Chapter 1: The Battle of Manhattan.
Chapter one is here. This story will not have much chapters, around fifteen or so. Occasionally, I'll put in some other POVs but for the most part, It'll be Percy.
Chapter 1: The Battle of Manhattan.
Percy's P.O.V.
I lay down another strike on Typhon with my axe Katastrofi, the result of me morphing the power of my two swords Seira and Kaos. I could change it between the axe and sword at will, since Katastrofi is more for use of damage while the swords are for actual fighting, not just pummeling some poor monster back to Tartarus.
The swords had been my power weapons, every god got one. Zeus had his master bolt, Poseidon had his Trident, Hephaestus had his hammer and Hermes had his Caduceus.
Still, even as I threw swing after swing, it did nothing against the father of all monsters. Typhon brought his hand up and smacked Dionysus, sending him through the nearest mountain.
This only encouraged us Olympians to put more force into it. Nearly all of us were here. The only ones that weren't fighting Typhon were Poseidon, Dionysus, Hestia and Hades. Dionysus was understandable, since he was halfway through a mile of rock. My father wasn't here because Oceanus was attacking Atlantis, and as king, Poseidon had a duty to defend his kingdom. Hestia was a big pacifist, so she chose to stay on Olympus and defend it incase the Demigods failed. Hades had to deal with the increased number of souls coming through the doors of death every minute due to the battle.
Typhon was not holding back, and neither were we. Zeus put as much power as the could into his master bolt, before flinging it at the storm giant. To our shock, the bolt just passed through the beast.
Typhon roared, and swung, almost hitting Aphrodite, but the Goddess of Love dodged out of the way. Hermes fired a laser from his caduceus, but like the other power weapons, it did nothing on the Storm Giant.
Artemis and Apollo stayed back, using their arrows instead of melee weapons. Ares yelled like a madman before charging into the fray. The god of war was instantly swatted into a building.
Athena took a more strategic approach, scanning Typhon for any weaknesses. Eventually, she looked at Zeus with nervousness evident on her face. "I don't know how we can beat him, father!" She yelled.
Zeus cursed under his breath, and we all went back to swinging at the beast. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a group of demigods about to be overrun by monsters. Deciding that the Olympians could hold their own for a while, I flew down.
Landing on a poor Hellhound, the thing exploded into dust and the other monsters all looked at me. They snarled and made to attack, but saw Katastrofi and slunk back, afraid.
I rolled my eyes. It always happened. Since I was a new god, most monsters aside from the ones I had killed before like Beefhead, Bad Kitty and the Furries didn't recognize my face. It was only after they saw my weapons that they knew I wasn't one to be fucked with.
Oh, how right they were.
I hacked and slashed at the monsters. None of them even got to lay a finger on me. When I was done, I was covered with so much dust that I looked like an antique.
I looked over at the demigods. I recognized most of them, as they were my brother and his friends. Theseus, Thalia, the Son of Hades Nico, his sister/Theseus' girlfriend Bianca, and Grover all stood there shell shocked at my display of power. In about ten seconds, I had killed the monsters that had just trapped them.
I grinned. "Hey guys, nice weather we're having, isn't it?" I asked, looking over at the monster storm raging above Typhon and the gods, only fueled by Zeus' rage.
Theseus ran up and hugged me. "Perse! You're okay!" I laughed and hugged him back. "Yes, little bro, I'm alright." Thalia also ran up and hugged me, while Grover just smiled and said hi. "Hey, cousin. It's good to see ya! You too, Grover. Hey Thals, your dad's pretty pissed, he's about to send a bolt powerful enough to charge Canada. It won't do much against Typhon, but there's a chance it will fry every other living thing in Manhattan. You guys got any ideas?"
They all nodded sadly. "Can the Olympians really not stop him?" Nico asked us, disheartened. "Nope, Dionysus got sent through a mountain earlier, and I'm pretty sure that was Hephaestus that just got hit high to West Virginia." I said, pointing at the large brown and orange dot heading West.
"If all the Olympians can't stop Typhon, can anything?" Grover asked. I shook my head, but it sort of turned into a shrug. "Technically, not everyone's fighting. Dad's defending Atlantis, Aunt Hestia's defending Olympus, Hephaestus and Dionysus are probably still unconscious, and Uncle Hades is working overtime trying to manage all these souls showing up on his doorstep."
Bianca then came up with an idea, which was odd since my future little sister in law- Yes, I'm already planning the wedding- is usually quite shy and doesn't like to voice her opinions.
"Why don't we just get everyone here to help defeat Typhon for a bit, then they can go back to defending their homes." Theseus and his friends agreed, but I was a little hesitant. "I don't know, little sis, just five minutes could leave Atlantis in ruin, hundreds of souls on the run, and who knows what would happen if Kronos and the other Titans got into Olympus."
Theseus tried to persuade me. "Perseus, Atlantis will have Triton for a leader and those souls can just be rounded up after. As for Olympus, we were just heading there now. Luke, or Kronos rather, is going there, and we're going to stop him." I nodded. "Alright, Theseus, pray to dad, ask him for help. Nico, Bianca, shadow travel to your father and try and convince him. I'll message Aunt Hestia."
