AN: I am here, with another chapter of this story that is being made up as I go along. ENJOY!
Percy reformed on top of Empire state and immediately manipulated the water in the air to form a light mist. He threw a coin into the newly formed rainbow and called his dad. An image of Poseidon sitting on his throne in Atlantis formed in front of Percy.
Poseidon was currently speaking with Amphitrite about something. Poseidon quickly noticed the Iris Message and pointed it out to Amphitrite. Poseidon looked at Percy expectantly.
"I found Tyson and Grover, as well as Nico. They are on their way back to camp via Pearl. And my decision to stay dead bared better fruit then I could have ever expected." Poseidon smiled when he heard about Tyson. He indicated for Percy to continue.
Percy took out his phone and held it up for Poseidon to see. "I came upon an entrance to the Titans fortress. While there I found a room with a map of Manhattan. I saw ALL of their plans for the attack on Olympus. And I took pictures of it all."
Poseidon sat forward and smiled at Percy. "You have done well, my son. Now we have a much greater chance of victory against the Titan Army. With your photos of the plans for the invasion, mine and Hades armies, the allies that I have made over the last few millennia, and our friend Zoran, I believe we have a 70% chance at victory. All we need to do now is prepare over the next year for the inevitable battle."
Percy nodded his head. But then he frowned. "There is some bad news as well." Poseidon seemed to be expecting that. He leaned back on his throne and motioned for Percy to tell them. Percy took in a deep breath before speaking. "Kronos has risen."
Instead of being angry, Poseidon just let out a sad sigh. "We knew this day would come. There was never any stopping it, only delaying the inevitable. We can only hope that we can win with the best possible outcome."
Percy nodded before smiling. "There is some good news too. It seems that Luke gave up both his body and soul to Kronos. Kronos is currently now confined to Luke's body. It is my belief that this will make him weaker. He will need time to get used to his mortal shell, and his powers will be weakened while he is in Luke's body."
Poseidon nodded his agreement. "I can think of a few ways that Luke's body has been prepared for the sheer weight and magnitude of Kronos's power. Each of them are not good. Let us hope I am wrong."
Percy nodded. He didn't ask for time was limited right now. "There is one other piece of good news." Percy smirked this time. "I destroyed the Titans Fortress."
Both Poseidon's and Amphitrite's eyes widened in shock. Poseidon then chuckled. "Why am I surprised? You have done extremely well Percy. We shall throw a celebration for this victory. Now, I think it is time for you to return to camp. If you appear now you will give the camp hope, and their morale will skyrocket."
Percy smiled and nodded. "What should I tell everyone when the battle has concluded?"
"That is the question isn't it?" Poseidon sat in thought for a few moments before he nodded his head. "You are permitted to tell the head counselors and Chiron as much as you wish, except for our battle plans, Percy. And whatever you do tell the counselors, you must make them swear on the Styx not to tell anyone until you say they can. Tell the other campers a watered down story of where you have been. With our victory so close at hand, I do not wish to take any chance of failure, especially since we have yet to find the camps spy."
Percy nodded his head in excitement. He would finally stop having to hold back. He could finally show his friends his true self. He could finally be himself. "How much of my strength should I reveal when I arrive?"
Poseidon thought for a few seconds more before answering. "Do not reveal everything. Leave some powers and tricks up your sleeve for now. But reveal enough that will show everyone why they should join us instead of Kronos. Show them Percy. Show them the power of Water."
Percy smirked. "You can count on me dad. Ohh and I need a favor." Poseidon nodded and gestured for him to continue. "There are going to be a lot of people wounded people from this battle, and I know for a fact that the camp is a little low on medical supplies. Would you mind sending the camp some Nectar, Ambrosia and some other medical supplies?"
Poseidon nodded. "Very well. I shall send a boat full of medical supplies to the camp. When the battle has concluded, go to the sea. A boat will be waiting for you in the distance, away from the fighting."
"Thank you dad. Ill see you in a few days." Percy waved goodbye.
Percy swiped his hand through the mist, breaking the connection. He looked at his watch and saw that he had 10 minutes before the camp was going to be attacked. He vapor traveled to his room in his 'apartment'. He went to his closet and took out his armor. He looked at himself in the closet door mirror. Percy smiled at his reflection.
"Goodbye weak looking body. I no longer need to hide my true self" he thought happily.
Percy put on his armor. It consisted of a bronze chest plate, bronze shoulder guards, and leather arm bracers. In the center of his chest plate, ingrained in the metal, was the emblem of a sea green trident.
