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Percy

Percy watched in awe as an entire army appeared behind the boy, emerging from the crest of the hill. He counted more than a hundred in all, and just as many as the entire legion. Most of them carried some curved swords, but a few carried sticks and some sort of boomerang.

Are they going to smack us to death? Percy thought jokingly. But still, there was an eerie chill in the air that made him uncomfortable. The army wasn't like anything he ever saw before. They all ahd weird weapons, but they seemed to be awfully confident in their abilities. Cheetahs, lions, and even some hippos darted in and out between the army, and Percy wondered if zookeepers had decided to launch an attack against them, too.

Six other figures stepped out and stood beside the boy. There was a woman who wore a leotard; two wicked knives held in her hands. Percy would've mistaken her for a serial killer gymnast easily. A short dude wearing a speedo stood proudly beside her, his arms akimbo and guffawing like a maniac. A beautiful woman with wings of light spread behind her glowered at them, her glowing eyes filled with loathing.

"Return her to us, or suffer our wrath." The boy beside the woman threatened, his silver and golden eyes glowing with power. He twirled his curved sword in his hands.

"Return who?" Percy asked curiously. "We haven't taken anyone!"

"Liar!" a man in a pinstripe suit and holding a stick bellowed. "We have information that you plan to overthrow our Pharaoh. "Percy Jackson, show yourself!"

Percy was confused. How did these people know his name? He was certain that he didn't randomly bump into them on the street, and he was definitely sure that he didn't do anything to provoke them.

Annabeth came over and whispered furiously in Percy's ear, "What did you do this time?"

Percy shrugged. "I don't know! I don't even know these people."

"Well, they seem to know you." Annabeth huffed.

"You dare attack us here? On our home?" Reyna asked out angrily. "We would crush you easily!"

Percy facepalmed. They were staring down an army that is almost as large as their own, and Reyna still had the guts to tell that they will crush them easily? Percy knew what was going to happen next. He drew out Riptide, and prepared for the assault.

The last of the seven in the front of the army smirked evilly. With his goatee, Kool-Aid skin, disco suit, and glowering eyes, Percy thought he looked like the much more evil brother of Hades. "We'll see." he said. "Egyptians, strike for your Pharaoh! Strike for Sadie Kane!"

"Egyptians?" Reyna exclaimed. She turned furiously to Annabeth. "Is this some sort of trick?"

"Are you kidding me?" Annabeth snapped. "How on earth are we supposed to make something like this-and wait, SADIE KANE?"

"Everyone get ready!" Jason ordered. The Romans obeyed at his command, forming ranks and slamming their shields together.

The African-American boy pointed his sword at Percy. "Attack!"

Battle cries erupted from both sides. The Greeks were unsure what to do, since there were only about ten of them. Percy had decided to lead the Romans, since he was their praetor after all. He was confident that Annabeth could lead his friends away from harm; she was the daughter of Athena, after all.

"Hold!" Percy ordered. "Hold for Rome!"

Percy was convinced that they were even. The number of the soldiers were almost the same, and the Romans ahd the advantage of home ground. They will not be beaten on their home turf.

That is, until most of them grew twenty feet tall.

Nico

When Nico woke up, Sadie was nowhere in sight.

Nico started to panic. Where could she have gone? He hastily slipped his feet into his sneakers. His gaze turned to the door, and saw that it had been thrown open. Probably by Sadie. Outside, the sun was baking everything in sight, and Nico was not eager to go under the heat.

Oh, Chiron's going to kill me. Nico thought.

The first place he thought of was the infirmary. He presumed Sadie would probably try to go to familiar ground, and then try to find a way out.

Nico asked every Satyr, every camper, every Dryad, and even Mr. D. To his dismay, they all had the same answer: No idea. He avoided Chiron, though. That centaur might trample him under his hooves for losing her.

Nico decided to go into the woods. It was always the one place where he could think. Most of the other campers tried to avoid the woods, since it was filled with monsters lurking at every corner. Nico loved the woods, though. Monsters tend to stay away from him because of the death aura the he emits, which was fine by him. Less monsters means less troubles. That was just about the only other wonderful thing he found by being a son of Hades, except for shadow-travelling and his kick-butt dead-raising powers.

He went deeper and deeper into the woods. Once or twice, Nico thought he saw some glowing eyes from the shadows of the bushes and trees, but he didn't mind. No monster in the proper mind would attack him alone, unless they wanted to be sent on an early vacation to Tartarus.

"Where in the bloody world am I now?" somebody exclaimed from Nico's right?

That was not a monster. Nico ran towards the voice, knowing too well that faint British accent that he found quite…cute.

He found Sadie a few meters away from him. She was scowling at every plant life, tripping through the woods and cursing herself, Chiron, and even Nico. He was surprised at her vigilance; he would've thought that she'd give up by now.

He decided to follow her silently. Sadie passed another tree, swiping the branches out of her way. Nico almost laughed out loud when the last branch snapped back in place and hit her behind the head.

The smile was wiped away from his face when he saw a giant scorpion scuttle in front of her, snapping its mandibles menacingly. Its pincers were opening and closing slowly, as if the scorpion was exercising them for snapping her up later.

"Aaahh!" Sadie screamed.

The scorpion backhanded her with its pincer, and Sadie was thrown away. Luckily, she landed on some bushes, but Nico saw a nasty wound on her temple.

He drew his sword, and crept silently behind the monster. The scorpion kept its gaze trained on Sadie, who was unconscious. Nico crept behind its tail, and stabbed his sword through the chinks of its armor.

The scorpion disintegrated into dust.

Nico sheathed his sword, smirking at how easy that was.

He ran over to Sadie. She was worse than he had originally thought. One of her arms was bent in a way that Nico wouldn't have thought possible, and the cut on her head was bleeding massive amounts of blood.

Nico picked her up gently, his heart racing to get her to the infirmary.

Mid-way, Sadie began to hallucinate.

"Walt…is...that…really you…? Please help…me." Sadie croaked.

Who was Walt? Nico asked himself. That knock on the head must've jogged Sadie's memory or something.

"…summons the dead…traitor!" Sadie took one last look at Nico, before she rolled her head back and fainted.

Nico stared at her curiously? Who was Walt? And was she calling him a traitor? Nobody else could summon the dead except for him, unless you count his dad.

Nico wasn't sure what had just happened, but he was sure that it was deeper than what he had thought of.

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Till next chapter!

SPOILER:

Percy ducked under Carter's strike, and brought his fist into an uppercut. It successfully collided with Carter's chin, and Percy sent the boy staggering backwards. He noticed that Carter wasn't dazed, though, but he was even angrier than before.

Percy raised Riptide, and charged…