They all nodded. Bianca and Nico ran into a shadow and disappeared, while Theseus began praying. As for me, I pulled out a drachma, and threw it into a stream of water running from I destroyed fire hydrant. "O' Iris, goddess of the rainbow, show me Hestia, goddess of the Hearth."
The water rippled, before a window appeared out of nowhere. On the other side of the window, was my Aunt.
"Aunty! Aunt Hestia!" I called out. The goddess looked around for a second, before seeing me and looking worried. "Percy! What is wrong?" I started explaining to her.
"Typhon is too strong for just us! Hephaestus and Dionysus have already been subdued. We need all the Olympians here! Theseus is getting Dad, while Hades' kids are getting him." I finished, and Hestia looked around nervously. "What about Olympus?" She asked. "Theseus and his friends are coming up."
It took a bit of convincing, but Hestia finally agreed, before slashing through the image. Next to us, a flash appeared, and Hestia stood there. Bianca and Nico appeared out of a nearby shadow, their father in tow. Following them through a large crack in the ground, was a skeleton army, even bigger than the one Nico had summoned earlier. It seemed to be the whole army of the Underworld.
Immediately, the Zombies ran off to fight the monsters, and Theseus finished praying. "Dad agreed, and he's bringing backup." Right as the said that, an earthquake could be heard, and we looked over at the ocean.
Rising out of the water, our father marched along with what looked to be the entire race of Cyclopes, our half-brother Tyson leading them. As the Cyclopes charged the monsters along with the skeletons and demigods, Poseidon walked over to us.
"Boys, Nieces, Nephew, Grover, Brother, Sister. I take it we're ready to put this plan into action?" I nodded, and turned to the demigods and satyr. "You guys, get up to Olympus and kill the son of Hermes. But remember, if that fails and Kronos gets his body back, don't even try to fight him. He'll be more powerful than Typhon and even we're having a hard time with him. Just buy time for one of us to come help."
They nodded and ran for the Empire State Building. Us gods just charged towards Typhon. We met up with the other Olympians, and I noticed that Hephaestus and Dionysus were back.
"Brothers! Sister!" Zeus called. "We need you. Help us kill this monstrosity." He called before chucking another bolt at Typhon. Immediately, we all readied our weapons and charged.
I have no idea how Typhon felt, but if I was him, I would've been shitting myself. Looking around, he saw not one, not two, but 16 pissed-off Olympians all charging at him with their power weapons ready.
3… 2… 1…
We all attacked at once, and the shockwave that followed could be felt from miles away. All the fighters on the ground stumbled a bit, and even some of the gods did.
Typhon seemed unharmed however, and just brushed us off. That shocked all of us more than the actual shockwave itself. We all quickly got over our shock and continued attacking. Katastrofi wasn't doing anything, Typhon was too powerful.
After five minutes, Poseidon came up with an idea. "Brother! We need to send him back where he came from!" Zeus stopped attacking and looked at his brother in confusion. "What do you mean?" The king of the gods asked.
"I mean we have to send him back to Tartarus! It's the only way!" Poseidon shouted. Zeus nodded and ordered everyone to prepare the ritual.
The 16 of us formed a circle and held out our palms, similar to the ritual that turns people into gods. We all started chanting.
"Κύριε χάος, ακούστε τις προσευχές μας. στείλτε αυτό το άσχημο θηρίο στο Ταρτάριο, ποτέ να μην βλέπετε ξανά το φως της ημέρας. Στείλτε τον πίσω στην κοιλότητα από όπου ήρθε!"
As the chant finished, the ground shook, before splitting open underneath Typhon. Black mist flooded out of it, ensnaring Typhon in it's grip. The father of monsters screamed, but it was muffled as the beast was dragged down the chasm.
Typhon was in Tartarus.
As the ground closed, we stood there, catching our breaths. I panted, but heard a voice. It was distant, I could tell, but it seemed to be coming from inside my head. I quickly realised it was a prayer, from none other than my brother.
Brother, help us! Kronos succeeded, and has his body back! He's trying to kill us!
Without telling anyone else, I flashed out of the area. I appeared in the throne room of Olympus, and looked around.
There the Heroes stood, cornered by Kronos himself, in all his glory. He seemed to be giving the typical movie villain speech.
"I am the almighty Kronos! And now I shall kill you. Any last words, Demigods?"
He hadn't seemed to have noticed me, so I walked up behind him. Kronos picked up Theseus by the throat, obviously going to kill him first. Once I was behind him, I said calmly.
"Get away from my brother." Kronos dropped Theseus and turned around. He eyed me up and down, obviously trying to discern who I was, before realization flashed over his face. I was the kid he had met all those years ago before blasting his brother to Calypso's island. Then I did something he didn't expect.
I right-hooked him in the face.
Kronos stumbled back. "You dare, boy? I am Kronos! King of the Titans! Titan of Time! Ruler of Olym-" I stopped him with a left-hook to face face.
