Chapter 8 Reading Unstoppable
Annabeth was completely still as she glared at the immortal in the cell. "Well," Frank said as he readied his bow, "so much for avoiding him."
"You are such a smart ass Frank!" Nico yelled and stared at the son of Mars. "But when you are with us you are quite quiet…"
"I am not!" Frank said with a frown, but stayed quiet.
Annabeth's eyes focused on Percy. He was kneeling in the middle of the cell with manacles around his wrists and chains pulling his arms to the side. His body was limp and his head rested on his chest. Percy's bare chest was almost completely covered in golden ichor and Annabeth assumed it wasn't Kronos'. At first Annabeth thought he was dead, but then Kronos stood right beside him and placed his hand on his grandson's head. Percy flinched back like he'd been burnt and made a sound halfway between a dog's whine and a whimper of fear.
"Let him go," Annabeth ordered.
"Kronos doesn't listen to Demigod scum!" Hyperion said and sneered at Annabeth.
"None of the Titans seem to like you Annie, I wonder if they know something..." Thalia murmured and looked at her friend.
"Then maybe we won't kill you," Clarisse added. "We'll only drag you in chains before the council on Olympus and let them decide what to do with you."
Kronos nodded slightly, "A tempting offer, young demigod. I would love to do so, if I could actually get out of this stinking Pit-" the walls and ground rumbled and Kronos rolled his eyes, "oh, knock it off, Tartarus! I did nothing wrong!"
"Looks like father doesn't like Tartarus," Zeus said and looked at his father, who was glaring at him, his eyes cold and very angry.
"Wouldn't you not like it? Do you wish to?" he asked in a smooth voice that hid everything he was thinking about.
"BURN!" Apollo and Hyperion both said and burst out in laughter.
"So childish" Iapetus said but smirked.
Frank frowned slightly and lowered his bow a fraction to look incredulously at the Titan King. "You've obviously done something," Leo grinned, but then frowned slightly. "Wait, you're-"
"Grounded," a weak voice offered, "by his step-father whom he attempted to overthrow."
The demigods didn't recognise Percy's voice at first; it had been so long since they had last heard him. "Percy," Annabeth murmured and Percy weakly lifted his head off his chest, his dull green eyes staring into hers.
"Hey, Wise Girl," Percy slurred and attempted to give her his famous lopsided grin, but it ended up being more of a grimace.
Everyone thought that Poseidon was going to explode again, but the king of the sea's merely closed his eyes, and focused on who was reading the book.
"A lovely family reunion, isn't it?" Kronos asked in amusement as a corner of his mouth lifted up into a small smirk. Annabeth noted that his voice no longer sounded like a knife scraping across rock, but was deep, rich and filled the corridor all the way to them without him even trying to do so – she assumed it was because he had his own body back.
Thalia raised her bow so the arrow was pointing at his forehead. "Give us Percy."
Kronos raised an eyebrow. "Threatening a Titan usually proves to be very detrimental to one's health, grand-daughter. If you wish to walk out of here and with all limbs attached then I suggest you learn respect."
"Zeus knows not much of respect…. He is more, bossy." Someone said, but they didn't know whom.
"We'll see," Clarisse growled as she readied her spear. "We're the strongest demigods of this generation; I'm sure we can take you."
Kronos chuckled, "Then you won't mind if we have an audience?" He asked and summoned his scythe. "I'm certain the Olympians would love to see you defeat me."
"So arrogant," Artemis muttered.
"You are as well," Kronos sneered.
"Don't listen to him!" Percy shouted suddenly. "He's-"
"Oh, shut up," Kronos drawled as he flicked his wrist, cutting a gash down Percy's face with his scythe. Percy screamed as the scythe cut at his soul. It wasn't a deep cut, but with Kronos' scythe it didn't need to be deep. The gash went from the left side of his chin to just below his hairline and golden ichor ran down his face, leaving gold trails across his skin.
