A/N: Um, shhh . . . .

Chapter 1

Percy's POV

As the battle raged on in the sacred grounds of Greece, I tried to stay focused in keeping myself alive. Riptide was being a weapon of mass destruction as I slashed and hacked at monsters without mercy, and certainly without pleasure. I slaughtered monster after monster and still, they seemed endless. The demigods of Rome and Greece weren't doing too badly either. They managed to hold off on their own against the horde of monsters that was enough to wet anyone's pants.

I've seen many of my friends fall in battle, but I have no time to be mourning for their deaths with all the battle raging around me. Among the fallen are the Stolls, Clarisse, Katie and both Leo and Frank who died when the Argo II crashed before even arriving here.

"Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth shouted somewhere to my right. I glanced over to see her slicing her ivory sword, making her way towards me. We stood with our backs against each other. "Just like old times, huh?"

"You're being nostalgic," I said as I slashed at the snout of a hellhound. "Besides, this is way more fun than the last war,"

"Fun and dangerous," Annabeth agreed. "Duck!" She shouted. I ducked as her sword swung over me, slicing a dracaenae in half.

"I love you," I said. I don't know if we'll survive this battle or not, but if we didn't, I wanted her to know that.

"Now's not the time, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth said as he stabbed a Cyclops in the gut. "But I love you too,"

The battle raged on for what seemed like hours. The really annoying thing was that the gods didn't help. Not even a single one of them lent a helping hand. Not even my father. In anger, I stomped my feet as hard as I could, using my power as the son of the Earthshaker. The ground shook violently and the earth starts to split open, swallowing monsters and bringing them into the heart of the Earth. From the earth, I pulled out the currents of water that was flowing deep inside in the earth.

I'd only pulled off this trick once in Mount St Helens and I wasn't eager to try it out again. Why? Because the first time I tried it, I almost woke up the Father of Monsters, Typhon himself.

By the way, he's a charming fellow, that guy.

I dug deep and felt an intense pull in my gut. Soon, a torrent of water sprung out of the crevice that I just made. I swept my hand over the battlefield, sweeping the monsters off of their feet.

"Jason!" I shouted, hoping he would hear me. I could see him just at the corner of my eye, floating in the air with his power over the wind. He nodded and struck the enemy with a bolt of massive lightning.

At the other side of the battlefield, I heard Reyna shouting as she lifted the legion standards, the golden eagle. "Twelfth Legion Fulminata!" She said it with such ferocity and confidence that our allies' actually rallied and shouted as one, as the golden eagle shot chains of lightning which bounced from monster to monster. Thanks to the water magic I did earlier, the lightning bounced easier, along with Jason's lightning. Monsters were getting disintegrated left right and center at a rapid pace, but it was still not enough to make a dent in the enemy forces.

Then, our troubles increased.

From the earth, erupted an ungodly roar and the ground cracked. Everyone turned their attention at the center of the battlefield, including me. The earth exploded open, revealing Porphyrion with his brethren of earth giants and his band of world-wreckers.

"Fear me!" Porphyrion bellowed. "For I will destroy Olympus and wake Mother Earth!"

Surely, the Olympians must come now, right? A tidal wave? A massive thunder? Anything?

Nothing? Well, fuck you too then.

I moved forward, slashing at the monsters that were on my way. I ducked under the swing of the club of a Cyclops then rolled sideways, evading a dracaenae's weighed net. I sliced off the Cyclops's knee and stabbed the dracaenae in the gut. My reflexes were working overtime and for the first time since a while, my ADHD is keeping my alive. The constant clangs of metal and roars of monsters kept ringing in my ear. I slashed at the ribcage of another hellhound as I kicked another Cyclops in the nose and followed up with a stab at the back of its knee.

The Gigantes were making themselves useful as they stepped on their smaller enemies, which happen to be my friends. Although I want nothing more than to drive my blade down their throats, I knew that would be suicide. The Gigantes couldn't be defeated, not without the help of the gods. The battle raged on all around me as my vision turned red. I don't know if I was hallucinating or not, but if I was, I was going to need some help.

"They're endless," I muttered to myself.

"As if we need more problems right now," Piper muttered next to me. I didn't realize she was there.

"Having fun, Pipes?" I grinned as I panted heavily. Piper grinned back.

"Are you kidding me? In the brink of death, facing another impossible obstacle, fighting for my life, I couldn't be having more fun than I have now," Piper managed.

