In an inconspicuous facility in an unknown occasion, a young man lay on a bed, medical equipment attached to many different parts of his body. The man had no marks or blemishes on a body. He didn't look like he was required to be in the medical bay. He simply looked like he was sleeping.

However, his fitful sleep was coming to an end.

Unknown POV

What is that noise?

That incessant beeping noise?

I tried opening my eyes, but it seemed almost glued shut. I tried opening my mouth to make a sound, but it wouldn't open. I tried moving my arms, legs, neck, an nothing. My whole body was stiff and sore.

Painstakingly, I opened my eyes, giving myself time to adjust to the dim light of the room I was in.

Question arises – what room was this? Where am I?

I looked around me and saw myself attached to numerous medical equipment. I didn't have a clue what any of them were for, but that wasn't the most striking aspect of what I saw.

I wasn't in a hospital. I could tell that much. I was in a metal room. The sole occupant of the room was me, and the room was empty except for my bed and medical equipment.

I looked around confused.

How did I get here?

I tried to remember the last place I was, and the last thing I did, but I couldn't remember anything. Vague flashes of bright lights and heavy clanging noises. Even thinking of the memories gave me a headache, and I shook my head from the dizziness. Sadly, the shaking head part hurt really bad. I was still too stiff.

Wait. Those noises, that image, the last thing he remembered was standing in the Acropolis ready to fight the Giants. I racked my brain trying to figure out what happened.

I suddenly looked around me with a different viewpoint. Where was I? The question arose again. It didn't look like Olympus, or the Camp infirmary. Which only left one question.

Was I captured? What happened to the final battle? Because if we lost, then I would be dead, wouldn't I?

One thing I knew for sure. I had to get out of here.

I slowly rose from my sleeping position, making sure not to exert myself too much. I carefully extracted myself from all of the equipment and stood up. A task that took me almost ten minutes to do so. I checked my pocket and was relieved to find that my trusty Riptide was still with me. I took a while to stretch myself out. I had to rid myself of the soreness if I was to get myself out of here.

Finally, when I felt in a decent state to at least move around comfortably, I walked towards the door of my room. I held Riptide in my hand, ready to uncap it in a moment's notice.

I peeped through the small window in the door and found the hallway in front of me completely deserted. I reached towards the door handle, and surprisingly turned it.

Who doesn't lock up a prisoner?

Sneaking outside the room, I found myself in a corridor made of the same steely material of my room. There were dim lights shedding light onto the hallway.

Good. At least he wouldn't be seen too easily.

And that was where I made my fatal mistake. Never jinx your situation.

As soon as I turned a corner, I bumped into another man. I panicked and fled in the other direction. I was in no state to fight and would go down too easily if I was challenged.

I dashed down a random corridor and continued to change where I was going in a hope that I could escape my pursuer, because you could be damn well sure that the man was following me.

I should still know that things didn't often go my way. I overestimated my body's condition, and I ended up tripping over my own clumsy foot while running.

Falling over, I bashed my head against the ground and lay face up towards the ceiling, my vision flickering in and out, threatening to plunge me back into unconsciousness.

The man had caught up and was staring down at me. All I could make up from him was that he had a mop of blond hair on his head. My sight was too blurry to make out the rest. I could tell that he was trying to tell me something, but I was already on the brink of unconsciousness, and the last thing I remember before blacking out was another man joining the first and carefully lifting me into his arms.

Time skip

Once again, I found myself in the same situation as earlier. I opened my eyes and found myself in the same bed, in the same room, with the same equipment attached to me. The only difference this time is that there was a throbbing pain in my forehead from where I hit myself while falling.

I looked around me again, and this time found that there was indeed something else different this time. I wasn't alone in the room. The same blond man from before was eyeing me carefully. Now that I got a closer look at him, he seemed familiar, but I couldn't place him.

"Where am I?" I managed to croak out, "Who are you?"

The man gave a grim smile, "I know I've changed, but you should know when the best-looking dude you've ever met is standing in front of you"

I frowned, and then it dawned on me.

"Apollo" I whispered.

He nodded. Apollo was not how he once looked though. He was not the radiant, tall 17-year-old man with the blinding white smile. He looked like a man in his mid-thirties, with slightly greying hair and a beaten down expression. He looked…dull. I didn't think I'd ever see that.

