A/N

New Chapter is up!

No duh, we can see it.

I was just being nice.

No, you were being an idiot, a blind idiot.

Whatever, hope you guys enjoy the chapter!

Annabeth's POV

They had been traveling for a while now and everyone was tired. "Help those who need it!" She yelled from the front of the line. She could kind of see people nodding. "Okay, let's move on!" Annabeth spent most of the trip next to Zachary and she was feeling pretty good. They had shared so much, at some points, she had forgotten things like how old he was or when his birthday was but he took those things lightly because he assumed that she was just sleep deprived. 

"We should be there in a few minutes." Zachary stated. Annabeth nodded. A shrieking sound broke out from the sky above them and it sent every ADHD demi-god head toward it. Something swooped down from the sky and slammed down in front of them. "Hello, demi-gods."

Piper's POV

"Wake up." Isabelle said in a whispered tone. Piper shifted in her blankets. She was warm and cozy and wanted to stay that way. "Piper, come one, you promised that we would train today." Isabelle protested, shaking the already sleepy girl. "I said today, not now, later." She said shifting back into her sleep. "Okay, but, I want to train now!" She whined. Piper put her hand in Isabelle's face. "Fine, I just didn't know I was sleeping with a three year old." Isabelle scrunched up her face and whined again. "Don't call me a three year old!" Isabelle sighed. "Don't act like one." Piper moved to get out of the bed but was pulled down. "What the.." "We can train later, right now, is us time." Piper smiled as they both pulled the covers over their heads.

Hazel's POV

They had been kissing for what seemed like hours. His hands ran through her hair and her's ruffled his. Her and and Nate had finally had time alone, they didn't have to pretend to be best friends anymore, they could just be them, they could just fall in love in secret. After a few minutes, the two broke apart, breathing heavily. "Nate, we need to talk." Hazel said through staggered breathes. "Yeah, sure what's on your mind?" "Us." He looked puzzled. "What about, us?" Hazel shrugged. What did she even call them. Friends with benefits? No, that was cruel, especially when they were so much more than friends. They were special, what did you call special, did you label it, or did it already have a label, or was it to precious to even be labeled. "I just think that we can't keep doing this in secret. Someone is going to find out the hard way." She stuttered. "So, what would they care. It doesn't really matter, does it?" She wanted to say, "No Nate, I love you and nobody else. I will never leave you and I want to be more, I want to be yours. And not even the gods could break us apart". But that was to much of a lie. 

"Because your father is Jupiter and mine is Pluto." She separated from his warm, tight, comforting grip and walked away. Nate called after her but she just kept walking. She didn't want to look back, but like in any other classic romance movie, she did. And what she saw, was his walking away, with his eyes trained on her. He wanted to ask to be friends, but he knew the answer. "You can't be friends with your father's enemy." And he wanted to grab her and kiss her and tell her that that was his fathers problem, and she was his. And he loved his problem.

He loved her.

But did she love him?

Leo's POV

"Where is she?" Jason asked with a stern look on his face. It was laced with exhaustion and anger. They had been there for a week in Olympus time, they had hardly gotten any sleep or food and it was starting to get to effect his brain. "I already told you the last time you came, and the time before that. I can't let you have her, not until Zeus get's what he wants. Jason shook his head. 

"I don't want to take her, I want to see her." Leo raised his hand in objection. But Jason shushed him. "Can you do that?" The arena gate keeper thought for a second and then nodded. "The fight begins at sundown." Steve looked confused. "What fight?" He asked. The gate keeper gestured to the large gate behind him. "The Arena. It's where Zeus sends people who smite him to fight and die." Bruce shivered. "What happens if they win?" The gate keeper laughed. "The things that she is going up against will slaughter her, she'll be lucky to have one leg left after the first three minutes. But by the way you persist on finding her, she must be strong, a good teammate. So I'll let you in for free." They nodded and walked in. Inside were crowds that spread form left to right full of cheering people. "They are cheering on death." Steve said. "When you're a demi-god, it happens a lot." Leo sated. The boy was just as tired as anyone else. He had been up all night begging to the gods and trying to bargain an arm and a leg to get Natasha back. But it was all to no avail, and the boy was going insane. They made their way to an empty row of seats and sat. "How do you think this'll play out?" Steve asked, leaning in his seat to talk. Jason quickly put his hands up.

