3rd PERSON'S POV:

A day had passed and both the camps were preparing for what was easily their most difficult battle yet. The Romans had planned their travel to Greece so that they would reach there just at the time Percy had promised them. Thalia was kept imprisoned in New Rome courtesy of Percy convincing Frank that she was traumatized and thus mentally unfit for a fight. It took some convincing, but in the end the praetors ended up accepting that she would only endanger herself in this state. As for Thalia, she didn't know what the Hades was happening. She was relieved to see the Romans rescue her, but then she was immediately imprisoned. No words spoken, no explanations provided to her. Just like that, she ended up being rescued, then again rotting up in a prison cell. She was provided food and fresh clothes daily, was never ill treated. What kind of prison did that? In fact, even Tartarus hadn't been that bad. All those attempts to interrogate her, they were so futile and the experience itself wasn't that bad. At least compared to what she'd heard from Annabeth and Percy. Percy. Now what was he up to? She was so pissed off at him she vowed to herself that she'd strangle the son of Poseidon as soon as she got the opportunity. Meanwhile she could just wait and see where time led her.

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"It's done. The monsters are rallied and ready to attack at your word Percy." Iapetus said in Tartarus where the monster army was getting ready for battle. Percy was ordered to lead the battle, Tartarus so confident of a victory he had taken no oath from Percy to become his host as soon as the war ended. Tartarus was very smart and calculating unlike their old foes, but he seemed to trust Percy too much.

They both went to Lord Tartarus and Percy spoke

"My Lord, preparations for your victory have been made. Only a matter of time before the camps destroy each other and half our army destroys the remainder led by me while the remaining led by Iapetus attack Mt. Olympus."

"That is good. Now go to Half Blood alone and see the status of the war. As soon as the war starts, return here and lead the monsters out of here and onto the remaining campers. Iapetus go along with him." Tartarus spoke in a commanding voice.

"Of course my Lord, that is precisely what we planned on doing." Percy smiled. Once the titan and the demigod left Tartarus, Iapetus was in splinters, laughing his head off. Soon even Percy joined in, unable to control himself due to Tartarus' stupidity.

"I can't believe he himself sent us out while we were conjuring ideas to leave the place! This was so damn easy!"

"Dam easy." Percy smiled, remembering the old joke. When Iapetus looked confused, Percy dismissed the topic and said

"Come now Bob. Let's go. We have to meet and convince my very angry sister that I am with the Gods. That is if she doesn't kill me on sight first, coz as far as I know her, that's exactly what she must have planned."

"Are you going to give the sword to her?"

"She seems right for the job. And since most of camp Jupiter must be empty barring a few who must have stayed back as defense, we will also get privacy."

"Hmm Indeed. Okay let's not waste more time. Soon if the plan works the Greeks and Romans will have made peace and will be out for our heads. We have to give the weapon to Thalia and send her to Olympus to warn the Gods and wait for backup while we get back to Half Blood and reach there with that backup."

"Yeah. Let's get going."

Soon, the two reached the Roman Camp. The guards didn't stop them considering them allies. They got a few questioning looks seeing as the war was about to begin but two strong warriors were still here. Percy didn't bother responding.

"We have come to discuss something with Thalia Grace. If she is fine then we shall take her with us." Iapetus said, clearing doubts. They asked the guards where she was and proceeded there. Percy instructed the guards to leave them alone for a few moments and they complied. She was asleep, snoring in her sleep. Once alone, Percy carefully walked to her prison and gave it a shake.

"Why don't you unlock the prison? We took the keys from the guard for a reason right?" Iapetus said.

Percy shivered at the suggestion. "Just let her wake up and you'll see." Percy replied.

"Uh Thalia..? Thals? Wake up sis..." Percy nervously whispered. Iapetus just stared amusedly at his friend's antics and fear.

