A/N: Hello, everyone! As promised, this chapter is a little earlier. I'm leaving for Montana tomorrow afternoon and will be gone for...ten days, I think. You'l probably get the next update on the seventeenth or eighteenth, so sorry about that. But I might have two chapters done by then, so... Yeah. we'll see.

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MythicalParadox: No, I didn't forget. I know that they respected Luke, but he was still the face of Kronos. It's very hard for them to trust Oliver, since he has the same face but they don't know him at all. For all they know, he could be another traitor. And this time, they'd take it harder because they respected Luke in the end. Thanks for letting me know your thoughts, though! :)

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KiSierra: Thank you so much! I'm glad you like Percy and Annabeth's attitudes; I always try to focus on them and keep their dynamic as close possible. As for how Zoom knows where they are...he's Zoom. He just knows. :)

Guest: Hmm. Sorry you feel that way. I'm not trying to let Percy and Annabeth do whatever they want, but if it seems like that, that's my bad. I'm not trying to make it seem like Barry's afraid of Percy, and honestly don't think he would be in any way. And I'm definitely not trying to diss Arrow. If it seems like that, it's probably just because I don't know the fandom as well. But if you don't like this, don't read it. And honestly? If your going to say something less than complementary, don't hide behind the "Guest" thing. I won't be upset with you for criticizing as long as your brave enough to tell me who you are.

Owlover1: Of course she did! She's Annabeth.

Anonymousnette: Yes, it really is. These poor dears.

Demigodfromvegas: Thank you so much! One of my main goals is to keep characters as close to how they are portrayed as I can.

Lauriver4ever: My feelings exactly. I'm glad you like all the nicknames for Zoom, because his names was one of the pet peeves I had with the show. I mean, someone that evil should have an evil name, right?

IcyFox17: I'm glad your still enjoying this, and glad you liked the cliffhanger. I haven't really done too many of those in this story... Perhaps I should add more! Mwah ha ha ha ha!

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Melty Mouth stood in the center of the Arrowcave (where are these names coming from?) looking pleased. Although, I'm not sure how I really knew that, because I couldn't see his face. Let's call it...intuition.

Everyone in the room froze, except for Annabeth and I. I was wondering why for a second before I remembered that, like, seventy-five percent of the people in here had a secret identities that had just been compromised. Oops.

Annabeth waved to Death Face with one hand while twirling her knife in the other. "How kind of you to join us."

I was about to say something, and trust me, it would've been intelligent and witty, but just then Barry stepped forward. "What do you want, Zoom?" Annabeth's mouth twisted into a smile that she tried to repress, but I couldn't help it. I laughed. The way Barry said that stupid nickname so seriously, like he was saying Kronos or Hades or something just seemed hilarious, even with the Big Bad Wolf himself standing in front of us.

I lost interest in the conversation pretty fast, seeing as how I have the whole can't-sit-still demigod thing. I felt like saying, "Yeah, just call me when you need his face bashed in. I'll be there," but I thought that might be a little rude. After all, Melty Mouth needed to get out his little villain rant-y thing. So, with nothing better to do, I started spinning around in my swivel chair. I saw Annabeth giving me a disapproving look out of the corner of my eye, but those things are fun. Every once in while my shoes would scuff the ground and cause someone to look over at me. The first time, it was Diggle. The second time it was Oliver. Eventually, everyone had glanced over to give me a disbelieving look.

Zoom (I'm sorry, I'll never say his name again) laughed, which turned out to be a really creepy imitation of my own. "I think you've already figured that out."

He still sounded like there was something stuck in his throat. Or, you know how sometimes, when you get sick, there's all this stuff blocking up your throat? That's what he sounded like. So, anyways, I stopped spinning in the swivel chair to look Clawhands in the eye. "Sorry, what?" Melty Mouth looked at me like many gods had before. What is this small bug, and why is it speaking to me? "I think you have something stuck in your throat," I continued. "Do this," I put one hand on my throat and cleared it.

I don't know why for sure, but I think I confused Death Face to the point that he didn't know what he was doing. He slowly mirrored me, touching his throat with one hand, and was about to clear his throat when he realized what he was doing. Instead, he settled for, "Shut up. I could kill you in less than half a second."

