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Chapter Sixteen- Sky equals Pain.

"How is that worse?" asked Percy.

"Our grandfather is evil, who wants to take over the world. Her father is evil, who holds up the sky. Can you imagine explaining that to mortals?" explained Nico.

"Still think Kronos is worse," said Thalia.

"Kronos is worse, Atlas was just his general in charge of the army who took orders from him," said Annabeth.

"Agree, Kronos ate his children," said Poseidon and Hades together.

"You can't let that go, can you?" said Zeus offhandedly. Zeus then found himself covered in cow manure, a dozen poisonous plants sprung from his throne, and he suddenly felt cold as all the warmth from the heath was direct away from him.

"No, we can't, and neither can our sisters," said Poseidon as he Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia glared at Zeus. Zeus was really wishing he hadn't woken up that morning.

"I realised I could see the family resemblance, the cold proud look Zoë got at times was on Atlas face, what I originally disliked about Zoë but none of the good I had come to appreciate," said Percy trying to get back to the story.

"Zoë was offered to take the burden from Artemis but Lady Artemis forbid her to do so," said Thalia.

"Atlas idea for when they took over the world was to have the gods take it in turns to carry his burden," said Percy.

"It was to be the centre of their palace. Can you imagine …. This is our throne room …ignore the god holding up the sky," said Annabeth.

"Oh come on, they would be the main focus of the room. Look at the puny gods, they lost the stupid war," said Travis.

"PUNY?" yelled Ares and Zeus.

"They wouldn't think the war was stupid," pointed out Rachel.

"Can we get on with the story?" asked Nico.

"Atlas wasn't very impressed with the presumed best heroes of the age-Thalia and Percy," admitted Annabeth.

"Percy invited Atlas to fight him, but Atlas refused stating that it was beneath him," said Thalia.

"Another coward, he wanted Luke to crush me, but the way he looked that was unlikely," said Percy.

"He did look very weak and like he was in pain when he spoke," said Thalia.

"Luke told Thalia to call the Ophiotaurus as it would come to her," said Annabeth.

"Nope that would be Percy," said Thalia looking at Percy.

"A pool of water appeared and I could imagine Bessie in it, in fact I was sure I could hear her. Grover used the empathy link to scream at me to stop thinking about Bessie as he was losing him. I quickly tried to make my mind go blank," said Percy.

"Doesn't that happen daily?" asked Clarisse with a smirk. Percy just glared at her.

"I tried to think of anything other than Bessie, basket ball players, skateboards, the different kinds of candy in my mother's shop, anything but Bessie," said Percy.

"CANDY," shouted Nico, Hermes, Apollo and their sons.

"So when you and Annabeth…" asked Clarisse

"We are NOT GOING THERE," shouted Percy, but smiled "Her mother turning me to ash is more of a deterrent."

"Luke told Thalia that she would be more powerful than the gods," said Annabeth.

"I couldn't believe how much he had changed," said Thalia softly, pain clearly in her voice.

"Luke believed that their fathers had done nothing for them. That they didn't have the right to rule the world," Percy informed the group. Zeus looked outraged while Hermes just looked a little sad. How could one of his sons believe that?

"Luke wanted Thalia to join him. It would be the three of us, Luke Thalia and I, just like old times. We would be fighting for a better world," said Annabeth quietly.

"You were already fighting for a better world," said Rachel.

"Luke then said that if she didn't accept his offer… It was his last chance, that the other way be used if she didn't agree. I didn't understand but could hear the fear in his voice. It was like his life depended on Thalia joining his cause," said Percy looking downcast. He hadn't realised then but maybe Luke had been forewarning about what had happened.

"The golden sarcophagus began to glow and from the mist the ruins started to become whole, they were raising Mount Othrys right in front of us, Luke saying that it would be stronger and greater that Olympus," said Annabeth. Most of the gods scoffed at the thought.

"Luke pointed out the hundred of monsters that were marching up the mountain, all I could think was that the whole ship must have been emptied and that in a few minutes they would be there overwhelming us," said Percy.

