Chapter 3
"I think the real question is why this 'Chaos' guy pulled Percy Jackson into the sky, of all demigods why him?" I asked. We were at the war table in Camp-Half blood, I should probably give you and update on what happened shouldnt I?
Well, its been three days since my graceful arrival into Camp-Half blood, and the tension since has been so thick you could cut it with a broadsword, Percy jackson is essentially the leader of the camp from what I've gathered from the people that are actually willing to talk about him.
Why do I say willing? For some reason some demigods burst into tears when they try to speak of him, as if he was so special. I'm the special one, I can turn back time! And my father is a bad ass Titan, granted he is technically bad but really thats water under the bridge am I right?
Also, I'm not stupid, I'm probably smarter than almost all the people here, and the others have definitely been avoiding me due to my heritage, and it's annoying, I mean seriously, I'm awesome! But I digress, I guess I have to put forth some effort (Ugh) to get them to trust me.
The ones who dont avoid me are standing with me at the war table now, interesting people that I admittedly have a little respect for. Annabeth being the first one, daughter of Athena, I did consider flirting with her but even I'm not that mean. Another girl named Clarisse, a muscular daughter of Ares (Remind me not to get on her bad side), Reyna, a daughter of some war goddess Bologna I think, why there is a goddess named after a meat product I dont know.
And the only other guy with us, a short latino santa elf named Leo, son of however the hell you say his name let alone spell it, his talent I actually like which is making fire, it's still nowhere near my time powers but Its respectable.
"Because he is the strongest demigod we have, without him our chances are slim to none." Bologna's daughter Reyna said.
"Um excuse me, you clearly forgot about me here." I said and she rolled her eyes. I hate Bologna.
"Strongest demi-TITAN, and thats because you are the only one we have." She retorted, I flared my nostrols.
"Well, atleast my mother isnt named after a meat product." I said and she got red in the face. Leo busted out laughing.
"I like this guy alot." Leo said and fist bumped me.
"BELLONA you idiot! BELLONA!" She bellowed (PUN), I smirked at her evily.
"Bologna." I said, she attempted to lunge at me but Clarisse and Annabeth dragged her back while me and Leo were busting guts laughing.
"Calm down Bologna, it was a joke, your way to serious." I said still giggling.
"Your insufferable!" She retorted, and Clarisse hit her hand on the table.
"Ladies please your both pretty! Now can we get back to the disscussion before Reyna blows a gasket. She's redder than A fire truck." She said and I composed myself.
"Sorry, now before I was rudely interrupted by Bologna over there." I said ignoring the death glare Reyna gave me. "Percy may be the strongest demigod, I doubt it but thats what you say, why if Chaos can take the gods themselves would he not take all of the demigods instead of just Percy?" I asked.
"Maybe because he just awoke, Chaos most likely doesnt have all his power yet and the first thing he does is attack the planet straight away? It doesnt make sense really." Annabeth reasoned.
"If he sucked up all the gods and the worlds strongest demigod at not full strength then how in the holy Hephaestus are we supposed to beat somebody that powerful?" Leo said bouncing in his chair.
We shuddered at the thought then Clarisse spoke. "Maybe if we stage an all out attack with all our resources and demigods and use the Titans, we can free the gods and Prissy from Chaos then attack Chaos with whos left." She proposed.
"Because Chaos Is totally not expecting us to do that, thats probably exactly what he wants, with how powerful he is if he takes us down thats it, planets doomed to destruction." Annabeth said sarcastically, Clarisse glared but didnt speak. I've come to notice Clarisse and Annabeth DO NOT like each other.
"According to history, there was only one other time Chaos attacked, he was repelled obviously or we wouldnt be standing here today, but what it took to beat him we dont have, its been lost to the ages, not found since after the Chaotic war." Reyna said.
"Well what beat him?" I asked, she sent me an unreasonable glare but answered.
"It took all the Olympians and Titans AND Demi-gods to unite and fight together, and that wasnt even enough, it only held Chaos back for a short period, in a desperate attempt to win the Gods and Titans crafted a sword that a chosen demigod was only able to wield, the Ora Lepida, Time blade."
It was silent for a long while and really, can you blame us? we dont even have the gods with us let alone the Ora Lepida, and Percy was most likely the chosen demigod if he was here if we had the sword.
Suddenly and Idea popped into my head. "Whats the last known Appearance of the Ora Lepida? If we can find its last general location we may be able to trace it and find it." I said and Reyna dare say looked shocked!
"That... That's actually not a bad Idea, if you used your brain more for smarts instead of arrogance and sarcasm maybe you'd be less annoying." Reyna said.
"I live to annoy people and I'm going to do it more since I'm being forced to do it for free, I aint getting money for this Bologna." I said and she groaned.
