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Chapter 14: Finally We Make It To Mount Olympus
Percy P.O.V.
I was really getting sick of going on quests, especially when it involved a friend being in danger, and Harry was one of, if not the best friend I ever had, he would do anything for the ones he cared about or considered friends. I couldn't wait to get there and save him and then when he wakes, smack him on the back of the head for making me worry like this. Okay maybe I won't smack him. It's not his fault he was kidnapped, but I felt like smacking someone.
With my ADHD, it was starting to get to me for being on this freaking ship for so long, I was bouncing from room to room, I would go see what Annabeth was doing, which she was on her laptop. Then I would go to the hull and ask Leo when were we going to get there, last time I went in there I got on his nerves so bad he snapped and asked if me and Piper didn't switch bodies somehow, with the way I was going on, and the fact Piper hasn't been in there. Piper has been unusually quiet and down in her room doing who knows what, but I guess she was just worried about getting there or maybe she was trying to rest up for the big showdown with the giants.
I wondered what Jason, and the others were doing, if they had saved Harmonia or if they had even got to her yet. I had hoped they would make it to the Mountain to help us, but I didn't think they would, Hercules, the git as Harry would call him, said no one else had been by all day, so I figured we wouldn't run into them when we got to the Mountain, unless they went another way or come after us. Meeting Hercules was one of the worst things to happen on this quest, he tried to flirt with Piper, he got smart with me and acted as if Annabeth was dumb. And the task he made me do, was about the stupidest thing anyone has ever made me do. I understand he was trying to give us something easy, but I got sick of having to bring a pearl up to the island and then go back down in the sea to find more. It took longer than it should have considering I ran into a small Sea creature who thought the son of Poseidon would make a tasty snack. But I showed him. Annabeth had been a little wary about Piper coming to talk to Hercules with us, she was afraid she would try to attack him, since he was the one who cursed Harry's life. But surprising she didn't, I guess she knew how important it was not to tick him off, but did have a look on her face that said she would love to run her dagger through him.
I hated to admit it, because I love the sea, but I was really getting sick of seeing nothing but water and being on this damn ship, if it had been someone else kidnapped and Harry was with us, I would hate to see how he would be handling being here all this time, he would probably start sleeping on deck. Harry's claustrophobia was something I was worried about, but haven't voiced out loud, with everyone's mind on saving Harry, I don't think any of them has thought about it other than how Harry must have freaked out before Hera put him to sleep, but what I was afraid of was my friend's claustrophobia getting worse, what if he couldn't even handle being on the ship. I didn't voice these worries because I didn't want or need Piper freaking out about something else, and it's not like we could do anything about it if Harry did freak out. I wished I could, but what really got me worried was our enemy using his phobia against him, what if they somehow used it to beat him. If Harry was in battle and they lulled him into a confined space, it would be easy to beat him, if he started freaking out. I didn't know how Harry handled inclosed spaces during battles; as far as I knew all the battles he has been in has been out in the open, so I don't know if Harry would realized he was in a tight space or if he would be so caught up in battle that he wouldn't even realize it, but it still scared me. When we got Harry back, I was really tempted to not let Harry out of my sight or go anywhere without me, but something tells me Harry would not like that and would find a way to sneak off without me.
"What are you thinking about?" Annabeth asked. Right now we were lying in our bed, I tried to get some sleep after Leo had snapped at me. I figured I would need the rest. But couldn't fall asleep, and after an hour of tossing and turning Annabeth had turned off her laptop and crawled in bed next to me, I rolled over on my back and allowed her to snuggle up to my side and put my arm around her.
"Harry," I answered. "There is something about him I've been worrying about." Annabeth raised her head and looked up at me.
"What's that?" She asked. I ran my hand through her hair.
"His claustrophobia." I said. "After being locked up in that tomb do you think it will be worse?" Annabeth's frowned deepened and she sat up all the way.
"It's a big possibility." She said. "I hope not, but it's likely that he will, for a bit anyway."
"We need to help him get over that somehow." I said. "It could be used against him." I said. Annabeth sighed.
"I've been thinking about that for a while now." She said. "But knowing him he won't want us to help, he'll be too prideful and embarrassed."
"We'll figure out something." I said. "You don't know how much I just want to go and knock his uncle for a loop, and then sick you on his freaking aunt or Piper either one." Annabeth cracked a little smile.
"It always amazes me how Harry is so nice and sweet after growing up like that." Annabeth said. "He doesn't even blame Hera or any other god for the life he had and a lot of guys would blame Dumbledore for leaving him on their doorstep in the first place, but he doesn't and on top of that he has a lot of respect for the man."
"Yeah, he's a pretty good kid." I said. Annabeth laid back down on my chest and I wrapped my arm back around her.
"What do you think Piper is doing?" Annabeth asked. "I haven't seen her since we passed the Pillars of Hercules and Marauder disappeared." Piper had made Marauder stay behind when we went to talk to Hercules, she was afraid Hercules might try to fight him, mistaking him for his father, the Neiman lion, since he's starting to look so much like him, but when we go back on the ship Ron had told us Harry's pet had disappeared, Piper had gotten upset, and wanted to look for him, but knew we couldn't, because we didn't have time.
