chapter 5
Annabeth chase
Annabeth was too shocked for a few minutes,"an army is attacking here she asked Tim"?Tim nodded and just then another shock went throughout the city.for some reason Tim rolled his eyes and vanished by smacking his staff once on the ground.Annabeth herself teleported out of the ground,she was standing in front of the palace as she gazed at the lake,more then 20 ships and Various monsters and sea serpents were in the water around.annabeth looked around and saw many Gods were standing beside her she recognized a few minor gods and Karnikos the giant crab also had an aura like a god.and in the middle of the line of the gods stood Perseus,he was dressed in battle armor green in color studded with pearls,Clarisse appeared beside annabeth and said to Perseus,"don't you have a weapon Punk"?suddenly Perseus angrily and icily said Clarisse if you don't want to spend the next couple of thousand years in Tartarus then you will refer to me as Perseus only,is that understood.Clarence looked as she had been shocked and asked again in a more controlled tone "don't you have a weapon Lord Perseus"?Perseus shrugged and said I have a weapon but I would rather not bring it out yet .annabeth surveyed the army of the city,there were all in all over a dozen gods,demigods,mortals,cyclops,mermen,telkhines,
Also there were two exquisitely beautiful creatures a Lion which glowed Gold and had a thick golden fur,and a Horse,it was white in color but glowed with an aura.Annabeth surveyed the gods,she recognized Boreas,Khione,Leucothea a Sea goddess who Aides sailors in distress and her son Palaemon,Galene Goddess of calm seas, Thaumas the god of Wonders of the sea,Thoosa godess of swift currents.and even Tethys the wife of Oceanus.
Quite a few water gods annabeth thought,apparently Posiedon came to the same conclusion because he scowled.on our side there was also Posiedon,Artemis,Hestia,Thalia,Nico,Clarisse and Annabeth.
On the opposing army there was a 10 feet tall muscular man but had the lower body of a serpent,he had crab like horns on his head and his eyes glowed green,the other was a 50 foot giant,he had dark green hair which was littered with sea shells and seaweed,his eyes a polished marble,his legs had scales and he had a Trident on his back with the tattoo of a trident on his arm.Oceanus and Polybotes.annabeth looked at Tethys again and asked "why are you here,shouldn't you be there"?she looked at annabeth with a weird expression and said " I left my husband because his constant haranguing,Perseus here found me in the The gulf of Mexico and he brought me to his story and I serve him ever since.
Perseus smiled.he held up a hand and the wall melted I to water,and then froze like a huge basin." what are you doing annabeth yelped"?Perseus didn't answer and said " my city is well defended from attacks,the wall is just for show".just then one of the enemy shops fired a huge javelin,as soon as it reached the city boder a white milky sphere surrounded the entire city and the Javelin deflected off without any damage." how can we help? The Olympian asked".Perseus looked up and said " don't be involved in this,I can defend my city just wait and watch ".The Olympians frowned but moved back a place,Aphrodite was still casting love looks to Perseus.something flashed and caught annabeth's eye,she looked at Enemy lines and the Giant Polybotes was making his way to the city under a white flag.Prometheus appeared behind Perseus and whispered something in his ear to which Perseus smiled.Perseus held up his hand,and instantly all the houses and palace was covered by white milky spheres like Pearls.that's when it struck annabeth " the city of pearls ".Thalia was suddenly wearing her battle armor and so was Nico.Polybotes made his way up the city wading through the river,he stopped 5 meters away from the Palace.Tim stood in front beside Perseus a smile on his face.Polybotes said " so you have decided to help the Olympians,that's a pity,you would have made a powerful ally for us ".Perseus merely smiled like a grown up entertaining a child.Polybotes again spoke " you still have a chance to join us,we could reward you greatly,if not well we will destroy this city ".
Perseus looked at the 50 foot giant in the eye and said " I don't like the Olympians and I am not helping them for their benefit,I am doing it for the thousands of mortals who will suffer in this war otherwise ".
