Chapter 9: Thanks for the powers dad

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, that honour goes with Rick Riordan. Neither do I own any of the characters mentioned.

Last Chapter

All of a sudden I heard and explosion downstairs and that never means something good happens. We all looked at each other and I knew that Jason couldn't go anywhere by himself so I did the only thing I could think of. "Jess, you stay here and make sure he's okay, I'll go see what happened." I ran down the stairs and I was stopped in my tracks. The explosion definitely wasn't good, not at all.

Minutes Before, Mount Orthys: Prometheus' POV

He's going to be furious but there's no way around it. Atlas and his great army has failed us, even 1000 of his troops with one of his most powerful lieutenants weren't able to take down 2 dozen demigods, pitiful. If I was able to take them out my way they would be dead already but noooo. Kronos has to show off his power by sending hordes of our troops everywhere. Now who has to break the news to him? Of course I do, the one who found them in the first place. Let's get this done and over with.

"Kronos, we have a problem!". The almighty lord looked startled at my entrance, slightly angry that I made him jump in surprise. "Those demigods you sent Atlas' monsters against are still alive. Actually, most of our troops are destroyed."

"WHAT! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!"

"Well let's see. They took over the lobby and then the monster in charge challenged the captain of the demigods and the gorgon was slaughtered. Apparently she was turned into dust within a minute of the fight so for the last few hours our forces have fought leaderless with no direction. Atlas hasn't done anything and has failed to give any leaders in his captain other than his top few monsters so the demigods counterattacked a few minutes ago and now they have taken back the lobby. At the moment our forces are being decimated and we might lose this battle."

"But...How…The demigods were nothing. There was just 25 of them, how did they do this?"

"Their leader goes by Percy Jackson and apparently he's quite skilled. They also have the strongest demigods in the camp with them I have heard from the monster I interrogated but there is one other thing that seems to be interesting. Those 3 demigods from Camp Jupiter that escaped, we have them there. Somehow they got to Manhattan without us noticing but right now they are part of the reason why our forces are failing. The are attacking our other flank sandwiching in our force. If we don't do something soon then they'll escape. What are your ideas brother?"

"This is quite concerning, if these are the strongest demigods then we either need another large force or something stronger.". He looked up at me and there was a glint in his eye when he saw my face. "I know, you will go and kill these demigods. Show anyone opposing us that the power of a titan is far greater than any demigod no matter their strength. Go and flatten them all then come back with their heads. Now brother." He waved his hand and woosh I was in Manhattan.

The view was interesting, I was there for about 10 seconds, heard a kid yell something on top of a roof and then saw lightening strike down dozens of monsters and almost 15 demigods run away from the back of the force. It was so surprising I was rooted in the stop and when I could move everyone was far gone already. No matter, we'll round them up soon enough. Now about the others in the building, the Romans. There's no way they could have escaped. Aw, that's cute, they left a guard in the door way, let's get rid of him now. I sent a bolt of pure fire towards him and he saw it just in the nick of time and raised his shield somehow blocking the blow but the explosion knocked him back several feet onto the ground at the base of what was a door to the roof. The blow destroyed everything in the store, my apologies if anyone still worked here. Now to finish him off though and move up to finish off the other pesky little demigods.

Percy's POV

Nope, not good. The big guy Frank has ash all over his face and his skin is blistered where ever it was open to the heat of the blast. He staggered to his feet and was glaring at the doorway and that was when I followed his glare and noticed someone there. He was average size, 6 feet tall maybe with medium length black, curly hair. He was extremely well built and I immediately though titan. Typical I found with gods and titans he had a trimmed beard, also black, and was dressed in fairly modern clothes. He had what seemed to be a flame in his hand, I think he was the one who caused the explosion. Something jumped in the back of my mind and I think I know who this is, something with fire. He helped humans a long time ago by giving us fire but was still sentenced by the gods, apparently he holds a grudge. I can't remember his name though.

Frank looked up at me, thank gods he wasn't dead and staggered to his leaning on his shield. He turned to the titan and taunted him; "Come on, is that all you got?".

"You Romans are so cocky, even when you know you'll lose you still try and show arrogance, just accept your fate and it'll be quick.". Instead of laying down his weapons Frank lowered his stance and got ready to fight. The titan sighed and with a flick of his wrist a sword appeared in his hand, a deadly black blade made of something I don't know. "Fine, slow and painful it is. Then I'll move up to your friends."

