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A/N: Since a lot of people have been doing a Percy x Artemis fanfic I've decided to write one as well. But be warned, this is darker than the rest.

A/N2: Just to make things clear, my story is like what I said above "darker than the rest" that also means that this story is VERY different than the many other percyxartemis stories that I have read here on fan fiction. For one, Annabeth does not cheat on Percy, instead she dies in battle. The reason why I decided to do that because most Percy stories have Annabeth acting like a bitchy ass slut. Yeah she's a blonde but she isn't that type of blonde that bangs every guy she sees. SHE LOVES PERCY! GET THAT IN YOUR HEADS! WHY DESTROY SOMETHING THAT RICK RIORDAN WORKED SO HARD ON TO MAKE IT FAMOUS!? IT PISSES ME OFF WHEN I SEE WRITERS MAKE ANNABETH CHEAT ON PERCY. The only story that had an acceptable "Annabeth cheats on Percy" idea was "Athlon, Chaos' Commander of the Universe" by Lmb111514. Other than that, Annabeth cheating on Percy is a bad idea.

A/N3: This chapter contains "The Mark of Athena" spoilers. SPOILER ALERTS!

A Hunter's Lament

Chapter Four

The Camp and Legion

(Percy's pov)

*Beach just off of Coney Island*

It was the one part of a battle that I hated the most, finding out who had died during the fight. Artemis and I stood side by side as the Hunters and Demigods dressed their wounds and placed coins on the bodies of the fallen so Hermes could deliver them to the camp for a proper Greek or Roman burial.

Artemis sighed as seven of her Hunters had fallen during the battle. We watched as the rest of the Hunters placed silver shrouds over and coins over their bodies before they too disappeared. Tears were streaming down the Hunter's faces and on Artemis' as well.

One of the Hunters who had spoken back at me before we charged into battle walked up to me and unsheathed her knife, her eyes murderous, "This is all your fault!"

"Susan enough!" barked Artemis but it didn't seem to faze the young Hunter.

The Hunter named Susan pointed at me with her knife while looking at Artemis and growled, "My lady, if we hadn't had interfered with the Balverines attack here then our seven sisters would still be alive!"

This time it was Thalia who stepped in to defend me, "Our job, our duty is to hunt down evil and hunt the wild! The Balverines were wild and evil, terrorizing mortals and killing them. Would you rather ignore your duty just so you can live?"

Susan took a step closer to Thalia until they were both nose to nose, "I have sworn to serve Artemis and only her Thalia Grace! I do not need your scolding on this matter for I did not join the hunt to follow a girl like you who follows boys!"

Thalia growled and clenched her fists as lightning began to crackle around them, "I honor the oath that I have sworn to Artemis with all my heart and it's because of my heart that I can also trust Percy. He isn't like most boys and my lady Artemis can vouch for me on that. Also, in case you've forgotten, it's because of Percy that you are still alive and standing so if I were you...I'd suck it up and fall back in line before I make you fall back in line." She tapped her bracelet and out came her shield Aegis while her other hand pulled out one of her long hunting knives, "Do I make myself clear Susan?"

Susan narrowed her eyes more at Thalia but quickly averted her gaze when the sight of Medusa's engraved head forced her to fall back into the crowd of Hunters. Thalia nodded and returned her weapons to their natural form before turning towards me and Artemis and nodded, "What are your orders my lady?"

I glanced at Artemis who nodded back at Thalia then turned her attention to the rest of the Hunters, "Finish dressing your wounds then help out the Demigods. After that, set up a base camp at the beach head until my brother arrives to pick us up. Dismissed."

The Hunters nodded then set out to do what they were told while Artemis and I stood there with an awkward silence between us. After several minutes of silence, Artemis cleared her throat and began to speak, "I saw what you did during the last few minutes of battle...I have never seen anyone move that fast before."

I looked over at Artemis and raised an eyebrow, "Is that a compliment?"

Artemis scoffed and rolled her eyes annoyed, "I do not compliment boy's, you should know that by now."

My head shook and looked away from her's as I spoke, "Whatever floats your boat Artemis, whatever helps float your boat. Just because you're sexually frustrated over the last three thousand years doesn't mean you can be a stone cold bitch."

Even though I didn't look back, I could feel Artemis' eyes glaring into the side of my head with rage, "How dare you say that about me!"