Polybotes grunted and spoke " then you have sealed your demise
Time-Stopper you cannot hope to compete with us,we will destroy you and your army by first daylight ".and then Polybotes charged forward,suddenly a 3 feet long sword adorned Perseus's hand,it was made of a weird grayish,greenish and whitish metal,it's edges were deadly sharp,Perseus charged forward and with one swipe made a cut across Polybotes leg.Polybotes roared in pain and clutched his leg and began jumping around.Annabeth wondered briefly if it was ploy because the cut was barely more then a scratch for someone the size of Polybotes.and then Perseus cleared her doubt,he said " hurts a lot doesn't it Polybotes,that's because this sword is made of Stygian steel and contains waters of the 5 underworld rivers -Styx capable of causing you unbearable pain,Kolkytos capable of making you so sorrowful you will cry,Lethe capable of wiping your memories with a mere touch,Phlegathon capable of burning you and Acheron capable of causing you the worst pain ever imaginable.Clarisse almost collapsed and murmured " that's an amazing weapon,I feel power I havnt even felt from Zues's masterbolt.Perseus laughed and said " I can do all five with a touch so the next one will wipe your memories,interested in that.Polybotes grumbled and said " you will pay for this Time-Stopper,Mother Gaia will create a new giant just for the likes of you ".and with that Polybotes ran down the river and went straight to the water.Prometheus said " he will attack soon,I have foreseen it ".Perseus nodded and said " prepare the Army ".the effect was instaneous,soldiers rushed out of every exit and stood on the basin below where the wall used to be,archers stood at different levels of the City,Cyclops and Tekhines poured out of exits with weapons and stood ready.The gods of the city relaxed.Annabeth noticed that all the soldiers which looked mortal or were Demigods wore Blue armor,emblazoned with a symbol.annabeth coudnt notice it from far away so she asked Tim.he clicked his fingers as the symbol appeared above his hand.it was a symbol which showed The golden Lion and a Horse,the lion was on the right,the horse was on the left side, and in the middle there was a green sword that revolved slowly as if in a Time stop." it's the symbol of my Uncle " Tim explained and annabeth nodded thanks to him.the soldiers all had helms of ice and metal,while the Cyclops and Telkhines wore no armor.The archers each were on houses and of the cities 15 different levels.Tim also explained this to the Olympians " you see the city is designed in such a way,so the archers can shoot easily,the above archers don't have to worry about accidentally shooting their soldiers,and the lower archers also have a clear space ". genius annabeth thought.suddenly Triton appeared beside Perseus.annabeth thought Percy said no god could enter the city unless they had come here before,that means Triton already knew,and when Posiedon had asked he had said No.Posiedon came to the same conclusion as he roared " YOU KNEW ABOUT PERSEUS AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME ".
Triton winced turned around and said " sorry father,but I coudnt tell you because I knew what would happen ".Perseus smirked and said " there are things about me you don't even know about,about my ally's,most of you believe that I have been cut off for the past 800 hundred years,the thrift is I have actually been hiding in plain sight,isn't that right Lady Hestia ".Hestia smiled and said the last time I came here Percy you gave me quite a fright.
WHAT Hestia had been here too,no doubt Perseus had managed to penetrate into the Gods themselves.suddenly Prometheus stiffened.annabeth tried but she coudnt hear his thoughts either.what is wrong first Perseus Now Prometheus,she tried to read Tim's thoughts but found she was deflected again.How annabeth thought.
