Hiyori POV
"Finally both sleeping beauties are awake." A voice said behind her.
Hiyori got up and turned around to see a man with blond hair and royal features like that of a king. "Who are you exactly?" she said with a raspy voice.
"He is the ex-praetor of the twelfth legion and my brother." Thalia said also with a raspy voice.
"Yeah and thunder thighs here should be saying sorry for everything that happened last night." He said mockingly.
"Jason you know that wasn't me last night!" she yelled back in indignation.
Hiyori perked up when Thalia said it wasn't her last night. "What exactly do you mean it wasn't you?"
She shook her head gently. "I was possessed by something called an eidolon. It's a spirit that worked for Gaea who controls people to keep living amongst the living. They are nasty spirits that once they control you are extremely hard to get rid of. Ana had to use her charmspeak to get it out of me."
"You mean Kara?" Hiyori said.
Everyone looked at her and she had a what expression on her face. "That is what it called itself. Kara it said was its name." they all began to laugh and she was confused as to why.
"Don't worry about it Hiyori it's nothing at all." Jason said.
She shook her head as she didn't know what was going on exactly. "You are all so strange. I have a question though. Where are we exactly." She asked them.
"We are in the building we were sitting atop of last night. To be exact we are in an empty classroom on the third floor and we have to be quiet because there are students in class right now." Dominic said.
"We move out when the students get out for the day that way we can start our trek up to New York." Jason said.
"Wait, wait, wait just a minute. What do you mean we are going up to New York? We are heading to Ohio to meet up with Artemis and the hunt." Thalia said matter of fact.
"Not anymore Thalia. We have been waiting for you to come back to the states for a good while to start the meeting." Jason said.
Hiyori looked back and forth between the two siblings. "What meeting are you talking about Jason?"
"It is a meeting that was brought up by the king of the gods and the Olympian council. It is a rewards ceremony for the heroes of Olympus."
Author POV – 4015 years ago
War raged on throughout the universe. Distant galaxies fought side by side one day and then fought against each other the next. More people had died in this war than all the wars on all the advanced planets combined. Women became widows, children became bastards or orphans. Some of the harsher planets ran out of food years ago and took to stealing children from other planets and eating them. They bred them as cattle and slew them as cattle. Some of the planets with deities decided to join and create an alliance. These planets were mostly peaceful planets that had never seen war but still they banded together. They created a safe means of interstellar travel for war refugees, they transported supplies back and forth without losing anything to the enemy. They became the main suppliers for food, clothing, and soldiers. The soldiers of these planets were considered little more than police officers by the planets with strong militaries. Yet they proved themselves in small skirmishes with the enemy and proved to be invaluable reinforcements to the front-line soldiers. The military planets trained them and disciplined them until the troops of the new Inter-Galactic Alliance became some of the most feared soldiers in the universe. Decades had passed since the first shot of war was fired and there seemed to be no end in sight. The IGA was fighting wars on multiple planets and their resources were slowly drying up, many of the planets were desperate so they went on to take over developing planets such as Drezer of Galaxy 472 which had an abundance of resources and Ragnon of Galaxy 556 with its amazing cattle. It is believed that five deities ruled each planet and that they and their immortal armies were fighting the IGA. The mortals fought alongside their gods and pushed out the IGA from their planet. Yet the IGA once again persisted in acquiring their resources, mounted a full-scale invasion and even requested the assistance of their deities. They agreed and launched a ruthless invasion of Drezer which had the people of Drezer evacuate their home or be slaughtered by the IGA. After that they turned their sights on Ragnon which had many across the universe question if the IGA where the good guys. The armies of the IGA had been told to take no one prisoner and to win at all costs.
Dresdon POV – Ragnon and Drezer council
The eyes of my fellow immortals bore on me for quite awhile before my sister spoke.
"Our brothers and sisters in arms are being slaughtered. The enemy leaves no one alive. They take the food of our people, rape the women and children, and then slaughter them all." She stated sadly.
My brother Marcus spoke up. "We cannot win. The armies of our enemy are vast and have the assistance of other deities. Drezer was taken over and destroyed. They slaughtered half of the population while the rest fled back here. Now they are here and again we are near destruction."
I stood up and paced the room. I looked at the council, at my brothers and sisters, at my wife, and then finally at the watch on my wrist. The watch my father gave me. I took it off and turned it around to read the inscription. 'I will offer you sanctuary when you need it, from time itself.' An idea came to mind that if flawed we would all certainly die. "Bring everyone and I mean everyone from our planets here to this room." I ordered. They all quickly got up and disappeared. Quickly I began enchanting the room to expand it to fit all our people in it. Once that was finished I put up a healing enchantment around our room. Once that was done the council returned one by one.
