Hey guys, it's been a while.
So if you read Anarchy Priests' story, The Pride of Death, you know that I will not be doing the HoO series. Honestly, I'm not sure I will even continue this story after this chapter. Tell me what you guys think in your reviews.
Also, I know how I made a mistake about how Annabeth talking to Zoe. I was tired, and meant Thalia. Let's just put it at that, okay? Thalia wants to do this to troll with Zoe while Phoebe genuinely wants to help the two.
Also, I lowered the priority of this story. I will be updating this story every two update cycles. Also, there will be several flashbacks in this chapter. Just a heads up,
Chiron had called a meeting between those that were the senior counselors for each cabin. Percy was automatically nominated as the senior counselor for Hera's cabin while Zoe was the honorary ambassador for Artemis.
"I MUST go on this quest!" shouted Darius. "I haven't gone on a single quest, whereas this loser has gone on THREE IN A ROW!"
Zoe grinned as she knew how he pulled himself into a trap. "Which he means he has experience. Another reason why he should go."
Darius sneered. "And what is the other one?"
Zoe facepalmed. "Did you not hear the Oracle? She said that we must have the Boy of Olympus, which refers to Percy, due to being blessed by most of the Olympians as well as all of the eldest 6."
Chiron then spoke up. "Who else will you be taking with you?"
Zoe thought for a bit. "I will take with me Percy, Thalia, Bianca, and Phoebe."
Darius then stood up. "YOU NEED ME!"
Zoe glared at him. "Shut up, boy. You will just be a liability. Plus, I do not want to take alongside any more males than Percy."
"And why is that?"
"The HUnt does not care for males. Well, except for Percy, since we trust him more than some of the Hunters. He's decent, for a male at least."
"Why thank you Zoe." said Percy, pretending to be flattered.
Chiron spoke up, hoping that he wouldn't have to deal with Darius infuriating the Hunters even more. "It is decided. Time for them to go."
Percy groaned. They first had to go to DC for this museum. How he knew?
Blame the Fates. He was forced to know this. After visiting some museum, he would have to go west directly.
As they neared the museum, Percy could feel a massive power.
The last time he felt this power...
-flashback-
"Now, Perseus, it is time to test you upon a fragment of a Titan's power." said Lu Bu.
Percy was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Hitler can explain it to you. Power derives from fear. I will put you against part of Atlas's soul. Remember, the greater you fear him, the stronger he becomes. Why else do you think that Hitler nearly conquered Europe despite his small army? He used fear. With that fear, he boosted his army to inhuman strength and demoralized the enemy." With that Lu Bu summoned a shade in the shape and size of Atlas.
Percy gulped. He had only trained in the Underworld for 2 years. He realized that what Lu Bu said was right. To his eyes, the shade seemed to grow bigger and darker, until it was touching the ceiling of the cave in which the River Styx resided in.
He then heard Hitler's voice. 'Focus, boy! Do you not remember what I told you? Have no fear at all! Relinquish your despair and charge head on! Gods, you are an embarrassment to Hirohito!'
Percy shook his head and then cleared his mind. Suddenly, the shade seemed to lose some of its power until it was back to what it looked like before.
Percy grinned. "Now, we fight." As he charged at the shade, he could hear the approval of Hitler and Lu Bu in his head.
-flashback end-
Percy was worried. This meant that there was a Titan in the vicinity.
Phoebe, who was next to him, whispered, "Do you feel that?"
Percy nodded. "Yeah, there is a Titan nearby. I'll check on it."
Phoebe nodded. "Good luck, you'll need it."
Percy shadow traveled to directly outside the museum. To his surprise, Dr. Thorn was entering. This automatically raised a flag in his head that something was wrong.
Percy followed him to this weird-ass secret meeting, where this massive person was sitting, getting several people to massage his shoulders.
"General, I am here to report," said Dr. Thorn.
"You dare report after failing to capture either two of the demigods?"
"Sir, the spawn of Hera was there."
"Interesting. If we could capture him, he would prove a priceless trading asset to our forces. The fool has made many enemies, despite the unusual amount of monsters he has been able to befriend. Now! Where are those teeth?"
A trembling mortal planted some teeth in the ground and watered blood on the soil. Percy's eyes widened as he saw them, knowing about how the Sparti would arise. However, after seeing those teeth, he knew that they were not the right ones.
As kittens came out of the soil, the General exploded. "FOOLS! THESE ARE NOT THE TEETH I ORDERED!"
The mortal cowered. "Sir, t-these are the teeth you ordered. The ones from the s-saber t-t-tooth tiger-"
"IDIOTS! THE LOT OF YOU! I ORDERED FOR TYRANNOSAURUS TEETH, YOU FOOL! TAKE THESE AWAY AND GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
The mortal took the kittens and did as he said. However, Percy managed to teleport one away and into his group's arms, with a note attached.
The General shook his head, with a smirk on his face. "Idiots. They can't tell that they have dragon teeth, and from ancient Sybaris, no less!"
Luke then came out of the shadows and spoke with him. "General, your disgraced daughter and her comrades are in the museum. Shall we unleash our beast on them?"
"Not yet. We must wait until the Sparti rise first, or else we may lose too much time due to these incompetent mortals."
"Sir, with all due respect, why do you hire these mortals."