Suddenly one of the ships on enemy lines began to glow brightly,and from the ship arrows started shooting.Perseus's army did nothing,the arrows came near the city and again the white milky bubble appeared and the arrows bounced off." Okay,that is extremely cool ". Both Alek and Grover said at the same time.Tim laughed and said " watch this,none of us has ever seen it before,only read about it ".Before annabeth could ask What,Perseus held up his hand and a huge Spear materialized,it was as tall as Peseus himself,the handle was made of the same bluish greenish whitish metal the sword was made off,the tip was extremely sharp and was glowing white,Perseus's symbol was etched into the handle.he spun the spear in his hand expertly and what happened next,Shut Up everyone,all the Gods,Olympian Gods,Demigods,Mortals even the Enemy,the night was so Quite,the only sound could be heard as the Gigantic Statue of Annabeth came to life,as she twirled her spear in one hand and slashed the air expertly with the sword.Annabeth was officially stunned as her Statue destroyed enemy ships with her spear.Oceanus went underwater to escape the wreckage,Polybotes was shouting loudly " ATTACK you fools ".The statue destroyed and hacked apart the enemy ships until they had retreated a good distance where the statue coudnt follow because it was too far and the place was filled with water,except for the pedestal on which the Statue stood.The statue,Annabeth's statue froze again on the Pedestal.the enemies started attacking from far now,but they wernt prepared,everyone stood calmly though annabeth saw many of the Demigods were fiddling around,a couple were sitting around and building stuff out of metal,some were doing magic,some were using their water powers,and a demigod near Khione was creating ice and melting it again nd again while Calais and Zethes just went to sleep,but worst was Tim,his neck tendons were bulging,he kept shifting his weight from one leg to another,he kept doing something with his hands,he twirled his staff around expertly spinning in his hand.Annabeth asked him " I see not all the demigods here have water powers,some are doing magic and all metal working ".Tim stopped twirling his staff and said " yeah,that's just Uncle,he accepts everyone in the city,those Demigods are those ones which were not treated properly by their parents and ran away,or they went on Quests and failed so they wandered the land.many of the demigods and mortals here don't have anyplace to call home except this place ".his tone was very affectionate which surprised Annabeth but she knew how good Percy,oops Perseus was.it was bugging annabeth to call him by his full name like they were strangers but it was one of his conditions.they waited like that for quite some time,Even Tim stopped fiddling as the night grew closer on to Mortal.Perseus had made many battle strategies in place and Karnikos and some of the soldiers had vanished to follow his orders.it surprised Annabeth how everybody loved and talked to Perseus like they wanted to please him in any way.Polybotes had promised a fight but until now nothing had come to them." is there any other way into the city ? " Annabeth asked.Tim nodded and said " under the city,from the palace,there is a tunnel that leads all the way to the the river,the passageway forks into various other passages which take a person to other locations." so is it possible that Poly toes army is using that passageway to get in ? " Annabeth asked.Tim shook his head and replied " no it's not possible as for one those tunnels are heavily defended and guarded with a set of magical doors every 20 meters and the second reason is that we are using them to get our troops behind the Enemy so we could attack from all 4 sides ".
Annabeth nodded and asked " so why is this place called the city of pearls ".Tim smiled for a minute stunning Annabeth with his handsomeness and said " it's a long story,we are taught about the first thing when we join the city's school,the thing is this is called the city of Pearls because right where the palace is,under ground,far underground in the ice,rests a giant Pearl about the size of a soccer field.it has special properties,magical properties that come in handy,it can cure anybody and well the pearl is surrounded by various other pearls and treasures ".Annabeth gaped and asked " have you ever seen it " ?Tim shook his head and said " I was just kidding about the pearl size,it's large but not that large,infact a part of it is on the surface,the waters around it are the purest on the Earth,infect this whole valley and it's waters are so clean because they flow from that Pearl and it's a very Spiritual place,in fact the people call it " the temple of Perseus ".Annabeth nodded satisfied with the knowledge.she checked the watch and Tim without looking at a watch said " it's about 10:00 am here ".
" How do you know annabeth asked " ?Tim said " blessing of the god of time ".then a realization stopped Annabeth and she asked " isn't there supposed to be like six months darkness and six months light in Antartica due to the tilt of the Earth " ?Tim laughed and said " uncle is powerful enough that he can bring as much Sunshine as he wants To Antartica and don't worry Persephone is on our side too,actually She and Uncle dated one time ".WHAT I yelled?Tim looked apologetic and said " well they tried it didn't work out so well but they went out a few times ".