"Everyone is accounted for and the armies of the IGA are in disarray." Said Clair proudly. I looked at Clair and took in all her beauty for the last time for quite awhile.
"Ladies and gentlemen. As you all know we are very close to losing the war and thus your extinction. We love you all and couldn't bear to see you all gone so we have gathered you all here to save you." I addressed the remaining 3.2 billion people. A man from the crowd raised his hand shakily and I acknowledged him.
"My lord I believe I can safely speak for most if not all of us here that we want to fight to our last breath." He said and the room exploded in agreement. The men, the women, and even the children; looked determined to keep fighting. It was more than their pride speaking, it was their duty to avenge their fallen brothers and sisters.
"I know you all want to keep fighting but what will that win for you all? It will result in your deaths and your extinction! Do not throw away your lives!" Clair said with a hint of anger and motherly protection.
They all went silent and thought about it. They looked towards their leaders and nodded in acceptance. The same man who spoke up first again raised his hand and I gave him the floor. "We understand what is at stake and therefore we will not insist on continuing to fight." He said solemnly. I walked towards him and put my hand on his shoulder.
"You will one day avenge your brothers and sisters. But be patient and train not only your body but your mind and emotions." And I released him.
The rest of my immortal brothers and sisters went to the front of the room and I followed. I looked at them all and grabbed the watch firmly. "I will transport you all to a dimension my father made for me. This dimension will have everything you require and time will not exist in that dimension so you will all reach 30 and never age from there. I want you all to train hard until we can return. We have our technology but continue advancing it and make it better. The most important thing is to keep your ways and grow from them. I will miss you all so behave until we are able to reunite." The last part was said with a mixture of fatherly love and parental sadness.
The man walked up to me and grabbed my hand and I saw what they saw, heard what they heard, felt what they felt. I was one with our people. In my mind, I felt a small tingle and then a polite cough caught my attention.
'My lord we are all speaking together as one as we say thank you and until we meet again.' And the connection severed. Tears slowly escaped from my eyes as I looked at all the smiling faces. I let them continue falling as I tossed the watch over them and asked Hadrian to accept them.
"Hadrian take within you my people and give them the necessary tools and resources to once again thrive until the time is right to return them to our dimension." A man made of shadows appeared from the watch and enveloped the entirety of the survivors. Hadrian looked at me and smiled and disappeared along with our people.
"Who was that Dresdon?" Marcus asked astonished.
"That is Hadrian the guardian of that dimension." I said quietly.
"Now that our people are safe where do we go?" Asked Clair.
"We go to the void where I believe our father is, and await till he once again awakens." I said.
They all looked at me and started hugging each other one last time. Clair and I stepped outside to look at the setting sun and in the distance the marching army of the IGA. She slipped her hand within mine and she leaned her head on my shoulder. "I will not say goodbye Dresdon. Because we will one day be together again. And our people will return stronger than ever."
Together we stared into the distance just enjoying each other's company until the rest of our siblings joined us. We looked at each other tears threatening to fall yet at the same time smiles creeped on our faces. We all moved in closer for a group hug and then we said it as one.
"Gone is our home and people. Let us fall asleep in the darkness of the void until the day comes when our father calls upon us. May our aunts and uncles solve this dilemma in the universe and result in a swift end." A black mist surrounded us and we slowly started to fall asleep. Each couple looked at each other and shared one last kiss. I turned to Clair and we shared a kiss that would have made Eros jealous. And like that the mist enveloped us and we disappeared.
Author POV – 15 years ago
24 Deities sat at a conference sized table. The look on each of their faces showed just how tired they were. The war that raged for over 4,000 years finally ended but at such high costs. 2/3 of their people had perished and resources were scarce. Many of the men and women whom had fought were left homeless as their planets had been left uninhabitable due to their weapons of mass destruction. Looking on it the survivors of the war knew that they would have to find a means to provide for themselves because with what little they had would not suffice. With that in mind three warships were sent to recently discovered galaxies with planets that had large amounts of resources. Admiral Sextus was among the surveyors of the newly discovered planets.
Admiral Sextus POV
The men and women under me had had enough of war to last eternity. They were here only under direct orders from our leaders in the IGA so only their sense of duty kept them in line. We had already gone to half a dozen planets and taken what resources they had. There was food in an abundance but water was much harder to find. That was our main priority, to find water and transport it back home. I looked at the holo maps and I saw a red dot consistently blinked in an unmapped sector. I tapped the dot and I saw what the drone saw. There were various solar systems in the area each with an abundance of life but near the center of the Galaxy was a solar system that had a planet that was almost covered in water. It was inhabited by a civilization that was somewhat advanced.
