The Life of Alpha and Shadow: The Assassins of Chaos
A/N: This is a Chaos story. It will contain Slash. I appreciate constructive criticism and this is unbetaed so if you find any mistakes don't hesitate to review or pm me and tell me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus.
Chapter 1
"It has been three thousand years since the second giant war and-"Zeus was interrupted when a bright light appeared and a man appeared in front of the gods and heroes of the giant war, who had been made immortal after the war. He was tall, almost seven feet tall and he was very pale. His eyes were black and had shining pricks of light in them like stars. The gods and campers drew their weapons, suddenly on high alert.
"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" Zeus barked. The man didn't seem intimidated.
"I am Chaos." The gods and heroes gaped. "I am here to warn you that Kronos is rising once more and that you will not be able to defeat him on your own. I have decided to send my assassins to help you-"
"Why should we trust you? How do we know that this isn't some trick?" Ian, the half-blood son of Poseidon, said. He was the only one with his weapon still drawn, the others had lowered them when Chaos introduced himself. Chaos turned towards Ian and said calmly,
"You don't." He turned back to address the others present. "I would like to introduce Alpha and Shadow, my personal assassins." Then two figures walked straight out of the shadows. They were both about six and a half feet tall and both of them were wearing black jeans and black hoodies. They both had their hoods up and positioned in a way that you could only see their mouths. The only difference between the two was the lip piercing one of them had on his bottom lip, the only reason the gods noticed the silver ring was because of the way it gleamed in the light of the hearth.
"Good luck." Chaos said to the gods. Then another flash of light appeared and he was gone.
"So, what are your real names?" Annabeth asked.
"I am Alpha and this is Shadow." said the one with the piercing. She rolled her eyes.
"Didn't you hear her? She asked for your real names." said Ian, who was also made immortal after the war.
"You haven't earned the right to know our true identities." said the one without the piercing, Shadow.
"You are going to be fighting alongside us, aren't you? I think we should know who we are going to be entrusting our lives to." Ian replied.
"You don't need to know our names for that, you simply need a demonstration of our powers. I will gladly give one, if you want." Alpha said grinning in a way that sent shiver down every one's spine. Even Hades shuddered a little.
"Alright then. Fight me and when you lose you have to show us who you really are." Ian said trying to sound brave but inside he was still freaked out by that grin, a grin which had yet to leave Alpha's mouth. Alpha's grin widened at the slight quiver in Ian's voice.
"Deal, but if I win you will give me Riptide." Ian chuckled.
"You must be crazy! There is no way in Tartarus that I will give you my sword!"
"Then I will not fight you." Alpha said calmly.
"He will accept your terms." Zeus said in a voice that left no room for argument. Zeus wanted to know what this boy could do, Ian's sword was a small price to pay and if Ian lost (which Zeus secretly hoped he would) it would teach the boy a lesson. A man doesn't get to be one of Chaos' personal assassins if he lacks skill. Ian looked like he wanted to argue but a glare from Zeus shut him up.
"Swear on the Styx and we may begin." Ian grumbled something under his breath and then he swore on the Styx that if he lost he would give Alpha his sword.
Thalia's POV:
"Let's begin shall we?" Alpha said drawing a sword from the sheath attached to his belt and sounding a lot happier than he should. Shadow took a few steps back. I don't think this will end well for Ian. Serves him right, the little prat chased away my two favorite cousins.
Ian drew Riptide from his own sheath but before he could charge a voice interrupted him.
"Try not to kill him, would you son?" Chaos said. Whoa this dude must be special if Chaos calls him son!
"Yes Father. I will try." Alpha replied. Ian charged but Alpha didn't raise his sword from his side, he just stood there and looked at Ian. Raise your sword, stupid! I wanted to scream, but I held myself back. When Ian was close enough to swing he did and a split second later I heard the clang of two swords clashing. Alpha had managed to raise his sword so fast I didn't even see it! Ian took a step back and tried to stab at Alpha's stomach but he didn't get far as Alpha parried with his own sword thrusting at the hilt of Riptide and twisting the blade out of Ian's hand. Alpha quickly grabbed the sword from the floor and crossed the swords at Ian's neck so that all he had to do was pull his hands back and he would behead Ian.
"Okay! Okay! I surrender" Ian said looking panicked. Something was bugging me though, that disarming move was so familiar. It reminded her of the times she had spent with Luke… Not many people knew how to execute that move so smoothly. In fact she only knew two people who had that skill, Luke and…
"…Percy"