"Luke told us that they were almost ready to storm Camp Half-Blood, and after that Olympus itself," Annabeth informed the group. So that was where the attack on camp had come from.

"Apparently all they needed is my help. I couldn't believe that this was the Luke. I DID NOT KNOW HIM ANY MORE," said Thalia pain in her eyes.

"That was when we made a mutual decision to attack," said Annabeth.

"I went straight for Luke. His stupid bodyguards were so frightened of Aegis that they dropped the golden coffin," said Thalia.

"Good," said Nico.

"Despite his sickly appearance Luke was still quick with his sword and counter-attacked, and when his sword met Thalia's shield a ball of lightning erupted between them," said Annabeth.

"I did the stupid thing of attacking the Titan Lord Atlas," admitted Percy.

"Why are we not surprise?" asked Katie.

"Because he has fought a number of Titans," said Will.

"Who else have you fought?" asked Poseidon, concern and pride in his eyes.

"Atlas laughed a huge javelin appeared in his hand, his silk suit melted into battle armour," said Percy ignoring his father's question.

"Can I have a suit like that?" asked Ares.

"When would you wear a suit?" asked Athena.

"I swung my sword but Atlas just knocked me aside into one of the black walls of the ruin palace that was slowly becoming all too real," said Percy. Some of the demi-gods winced, it was no fun being knocked into HARD walls.

"Atlas asked Percy if he thought that challenging Ares meant that he could stand up to him," said Annabeth. Ares tried to retort but Percy beat him to it.

"Atlas slashed the javelin at me like a scythe. I raised Riptide to cut off his weapon at the shaft but due to ARES curse, my sword suddenly weighed a ton."

"Ares, if my son is hurt, you will feel intense pain," said Poseidon his eyes flashing with anger.

"Percy was caught on the chest and thrown like a rag doll, coming to rest on the ground at Artemis's feet. Thalia and Luke were fighting like demons, lightning crackling around them," said Annabeth.

"What were you doing Annabeth?" asked Travis.

"I was struggling to get my hands untied," Annabeth answered clearly annoyed at the situation she had found herself in.

"Riptide had fallen down the cliff and hadn't reappeared back into my pocket. Atlas raised his javelin to impale me, but Zoë sent a volley of arrows into the armpit chink of Atlas's armour," said Percy.

"Ouch, that would have hurt," said Chris.

"That got Atlas's attention off me. I realised that I had no hope that I could be Atlas but there was someone else who may stand a chance," said Percy.

"Who?" asked Will but others in the room had worked it out.

"The Titan's curse must one withstand. You took the sky from Artemis," said Athena.

"She didn't want to give it to me, it would crush me," said Percy.

"Why didn't it crush Annabeth?" asked Nico.

"She had the spirit of a true Huntress. She barely survived and I would not last as long," said Percy.

"You didn't tell me Artemis told you that," said Annabeth giving Percy a cuff to the head.

"I didn't wait for Artemis to agree and slashed through her chains. I got next to her and braced myself and together we bore the weight of the sky. It was the heaviest thing, and then Artemis slipped out," Percy informed the group.

"What did it feel like?" asked Ares.

"He has never been able to explain," said Clarisse.

"It was like all my muscles were on fire, my bones were melting. I wanted to scream but had no strength as I sunk lower and lower to the ground," said Percy.

"I always knew Annabeth was stronger than Prissy," said Clarisse offhandedly.

"Grover's voice was inside my mind egging me on, telling me to fight and not give up. I thought about Bianca who had given her life so we could get to that moment, if she could do that I could hold up the sky," said Percy.

"Artemis was a blur of silver fighting Atlas. She was using two wicked hunting knives. Her fighting style was mesmerising as she dodged and leaped with unbelievable grace all the while slashing at the Titan. She also seemed to change form, she was a tiger, a gazelle, a bear and a falcon… or maybe that was my fevered mind," said Percy.

"No, that's how she fights," said Apollo.

"Zoë was shooting arrows at all the clinks in Atlas's armour but although he roared in pain when they found a mark, they affected him like bee stings. He just got madder and kept fighting," said Percy.