Annabeth sucked in a breath, "Leave him alone!"
Kronos snorted, "Please, daughter of Athena. I've had him here with me for two hundred and eighty seven years. I think I can do whatever I wish to him," his golden eyes flickered down to look at Percy. "Wouldn't you agree grand-son?"
Percy didn't answer, his eyes darting around as if trying to find an escape route from his situation. Leo frowned as he studied Kronos, "I was expecting more. You know, the whole I'm-going-to-destroy-Olympus-as-revenge-for-being-cut-into-thousands-of-pieces thing that you had going sort of gave you a reputation that you clearly don't deserve. You look like my dad could easily beat you up."
Kronos' eyes darkened. "Be careful, son of Hephaestus."
Leo raised an eyebrow, "Or what?" He asked, "In case you didn't realise, I just beat five Titans back there with the river Phlegethon." He spread out his feet into a battle stance and forced up the river of Fire so that it swirled around him. "If you want, you can be next."
Kronos seemed amused as he walked forward, his form shimmering into golden mist and reforming outside the cell. "Ready to die, godlings?"
"Sounds like something out of a horror story, "ready to die godlings?" "Leah, a daughter of Aphrodite said, and finished filing her nails.
"You know, Aphrodite isn't a goddess right?"
"WHAT?!" the love goddess screeched.
"Yeah, you came from Ouranus' dick when it was thrown into the ocean. Most of Ouranus' children were Titans or monsters…" Kronos said and smirked at the outraged look from the goddess.
He asked as he carelessly swung his scythe through the air.
Annabeth's mind raced to think of a plan as he advanced towards them. At the very least Olympus had to know what the Titans were doing. "Wait. You said something about an audience?"
Kronos chuckled, "Surely you don't think I'm that stupid, Annabeth. Yes, I would love for the Olympians to see you all die, but if I do that they will know that I'm alive."
Annabeth nodded, "But what difference does a year make?" She asked. "Because if you kill us now they'll all look into our deaths and you'll be discovered before then."
"Annabeth," Thalia hissed, "What are you doing?"
Annabeth shot Thalia a look before turning back to face Kronos. "Surely you're not afraid of the gods finding out that you're alive? Scared Zeus is going to cut you into thousands of pieces again?"
Kronos' eyes darkened and the temperature dropped. "Watch it, godling."
"Annabeth's right," Nico piped up, "and if you're going to kill us here, I'd at least like to be able to say goodbye to my dad first."
"You are all falling into a trap you know right? This is Kronos' game," Athena said.
Kronos scowled at the nine demigods, his expression turning to one of slight amusement. "Very well demigods, I will acquiesce to your request." He waved his hand and a screen of mist appeared in front of the demigods.
"I sort of want to know how the Hades you did that," Leo muttered as the throne room of Olympus formed in the mist.
Kronos glared at him. "I'm not a weakling."
"That's debateable," Nico retorted.
Kronos turned his frosty glare to Nico. "Watch your tongue, son of Hades."
"Can we just get this over with?" Thalia demanded.
"So impatient, I should have made you wait longer," Kronos mused.
Annabeth was looking at the mist image as the gods flashed into the throne room after being called by Hestia. "Mother," she breathed in relief.
"Annabeth, how have you messaged us?" Athena asked as she sat down on her throne.
"I didn't," Annabeth started, "Kronos did."
There was shocked silence and Zeus' eyes narrowed. "Did you just say Kronos?"
"Yes!" Annabeth shouted, "He's alive and has been alive for approximately two hundred and eighty seven years!"
Poseidon seemed to only be concerned for his son as he listened. "Is Percy…?"
"I'm alive," Percy's weak voice called, "not sure what use that's going to be when all of you die because you decided to come down here and-"
"A little appreciation would be nice," Clarisse muttered.
"Well sorry for wanting to try to stop Kronos from breaking me," Percy snapped, "I'm not going to hold up for nearly three centuries and just let him win because all of you decided to come here!"