"I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not," Jason said next to me. "But if you are, than I agree with you."

"Percy!" I saw Annabeth running towards me. "Hazel's dead,"

I gritted my teeth. I can barely control my anger at this point. I know that all of us were at our breaking point. We've been pushed out to beyond our limits. My friends are dying, the enemies are overwhelming, the giants are killing my friends and the gods are not even helping us.

This was as far as it goes.

"I'll kill Gaia with my bare hands," I growled. "I don't care how, but I will kill her." I gripped the blade of my sword and slid my hand slightly, cutting myself.

"Percy, what are you doing?" Jason asked.

"Hazel's blood has already been spilt," I muttered. "Let Mother Earth taste my blood as well," I dipped my hand over as a drop of my blood poured down and dropped to the Earth.

"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Jason asked, gripping his gladius tighter.

"I'm going to kill Gaia, with or without help," I said, standing with my decision.

"We'll stand with you," Piper said. Jason nodded as well.

"Let's go kill us an earth goddess," Annabeth smirked. Seconds later, the ground rumbled violently. The most massive earthquake was occurring here, in Greece. It was stronger than any other that my dad had ever conjured up, and he is the Earthshaker. A womanly laugh erupted from the ground, as if the earth itself was laughing, which is kind of true.

Percy Jackson, Gaia said. Never would I think that you would change sides at the last minute.

"I didn't," I shouted to the earth. "I wake you up so just I could kill you myself,"

Gaia laughed again. Then, at the far distance up on a singular hill at the foot of Mount Olympus, a figure rose from the earth, towering up to forty feet tall. She had black hair, a somehow brownish complexion, matching the dirt completely and a serene smile, which twisted into an evil grin as soon as she saw us. Her green dress was made out of something that looked like the earth's very energy.

If I didn't know that the bitch was Gaia, I would've thought that she was Hera, which was equally bad.

"At last, we meet," Gaia bellowed. Surprisingly, her forces retreated, leaving us behind. I looked over to my side of that battlefield and I didn't enjoy what I was seeing. Out of the hundreds of demigods, both Roman and Greek, that came marching into battle, now it looked like only a few dozens were spared.

"Oh gods . . ." Piper muttered. Everyone was shell shocked at this point, but we don't have the time for grief now. The Earth herself, Gaia, has risen, and it's up to us to face it. I mustered every single of our forces and stood in front of the thousands of monsters that stood in front of us. Along with the survivors were us, Reyna, Thalia, some Roman and Greek campers, a few nature spirits and a few of the hunters of Artemis. There' couldn't be more than seventy of us, but it didn't matter. We looked weak that moment but at the time, we looked like the line of the bravest and the strongest demigods ever.

"So, it's just us," Reyna grimaced.

"What will you do now, demigods?" Gaia mused. "The Olympians haven't come to your aide, your forces are reduced to nothing and your only hope of survival is to surrender."

"What's it going to be, mortals?" Porphyrion bellowed, victory was obviously in his hands.

"Guys, I don't want to be insensitive or sentimental," I gripped Riptide tighter. "But it's been an honor fighting with you guys,"

Jason actually smirked. "Never fail to put a smile on our faces," Jason said as he tapped his sword with mine. "That's Percy for you."

"As a Roman," Reyna said with a smile etched in her face. "It was a privilege fighting with you guys,"

I stepped forward. "WE WILL FIGHT!" I shouted at Gaia. "WE WILL NOT SURRENDER!"

"Such brave efforts," Gaia said almost sympathetically. "Alas, to no avail,"

"YOU WANT SOME?" Jason shouted next to me. "COME GET SOME!"

"WE'LL TAKE YOU ON!" I shouted defiantly. The monsters roared in a mixture of disbelief and anger that they were challenged like that by a group of puny demigods.

"I've been meaning to ask you this," Annabeth muttered to Reyna. "But where's Nico?"

Suddenly, something appeared next to us. On cue, Nico popped out of the shadows panting. "Sorry, I was a bit late,"

"A bit late?" Piper stared at him incredulously.

"I was going back and forth, trying to get my dad to help out, but he locked himself in the palace and won't let me in," Nico said. "So, I decided this."

"What?" Jason asked.

"You know what, fuck the Ancient Laws." Nico said. He had his Stygian Iron sword at one hand, and the Diocletian scepter on the other. He smacked the scepter onto the ground. At first, nothing happened.