For some reason Nico found that very amusing as he was laughing while listening to their conversation.Annabeth stopped herself from assuming her true form and asked " how many goddesses or mortals had Perseus dated and does he have any children " ?Tim laughed and replied " Uncle has dated,let's see that Nymph from the north Pole,Calypso,Persephone, Khione, Tethys, an Oceanid from the bay of Kuch,that Mortal from Asia, that girl uh what was her name,oh yeah Tammy from Los Angeles she was a life saver pretty girl and I lost count " Tim also added but he only went like one time and he has no kids,immortal or demigod ".Annabeth almost exploded and calmed herself down at least he didn't have any kids,she had tried to go out a few times as well after Percy's banishment but it didn't work out,as it was she only had about 2 demigod children at camp,one was roman,the other was Greek.suddenly The sun appeared on the Horizon,but something was different,the sun was more powerful,the light was harsher,older and from a flying chariot came Hyperion,he glowed with power and the light was so powerful,everybody automatically shielded their eyes,the enemy started Attacking,Perseus yelled " Fire the Cannons ".suddenly different booms went throughout the city,and pearls,as big as cannonballs were launched,they crashed into the enemy ships and blew them up.Perseus's army fired arrows and guns,and suddenly format under the city,came out dozens of Riders,they were all demigods or mortals as seen from their armor,they were riding Hippocampi going at the Ships like water jets.from the West Karnikos cloying straight over the water,came pinching with his pincers,as he reached the ship he glowed brightly once and took the form of a man with long hair,and red eyes,he had pincers as Hands,and he grabbed dozens of monsters and killed them with his pincers,Karnikos then unleashed hundreds of crabs on a ship,the entire ship was flooded with crabs.Tim whispered in my ear " uncle made Karnikos the God of Crabs ".then the soldiers,Tekhines and Cyclops on the basin jumped into the water and started attacking the ships.from the East another of Perseus's forces came out,this was led by the Glowing green Horse followed by an army of Mermen and hippocampi.Tim whispered again in my ear the Horse is a son of Posiedon and Demeter- Arion the talking horse,perhaps you have heard of him ".Annabeth nodded and from the side of the river another one of Perseus's army burst through leading them was the Lion the glowing lion and behind him were Hyperboreans,Nymphs and a Giant Squid.The lion jumped into the lake,it's body changed the upper half remained the same,the back of the lion changed into a serpent Tail.What's that Annabeth pointed I have never heard about it.Tim chuckled and said " that's the Nemean Lion,Uncle turned it into a god as well and gave it the ability to survive in any element,if it needs it would grow wings and fly in the Sky,it leads our army ".I nodded impressed,the Emenmy was surrounded and they coudnt do anything,Polybotes dealt with several of our soldiers and Cyclops,and Oceanus was trying to fight with his serpent,he had a fish in his other hand,his serpent lunged at everything around.but still Perseus's forces were winning.Hyperion was shooting light and energy at Perseus's army.suddenly a pulsing white glowing projectile passed straight through Hyperion's chest,he looked down and Perseus yelled " close your eyes mortals ".there was a bright explosion,Annabeth didn't need to close her eyes,she saw as the white projectile which was Perseus's spear came back to his hand.and then everything went wrong,one of the enemy ships started glowing brightly,and then a pulsing bolt of red energy shot out of it,straight at the city,it was stopped by the milky wall,but as the gods saw in amazement,the beam started destroying the shield.the other Ships started glowing brightly too and they also released the red beams of energy straight at the wall,the wall started disintegrating,Perseus's forces also coudnt do anything except close their eyes,the shield disintegrated entirely,and Tim yelled NO.he jumped in the air,flying straight at the beams of energy that were coming towards the City,and with a bright flash all of them Hit Tim.No Tim No Perseus yelled,he tried to help,but suddenly a white force of a wall leapt out of nowhere,All the Gods looked to see Tim holding up his hand towards the the gods,He shouted " Uncle don't worry,I know what to do " .somehow the beams kept hitting him,suddenly a sound noone had ever heard before echoed through the valley,Tim screamed a heart piercing Scream of Pain......................
