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Jake: We worry for the guy, it's been getting really bad from where he stands and his pessimistic attitude isn't helping him but we need to help him.

Twista: He hasn't been to school in a week and he's been offline too and we can only tell he still exists thanks to his mom and he sort of refuses to see anyone at all.

Jake: We're going to keep trying but for now, let's go for this chapter alright! Reply time!

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Percy 3rd Person POV

"Move!"

Percy and Zoe jumped out of the way as Talon swung his lance and destroyed the ballistae bolts before they could hurt them and the trio's eyes trialed their eyes to the sound of another explosion.

With a loud clang, two more ballistae bolts from the Argo 2 came zooming down below, destroying a line of marble structures causing them to collapse to the ground. The son of Poseidon glared at the bronze warship floating at the distance as he said "This is bad! Someone has opened fire on Camp Jupiter! That means that-"

"There'll be a riot," said Talon hefting his lance up,

Zoe winced as another pair of projectiles destroyed a part of the city of New Rome. She shook her head and said "We have to get back to the others! If there's going to be a riot, they'll be mobbed to death!"

"Then we better get moving," said Talon as he spread his wings and said "I'll go ahead and see what's going on. Hurry!"

The older male immediately took off as Percy nodded towards Zoe and they sprinted back to the city. When they got there, things were already pretty bad as the Romans were already cohered into an angry mob.

Jason and Piper were surrounded by them. Piper tried to calm them down with her charmspeak but the multitude of cires and howls for answers drowned out her voice. Jason's shoulder length blonde hair was messy and disheveled as he raised his hands and said "Romans! Please stop! We're all on the same side!"

As he said that, one of the nearby shops was blasted into rubble and the cries got louder. Percy saw Reyna with Annabeth as Zoe said "By milady's light! Look!"

Legionnaires who were armed were setting up artillery weapons to fire agains the Argo 2. Percy glared around at all the massive confusion and from the Argo 2, a figure was descending down on a rope and with the figure coming down, Percy recognized it as Octavian and he said "Romans we are under attack! The Greeks lie! They have come to destroy us! One of them sieges Rome as we speak and I have seen it with my own tow eyes!"

Reynda dashed away from Annabeth as she noticed them and ran towards Percy and Zoe and met them as she said "What's happening!? Who's shooting at the Camp?!"

"It can't be Leo!" said Zoe, "He wouldn't do that would he?"

"It doesn't matter!" said Percy, "The Camp has been sprung into chaos! We need to get out of here!"

Percy pointed to the fountain where Ara stood in the middle and sent torrents of water towards any legionnaire who came close. Talon had his wings raised as he shielded Frank, Hazel and Bianca against the debris the Romans threw.

Fecilia was spraying down several Romans with a large amount of snow and turning them into life sized Roman snow men. Ara noticed her brother and called "Percy! What's happening!"

"We don't know!" said Percy as he took Annabeth and Zoe to the fountain,

Piper and Jason made their way there as Jason desperately said "Romans! Stop this at once! We are not your enemy!"

Octavian, who was dressed with robes splattered with grime and soot, growled and called "You Greeks have opened fire to our city! This is grounds for war!"

"Your friend Leo has begun the war!" continued the Augur, "I have seen it myself! His eyes void with no remorse for destroying the sacred land of New Rome!"

"Leo wouldn't do that!" said Annabeth,

A direct explosion shook the crowd overhead as the Argo 2's hull was burning and smoking while the Romans reloaded their artillery. A click was heard and the Argo 2 returned fire as two of the siege weapons exploded into a mess of flames.

"You see!" said Octavian, "Kill the invaders!"

Percy grit his teeth as he watched the crowd close in and he raised his hand and immediately smashed it down as the earth shook and rippled with tremors causing the mob to stumble back.

He faced Frank and Hazel as he said "Frank, hazel, we need to go but im giving you a choice. Will you stay or leave?"

"We'll go with you Percy!" said Frank,

"He's right," said Hazel, "We need to go with you."

HIs eyes fell onto Jason, who had been downed by a group of Romans and Piper merely held back the crowd with her voice. Hazel nodded and said "We'll buy you some time!"

A sharp whistle came from the dark skinned girl as a tan blur zoomed past them and Hazel disappeared only for Zoe to see the same tan blur knock down Romans soldiers along with the tremors Percy made.

"How…" said Zoe,

Piper called out "Stay back!"

Talon dropped his wings as Percy said "Talon help them!"

"You got it!" said the half-dragon, "Asteron!"

