THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH Percy Jackson ... - No one's invited.

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weigh on his shoulders.
“I feared this,” Chiron said. “Against my father, Kronos, we would stand no chance in a fight.”
Chiron rarely called Kronos his father. I mean, we all knew it was true. Everybody in the Greek
world—god, monster, or Titan—was related to one another somehow. But it wasn’t exactly something
Chiron liked to brag about.Oh, my dad is the all-powerful evil Titan lord who wants to destroy
Western Civilization. I want to be just like him when I grow up!
“Do you know what he meant about a bargain?” I asked.
“I am not sure, but I fear they seek to make a deal with Daedalus. If the old inventor is truly alive, if he
has not been driven insane by millennia in the Labyrinth…well, Kronos can find ways to twist anyone to
his will.”
“Not anyone,” I promised.
Chiron managed a smile. “No.Perhaps not anyone. But, Percy, you must beware. I have worried for
some time that Kronos may be looking for Daedalus for a different reason, not just passage through the
maze.”
“What else would he want?”
“Something Annabeth and I were discussing. Do you remember what you told me about your first trip to
thePrincessAndromeda, the first time you saw the golden coffin?”
I nodded. “Luke was taking about raising Kronos, little pieces of him appearing in the coffin every time
someone new joined his cause.”
“And what did Luke say they would do when Kronos had risen completely?”
A chill went down my spine. “He said they would make Kronos a new body, worthy of the forges of
Hephaestus.”
“Indeed,” Chiron said. “Daedalus was the world’s greatest inventor. He created the Labyrinth, but much
more.Automatons, thinking machines…What if Kronos wishes Daedalus to make him a new form?”
That was a real pleasant thought.
“We’ve got to get to Daedalus first,” I said, “and convince him not to.”
Chiron stared off into the trees. “One other thing I do not understand…this talk of a last soul joining their
cause. That does not bode well.”
I kept my mouth shut, but I felt guilty. I’d made the decision not to tell Chiron about Nico being a son of
Hades. The mention of souls, though—What if Kronos knew about Nico? What if he managed to turn
him evil? It was almost enough to make me want to tell Chiron, but I didn’t.for one thing, I wasn’t sure
Chiron could do anything about it. I had to find Nico myself. I had to explain things to him, make him
listen.
“I don’t know,” I said at last. “But, uh, something Juniper said, maybe you should hear.” I told him how