"That was anti-climatic," Annabeth grumbled. But then, the winds picked up and rippled across the battlefield. Gaia had a frown on her face while the monsters were getting restless. "What's going on?"

"All hell breaks loose," Nico muttered.

In the center of the battlefield, where the empty ground stood between us and the enemy, were thousands of humanoid figures, all armed and ready. They all looked alive and well instead of being ghostly like I would expect.

"What the-" I stared at Nico.

"I broke the Ancient Laws," Nico said. "These guys are from the Underworld. They're from Elysium, Asphodel, Fields of Punishment and several other places that I would not rather mention. I offered them one more chance to prove themselves in battle, and they will be re-judged by the time they return to the Underworld."

"That means . . ."

Nico nodded. "Luke, Beckendorf, Silena and everyone else is here. The ones that are in Elysium will stay in Elysium, so don't worry."

Porphyrion laughed, which caught all our attention. "You think an army of puny ghosts will stop us?" He bellowed. "You don't have a god on your side. We can't be stopped!"

Gaia regained her composure and stared at us with her earthly eyes (what does that mean?). "Your efforts are brave, but useless," Gaia said again. "Surrender now and I will spare your lives."

"Not in a million years," I said. Nico handed me the Diocletian scepter and nodded to me.

"You're our leader," Nico said. "They will listen to you. Lead us, Percy."

I nodded. I took a deep breath and stared at Gaia. "CHARGE!" I shouted.

That time, all Hades definitely broke loose.

The army of the Underworld clashed with the enemy forces, which creates a beautiful kind of chaos. For the first time since this battle started, the tides looked even.

Then, thunder rumbled in the distance and the earth shook violently. I thought it was Gaia again, making another earthquake, but she looked confused as well.

"STRIKE FOR OLYMPUS!" A godly voice roared. From the skies, massive lightning struck everywhere, disintegrating the bigger monsters. Descending from the clouds were the Olympians, all golden in color and radiated an aura of pure power. They rode their chariots, weapons at the ready and struck down every enemy they encountered. A look of disbelief was evident on the faces of the enemies. My friends and I marched forward with renewed force. We kept our line and marched through the enemy lines, slashing and hacking at the enemy. We were a line of pure destruction as we made our way towards Gaia.

Then, Porphyrion stood in front of us, blocking our path to Gaia.

"This is as far as you go, demigods." Porphyrion growled, his confident voice now missing.

"Go ahead, Percy," Jason said. "We'll take care of the Giants. Go kick Gaia's ass for me,"

I looked at the others to see them looking at me, letting me carrying their hope. They were counting on me to end this once and for all, to lead them to victory.

And I will not let them down. "See you when this is over," I said. Jason grinned as he struck Porphyrion first, followed by the others while I slipped past him and went straight towards Gaia.

"Ah, Perseus Jackson," Gaia said. "You never fail to amaze me,"

"I've beaten your son," I said with every bit of confidence that I could muster. "And now, I will beat you," Gaia smirked as she thrusts her hand at me. Earthen tendrils sprouted from her body and made their way towards me. I rolled out of the way and ducked under the tendrils, dodging everything.

Behind me, the battle raged on as I could hear the defiant roars of the enemy forces being defeated. Gaia's frown increased when her attacks never met me. I tried running forward, but one of the tendrils managed to strike me in the tight, piercing through the other side. I screamed in pain as the tendril got deeper and started to rotate inside my flesh, making it more and more painful. I somehow found the strength to slice the tendril off of my leg and pull it out with excruciating pain.

Gaia laughed. "How much suffering can you take young hero?" Gaia tried striking at me again and again, but each time she failed as I rolled out of the way. But then, she made a very quick tendril and at the time, I had nowhere to run to.

I guess this is it.

I closed my eyes as I waited for the impact to come, but it never did. I opened my eyes to see a barrier of black energy surrounding me and protecting me. Gaia growled.

"What is the meaning of this, sister?" Gaia growled.

Wait, sister?

Walking next to me, in a form which was as tall as me, was Nyx in a very different form. While the black dress, midnight hair and the celestial whip gave her out, her complexion changed. What was first a body consisting of stars, galaxies and everything else in the universe was now different, with the complexion of a normal human, but a bit pale.

If I didn't know that it was Nyx, I would've mistaken her for Artemis, without the auburn hair. "It's good to see you fully awake, sister,"

"Why are you interfering?"