"If your not gonna say my mothers name right then atleast call me by my actual name Reyna." She begged, her pouting face was incredibly adorable if I'm being honest, I decided to be nice.
"Okay Reyna, I'll say your name instead, perish the thought any name being more beautiful than yours." I said dramatically and Reyna blushed, Leo and Annabeth cracked smiled at my joke.
"I almost preferred Bologna." She mumbled and I laughed. She smiled slightly and was stunned how gorgeous she looked when she wasnt stone cold steve Reyna.
"Okay ya'll go from insulting each other to flirting, should the rest of us leave the room while you make out or no?" Leo said and I smacked his head, he yelped and moved away from me while glaring. "NOT cool dude."
I smiled and looked towards Reyna. "I can help you search if you want." I offered. She smiled at me, a full one and my stomach felt a little sick, but in a good way, is there a good way for your stomach to be sick?
"I'd actually appreciate it, thanks for the offer." She said. I nodded but I realized something, where the hell do we start the search?
"We need to find a book store or something giving us more information of the Chaotic war, it'd be pretty stupid to just run blind." I said and she nodded slowly.
"I know just the place." She said and hurried out of the war room. I looked toward my companions and they just shrugged. I sighed and left aswell after her, maybe I shouldnt have offered to help, this is going to be a long day.
LINE BREAK
"Michael, welcome to my favourite place in manhatten, the mythological Archives." She said with a grin on her face, she had changed for some reason, she abandoned her armour and wore a regular dark green t-shirt, and wore shorts showing off her tan athletic legs. She still had her sword though and I wondered what the mortals were seeing through the supposed mist.
As for me I went with a turquoise colored shirt (My favourite color) and a pair of black jeans with a gold ring, very simple but stylish if I do say so myself. Then again, I could wear a trash bag and still look good.
The inside of the archives looked like it came straight out of hogwarts, the shelves were stacked about twenty feet in the air lined with books for all age groups, there were also about six floors. I marveled how a place this big could be so hidden from everybody.
"Where the hell do we even begin searching. It's like a maze of books, my dyslexia is already acting up." I complained and Reyna punched my arm.
"Stop whining like a kid and deal with it, you offered to help after all." She said and I sighed.
"I'm regretting that decision now Bologna." I said and she sent me an angry glare.
"I hate you so much and I just met you." She said and I shrugged, I walked away from her and started searching through all these books, while she went to another section.
After about twenty minutes I realized we were getting nowhere so I started doing the freaking obvious, SECTION SEARCHING, I searched for a section about greek wars and looked for the C's, after that I found it reasonably quick.
"Hey Reyna! Over here!" I called and she appeared beside me shortly after, she grinned when I held up the book I was holding.
"The Ora Lepida chronicles! This should tell us more about the blade aswell as its holder and last location!" She exclaimed excitedly. I smirked at the sudden idea that popped into my head. I was a good four inches taller than her so I held up the book in the air when she reached for it.
"What do you say since I found it?" I said with an evil grin on my face. She scowled in anger and huffed.
"Thank you Michael. Now can you give me the book?" She asked reaching for it again. I continued holding it up in the air while grinning.
"Not good enough! Praise me more." I said and her face got red. She hit me in the stomach and knocked the wind out of me, I let the book go and she snatched it away from my hand and turned around. I wasnt angry actually, I was amused by it because she is way to easy to tease.
"That- that was dirty." I said in between gasps of breath, she turned and stuck her tounge out actually stuck her freaking tounge out! at me and walked off while reading the book.
"You know, for someone so composed, you lose patience really quickly." I said, she looked at me with a blank stare.
"Because your insufferable and annoying, even I lose my patience when dealing with someone like you." She responded, I was actually hurt a little by that statement.
"Then why did you accept my offer to help you search for this thing?" I asked, she didnt respond for a while, when she did her voice was soft.
"Because under all that arrogance, I and the others see a really nice and honest guy, someone who isnt afraid to do whats right."
I was surprised, someone actually sees some good in me and according to her she isnt the only one, but I had to test her to see if she was lying.
"How do you know you arent wrong?" I asked.
"I know I am right because you wouldnt use your powers to save peoples lives, you wouldnt be here right now helping us fight back against this force, you wouldnt have protected Annabeth from the monsters, and you wouldnt have stopped flirting with her if you didnt know she had a boyfriend." She listed off confidently.
"You've only known me for three days and you believe I'm a good person? You are strange Reyna, you and the rest of the demigods." I said and she snorted.
"Three days is a long time these days, with what we are facing this time around, this is no war for the planet, this is a war for the universe, and we dont even know why Chaos is attacking." She said.
"Maybe I can give you an Idea." A voice suddenly said, Reyna immediantly drew her sword, I was unarmed but had my powers.
"Who is there? Show yourself!" Reyna said with a voice filled with authority, the voice just laughed and suddenly a person materialized in front of us, I relaxed completely but Reyna stayed tense.
