"How did the fight against the incredibly clever and ancient beast who'd been plotting how to beat us for months and knows every last one of our weaknesses go?" Percy closed his eyes, decided that was worse and opened them again. "Very poorly. Without Kiki's spell, she'd have killed us all. For all I know, she did."

He tried to think of when he'd last seen everyone. "She almost got Pike. The armor, the Dawnplate, saved her. Allura went down and... I think Scanlan did too. I couldn't see him where I was. We were all... I don't know, Vax. I honestly don't know. We hurt her, that much is certain. She was angry and in pain and enraged."