Annabeth chase
Annabeth was too shocked for a few minutes,"an army is attacking here she asked Tim"?Tim nodded and just then another shock went throughout the city.for some reason Tim rolled his eyes and vanished by smacking his staff once on the ground.Annabeth herself teleported out of the ground,she was standing in front of the palace as she gazed at the lake,more then 20 ships and Various monsters and sea serpents were in the water around.annabeth looked around and saw many Gods were standing beside her she recognized a few minor gods and Karnikos the giant crab also had an aura like a god.and in the middle of the line of the gods stood Perseus,he was dressed in battle armor green in color studded with pearls,Clarisse appeared beside annabeth and said to Perseus,"don't you have a weapon Punk"?suddenly Perseus angrily and icily said Clarisse if you don't want to spend the next couple of thousand years in Tartarus then you will refer to me as Perseus only,is that understood.Clarence looked as she had been shocked and asked again in a more controlled tone "don't you have a weapon Lord Perseus"?Perseus shrugged and said I have a weapon but I would rather not bring it out yet .annabeth surveyed the army of the city,there were all in all over a dozen gods,demigods,mortals,cyclops,mermen,telkh
Also there were two exquisitely beautiful creatures a Lion which glowed Gold and had a thick golden fur,and a Horse,it was white in color but glowed with an aura.Annabeth surveyed the gods,she recognized Boreas,Khione,Leucothea a Sea goddess who Aides sailors in distress and her son Palaemon,Galene Goddess of calm seas, Thaumas the god of Wonders of the sea,Thoosa godess of swift currents.and even Tethys the wife of Oceanus.
Quite a few water gods annabeth thought,apparently Posiedon came to the same conclusion because he scowled.on our side there was also Posiedon,Artemis,Hestia,Thalia,Nico,Claris
On the opposing army there was a 10 feet tall muscular man but had the lower body of a serpent,he had crab like horns on his head and his eyes glowed green,the other was a 50 foot giant,he had dark green hair which was littered with sea shells and seaweed,his eyes a polished marble,his legs had scales and he had a Trident on his back with the tattoo of a trident on his arm.Oceanus and Polybotes.annabeth looked at Tethys again and asked "why are you here,shouldn't you be there"?she looked at annabeth with a weird expression and said " I left my husband because his constant haranguing,Perseus here found me in the The gulf of Mexico and he brought me to his story and I serve him ever since.
Perseus smiled.he held up a hand and the wall melted I to water,and then froze like a huge basin." what are you doing annabeth yelped"?Perseus didn't answer and said " my city is well defended from attacks,the wall is just for show".just then one of the enemy shops fired a huge javelin,as soon as it reached the city boder a white milky sphere surrounded the entire city and the Javelin deflected off without any damage." how can we help? The Olympian asked".Perseus looked up and said " don't be involved in this,I can defend my city just wait and watch ".The Olympians frowned but moved back a place,Aphrodite was still casting love looks to Perseus.something flashed and caught annabeth's eye,she looked at Enemy lines and the Giant Polybotes was making his way to the city under a white flag.Prometheus appeared behind Perseus and whispered something in his ear to which Perseus smiled.Perseus held up his hand,and instantly all the houses and palace was covered by white milky spheres like Pearls.that's when it struck annabeth " the city of pearls ".Thalia was suddenly wearing her battle armor and so was Nico.Polybotes made his way up the city wading through the river,he stopped 5 meters away from the Palace.Tim stood in front beside Perseus a smile on his face.Polybotes said " so you have decided to help the Olympians,that's a pity,you would have made a powerful ally for us ".Perseus merely smiled like a grown up entertaining a child.Polybotes again spoke " you still have a chance to join us,we could reward you greatly,if not well we will destroy this city ".
Perseus looked at the 50 foot giant in the eye and said " I don't like the Olympians and I am not helping them for their benefit,I am doing it for the thousands of mortals who will suffer in this war otherwise ".