Thalia soon woke up after some more whispering and banging her cellar. She sat up groggily and looked around only to find a warmly smiling Titan and a nervous looking traitor/cousin. At first she just stared at Percy for a while, then with all the strength she could muster, she jumped on the prison's door and angrily tried to grab Percy by the neck to kill him. Percy was expecting this and was at a safe distance from the prison, while Bob rushed back a few steps in shock.

"Still wanna unlock the prison Bob?" Percy mocked

"Uh, no thanks..." Bob replied with obvious shock.

Meanwhile Thalia was angrily shouting profanities at her cousin. Percy waited for her to calm down, which took about fifteen minutes. Once she calmed down, she angrily huffed and sat in the cellar tired, glaring a hole through Percy's head.

"Iapetus, go and do it. Just remember the guards don't notice you, they may not take kindly to that."

"SO smart of you to let me know that the camp guards won't allow me to rig their camp with explosives and that I need to do it sneakily Percy." Iapetus rolled his eyes, but left the room and got on with the job.

"Thalia, listen to me very carefully. Things are not the way they appear. We are amidst war that cannot be won without you. You have a very pivotal role to play."

"What your moron of a master wants me to sacrifice myself or some shit like that Jackson?"

Percy shook his head "Thals, I'm not a traitor. Please hear me out. I'm not following Tartarus' orders. I'm following the big three's orders."

When Thalia looked at her brother in confusion, Percy began to explain his whole plan right from her capture to injecting Calypso to the sword he currently held in his hand.

"So that's basically it. Now we need you to go to Olympus and warn the Gods, keep this sword with you at all times. It is made up of chaotic platinum and Stygian Iron. This combination can be lethal to a God or Goddess, but most lethal to Tartarus." He finished while also unlocking the prison. As soon as he did, Thalia rushed towards him and encased him in a rib crushing hug.

"I'm so sorry for all that I said to you earlier kelp head. I had no idea you'd become so smart. It was a great plan and I'm sorry I ever mistrusted you." She said.

"You don't have to apologize Thals. I'm very sorry I had to keep you in the dark. I'm more sorry you had to endure Tartarus. You're one of the strongest people I know, so I had to choose you. I knew breaking you would be nearly impossible."

"You weren't even trying purposely. Now I realize, all those petty attempts to make me talk. They just looked nasty but were in fact not that painful."

"I would never hurt you, you're my sister and best friend. I just hope you'll eventually forgive me."

"There's nothing to forgive kelp head. You did all this to save our lives. We owe you our lives. Now you get going Perce. We can talk about this post the war. Go and save Half Blood. I'll go to Olympus and do what you need me to do."

"Thanks Pinecone face. We'll talk later, remember that only the big three know of the plan and you need to keep it that way till I get back. Take care."

"Okay, You too take care kelp head." Just then, Iapetus came back and nodded at Percy looking satisfied.

"It's done Percy. We should get out of here now."

Percy nodded, hugged Thalia once more and set out to complete the final phase of the plan.

And with that the three left the wretched cells, Thalia breathing the fresh air without any kind of confinement or restraint for the first time in weeks. Percy went to the guards and asked for the man in charge. When he arrived, Percy said seriously "We're taking Thalia, the war will be a big one. Listen, reports suggest there will be an..."

As soon as they left camp, they went different ways - Thalia towards the empire state building and Bob and Percy to Camp Half Blood. Percy and Iapetus crushed a special pearl given by Hades and directly teleported to half blood hill. Percy immediately listened to the device as he knew Calypso would be where Leo was and Leo would be in the meeting. He couldn't see anything from where he was standing, but could see the Romans camped near the camp as if a delegation was sent in to discuss the future. What he heard through the device pleased him. The discussion was taking the direction Percy wanted to take. He could hear the Romans who had gone were Reyna and centurions Hazel and Dakota. He guessed one praetor needed to be in charge outside if something bad happened during the meeting.

"Before we go in Bob, did you rig the dynamites like we'd planned?"

"Yes Percy, the detonation will be remote controlled, the power will be enough to destroy the whole camp." Iapetus replied,

"And I suppose you took care of the other location?" he continued.

