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Poseidon POV
We all sat in shocked silence, gaping at Archangel, or better yet, my son, Perseus Jackson.
"Percy." I whispered before jumping off my throne and tackling him in a hug. "You're here." I said, glad to have my son back while he hugged me back.
"Poseidon, I hate to interrupt your family reunion but I think we all have questions for Perseus." I heard Zeus say as I away to see Percy giving me a small smile, "I'll explain everything," He said while I nodded and headed towards my throne.
"Long time Olympians, about seven hundred years?" He questioned with a small smirk while we glared at him, making him sigh. "I guess I could've stopped by, even if it was for a few minutes." He said. "Yes Percy, you could've. You had everyone worried, your father the most." Hestia said while he nodded, looking at me apologetically. "Sorry to scare you dad. I just got caught up in some things." He said as a thought came to me, "I thought Chaos said you could visit," I demanded.
"Don't blame Chaos for something she didn't do. If you're going to get mad at anyone, be mad at me. I completely forgot about you, so its my fault, not hers." He said surprising me with his sudden defense over Chaos, "Perseus," Artemis questioned. "Hmm Arty?" "First of all, don't call me Arty. And second of all, why did you attack me? Why didn't-" "Before we do anything, let me correct that. You attacked me. I merely said a few words and you took them as an insult, it's the typical thing of a god or goddess to do that. Someone say a few words and you take it as a insult. You attacked me and I defended myself. I asked if anyone wanted to help and your brother offered but you turn it down. That was your main mistake. You underestimated me and got defeated, badly." He said as anger flared in her eyes and she went to speak but shadows wrapped around her, trapping her in her throne.
"Hades! Release my daughter!" "It's not me Zeus so don't even try." Hades said glaring at Zeus while he glared back.
A cough brought our attention to my son, whose hand was up and pointing towards Artemis. "It's me." He said as our eyes widened but I could tell a few didn't believe him. "And to prove my point," he said shadow traveling away and appearing by Hades. "Sup uncle," he said putting his hand on Hades shoulder and shadow traveled them both to the middle of the throne room before he had a chance to speak. "Do you believe me now?" He questioned while we nodded dumbly while he looked at Hades. "Back to your throne you go," he said shadow traveling Hades back to his throne, looking confused.
"Before we have an actual talk, let me get something straight," he said. "I don't care if you like what I hear or not, I am not that same kid from seven hundred years ago. Back then, I would bow and do whatever deeds you asked of me without hesitation. But things changed, I am included. If you aggravate me or annoy me, I will tell you to shut up, if you don't like it, too bad. If you wish to fight me, do it. If I remember correctly, many of you don't like me and I don't like you. I will not bow down to you and call you lord and lady, I am more stronger than all of you combined. Believe it or not, it's true. The truth hurts, I know that the hard way. If any of you think I'm lying and wish to prove me wrong, step up." He said as it fell dead silent.
I looked at the other Olympians and saw them staring at Percy in shock, disbelieve, and anger. Mostly anger. But when I looked back towards Percy, I saw he had a look of total seriousness and a little bit of a manical gleam in his eyes. It had me a little worried and a little scared till it all dawned on me.
He wants us to fight him. He wants a little payback for all that's happened to him on earth. I thought looking at Percy to see his gaze was focused mostly on Zeus, Hera, Athena, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, and Ares. And if things go the way he plans, it might just happen. I thought. "Come on, none of you wish to fight me? How about you Hera? Got mad because I said some things to you in the labyrinth. Don't want to release that pent up anger?" He questioned while she was about to speak but she stopped.
She must've caught on too. I thought as the anger in her eyes diminished and was replaced with caution. "No," she said surprising everyone in the throne room. "And why not?" He said tilting his head to the side. "Because it was something meaningless and stupid to get mad about. You were right, no one is perfect." She said while he raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything.
"Hephaestus?" He questioned. "Got any anger you wish to unleash on me?" He said while Hephaestus shook his head. "Why not? Didn't I destroy your favorite forge and curse you for killing Bianca?" "Yes you did, but I am at fault, not you," he said while Percy frowned. "I was protecting stuff that was useless. Stuff that we immortals threw away. I should've given it to the demigods, they would find it useful and it would help them survive." He said while Percy nodded, looking somewhat pleased and surprised.
"Dionysus? You didn't like me the minute I stepped into camp. Don't want to attack me for not protecting Castor?" He said while Dionysus shook his head. "You did what you could Percy Jackson. That's all I can say. If it weren't for you, none of our children would be here." He said while Percy nodded, an emotionless covering up no doubt the anger when he looked at Aphrodite.
"How about you? Plan on screwing with my love life now that I'm here?" He said quietly but you could hear him clearly. "Why should I? There's no reason to, your emotions are so mixed up it's hard to keep track of them. But it doesn't take a genius to figure out what emotion yours is right now." She said but he continued to stare at her with sea green eyes that dulled to a dark green, like a forest green.