I crossed my arms and glanced at her from the corner of my eye and smirked, "Relax I'm only kidding."

"Well I though a man of your caliber would've known that it's rude to kid around with a lady," replied Artemis who hadn't fixed her murderous glare at me.

"That's twice that you have called me a man," I said. "But you aren't a lady, not with a cherry that still needs popping."

Artemis was now fuming, "Do not test me 'boy'!"

"Or what?" I retorted back in a deadly voice.

She smirked then looked away, "You'll see...When you least expect it."

"Looking forward to it."

Artemis rolled her eyes then dismissed herself so she wouldn't be bothered anymore. Inside of my mind, I sighed as several Hunters behind Artemis' back-when she had passed them-shot me death glares to try and weaken my resolve.

This was gonna be a long day.

(Artemis' pov)

*Coney Island beach base camp*

The nerve of him saying that about me! I thought to myself as I checked on my Hunters as they managed to make a makeshift base camp on the beach far from the amusement park. The Demigods were also hanging around at the base camp but under some strict orders from whoever was in charge kept them steering clear of my Hunters which was a stress reliever for me.

Everything seemed to be handled with until I spotted Thalia and a boy huddled together. As quick as lightning, I appeared behind the boy ready to turn him into any animal of my choice only to notice that they were both talking to a little girl that was no older than the age of six. The boy who was sitting next to Thalia kept the girl calm by asking her questions while she gently cleaned the girl of her wounds and the dirt on her face from the battle.

She was adorable! But one feature caught me by surprise, her eyes, they were green. Before I could come to any conclusion, the little girl looked up at me then hid her face into the boy's shoulder who merely chuckled, "Hey it's okay Gabby, she won't bite."

I had to smile, this boy had a kind heart after all, "Hi, I'm Artemis, nice to meet you little one."

She curled into a tighter ball in the boy's chest which earned her an "Awwww" from the three of us.

Thalia managed to clean the little cut on Serena's cheek when three more Demigod's walked up to us. They stopped in front of the boy and blinked but a certain daughter of Pluto spoke, "Um Frank, what's that little girl curled up in your arms?"

From behind her spoke her brother, a certain son of Hades, "And how are you not a reindeer yet?"

Thalia and the boy laughed while I growled, "Jackalopes! Not Reindeers!"

The four of them, including Thalia, laughed even harder as I crossed my arms and huffed, "Stupid Santa Clause and Rudolph the freaking red nose reindeer!"

Nico laughed even more, "Oh lighten up Artemis, it's not the mortals fault for confusing both animals."

That still didn't lighten up my mood.

Suddenly it became silent as someone approached us from behind. Slowly we all turned to see Percy walking up towards us, his hood and face-mask still on. The little girl that had been hiding her face in Frank's chest curiously looked up at Percy as he finally stopped right next to us; he looked down at Gabby and pulled down his hood and face-mask revealing his face.

Everyone let out a gasp and took a step back as their long lost friend appeared right in front them after two years of disappearing. Percy nodded towards them as Hazel wiped away a tear that had fallen while both Frank and Nico grinned like idiots. Reyna simply nodded back but she formed a small smile on her lips to let us know that she was happy to see her friend and fellow Praetor again.

Hazel ran up to Percy and hugged her friend tight making the son of Poseidon gasp "How could you!? You left for two years without sending us a postcard or an Iris message! We missed you! I missed you big brother!"

Percy chuckled, his first chuckle that I heard since he came back and hugged Hazel back just as tight but not enough to crush her, "I missed you too Hazel and sorry for not keeping in touch...I got busy training."

Nico looked Percy up and down and whistled, "No kidding, you look taller and more built than before. Where have you been training at?"

The Son of Poseidon patted Hazel's back and let go of her before replying back to Nico, "I'll tell you when we get back to Camp, it's not safe here to stay and chit chat. Soon more Crothean Balverines and Mortal police will swarm this area and that could turn into a bigger blood fest."

He looked over to me and narrowed his eye's slightly, "Is Apollo on his way?"

I nodded though somewhere in the back of my mind, my anger flared. It was if he didn't trust me to do a simple task of summoning my brother, which wasn't that all too hard. All you had to do was bait with him the newest song in the Apple iTunes store and viƶla! Apollo coming to the rescue. Unfortunately, the new song on iTunes was "Live While We're Young" by One Direction.

"He should be here any minute now," I replied when a sudden heat wave swept through the beach, "Scratch that, he's already here."