"Oh yeah? Well I'm Perseus. The 15th member of the Olympian council. God of Reality, Space, Mind, Power, the Soul and ironically, Time. And I'm the guy who's gonna whoop your ass until the other's show up." And with that, I started beating the crap out of my grandfather.
I threw blow after blow after blow, hitting him in all the places that would hurt. The face, the gut, the balls. Eventually, Kronos regained his footing and summoned his scythe, swinging it at me.
I dodged it, and pulled out Seira and Kaos. I slashed both at him, and he blocked it. He threw another attack at me, but I parried it.
This pattern carried on for a little while longer, before he swung his scythe at me. I parried it so hard that it flew out of hands. Thinking on my feet, I turned my blades into Katastrofi and imbedded the axe into shoulder.
Kronos cried out in pain, and before he could summon his scythe, I punched his face. He spat out a bloody tooth before looking at me defiantly. "Is that all you've got, boy?" He taunted.
So I punched him. Then I punched him again. And again. And again. Soon, my grandfather's face was a bloody mess. Before I could take another punch, he kicked me off and I flew across the room.
He summoned his scythe, and made to impale me with it. Before he could do so, the doors of the throne room burst open, and there stood the other 15 Olympians.
"KRONOS!" Zeus shouted. "STEP AWAY FROM HIM!" Kronos cursed under his breath, but then smirked. He held the blade of the scythe at my throat. "Take one more step Zeus, and your favourite nephew dies." I looked at Zeus. "I'm your favourite nephew?" Kronos just told me to shut up and pressed the blade against my throat.
"Father, please. Just let him go. He's done nothing to you." Poseidon pleaded. Kronos was about to retort, but I laughed. "Are you kidding? I've been here for about fifteen minutes just kicking Grandad's ass. Who do you think did that to his face?" I asked. Don't worry, getting Kronos riled up was part of the plan.
"Wait a minute." Apollo said. "Are you saying that you're the one who beat up Kronos?" I nodded, and half the gods started laughing maniacally, including Hades somehow.
Hermes stopped laughing enough to speak. "Our grandfather must be getting old and frail. Do we need to put you in a rest home gramps? You gotta stop moving around, you'll fracture your hip!" This time all the Olympians laughed, even Zeus.
Kronos snarled. "SHUT UP!" Before bringing his scythe back to swing at me. I rolled out of the way and summoned Katastrofi, before getting up and imbedding it into Kronos' back.
Kronos screamed, and turned around, Katastrofi still in his back. He pulled it out, and marched over to me.
"I've had enough of you, little brat." He said angrily before picking up my weakened body by the throat. "Say goodbye." He said before his hand glowed green and he put his palm on my heart.
I screamed, the pain was unbearable. I knew what was happening, he was cursing me with his power over time. Eventually, the pain subsided, and thought I was weak, I managed to yell out.
"N-NOW THESEUS!" Kronos had no time to react as Riptide was driven through his heart. His breath hitched as the blade was pulled out, before it was pressed against his throat.
"Time to unplug Grandad's life support." I said as Theseus slit Kronos' throat. The Titan of time stumbled back, glaring at everybody in the room, before he turned into black dust, showing he had faded.
I stumbled forward, and Theseus and the gods ran to my side. "No, no, no. Perse, you can't die on me now!" I grabbed his wrist, and looked at him. "I'm not dying Theese, Kronos cursed me. I don't know what it does, but I think this may be goodbye." Theseus looked at me with tears in his eyes.
"Don't say that, Perse. I'll see you again, won't I?" I just smiled at him, and looked at the gods.
They were all looking at me, some had tears in their eyes, while Artemis was straight up bawling. That dconfused me, I didn't think Artemis would cry over a male.
Poseidon, Artemis, Zeus, Hades and Hestia all came up and hugged me. I felt someone stroking my back, before hearing Artemis' voice in my ears.
"I'll see you soon, Love." Her breath made me shiver as it touched my skin, and she did something very unexpected. She leaned back, and kissed me.
Artemis, the man-hating Virgin goddess of the hunt, kissed me on the lips.
As cliche as it sounds, I felt sparks fly in that kiss. I leaned into it and kissed back. She smiled and stared off towards the shadows. I looked but saw nothing. I decided not to mention it.
I walked back over to my brother, and gave him a hug. I rubbed his back as he sobbed into my shoulder. I soon stopped rubbing, and looked down to see my hand had faded into black dust.
I felt something on my back, and I knew that my whole body was fading. I didn't know what was happening. I didn't know where I was going. I just knew who I was doing it for ,and that person was currently sobbing into my shoulder.
I whispered my last words into his ear.
"I'll come back for you, Goodbye."
Then I faded away.
And that's a wrap. Next chapter will be sorta explaining what the hell just happened to Percy. Also, yes, Theseus is the child of the prophecy since he's the one who killed kronos and Luke. Percy just dealt most of the damage. I'll have chapter 3 up soon, just wait. Also, if you don't like Theseus being with Bianca, too bad. I hate Annabitch, so she never existed in this AU. Let's just say she died when she was little. Monster attack or something. Also, yes, I know Percy is OP. I mean, he beat up Kronos for god's sake! Anyway, I'll see you guys later!
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