Chapter 7: Devil Trigger


Third Person POV

The first pair Deathstroke was going to face was Hephaestus and Dionysius. The blacksmith god had a sledgehammer while Dionysius was unamred but drunk. When the bell from Leo's toolbelt rang, both gods charged at the demon-powered assassin without thinking.

Deathstroke beats Dionysius first by sliding under his legs and punches him in the crotch, causing the wine god to scream in pain.

"Take this!" Hephaestus shouted, swinging his hammer downward. However, he made a mistake of using only one hand and it left him vulnerable. The assassin uses this to his advantage and punches him and knocks him down by slamming him to the ground.

"That all? Next pair." Deathstroke said.

The next pair was Ares and Aphrodite. The war god had a two handed sword while the love goddess wielded a dagger. The bell rung again, signaling the start of the next battle.

Ares charged while Aphrodite slowly approached Deathstroke. Ares, however, made the same mistake that his brother did which was using only one hand to swing his sword downward. The assassin leaped forward and stomped Ares' hands, disarming him of his sword before kicking him in the face really hard. Deathstroke turns to Aphrodite, who was shaking in fear.

"S...S...Surrender...please." Aphrodite said, trying to use charmspeak but she was so scared it didn't really work.

"Nice try, Lady Aphrodite." the assassin said.

With no other options, she jabbed with her dagger but Deathstroke grabs it with one hand then hits her weapon hand with a flying knee before pulling the love goddess to his direction and lands a brutal punch that sent Aphrodite to the ground.

"Next Pair."

The next pair was Poseidon and Athena, to Luke, Zoe, Bianca, Skia and Callista's surprise.

"You would pair with your rival, Lady Athena?"

"Lance and Annabeth's marriage ended our feud. Now, let's go!" Athena said.

The wisdom goddess went first, jabbing her with her spear but the assassin grabbed it and kicked Athena in the face and knocks her out with the butt of her own spear. Deathstroke throws the spear on the ground and charges at Poseidon. Without thinking, the sea god charged with his trident. But before he could try anything, Poseidon was suddenly swept off his feet as Deathstroke brings out Neutralizer and uses his freeze lightning to hold him in place. He ends the fight by knocking the sea god down with his staff. Sheathing his staff, he looks at Zeus and Lance.

"Three pairs down, one to go."

Lance sneered. "I'm the God of Heroes. You can't beat me. That last one was just dumb luck!"

"Lance! Don't underestimate hi-"

With that, the "God of Heroes" charges, despite Zeus' warning not to underestimate the assassin.

Deathstroke didn't let up. He stunned Lance with an elbow to the face then lands a roundhouse kick to the gut and finishes it with a flying knee to the face.

Zeus brought out his bolt, which he wields like a sword and approaches the assassin with caution. Deathstroke charges with his staff out and throws it while it was in freeze mode, holding Zeus still. With that, he ends the fight with a flying kick to the sky god's face.

"Deathstroke wins!" Leo shouted.

Satisfied, the assassin is about to walk out of the arena but when he turns, a sword was flying at him. It hit him, knocking his mask off to his comrade's horror. Deathstroke's identity was revealed to the gods and campers: Perseus Jackson, the Betrayed Hero of Olympus. He changed ever since the job at the Vault of the Warrior. His hair had several silver streaks and his eyes became blood red and golden.

"PERCY?!" Jason, Thalia, Nico and the other demigods and gods that voted against his execution shouted.

"You!" Annabeth, Poseidon and Lance shouted.

"You have some nerve to come back here, Perseus!" Athena yelled.

"You accepted help from Chaos and I suggest you let it help." the betrayed ex-son of Poseidon calmly replied.

"You're nothing but an idiot!" Lance yelled. "You're a coward! A traitor! A betrayer! You're the villain that was brought to justice and I am the Hero of Olympus!"

"YOU DARE QUESTION ME!"

Percy was suddenly engulf in blood red energy and from it, he was transformed. The assassin was turned into a crimson reptilian demon (Dante's Devil Trigger form from DMC4). His weapons mysteriously vanished and only the Sparda katana was there. It was glowing red, black and gold. The demonic assassin signaled Sparda to disappear and it was replaced for a new weapon: a black gauntlets and greaves set with a wolf motif radiating with dark, purple energy.

"The Beowulf set, now radiating with darkness, time to feel its anger!"

With anger and hatred in his glowing yellow eyes, he charges like a handgun bullet, hitting Lance until they hit a wall. He then pulls the god away from the wall and rebounds off the wall and kicks him in the face, sending him flying to the wall. The others charged. Percy may have been labeled a traitor by many but none of the demigods seemed anxious to get close to an angry dark powered demon assassin. DT Percy brutally beats up the gods that unjustly wronged him until only Zeus, Poseidon and Athena remained.

"Can't we talk about this?" Zeus asked.

"Too late." Percy said. "Diplomacy isn't in my vocabulary!"

He blasts Athena to a wall and Poseidon charges. Percy switches to a new weapon: a tripartite nunchacku radiating with cold energy.

"You wanna know what this is, father? It's Cerberus from another dimension!"

With that, he throws Cerberus at Poseidon, freezing the god entirely. Percy switches out again. This time, he had twin, identical scimitars. One was orange and the other was light blue. They were radiating with fire and air respectively.

"Agni and Rudra, twins indeed. I'm saving my ex-father for last!"

He charges at Zeus in a tornado of air and fire. The sky god, however, was too shocked and confused to react. He crashes to a wall with a small flame on his hair, much to the demon's amusement. Using Agni, he thaws out a weakened Poseidon. He switches to Sparda. Percy's reptilian demon form was now radiating and slowly turning pitch black starting from his feet.

"Any last words, sea god?"

"PERCY!" someone yelled. It was Hestia, Hades, Hera, Artemis, Apollo and Hermes.

"Stay out of this, you six! This fool will get what he deserves for what he did to me!"

"Is this something your mother would want you to become?" Hera asked.

Hesitating, he lowers Sparda. The darkening of his form disappeared and he turns back to his regular assassin form with Valiance, Defiance and Neutralizer returning to the original sheaths and holsters.

"Fine. But they will know respect. And someday, justice will be served."

With that, he leaves the arena and no one said a word, too afraid that their lives will flash before their eyes at the hands of a demonic-powered assassin.

"What just happened?" Artemis asked. Chaos suddenly began to speak to her in her mind.

"Percy activated Devil Trigger, the final stage of his powers. His emotions depend on the color of his form's armored scales. Thankfully, he didn't turn pitch black otherwise this whole place will be reduced to rubble in a couple of minutes."


Percy's Devil Trigger Emotion Guide

Sea Green - Happy

Lavender - Love

Ocean Blue - Neutral

Golden Yellow - Anger Stage 1 (Annoyed)

Crimson Red - Anger Stage 2 (Angry in General)

Pitch Black - Anger Stage 3 (Jason Voorhees-loses-his-mom angry)