Typhon

It's almost over; then I will be able to continue Percy Jackson and the Hogwarts Students!

The reason this took more than the promised one day is because since this chapter is so important, as the climax, I wanted to make sure it was awesome.

Disclaimer: Me = no possession of PJO

Sophia's POV

My breath caught in my throat as I stared at the large man in the center of the room. I glanced around the room to see everyone's reaction. Mom looked confused with a hint of fear, and then she spoke, "I thought you were supposed to have one hundred heads."

"The gods aren't the only ones who can change their appearance," he hissed, "Has the lippy Athenian volunteered to go first?"

"No," I said, realizing what must happen, "I am."

"Me too," Hallie and Greg added at the same time. I smiled at them.

"We'll fight you together," Stella declared. Tanya nodded.

Typhon laughed a horrible, nails-on-chalkboard laugh, "You're going to fight me?! You don't stand a chance!" Dad made a move towards him but Mom held him back, whispering something to him. He frowned but slunk back, apparently knowing she was right about whatever she had told him. I noticed the grip on his sword grow tighter though.

Out of nowhere, Stella grabbed Hallie's hand. They both apparently knew what this meant, although I didn't, because something passed between both girls as they did this. Hallie had her concentration face on; a scowl with a determined glint in her eye. I realized she was trying to control her power over water, but I didn't see any water.

Clouds started rolling in over the hole Typhon made. I saw Tanya grip Hallie's hand, and a gust of wind blew. Lightning flashed across the sky, between the clouds. I clutched Tanya's hand and focused on water; water, water, nearby water: help me defeat Typhon. My plea sounded pathetic, but it was all I had. Our order, in godly description, was Zeus, Poseidon, Zeus, and Poseidon.

It began to rain, then it rained harder, and then it began to hail. I wondered if this form of water was from the Poseidon side or the Zeus side. I'm going to go on the safe side and say that it is because the two are combining their powers. This would be so much more impressive if the two gods themselves worked together like this!

The winds picked up, and a funnel cloud began to form above us. It was slowly reaching the ground in front of us. A lightning bolt struck right in front of Typhon, giving me a chance to really see his face. He looked surprised, but I knew he would recover. Using her free hand, Stella brought her arm down quickly, stopping with her clenched fist pointing in Typhon's direction. I lightning bolt struck him in the chest, but he only flinched, nothing more.

The funnel cloud touched down between us and Typhon. I wondered why he wasn't fighting back. I frowned as I realized I spoke too soon. Typhon grew in height and began to whirl around. He turned into a funnel cloud. A tornado, a twister, whatever you wanted to call it. Our tornado grew in width and whipped towards Typhon. Typhon came at it, easily destroying it.

"We have to make it flood in here," I muttered to Tanya, just loud enough so she could hear me over the wind. She nodded and passed down the message. I hand was on my shoulder, and I turned to see Greg. His eyes were full of worry and…I couldn't tell. I think it was…self-pity? Maybe he was mad at himself for not being able to help.

I gave him a small smile, "Shoot him. Shoot him with everything you have." He stared at me for a second before nodding. I pecked his lips and turned to face Typhon, glaring an awful glare that I had inherited from my mother and grandmother. Arrows appeared in his chest, and I knew Greg was doing as I asked. I concentrated on the rain picking up faster and harder, flooding the hole up to Hallie's knees.

"Everyone on a rock!" shouted Tanya with a determined glint in her eye. She was saying this for our protection, not because she didn't want us to drown. Everyone but Hallie, Dad, and I clambered onto a rock. Dad wasn't going to interfere, but he looked ready to in case he had to.

From her rock, Tanya's sandy blonde hair whipped her face from the ponytail she had pulled it back into. She hoisted Stella up onto her rock and the pair held their entwined hands above their heads, bringing them down at the same time, still entwined. Huge, impressive lightning struck the flooded hole. An electric current ran through the water, giving Typhon a powerful electric shock. It passed right through me, ignoring me. I quietly thanked Poseidon for that.

When I saw Typhon again, he was different. He was slightly burned with his hair sticking up on many ends. There were arrows in his chest, but he still wasn't dying. I knew immortal beings couldn't die, they could just be trapped. So we had to trap him. I thought about it, thinking how we could trap him in here. We couldn't do the whole crushed-under-a-caved-in-mountain thing because the mountain already caved in on itself.

