Well I'm back! Thanks so much for all the positive reviews and I'm sorry that it made you cry. Trust me when I re-read it I was in tears too…

If you guys want me to do the entire book I could probably do that. If I do that, then I'll just keep this up but I'll probably start a new story, with a different story line then them just getting a random packet of chapters.

Or if you guys just want specific parts than I can do that. If so which ones? (I'm already thinking about the one with Jason and Percy's fight and then the chapter after that)

On to the story!

For once it was almost silent in the Olympian throne room.

Zeus was about to speak up when another flash of little appeared next to Hestia's Hearth. Hestia wiped her tears, cleared her throat and read aloud,

"The Last Chapter of the Mark of Athena:

Chapter 52: Leo."

Hephaestus looked up as Hera asked, "Should we read it?"

"Of course we should read it, it's about my son!" He said with a hint of pride.

Ares rolled his eyes, "Boring…"

Hephaestus glared at his brother before he could say anything back Zeus interrupted, "That's enough, it has been sent by the Fates so we will read it. Hephaestus since it's about your son you will read it."

Hestia handed it to the God or Forges and he nodded thanks, he cleared his throat and began to read.

LEO WAS STILL IN SHOCK.

Everything had happen so quickly. They had secured grappling lines to the Athena Parthenos just as the floor gave way, and the final columns of webbing snapped.

"Well…at least they got your Parthenos…" Demeter said trying to optimistic; Athena didn't even smile at the thought of her statue.

Jason and Frank dove down to save the others, but they'd only found Nico and Hazel hanging from the rope ladder.

Poseidon and Athena winced.

Percy and Annabeth were gone.

Athena stood her face still read and puffy, "I am not going to listen to this anymore…" she said quietly then disappeared into the light.

Hera sighed thinking, there's only so much a parent can take…

"Read on Hephaestus…" Zeus said quietly.

The pit to Tartarus had been buried under several tons of debris.

"Just perfect…" Poseidon mumbled to himself.

Leo pulled the Argo II out of the cavern seconds before the entire place imploded, taking the rest of the parking lot with it.

"I'd pay to see the mortals face…" Apollo quietly joked to Hermes.

Artemis glared at them.

The Argo II was now parked on a hill overlooking the city. Jason, Hazel and Frank had returned to the scene of the catastrophe, hoping to dig through the rubble and find a way to save Percy and Annabeth,

Most of the Gods silently prayed that it found them.

but they'd come back demoralized.

Poseidon slumped, he was completely defeated. He believed in his son and Athena's daughter but he loved them both. The thought of them running around in the deepest part of hell finally hit him.

Hestia, took his hand and tried to comfort him.

The cavern was simply gone. The scene was swarming with police and rescue workers.

"Hopefully no mortals were harmed…" Persephone whispered quietly, holding Hades' hand. Demeter glance noticed and narrowed her eyes at Hades.

No mortals had been hurt,

Persephone smiled sadly.

but the Italians would be scratching their heads for months, wondering how a massive sinkhole had open right in the middle of a parking lot and swallowed a dozen perfectly good cars.

Hermes and Apollo smirked while Hephaestus looked a little horrified, "Those poor machines!"

Ares rolled his eyes, "Geek…"

"Moron…" Hephaestus said quietly than read on.

Dazed with grief, Leo and the others carefully loaded the Athena Parthenos into the hold, using the ship's hydraulic winches

Hephaestus smiled, "I do love some good hydraulic winches…"

"How do you expect me not to make fun of you?" Ares asked.

with an assist from Frank Zhang, part-time elephant.

"I knew that name sounded familiar…" Poseidon said quietly.

The statue just fit, though what they were going to do with it, Leo had no idea.

Coach Hedge was too miserable to help. He kept pacing the deck with tears in his eyes, pulling at his goatee and slapping the side of his head,

"The poor guy…" Aphrodite said sadly, "I hope I gave him a nice girlfriend to comfort him."

muttering, "I should have saved them! I should have blown up more stuff!"

"How would blowing stuff up help?" Hermes asked and no one answered.

Finally Leo told him to go below decks and secure everything for departure. He wasn't doing any good beating himself up.

The six demigods gathered on the quarterdeck and gazed at the distant column of dust still rising from the site of the implosion.

Leo rested his head on the Archimedes sphere,

Hephaestus beamed with pride, "Archimedes? My son got Archimedes sphere?! Archimedes was an amazing inventor, engineer, astronomer and—?"

