Whoa, isn't this cool. Hans50 made a review in MY story! I really enjoyed reading his last Pertemis story. Clique plot, but not too clique to make you not read the story. Hope you update soon. I really enjoy reading your work. And, if you haven't read his work yet, please read it. I am sure that you will enjoy it if you are a Pertemis fan.
And, about me not being able to update faster, I apologize. Like I said, I had thesis work. And, if you are in a college student who is going to graduate next year, you will understand that I have to focus all of my attention on it. But, as it is already summer break, even though I still need to do my thesis every now and then, it is not that stressful anymore. So, I can finally enjoy writing like I normally do.
However, I do appreciate that you remind me that I still have obligations in making my fanfic. So, if any of you feel like I am taking so long to update and I didn't tell you in advance that I will be late, please do tell me. I can be out of thoughts sometimes when I am doing important work. With all of that done, let's move to the story. And, remember, I don't own the characters.
Chapter 4
While Leo is being crushed by his overly happy AU dad, Percy had to drink tea with three super powered beings who can kill him with a snip of their scissors. And, with a taste bud of a five year old, tea is not something that Percy would drink if he had a choice.
He got into this situation as soon as he fainted from the Manticore attack. As soon as he opens his eyes, he was already sitting in a really fancy seat and wearing a really good looking tuxedo. He looked around and absorbed his surroundings. He was in a room that is fully furnished room with Old Victorian furniture. Cabinets with weird old people stuff are displayed on the side. There are even picture frames on the wall, though Percy couldn't see who are in those pictures. The room itself was made like the one he keep seeing in Annabeth's magazines about England's architecture. In front of him, was a round table filled with snacks his mom would serve in her book club. And, sitting in the three chairs in front of him are three old ladies.
Percy knew the fact that they were the Fates from the presence they were giving off from his seat. He could feel like his life is on the line as he sat there looking at them. However, what made him confused about his current situation was that, though he knows that they are the Fates, they don't look like them at all.
Percy met the Fates at least three times in his life already, and he was very much aware what they look like. They look somewhat mean and rustic, and they never smile at all. But, these Fates aren't like that at all. They looked like three nice old ladies that would give free cookies to random strangers. Their faces looked like they always smile and never frown at all.
They wore matching colorful outfits, with matching colored hats. They also all look alike, only that two of them were wearing glasses. In their hands are their usual gears: one is holding a spindle that holds the thread of life, another one is holding a rod that measures the thread, and one holds a scissor that cuts it.
Percy wanted to ask about his situation, only they answered before he could ask. "You are not dead, Perseus Jackson. We simply moved your consciousness into our realm to have a word with you." All three of them said at the same time.
"Why?" Percy asked them.
"Because," the middle one said, looking at her with a toothless grin. "We want to tell you about why your friends got into different dimensions and why we let you come to these dimensions." Percy stared at them. "You knew that we are not from this dimension?" The first one nodded. "Of course, my dear. All of us do. We are all connected, after all."
"Connected? What do you mean?" He asked. This time, it was the third one who answered. "Although different in personality and behaviour, all Fates are linked together in one mind. So, if one of us knows someone is bending the fabric of time and space, the others will know right away."
"And, before you asked, yes, we are not the Fates of your dimension. We are the Fates of this dimension." The middle one said to Percy before he can speak again.
"But, you look—"
"Nicer? Sweeter? Yes, we do believe we are some of the kinder versions of ourselves. Your world's Fates are a lot stricter with talking with mortals. But, all of us agreed to talk to you first, before you would try to save your friends. That is why, we made you save the daughter of Athena first." The first one said to him. "The other Fates do not wish to talk with you in person. Though some just want to keep their rules in check, others just hate you for what your counterparts have done in their worlds."
Percy paled. "I was evil in the other dimensions?" He asked them. The third one laughed. "A few of you were! But, that wasn't the reason why we hate you in other dimensions." He frowned. "Then, what?" The other two giggled while the third smiled. "Let's just say, you bend too many laws that weren't meant to bend."
Percy frowned as to what rules he would bend and then remembers how much of a troublemaker he was when it comes to rules, so he dismissed these thoughts. "So, why did my friends were sent off to other dimensions?" This is where the old ladies lose their happy tone voice for a more formal one. "There is a demigod who is destroying other dimensions one at a time. He stole his dimension's Fates powers and uses it to go to other dimensions and destroys their dimension cores." The first one said.
