The Syndicate
Disclaimer: You know the drill. If not, well, I DO NOT OWN PJO! THE ONLY THING I DO OWN, IS MY LIFE!
A.N. So yeeeh… ya know how I am. I start something, I work on it a bit, start something else and finish up on another story… so anyways, I'm here with my 3rd ever FANFICTION! :D yey happy times. Aaaanyways… so I randomly came up with this idea from watching too many spy movies :P sue me. Um… basically, this is Dark Percy x OC where Percy and OCs are banished by gods. They turn against them, blah blah blah, twists here and there… and I'm pretty sure this is the first version of this… I don't know what you think but I have yet to encounter some stories like mine… heh. If you have, then perhaps you can link me to some other stories that have a similar plot so I can make mine more interesting for you? Remember: This is fanfiction, but I am a people's writer (I hope). If the majority wants something, most times, I relent… Anyways, enough with the author's note… ON WITH THE STORY!
Prologue
Friday, June 13, 1767
Amber's POV
So I was just a normal teenage girl at school hanging out with my friends. Wait… I wasn't normal… See, I have dyslexia and ADHD. I'm a special child I s'pose. A little more about me: I'm 12 years old, born on March 3, 1755. I'm blonde with orange and red highlights on the ends of my hair and my eyes are a strange orange color. I'm about the same height as the next 12 year old.
Anyways, I was hanging out with my friends when suddenly, some giant man, and when I say giant, I mean he was literally 8 ft tall, burst into the room. Strangely, he seemed to be staring directly at me. He gave an animalistic roar and charged at me.
Well, it's been one hell of a run, but if this is how I die, I'm gunna do it my way. I thought as I jumped on a desk with stacks of pencils in my hands.
Everyone screamed as they tried to get away from the weird man as he continued his rampage towards me. As he drew closer, I noticed something strange. He only had one eye. I shook my head. Act now, think later. That's my motto anyways. I leapt back one desk and aimed with the pencils.
"EAT LEAD ASSHOLE!" I shouted as I whipped pencils at the man's face. The pencils, whether they would have pierced his skin or not, flew straight threw him. Ok. I know I'm not considered "intelligent," but even I know that that's not normal.
The man drew closer. He bared his teeth at me. Oddly, the teeth were all pointy, as if this man was MADE to devour children with disabilities. I did the one thing I didn't think I would ever do. I closed my eyes and screamed. A rush of heat burst forward from my hands, and by the screams and shrieks of terror, I'm assuming whatever it was that was happening was completely melting them to a puddle. When I opened my eyes, I noticed that the strange man was gone. In his place, lay a puddle of melted golden dust with the man's jacket and hat on top.
I rubbed my eyes furiously, still thinking this was a dream.
"This is not good. This is SO not good." Ferdinand said. Ferdinand was a good friend, but he was crippled for life. He is permanently excused from gym class due to a doctor's not explaining his faulty legs. (A.N. hue hue hue) He's usually the target of the school bullies and what not.
I grabbed his arm and pulled him towards a secluded area.
"What was that. What just happened!" I whisper-yelled at him. He paled. Ferdinand was never good at lying.
"I.. That… Well… It's confidential." Ferdinand finally stuttered out.
"Confidential?! Ferd. Whatever that was, it almost fricking KILLED ME! And all you can say is 'It's CONFIDENTIAL?!' Fricking unbelieveable!" I ranted.
"Yes. Quite." A familiar voice said. I looked over my shoulder to see my friend Alex with a sword pointed at me.
"Alex what the fuck are you doing! And how do you have a fucking SWORD!?" I exclaimed. He smirked.
"You're sooo gullible. Letting a monster like me get so close to a halfblood like you. That foolish cyclops had to ruin everything by rushing in like that." Alex cackled.
Cyclops? Monster? HALFBLOOD?! I wondered. "What are you TALKING about?!"
"Amber, get behind me NOW!" Ferdinand shouted to me. He said it with such conviction that I did as he said without a complaint. "Begone demon!" he cried to Alex.
Then, the strangest thing started to happen. Alex transformed into a ghastly looking thing with freakishly pale skin. Everything about him screamed danger, yet all I could do was stare.
"What…" I muttered. Ferdinand ripped off his baseball cap, his pants and his shoes and threw his crutches at the Ghost-Alex-Thing. They passed harmlessly through the transparent body of my... friend?