"Would you stop geeking out?!" Ares shouted.

Hephaestus glared but Aphrodite just gushed, "I do love it when he fan-boys like that."

Everyone stared at Aphrodite but Hephaestus just read on.

which now sat on the helm, ready to be installed. He should have been excited. It was the biggest discovery of his life—even bigger than Bunker 9.

He found Bunker 9? Hephaestus thought likely Leo more and more.

If he could decipher Archimedes' scrolls, he could do amazing things. He hardly dared to hope, but he might even be able to build a new control disk for a certain dragon friend of his.

"Festus…" Hephaestus mumbled thinking of his other son Charles Beckendorf.

Still, the price had been too high.

Poseidon sighed as Hestia squeezed his hand.

He could almost hear Nemesis laughing. I told you we could do business, Leo Valdez.

He had opened the fortune cookie.

He'd gotten the access code for the sphere and saved Frank and Hazel. But the sacrifice had been Percy and Annabeth. Leo was sure of it.

"Stupid fortune cookie…" Apollo mumbled.

"It's my fault," he said miserably.

The others stared at him. Only Hazel seemed to understand. She'd been with him at the Great Salt Lake.

Aphrodite smiled, "Oh, they were there together…" she looked at her husband, "alone?" then at Hades.

Both Gods look at each other than shuddered.

"No," she insisted. "No, this is Gaea's fault. It had nothing to do with you"

Everyone agreed.

Leo wanted to believe that, but he couldn't. They'd started this voyage with Leo messing up, firing on New Rome.

The Gods changed into their Roman forms for a moment.

Jupiter angrily banged his fist against the arm of his throne, "What?! The Son of Vulcan fired on New Rome?!"

Vulcan quickly began to read.

They'd ended in old Rome with Leo break a cookie and paying a price much than an eye.

The Gods back in their Greek forms and winced thinking about Ethan Nakamura.

"Leo, listen to me." Hazel gripped his hand. "I won't allow you to take the blame. I couldn't beat that after—after Sammy…"

"Who's Sammy?" Aphrodite asked and thought, a possible love triangle?

"That was Esperanza's grandfather's name and her father's name…" Hephaestus said quietly, thinking of her.

Aphrodite almost cringed hearing that name; the jealous goddess leaned closer to Ares.

Their relationship was complicated to say the least…

She chocked up, but Leo knew what she meant. His bisabuelo had blamed himself for Hazel's disappearance. Sammy had lived a good life, but he'd gone to his grave believing that he'd spent a cursed diamond and doomed the girl he loved.

"How sad…" some of the Goddess said, Aphrodite didn't take notice, she continued to flirt with the God of War.

Hephaestus sighed and continued to read.

Leo didn't want to make Hazel miserable all over again, but this was different. True success requires sacrifice. Leo had chosen to break the cookie. Percy and Annabeth had fallen into Tartarus. That couldn't be a coincidence.

The God of the ocean rubbed his forehead, "I don't like the sound of that…"

Nico di Angelo shuffled over, leaning on his black sword. "Leo, they're not dead. If they were, I could feel it."

Hestia smiled softly at Poseidon, "They're alive so that's good…"

"How could you be sure?" Leo asked. "If that pit really led to…you know…how could you sense them so far away?"

"They can't be one hundred percent sure, but they'll know when it happens…" Hades said quietly getting more nasty looks from Demeter.

She could have done better… Demeter thought.

Nico and Hazel shared a look, maybe comparing notes on their Hades/Pluto death radar.

The God of the Underworld rubbed his forehead flashing from Hades to Pluto back to Hades.

Leo shivered. Hazel had never seemed like a child of the Underworld to him, but Nico di Angelo—that guy was creepy.

Apollo and Hermes glanced at Hades, "Like father like son…" the mumbled.

"We can't be one hundred percent sure," Hazel admitted. "But I think Nico is right. Percy and Annabeth are still alive…at least, so far."

"So far…" Poseidon repeated.

Jason pounded his fist against the rail. "I should've been paying attention. I could have flown down and saved them."

"Me too," Frank moaned. The big dude looked on the verge of tears.

"Even if they had notice it was already too late…" Poseidon mumbled and then finally stood up, "I must go my kingdom needs me."

Everyone watched as he disappeared.

Hestia looked over to Hera and Demeter, "I will talk to him after this…"

They both nodded, knowing their brother he needed time.

Piper put her hand on Jason's back. "It's not your fault, either of you. You were trying to save the statue."