Nyx glanced at me. "This young hero has my blessing. He has journeyed through the realm of our brother and survived, and even survived through my mansion." Then, she turned back towards Gaia. "Either you stand down, or face him with my blessing,"

Gaia gritted her teeth. "Go ahead, give him your powers. Even if his mortal body could handle the power, it wouldn't be enough to beat me. I am at my full power after thousands of years. I am unstoppable!"

"Shut up!" I roared. I struggled as I stand up with the pain burning in my leg. "I'm still going to bring you down, no matter what!"

"Admirable courage," Nyx said. "You would do well with my powers," Nyx touched my forehead with her index finger.

What I felt couldn't be described even if I tried it multiple times.

Imagine a stream of boiling Styx water being injected into your bloodstream and it moves a thousand times faster, injecting pain inside your body, every inch of it.

Then multiply that by fifty.

That's not even half the pain compared to receiving a blessing from a primordial. When the pain subsided and my vision cleared, I felt a rush of adrenaline course through my body. New found powers are circling inside me. Without even thinking, I instinctively used my new powers from Nyx and flew, leaving something that looked like a trail of black light as I flew. Gaia roared and tried attacking me, but I flew through her attacks swiftly. Then, I dove straight towards her, Riptide on the ready.

"You cannot beat me!" Gaia roared.

"JUST DIE!" I shouted and drove my sword straight into her forehead. At first, it felt like I hit a concrete wall as the pain jolt up through my body, all the way to my leg. I yelled in defiance and channeled all my power into this. Faces flooded my head. The faces of my friends who were killed in this war, my mother and stepfather, Paul, and the face of Annabeth popped into my mind one by one. The people who will die if I don't do this, the people that are counting on me.

With one last yell, black flames rolled over from my hand and travelled through Riptide and went towards Gaia's skin. Her skin cracked as Riptide pierced through it, and I came out from the other side of her head. After gaining so much momentum from that, I couldn't slow down my descent and crashed onto the ground hard.

Gaia didn't let out a single sound as she slowly crumbled back into dust.

She's going back to sleep.

My body was in so much pain that it wasn't even funny. I groaned in pain as I coughed up some blood. I relaxed my body, not caring if anyone came and stab me. "Nap time for you, bitch," I muttered to the earth. I heard the Olympians cheer as their enemies retreat after knowing Gaia had been defeated.

"Percy!" I heard Annabeth said but to me, it was like she was speaking underwater. My vision started to get fuzzy and my hearing was getting blurry. "Oh gods, are you okay?"

"I'm going to need a five-star treatment after this," I groaned. Annabeth cried out tears of joy and crashed her lips against mine. Even though I was in pain, I kissed her anyway. Our battle is finally over. Annabeth poured some nectar into my mouth. It instantly made me feel a bit better, but I still felt like I took a dip in boiling acid.

"Perseus Jackson," A female voice said behind me. Annabeth and I turned around to see Nyx there, standing in a normal form so that she wasn't covering the sun above us.

"Lady Night," I said. Although I wasn't a huge fan of her, I can't say no to her. She just helped me beat Gaia, although I don't know why.

"Nyx," Annabeth growled. "What are you doing here?" I put one hand on her shoulder, giving her a look that said, stand down, I got this. Annebeth looked reluctant, but she backed down anyway.

"I thank you for helping me in my battle against Gaia," I said towards her.

"While I don't fancy you two demigods for tricking me," Nyx said, talking about the little 'incident' back in Tartarus. "I must say you have earned my respect. Use my blessing wisely, Perseus. You might need it again," With that, she dissolved into her own shadow.

"What does she mean?" Annabeth asked.

"We'll talk later," I said, groaning at the pain in my body.

Then, I felt myself being transported away. Seconds later, I was back in Olympus, in the middle of the throne room. When I looked around, the previous group of demigods that was dozens in number had dropped down to a mere half a dozen. Nico, Reyna, Jason, Piper, Thalia, Annabeth and I are the only ones left from the war.

It was such a sad sight. The others were also holding back their sadness of their fallen comrades.

"Percy Jackson," Zeus announced. I looked around to see the Olympian councils staring at me. "You have done well in defeating Gaia. Something that hasn't been achieved by any mortal ever before."

The Olympians cheered, pounded their weapons together. Anger started to swell up in my chest. "For this, demigods," Hera said. "We will grant you a gift,"

"Fuck you and your gifts!" I shouted back, which was somehow a mistake because pain jolted up in my throat. My legs were shaky as I stand up and my whole body trembled.