From the location of the sun in its mid-day position, a roar of an engine was heard as a sports car shot out from the shadow of the sun and barreled its way down to us in a fiery streak of pure sun energy. It zipped through the air as it descended in altitude until it landed on the far end of the beach sending a cloud of sand and miniature solar flares into the sky. The last time I had saw my brother's sun chariot, it was a Maserati Spyder, what I saw now actually made me wish that my moon sleigh was more...modern. From the storm cloud of sand and sun energy appeared a 2013 Camaro. It was a Hot Rod red color with two gold colored doors and two gold racing stripes running from the hood to the trunk of the car.

Inside the car was a shit eating grinning Apollo as he slowed down to a stop literally right next to us, "Hey ladies, what's happening?"

"Apollo just get out of the car," I grumbled as the driver side door slid up in order for my brother step out of his sun car, "We have important matters to attend to."

Apollo rolled his eyes along with a slight laugh from his mouth, "Chill out sis! We'll have plenty of time for you and the Hunter's get together with the Campers so relax and enjoy the day. Now, anyone up for a haiku?"

Before anyone could protest, Percy stepped forward and snapped his fingers. Instantly, Apollo froze as Percy placed a hand on my brother's chest and whispered something in Greek then switched to Latin. Once the last word was spoken, my brother fazed in and out of existence until a different version of my brother appeared, his Roman aspect.

All of us looked at Percy who simply nodded at the Roman Apollo, "Lord Apollo. We ready to leave?"

The Roman Apollo nodded and did an ancient Roman militaristic salute before he returned to his red and gold Camaro. He snapped his fingers and the vehicle immediately flared with the power of the sun until a huge red and gold Army C-17 Globe master III stood in its place. Around us came the "Oooh" and "Ahh" of stunned and shocked demigods and Hunters as Apollo snapped his fingers again to start the aircraft up.

Percy looked at Reyna then at me and nodded, "Let's get moving shall we?"

Reyna and the others simply nodded before giving out an order to her battle group, "Demigods! Macte animo! Generose puer sic itur ad astra! (Young, cheer up! This is the way to the skies!)."

The Demigods nodded and double timed it inside the plane's troop cargo bay while the Hunters stayed put waiting for my orders. I looked at Percy who was looking out into the sea while Thalia, Frank, Hazel, Nico, Reyna, and Gabby waited for anything else to happen. "Um you guys go on ahead, Hunter's you too. I need to speak with Percy in private."

They all nodded but it wasn't pleasant. My Hunter's shooting glares at Percy while Frank and Thalia had a handful with the little girl Gabby. Finally it was just the two of us left standing on the beach as the plane's engines began to heat up along its wings, "How did you do that? I mean, how did you make my brother turn into his Roman form?"

He looked over at me then back at the sea, his jacket/robes flapping into the wind, "I have learned many things while I was away for two years in the mortal world but twelve for me. My first year of training, I was forced into the brutal practice of God training. I thought at first that I was going to be changed into a god but that wasn't the case. Instead, I was able to harness the source of a Gods power and essence: Ichor, or their blood."

A cold sudden chill crept down my spine as he said the word "blood". "You mean...you learned how to bend a God's will by controlling their blood?"

"Not just control them," He said as turned and looked deep into my eyes, "But I can change their aspects if they have a different aspect to change into. I can force them to do what I see fit, take away their power...and if nesseccary...I can force them to fade away on the spot."

I shuddered from a sudden image flashing through my mind of Percy forcing Apollo to fade from existence. It was troubling to say the least but I shook my head to clear it. But as I did so, Percy walked past me and whispered, "I only use this technique on the immortal beings I have a grudge on. Titan's, Giants, Gaea, you name it...but also with some Olympians...Greek and Roman." He looked at me from the corner of his eye and smirked, "Don't worry; you aren't on my hit list. But I suggest that you don't get on it."

*Camp Olympus*

Several minutes later, the scenery of burning rollercoasters and upturned hotdog stands were soon replaced by a five mile tree line that ran the entire length of Long Island sound. Mile after mile of woods spreaded out before us until the first signs of the camp jutted out over the horizon of tree tops. When the two camps finally came together after the Second Giant War; the children of Vulcan, Hephaestus, and Athena got together and erected two rock pillars that stood on both ends of the camps magical barrier. They were replicas of the Rock of Gibraltar that stood guard at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea in Europe and it enhanced the strength of the magic boundaries that even visiting Gods had trouble entering and leaving through wind travel. At one side of the camp stood the G shaped city of New Rome with the Principia, Senate House, and the Coliseum standing tall and proud while now right next to the now Omega shaped Cabins were the Legion Barracks that housed the "Soldier" Campers that were either Greek or Roman.

