HEY GUYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT, HERE'S A NEW CHAPTER. I DIDN'T GET 15 REVIEWS, BUT STILL, I DIDN'T WANT TO LET ANYONE DOWN FOR CHRISTMAS. THIS CHAPTER GOES TOWilliam Carstairs, UltimoFear,Yukimi (Guest), iswim, CanzetYote, percabeth endgame, PercyJacksonPoseidon, Smiles Burn In The Styx, hunter2424 AND THE OTHER GUEST.

3. Spreading The News

Jason woke up to Leo and Piper bending over him. Then it all came back to him. "How long have I been out? Did we win? What happened? How are the others? Are the two camps united? I remember falling towards the ground. How am I not dead? What are the casualties?" Jason fired.

"Take it easy, tiger," Piper laughed. "And to answer you, you've been out for three days. Yes, we won. As for what happened, it's a long story. The others are all physically fine. The camps are together. We have a few casualties, about 13 to 14," Piper replied.

"And as for who saved your ass, it was Percy," Leo said with a grin that didn't quite reach his eyes. "Damn, Percy has to be good at everything doesn't he? You're going to tell me he defeated Gaia with his bare hands next," Jason joked.

Piper and Leo stayed quiet, their lips pressed into a thin line. Jason's eyes widened. "You're not kidding me, are you?" "Well, it was more of water hands," Piper supplied helpfully. "Why does he have to be good at everything?" Jason groaned.

"Where's Annabeth? And why are you still here instead of going for Calypso, Leo," Jason asked. Will Solace came in before Leo could reply. He did the usual checkup on Jason and then said, "You seem to be fine. You can leave. Just remember to eat healthy, take rest and not use your lightning powers."

"Thanks, Will," Jason grinned and sat up. "Damn, head rush," Jason mumbled, clutching his head for a while. "We'll wait here while you change, Jason," Piper said. Will supplied some camp t-shirts and shorts. Jason took them and went into the changing room.

The trio went out of the infirmary. "Where's Annabeth?" Jason asked again. "Probably in the Poseidon cabin. Chiron and Poseidon made an exception for her after all that she's been through. She moved in as soon as P—"

"Wow, cool. Do you think Chiron would let you move into my cabin, Pipes?" Jason asked cutting Leo off. "Don't push your luck, Jason. Chiron would never allow it," Piper replied. "Aww, why does Percy get to have all the fun?" Jason pouted.

Jason took in the weather. It was absolutely horrendous. There was thunder and lightning and the sea was rumbling, the waves crashing at the shore violently. If anyone were at sea right now, they would've been long lost.

"Jason, P—" Leo got interrupted again. "Leo, the Hepheastus campers have fixed Festus. He's ready to go. We'll have the funeral as soon as you come back. Percy would want everyone to be honored equally," Annabeth said lifelessly, coming in stride with the trio.

"Hey, you just moved into Percy's cabin. Shouldn't you, like, be glowing with happiness or something?" Jason asked. "You didn't tell him?" Annabeth asked, surprised, a lone tear running down her cheek.

"We tried, but kept getting interrupted," Leo said. "Guys, what's going on?" Jason asked, confused. "You have to see it. Come on," Annabeth said, leading the way brusquely. Jason followed her confused, while Piper and Jason walked beside him, giving each other knowing looks.

They finally reached the Big House and it had about fourteen glass coffins in it. One was grander than the others. Annabeth lead them to it. "Wow, with the amount of monsters, I thought there would've been more dead demigods," Jason said.

"It still is the biggest loss we've ever had," Piper said. "What are you talking about?" Jason asked and peered into the coffin and gasped. "No," he whispered, staring at the lifeless body of Percy Jackson.

Beside him, Annabeth collapsed next to it, crying. Piper gathered the daughter of Athena in her arms and whispered soothing words. Jason ran his hand along the smooth pane of the glass. "How?" he whispered.

