A/N: Right the last point :( (1) That was for the ones, that every Titan or Demigod that comes in a flash is from the future. So far we have: Iapetus, Hyperion, Oceanus, Atlas Kronos and now we have Luke Castellan.

Enjoy and please Review! Tell me who you want, and I will put them in!

Chapter 6: Reading Expect the Unexpected

Poseidon didn't want to read the next chapter, Triton stood next to him, since his loss of control; his emotions were gloomy, as were the others, because Percy was their friend. He helped them all in their needs; helped them with sword training, to swim, the wars, etc.

Even the Titans seemed a bit nerves, no one really knew what Kronos did to Percy, besides the King himself and whenever Oceanus was available. But the Titan seemed closed off, indifferent to everything besides the story, and who was reading it.

"Shall I continue?" Hestia asked softly, her warm brown eyes were downcast, and the warmth that was in the room was slowly growing cold. Picking the right page Hestia began, her voice echoing clearly in the silent room.

"Don't we need a plan?" Frank asked nervously.

"We have one already," Clarisse replied.

"We do?" Leo asked in confusion, "What is it?"

"We go in, find Kronos, and force him to give up Percy. When he refuses we beat him up and break Prissy out of there."

"A very tip-top plan," Nico said and blushed when Hestia read the next line, he practically said the same thing!

"Good plan," Nico said sarcastically, "you only forgot that there are going to be loads more Titans and monsters, and we have no clue whatsoever where exactly Percy is."

There was hesitant laughter, before the reading began again.

"Okay," Clarisse grumbled, "it's not perfect, but have any of you got any better ideas?"

Annabeth frowned at Bob's back as she walked her mind racing at a million miles an hour in an attempt to come up with a plan.

Smiling faintly Athena looked at her favorite daughter; she was looking down, but of course. Her boyfriend is in Tartarus; A place quite deadly, considering that it was the house of monsters, as well as the king of them….

"Bob will distract his brethren," Bob called back. Annabeth's eyes widened.

"No, Bob, I couldn't ask you to do that. There'll be so many Titans there."

"Bob can't do it," Bob agreed, "but Iapetus can; Iapetus and his friends."

"Friends?" Leo asked, "You have friends?" Iapetus glared at him over his shoulder. "Uh, no offence to you or anything."

"No one in the Pit really has friends, its kill or be killed, especially for demigods." Annabeth muttered, and at the nod from Kronos the case was closed and they went back to the book.

"Iapetus has two friends," Bob declared, "and a good cat."

Thalia raised an eyebrow. "You have a cat?"

"Small Bob," Bob nodded.

"Wow," Clarisse snorted, "you've a big head."

"Clarisse," Nico warned, "his memories were gone. He knew nothing other than his name."

"Bob or Iapetus," Bob said as he nodded in agreement. "Am I Bob or Iapetus?" A nervous feeling settled in Annabeth's stomach. The Titan was confused on whether he was the gentle Titan called Bob, or the Piercer, Iapetus. If he decided he was Iapetus…

"You're Bob," she said firmly.

"Yes, let's just hope that, Iapetus decides to stay "Bob"" Zeus mused and looked at the Titans, they were discussing things and Iapetus seemed upset, but with a strict word from Kronos they settled down.

"Every being down here calls me Iapetus," Bob murmured, "my brothers say it's a disgrace to be called Bob."

"You're not a disgrace, Bob." Nico growled, "So don't say that. You're better than them, they're all idiots."

"Bob's a coward," Bob said, "hiding for the past century."

"Past century?" Annabeth asked, "But it's been three centuries."

"Not for Bob," Bob said happily, "Bob was killed by Tartarus, very painfully. Bob reformed one hundred years ago."

Annabeth sucked in a breath. "Oh gods, I'm so sorry, Bob."

"No matter," Bob said as he scanned the area around them, his hand twitched towards the spear on his back. "We're being watched."

"Watched?" Jason asked as he unsheathed his sword, "By whom?"

