On Felgarin...

Percy dodged and snaked through the trenches and obstacles of the battlefield. Starships battled in the sky, and shots fired from both sides whizzed past Percy's ears. He finally made his way to the army of Chaos's base camp. He walked up to a man in a sergeant uniform. He saluted Percy, and said, "You must be Chaos's champion. What is your name, my lord?"

He pondered for a moment. What should he name himself? Definitely not his old name, at least not his last name. Then he said, "I am Perseus Rell. You shall address me as sir, General Rell, or lord."

"Yes sir."

Perseus walked over to the command center, and asked the man in front of the hologram, "What's the situation?"

"Who are you?"

"I am your new general. Now, what's the situation?"

"Sectors 8 and 9 are to the south, and under heavy fire. We can't get our battleships in range of the enemy base due to the AA guns. And we are Sector 3, sir."

"Very well captain. I will take care of the AA guns, while you get your available men to Sector 8 and 9. And make sure the Battleships hold their fire until my command."

"Yes sir." He saluted, and Perseus teleported to the fortress. He scared a few enemies as he appeared in front of them. He quickly drew Riptide and sliced the enemy soldiers in half. Perseus examined the blue-green blood on his blade. He wiped it on the enemies' clothes, grabbed one of their rifles, and marched into the black stone fortress.

Perseus ran into a full battalion of soldiers, and he cut them down with a deadly combination of Riptide and the rifle. Within a minute, the whole battalion was dead on the floor before Percy, blue-green blood everywhere. He stepped over the mass of bloody corpses and ran down the white panel hall. At the end, there were huge gold doors, and Perseus pushed open the doors hesitantly. Inside was a huge room with a throne on the end. The man occupying it was a huge man with black messy hair, red eyes, and a scraggly short beard. He had a red stripe over the bridge of his nose. He smiled at Perseus's presence, and grabbed his huge war hammer. He hit the hilt against the floor, cracking the marble. He stood up and said, "Perseus. You chose service to Chaos I see."

"Who are you?"

"For now, just call me Tsen. That name will register later in your life, when my older brother teaches you the truth. If you survive."

"I will survive, and I will take your head with me."

"We shall see, son of Poseidon." He swung his hammer towards Perseus, who dodged it and sliced at his leg. He laughed as the sword bounced harmlessly off of him. Percy shot the rifle at his chest, only to be ricocheted into the far wall. He said as he chuckled, "Who do you think I am? A mere mortal?"

Perseus heard something in his mind say, Use the knife. He looked to his belt, where a knife had magically appeared. He drew it and stabbed Tsen in the chest, piercing him and causing his yell of pain. He took the knife out and fell to his knees. He laughed as he began dissolving into earth, "This is not the last you see of me, servant of Chaos. You will know the truth in time." His mouth showed an evil grin for the last time as his face turned to sand. The sand blew away in the wind, and his laugh echoed through the throne room. Perseus hefted the abandoned the hammer, which had shrunk to his size. He put it on his back, and it shifted to a military backpack. Perseus set a bomb on the window overlooking the battle and pressed the detonator. Glass shattered to the floor, and Perseus walked out onto the AA gun deck. Soldiers spotted him, and fired their rifles at him, which he shot them easily with his rifle. When their were only bodies left. Perseus went to work, placing the bombs on the AA guns. He backed into the throne room, and pressed the detonator, causing a huge explosion to blind him. He blinked the white spots out of his eyes, and took the holo from his belt, where the image of Section 3 captain appeared. Perseus said to the image,

"The AA guns are taken care of. Do you have Sections 8 and 9 out of the firefight?" "No sir. They are under too heavy of fire, and I can't get anyone over there."

"I'll handle it. Get the battleships ready for my signal."