Polybotes grunted and spoke " then you have sealed your demise
Time-Stopper you cannot hope to compete with us,we will destroy you and your army by first daylight ".and then Polybotes charged forward,suddenly a 3 feet long sword adorned Perseus's hand,it was made of a weird grayish,greenish and whitish metal,it's edges were deadly sharp,Perseus charged forward and with one swipe made a cut across Polybotes leg.Polybotes roared in pain and clutched his leg and began jumping around.Annabeth wondered briefly if it was ploy because the cut was barely more then a scratch for someone the size of Polybotes.and then Perseus cleared her doubt,he said " hurts a lot doesn't it Polybotes,that's because this sword is made of Stygian steel and contains waters of the 5 underworld rivers -Styx capable of causing you unbearable pain,Kolkytos capable of making you so sorrowful you will cry,Lethe capable of wiping your memories with a mere touch,Phlegathon capable of burning you and Acheron capable of causing you the worst pain ever imaginable.Clarisse almost collapsed and murmured " that's an amazing weapon,I feel power I havnt even felt from Zues's masterbolt.Perseus laughed and said " I can do all five with a touch so the next one will wipe your memories,interested in that.Polybotes grumbled and said " you will pay for this Time-Stopper,Mother Gaia will create a new giant just for the likes of you ".and with that Polybotes ran down the river and went straight to the water.Prometheus said " he will attack soon,I have foreseen it ".Perseus nodded and said " prepare the Army ".the effect was instaneous,soldiers rushed out of every exit and stood on the basin below where the wall used to be,archers stood at different levels of the City,Cyclops and Tekhines poured out of exits with weapons and stood ready.The gods of the city relaxed.Annabeth noticed that all the soldiers which looked mortal or were Demigods wore Blue armor,emblazoned with a symbol.annabeth coudnt notice it from far away so she asked Tim.he clicked his fingers as the symbol appeared above his hand.it was a symbol which showed The golden Lion and a Horse,the lion was on the right,the horse was on the left side, and in the middle there was a green sword that revolved slowly as if in a Time stop." it's the symbol of my Uncle " Tim explained and annabeth nodded thanks to him.the soldiers all had helms of ice and metal,while the Cyclops and Telkhines wore no armor.The archers each were on houses and of the cities 15 different levels.Tim also explained this to the Olympians " you see the city is designed in such a way,so the archers can shoot easily,the above archers don't have to worry about accidentally shooting their soldiers,and the lower archers also have a clear space ". genius annabeth thought.suddenly Triton appeared beside Perseus.annabeth thought Percy said no god could enter the city unless they had come here before,that means Triton already knew,and when Posiedon had asked he had said No.Posiedon came to the same conclusion as he roared " YOU KNEW ABOUT PERSEUS AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME ".
Triton winced turned around and said " sorry father,but I coudnt tell you because I knew what would happen ".Perseus smirked and said " there are things about me you don't even know about,about my ally's,most of you believe that I have been cut off for the past 800 hundred years,the thrift is I have actually been hiding in plain sight,isn't that right Lady Hestia ".Hestia smiled and said the last time I came here Percy you gave me quite a fright.
WHAT Hestia had been here too,no doubt Perseus had managed to penetrate into the Gods themselves.suddenly Prometheus stiffened.annabeth tried but she coudnt hear his thoughts either.what is wrong first Perseus Now Prometheus,she tried to read Tim's thoughts but found she was deflected again.How annabeth thought.