"Where am I?" I asked again.

"You're in an underground base. A facility that we found abandoned" came the reply from Apollo.

I frowned, confused, "Why would we be in a facility? Why not on Olympus?"

The small smile on Apollo's face immediately faded, and he gave me a grim look.

"You've been out for a while Percy. A lot has changed since then"

"Wait" I interrupted, "How long was I out?" I asked.

Apollo didn't reply. Instead he reached behind him and pulled out a mirror. He held it up to be and I gasped.

Looking back at me from the mirror was a face I was unaccustomed to. My shaggy black hair was longer and reached down until my shoulder. I had a small beard growing on my face. More than anything, I looked old. Not old as in forty, but definitely in my mid-twenties.

I looked back towards Apollo with absolute shock.

"How…..how long was I out?" I croaked.

He looked at me with pity in his eyes, "7 years"

I sat there, gaping at the god in front of me, completely wordless to the statement I just received. 7 years. I couldn't believe what I heard.

"What….what happened in that time? The last thing I remember is getting knocked out in the battle at the Acropolis?" I asked.

A pained expression came across his face, "It's not something that I like to recount.."

"Then let me do it" A new voice said.

I looked towards the door and saw a woman standing there, leaning against the doorsill. She had auburn hair and looked in her mid-thirties, just like Apollo.

"Thanks sis. I don't think I could get through the explanation" Apollo said to the woman, I now identified as Artemis.

She walked towards my bed and sat herself in a chair she brought in from outside, while Apollo sat at the end of my bed.

She closed her eyes for a minute and then looked at me with her piercing silver eyes.

"It is probably best if I just come out and say the worst news right away. We lost"

I looked at her in fear. I refused to believe it. We couldn't have lost. There was no way.

"Then why aren't we…."

"Dead?" Artemis finished, "we probably would be if everything had gone as planned for Gaea. As soon as you were knocked out, the blood of Olympus was spilled from the son of Mars and the daughter of Athena. The Earth Mother awoke, and we were no match for her strength"

She sighed and shook her head, "She immobilized us all, and was ready to slay the gods. She managed to do so for Dionysus. The old drunkard faded. Before any more damage could be done, Hecate cast a spell that bound each and every one of the Olympian's life force to our thrones on Olympus. A temporary fix if you ask me"

"A temporary fix made more stable after" Apollo quietly added from the side, "Knowing that above all was the safety of the gods, Hestia used her powers as the final Guardian of Olympus to create a shroud of protection over Olympus. The strain was too much though, and she…"

Apollo broke down and started sobbing.

"Forgive my brother. Hestia was always his favorite Aunt, as she was for all of us. She sacrificed her life in order to give a last protection from Olympus" Artemis said, "That wasn't enough though. If there was one more aspect that everyone had finally learnt in the end, was that the ones to be protected were you. You seven demigods.

The prophecy could not be fulfilled without you and without you, Gaea would never be defeated, so for the first time, the 5 remaining children of Kronos and Rhea came together and pooled in their power. The six remaining demigods had already been immobilized by Gaea's powers, and were sure to be killed, so the 5 gods used all of their powers to make you seven heroes immortal. Finally, they banished the rest of the gods present away, and in the process, we were able to grab you, since you were unconscious, and not held by an earthy prison"

"What happened to the other six then? And what about the eldest gods?" I asked

"The six heroes were captured. But worst of all…. the gods are gone" Artemis replied, "All of the eldest and most powerful gods faded due to the amount of power they used. Now, we sit in this facility, cowering because of the lack of power we possess. The rest of us are crippled in our powers and severely weakened"

"And…. what about the world? What's the plan now? How are we going to take back the world and save the human population?" I asked with anticipation and unease.

Artemis rose and beckoned me to follow her as she heads outside the door. I got up and followed her, Apollo trailing behind to make sure I was stable. I followed her into an elevator, and we all made our way to the ground level. As we stepped outside, Artemis stood next to a window and gestured for me to look outside.

"We might have a plan, but we can only hope that there is a human population to save" she said, as I gazed out in hopelessness at the barren land in front of me.

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