Chapter 27

Thalia POV

"Finally." I sighed, for the last 2 hours I had been in charge of sharpening all the dull arrows, normally I could get it done in like 20 minutes but with my pregnancy it was a lot harder and I refused to let myself become lazy even if I was justified. 'I wonder what Nico's doing' I thought to myself, I took a few steps outside the weapons tent only to be tackled by Zoe.

"This way." Zoe said frantically pulling on my hand.

"What is it?" I laughed thinking she wanted me to play a game or something.

"Somethings wrong with Luna." Zoe said. Zoe dragged me to the tent that she and Luna shared, inside Luna was laying on her cot shivering and sweaty.

"How long has she been like this?" I asked putting my hand on her forehead 'she's burning up' I thought.

"Since we went to bed, I thought she was having a bad dream." Zoe said.

"Go get Atlanta." I told her as I left to get Artemis, I found her talking with Percy by their tent.

"Artemis, Percy something's up with Luna." I yelled leaving before they could reply.

I grabbed a few other girls and we move Luna to the infirmary so Atlanta could do a full check up. About an hour later Atlanta come out "Well?" Artemis asked.

"I can't find whats wrong, she's fine there's absolutely nothing wrong she's in perfect health." Atlanta said.

Artemis sighed in frustration and called Apollo to see what was wrong. Ten minutes later he walked out shaking his head "Well Atlanta was right, Luna isn't sick or anything. Whatever this is it's completely mental. It's almost like she doesn't want to face the real world".

"Why's that?" I asked.

"I think it's something she saw in her dreams, I didn't see what it was but it felt different from a regular dream.". he said

"Can you show me what she saw?" Percy asked, Apollo nodded and motioned for him to follow.

"I'm coming too." Artemis said.

"Me three." I said.

"Fine but no one else this sort of thing is difficult as it is." Apollo said silencing the other hunters before they could say the same. "Okay keep your hand on me and I'll link us up." Apollo said holding out his arm, we all grabbed it and he placed his other hand on Luna's forehead.

Next thing I know we're standing in the back of a theater "Where are we?" I asked.

"Luna's mind." Apollo said as is that explained everything.

"Why is it a theater?" Percy asked.

"I think it's to help her." Apollo said "Look around this place is covered in sweets and it smells like pine trees in here. It's like her mind is trying to comfort her, although the bow and quiver over there does seem a little out of place.".

"So what's causing the problem?" Artemis asked.

"I thinks it's coming up on the screen." Apollo said. The screen started counting down from 5 like the old fashion movies before revealing Sam standing in what looked liked a field near a cliff his swords drawn.

"Nowhere to run dear nephew!" a voice said before the screen changed to reveal Triton, Clytius, Enceladus, and a small army of assorted monsters. The next bit came in flashes all of which showed him fighting, one even showed him slicing Triton across the chest.

On the final scene an exhausted Sam stood there facing Enceladus, Clytius, and Triton who was now bleeding "I think he's finally ready." Enceladus said.

"Ready for what?" Samuel spat trying to sound tough but I could see he was hurting.

"Just a little surprise dear nephew." Triton said. "You've been very hard to kill, far beyond what I ever thought possible so after careful study I developed a plan to kill you." with that he and Clytius sent a blast of dark energy at Sam. Sam tried to summon a wall of water but Triton easily stopped him in his weakened state.

The blast hit Sam square in the chest knocking him off the cliff and causing him to erupt in a blast of pure energy before he even hit the water "And with that the gods downfall is sealed!" Enceladus laughed.

The screen went blank and I heard crying, I turned to Percy and Artemis expecting it to be one of them but it wasn't. They did seem to be on the verge of tears but the sound was coming from further down, three rows away I saw Luna sitting in a chair with her face buried in her hands.

Cautiously we walked over to her "Luna." Artemis said, Luna looked up and immediately latched onto her mother.

"He's not dead, he can't be, I can still sense him." she said as tears poured down her cheeks.

"What do you mean you can sense him" Apollo asked.

"He's my twin brother we can talk to each other telepathically. I can still sense his mind but I can't get him to respond." She said.

"Alright we're going back to Camp Half Blood where you and the hunters will be safe then we organize a search party alright." Percy said, Luna nodded "And not a word of this to Zoe till we find him.". We all woke up, including Luna, and set about breaking camp, it wasn't till almost 7 PM that we finally got back CHB.

Poseidon POV

"Triton please.." I started to say, I had been here most of the day and so far Triton had just been venting. First he had gone on about the divorce, then me making Percy Prince of the sea.

So basically he just wasn't happy with any of the decisions I've made since I divorced Amphitrite. "..come home you and Amphitrite are still welcome back home." I pleaded.

"You kicked us out! You replaced us! You replaced me!" Triton shouted.

"I never kicked you two out you left." I said "And as for replacing you, you disowned me I had to make Percy the Prince of the sea or risk Zeus placing one of his children as the new heir. Just talk to Percy I'm sure he would give you the title back, he has enough to deal with as it is." I said.

Triton sighed "Answer me this will you come back to mother?".

I closed my eye and took a deep breath "Triton I'm sorry, I really tried to make things work with your mother but no I'm not." I said.

As soon as those words left my mouth Oceanus and Amphitrite stepped out of the sea "See grandson I told you this would happen." he said.

"What are you doing here?" I growled.

"Looking out for my grandson." Oceanus said "After you forced him and his mother out they came to me. You proved what I had been telling them all along and they were finally willing to help me take you down." he said. "Triton however had some qualms about going against his former father so I agreed to give you a chance. You take back my daughter and I wouldn't go to war but now you've sealed your fate." he said as Triton flashed out surprising me.

"Wondering how he has power here?" Oceanus asked a smug grin spreading across his face. "Well the answer is simple enough this is the land beyond the gods, not the titans meaning we still have power here and my daughter and grandson have finally embraced their titan heritage.".

"Where did Triton go?" I asked trying to buy time so I could come up with a plan.

"To camp half blood of course." Oceanus said simple "With you trapped here the sea will need a leader and once Percy is dead we should easily be able to take the sea from the swine you call your wife.".