Suddenly one of the ships on enemy lines began to glow brightly,and from the ship arrows started shooting.Perseus's army did nothing,the arrows came near the city and again the white milky bubble appeared and the arrows bounced off." Okay,that is extremely cool ". Both Alek and Grover said at the same time.Tim laughed and said " watch this,none of us has ever seen it before,only read about it ".Before annabeth could ask What,Perseus held up his hand and a huge Spear materialized,it was as tall as Peseus himself,the handle was made of the same bluish greenish whitish metal the sword was made off,the tip was extremely sharp and was glowing white,Perseus's symbol was etched into the handle.he spun the spear in his hand expertly and what happened next,Shut Up everyone,all the Gods,Olympian Gods,Demigods,Mortals even the Enemy,the night was so Quite,the only sound could be heard as the Gigantic Statue of Annabeth came to life,as she twirled her spear in one hand and slashed the air expertly with the sword.Annabeth was officially stunned as her Statue destroyed enemy ships with her spear.Oceanus went underwater to escape the wreckage,Polybotes was shouting loudly " ATTACK you fools ".The statue destroyed and hacked apart the enemy ships until they had retreated a good distance where the statue coudnt follow because it was too far and the place was filled with water,except for the pedestal on which the Statue stood.The statue,Annabeth's statue froze again on the Pedestal.the enemies started attacking from far now,but they wernt prepared,everyone stood calmly though annabeth saw many of the Demigods were fiddling around,a couple were sitting around and building stuff out of metal,some were doing magic,some were using their water powers,and a demigod near Khione was creating ice and melting it again nd again while Calais and Zethes just went to sleep,but worst was Tim,his neck tendons were bulging,he kept shifting his weight from one leg to another,he kept doing something with his hands,he twirled his staff around expertly spinning in his hand.Annabeth asked him " I see not all the demigods here have water powers,some are doing magic and all metal working ".Tim stopped twirling his staff and said " yeah,that's just Uncle,he accepts everyone in the city,those Demigods are those ones which were not treated properly by their parents and ran away,or they went on Quests and failed so they wandered the land.many of the demigods and mortals here don't have anyplace to call home except this place ".his tone was very affectionate which surprised Annabeth but she knew how good Percy,oops Perseus was.it was bugging annabeth to call him by his full name like they were strangers but it was one of his conditions.they waited like that for quite some time,Even Tim stopped fiddling as the night grew closer on to Mortal.Perseus had made many battle strategies in place and Karnikos and some of the soldiers had vanished to follow his orders.it surprised Annabeth how everybody loved and talked to Perseus like they wanted to please him in any way.Polybotes had promised a fight but until now nothing had come to them." is there any other way into the city ? " Annabeth asked.Tim nodded and said " under the city,from the palace,there is a tunnel that leads all the way to the the river,the passageway forks into various other passages which take a person to other locations." so is it possible that Poly toes army is using that passageway to get in ? " Annabeth asked.Tim shook his head and replied " no it's not possible as for one those tunnels are heavily defended and guarded with a set of magical doors every 20 meters and the second reason is that we are using them to get our troops behind the Enemy so we could attack from all 4 sides ".
Annabeth nodded and asked " so why is this place called the city of pearls ".Tim smiled for a minute stunning Annabeth with his handsomeness and said " it's a long story,we are taught about the first thing when we join the city's school,the thing is this is called the city of Pearls because right where the palace is,under ground,far underground in the ice,rests a giant Pearl about the size of a soccer field.it has special properties,magical properties that come in handy,it can cure anybody and well the pearl is surrounded by various other pearls and treasures ".Annabeth gaped and asked " have you ever seen it " ?Tim shook his head and said " I was just kidding about the pearl size,it's large but not that large,infact a part of it is on the surface,the waters around it are the purest on the Earth,infect this whole valley and it's waters are so clean because they flow from that Pearl and it's a very Spiritual place,in fact the people call it " the temple of Perseus ".Annabeth nodded satisfied with the knowledge.she checked the watch and Tim without looking at a watch said " it's about 10:00 am here ".
" How do you know annabeth asked " ?Tim said " blessing of the god of time ".then a realization stopped Annabeth and she asked " isn't there supposed to be like six months darkness and six months light in Antartica due to the tilt of the Earth " ?Tim laughed and said " uncle is powerful enough that he can bring as much Sunshine as he wants To Antartica and don't worry Persephone is on our side too,actually She and Uncle dated one time ".WHAT I yelled?Tim looked apologetic and said " well they tried it didn't work out so well but they went out a few times ".