"He made an oath to kill Gaia with his bare hands while he was coming out of Tartarus . . . for Bob and the giant Damasen. We died, but then, Festus injected the Physician's Sure in me and I came back to life," Leo explained with a pained expression. "He saved both of us, Jase," Piper continued, "When Gaia took a swipe at you, we were both falling and Percy saved us."

"But how can he just die? He's freaking Percy Jackson," Jason said. "He almost made it," Annabeth's small voice came out, "But then he created an earthquake and defeated most of the monsters, it zapped all of his strength.

"Nico said that the only reason he was holding on was for me," She finished, tearfully. "He wanted to apologize to you, Jason, that he wouldn't be there to help you fulfill your promise," Piper said.

"Even when he was dying, he thinks about everyone but himself. How can the gods just let him die?" Jason yelled. "Poseidon did come by and tried to give Percy his essence, but it was too late. Poseidon was fighting with Zeus and didn't win until it was too late," Piper explained.

"Poseidon's angry at Zeus, isn't he? That's why the weather's like this," Jason said. "Yeah, it's been like this ever since Percy died. It never ceased and I don't think it will. Poseidon was too attached to Percy, from what everyone in camp tells me," Piper said wistfully.

"You should've seen Poseidon. He looked so distraught. He wanted to wage a war but Percy made him promise not to do it, saying that he didn't die in war for it to give way to another." A big tear rolled down Piper's cheek. She quickly wiped it.

Annabeth wiped her eyes and got up, her mask was on. "We should tell his mom. She's going to be crushed," Annabeth whispered. She made a rainbow when they were outside the Big House. "Iris, O Goddess of the rainbow, please accept my offering," Annabeth said and tossed the coin through the mist. "Show me Sally Jackson, Upper East Side, Manhattan."

Sally's and Poseidon's face had materialized in the mist. Looks like Poseidon had beaten her to it. Sally looked devastated; she turned and saw Annabeth in the mist. "Tell me it's not true, that he's just hurt and he'll be fine," Sally pleaded.

"I'm sorry," Annabeth whispered brokenly. "He's gone," she cried. Leo caught her as she crumpled down. She cried in his shirt. "It may be best if you came here," Leo said calmly. "The gods will lift the barrier for you."

"I'll be there. Paul will be home any minute," Sally said and cut the connection. She looked at Poseidon her face a mixture of anger and sadness. "You should've protected him," Sally yelled at Poseidon, hitting him on the chest with her fists.

"He was your son! He was all I had! You should've protected him! What were you doing, huh? Busy with another conquest?" She yelled at the god who did nothing but take it all in. He hugged Sally.

"I know, Sally, I know. I tried to save him . . . but Zeus wouldn't let me," Poseidon said, his voice breaking, "When I defeated Zeus and came down to save Percy, it was too late."

Annabeth slumped against Leo after the Iris message was over. "Annabeth, it's going to be okay. Time heals everything," Leo said. Annabeth just nodded and went outside the Big House, hugging herself.

She soon saw a figure run towards her and quickly recognised it. Annabeth flung herself into Thalia's arms. "I came here as soon as I could. Only a few of us survived the attack by Orion. Chiron IM'ed me and said it was urgent. What's wrong?" Thalia asked.

"You better see for yourself," Annabeth said and once again went inside the Big House. The low number of coffins in the Big House surprised Thalia, but when she saw who was inside the coffin that stood out, she buckled and fell on her knees.

"This is not possible," she said, "How did this happen?" Annabeth explained all over again, each memory branded into her soul. "I'm so sorry, Annabeth. How are you doing?" Thalia asked. "Not good," Annabeth replied, determined not to cry for now.

Leo mounted Festus. "Come on, buddy. We can do this," Leo said, patting his dragon's neck. Festus took flight and Leo waved to his friends on the ground. While Leo was travelling to Calypso's island with the astrolabe which he had gotten to work, Sally had arrived at Camp Half Blood with Poseidon and Paul, who looked just as distraught as Sally.

"Where is he?" Sally asked and once again Annabeth lead the way to the love of her life. Sally fell to her knees as soon as she saw her son's unmoving body in a case of glass. "You can open it; he's well preserved by the gods. Apparently they thought they could something for Percy, if only they had acted sooner! Cowards," Annabeth said bitterly.