"Well, if she's anything like you she's off somewhere, excited about almost being there and a little afraid when she wakes Harry up he might have changed and may not want her anymore." I said. Annabeth raised up and gave me a weird look.
"How could you possibly know that?" She asked. Annabeth suddenly frowned. "Just how close are you to Piper?" I rolled my eyes.
"Annabeth, Piper and I are only friends, you know that." I said. "I'm just going by what I know you would do, if it was me in that tomb and not Harry, besides I love you too much to go sneaking around with another girl." Annabeth gave a nod then laid back down, putting her head on my chest.
"She doesn't have anything to worry about." Annabeth said. "Harry will still want to be with her."
"Just like if it was me and not Harry, you wouldn't have anything to worry about." I said. Annabeth smiled.
"I just wish we would hurry up and get there." I said. Annabeth nodded. She raised her head and leaned in and kissed me passionately, and I kissed her back just as passionate, putting my hand on her cheek, Annabeth moved so she was laying half on me; stuck her hand up my shirt and pulled it off, she ran her hand do my chest and stopped at the button on my jeans, and started to undo them and at that same moment Leo came bursting int the room.
"I can see... Wow...wow.." Leo covered his eye up. As Annebeth and I jumped up, "sorry..."
"Man, doors were invented so people could knock." I said, both angry and embarrassed.
"Well, dude, locks were invented so people wouldn't walk in." Leo said. I rolled my eyes.
"You should know not to burst into someone's room." Annabeth said. Her face was red and she looked angry. "What was so important that you had to come bursting in here?" Leo had started to back out of the room, one hand still over his eyes as if we were naked ( if he had come in a few seconds later we would be) and his other hand on the door knob.
"Just letting everyone know I can see Mount Olympus, it's tiny looking now, but I can still see it, so it wouldn't be much longer until we get there." Leo said all that so fast I barely caught any of it, but Annabeth grinned and I just got my shirt back on when she grabbed my hand and pulled me past Leo and up the deck. Leo was right Mount Olympus was in view.
"Someone should tell Piper." Annabeth said.
"Tell Piper what?" Piper's voice said behind us. Annabeth grinned and pointed to Mount Olympus. "We're almost there." Piper looked to where Annabeth was pointing and her eyes widened and she rushed to the edge of the ship gripping the sides.
"Harry," I heard her whisper. She turned around as Leo came running back on deck with the others in tow. "Can't you speed the ship up, Leo?" She demanded.
"That's not a good idea, Piper." Hermione said. "We need to sneak in, so they don't see us, going fast it would be harder to do." Piper frowned and opened her mouth to argue when Annabeth spoke up.
"No, she's right, Piper, if the giants see us they'll start attacking, and maybe even stop us from getting to Harry." Piper made a growling sound that sounded a lot like an angry cat.
"Fine." She snapped. "Let's just take our time. After all we have lots of it." She glared at every one of us, then turned to stare at the large mountain ahead. That's another reason I wanted to hurry up and get to Harry, Piper's mood and taking everything out on us was starting to get old. She acted as if we put Harry in that tomb. We get Harry back I think I am going to tie them to together, so they won't ever be separated again. The both of them get way too cranky when the other wasn't around for too long.
Piper sighed. "Look, guys am sorry for the way I've acted. I'm just scared, and want to get to Harry."
"It's okay, Piper." Hermione said. "We understand."
"That's why no one's smacked you yet." Luna said, we all turned and looked at her, I saw Nico smirk. Being around her so much, I have learned she tells what she thinks no matter what it is or to whom it is.
"Yeah, well," Hermione said, giving Luna a strange look. "We all just want to get to Harry."
"Yeah." I spoke up. "And I have already decided that when we get him back, am going to tie you two together. You're both way too cranky when the other one isn't around." Piper glared at me as the others even Hermione and Annabeth snickered, but then Piper smiled and started laughing.
"We're almost there I can't wait." She cried. Then she frowned, chewing on her bottom lip. "What if Harry's changed the past two months, what if... what if he doesn't want me anymore? What if we've been apart too long?"
"Don't worry, Pipes, Uncle Harry will still want you." Leo said. "You'll see, we'll get there, I'll break open the tomb and you can give Harry his little kiss, he'll wake; you'll bring him abroad the ship and show him your room and..." He stopped talking and wiggled his eyebrows. Piper's face turned blood-red.
"Leo!" She cried, turning to hide her face and Hermione smacked Leo on the arm.
"Stop being so dirty minded." She demanded.
"I didn't say anything." He denied, smiling. Hermione glared at him.
"We know what you meant." She said. Leo just laughed and Hermione pulled out her wand and sent a stinging hex his way, he yelped and rubbed his arm.
"Would you please stop doing that?" He demanded. Hermione smirked at him.