A large blue shadow loomed over them as it swooped down and picked up the two separated demigods and Talon said "Take them to the ship!"

Percy then dashed past the Romans and maneuvered himself up and snatched own the rope ladder leading to the Argo 2's deck and said "Everyone up! I'll hold them back!"

Ara nodded as she and Bianca climbed up the rope ladder with Frank right behind them. Percy gripped Zoe's hand and said "Go Zoe, climb up!"

"What about you?!" asked the former huntress,

Percy kissed her quick and said "Don't fear Zoe, we'll see each other soon enough."

She nodded as she scowled and followed the others up the ladder. Percy then met eyes with Octavian who gave him a small smirk as he said "The praetor betrays us! Arrest him for treason!"

Percy then clicked his tongue and said "Persistent one aren't you Octavian!"

The Romans who stood were immediately shoved back down as the magnitude four tremors elevated to magnitude seven as everyone fell back onto their behinds and Fecilia sent another blast of snow into the crowd as he said "Talon take her up!"

"Oh no you-"she was cut off as Talon carried her bridal style up to the ship's deck with her screaming "Get your hands off me!"

Octavian slowly struggled to get up as he held onto a pillar and said "You can run Jackson but we'll find you! Rome calls for blood! Your blood! Do you hear me?!"

Percy stopped the tremors as he raised an open hand in the air and said "I don't know what you did Augur but next time, we might not be on so pleasant terms. See you around."

"Get him!" called Octavian as the Romans rushed Percy,

The Son of Poseidon was then lifted up by his raised hand y Talon and he was thrown onto the ship's deck where he found Annabeth on the controls trying to get the ship moving. The bronze dragon figurehead was leaking oil as it creaked and gave several clicks.

Leo, the Son of Hephaestus was then pinned onto the ground by Ara and Fecilia. His eyes were glazed as he muttered "Destroy them all!"

The ship shook due to the impact of another weapon as Talon landed and folded his wings along with Asteron on his shoulders. A satyr carrying a bat chewed a can as Percy snapped and said "Annabeth get us out of here!"

She nodded as the ship shook once more as she pushed a throttle lever and the Argo 2 rose to the higer in the sky and zoomed off through the clouds.

-Line Break-

Leo 3rd Person POV

After half an hour when the damaged Argo 2 took off from Camp Jupiter, Leo was thrown onto the deck by Percy and the now normal Latino boy was on his behind as the feared Son of Poseidon and Leader of the Forethought Five towered over him with his arms crossed as he wore a stony expression on his face.

"You jeopardized the entire mission!" spat Percy, "What happened?"

"I told you!" said Leo as everyone looked at him slowly get up, "I don't know what happened!"

Percy's eyes narrowed as Leo suddenly felt hot. Not the kind of hot he felt when he used fire but no, this hot was different, it was as if he was boiling from the inside and he fell to his knees and cried out in pain as he realized Percy was boiling his blood from the inside.

"You don't know?!" asked Percy angrily,

"Percy!" said Fecilia stepping in front of Leo, "calm down! Leo said he didn't know what happened and looks, things kind of did look bad."

"He was the one who caused the mess in the first place!" said Percy angrily,

"But Leo isn't like that," said Piper, "He wouldn't do that! Jason would say the same!"

The Son of Zeus was still out cold and was resting below while Talon leaned by the deck's bronze railing and said "What do you remember Leo?"

"I don't remember much," said the Son of Hephaestus, "It's pretty fuzzy."

"Thaat's what happens when you're having fun!" said Coach Hedge, "Dang I wihs I had a shot of firing those things."

Annabeth scowled and said "Coach, can you check if all the fires are out?"

"I already did blondie," said Hedge happily,

Talon grinned with his fangs in view and said "Well do it again or Asteron and I'll be having goat for dinner."

Hedge gulped as he trotted off and Talon shook his head with an amused smile. Fecilia met his gaze as she turned away from him with her head up high and Talon's eyes merely cropped as he sighed.

Zoe was leaning on the mast as she said "Look Leo, did Octavian fool you into this or did he use some sort of spell?"

"No," said Leo simply, "Sure I'd love to blame him but the guy didn't destroy the Camp, it was me."

"It was you?" Asked Frank who was the only other Roman on board aside from Percy and Jason, "and you did it with consent?"

"No!" said Leo suddenly, "I mean, I did! But I didn't mean it!"

Percy then scowled and said "Then explain to me why we left New Rome in a blown up ship with a promise of vengeance and war?"

