Chapter 26

Third Person POV (Basically everyone all in one.)

Jezebelle spotted Juliette standing to one side, fighting at least three Hecate people at once. Gareth, Victoria and Laurel were all trying their best, but not enough to bring her down. Asher and Flin stood back to back, for the first time in forever, a crowd of Cyclops around them. Jezebelle wanted to help both, but risked the other. Janice's sword crept closer and closer to getting rid of Greene, but it hadn't made contact.

"No!" Jezebelle shouts in anger as Juliette's knife slashes into Gareth's chest. Janice has the same effect, and Jezebelle watches in horror as the tides turn. Greene's sword plunges into Janice's chest, and she falls.

"Janice!" Blake's face is crazy as he charges Greene, and Greene's eyes are wide. Juliette looks with satisfaction as Laurel is falling to the ground with a thud. No, this can't be happening, Jezebelle thinks.

Only one good thing happened out of all of that, as Blake's sword goes straight into Greene. There is a roar of fury from the other side. Another volley of silver arrows plunge into the first line of monsters, and the elevator dings once. Amazons, maybe?

No. Definitely not Amazons. Gaea steps into the madness, smiling a sinister smile. "Retreat to the throne room!" Eboni's voice thunders over the rest, and everyone dashes back, some tripping and falling to be crushed by the stampeding army.

"Run!" Flin shouts, and he and Asher bring up the rear as they shut the throne room doors. The gods stand inside, holding makeshift weapons. Some look really angry.

"We could've helped them!" Aphrodite shouts at Zeus and Poseidon. Janice was her daughter. The Aphrodite cabin flushes with pride as they hear banging on the door.

"Secure the door!" A roman shouts, and most of them run forward to push back on the door. The door won't hold. It never will.

Amber watches from afar, her bow lifted in silence as the door begins to splinter. She stands next to her father on the right and Artemis on the left. She surveys the campers. There is nearly not enough campers left to beat the army back down.

Blake sits by Aphrodite's throne, looking into Janice's brown eyes. "I'm sorry," he whispers softly into her ear. But Janice just shakes her head, pain in her eyes.

"I'll be in a better place." She whispers, her voice cracking every few words.

"Stay with me." Blake pleads, Eboni standing in her purple Praetor robes stands somber behind them. Soon, Janice's eyes turn to glass. Her eyelids slowly close, and tears from the love goddess across the room hit the floor. Blake runs his hands through her brown locks one last time. Laurel, the Hecate girl that had been stabbed earlier had managed to heal by then.

"I'm sorry for your loss." Jezebelle whispers softly in Blake's ear. Jezebelle thinks, what can we do now that Rome's leader has fallen?

Blake nods curtly, and Asher who is across the room realizes that Olympus has become a graveyard. He approaches Jezebelle, and softly lays a hand on her shoulder. A few demigods were looking at the same ugly cyclops' face. "It's going down!" Jason, a Hades cabin kid shouts.

Soon, the door gave way and a little while later there was all heck breaking loose. A flank of Cyclops were shot down by sonic silver arrows shot by Artemis snipers.

The battle for Olympus had begun for real. Evan's lightning crackled through the air, trying to meet a mark. His lip was curled in a sneer as Kronos, the lord of the Titans walks towards him. The blast hit his scythe and a mocking smile from Kronos tells Evan way too much.

The scythe cut down Kronos' crop, a scream echoing around. Evan crashed to the ground as Eboni rushed forward. Her blade a blur as they fought to kill. Eboni's fighting stance was the last thing Zeus' tear streaked son ever saw. The two Hecate girls, Victoria and Laurels' magic wove around Juliette but not enough to finish her off.

The two grim-faced girls fought with determination to avenge their Roman brother, Gareth. But Gaea's girl wasn't ready to die quite yet. The earth rose under Victoria's feet and enveloped her like she was a letter. With a tortured cry from her sister, Juliette struck again. This time at Laurels, her blade sank into her chest. With a victorious cry, Juliette retracted her blade. A defiant glare from Laurels is her last look at the world.

The battles raged on around Juliette. Flin and Kronos slashed and twirled around each other. Asher and Hyperion's blades clanged close to Athena's throne.

Jason had the hardest challenge of all. His death magic was trying to encircle the Earth Mother. But to little avail. Her sword and his spear danced at each other. Jason was sweating while Gaea looked like she was in a fun game.

Gaea's sword makes contact with his weapon arm. Blood leaps out, and he screams, dropping his spear. Gaea smiles a very sinister smile as her sword makes contact with his heart. The Son of Hades falls like a stone to the floor.