He walked towards Frank slowly and calmly acting as if this was nothing at all. Frank took his calmness as a weakness and charged when there was 10 feet to go. He leaned into his shield to push the titan off balance but instead the titan leaned back and stuck out his leg tripping Frank. The son of Mars fell face first but instead of killing the demigod all the titan did was touch Franks open calf with his finger. An instant later I saw smoke come from their connection and Frank screamed in agony from the burn the titan was giving him. The titan did the same to the other leg and Frank nearly passed out in pain. "I told you to give up but no, you Romans fight to the death. Let's see how much pain you really can take centurion.". He was about to touch Frank again, this time on his arm when I threw my shield at his head. Surprisingly it hit him square on, exactly where I aimed and he staggered back holding his temple clearly having one hell of a headache. Unfortunately, it didn't knock him out like I hoped but it gave me enough time to reach Frank and pull him to the stairs.

"Frank, go upstairs and tell the others what happened. Get out of here if you can, go to the subway and look for 2 girls, Annabeth and Clarisse. They know what to do."

"But what are you going to do?"

"I'll stay here and fight him, I'll delay him for as long as possible."

"But Percy, he's a titan. I've trained my whole life and he beat me with out swinging his sword. How are you-"

"And I have about 10 minutes of training so I think I'm more qualified for this. Leave it to me, don't worry." I turned around not allowing him to reason with me and saw that the titan was getting over the throw I did. With a final shake of his head he stared at me unbelievingly.

"You dare throw a shield at me demigod? Who do you think you are?"

"I'm Percy Jackson, son of, well not entirely sure but yes, I do dare. What are you going to do about it?"

"I am the titan Prometheus." So that was his name, "I gave fire to you insignificant life forms and all that happened was I got thrown into Tartarus. You ungrateful swine need to be destroyed."

"So you can really hold onto a grudge eh? What was that? 3000 years ago?" I kept stalling figuring I can last longer doing this than fighting. Frank had a point, he was one of the strongest fighters in the world with years of training. I have killed a few monsters but am no where near the calibre of these guys.

"One tends to remember millennia in Tartarus young boy. It is hard to forget actually and by the way, you can keep stalling but they won't get off the roof. I will kill them in just a second.". Crap. Well stalling isn't working.

"Well if that won't work what are we doing? Are we going to fight or keep chatting?". I lowered into a stance that I thought was correct posture and got ready for any attack he threw at me. Riptide was still in my pocket so all I got was a sneer from Prometheus.

"You are brave enough to face me unarmed? This will be my quickest kill since I went into Tartarus!" With a yell he charged me, quicker than any opponent I had faced, including Annabeth and all I could do was take Riptide out and turn it into my sword deflecting his downwards swing to the side. The blow took me back a few feet but incredibly I was still alive. "Impressive Percy Jackson, but now your surprise is gone, too bad you'll never find out who your parent was." With that he charged and gave me no time to attack back. He was so quick that after I parried one attack, another would be coming in from the other side and he kept forcing me back. Luckily the explosion destroyed all the shelves and the store was basically one bug training room like the one Annabeth and I fought in. Sadly, my opponent now was a angry millennia old titan who wanted to kill me. I knew I couldn't hit the wall or I'd be dead instantly but I also knew that I couldn't attack, the only choice I had was to try to create space. I rushed in forward inside his ark raiding my sword to block the blow and tried to push him back with my shoulder but it felt like trying to move a mountain, impossible. I leapt back and saw him staring at me with confusion, like 'Did you think that would work'. I took the hesitation to jump to his side where I had more room behind me and turned to face me to attack again. That's when I felt something in my gut. I don't know how but I knew there was a water pipe underneath me, just a small one but it had a huge amount of pressure and it snaked through the building. Once again I have no idea how I know this. I can also sense that it's fed from a main water source built underneath the main street, a sewer. If I can sense it then maybe…I might have a plan. Whenever I do something quick and unpredictable, he seems shocked that I would do something and hesitates, maybe I can get outside. The monster horde I'll deal with if I have to. As he's turning to face me I slash Riptide at me but he parries it with a flick of his wrist, he takes a second to get ready for attack and I take that time to turn and run to the door. It must have worked because I heard him mutter "What the…" as I ran. I made It out the door and the feeling in my gut intensified greatly. Then I noticed the monsters. There were hundreds all around me and I realized that even if I could beat Prometheus, nothing but a miracle could save me. Hopefully it's enough time for the others to get away.