"All I can say is I'm sorry. I expect nothing in return from you." She said while he turned away from her and looked at Ares. "Now I know you have some anger you want to release. Go ahead, I know you really want to attack me for defeating you at the age of twelve. Go ahead, no one in here will stop you," he said gesturing for Ares to attack him.
"Come on, the big bad War God scared? Of me," he mocked while Ares looked like he was going to explode. "Perseus-" "Stay out of this Zeus, you wait your turn," he said smirking at Zeus's reaction. "Come on Ares, attack me. Or are you a coward like the rest of your children? All who wouldn't fight in the Second Titan War all because of a stupid chariot?" He said as Ares yelled and jumped off his throne, eyes blazing with fury.
"I'm going to kill you punk." he said glaring at Percy and started to glow. Once the glow died down, Ares's Roman form, Mars took his place. "Ahh Mars, a much better opponent than that mindless oaf Ares," Percy said smirking at Mars, who was trembling in anger. "Although both aspects have the same hot headed attitude. So it really doesn't matter," he said as Mars glowed a blood red and ran towards Percy.
"You do not scare me, Mars." Percy said as Mars brought his sword down, but something wierd happened. Right as I went to stand up, I froze.
When I was able to move again, Mars was slumped down in his throne, unconcious and golden ichor flowing from him like a waterfall while Percy stood there, a relaxed posture with eyes closed. "Like I said Olympians, I am more stronger than you could ever imagine." He said opening his eyes as we gasped, instead of being their usual sea green they were a solid gold, filled with power and knowledge that Zeus and Athena would lust after.
Before I could speak, Zeus snapped out of his daze before all of us and threw his Master Bolt towards Percy as my eyes widened while Percy sighed. "And to think, I actually thought y'all changed," he said pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "Very well. Freeze." And at that very moment, everything around us froze, even Zeus's master bolt froze in mid air.
"I am a champion of time," he said. If my eyes could widened, they certainly would've. "Not that pitiful Titan of Time Kronos. I'm talking about time itself. the Primordial God of Time, Chronos," he said snatching Zeus's bolt out of the air and messing with it. "I am going to unfreeze you. If you attack me, I will not hesitate to hurt you. If not, we can all sit down and I will explain everything. Deal?"
We couldn't do anything, so we just sat there till he nodded and snapped his fingers and tossing Zeus's bolt back towards him while I could move. "How are you a champion of Chronos?" Zeus demanded. "Not answering that question Zeus. You want to know, ask Chronos himself, only he knows," he said while Zeus turned red in anger. "Do you want to talk or are you gong to argue with me about something even I don't know? If you choose to argue, I can always leave and never come back." He said shrugging his shoulders as a portal appeared in front of him.
"Dueces Olympians," he said walking through the portal. "Wait Perseus!" Hestia said suddenly while he froze mid step and looked at her. "Yes?" "Please stay, this is the first time we've seen you in centuries. Ignore Zeus, his paranoia is getting the best of him." She said glaring at Zeus while Percy nodded, much to the relief of everyone in the throne room. "I always did have a soft spot for you, Hestia," he said sitting down on a throne that seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
"Jealous?" Percy questioned with a smirk on his face while Hermes and Apollo nodded. "Very, I want a sick throne like that." Apollo said. "Who gave it to you?" Hermes said curiously while Percy smirked. "Chaos," he said as everyone's eyes widened, while I looked at the throne. The throne itself was a pitch black like space while little dots moved around it that I later realized were stars, planets, galaxies. I also saw earth, the sun, and the moon moving around it. "Think she'll give me one?" Apollo said while Percy shrugged his shoulders. "She gave this to me as a gift along with the armor I'm wearing." He said gesturing to the armor he was wearing while Apollo whistled.
"Looking good Perce, I bet you have the ladies throwing themselves at you, huh?" "You have no idea Apollo," he said winking while Apollo and Hermes laughed while Artemis narrowed her eyes suspiciously at Percy. "What is that supposed to mean Perseus? I do hope the only acceptable male in my eyes hasn't been corrupted?"
"Oh never, my dear," he said while Apollo and Hermes laughed harder while Artemis's eyes widened, "Trying to act like a stern commander doesn't work when you have a princess latched onto you, and I speak from true experience." He said as everyone's eyes widened while Apollo and Hermes had tears streaming down their cheeks. "Perseus," Athena said warily while he looked at her. "Relax Athena. I do not blame you for what happened, she made her own choices. I don't blame you for what happened. I never did."
"Thank you." "Don't worry about it, its in the past," he said waving it off. "So, anything interesting happen while I was gone?" He said twirling Riptide around in pen form. "Nothing much Perce," Apollo said shrugging his shoulders. "Any new children of the Big Three?" he said looking at Zeus when he said this. "A daughter of Poseidon, a daughter of Hades, and three children of Zeus, two boys and one girl." Hestia said while he snorted, "I expected that." "So Perce, you got any kids running around?" Apollo joked chuckling. "Yes." He said as everyone's eyes widened.