"Stupid wind spirits…" Ferdinand muttered. He reached into his pocket and fished something out. Without turning around, he stuffed the piece of paper into my hands. "Go to that place. I will meet you there." I nodded. I raced off to the nearest bus station.
I never made it to the station. Suddenly, I was transported into a massive room, filled with 12 ft tall men and women, all sitting on marble thrones. Woah… This is some classy place. I thought. The seats were arranged in a U shape with a middle aged man and woman sitting at the point of the bend.
"Kneel before me, daughter of Hecate." The man thundered. Although I didn't want to, I felt like this group of adults demanded respect. So I did the safe thing and kneeled.
"Sir, if I may, what do you mean by 'daughter of Hecate'"?" I asked. The man frowned.
"Do you not know of your parentage, girl?" a little girl with auburn hair called. I shook my head.
"My father died in a play accident and my mother was said to have vanished after giving birth to me. I live in an orphanage with my friend Ferdinand." I explained. "Please. You have the wrong person. I was told to head to this camp or something like that. Something about halfbloods and monsters and whatnot." I pleaded. The adults glanced at each other as if communicating mentally. Finally, the man at the head of the U looked at me.
"The Greek gods are real, and are sitting before you." He said slowly. "Sadly, we do NOT have the wrong person. You are too powerful to live, casting you as a liability to Olympus. Therefore, we have no choice other than to banish you to the depths of Tartarus."
Before I could react, a hole opened up in the ground and swallowed me. I didn't know much about this Greek mythology or the personalities of the gods, but one thing's for sure. I don't like them.
As I fell, I muttered my final vows.
"One day, Olympians. You will fall. Be it by my hands, or another's, you will all beg for mercy until you are forced to fade." I had no idea what that meant at the time, but it just felt right to say.
July 23rd, 1884
Jayden's POV
"Hi. My name is Jayden Skye. Looks like you're my new brother." I smiled at the new demigod. See, my father is Zeus, the king of the gods. Not to sound arrogant or anything, but that made me really powerful.
Anyways… the demigod started to glare at me as if I had done something wrong.
"Is everything ok?" I asked him. The kid shook his head, nodded and smiled at me.
Later that day, I started helping him with his powers and taught him how to IM people. Then, I went to go teach sword fighting to the newcomers, which happened to include him as well. The class went well enough with me helping most kids, however, my new brother just continued to glorify me.
During capture the flag, he asked to defend the flag himself, which I thought was quite brave of him. So, I let him try, since he was my brother, I couldn't just say no, now could I? I had specifically told a group of Hermes cabin to stay in the forest watching my brother and if anything went wrong, to step in and help him out. They agreed to that as long as we got the flag for them. We agreed to their terms. Chiron blew the whistle to signal the start of the game. My team and I ran into the enemy territory. We maneuvered around the enemy and whisked our way to their flag. It was planted in a pile of rocks. Though it looked easy enough, those rocks were extremely unsteady and could fall over at any moment. I signaled for the Hermes cabin to go steal it, because that's what they do best. So, without further ado, my team and I carried the flag towards our side.
A bloodcurdling scream came from our zone. Fast as lightning, I shoved the flag into my teammate's hands and ran off to go help my brother, who was alone against a whole team. I was too late. The group of Hermes kids lay on the ground bleeding. The enemy was also in a similar state. The worst one of the group, however, was my brother. He was lying on the ground in a pool of blood. He was dead. His eyes held defeated determination. I looked at the wound and realized that it was from the fangs of a Hellhound and the claws of a Fury.
A bright light engulfed me. Next thing I knew, I was on Olympus, in the throne room to be specific. My dad had tears in his eyes. He motioned for me to come forward, so I obliged. See, I had never seen my dad before, but by the lightning emblem on his toga and the fact that everything about his persona screamed 'SKY GOD', it was kind of easy to identify him. Hades flashed in and the rest of the council followed suit.
"Brother, you have brought this on your children." Hades said smugly.
Zeus was furious. He ripped his master bolt from the ground and hurled it at Hades. The bolt struck home as Hades was thrown half way across the room and fried by the bolt.
"Your presence is no longer welcome in my domain. Hades, begone with you foul demon." Zeus bellowed. Hades flashed out, probably to the underworld. Zeus turned on me, but his anger had subsided.
