Percy Jackson : Gods Annihilation

Suddenly in a blur of motion her mother appeared before the bolt, her shield already primed. The bolt exploded against the shield as Athena grunted from the hit but suddenly she stopped as if her feet had found solid purchase in mid-air.

"What the Hades," she muttered to herself, having never seen her mother simply stand in mid-air.

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A few other demigods seemed to notice and stare as well but Artemis didn't look surprised at all, instead launching pure silver light arrows at Percy. It didn't seem to bother him though as he either dodged or cut the arrows with his black katana, his second sword still sheathed away.

Annabeth turned her sight away from him and instead focused on Thalia, the former huntress reigning havoc on the Argo III as she spun and weaved on the deck with several gods and demigods surrounding her.

She simply ignored the demigods though, using her wings to block any arrows or occasional spear thrusts as she moved between Hera of all gods and another two minor ones attacking her in tandem.

Zeus was preoccupied at the steering panel with Hephaestus, swinging his hands at each new bolt that kept raining down from the storm clouds above them and just barely managing to divert them away from the ships. The chariots weren't so lucky though as several got shot right out of the skies and plummeted in heaps of smoke and unconscious gods.

The Argo IV wasn't having a much better time as Hermes and Apollo were tag-teaming Nico but the former demigod was deceptively fast and skilled with such a large sword and working in tandem with his hellish wings, using them for both defense and offense.

She jerked her head up though as another loud crash of metal turned her attention above only to see both Artemis and Athena stepping on plain air as they crossed swords with Percy having forced him to draw his second blade.

It was almost like a lethal dance as the three moved against each other, Percy flying as if he was born in the skies as Athena and Artemis seamlessly used their apparent ability to walk on any surface to maneuver around him in ways ground combat simply wouldn't allow.

Athena moved with swift thrusts of her spears, using the added length to make up for every time she was forced to block one of Percy's blows that would force her back several meters. Artemis for her part was on a near savage offensive, her snarl clear on her face as she tried to rend apart Percy, the one who killed so many of her Hunt.

The chariots were hanging over the decks with minor gods waiting for openings to either jump in or shoot from a distance while trying to resist the vicious winds around them and the random bolts that would rain down.

"Spears at the ready!" she heard called overhead and she looked up in time to see nearly ten chariots lined up with each of the two minor gods aside from the drivers with bronze or golden spears held in throwing positions.

Not a moment later both Artemis and Athena attacked in tandem, forcing Percy higher as he blocked several stabs.

"Release!" came the order from Phobos in his bloody red armor.

With supernatural strength the gods let loose, each spear flying as if fired from canons rather than thrown. Much to her surprise and shock Percy was ready, both swords blurring in motion as he blocked, deflected and spun around each and every spear without a single change in his face.

Then, without pause, he slashed at the air in front of him and with each swing launched an arc of pitch black fire at the chariots. They moved just as fast as the spears but the chariots were far less agile as several of the black fire blades cut and exploded on impact to the screams of the minor gods.

Many fell off their chariots, some onto the deck of the Argo V as other fell to the earth below and coated in the black fire. Several of those that fell onto the ship started spreading the black fire and catching the unfortunate demigods closest to them erupting in more screams like Deimos had back when he cut himself with Riptide. However it seemed that Percy noticed and looked their way, the black fires on the ships snuffing out but leaving the gods that had fallen to burn.

"Damn you Jackson!" Artemis roared as she charged again, this time in her godly form and standing at fifteen feet.

"Huntress," Percy spat as he blocked both of her knives, his attention now focused solely on her. He then spun around as he backed up with Artemis lurching forward from the sudden absence of resistance.

However she wasn't quick enough to block his back kick that caught her straight in the gut and launched her back until she plowed into the side of the Argo IV.

The demigods on board shouted in alarm as the ship listed from the blow, part of the hull crumpling under the oversized goddess as she shook her head and started to pry herself out of it. Annabeth had been about to try and summon her own spears to throw given that the ballista might chance and hit her mother that was currently also in her godly form and fighting Percy above them.

However she was stopped as she almost tripped from another rough gale and Festus Omega going hysterical as he beeped and clicked. Her Morse Code was a little off but the general gist was the ship's engine was being overworked between the storm pushing it in every direction and trying to remain stable enough to maintain combat.

Clicking her teeth she ran to the control panel, jumping over a few demigods trying to assist a badly burned god, his arm having broken off at shoulder and part of his face rapidly losing the black, flaking skin.

Ignoring the grisly sight she arrived at the controls and tried to see how to stabilize it but what she found didn't look good. The storm they were in was all kinds of wrong, the random winds being too strong and sudden while pulling at the ship in every direction.

It was a miracle that their oars hadn't been torn off yet but it wasn't looking good. She knew she had to override the last command Athena left and begin the ships descent rather than try and maintain their positon, otherwise they would risk a burnout and fall regardless.

"Omega, override last command and give me control! Try to keep the deck stable," she ordered as she began the descent while ignoring how the rain kept stinging at her eyes.

She heard the groaning of the main mast and looked up to see part of the sails beginning to tear in the violent storm, making her curse under her breath as she looked to the nearest group of demigods which happened to include Clarisse and several Ares campers.

"Clarisse, the sails!" she called, getting her attention just long enough for her to take hate-filled eyes off Percy as he continued to fight Athena and Artemis.

"Move!" Clarisse ordered with a sharp nod, the squad moving together as vets and closing the distance to the mast.

She returned her attention to the controls, monitoring their height and stability as they dropped under the thousand foot mark.

"Lady Athena, watch out!" someone shouted making Annabeth look again.

She saw her mother some meters back and above Artemis and Percy, sporting a busted lip and long cut down her left thigh. Just behind her there was a blur of purple and Annabeth's eyes widened as yet another angel or apparently god like Percy was coming in.

Athena turned in time to see said being slam feet first into her gut making her cough ichor as the pair stuck together, plummeting at an angle. They clipped the edge of the ship's deck, tearing clean through the reinforced bronze plating, and continued on towards the ground and out of view.

"Mother!" Annabeth called, momentarily forgetting about the controls as she ran to the side but couldn't see past the darkness.

She was trying to sense the location of her mother in order to flash towards her but felt an abrupt barrier come up around them, completely erasing Athena's signature. The ship then shook under her as Omega started even more alarming sirens and she looked to see that Artemis had crashed dead center of the ship's deck though miraculously not crushing any demigods underneath her. She looked up to see Percy scowling down at the goddess, his swords at the ready.

She felt anger bubble up within her as she looked at him, questioning why he was doing this. Why had he disappeared, how had he gotten so powerful, and what was his goal? All those questions boiled within her as Percy landed at the very tip of the ship, right on Festus Omega's head much to the automaton's indignation. She summoned her sword and shield to her after leaving the panel with the order to continue the descent and one of her siblings to keep watch.

She stalked forward, rising to her godly height, a mere ten feet to Artemis' fifteen, both armed and looked at Percy wearily as he hopped down from the dragon head and landed on the deck.

The closest demigods backed up with weapons ready, all looking at him nervously but he didn't take his eyes off Artemis, the blatant hatred in his eyes giving her pause for a moment.

He didn't say anything, only bending his knees slightly as he snarled, his fangs and glowing eyes giving him quite the fearsome image before he rushed forward in a burst of speed, his swords at the ready…

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Don't forget to throw some power Stones, to keep the story going.

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