"No." She said, sticking her wand back in her pocket. Leo rolled his eyes, but had a smile on his face. They had gotten a lot closer since Hermione had gotten sick, they spent a lot of time together by themselves and Hermione kept Leo company when he was in the hull. But rather or not they were a couple, I didn't know, they haven't made it official or anything if they were, but they sure did act like it. Hermione didn't even say I'm not your bookworm anymore, so, I guessed she was his bookworm.
"You know what." Piper suddenly said. "I think I am going to go change." She looked down at her clothes. "And maybe freshen up a little and try to do something about my hair.
"Why?" I asked, what she was wearing looked fine to me, jeans and a hoodie, probably a t-shirt underneath. Her hair looked alright to me too, it was just a little messy, and at the moment blonde.
"Because, when Harry wakes, I don't want him to see me like this." Piper cried, as she turned and headed back below deck.
"Okay, is it just me or did she turn into her mom for a moment?" I asked. Annabeth rolled her eyes. Why do girls always do that?
"Seaweed Brian, Piper hasn't seen Harry in two mouths." Annabeth said. "She's just nerves and thinks she has to look her best." Annabeth gave me a look, that I knew was her silent way of asking if I understood now.
"Oh," I said, even if I still didn't get it, girls sure can be complicated. Oh well, I was just glad Annabeth was a daughter of Athena and didn't care how she looked. Though she still was the most gorgeous girl around. On earth or Olympus.
"I think I am going to go see if Piper needs any help." Luna said, she gave Nico a peck on the cheek, making his face go red, before turning and skipping, yes, I said skipping, down the stairs.
"Why do I get the feeling she doesn't mean helping Piper with picking out clothes?" I asked.
"Because she's not." Nico said. "She wants to make sure Piper is fine and just talk to her."
"Oh," I looked back toward the Mountain, thinking about Luna, she was a weird person, but I still liked her, though I found her and Nico an odd couple, but then again Nico was a bit weird himself. So, I guess they made a good couple even if they were both odd.
"We're getting closer." Leo ran over to where Piper had just been. "I'm going to go to the hull, so I can be ready to stop the ship." he then left.
We all stood in silence watching the first Mount Olympus get closer and closer. We were excited and nervous and ready to fight. And all had to put on jackets since snow was coming down and it looked pretty cold. I just hoped it didn't take very long to get to Harry. After ten minutes Piper came back up wearing designer skinny jeans with sparkles up and down the legs and with light brown suede snow boots, and a white blouse, she had put on a brown suede jacket that matched her boots. She seemed to have finally gotten control of her hair, she had it just a little past her shoulders with curls at the end, and a light golden brown, her eyes were a dark sapphire blue, with gold speaks in them, she even put on a little make up and had her quiver on her back and sword and dagger on her sides. Even though I would never say it out loud, because, one: Annabeth would kill me and two: if word got back to Harry that I said it he would kill me. So, I kept the thought to myself, but I'm a boy, so I couldn't help, but noticed how good she looked like that. Though my Annabeth would look better.
"Um... Piper, you do know you, by the time we get to Harry and you wake him up, that your clothes and hair will be messed up." I said. She glared at me.
"I just want to look good for Harry, there is nothing wrong with that." She said.
"Leave her alone, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth demanded. "Besides unless she gets dirty or in a fight on the way up the mountain she may not get dirty, remember the plan?" I nodded.
Of course I remembered the plan; everyone but Piper, Leo, and Hermione would be fighting the giants, while we had their attention, they would sneak past under Harry's cloak and to his tomb, they would open it while we fought the giants and whoever else may be up there.
"I think you look pretty." Luna said. "Harry will love it."
"Thank you." Piper smiled at her, she then turned to me. "Keep it up and I'll tell Harry you've been picking on his girl."
It took about an hour or so to reach the mountain, when the Argo II stopped, Leo came back on deck and lowered the stairs and we stepped off, one by one, to the base of the mountain.
"How are we going to know which way to go?" Piper asked. "It's huge." Annabeth frowned.
"That is a good question." Annabeth said, she looked up at the sky. "We can't afford to go the wrong way, we don't have time to turn around and go another. I too looked up at the sky, it wouldn't be too much longer before it starts to turn dark and the sun will start to sit. We had four maybe five hours.
"Look!" Luna cried, pointing, we all looked and there standing not far from us going up a trail was a stag, a solid black stag, it didn't run or look scared it just stood there and stared at us with large hazel eyes. Piper frowned at it.
"It can't be." She mumbled, walking over to it, the Stag didn't run from her or attack , we all watched as she slowly walked up to it and tried to pet it on the head, but her hand just went right through it. That's when I noticed it was a little transparent. Like it was a ghost. Piper mumbled something that sounded like "It is you." The stag nodded and ran up the mountain. Piper's face split into a wide grin, something I haven't seen her do in two mouths. She then ran after the ghost stag.
"Piper, are you sure following him is a good idea?" I called, Piper turned and looked at us.