Many things had changed for the two camps after the war, but not everything did. From the Big House stood two familiar faces, Chiron and my brother, Dionysus. Chiron as usual had a pleasant friendly grin on his face while the wine dude had his usual "annoyed pissed off" expression carved into his skin. They both looked up high in sky as the whole camp began to rumble from the booming sound of the sun C-17 soaring over head towards the large clearing near the hill. The dragon Peleus looked up and snorted out smoke out of his nostrils but made no attempt to shoot out fire as the huge troop transport plane passed over Thalia's Pine tree before landing with a gently thud on the grass below.

It took a whole two minutes for the plane to finally stop and turn around facing the hill to act as a ramp for its immediate take off. Thalia, who had been sitting huddled in a corner stood up immediately and punched the "open" switch allowing the back of the plane to roll down the ramp.

Reyna pounded her shield and the Soldier Campers marched down the ramp and onto the field where a crowd now stood with the rest of the Soldiers standing at the ready in half testudo/phalanx formation with their spears ready. She gave several commands and they quickly moved into "at ease" formation with their shields to their sides and their spears pointing up.

"Greek and Roman Soldiers...," spoke a voice behind me, "Never thought the camp would have some of its campers turn into soldiers."

I looked back at Percy who had his hood up and his face-mask back on, the fearful intimidating feeling of not knowing what he was thinking quickly washing over me as he took a step forward and walked down the ramp. He stopped just at the edge and looked over at Thalia who just gave him an encouraging nod before he proceeded out onto the ground.

Just a few seconds later; me, Thalia, and the rest of the Hunters followed after him down the ramp but was stopped by Percy. He stood there looking out into the crowd of demigod campers and soldiers as they stared back at him with fear, wonder, and curiosity. From the right came Chiron and Dionysus with the rest of the senior councilors and centurions following closely behind them.

Chiron stepped forward and bowed, "Hello there, welcome to Camp Olympus. We are honored to have you in our presence disciple of Chaos."

Percy bowed back and replied, "It is an honor to be here, I can't believe my home has changed in just only two years."

"Home?" Chiron frowned as he looked into Percy's mask, "I do not recall having you here in this camp before. Unless you were one of my demigod students back when this was just Camp Half-blood or when the Romans still had their own camp near San Francisco. May I ask who you are?"

"You know who I am Chiron; I used to be one of your campers here during the second Titan and Giant wars. I left soon after to become one of Chaos' warriors," Percy spreader his arms wide and chuckled, "Now I am back home...or what was once home to me."

Dionysus rolled his eyes and scoffed, "Say what you want Assassin but many demigods have come and gone here. What makes you so special than them?"

Percy looked Dionysus over before walking up to him until they were face to face, centimeters apart, "I would've thought that in two years, you would be far less senile than you were when I first met you...Wine dude."

The entire Camp and Hunters laughed at Percy's nickname while Dionysus glowed purple in rage, "Be careful to who you speak! Demigod! You are nothing but just that! A Demigod who thinks that just because he has a little more training makes him the next Heracles! Now, apologize to me before I make your sanity snap and plunge you down the long road of INSANITY!"

"I tried that workout once, didn't like how my abs were sore for two weeks," Percy stood his ground and moved his face even closed to Dionysus', "And go ahead...I DARE you, Wine dude."

Everyone gasped as a crazy sinister smile formed on Dionysus' lips, "Gladly."

Both Chiron and I widened our eyes and yelled out "No!" but before Dionysus could even unleash his powers, Percy reached out and grabbed him by the neck. His eyes bulged out and began trying to pry Percy's hand off his neck as he began to gag, "Let...acchhhh...let go of me!"

Percy gripped his neck tighter as Dionysus' legs buckled sending him sliding down onto his knees while looking up at Percy with fear of his own in his eyes, "How does it feel to lose the element of power? To finally experience what others feel about you when you. Open. Your. Mouth. Every. Single. Time. How does it feel to be in your place of silence when the one camper whose name you purposely forgot has you gagging for air?"

