Chapter 15

Percy/Alpha

Percy woke up with Anakin screaming in pain. He saw his son holding his head and lying on the ground. That must mean the army is getting near the camp boarders. He must inform Chiron as soon as possible.

"Anakin!" Percy told his son.

Anakin looked at his father with bloodshot eyes. Since when was he in pain? Percy asked himself. Before dawn, father. Anakin said through their link. Percy thought he said it to himself but said it to Anakin instead.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Percy asked.

"I didn't want to wake you up. Gaea has been trying to get to me. She... She knows I have the ring." Anakin said.

Percy couldn't say anything anymore. How did Gaea find out that his son had the ring? Was there a spy in camp? That's impossible! Nobody knows that Anakin has the ring.

"Don't leave this place, son. After the war, I'll have lieutenant Melville to watch over you." Percy said.

"But, father. I want to help out in the war." Anakin said.

"No," Percy started. "I don't want to lose you like I lost some of my closest friends in the past like your mother's sister, Silena and her boyfriend Beckendorf."

Anakin nodded and replied, "Alright, father. But what must I do?"

Percy smiled at how obedient his son could be. He's just worried that his son could be too much like him.

"You must-"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Percy and Anakin heard bombs coming from outside and screams from the campers. Anakin hurried to the curtains of the cabin and peeked through.

"Father!" Anakin creid. "The battle has started."

Percy peeked through the window beside his son and what he saw made him get angry.

"No," Percy whispered to himself. "It can't be."

Beside Gaea, Tatiana and Alicia were there being held captive. They're using them as bait. Percy thought.

"I see Anna! What should we do?" Anakin was worried. He's never seen danger like this on earth.

"You, my son. Will do nothing. I already told you before." Percy told his son.

Anakin sighed and nodded. Percy was wearing his black hooded assassin's cloak along with his mask and his hood was up. He strapped his weapons around himself where he hides them and then left his tent. When he came out of his tent, Percy didn't expect the camp to be this way. Most of the cabins were on fire, everyone was battling some minions of Gaea and Percy could hear the children's screams.

"Ari!" Percy yelled to his sister.

Ariana ran to Percy and asked, "What is it?"

"Take the kids to my tent. They will be safe there." Percy told his sister.

"Alright, brother." Ariana said.

She gathered all the kids together and led them to Percy's tent where his son was staying. Minions were trying to get past him to the Big House but failed their attempt. Percy kept killing those who try to pass him. He kept slashing and slashing without losing a step. Percy saw Prometheus battling some Hunters. He disappeared from his place and re-appreared in front of Prometheus, stabbing him without a warning. Prometheus crumbled into dust a second after.

"Percy," Thalia said. "What should we do? We're losing badly."

"We'll keep trying." Percy replied. He suddenly heard faint screaming coming from the the strawberry fields. What he saw made him boil with rage. Jeremy, a child of Apollo and a traitor was holding Alicia by the waist and Derek, Jeremy's full brother, stabbed Alicia in the stomach. Percy saw Tatiana crying her eyes out while crying.

Percy's world was tearing apart, little by little. He can't let that happen to Tatiana. It was either him or his daughter. He saw Jeremy smirking with his brother. He held Tatiana from behind and Derek was facing her. Instead of holding a knife, he was holding a bow and arrow. He was aiming for Tatiana.

3rd Person POV

Gaea and her minions were now losing badly. Mother Earth was looking for Percy's son but she couldn't find him anywhere. Anakin was smart enough to enchant the tent so it would turn invisible. Ariana was with the kids inside the tent. They could see what was happening outside.

Tatiana was scared. She just saw her mother die in front of her and now, it was her turn to die.

"I was waiting for this moment to kill Jackson's wife." Jeremy said while laughing coldly. Jeremy dropped Alicia's body on the ground and poor Tatiana was crying her eyes out. She looked around and the campers were cheering along with the troops of Chaos.

"Now, it's your turn."

Tatiana closed her eyes waiting for the arrow to hit her chest but a minute had past and she didn't feel any pain. She opened her eyes and saw her father kneeling on the ground in front of her. What got her to scream was what she saw on his chest.

"NOOO!" Tatiana yelled which got every camper to look at her. Everyone fell silent, including the troops of Chaos.

There was an arrow stuck to Percy's chest. He just saved his daughter. Tatiana knelt beside her father, who was looking at his daughter.

"Father, please don't die!" Tatiana cried.

"Anna?" Tatiana looked up to see her twin with tears in his eyes. Anakin, too, knelt beside their father.

"Why did you do this?" Tatiana asked Jeremy who was just smirking.

"I hated him for all the glory he had hundreds of years ago. He was the hero and I didn't get the chance to do what I wanted to do!" Jeremy yelled.

"We don't care!" Anakin yelled which got the winds to push pass them wildly. The twins let their father go and was about to charge at Jeremy and Derek but when they stood up, there was a flash of bright light. The last thing they saw before it died down was their father's lips mouthing "I love you both..." Jeremy and Derek disappeared along with their parents' body. Their father saved them once again.

Author's Note 13:

Sorry for keeping every single one of you waiting. I was so busy with the practices for our family day. It's now over so I can post again. This is the last chapter for this book. I hope I didn't disappoint you guys with this last chapter. I tried my best to make it good but as usual, I'm not so good with war scenes. Keep reviewing! I will start with my next sequel "The Chaos Chronicles: The Final Stand" real soon. Stay tuned.

~Nightshade Hunter