"The defeated ones," Bob said as he grabbed his spear, "I can sense them. They can sense Iapetus."

"Defeated ones," Annabeth murmured as she gripped her sword, "the ones Percy and I defeated before."

"Yes," Bob grinned widely, "they come. The hunter has become the hunted."

"Who exactly are the defeated ones?" Piper asked.

"The "Defeated ones are Titans, Giants and some monsters…." A new voice, that some have not heard in a long time, or ever.

Everyone turned to look at the speaker and they saw: a guy with blond wavy hair, blue eyes, he was dressed in black pants, a white v neck shirt, and a leather jacket. Added to it, he had a shield vam- brace on his right arm and swords at a cross on his back.

"L-LUKE!" Annabeth yelled, her grey eyes wide, staring at the young man who had helped raise Kronos in the Second Titan War.

Kronos raised an eyebrow, and as if the move was rehearsed a dozen times, Luke went down to one knee, eyes lowered and body stiff ready for anything that his king would through at him.

Hermes looked away, eyes filled with tears; he choked as he heard his favorite son address Olympus's worst enemies.

"My Lords, how can I be of service?"

"We are reading a story, that's all you need to know, sit and keep still," Hyperion snapped, eyes cold, and making the demigods look away from Luke.

"As you wish…."

"Titans," Bob said, "and giants; Monsters too."

"Shouldn't we speed up?" Thalia asked.

"Speed up?" Bob asked in surprise, he turned back to her with a smile flickering on his lips, "Why would we do that? I need to speak with one of them."

Several of the demigods reached for their weapons, but Bob chuckled, "We would be able to fight him off if he decides to attack, but he is like me. He did something that made him an outcast in a way, and he now wanders around aimlessly. He's coming to us now."

"Who is it?" Annabeth demanded.

Bob turned to look at her for several moments, his silver eyes unwavering, "My brother, Krios. He has suffered greatly recently and should come with us."

Jason sucked in a sharp breath and clenched the hilt of his sword until his knuckles were completely white. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Nope," Bob said happily as he strode towards an outcropping of purple rock.

The demigods hesitantly followed him, with Leo subtlety taking a Greek fire bomb from his tool belt. Annabeth glanced back at him, but didn't tell him to put it back.

Bob muttered to himself, and Annabeth shifted closer to Nico. "He's still confused. If he decides that he likes Iapetus the most we'd better be ready to run."

"Bob likes Iapetus," Bob agreed, "but Bob has friends and a brain. Iapetus has psychotic brothers. Bob prefers Bob."

The entire Titans, present, laugh, as if on an inside joke at that, but the gods laugh for a complete other reason.

Reason is, because all the Titans they knew were to be really cruel and didn't seem entirely humanoid at all.

Jason frowned slightly and whispered to Piper, "Isn't Bob Iapetus? So he has psychotic brothers too."

Piper shrugged, "Honestly? I just want to try to keep him a Bob, as Annabeth knows, he's confused over who he is. We need to try to keep him as Bob if we're to do this."

Jason nodded slightly, "But Krios, if he sees me he'll probably attack."

Piper shrugged, "We're going to be able to fight him off."

"Iapetus too?" Jason asked.

Piper rolled her eyes, "Honestly, Jason. It'll be fine. We can trust Bob."

They stopped about a hundred yards into the cave Bob had led them into, and settled down to wait for Krios. Bob was fingering his spear point, a dark expression on his face which made Annabeth move away from him slightly.

Annabeth looks at the spear that is in Iapetus's hands and feels her heart clench, this was "Bob", but he was so different, what had happened to make him back into the Titan he is and was?

Leo was fiddling with his Greek fire bomb, his eyes flickering over to the entrance of the cave every so often, and Jason noted that the river Phlegethon under their feet seemed to flow around him more than the others.

Then the ground started shaking slightly and the demigods shot to their feet as Krios limped into the cave. Bob's eyes widened, "What happened to you?"

Krios grunted, "Hyperion wasn't pleased to see me," his dark night sky blue eyes roamed over the demigods for a brief moment.