"Admiral we have located a planet with an abundance of water and... oh you've already seen it yourself" Hector said.
A few of the crew stopped doing what they were doing and looked at the planet on the holo. Each of them knew that the water on that planet could save the people of the IGA but it would involve another war. We can't just go to this planet without consent of the IGA.
"Admiral I'll set up a conference with our superiors immediately to discuss the next course of action." Hector said as he went to work on a console.
"Damn this cursed world of ours." I muttered.
Author POV
The leaders of the IGA sat in a semi-circle and in the middle, was the holo of Admiral Sextus. The leaders were rather curious to know what their greatest Admiral had to say so they convened immediately and awaited his report.
"Thank you for your attention ladies and gentlemen." said Sextus.
The men and women nodded and motioned for him to continue.
"As of recently we have been having little to no luck finding large amounts of water throughout the newly found galaxies." Sextus said.
The leaders all looked slightly downcast at hearing the news of again no water. Their people needed water desperately and they would do anything to give them water.
"However we did find a planet with an enormous amount of water in an uncharted Galaxy." Sextus said rather excitedly.
All the leaders immediately looked hopeful and happy at the news of water being found. One of the leaders a woman named Amayiya asked for the floor.
"If you have found this enormous amount of water then why haven't you began to transport it here?" she asked.
"Because Lady Amayiya the planet is inhabited by an advanced race of sentient beings. Their technology isn't superior to ours but it rivals that of the technology the people of Ragnon and Drezer had before they disappeared. Besides we would have to purify the water since it is salt water." Sextus said worriedly.
All twelve leaders looked at each other and began to rapidly type on the holo consoles in front of them. A few of them grunted and huffed while others murmured in discontent. The silence went on for a few more minutes until finally they looked up. Most of them had determined faces but one or two of them had somber looks as if they dreaded what was going to be said next. Lady Amayiya rose and looked at each one of her colleagues who each nodded to her and she cleared her throat.
"Admiral Sextus of the Inter-Galactic Alliance fleet. We hereby order you to take any measures necessary to secure this invaluable resource for the survival of our people. You have full authorization to instate a draft to have a fleet strong enough to take the resource by force if necessary." she declared.
Sextus looked at the leaders and thought carefully about his next words.
"Ladies and Gentlemen I cannot do as you ask. I am extremely worn out by the war that ended not even fifteen years ago. My soldiers are not up for this, give us time to recover before we launch this campaign."
The leaders rapidly typed on their consoles and a man rose after a few brief moments.
"Admiral we are ordering you to do this for the survival of our people. You must obey or you will be committing treason."
Sextus looked carefully at each of the leaders in the room and made up his mind to not take part in another genocide. "I hereby renounce my position as Admiral of the IGA fleet."
The leaders all remained in silence as they took in the fact that Sextus had formally renounced his position in the fleet. They all quickly typed into their holo consoles and all looked up as another image appeared in the holo.
"Hello. I am Vice Admiral Edward Arkanian. You all requested me?" said the Vice Admiral calmly.
The leaders all looked at Arkanian and nodded in response. Amayiya rose once again to speak but this time to the Vice Admiral.
"Vice Admiral Arkanian by the power of the Inter-Galactic Council we rise you to the rank of Fleet Admiral and you are to take full control of the IGA fleet immediately and take the planet in your dossier by force. Admiral Sextus will provide backup if need be. You have full authorization to instate a draft on all our planets and colonies and you have whatever resources we have at your disposal to use as you see fit. We emphasize the importance of you achieving your mission Fleet Admiral. Failure is not an option." Amayiya said with finality.
Fleet Admiral Arkanian had a steely look in his eye but calmly said, "I understand and will carry out my orders. Long live the IGA!"
The feed cut off and the leaders terminated the feed that had Sextus displayed.
Sextus POV – Present Day
Another cursed war to be waged and this may be the last war that the IGA ever wages. A subordinate of mines hands me a holo and I thank him. The holo is displaying a live feed of the planet earth that the recon drones are sending. I watch in silence as the drones show me the grand cities of the world. The humans of all corners of the world are coexisting in harmony as peace reigns throughout the world. The drone switches over to a feed from another one in the western hemisphere. It shows a grand city in the middle of the night that is alive with life. It moves to another feed of an even grander city seemingly floating above the previous one. Men and women walk the streets of the city celebrating and having a good time. Teenagers are dancing and having a fun time along with older men and women and then I hear the voice of a man. The drone moves around and focuses on a tall regal looking man in formal attire.
