit since the last meeting we had together and I was sure glad to have that going for me right now. "Um, I don't think that's the only reason why you're carrying me like I'm some sort of baby," I said. "Look down at your leg and you'll see why," Tyson replied. To my surprise, I had an arrow in my leg and I knew that I was going to be out of the picture for a little while if not for the rest of the quest.

Sad to say this but the curse of Achilles does nothing to accelerate the healing of any wounds that might be obtained besides those blows taken to the weak spot. This was going to make me look bad at Camp but I knew that I had done a good enough part for this month. Think about it, I had helped my friends track down and defeat Oceanus before the Titan Prometheus showed up and finished him for us. Plus, I had helped settle a dispute that Oceanus was having with my father so all in a day's work for Percy Jackson.

Soon, we were above the waters and back at Camp Half-Blood having brought peace to my father's realm once again. It seemed as though Chiron knew what was happening since he and a caravan were ready to greet us when we returned. "Well done you four, Gabriel has completed his initiation by surviving the quest we sent him on with you, Annabeth, and Thalia!" he shouted. "Thanks but can we do something about the arrow in my leg before we celebrate?" I asked.

A stretcher was on its way with two kids from the Asclepius cabin carrying it and I was carefully placed on it. Soon I was back in my cabin with the two Asclepius kids, Jennifer and John, removing the arrow by first breaking off the sharp end then pulling the rest out my leg. I bit my lip to keep from screaming out in pain and Annabeth watched as the whole thing went on. "Talk about a tough demigod for not being a son of Zeus or Kronos," she teased.

I smiled back at her and told her to come closer when everyone had left us. "Truthfully, I don't know how to say this but-" I began. "You love me, don't you?" she asked, cutting me off in mid-sentence. I nodded and she kissed me like we had kissed three weeks before underwater.

"Hey Percy, your Momma sent you something from home and it says that she hopes you are safe and well," Tyson said, coming into the cabin shortly after Annabeth kissed me. "Can I see what's in it now please?" I asked. Tyson handed me the package and I had to admit that I loved it since it was wrapped in blue, just the way I liked my packages. There was an envelope stuck to the top and I carefully pulled it off of the box before opening it and reading the letter inside.

She had also sent me forty bucks, which also happened to be inside the envelope and that was an unusual gift. I put the money in my pocket and read the letter that I had unfolded. It said: Dear Percy, I really miss you and I hope that I can see you again soon.

Paul and I are doing well, in fact, we're engaged to be married this October.

Can you believe that and guess what? He proposed to me while we were watching a movie in the living room! I hope you can come home and see our wedding because I am so excited that I even told the rest of our family and invited your father to come if he could. Anyway, enough about me; how are you and Annabeth doing?

You two are such a cute couple and I really like her. The money is Paul's gift to you, he insisted that he give something to you that would be going with the package. Be sure to contact us as soon as you can and let us know how you're doing! I love you and I miss you!

Love,

Your mother Sally

P.S. All your favorite little goodies are inside the box if you know what I mean.

I smiled and opened the package to see all the blue candy I could have ever wanted in my entire life. Annabeth and I shared some of the candy together as a little romantic experience that was different from what we normally did. But when it was all over, I really wished that I had not gone through it so quickly even if I did have help. That was because there was almost nothing left for later on while I recovered from the leg wound.

Thalia came in and asked how I was doing to which, I responded that I would live. "I thought you would say that and I also thought you'd like to know that Gabe and I are going to Mount Olympus in a few moments," she said. I stared at her like she was crazy and so did Annabeth but she assured us that she wasn't kidding around. "I'm not kidding, my father wants to make amends with me and he would also like to announce before all Olympus that Gabriel is free from Hera's service by his order," Thalia said.

"Percy, you don't mind if I give Gabriel a hug of congratulations when I see him, do you?" Annabeth asked. "Why would I fret about something like that? I'm not like some other stupid teenage boy who doesn't even let his girl give her best male friend a hug," I answered. Gabe came in just in time and Annabeth jumped on him, hugging him as hard as she could.

"I can't believe you're finally going to be free of the gods, congratulations!" she said. "Thanks, but I'm not entirely free of the gods just yet," he replied. "Should we go now or what?" Thalia asked. "Best not keep Hermes waiting for us, wouldn't you say?" Gabe answered.