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Chapter 4: Frost and Ice
Ice PoV
Percy is that you?
I felt such so many emotions at the same time. I was relieved that Aria was alive, surprised that she had found me, angry that she had taken so long to get to me and confused as to why she was in the Void. I couldn't find the courage to answer her, but I was pretty sure she could sense my conflicting emotions.
I didn't bother to reply. I was now known as Ice, commander of the forces of Chaos. I was currently looking for two new platoon commanders to replace the ones we lost in the last war and a second in command who can command the forces in my place.
"Ice, I believe these three know you?" Chaos's voice always broke me out of my thoughts.
"P-Percy? Is that really you?" Thalia and Nico spoke in unison as they caught sight of me without my hood up and covering my face.
"My name is Ice. Commander of the forces of Chaos. Percy Jackson died five years ago." I replied in my cold voice.
Alright, I guess that means I'll call you Ice from now on right? Aria's voice sounded in my head
Yes, I am known as Ice here. I like to keep my hood up, but Chaos likes to catch me off guard and reveal me to a few selected people. I replied to her now in my head. I think, since you are my twin, you should be called 'frost'.
I like that name, similar to yours and yet different.
Excuse me, but I think that Frost is an excellent name and you two should develop this link as two commanders of my forces. Chao's voice went through both of our heads. It surprised both of us as even the gods had not done this to us before. He must have sensed our surprise as he continued. The Olympians cannot access your thoughts in the link as you are demigods and twins. Only a few twins have this link and you are the first demigod twins to possess this ability. We should develop this link to the best we can as it would give us a large advantage over the battlefield as you two could send information over large distances instantly without rick of interception.
Chaos, how on earth did you get in our heads and know that we have this link anyway! I thought back at both of them. It was strange to me as I was used to only concentrating on my sister to get my thoughts through.
We will discuss this later. But for now, I think your other two friends are getting curious.
While I was communicating to Chaos and Aria, now Frost, Thalia and Nico had been staring at me as though I was mad. With a slight sigh I told them about why I had left and my position in Chaos's army.
"Now that is out of the way… Thalia, you will be known as Delta. You will take over the Delta platoon, they specialise in air combat. Nico, you will be known as Omega. That platoon needs a hard leader to keep in check. They specialise in fighting in shadows and assassinations. Aria, you will be known as Frost, it matches your brother's and you will be second command for all my forces." Chaos informed us.
"Now, let's go. It's almost time for lunch; I'll introduce you to the rest of the group." I said with a sigh. I wonder how they will be taken by the rest of them.
Frost PoV
After spending some time going around meeting the rest of the platoon leaders we headed off to our rooms. If anyone had ever said that Chaos was not a generous person, they would be dead wrong. The palace was huge and just my room alone was larger than the whole Poseidon cabin in Camp Half-Blood. Luckily, these rooms were enchanted so that your thoughts would change the room. I changed mine to a scene that would be seen in Antarctica when looking over an ice shelf.
Nice, it suits my name. Then again, your name is nice too. Frost is beautiful and deadly at the same time.
Per- err Ice, would you mind if you trained my by yourself? I don't think I like most of the other commanders. They look at me as though I sole something from them even though I just got here.
Sure, come to the arena. We can start on water abilities and then move on. Since we do water best as children of Poseidon. I also need to brief you on who is best with what and who to train with for what weapons. Each of the platoons specialise in a single weapon, though they are capable with all others.
Coming, one sec. I need gear…
No problem. Let's visit the armoury after our water control lesson and briefing.
In a flash, I was in the arena. I was beginning to wonder where Ice was when the water vapour in front of me condensed into a form and Ice stepped out. I stared at him in surprise; I had never seen anyone travel using water vapour. He smirked at me.
"Never seen anyone travel through water vapour have you? It's going to be the first thing I'm going to teach you. It saves time when travelling on foot."
I was still staring at him in amazement. I never knew that he would have grown stronger after training for five years, but I didn't know that he had gained so much power. I was listening to him explain about how to gather water vapour around me and wondering about just how much power Chaos had given him. I turned to listen to him completely as he demonstrated how to gather the water vapour around me.
The only thing I could think was: This is going to take a while
Well, obviously, this one took me a year to master, but that was because I had to figure out all the abilities involved and combining the condensing of water vapour and water travelling at the same time. my brother's voice was slightly sarcastic.
Well, some things never change about you, now do they?
Two hours after training about condensing water vapour, he began to brief me about the forces of Chaos. There were 24 platoons, each one of them were led be a platoon leader. The commanders and the platoon were named after a letter in the Geek alphabet. Each platoon was specialised in a single weapon or combat in a particular place. My mind was swimming with the names and weapon speciality:
Alpha had a speciality in using the sword; his skills were unparalleled to anyone. The only ones who could defeat him in pure combat with swords only were Ice and Chaos. I hoped to train with him at length so I could gain plenty of swordsmanship skills.
