Frank came. When he left we told him to tell everyone that we'd reached Nyx's palace. Will came next, and he told us that there was forty-eight hours left. We told him to tell everyone that we'd reached the entrance. Leo wasn't there long enough to give a message or take one. Connor managed to help us open the door. Then Dakota, a guy from Camp Jupiter. He told us that all the remaining successors were on Olympus. He told them that we were walking into the prison. Piper was next. She gave me a hug and wouldn't let go the entire time. I told her I was okay, but she still held me. Told me she was holding me because my mom wasn't here to do it. I told her to tell mom I love her. We're about to reach the door into the actual prison.

"Maya! Oh gods, everyone is so worried about you!" Thalia exclaimed.

"How come no one seems to care about me?" Luke asked.

"Because most of them hate you. The only one that doesn't is Annabeth, and she's more concerned about her only child than her official boyfriend. Yes Piper told us about that."

"Technically it's not official. Luke was just joking."

"Oh please. I may be a sworn maiden but I can tell when my cousin likes a guy who likes her back. But Luke I swear on the river Styx that if you hurt her the way you hurt her momma, I will kill you."

"I won't. I swear on the river Styx that I will never hurt her."

"Good. You need help opening that thing?" She gestured to the door."

"Yeah. Oh, message for mom. We're here, and it's going to happen. Everyone's going to be free."

"Good. Because there's only two hours till midnight, which is when it all goes down," Thalia shot an arrow into the lock, exploding it. As soon as she did, she dropped dead. Her body vanished, just like all the others. We step through the door. "Long time no see," she smirked sarcastically from behind the glowing bars.

"Dad!" I ran to him, so grateful that he's sort of alive.

"Hey baby. It's not your fault. None of this is. Remember that. Also, Luke, I hate you."

"What'd I do this time?!"

"You told Piper you and my daughter are an official couple."

"What?! No! I was joking. So was Maya."

"Oh please. As goddess of love, I think you two are an excellent match," Aphrodite said. Piper rolled her eyes.

"Maya, thank the gods you came," Hestia said. I turned to the goddess, who was no longer a child, but rather, an elegant goddess, whose dress was literally made of fire, but not burning fire. No, the fire was gold, and red, and white, but it looked homey. Peaceful. Much like the goddess herself. The only thing that gives her away is the fear burning in her eyes.

"It's my quest. Besides, like I was going to let my family die before I could meet them."

"Most would not have been so brave."

"Most would not have been asked, seeing as most are regular mortals."

"Maya! Don't sass the gods!" Dad chastised.

"I'm always sassy and sarcastic. They can get used to it. Anyways, let's get you guys out," I noticed that the locks were water. I glanced at Dad and Poseidon. "You couldn't have done this?"

"The bars block any ability," Athena explained with a shrug.

"Except wisdom," I noticed her cell is the only one that doesn't look like she tried to break out, and she's the cleanest.

"That is not an ability. It is a power beyond any other."

"Okay," I snapped and the locks fell away into puddles. The doors swung open just as we heard a deep booming laugh.

"You think they can stop me?" A god literally made of chaos materialized. "They wouldn't dare. Not when I have you," Chaos lunged at me and suddenly I felt as though I were forced from my body. I watched the scene play out as if I were a casual observer, unable to do anything to change it. Is this how Luke felt? Probably.

"Chaos, release my daughter immediately," Dad stepped up. Athena whacked him.

"You are no match for the primordial by yourself, son-in-law," she said the term almost with disdain.

"I'm not by myself," Dad said. Suddenly, the successors in the room floated into the air. They started to glow. Thalia shouted for Luke to look away. Thankfully, he did. I didn't have to. I watched as my father became a god. His skin glowed almost white. His eyes grew sharper. His form, which was currently a bit thin, suddenly turned back to normal: muscular and ready for anything. Riptide flew from my pocket to his hand. He held it like Poseidon would hold his trident. That's when I realized that the sword is his trident. Well, his symbol of power. My dad was a god.

I glanced at Thalia, who was no longer dressed in jeans and a silver tshirt. Instead, she wore a ripply, flowy, elegant gown made purely from moonlight. Her hair was braided back from her face, but yet it still hung loose, blowing in the nonexistent breeze. And five seconds before, she'd had short, spiked hair. Holding her braid back was a crescent moon shaped clip, but the way it glimmered told me it shifted with the moon. Strung over her back was a pure silver quiver, that oddly enough, didn't look out of place. In her hand was a long silver recurve bow. Another moon hung from the bottom. Her silver boots poked out from the slightly raised hemline, and the train hung down almost to the ground. And she was two feet in the air. She looked like a goddess. She was a goddess.