"I have one." "I didn't expect you to have a child after..." Apollo trailed off while Percy nodded, "I thought the same thing Apollo." He said smiling slightly. "I have to see her," Aphrodite squealed, clapping her hands together happily. "I bet she is such a beautiful little girl." "Oh she is Aphrodite, but her mother isn't someone you want to mess with." "Who is she Perce?" Apollo questioned while he smirked, "Elise, daughter of Nyx." he said as everyone's eyes widened.
"And before you say anything Zeus, I can have a child with whoever I want. I could have had a child with Chaos if I chose to," he said as everyone's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates at his statement. "I thought the Primordials faded long ago?" Athena questioned, "I thought the same thing till I came face to face with all of them."
"When Gaea cut up Ouranos, Chaos couldn't stand seeing her children and grandchildren fading so she saved all of them, even Ouranos. When Gaea mated with Tartarus and brought forth the Giants and Typhon and went against Olympus, Tartarus was thrown off the Primordial Council. Once deeated, Chaos sentenced Tartarus to the Pit, since he was her third child she created. She couldn't throw him into the Void so she sentenced him to the Pit, never to leave and see the light of the day." "Annabeth said you encountered Nyx," Athena said. "Is she thrown off the Primordial Council?" "No, yes me and the Athena spawn encountered Nyx but that was because we entered into her Mansion."
"But you fell into Tartarus, why is that any different than Nyx?" Hera questioned. "Because with Nyx, she merely wanted us out of the Mansion of Night, which is where she resides. With Tartarus, he appeared in a human form and tried to kill us, he didn't try to drive us out, he wanted to keep us as his mere pets to torture and when Gaea was ready to rise, give us to her. Make sense?" He said while we nodded.
"What is the Void Perseus?" Hestia said curiously. "It's where all faded immortals go. It's sort of like the Underworld. You do good in your immortal life, you go to a paradise that fits you, if not, the punishments there make those in Tartarus look like a walk in the park." He said as everyone paled.
"Perce, what did you mean when you said if you wanted to, you could have a child with Chaos?" Hermes said nervously while he smirked. "Out of my seven hundred years of immortality, I've only dated two women. One I've dated for five hundred years and the second for two hundred years."
"Who are they?" Apollo said while we rolled our eyes. "He already told us one Apollo," Artemis said annoyed. "The other was Chaos isn't it?" I said as everyone's eyes widened except Percy's who merely nodded, "I dated Chaos for five hundred years and Elise for two hundred years. Nice job dad." "You dated the Creator of the Universe?" Athena said in shock and disbelieve as he nodded. "Wasn't very hard to figure out. It didn't take me long to figure out, a year at the most," he said shrugging his shoulders.
"Yes, that's what I meant when I said if I wanted to, I could've had a child with her but I chose not to." "You weren't scared of her children, who could've killed you easily?" Athena said as he laughed, much to her annoyance. "If they wanted to kill me, would they have made me their champions?" He questioned, gesturing to two signs that I noticed was on his armor, right above his heart along with five more others.
"I'm the champion of Aether, Hemera, Nyx, Erebus, Ouranos, and Chronos as you can already tell," he said smirking at our shocked reactions. "Plus I'm a champion of Chaos, increasing my power to that of hers. Plus the Primordials see me as another member of the family. They aren't scared of me, vice versa." He said as a golden flash appeared beside him.
Once it subsided, a boy around Percy's age was on the floor, a paper in his hands while he had the same armor as Percy. Except his didn't have the stars and planets on it. "Relax Olympians," he said as Zeus and Athena's weapons flew out of their hands and landed in Percy's. "This is Andrew White, a champion of Chronos, plus he's one of my lieutenants." Percy said looking at Andrew as did I.
He looked exactly like Percy, except his eyes were a deep ocean blue, like the deepest depths of the ocean, plus they look familiar. "What happened to you?" Percy questioned, only then did I realize his left cheek had a hand print on it, like someone slapped him, hard. Plus he had a few arrows sticking out of his armor and his hair was messy, like he got tossed around.
"Remember that time, I pranked Charles and Silena?" He said as our eyes widened while Percy nodded. "She got back at me, bad." "I can tell, mind explaining." "Me and Leo were making a quick snack till I felt the really strong urge to kiss Elise and-" "You WHAT!" Percy yelled, eyes burning with rage, "I can explain." Andrew said quickly. "Remember when Eros and Erebus made Silena their champion?" "Yes, I do." "Apparently Eros's blessing made her charmspeaking abilties ten times stronger, but anyway Silena charmspeaked me into kissing Elise when she was asleep. She was pissed. She woke up and delivered this to my cheek. She threw me into the wall three times and delivered all these dents and arrows into my armor, which is supposed to be indestructible but Elise proved it possible to destroy it." He finished looking at Percy nervously while we listened in shock.