Percy looked back at the mirror. He waved his hand over his body, canceling a Mist illusion he had placed on himself. He looked back in the mirror and saw a different Percy Jackson starring back at him. He smiled softly. "Now everyone will see the real me. I hope Annabeth still likes me after today."
Percy looked at his watch and saw that the attack was starting in about a minute. "Time to make an entrance."
Percy vapor traveled above the camp. He looked down and saw the camp was already in the midst of battle. "Guess the attack happened a few minutes earlier than I anticipated."
He took off his backpack and threw it into the forest. Where it landed, he did not know. But he had a feeling that he would need it later.
Percy looked to the sky, closed his eyes and concentrated. Clouds formed, and the wind began to pick up. The beginnings of funnel clouds started to form. Lightening jumped from cloud to cloud.
Percy looked back to the camp and saw that Kampê had emerged from the Labyrinth and started to attack the campers. Percy started to get angry. His friends were being attacked. His home away from home was being invaded. His brother was fighting for his life. And the girl he loved was in danger. He was going to leave no survivors today. "Show time."
And then, hope arrived at Camp Half-Blood.
Percy's True Power
20 minutes earlier
Annabeth was currently with Chiron, preparing for battle. They were leaving the big house, followed by the potbellied satyr Silenus, and a couple of Apollo cabin archers. They were on their way back to the clearing that held the entrance to the maze. Annabeth was lost in thought, almost moving on autopilot. She was still shook over what she saw last night in her dream.
Flashback:
Earlier this morning
Annabeth sat at the Ping-Pong table with the other counselors. She had woken up and immediately headed for the Big House. She told Chiron what she had learned from her dream. Now she was currently sitting with her head down. She was more angry than sad.
"Thank you all for coming. As you may have guessed, Annabeth has had another vision." Chiron said grimly.
"Don't keep us in suspense. Tell us what it was about." Clarisse said.
Instead of Annabeth, Chiron was the one to answer. "In Annabeths dream, she saw a few things of interest. Both good and bad news. The first thing is, Annabeth saw the Titans Fortress being destroyed."
"How is that possible? Wouldn't the gods have informed us if they were going to attack their fortress?" Conner Stoll asked.
"Or was this a vision of the future?" Travis Stoll asked.
"We do not know at the moment." Chiron answered. "But, either way, this is a good thing for us. The second point of interest, is Annabeth heard some of Kronos's minions discussing an attack on the camp that is meant to happen later today."
The other counselors eyes widened and a few of them paled. The camp was going to be attacked? Today? They didn't have much time to prepare. Would they be able to survive?
Beckendorf was the first to speak. "How long do we have?"
"Until this afternoon. We don't know the exact time the attack will take place, so we must be ready." Chiron said. His expression then became noticeably grimmer. "There is one more piece of bad news." The campers could see a lone tear slide down his right cheek. "The minions that Annabeth saw in her vision, were carrying the Scythe of Kronos."
The counselors all paled considerably. Some let out gasps of shock, while others shed a few tears.
It was Katie Gardner who finally asked the question that was on everyone's mind. "What does this mean for us all?"
Thud!
Everyone looked to see that Annabeth had slammed her dagger into the table. She lifted her head and everyone could see the tear streaks on her face. But her eyes blazed with burning anger. "It means, that Percy died for NOTHING!"
End Flashback
Annabeth was brought out of her thoughts by one of the Apollo campers shouting.
She looked to see that they were pointing to something in the air. Annabeth looked where they were pointing and saw three wisps of greenish smoke coming towards them at a fast pace. The Apollo archers all drew back their bows and aimed at the smoke.
The three smoke wisps landed on the ground a few feet in front of them and began to form into humanoid shapes. A moment later and three people where standing in front of them. Annabeth recognized them almost instantly. It was Tyson, Grover and Nico.
Grover did a full body shudder. "Ohh man. That-that felt weird."
"GROVER!" Annabeth yelled in disbelief.
Grover turned towards the call of his name and saw Chiron, Silenus and Annabeth running towards them. "ANNABETH."
Grover and the boys ran to meet them halfway.
Chiron raised an eyebrow when he saw Nico but otherwise didn't say anything. Annabeth ran up and threw her arms around one of her oldest friends. She then gave Tyson a hug as well. Nico stayed a small distance away so she didn't try to hug him.
Annabeth pulled back from Tyson and looked at the three of them. "How are you guys here? We thought you were still lost in the Maze."
Grover nodded. "We were still in the maze, up until about half an hour ago."
