A/N: Here's another chapter. This one has a lot of action so tell me how I do. Also, only one person has voted on my poll for the pairing till now. I need votes to decide the pairing. I can only go a few more chapters before I have to reveal the pairing. So please vote!
FRANK
As soon as we heard the scream, I knew that it was Annabeth. That means that they had made it out of Tartarus and that they were in trouble. Without another thought, all six of us rushed forward and burst through the large black gates of the House of Hades into the courtyard.
But what we saw then made us stop cold. There, right in front of us, was an army of at least a 100 monsters. There were dracaena, empousa, hellhounds, laestrygonians, the Nemean Lion, a nine-headed hydra and then, at the back of the small army of monsters, was a monster more terrifying than anything I have seen before. It was a dragon so big that it looked as big as the House of Hades itself. It was around 100 feet long with scales all over its body and razor sharp spikes along the length of its back. It had large red eyes and curved black horns on its head. It had claws that looked sharp enough to cut through anything and anyone. It did not have wings and was more like a very, very large serpent.
We looked at each other and I could see fear in everyone's eyes. The monsters looked just as surprised as we were to see us but then the huge dragon at the back roared and they all attacked.
The next few minutes were a blur. We waded into the monsters hacking and slashing anything within reach. The dragon just stayed back and did not attack. After disintegrating a few hellhounds I changed into a big bald-headed eagle and flew into the sky.
I could see Hazel fighting an empousa and Jason trying his best to keep the Nemean Lion busy. Piper and Leo were fighting the hydra, avoiding its many heads. Nico had taken on a large group of dracaena who were surrounding him. I was about to fly over to help him when he suddenly kicked a dracaena back and raised his hand. He glowed with a scary black aura and yelled something that was lost in the sounds of the battle. Suddenly, all around him, the earth split open and skeletons clad with armor and weapons climbed out and started attacking the dracaena. Within minutes the whole group was a mound of golden dust. Then I heard a yell and turned around to see Jason hit the ground hard. I realized I had been in the air for a while, just staring at Nico.
I dove at the Nemean Lion who was moving towards Jason for the kill. I raked its eyes and landed in front of Jason, turning into a fully-grown grizzly in mid-air. The Lion lunged and I charged to meet him. I swiped at its face and although its skin was impenetrable, the force of the strike was enough to send it flying. I was joined by Hazel, who had a nasty cut on her cheek and Jason stood up groggily, a large welt on the back of his head. Nico ran to help Leo and Piper with the hydra, his group of skeletal warriors right behind him.
Hazel and Jason raised their swords and charged at the Nemean Lion who looked dazed. Jason brought down his sword on its neck. The blow should have killed it if not for its impenetrable hide. His blade just bounced off. I ran forward and slammed into its side. The force was enough to topple it over. When it was trying to get up again, Jason pointed his sword at it and yelled. Thunder rolled and a lightning bolt that lit up the sky struck on top of the Nemean Lion. It bellowed in pain and then collapsed, steaming. It melted into the ground, leaving a lion pelt behind.
I changed back into my human form and turned towards look at the hydra. Leo's whole body was one fire and whenever Piper or Nico managed to cut off one of its heads, he would shoot a stream of fire straight at the stumps to stop it from growing more heads. We ran forward to help but even as we reached them, Nico cut off the last head and Leo held up both his hands with palms facing the hydra, blasting it with fire. The monster disintegrated into gold dust as we looked on. Nico slumped down and the skeletons broke apart into bones which sunk back into the earth. Leo's fire went out and he just stood there, grinning like crazy. Piper was breathing hard and had a few cuts. Nobody seemed to be seriously injured.