"Ladies and Gentlemen congratulations on winning the battle against the Titans, the Giants, and their monster army" the man said.
Cheers of approval and agreement sound throughout the city. It lasts for a few moments until the man lifts his hand to silence the crowd.
"It has been a year since the battle and we still feel the pain of the price that was paid for victory. The young demigods and demigoddesses of Camp Demigod perished in the onslaught of the main titan army. Amongst them the hero of Olympus Perseus Jackson fell by the hands of Kronos, Krios, and Typhoon. And let us not forget the valiant praetor of the twelfth legion Reyna Ramirez Arellano." The man said.
The crowd stood in silence with many of them crying in sorrow at the loss of their heroes. The drone widened the shot and showed two other men join the first.
"Zeus we believe that some awards are to be given for the heroes of the battles of Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter" said a man with puffy red eyes.
"Indeed it is Poseidon. Hades would you please round up the remaining heroes of the giant war" said the man named Zeus. The man presumably Hades disappeared and then reappeared with eight other people in tow.
"Here they are Zeus the remaining heroes of the giant war." Hades said.
Zeus walked over to the seven and stood towering over them. He then raised his hand and ten other beings flashed in behind him. "Is there anyone who denies that these eight are not worthy of the ultimate gift of the gods?" Zeus asked and no one replied.
"Jason Grace son of Jupiter step forward!" Zeus exclaimed and he suddenly shifted into a more commanding and regal look of a warrior and leader.
The teenager named Jason Grace walked over and bowed to the other gods before kneeling at the foot of Zeus.
"Jason Grace my son. The council sees it fit to present you the gift of godhood. Do you accept my son?' Zeus asked.
Jason looked up and said, "Thank you father I humbly accept the gift of godhood."
The twelve beings stood up and chanted in an unknown language and a gold aura surrounded Jason until a bright light flashed and left him as he was.
"Rise Jason Grace god of storms, minor god of lightning, minor god of heroes, and eternal Tribunus of Rome." Said Zeus.
So, there are gods on earth as well. It seems that the twelve beings performing the incantation are the rulers of the planet. And the teenager Jason was just made into a god. This is very interesting. A female rose next and bowed to all the gods and then knelt before Zeus. His image once again changed into his previous form.
"Thalia Grace, my daughter. We all see it fit that you receive godhood. Do you accept?"
"Yes I do accept dad." She said through a barely restrained smile.
They once again said their incantation and she had a golden aura surround her. "Rise Thalia Grace goddess of thunder, minor goddess of storms, eternal lieutenant of the hunt."
She rose and took a few steps back towards the remaining six. A female rose next and bowed to all the gods and then knelt before a woman with stormy grey eyes.
"Annabeth Chase daughter of Athena. Do you accept the gift of godhood?" asked the woman.
"No I humbly deny the offer of godhood mother." Said Annabeth.
Interesting the young woman denied godhood. Not many would say no to the prospect of eternal life and power. The woman who was identified as Athena smiled at her daughter.
"I would like for a wish of mine to be instead granted. I would like for Lord Hades and Lady Hestia to have thrones and temples on Olympus." Said Annabeth as she looked to Hades and a woman presumably Hestia.
Zeus stepped forward. "Annabeth Chase you need not wish for them to have these things because it was decided beforehand to make Hades and Hestia Olympians."
The two said people rushed forward and embraced Zeus in what appeared to be a bone crushing hug. Zeus seemed a bit uncomfortable but smiled nonetheless once they let him go.
"We again offer you the gift of godhood Annabeth Chase." Zeus said once again.
"I accept Lord Zeus."
Now fourteen gods and goddesses chanted once again and gold aura surrounded her as well until a bright light flashed and left her as she was.
This time Athena stepped forward. "Rise Annabeth Chase goddess of battle strategy, minor goddess of wisdom and heroes, and eternal architect of Olympus."
This happened to the rest of the remaining seven. Next was Nico De Angelo who became the god of shadows and darkness, minor god of death, riches, and heroes, and eternal lieutenant of Hades. Piper Mclean goddess of beauty and minor goddess of magic and heroes. Leo Valdez god of fire and minor god of forges and metal work. Frank Zhang god of shape shifting, minor god of war and archery. Hazel Levesque goddess of riches and strength and minor goddess of shadows and death. After this the gods and goddesses of Olympus announced that there would be a memorial built to the hero of Olympus Perseus Jackson and the famed praetor of the twelfth legion Reyna Avila Ramirez Allerano. Zeus then said to continue the festivities and to party until dawn.
