Chapter 12: Attack

Sorry for not updating in AGES i will not bore you with my petty excuses and just write another chapter, i'm going on holiday for the next 3 weeks so just warning you that there will be no updates, i would like to say a special thankyou to all those fabulous people that reviewed XD you make me happy :P

disclaimer: I haven't even been to the empire state building and know very little about america so there is not even the slightest possibility of me writing the PJO books (sadly :()

The three gods teleported from the room to appear in the heroes dwelling, they were all furious at the sight of their beheaqded statues and Athena stormed through the rooms looking for the culprits, the rage they were amitting was so strong that everyone could feel it and percy, who was busy polishing his armour in his room smiled at his small victory, he had no intentions of being nice and jolly to the very people who betrayed him. He expected that they would probably be coming after him so he went to have a bath to annoy them further, he placed his armour by his bed and walked into the hallway, he smirked at the sight in front of him "Having fun are we?" he questioned and leaned against the wall, Thalia and Nico broke abruptly mid-kiss and turned to face him, he smiled in satisfaction when he saw the blush that coloured their cheeks, Nico coughed nervously and placed his black mask over his face again in attempt to hide his blush, Thalia copied him.

"Er, we were just-" Nico started but was interupted by Percy's deep laughter

"Don't worry man i was just messing," he assured his friend and they both fell back into silence, it continued for a few moments of pure awkwardness before Thalia shuffled off saying she was going to talk to Leo about battle strategies, Nico just stood there until Percy spoke up "Urm, I kinda need a towel." he motioned to the cupboard behind Nico where the towels were kept, Nico jumped and quickly moved out of the way muttering a brief apology before settling back into silence. Percy grabbed a towel and decided that he had a bit of spare time before the gods found him, he could easily get to the bath house before then. He looked slyly at his friend "So, you and Thalia huh?" he nudged him and feigned surprise, the two had been a couple for a while but never really told anyone and Percy delighted in making his cousins embarrased, it made life more fun.

Nico shoved Percy and replied over serious "Someone's a bit behind the times aren't they?" Percy winked and moved on towards the bath house, he didn't dare take his mask off while bathing so he sat there in his swimming trunks silently. There where lots of people in the baths and Percy decided that even though it cleared his mind he had better not stay very long. While he was watching the bubbles pop on top of the water he heard a high pitched screech echo through his mind and he winced. After looking around he noticed that noone else had heard the noise so he figured it must have been his imagination. He pondered the war of the Drakon's- they needed reinforcements, he had plenty of those and he needed weapons and a defensive line, there was so much to do. He had found out only about an hour before that the Drakons were already heading in their directions and mass panic was spreading thorugh the mortals as people began to predict the end of the world, they only had a week before the army came to america and 2 before they reached the empire state, he had an idea to protect the mortals and he was going to look into it that after noon, he had briefly mentioned it to Jasper who did lots of reading and could possibly know of certain advantages and disadvantages to the plan.

The building shook and a smile graced the dark green masked teens lips, everyone else ran for the exits but he just sat there and watched as a few tiles fell from the ceiling and into the pools, he daren't use his powers as that would give his identity away before he could even say his name 12 olympian gods, Leo, Thalia and Nico ran into the room. "I thought this was a mens only bath house, Athena i figured that you should be able to read just that." HE enquired and behind his mask he cocked an eyebrow mischeviously. To say Athena was annoyed was an understatement, she was furious "Who do you think you are to disrespect me and the other olympians boy? It's not exactly like we need you for the war, all you do is relax all day." she fumed and Percy just leant back to watch the show "aw shame, does any one have any popcorn? this is hilarious." he said in a joking voice but then his expression darkened considerably "If you do not need us then we will leave, i don't like having my time wasted." A few gods stepped back from the sheer force of the green masked persons anger and lots of gods scowled at the war godess.

Percy gathered his stuff up and used the currents to help him out of the pool, just as he stepped foot on the side of thepool and gut wrenching noise filled his head and he fell forward clasping his head, out of the corners of his eyes he saw his friends running towards him, Posiedon was frowning at a deep look of concentration crossed his features. Percy slipped back under water and the noise got louder, it sounded like millions of creatures in pain, all crying out in high pitched chaos. He had never heard anything like it befor and it blocked out all his other senses so he was only aware of the noise, even his ability to breathe underwater was useless as he writhed at the bottom of the pool.

The gods who were watching saw the leader of the masked people fall into the water in astonishment, he had been perfectly fine one second then he just collapsed and fell back in the water as if an invisible force didn't want him to leave, it was all very confusing, Nico had dived straight in after his friend and with a little hesitation both Thalia and Leo did too. The swam as hard as they could but the water felt as thick as custard, Nico was the first to reach their friend but just as he touched him he felt a pain yank at his heart and pull him away, he choked as the water filled his lungs and he tried to swim towards the surface but it felt as if a weight was holding him there, pressing his chest so hard that it hurt.

Thalia noticed her boyfriend's panic and swam to help him, Leo tried to get percy but swam towards the surface because he needed air. When he broke through he heaved in great gulps of oxygen before waving for the gods to help, everyone turned to poseidon who shook free of his musings and summoned a current, with great difficulty to bring everyone to the surface. On his way up an unconscious Percy hit into Leo and a cold filled his body, luckily Poseidon kept him afloat or he probably would have sunk just like the other two, they were dragged out of the pool and the sea god willed the water from the boys lungs but they just lay ther "I...Can't." Posiedon heaved a sigh and sat down, The gods looked at him speechless, Thalia managed to breath out menacingly "You can create freaking hurricanes and erupt volcanoes but you can't get the water from the lungs of two people? what kind of god are you?" Poseidon shot her an evil glare and if looks could kill she'd have been dead "It's as if something's blocking me, it was hard enough getting them out of the water." His forehead scrunched up into a frown but strraightened as he got his act together again.

With some obvious strain he concentrated with all his might and small streams of water appeared from the mouth holes in their masks. Thalia squealed and edged closer to see if their eyes would open but come a minute they didn't and she looked down in dissapointment. Zues put a hand on her shoulder and she gave a startled squeak. "Apollo could you take them to the infirmary, Hermes can you find someone to check the pool and Athena, tell me your news." Thalia watched as her friends were levitated away and the gods went about their seperate business, She looked around for Leo who seemed to have dissapeared, after kissing Percy's and Nico's foreheads and watching them being taken away giving strict instructions to tell a dude with a gold mask what happened and only let him touch the masks did she get up and look around for Leo, she didn't have to go far, outside the bath house she listened for any unnusual noises and a muffled sob camke to her attention. She followede the noise down the side of the bath house and was shocked to see Leo sitting there barely conscious, she rushed forward "Leo, what happened?" she scanned her eyes across his pale face and he weakly lifted up his palm "I... can't... the water-" He paused breifly for a coughinjg fit that left him even paler than before "My fire is... gone. I feel... empty." He gave her one last sorrowful look before his head slumped back against the marble wall and his eyes closed. Thalia brushed his sweat drenched curls away from his face and placed his mask on again from where it must've fallen when he came outside.

If there was a traitor in their midst it was even more important that their identities remained hidden she thought grimly before gently picking Leo up and taking him up to the infirmary after Percy and Nico.

and Voila! an extra long chapter for you guys, what was the noise percy heard and perhaps even more importantly- what was his plan? please review i hope for lots by the time i get back so that i get more inspiration for writing :P thankyou for reading so far anyway!