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Chapter 9:

Twin Master growled as he found out that yet another base of his had been torn down. He frowned as he mused to himself, and ignored the terrified soldier who had informed him of the destruction. The Chinese gods had been crippling him, and it was clear that Hawk was behind it.

He then froze, a small smirk growing on his face.

After all, they had been crippling his bases, what would doing the same to them matter? He summoned forth the demigod, who clearly held a grudge against the demigods. Herint happily agreed to take up the job.

"Find the camp."

"And?"

"Burn it to the ground."

Something felt wrong. It was something that had been nagging Percy since this morning, when he had woken up to the bright rays of sun. He frowned, before slicing apart another dummy. He had been training more to try and get get his mind off things.

Annabeth, Igor, Rick and Aron were as infuriating as ever. They had been spreading more tales around camp, though, thankfully, they were being believed by less and less camper. It was true that the campers were suspicious and slightly weary of Hawk now, but since their parents didn't appear worried, they didn't see any reason to worry themselves. Besides, it was clear that Hawk wouldn't do something without reason.

Percy growled as he sliced apart another dummy. Why was it that Annabeth let herself be so easily swayed and tempted to the 'dark side'? She was so…wise. She was supposed to be the tactician in the situation. Making an enemy of the Chinese gods, especially Hawk, was the complete opposite of wise. What had happened to her?

Percy sliced down a last dummy before wiping the sweat off his forehead. Sighing, he decided to head down to the beach to relax. The sea had always comforted him. He capped Anaklusmos and set off, calling a quick hi to Piper, Jason and Leo, who were happily chatting about something he couldn't hear. As he reached the beach, he frowned. There were loud moans coming from the area where he usually sat.

His frown deepened, before he reached the area. Someone's blond hair shone like gold as she kissed another one with raven black hair nearly hungrily. Percy froze with shock. That was why. That was why Annabeth was so distant a few months before the group came.

She was cheating on him with Aron.

Aron was smirking all over his face, their hands roaming each other's body.

Percy growled as Annabeth started straddling Aron. He turned away, sighing as the sunset's rays reflected off the sea onto him. Wonderful. Just wonderful. He took off once again, ignoring anyone that called out to him. It wasn't long before he found himself at Half-Blood hill, where he leant against Thalia's Pine. Peleus seemed to sense his sadness, and crooned lowly at him.

Percy smiled at him, petting the mechanical dragon. Suddenly, an explosion sounded from the death, and Percy straightened up abruptly. And his eyes widened as he realised where the explosion had come from: the beach.

Wasting no time at all, Percy uncapped Anaklusmos, feeling the familiar weight of the blade in his hand as he sprinted to the beach, where Annabeth and Aron had their weapons drawn: Aron with his blade, and Annabeth her dagger.

The ocean was churning as several zombie-like creatures came marching out, surrounding the petrified demigods. More demigods came sprinting over with their own weapons in hand, helping the duo to slice the monsters apart. However, the monsters were harder to kill then the campers thought.

As soon as the demigods slashed one down, two more grew in its place. Percy growled, immediately going into fight-mode. Duck, slash, dodge, block, kill. This was his only actions as he waded deeper into the most crowded of areas. He faintly heard some Apollo camper shouting at the top of his lungs, but it was only when he smelt smoke that he looked up.

The cabins were on fire. The forests were on fire. Everywhere that the demigods could see was on fire. Percy immediately closed his eyes and concentrated, feeling the power of the sea come to him. He sent a strong gush of water to the forests. Despite this, he only managed to save a few dryads; others perished as he was not fast enough.

He quickly went to work. Some of the senior Counsellors quickly formed a protective ring around him as he put the fire out. It was taking a lot of work, and the flames were sky high and still growing larger by the minute. Percy frowned as he felt another fire spring up in the forests where he had just put it out. He directed more water there, and it extinguished only for a second before it flaring up again.

People were shouting as they tried to retreat from the ocean, only to be overwhelmed by the countless zombies. Again, he could hear someone else shouting, and then someone else was suddenly helping him with the water. He risked a quick look, seeing his father, Futsushi and Ryujin help him try to put out the fire. He grinned, but upon hearing a cry behind him, turned, to see Hades being struck down from behind by another demigod.

Percy frowned, sweat forming on his brow. They couldn't possibly hope to win. He turned again, to see Zhu Rong put out the flames with some of his own. However, like before, that only caused the fire to spring up again stronger. Everything that had happened in his life came flashing past his eyes him. His first quest. The Battle of Manhattan. Fighting Gaia. Seeing Hawk fight Twin Masters.

A blade came down on him, and he knew he had no time to duck. However, just as he closed his eyes, he heard the sound of clanging metal just above his head. He opened his eyes, seeing another blade blocked the killing strike. He turned and saw Lin Chung holding the blade, his dark eyes flashing. Lin Chung kicked out as he surrounded his blade with Harmonic energy, stabbing the monster. Percy waited…one…two…three seconds, yet the zombie didn't reform.

He turned to Lin Chung, who was getting lost amongst the fighting demigods and gods. He picked up Anaklusmos, charging into the armies as well, slashing for all it was worth. He soon noticed a clear decrease in the monsters and looked to what he presumed was the source. Lin Chung was dodging one of the monsters, spinning and slicing another's head off. He then turned to stab one more, before turning again, and killing off a third.

Percy frowned. Why would he show up now out of all times? He knew that they were losing the battle, and he was glad Lin Chung had shown up, but why didn't he speak to them before now? The questions ran through his skull, leaving him desperately wanting to know more; he wondered if this was how an Athena child felt.

Lin Chung soon finished off the last one. The gods and demigods fell silent, looking at him, the fire having already gone out. Without a word, he vanished once again.

Everyone turned to the other person with possible answers - Hawk - who only shook his head, causing Athena to burst out.

"You say that we will find out in due time. We have waited, and nothing has come to us! Why was he here? How did Twin Masters do this? Why aren't you telling us anything?"

Hawk sighed. "I cannot reveal anything yet." Then, almost muttering to himself, he continued. "Twin Masters must be getting desperate if he's using such huge amounts of magic. He must be trying to weaken us by sending everything at once."

"You promised you would tell, yet you haven't said anything at all." Annabeth fumed.

Hawk growled at her. "I am doing it for your sake. The less you know, the safer you'll be. The more you know will make you a bigger target for Twin Masters." He scowled, before vanishing as well.