"Hey, guys?" Nico asked.
"What?" Thalia demanded, her attention completely focused on the mist and Percy.
"Don't you think it's too quiet?" Nico said carefully as he slowly turned in a circle, his stygian iron sword held out in front of him. "He disappeared."
Jason's eyes widened as he too scanned the corridor, "How the Hades can a Titan disappear without us noticing?"
"Distractions could cause death, not that I would mind, as long as it's not my children," Dionysus spoke up and took a drink of his wine. '
"DIONYSUS!" Zeus yelled and shot a lightning bolt at the cup, for it to spill.
"Father, honestly? That was my favourite wine!"
Annabeth cursed, "He occupied us with the message. No wonder he agreed so quickly!"
"I'll gut him like a fish,"
"You know it's not nice to gut fish? They have feelings," Oceanus spoke up.
"Yeah?" sneered Hayden, a son of Ares sneered.
"Would you gut your brother and eat him? That is what you are practically doing to fish, and all sea creatures, and that is all you gods are good for, destroying Gaea."
"Well not said like how my grandpa said it, but it is true…" Triton said and Poseidon nodded.
Thalia hissed as she pointed her arrow down one corridor, Frank doing the same to another. "The bastard deserves a long, painful death."
"Annabeth," Athena said worriedly, "get out of there. Don't worry about getting Percy; the nine of you are more important than him."
"No," Annabeth said sharply, "I'm going to get him out of here."
Piper and Clarisse were standing back to back as Jason and Leo did the same. Percy's eyes seemed to swirl with an energy that hadn't been there a few minutes before as he scanned the corridor, ignoring the pain stemming from his head, and able to sense where Kronos was after being in his presence for so long. Percy didn't want his friends to die, much less in front of him like Kronos was planning. He was annoyed they had risked their lives to help him, and likely gotten themselves killed in the process. He was confident that Kronos wouldn't kill him – the Titan Lord obviously wanted him for something, otherwise he wouldn't have wasted nearly three centuries for nothing. Percy knew that Kronos always had plans, back-up plans, and back-up plans for his back-up plans.
Percy saw a flash of gold and shouted, "NICO, ON YOUR RIGHT!"
"Percy can sense you!?" Jason shouted.
"Duh, he was with me for over two centuries" Kronos said.
The son of Hades turned, instinctively raising his sword in time for a blade to slam against it. His arms shook from the sudden jarring force and his foot slipped back along the slightly purple tinted ground, and then the pressure suddenly disappeared. Nico kept his sword up, eyes darting around for any sign of movement, and Jason felt a cold shiver run up his spine. Jason spun to the side as Leo stumbled back. Jason sensed more than saw the Titan who seemed to be moving so fast that they couldn't see him, and he crouched down, swinging his imperial gold gladius down close to the ground. His swing was stopped suddenly, abruptly freezing as it clanged against the blade of another sword. Jason looked up and met the eyes of Kronos briefly, the Titan Lord's face twisting into a scowl, before something slammed into his chest and sent him flying back into the wall. He hadn't even seen Kronos move to punch him.
Jason fell to the ground and groaned, regretting not bringing armour and once again relieved that since he was made half-immortal he no longer had to wear glasses. It probably would have been worse if he couldn't see Kronos; even though the Titan King moved so fast he was just a blur.
"JASON!" Piper cried and immediately ran to his side as the other demigods converged into a circle.
"Can you see him?" Annabeth asked. "We have to win this."
"Yeah, well that's a lot easier said than done," Leo muttered.
Thalia shook her head slightly, "If we weren't focusing on beating the crap out of a bastard here, an arrow would currently be up your podex, Valdez."
"Where are you, you bastard?" Clarisse shouted, "Don't tell me you're another coward who fights dirty!"
"Suicide girl, watch your mouth near him" Ares said.
Clarisse blushed.
"Clarisse!" Frank yelled, "Stop angering him!"
