Dining Pavilion :
" Campers" Announced Chiron " A new threat has appeared. The gods have asked of us to bring the Romans here for a up coming battle."
Many of the Greeks and Romans gasped in shock and started yelling questions at Chiron.
" Who is this new threat?"
" Are they powerful?"
" Is it kronos?"
" Is it the giants and Gaea?"
" Where's Percy?"
Yeah.
They were starting to give the centaur a Olympus sized head ache.
Lupa who was standing right next to him noticed it and then howled off the top of her lungs. That had silenced all the campers. Chiron gave Lupa a grateful smile. Lupa blushed a little but it could not be seen under her fur.
Chiron noticed and almost blushed himself. He ignoring his feelings. He almost wish Dionysus was here, but the god of wine was allowed back on Olympus thanks to Percy.
Chiron then spoke again. " Before any questions get an answer. Leaders of camp Jupiter and half blood step forward."
Then from the crowd out stepped Jason, Leo, Nico, and Frank.
Ever since the war with Gaea, both camps decided there was need for a few new changes.
Hephaestus build both camps, gate way portals so campers could teleport to other came anytime they wanted.
The next one was even doe there was still cabin leaders, and praetor. Both camps had the Dogs Of War.
The dogs were the supreme leaders of both camps. The dogs were chosen by the gods because they were the best fighters, and were the most strongest demigods. Respected and feared, there names were recognized by monsters all over the world, and in Tartarus.
The dogs were:
Percy, Nico, Jason, Leo, Frank, and Eli.
Eli was the seventh demigod of prophecy. After the war he was asked to stay at one of the camps, but he decided to walk his own path. No one knew where he was now. The only person who knew how to find him was the one who was being tortured by a primordial god.
But what really had the other dogs worried was that nobody knew who his godly parent was, not even the gods. Nor did they know if he was Greek or Roman.
All that was known was that he could be your strongest ally if you stay on his good side. Or he could be the last thing you see before you die, if you piss him off.
You can ask Clarisse. She wasn't dead, but she had a scar that went from her temple to her chin on the left side of her face. All because she tried to shove his head in a toilet. Yup, she was on the wrong end of a dagger.
Yeah the dogs were not to be messed with. They are favored by the big three for their power. Favored by Artemis, Athena, and Ares for there skills with weapons and hand to hand combat. Favored by Apollo because of the cars each of them drove. And favored by Aphrodite because the dogs were the sexiest men on the planet, she even checked to make sure. Also they were all single.
As they got up from their table ( the dogs have their own table) they walked to where Chiron was standing. The daughters of Venus/ Aphrodite whistled flirtatiously at them. Frank blushed, Jason and Nico tried to ignore them, and Leo just kept winking at girls and blowing them kisses. Making them giggle, squeal, and blush.
Thalia was at the Zeus table and couldn't help but roll her eyes at the elfish boys action. She was sitting with Annabeth stroking her hair as the daughter of Athena had her head and Thalia's lap.
" Come on wise girl, get up. There about to speak." Annabeth obeyed. Thalia felt a twinge of sadness as she saw her best friends puffy red eyes. They were like that because all she ever did nowadays was cry, missing Percy. She then turned her attention back to the dogs.
Frank cleared his throat and spoke.
" Okay, we will be taking questions now." Nico, Jason, and Leo started to crack up knowing Frank doesn't like being the center of attention.
Reyna asked the first question.
" What are we facing? Who is this new enemy?" as she asked the question her eyes were on Jason. Jason looked at the ground not wanting to meet her gaze. She and Piper were both in love with him, and after the war with Gaea he didn't know who to choose. not wanting to be a heart breaker, he told them that he would not be having a girlfriend for a long time, but both are still determined to have him. And the look of desire Reyna was giving him proved that he was right. Piper was now at her dads home, bonding with the man. Jason found that, that was best for her.
" My father Mars visited me minutes ago" said Frank. The other children of Ares/ Mars were a little jealous of Frank. Everyone knew he was the war gods favorite child. Every week the god would visit him, giving Frank a new weapon and instructions on how to use it. After so many months of hardcore training with Eli and Leo, Franks body became more muscular and toned and he lost all the baby fat on his face and now had a jaw so defined it would make brad Pitt jealous.
Now frank was constantly hit on by girls from both camps, but he turned them down. There was only one girl he wanted. Hazel. Right now she was in the underworld as Hades new general. Since Nico was a dog now, he didn't have time for his father, and Hades had to replace him. He hasn't seen her in at least a month. That's when he broke up with her. He had to if he was to be a dog of war.
" He said that are new enemy is a primordial god name Erebus." Then all the campers started shouting and panicking. All knowing the legends of the primordial gods, and how damn well powerful one was.
Lupa howled again, silencing the campers.
" What are we to do!" yelled a camper. Frank bit his bottom lip as he pondered that. Honestly he didn't know what to do. He fought monsters, he fought giants, and demons. He fought Gaea for Zeus sake! But he didn't know how to fight a primordial god. Shit, he didn't even know how to kill one.
" I don't know" He said. Then, dead silence. Nico looked at all the campers and saw how scared they looked. He couldn't blame them. Even though Nico wasn't scared, he was lost. He didn't know what the hell to do.
