I kicked him off and fired several arrows into Kronos's bad eye. He roared and tried to attack, but I was long gone. I sprinted off but was again stopped by Kronos. We dueled trident against scythe. But then I caught sight of my sword wedge into the ground nearby. Huh, guess I'm lucky on occasion. I slid between Kronos's legs and grabbed my sword. I slid the trident onto my back and readied my sword. Kronos took a defensive stance. I briefly took an offensive stance, and then ran away in the opposite direction.

I was flying straight for the battle at Typhon's Prison. Most of the ships had dived below by now, but twenty-five of them were still on the surface. I scanned the decks for Luke, if he was still alive. I found him lying down with a dracaenae above him.

I fired off arrows until the dracaenae fell down dead. Luke saw me and waved. After that, he ran to the command deck and sent the ship diving below the surface. That left twenty-four ships for me to destroy. Lightning bolts rained down, blasting the ships to bits. The sea itself attacked any and all survivors. When I was sure they were done, I dove for the ocean, hoping I could get to Typhon's Prison in time to help.

Just as I was about to hit the surface, Kronos showed up and batted me back into the sky using his scythe. I steadied myself mid-air and drew my sword again. I was getting pretty pissed at this point.

"Don't you ever give up?" I asked. I went into a power dive back for the ocean. I stood on the surface of the water, and Kronos cam down to meet me. I waved my hand, and a huge great white, maybe fourteen feet long, jumped up and sank its teeth into Kronos's leg.

Kronos roared and aged the shark to dust. Kronos looked at me murderously. I looked just as murderous.

"You're not the only one who's got a minion or two," Kronos reminded me.

He lightly tapped his scythe to the ocean. A mighty roar filled my ears.

"No!" I screamed, and quickly formed as many air bubbles for my friends as possible. Typhon rose slowly out of the ocean and set his sights on me. I was too busy with the bubbles to fight him or Kronos. Thing was, they didn't care about that and they both attacked anyways.

I dodged Kronos's giant claw and Kronos's scythe, but barely. My friends made it to the surface, and I focused on my fight. Typhon, big as he was, wasn't my biggest problem. Kronos was. He would wait until I was busy with Typhon, then leap out and cut me up with his scythe. And when I tried to counter Kronos, Typhon would almost kill me.

I needed Typhon gone, like now. On a total hunch, I used a tactic I'd gotten form that stupid movie Clash of the Titans. Yup, I released the Kraken. Typhon and the Kraken started slugging it out, and golden ichor was spilling out in the gallons. I turned my attention to Kronos.

I saw Percy taking on Typhon and Kronos at the same time, and still trying to save us. We swam to the surface as fast as we could, hoping to save Percy the effort. As soon as I hit the surface, I saw Percy bat away Typhon's massive claw with a lightning bolt. A Titan ship approached us. I got my sword ready, but then the one-man crew swam out. Luke motioned for me to follow him. I made sure everyone was okay, and then followed.

When we were back inside the ship, Luke got to work steering the ship back to the shore.

"Luke where are we going?" I asked.

"The fight's moving back to Mount Othrys. So are we," Luke said, not explaining anything.

"What?"

"I think I figured out how to beat Kronos, and I know where he and Percy are headed," he told me.

I put it together. But Luke was suggesting we take on a Titan. Percy had the power of the gods and he could barely do it. What chance did we have? Speaking of Percy, I hoped he was okay.

I was not okay.

We had somehow ended back in Mouth Othyrs, currently Kronos was punching me, again, and my head slammed into the floor. Punch after punch came, hammering me until my brains were rattling. Weakly, I reached for my sword, which was inches away from my fingertips. If it were Riptide, it would be in my hand by now. But it was Annabeth's knife in sword form.

Kronos threw another punch and hurled me across the room. I bashed my head against the base of Kronos's throne, and my vision went fuzzy. Kronos strode calmly to where my crumpled body lay, scythe in one hand, my sword in the other. He slashed with his scythe, and a cut opened on my cheek. It sealed itself quickly, and Kronos reopened the cut with another slash.

He transformed my sword back into knife mode. He admired the blade for a minute, as if deciding the most painful way to kill me with it. Suddenly, he smiled and turned his attention back towards me. A sudden idea of what he might do entered my mind. He wouldn't... I mean, that was low even for Kronos. There was no way he would–

I screamed louder than ever before as the knife sank into my chest. While it was in there, Kronos gave the knife a sharp twist. I screamed again. He lifted the knife up, pulling me up with it. He continued lifting until I was hanging in the air, held up by the knife in my chest.

I saw two figures enter the throne room. A boy and a girl. I caught sight of blonde hair and gray eyes.

No, not now. Leave while you still have a chance.

Neither of the figures heard my silent plea.

Kronos, oblivious to what was behind him, saw the desperate look on my face and smiled.

"Well Jackson, I won. Any last words?" he gloated.

I saw Luke draw his own sword. Annabeth readied Riptide. Were they crazy? Why couldn't they just run? Well one thing was for sure, I needed to save them now.

"Yeah," I answered Kronos. "I don't lose."

I kicked Kronos in his immortal groin. He stumbled back, and I ripped the knife out of my chest. First, lightning crackled around me. The water began to swirl around me as well. The shadows grew and darkened. Fires blazed, wind picked up, my rage grew, plants grew all around the palace, the power of Olympus flowed through me. I charged Annabeth's knife with that power. It was a miracle the blade didn't explode. I stabbed Kronos with the super-charged knife. The explosion was massive, a thousand time bigger than the one the master bolt had caused. The palace was completely destroyed. Lying in the center of a blackened circle was Kronos. I felt too weak to move a finger.

Annabeth and Luke were on the ground several feet away. Neither of them were moving. Slowly Kronos rose up. He picked up his scythe weakly and walked over to where Annabeth and Luke were. In a desperate attempt, I grabbed his ankle. He merely kicked me aside and kept walking.

I watched helplessly as Annabeth began to stir. She looked up at Kronos, and cowered in fear. Kronos raised his scythe, and Annabeth flinched. I'd never felt so angry in my life, or so suddenly filled with strength. I sprinted at speeds I didn't think were possible for me and caught the scythe mid swing.

Kronos put more strength into his scythe, trying to shove me off. I held my ground, and the scythe started to crack from the stress.

But then, everything was ruined.

The horrible feeling off being pulled apart limb from limb by fiery whips. My heartbeat turned into a horrible stabbing feeling, and my blood felt like fire. My body glowed from the massive power overload. The cuts of light returned, bigger and brighter than ever before. I went to my knees, still gripping Kronos's scythe. I turned to Annabeth, and I saw her face.

She looked so afraid, so worried, so beautiful. I refused to let her die. I stood back up even as the pain reached new heights.

"You...can't win. I'm a Titan," Kronos seethed.

"And...I'm...a...half-blood!" I retorted.

The scythe shattered, and the shrapnel tore into Kronos. The Titan stumbled back, with the last strength I had, I grabbed a piece of shrapnel and sliced Kronos to ribbons. I collapsed, and Annabeth ran to me.

She held my dying figure in her arms, and as I faded into blackness, the last sensation I felt was her lips on mine. Not a bad way to go. I thought.