Flames. Constant fire and destruction. Thats all I know of course. The world has been like this since before I was born. My father told me all the heroes of our world were killed. He said the skys burned black, the seas changed blood red, and the flames came.
"We can change this..." a voice said.
"What the hell? SHOW YOURSELF!" I shout.
"Quiet Zatios. This worlds future rest on you." the voice spoke. I turned to see a cloud of black dust floating. But it had eyes. But the eyes were golden." You will save this world. With the last of my strenghth I will ensure it! YOU ARE THE LAST HERO!"
Suddenly the dust swarmed me, and everything turned black.
Last Hero Book 1: Heroes United
Percy Jacksons POV
BAM!
I thought it was a good idea to get out of bed before noon and look what happend. I get a heavy body on top of me. That'll teach me. I shove this kid off me, stand up and brush myself off. I look over to get a good look at the guy. He was about my height, torn shirt, and dirty jeans. Weird thing- his hair was snow white, and he couldn't have been older than 16. I grab him by the shoulder and lift him up.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE LAST HERO? WHO ARE YOU? THE FLAMES!" He shouted and started thrashing around. Then he passed out again. Some other demigods rushed over with Annabeth.
"Who is this?" Annabeth said destressed.
"Hell if I know. But if you ask me he's insane. Get him to the infirmary." I said handing him over to another camper.
SKREEEEEEEEEEK!
If my morning wasn't already going bad enough.
"MONSTERS!" a camper shouted.
"Yeah, I caught that part..."I mummbled and ran tword the entrance of the Camp. For the past two months we've been under constant attack by monsters. Wouldn't be so bad if they were weak, but as time passes their more numorus and powerful. Last week it was a band of Cyclopes. Lets see whats on the agenda today!
"I have a bad feeling about this." Annabeth said pulling out her knife.
"Come on, with me and you nothing could be two bad." I say.
Suddenly a shadow passes over us. Above its a drakon hovering. Riding it was another creature i've never seen. He had grey armor, a ripped black cape, and a mask that looked like it was straight out of Hades.
"Argh...Jackson where is he?" He hissed from above.
"If by him you mean the blade I'm about to put in your gut..." I start.
"NO, THE HERO. HE HAS TO DIE." He screams.
I think about the weird dude from earlier. Looks like he has some pretty beast dudes after him. Figures.
"If you want him you'll have to take me down!" He yell as I throw a rock at his drakon.
"Very well." He says. I bet he's smiling under the mask.
He lands and dismounts his drakon. It hisses and breaths fire at Annabeth and I but we hold our ground. He approaches me and its like I could smell the evil. I felt all my courage and strenghth leave me.
"Who...who are you?" I ask sheepishly.
"I am Nysos, fifth Ourea, and killer of heroes. You cannot kill me little demigod. That is my gift from my brother. That no demigod can strike me down. It's a losing battle for you." Nysos said in pure confidence.
"Oh to Hades with you!" I shout and charge.
I swing Riptide at his gut, and he doesn't even try to defend. Riptide gets caught in his side.
"Heh, is that all little one?" He roared then kicked me in the chest. The sky started to spin. I haven't been in this much pain since Kronos cut me. I rolled back and called Riptide. It instantly came back to my hand. I charge again. This time he pulls out his sword and swings. Of course it shatters on me. I bathed in the River Styx (long story).
"The Curse of Achillies?" Nysos shouted in confusion. I mangaed to punch him with the hilt of my sword the kick him in the chest. He fell over but it felt like i kicked 100 foot thick wall of titanium.
"I WILL KILL YO-" Nysos started. He touched his head. "BUT BROTHER HE...So be it. Your lucky Persus Jackson. Next time my brother won't be so kind." He then hopped on his drakon.
"Leaving so soon buddy? Chicken" I said.
"Funny. Prehaps I'll take a constilation prize." Nysos laughed. His drakon shot it's tounge out and caught Annabeth. Shit.
"AAAAAH! PERCY HELP." she screamed.
I summoned all the power I could muster and water shot out of the ground, carrying me into the sky.
"GIVE HER BACK!" I shout as a whirlwind appears around me.
"I told you. NO DEMIGOD CAN STOP ME!" Nysos screams. His sound went supersonic and knocked me and my water crashing to the ground.
Disoriented, I could only watch as Nysos and Annabeth disappeared. Then everything went dark.
Zatios's POV
I wake up in a bed. Next to me is a man in wheelchair... where is the gas, and why is this building intact? Everything was destroyed in the war...
"Sir, are you the voice?" I ask.
"No, young one. I am Chiron." He said smiling. He sounded warm and inviting.
"Funny, my dad told me about a guy named Chiron. Half man half horse. Died in the war though." I mummbled.
"Oh?" Chiron asked and stood up... except without feet. Hooves. Half man... I stood up quickly.
