They stood facing each other on the rooftop, the son of Poseidon against the son of Hermes.
"Are you sure you're the son of Poseidon?" yelled Luke. His opponent raised his hands and summoned all the water from the rooftop reservoirs. It surrounded Luke and tumbled him as though he were in a washing machine. When the water dissolved, the weapon they were fighting for lay between them.
"Pretty sure," replied Percy, shaping the last of the water into a trident. He walked over to Luke, picking up the Lightening Bolt as he went. He waited as the son of Hermes struggled to his feet, an angry look on his face. Percy held the Lightening Bolt out to Luke and said: "but I owe my father no loyalty."
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They are the first thing that new demigods are warned of when they arrive at Camp Half-Blood. Beware the traitors; beware the boy with eyes bluer than the Caucasian Seas; beware his friend with a scar on his cheek and a Bolt in his hand. The hero worship the some of the older demigods had once held for the son of Poseidon had long since turned to hatred and it was common knowledge that Perseus Jackson was definitely not adverse to a dust-up with other demigods, dust-ups that usually resulted in his opponent's death.
There is nothing as dangerous to demigods as the two Betrayers for the Gods are too busy fighting each other to pick on demigods. The Betrayers have no such demands on their time. What they did when they weren't interfering with quests and stockpiling mythical weapons, no one at Camp Half-Blood knew. The rumours were enough that no one went looking for the answers either.
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The second thing that new demigods were warned about at Camp was to stay away from the Lakehouse. Once said demigods learnt who was the only person who had, or ever would, live there they usually gave it a wide berth.
Someone had been there since Perseus Jackson's betrayal, though. No one knew when or how the statue had arrived there, and no one wanted to find out. It was done in the Ancient Greek style but was made of the glassy black crystal called obsidian. It was of the two Betrayers, facing opposite directions and slightly staggered so they weren't completely back to back. Lukacian was facing the door, his deep scar turning what would have been a cocky smile arrogant. He held the Lightening Bolt above his shoulder, ready to strike and he had winged sneakers one but he still managed to look ready to fight. Perseus stood staring out at the lake, achieving the almost impossible by displaying to unrelated emotions: his face showed sadness as his eyes held burning anger. The trident in his hand was choppy, as though it were made of water, but he held it off the ground and tilted slightly forward, ready to attack.
The two of them were a study in contrasts; Lukacian was all violent emotions while Perseus was more considered. And yet, the inscription on the statue's base tied them together and told all that needed to be said about their side of the story.
Perseus και Lukacian
πάντα ελεύθερη
Perseus and Lukacian
Forever free