She demands a competition and a winner and a loser.

Nike, too, is suffering the same conflict of identity. They hear an enraged voice screaming: You Will Die Now. They are about to leave when Leo makes an offhanded comment about Adidas versus Nike. Reyna, a Roman praetor, and Coach Hedges, join Nico in attempting to get the Parthenos to Athens, but it goes sideways when Nico drops them in the middle of Pompeii. In order to do this quickly, they are using Nico's ability to shadow travel. The other heroes have been on their own mission to return with the Athena Parthenos and take it to Athens. Juno is called upon and refuses to heal Jason, but does tell them to find Nike and capture her. Jason is discovered and mortally wounded when he is run through by a ghoul wielding a special sword made to kill demigods. Luckily, the ghoul goes on to say that there is a way to safely navigate and avoid the Straits.they would have to go o by way of Peloponnese.

This is a good gamble as the ghouls enjoy speaking about how Gaea has promised to reward them when she comes back into power. Jason is mistakenly identified by Antinous. Learning of a great 'gathering' of Gaea's minions, Jason, Piper, and Annabeth go undercover. In the previous book, she was awakened as the heroes discovered and removed the Athena Parthenos from Arachne's lair. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over.In the fifth book of the Heroes of Olympus, by Rick Riordan, the characters Jason, Piper, and Annabeth have decided that they need to find out what Gaea, the Earth Mother, has planned. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea's army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. The Athena Parthenos will go west the Argo II will go east.

Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. She needs their blood-the blood of Olympus-in order to wake. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. Her giants have risen-all of them-and they're stronger than ever. Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea.

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