Confidence & Pride// [Percy Jackson OC]// Book 5

{Chapter Six}

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"I'm singing at a funeral tomorrow/ for a kid a year older than me
And I've been talking to his dad, it makes me so sad/ When I think to hard about it I can't breath"
- Funeral (Phoebe Bridgers)
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A FINAL GOODBYE

PERCY MOVED THEM ON from the prophecy quickly and brought up the spy. Arya and Chiron shared a look of understanding and she decided to stay quiet on the subject. They didn't get very far, it quickly turned to arguing, and Arya put a scowl on her face, daring someone to call her out, they had before. This time no one did, and she was thankful for it.

The arguments got worse and worse and Arya thought she was going to have to step in, that was until Selina busted out crying again, which effectively shut everyone up.

"Stop!" Banged the table "Charlie's dead and . . . and you're all arguing like little kids!"

Everyone's eyes cast down with shame.

"We've done well in this war even with the spy here somewhere. No reason we can't keep it up" Arya said.

"They're right," Pollux said at last. "Accusing each other doesn't help. We need to keep our eyes open for a silver necklace with a scythe charm. If Kronos had one, the spy probably does too."

Michael Yew grunted. "We need to find this spy before we plan our next operation. Blowing up the Princess Andromeda won't stop Kronos forever."

"No indeed," Chiron said. "In fact his next assault is already on the way."

Percy scowled. "You mean the 'bigger threat' Poseidon mentioned? Wait Arya, you mentioned something, do you know what it is?"
Annabeth and Chiron all shared a look and Percy's jaw clenched.

"Percy," Chiron said, "we didn't want to tell you until you returned to camp. You needed a break with your . . . mortal friends."

"Tell me what's happened," He said

Chiron pushed a goblet to the middle of the table and pulled out a drachma from his bag, he tossed it into the water and prayed.

"O Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow, show us the threat."

The news report showed Typhon, a giant almost as tall as the Empire State Building that looked like he had been born from ashes and dust, probably because he had. They didn't want to tell Percy because he had been the one to wake the monster a year ago when escaping an army of telekinesis. To mortal the giant would appear to be nothing more than a giant storm or a tornado. But those fighting in the war, it was the biggest threat Kronos could throw at them.