Chapter 1
"Are you sure you heard something Jason? Maybe you just imagined it!"
Jason gave an impatient huff.
"I didn't imagine it Annabeth! I know what I heard, and it sounded like a fight you know? There were grunts of pain and everything! Someone could be seriously hurt! You know as well as I do that if Percy were still here and he'd heard it then you wouldn't hesitate to find out what happened."
Annabeth looked away, causing Jason to feel immediately guilty. It had been three or four years since anyone had heard from Percy. He'd gone with Grover to find new Demigods, but when Grover had returned he was alone. He said Percy had disappeared overnight. No matter how hard Poseidon tried, he couldn't find Percy's location and on Percy's 20th birthday, gave up.
Jason sighed, but continued silently forward until her heard Annabeth's whisper of his name. He turned around in confusion, and froze as he set eyes on what had stopped Annabeth.
Lying there, unconscious and bloody, snow white feathers torn loose around him, was an angel. Jason looked up and met Annabeth's eyes as she whispered
"Get help."
Jason didn't need to be told twice. He took off back in the direction of camp. Annabeth watched Jason go, and for a moment she felt sadness that it wasn't Percy. She turned back to the angel at her feet as he let out a whimper. She quickly knelt down to his level and placed a hand lightly on his shoulder. Immediately icey blue eyes shot open and he let out a cry of pain as he jostled his destroyed wings in his attempt to get away from her. Annabeth removed her hand and began attempting to calm the frightened angel.
"Hey!" She said in a whisper so as not to scare him even more. "Calm down! It's okay I'm not going to hurt you."
He didn't relax, if possible he panicked even more as his breath sped up ten times faster. Before Annabeth could attempt to calm the strange angel again she heard the sound of footsteps. She turned her head to find Chiron, followed by Jason, Leo Valdez, Will Solace, and another son of Apollo. They slowed as they approached and Chiron called out
"Annabeth! Is he okay?!"
Immediately Annabeth signaled for them to try and keep quiet as the angel beside her flinched violently at Chiron's voice. She slowly stood and walked over to Chiron as Leo, Will and the other Apollo son snuck over to the angel. Annabeth looked over at Chiron. She frowned at the expression on his face, which was one of familiarity.
"Chiron? Who is he?"
Instead of answering, Chiron called softly over to Leo.
"Leo step away from him please. Will and John you can continue."
Jason and Annabeth frowned, looked up at Chiron in confusion.
"Why?" Jason asked worriedly. "Chiron who is he?"
Chiron looked away, back towards Will, John and the angel before answering
"Let's get him to the safety of camp in case whatever left him here come back. The I'll answer any questions you have."
Time-skip
An hour later, once the strange angel was unconscious once more up in a bedroom of the Big House, Chiron began to answer questions.
"The angel upstairs is the Winter Angel of Chaos. He has power over snow, ice and anything found during the winter season. Leo, I told you to back away from him because he was over heating. Since it's summer, it's much hotter than the Angel of Winter is accustomed to. That's probably another reason something got the jump on him as I've heard the Chaos Angels are very skilled fighters. Leo, your body temperature is hotter than a normal persons so I knew if you got too close, you might make him weaker."
Annabeth, Jason, and Leo nodded until Annabeth asked
"If he's an Angel of Winter, then what's he doing flying around in the summer?"
Before Chiron could answer, Will spoke from the doorway.
"Why don't you ask him yourself? He's awake. Just be nice okay? He's pretty skittish."
Chiron nodded at Will in thanks, and he, Annabeth, Jason and Leo ascended the stairs to the bedroom. Before they walked in, Chiron spoke.
"Keep in mind he's most likely to be terrified of us okay? So just tone it down."
The Demigods nodded, and slowly entered the room. The angel was awake, but instead of being in the bed, he was holed up in a corner farthest from the door, a look of sheer terror plastered across his face. His wings, now healed were wrapped tightly around his body in the form of a shield. Chiron gave a small smile as he spoke quietly.
"Hello. We're not going to hurt you. We're friends okay? I just want to ask a few questions. Is that okay? It's not an interrogation I just want to make sure everything's okay."
The angel didn't answer. Chiron's soft look fell to one of worry for a moment, but he quickly brushed it off.
"My name is Chiron. I'm a centaur and a trainer of heroes. Do you know where you are? What country?"
The angel stared at the trainor and demigods in silence, before whispering quietly
"The United States of America."
Chiron nodded, trying hard not to appear frightening.
"That's right. Do you know what state?"