I studied my sword while I thought. Written on the side, I saw its name in Greek. I knew it would say Earthmover, but I read it anyway. It didn't say Earthmover. It said Earthshaker. That sounded familiar…it was the sword from Dad's story he told us! It was the sword that the weird nymph combined with his old sword, Riptide. I looked around, and saw Hallie watching me curiously. I motioned her over while Tanya and Stella hit Typhon with another shock. She hurried over to me.

"Let me see your sword," I demanded. She pulled a pen out of her pocket and handed it to me. I uncapped it and read the name. It didn't say Wavemover. It said Riptide. I gaped at the swords. I looked at Hallie seriously, "You have to use this sword."

"What?!" she exclaimed, "You know I'm no good with it!"

"Hallie this is important. Our swords aren't Earthmover and Wavemover. They're Earthshaker and Riptide, the two swords from Dad's story," I explained, "If we use the powers of the swords together, we could beat Typhon. They're Dad's sword, separated!"

Hallie looked at me warily, bit her lip, and put away her knife. She hesitantly took her sword from me, holding it in her right hand. I remembered what happened with the Cyclops; how she fought so much better using her left, "Use your left hand."

"Are you insane?" she asked. Another roll of thunder was heard, and the wind was picking up. Hallie's black hair flew freely around her head. My blonde locks were begging to get free of their ponytail prison.

"You fought so much better using your left hand when you fought the Cyclops. So, do it!" I instructed. She switched hands, still looking at me uncertainly. I smiled encouragingly at her, and she smiled back, gripping the sword tighter, more confidently. The familiar determined glint returned to her eyes, and I knew she wasn't going to let Typhon beat her.

"Poseidon said that I could control the seas with this sword. Dad didn't mention that about his sword," Hallie mentioned. FLASH! Another lightning bolt struck inside the hole. I swear, if those two strike another one, I will be deaf tomorrow.

"Maybe Dad wasn't told everything about Riptide," I suggested dismissively.

"Yeah, that's probably it…," Hallie agreed, "Hey! Do you think I can control this water with the sword?"

"I don't know, maybe you should try," I suggested. Hallie raised the sword and jabbed at the empty air between her and Typhon. A jet of water shot up to her sword, and across to Typhon in the direction her sword was pointing. He had been paying attention to Tanya and Stella, so he was completely surprised when the jet of powerful water hit him. He was so surprised that he was knocked over in his unprepared state. A giant splash was seen where he fell, like when someone does a cannon ball, only much bigger.

Out of instinct, I pushed Earthshaker into the rocky ground. It cut through easily despite the rockiness, and a fissure opened up, just big enough for Typhon to fall into. He and all the water fell into the fissure, and he was too big to get up. Tanya and Stella, separately this time, shot him with lightning. He was struck about fifteen times by the duo, burning his skin terribly. He looked in disbelief at us kids.

Just to give himself the satisfaction, Greg shot arrow after arrow at Typhon's trapped form. Typhon looked furious, and struggled to get up. Why he didn't make the fissure bigger with brute strength is beyond me. He was lying in a little river, covered in water and burned to a crisp. Zeus and Poseidon were both represented in this little capturing of Typhon, and I felt bad that Hades wasn't. He is represented in people here, but nothing of his fought Typhon.

Suddenly Stella clapped her hands together. It didn't sound like the clap she used to retrieve her sword, though. But I soon found out what the effect was; a jagged spire of rock erupted from the ground next to Typhon. His eyes widened as yet another Big Three god was represented. She clapped her hands again, and another rock spire grew from the ground. Again and again, until there were so many rocks that you couldn't see anything between them. They were so tall that they crisscrossed at the top like a Native American teepee. Typhon was completely trapped inside this humongous prison. I tested their strength by trying to jab Earthshaker through, but the spire refused to let my sword cut through it. I whistled in appreciative surprise.

Uncle Nico ran over to Stella and wrapped her into a tight, proud hug, "You did it! I didn't even teach you and you did it!"

"I learned how to shadow travel too," she informed her dad.

Uncle Nico beamed at her; I learned from Mom and Dad that this was a rare occurrence for the son of Hades. Aunt Aura joined them, giving Stella a hug and a kiss on the forehead. Hallie and I hurried over to our parents. I hugged Dad extra-tight because I hadn't seen him in a while. I never thought that I would think this way about my parents. I had thought that I would always think of them as annoying, over-protective weirdoes who speak and behave oddly. I never thought that I would think of them as famous and cool monster fighters who let me travel all the way across the country to go into a monster lair. Wow, that sounded odd.