"Yes," she almost shouted. "Now come on. He's showing us the way to Harry." She then turned and ran up the trail. The rest of us had no chose but to follow. Piper was in the lead, as we climbed the mountain. Snow was coming down pretty hard now, and our path was slippery, but we went on, every once in a while the stag would stop, and looked behind to make sure we were following him, then went on. I just hoped that Piper was right about this ghost deer leading us to Harry.
At one point Annabeth has slipped on some ice, and I grabbed her arm to stop her from falling down. Some how Nico got ahead of Piper and was now walking next to the Stag, I saw Nico's mouth moving and was pretty sure he was talking to it. I just hoped it didn't talk back.
Finally after two hours we made it to the top of the mountain, and the Stag disappeared after Piper said something that sounded like; "thanks Prongs". I didn't see any giants, but I knew it had led us to the right place, because right in front of us was the ruins of a palace, half it was gone, so we could see the inside, looked like an old theater part of a palace with old seats and even a stage, all around us was some of the weirdest things: like huge gears and pulley systems that raised and lowered sections of the floor for no apparent reason. Water flowed through open trenches, powering waterwheels that turned some of the machines. Other machines were connected to huge hamster wheels with hell-hound inside. And the weirdest was suspended from the ceiling were cages of live animals-a tiger, several wolves, a whole pack of hyenas. And bronze and leather conveyor belts trundled along with stacks of weapons and armor.
"None of this was here when I had that last dream." Hermione said. I saw Leo looking around like he was dying to go try something out. We carefully walked in and looked around. I was sure that any minute something would come out and attack us.
"HARRY!" Piper suddenly screamed out, she then tried to take off running toward the stage, but I grabbed hold of her waist and held her back. "What the hell are you doing? Let go of me. Right there is Harry, I have to get to him." I didn't let go, I knew it had to be a trap, because no bad guys was around, but yet right there, suspended above the stage, being held up by leather belts and cables, and surrounded by the caged animals was Harry's tomb.
"Please, Percy," Piper said. I hated when people said please, it was hard to say no. "Let me go to him."
"I'm sorry, Piper, but it has to be a trap." I said. "Once you head right for that stage something will happen." Piper started sniffing like she was going to cry, great, if there was anything worse than someone saying please, it was a girl crying.
"Piper, Percy's right." Annabeth said. "We have to be careful and not just run in. We'll let you go to Harry soon, but right now we have to figure out how to, without setting off any traps. I guess our cloak idea won't work now, but, Leo, do you think you can..."
"At last." someone cried from somewhere, it sounded as if it was coming from behind the velvet curtain up on stage. "So very happy! Honestly, I didn't think you would make it, but it's so much better that you did. Much more entertaining. You're just in time for the main event."
"Hey, whoever or where ever you are." Piper yelled. "Let Harry down. NOW!"
"As you wish." The voice laughed and then there was the sound of a machine starting, and the cables and belts holding Harry's tomb up begin to lower it down, I heard Piper gasped in fear, I guess she was afraid Harry would fall, but he didn't the cables moved slowly and then sat the bronze tomb down right in the center of the stage.
"Harry," Piper went to take a step, but then we heard a growl, like a dog, and before Piper could reach Harry's tomb it was surrounded by over a dozen hell-hounds. Red eye glowing and large fangs showing.
"Oh, gods," Piper whimpered and would have fallen to her knees if it had not been for Annabeth and Hermione grabbing her arms, Piper shook her head and narrowed her eyes. She jerked her arms out from Hermione and Annabeth's hands.
"I've come this far." Piper said in a deadly calm voice, as she pulled out Harry's sword. "Harry is right there in that tomb and I don't give Hades' ass who or what you are, you're not stopping me from reaching him." Then before anyone could stop her; Piper ran right toward the tomb with Harry's sword raised, I thought she was nuts, or didn't realize Marauder was no longer with us, where he went or why I don't know, but there must have been a good reason for him to just leave Piper like that.
But then she shocked me by getting on her knees and sliding up under the nearest hell-hound and stabbing it in the gut, it burst into dust, and Piper didn't give it another thought as she reached and pulled one of her arrows out of her quiver and tossed it at another like a dart, it stuck it in the side and made it burst into dust. Note to self never piss off Piper.
I shook myself of my thoughts and raised Riptide and ran forward, I stabbed one hell-hound, and then ducked another one's paw, before coming back up and slicing its head off. I had to keep my mind off of Mrs. O'Leary or else I would feel guilty for doing this. Nico was in the fight now too, he was taking out almost as many hell-hounds as I was, and to my shock so was Piper. Leo had pulled out a hammer and ran forward, bashing one after another over the head, Annabeth too was fighting, and the three wizards was throwing spells, but I don't think it worked very well against them. Not with their tough hide, I saw Leo pull another hammer out of his belt and toss it to Hermione, she caught it, with a look on her face that said, she didn't feel very comfortable with basing a dog over the head, but did it anyway, as she and Leo worked together trying to reach Harry's tomb.
I was too busy with my mind on watching Annabeth, make sure she stayed unharmed and didn't noticed when a hell-hound jumped at me until a gold arrow got it between the eyes and it burst into dust. I looked the way it came to see Piper had reached Harry's tomb and was now standing on top of it shooting arrows and keeping the hell-hounds from getting anywhere near it again.