"Excuse me?" Zeus asked, as if he had misheard.

Oh, he didn't.

"Where were you?" I glared at every single Olympians. The anger and sadness building up inside me was bursting open. "When we were there, in trouble and needed help, WHERE WERE YOU?!"

Surprisingly, the gods paled. "It was our strategy," Zeus said. "We were waiting for Gaia to show herself before we strike her down and-"

"That is bullshit!" I shouted back. "You could've helped! If you're giving me bullshit about some Ancient Law, then fuck you guys! Nico broke the Ancient Law because he has more guts than any of you combined!"

"How dare you raise your voice-" Hera tried but I cut her off.

"How dare me?" I asked incredulously. "How dare all of you cheered, when so many of our friends, which happens to be your fucking children, died!"

Then, Jason stepped forward. "I'm with Percy on this one," He said. "You Olympians don't deserve the victory."

"I stand by my friends in this one," Reyna said, followed by Piper, Nico and Thalia. All of us were beat up, tired and needed a shower but we didn't care.

"You dare to stand against the Olympian council?" Zeus bellowed.

"Make a move, and I swear on my life," I said, gripping Riptide tighter. "I will destroy anyone who tries to kill any of us." My friends had their weapons drawn. Annabeth laced her fingers with mine as we make a stand for what possibly could be our final fight.

"I want to ask you something, Athena," Annabeth said. "Did you think what you did was a wise choice? Letting your children die as they fight a war which was supposed to be fought by you?"

"I-It was a, um . . ."

"That's what I thought,"

I held Riptide in one hand and surprisingly, the Diocletian scepter in the other. "I have no quarrel against you," I announced. "But dare you show my face around any of us again, it won't be a pleasant encounter. Think about the great heroes you left to die in Greece. As if they wanted to die for Olympus. They died defending the world, not defend you."

"My son," Poseidon tried. "If you would just listen to-"

"No, dad," It sounded like the most disgusting word I ever said. "I will not listen and I will not stand by Olympus ever again. I will hide myself from the world, where you will not try to search for me. Even if you do, you won't find me."

"How dare you step away from Olympus!" Zeus rumbled. "Do you know who you're talking to?"

"The god of huge egos," I said. "And you're currently facing seven demigods who are tired and in a really bad mood."

"This will be written down in history," Jason said. "Both in Greek and Roman, the day where Olympus abandoned their heroes,"

"You can change the history if you want," I said. "But you can't change what happened. Remember what you've done today, Olympus."

Zeus growled as his royal nostrils flared. "Send him to Tartarus!" He shouted. I was the first to act as he deflected an arrow from Artemis, then a blast of laser beam from Hermes.

I pulled Annabeth closer. "Get out of here," I whispered. "Don't look back, just run,"

"What are you going to do?" Annabeth asked.

"I love you," I whispered as I kissed her one last time. I knew what was going to happen, and I knew that if I keep them here longer, they're going to share the same fate I will.

"Percy, what are you planning?" Annabeth asked, demanding for an answer.

"Go, now!" I shouted back at them. Jason was the first to act as he dragged Annabeth back. "Jason, please, take care of her. Keep her safe, please," Jason looked reluctant because he also wanted to stay. Everyone was arguing that they wanted to stay and help. "Go, carry on my legacy. Be the greatest heroes you can ever be."

Jason looked like he wanted to cry. Then, he stepped closer and gripped the collars of my already tattered shirt. "You better come back," He growled. "Let's go!" He said to the others. Annabeth struggled, but eventually, Jason managed to pull her out of the throne room. I turned around and faced the angry Olympians that were glaring at me.

"I'm not going to back down without a fight," I growled at them.

"So be it," Zeus growled back. He fired a blast of his own master bolt, but Percy deflected the blow. Riptide was now pulsing with black light and I don't know why.

Third Person POV

As Jason led the others away from the throne room, Annabeth tried so hard to make him turn around. "Please, we have to help him!"

Jason shook his head. "It's hard for me too, Annabeth," Jason admitted. "But we have to trust in him. He trusted me to get you guys out of here,"

"But we have to-"

"Annabeth, listen," Thalia said. "We need to go now. Percy will come back for us. I know he will,"

Then, they heard Percy's voice that erupted all across Olympus. "COME ON! BRING IT ON OLYMPUS!"