"You wanted to speak to me, brother?"

"Yes," Bob nodded, "as you are aware Percy is Kronos' personal plaything. We're planning to get him out, but just the ten of us aren't going to be able to do it."

"You want my help," Krios said wearily, "but Kronos kicked me out when I suggested letting him go."

"You're trying to get him out?" Annabeth asked incredulously, "Why?"

"You almost sound like you don't want him out," Krios rumbled and Annabeth immediately looked offended that he would say that.

"If you had seen what's happening in there to your boyfriend then you'd know why even I want him out of there." Bob frowned slightly, "You've been in there recently," he stated.

Krios nodded. "And no, Chase, I'm not telling you how Perseus is."

"Why?" Annabeth demanded, "If you want to help us "

"I don't want to help you," Krios growled, "but that doesn't mean I'll be stopping you. So, Iapetus, your answer is no and you'd better be on the move before the giants find you."

Bob clenched his jaw, "Still following our brother? Even after he threw you out? After everything you did for him, are still doing for him, he treats you like dirt. He treats all of us like dirt. Please, brother, I need your help."

Turning Kronos looks at his brother, who pointedly avoids his eyes.

"Secrets eh brother? What secrets have you told them, aaannnddd Percy?" Kronos tilts his head and looks at the book, golden eyes flashing black before they settle on his normal colour.

"It's not me anymore; I am loyal to our cause." Iapetus says and lowers his head and eyes out of respect.

Krios scowled at him, "The only way I'll betray our Lord is if I lose my memories as you did. You wouldn't have done this unless you did lose your memories. You're still Iapetus, but a changed version of him, Bob." Krios started to walk out of the cave.

Bob looked away, his silver eyes burning. "So you're just going to go back to Kronos, then?"

Krios stopped, his back still facing them. "Yes, and you should too. It's where we belong." He limped out of the cave.

"Well," Nico said, "that went well." The demigods stared at him. "Sarcasm," he said with a raised eyebrow, "ever heard of it?"

"Every time that you use Sarcasm, you are practically talking to: Momus, he is the god of mockery and a few other things." Hermes said.

"In my father's name! You are teaching me things I never heard of!" Apollo rasped eyes wide, before bursting out in laughter.

"SHUT UP godlings, I am forced here, and I don't want to hear you!" Kronos snarled.

"Feelings mutual" Apollo thought

"We know what sarcasm is." Annabeth muttered and turned to Bob, "So what now?"

Bob's eyes were dark. "You have the map. Go to your boyfriend.

"Annabeth's eyes widened, "Bob, we still need your help."

Bob shook his head and started walking out of the cave, "Krios is right. I still am Iapetus, and I can't get away from that."

"Bob!" Annabeth shouted, "How can we fight Kronos without your help?"

"Stay away from him, avoid him, or set a distraction," Bob rumbled.

"I thought you wanted to be different from your brothers. What happened to that?" Annabeth demanded.

"I woke up," Iapetus said simply before disappearing from sight.

"This sucks," Leo muttered.

"We have to get going," Thalia said, "we have everything we need to get Percy. We just need a plan to get past Kronos and the other Titans."

"A distraction," Annabeth murmured. "What could we use as a distraction?"

"It wont be much of a distraction if Kronos is expecting you you know?" every demigod and god decided to ignore the sneered words from Atlas.

"I'll do it," Leo said immediately.

"No, Leo," Jason said immediately, "you can't, you know that whoever does it will have to lure every single Titan to them and keep them occupied whilst we get Percy. Likely chance is that you'll die."

"I can do it," Leo insisted.

"Well we don't have to decide now." Annabeth said as she took out her laptop and studied the map quickly, "We should be there within two hours if there are no problems."

"There won't be," Jason said, "remember what Kronos said? He wants to 'deal' with us himself. We won't have any problems."

"Do you really want to trust his word?" Clarisse asked, "He has a silver tongue, and like a snake, he'll strike when we least expect it."