"Bring her here will you? She sounds like she needs to release steam." "I'll have Calypso bring her, she seems keen on tearing me apart right now." He said while Percy nodded till he saw us staring. "Hades, where are my manners, Olympians meet Andrew White, son of Oceanus, champion of Chronos, Lieutenant of Xi Company." That's why he looks familiar. He's Oceanus's son. I thought in shock. But if he's not a enemy to Percy, he must be loyal to Chaos.
"Oceanus." Zeus said suspiciously till a shadow in the form of a hand slapped him across the face, much to mine and Hades' amusement. "Don't even try Zeus, he's been by my side for seven hundred years, not once has he strayed from my side. Attack him and you attack me," he said glaring at Zeus, "besides we all know your useless without this." He said waving Zeus's Master Bolt around.
"So, we know why you are like that but what is that in your hand?" Percy said taking the paper out of Andrew's hand while he stood up. "Battle Assessment. Chaos needs to know how many we lost and how many were injured." He said while Percy looked at him. "Battle Assessment?" He questioned while Andrew nodded, "I thought Chaos would know we don't like doing these. Hurts enough losing one, but losing thousands and having to go through their names are some kind of sick joke." "The other lieutenants are waiting on your orders." "My orders?" He said while Andrew nodded.
"Where's yours?" Percy said while Andrew reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and gave it to him, only for it to be burned to a crisp. "There's your orders," he said as a smirk appeared on Andrew's face while he nodded. "Message Calypso and tell her to bring Elise here, I'll calm her down." He said as Andrew disappeared in a golden flash.
"Where was I," he muttered, pacing back and forth while we watched him, not sure what to say. "Percy," I said as his head snapped towards me. "Yes father?" "What was he talking about?" I said cautiously as a tired look appeared on his face. "Alright Olympians," he said flopping down in the throne. "Time for a history lesson."
"History lesson?" Athena questioned, as if she isn't understanding what he said. "Yes Athena, a history lesson," he said with mock happiness, "ever heard of it?" He said while I snickered at Athena's shocked face. "Chaos already had a army. The Army of Chaos. This army defended the universe, but evil was everywhere and they could only do so much. Three months after the Army of Chaos's creation, she came to earth searching for a commander. Ring any bells?" He said while we nodded.
"Good, saves me time. Anyway, Chaos wanted to create a elite force so she made me the commander. Me and the lieutenants received our training directly from the Primordials themselves. She named us the Angels of Chaos and since our skills were better than her original army, we had smaller numbers. Each company has twenty four companies, all originating from the Greek Alphabet. Starting with Alpha and ending with Omega. The Angels had five thousand soldiers in each company, equaling up to one hundred and twenty thousand Angels in all while the army had ten thousand in each company. Equaling up to two hundred and forty thousand soldiers. Are y'all still with me?" He questioned while we nodded.
"There are twenty four lieutenants. One for each company, ten of your children are in command of these companies, do you have a guess on who they are?" He questioned while Aphrodite immediately spoke. "Is my baby girl Silena one?" She said hopefully while he nodded, the hint of a smile threatening to break through.
"Leo and Charles are also ones judging from what Andrew said." I said. "Let me refresh a few memories for you. First, we have Lucas, the son of Aether and Hemera, lieutenant of Alpha Company. We use the name Lucas because his original name is not famous, it is Luke Castallen, champion of Aether and Hemera, son of Hermes. Second is Zoe Nightshade, champion of Nyx, lieutenant of Beta Company." When he said this, Hermes and Artemis's eyes widened but he ignored them and continued.
"Michael Yew, champion of Aether, lieutenant of Gamma Company. Lee Fletcher, champion of Hemera, lieutenant of Delta Company." Apollo's eyes widened and he went to speak but Percy held his hand up. "All questions can wait till the end," he said looking at the paper. "Silena Beauregard, champion of Eros and Erebus, lieutenant of Epsilon Company, Ethan Nakamura, champion of Ouranos, lieutenant of Omega Company. Charles Beckendorf, champion of Ourea, lieutenant of Eta Company. Castor, champion of Ourea, lieutenant of Kappa Company. Bianca Di Angelo, champion of Erebus, lieutenant of Theta Company. Calypso, champion of Ourea, lieutenant of Zeta Company. And Leo Valdez, champion of Ouranos, lieutenant of Sigma Company. They command eleven out of the twenty four companies," he said looking at us. "Any questions?"
"Where are they?" Aphrodite said immediately. "Resting." "Resting?" Athena questioned as he sighed tiredly. "Yes Athena, resting. After a long three year war, they are tired. Me included, but I decided to stop by and visit," he said looking back at the paper. "What did he mean Percy?" I questioned as he looked up from the paper and looked at me. "Hmm?" "What did he mean Chaos needs to know how many you lost and wounded?" I questioned as he sighed and spoke, with a more sadder tone.