Then we heard a ground-shaking roar behind us. We had forgotten about the dragon. We turned around. It was still in the same place it had been. Only now I realized there was a big door behind it and it seemed to be guarding the door. Piper squeaked. "Oh crap! That's the Colchian Dragon." Jason's eyes widened but the rest of us just looked confused. The name seemed familiar but I couldn't place it. Piper sighed, "It's the dragon that used to guard the Golden Fleece before Jason, the original Jason, defeated it for the Fleece. It hasn't been seen since then and if its guarding that door, then there's no way we're getting in there without killing the dragon. It's supposed to be always watchful. It never sleeps or rests and doesn't get distracted." The dragon just sat there, looking at us. But it did not attack. "Why isn't it attacking?" "It will only attack if you come close to whatever it is guarding, in this case the door behind it."
Then we heard another yell that seemed to come from somewhere behind the dragon. "The Doors of Death must be on the other side of that door." Jason looked to Piper, "How did Jason defeat it?" Piper shook her head, "I don't know. Nobody does. I'm not even sure if Jason did defeat it. There are different versions of how he got the Fleece." Jason stared hard at the huge beast. "Well then I guess we'll find out on our own." With that said we all spread out and moved towards the door from different directions. The dragon sat there, waiting, staring at each of us. When Jason got within 30 feet of the dragon, it growled but still didn't move. Then Leo, who was on the far right tried to make a run for the door when the dragon was looking the other way. It twisted with amazing speed and opened its jaws and a raging inferno of flames shot towards Leo. It hit Leo head on and I thought he was a goner. Hazel screamed, "LEO" Jason yelled and charged the dragon. When the dragon turned towards Jason, I saw that Leo was still standing there, unscathed. He grinned and shot his own flames towards the dragon. We all charged. Piper and Hazel jumped onto its back and stabbed it with their blades. Nico and Jason were trying to keep it busy by attacking it head on, but it kept blowing fire causing them to jump or roll to the side. Leo was hitting it repeatedly with fire but it barely did any damage. I ran forward and jumped. I felt power course through me and my body changed mid- air, growing until I was a 40-foot dragon. I roared and lunged at the huge dragon in front of me just as it was about to snap up Nico. I tried to bite its neck but the scales were too hard. My whole body flew into the dragon and we both tumbled to the ground. The dragon roared again and then out of nowhere, its tail hit me in the side. I felt the spikes on its tail cut my side and bellowed in pain. The force of the blow was enough to throw me back at least 50 feet. I turned back into my human form when I hit the ground. The pain was too great. I looked down and saw that my side was drenched in blood.
The dragon kept on fighting. It was hardly damaged. Piper and Hazel had been thrown off and were now trying to stab its tail. Nico was commanding more skeletal warriors to attack the dragon from all sides. Leo was still blasting it with fire, though it was only making it angrier. Jason was now pounding it with lightning bolt after lightning bolt, but it wasn't enough. The dragon was smoking but it was still roaring defiantly and preventing anyone from getting close to the door. I slowly stood up. I couldn't change forms while I was injured so I took my bow from my back, and started firing arrows at any weak point I could see in the scales. We continued this for what felt like hours when suddenly the dragon swiped with his huge claws and both Piper and Leo flew back. "NO" Jason bellowed. He rose in the air and electricity crackled around him. He raised both his hands towards the sky and yelled. The lightning bolt that arced through the sky would have made Jupiter jealous. It hit the dragon square on the head. Electricity arced through its entire body. It shuddered once and then fell sideways, slowly disintegrating. Jason ran towards where Piper and Leo had fallen. Nico and Hazel were gaping at him. I too was in awe. The way he had taken out the dragon was scary.
We all ran towards Piper and Leo. Piper was already trying to get up but Leo was out cold. He seemed to have hit his head on a pillar. Jason helped Piper up while Hazel knelt next to Leo and trickled some nectar into his mouth. I tried to ignore how close she was to him. We had bigger things to worry about. After a few moments, he coughed and opened his eyes. "Did we get him?", he croaked. "Yeah we got him." Jason answered. Hazel then ran to me and started fussing about my wound. Nico came over and handed me some ambrosia while Hazel patched up the wound. We could hear the sounds of fighting from inside and I said, "Come on. We need to get in there." With that, I started running towards the big door.
Well, how was it? Was the action good or should I try to add more details to it?
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Also, sorry if I give too many cliffhangers, I can't help it. :D