At the camp, Percy calls Tyson with the i-phone, but doesn't tell him about Annabeth. The oracle walks towards them to tell hunter Zoe Nightshade a prophecy. After learning that Artemis is missing, the hunters want to save her, but the quest is for 5 people: two hunters plus Bianca, then Grover and Thalia. They don't want Percy because he's a boy, but he uses Annabeth's invisibility cap and goes anyway, after promising Bianca's brother Nico that he'll protect her. One of the hunters couldn't go, so with Percy they're now five, as the prophecy said. Together they fight monstrously huge lion Nemeo at a Mall , then some skeleton-soldiers that can't die when they defeat them, but die if it's Bianca the one defeating them. At the junkyard of the Gods, they fight a huge prototipe discarded by Efesto, Bianca enters it and die to save the others. At the Hoover Dam they are again attacked by skeleton-guards, and Percy is helped by a mortal girl that can see them: Rachel Elizabeth Dare. For once, Thalia's prayers to Zeus have an answer, and bronze angels statues become animated and help them, flying them out of there. Percy discovers that the half-cow-half-fish beast he saved is an ophiotaurur, the monster they are all looking for, because apparently if someone kills it and uses its intestines will have such a power to overcome the gods.. the Manticore wants Thalia to do it, and be the one the prophecy talked about, but the other kids help her, but they wouldn't have made it if Mr D hadn't helped them... yep, him. When they find themselves in need of a vehicle, being in San Francisco they ask for Annabeth's father's help. Despite what we all thought of her family, neither he or his wife seem to be bad persons, they're both worried about her and willing to help. They finally meet Atlas, free of his terrible weight. He could have never freed himself, he needed someone to take the weight off his shoulders, and Luke did it, then he begged Annabeth to help him and she did it, and Luke left her there. When Artemis saw her, she had to help a girl in trouble, and took it on herself. Now our heroes have to fight Atlas and free them both. Zoe is Atlas daughter, but helps them fight him. Percy can't fight because Ares' curse won't allow him to use his sword, so he does the only thing he can: he helps the goddess, by taking the weight of the sky off her shoulders. She can now fight with the others, and she sends Atlas back to his place, giving him back his curse, freeing Percy. They are helped also by Annabeth's father, who comes with his little old airplane, shooting the enemies. Zoe dies there, as the prophecy foretold her. When they finally reach the Olympus, Percy fights for monster Bessie's safety. Zeus is afraid of her, and would like to kill the poor beast, but Percy and Poseidon agree to keep it safe there. Thalia accepts to become a hunter and take Zoe's place.
Reading the book we learn that Zoe's life was sort of ruined because of Hercules. She helped him, even gave him the sword that now Percy is using, and he just left her, never ackknowledging what she did for him, and we also learn that Bianca and Nico have been in the Lotus Hotel for many years, not aging. Now, back at the camp, young Nico is furious with Percy because he promised to protect Bianca and now she's dead, he can feel it. Percy realises he's Hades' son, born before the three major Gods promised not to have children. Funny huh, that Hades is the only one that didn't break their promise?? Even Zeus, the one that insisted on it, had Thalia.
At the end, Percy will go back home, and Annabeth will go to his father's house in S. Francisco, while Grover is all excited because he heard Pan's voice telling him he's waiting for him...
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