"As he destroys dimensions, he also collects some of those dimensions' greatest villains to be part of his army. And, we believed that he will go to the Nexus dimension to destroy all dimensions at once." The second one told him.
"Wait, what's the Nexus dimension?" Percy asked.
"It is the dimension where all of our dimensions are centred on. This is the main thing that keeps all of us alive to this very point of time. Without that dimension, everything and everyone will instantly disappear." The third one explained. "That is why, we all decided to create your dimension. A dimension where Leo Valdez creates a machine that can see through other dimensions. So as you can be warned of the coming threat that will fall into our worlds."
"So, you sucked all of my friends into unknown worlds just so we could fight your war?" Percy said, fuming with rage. "Why you need us for? You are the most powerful beings in the universe! Can't you fight your own fight without our help! We already have peace for crying out loud!" Percy knew he wasn't supposed to yell at the people who could kill him any time they want. But, he was already mad for them becoming pawns yet again by stronger beings.
All three understood his rage and did not do anything about his insult. "We want to kill them, we surely do. But, we don't have their thread of life. We don't have their destiny any longer." The first one said, sadly. "And, even if we want to fight them head on, we can never leave our dimension without anyone to watch over it."
"That is why, we need a help of demigods to fight for us as you are the only ones who can go to other dimensions without destroying too much of the time stream." The second one continued. "Besides, it is not us that send your friends to the other dimensions, but the man who started this mess in the first place."
"What do you mean?" Percy asked, now a bit confused.
"Though it is true that we made your dimension so as to see what is to come and be ready to fight it, we also made sure that your dimension would have the time to call on the Gods for help before going to war." The third one explained. "What we didn't expect that he would appear and change your dimension's fate as well. He changed your dimension so that Frank Zhang would accidentally activate Leo Valdez's machine before it was ever finished."
"His plan was to throw all of the demigods on Camp Half-Blood off to other dimensions." The first one said to Percy. "We were only managed to save what little we could in your dimension. We stopped the fate of the other campers from being sucked, but we were too late to save your friends' fate. For that, we are truly sorry."
Percy sat there, in pure shock and terror of what happened to his friends. The three Fates looked at him with concern. "We allow you two to go out from your dimension a lot earlier not only so as to get your comrades, but also to help stop this demigod from ever destroying more dimensions. We know this is selfish of us knowing that your friends are still missing, but you are our only hope. So, will you two please help us?" The middle one said to him.
Percy stared at them for a while before nodding. "Ok, we will help. But, if we are going to help you guys, we will do it our way. We want to save our friends first and only then will we help you stop this guy. Do we have a deal?" The three Fates nodded, though they can feel in their mind that some of their counterparts in other dimensions find this deal really unfair.
"We believe it is time for you to go back into your own body, Perseus Jackson. But, before you will leave us, we will give you a gift." They wave their hands and touched Percy's forehead. "Uh, what did you do to me?" Percy asked them. "We simply changed your presence from the other Gods in this dimension and in the other dimensions that you are about to go to." The first one explained. "This also goes the same for your friends who are lost in other dimensions. This is to avoid any Gods from seeing two of their children at the same time. As of now, your presence would be the same as a mortal to them." The third one finished.
"If you can do that, can you at least help with the monster problem?" Percy asked, which made all three Fates laugh. "Well, little hero. That is a problem you have to deal alone." The middle Fate said as she used her rod to tap Percy back into his body.
When Percy told Leo what happened while he was unconscious, Leo stared at him in disbelief. "The Fates knew we were dimension hopping? And, that they did it on purpose?" Percy nodded. "I know. Weird, right?"
"Yeah, it is as if we were just made by someone out of sheer boredom." Leo said, looking at the distance. "Anyways, are we almost there?" Percy asked him. "Yeah, according to the MDB, the campsite should be around here somewhere." Leo told him, watching his MDB, which acts as their guide. "You know, I still can't believe that this is Festus." Percy said, tapping the metal feline.