"Something made me do it!" said Leo frantically fearing Percy's tone and glare,

"Something made you do it?" asked Ara, "What was it then?"

"Not exactly something," said Leo nervously, "A sharp cold feeling on the back of my neck…"

Suddenly, form below, Bianca's voice came out and said "Fecilia I need you here!"

The snow princess nodded as she walked to the stairs and Percy said "We'll speak later, Frank, Ara, watch him. We're far from finished."

The rest of the crew members spread out to whatever they planned to do. Leo was left to sit up on the celestial bronze deck with Frank and Ara peering at him. The Daughter of Poseidon said "Don't worry Leo; I believe you and Percy is just a firm leader. He may seem to strong at first but he'll come around."

"She's right," said Frank, "I may have only known Percy for a short while but I can agree. He's tough when he needs to be but he's a pretty cool guy."

The Son of Hephaestus felt his temperature go back to normal as Ara shook her head and said "Yeah Percy with the blood boiling? It's his favorite way of interrogation."

"Remind me to never get on his bad side," said Leo dismissively, "I think I've had enough of that in my life time."

Frank coughed in his hand as Leo stood and said "What was your name again?"

"Frank," said the Asian teen, "Frank Zhang,"

"Well my name's Leo," said the Latino, "Glad to meet you and I'm sure you're glad to meet me too!"

"So it isn't Sammy?" asked Frank suddenly,

"Who the heck is Sammy?" asked Ara as she fixed her long black hair,

"Say what?" asked Leo, "I don't know no Sammy man, but as long as I'm under your watch as Percy said, I'd like to check on Annabeth and Festus for a report on the damage."

Leo pointed a thumb to the control area near the dragon head mast where Annabeth was pulling levers and pressing buttons. Frank raised a bro as Ara said "Festus is the Dragon head, come on!"

As they walked over to the control area, Annabeth pulled down a lever and wiped some sweat off her brow as she turned and said "Hey guys, Leo, Ara, er…what was your name again?"

"His name is Hank," said Leo,

"Frank," corrected the largest among them,

"Right," said Annabeth with a smile, "I'm guessing you're here for the damage report?"

"What's the damage?" asked Leo seriously,

The Dragon head creaked and whirred its teeth as Leo nodded and said "I guess it's not that bad. Sure our take off gear is busted, hull is torn at some places, Argonite dock needs some repair but I think we have what we need to do it."

"But?" asked Ara,

Leo shrugged and said "But the ship isn't going far until I can fix it fully."

Another long creak came from the dragon and Annabeth asked "Wait, what?"

"He said Hazel," said Leo, "She's the girl with the curly hair right?"

"Yeah," said Frank,

"She your girlfriend?" asked Leo,

"Why are you asking me?" asked Frank, "But yeah she is."

"No reason," said the Latino shrugging and he then said "She's right under us; she's actually been following us."

"Well we should let her on," said Ara,

"Not yet princess," said Leo, "We need to find an area with some Celestial Bronze first."

"Your ship can scan for magic Bronze?" asked Frank,

"Oh yeah," said Leo happily, "He can also…wait never mind…that's a surprise."

Festus began to beep and click while form the stairs below came up Zoe who was with Piper and Ara said "How is it?"

"Jason's going to be fine," said Zoe, "Percy is below with Fecilia and Talon to discuss a few things involving what's next so Ill need to get back down there."

Zoe peered at the group and said "Need me to say anything to them?"

"Can you tell them we're going to land soon," said Leo, "And uhhh…tell everyone to hold on. It's going to be a rough landing."

-Line Break-

True enough, the landing had been pretty rough and the Argo 2 was now in the middle of a lake in Utah. Leo sighed as he pulled a lever which caused Festus to hiss steam and he said "We'll be right back bud, hold on out."

He then walked towards the deck where Frank and Ara stood with Hazel who had seemingly appeared on the boat as she was still mounted on a tan stallion. Leo raised a brow as Leo said "Hey! Welcome Hazel right?"

She stepped off as the horse raised its head and she said "That's me!"

Ara caressed the horse's mane as Leo said "If he needs a stable we have some under and-"

Hazel shook her head and said "No it'll be fine."

The rest of the crew minus Jason came out from under and Talon called "When Zoe said it was going to be rough, she wasn't kidding!"

With everyone on deck, Percy met eyes with Leo as Fecilia said "What now?"

"Well I sent Ella and Tyson to Camp Half-Blood," said Percy, "They'll be safe there."

