A/N: Alright so here's the next chapter. I thank the people who took the time to vote on my poll for the pairing. Right now I have 3 votes for Annabeth and 2 votes for Artemis. That's it though. Please people, I need more votes. Other than that, enjoy the chapter.

Oh and I forgot to add the disclaimer for the previous chapters so consider this as a disclaimer for the previous chapters as well as this one: I do not own PJO or HoO. I only wish I did.

PERCY

I am seriously mad right now. I mean, we can't seem to be able to catch a break. First there had been the Great Prophecy, then this Prophecy of the Seven. We fell into Tartarus for crying out loud. Why couldn't anything be easy for once? Even now, we had been so close to closing the Doors of Death but Leon had chosen that exact moment to check on the Doors. Leon was this big 20-foot tall lion-headed giant who had been killed by Heracles in the first Giant War.

Now, as I tried to distract him so that Annabeth could sneak up behind him, I looked around for a source of water.

Despite his size, Leon was fast, faster than I had anticipated. So, I spent most of my time dodging and blocking but was able to give him a few cuts on his legs and arms. When I saw that Annabeth was in position I rolled sideways while going forward, ending up next to Leon's leg and I slashed at his leg right behind his knee forcing him to his knees. Annabeth jumped up onto his shoulders and plunged her knife hilt-deep into the side of his neck. Leon yelled (or roared) in pain. He tried to grab Annabeth but she just jumped off of his shoulders and landed next to me, leaving her knife buried in his neck. I jumped forward, just as he turned, and stabbed him in the stomach, causing him to double over in pain. I then launched a vicious attack on him, letting out all my anger and resentment. I kept slashing and stabbing, golden ichor flying everywhere. Blood was pounding in my ears and it felt good to let out all the anger that I had been bottling up.

I don't know for how long I continued but suddenly Leon roared again and I paused for a moment. Leon was on his knees and looked like he was bleeding from his whole torso and face. His body seemed to be flickering like a bad projection. He gave me a look of pure hatred before punching the ground. He disappeared into the ground as if he had been sucked into a vacuum or something. Only then did I realize that I was sweating profusely and covered in ichor.

I looked towards Annabeth, who was breathing heavily and staring at me. "He isn't dead is he?" I asked. She shook her head. "No, we can't kill a giant without the help of a God. But it looked like he was going to fade and it takes an intense amount of pain to force an immortal to fade. I don't think a giant has ever faded before and I don't think you need the help of a God for that but the amount of strength needed to force a giant to fade would be too much for anyone other than a God.", she said with wide eyes.

I then heard a squeak behind us and whirled around, ready to fight when I saw that six people stood by a door on the other side of the hall. With a start I recognized all of them. It was the other five from the quest along with Nico. "Thank Gods, you guys are alright."

When I walked towards them I noticed that all of their mouths were open and they were staring at me. "Why are they staring at me?" I asked Annabeth. She just rolled her eyes and smiled. I waved my hand in front of their faces, "Hey guys is everything alright? You guys seem pretty banged up." That seemed to bring them back to their senses. There were cries of relief as everyone greeted us and hugged us.

Then Jason spoke up, "We're alright. What about you guys? How did you make it out of Tartarus?" "Oh…umm…." I couldn't tell them about Erebus. I was trying to come up with something that would be acceptable when Annabeth spoke up, "We're fine, we found a shortcut in Tartarus and when we finally got to the Doors of Death, we made a friend who agreed to help us close the Doors from inside. But, we couldn't close them from outside on our own so come on, we need your help." They all seemed surprised but looked like they accepted the story. Well, everyone except Nico whose eyes narrowed. He was about to say something when Annabeth glared at him. He shut up and we all ran to the Doors of Death.

We put our shoulders to the door and pushed. The door moved for a couple of inches and then stopped. It wouldn't budge. We all dug in our feet and pushed for all we were worth but the Door wouldn't move. Then Frank told everyone to back up. I understood what he was about to do and pulled Annabeth back.

He backed up about 20 feet and then ran towards the Door. He changed mid-stride into the animal he knew best – a fully grown ten-ton elephant, and crashed into the Doors of Death. The building shook with the force of the crash. With a deafening groan, the Doors closed. As soon as they were completely closed, they glowed black and then they disappeared. Just like that, the Doors of Death were gone who knows where.

There was a flash of light and we turned around to find the God of Death, Thanatos himself, standing before us. Jason, Piper and Annabeth gasped since they had not met him before. The rest of us merely stared at him. Then he spoke in a smooth voice, "I thank you young demigods for closing the Doors of Me. I can assure you now that the monsters that are killed will stay dead, at least for a few decades. Now, you should make your way to Mount Olympus. I believe that the war has already started." With that he disappeared.

We looked at each other. The war was beginning. We all ran to the doors on the other side of the hall, trying to get to the Argo II as fast as possible.

But, as soon as we left the House of Hades, there was another flash of light and this time, Athena stood before us. "Mother", Annabeth said. Athena looked like she was in hurry "The battle has begun. Are the Doors of Death closed?" "Yes mother, the Doors are closed. The monsters that die now won't reform for at least a few years." "Good then, let's go." She snapped her fingers and the next moment, we were standing at the foot of a tall mountain that seemed to go into the clouds.