Annabeth, who had been quiet up until then laughed out loud. "Yes, because no one has ever said that to us before," she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

Clawhands seemed kind of perplexed that we weren't terrified into quivering heaps of jello, but he tried for the I-am-evil-fear-me confidence he had before. He looked around the room, taking in everyone's mask-less state. "Hmm. Your Green Arrow is Oliver Queen. I was expecting the father." His eyes traveled to Thea. "The youngest Queen, naturally. Oh, and Laurel Lance," I think he smiled again, but, you know, the mask. "That is a surprise." Then Death Face's eyes roamed over to where Diggle and Felicity stood. "No idea who you are."

By now, I was bored. This guy was here to kill me, apparently, but he just stood there talking and talking and trying to prove that he was all cool and informed on their identities and everything. I hoped he was done there, but of course he wasn't. He finally settled on Barry, Cisco, and Caitlin, who had grouped together to stand as one. "Flash and his little friends." Then his head whipped back around to stare at Annabeth and I. I stifled a yawn. Annabeth cleaned the dirt from under her nails with her dagger. "And, of course, the son of Poseidon and his lackey."

Annabeth's head shot up at that. "Lackey? Lackey? I'm no one's lackey, Melty Mouth. And you'll remember that, or you'll find my dagger shoved up your-"

I interrupted Annabeth's tirade before she could say something I would be unable to repeat to you. "What's your point, Death Face? So, you know who everyone is. Big deal. If you're here to kill us, let's just start fighting already."

"You can't fight me alone," Zoo- um, Clawhands growled.

There it was. The opportunity to tell him I was superior! That nuh-uh, I could take him down single handed (literally)! That I could tear him apart using nothing but my mind! So of course, Oliver (read: LUKE OH MY GOSH WHY THE HADES WOULD I EVER TRUST YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU SACRIFICED YOURSELF TO SAVE OLYMPUS BUT WAIT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY YOU) had to interrupt me. And if you could just ignore most of that last part, that'd be great. Oliver and I were best buds...in some other alternate universe that was definitely not this one. "But he's not alone," Oliver replied. Aww. He cared whether I lived or died! Well, actually he probably cared whether he, the rest of Team Arrow, and Team Flash survived. Dang it. I used the names again.

"That's right. He's not." Barry confirmed. When Annabeth cleared her throat behind him, he corrected himself, "They're not."

Zoom let out a cruel chuckle. "You truly believe you can fight me. Very well; all of you will die, save Flash. But don't worry; he will join you soon after I take his speed."

"Yeah, yeah yeah," Thea chimed in. "Let's just get to the fighting."

Oliver (see full description above) quickly drew an arrow from his quiver and fired it, which turned out to be kind of pointless, as Zoom caught it with as little effort as Annabeth and I. Barry dashed in and started exchanging blows with Zoom at high speeds, disappearing into flashes (darn these puns!) of lightning as Cisco, Caitlin, and Felicity fell back to the raised platform. I guess they weren't much for fighting. Oliver, Thea, Diggle, Laurel, Annabeth, and I tried to join in, but there's only so many people who can attack one person moving at supersonic speeds at a time. Also, you might find this kind of strange, but fighting someone who has superspeed is hard. They're all like dodging and weaving and punching you in the face before you know they're there. Superspeed? Super annoying.

So really when I said that the rest of us went to help Barry fight Zoom, I mean we all stood there and tried to get a clear shot, stab, slash, or punch, depending on your weapon of choice. As lightning flashed (shut up, Percy! Shut up!), Annabeth, who was by my side (as usual) whispered, "Puppetmaster." Now that might not make perfect sense to some of you, so I'll explain.

If you will remember, Wise Girl and I had a nice (well, it was actually horrible, but what's the difference, right?) vacation in the pit of doom known as Tartarus. While we were down there, we were introduced to a howling hag named Akhlys, who turned out to be a goddess. Why a goddess would choose to look like the embodiment of death should have looked like (met him in Alaska. Don't ask) when she could be young and beautiful, I will never know.

Anyways, while we were down there, I pulled this little stunt where I may have kinda sorta controlled the water inside her body and started to, ah...choke her just a tiny little bit. I mean, technically she was a goddess, so she couldn't die, but it was a useful skill to know I had. So, if things got bad in this little scuffle going on (you didn't forget about that, right?), I could literally use Zoom as a puppet and get him to do all sorts of stupid things.