Percy was fighting against the gods themselves, another one of the things to check in his bucket of to-do list. Zeus fired his master bolt at Percy repeatedly, trying to end his life but for a guy who'd fought Gaia and lived, he's still moving pretty quickly. Nyx watched Percy with intent, to see if he really is the champion that she's looking for.

The Diocletian scepter was also pulsing with black light. Eventually, Zeus's attack got too overwhelming that he didn't see the two arrows moved from left and right, one striking his already injured leg and the other grazed him in the ribs. Percy howled in pain as he dropped down to one knee. Without giving him a second, Zeus fired a blast of thunderbolt straight into his chest. He flew backwards and crumpled in a heap on the throne room.

"So much for defeating Gaia," Apollo said. "I guess we're stronger,"

Then, Percy moved and had the nerve to chuckle. "That's your ego talking," Percy muttered. "You're stronger than Gaia? Please don't make me laugh," Percy's legs trembled as he stood up shakily. His face was bloody and his body was smoking.

"How is he alive?" Zeus asked, clearly in disbelief.

"I'll take care of it," Ares said smugly as he shrank down to human size and walked straight towards Percy. "Time for you to die, kid," Ares materialized a sword out of thin air and tried to stab him, but Percy used every bit of strength remaining and gripped the blade of his sword, cutting his hand in the process. Ares tried to move his sword, but Percy had an iron grip on it. Then, he clenched his fist tighter and shattered the blade. Ares looked at him in shock. "That was Celestial Bronze," He muttered.

"Kill me, and I might come back and haunt you guys," Percy looked at the Olympians with distaste.

"Bound him!" Zeus ordered. "Then drag him to Tartarus!"

Bronze and gold chains latched themselves around Percy's wrists and ankles in an instant. Percy looked at them with murderous eyes. "I'm coming back." He sent the Olympians one last message as he was teleported to Tartarus.

His punishment was to be chained to a rock, both arms and legs, and is unable to move too far. Any monsters in Tartarus will be able to smell him and attack him at will, and he will be left defenseless but unable to die.

Talk about an eternity of suffering.

But back in Olympus, things were restless. The hearth didn't even conjure up a fire as Hestia was mad at what the Olympians did. It was an unsettling night at Olympus. Not because they'd won against Gaia or because they lost their children.

With Percy Jackson's imprisonment, they were afraid that all they did was wake up a sleeping giant.

Six Years Later . . .

The group of six demigods was in a search and rescue mission for a demigod in trouble. While they hold a hatred for the Olympians, their kids didn't deserve it. They try to help the demigods in every way possible, both Roman and Greek. They will send them to Camp Half-Blood every time they found a demigod. Since both camps suffered great losses, they had united their camps, living together in harmony at Long Island to keep each other company. They even made it possible for demigods to live in peace and for generations in Camp Half-Blood.

But despite all that, they couldn't go back there. Not after what happened.

So here they were, in front of a house, trying to get a demigod out.

"So, who's going in first?" Nico asked.

"I've already scouted the house," Annabeth said. "So, it's up to you guys,"

"Why do you always get easy job?" Nico whined.

"Because I'm not always late when we have our meeting," Annabeth smirked. "So, who's going in first?"

"I'll go," Jason said. "Sis, you'll back me up. Anything else happen, bust in like you're FBI."

"Sounds like a plan," Reyna said.

Jason crept up slowly towards the front door with Thalia tailing behind him. Inside, they heard what sounded like glass shattering and something crashing down hard.

"Get back here!" A man shouted. There was a sound of a child crying and footsteps running all over the house.

"So, how are we going to play this?" Jason asked.

"The usual," Thalia said. "Kick the door down, beat the dude's ass and get out with the child," Jason grinned as he stood up and kicked the door down with all his might. Instead of busting open, the door shattered into pieces. "When I said kick the door down, I didn't mean shred it to pieces," Thalia grumbled.

"Sorry," Jason shrugged. Then, they saw a huge dude with his belly flopping as he run. He had was bald and reeked of the most revolting scent Thalia had ever smelled.

"Oh gods," Thalia gagged. "I'm gonna throw up,"

"Who are you?" The man growled.

"Listen," Jason said. "We just want the kid, so we can do this the easy way, the hard way or the very extremely painful way," In response, the man roared and ran towards Jason. "I was hoping for that." As the man ran, Jason used his momentum to throw him to the sidewalk, where the others were waiting.

"What is that ungodly smell?" Reyna said.