"Percy! You are not a great fighter but I give you credit for surviving this long. Most do not have that luxury so I will give you that. I am tired of this game though, prepare to be incinerated.". A ball of fire appeared in his hand and he wound back his arm much like he would do if he pitched a baseball and when he threw it I let out a yell. It seemed like I let out all the pressure that was building up inside of me and next thing I know, the ground erupted in front of me. A torrent of water rushed up and intercepted the ball of fire extinguishing it with a hiss. Oddly enough I knew that I could control this water, I raised my arm out and lowered my hand and the water receded so the wall was only a few feet high. I think I know who my father is now.

With a yell Prometheus fired more fire balls but I flicked my wrist up and every flame was extinguished in my water wall. I wanted to try something so I concentrated on the point under the titan and felt a water pressure there. I imagined it rising and all of a sudden I heard a scream of surprise and heard the titan fall. I lowered the wall and charged knowing that the titan was either on the ground or off balance figuring this was my best chance. Running over the water on the ground made me feel refreshed and reinvigorated, as if I hadn't been fighting for a few hours non-stop. Not only that, I felt as if my power increased tenfold. This is the strongest I've ever felt before and I know it was because of the water under my feet. I ran across the road to meet Prometheus who just managed to get to his feet and kicked him hard in the chest sprawling him onto the ground once again. He tried to create a flame in his palm but I doused him in water from the sewers again making him dripping wet. He glared at me and looked completely stunned at the same time. This was one thing he definitely did not expect. I thrust my sword towards his chest but he rolled away out of reach. I was about to go after him but I realized that he was no longer standing on the water anymore and I had a feeling if I stepped away also I would lose all this power. We stood there facing each other, neither daring to make the first move.

"What, too afraid to come and get me?" I taunted him.

"Hah, just catching my breath, nice little stunt you threw there, too bad you couldn't finish the job. It's a shame you don't have any more tricks up your sleeve."

"Well who said that? If you're curious come and find out.". To be honest I have no idea what I can do, I just know that I'm stronger where I am and need him to come here. He can't act weak to a mere demigod so he has to call my taunt.

"Have it your way then, you will die in your fathers own realm."

With that he advanced and raised his sword but before he swung I charged in with Riptide out stretched, point first. I knew the strike wouldn't be fatal but it would at least hurt him. I hit his clothes full on and I was right, the sword definitely scratched him but other than that it bounced off his skin. I'd need a much more powerful attack. He looked down at his torn shirt and a look of disbelief crossed his face. "You'll pay for that" he growled.

I readied my sword and prepared for the onslaught of attacks. This time around though it seemed like he was moving slower than before, either that or I was moving faster. The later is more likely. The water was sharpening my senses and every sword strike he gave seemed to glance off Riptide and I had time to attack back keeping up a game of offense/defense. A sense of calming came over me, I can actually win this fight. He was right though, if he does win then there's no way the others will survive. I need to win to save them and now I have the ability to. Let's end this already.

He went for a downward strike to my head and I caught the blade with mine and our swords got caught on each others pommels, it had turned into a test of brute strength. By no means should I have even remotely been able to push back but I did and slowly pushed him back. I gave one final shove and he backed up a few steps and I could see a look of fear on his face. He knew I wasn't going to stop until he killed me and I wasn't that easy to kill. He yelled and charged in…again but this time I was ready. I pulled his own trick that he pulled on Frank and leaned to the side and stuck my foot out. In any other scenario he would have broken my foot but with the strength of the water and my father he tripped and landed face first. He rolled onto his back and raised his sword to parry a thrust or downwards strike. Instead I swung Riptide into his arm and a gash opened on his bicep. Golden ichor flowed from the wound and he screamed in pain. I parried his weakened counter and slashed his other arm the same way. Soon golden ichor was pooling into a puddle at our feet, showing that the titan was badly wounded. I stood over him and batted his sword away with a flick of my wrist and was about to finish him with a thrust to his chest when he spoke.

"You think this is over Percy Jackson, son of the sea? This is just the beginning, soon all of you will be destroyed then there will be no one in the way. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts." And with that he vanished into thin air. The monsters around me looked terrified, one of their great generals had just been felled by this kid, who on Earth is he. I took the time to run back inside to check on the others. When I reached the roof luckily everyone was still alive, Frank and Jason were both sitting up although Franks legs were heavily bandaged.

"Is everyone okay up here?"

"Percy…You're back. But how?" Jason asked.

