Percy Jackson and the last prophecy

Chapter 3- Chaos plays matchmaker

In the depths of Tartarus, by the edge of the realm of Chaos

Nico di Angelo was annoyed. Of all the emotions that being back in that god awful place could bring, the only one that came to Nico was being annoyed. Three of the most powerful, malevolent beings in creation were standing right beside him and the only thing that Nico could think was In the name of Zeus, someone shoot me in the face right now. After the god of California Valley Girl fashion otherwise known as Chaos had scared the living Hades out of him by appearing in his cabin and kidnapping him, Nico appeared in the edge of Chaos trapped in a floating sphere of blue light. At first he was scared but after hearing Chaos talk for what seemed like an eternity he had stopped trying to escape and instead thought of ways to kill himself.

"And then he was like "Demon, in the name of Jesus, I command you to leave this place!" and I just laughed because that was like, SOOO lame. He looked so confused, and I was like "Yeah, wrong religion popes." and then I snapped his neck! It was THE best, lots of fun." the god said between giggles, laying in a black throne that looked like it was made of galaxies, floating above the primordial soup that was his realm.

Seriously, this spoiled brat is the oldest, most powerful being in all creation? Nico thought as he watched the winged teen. Nix and Tartarus both laughed at their father's story, slapping their thighs. If she is near enough to read my mind, Akhlys must be having a blast.

Chaos turned his sight to Nico and gave him a kind smile. "Sorry to bore you with my story, but it's been decades since I got to have fun like this. I just had to tell my children about my shenanigans previous to picking you up." the angel stood from his throne and floated towards Nico. "So, just before I brought you here I was talking to you about a deal. You have something that I want, and I have something that I know you want. I'm sure we can reach some kind of arrangement."

"Something that you want?" Nico wondered. "What would you possibly want from me?"

"Well, I'm sure you are aware of how useful demigod blood can be." Chaos stated. "Even more if its given willingly."

"Yeah, like that's going to happen." Nico spat. "You're going to have to take it by force, you can take your deal and shove it up your godly—"

"Silence!" Chaos commanded, his eyes glowing and his voice sounding like knives scraping rock. The god took a breath, regaining his composure. "You can't reject a deal without knowing what's in it for you. You see, even though I'm awake I still don't have all my power at my disposition. I won't get into details yet, but until I'm complete again, the blood of a demigod, given willingly of course, will have to do the trick. If you agree to help me I'll give you what you want most in the whole world. Kids, a little help here."

"Yes, father." Nix and Tartarus said before cutting their wrists, drawing blood.

The golden drops of ichor floated towards their father's mouth. The winged god swallowed before being enveloped in a fire like blue aura. He extended his hands towards the abyss, sending the blue flames into it. Mist enveloped the place, showing the blurry images of Percy, Annabeth and the godess of misery. Nico looked in awe as Percy attacked the goddess with a dark expression he had never seen in the boy he loved. Percy looked scary, sure, but somehow Nico found the image endearing. Percy almost kills a primordial just to protect Annabeth, and look at her getting mad. What I would give, what I would pay for him to protect me like he protects her. I would give everything, just for him to look at me the way he looks at her.

"Oh, I don't need everything. Just your assistance and a little blood would be fine." Chaos assured. The god's smile wavered and he looked at the image. "Nico I get you, I know what its like to be all alone. Eons trapped in my own realm, what do you think it felt like? But we don't have to be miserable. We can be friends, and if you help me I promise that I can give you the happiness you know you deserve, look."

The blue flames of magic energy enveloped the image of Percy, making it solid. He had his eyes closed but it was a perfect replica of the sea prince. Nico was entranced with the clone, but it was still just a copy.

"It's a part of him, you know? It may not be the real one, but it's not a fake either." Chaos stated.

Nico looked at the good, curious. "What do you mean?"

"That part of him, the one that scared the blond. He was so scared of it that he left it here. I just made it solid. But it can be the real one Nico, if you give me your blood, I'll have the power to make him real. He will love you, he can be yours." the winged being waved at the sphere surrounding Nico, dissolving it. "This is my proposal. You provide me with your blood and I will give him life. Then while I build my army you can spend your time as you wish with him, Nix has the perfect place for that. After everything is ready, you will help me get back my full strength and my symbol of power. When we take Olympus and the gods are at my mercy, I'll return this piece of Percy to him and you can be with him forever, do we have a deal?"

Nico looked at the glowing eyes of the god. This child had the power to grant Nico his heart's desire. He could be happy, Percy could be his! A small voice inside his head told him that he should not accept, but he dismissed it right away. Chaos was right, why suffer when he could have it all? And it would not be some fake, no, Chaos promised him the real Percy. He didn't love the idea of planing a coup d'etat against Olympus, but Chaos offered him friendship and his true love which was bette than anything the Olympians ever offered him.

Nico looked at the god, and extended is hand. "I'll do it, take my blood."

"You made the right choice, this is going to be so much fun." Chaos acknowledged as he took Nico's hand, before yanking him in and sinking his fangs in the ghost king's neck.


Camp Half Blood, three weeks after Nico's disappearance

Percy was sitting with Annabeth, it was a beautiful day but Percy felt like a complete failure.

"I thought everything had gone smoothly! Why would he run away after that? Man…" the raven haired boy complained to his girlfriend.

"Percy, we have to talk." Annabeth said while looking at him, her eyes focused as if she was thinking a million things at the same time. "I talked to Jason, and we don't think Nico ran away. He was in contact with Hazel, and she hasn't heard from him in these three weeks. We think Nico might have been kidnapped."

"What makes you think that?" the black haired teen asked.

"Well Hazel has not been able to sense him, which means that he may be cloaked by some magic. I also asked the campers, and the day he disappeared a kid from the Apollo cabin says he saw a flash of light coming from Nico's window." the blonde noted.

"Thank you for being so helpful with this, I truly have the best girlfriend in the world." Percy said, smiling lovingly at her. "It's just… Not only I failed to protect his sister, I also broke the guy's heart without even knowing. I hate hurting people, and I want to help him. Nobody deserves to be as miserable as he is."

Annabeth looked at the son of Poseidon and gave him a peck on the lips. "No wonder we both fell for you, you are the kindest dork in the universe."

They talked for a while before being interrupted by Chiron, who looked as he was just told the world had minutes before exploding.

"Percy, Annabeth! I need you to go look for Jason and head towards wherever Rachel is! I thought everything would end with Gaia but I was a fool. She thinks that a third great prophecy is about to be delivered by the Oracle. She has been blocking it's influence so that you can be there when she delivers it, but she won't be able to hold it in for long. This is just unfolding too fast, first that dream you had and Nico's disappearance, and just an hour ago I got notice of a large amount of monsters moving towards Soho, conveniently near to a nightclub that the goddess Nix happens to own. Percy, I'm sorry for not taking you seriously. After rising the primordials from himself Chaos locked himself in his realm, but I think he has finally escaped his accidental self-imprisonment. We must brace ourselves, because there's a big storm coming."

"We cannot catch a break can't we?" Annabeth asked.

"Gotta love the demigod life." Percy responded.