"She's right," Nico said. "Even if the pit hadn't been buried, you couldn't have flown into it without being pulled down. I'm the only one who has actually been into Tartarus.

Hades winced, that's what happened…

It's impossible to describe how powerful that place is. Once you get close, it sucks you in. I never stood a chance."

Frank sniffled. "Then Percy and Annabeth don't stand a chance either?"

"No…" Zeus began, "Poseidon is…right…they are very powerful demi-gods." He said it as if it hurt but everyone in the room agreed.

Nico twisted his silver skull ring. "Percy is the most powerful demi-god I've ever met. No offense to you guys, but it's true. If anybody can survive, he will, especially if he's got Annabeth at his side. They're going to find a way through Tartarus."

Jason turned. "To the Doors of Death, you mean. But you told us it's guarded by Gaea's most powerful forces. How could two demigods possibly—?"

"They are powerful…" Hades admitted and everyone stared. "What? I still can't stand them but they are powerful little brats…"

"I don't know," Nico admitted. "But Percy told me to lead you guys to Epirus, to the mortal side of the doorway. He's planning on meeting us there. If we can survive the House of Hades, fight out way through Gaea's forces, then maybe we can work together with Percy and Annabeth and seal the Doors of Death from both sides."

"And get Percy and Annabeth back safely?" Leo asked.

Everyone looked at the packet of papers hopefully.

"Maybe."

Their hope died down a bit.

Leo didn't like the way Nico said that, as if he wasn't sharing all his doubts. Besides, Leo knew something about locks and doors. If the Doors of Death needed to be sealed from both sides, how could they do that unless someone stayed in the Underworld, trapped?

"You're son is such an optimist…" Apollo said sarcastically to Hephaestus.

Nico took a deep breath. "I don't know how they'll manage it, but Percy and Annabeth will find a way. They'll journey through Tartarus and find the Doors of Death. When they do, we have to be ready."

"It won't be easy," Hazel said. "Gaea will throw everything she's got at us to keep us from reaching Epirus."

"What else is new?" Jason sighed.

Piper nodded. "We've got now choice. We have to steal the Doors of Death before we can stop the giants from raising Gaea. Otherwise her armies will never die. And we've got to hurry. The Romans are in New York. Soon, they'll be marching on Camp Half-Blood."

"Yes, keep up those happy thoughts…" Hermes said grinning.

Artemis rolled her eyes, "Would you guys shut up? This is serious!"

"Seriously boring…" Ares said. "It's all about Hephaestus nerdy son…"

"My son is not nerdy!"

"Boy that's enough!" Hera said sternly.

Hephaestus and Ares both grumbled.

"We've got one month at best," Jason added. "Ephialtes said Gaea would awaken in exactly one month."

Leo straightened. "We can do it."

"Whoa…this kid is actually being positive…talk about a plot twist…" Hermes joked.

Everyone stared at him.

"The Archimedes sphere can upgrade the ship," he said, hoping he was right. "I'm going to study those ancient scrolls we got. There's got to be all kinds of new weapons I can make. We're going to hit Gaea's armies with a whole new arsenal of hurt."

The God of Forges was grinning from ear to ear while reading this.

At the prow of the ship, Festus creaked his jaw and blew fire defiantly.

"I thought…" Hephaestus began but shook his head, "We'll figure that out later…"

Jason managed a smile. He clapped Leo on the shoulder.

"Sounds like a plan, Admiral. You want to set the course?"

They kidded him, calling him Admiral, but for once Leo accepted the title. This was his ship. He hadn't come this far to be stopped.

"That's my boy!" Hephaestus proudly said.

They would find this House of Hades. They'd take the Doors of Death. And by the gods, if Leo had to design a grabber arm long enough to snatch Percy and Annabeth out of Tartarus, then that's what he would do.

Everyone stared at Hephaestus who was still beaming with pride.

"I don't think your son is all there…" Zeus slowly said.

Nemesis wanted him to wreak vengeance on Gaea? Leo would be happy to oblige. He was going to make Gaea sorry she had ever messed with Leo Valdez.

"Yeah." He took one last look at the cityscape of Rome, turning blood red in the sunset. "Festus, raise the sails. We've got some friends to save."

"That's the end of it…." Hephaestus said getting up from his throne. "I'm getting back to my forges my son is giving me some amazing ideas…"

Aphrodite watched her husband leave, his stupid work is more important than me…

Hestia stood up as well, "and I will talk to Poseidon."

Well that's the end of it, review please and thanks for reading :)