"After every war, battle, or skirmish, me and every lieutenant are given these," he said waving the paper around. "We have to write down every name of a soldier who was lost or wounded. If deceased, we write their names down and put deceased by it. Once that's finished, all the lieutenants bring their Battle Assessments to me. And I spend days sorting through these papers, and I hate it. Chaos knows we hate this, but it is needed. I lost five thousand Angels, three times wounded in this last war. All because of a bunch of rebels who requested assistance from Chaos in over throwing a tyrannical government. We help them and in return, they turn their backs on us and attack Calypso and my daughter, whom were too busy healing wounded. They attack Zeta and Lambda Company, our best healers. Zeta Company now has twelve hundred and forty seven while Lambda has nineteen hundred and sixty four." He said asour eyes widened.
"Not even half. Over the past seven hundred years, I lost in total, fifty seven thousand two hundred and ninety one Angels. Not a single company is over three thousand," he muttered but we heard him loud and clear. "Not even above three thousand!" He shouted and in a blur, a hunting knife was imbedded halfway into the throne room doors while we looked at Percy in shock only to see a black aura around him that was growing bigger by the second till it suddenly vanished.
"Tell me Olympians," he said taking deep breaths to control his temper. "Do you have any self-control?" He said confusing us. "Let's put it in simple terms. How long do you think you can go without screwing a mortal? Hmm? How long?" "Son-" "No dad, how long do you think you can last?" "What are you getting at punk?" Ares growled. "Oh good, you're awake. Let me tell you something about the Primordials," he said standing up from his throne. "Their kids are not borm from birth, every child of the Primordials are brain children. Unlike you gods who screw a mortal secretly behind your wife or husbands back. If a primordial wishes to have a half-blood child, they go to Chaos and their husband or wife. If granted permission from both beings, they head to the mortal world and fine someone suitable. However, once the baby is created. How, I don't know but once finished, the husband or wife can either adopt them or make them their champion. Although mostly its adoption." He said looking at Zeus.
"You wanted to be better rulers, start by controlling your lust. If the Primordial God of Love can control himself, it shouldn't be very hard for the rest of you." He said sitting back in his throne while Zeus turned red in anger. "How dare you-" "Speak the truth, because I want to." He said smirking at zeus who looked like he might just explode. "Watch yourself son of Poseidon, we are still your superiors." Zeus said as a aura stronger than all of us combined overcame us, forcing us to our knees.
"You? My superiors? I take orders from no one except Chaos, and sometimes not even her." He hissed, "Percy, release the Olympians. Don't listen to the prideful king who starts many wars." A feminine voice said as the aura immediately disappeared while we sighed in relief.
"Elise."
Percy POV
"Elise." I said surprised as she walked out of the shadows, wearing a black dress that hugged her curves and made her even more prettier than she usually is. I noticed the Olympians were quiet, a little too quiet for my liking. I turned back towards them to see most of male Olympians staring at Elise in lust, save for my dad and Hades.
I coughed to gain their attention. "If you try to flirt with her or touch her and it'll be the last thing you ever do." "How sweet of you Percy," Elise said walking towards me. "But I can take care of myself." She said patting my cheek. "Percy," my dad said, "mind telling us who your friend is?" "Yeah Percy," she said smirking, "aren't you going to introduce me?" "I'd rathef not." I muttered but she heard it, making her smirk widen.
"Everyone, this is Elise, daughter of Nyx-" "And Erebus." She said while I stared at her annoyed. "Daughter of Nyx and Erebus, lieutenant of Iota company. Elise, these are the Olympians." I said gesturing to the Olympians whom she didn't even glance at, but kept her eyes focused on me. "So why did you call me here?" She said sitting in my throne.
"Andrew stopped by," I said. "Told me what happened." "Yeah, where is he?" She said looking around the throne as if he might be here. As if Andrew would be here. Everyone knows not to mess with Elise when she's pissed. I thought, "I'm still not done with hurting him." "I think you've hurt him enough," I said walking towards her. "Poor guy was already scared to tell me what happened." I said picking her up and sitting back down in my throne.
"He shouldn't have kissed me and none of this would've happened." She said sitting down in my lap as a blush started to creep up my face but I pushed it down. "Are you...blushing?" She said smirking while I glared at her. "Why are you even wearing that?" I said gesturing to the dress, "I must say though, it does make you look hot." I said smirking at her shocked reaction till a small smile appeared on her face.
"Well, I just wanted to visit you before I head on my date." "Date?" I said surprised and slightly pissed. "Yeah,"she said surprised, as if she didn't already tell me this. "I thought Silena already told you this. She set me up on a date with this really cute boy from Andrew's company." "You never like dates. Much less someone from Andrew's company. You say their all like him." I said but she shrugged her shoulders.