"How did you guys get out? When we were in there we couldn't navigate it to save our lives." Annabeth said.
Grover nodded again. "We were rescued. They had a guide with them that was capable of navigating the Labyrinth. They led us to an entrance that came out in Times Square. They told us about the attack on the camp and gave us the means to get back here quickly."
Annabeth was confused now. "Who found you and led you out of the Maze?"
"It was-"Grover was cut off by Tyson, who smacked him on the shoulder and shook his head. Grover sighed before turning back to Annabeth. "We can't tell you."
Chiron and Annabeth frowned at hearing this. "Why can't you tell us."
"They said that it wouldn't be a good idea." Grover responded. "That they needed to do something first. Speaking of which." Grover turned to Chiron. "They sent us with a message Chiron."
Chiron raised his eyebrow. "What is their message?"
"That backup is on the way." Grover responded.
Chiron nodded his head slowly. "Every well then. Most of our defenders are already in place. Come!"
"Wait a moment," Silenus demanded. What of the search for Pan? You are almost three weeks overdue, Grover Underwood! Your searchers license is revoked!"
Grover took a deep breath. He stood up straight and looked Silenus in the eye. "Searcher's licenses don't matter any more. The great god Pan is dead. He has passed on and left us his spirit."
"What?" Silenus's face turned bright red. "Sacrilege and lies! Grover Underwood, I will have you exiled for speaking thus!"
"It's true," Nico spoke for the first time. "We were there when he died. All of us."
"Impossible! You are all liars! Nature-destroyers!"
Chiron studied Grover's face. "We will speak of this later."
"We will speak of it now!" Silenus said. "We must deal with this—"
"Silenus," Chiron cut in. "My camp is under attack. The matter of Pan has waited two thousand years. I fear it will have to wait a bit longer. Assuming we are still here this evening."
And on that happy note, he readied his bow and galloped toward the woods, leaving the rest to follow as best they could.
Percy's True Power
It was the biggest military operation they'd ever seen at camp. Everyone was at the clearing, dressed in full battle armor, but this time it wasn't for capture the flag. The Hephaestus cabin had set up traps around the entrance to the Labyrinth—razor wire, pits filled with pots of Greek fire, rows of sharpened sticks to deflect a charge. Beckendorf was manning two catapults the size of pickup trucks, already primed and aimed at Zeus's Fist. The Ares cabin was on the front line, drilling in phalanx formation with Clarisse calling orders. Apollo's and Hermes's cabins were scattered in the woods with bows ready. Many had taken up positions in the trees. Even the dryads were armed with bows, and the satyrs trotted around with wooden cudgels and shields made of rough tree bark.
Annabeth saw that her brethren from the Athena cabin, had set up a command tent and were directing operations. A gray banner with an owl fluttered outside the tent. The security chief, Argus, stood guard at the door. Aphrodite's children were running around straightening everybody's armor and offering to comb the tangles out of their horsehair plumes. Even Dionysus's kids had found something to do. The god himself was still nowhere to be seen, but his two blond twin sons were running around providing all the sweaty warriors with water bottles and juice boxes.
It looked like a pretty good setup, but Chiron muttered next to Annabeth. "It isn't enough."
Over at the edge of the clearing, Grover was talking to Juniper. She held his hands while he told her his story. Green tears formed in her eyes as he delivered the news about Pan.
Tyson helped the Hephaestus kids prepare the defenses. He picked up boulders and piled them next to the catapults for firing.
A clap of thunder was heard overhead. Annabeth looked up and saw thunderclouds forming overhead. A few bolts of lightning danced across the sky. She wasn't certain, but she thought she saw a funnel cloud or two beginning to form. Chiron also looked up at the clouds.
"Hmm. Perhaps the gods will assist us in our battle today. Let us hope that this will up our chances at victory." He said hopefully.
Annabeth hung her head. "If we had Percy, we would have a better chance." She looked to Chiron. "I don't think we are going to survive this Chiron. Not by our selves."
Chiron ran his fingers along his bowstring. "I know child. But Grover said that we have reinforcements on the way. We must hold hope that they will be enough to assist us in our battle."
"How many monsters do you think will be in the attack?" Annabeth asked, knowing the answer wasn't a good one.
Chiron's face became dark. "A few thousand at best. Tens of thousands at worst."
"I was hoping you wouldn't say that." Annabeth said.
"Child, we must. . ." His voice wavered. The ground beneath them was shaking.