"Don't ask," Jason said. "Take care of him, will you? Come on Pipes, I need your help in this,"

"Sure," Piper said as she walked into the house with Jason. Jason searched for the demigod that they were here for, but he couldn't find the child.

"Sneaky little kid," Jason said. "It's probably Hermes's kid,"

"Come on kid," Piper shouted with her charmspeak. "We're not going to harm you,"

Then, from the table next to Jason, the kid crawled out, making Jason jump. "Geez kid, you scared me,"

Piper chuckled. "What's your name, kiddo?" Piper asked.

"Theo," The kid said quietly. "Promise you're not going to hurt me?"

"Promise," Piper said. "Are you hurt?" The kid shook his head.

"He never got his hands around me," Theo said with a hint of smug in his voice. "I always get away,"

"Definitely a Hermes kid," Piper grinned, agreeing with Jason. "Listen, we're going to send you back to a place with people that are just like you," Piper explained. "There will be some people that would greet you when you get there. You should follow them. They're just like you, you know,"

"You mean they're always escaping from people?" Theo asked. Piper chuckled.

"I mean that they're special like you. You will know when you get there. We can't follow you there, but we can send you there. Now, promise me you'll be a good person when you get there, okay?"

Theo nodded giddily. "Will I see you again?"

"Of course," Piper smiled at him. "Now, close your eyes. You will feel a bit weird, but there's nothing to fear. In ten seconds, then you open your eyes again," Theo nodded as he closed his eyes. It was something that Piper picked up when they encountered some children of Hecate. She muttered a few words in Ancient Greek that was meant to teleport them back to Camp Half-Blood. After the chant was done, Theo was enveloped in white light before he was transported somewhere else.

"You know, if they're eager to see you again, I might get jealous," Jason said. Piper chuckled as she wrapped her arms around him and gave him a kiss.

"We're engaged, Jason," Piper said. "There's no need for you to be jealous. I'm yours forever, remember?"

In the front door, someone cleared their throat. They turned around to see Nico. "You done, lovebirds?"

Jason chuckled. "Yeah, yeah, let's head back."

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Back at their apartment, they gathered near the TV and just had the time of their lives. Casual chats and jokes around, anything to feel like they were normal teenagers again. During the six years, they actually worked normal jobs and rescuing demigods at the same time, just so they could continue on with their lives normally. They would receive signs from the gods from time to time, like a massive bolt of lightning, a tidal wave at where they were working at or snakes suddenly in your mail, but they did their best to live through it.

"Hey guys," Annabeth said. Everyone turned their heads towards her. "It's Percy's birthday today,"

They only managed to smile sadly. The first few years of dealing with his 'disappearance' had been rough, but they got over it. They were still searching for him thought, searching for any sign of what happened to him, but so far they found nothing. For six years, they never forgot about him. They believed that he was still alive, only being kept somewhere else by the gods.

"To Percy," Jason held up his glass of coke, "The greatest man I ever knew," The others followed and raised their glass for him. Then, there was a knock on their door.

"I'll get it," Nico said. He went towards the door and swung it open. He gasped. "Lady Hestia,"

"Nico di Angelo," Hestia smiled at him. "It's nice to see you again,"

"Who is it, Nico?" Thalia asked.

"Um,"

"Can I come in?" Hestia asked.

"Sure," Nico invited her in. Hestia were the few immortals that they could tolerate with, simply because they were too kind and never did anything wrong, unlike certain Olympians.

When the others noticed her, they immediately bowed. "Lady Hestia," Jason said. "What do we owe you with the pleasure of your visit?"

"There's no need for that, heroes," Hestia said. "But I believe that we need to talk,"

"Is there something wrong?" Annabeth asked.

"This concerns all of you and your friend, Percy," Hestia said. At the mention of Percy, their ears picked up.

"Do you know where he is?" Jason asked.

"I used to," Hestia said. "The gods chained him in Tartarus. I would've told you sooner if I could, but then they will punish you for it."

Annabeth's knees buckled. She was on the verge of crying. Percy and Annabeth had barely survived Tartarus, and that was only for a few days. If Percy had been in there for six years . . . She'll be surprised if he was even alive. Piper tried comforting her, but even he was in a state of shock.

"What happened?" Reyna asked.

"He escaped," Hestia said. "Right now, the gods are on a manhunt, trying to find Percy, but they could barely track him down."

"So, you're telling me,"

Hestia nodded. "He's alive, and he might be looking for you."

