Chapter Seventy One
Thor did not count.
I watched as my army fell around us. People died by the dozen. Half the angels around us stopped fighting and kept saving, because our ranks were dwindling down.
We almost didn't have enough people to keep fighting.
There was nothing we could do to stop the giants.
We could slow them down, yeah. But we began to fall.
One by one, we lost hope.
...
On Olympus, Athena has an Iris Message open. Poseidon came over and watched the battle with her. It wasn't long until almost everyone was watching. Only Zeus, and Mars weren't.
There was silence as everyone watched the army fail. They watched as the giants crushed the soldiers.
"I change my vote," Artemis said quietly.
"I agree," Apollo said.
Slowly, most of the gods started to agree to fight. All of the minor gods agreed. Persephone and Demeter changed sides. Even Hestia, who said, "While I don't like war, sometimes even I have to admit that it is one of the only ways to gain peace."
Slowly, almost everyone agreed to changed sides. The only ones who opposed fighting were Zeus, Hera, Dionysus, and Mars.
Mars rolled his eyes. "Why not? It's been awhile since I've cracked some heads."
Everyone turned to look at Zeus.
"What?" he asked.
"You said, majority wins. Well? A majority of gods are agreeing to fight," Athena argued.
Zeus sighed. "Guess there's only one thing left to do."
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Right when I thought that we were done for, the giant that Percy and Tony were fighting was struck by lightning.
The gods appeared, stirring up a storm. I watched as Poseidon drowned demons and giants, as Artemis shot them all between the eyes.
Our army cheered. And everyone got their second wind. We fought harder, and vanquished as many demons and giant that we could.
The other army retreated, running back, tripping in their hurry to get away. They left with their tails between their legs.
Our army was hugging and cheering, celebrating our victory.
I turned to Athena and Poseidon. "Thank you," I said.