"Yes sir." The blue hologram disappeared, and Perseus put it back on his belt. He looked at the battlefield, and saw the enemy closing in on the black uniforms of his men. He teleported quickly to the men, grabbed the mounted heavy gun, and fired on the enemy. Blue-green blood was everywhere, and the soldiers of Section 8 and 9 fought fiercer with new hope. Perseus plowed enemy soldiers down, and soon, the place seemed abandoned, only corpses and Chaos's soldiers left.

Perseus commanded the men to get to the command center, and teleported to the Gauntlet, the flagship of Chaos's navy. The captain saluted him, and Perseus stood on the observation deck, securing the army's position. After the soldiers were at the command center Perseus said, "Fire on the fortress."

"Fire!" Great booms filled the air as the fortress came crashing down on the retreating enemy army. The crew of the operating deck let out intense cheers and Perseus watched the enemy become no more.

50 Void years (50 earth days) later...

On Valchant, Headquarters of the Army of Chaos…

Perseus walked down the lines of the honor guard as he made his way towards Chaos's office. He knocked, and entered. The room was black and grey room, with a sleek black couch in front of a glossy desk. Chaos stood in front of the huge window as Perseus stood at the door. She turned, and said, "Ah, Perseus. Another mission successful. Well done."

Perseus had a somewhat different voice now. It was deeper, darker, and more powerful, yet it was the same voice at the same time. He said in his changed voice, "As usual. Why did you require my presence?"

"There is something stirring on the planet Earth. The Olympians have asked for aid, and I am sending you and Sections 1 through 6. I'm sorry to make you do this Perseus, but the situation is dire."

Perseus's face contorted in bitter memory. "When are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow by Void standards."

"I shall tell the others, Lady creator."

"I thought I told you not to call me that, Percy." She smiled, and Perseus said, "Just like I told you not to call me that."

"Laugh more, it's not healthy to be serious all the time."

"I will try my lady, but it's become painful." He slammed his right fist against his left pectoral, and walked out of Chaos's office.

He walked into the Section Captain's quarters, where his new friends were playing poker. Luke growled at Travis Stoll, "Stop putting cards in your sleeve Travis!"

"I can't help it!" He countered.

They turned to see Perseus, who removed his hood, causing Luke and Travis to wince at his scars. The knife Raven used to carve into his skin was enchanted. No matter what healing technique that was applied to them, they permanently looked like they were recently carved into his face. He sat down at the table, bitterness evident in his eyes. He looked to the group of captains. First, Luke Castellan, son of Hermes, and old friend of Perseus. Then Travis, son of Hermes, twin of Connor Stoll, and a good friend in his old life. Next to him was a bald kid with lavender eyes named Solan, from Evenen, the sorcery planet. Solan was very wise, being a prodigy on his planet. He studies other worlds, and has a curious attitude. He also researched other forms of ancient magic, like… Well, it's better not to mention. Perseus then looked at the black haired girl with black eyes named Avery from the shadow planet of Fardusk. Avery reminded Perseus of Nico. She was pale and skinny with long hair, and she always wore black. She even had the same somber look in her eyes, giving up hope that she would be loved. She didn't like to look at her very long, or it would bring up bad memories. Perseus moved on to the redhead jock next to her, Samson from the fighting planet of Steerdax. He's your typical jock: Huge muscles, athletic personality. Only one thing made him different: He was scared of people. A traumatizing event he never talks about caused this. Because he knew what it was like to have a bad past, Perseus never pushed. He looked to the little blond boy with his nose stuck in a book. His name is James, and he's an emotion reader from Asokanan, the college planet. James was short, skinny, he had short blond hair, and he could tell what someone was feeling. Perseus was unnerved by James's behavior around him or Samson. He looked at the person nearest to him, and almost smiled. Next to him was the brown haired girl named Kira from the sea planet of Atalanta. Unknown to her, Perseus was reminded of the good days by her. Her straight brown hair cascaded over her shoulders, and her beautiful Caribbean sea eyes reminded him the part of Earth he had loved. But the sparks in her eyes when she was up to something made Perseus feel loved again. He snapped out of his daydreaming, and hesitated for a moment, but quickly said,

"We're going to earth."