Percy then looked at Leo and said "Look, we agreed it wasn't you Leo. Talon and Fecilia personally vouched for you and you described a cold feeling on your neck. Zoe has been feeling that along with Fecilia so we can't drop all the blame on you."

Leo sighed in relief as Percy nodded at him and said "Sorry for my outburst."

"We need repairs right Leo?" asked Annabeth to interrupt after, "We may need some help."

"Help?" asked Talon,

"We lack materials," said Leo seriously, "We need a team to go into town and get some tar, another team to gather lime and another to get some Celestial Bronze."

"Sounds like a drag," said Fecilia, "But necessary indeed. I'll go for the oil with Ara and Percy."

"Guess Zoe and I will go hunt for some Lime," said Talon nodding at his friend, "We know our way around nature."

Zoe nodded and said "Right that leaves Leo and Hazel to look for the bronze. Percy told me you have a certain affinity for metal, I'm hoping that will help. I was hoping Frank could guard from the skies as he can transform to any creature."

Annabeth nodded with a shaky look in her eyes and said "Piper and I will stay with Jason ad Hedge to guard the ship."

"Sounds like a plan," said Percy, "Leo, I still don't trust you but since Hazel is with you, I believe you can do this task. After gathering the materials, how long will it take for us to get moving?"

"A few hours with luck," said Leo,

"Well then people," said Percy, "Let's get moving!"

Soon after everyone had moved out, Frank had turned into a bird while Leo had mounted on Arion along with Hazel. She helped him up as she said "You're not too good at this are you?"

"Are you kidding me?' asked Leo jokingly, "Of course I know how to do this."

Hazel chuckled as Leo struggled to get up but Arion lost his patience as he bucked and lifted Leo up on his back and as soon as he landed on the tan horse's back, the immortal creature dashed off the boat onto the surface of the water at a blurring speed that just made Leo feel the best feeling he has had that day.

Breaking rules had been just a part of who he was but breaking the sound barrier was one different thing all together. The teen howled in joy as Arion zoomed through the water and he called over to Hazel "This is awesome!"

"I know right!" said the dark skinned girl as she drove the horse,

Leo had one arm around her waist as it was the only way he could hold on and he was a bit nervous about it but he didn't want to fly off either. His eyes were blurry but he saw them trail on the sands of what seemed to be a beach and then Arion came to a sharp stop as he and Hazel dismounted which left Leo's legs shaking while Arion whined and huffed proudly with his head in the air.

"Good boy Arion!" Hazel happily,

The horse nodded as Hazel said "Sorry we don't have any gold here but we'll find you some. I'll call for you if I need to."

The horse nodded as it dashed off in a tan blur. Leo shook his head and said "Gold? That must be a pretty expensive horse to keep even if he does go faster than most Storm Spirits."

"Gold is fine with me," said Hazel,

"Does it have anything to do about your metal affinity according to Zoe?" asked Leo,

"Something like that," answered the dark skinned girl, "I can feel the Bronze, its over there about two hundred yards away."

Hazel pointed over the hill of sand and he said "Dang, I guess I should just ask you next time we need some metal."

"It's a Pluto thing," said Hazel,

"Let's get going then Lady Precious," said Leo jokingly,

After a few minutes of walking, Leo was getting restless as he said "I can't believe we can't find the Bronze!"

"Bronze?" asked a voice from around the area,

"Huh?" questioned Hazel as she turned around,

Leo and Hazel's eyes followed the sound until their eyes fell upon a young woman who was standing by a boulder. Her dress was a Greek style tunic with the same color as the stone she stood by, her hair was either, brown, blonde or grey as it seemed to flicker to different colors with each glance,.

"Hello there," said Hazel, "Who are you?"

"Who are you?" asked the girl,

Leo's eyes had to focus each time he looked at her as if she was seemingly vanishing by the time passed. Leo tilted his head as Hazel said "I'm Hazel, why do you answer in echo?"

"Echo," said the girl with a nod,

"I remember the myth now," said Leo, "Her name is Echo, Fecilia gave me a book about some old myths since you know there were a bunch of dead people running around. According to the book, some Goddess did this."

"Some Goddess did this," said Echo sadly,

"She's so sad," said Hazel sadly, "We could take her to the boat I think, after we look for the Bronze which I think is over there."

"There," said Echo as she pointed in a direction,

"You need to show us something Echo?" asked Leo, "Need our help?"