"I'll answer your questions later. Right now we really need to get out of here. There's a few hundred monsters down there and with you two hurt we won't stand a chance. Anyone have any ideas?". When no one spoke up I knew I had to think of something. I don't know if I've mentioned this but making plans or thinking in general has never been my strong suit. Everything I've done so far has had the help of the gods but now I was alone. If we try and fight we'll be killed, if we retreat then the monsters will outrun us. Maybe if we-

"There's someone coming up the ladder!" Jess yelled cutting me off. A hand reached the top of the building followed by another and someone or something was about to pull themselves up. Wait, that's a human hand, that hair doesn't look monsterish…

"Don't shoot!", I hit Jess' bow just as she fired throwing her aim away and the arrow sailed across the alley hitting the building behind the store. "Guy's, let me introduce you to my friend Annabeth."

As she climbed the ladder she turned around and helped up Clarisse, then she helped up Will.

"Didn't I tell you guys to go to the subway station?" I told her.

"Yes, but I figured you couldn't run away from all those monsters so we came to help. The alley is blocked now, we pushed some dumpsters and couches, whatever we could find, across it. There isn't another pathway to behind the store from this street but the barricade won't hold for long. How is everyone?" she asked suddenly noticing the three Romans.

"Annabeth, this is Jason, Jess, and Frank" I nodded to each as I said their names. "This is Annabeth, Clarisse and Will, Greek demigods from Camp Half-blood. Now that everyone is introduced, we need to get Jason and Frank out of here first, they're hurt pretty badly.".

"Alright, Will, you go and start shooting at the crowd, keep their attention on you and away from what we might be doing."

"I can help, I'm a daughter of Diana. I can shoot a bow as well as anyone else."

"Alright, you two go, we'll get these guys down. Is there rope anywhere?". Iff you give Annabeth a rope, some cloth and a few seconds she can make anything apparently. In a matter of half a minute she had constructed a sling big enough to hold a person with rope and two shirts we got from downstairs (the monsters hadn't entered the store yet, still reeling over the loss of Prometheus). We got Jason down easily and Frank followed a minute after. So far everything had gone to plan. When everyone was down, Will and Jess followed and we moved as fast as we could before the monsters realized that there was no more need to hide from the arrows and stormed the building. Re raced through the alley following Annabeth as she knew the layout of this area thanks to her maps at the Empire State Building and soon we were underground heading in whatever direction the subway brought us. We had myself, Annabeth, Clarisse, Will, Jason, Frank and Jess. All of us were strong and only a large force of monsters could take us out so now we could start to relax a little.

"So what now? What did you guys have planned?" Jason asked and only now did I realize I never thought we'd make it this far. The plan went off without a hitch and all the demigods escaped, that almost never happens.

"I think I know but right now we have to get safe. We'll take this train further then we'll decide as a group.". That was the end of the conversation and no one spoke for a while. The subway screeched and we passed several stations, none of which we got off at. Eventually I noticed that Annabeth was looking a little bit confused staring off into space.

"What's up Annabeth" I asked.

"Just something I heard when we were setting up the barricade. I heard what sounded like explosions and screams but the screams were only from one person. I don't get it, what happened out there?". I assumed she was talking about the explosions I caused with the water and Prometheus' screams of rage but I didn't think it was the right time to tell her.

"I don't know what you're talking about, we were upstairs making sure you got away safe the entire time. Thank you for saving us back there, if you didn't set up that barricade we would have been stuck a while ago."

"You saved us so we saved you, seemed fair.". After that there was another eerie silence, one that lasted until Annabeth jumped out of the chair she was sitting on. "This is it, everyone off.". We got off and I noticed that we were in another part of New York, Brooklyn. Why'd she take us here and not somewhere out of the city? Not only that but Brooklyn is slightly sketchy, my mom always told me to avoid this part of the city, she said it wasn't safe for me. Never explained why though.

"Hey Annabeth, why are we in Brooklyn?" Clarisse asked before I got to it. Looking around it seemed like no one had an idea why we're here either.

"Last time I heard, one of my friends was based in Brooklyn, I haven't seen him in a few months but he can help us avoid the titans. Also, there's another force that will help keep us protected. The gods don't have a lot of power here." She ended as if that was a good explanation and she turned around showing that she wasn't going to say anymore. What was this force she said? That made no sense at all, the Olympians were the greatest power in existence, equal to the titans so how is it that just a dozen or so kilometers away they had limited power?

"But...what's this force you – "

"I don't know if he's still here but we have to find him. You two remember Grover right?" she cut me off asking Clarisse and Will.

"You mean the satyr?" Will answered.

