A/N: Yo peoples! Welcome to chapter 4 of "The Power of Darkness!" Thank you so much for all of your support, help, suggestions, etc, etc. I'm sorry about barely making my deadline, but my classmates have asked me to draw some pictures of stuff for them- frigging' long story. Drawing a single picture can take up to all of my day, aside from school and homework, so bear with me even if I updated a few hours late. Anyway, don't forget to review! Those things inspired me to draw later and write my chapter in time. Enjoy!

Chaos Perlia and Chocolate

Epsilon POV

Once Omega had walked into our new cabin and turned to face Clarisse, I could see that his anger had faded. He was now looking at her with a softer, comforting look on his face, much like how he used to look at people. He forgave Clarisse, I was sure of that. Clarisse could see the kindness that Omega was directing toward her, and so she looked on with no fear.

"Okay, Per- Omega," Clarisse began, "No offense, but why am I here?"

"Lately," my boyfriend began, "Chaos has been observing you. As a daughter of Ares, you were born a natural fighter. My master has requested that I-"

Suddenly, the shadows began to take shape. A face that I had not seen in years popped out of the darkness.

"Hey!" he shouted. "Where-"

Then, the black-haired boy, who looked about fourteen, noticed that Omega, Clarisse, and I were in the room.

"Clarisse?" he asked curiously. "Who are these people? Why are you with them? Are they dangerous? Again, where am-"

"YES!" I cried, interrupting him. "We'll finally have a full set of the Big Three's children and a daughter of Ares in the Guardians (please do not comment about the lameness, I know exactly how lame it is)!"

"Wait a minute," Clarisse attempted to clarify. "You want Nico and I to join Chaos's forces?"

"Yup," Omega declared cheerily. "So, will ya?"

Clarisse opened her mouth to answer, a smile on her face, when Nico stepped in suddenly.

"Guardians? Chaos? What?"

Smiling slightly at the behavior that I knew so well and at all of the good memories that came with it, I briefed Nico on our status as the most powerful people in the universe and all that jazz.

"So," Nico inquired meekly, "I'm talking to the two most powerful people in the universe? With all due respect, who are you?"

Omega glanced at me, and I nodded at him. He would find out soon when the campers told him, anyway. Together, we pushed down our hoods, and Nico gasped.

"Percy? Thalia?"

"Yeah, but don't call us that," I drawled.

Grinning, Nico gave us both huge bear hugs.

"Why'd you leave?" he asked softly. "Annabeth said that you cheated on her, but what really happened?"

Omega and I froze, scowls slowly appearing on our faces.

"She said WHAT?" we asked simultaneously.

Nico and Clarisse backed up a little, but Omega saw the fear on his face and calmed down a smidge.

"Sorry," he apologized, "we'll deal with her later. Anyway, will you two join the Guardians of Chaos with us?"

Smiling at the vanished danger, Nico and Clarisse nodded.

"Of course," Clarisse said. "We need to get out of this dump. They're all sucking up to those idiots and don't have time to be real heroes."

With a tilt of his head, Omega contacted Chaos mentally. I could see the concentration on his face, which had lessened after all of these years of practice. Chaos's joyful, childlike answer resonated through my brain.

"Oooo, yay!" Chaos exclaimed. "Can they wear red? I LOVE red. It's the color of love, and blood! Don't you like red? It's the best color ever, right? Clarisse can have blood RED and the son of Hades can have... black. Ugh, I hate that color! It's so dreary and blackish. Plus, he probably smells like death, so he'll stink up my palace! Oh, his room would be dreadful! It would have a bunch of skeletons and it would SO clash with my color scheme. O-me-ga, does he HAVE to join?"

Omega sighed, mentally and out loud. Chaos always reacted to things like this.

"Yes, Chaos," Omega stated. "Nico has to join. Just deal with it, and I'll design his room and make sure that he gets a bath."

"Oh, alright," our childish master relented. "But make sure he smells like the lavender soap that I'm going to make him use, okay? That stuff is the strongest stuff that I have, and I'm the creator of the universe! The kid stinks something terrible!

"Okay!" Omega announced to Nico and Clarisse, massaging his forehead wearily. "You two can join, barely, according to Chaos. Follow me, and I'll give you you're powers and all of that stuff."

They followed my boyfriend into a large door to the side, seeming to vanish against the ornate designs.

Omega POV

As I walked out of the largest room in the whole cabin, Nico and Clarisse were testing out their new powers on each other.

"Ooo, look at this," Clarisse yelled, flying above my head and almost landing on top of Nico. Before she could, however, Nico had disappeared into thin air and reappeared behind me.

"Ha ha!" Nico chided. "I can beat you! What now?"

Growling, Clarisse jumped up and began to chase after Nico, being teased the whole time. With Chaos's powers, Nico was much faster and more powerful than Clarisse as a son of one of the Big Three. As Nico was about to headbutt the daughter of Ares in the stomach, a conch horn blared nearby.

At the pace of the Guardians of Chaos that we were, Epsilon, Nico, Clarisse, and I ran to the top of the hill, next to Epsilon's pine. Led by all of the Primordial gods excluding Nyx, the monster army was of extreme, supreme, massive proportions.

"Hades!" I cursed.

"Hey! That's my dad, Omega!"

A/N: I know that it's short, and that it's almost late, but hey! I was sick. Not much to say today, except for the obvious fact that I hope you enjoyed this! I got a request to make these things longer not too long ago. I understand that these are shorter than most, but I am not a patient person. If I do not write one of these in one sitting, I will never be happy with it and it would take me years to finish a chapter, even with the constant motivation of new reviews. Without them, I would give up eventually and never finish. I will attempt to make these longer, but no promises! I will update at least once in the following week. Remember to review, and happy Valentine's Day!

Chaos Perlia and Chocolate