"We are not interfering." Steve and Bruce looked puzzled. "Jason, I know you know the gods better than most of us do, but we need to save Natasha no matter what it takes." "I've already bargained an arm and a leg, not literally, but you get the point." Leo said. Cap questioned him. "What do you mean, son?" He sighed and leaned closer so that they could hear him over the screaming crowd. "I'm saying that Jason is right. We have to sit back on this one. Interfering with the gods could get us killed and Natasha. Our best chance to save her, is to do nothing at all." Bruce and Steve shook their heads. "So give up?" The scientist asked. This time, Jason replied. "If we were giving up, we wouldn't be here." That silenced everyone for a minute. Then, the battle began.

Percy's POV

"The Reality Stone. It''s one of the six Infinity Stones. They were spread across the universe many many years ago." Tony said. "A bastard named Thanos is looking for them." Clint added. "And so, where are they now?" Percy asked. Tony shrugged. "Spread across the universe, I guess." This made Percy mad. "There are six stones out there, lethal weapons out there and your asses are sitting in a comfy tower indulging in food and other rich people shit! This is sick!" 

Everyone stepped back for a second. "And when you finally decide to do something, it's when a teenage boy tells you to suck it up and do something with your lives! And you wonder why a lot of people don't like you." These words really wouldn't effect the Avengers, if they weren't coming from a sleep deprived, scared and heart broken teenage boy. "Percy." Tony spoke up. "The stones are safe. And when they aren't we will go and find them." "But what if Thanos finds them first?" Percy jetted back. 

Thor spoke this time. "The child is correct. The Infinity Stones are a dangerous weapon to be playing with. We need to find them before it becomes to late." Nico shadow traveled in at that moment. "I searched the hole place, I can't find them." Percy sighed. "I hate to say it Perc, but I think we need to go home." That spiked something in him, something that he had probably been holding in for weeks now. Annabeth was gone, gone for good. And so were Hazel and Piper. How would he tell Jason that they had given up? Because that's what they were doing, giving the fuck up. 

He got down on his hands and knees.

He pulled Riptide out of his pocket and uncapped it. 

Tony stepped forward. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, kid. Put the sword down." But he didn't listen. "Percy, put the damn sword down!" Tony yelled. "I'm not committing suicide!" He finally yelled back. This seemed to calm everyone down a bit. He returned to what he was doing. He took the sword and placed it over his arm. "Gaea, you have taken everything from me. My friends, my family, even my camp. So, I will give you what you want, take it! Take my blood! The blood of Olympus." His cut his arm as the red liquid spilled out. Everything started to shift. "What's happening?" Clint asked. "I don't know." Tony sated. "He's giving Gaea what she's been wanting all this time." Nico answered. 

The ground turned into a green color, no longer stained with blood, the dead campers bodies where moved and everything looked completely normal. "What the..." Thor began. "Your theory was correct, Mr. Stark." A feminine voice sated from behind them. They all turned around. There, stood a woman with brown hair the color of the richest soil, skin the color was the clouds in the sky and a dress the color of all of t eh flowers in the world. "I am Gaea. Mother Earth. I see that you have come for round two, son of Poseidon." Percy shivered at the sight of her. "I'm not particularly fond of how the first one ended." He retaliated. "Be careful young demi-god. You may not like what you get." Percy shrugged. "You live and you learn, plus, it wouldn't be the first time that things haven't gone my way. Let's start with the fact that you took my girlfriend." Gaea cackled. "Well that wasn't creepy at all." Tony muttered. Gaea had a stern expression on and with a flick of her hand the Earth rose and Tony was thrown back a few feet. Percy raised his sword. 

"Care to dance, m'lady." He asked, Gaea cackled again. "Ew, Tony's right, you really do sound creepy." Gaea twisted her face into a devious smile. "And now, see, that didn't help." Gaea rolled her eyes. "Say goodbye to everything you love, demi-god." Percy cracked his neck and knuckles. "I already have."

And then the battle began.