"Come on, Leo!" Piper yelled. "Hurry up and get over here, and let Harry out!"
"Piper, behind you!" Hermione suddenly yelled, I looked back that way in time to see a hell-hound jump up from Piper's left and knock her off the tomb and onto the hard ground. Harry's sword fell from her hand and she also dropped her bow and arrows; cried out grabbing her leg. Which was most likely broke. I went running her way as the hell-hound jumped over Harry's tomb and right at Piper, but before I could reach her, I heard a sudden roar and a golden-brown fur ball came out of nowhere and jumped the hell-hound knocking it back across the tomb, it landed on the ground and slide across the floor, before hitting a wall and bursting into dust.
I don't know how or where he came from, but Marauder was back, and pissed; he stood on Harry's tomb and gave a giant roar. We all jumped when his roar was answered by several other loud roars, as we were surrounded by lions. At both sides, and back, about thirty of them, all shapes and sizes, even a solid white one, only three besides Marauder was male. I looked to Annabeth to see her jaw jump. The others pretty much doing the same thing, we had all stopped what we were doing, even the hell-hounds who, being basically dogs had turned to their known enemy the cat.
Marauder gave another roar, the lioness and lions roared back, then jumped into action. Ignoring us demigods, and wizard, they attacked the hell-hounds, we just stood in shocked silence as the lions went to work. All but the white one, who seemed to be standing guard over Piper as Marauder stood guard over Harry's tomb. And within seconds, there was no hell-hounds left.
Marauder looked right at Leo and gave a roar, he blinked in shock, before looking around; spotting Hermione he grabbed her hand and they both headed toward Harry's tomb. The white lion laid cross Piper's lap as if protecting her from harm, she wiped her eyes and began to pet him, looking a little shocked as the others surrounded them and the tomb and laid in a circle, as if they were going to make sure nothing stopped Leo from cutting open the tomb and getting Harry out, Hermione pulled a small disk from her pocket and handed it to Leo, he pressed a button or something on it and it grew into a hand saw.
"Really!" Piper cried. "Hephaestus believes that will cut open a bronze tomb." Leo shrugged and began to cut around the tomb, and it worked, it would take a while to completely saw the top off, but it was working, I could see shreds of bronze flying everywhere and the sound of the cutting. Piper looked up at the sky and sighed, it was darkening, but the sun was still up, but would start going down soon.
Suddenly the ceiling opened over us, and a platform lowered. Standing on it like an actor, with his hand raised and head held high was a purple haired giant. He was small for a giant standing only twelve feet. Wearing the worst Hawaiian shirt. "It had a garish print made up of dying heroes, horrible tortures, and stuff I'm not even going to say. He had a ten-foot spear strapped to his back and white jeans. I guess no one ever told him not to wear white after labor day.
"Bloody hell." Ron mumbled, as the giant smiled at us as if he was happy to see us. "That's bloody gross." I didn't know if he was talking about the giant or his shirt, maybe both, but I had to agree with which ever it was.
Nico gripped his sword and stepped forward, "You're going to pay for taking my friend." The giant grinned at him.
"It's the real Nico di' Angelo." He said. "It's not my fault the son of Hera said he was you." Nico frowned.
"He did?" Nico asked.
"Yes, I asked him if he was Nico di 'Angelo," the giant said. "We told him you were who we were after, and he looked at us and said he had blood of Hades running through his veins."
I smirked a little, leave it to Harry to make it sound like he was Nico, without lying and saying he was. Harry hated being lied to, so that's something you never caught Harry doing, but he protected Nico, by making the giants believe he was him, without coming out and saying he was. After all as a descendant of Hades, Harry told the truth about having his blood running through his veins.
"Now, let's get back to the show." the giant said. "It's so good you've all come to die."
"You're the one going to die." Nico growled. "You and your brother. Where is he anyway?"
"I don't know." The giant said. "OTIS! Where are you?" If the other one was Otis, I guessed he was Ephialtes.
The red velvet curtain moved and out from behind it ran the other giant.
"Where were you?" Ephialtes demanded. "You were suppose to come out of the floor!" He opened his mouth to answer but the Ephialtes cut across him. "Never mind."
"Gods and Titans!" Ephialtes yelled. ""It's show time! Now for the stage directions."
"We're not going to be part of any show." Nico cried. I saw his eyes glance behind the giant at Harry's tomb, Leo wasn't even half-way sawing the first side yet. Piper was holding on to her leg again. I really did think she had broken it. If the giant had noticed them or the lions surrounding the tomb, they did a pretty good job pretending they didn't. So I figured we needed to keep their minds off them, so they can get that tomb opened.
"So," I said. "You said something about stage directions."
"Yes!" Ephialtes said. "Now, I know the bounty stipulates that you and the girl Annabeth is to stay alive, but since you are here, we might as well do away with you all. No that will be much more entertaining. We already have your friend in the tomb whose probably died."
