A/N: Okay, the poll just has 4 votes for Artemis and nothing else. I know there are three votes for Thalia from the reviews. So currently there's just those two to choose from. I'll probably keep the poll for another chapter or two. You never know when some people may vote for someone else.
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Disclaimer: I keep forgetting to do this. I think I don't want to remember this but it can't be helped. I don't own Percy Jackson or any of the other characters.
ARTEMIS (Never thought I'd do a God's POV but here it is. It might be a bit OOC)
This could not be happening.
As I stood there, alone, in front of Gaea with my bow drawn and 4 arrows pointed at Perseus'- no, Gaea's chest, I knew this was the end. My whole family was unconscious and I could expect no help from anyone.
But, I am Artemis, the maiden goddess of the hunt and I did not plan to go down without a fight. I took a deep breath and as Gaea started laughing at me, I released the arrows. The dirt in front of Gaea exploded upwards and caught my arrows, burying them in the ground. I quickly summoned 4 more arrows and even as I lifted my bow, Gaea stopped laughing and pointed at me. My beloved bow and my symbol of power that I had been using for millennia splintered into pieces in my hands. This weakened me considerably. Still, I just threw the pieces away and went for my hunting knives but then realized that they were still planted in the ground. Even as I watched, the Earth swallowed them.
I looked at Gaea and noticed that she looked tired. She advanced on me but then stumbled. She cursed under her breath and muttered, "Stop fighting me." It was barely a whisper and I only heard it because of my heightened sense of hearing. That small phrase gave me hope. I knew that somewhere inside Perseus was still fighting. That gave me strength.
I grabbed my spare knife that I kept strapped to my ankle and charged. Gaea looked up in time and raised her hand. The ground exploded all around me and the next thing I knew, I was encased up to my shoulders in dirt. I couldn't move a muscle. I yelled in frustration.
Gaea advanced slowly and raised Perseus' sword. I could see Gaea's frown as she fought Perseus for control. There was the barest flicker of green in her brown eyes and the sword arm wavered. The sword was now pressed into my neck, with the pressure increasing. Golden ichor flowed from my neck as the blade cut into my skin and I saw Perseus-Gaea's eyes widen, "Impossible!" was the one word she uttered before she dropped the sword and screamed so loudly that it would have been heard all around the world.
The ground shook slightly and was then followed by the largest earthquake I have ever felt. Way stronger than anything even Poseidon had ever conjured. The sky darkened, lightning flashed, the wind picked up and it started raining heavily. The earthquake continued for a few seconds as Perseus-Gaea screamed. It was then that I realized that the voice was Perseus' and not Gaea's. Then I heard Gaea scream in agony as the earthquake became even stronger and the storm intensified. But Gaea's scream seemed to be coming from far away. Perseus was glowing with a green and blue aura tinged with gold that seemed somewhat similar to Poseidon's, even in power. Cracks as big as entire football fields opened up in the ground, lightning flashed as the storm picked up. Porphyrion, who had been gaping at Perseus-Gaea, gave a strangled shout as the ground split open beneath his feet and he fell into the crack. Then Perseus stopped screaming and the earthquake stopped as suddenly as it had started. The green aura disappeared, the storm stopped, the sky cleared up, the cracks in the ground closed up and the dirt surrounding me fell away. He glowed with a bright white light for a second before everything became silent and he stopped glowing. I looked up at the figure standing over me and got a glimpse of sparkling green eyes before his eyes closed and he collapsed.
I thought he was dead, which flooded me with fear. What? Why was I worried about a man's life? But even then I knew that he was no ordinary man. I saw that he was breathing and relief flooded through me. What is wrong with me?
But his breath was shallow so I got up and sprinted to where Apollo's chariot had crashed. He was unconscious but wasn't seriously hurt. So I just gave him a pulse of my energy and he sat up groggily. I told him to follow me and ran back to where Perseus was lying on the ground.
Apollo looked at him, "Did you….?" I shook my head. "I'll explain later. Just heal him for now." He nodded and shrugged. He held out his hand over his chest and sent some of his power pulsing through his body. He then looked up. "I'll have to take him back to my temple." Then he looked around, "Where's everyone else?" "Unconscious" was my reply. He looked shocked for a second before he stood up and ran away.
He returned a few seconds later carrying our father's limp body. He put him down next to Perseus and ran back. In a few minutes he had gathered all the Gods. Then we transported them all to his temple and put them in different rooms. We then went back and transported the demigods along with my Hunters, who were all still unconscious, back to camp. Amazingly none of them had fallen into the huge cracks that had opened up because of the earthquake. A lot of the campers along with some of my Hunters were dead, which saddened me, but we still transported their bodies so that they could get a proper burial.
I had already contacted Chiron and he was waiting for the campers with a few of Apollo's children who had stayed back at camp to protect it. I left Apollo there and went back to Apollo's temple. Most of the gods were already awake and as soon as they saw me, they all started shouting questions at me.
I sighed. This was going to be a long day.
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