"Come on you bastard!" Clarisse cried as she brandished her spear, "Where are you?"
"Everywhere," Kronos' mocking voice echoed down the corridor and echoed around them, "time is everywhere, and always unstoppable."
"Three centuries ago we managed to stop the unstoppable," Annabeth called, "this'll be no different."
"Brother, you are right, they got too arrogant, that is the downfall for most, unless they can rear it in!" Oceanus chuckled.
"LUKE! Tell him he can't talk to us like that!" Annabeth yelled to the son of Hermes by Kronos feet.
"My lord Oceanus can speak his will; it is not my place to put him or Lord Kronos off"
"Your bravado seems to have swollen, Annabeth," Kronos chuckled, and this time his silky voice came from right behind her, inside the ring they had created. She would have sworn she could feel his breath on the back of her neck. "I'd hope that wasn't an error at your expense."
Annabeth turned and swung her sword, only to hit thin air. "Stop playing games, Kronos," she growled.
There was a flash of gold in front of Thalia, and the daughter of Zeus aimed her arrow where Kronos was going to be, quickly firing in a split second. Kronos laughed as the arrow missed him by almost four yards.
"Come on, demigods," he said mockingly as he stopped in front of Annabeth, "you say you're the best. Prove it."
"We don't have to prove nothin'" Nico muttered.
Piper had managed to help Jason to his feet and retrieved his gladius for him and the two of them stood with their backs against the wall, their eyes trained on Kronos. Annabeth narrowed her eyes at him, shoving her fear to the back of her mind.
Kronos raised a challenging eyebrow, his scythe in the form of Backbiter and held loosely in his hand. He shifted slightly and looked straight at the screen of mist. "Hello, Zeus," he smirked, "have you missed me?"
"I'd have preferred it if you were gone for longer," Zeus said with barely controlled anger.
Kronos' smirk grew. "A shame then," he drawled, "that I have been reformed for two hundred and eighty seven years without you knowing."
Annabeth frowned as she remembered what she had overheard Kronos say to Iapetus: "It's been two hundred and eighty seven years. Let it go." Her eyes widened as she connected the dots. "You reformed around the time you found Percy," she breathed.
Kronos chuckled, "I had been waiting for him," he admitted, "word got around to me, and even with me reforming I had heard he was running around the Pit. It was pure coincidence that he stumbled across me."
Poseidon narrowed his eyes, "Let him go," he ordered, "you've no right to do this-"
Poseidon snapped his head up at the words; he had heard the exact same thing in his dream!
"You spoke them to me son" Kronos says and looks into almost exact same shade of sea green eyes.
"That is exactly what Iapetus said,"
"You did?" all the gods ask and look at the titan.
"Yeah so? Percy saved my life"
Kronos chuckled. "I have every right to do this, think of it as revenge for him killing me."
Poseidon gritted his teeth. "Please, Father. Release my son."
Kronos snorted, "Do you think I can be swayed easily, son," he spat, "when it is you that did this to me in the first place?" He abruptly turned back to the demigods, his stiff movements betraying his anger as a cold mask formed on his face and shielded his emotions. He lifted Backbiter and studied the weapon for several moments.
Clarisse quickly seized the opportunity and lunged forward, aiming to stab the twelve foot tall immortal in the groin. Kronos merely flicked his wrist to parry aside the spear point and twisted to the side, dancing away and out of her reach. Clarisse gritted her teeth and advanced towards him, her spear held out in front of her as Kronos raised an unimpressed eyebrow.
"A little help would be appreciated," Clarisse said over her shoulder. "If we want to get Prissy we'll have to beat this bastard's sorry butt first."
"You have the worst swear words ever," Atlas spoke up.
Kronos chuckled, "Should I be offended?" He asked mockingly.
Clarisse glared at him as the other demigods moved forward, their weapons held out in front of them. Kronos seemed pleased as he crouched in a half defensive, half offensive stance and waited for them to move.