"Now, don't worry," The giant went on. "I got your plans all worked out, it'll be perfect. All the gods on Olympus will see."
"Only problem is we're not going to die." I said.
"And we're not going to go along with some stupid show you have planed." Nico said.
"Oh, but you will." Ephialtes said. "Because you can't kill us, you have no god with you. So, really, it would be much more sensible to die painfully, I'm sorry, but the show must go on." I looked to Nico.
"I'm really getting tired of this guy's shirt." I said. Nico looked at me and gripped his sword tighter.
"I'm getting sick of his mouth." He said. We turned back at the giants then charged.
Things went wrong immediately. The giants vanished in twin puffs of smoke and reappeared half-way across the room, each in different places. I ran right toward Ephialtes, but slots in the floor opened and cages with monsters of all kinds. The cages made a loud sound and opened. We went into action fighting them, as most the lions around Harry's tomb jumped up to help, but some did stay behind, right next to Hermione, Leo and Piper, and they batted away or fought anyone that came toward them.
The cages weren't the worst thing, there was also fiery pits that opened up here or there, so we had to be careful where we stepped. I saw Nico and Luna leap over one of the pits and head toward Otis, who brought out his spear. Over on one side, I saw Ron shooting spells knocking them out, and Annabeth was fighting monsters with her dagger. Hermione was doing as Ron was and shooting spells, Leo was sawing away at the tomb, he was now past half-way on one side. Piper was doing her best to shoot arrows at some monsters, and I looked around for Ephialtes and saw him up over to the right side messing around with controls, I sliced a hell-hound that had come from somewhere, (Thought all them was gone) then took off running toward Ephialtes, Annabeth saw me and took off behind me.
We were soon stopped by a large forest that sprung up from somewhere, we needed to get to Ephialtes so we can stop him fooling with the controls.
"He's right you know." I said, as I used Riptide to take out the whole forest. "There is no way we can beat them without a god."
"I know." Annabeth said. "We can pray for help, but without something to offer as a sacrifice, doubt anyone would answer it." I frowned.
"Wonderful!" Ephialtes cried. "We'll call that a dress rehearsal!" He began to push buttons opening random cages.
"Percy!" Annabeth cried. "We need to somehow destroy the controls." I gave a nod, then looked around to check and make sure our friends we alright: Nico and Luna was battling Otis still, Ron was still firing curse, Hermione stood in front of Leo, to protect him from anything that might try to attack as he had his back turned still sawing away on the tomb, Marauder laid on top of it licking his paws as if nothing was happening, Piper was gripping her leg, I saw tears in her eyes, as she leaned against the bronze tomb, and all the lions, but the one still lying in Piper's lap, were now fighting, they had taken out most the monsters. I looked back at Hermione and got an idea.
"Hermione!" I cried, she looked at me. I nodded to the controls and she understood, and shot out a spell. It hit the control panel making it blast apart.
"NO!" Ephialtes cried. "spoil sport. Otis!"
Otis who had knocked Luna out and Nico had taken off over to check on her, tossed his spear right at Hermione, her eyes grow wide, but there was a sudden gust of wind and the spear was blow off course and stroke Ephialtes right in the side.
"OTIS!" Ephialtes cried. "Would you stop killing me?" He crumbled into monster dust, there was suddenly a rumble of thunder and a bolt of lighting strike the roof, making it explode and crumbled on top of Otis.
A solid white Pegasus landed right next to the pile of roof, and to our shock off jumped Jason, Hazel and Ginny. They came running toward the tomb as we did. The white Pegasus flew away.
"About time you got here." I said. "Where did you get the horse?"
"That was Pegasus." Ginny said.
"I know it was a Pegasus." I said.
"She means the Pegasus." Jason said. He then explained all about their run in with the Amazons, and how Pegasus took to Ginny and they let them take him to escape, and how two of the amazons one being their Queen were daughters of Enyo, I shivered, who the heck would hook up with her, and then he explained about rescuing Harmonia up until their task Hercules gave them. And how he was a jerk.
"I'm sorry guys it's my fault." Hazel said. "If I hadn't been stupid and mentioned Harry, then he might have given us something so hard to do."
"Yeah, but the lion..." Jason glanced at marauder who still sat on top of the tomb, watching us, and all the lions that were standing around us. Um... the skin came in handy." he looked at us. "A little ways back we stopped and used it to offer a god for help. I don't know if it helped, but it disappeared."
"What god?" Nico asked. Jason shrugged..
"We just said if any would like to help." Ginny said. "Sorry, but we didn't know who to ask."
"The giants will reform." Annabeth said. "We don't have much time." The sky was now starting to darken. "Leo, hurry, maybe we can get Harry out before that happens and we can leave."
Hazel took a step and her foot anciently hit Piper's ankle and Piper cried out and grabbed hold of her leg again.
"I'm so sorry, Piper. I didn't see your leg there." Hazel said. I knelt in front of her.
"Your legs broke isn't it?" I asked. She nodded, tears fallen down her face. "We should have brought along some nectar or ambrosia."
