Corsair: Hey guys. Corsair here, back with another chapter of this wonderful story. It's been a couple months since I last updated, and honestly, I had forgotten all about it because of school. However, I am back, and this time I will hopefully stick around a little bit longer. With that, here is an old friend to do the disclaimer.

Pallas: Corsair does not own anything in the PJO univers. He just owns OCs and the plot to this story. I guess that means he owns me too, but I'm not too clear on that one. Anyway, enjoy the story

I slowly rose out of bed with my thoughts still hanging on my lost friends. I wanted nothing more than to run back to my friends and let them know I was still alive, so they wouldn't have to suffer any longer. I shook the thought out of my head.

"My friends can't see me like this. All the hatred and resentment in me. After I have found peace, I will return to them but not until then." I thought to myself.

I grabbed my tattered jacket from the chair it was resting on and pulled the knives out of their hidden sheathes. A small belt from the nearby armory room and a new jacket, and I was ready to go again. I gave the map one last look before I left. The Minotaur was rampaging through Nebraska (why won't he stay dead?), some harpies in Colorado, Hydra in California, the list goes on. Some disappear and others appear in an instant. Suddenly, one I remembered all to well appeared in Yellowstone.

"I'm out for one day, and they are already coming after me. Might as well go say hi."

I raced up the stairs and looked out to make sure nobody was there. The door was clear when looking out, so the Hephaestus kids could make sure they kept their secrets. I walked out into the forest and prepared for the fight ahead. I flashed away, and reappeared in the drakon crater in Yellowstone. If my presence didn't scare them away, my scent would definitely draw the furies here.

"Well honey, you sure made this easy."

I was right; it worked. I spun around, and there they were, three leathery old ladies with bat wings and talons stared me down. If monsters are anything, it's predictable.

"I was hoping it would take longer for them to realize I was out."

"Tartarus always knows when something leaves the pit." one of them hissed at me.

"So the gods didn't send you after me? Well then, let's hurry this along, shall we?"

The furies just looked at me confused until I charged them. One fury flew at me and dissolved immediately around my sword.

"Now what was that supposed to accomplish?"

The other furies just hissed and slowly circled to either side. They got into position and waited. They were a lot smarter than I had hoped. The one to my left cracked a whip every time I tried to move, and the one to my right just hissed and swung a club. This was going to be fun. I smiled before making my move.

My left chain shot out as the fury cracked her whip. They tangled together, and I ripped the whip from her claws. The blade crossed to the other side, whip in tow, and the second fury barely managed to dodge it. With my blade beyond them, the furies decided to charge. I started retracting the blade, but it was too late. I blocked the club with Riptide and kicked the other fury back. She rolled away as I exchanged blows with her sister. The club was heavy, and each strike took more effort to block. The chain had completely returned by now as I defended myself from either side. I rolled under another swing from the club, and it hit the second fury instead. She flew out of sight, limp like a rag-doll, but didn't die as far as I could tell. The remaining fury kept swinging the club, forcing me to back closer and closer to the tree line. I dove past her, under another swing, and rolled to my feet behind her. The club burst through a tree as she turned back around to face me.

"Sit still while I kill you." She hissed at me.

I kept looking over my shoulder for the second fury, but she didn't show. The fury I still had, I'm pretty sure it was Mrs. Dodds, kept pushing me back again until she reached her sister's whip. She stooped to pick it up, and I shot my blade at her. Her reflexes must've improved a lot because she dropped to the ground instantly. My chain passed through her leathery wing, causing her to scream in pain. She stood back up and started another offensive, using the whip and club. I jumped to the side to avoid the whip and barely managed to duck under the club as well. I moved in for the kill when something latched onto my back.

"We've got you now."

The second fury had recovered enough to grab hold of me. Her claws dug into my shoulders as she struggled to hold me down. Mrs. Dodds swung her club again, but I was ready. I flipped around, and the club smashed through my fury backpack, causing dust to explode all over my back. Both furies howled as she died. I spun back around to face the last of them.

"Tartarus will not be pleased with this. We aren't the worst things he can send."

"For his sake, I hope you're right."

My chain-blade shot through the air at her, but she jumped into the air to avoid it. The blade curved up as I threw the second one at her. She dodged both before swinging the club at me from above. Angry, I threw my hand up at her and caught the club mid-swing. As I closed my hand around it, the club shattered.

"That's it Percy. Use the power I have given you."

As if something else was controlling my body, my hand kept moving until it closed around the throat of the fury. She tried to claw at my arm, but when they got close, her claws broke against my skin.

"What... what is this... power?" she hissed between breaths.

"An old titan sends his regards."

She screamed as my new power shot her out of my hand and carved a 100 yard path through the forest. I'm not sure when she actually died, but there was nothing left of her by the time my power stopped knocking down trees.

"So, now I have to worry about Tartarus too? Things were actually starting to look up until I heard that."

I stared down at my hands and saw strange marks burned across my palms. Without a second thought, I flashed back to my bunker.

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Corsair out.