"Clarisse is right," Frank said, "I really don't want to trust what he said."

"Wait a minute," Hazel said, "how can he say every single monster in Tartarus won't attack us?"

Piper sucked in a breath, "Oh, gods." The demigods' expressions were grim, "If he and the Titans control all the monsters at the moment…"

"We need to get Percy as soon as possible," Nico said, "if we don't or if we fail in getting out of here, then Olympus will be destroyed before the gods realize what's happening. Every single monster…" Annabeth glanced at Thalia.

"What're you thinking?" The daughter of Zeus had her hand clenched around the grip of her bow.

How lovely it would be to see my grandfather in chains in front of my father."

"That would be amazing," Jason agreed.

Annabeth shook her head, "We can't even try to do that. He'll kill us before we have the chance." She closed up the laptop, "Come on. We have a seaweed brain to save from a masochistic Titan." She jogged out of the cave and looked around carefully. "All clear."

"So," Thalia said as she joined Annabeth outside, "where are we going first?"

"See that spire?" Annabeth as she pointed to a large piece of rock jutting out of the ground several miles away. "We go there then turn in the direction of a cliff."

"Not a lot of them around here, are there?" Leo asked sarcastically as he followed his friends.

"Oh, shut up, Leo," Nico growled.

"I'm sure it'll be obvious when we get there." Annabeth marched forward whilst keeping a watchful eye out, but it seemed that the Titans did control every monster in Tartarus at the moment. Annabeth would have preferred it if they were being constantly attacked as the threat of how they were going to get out loomed over them. Annabeth tried to come up with plans that didn't involve sacrificing anyone, but she came up with absolutely nothing. With Iapetus helping them it would have been so much easier.

"This is weird," Thalia murmured as she looked around, "absolutely no monsters at all. I don't like it."

Annabeth shook her head, "This is good," she tried to persuade herself, "we'll get to Percy sooner." She didn't want to admit it, but with every step she took, she feared facing Kronos even more. His eyes and voice had haunted her dreams for decades after the Titan War, sometimes with Luke's face, sometimes just gold glowing eyes glaring at her.

"Is getting to Percy sooner any better, though?" Clarisse murmured, "They'll be expecting us to get there as soon as possible. So shouldn't we do the unexpected?"

"Expected the unexpected," Frank said, "They'll be expecting anything we throw at them."

Not anything, Leo thought to himself, but didn't want to say it out loud. "We still have to try," he said, "if we take too long, the Titans and monsters will come to find us."

"Annabeth, have you got a plan yet?" Piper asked. Annabeth frowned slightly, "One that doesn't involve someone sacrificing themselves? No."

"That's great," Leo said, "where's the signup sheet?"

"No," Annabeth said firmly, "no one's sacrificing themselves."

"Not even a little?"

"Why're you so eager to get yourself killed?"-

"Beats me, he's Leo so he might have anything up his sleeve" Jason said.

"HEY! I object!" Leo cried out, and before a verbal fight could break out Hestia wisely chose to continue reading.

-Annabeth demanded as she whirled around to face him, "I'm trying to get all of us out of here alive. So, please, help me by not offering yourself up like a chicken to be slaughtered. Because that's how easy it'll be for the Titans to kill you."

Leo swallowed and reluctantly nodded, "Okay. I'll stop thinking about it."

Annabeth looked relieved, and Leo almost regretted lying to her. They reached the spire and Annabeth scanned the area before pointing to the biggest cliff.

"Over there. We follow the cliff edge round until it comes to tundra like plain, and Kronos will be waiting for us in the middle; With Percy."

"A plain?" Thalia asked worriedly. "How'll we get there without being seen?"

"We drop in from above," Annabeth said as she turned to look at Jason and Frank, both of whom who grinned.

"I like this idea," Frank said. Annabeth nodded, "I'll come up with the rest as we walk." She quickly started off in the direction of the cliff and her fellow half immortal demigods followed her.

A/N: Not as good as I thought, but I tried. Thanks for the new reviewers!