"We got some." Ginny said. She was carrying a bag she didn't have when they left. She came over to Piper's side and dropped down next to her and started pulling out nectar and ambrosia. "Which did you want?" Piper choose the nectar.
"Where did you guys get all that?" Annabeth asked.
"Gift from Harmonia for saving her." Jason said.
"Um... guys look." Hazel said, I turned and looked the dust that was Ephialtes and Otis was now going back together, Otis' somehow got to where his brother was.
"Leo, hurry up." Piper said, she tried to stand but just fell back down. "Get Harry out." The nectar helped some, but hadn't completely healed her broken leg.
"I'm going as fast as I can." Leo said. As more hell-hound appeared.
"Luna and I will get the giant twins." Nico said. "You guys take care of the hell-hound." And with that he walked toward the giants, taking Luna with him. I took a step to go help him and found myself surrounded by hell-hound. I raised Riptide and got one in the side, then turned around and sliced another's head off. Then Annabeth got a third one on the side of the head with her dagger. I looked back toward Nico and Luna to see they seemed to have things under control. Luna was doing a good job battling Otis and Nico was battling Ephialtes. He was doing something weird, he had shadows swirling all around himself as he spun, Ephialtes was so confused by this, he wasn't even trying to attack him. More shadows were swirling all around. There was even a wind with how fast they were going.
Then something even weirder happened, Nico began to rise, the shadows underneath his feet was raising him up, Ephialtes took a step back as Nico made it level with his head, drew back his sword and got him crossed the face.
"Oh, this isn't a part of the script." He cried, as Nico took a step off the shadow only for another to form under his feet to stop him from plunging to the earth.
"I rewrote it." Nico said, as he bounced from shadow to shadow, staying in the air by walking on them. It shocked me he that he wasn't falling through the shadows.
"Would you stop!" Ephialtes cried. "You're cheating!"
"And you being a giant that can't die without the help of a god is fair." Nico cried. Luna suddenly cried out, and Nico looked her way, to see Otis brining the tip of his spear toward her. I took a step toward her to help, but Nico suddenly vanished, he completely disappeared. But then a shadow formed in front of Luna stopping the spear, and Otis was soon fighting shadows that was swirling around his face. I still didn't see Nico anywhere, but then more shadows formed around Ephialtes, and I noticed something, a shadowy figure that was shaped like a boy, and was the size of Nico was up in the shadows swirling around.
"Is that..." I asked, pointing up at it. Annabeth gave a nod.
"He's inside the shadows." She said. "I didn't know he could do that. He's basically a part of the shadows now."
But Ephialtes must have figure out what Nico was doing too, because he was able to swat him out of the air, and Nico was just able to stop his fall with a shadow forming on the ground. Luna ran over to him, just as Annabeth, and I took off running over to them.
"Nico, you alright?" I asked. He nodded with a scowl on his face. Otis and Ephialtes was laughing at us.
"Impressive, demigods, but you still need a god to help you." He said, and Otis laughed harder.
I tighten my grip and raised it at him. "We don't need a god!" I said. "We already turned you to dust once already, we'll do it again."
"Pity," Said a voice behind us. "And here I was going to play the hero." I turned around and saw Apollo standing there. He was wearing the usual jeans and shirt, looking like a teenager about nineteen, the only difference was he was now wearing the Neiman lion skin coat.
"Apollo." I said. He winked at me then turned and looked to Ginny.
"Thanks for the coat, beautiful." He said, giving her a large smile and a wink. "It fits nice." Ginny's face turned blood-red, making Jason give Apollo a glare, he then turned to Leo.
"Valdez, man," Apollo called. "You got to hurry up and let my little buddy out of there. So we can hit the night clubs together and check out the ladies."
"I think not, Apollo." Piper spoke up, he turned to her.
"Piper, didn't see you there." He cried. "Looking as beautiful as always. Too bad you're taken." He winked at her. "Call me if it doesn't work out." Piper rolled her eyes and made a face.
"Could you stop flirting with every girl here, and help me." Nico demanded. "That's why you're here isn't it?"
"Of course, Nicky." Apollo said. He glanced at Luna. "Impatient boyfriend you got there." He then smiled and threw his arm around. "Always nice to see one of my descendants." Luna smiled at him as he took his arm back from around her and took his sunglasses out of his pocket and put them on, then grow to fourteen feet tall which made him a couple of feet taller than the giants. He put his fingers in one another and stretched them out making his knuckles pop, and a shiver go down my spin.
"You guys just stand back, and let me and Nicky do our thing."
The giants just laughed as Apollo advanced on them, Apollo didn't seem to care and he pulled out his sword, and Ephialtes brought up his spear, Apollo blocked it with his sword and Nico began to battle Otis. I took a step to help, but Annabeth grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
"Remember the prophecy, Seaweed brain, it has to be Nico and Apollo." She said, I gave a nod but didn't like it, I did notice Luna had stopped helping, like she had been before Apollo got here. Apollo may be a bit silly acting for a god and a big flirt, but he could fight pretty good I give him that, he raised his sword and brought it down across Ephialtes face, and blocked a move Ephialtes tried to throw at him. I could hear Piper behind me crying and pleading with Leo to hurry up.