"Son, I need you to do me a favor. There is a powerful demigod that is captured by the monsters. He's the child of a Primeordial god. His name is Josh Penedo. He's about your age and I think they are about to kill him. With that much raw power, they could ultimately use his essence to kill us all. I need you to go and save him for me." Zeus said. "I know I'm in no position to be asking favors from you but we could use him and make him a better ally to the gods." I smiled. Zeus was giving me a chance to prove myself.
"You had me at son, dad." I said happily. Zeus returned my smile.
"None of the other campers can know about this so you need to go alone." Zeus said slightly worried.
"No problem." I said.
"I can send you to the relative area of where he is being held. The rest is up to you. Remember, we cannot interfere with your quest due to the Ancient Laws." Zeus warned. I nodded.
"I got this, dad." I replied confidentally. Zeus gave me a nod of thanks and flashed me to the forest. I pulled out my trusty sword Bolt and held it in my hand. Suddenly, I heard a rush of water followed by screaming and the sound of monsters getting killed. Well, that part was easy enough. I thought as I raced towards that sound.
When I broke through the clearing, I saw a boy around my age surrounded by swirling pools of water. Monsters were constantly being sucked in and thrown out by the currents. The boy's eyes glowed a magnificent blue and green; like an old sea.
"Ya won't take me alive suckers!" He screamed at the monsters. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Krios appeared behind the boy and cracked him on the back of the head with his spear shaft. The boy lay still. I closed my eyes and focused on the air around him. I noticed that he was still breathing. Good. I thought, He's not dead. I rushed at Krios and leapt high into the air, using my powers to aid me to go higher. Krios noticed me and tried to knock me down. I managed to dodge his blows as I decended near the boy. I cut his bonds and sent a prayer to my father telling him to take away the boy. There was a flash and the boy was gone. Krios gave a bellow of rage and rushed at me with his spear. I knew I was about to die so I squeezed my eyes shut. Everything slowed down. I remember a spell Chiron had told me about. It would open up a hole to Tartarus. Any mortal who falls in will survive, as they will fall into the river of lamenation, the River Cocytus. To mortals, they would eventually drown, due to their weak minds giving in to the sad voices in the river. However, demigods who have the will to live can, and will survive.
Quickly, I opened my eyes and cast the spell. The hole opened up faster than anticipated and sucked me into it too along with Krios. Together we fell towards the River Cocytus. I knew I would survive. The question is, would Krios. We drew closer to the river. The miles decreased to feet, which decreased to inches.
BAM! I slammed into the water. Being the sky god's kid, I could summon air to come and aid me back up. I did just that. I looked around for Krios. He wasn't there. What slowly flowed downstream, however, was a spear and a pair of ram horns. I fished them out of the water and started looking around for a way out. My eyes came to rest on a girl around my age (A.N. people still age in Tartarus, albeit quite slowly…) She was staring at a shimmering image of the throne room. Cautiously, I approached her. Without turning, she spoke quietly but firmly.
"I'm assuming you're Jayden Skye, son of that blasted sky god and the hero that is presumed dead?" she asked. I nodded before I realized she couldn't see my reaction. I blushed. Finding my voice, I replied.
"Yup that's me… and you are…" I trailed off.
"Silly me! I'm Amber Houndini. Supposedly, I'm a daughter of Hecate that can control fire." Amber said. "Quick, come here. The gods are about to start the meeting about that water kid you saved." I walked over, wanting to see what my father said.
The boy had seemed to come to his senses. The boy, no Josh, looked around at the gods. Zeus literally had thunderclouds dancing in his eyes.
"YOU! YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT! THIS IS WHAT MY SON DIED FOR? I DEMIGOD WHO CAN'T EVEN HOLD HIS OWN AGAINST A BUNCH OF WEAK MONSTERS?!" Zeus roared. The other gods protested, saying how Josh had done nothing wrong yet. Josh stood. His face contorted with anger. He glared at Zeus.
"SHUT UP!" Josh yelled at Zeus. The gods were frozen. Josh seemed to have struck Zeus' last nerve, for Zeus exploded.
"HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME LIKE THAT! MY SON JUST KILLED HIMSELF TO SAVE YOU AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?!" Zeus bellowed.