For some reason Nico found that very amusing as he was laughing while listening to their conversation.Annabeth stopped herself from assuming her true form and asked " how many goddesses or mortals had Perseus dated and does he have any children " ?Tim laughed and replied " Uncle has dated,let's see that Nymph from the north Pole,Calypso,Persephone, Khione, Tethys, an Oceanid from the bay of Kuch,that Mortal from Asia, that girl uh what was her name,oh yeah Tammy from Los Angeles she was a life saver pretty girl and I lost count " Tim also added but he only went like one time and he has no kids,immortal or demigod ".Annabeth almost exploded and calmed herself down at least he didn't have any kids,she had tried to go out a few times as well after Percy's banishment but it didn't work out,as it was she only had about 2 demigod children at camp,one was roman,the other was Greek.suddenly The sun appeared on the Horizon,but something was different,the sun was more powerful,the light was harsher,older and from a flying chariot came Hyperion,he glowed with power and the light was so powerful,everybody automatically shielded their eyes,the enemy started Attacking,Perseus yelled " Fire the Cannons ".suddenly different booms went throughout the city,and pearls,as big as cannonballs were launched,they crashed into the enemy ships and blew them up.Perseus's army fired arrows and guns,and suddenly format under the city,came out dozens of Riders,they were all demigods or mortals as seen from their armor,they were riding Hippocampi going at the Ships like water jets.from the West Karnikos cloying straight over the water,came pinching with his pincers,as he reached the ship he glowed brightly once and took the form of a man with long hair,and red eyes,he had pincers as Hands,and he grabbed dozens of monsters and killed them with his pincers,Karnikos then unleashed hundreds of crabs on a ship,the entire ship was flooded with crabs.Tim whispered in my ear " uncle made Karnikos the God of Crabs ".then the soldiers,Tekhines and Cyclops on the basin jumped into the water and started attacking the ships.from the East another of Perseus's forces came out,this was led by the Glowing green Horse followed by an army of Mermen and hippocampi.Tim whispered again in my ear the Horse is a son of Posiedon and Demeter- Arion the talking horse,perhaps you have heard of him ".Annabeth nodded and from the side of the river another one of Perseus's army burst through leading them was the Lion the glowing lion and behind him were Hyperboreans,Nymphs and a Giant Squid.The lion jumped into the lake,it's body changed the upper half remained the same,the back of the lion changed into a serpent Tail.What's that Annabeth pointed I have never heard about it.Tim chuckled and said " that's the Nemean Lion,Uncle turned it into a god as well and gave it the ability to survive in any element,if it needs it would grow wings and fly in the Sky,it leads our army ".I nodded impressed,the Emenmy was surrounded and they coudnt do anything,Polybotes dealt with several of our soldiers and Cyclops,and Oceanus was trying to fight with his serpent,he had a fish in his other hand,his serpent lunged at everything around.but still Perseus's forces were winning.Hyperion was shooting light and energy at Perseus's army.suddenly a pulsing white glowing projectile passed straight through Hyperion's chest,he looked down and Perseus yelled " close your eyes mortals ".there was a bright explosion,Annabeth didn't need to close her eyes,she saw as the white projectile which was Perseus's spear came back to his hand.and then everything went wrong,one of the enemy ships started glowing brightly,and then a pulsing bolt of red energy shot out of it,straight at the city,it was stopped by the milky wall,but as the gods saw in amazement,the beam started destroying the shield.the other Ships started glowing brightly too and they also released the red beams of energy straight at the wall,the wall started disintegrating,Perseus's forces also coudnt do anything except close their eyes,the shield disintegrated entirely,and Tim yelled NO.he jumped in the air,flying straight at the beams of energy that were coming towards the City,and with a bright flash all of them Hit Tim.No Tim No Perseus yelled,he tried to help,but suddenly a white force of a wall leapt out of nowhere,All the Gods looked to see Tim holding up his hand towards the the gods,He shouted " Uncle don't worry,I know what to do " .somehow the beams kept hitting him,suddenly a sound noone had ever heard before echoed through the valley,Tim screamed a heart piercing Scream of Pain......................