Frank fired his arrow and Kronos' head snapped to the side, moving out of its path. The arrow clattered against the wall several feet behind the Titan Lord and rolled away from the wall so it was nearly under his feet. The demigods saw a flickering red light on the point of the arrow head and quickly took several steps back as the point heated up. Kronos looked down and quickly realised what was happening. He shifted back, pressing one foot against the wall, and launched himself forward, over the demigods to land in a crouch behind them as the arrow exploded. He swiftly turned and attacked Leo, the son of Hephaestus only just managing to lift his hammer in time to block the attack, and nearly having his arm dislocated from the force behind the blow.
Leo stumbled back and hurriedly blocked the next attack which would have taken his head off if he'd been a split second later. Kronos raised an eyebrow, "Rather good… for the seventh wheel, Leo Esteban Santiago Valdez."
Leo stumbled back like he'd been shot. "What – how do you know that?"
Kronos raised an eyebrow. "The seventh wheel. Son of Hephaestus, fire-user, and defeater of Mother Gaea. I'm informed, Valdez, by my giant brothers – all of whom support me – and by my mother."
Leo resorted to his usual line of defence – sarcasm. "Yeah, well, your mother attempted to kill me, and I'm seriously debating whether most of the immortals alive are insane or not."
"Oh, I assure you, Valdez. I'm very much insane; you have to be insane to survive down here."
"true"
"That's exactly why the Olympians are better rulers than you'll ever be," Nico retorted, "They don't constantly try to destroy the world or their own family."
Kronos raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me? Have you paid any attention to their recent affairs? Miss. Grace here was turned into a tree when Hades tried to kill her; and Zeus himself tried to kill you and your sister Bianca. A shame he didn't succeed."
Nico's hand clenched around his stygian iron sword and he trembled in his anger. "Don't speak about my sister. You're not worthy enough to speak her name."
Kronos snorted, "Has your Father warmed up to you yet? Or does he still wish that you'd died instead of her?"
Nico's hands shook and he let out a guttural scream of rage, launching himself at the Titan King. Kronos casually knocked away the blade with his own and twisted, bringing Backbiter down to hack at the back of Nico's leg. Nico cried out as the black sword cut straight through muscle with no resistance.
"Ok, am I the only one to think of the Imperial March when Kronos is fighting or talking?" Travis asks.
"I am with you bro!" Conner said.
Kronos chuckled, "Pathetic," he sneered.
Hades' eyes were wide as he looked at the shaking form of his son and he gripped his own sword, tempted to go down to Tartarus to bash his Father's brains in. "My son is not pathetic," he growled.
Kronos seemed amused as he watched the demigods advance towards him, the eight of them all with their weapons out. Nico groaned as he reached for his sword, feeling his soul being drawn from him with one cut. Kronos swung the weapon in front of him, waiting for the demigods to move first.
There was silence as they squared off, and then Annabeth moved forward. She watched Kronos movements as she held her sword in front of her, so when he struck she managed to parry the attack to the side. Annabeth had quickly figured out that they couldn't match his strength, so settled for parrying his attacks to the side in the hope of unbalancing him and getting in a hit, no matter how small.
Kronos recovered quickly and flicked his wrist, intending to hit her in the side. Annabeth moved instinctively, managing to get her drakon bone sword between his weapon and her body, and put her left hand on the hilt as she blocked his attack. Kronos narrowed his eyes and bore down on her, forcing her down to the ground. A hiss suddenly escaped his mouth and he jerked away from her, an arrow sticking out of his right bicep.
The Titan Lord snapped the arrow shaft and swiftly shoved it out of his arm with a grunt as he shot Thalia a dark glare. The Lieutenant of Artemis stood tall as she calmly knocked another arrow and fired at his forehead. Kronos' hand shot up and he caught the shaft inches from his face, snapping the arrow in half and letting the pieces drop to the floor.