"Wow," Apollo breathed. "Throw in a scowl and you look just like her."

Thalia glared at him.

"Yeah. Sis, you and her look almost identical. The only difference is the necklace Mom gave you. She doesn't have that."

Dad look out! I tried to scream. But it didn't work. I threw rocks at him. No. Chaos threw rocks at him with my hand. Thalia shot a single arrow and it stopped the rocks, turned them into glittering silver dust.

"Huh. That's pretty cool," she said.

"Yes. It's especially excellent when you have an annoying twin brother." Artemis said.

"Does an annoying older/younger brother count?"

"Yes."

I noticed Luke again. He had taken my pearl that would take me to the ocean and he crushed it. I watched him disappear in a large cream colored bubble.

"So that's what it looks like on the outside," Dad said appreciatively.

"Jackson, focus," Frank snapped. "There's an evil God stealing your daughter," as soon as he said this, the room vanished. We were atop Mount Olympus.

"Maya!" Mom ran to me. Then stopped. "You're not Maya." Thank goodness she noticed the back eyes replacing my green ones. "Chaos, release my daughter immediately."

"See, you all care too much about her to hurt her, and since I am her, you can't kill me. Otherwise she'd die and be trapped in Tartarus for eternity," the evil bassy voice sounds wrong coming from my mouth.

"I am the goddess of war. Release my daughter immediately."

In response, Chaos only laughed and shoved her over, trapping her under a twisted tree

"Meg!" She shouted. The new goddess of agriculture ran up and snapped, pulling the tree off her. Mom stood. "She's not Maya anymore. She's Chaos."

"Maya would never host him."

"Chaos would never even ask. He stole her body the same way he steals everything else," Meg said with disgust.

"Get away from her!" Luke ran over, dripping. "She's Chaos, not Maya."

"We know."

"Maya's not in there. She's watching almost like a ghost. She's above us, looking down. But if you kill Chaos while he's in her body, she will die. She'll be trapped in Tartarus. In the Styx technically."

"How do you know?"

"I hosted a Titan. I know the consequences of hosting. I might not be supposed to, but I remember everything. And I'm so sorry. I was awful, and I shouldn't have hurt you," Luke said to my Mom. She hugged him.

"I forgave you the day you sacrificed yourself to stop him. Do you think she can do this? Kick him out?"

"Maybe. I welcomed Kronos, so I couldn't kick him out, but he couldn't kick me out. Maya's already been kicked out, so maybe evangelical come back, even if Chaos leaves. I just don't know."

"Maybe I'll kill you first," Kronos laughed, stepping from the shadows. "I hope your demise is painful, seeing as what you did to me."

"Get away from me. I was a stupid idiot when I sided with you. I won't ever do it again."

"I'd kill you before you could."

"I'd kill you before I could. and I will."

"No you won't, son of Hermes."

"No. Because I don't care about you. I know the prophecy. Daphne just told me. I'm the son of the god, aren't I? It can't be any of you guys, because you are gods now. But it can't be any of your kids, because technically they're legacies. I'm the only actual demigod in the group. The only son of god. This is almost surreal. This time I'm the demigod of the prophecy. Only instead of one bad guy, it's two. Is this how you and Mr. Jackson felt? Probably. He knew he had to. Except I'd been evil for a while. Maya hasn't," Luke chuckled. That's when it dawned on me. Luke is going to kill Chaos in my body. I'm going to die. I watched as he pulled out a sword my sword. The one I used at Camp. It's just like Riptide except the length. It's four feet instead of three. That doesn't matter though. It's still my sword. This time I chuckled at the irony. Luke didn't hesitate. He stabbed me in the gut. When he pulled out the blade, I felt the very life draining from me I tried to stop it. To hold on. But this is the only way to stop Chaos. He had to die in my body. And he will be too powerless to ever rise if he does. I'll go to the river Styx. I don't want to, but I will. Unfortunately. But if it means saving my family, I have to. So I stopped holding it in. Instead I let it out. I pushed away my life. I poured it from my body. From my very soul. I willed myself to die. And I did. And I instantly regretted it.

"Maya! Luke! You swore!" Thalia appeared behind him.