The angel watched him, before shaking his head slowly. Chiron sighed, and chose not to ask another question as he saw the angels fear continued to rack up every second. Chiron smiled lightly.
"Well we'll let you get some rest."
He then turned, and signaled for the demigods to follow.
As soon as the door had closed behind them, Leo was talking.
"How can he be in New York and not know where he is? What is he crazy?!"
Annabeth immediately smacked Leo upside the head.
"For one thing Leo, he can probably hear you. For another thing he's scared. Maybe he does know where he is but panicked. I read that the Angels of Chaos are always prepared to be taken and interrogated for information on Chaos. That's probably what he thought it was."
Chiron nodded in agreement, but before any of them could speak again, Mr. D called up the stairs.
"Chiron? There's some really ticked off man down here requesting to see you."
Chiron and the demigods shared a glance, before descending the stairs, into the main room. They all froze as they set eyes on the man standing there. He wore a long black robe which showed the galaxy, swirling stars and all. He was pale like Hades, with short black hair. His eyes seemed endless. The expression on his face was utterly horrifying. Chiron quickly bowed, and Annabeth, Jason and Leo followed in suit. The man took in a deep breath as though attempting to keep himself calm. After a few seconds, he spoke in a voice that seemed everywhere at once.
"I assume you know who I am?"
The demigods stood as Chiron answered
"Of course Lord Chaos."
When he said the name, Leo pulled Jason, and Annabeth over to the side and hissed in their ears,
"That's Chaos! What if he thinks we kidnapped and tortured his angel?"
Annabeth slowly pushed Leo away as she said
"I'm sure Chiron will deal with it!"
Before another word could be said, a voice called out in a whisper from behind the demigods.
"Fatcher."
Being half Greek, Annabeth easily translated the word to english. She frowned.
"Father?"
She whispered. Jason shrugged, and they turned around to find the injured Angel of Winter rushing over to Chaos, his wings hugging his body tightly. Just as the angel reached Chaos, he collapsed. Luckily he was close enough that Chaos was able to catch him before he hit the ground. Chaos quickly kneeled in front of his weak angel and began muttering in Greek.
"Chióni . Ti synévi? Eísai kalá? Ímoun tóso anisychoún ." (Snow. What happened? Are you alright? I was so worried.)
Annabeth slowly stepped forward.
"Snow? Is that his name?"
Chaos lifted his head quickly, sending a quick glare in Annabeth's direction.
"You'd be wise to hold your tongue daughter of Athena."
Annabeth quickly closed her mouth, and stepped backwards to Jason and Leo. Chaos continued to stare at her, until Snow, if that was the angels name, began whispering quickly in greek.
"Eímai mia chará patéra . Ímoun epíthesi , allá óchi apó aftoús tous anthrópous . Mou ésose . An den ítan gi 'aftoús tha íthela na écho pethánei ." (I'm fine father. I was attacked but not by these people. They saved me. If it weren't for them I would've died.)
Chaos looked up at Annabeth, Chiron and the others.
"Snow tells me you're the ones who saved him. Is this true?"
Annabeth and Jason stepped forward.
"Yes sir. Jason here heard the sounds of a fight a few hours ago and he lead me out so we could find out what had happened. Then we found your angel."
Chaos nodded and looked down at Snow before speaking to Chiron.
"How soon after he was attacked was he found?"
Chiron opened his mouth, but looked over at Jason for help. Jason stepped forward slightly
"I'm not sure sir. Maybe an hour? Less? More?"
Chaos sighed, before standing, and slowly helping Snow stand. Once both were standing side by side, Chaos supporting Snow, he spoke.
"Can you protect him here? He's too wounded to be out there at the moment, and he's our prophet. He knows every single prophecy that the oracle ever spoke. He hears them a mere five minutes after your oracle speaks them. But he knows exactly what each line means and he knows how each one will end. My enemies will get wind that his is injured very quickly and I can't protect him at the moment."
Chiron stepped forward once Chaos was done speaking.
"Of course Lord Chaos. He will be well cared for here I promise."
Chaos nodded, and turned to Snow, whose wings still remained close to his body.
"Prépei na fýgo tóra chióni . Aftoí oi ánthropoi tha sas prostatéfsei . Ypóschomai. An symveí káti , profiteía í káti tétoio , epikoinoníste mazí mou amésos." (I have to go now Snow. These people will protect you. I promise. If anything happens, Prophecy or anything like that, contact me right away.)
Snow gave a nod, and the next thing the demigods knew, Chaos was gone.
