Return of the Dead King
Sup guys, been a while for this story. Sorry I know I suck, anyway the reason the people who were killed were all Hades spawn's was because had Percy not died it wouldn't have happened to Hades either. He had these children to take over the world and get back at Zeus, so there is your explanation. Zoe is still a hunter, just Percy visits her often so.
This chapter is for Skymuse as he reviewed as I was about to put up the next chapter thanks for the review
Chapter 4
Shocking Surprise
Three Years Later, May 2006
Rain fell from the night sky. Large volumes upon volumes fell. Thunder boomed loudly overhead as lightning blazed across the sky, creating false daylight. In the middle of the storm four young children ran up a hill. The rain from the storm creating a water slide, pushing them down the hill as they struggled to climb. The teenagers were covered in mud as they tried to push up the hill. Each looking back frantically from time to time as they heard large growls and sounds in the distance.
The teens held weapons in their hands as they looked back nervously. They continued to struggle climbing the hill, as they were about half way, dark shapes could be clearly seen, the shapes rushing frantically towards them. Their eyes widened and they tried to hurry up the hill. The youngest of them, a girl around the age of ten, slipped on the muddy terrain. She fell to the ground and grabbed the elder girls leg, pulling the two down the hill towards the massive shapes.
The other two ran down the hill after them, carefully, trying their best to avoid falling all the way back down the hill. The two boys steadied the girls as they were now about a quarter of a way up the hill. Lightning arced down from the sky, exploding into light above them, revealing the grim, horrified and fear filled faces of the four children. They looked and the monsters were a little bit below them, around a hundred feet away. "We won't make it." The elder girl hissed. "Go, Luke, take Annabeth, carry her up the hill and through the boundary, Grover protect them, I'll by you some time." The other's eyes widened.
"No, Thalia you'll die, we won't let." The eldest said, Luke. Thalia glared at him causing him to pale and flinch. She growled angrily, slapping her hand on her wrist, a shield spiraled from her arm. She heft her right arm up, readying her bronze spear for battle.
"Go, save Annabeth don't worry about me, with any luck I'll see you there, if not, goodbye." They didn't budge. The monsters getting steadily closer she tuned to them. "Go now." She screamed. Lightning lit up the night sky revealing her face as the other's ran up the hill towards the boundary. The eldest male ignoring the cries from the youngest girl so he could save her. The lightning revealed raven black hair, splattered with mud and dry blood, her eyes were electric blue, filled with many emotions that swirled around. Her lips were set in s straight mind and the look on her face revealed only one thing, acceptance.
The first creatures reached her. Large black dogs, with lava red eyes that glowed in the darkness and looked at the girl hungrily, there was about a dozen of them as they all licked their lips in anticipation. The girl looked at the large dogs in defiance. "Bring it little doggies." She hissed. The first lunged at her. The hell hound's black claws gleaming in the moonlight. She rolled aside and drove her spear into the dogs side, the force of the lunge wrenched the spear free from her hand as it was now half a foot deep inside the hell hound. The black dog fell to the ground in a whimper, before dissolving, leaving only golden dust and her spear.
Her eyes widened and she looked at her spear, fear started to fill her heart as she was now weaponless except for her shield. She turned to see a black wall of darkness slam into her. The hounds claws ripping into her arms as he pinned her to the ground. The hound barking madly as it tried to rip out her throat. But the hound seemed unable to do so. Thalia looked up to see a shadow wrapped around the throat of the hound. The shadow twisted violently to the side, snapping the hounds neck and ripping it off of her. She groaned in pain and stood. Blood dripped from the deep claw marks. What happened? She thought confused.
She looked up to see the monsters in shock at what they just witnessed. Not thinking much of how the hound died, she sprinted to her spear and picked it up, ignoring the hiss of pain in her arms. She looked up to see another hound try and lunge at her. Instead a wall of darkness appeared in front of her and the hound smashed into it. Thalia looked around in confusion. She noticed nothing and turned to the monsters to see all but the three furies chained in shadows.
The furies cracked their whips through the sky, but their eyes betrayed them, Hades torturers eyes were filled with fear, the whole hill was silent, except for the furies wings buzzing nervously in the air. The wings slashing through the air with a slight whistle. Suddenly the monsters trapped in shadows exploded into dust. Appearing out of shadow before her was a man, he stood calmly in the dark as if Hades servants didn't scare him at all. He glared at the three before speaking in a calm yet demanding voice. "Tell your master you are not to mess with the daughter of Zeus, she is under my protection and if you try again, I will show you how foolish that decision will be. Got? Now go." The man yelled. The three monsters vanished into shadow.
The man swiftly turned around and calmly approached the trembling daughter of Zeus. She raised her spear at him threateningly but the man merely chuckled at her in response. She did nothing as he approached. She was frozen in fear. The man reached out and pushed the spear down so it was no longer in a way to stab the man. He smiled at her and snapped his fingers.