"Yeah. I guess, because I never went to Camp, I made my own automaton and named him Festus." Leo said, scratching Festus. The automaton creaks and purred as if it was enjoying what Leo was doing. He wondered though, if the Leo of this dimension never got to camp, how did he have time to make this beautiful piece of machinery? Festus stopped and put them down below a hill. With one last look at the two demigods, the automaton ran in the other direction and into the shadows.
They slowly climbed up and saw one of the biggest monster camps they have ever since. On the left side of the camp were Scythian Dracanae, practising their bow and arrow on some worn out dummies. On the right is where Telekhines forging weapons so that the Laistrygonian Giants and the rebelling demigods can train more for the war. Around the middle is where the Hydras, Hellhounds, and other beastly monsters are kept, battle ready in case any enemies appear. And, just near the tents stood an earth like cage, and inside it was a girl with blond hair that Percy recognizes anywhere.
"Annabeth." Percy whispered under his breath. He was about to go when Leo stopped him. "Where the Hades do you think you are going?" Leo asked him. "We have to get her out of there!" Percy told him, not thinking straight. "Yeah, genius, we do. But, we can't go out there on our own. Not with an army that can kill even before we can get there." Leo told him, but then he remembered Poseidon's gift.
"The horn!" He said, as he took out the horn from his tool belt. "With this, we can call your brother's army." Leo said to Percy. "Yeah, but I don't think my brother's army would be enough to—" A horn was blown which shook the ground, but it wasn't from the horn they were holding but from the other side of the forest. From there, an army of demigods appeared and charged the camp. But, that wasn't the shocking thing that Percy saw. What is more shocking was the one who is leading them. It was no other than Luke Castellian. He was riding on a black horse, which Percy believed was Blackjack.
They watched as they battled the army, who was not expecting an early attack. They were fighting a winning fight, but Percy knew it would only be a matter of time before they will be overrun by the monster army. "Leo, blow the horn. They need all the help they could get." Leo nodded and he blew the conch horn. As soon as he did that, the conch broke into pieces and appeared a great number of Cyclopes that pushed Percy aside. Leo tried to get him, but he was blocked by the son of the Sea God's Cyclops brother, Tyson. But from the way he looked, you wouldn't expect he was Tyson at all.
He wore a kind of outfit Napoleon would wear if he was going to battle. His hair was neatly trimmed and his face isn't messy. His one eye had a spectacle on it and uses it to watch the battlefield, as if he was reading the battlefield like a book. And, by the way he looks, he would look like he is the older brother, not Percy.
AU Tyson looked at Leo, who was the one who blew the horn, and said to him in a rather "non-Tyson" voice. "Dear sir. You have blown the horn of war. And, so we are yours to command. What you have us do?" Leo looked at him in disbelief. This was Tyson? Leo only managed to point at the battlefield for AU Tyson to understand. "Oh my dear Poseidon! Will you look at that? Do not fret, my lord. We shall aid the demigods with our utmost power! Men! To war!" AU Tyson said, commanding his men. His men charged, leaving Leo and the extremely shocked Percy on their own.
"Did we just see that right?" Percy asked Leo. "I think we did." He said back.
Percy shook himself out of shock and grabbed Leo. "Come on! While everyone is fighting, let's go save Annabeth." Leo nodded and they ran off to the battlefield. They dodged some monsters that tried to attack them at the same time avoiding the demigod invaders so that they will not get mixed up with the battle. When they got close to the cage, Percy made a run for it, only to be trapped by binds made of earth. The binds weave themselves to create a proper hold of Percy's wrist, which the binds then connect themselves to two earth pillars that appeared from the ground.
Leo tried to aid him, but as soon as he made another step closer, a giant earth-like cage sprung out of the ground. He took out his hammer from his tool belt and smashed the cage repeatedly, but finds it impossible to destroy.
"Try as you might, but you will never break my cage from the inside." A dark voice mused. All battle stopped and the ground shook, and from a ground, a being emerged. She had a beautiful face, with a figure to match any goddess' body. She was all Annabeth in every way. The way she smiles, the way she walks, even the way she tied her hair. But there was one thing that made her different to the Annabeth that Percy loves: she was made of dirt. From the head to toe, she has been just earth, with the only hair being its exception and it was made of woven grass.