Thunder rumbled and the waves hit the shore more violently, spouting water at the sky to retaliate against it. Poseidon looked protectively at Annabeth, "Say what you want. Any one has to go through me before they hurt you," He said.

Annabeth didn't reply. She just stared blankly at Sally and Percy, whose head was now cradled in his mother's arms. "You told me you'd be back safe," she cried. Paul held on to Sally and looked at Percy with sorrow.

"All I had was you," Sally mourned crying into Percy's neck. "Open your eyes, please," she begged. "I'll bake you blue cookies or a blue cake, you like them don't you? I'll never force you to eat any vegetables or go to any other schools, just open your eyes and look at me, please," her voice was small, pleading her dead son to come back to life.

Poseidon's face was hard. He'd accomplish this feat, he told himself. Otherwise, no matter what he had promised, it would be a disaster for almost everyone. "When is the funeral?" Sally asked, her face tear stricken and red.

"As soon as Leo comes back. Percy would want all of his friends to be present at his funeral," Annabeth said. She ran a hand across Percy's cheek and broke down for the second time that day. "He wanted to go to New Rome with me. To go to college, get married and raise a family. Now that will never be possible.

"He promised me that we'd get through this, just like we had got through countless other challenges. Sometimes I think he'll come back like he did when we thought he was dead after the labyrinth, but I saw him die right in front of my eyes and I just can't handle it," Annabeth whispered hugging Sally who was crying along with her.

"It'll get easier, right?" Sally asked, unsure. "I don't know. He made such a huge impact on my life. He was the one and I don't think I can ever move on or even stop thinking about him," Annabeth replied.

Annabeth just wanted Leo to come back to camp so she could get this all over with and spend the rest of her days on Percy's bed in the Poseidon cabin. He'll never call me Wise Girl anymore, she thought with despair.

Leo had finally found Calypso's island. All of the technology was haywire so Leo asked Festus to land. He fell face first on the sand. Calypso, as beautiful as she ever was, was standing in front of him.

"You're late," she said. "Sorry Sunshine, traffic was murder," Leo replied with a half hearted smiled. Calypso ran into his arms and they kissed. For a while Leo felt completely happy, but then he realized that he had to leave. Annabeth was waiting for him.

"Alright, time to leave," he said. Calypso snapped her fingers and one of her invisible helpers got her two suitcases. Leo smiled at that and asked her to get onto Festus' back. "You ever panning to come back?" he asked.

"Never," she replied, hugging Leo from behind. "So where are we going?" She asked. "To camp. There's something important we need to attend, and after that, if you want to, we can leave to sightsee," Leo replied morbidly.

Calypso nodded against Leo's back and closed her eyes enjoying the freedom she now had. After they had reached charted territories, Leo sent the camp an IM. "We'll be there in two days tops. Right now we are in Mexico," Leo told Annabeth.

Annabeth nodded sordidly, "I'll make the arrangements. The funeral will take place the next day after you come home," she said and cut the connection. "Funeral, whose funeral?" Calypso asked Leo.

"You'll understand better when you see it," Leo said. The trio reached camp the second day. There was a lot of rain, wave action and hail. "What's going on?" Leo asked as he helped Calypso down from Festus.

"What do you think? Poseidon's angry, like, sabotage the whole world angry," Annabeth said. Leo winced, "What happened?" He asked. "Floods, draughts, hurricanes and pretty much every sea related disaster you can think of," Annabeth said.

"All over the globe?" Leo inquired. "Oh yeah. I have no idea what Poseidon's trying to prove though. He already promised Percy no war," Annabeth said. "Well, gods aren't known for upholding their end of the deal," Calypso said.

"This is different, Calypso, come on," Leo took Calypso's hand and led her to the Big House to show her Percy's coffin. "So many dead people," Calypso said, shocked. "There would've been more but Percy stopped it by creating a huge earthquake and stuff," Leo said.