Thalia yelped as her weapons changed back into their concealed form. The spear returning to her side and the shield going back on her wrist. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" She tried to demand, but the words that left her mouth sounded weak and full of fear.
"I am here to save my niece from a horrible fate. Your father, when you were about to perish, was going to save you from death and turn you into a tree to preserve your life force." He said. Her eyes widened. Questions jumbling through her mind but she held her tongue to avoid angering the powerful man before her. She could feel his aura and the power rolled off of him in waves. But the main question that was on her mind was when he called her his niece. Does that mean he is my father's brother, Poseidon? and why would he help me?
"Instead I decided to lend a hand and keep you from death." He said. His midnight purple eyes boring into her. And she realized how captivating and amazing they looked. Definitely a odd eye color.
"Why?" She croaked, the color starting to drain her face as she felt blood still oozing from her wounds. The man just noticed and placed a hand on her arm. With a flash of light the wounds disappeared and were instantly healed. She looked at him in awe. He turned his attention back to her face.
"For many reason's actually. If you were to die, Hades would put your soul in eternal punishment just for being a daughter of Zeus. Second I figured being a tree wouldn't be nice either. And lastly we're family and i care for you a lot even if you don' know who I am." Thalia just nodded still in awe of the man before her, but still a little wary. The man noticed this and sighed. "I swear by the river Styx I will never harm you and only help you while speaking to you." Thunder rumbled in the distance sealing the oath. Her eyes widened and she visibly relaxed. Her confidence returned.
"What do you want in return?" He smiled and shook his head.
"Go and see your friends they are quite worried about you, but first swear an oath to never reveal anything about me until I give you permission. If anyone asks, you defeated all the monsters and saved yourself. Understood?" She nodded in response.
"I swear by the river Styx to never reveal anything about you without your permission." Thunder boomed loudly sealing the oath. "Wait a minute, shouldn't they see you?" The man chuckled and shook his head.
"No Thalia, they do not, look around you." She did and she gasped, everything was frozen. She turned back to him and found that he was gone. And she just realized she hadn't learned his name. She growled silently and started trudging up the hill. The muddy terrain was now gone and replaced with hard packed earth all the way up the slope. The man probably did that to.
She made it to the top of the hill and heard Luke's voice scream through the night. "Thalia." She smiled and sprinted towards her little family. She raced through the border, instantly receiving a huge hug, courtesy of Annabeth and Luke. "How did you do that?" Annabeth asked in awe. Thalia quickly told her a convincing little lie and her face turned into a look of awe. As did Grover's and Luke's.
"Let's go, I'm filthy and tired. I could sleep for a year." Thalia said tiredly before passing out and falling into Luke's arms.
Line Break
"What?" The lord of the dead shouted at his three torturers. The three furies recoiled and flinched. Flying backwards a few feet. Alecto flew forward a little and spoke nervously.
"The group of monsters and us that were sent to kill the daughter of Zeus were defeated mi' lord." Hades face started to turn red from anger as he glared at the three. His aura rising steadily and the darkness around him becoming thicker and thicker.
"Do tell me, how four little children managed to defeat you and the huge group of monster i sent to kill them." He shouted at the top of his lungs. The three winced and looked down.
"The children did not defeat us, as we ad the monsters were about to kill the daughter of Zeus, shadows wrapped around the monsters and destroyed them. A man appeared seemingly out of nowhere and threatened us and told you that the daughter of Zeus was under his protection. We immediately fled afterwards, having no wish to quarrel with this man as the power rolled off of him in waves, much more powerful than anything I have ever felt before, it is quite shocking forgive us mi' lord." Alecto said. Hades sighed and nodded. They went to leave but he held up a hand.
"This man must be quite powerful indeed if he truly scares you three. But I have one more task for you Alecto, Retrieve my children from the casino and send them somewhere safe to wait for camp to find them. Understood? If you fail me this time, I will spread my wrath onto you. Now leave." He demanded.
The three vanished leaving Hades to his own thoughts. He had powerful control over shadows. He knew very few immortals who had power over shadows. The three Primordial' Erebus, Nyx and Tartarus. But he would know if the three had risen from their slumber in Tartarus. The only other person recently other than him who had control over shadows was... his brother. Perseus. He growled aloud.
But they had destroyed him. All the Olympians power together could cause an immortal to fade if they were weak and beaten. His older brother however was nowhere close to weak. It was actually quite possible he was still alive out there in the world.
Curse him. His brother was always far to nice for his own good, that is why they tried to destroy him. Curse him, he had taken his revenge away from him and now he had to use his own children card as a way to get back at Zeus. But if they were in trouble could he count on his brother to save them as he did the daughter of Zeus. yes he was sure, his brother was the god of loyalty for Zeus' sake. He would never let his family die like that no matter what they did to him.