Stash, a child of Apollo and Juliana attack a group of heckhounds together. They breathe a sigh of relief after they are successful with eliminating all of them. But Juliette stands in front of them, ready for her next kill. Her sword clangs against Juliana's short knife. Stash tries and successfully slashes Juliette's thigh. A triumphant shout rises from the gods, who are doing literally nothing. She screams and strikes back in anger. She smiles sinisterly and then she screams as an invisible force strikes her down.

Juliana looks around in confusion, for the person that had struck down Juliette. She holds onto Stash's hand as he shakes with blood loss. As Juliette falls, she sees a gold arrow in her back.

Amber stands behind, an arrow nocked and ready. She held her brother's other hand that Juliana wasn't holding onto. "Not Stash," Amber whispers, a large tear falling into his hair. Juliana watches voicelessly, a sad expression on her face.

Flin's trident and Kronos' scythe jab at each other. Jezebelle has an arrow ready, but not wanting to hurt Flin. His trident falters a bit and Jezebelle dashes forward. Kronos' scythe daubed with poison, goes into Jezebelle's stomach. She screams and falls gracefully to the ground. Both Flin's trident and Hera's sword plunge into Kronos.

Ryan, one of the last children of Hecate left, stands slightly away from the battle. She had watched as Jezebelle, the perfect Hera child saved Flin's life. A legion of Apollo healers cart her away, immediately trying to treat the poison. But, someone else loomed over her. She shrieked and screamed as she saw Hyperion, a titan standing there. "Help!" She screams, barely managing to deflect one of his strikes with her sword.

She was at least hoping that Flin would come to help her, he was her hero after all. But instead, a charming Athena child walked over. Well, if it is someone else, at least it is him. He raises a knife, and meets the next strike. But with one flick of the Titan's wrist and he is thrown backwards into the wall. The titan plunges the sword into Ryan's chest, tears streaming down her face. Her last thought is, I hope that they will win. Otherwise, Ryan topples to the floor, just another dead demigod lying helpless on the ground.

The water in Olympus runs red. Blood soaks the water sources, and soon the monsters are mostly gone, gold dust scattering in the red blood. Erica slashes at Gaea, just another pawn trying to distract Gaea for a little bit. So Gaea decides to play with her a little bit. Erica's sword tries to get close, just to get blocked. After a few minutes of just light playing, Gaea decides to do something risky. She tries to hit Erica in the leg, and smiles when it is a success.

"Help!" Erica cries, realizing it is the exact thing the Hecate girl said a few minutes earlier. The leg falls off, a puddle of blood going around it and Erica starts to hyperventilate. Where is Eboni?

Gaea plunges the sword into her chest, the last thing on Erica's face is a defiant stance to show that she is not afraid of death. Bellona to the end.

Asher slowly crept out of the hole in the wall that he had made. His knife flew straight towards Hyperion, and this time, it hit it's mark. The Titan howled in agony, but did not die, not yet. Asher threw two more, one missing to the right and the other hitting him straight in the chest. He sighed of relief, another Titan done.

Amber looks around, looking for another target. But she didn't realize that one had a target on her. A dracanae had an arrow nocked and loaded, aiming straight at Amber, it's end loaded with poison. Asher sees the arrow, and starts to run towards Amber. He doesn't think that he is going to make it, because by that time the arrow had been fired. Amber turns toward the dracanae, realizing that it is aiming for her. The arrow seems to fly in slow motion, as it goes straight into Asher's chest.

Asher shouts in pain and falls straight to the ground. Amber drops to the ground too, digging in her bag for ambrosia and nectar. She force feeds it into his mouth, and at least for a little bit he is safe.

Jezebelle took up the ending weight. Most of the monsters were killed, or had run off when they saw most of their comrades dying. She had enough energy to fight once again. And she saw only one without someone to fight. Gaea. Jezebelle nocked an arrow from a long ways away, and shot with all she had. The arrow lodged itself into Gaea's throat and she turned with a shocked expression on her face. But she wasn't dead. A demigod and a god must kill her together.

Aphrodite had that part ready, she dashed forward with mind-numbing speed and plunged her dagger into the Earth Mother. Gaea fell with a large shout of rage. The rest of the monsters and Titans that remained either died or ran off. No one really felt like chasing them down after that battle. Asher eventually mended, but with a price. He could no longer use his legs, so he had to use crutches or a wheelchair wherever he went.

After the battle, everyone counted the survivors. Six Hunters of Artemis. Thirty-five Greek demigods. Forty-five Roman demigods. Prices were paid on every side. Some were bigger than others, but all of them missed someone badly on every side.

A/N: Good, bad? I loved that chapter! Extra special and extra long for you guys!
ONE QUESTION

Who do they miss the most that died, and why? How do they cope with them dying?