"What can I say? Things change." She said getting up but I grabbed her hand and pulled her towards me till we were face to face, only to see a smirk on her face. "Who do you truly love?" she whispered, "me? Or Chaos?" She said pulling away from me and leaving me dumbfounded, confused, and embarrassed. Very embarrassed. "So Percy," she said acting like nothing happened, wrapping her fingers in my hair. "Poseidon is your father correct?"
Regaining my composure, I nodded, ignoring how she pressed her body against mine. Or at least I tried to. "Yes, I do hope you know which one is Poseidon?" "Of course, the one beside the paranoid king, with the trident?" She questioned while I nodded as did my dad. "I'll let you know right now Poseidon, wonderful son you have here." "Thanks," my dad said, looking between me and Elise as did the rest of the Olympians. "He's done a lot for me and the rest of the Olympians as a whole. I don't think I could ask for a better child." "Of course, I bet he had you worried, huh? Not visiting for seven centuries?" She said tilting her head to the side, where I could make out a small smile on her face.
What are you planning Elise? I thought suspiciously till my dad spoke. "He certainly did have me worried," he said glaring at me, making me roll my eyes. "Oh, we all know why he didn't visit," she said. "He was too busy locking lips with the Creator to realize his dad and friends were worried sick about him." She said shaking her head, as if disappointed.
"But your son certainly does have the looks if he can catch the eye of the Creator and a few primordials. But you win some and you lose some." So that's what you're planning. Well you're in for a surprise princess. "No sun god, I am not married nor am I in a relationship. If you are interested in me, I hate to break your hopes but you'll have to get past Percy. As you can tell, he's very protective over me." She said gesturing to her waist where I saw I had my arms wrapped around her.
What in the Hades? I thought. How did that happen? "I can tell." My dad said observing me in somewhat disappointment. Oh come on dad, you're falling right into her trap, don't make my day any harder than it already is. "Elise, you should head back," I said as she turned her head towards me. "Why? Do you not want me here?" "No, it's just you're the only one I trust to keep everyone in check." "Calypso and Zoe got it under control. Leo and Luke know when to stop messing around whenever it comes to Zoe," she said leaning her head back into the crook of my neck. "Besides, I want to hear a little about the amazing and handsome Percy Jackson."
Just as I went to speak, the throne room doors opened as voices entered the room, voices that I thought I would never hear again. "Travis, for the last time, we don't need to know how many pencils you can shove up Pollux's nose." "If you paint my cabin pink Stolls, you'll be seeing Hades sooner than you think." I heard till the voices died down.
"Uh, does everyone see the throne in the middle of the throne room?" I heard. "Yes Connor, we all see it." I heard someone say annoyed. "But who's in it?" I heard a feminine voice say as anger flared in my system.
Elise must've noticed because she put her hand on my chest and almost immediately, my anger vanished while she smirked. "Glad I still have that effect on you," She whispered into my ear. "Now's not the time." I hissed while she pouted but nodded nonetheless."So Zeus, mind telling me who just entered the throne room?" I said as Elise leaned back into me.
"Try not to start a fight," she muttered as the footsteps approached us, more slowly as if they were walking through a mine field. "We don't need Chaos getting mad at her lover for nearly killing someone." She said while I growled. "Per-" I stopped him with a glare right there, "Archangel, these are the immortal campers and minor gods." He said while I closed my eyes, trying to picture a different eye color but couldn't focus with the anger and past emerging.
"Immortal? Last time I remember you making someone immortal was Hercules." "Partial Immortality." Hermes said while I nodded, slowly removing my arms from around Elise and put them on the armrests, clenching them so tight I nearly tore them off. "What would you do without me?" I heard Elise say as her hands interlaced themselves with mine and like before, my anger vanished. "Indeed." I muttered as the footsteps passed us and headed towards the Olympians.
"Well we know who's in it." I heard Connor mutter. "A very hot woman and a man." I heard Travis say, only to hear a slap immediately afterwards, followed by a yelp of pain while I fought the smile that was about to break through down. "I wonder if she's single?" "Judging from what I'm seeing, she isn't. Sorry man." "Sorry, son of Hermes," I heard Elise say. "But I already have a child with this dashing young man," she said. "Plus I've fallen in love with someone. And it isn't you."
"Uh, who are you?" I heard her say as it went silent, silence so tense it could be cut with a knife. "I don't believe I want to answer your question. Daughter of Athena, oh wait, Ex-daughter of Athena," she said with a laugh. "The first demigod to ever be disowned, in front of the whole camp might I add. That must've been embarrassing, but it was also embarrassing to be caught screwing your boyfriends friend behind his back." She said as multiple power surgers erupted and I could already tell who they were without even trying.
Jason Grace, my supposed brother who screwed my girlfriend behind my back. Annabeth Chase, the one who I fell into hell itself, but ended up repaying me with betrayal. Thalia Grace, whom didn't even bother hearing my side of the story. Thinking I betrayed Annabeth when she betrayed me. Attacking me whenever she and the hunters came to camp.
