Hey guys. Time for the next chapter, but first, I have some things to clear up and get off my chest.The following is not appropriate for all audiences. If you don't like cussing, then skip the rest of this paragraph. First, Drama Llama-Sama said "That fight with Ares was complete bullshit. Percy defeated Ares – albeit barely – when he was much weaker and much less experienced. And the way Percy lost is just plain anti-climatic and aggravating. I mean, seriously? A fucking tree? He gets knocked unconscious by being thrown into a tree. That's just all kinds of stupid." I would like to see a person that could survive being thrown into a tree by a god, let alone stay conscious, and while anti-climatic, that wasn't supposed to be a climax, it was just a quick resolution. Besides, the first time they fought, Percy didn't win. Ares stopped fighting. If you didn't know this simple fact, then you need to go back and reread the books or at least stop criticizing when you don't even know the truth. Also, Percy had the sea to help him. This time, he was exhausted from running and fighting all day, and he didn't have any source of water nearby. Lastly, I'm assuming that Ares was underestimating Percy the first time they fought. Percy was a mortal child with no sword fighting experience. Why would the god of war need to actually try? And we all know what happened next.

Then, for chapter 2, he said "Welp, this was kinda lame. I know Percy is getting out, but it doesn't feel like anything significant happened in this chapter. Guess that's what happens when you don't take enough time to put in detail and just tell the reader what's happening." You do realize that you can criticize without being a douche right? If anybody else thinks there aren't enough details, then I'll go back and add some, but you're going to have to tell me what you think it is lacking. Secondly, nothing significant has happened yet. It's all leading up to the story right now. Would you really want me to explain, in detail, the entire millennium that Percy has been in Tartarus before this point.

If this is all I'm going to get for reviews, I might as well stop writing because apparently it's terrible, so this might be the last chapter. I apologize in advance for not finishing if it comes to that. Now enough of me ranting, enjoy what might be the worst end of a story ever, and then you can blame it on yourselves. Just joking, but this really might be the end, so I do want to apologize for that.

"RUN PERCY!"

A dragon the size of a large mountain appeared in the distance. Percy ran down to the base of the mountain as the dragon's tail destroyed the mountain next to them. The man drew back the giant bow, and an arrow appeared ready to fire. He fired over and over into the dragon's underside and wings. Most of the arrows bounced off while some stuck into the dragon's skin looking like splinters. Percy looked back in time to see a stream of fire engulf the entire mountain.

It's been three weeks since the dragon destroyed the mountain. Since then, Percy has been searching for the center of Tartarus but never got close. The next day started off the exact same. He woke up, killed some monsters near his camp, then started walking.

Percy's shoes have long since worn away. He walked barefoot across broken glass and molten rock in search of a place he wasn't sure existed. He had been to the heart of Tartarus twice before and had never seen a black tower. After a few hours of walking, he finally came upon what he had been searching for, the river Cocytus. He turned and walk toward the direction the river seemed to be flowing. Percy started to see features out in the distance move. It felt like the labyrinth, as if the place itself was trying to keep him from reaching his destination. Percy walked for what felt like hours. When he finally reached the familiar landscape with red and blue lines weaving across it, he spun around, straining his eyes to see the mysterious black tower he was supposed to be looking for.

Just as he was about to give up hope, the air in front of him shimmered, and suddenly he was at the base of the tower. The tower seemed to stretch miles into the sky. Percy sighed and then walked toward the ten foot tall doors. As he approached them, the doors opened, beckoning him inside. As soon as he walked through them, the doors closed, and the floor seemed to drop away from him. Percy shot upward faster than anything he had ever experienced. He looked up and saw the ceiling above him disappear just in time for him to go through it. The surface reformed, and he was set gently down on top of it.

He was in a large, circular room. Statues of various monsters and heroes lined the walls. Across from Percy was a throne made of the same black stone as the tower. Sitting in the throne, was a man he never expected to see again.

"Hello Perseus." the old man in the chair said after a very awkward silence and a couple death glares from Percy.

"How are you even alive? I watched a dragon destroy an entire mountain, and here you are, perfectly fine."

"I know you have a lot of questions. As to how I survived, I have a lot to tell you. Do you remember when we first met? When you asked me why I was down here."

"You said that you had been down here long enough that you didn't remember anything before the pit."

"Well that's only partly true. My true name is Pallas, and I've been down here since the titanomachy. I stood alongside my brothers against the rebellion of the gods, and I've paid for it ever since. The tower we find ourselves in belonged to my brother. Together we were searching for somebody that could continue what we started, and you, Perseus, have the strength and the hatred to make the gods pay for their injustices."

"So you want me to fight for you? You want to use me, so the gods can't use and throw away anybody else. Thanks but no thanks."

"Percy, I'm offering you a chance to escape the pit and get revenge."

"If you could get out of here, why haven't you used it already?"

"I'm too old. I've already started to fade. The trip would kill me. Now that I've told you though, you either agree or drop about five miles to your death."

"I've never been that good with choices. I think I'll take option 'C'."

The chain shot out of Percy's arm faster than a bullet. It lodged in Pallas's shoulder, and Percy pulled Pallas out of the throne. A sword appeared in Pallas's hand, and he swung down at Percy's head. Percy drew Riptide and raised it just in time to block the swing.

"You could barely fight the wannabe 'god of war'. How do you plan on beating the Titan?"

Percy pushed the blade away and dropped Riptide to the ground. Both chains shot out of his arms toward Pallas. Pallas raised his sword to block them, but at the last second the blades split around him and circled around from behind. Pallas turned around to block them again, and Percy picked up Riptide and ran at his back. Pallas saw the movement in the corner of his eye and started to turn back around. One chain pierced his side, and the other hit his sword arm. Percy pulled back on the chains, pulling Pallas to the ground, and stood over him.

"Good bye Perseus."

Percy drove his sword through Pallas's neck. Golden ichor flowed through channels in the floor until it reached the center. Percy shot upward once more, through the roof of the tower and kept going until he couldn't see the floor of the pit anymore.

"You said the trip would kill you." Percy thought.

Percy's last thoughts before he left Tartarus were of the last five years he spent with Pallas and how much he would miss the titan's company.

Thank you all for reading my story so far. I will be posting a poll on my profile about this story. As the story progresses, I will post these polls after every chapter. You, the readers, will get to decide much of how the story goes. If you don't like it, I will have an author's choice section in the poll that you can vote on, but that might make the story take longer for me to write. Anyway, go check out my profile. As always, please review or pm so I know what I'm doing right and wrong. All people that review get first say on how the story goes. If you submit a review that is beneficial, I will probably use your idea in the story. Sorry this chapter seemed to be more ranting than actual story. Last but not least, ok maybe it is least, please check out my friend The Ginga Ninga. He's worse than I am about updating, but he really isn't that bad of a story teller.