Percy could not believe what have become to the Annabeth of this dimension. How she became such a monster. He glared at her and said, "Let my Annabeth go." AU Annabeth laughed, with a voice that is both dark and evil. "Even when you are from another dimension, you are still the Seaweed Brain that I know." She said with a demonic glee. At that moment, all the monsters and demigods walked towards where Leo and Percy was.
"Oh, how I want to kill you right now. Your look, your anger, your hate! You look exactly like him! And, I really want to murder you for it!" She told him, licking her lips. "But, that isn't fun. And, to be honest, I am not that particularly interested in you. No, I am rather interested—" She cuts herself as she clicked her fingers. At once, both Leo's and Annabeth's cage moved towards them. "—at these two demigods right here."
From that time, Percy got a good look at his Annabeth. Needless to say, she wasn't in any better shape. Bruises and cuts were all over her body. Her already worn out shirt was already covered in dried up blood. She looked pale and weak, but he can see she is still breathing. This doesn't mean though that Percy was ok with that. "What did you do to her?" He said, in raged.
"Oh, you know, the usual stuff. We tried to be nice, but she tried to fight back. So, in the end, she became that piece of mess." AU Annabeth said, gesturing at her counterpart on her cage. "A pity though. And, I really wanted another 'me' to command my army. But, what can I say? I really can't trust myself." She mused. She then moved her attention to Leo, who was still smashing his cage, but now with his hammer that is on fire. "And, you. A fire user demigod! I never have seen a demigod like you before. It will be interesting when I dissect your body." She said, smiling.
"You are a monster!" Leo said, holding his hammer tightly.
"Am I?" AU Annabeth asked. "I am but curious, just like your friend." She said, smiling. Leo glared and he starts to smash the cage yet again. AU Annabeth laughed. "An unique demigod, indeed. Yet a little weak in the brain, aren't you? No matter how much you try, you can never break the cage from in there."
"Then how about out here?" A familiar voice said. Then out of nowhere, arrows fell down all over the camp, destroying most of the monsters while missing the good demigods and Cyclops. "You." AU Annabeth glared at the sky. Out of nowhere, as if magic, a flying ship appeared. A golden ship with a magnificent pair of golden wings. From below, it looked like something out of a myth. Then again, a demigod's life is always a myth.
On the ship, a man's voice echoed out. "Fire at the two cages! Set those demigods free!" The ships cannons moved and fire at the cages. The cages broke apart, and though full of dust, Leo and Annabeth are free. As the ship descend, a shadowy figure can be seen, and as it got closer, the image of AU Percy appeared in front of them, grinning at them.
"Sorry about that! I thought you weren't using those anymore!" AU Percy said, grinning at them. AU Annabeth glared at him. "You will pay for this, Percival Jackson!" She said, as she summoned more Earthborn out of the ground. "Attack!" She commanded her army. At once, all of the monsters and rebelling demigods attacked.
AU Percy jumped down from the ship and looked at his brother and AU Luke. "Well? What are you guys waiting for? Attack!" AU Luke nodded and ordered the demigods to attack. "It is good to have you back, brother." AU Tyson said before looking at the opponent. "Jelly!" He screamed and all of the Cyclopes ran to the battlefield. AU Percy looked at the ship and turn on his earpiece. "I leave the ship in your hands, Jason." The alternate version of Jason Grace answered back. "You don't mind us here. Go beat her back to Tartarus!" AU Percy nodded as he rushes to his counterpart's aid.
I made this one a bit longer than usual, and the reason for that is that I want to finish the Annabeth rescue as soon as possible. After the next chapter, I will make them go to another dimension. Because of that, I want to ask you who should they save next? Send your answers in the reviews, and I might do that.
Also, if you have some crazy AUs you have in your head, please post them in the reviews. It is not that I have no other ideas in my head. But, I really like to be a bit hands on with my readers and I don't want to be the only one having fun. Besides, I enjoy a challenge every once in a while, and making use out of a random AU can be fun. So, give me a good (or crazy) AU idea.
Fun Fact: The inspiration of this AU was from a video game.
By the way, here are some quotes from the next chapter:
"Why did you come back?"
"What's wrong with 'Percival'?"
"Is it safe to say that we are Americans?"
"It is about time that you guys showed up."
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