"Your aura does not scare me. I am stronger than all of you combined and definitely more skilled. Plus, if you attack me, this handsome young man will hurt you, and you definitely don't want him to attack you. Anyone who can defeat the Creator of the Universe in one on one combat is not someone you want to mess with. Plus he's stronger than everyone in this throne room." She said as it fell dead silent.
"Elise, I think that's enough." I said. "That voice," I heard Nico mutter as my heart stopped. "So familiar." "Archangel, you never have fun anymore. The only time you had fun was that lovely night with me." She said as my eyes snapped open to see everyone looking at me. Some in shock, others disbelieve, but most were staring at me in curiosity.
"Whatever," I said ignoring Nico's piercing stare, as if he could already tell who I was. "Sure," she said turning her head to mine, only for her lips to be mere meters away from mine. "Um, who are you?" She said while me and Elise exchanged glances. "None of your business. We're merely here to visit." "I actually think it is our business," Jason said stepping up as a thought entered my head, making me smile.
"Whatever your thinking, Percy," Elise said. "Stop." "Chaos always told us not to start trouble. She never said we couldn't defend ourselves if attacked." I whispered before looking at Jason with a smile on my face, much to the suspicion of Elise and the Olympians. "Jason Grace correct?" I questioned while he nodded slowly. "Yes, I am." "You know, a demigod joined my army. I think you all know him, very famous." I questioned while they stared at me confused, except for Elise who was telling me to stop.
"Percy Jackson." I said as their eyes widened. "Told me who he was, what he did and what happened to him. Sad story," I said shaking my head. "His cousin didn't even bother with listening to his side of the story." "Why should I?" Thalia spat. "Annabeth told me the truth. He cheated on her with that spawn of lust." She spat as Aphrodite stood up, eyes burning with rage. "Why you little-" "Aphrodite," I said as she turned towards me. "I'll take care of this. She will see the consequences of her actions." I said while she nodded and sat down, glaring at Thalia in hate.
"And you believed her?" "Of course, she's my best friend." "And you didn't think about his fatal flaw, personal loyalty?" I questioned as she hesitated but I continued. "Him cheating on her would tear him apart more than it would her." "Well-" "And if he really did cheat on her and Annabeth went to Jason for comfort and got pregnant. How come their child refuses to acknowledge them as mom and dad?" I said with a smirk as uncertainty flashed across her face.
"Father, aren't you going to do something?" Jason said but I sensed the panic in his voice, the desperation to hide the truth. "And if Percy Jackson did cheat on Annabeth, why does he still have the respect of Artemis? Why do her hunters agree that Percy Jackson is like the rest of the males out there but Artemis disagrees? Hmm?" I said looking at Annabeth.
"Let's ask Annabeth what really happened that dreadful day." I said looking at Annabeth as did everyone else to see her spluttering for a sentence. "What's wrong Annabeth," Nico said with mock curiosity. "Tell us. Or our new friend here will." He said while everyone nodded. "How can you even trust him?" She said pointing at me. "He shows up with this girl and disrespects the Olympians. He could be speaking lies." "If he was, I would've sensed it." Apollo said smirking while Will nodded.
"Do you want to know how I know all this?" I questioned while everyone nodded. "That's because I was there. I was the one she cheated on. She and Jason made lies, spreaded them to the Romans, where I was disgraced. Never mentioned ever again." I said looking at Reyna. "Luckily, I had friends that were there for me." I said looking at Nico and the others gratefully.
"Percy, is that really you?" Nico said in shock and hope while I frowned. "Your eyes," Elise whispered into my ear. "Their the same color as Andrews." She said while I smacked my head and closed my eyes. "One sec, Nico." I said focusing on the usual sea green color my eyes usually are. "Remember me now?" I said opening my eyes, only for them to gasp.
"Let me tell you the truth Thalia," I said looking at her, "Annabeth cheated on me the day I was going to propose. The day I nearly killed Jason Grace, minor god of lightning and winds. He and Annabeth didn't want to take the blame so they spread lies to the Romans and hunters, throwing the blame on me and Piper. But Piper disappeared, leaving me with all the blame and a broken heart." I said as she spun on Jason and Annabeth, electricity rolling off her in waves.
"I thought he broke your heart," she hissed, glaring at Annabeth, who was looking at the floor. (most likely in shame. I know I certainly would) "I spent days wondering why Percy would do something like that. All this time, it was you!" She yelled, sending lightning towards Annabeth, who barely dodged the lightning that no doubt would've fried her. "Shame that missed her," I whispered into Elise's ear, whom was still enjoying herself, one hand still interlaced with mine while the other was in my hair, twirling it around. "It saves me the trouble." I said as she laughed.
