Chapter 15
Percy's POV
It had been about a month since anybody had heard from the demigods.
This time I was a little worried. There had been sightings of demigods. They however left before anyone could check it out. The defences at camp half-blood had got well under way. The Hephaestus cabin had laid down hundreds of traps. The hunters had joined them and so there was a dense layer of traps covering the exit to the Labyrinth. Any monsters that came out of there would be decimated. Unfortunately no one knew the numbers of the army. We only knew that there would be a lot of them and that there would be a few titans with them. They would have to be taken out by the demigods, Artemis or myself. The other gods cannot help. Artemis can only help if there is a titan.
I was cutting my way through some automatons watching Nemea do the same when I heard someone come up behind us. I turned to see mum. She was watching but I could see that she wanted to tell me something. I walked up to her and let Nemea take care of the rest of them. "What is it mum?"
"Annabeth and the rest of the quest have resurfaced. They are in camp half-blood. They say that the titan army is not far behind them." She said.
"I will be off then." I said. I clicked my finger and Nemea ran up to me. She was obedient to me, and acted like a moody cat to everyone else. She was now about the size of a small hatchback car. I put my hand on her head and flashed out carrying her with me.
When I arrived at camp half-blood, I got a lot of stares from the campers. Well most of the stares were directed at Nemea. Some of them even drew weapons. When they saw me they put their weapons back. When Annabeth saw me she ran over and gave me a hug. "Thank you for helping us out in the arena. I never got to thank you."
"It's okay. I am happy to help in any way that I can. You are my sister after all." I then looked around to see if I could see the other quest members. "Where are the others?" I asked.
"They are helping the campers get ready for the fight." She answered.
"Okay. Do you have any idea of the numbers?"
"No, I know that there are a lot. No specifics though."
"Do you know if there are any titans that will accompany them?"
"I think that Krios will be there." She paused looking worried. "I think that they might have revived Kronos."
"What. How?"
"I think that he fused with another immortal. I do not know which one though. I was not familiar with them."
"Okay, hopefully he will not lead them."
There was a crash from below is. "They are here." I said.
We ran over to the army followed by Nemea. I looked down to see monsters pouring out of the entrance. They were being held back by the multitude of traps and the arrows that were being shot by the hunters and the Apollo campers.
There was a collective roar and about a hundred Cyclops came out of the hole. About ten of them were brought down before they crashed into the camper's defensive line. There were screams from the campers as they were attacked. I looked to the hole as two men in armour came out. One of them was wearing rams horns. I assumed that was Krios. The other was familiar. It was Atlas but that was not possible. I had put him under the sky. Unless one of the titans had replaced him. They were too selfish to do something like that.
He saw me and growled in anger. His eyes were different. They were solid brown. He made a beeline for me and Artemis went to Krios. Coming out of the tunnel behind them was the Kampe. She roared in anger and I looked to Nemea. She growled and bounded towards it.
When Atlas reached me he slowed. He spear was pointing over his shield.
"How did you get out?" I asked.
"Did you recognise anything different about me?"
"Yes, your eyes are different and you look bigger." I responded.
He smirked. "To take down you Olympians the titans have bonded with others." My eyes widened in surprise. "We are far more powerful than we were before."
"Who are you bonded to?" I asked.
"I am bonded to Ourea the primordial god of mountains. Krios over there is bonded to Hydros." I started to circle him warily.
"So what do the Primordials have to gain from this?" I asked trying to get time.
"They want a host so they can live again. We titans were willing." He struck then. He was as fast as before and a lot stronger.
I managed to knock his spear to one side and he just smacked me with his shield. I saw Artemis being blasted back by a geyser of water. Atlas strode over to me. He stomped his foot and there was an earthquake. It knocked almost everyone on the battlefield down. I faked injury and he stood over me with an arrogant look on his face. He was about to strike down when I blasted him with water. He fell backwards and I had to roll out of the way of the ensuing jab. I managed to get up and blocked a swipe just in time. I saw Nemea flying through the air on the edge of my vision. I made a move towards Atlas and he blocked it. He was about to counter when a one and a half ton lioness hit him in the side. I turned to look for Artemis to see her trapped up against a tree. I let Nemea try to hold off Atlas for a bit and flashed off to help her.
I managed to block a blow that was going for her head. I then launched an attack of my own. He was going backwards. He was good but not as good as Atlas. I felt and earthquake and I heard movement from behind me. I spun round to block the blow that I knew was coming. I blocked the spear thrust from Atlas. I spun in a circle catching Krios off guard. I cut through his throat and his head fell to the ground.
I felt an incredible pain in my back and looked down to see the point of a spear coming out from my chest. I yelled in anger and in pain and a blast of energy hit Atlas and he flew backwards. The pain caught up with me and I fell to the floor.