"What is this? Who are you and..." I looked out the window. No fire. Green trees, and the sky... it's blue! " This is impossible!"
"Young one, if I could ask your name?" Chiron ask. But I ran out side to see the beuty. The sky was blue again! How could this have happend? Then something dawned on me. My dad always spoke of a man who could control time... Kronie...Kronos or something? What if...
"Chiron whats todays date?" I ask.
" November 25 2011." He replied confused.
"Oh god...oh god... He sent me back. He wants me to save this..." I start mummbling.
"Prehaps we should talk this over with friends..." Chrion said as he put his arm around me.
30 minutes later
"So tell us...Zatios was it? Where excatly are you from?" Percy Jackson said. he had a bandage on his head and a few scrapes. Chiron informed me that he was the son of the sea god Posiedon.
"Well...here goes. I'm from the distant future, Im sixteen and last time I checked it was 2111. A few months from now a wars going to start. My father told me that some sky lord and earth lord will come toghether and wage war on the Olympians. With their combined strenghth they will kill the Olympians and move on to demigods. And within a few years all the demigods will fall. The entire worlds going to be engulfed in constant fire and destruction. Humans can barley breath the air. Some cloud with golden eyes told me I could change it and... here I am."
"It's a shame the demigods will die... but maybe Zeus deserves it..." Vladimir Roslov says under his breath. If he was trying to be quiet about it, he fail miserably.
"How could you say that? He's your father!" Clarrisse one of Ares children yelled.
"What has Zeus ever done for me? He's arrogant and stubborn-" Vladimir started.
"The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree." Percy said.
"Jackson..." Vladimir started to raise his voice and stand up. This was out of control.
"I hate to bust in but a big killer army is getting ready to kill you, Zeus included so how about we stop arguing amungst ourselves and try and stop them?" I say. Funny how confident I sounded and I had no idea what I was doing.
"Ouranos and Gaia... of course... Who is your godly parent?" Chiron ask.
"I'm mortal. My father was a baker and I watched my mother fall into the flame..." I start.
"I apologize. But why would Kronos think a mortal could stop the two Acients?"
"THis is all dandy, BUT ANNABETH IS GONE! QUEST TIME!" Percy complained.
"We second that." The twins from Hermes cabin said. Connor and Travis Stroll was it?
"Yes... Percy will lead the quest... but I would like Zatios to see the Rachel." Chiron said.
Rachel?
Vladimir Roslov's POV
Apple doesn't fall too far from the tree huh? If only they knew how worthless the gods and humanity were. If only idiots like Jackson knew how disgusting the gods were. Whatever.
So Chiron ended the meeting and took that punk Zatios too Rachel to get a prophecy. I almost felt bad for him. He barley can comprehend the forces at work here and he's going to have to hear the future of him dying or something crazy like that.
I went into the woods my only sanctuary. I refuse to stay in Zeus cabin too long. Having that bastard look me in the eye all night isn't what I call a good nights sleep. I leaned over on my favorite tree and looked up into the sky. I was told that all demigods were born for a reason, so why did he have me? Whats my purpose?
"To kill him. Once and for all." a voice hissed. It felt like a thousand needles in my ears.
"WHO-" I started but a hand went over my mouth.
"Shh little demigod. I'm not strong enough to do battle with the Last Hero yet." Now I saw it. It looked like a mass of clouds but on top there were eyes and a beard.
"Zeus?" I asked.
"Oh give me more credit than that. Zeus is too puny. Thats why he split the universe with his brothers. To scared to take on the universe. No, I am Ouranos or Uranus if you prefer. Former King of the universe and the first god and the last god. The alpha and the omega." Oranus said punching his cloudy chest.
I quickly pulled out my swords. Shaped like lightning bolts and can channel lightning easly. " I don't know why you came to me but... you've got about five seconds to tell me what you want before you get about 1000 volts of electricity in you."
"Fearless, I like it. Well boy, have you heard what my coniving wife told Zeus when overthrew Kronos? That his son too would one day strike him down. Everyone assumed it was Hercales but I knew better. Gaea thought it be Thalia or Jason Grace. But no its you my friend. Join me, with my infulence and your power we can destroy Olympus once and for all!" His eyes began to glow.
"I- I don't know. The other demigods... you know they wont back down if their parents call for them." I said.
"Change cannot be made without sacrifice. You are the key to the throne. You alone will decide whethere I will sit attop it or your negeligant father Zeus. I will leave you now, but meet me here if you think now is the time for change." Ouranos said and shot into the sky. Actually it looked more like he was pulled.
This was a lot to process. I was the one? It all rides on me... I don't think...
Then the memories came back. The mob rushing into my house... my mother... what they did to her. Now I know. I'm embarking on the path of blood.
There you go! Give me feed back to let me know how to improve. First story in a long time so I'm a little bad for spell errors my spell check was fucked up. Lol.
