Hades
"My head…" Percy groaned. Then he took in his surroundings, "Oh, hell no."
"More like, oh hell yes. Since that's where we are!"
"Can it Leo!"
"Guys!" we saw Nico headed our way.
"Nico! Have you heard?"
"Yeah, Hazel says bad things are happening to the kids at camp Jupiter to."
"What are we gonna do?" Annabeth asked.
"First we get out of here." Percy said.
"And how the Hades do we do that?"
"We find the one person who did…twice. We're going to the fields of punishment."
"Percy, who are you talking about?" Nico asked.
"The one from my dreams, the Ghost of Sparta, the Marked One…Kratos."
Annabeth paled, "That's a joke, please tell me it's a joke."
"Who's Kratos?" Jason asked.
"If he's as powerful as Percy says he is, freeing him is suicidal." Annabeth said.
"He's who we need." Thalia said, "Only with his help can we kill the Gods."
"How do you know about Kratos?" Percy asked.
"Artemis told me… some of the Hunters, including me will side with you Percy, the rest will side with the gods."
"The same scenario will happen at the camps." Jason claimed.
"That makes Kratos all the more valuable. Nico, my dog." Percy said.
Nico nodded and whistled, and Mrs. O'Leary leaped on Percy, "He there Mrs. O'Leary, good girl. Hop on." After everyone was on, with Annabeth holding onto his waist, Percy, "To the fields of punishment girl" and she was off.
Meanwhile at camp Jupiter…
Everything's going according to plan! Octavian thought to himself, soon I will convince my fellow Romans to assist the Gods against Percy Jackson. Absolution will be mine!
The senate was in chaos, everyone was auguring about what they should do. Hazel and Frank looked at Reyna, "This was easier when Percy was one of us." Hazel said.
"Any news on why he did it?" Reyna asked.
"As a matter of fact, Nico sent me an iris message, Zeus incinerated a piece of Manhattan, Percy's apartment being at the center. The Gods have been poisoned."
"How?"
"…Pandora's box."
"Of course…"
"Horrifying." Percy said. The Fields of Punishment were a wasteland of fire and blood. The screams of the damned were a sound no one should ever have to hear.
"You're sure Kratos is here?" Jason asked.
"Positive, but I intend for only me and Nico to go any further. To find Kratos we will have to find the deepest, darkest, most tortures hole in the fields of punishment. A place only Hades can get to, but maybe Nico can to." No one looked reassured, and Annabeth stepped forward.
"I'm coming to." She said.
Percy wanted to object, but he could see it in her eyes, she was coming. "Fine, you all wait for us here. Jason," Percy placed a hand on his friends shoulder, "If I don't come out of this, it's up to you to avenge the demigods who have been wronged."
"I will try, cousin." Jason said.
Percy smiled and they clapped hands. Then he, Nico, Annabeth, and Mrs. O'Leary went into the pits of despair.
It took hours, but they found it. A humongous chamber, obviously created to make sure noting got in, our out.
"What's the verdict Nico?" Percy asked.
"I can get in, but it won't be easy."
"What do you need?"
"A nuke might work. I'll see if the dead will help me." Nico began to focus, soon, the spirits of the dead appeared and attacked the door at Nico's command. Soon it was rubble on the ground.
"Creepy." Annabeth said casually, then she heard the screams from inside. Her and Percy both felt their blood freeze, but they went on.
Inside they saw him, hanging from the ceiling chains made with links 5 inches thick secured his arms, legs, and chest, making sure he stayed where he was. He was over 7 feet tall and bald, made entirely out of muscle. His skin was ash grey with red markings across his face, chest, and left arm.
Percy knew him instantly, "Kratos…" then he saw the method of his torture, and his blood boiled. In front of him were visions if the things he regretted most. The most noticeable when Kratos murdered his family.
Percy refused to allow this to last any longer, he threw Riptide at the chain holding his left arm.
Hearing the chain snap Kratos looked at the broken link. He the released a scream of rage and broke the remaining chains, using them to attack the specter of himself before it struck down his family again. The images disappeared and Kratos dropped to his knees, a broken warrior.
"Kratos." Percy said.
"Who are you? More specters to torment me?"
"Far from it, we are your salvation."
"What do you mean?"
"Even in death the gods betrayed you, and it's gets worse, they have betrayed their children yet again. Your brothers and sisters and cousins need you Kratos, will come with us?"
"Why should I?"
"If we win, I promise a second life, and when you pass on, Elysium with your wife and Calliope."
"How do you know her name?"
"I know everything about you, 'Ghost of Sparta'. Your skin turned white by the ashes of the family you slew. Your betrayal at the hands of the gods, agonizing. Your vengeance, apocalyptic."
"What all do you know?"
"You were the youngest and boldest of the Spartans. at first, you only had fifty soilders under youre command, it soon rose to thousands. Your tactics were brutal, but effective. But when you fought the barbarians from the east, you were hopelessly outnumbered. As your death looked you in the eye you prayed to Ares. He heard your prayer and granted you 'The Blades of Chaos'. Then he sent you to destroy a village, and when your bloodlust ended, your wife a child lie on the ground before you, and your body was turned white by their ashes. You continued to do many horrific,"
"ENOUGH! You've convinced me. My advice, let the gods do what they will, otherwise ruin will be the only reward."
"Yes I saw what happened, I know how to fix that problem."
"How?"
"For each god or goddess that is slain, a demigod shall take their place until the gods rise again, no longer poisoned."
"If you win, you'll give Elysium with my family?"
Then Nico spoke, "Upon our honor as demigods, I, Nico di Angelo, son of Hades,"
"And I, Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon."
"And I, Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, all promise you that if you will help us."
"It is done, I will help you. But to escape here, one must be willing to defeat Hades. I no longer have any weapons, I cannot assist yet."
"Where are you weapons?" Annabeth asked.
"Bunker 9."
Percy nodded, "Come we must rejoin the others."
A/N: Kratos is freed. And a flood of wrath, pain, and Chaos are sure to follow. R&R.