I turned off the holo and sat back in my chair. So, they had just come out of a war with another enemy that had inflicted heavy casualties. It seems that the only ones that are any considerable threat are the gods of Olympus and their heroes. The humans are weak and untrained which will be easy to take over. Maybe this war wouldn't be so bad. I tapped my earpiece and a voice came to life.
"Yes Admiral Sextus what do you need?" said the voice.
"Inform Fleet Admiral Arkanian that I would like to call forth a strategic meeting."
"Yes Admiral Sextus."
I waited briefly for the response and my earpiece rung and I tapped to receive the transmission.
"Fleet Admiral Arkanian has accepted the meeting and will take place at 2030 hours."
"Thank you that will be all" and the transmission ended.
Time skip
Arkanian walked into the war room silently and sat down to hear what I had to say. I quickly brought up the dossiers I made with the information gathered by the recon drones and began my meeting with him.
"As you can see Arkanian there are fourteen gods and goddesses that rule the earth known as the Olympians. The three most powerful of the fourteen are Zeus king of the gods and god of thunder, Poseidon king of Atlantis and god of the sea's, and finally Hades king of the dead and god of underworld. The rest are Hermes god of messengers, Artemis goddess of the hunt, Apollo god of the sun, Athena goddess of wisdom, Ares god of war, Hestia goddess of the hearth, Hera queen of the gods, Demeter goddess of the harvest, Aphrodite goddess of love, Hephaestus god of forages, and Dionysus god of wine." I said quickly.
Arkanian stood up and look at each of the dossiers displayed on the wall. He examined each of them in full detail as I only gave an overview of each of the gods and goddesses and didn't go into full detail. He smiled and let out a small chuckle.
"These so-called gods and goddesses of Olympus are pathetic. They will stand no chance against our battle-hardened gods and goddesses. Their so called Olympian army is nothing compared to the might of the fleet of the IGA. The humans will be of no worry to us when we invade and their primitive weapons will fail against our sabers. You have done well Sextus very well. We will surely destroy the pitiful excuse for lifeforms that are on earth. We will slaughter them like cattle and enslave their gods as slaves to our masters. Just you watch Sextus we will make the earth ours." Arkanian said with such malice that it sent chills throughout my body.
Arkanian turned on his heels and left the room. His thirst for war and blood could not be quenched. I feel sorry for the Olympians, their army, and the humans because Arkanian will not stop until they are destroyed. May their deaths be swift and may they find peace in the afterlife. I closed the dossiers but one stayed open. I looked at it carefully and realized that it was of the fallen hero of Olympus, Perseus Jackson. I looked at the name again and again and felt a weird feeling as if that name meant more than it seemed. I closed the dossier and left the meeting room. War was brewing and the Olympians didn't have their hero. Victory was as good as ours.
Author POV
In a desolate planet that should not be able to maintain life stood millions of figures in black hoods and masks made of shadows. No one not even the creator knew what they were for she had not made them. What the universe knew was that they were creations of End and that they had one sole purpose, to destroy everything that they encountered and take their life force energy to revive End.
One of the figures rose high above them all and let out a soul piercing screech which was magnified by the millions of figures who joined in. The screech was so loud that it could be heard a galaxy away. Suddenly it stopped as a cold presence entered the air.
"Mistress. We watch and wait for your return. The foolish mortals of the IGA are on their way towards earth to war. All preparations have been made to assault the black fortress." Said the floating figure in a raspy voice.
Silence was all they heard as End gave no response.
"Mistress are you not pleased with our progress?" the floating figure asked fearfully.
"Leave the black fortress alone, I have much bigger plans for it. Take the ghouls and attack the twin planets of the Prada system. With the combined life force of the people of those two planets it should be enough to give me a physical body." End said.
"Yes mistress we shall do as you command." The floating ghoul said.
"One more thing." End said as a new ghoul formed beside the floating one. "Make this the last time anyone dares defy me. I will not allow for you to take life force meant for me!" End said full of anger as the newly formed ghoul devoured the one next to it. Screams of agony and unimaginable pain filled the air as the ghoul died a slow and painful death. "Now go and bring me the life force I need."
All the ghouls began flying straight up as they left the grasp of the planet's atmosphere. They began accelerating faster and faster until they reached a velocity of the speed of light.
"One more day, one more day and then I shall have a body once again. Then I shall come for you. You who left me without a body. You who took everything from me. Dearest brother, Omega."