Percy, I wish you were here.
But he wasn't. and Nico had to face facts. That he can't always depend on his best friend. For all he knew, Percy could be de-
NO! he isn't dead. I know it.
And he wasn't going on blind ass hope. As Nico began training in the underworld with the other dogs, he found out he could do a lot more with his powers. Like for one he could use the life energy of living things to heal himself. Then there was the fact that if he focused on someone he knows, He could sense if they were dead or not.
And when the dogs of war was formed they were all granted a gift by Hades.
They can tell if one of their own died. Also they could speak to each other telepathically, but when they tried to communicate with Percy, all they got was static.
" Where is he?" Came a broken sad voice. The other capers went silent. Nico knew who that was, but didn't want to say anything.
" Who?" said Frank. The half Asian mentally cursed himself at his stupid question.
" Percy! Where is my boyfriend!?" boomed Annabeth who was standing on top of the Zeus table glaring daggers at the dogs. Everyone stared at her if she was crazy. Jason felt a thunder storm about to appear.
Thalia stood from her seat and tugged on Annabeth jeans. " Get down! My dad will get angry," she jumped off the table but didn't stop looking at Frank and the others, who were silent.
" Well?" Now everyone eyes were on Frank yet again, but this time Jason spoke.
" Annabeth. We. Are. Sorry. Percy has been captured by Erebus. And we have reason to believe... he is being... tortured." Thalia looked at her brother in disbelief, he looked at her and only shook his head.
Annabeth felt her knee go weak and her vision blur. " Thalia!" she cried out
Her best friend was at her side holding her up from dropping to her knees.
Frank sighed. He and Annabeth were not exactly friends, but he did know a little about her. Percy once told him about her. Frank thought they were a couple but in truth they were not. Not any more. When becoming a dog Percy had to break things off.
The dogs of war fought monsters that demigods were not suppose to fight, nor would they dare. Each knew that those monsters would be strong enough to kill one of them. And they were the strongest demigods ever.
Percy wanted her to find someone else to love. Someone who would didn't have a seventy percent chance of dying every mission he went on. If he died, she would suffer. More than she would right now.
" Okay, shows over! Everyone get your armor and weapons and get ready for war. Erebus will be here in less then ten minutes." ordered Nico. That was enough to have most of the campers shiting themselves, but a shout from Nico had them obeying and working their legs. Then the Romans and Greeks began leaving for the armory.
Frank and Jason talked battle strategies.
Leo gave Nico a thoughtful look.
" You think Percy's okay?" he asked. Nico shook his head. There was no point in lying.
" No"
Poseidon Cabin:
In the middle of the cabin a vortex appeared, and out stepped Erebus with Percy slung over his shoulder. He dropped the hero on his face and kicked him hard in the stomach.
" Wakey! Wakey! Roomy!" yelled the god, kicking him in the gut a second time.
Percy coughed up blood and looked at the god. Erebus smiled as he saw the hero shed tears. He was now fully naked and his wounds were still opened from the whipping. At this point he couldn't bleed anymore.
He was out of blood.
He should be dead, but the god still prevented it. All that was in his veins right now was drakon venom, courtesy of The god of darkness.
" Perseus my boy, its time we made you look pretty." Erebus frowned at the naked boy. " First let get rid of this blood" He snapped his fingers and Percy skin was cleaned of his blood.
" Hmm, i'm tempted to leave the cuts and bruises, but… Hell, I'm in a good mode." he smirked evil and snapped his fingers.
" Now we can't have you naked.. AH! I know!" he snapped his fingers and Percy was now wearing a suit like Erebus's.
" Now you look like a million drachmas!" Erebus noticed that he was still crying, and the god rolled his eyes.
" Come on… turn that frown upside down." Erebus cackled. Percy spit on the gods shoes. The god eye twitched slightly.
" Now its time for make up" he manifested a crow bar. He then proceeded into beating the demigods face in with it.
" Come on *smack!* Percy. Aren't we *smack!* having *smack!* fun!"
Percy couldn't feel anything as he was being beaten. In the beginning of his two week torture vacation, this would have been painful, but after all the other things he's endured. This. Was. Nothing.
Erebus pretended to wipe sweat of his face. he dropped the crowbar.
" Now that was a work out." He noticed a nearby mirror. Then looked back at the demigod. " Come see how handsome you look my boy." Using his godly strength he flung Percy across the room crashing him into the mirror.
Percy now had glass in his head.
when will it end, he thought. Erebus read his mind.
" Sooner than you think."
Next thing Percy knew, they were on the roof of his cabin. He then noticed the big cross behind the god. The cross was jet black and had Greek words engraved into it. Έρεβος κανόνες.
It said Erebus rules
" You know what's one thing that I like that the Romans made? Guess Perseus, you know the answer." Percy started at the cross for a minute and then he under stood. When he looked back at the god with widened eyes filled with horror, he had a hammer in one hand and nails in the other.
Erebus gave him one of his signature evil smiles. The sadistic gleam in his black eyes was the farthest from human Percy had ever seen.
" Time for fireworks!"