Luke and Travis, co-captains of Section three, paled a bit. Solan seemed fascinated, having only heard stories about Earth. James looked up nervously from his book, sensing the panic among the old demigods, but soon went back to the only thing that could help from sensing the emotions: his book. Samson and Avery said nothing as usual. Luke got over the shock and asked, "When?"

"Tomorrow."

"Very well. Who all is going?"

"Sections 1 through 6. Now, quit your poker game and get to bed. We have a busy day tomorrow."

"Yes sir. See ya Percy-"

"That isn't my name anymore."

"Sorry sir. Goodnight."

Luke and Travis walked nervously off to Section 3 sleeping quarters. James seemed to sense the tension between the three, and asked Perseus, "Why are you guys so nervous when talking about Earth?"

"An old life. One that I want to be kept in the past."

He looked at him with nervousness, and rushed off to bed. Samson made his usual goodnight nod and went to Section 4 quarters. Solan told everyone goodnight and went to Section two quarters. Avery sighed and walked into Section 6 quarters, leaving Perseus and Kira. Kira glanced at Perseus and smiled. Perseus was almost tempted to smile back, but he refrained, remembering the last time he loved anyone. She asked quietly, "Why do you do that?"

"And what is that?"

"You keep yourself from smiling. Why?"

"I don't want to show weakness now, do I?"

"And why do you act so cold? Travis and Luke said that you used to smile a lot more-"

"Used to. That was before I knew about the world."

"Not everyone is out to betray you. I'm not."

She grabbed Perseus's hand, and Perseus almost returned it. But he reluctantly pulled away and said, "I've had too many experiences with betrayal to feel like this. It's simple emotions that lies to us." He walked away slowly, and closed his door behind him. He took off his clothes and changed, revealing the scars all over his body. He laid down in his bed, his eyes wide awake in the pitch black darkness. Sleep finally got the best of him, and he drifted off to sleep.

Perseus jerked up in a cold sweat. More nightmares. He rubbed his hand against his face. He looked at the alarm clock with drowsy eyes to read 12:45 AM. He swung his legs to the floor, and got dressed. As he laced his boots, he heard a soft knock on the door. He slipped his shirt and jacket on, and opened the door to see Kira. She looked beautiful , but she looked like she never went to bed. She said, "I couldn't sleep, and wondered if you had the same luck."

"Yeah. Come in."

She stepped in the room. Percy offered coffee, which Kira accepted, and they sat in silence. Finally, Kira said,
"Perseus? I would like to apologize for my behaviour last night."

"No, no you're fine. I reacted a bit harsh. I should apologize."

"I shouldn't have been so pushy."

"You were curious. That is all."

"Speaking of which. Why did you and Section 3 captains seem so nervous when you mentioned Earth?"

"That's where we're from. And the people we're allying with were part of our pasts."

"I see why you were so nervous. I'm sorry for that. That's how I felt when we fought on my home planet."

"The problem I have with going back is a friend I had left with the bastard that gave me these scars."

She stayed silent, and a look of understanding passed between them for a while. By the time they noticed the time, Luke was knocking on Perseus's door, saying it's time to go. Perseus and Kira looked away and walked out to the common area, where the rest of them were waiting. Perseus grabbed his trench coat, putting the hood over his face.

They walked behind Perseus to the launch room. They walked into the sealed room and closed the twelve inch steel door behind them. Chaos stood before them, and the group shuffled around nervously, except Perseus. She said to them all,

"You are going ahead of the rest of your Section to secure a strategy for the army. We are to work with the leaders of the planet, the Olympian gods, and their children. We cannot use Perseus's name, for he must keep his identity secret. You shall address him as general, sir, or David. Any questions?"

Solan asked, "Why is Perseus's identity to be kept secret?"