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Six, freaking, years.

That was how long Percy was trapped in that hell hole. With every moment that passed by, he was beat up, tortured and maimed by the monsters there. He couldn't die in Tartarus, so it was that much more painful. But every second that passed, Percy never stopped thinking about Annabeth. The very thought of her was what keeping him alive.

He wanted nothing more than to return to her and tell her how much he loved her. He never knew if Annabeth and the others made it out safely, but if he found out that Annabeth is dead, he was going to be seriously pissed.

One day, on August eighteenth, after six years, Percy found the chance he needed.

Either it was the sulfurous air of Tartarus, or just really crappy chains but either way, the chains bounding Percy got weaker. Using Nyx's blessing, Percy tried flying out to break the chains. The chain rattled as he tried to break free, but to no avail. He wasn't as strong as he was because of the constant attacks that he had.

With one final effort, he screamed with a voice that could be heard all across Tartarus. The chains snapped after six years and Percy immediately flew out of Tartarus.

He was finally free.

Percy got to the outside world and surprisingly, popped out in New York. He never knew that some of the sewers held the entrance to Tartarus, but hey, it's New York.

Even if it was the sewers, Percy felt good being back in the world. After seeing nothing but horrific rocky plains of Tartarus for the past six years, seeing the modern city came as a surprise to Percy.

"Annabeth, I'm coming," Percy muttered. "Nyx, if you're out there somewhere, help me out."

Percy heard a chuckle echoing in his head. Is the Hero of Olympus asking for my help?

The title 'Hero of Olympus' brought a bad taste to his mouth. "Yeah, yeah," Percy muttered back to Nyx. "Can you help me?"

Only if you ask nicely, Nyx said in my head. I rolled my eyes.

"Can you please help me find her?" Percy said. If he hadn't known any better, he'll think that he's going crazy, talking to himself in the sewers.

In fact, he might be crazy.

Aw, that's sweet of you, Nyx said. Percy never knew that there was this side of Nyx, but then again, there's always a first for everything. If you get out of the sewers, you'll probably find her.

"You're gonna have to be more specific than that," Percy grumbled. "Maybe a map or even a GPS location would be helpful." Percy made his way out of the sewers. With his luck, people would see him as a homeless beggar from the underground world of New York. It's not like that's something uncommon, but Percy would've prefer a more amazing approach.

In ten seconds, you will see a hellhound barreling towards you in front of you, Nyx said. Then, you will meet her.

"Are you for real?" Percy said. On cue, Percy saw a black mass of fur the size of a truck running towards him, jaws at the ready to eat him. The hellhound was really big.

It might be eight or five seconds, who knows, Nyx said. Percy rolled his eyes as he uncapped Riptide. After six years of staying out of combat, he didn't expect the hellhound to be an easy fight. But Percy took it down easily as he slashed at the snout of the canine and it recoiled back. The hellhound snarled at Percy, circling him. He didn't know why there were no cars swerving around the road or no one was screaming for help, but Percy wasn't paying too much attention to it. The hellhound pounced at him. Percy rolled out of the way and made an upward arc towards its ribs. The monster howled in pain as it crumbled into golden dust.

"Huh," Percy muttered. "I thought that would be harder,"

It would be if I hadn't been helping you, Nyx said.

"Percy?" A voice said behind him. He turned around to see his old friends, all good and in one piece. What brought joy to his heart the most was Annabeth, and how good she looked. It felt like millions of years since he'd last saw her.

"Hey," Percy managed and gave them one of his most famous grin. Annabeth didn't say much as she surged forward and wrapped her arms around Percy tightly. Percy hugged her back. It's been a while since Percy had felt this happy. Tears of joy were evident in his face. The others also went over and embraced their long lost friend. "I came back, didn't I?"

"You're late," Annabeth said, barely holding back her tears. "But at least you did came back,"

"Way to go, Kelp Head," Thalia grinned. She was also in tears.

"Well, we'll talk about that later," Jason said. "We need to head home first, and Percy smells like he had been travelling in the sewers.

A/N: Please, no flames. It's unlike anything I've ever written before, so it might suck. I don't freaking know. It was a pretty intense first chapter, that I gotta say. Don't worry, the plot will be laid out in the next one. Consider this my version of how Blood Of Olympus ended (though I haven't read the book yet, so no spoilers please!). It should summarise everything well though. So, leave a review if you liked or hate it, like I said a review always helps. Until then, take care.