"Heads up!"
"Never say heads up and throw a grenade at the enemy" Ares said and frowned at Leo.
Leo's voice suddenly shouted and a shrapnel grenade flew through the air to land at Kronos' feet. Kronos merely snapped his fingers, freezing the grenade in time just before it blew up.
Clarisse ran at him, her spear pointing towards him in a clear attempt at gutting him, and Kronos swatted away the shaft with the flat of Backbiter. Hazel launched herself at him, her roman spatha cutting through the air, and Kronos twisted out of her way as he blocked Annabeth's strike. Jason lunged forward through the gap between Hazel and Annabeth, his weapon in the form of a javelin, and managed to stab the Titan in the leg.
Kronos limped back, his sword moving at an unseen speed as he fended off the five demigods with only slight difficulty. The demigods fought as a team, three centuries of experience helping them to predict each other's attacks and strike at the most opportune moment.
Piper ran to Nico, helping him up to his feet as the fight raged on in the long corridor, the gods watching through the mist and gripping their weapons in anger. Thalia and Frank fired at Kronos, but the arrows only seemed to anger him more and his attacks became faster, stronger, and heavier.
Annabeth stood back and watched for a few moments, knowing he had to have a weakness, everyone did. They just had to find it. Her eyes landed on Percy who was desperately trying to get her attention. She snuck around the edge of the fight to get closer to Percy, holding her sword up in case Kronos suddenly attacked her.
"Percy," she murmured once she was close enough and trying to ignore the cuts and scars littering his almost naked body. "I've missed you so much."
Kronos was jealous as he heard this, even though he knew that in his time that Percy was completely his and he was Percy's
"Me too, Wise Girl," Percy said in an attempt at sounding happier.
Annabeth knew it was only a façade, just by how he winced whenever he moved, and how he was subconsciously leaning away from her. "Percy, any tips on how to beat him?"
Percy's gaze seemed to drift over her and glaze over before he answered. "Luke's Achilles' Heel."
"You still got it my lord?" Luke asks.
"It is gone"
"Lies" Apollo muttered.
Annabeth blinked, "What's Luke got to do with this?" She checked over her shoulder as an enraged yell echoed around.
"Kronos took Luke's body as his own for over a year," Percy explained, "when they separated Luke left his mark, just as Kronos left his own."
Annabeth nodded in understanding, "Thanks, Seaweed Brain, we'll get you out of there."
Percy seemed to not hear her as he went back to staring at nothing. Annabeth turned and her eyes tunnelled to focus on Kronos' left armpit, which annoyingly was covered by his armour. She took her invisibility cap out of her pocket and slipped it on, checking her arms to see if she was invisible. After the short time that her cap didn't work during the Giant War she had become paranoid about it happening again.
Annabeth walked towards the fight to where Kronos was still managing to hold his own as she unsheathed her dagger and squirmed between Clarisse and Jason to approach Kronos' left side. She waited for the right moment, which happened when he raised his hand to strike out at Leo as he blocked Hazel's slash. Annabeth darted forward and jumped, swinging her dagger at the armour covering his armpit, and hacked through the metal. She only managed to graze the Titan Lord's swung, but he howled in pain and flung his head back. Jason lunged forward and his gladius slid into Kronos' leg, tearing through muscle and tendons. The Titan collapsed onto one knee and the fight seemed to suddenly stop as his eyes glowed angrily, swirling with power like a whirlpool.
The demigods pointed their weapons at Kronos and Annabeth took her cap off. "Looks like you've lost great-grandfather." She said slightly smug.
"Oh, how much you have to learn," Kronos laughed and his expression suddenly darkened, "I haven't even started, and you know too much." He slammed his hand down onto the floor and a wall of force erupted outwards, sending the immortal demigods flying back to slam into the walls. Kronos rose to his feet before Annabeth could even recover her bearings, and lunged towards her. He grabbed her neck and slammed her back into the wall before running her through with Backbiter.