"It might jeopardize the mission. Any explanation is for Perseus to decide. Anyone else?"

Everyone else stayed silent, and Chaos said, "Good. Get ready to deploy now." She breathed and raised her arms, and the group of captains stood still. A portal began opening, a spiral of grey and black tinting the room. Perseus stepped in first, and the rest soon followed, Chaos at the back.

They appeared on a hill overlooking Camp Half Blood, and the Olympians were waiting. They looked at the captains unimpressed, then gave Perseus a strange look. Zeus asked, "Where is the rest of your army? And who is the fool that has his hood on?"

Chaos chuckled as Perseus said, "Being Chaos's champion, I am your superior. Act like it."

Chaos interrupted before Zeus had a fit, "The rest of the army is coming at a later time. And please excuse my champion, he's impertinent."

"Reminds me of a kid. Son of my brother here, who committed treason."

Poseidon's eyes flashed as he said, "That was never proven brother. You just wanted to blame him."

Perseus resisted the urge to strangle his uncle, and said, "It will be a pleasure to serve under brats."

Zeus's head turned red. "You dare call me a brat? Are you willing to face the consequences?"

"Of what, you? Don't make me laugh."

Chaos stepped in and said mentally to Perseus, David, the last thing we need right now is more enemies. Please, don't dwell on your bitterness. For the sake of this mission.

Yes ma'am. He thought bitterly.

He said, "Due to my mission, I will not argue with you further. Now, if you please, I need to know what I'm dealing with. Show me your children."

Zeus humphed, and walked the group over to the Big house, where Chiron waited. He was telling Will Solace to go gather herbs from the forest. Will looked at the group approaching group, but soon went to finish the task Chiron had for him. Chiron looked at the leaders of the army of Chaos, and asked the Olympians, "And who are these young people?"

Zeus spat, "They are apparently the best of the army of Chaos. They are here to help defeat the rising enemy."

"Lord Zeus, I will be honored by such."

"I would watch the one with the hood, he seems to be a handful."

Travis and Luke stayed in the middle of the group, trying to hide their faces. But sure enough, Chiron spotted them. He asked the Olympians, "You do know that you have children in this group?"

Hermes looked through the group, and tears filled his eyes. He walked to them, and stretched his arms out. Travis and Luke hugged him, and they just stood there, enjoying each other's company. He looked at Travis and said, "I thought you were dead." He looked at Luke and said, "And you were dead. How is this possible?"

Chaos stated, "Many of my army has been given second chances, and Luke has earned it. Travis was almost dead when I saved him and offered him a job."

Hermes reluctantly nodded and hugged his sons one last time, then went back to the Olympians. Zeus then said, "Very well. We should be going, farewell, and good luck Chiron."

"Yes my lord."

They flashed out, and he looked to Chaos, "And who are you, my lady?"

"I am lady Chaos Chiron. I have come to help secure the alliance."

Chiron bowed and said, "My lady! Please forgive my blindness."

"You are fine. Please, rise."

He rose, and looked at Perseus strangely. What was the deal with people looking at him like that?

Your aura of power, 'David', Chaos responded on cue.

He nodded, and Chiron asked, "May I know the names of those I do not know?"

"Yes. The bald one is Solan, Section 2 leader. This is Kira, Section 1 leader. You already know Travis and Luke, co-leaders of Section 3. This is Samson, Section 4 leader. This is James, Section 5 leader. And this is Avery, Section 6 leader."

"It is nice to meet you all. Who is this one?" He pointed at Perseus.

"This is David, my champion and general for the army of Chaos."

"It is nice to meet you as well, David."

"You might regret that stance in time, Chiron." Chaos joked. Perseus looked back at her thought, Really? Chiron simply nodded and said, "I'm sure we'll get along alright."

Chaos said, "Only time will tell. By the way, if it is alright with you, my soldiers will live temporarily in cabins that fit their home planet."
"That will work my Lady. You will have to let me know which cabin they choose."

