next week, and we will have a proper celebration."

 

He smiled, and for a moment I saw the old light in his eyes.

 

Then the entire sea grew dark in front of us, like an inky storm was rolling in.

Thunder crackled, which should've been impossible underwater. A huge icy

presence was approaching. I sensed a wave of fear roll through the armies below

us.

 

"I must assume my true godly form," Poseidon said. "Go — and good luck, my son."

 

I wanted to encourage him, to hug him or something, but knew better than to

stick around. When a god assumes his true form, the power is so great that any

mortal looking on him will disintegrate.

 

"Good-bye, Father," I managed.

 

Then I turned away. I willed the ocean currents to aid me. Water swirled around

me, and I shot toward the surface at speeds that would've caused any normal

human to pop like a balloon.

 

When 1 looked back, all I could see were flashes of green and blue as my father

fought the Titan, and the sea itself was tom apart by the two armies.

 

THREE