I decided to update early because I really feel like I'm becoming a better writer (because I am). Don't expect me to update for a while after this because I'm going to rewrite the first couple chapters so nobody loses interest early in the story. Enjoy!

Seth's PoV

I may hate my brother, but it's a brotherly hate. Not real hate. So when I saw Erebus pop out of the room the Fates were being held in and stab his word through Clayton, I almost choked on my own spit.

"Ugh… that was a surprise," Clayton muttered coughing up blood. Then he started laughing and I cringed at his next words: "Looks like I was right Seth."

"I… I didn't mean alone!" I countered even though it was useless information by this point. Erebus pulled his sword out of Clayton and grabbed a crystal challis. He slit Clayton's neck and I swiped the image, obscuring the next events from our vision. But I still knew what he was doing.

"Now I know what it's like to be in a vampire movie," I said. Everybody nodded in agreement. Alpha peered outside the tent to see the darkness picking up speed.

"We have to go fight Erebus now. We won't get another chance like this. Erebus thinks we're mourning – which we might be – but he'll never expect us to attack now," Alpha explained.

"I agree. If we don't do this now we're screwed," Erica said. Percy nodded in agreement, so we started making our plan. Percy, Alpha and Erica would fight Erebus while Michaela and I rescued the Fates. Griffon would take everybody else and kill off all of the guards. Next we started our journey.

Erica's PoV

I didn't really care when we left to defeat Erebus, all I wanted was to avenge Clayton. I was blinded by hate. Even when we entered the dark fog, all I saw was red.

"You ok Erica?" Alpha asked me. I shook my head.

"He actually tried being my friend, unlike all of those other jerks at home. He was special to me," I said, my voice cracking. Alpha nodded.

"He was… special, yes. But maybe this is a sign that you can make friends. You just have to try a little harder," Alpha said cautiously, making sure not to say anything that might offend me. I appreciated the effort. The rest of the ride was silent. When we reached the bottom of Mt. Everest we set up a new tent and spent a couple hours preparing.

Percy's PoV

I couldn't contain the tears any longer. I cried it out inside our new tent over my brother's death. I may have only known him for a couple of months, but he was my brother. I sparred with the others half-heartedly and only won half of the time, but I couldn't get my mind off of Clayton. I guess my loyalty really had me pinned this time. After a couple of hours, we started venturing up the mountain until we reached a large mansion. Griffon and his group stayed outside and killed the guards around the mansion while the rest of us went inside. We saw Erebus sitting on his throne.

"What a surprise!" He bellowed. "More demigod dessert for me!" I almost lost my lunch.

"You are a sick man!" Erica yelled at Erebus. "Why don't you fight us?"

"Challenge accepted little girl." Erica's eyes started glowing. She literally had purple flames licking at the bottom of her irises.

"Don't call me a little girl!" She shouted before pouncing at Erebus. Alpha and I got into fighting position. The battle had commenced.

Michaela's PoV

Seth and I stalked down the hallways while Erebus was distracted, finding our way to the place where the Fates were being held. There was a horrible sight at the door. Clayton's body was still there, throat slit and stab wound untreated.

"Oh gods, that is wrong!" I shouted. I opened the door and stepped over Clayton's body. Seth bent down and grabbed all of Clayton's gear.

"He would've wanted me to keep is pranks alive," Seth explained. I shook my head in disgust and walked into the room. There were three Celestial bronze cages in the room, each containing a Fate.

"Don't worry we'll get you out of there!" I said to the Fates.

"Really? I thought you just fought your way in here to laugh in our faces," Said one of the Fates sarcastically. I just sneered and got to work using some water to cut the bars. It was slow work, but eventually we freed all three Fates. We led them out into the throne room where the battle was still raging.

"Ooh, I love a good battle!" said one of the Fates. We watched as different powers and techniques were used. Alpha and Percy would get into a heated battle with Erebus while Erica snuck up behind him and landed bigger blows. It was a surprisingly one-sided battle because Erebus was almost helpless against the three enraged demigods exacting their revenge. I almost pitied Erebus, but I remembered that he was the man that had killed my brother. I just shook my head and left the building.

Alpha's PoV

I was really mad at Erebus. I lost allies all the time, but none of their deaths had ever affected Erica this much. Talking to her I realized how much Clayton meant to our team. Maybe he was annoying, irritable and hard to get along with… he was a good friend anyways. Because of this, I fought my hardest, making sure to take every shot I could get in. Erebus struck at me so I dodged, jumping into the air and bringing my sword down on his shoulder. He yelled and tried to kick me. Now this was just getting sad. I grabbed his foot and threw him towards Erica who stabbed him with her dagger and used her powers to light his head on fire.

"Erica that's enough! You don't need to be so savage!" I yelled. She stood back and spit on Erebus. I took my sword and drove it into him, making him blow up into shadows and dust.

"Glad that's over," said Percy. We all muttered in agreement and left the building. Outside the darkness was retreating, sunlight was showing; it seemed like a miracle after hours in a realm of darkness. We gathered all of our gear and flew back to Camp Half-Blood. We were greeted with cheers from all of the campers.

"You made it back!" Annabeth yelled when she saw Percy. I smiled as they hugged. That night we had a banquet.

"To our heroes! They have saved us from one terror, and let's hope they can stay to help us win the war!" Dionysus yelled. A loud cheer arose from the crowd as everybody celebrated our victory. The next day we had a funeral for Clayton. We burnt his shroud; a sea green shroud with a black trident on it to symbolize his affiliation with Chaos. That day, for the first time since Chaos found me 1,393 years ago, I cried.

I feel it appropriate to end on that note. Anyways, the next chapter will be the epilogue and that's it! Don't expect a sequel until I finish my other stories though, so read and review those too! ~AssassinOfNeptune