"Yeah, he's a keeper which means he knows how to find a demigod through scent so maybe he can help block ours to anyone who is searching for us. That and maybe help bolster our ranks by finding others. Last time I heard he was in Prospect Park making sure that all the naiads there were happy and doing okay. Hopefully he's still there." And with that we were off. We navigated streets letting Annabeth lead since she was the best with directions and two things popped out at me. First, there were absolutely no in Brooklyn, at least as far as we could see. The streets were full of cars, mortals, pets, nothing that came from the depths of Tartarus. Secondly, no one spared us a second glance. Normally when a group of kids walked down a street armed with swords, shields, spears and bows, they generally caused a little commotion. I heard of something that protected us, I think they called it the "Mist" or something like that. It changes mortal's minds to what they can comprehend, what looks like a baseball bat might actually be a spear, or a backpack might be a shield. Regardless, it was amazing to see what a mortal might see opposed to what's actually happening.

During our walk Annabeth slowed down so she was beside me rather than in front. "So, you were going to tell me what happened back at the store, those explosions and the yelling?". Oh right, I forgot to tell her about that stuff. Surprisingly the fight with Prometheus had completely slipped my mind. Didn't think something like that would be possible to forget.

"Oh that stuff? The yelling was Prometheus; the explosions were from built up water pressure." And I ended at that, kind of a revenge for the whole "Olympians have no power" here statement.

"Wait, why was a titan yelling, it sounded like he was hurt and built up water pressure? That makes no sense."

"I'll tell you that if you tell me what you meant on the train about the 'force in Brooklyn'". Immediately there was a look of reluctance in her eyes and I could tell that she didn't like this deal but I was far too curious. If I was going to tell her than she was going to tell me. No debate. She saw the look in my face, the fact that I wasn't going to back down and knew that she had to agree.

"When I tell you this you can't freak out okay. That and no one else can know about this, no one.". As she said this I realized that she was speaking low enough that only I could hear her. "And please, don't ask any questions, just listen then answer my question. So a few weeks ago I was in Manhattan at the top of the Empire State Building doing something for our camp leader, Chiron. When I was at the top I saw something over in this area. It seemed to be a lot of lights in the sky so I assumed it was spot lights for some event until I really looked at them. They seemed to form shapes of some sort, something I've seen before but it took me a second to realize what they were. They were Egyptian hieroglyphics, the ones used thousands of years ago in Egypt. Not only that but it seemed like the lights weren't from any source on the ground, they were just there. Then I noticed bursts of light on the ground which seemed odd so I decided to ask Chiron about it when I got back to camp. When I did he didn't answer me right away, saying that it was probably nothing, just some party and the lights were playing tricks with me eyes or something. I knew what I saw so I kept asking him and eventually he gave in when I told him I'd just go and see for myself. The Greek gods are not alone, any beings in the past that were believed are most likely still alive to this day. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, any gods that had a large following are still around, each have their own realm where they are most powerful. In each of their realms, the other gods are a lot weaker, it's always been this way. Brooklyn is home to Egyptians just as Manhattan is home to the Greeks. Those hieroglyphics were cast from a magician, their form of demigod. That's all I got from Chiron, he wouldn't answer any other questions. So what was up with the yelling and explosions earlier?".

"Wait, if there are magicians here then why don't we – "

"I said no questions" she hissed. "I thought the same thing but Chiron did tell me one last thing. We can't see anyone from the Egyptians, a meeting could cause massive problems. Mixing religions can have massive complications and it has never had a good outcome. So no, we can't ask them. Now it's your turn." I knew that I wouldn't get anything else from her, that and I don't think I could take in any more information like that. Egyptian gods, magicians, all this was too much to take in. She was fair to me though so I'll be fair to her.

"Prometheus was yelling because I beat him using built up pressure from the underground pipe lines. Pretty sure it was a gift from my dad." That's all the explanation I gave her and that was all that it seemed she needed. Her jaw dropped and she looked at me in awe.

"So that means…that means – "

"Yupp, that means that my dad gave me powers of the water. He gave me Riptide; my dad is Poseidon."

I apologize for the late post. I just started my first year in university and time is fairly sparse to write. If you didn't get that part about the Egyptian gods, it's another series from Rick Riordan called "The Cane Chronicles". I recommend reading it, it's almost as good as Percy Jackson in my opinion. I won't be writing about that anymore, this isn't a cross-over, rather I just needed to clarify why Brooklyn was safe. Once again I am sorry about this late post, hopefully it won't be this bad again. Thank you for reading!

-Alternatewriter