Suddenly in the middle of his throne room, shadows condensed. He stood raising his staff threateningly as the shadows started to form a man. A minute later the shadows vanished, revealing a young teenager, tall, tan and powerful yet beautiful eyes that swirled in the light. Hades relaxed but kept his hand on his weapon.
"Brother." The man said icily, malice and hatred in his tone. Hades flinched and looked at his brother pleadingly causing him to sigh. "I know why you did it brother, I know why you attacked me. You and Hestia, how did Zeus even manage to do that."
Hades relaxed and sat on his throne and looked thoughtful for a second, then he shrugged. "I have no idea, but why are you here? And why did you save the daughter of Zeus after what he did to you?" He asked, anger in his voice.
Perseus smirked in reply and snapped his fingers. A throne, an exact replica of the one he had before appeared in the middle of the room. He winked at Hades and sat in his throne. "I am here, brother because I want to be. Despite how sad i was that my family did this to me I missed you all a very great deal. I wanted to be with you guys again and be a family again and as for Zeus' daughter. She's a nice and brave girl. She is also our niece, our family, I couldn't allow that to happen. Brother you must realize something, Zeus cares nothing for his children. Thalia was only born to be the child of the prophecy and raise Zeus' status on Olympus. You harming her would do nothing to Zeus, he would simply just go hook up with another mortal."
Hades obsidian eyes widened before a flash of regret crossed his eyes, he looked a his brother in shock. "This is why you were King. You still are the brother i knew all those years ago, earlier I was suspecting you would be quite different after the betrayals from your closest family." Perseus sighed and looked at Hades.
"At first I was, nothing was able to make me happy, until I found the love of my life, she has turned me back to my former self. But we have much to discuss now. I came her to tell you some serious stuff that is about to go down. Things that cannot quite reach the other Olympians ears yet. Our father and the other Titans are going to rise." Hades gasped in shock. His dark demeanor going even darker than before. "But that is only the first step, afterwards Gaea and her children are going to rise, the gigantes as they were called. This is only her first trick. The King of the giants, my bane, Urithricus, is going to rise as well, Gaea thinks I am in the void. So she believes that my bane will be able to defeat them all considering the amount of power held." Hades put his face in his hands.
"This is bad news indeed. Very bad news." Perseus cut him off. Which caused Hades to glare at him, which he ignored.
"After, if the gods and demigods can defeat the giants, her and three other Primordial' will come from hiding and lay waste to Olympus and the world. But before my attempted murder they told me themselves I was the only one who could change the tide of the war. How I am going to stand up to four Primordial' I have no idea but it must be done. And after we get through that, Zeus will get his punishment." Hades momentarily forgetting about the problems ahead, his eyes filled with eagerness, unable to wait for his younger brother's punishment.
"We will make it i am sure. And brother." Hades snapped his attention to his older brother's face. "Your new plan to get back at Zeus is better than revenge on Thalia. One of your children taking the glory is unheard of. Because of this, if you stop the attacks on Thalia I will protect your children. They will not perish as long as I am on this world you have my word brother and last thing before I go do not reveal me to anyone else. K." Hades nodded and his eyes filled with gratitude at him protecting his children.
The shadows wrapped around him and he vanished from the middle of the Underworld. Hades quietly mused to himself. "I will do as you wish brother. You have my word."
Perseus reappeared outside a small building on the island of Crete. The building was completely grey. Without caring he strolled up to the door, turned the knob and walked in. "Mother." He called. He heard the small graceful steps of his mother. Suddenly he was crushed in a large bear hug that probably would have killed him had he not been immortal.
Rhea pulled away and Percy smiled at his mother, who looked the same as before. Raven black hair exactly like his tumbled won her shoulders. Her face was flawless and went along with her high cheekbones and her warm brown eyes. "Perseus." She said happily. Her warm comforting voice much like his sister Hestia' "It has been far to long since you last visited your mother. If you wait this long, next time I'll rip off your ear." She said. Percy's eyes widened and he nodded in fear.
Rhea smirked. Her most powerful child who was fearless was scared of his mother. "Awe, who's scared of his mommy?" She said. Perseus growled and playfully glared at her.
"It has began, with me saving the daughter of my little brother the first step to father rising, I spoke to Hades as I told you I would eventually and he knows and will not go after the girl again or he knows I will kick his ass." He said sternly.
"Language Perseus." She scolded. Perseus rolled his eyes.
"Mother, I wish for you not to partake in the events of the war, you could get hurt and I will not allow that. okay."She nodded and Percy smiled widely before his mother placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Your nor going to her hurt Zeus much will you?" She asked in concern. Percy didn't respond and smiled at her devilishly.
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