"Oh That place has more dynamites rigged in there than possibly what the whole U.S. military possess." Percy chuckled. The detonator was in the possession of Percy, he was just waiting for the right time.

Soon, the demigods had reached to one conclusion - they were not supposed to fight. Unfortunately, Reyna was considering branding Percy a traitor. So Percy decided to change his approach. He went to Frank, who explained to Percy that the Greeks had flashed a white truce flag and wanted a word. Percy requested Frank to call all the Romans and hear him. While the meeting went on inside, here Percy smartly swayed all the Romans and Frank on his side. While they didn't like being made a fool of, Percy knew the Romans fought for honour and what he did would earn him respect in their eyes. He explained every bit of his plan to the Romans, barely missing out on some things. They cheered for him, and just then Roman delegation ended the meeting. Percy advised the Romans to prepare to leave for Greece while he and Frank hurried to the Greeks and the Roman delegation, who were pointing their weapons at Percy.

Reyna screamed at the Romans to attack Percy, but Percy had known this was coming and already could see his plan taste success when the Romans didn't budge. Upon Frank's insistence, they lowered their weapons and heard Percy out. He again patiently explained everything, earning glares and violent behaviour from his friends at first, but rib crushing hugs later on.

"I'm so sorry wise girl. What I did was the hardest thing I've ever done. I promise we'll talk about this later, but right now the Gods and Thalia need us." She nodded, and just like that, as if nothing had happened they all started their journey to Mt. Olympus. Percy knew he had hurt a lot of feelings and would certainly have hell to pay, but as of now all his friends were matured war veterans and realized they had no time for personal qualms. They certainly hadn't let it all go, no. It wouldn't be that easy. But now was not the time.

All this happened while Artemis was present, and she felt ashamed that she had doubted Percy and agreed to spy on the camps. Percy forgave her, as in the end she had shown her loyalty by providing wrong information. She nodded and returned to her hunters. Percy then apologized to Calypso for injecting her with a privacy invading device without her consent and thanked Leo for standing up for him. They just nodded and said they'd talk later, the war clearly on everyone's mind. Even Annabeth was seen giving Percy the cold shoulder, but he knew he needed to talk to her alone and she would believe him. At least he hoped that she would.

MEANWHILE IN TARTARUS:

"WELCOME BACK TO LIFE." Tartarus bellowed to a figure who was bowing in front of him.

"Thank you My Lord, I shall forever be in your debt henceforth. I shall do as you say. spoke the figure, who had an aura of high power around him, but not as much as Kronos.

"Percy was a fool to think I would let him rule the world beside me. Go, lead an army to that empty Roman camp and destroy it. I will personally command an army to attack Olympus in a few days. Let the camps fall apart, I couldn't care less about those puny demigods. I hope Perseus Jackson dies by my hands." Tartarus said laughing like a maniac, proud that he had deceived Percy.

His plan was for Palas, the Titan of Destruction who he just raised from dead to lead an army and attack Camp Jupiter that was left unguarded. Meanwhile he would first let the demigods destroy each other while he waited for Palas' return. Then Palas would lead the army waiting here in Tartarus to attack Mt. Olympus accompanied by himself. He had fooled Percy into believing he needed a host. It was a lie, Tartarus was strong enough and had a whole body of his own, one of the reasons he never appeared in front of Percy. So, Tartarus was proud of himself, feeling that Percy had played into his own hands.

"Go Palas, destroy the wretched camp and get back here. Then we will kill those Gods and rule the world." He ordered, and Palas quickly bowed and left to complete his task, the Roman Camp being virtually unguarded barring a handful of guards, or was it? Did Percy really not know about Tartarus? He's in trouble then isn't he..?

(A/N: SO CAN YOU GUESS WHERE THE STORY IS HEADED FROM HERE? HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING. IF NOT, LET ME KNOW. ILL CHANGE MODIFY THE PLOT IN LITERALLY ONE CHAPTER. VOTE AND COMMENT, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS APPRECIATED.)

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