"Help," she muttered as she dashed off down the slope,

Hazel and Leo followed Echo down the slope where she led them to a grassy meadow where a area looking like a small blast crater had a small pond in it. By the water's edge, Echo led them to see a crowd of pretty looking girls which Leo seemed to classify as nymphs due to their attire.

Leo picked a mint from his belt and put it in his mouth as Echo stood behind Hazel as she said "What do you think they're crowding over?"

"One way to see," said Leo as he raised a brow at the crowd of giggling nymphs,

Leo spread his hands and tore through a bit and said "Excuse me , coming through, Demigod business!"

"Watch it!" called a nymphs,

"Ow! That hurt!" said another,

Leo giggled as he accidentally stepped on their toes and when he came to the end with Hazel and Echo, they laid their eyes on a very handsome man gazing into the water. He was a very handsome man about the age of twenty, he had dark hair swept over his brow and he had a body with long arms and muscular legs as he seemed to be chiseled out of stone, a bow and arrow were y his side and they looked like they haven't been used for some time.

"No homo or anything," said Leo, "But that is one good looking dude."

The nymphs sighed in agreement as Leo said that. They gazed at the man who whispered "I am so good looking."

Looking into the water, Leo realized they had found what they needed. The man was looking into the glittering reflection of his face from the Celestial Bronze plate under the small pond.

"I think I found the metal," said Leo to Hazel,

"Who is he?" asked Hazel,

"Marry me Narcissus!" said one of the Nymphs in a red shirt,

"Narcissus," said Echo sadly,

The Nymphs seemed to have taken an interest in her as one of them said "Oh great! Echo you had your chance with him but he already dumped you! You're no good for him!"

"No good for him," said Echo bitterly with tears in her eyes,

"Hey lay off!" said Leo angrily,

He didn't like how these nymphs were treating one of their own just for a guy. Judging by the look on Hazel's face, she wasn't too pleased either. Leo stepped through them and said "Narcissus, do you have a minute?"

The man put a hand through his hair and said "Oh I am really gorgeous."

Leo was losing his patience as Hazel growled a the Nymphs who were hurting Echo's feelings. He really just wanted to take the bronze and leave so he said "Hey buddy, if you don't mid, I'll be taking this bronze sheet alright?"

The former dead man then said "Why would you do that? I need that mirror."

"Well I need it more," said Narcissus with a scowl that did not hinder his face's beauty, "I don't want to part with me."

"Too bad," said Leo, "We're on a mission from Mount Olympus so this comes first,"

As Leo was about to grab it, an arrow imbedded itself near his head as he said "Careful on your next move Demigod, I'm telling you again, leave the bronze mirror or you'll see how much my skills haven't dulled in years. You can try to run but I could always shoot you three down so you should step back."

"Step back," said Echo warningly asking for a retreat,

The Nymphs glared t them as Leo clutched the black hammer on his waist but he took a breath, let it go and said "Fine, we'll be back."

Leo, Hazel and Echo left the pond back up the slope where by a tree, Leo leaned on it and said "I still say we could have taken it."

"We couldn't have," said Hazel, "Narcissus died because of his love for himself and I can pretty much say he'll do anything to keep the mirror. Also with all those Nymphs to probably back him up, it's too dangerous."

"Too dangerous," agreed Echo,

"What now?" asked Leo,

"Indeed Leo Valdez," said a woman's voice,

Leo, Hazel and Echo turned to see a woman with short curly black hair. She wore a red jacket, black jeans and she carried a whip as she had one of her booted feet on the ground as she revved her motorcycle. Her form seemed to flicker for the trio though.

Next to her was a person in a long black coat that reached all the way to his ankles and the sleeves covered his entire arms. He had a pair of grey pants on as a cowl covered his head. He didn't look too special as he merely looked like a shady figure but when Leo and Hazel glanced at his face, they stepped back as a terrifying blood red mask gazed at them. Three small holes were by the mouth while black patterning's of fire and waves encircled the mask's area.

The figure had his hands in his pockets while Nemesis pushed down the bike's stand and let it lean to the ground as she pulled out a coin, flipped it in the air, caught it with a silent moment.

"What now indeed?"

AN

Twista: Done for now! Sorry it took so long! We're gonna update faster now since the story is over and we have a set plot for everything now!

Jake: Roy is still going to be gone and we hope he gets better soon! Read Blood of Olympus! It's a good read but we were disappointed by the ending. A lot of action in this chapter and if you liked it! Leave a review, follow and favorite below! Its helps a lot!

Twista: Hush! Let them figure it out, farewell for now! This is Twista Etervo! Signing off!