"That's not Maya anymore. Its Chaos. I had no choice."

"You still hurt her! She's dead because of you!"

"I know. In killing her, I killed myself. I'm dying, and nothing can stop it," Luke said.

"He did the right thing. I hate to admit it, but he did. And I think Maya knew. Otherwise it would've taken a lot longer for her to die," Annabeth said.

"Annabeth! She's your daughter!"

"She's a hero. Heroes die. Gods, being my mom is terrible. I can't even feel sad without my brain telling me it's illogical."

"Try being my dad," Frank was there. "I. Want to hit someone and I don't know why."

"You're the god of war," Annabeth shrugged. "Comes with the territory. Gods, what is wrong with me?!"

"Nothing, my daughter. If you choose, you may remain gods. Or you can give us your thrones and we will resume our positions. You will retain your new abilities and immortality, but you will not be major gods. You may, however, be our lieutenants, if the others choose," Athena said.

"I don't want to be a goddess. I just want Percy."

"You will still be a goddess. Just not a major one. A minor goddess."

"I'd jump into Tartarus for him. Where's Percy?"

"Right here," Annabeth turned to see her husband, alive and well, and immortal. A god. The new Poseidon. "If having you means I can't be a god, who cares? So long as I have you," he lifted her in an embrace.

"We'll be minor gods. But we can be together."

"Good. I've already told Dad I didn't want his job. He's making me second in command though. I can't seem to talk him out of it."

"Mom, you can keep your throne."

"Will you be my lieutenant?"

"So long as I can have Percy."

Luke screamed. Everyone turned to him. He was disintegrating like a monster.

"Luke!" Annabeth exclaimed.

"It's because I broke my oath. It's my debt penalty."

"No. Mom, save him!"

"I cannot. Even gods are bound by the laws of sacred oaths."

"But!"

"I'm still here," Kronos said. "I can save him. But it will mean one of you dies. Percy dies."

"No," the successors all gathered around Kronos. Even those that had already given up their thrones. They all put out their hands instinctively and a white light if pure power pointed out from each, straight at Kronos. He burned into a pile of ash, which Nico transported into Tartarus.

"Now what?" Piper asked. "Frank, you're the only one who hasn't given up the throne yet."

"Well, if I keep it, it's one less stupid god and one more who's not going to kill someone because they called the gods stupid. But if I keep it, I have to deal with being a god."

"Be a minor god. You can do that. Minor god of archery and defense?" Hazel suggested.

"Already two archer gods. Four if you count Will and Thalia."

"Well I'm just going back to the job of lieutenant of Artemis," Thalia shrugged. "I'll just technically be a minor goddess."

"And I'm terrible at archery. I'm going to be minor god of the sun. I'll drive the chariot so dad can have more time with Daphne and in return, I get to drive the chariot. Thalia's the only other one to ever get to do that."

"Okay. But Artemis and Apollo have archery covered."

"I'm not the goddess of archery, Will Solace. I'm the goddess of the hunt."

"Frank, say yes. You know you want to."

"Deal. I'll be a minor god of archery and defense."

"Sweet! It's all settled then. The original dudes keep their thrones, we all become minor gods, the world doesn't turn into civil war between the gods. No problems."

"Percy, Maya died. And so did Luke."

"Yes Annabeth I know. Wait. Maya died?"

"Chaos took her over and it was the only way to stop him."

"But! She's my daughter!"

"Uh, guys?" Nico pointed to Maya's body. It glowed. It floated. It changed. Well, her clothes and hairstyle changed. She wore a white dress made of sea foam and had owl jewelry.

"Huh?" Percy said intelligently.

"I can bring my granddaughter back to life, Percy," Poseidon rolled his eyes.

"Naturally."

"Yes. She cannot survive out of the water for long, but she can live on as princess of Atlantis."

"So long as Annabeth gets the ability to breath underwater so we can all live there, sure. Heck, even if she doesn't. I can create air bubbles for her if I need to."

"Percy, I'm immortal. I can't drown. This is incredible. Thank you Poseidon."

"I must send her to the sea now, or she will not live. She is only immortal when wet with ocean water."

"That's more than we could ask for," Percy held Annabeth's hand. "Send her home." Maya vanished, and Percy and Annabeth teleported to the ocean, right where Maya was. They hugged her and held her. For almost a month. But hey. They're immortal. What's one month?

The end

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