Thanks for all the reviews people! It's EPIC. As always: reviews, constructive criticism and ideas are much appreciated. Flames will be laughed at, possible and probable OOC. Here is a revised Chapter 4 of my story. Enjoy :)
Also for those who are thinking it's weird for me to write this story and NOT have Percy go nuts and kills all the gods,
Percy wouldn't do that, his fatal flaw is loyalty remember? And…
There are already plenty of stories where he wants revenge, so I wanted to do something different. (and more true to Percy's personality)
DISCLAIMER: As much as I want to, I do not own PJO or HoO or any of its characters etc. they all belong to the genius that is Rick Riordan
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Annabeth Chase stormed into Mount Olympus, for once she completely ignored the architecture that she had designed, to find Poseidon and Athena huddled together at regular human size in a corner of the massive gold and marble throne room, something that never ever happened. Regardless, it did not stop Annabeth from marching over to them and demanding answers
"Are you really going to get Percy back?" she asked rather bluntly, the two gods considered her for a moment before Poseidon answered
"Yes" he said simply "We finally convinced Zeus that he was innocent"
"I'm coming with you" Annabeth said in a tone that left no room for argument
"I wouldn't expect anything less from you" Poseidon said
"Though there is one issue: how do we get him out?" asked Athena, Annabeth stared at her for a full minute until the wisdom goddess finally cracked "What!?"
"Are you serious?" Annabeth asked incredulously "Percy and I survived alone, Nico as well. You're gods for Zeus' sake"
"True but our auras are going to attract a lot more enemies than you two" replied Athena "Plus the Titans and the giants are in there and it's their home ground so they have a big advantage over us"
Annabeth was silent as she considered this, "Bob" she said finally
"What?" asked Poseidon in confusion
"Bob, he's a friend of Percy's; he's a Titan previously known as Iapetus"
"He's friends with a Titan?" Athena sounded unbelieving
"And a giant"
"What!?" that was Poseidon
"Damasen, the anti- Ares; meaning that he's peaceful" Annabeth explained
"Oh"
"We should contact them"
"How? And why?" questioned the Sea god
"I need to think" Annabeth ignored the question, turning around and walking out of Olympus onto the bustling streets of New York, her feet carrying her downtown, to the apartment of Sally and Paul Blofis.
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"Come on get up, we are going for a walk"
"Do I have a choice in the matter?"
"No"
Percy really didn't want to go for a walk anywhere, but Kronos wasn't really giving him an option, he was hauled to his feet by none other than the Minotaur. Who still really needed to carry around a box of tissues by the way. Percy's chains were removed so he could be re-chained to Hyperion and Kronos with Kronos at his left and his right wrist attached to Hyperion, who still held a grudge about the whole 'being turned into a tree' thing
"I think you'll like this one Perseus" Hyperion said with fake cheerfulness
"Oh yeah, probably about as much as you enjoyed being a tree" Percy replied sarcastically
"You keep that up and I might just snap your leg" the Titan snarled
"Ah but then you'll have to carry me Hyperion" Percy chastised
Walking was agony for Percy, the ground was like broken glass on his bare feet, the air was painful to breath and he was pretty sure he had a few cracked or broken ribs
"Finally" Kronos cried several extremely awkward minutes later, Percy looked up from the ground to see where they were, they were on the banks of a familiar river. For a moment Percy thought they had walked in a giant circle and were back at the Acheron, but then he looked closer at the glittering black water, or more correctly he smelled the water, it stunk of sulphur. It was then that Percy realised why the river was familiar, it was the river that had saved his and Annabeth's lives when they had fallen. It was the Cocytus River, the river of lamentation. Percy looked to his left and saw something the almost made feel like smiling. The Italian Sports car that had fallen in with them the first time, this made him realise that an exit from Tartarus was just above him; his thoughts were interrupted however by Kronos
"Yes, you recognize this place don't you? I believe that this is the closest you have been to an exit in some time"
"And now it's time for you to take a little swim son of Poseidon" Hyperion said with a feral grin, before Percy could react his chains were taken off and he was thrust into the black water. The effect on Percy was instantaneous as he head fell, his thoughts instantly filled with ones of misery and depression: He was never getting out. He had been down here for who knows how long, it was obvious no one was coming to get him and he had no way of getting out. Annabeth had failed: "I won't give up Seaweed brain, I'll convince them to let you out, and if they won't then I'll break you out myself" obviously she had given up and hadn't convinced the gods of his innocence, nor had she come to break him out.
He had broken his promise: "Wise Girl, I will see you again, I will come back too you I promise" he would never see her again; he would never go back to her.
Suddenly Percy was pulled out of the Cocytus and he collapsed at Kronos feet, the Lord of Time smirked
"Ah, at last you are where you belong Perseus" however his satisfaction didn't last long as Percy, still struggling with the hopeless thoughts, climbed to his feet. He looked up and saw the faint hole in the roof of Tartarus far above, he realised that it was the very hole that he and Annabeth had fallen through. Annabeth. The name washed away his depressed thoughts and replaced them with memories of moments he had shared with her, just simple ones like sitting on the beach watching the sunset. He knew it was cliché but it was still amazing. With these thoughts in mind Percy squared his shoulders and faced Kronos
"Well, now that our guest has had a refreshing bath, I'd say it's time for some entertainment Hyperion" said Kronos with a cruel smile
"Oh yes, I think he will appreciate all the effort we went through" replied the Titan of the East with a matching smile
"Let's got then" they said together, Percy was re-chained and dragged away.
It was the smell that first alerted Percy to what he might be facing. Monsters, their smell amplified in Tartarus and Percy could smell a lot of monsters of many types. Then he heard them and he wasn't encouraged. A minute later he saw a massive crowd of monsters, they had to number in the hundreds, if not the thousands. The Minotaur dragged Percy through the crowd while Kronos and Hyperion headed off somewhere. The Minotaur dragged Percy to the edge of a vast crater and pushed him off the edge, Percy rolled down until he reached a flat area in the centre about the size of a basketball court. He painfully climbed to his feet and looked around, and up. It was then that Percy realised what this place was. This was the Arena of Tartarus, and he was the gladiator.
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Well, there it is. So that was chapter 4 and 5 should be out next week. Review! Review! Review! So yeah, please review and let me know what you think. Also feel free to PM me. Until next time :)
BigSchwart out