"Father, what are you doing here?" I asked. Father, that word feels so foreign, as if it doesnt belong to me. My Father was in the form of a man about forty wearing a black suit with a clean shaven face, other than his unaturaly gold eyes he looked normal.
"I heard about your search for the Ora Lepida from young Annabeth and decided it may be beneficial to lend you my aid as I fought in the first Chaotic war." He explained.
"We dont need your help, not a traitorous bastard like you." Reyna said angrily, she clearly does not like my father.
"Hey, dont talk about my family like that." I said not realizing the hypocrisy in my statement, after all I did keep calling her mother Bologna instead of Belonna.
She glared at me but didnt respond. I looked to my father, he nodded and motioned for us to sit at a nearby table. Once sat he walked to the other side and sat down at the head of the table and crossed his hands.
"The Ora Lepida, the Chaotic war, the memory is a little fuzzy..." He began.
LINE BREAK FLASHBACK CHAOTIC WAR
We were in dire straits, Chaos had been gathering power for who knows how long and he unleashed it all at once on us, back then he wanted to destroy the humans for their transgressions and sent everything he had at us, we had little love for the gods and humans and the feeling was mutual for all sides, but we couldnt allow everything to go extinct, we had a job to do so we worked with the ten Olympians.
Why ten? Well, Hermes and dionysus were not gods at the time, after the war they became gods but not the holder of the Ora Lepida, he refused godhood for love, something that angered Zeus, and Zeus killed his lover in a fit of rage.
The Ora lepida holder was enraged and vanished from existence with the Ora Lepida, never to be found again.
I remember us being backed up against the wall and in a last desperate attempt we created the Ora Lepida and gave it to the demigod, I fused alot of power into the blade, the weapon can literally rip the fabric of time apart, if used incorrectly it can cause such destruction that no one can fix.
The battle before it's creation was a long and grueling one, we had thought we had beaten back Chaos as we had managed to enter his realm. But he was waiting.
"You think you have won? My petty army was just meant to tire you, I knew you would eventually beat them back. But guess what. Your in my realm now, and I'm at full power." Chaos said.
Chaos had the appearance of a nine-teen year old african american teeneager. Black eyes and wore all black. His first attack wiped out most of the demigods and severly injured alot of my fellow Titans and the gods. I was unscathed, so was Zeus, Posideon and Hades. We attempted to fight back but were so utterly outmatched it was like we were powerless children, which technically we were.
We were forced to retreat, with some of our remaining strength we flashed out the injured and headed back to Olympus, after alot of discussion we decided to create the Ora Lepida and give it to the chosen demigod, only we didnt know which demigod should take it.
Thats when the fates stepped in, they had spoke of a great warrior who could save us all, naturally a few sons of Zeus stood up with greedy smiles. The Posideon children were mixed between greedy and not wanting it, and no Hades child wanted the power.
We realized that a demigod wouldnt hold the blade of time, but a demititan, one of my only sons, named Acoles Reihnat, your brother. Acoles took the sword and with our aid successfuly pushed back Chaos, back in time so far it would be millenia before being able to reform all of his power once again, and that time is running out.
We listened to my fathers story with no small amount of awe, I had a brother I never met, and he may still live. I was about to ask a question when Kronos spoke again.
"I know where the Ora lepida is, it is in the ruins of old Rome, not in the present day, after the fall of Rome the Ora lepida somehow got stuck in time along with my son. 1200 years ago."
I felt hope drain out of me, but rise again when I thought of a plan.
"Is it possible to go back in time to get the blade?" I asked and Kronos became thoughtful, after an eternity he responded.
"I could create a time portal and you experience everything just after the fall of Rome, you find the blade and my son, grab the weapon and escape before the portal closes." Kronos said.
"Wait, before the portal closes? What does that mean?" Reyna asked with a concerned look. Kronos clearly didnt want to answer but did anyway.
"I cant keep the portal open forever, if you cant get out before it closes you will be stuck in the past forever, If I open a portal to go back in time in the same age more than once it could rip the fabric of reality apart, so you only have one shot at this, Michael, you are my son so I want you to do this, will you?" My father asked.
No, no I did not want to do it, having the fate of the world on my shoulders is not something I wanted to have, If I fail, the present day will become hell on earth, if I cant escape the past in time I will be stuck in the past for good and the present day will become hell on earth, I was screwed either way.
I opened my mouth to say hell no, but what I actually said was different.
"Okay." I said. My father smiled and Reyna's eyes widened with concern.
Gods, what have I gotten myself into?
A/N: God damn this is long overdue, I'm so sorry guys, my computer crashed while writing and I lost a new son of Hera chapter and this chapter here so I am now in the proccess of re writing the chapters, to top it off theres this really nasty fucking virus going around that hit me like a truck and I've been sick for awhile.
