Chapter 2

A/N: I wanted to thank everyone that followed and favorited the story. It was amazing how many people actually did it. Reviews always help, so if you want more chapters quickly, you'll have to review. No flames please only constructive criticism.

Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HoO. Rick riordan does (that lucky bastard).

I jumped out of the portal to find my destination, my home: Chaos` palace, the epicentre of the universe. Yhea you heard me. Chaos as in the Chaos, God of the Gods, Creator of the universe, and my father. My adoptive father. Basically, some time after I fell into Tartarus, Chaos found and took me in. I couldn't help but feel awe as I looked at the place. You see, the palace wasn't just for Chaos and me; it was for another billion people that made up chaos` army. I guess the best way to describe the palace would be; imagine a world about as big as Jupiter, now you have an idea how big the planet is. Now imagine that someone was to hollow out the entire planet excepting a three-mile deep crust. And then put a big ass building that looked like the white house so much that I wouldn't be surprised if Chaos stole the white house in the first place. Oh, and chaos`s army is an organisation that helps to end wars all over the universe to keep peace. But anyway, I headed down the palace and went straight to my room but before I could, a voice sounded in the voice-speakers:

"Percy Jackson called to Chaos` office."

I can`t get a break, I thought as I headed towards my dad`s office. I didn't want a meeting with my dad; I just wanted to lie down. I came in, shut the door behind me and sat down. There was an uncomfortable silence in room, so I decided to man up and end the silence.

"So, what`s this about, dad?" I asked, a little more blunt and fierce, but it seemed to do the work.

"I know you are tired and irritated, but it seems that in a couple of hours you will be going on your final training mission. Get as much rest as you can, you won`t be getting any for a couple of weeks. At least, no comfortable rest." He said with a patient tone.

"Oh, ahhh, thanks for the warning, though I was already going to rest."

"Then go, you are going to need it where you're going." He mumbled as he turned to study the piles of paperwork that sat on his desk. It seemed to be very busy, so I left him to his own and headed to my room, thankful for the opportunity to rest. I dozed off into a deep sleep, all the while dreaming about Artemis.

I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock that had been set to the hour of my departure. Taking a deep breadth, I stopped the annoying noise and headed to the bathroom to get ready for my mission. I showered, put on my regular clothes and went to the training grounds. I reckon I still have another hour before the mission, I thought. I activated the highest difficulty training automatons and started weaving and slashing in between them. In les than two minutes, they were all dead. I increased the number to thirty and went by the same pattern until I got to the hundreds. As per usual, as many people as the coliseum allowed and then some were watching me train. Before I was able to raise the number to three hundred, and messenger approached me.

"Sir, chaos as called you to the debriefing room. He said it was about a training mission." He said saluting all the while. I gestured him to lead on as we made our way to the room.

"Ah, Percy, I'm glad you could join us. Dismissed, corporal Rivaille." He said. The corporal saluted once more before heading out of the room, "As I'm sure you can guess, this is about the mission. No information can leave this room without my permission. I need you to promise me this." After I promised, dad continued, " You can tell artemis of course, but only after or during the mission. This mission is for you to go to a forsaken place in between mine and nix`s realm. The objective: capture an ancient essence into yourself and any weapons you hold. The enchantment will allow your weapons to return to you after a few minutes, unless you call them sooner or ask for them to stay until you called them or a specific time in your mind. The enchantment is easy in itself, it`s the concentration that`s the problem. While the enchantment is capturing the essence, your attention will need to be majorly in the seal, or else chaotic events will pass." He smiled a bit at the reference of himself before continuing, " To capture the essence and seal it, you will need a ritual seal. A very powerful, very specific seal that you need to be extra careful when handling. The seal looks a bit like this," he said as he brought out a picture of something that resembled a umbrella with black and red alternating in between the 40 sections arrayed as a disc with 4 in the middle and 18 around that and 18 around that. "once you have localized the spirit, you will have to draw this on the ground and mutter this prayer: (A/N: for the sake of the story, there will be no ancient Greek writing, only author notes to tell it is ancient Greek.) 'I hereby condemn this spirit to eternal prison and servitude. I call to the power from the blessing of Lord Chaos and myself to imprison this spirit and it`s essence inside me and the blades I carry. I call to it for it to bless me and the blades with it`s powers. I do this out of blood, bone, testament and against all trouble'. Once you have done this, the spirit will be imprisoned and the mission complete." he finished with a little bit of worry etched in his face.

He finally finished, I thought. I would have fallen asleep if he continued on." So how am I supposed to reach the location."

" I will teleport you near the location. You and a group of elite soldiers to help you. They will fight off the monsters while you concentrate on the enchantment." He said. Isn't this too much, I thought. I mean, sure, I've had a lot of dangerous and difficult missions that would go a hell of a lot smoother if I had a little bit of help, but come on, I get this mission is hard, but an entire elite squad seemed a bit too much. I have no choice, I guess. Best get on with it as fast as possible.

"Okay then, when do we start?" I asked

"Right now, Commander Perseus." A voice said from behind me. I turned around to find the elite squad waiting there. Weird.

" well, let`s get going then." As soon as I said that, a portal opened at the end of the room. We walked to it and entered, ready for our mission. Or so we thought. Nothing could prepare us for the horror we were about to experience. Not even the grey-black ration bars that tasted like cardboard and were ten times harder could compare to this.

And that is the end of that. Whew, took some time, but I finally made it. I hope you like it and review. There are cookies for the first person to review. Blue, melted-chocolate chip, sally-Jackson-style, homemade cookies. Anywayyyy, onwards with answering the reviews already given:

Guest:

Why didn't Thalia remember Percy, after all they are practically like brother and sister!
UPDATE SOON.

Well, in my story, Percy is born around two thousand years ago. So yea. But I totally agree with the fact that Percy and Thalia are like siblings. AND LOOK, I UPDATED. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Guest:

Good story

Why, thank you good sir.

Percy Jackson7

This is an awesome story is Percy a god?

I see you are confused. Percy is just a demigod from two thousand years ago but was blessed by chaos.

There are more awesome reviews, but I don't want this note to be too long. So to everyone that reviewed, followed or/and favorited, thank you.