Beta used the bow; the bows were made so the two lengths of wood were made of metal so they were essentially twin blades. If the enemy got too close to the archers, the bow could change into a deadly close range weapon with the twin blades.
Gamma used a dagger; they were all very fast. All of the members of their team were trained in speed, agility, flexibility and quick thinking. They were often used for the more sneaky tasks that involved slipping through cracks and crawling through small spaces.
Delta was our air force; most of them could manipulate the air to fly and cause lightning to strike down from the skies. Some of them were sons or daughters of Jupiter or Zeus. They could also use bows and arrows to strike down from the skies and rain the arrows on the enemy.
Epsilon was our masters in unarmed combat. They always started out with any weapon they had nearby and then once they were unarmed, they put up a very good fight.
Zeta used knucklers; their punches were both fast and strong. They all had morphing knucklers that were normally rings or bracelets. They were all fast at arming themselves at a short notice.
Eta used pole arms; their hits were strong and had a long reach. They could knock anyone unconscious using the pole and do huge damage with the blade.
Theta specialised in using magic in its purest form. They lashed out using the natural forces around them. If the person they were facing had magic and couldn't control it well, it could be used as a force against them, essentially tearing them apart from the inside.
Lota most used water. The commander and squad leaders could control the water inside a person's body. They were able to walk on water, breath under water and use the water in a person's body to give them pain, torture or a death.
Kappa practically consisted of fire. They could control fire and bend it to their will. Most of them liked to weave fire around their rooms so no-one could enter and bother them without getting severely burned. They only ones, who were well, 'cool' around them were their own fire friends or the water users.
Lambda bent the earth to their will. Most of them had a bad temper so most people avoided them since when they were mad; they caused huge earthquakes which only children of Poseidon could survive in.
Mu consisted of mostly females. They were often used as spies as their main weapon was a fan that could be transformed to a dagger by flicking the fan around their hand. The fans were made of steel that had been sharpened to the tips and yet, had an elegant design. The fans were a form of defence that were used by these girls as they were afraid that they would be caught with weapons.
Nu used scythes; each of them was so well developed in their skill that they were able to summon blades to use as scythes. Most of them were flexible and they were all quick to strike.
Xis were our herb experts. They were very handy before a full out war because they knew all sorts of tricks that we could plant all over the place. They were also useful when we wanted to get someone to talk and they had magical resistance.
Omicron used battle axes. They all had strong arms and most of them took each person down in one hit. Their only weakness was that they were slow and they often left small openings that a quick thinker could disarm them with.
Pi used spears; they were as deadly with their weapons as the pole arm users. The two of them were rivals and they were constantly battling over whether spears or pole arms were stronger.
Rho used staffs; they were useful when we went into a battle where we didn't want to kill anyone or just wanted to capture a few prisoner. They were fast and didn't have a blade weighing it down so they were faster.
Sigma used maces. They were also clerics who used light magic and healing. They were our healers using magic and they were very good at endurance in a fight as they could replenish their energy in the middle of a fight.
Tau used claws; they were all agile and quick to strike. They were by far the most agile of the Chaos forces. Their senses were also up to a degree that now no-one could sneak up on them.
Upsilon used metal magic; they could call heat into a metal, making their opponent drop their weapons or heat their armour, making them burn or even flinch at the heat, giving them the advantage to strike. They could also make armour morph into plenty of things on a short notice.
Phi was our most well-disguised warriors; they used cards. Each one of their cards were diamond edged and could cut through everything. The cards were only ever diamond edged when they were willed by their users so they were often just a plain pack of playing cards.
Chi was our own mystery; they had no real main weapon. All their personalities matched to a cold-hearted person who could kill without a second thought.
Psi was street fighters; they fought with anything they could get their hands on. From lead pipes to chains to pocket change, each of them had their favourites that they always kept with them.
Omega was often used as our personal assassins. They used a variety of weapons but their main ones were throwing stars and daggers. They mostly were children of Hades or Pluto. They loved shadows and always fought in them as all of they had developed shadow travelling to such a strong degree that they could swing their sword in the same place and the blade would strike all over the victim's body.
Together, they formed the forces of Chaos. Each platoon had ten squads of ten; they were all trained elites in their weapon of choice. There were more soldiers of Chaos, however they were less skilled and were used as garrison members to keep the void safe.
For the first time since I had been left by my twin brother at Camp Half-Blood, I felt like I was home.
Thanks to NinjaPig and lightningkid333 for reviewing.
Mrpuppy I might do that for a while, but I'll have to separate them in the end. They will still love each other, just separated.
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And… The recruitment for the Forces of Chaos remains open!