"Where is Percy, by the way?" Calypso asked. Leo wordlessly led her to the glass coffin where Percy laid in. "Oh gods! How did this happen?" She asked. Leo told her everything, about how Percy had saved the whole world by sacrificing himself.

When Leo came out, he saw Annabeth seeing something on the shield he had managed to fix. "What's happening?" Leo inquired once more, taking his hand off Calypso's waist as he went to kneel by Annabeth.

"Poseidon's flooding places that the other gods like. Especially the ones liked by Zeus and Hades. Most of the places in the world are terrorized by shark attacks and shit like this, but Manhattan remains relatively safe and our Camp is the safest."

"The Romans?"

"They are still here. We have no idea how the Roman camp is right now," Annabeth replied.

Leo nodded, put a hand round Calypso and left to show her around the camp. Piper and Jason came by to see Annabeth. "What are you trying to prove, Poseidon?" she asked the empty space.

"This is still going on?" Piper asked. Annabeth nodded, "I have no idea what he's trying to prove." "Maybe he just isn't over Percy yet," Piper said. "We all aren't over Percy yet, but none of us are doing anything destructive, are we?" Annabeth asked.

"It's different for him. He's a god and can hold grudges for a long time," Piper reasoned. "No, Poseidon's up to something," Annabeth said. "Annabeth, Percy cannot come back to life. It is not possible and against the rules. Dead people stay dead. Don't get your hopes up," Piper said sternly.

Annabeth nodded, "It's futile to hope, I know," she said and walked off towards the direction of the sea. Piper sighed; she knew she'd definitely act like Annabeth if this were Jason. She followed Annabeth out into the sea.

Annabeth was lying down in shallow waters with a wistful smile on her face, her eyes closed. As if she could sense Piper, Annabeth spoke, "You know, when I'm here it's almost like he's here, but then I open my eyes and realize that I'm imagining things and it's only Poseidon providing some comfort for me."

"He was very shocked and shaken up," Piper replied. "Yeah, he cared for Percy like a real father even if he didn't see him often," Annabeth said, basking in the water. "You want some company," Piper asked.

"No, I'd like to be alone, collect myself," Annabeth said, not once opening her eyes. "'Kay," Piper said and left Annabeth to her own mind. "How's she doing?" Jason asked Piper once she came back.

"Not well. I don't blame her, though. It sent shivers down my back when I saw you get hurt. I'm proud of Annabeth; she's doing well for what has happened. If it had happened to you, I think I would be broken for my entire life," Piper said, a shiver going up her spine.

"Hey, nothing's gonna happen to me, okay," Jason said, giving a chaste kiss on Piper's lips. Piper hugged her boyfriend and closed her eyes. Jason gave a small peck on her temple and they both walked just for the sake of it.

The Romans were absolutely restless with worry for their camp. "What about Terminus and Julia and all the thousand other veterans and legacies in New Rome?" Dakota asked, "We've left them defenseless." "Poseidon would've spared your camp, after all, you guys helped Percy," Jason tried to calm him.

"But our camp is Camp Jupiter! If Poseidon wants to take revenge, that's the logical place, we don't even honor him much," Dakota replied mortified. "Stop whining, centurion," Reyna said, "I'm sure our camp is well. I helped Percy defeat Gaia. I'm pretty sure Poseidon has taken that into account."

Dakota just nodded, still worried and went into their makeshift camp. "I think you'll have to get inside, it's curfew," Reyna said to Jason and followed Dakota. Jason went back to the Zeus cabin.

Tomorrow, they'll have the funeral and they won't be able to imagine that their friend was just sleeping.

UP COMING IS THE LAST CHAPTER. I MIGHT DO OUT TAKES AFTER THAT OR EVEN CONTINUE THE STORY, BUT ALL THE DEPENDS ON YOUR READING AND REVIEWING :). I'LL POST THE NEXT CHAPTER AS SOON AS I GET 20 REVIEWS. CAN YOU DO THAT GUYS? LOVE YOU ALL FOR SPENDING YOUR TIME IN READING AND REVIEWING.

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