Annabeth gasped reflectively as she felt the cold metal slide between her ribs and emerge behind her. She dimly thought she heard someone scream her name, but with her own cries of pain she couldn't be sure. Kronos leaned in close to her, his lips by her ear. "Don't worry, daughter of Athena, you'll be with the son of Hermes now. Forever. Isn't that what you wanted? And I get to keep your boyfriend. A win-win situation for both of us."
Annabeth managed to force her eyes to stay open. "You're a masochistic bastard. I hope you rot down here forever."
"I already have," Kronos breathed as he jerked Backbiter out of her and let her limp body fall to the floor.
Athena froze and then pointed her spear at Kronos, tears in her eyes, she saw her favourite daughter frozen as they read her death. All too quickly the titans and Luke jumped up and defended their king, while Kronos smirked.
"Sit down Athena; you are no match for me" Kronos smirked wider at her fear.
"I should kill you."
"I can never die; I am favoured by many beings… ones that you will never meet."
There was a shocked silence for several seconds, and then Thalia screamed, "I'LL KILL YOU!" With tears running down her face in a steady stream, she fired arrow after arrow at him, all of them moving in slow motion.
The demigods charged towards him and Kronos batted them aside like flies. "You come down here, demanding my prize back! This is my territory!" He growled, "All of you are nothing and will soon fall as the spawn of Wisdom has."
Leo charged him, his hammer held up to bash Kronos' chest in, but Kronos flicked his wrist and cut the shaft in half. Leo's eyes widened and he ducked under the next swing as he reached into his tool belt and took out a golden sword that lit up with a blazing fire with only a little concentration. The weapon felt heavy in his hands, but still a natural extension.
Something flickered in Kronos' eyes when he saw the weapon in Leo's hands, and Leo grinned. "Yeah, that's right. I picked it up. Thought it'd be useful, you know?"
Kronos scowled down at him. "Nice thinking, son of Hephaestus," he admitted rather reluctantly.
Leo grinned as he twirled the sword around his wrist. "Thanks," he said sarcastically, "I do try." He reached into his tool belt again and this time took out a black sword. Kronos narrowed his eyes as Leo tossed it to Jason.
Jason caught it with his left hand and suddenly felt like he had knowledge forced into his head through a tiny tube connected to his forehead. Leo took out three more weapons, tossing Clarisse a spear, Frank a great sword, and Hazel a silver sword.
Leo shrugged at the furious expression on Kronos' face. "I saw an opportunity to upgrade and couldn't pass it up," he grinned.
"You only get to use the weapons for a few minutes, or so, before they end up killing you, then return to the owner" Hyperion said.
The demigods mirrored his smile as they attacked. Frank leapt forward into close-quarters with the Titan Lord, slinging his bow over his shoulders as he hefted the great sword. Leo quickly found that the new weapons were able to withstand Kronos' attacks much better than the others and they even seemed to give the demigods more strength to block his attacks. Leo glanced up as dust fell from the ceiling and a roar echoed around.
Kronos seemed to be growing angrier and angrier as they fought, and he eventually managed to knock away all of the demigods but Jason with a flick of his wrist and a wave of force. Kronos' eyes were glowing with power as he glared at Jason. "Son of Jupiter," he growled, "You shall die tod-"
The wall suddenly collapsed inwards like a wrecking ball had been swung into it. The Titan King was buried under tonnes of rubble as the green and yellow, frilled head of a drakon shot through the gap created. Its sea green eyes – exactly the same shade as Percy's – coolly regarded the demigods as a figure dressed in silver armour slid off his position on its neck.
"A shame," he sighed as he looked around, "I wanted to kill him." He shot the drakon an annoyed glare, "So unfair."
"Life is unfair" Luke said and closed the book and looked around, and jumped up when he saw Chris and Silena walk forwards and bow to Kronos and the Titans.
"Hi" Silena said and smiled to the room.