"Do not forget, daughter of Zeus," Elise said smirking as Thalia looked at her. "You believed it, you are just as guilty as they are." "Let me tell you something Jason," I said taking Elise off my lap and walking towards him. "I should thank you, I'm pretty sure you heard people say this, 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' particularly from the mortals." I said taking out Riptide and uncapping it.
"You only made me stronger Jason Grace, stronger than ever. But you won't live to find out." "Perseus-" "Stay out of this Jupiter. I've been holding this in for seven hundred years, it's time for some payback." I said propelling myself towards Jason, who barely pulled out his weapon to block as I attacked him with relentless attacks. All he barely even blocked. "You're pathetic," I spat kicking him through the wall. "Percy stop!" I heard but I ignored it and capped Riptide as he sumbled out of the wall, electric blue eyes flashing with rage.
"Perce, just listen to me." "Listen to what? A excuse to get you out of the ass whooping I'm about to deliver." I said pulling the shadows toward us, making it impossible to see. "Let's see how well you fight in the dark," I said unsheatthing my hunting knifes and running towards him, making noise purposely so he could hear me.
"Perseus, stop this instant!" Jupiter said as me and Jason exchanged blow after blow. "You're good," I said slightly impressed as we exchanged more attacks. "But not good enough." I said delivering a gash to his stomach, then balling my fist and delivered it to his nose, where a audible crack was heard. Music to my ears. I thought as the shadows dispersed to show Jason with a broken nose and golden ichor flowing from his stomach.
"Perseus!" Jupiter said glaring at me while thunder rumbled dangerously, "I have been patient with you. But now you've gone to far." "What are you going to do? I have power that rivals Chaos. You can't do anything." I said as shadows wrapped around him, trapping him in his throne. "PERSEUS!" He roared while I looked at Jason. "Play times over." I said grinning as I moved towards him, delivering vicious attacks left and right.
"Your blood is not worthy to get on my blades." I said sheathing them and willing the earth to wrap around him as I slowed clenched my hands, hearing him groan in pain while Thalia surged forward but then stopped. "You can watch." I said moving my hands to the right as the ground threw him into the wall.
"Perseus!" Jupiter said while I continued throwing him into the wall till I stopped and turned towards Jupiter. "What?" I said annoyed till ozone filled my nose.
Quickly turning around, I absorbed the lightning Jason shot towards me. "I expected that. I really did." I said shooting my own lightning towards him and throwing him into the wall.
"Champion of Ouranos," I said smirking at his shocked reaction. "Lightning doesn't affect me." I said as he used the winds and propelled himself into the air while I sighed. "You ain't the only one who can fly buddy." I said expanding my wings and shooting off into the air, flying a few feet away from him. "Time to see how much lightning you can absorb." I said light traveling behind him and kicking him forward.
Summoning as much lightning I could, I hurled it toward Jason, lighting up the night sky.
I slowly flew back to the ground, my eyes trained on the crater in the middle of the throne room. "Percy," Poseidon whispered, "what have you done?" But I ignored him as Jason slowly stumbled out, looking like he was about to faint right there. "Time to end this." I said summoning a trident and threw it towards him with all my might.
Barely dodging the trident that impaled the wall, I summoned it back and shadow travelled behind him bringing the trident to his side. As he turned to block it, I vapor travelled to the other side and brought the trident down.
Right into his ribs.
"Any last words, Grace?" I hissed as the trident pierced deeper till someone put their hand on mine. "Percy, stop." Elise said while I glared at her. "Get out of the way Elise. He needs to feel the pain I felt." "And this is how you think it needs to be done?" She said while I pressed the trident deeper, "Percy." She said in a softer tone while I looked at Jason's face.
Pain and guilt were the main two I saw but it didn't matter to me. He's seven hundred years to late. "Let him go." "But he-" "I know what he did Percy. Just, let him go." She said while I clenched the trident so tight my knuckles were turning white.
After a few minutes of debating, I sighed and loosen my grip on the trident and ever so slowly, pulled it out. "Your lucky Grace," I spat. "If it wasn't for her you would be dead, this time. For good." I said tossing the trident on the throne room floor and looked towards everyone else.
Shock, awe, and fear were the most dominant on all their expressions but it didn't matter to me. I've seen that expression too much in my life. Fear. I even look at myself in the mirror sometimes and think that, maybe I've changed, but too much. Everyone changes, yes. Me and Piper are excellent examples of change. But have I changed so much that even my own family fears me?
"Whenever you're ready to talk campers. I'll be in the big house." I said vapor travelling to the big house to see that it hasn't even changed. "Feels good to be home." I said sitting on one of the bean bags that was leaning up against the wall and closed my eyes, letting my thoughts wander.
After a few minutes, I felt multiple presences enter the big house.
"Hello everyone, long time."
I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I decided to show a little Elise and Percy romance, showing that Percy stills has feelings for Elise but refuses to acknowledge it. Anyway, until next time, peace out everyone.