"Of course he got madder, I would get mad if I was being hit by numerous arrows," said Apollo.

"We know, Artemis shooting you a dozen times in the butt made you really mad. I have the video proof," said Hermes.

"You taped that?" asked Apollo and Artemis making Hermes gulped from fear of their combined glare. Apollo glare was because there was a video of him being pinned in the butt, Artemis because she didn't have a copy of said video.

"Luke and I were still fighting. He could never beat me before, and I was not going to let him," said Thalia.

"Luke was pushed back by the aura of her shield, he was not immune to its effects and retreated with a winced and a growl of frustration," Percy informed the group.

"Atlas advanced, pressing Artemis back, pursuing her as she lead him back towards Percy," said Annabeth.

"Artemis spoke in my mind to get ready, my response was something like a scream of pain," admitted Percy.

"Atlas managed to knock Artemis's legs off the ground and she fell with his javelin. Atlas brought his javelin tip in for the kill but Zoë leaped between her father and Artemis and shot him in the forehead," said Annabeth.

"Atlas looked like a unicorn with an arrow as his horn," said Percy.

"Now I have an image of Atlas as a unicorn, with a silver arrow horn, in my head," said Hades shaking his head at the mental image.

"Atlas swept aside his daughter with the back of his hand sending her flying into black rocks," said Percy trying to but failing to hide the pain in his voice.

"Atlas turned on Artemis with a look of triumph. Artemis seemed wounded as she didn't get up," said Percy "Atlas stabbed his javelin downwards but Artemis grabbed the shaft and it hit the ground next to her, she pulled backwards and using it like a lever kicked the Titan lord sending him flying over her. I saw him coming and loosen my grip on the sky and as Atlas slammed into me I didn't try to hold it. I let myself be knocked out of the way and rolled for all I was worth."

"WOW."

"Atlas was soon bellowing as he was again struggling with the weight of the sky," said Annabeth.

"I had managed to back Luke to the edge of the cliff," said Thalia with tears in her eyes. "He lunged at me and I slammed him with my shield sending his sword to spin out of his hands."

"There was silence; I don't think any of us really wanted Luke dead. Annabeth thought we should bring him back to Olympus, as he could be useful," said Percy.

"He's a traitor," shouted Ares, Artemis and the big three gods.

"Thalia hesitated and Luke made a desperate grab for her spear, and Thalia without thinking kicked Luke away. He lost his balance and fell," said Annabeth with many mixed emotions in her voice.

"We rushed to the edge and looked down at his broken form. I wanted to believe that he was still alive but that was impossible," said Percy.

"So Luke is out of the picture," said Athena as she and the others immortals missed the secret glares of the demi-gods which read, should have been impossible.

"The army from the Princess Andromeda were more motivated to kill us, I pulled a grief stricken Thalia away from the edge as a wave of javelins flew over our heads," said Percy.

"We ran to Artemis who was with Zoë, almost as grief stricken as Thalia. Zoë laid in her arms, the wound from Ladon was poisoned," said Annabeth.

"She ran into battle with Atlas with a wound already sapping her energy. What bravery," said Ares a hint of admiration in his voice.

"We were all in shock and grief until a strange buzzing noise filled the air," said Percy. "Just as the army of monsters came over the hill a plane swooped down from the sky."

"Machine guns burst into life startling the monsters and making them scatter," said Thalia.

"My dad was flying. He had made celestial bronze bullets and took out a whole row of monsters," said a smug Annabeth.

"Can you imagine how many weapons she had lying around and left at her dads?" said Percy.

"It wasn't that many," said Annabeth with a shrug.

"Artemis raised her hunting horn and called her chariot and we all piled in," said Thalia.

"Percy made the reference that it was like Santa Claus's sleigh," dobbed Annabeth.

"I was still dazed with pain," retorted Percy. "We must have been a strange sight – a flying chariot pulled by a deer escorted by a Stopwith Camel plane."

"So we flew away from the mountain, the monsters and Atlas holding up the sky."

A/N: Thank you for reading. Please review

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