"WELL IF THAT'S THE CASE, HE SHOULD BE THE ONE GETTING THE GRATITUDE. NOT YOU, YOU ARROGANT, UPTIGHT PIECE OF CRAP, SORRY EXCUSE FOR A SKY GOD!" Josh countered with an equally menacing tone.
Zeus gave an animalistic roar and blasted his master bolt at Josh.
"I HEREBY CAST YOU INTO THE DEPTHS OF TARTARUS!" Zeus shrieked. Josh waggled his middle finger at Zeus and muttered his last words.
"I WILL return, and when I do, I don't care what the rest of you have done, I will raze Olympus brick by brick if I have to. You're fates have been sealed." And with those words, Josh was sent down to Tartarus.
What a despicable thing to do! I thought angrily. I quickly severed my connections to my father. I will avenge you, brother, and I will help Josh with his plan to destroy Olympus. I vowed. Amber snapped me out of my musing by tapping me on the shoulder.
"Look." She said pointing at the river. Josh Penedo was floating down the River Cocytus.
Josh's POV
Stupid, arrogant gods! I thought angrily. Suddenly, two pairs of arms lifted me from the water and put me on shore. It could have been a monster who lifted me out so I pretended to be unconscious. Two voices broke the silence.
"It's HIM!" a feminine voice shouted quietly.
"Yeah no SHIT Sherlock." A male's voice said.
"Do you think he'll help us?" the first voice said.
"I don't know Amber. He DID say he wanted to destroy Olympus." The male said.
"There's only one way to find out." The girl, presumably Amber, said.
"Let's try to wake him up then." The man said.
"Do it Jayden." Amber said. Suddenly, I felt two large hands grip my shoulders and they started to shake me around.
"OI! I'M AWAKE! I'VE BEEN AWAKE THIS WHOLE TIME!" I shouted in their faces. They just stared at me. Then, for no clear reason, the three of us burst into laughter. Oh how good it felt to laugh again. After we stopped laughing, I looked at them.
"We saw how the gods banished you. We want to help you accomplish your goal." Amber stated.
"Alright Amber and Jayden. You can help me." I confirmed. They stared at me. "You said some names and I believed they belonged to the two of you." I explained. They nodded.
"So tell us about yourself. What do you know." Jayden said.
"Well, I was born about 16 years ago. My father is Pontus, the protogenoi of the sea and other liquids and my mother is a mortal. I'm extremely powerful on demigod standards and I hate the Olympians now." He looked at us. We blinked at him. "That about sums up me. What about you?"
"Well, my father was Zeus, before I cut the ties for what he did to you." Jayden started. "Before that, Hades killed my brother, causing me to have a grudge against the gods… and that's me."
"I was being sent to camp by my satyr friend, Ferdinand, when I was whisked to the throne room where I was banished here for being "a liability to Olympus" as Zeus put it. I'm a daughter of Hecate, goddess of magic, and I can control fire, due to my mother's flaming torches." Amber said.
We all decided to venture through Tartarus together in look for more allies and some training dummies.
October 31st, 1955
Jasmine's POV
So World War Two had just ended. So had the Great Depression. Life was good as an American child. At the age of 16, I didn't have to do much. School, some work at home, and the occasional trip to the malls. Nothing too big.
Today, my parents and I were decorating our house, when a large group of kids and adults walked up to our house. They ignored the odd looks from our neighbours and continued up the path to our doorstep where we were decorating. My parents stood protectively in front of me.
"Trick or Treat!" The kids shouted, while one of the adults zapped my parents to crisps with some electric tube. "Guess they chose 'Trick'" the kids laughed.
"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! YOU KILLED THEM! FUCK YOU!" I shouted at them throwing rolls of tape and decorations at them. The adults advanced forwards and placed a hand on my shoulder.
Ok. Now I was scared. Afraid for my life, as well as my virginity, I kicked and punched wildly. My attempts were futile.
"Close your eyes little one." Someone whispered in my ear. Much to my horror, my body followed the orders, even if I tried not to. A bright flash of light slid through my eyelids. When I opened my eyes, we were nowhere near my house.
"Where are we?" I asked frantically. The adults and children started to grow. And by grow, I don't mean age. Like they literally expanded themselves to massive sizes and sat down on seats made for giants.
