Wildflowers, Percy Jackson ₁

057, take a break from hamilton

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN

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Just as Sylvie predicted, the enemy was closing in on the Empire State Building.

The Hunters had set up a defensive line on 37th, a street just two blocks north of Olympus. To the east on Park Avenue, Jake Mason and some other Hephaestus campers were leading an army of statues against the enemy. To the west, Sylvie, her Demeter siblings, and Grover's nature spirits had turned Sixth Avenue into a jungle that was hampering a squadron Kronos's demigods. The south was clear for now, but the flanks of the enemy army were swinging around. A few more minutes and they'd be totally surrounded.

Sylvie glanced her head only slightly towards the southeast corner. She spotted that Annabeth and two of her siblings were holding back a Hyperborean giant. Three surely wasn't enough numbers to take it down.

"Sylv!" Katie called out. "Go help her, we're fine over here!"

Sylvie looked away from Annabeth. "Are you sure?"

"Positive!" Miranda nodded. And, well, by the looks of it, they did.

"Just make sure to—"

"Keep our defenses up," Florian finished. "We know!"

"Stay safe, Sylv!" Cedar demanded.

Sylvie nodded. "You, too," she said, and then she was off.

She plunged toward the battle, heading towards Annabeth, Malcolm, and Unknown-Athena-Kid. Sylvie's right arm hurt like hell, and her energy was at an all time low, but she couldn't stand the thought of any of them getting badly hurt.

"Look out!" Sylvie shouted as she ran closer. The three Athena siblings scattered out of her line of sight, right as the ground began to quake.

Sylvie directed both of her arms forward, and two thick vines grew from behind her. They shot towards the Hyperborean giant, preventing him from moving anywhere.

Then Percy fell out of the sky (???).

As the Hyperborean giant wiggled helplessly to be freed of his plant-like chains, Percy landed on the giant's head. When the giant looked up, Percy slid off his face, shield-bashing his nose on the way down.

"RAWWWR!" The giant staggered backward so much that the vines wrapped around him ripped apart. Blue blood trickled from his nostrils.

Percy hit the pavement running. The Hyperborean breathed a cloud of white mist, and the temperature dropped. The spot where Percy landed was now coated with ice, and he was covered in front like a sugar donut.

"Hey, ugly!" Annabeth yelled.

Blue Boy bellowed and turned toward her, exposing the unprotected back of his legs. Sylvie and Percy charged in unison, stabbing him behind either knee.