Perseus said, "I will tell you. Kira and I, Poseidon cabin. Solan, Hecate. Travis and Luke, Obviously Hermes. Samson, Ares. James, Athena. Avery, Hades."
Chiron said, "Unfortunately, only Travis will be able to be in Hermes cabin. There is only room for one."

"Very well. Luke, Aphrodite."

He looked at Perseus and glared. He looked at him, and Luke looked down. Chiron said, "Okay. Chaos, would you like to live in the Big House?"

"That is fine, Chiron."

"Yes, My lady. You'll have to excuse me at the moment, for I have archery to teach. I will see you at dinner." He galloped off to the archery range, and Chaos walked into the Big House. Perseus saw someone looking at him through the window, but before he could go investigate, James asked, "Is there a reason everyone but the Hermes cabin is happy?"

"Travis is a son of Hermes. His brother and Katie will probably kill him with hugs and slaps."

Travis nervously said, "Yeah… Do you have an extra one of those hoods, David?"

"No."

"Okay… Just wonderin."

Avery asked, "One question: Which cabin is which?"

"Oh yes. Luke, Travis, show James, Avery, and Samson where they go. I will show the others."

Luke, Travis, Avery, James, and Samson went off one direction, while Perseus, Kira, and Solan went the other. As they were walking, Solan asked, "How do you know so much about the Olympians?"

"Not right now. I will explain later."

Solan looked at Perseus, as if trying to pick his brain apart. Not getting anywhere, he looked back in front of them. Perseus took them to the Commons area, and Perseus told Kiraa, "Stay here. I will take you to your cabin after I take Solan. Don't move. Come, Solan."

Solan followed as they walked up to the engraved brick cabin. His eyes lit up as they walked in the door. Magical items laid around everywhere, and Solan ran over to the first thing he saw, and began studying it. Unknown to him, the first thing he saw was an ordinary pencil. Perseus let him study it, and went back to the Commons, where Kira looked fascinated at the basketball court. When Perseus walked over to her, she asked, "What is that?"

"It's a basketball court. You play basketball on it."

"It looks fun. Could we play?"

"Maybe later. Come."

She followed on Perseus's heels into Poseidon cabin. She looked amazed by the inside of the now abandoned cabin. Some of Percy's clothes were still in the floor, and his minotaur horn hung along the wall. Perseus sat down on the bunk, and Kira said, "I think someone is already there."
"There hasn't been anyone here for 50 days."

"How do you know?"

He looked around to make sure no one was listening, then said, "He was the only one living here last time I checked. But it looks like there's someone new." He pointed over to the unmade bed, with dirty clothes all over it. Kira said, "Seems there is."

They caught each other's stare. This happened a lot lately, even when Perseus had his hood. He looked away quickly and said, "We must train your water powers. Let's go to the canoeing lake."

Kira looked at him strangely, but followed him to the lake. After hours of no success, the conch horn sounded, and Perseus led Kira to the dining pavilion.

They walked right into the makeout session of Annabeth Chase and Jason Grace. Before Kira could fall on them, Perseus caught her and pulled her back. Jason got up and began yelling,

"Watch where you're going! And who are you?"
Perseus grabbed Jason's throat and said in a whisper, "You do not yell at her. Do you understand?"

Jason attempted to punch him, only to be sprawled on the ground. Perseus glared down at Annabeth, who glared equally menacingly. Kira put her hand on his chest and said, "Calm down David! Before one of your episodes happen!"

Perseus was immediately calmed by her hand, and he pushed by the now standing Jason, pushing him back on the ground. Annabeth rose, glaring at them, and helped Jason back up. She yelled out as Perseus was walking to the pavilion, "Who do you think you are?"

He turned and said, "Your savior. And you should treat me as such."

He then turned back around and left for the Dining Pavilion.