But the mortals didn't really understand that. So, they'd probably try to attack Zoom first and then I'd end up having to control Zoom to keep him from killing them. Yup. Just another day in the life of Percy Jackson!

Only a few seconds later, there was a sudden bang, and then Barry was lying slumped against the wall looking...let's just say pretty bad. There were numerous cuts and bruises all over his face and one of his arms looked broken. Ouch. Cue Caitlin running forward to check on him. (I would've been more concerned if I didn't know about the super healing.) Fortunately nothing vital seemed to be injured, but I'm no doctor.

Zoom quickly knocked all of us over. Just so you know, do not sign up to be the extra that gets speed punched by a homicidal maniac. It hurts. And so does the ground. Anyways, Annabeth and I were the first to rise. Well, Cisco, Caitlin, and Felicity were up too, but Caitlin and Cisco were more kneeling by Barry and Felicity was sitting behind a computer monitor, like she was hoping to hack something and fix everything, so I didn't really count them.

The adults on the ground gradually stopped coughing and trying to spit out their own lungs and came to stand with us, ready to fight. And when I say everyone, keep in mind that I mean everyone except Barry. He looked like he was trying to get up again, but Cailin and Cisco were literally holding him down.

"I always win," Death Face (I'm sorry, I know I used the real name at least like, ten times) spat at me triumphantly.

"Oh, is that why you're about to lose?" I asked innocently. Then I reached out with my senses and felt water.

It was all around us, since we were underground, but I focused on the water in the villain in front of me. Something about it was different, almost elevated. Not elevated like it was better, but it seemed faster. Not in a good way, like when you float down a river and feel the current speeding you along. More like when you're in the ocean and the rip current is pulling you out to sea. You can feel yourself speeding up, giving in to the pull, but you fight it anyways because you know that it could end in your death.

Not that I would know about these things, seeing as I can control the currents and can't drown.

"Goodbye, son of Poseidon," Death Face sneered. But I couldn't see the sneer… Oh, never mind. You already know that.

That was when I controlled him. Melty Mouth was about to charge forward and end me and my friends when he froze, blue lightning flickering over his body. His eyes flicked up and down and up and down, as those were now the only things he could control. Then, through his teeth, which I had basically frozen, he was able to say, "What...did...you...do...to...me?"

"That's my favorite little trick," I replied happily.

"You see," Annabeth interrupted proudly before I could say anything, "People are mostly made up of water. When they are babies, they're about seventy-eight percent water and the amount gradually decreases as a person grows. The average man is about sixty percent water."

Diggle interrupted the interruptor, "Can you skip the science lesson and get to how the hell he's able to do that?"

"You mean Hades, Diggle. And since Percy can control water, he can control the water inside of Mr. Psychopath over here." It was probably a good thing I let her do the explaining. I was just gonna say I had mad skills. Oh, well.

"So...he can do that to anyone," Laurel clarified.

I nodded, even though I was starting to feel the strain of holding Zoom for so long. It ain't easy, you know.

Annabeth seemed to pick up on my gradually tiring state, thankfully. "Knock him out, Percy."

"No! Don't...do...that," Zoom ground out.

"Okay," I responded. Then I made Zoom punch himself in the face over and over and over and over until he was lying unconscious on the floor. Ah, if only I could've learned to do that in time to use it on Octavian. Such a shame.

Everyone seemed pretty surprised, as they all just stood there blinking for a second. "Well that worked," Cisco finally put in, breaking the silence.

After that, everyone seemed to unfreeze, and Barry raced off with Zoom. I assumed he was going to put him in his private prison. Not thirty seconds later he was back, the cuts and bruises on his face already fading and his arm looking less crooked.

"I hope that holds him," he sighed.

"Yeah, me too," Caitlin agreed.

Cisco and Caitlin walked off to talk to Team Arrow (Styx! Sorry, ignore me) but Barry pulled me aside. "Hey, thanks for helping me catch him. You could've just killed me and then gone home - not that you would've been able to," he backtracked with a smile, "I am the fastest man alive, after all - but instead you helped me put him down."

"Oh, no problem," I replied. "Besides, I didn't know what the Hades he wanted me to do when I got here, and killing people isn't something I make a habit of."

"Well," Oliver called out to the room at large as he cleared his throat, "we've still got a few metahumans to catch."

"Finally," Annabeth muttered. "I can't wait to meet Annabel."