Everyone in the clearing stopped what they were doing. Clarisse barked a single order: "Lock shields!"
Then the Titan lord's army exploded from the Labyrinth.
Percy's True Power
Annabeth had been in fights before, but this was a full-scale battle. The first thing she saw were a dozen Laistrygonian giants erupting from the ground, yelling so loudly her ears felt like bursting. They carried shields made from flattened cars, and clubs that were tree trunks with rusty spikes bristling at the end. One of the giants bellowed at the Ares phalanx, smashed it sideways with his club, and the entire cabin was thrown aside, a dozen warriors tossed to the wind like rag dolls.
"Fire!" Beckendorf yelled. The catapults swung into action. Two boulders hurtled toward the giants. One deflected off a car shield with hardly a dent, but the other caught a Laistrygonian in the chest, and the giant went down. Apollo's archers fired a volley, dozens of arrows sticking in the thick armor of the giants like
porcupine quills. Several found chinks in armor, and some of the giants vaporized at the touch of celestial bronze.
But just when it looked like the Laistrygonians were about to get overwhelmed, the next wave surged out of the maze: thirty, maybe forty dracaenae in full battle armor, wielding spears and nets. They dispersed in all directions. Some hit the traps the Hephaestus cabin had laid. One got struck on the spikes and became an easy target for archers. Another triggered a trip wire, and pots of Greek fire exploded into
green flames, engulfing several of the snake women. But many more kept coming. Argus and Athena's warriors rushed forward to meet them. Nearby, Tyson was riding a giant. Somehow he'd managed to climb onto the giant's back and was hitting him on the head with a bronze shield— BONG! BONG! BONG!
Chiron calmly aimed arrow after arrow, taking down a monster with every shot. But more enemies just kept climbing out of the maze. Finally a hellhound—not Mrs. O'Leary—leaped out of the tunnel and barreled straight toward the satyrs.
"GO," Chiron yelled at Annabeth. "Help your brethren."
She drew a sword and charged.
As she raced across the battlefield, she saw horrible things. An enemy half-blood was fighting with a son of Dionysus, but it wasn't much of a contest. The enemy stabbed him in the arm then clubbed him over the head with the butt of his sword, and Dionysus's son went down. Another enemy warrior shot flaming arrows into the trees, sending the archers and dryads into a panic.
A dozen dracaenae suddenly broke away from the main fight and slithered down the path that led toward camp, like they knew where they were going. If they got out, they could burn down the entire place, completely unopposed.
The only person anywhere near was Nico di Angelo. He stabbed a telekhine , and his black Stygian blade absorbed the monster's essence, drinking its energy until there was nothing left but dust.
"Nico!" she yelled.
He looked where she was pointing, saw the serpent women, and immediately understood.
He took a deep breath and held out his black sword. "Serve me," he called.
The earth trembled. A fissure opened in front of the dracaenae , and a dozen undead warriors crawled from the earth—horrible corpses in military uniforms from all different time periods—U.S. Revolutionaries, Roman centurions, and Napoleonic cavalry on skeletal horses. As one, they drew their swords and engaged the dracaenae . Nico crumpled to his knees, but she didn't have time to make sure he was okay.
Just when it seemed like the battle had balanced out again—like they might stand a chance—an unearthly shriek echoed out of the Labyrinth, a sound Annabeth had heard before.
Kampê shot into the sky, her bat wings fully extended. She landed on the top of Zeus's Fist and surveyed the carnage. Her face was filled with evil glee. The mutant animal heads growled at her waist. Snakes hissed and swirled around her legs. In her right hand she held a glittering ball of thread—Ariadne's string?—but she popped it into a lion's mouth at her waist and drew her curved swords. The
blades glowed green with poison. Kampê screeched in triumph, and some of the campers screamed.
Others tried to run and got trampled by hellhounds or giants.
"Di Immortals!" Chiron yelled. He quickly aimed an arrow, but Kampê seemed to sense his presence. She took flight with amazing speed, and Chiron's arrow whizzed harmlessly past her head.
Tyson untangled himself from the giant whom he'd pummeled into unconsciousness. He ran at our lines, shouting, "Stand Do not run from her! Fight!"
But then a hellhound leaped on him, and Tyson and the hound went rolling away.
Annabeth then saw Clarisse being overwhelmed by a group of dracaenae. She was pushed to the ground, she managed to get her shield up to protect her body, but the dracaenae were banging on it with their weapons. She would be killed sooner or later.
Annabeth heard Beckendorf yelling. She looked in his direction saw that he was in the same situation as Clarisse, only he was being over run by a pack of Hellhounds.