All around us, a battle was raging. Athena turned to us, "Go help your Godly parent or any other God that looks like they need help." With that, she charged the nearest Giant, Annabeth glanced at me once before running to help her mother.

I looked around, trying to find my dad. One by one, all my friends ran off, either to help their mom or dad or another God. There were around a hundred Giants ranging from 15 feet tall to 40 feet tall. All the Olympians were there along with a number of minor gods and goddesses including Hecate, Morpheus, Nemesis and Nike. Even Phobos and Deimos were fighting a Giant side by side.

Most of the campers from Camp Half-Blood seemed to be there along with a few campers from Camp Jupiter. Many of them were fighting off monsters but the rest were helping the Gods against the Giants.

Then I saw Dionysus crash into the ground and Eurytos standing over him, both Pollux and Dakota doing their best to hold him off. Since I couldn't see my dad anywhere, I ran towards Eurytos and slammed into him, slashing Riptide across his back. As he yelled out in pain, Dionysus recovered enough to throw his thyrsus straight at the Giant, impaling him in the neck. At the same time I stabbed him in the side and slowly he disintegrated into ashes. Dionysus nodded at me and together with his two sons, ran towards another giant.

All around me Giants and monsters were disintegrating. A few of the demigods and Gods were injured but thankfully no one seemed to have died yet.

The next few hours were the hardest of my life. It was like the Battle of Manhattan all over again. I waded into hosts of monsters, killing everything in my path, I helped Gods and Goddesses kill Giant after Giant and kept looking for my father.

Finally, I saw him along with Zeus and Hades fighting Porphyrion, the king of the Giants. By now, all the monsters had been killed and most of the Giants were dead too.

I started towards Porphyrion but then I heard a scream to my left and saw Artemis lying on the ground, Gration standing over her. Apollo was too busy with Leon, who seemed to have healed from our fight earlier, to help and the Hunters were mostly unconscious. I looked around for Thalia but she was nowhere to be seen. I changed direction and ran towards Gration. He raised his hunting knives to land the final blow on Artemis but I threw Riptide like a throwing knife and it embedded itself in his right shoulder. He yelled in pain and dropped the hunting knife from his right hand. I kept running and scooped up Artemis, who was in bad shape with cuts and bruises all over. I left her on a rock a few feet away and turned towards Gration.

He was able to pull out Riptide from his shoulder and throw it behind him. I raised my hand and felt the familiar tug in my gut as water burst out of the ground and hit him in the face. He fell back from the force of the water, spluttering. I felt Riptide return to my pocket but did not take it out yet. I charged at him as he struggled to stand up. He was still on one knee when I jumped straight up, stepped on his knee and jumped over his head, taking out Riptide in midair and landing behind him, facing his back. I stabbed him in the back, right where his heart should be. Riptide was buried hilt-deep into his back and he screamed in agony. Suddenly 3 or 4 silver arrows sprouted from his head and he fell to the ground, disintegrating. I saw Artemis standing there with bow in hand. Most of her injuries were gone and I saw Apollo tending to some of the unconscious hunters. Artemis just stared at me for a second before turning and running towards Porphyrion, who was now fighting 5 Gods along with 4 demigods.

Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares and Dionysus were flying around him in their respective chariots, attacking him from different directions. Porphyrion was huge! He was over 40 feet tall and he was glowing with power. Even the five gods together along with Jason, Thalia, Nico and Clarisse couldn't defeat him.

I ran towards him too, following Artemis. Zeus, Jason and Thalia were all hitting Porphyrion with lightning but it had little or no effect, other than burning his hair. Ares and Clarisse were attacking him head on while Dionysus was making vines grow around his feet, trying to trap him. Hades was hitting him with blasts of purple energy and Nico was summoning wave after wave of undead warriors to attack Porphyrion. My dad was hitting him with jets of pressurizes water, the force of which was making him stumble.

Artemis summoned her chariot, and as soon as she was in the air, she started peppering Porphyrion with arrows.

I stepped forward to attack when suddenly everything went black. I heard a sleepy voice in my head that I knew was Gaea's "Congratulations, young hero, you have fought bravely today and managed to kill many of my children. But now I must awake. Be honored Perseus Jackson, you shall be my host until I can achieve my full power."

Just as she stopped talking, I felt pain unlike any I had ever felt before. It felt like my body was being cut into small pieces very slowly with Kronos' scythe. It was a thousand times worse than holding up the sky or bathing in the Styx. I tried to scream but no sound came.

My eyes fluttered open and I stood up but I was not in control of my limbs. I saw the Gods trying to overcome Porphyrion but everything had a red tint to it. I couldn't move a muscle. This was not like the time when eidolons had possessed me when everything had been fuzzy. Now, I could see everything clearly but I had absolutely no control over my body. My body felt like it had been dipped into boiling oil and then dumped into freezing water. I tried with all my strength to regain control of my body or at least move a muscle but I was completely powerless.

And then I spoke, but it wasn't my voice, it was Gaea's, "Awake at last!".

Well, how was it? Plenty of action in this chapter. Sorry for the cliffhanger but like I said, I can't help it. Hope you liked it. R&R.

Also again, please vote on the poll for the pairing for this story.