"We are the Greek gods, puny mortal. We received word that there was one child of a Titaness left. It turns out that it is you." The one who fried my parents said. I racked my brain for knowledge on the Greek gods.
"You're Zeus!" I said before kneeling down. The gods seemed surprised by my actions. "Di-did I do something wrong?" I asked worriedly.
"No. It is just that I did not expect such respect from a demititan, much less a child of our mother." Poseidon said.
"Wait… you said mother… meaning Rhea… Wasn't she as strict about affairs as Hera?" I asked confused. The gods nodded in agreement.
"That is what we thought too. Apparently, you are a child of rape from a mortal. Rhea decided to keep you for the sake of your life. However, soon after, she faded away because she had went against her word of having children with anyone other than her husband." Demeter said sadly.
"ENOUGH!" Zeus shouted. The gods flinched. I almost shat my pants right there. "WE ARE HERE TO PUNISH THE CHILD! NOT TO HAVE TEA AND MUFFINS WITH HER!" Zeus said. I almost laughed, if it weren't for the "punish her" part.
"CHILD, YOU ARE HEREBY SENTENCED TO LIFE IN TARTARUS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE LOST OUR MOTHER BECAUSE OF YOU." Zeus said.
"HOW IS IT MY FAULT!?" I shouted back.
"IF YOUR FATHER WASN'T BORN THEN OUR MOTHER WOULD STILL BE AROUND!" Zeus argued weakly. He blasted his bolt at me.
"I may be tortured down there, but WHEN I return, I will personally see to it that you all burn in hell for this sin. I SWEAR IT!" I shouted as the bolt made contact with me. I thought it was going to hurt. I was wrong. IT STUNG LIKE A BITCH! Worse than a bee sting mixed with a mosquito bite on the same spot. Worse than holding your hand on a frying pan while the flame is on. Worse than taking a shower in acid.
When I came to my senses, I was floating down a river. Below me, voices were moaning about how unfair life was. I wanted to stay with them and agree with them, but I knew I had a promise to fulfill to myself. I trudged through the dark tunnels of the hell known as Tartarus.
Jayden's POV
The three of us continued on our expedition to find a way out of Tartarus when I realized I forgot my sword back at the river. (A.N. They were all made immortal so they could suffer forever, which is why they don't need the river of fire. Forgot to mention that… heh sorry guys.)
"Hey guys! I forgot my weapons back at the river. We gotta go back to get them. They're not returning to me for some reason." I said. With minimal complaint, the three of us trudged back.
When we got there, we noticed my weapons lay in a pile. Beside that pile stood another girl. She was quite pretty with chestnut brown hair and forest green eyes.
"Hello there. We're just going to collect those weapons and be on our merry way to destroy Olympus. Don't mind us." Amber said. Josh and I shared a facepalm. The girl walked closer to us.
"Would it be alright if I joined you in taking down Olympus? I was just banished by those no good gods." She said. The three of us shared a look.
"The more the merrier I guess." Josh said grinning like a madman.
"I'm Jasmine, by the way. Jasmine Willowdale." She introduced. In return, we introduced ourselves as we walked towards the heart of Tartarus.
Current Time
3rd Person POV
The serial rapist and murderer ran for his life through the alleys of New York. He turned the corner thinking that he had given the assassin the slip.
CRASH! The man smacked into the assassin. The man fell. The assassin drew a gun from his jacket and pointed it at the man's head.
"P-p-please sp-spare me sir. I promise I won't d-do anything b-b-bad again. I swear!" the man pleaded.
"You're words mean shit to me. Burn in hell mother fucker." The assassin said as he pulled the trigger.
The cold, lifeless body of the rapist fell to the ground in the alleyways. The assassin; gone into the night.
A.N. WOOOOOO WEEE! Super long chapter there. Not surprised though. It's just the backstory. Um… Now, since AoD is done, (Angels of Destruction) I am mainly focusing on this and MtD (Meet the Demititans). So yeah. If I'm not updating this, then I'm updating that. Hope you enjoy this new story so far. I've never seen anything like this before so I believe I am the 1st one writing something like this, though I could be wrong. Anyways, please please PLEASE Read and Review, Favorite it, Follow it, I don't care. Just submit your feedback to help me make this story better. Thanks!
~FlamingCowBlade777 (FBC)