"There's to many of them." He yelled out.
And that's when it started. (And cue Avengers theme)
The air filled with the smell of sea salt. That was the first thing to cause Annabeth to pause. Usually you could only smell strawberries at camp. How could she be smelling the sea, when she was nowhere near it?
Then the earth started to shake violently. She looked around and noticed something strange. The ground was shaking more violently near the monsters 'side' of the clearing causing some weaker monster to turn to dust and the stronger ones to completely lose their balance and fall. She looked to her allies 'side' of the clearing and saw the opposite. The campers side was shaking, but they were only wobbling mildly. Nowhere near as bad as the enemies side.
A loud clap of thunder was heard overhead. She looked up just in time to see a bolt of lightning blast Kampê out of the sky. The winged monster crash-landed somewhere in the forest. More lightning bolts rained down from the heavens, destroying dozens of monsters. The wind picked up and pushed the monsters that were starting to stand, back to the ground. Annabeth looked up and was shocked at what she saw. A miniature hurricane was formed above them, and the eye was directly above the camps side of the clearing.
The fire from the traps suddenly rose thirty feet in the air. The heat burning and dissolving any monster that came close.
That was when Annabeth felt it. Something powerful was near. It was so strong, it made her tremble in awe and fear. But for some reason, it also felt familiar.
Then out of nowhere, a tornado formed and landed fifty feet in front of her, causing the monsters to stop advancing. The tornado was small, probably an EF1, thought Annabeth. It had lightning crackling all along its length. Annabeth noticed something else. The immense power she felt was now in front of her.
Then something flew out of the tornado. It was spinning fast, but just slow enough for Annabeth to see what it was. It was a, trident? The trident was golden and arcs of lightning were jumping off it.
The trident flew past her, cutting through monsters in its path and electrocuting any monster that was in radius of the lightning. The trident flew towards Clarisse and cut through the group of dracaenae that was beating on her shield. the trident then flew towards Beckendorf, cutting through the pack of Hellhounds that were on top of him.
The trident then flew in a wide arc, destroying every monster that the campers were currently fighting. As the last monster was destroyed, the trident flew back to the tornado, which was starting to dissipate. As it was dissipating, Annabeth could see a figure starting to emerge. As the tornado disappeared, the trident flew into the hand of the person in the tornado. Annabeth looked up to see this persons face, when her heart stopped and her blood froze. Her eyes widened in shock, disbelief, but most of all, hope.
"P-P-Pe- Percy?" she whispered in disbelief.
Had she been looking, she would have seen the reactions of the other campers.
Clarisse's eyes widened and her jaw dropped in shock. Beckendorf was looking at Percy in disbelief. The Stoll brothers started grinning like idiots. Katie Gardner was smiling happily. Grover was shocked at the display, but was also grinning. Chiron was looking at Percy in shock, but you could see a tear flow down his face as he smiled. Tyson was the only one who wasn't surprised by Percy's display.
Tyson grinned and yelled at the enemy. "Ahah. You guys are so screwed now!"
But Annabeth only had eyes for Percy. She looked at him and was shocked to see that he looked different than how she remembered. He used to be somewhat lanky with only a few hints of muscle. Now though, she could see that he was more filled out, and that he had much more muscular. Not disgustingly muscular, but just the right amount. He stood with more confidence and grace than she had ever seen before. Lightning was arcing all across his body. He seemed to radiate power and leadership. The trident he held was golden and the head of it was covered in what looked like blue flames. Annabeth looked back up at his face. The face that used to always have a kind expression on it, the face she grew to love, now held only anger. His eyes that were always a soft sea green, now were glowing with power and rage. It didn't take a genius like her to figure out the obvious.
Percy was pissed.
Percy started to walk forward before it turned into a run, lightning dancing off his skin and striking the ground, all the while he yelled, "Bring me KRONOS!"
Percy jumped high into the air. Lightning arced from the sky and struck his body. He drew back his trident and struck the ground with the head as hard as he could. Cracks filled with lightning formed from where he impacted the ground as lightning struck some surrounding monsters, and the force of his strike caused every monster in a 100 foot radius to be instantly destroyed, leaving behind clouds of golden dust.
Percy's True Power
AN: And I think that that is a good stopping point for today's chapter. And yes, I did get inspiration from Avengers Infinity War. I just thought that it fit my story really well. I do hope that you all enjoy it and please, leave a review it helps me further my writing skills, which in turn gives you all a better story.