The Sinister Four: Chapter 10

Josh's P.O.V

I felt relieved when Melody had blast Nadine out into the sky when she is trying to take revenge by taking me prisoner. She will stop at nothing to come back to torture me, and so that's when Melody comes in handy. Melody's magic is so powerful that she can lock Nadine's essence in Tartarus for quite a long time.

It seems unbelievable, but apparently, according to Melody, Hecate and Circe are helping her secretly, and that makes the story more believable.

Then, we cheered in happiness, as the battle was over for now. Oh wait.... Gaea's most powerful weapon had been destroyed, and I figure that the war is finally over, after a couple of weeks.

But I got the feeling that Gaea will be back soon or later, and I got the feeling that we will face a monster much more horrendous than the Kraken.

People are cheering for Mary for dealing the final blow on the Kraken, but as they're about to herd Mary above their heads, they seemed to be struggling to raise her up. Then, more campers gathered around Mary to lift her up, and sure enough, with about 15 campers, they're successful in raising Mary up. Then, Melody lifted me up and I bend my knees and jumped up. I landed on Mary, and got on her shoulders. The campers didn't seem to mind about this, and after about 30 seconds, the campers put Mary down, and I got down from her shoulder. The Campers are clutching their hands in pain, probably because they hadn't lifted something that heavy before.

Then, Chiron blew a conch horn, and all the campers, who are cheering because the battle was over, kept cheering and went inside the camp.

It was a very exhaustive effort. Thankfully, no camper dies, but 4 of them are seriously injured. A boy from Athena cabin had his arms burned from Laistrygonian Giants bronze flaming balls, and a girl from Aphrodite cabin is not technically injured, but she was complaining about her makeups being destroyed in the monsters attack. Another boy from Hermes cabin had lost a leg, and the other was Gary, from Artemis cabin, who had his ribs broken after receiving a blow from the cyclops.

We all returned to the camp with smiles in our faces, and weapons in our hands. If anybody else other than the residents of Camp Half-Blood saw this, they probably thought that this is a group of lunatics that recently took drugs and got high.

When we got to the campfire, we were shocked because the 12 Olympian Gods have arrived in this camp. This is such an honor, and if we're Romans, we have to kneel.

Chiron gestured the campers to kneel anyways, and faced the Olympian Gods. I and my friends kneel.

Then, Chiron cantered over the campfire and started giving speeches of how great the demigods have been defending the camp, and most importantly, he gave Mary quite a big credit for the hard work she had done on killing the Kraken.

It was thought impossible. The Kraken is one giant massive collosal beast that even the gods are afraid of it. Mary was able to find the Kraken's weak spot and kill it (with my help of course).

Then, Zeus's voice thundered. "Mary Lester!"

All eyes were on Mary. I could tell she was looking very nervous, especially when this is the first time she stood in front of all 12 Olympian Gods.

Mary reached near the Campfire, and she began to gave her speech. Mary said that she couldn't have done it without me, and she gestured me to come forward.

I did came forward, and she ruffled my hair. I smiled, looking at the rest of the crowd with a smile. I could see Jessica, Melody, Stella and Jarren over there, watching me with a smile.

I then went back to my seat, and the Olympians asked what gift would they give to her. Mary thought about this, then she perked up, as if she had found the perfect thing to say.

"Yes, I would like a gift, but will you promise me to fulfill it?" Mary asked.

The Gods murmured amongst themselves, and Zeus spoke. "Yes."

"But.... I need your promise on the River Styx." Mary said.

"Why?" One of the Gods asked her, and it's Demeter. "Can't you trust us?"

"It's not that." Mary told the Gods. "I don't want my wish to be muddled up with other wishes. And besides, it's very important for me."

"Very well." Zeus said, and he spoke the words that told us that he is making a promise on the River Styx that he would do anything to try to fulfill Mary's wishes.

"Okay good." Mary said. "I only want a gift, and it's only singular, nothing more."

The Gods waited.

"I want my father out of his punishment." Mary simply said.

That's when the Olympian murmured amongst themselves. Atlas was the titan who is keeping the sky aloft from ever touching the earth again. If Atlas quit his punishment, then who will get his place?

After a long chatter among the Olympians, Zeus cleared his throat. "Very well. I knew precisely who should replace Atlas."

I hoped that it's Nadine herself. I think putting her under the sky will give her a taste of her own medicine.