Heirs of Olympus

Chapter 9

Percy rejoins the fight against Typhon while Jason and Annabeth head back to see what they can do to finish off the remaining Giants when they pass Aphrodite, and Ares all heading towards Typhon. Ares salutes them as he passes and Annabeth notices that Iris and Hypnos are both with him. Hephaestus follows soon after, his chariot looking like a tank loaded with missiles and weaponry that would make Leo weep with joy.

Arriving at the Acropolis Annabeth quickly surveys the situation and signals Jason. Zeus and Porphyrion are still fighting and no one can get near them.

Hermes, Hecate, Eros and the Fates are all fighting the remaining Giants. Annabeth sees Ephialtes, who had escaped from Athena when Hera was killed fighting alongside Hippolytus against Hermes and Hecate. The Fates are fighting Thoon and Gration is battling Eros.

Frank is still out and Hazel is protecting him from the minor forces of Gaea. Piper is fighting alongside Hecate and Hermes while Leo is facing Gration with Eros. Jason drops her down to help Piper while he plans to aid Leo when a large rock nearly smashes him out of the air.

Looking up he sees the Giant Eurymedon step out from behind the rocks, boulders in hand, and rush at Eros. Jason calls the lightning to blast him and yells for help as Eros shimmers into invisibility leaving Jason and Leo facing the Giants. They look at each other before unleashing their powers but the Giants are towering and without a god they don't stand a chance. Luckily a hail of arrows drives both of the Giants back as Apollo arrives from Jason's call.

Suddenly there is a roar and the light show stops. Jason looks over and sees his father staggering back, ichor coming out of his side where Porphryion has wounded him. Jason launches toward the Giant King and unleashes the winds to force him back but he quickly recovers. Suddenly Jason has a brief hint of danger and starts to move when the club deals him a glancing blow sending him reeling across the battlefield to crash into the dirt. Ephialtes had managed to slip away from Athena and Annabeth to aid his king and managed to knock Jason down.

Porphryion however has not emerged unscathed from his fight. A black ichor is pouring out of a dozen minor wounds as well as dozens of scorch marks and melted metal burned his head and body from Zeus' thunderbolts. Zeus hurls a bolt at Ephialtes knocking him backwards when an elephant comes flying out of the sky to crash into the Giant. Jason shakes his head in shock.

Suddenly the elephant is now Frank, who had woken up and attacked, and is now driving his sword into the Giant's chest. Zeus roars and Frank, looking over, his eyes widening in shock, jumps back as the thunderbolt flies from the King of the Gods to strike Frank's sword driving the energy into Ephialtes, killing him.

Jason smiles when he hears Leo yell. Jason's mind goes blank as he sees the small body of the son of Hephaestus knocked to the ground. Apollo and Eros, visible again, are facing the giant when he strikes Eros sending him crashing into the ground. Jason looks over but sees the god is still alive so he turns back and moves over to check on Leo.

The curly haired demigod is still breathing though he has a huge cut on his head that is bleeding pretty steadily. Jason pulls out a small vial of Nectar and pours it in Leo's mouth causing the cut to close up and Leo to start coughing. Seeing him starting to recover, Jason stands up to rejoin the fight when he sees Apollo stumble and Eurymedon sees it as well. Grabbing the golden god, Eurymedon drives his sword into the eternal teen's body, causing ichor to spill from Apollo's mouth as he looks directly at the son of Jupiter. "Remember me" Apollo gasps and collapses.

Jason's mind goes blank as he sees his immortal brother fall and the lightning that Jason unleashes is greater than any he has ever done before. He sees the Giant stagger backwards but then straighten up and smirk. Pulling out a spear he aims it at Jason and is about to throw it when the first arrow pierces his eye causing him to screech in pain. Jason looks over and sees the flash of silver as a dozen more arrows come flying into Eurymedon. Jason can see the grief ravaging the face of Artemis as she screams for her dead twin and Jason and Leo, moving now join the fight.