"Come on shadow man." Apollo yelled at Nico. "Do your thing and we'll end this." Nico scowled at his new nickname and began to make shadows form around the two giant tying them together. "That's a boy." Apollo put away the sword and suddenly had his bow and arrow in his hand, he pointed it right at Ephialtes head and let it loose, it went right through his head and through his head and stuck Otis, they both burst into dust.
I turned and ran back toward Harry along with everyone else, Leo was now half-way sawing the other side of the tomb, he was almost done. Piper was turned watching, Jason, Ginny, Hermione and Ron were standing around him. I saw Hermione looking nervous, Hazel was standing next to Piper bouncing from foot to foot. Nico just walked up next to me and Annabeth who were standing next to Hazel and Piper. Apollo soon joined us.
"You better hurry, Leo." Apollo said. "The sun is starting to set."
None of us said anything we just stood there and watched as Leo sawed away at the rest of the tomb, if a mortal was to stumbled up on this seen, he would think we were all crazy, teens of all ages along with a guy in a lion skin coat, not to mention surrounded by lions, as we all stood and watched as another teen saw the top off a bronze tomb, well, he would probably go running the other way.
"Come on, Leo." Piper said. "Please hurry, he doesn't have much time left." I could tell it was killing her to have Harry so close and not be able to reach him yet. Leo was now over half-way there and turned to saw the foot of the tomb, he was almost done.
"I see your nectar didn't help you too good." Apollo said, kneeling down by Piper, he laid both hands on either side of her broken leg. "Don't want Harry to see you hurt. I'm sure we all would like to see tomorrow." A light shined in his hand, and Piper hissed, but soon it faded and he helped Piper to her feet.
"Thanks." Piper said. Apollo grinned.
"Anything for the only other member of our club." He said. Piper rolled her eyes.
"Apollo, there is no club." She said.
"What club?" I asked. "What are you guys talking about."
Piper rolled her eyes. "Apollo thinks he and I are the only two members of some: I slayed the mighty python club."
"Well, Sweetheart, you and I are the only ones to ever do it." Apollo grinned at her, he reached in his quiver and pulled out an arrow, it was solid gold all except for the tip. He grabbed Piper's arm and laid it into the palm of her hand. "Believe me, you will need that soon." Piper looked down at it and frowned. She looked at the silver tip and her eyes widen.
"You don't mean..""
"He's back and after you." Apollo to her.
"Damn!" Piper cursed, gripping the arrow. "Well, at least he's after me and not Harry."
"Who?" I asked. "Piper, who's Apollo talking about?" She shook her head and wouldn't say.
"YES!" Leo suddenly cried out. Piper looked his way and her eyes lit up. He had finally got the top sawed off. All us guys got on one side and pushed until the top slide off with a loud thump, then the sides just fell apart, leaving Harry lying on the ground except for the piece of bronze underneath him.
"Harry." Piper said, he was so eerie looking, he almost looked dead the way he was so pale, and he's lost weight ,his hair had grown out, and the top almost covered in gray, and he had peach fuzz starting to grow on his face. The giants must not have known what The Sword of Olympus was, because it was lying next to Harry. And his knuckles were all swollen and covered in dried blood.
Piper hesitated before dropping to her knees and reaching out and touching Harry's face. "Oh, Gods!" She cried. Tears falling down her face. She got above Harry's head and pulled his upper body into her lap.
"Gods, I love you so much." She whispered, kissing him on the forehead, she leaned in, her mouth hovering over Harry's.
"Wait." Apollo suddenly cried. Piper glared up at him, as he knelt next to them, she opened her mouth to say something. "Don't worry," Apollo cut in. "He's out of the tomb, so, he's not in a danger of suffocating anymore." Piper sighed. "His hands look pretty painful, and I thought I would heal them so he won't be in any pain when he wakes." Apollo gripped Harry's hands in his and light shined around them, before he let go. "There, all healed.
"Thank you." Piper told him, she grabbed hold of one of Harry's hands and leaned back in.
"Forever." She whispered, before touching her lips to his. And even before he opened his eyes Harry began to kiss her back, gripping her hand that was holding his, and raising his other hand to touch her face. They kissed a good fifteen minutes before pulling about. That was when Harry opened his eyes, they were emerald-green and sparkling. He grinned up at Piper as he pushed her hair behind her ear, then wiped the tears from her eyes. They just stared at one another, I don't think Harry realized anyone else was here and I think Piper forgot we were here.
"You look so beautiful." Harry whisper. "I love you, Fancy face." He rubbed her cheek with the back of his hand.
"I love you too, babe." Piper said. "Forever." Harry grinned, and Pulled Piper back down to him.
"Forever." Harry whispered, before their lips touched once more.
A.N. Thought that would be a nice little end for this chapter, don't worry there is still a few more things they have to do, before the story ends. And I'm already working on the next chapter so I won't leave you hanging too long and it will be in Harry's P.O.V.