"Luke, you do not know this yet, but mortals are the perfect tools for us to use. They are so blinded by the Seven Deadly Sins that they will do anything to satisfy their desires. But please, do not name the seven as of now. In a time before the gods, they roamed the lands. It took all our efforts to chain them in Tartarus, one by one, where only mortals and those insufferable gods can be affected. Then, we we win this war, we can sap their power and return to our former glory! Not to mention, pull a few of our children back from the void. Poor Helios, forgotten because of that idiot Apollo."
Percy thought about this. If he could go get the Seven Deadly Sins, they could perhaps help in the war. He remembered the words of his teachers.
-flashback-
"Child, when in need, seek out the Seven Deadly Sins," said Zhao Yun, son of Mars (though Percy only knew of him as Ares at the time).
Percy was confused. "Why? Are they not evil?"
"No, my child. It is just that they are so potent in those 'sins' that they unintentionally release an aura that affects those around them. They were kind folks, but they were chained in Tartarus due to the Titans fearing their power."
"But how can I get to them and back?"
"They have more than enough power to teleport from Tartarus and back. It is just that they have lost their will to fight. Not to mention that the 'Ten Commandments,' which were actually to weaken them enough so that the Titans could win, limits their power. But that was in the past. All you need now is to go into Tartarus. If you can rekindle a will to fight, then they will join you. You already know one of them.
"Who?"
"You know Lust. But I believe that she now goes underneath the name of Aphrodite. It is impossible to contain her, considering the amount of Lust the Titans must have felt. She has no intention of fighting. But, if you can convince her to rescue her former comrades..."
"But how?"
"Aphrodite was not born like the others. She was born out of Ouranos's castrated balls and some sea deity's touch."
"Ugh."
"Just remember this. I feel that you will need to know this."
-flashback end-
Percy smiled. He could always rely on his teachers for help.
Suddenly, he gasped inwardly. In his thinking time, the Sparti had already resurrected. They were now sniffing at a piece of Zoe's cloth.
Percy knew it was now or never. "SUP, BITCHES?"
All the eyes in the room turned to him. The General gave a cruel chuckle. "Well, if it isn't the spawn of the sea."
"Spawn of the Heavens, not the sea. the sea has no real value, except in killing people through cheap methods."
"HAHA! I'm going to like you, kid! Why don't you join us, and take down your treacherous father?"
"Screw that, why don't you join us and get an excuse for not having to hold up the sky? Here's my business card." Percy gave a surprised Atlas a card before shadow traveling out of there. (A/N Percy knows who the General is because of Zoe's trust.)
Percy rushed to where the group was. This was a serious emergency. Then he spotted them.
They were pinned down by the Nemean Lion. Cursing, Percy summoned one of his beasts: the Chimera.
-the-not-very-long-awaited-flashback-
Percy was facing off against the Chimera and Echidna. Actually, more Chimera less Echidna. He had killed the Echidna after redirecting all of the Chimera's fire at the Echidna. All that was left was a crown, which he held on to give to his mother - something he would do after finishing the quest.
The Chimera lashed out. Percy saw an opening and twisted his blade, bringing the scythe around the Chimera's neck and bringing it to his mercy.
"Wait, I will not kill you,' said Percy. The Chimera looked at him with surprised eyes.
"However...you must help me out whenever I call upon you, okay?" The CHimera thought for a bit before nodding his head.
Percy grinned before taking back his scythe.
"From now on, I deem you Kira."
(A/N I chose to make the Chimera a girl because I don't exactly see females getting a lot of pride on the internet. Despite being a male, I do not advocate sexism and actually promote feminism, provided you don't try to enslave us guys.)
-flashback end-
Kira came out of nowhere with a roar (I don't know how, just use your imagination or something.). He tackled the Nemean Lion.
Thalia was shocked. "Jackson, what the hell?"
"Long story, involving getting my mom a new crown. Leave the lion to me, take care of the Sparti."
Zoe was shocked. "WHAT?! SPARTI?!"
Percy ignored her and charged at the Nemean Lion. He, instead of fighting, rather sent soothing emotions due to his mom's powers as well as Hestia's blessing.
The Nemean Lion calmed down and then looked at him.
"Would you like to help us?"
The Nemean Lion looked at him curiously before ruffling his mane and bowing to Percy.
Percy stroked it much to the other's shock.
Phoebe was the first to speak. "Percy...you just tamed one of the few 'invincible' monsters of the world."
Percy shrugged. "Being a monster for several millennia is bound to stress you out. I just soothed its emotions. It is no less human then us. We are all equal in the grand scape of the universe, well aside from immortals and Chaos. We will always be inferior to Chaos."
The others nodded before noticing the Sparti had arrived. "SHOOT!"
The Hunters shot arrows desperately, but nothing had effect.
Until.
One of Bianca's arrows hit a SParti and it crumbled into bits.
Percy's eyes widened. "Guys, cover Bianca. She shoots while we defend her them!"
The four formed a human shield around Bianca, who shot arrow after arrow until there were only three left, who were wise enough to retreat.
"Come on, guys," said Percy wearily. "It's time for us to go.
Alright guys, I'll end it here. Dont expect an update for a while. Also, remember to put in your reviews if I should continue this story or not. Otherwise, I'm discontinuing this story.
See you.