The Demigod Soldiers, who were I shock, snapped out of their daze and surged forward with their spear ready but stopped when Percy held up his free hand. They each grunted and tried to will their bodies to move forward but ended up being pushed back by some imaginary force while Percy kept his gaze fixed upon Dionysus.

Suddenly Percy's words echoed in my mind I can change their aspects if they have a different aspect to change into. I can force them to do what I see fit, take away their power...and if nesseccary...I can force them to fade away on the spot...I only use this technique on the immortal beings I have a grudge on. Titan's, Giants, Gaea, you name it...but also with some Olympians...Greek and Roman...

My eyes widen as I made my bow appear and aimed an arrow at Percy, "Put him down, he is one God that you cannot kill!"

All the Campers began to murmur amongst themselves. I forgot that they didn't know about Percy's abilities to force a God into fading by control their ichor.

He looked at me over shoulder and slowly released his grip on Dionysus' neck as he stood tall and sighed, "You're lucky that your sister stood up for you, otherwise, you could've considered that there would've been an open throne up on Olympus. I'm sure Hestia wouldn't mind being back on the Council with you gone."

The entire Dionysus and Bacchus cabins glared murderously at Percy as they watched their father being bullied by the Assassin. Yes they knew their father was a jerk...but it wasn't right to stoop his level or even worse, lower than his level.

The entire camp and Hunters stood there and watched as the God of Wine rose up slowly and glared daggers into Percy's covered face, his purple eyes murderous with psychotic rage and power, "Mark my words, Assassin. Today you have made an enemy of a dangerous immortal. From this day on, no time and place is safe for you to hide in! Whenever you let your guard down, I will repay you back a thousand fold of the humiliation that you have given me today! I swear on the river of Styx that I shall see you personally fall into complete craziness while you burn in the fields of punishment!"

Suddenly it became silent as the once bright blue skies were replaced by storm clouds that happened to appear out of the blue while turbulent waves took place of the calm ones that washed up the sandy shore. A strong gust of wind blew throughout the entire camp while the ground shook lightly at first then a sudden jerk of movement from an unseen fault in the ground. Everyone, including Dionysus, looked around in a panicked state of mind as the forces of nature began to act in vengeance all at once. A gasp soon pierced through the air as everyone looked at Percy who had wisps of blue smoke coming off his body.

Everyone took a step back as Percy clenched his fists and growled as tattoo's began to glow light blue in his body and clothes as his eyes, which were hidden by his hood, began to shine in the blue light while the howling wind picked up its pace. The soldiers were completely lost as to what was happening as Percy began levitating off the ground and pointed at Dionysus, "Dionysus!"

His voice was a combination of a several men and females speaking at once as the forces of nature continued, "You have threatened me, an Assassin of Chaos, the highest and most ancient being in this world! My creed, my oath, is to put my enemies down before they can strike, even if it's just a threat."

Chiron and I shared a look of concern as Percy thrusted one of his hands up and turned his palm upward while Dionysus was pulled off the ground and into the air with his chest out like it was being pulled apart from his body. The God of Wine grunted in pain as his body began to bend and twist in strange angles while his children below stood frozen in fear as their father was tortured before them as if it were a circus act.

Finally, Percy released his hold on Dionysus and allowed him to flop onto the ground panting and groaning in discomfort. Percy floated back on the ground gracefully and inhaled a deep breath before breathing out slowly, the blue light surrounding his body fading away gently as he returned to his normal self.

The whole camp was silent, even the soldiers who had regained control of their bodies, backed away hastily as Percy made his way past the trembling Olympian. He stopped right next to him and glanced down at him muttering with distaste, "Be lucky that my powers are meant to be used on my greatest foes...but just to make ourselves clear. I will not hesitate to end your existence within a heartbeat. It's because of your pompous attitude towards demigods that she died...if you would've have just agreed to help us when we were chained onto the stones of the first Olympus...Annabeth would still be alive."

Dionysus looked up and widened his eyes, "It's you...it's you!"

Percy growled and ripped off his face-mask and dropped his hood revealing his black hair, tanned skin, and sea green eyes. The entire camp gasped as the long lost leaders of the seven demigods during the Giant war came back in front of their eyes, "Yes I'm back, and I am not who you used to know."

PLZ REVIEW! ~ Thorakis God of Fate and Chaos

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