Chapter 7

A couple years into the future,

The wind swept through the grain of sand, which made the desert larger and larger. It felt lonely, as there was a scarcity of humans in the public areas in the once majestic city of New York. The sun no longer had its bright yellow color as the blood of battles darkened its once beautiful and majestic light into a darkened fiery red. The sky parted from its blue color and became redder signaling the effect the battles between demigods and gods had taken in the mortal world.

On the corner of the barren road, a small TV appeared with people watching it. "BREAKING NEWS, we interrupt this broadcast to give a message to the few surviving people out there, if you're still alive, then you need to listen to this."

The screen changed to a person in the once grand White House. "My fellow Americans, or should I say, my fellow humans. In this time of adversity, we are being offered a choice, a choice to finally recognize a fast growing threat within the remaining population of our beautiful blue world. I know some of you may have ask why this, apocalypse, happened. I want to tell you why. Recently, we have come to discover other higher beings than us are gin a civil war with each other." A girl and a boy watching the TV looked a themselves in confusion. "I understand that you maybe confused. But these higher beings are the childhood stories we were told as a child. Yes, I do mean the Greek Mythology stories like Hercules and Achilles which are very real. These monsters that you began to see on the streets are no illusions."

Gasps around the world could be found as people started panicking. "I am telling you this because. they are at war with each other. One side led by the Greek god Zeus, the other side, the Titan Kronos and the Primordial goddess Gaea, and lastly, the third side led by Athena, Poseidon, Hades, and Perseus, not the original, but the son of Poseidon. Should this war escalate further into the mortal world, we have been asked to formally choose a side. If you do not wish to participate in this war, then you should stay in a neutral territory which will be distributed on a map shortly. My fellow humans, I leave you with this. Stay with your families, friends, and coworkers. Cherish them and spend time with them. For when this war really starts, most of us will not survive."

...

"Athena, get the council together. The true battle is about to start."

Into the past,

Perseus stood at the entrance of Tartarus. He remembered where it was because of the time that Annabeth, himself, and Grover almost fell into it while carrying Zeus ' lightning bolt. He felt a pull as if Tartarus wanted him to jump. 'Jump, jump' it screamed in his head.

Suddenly, he felt the shadows around him bent. He looked behind and he saw Hades and Nico standing there. "Perseus, what are you doing?" Hades asked.

Perseus grinned. "I am doing what needs to be done. For me to be able to defeat gods, I need to train. What better place to train than Tartarus itself with it being one of the harshest environment in the world."

Nico stepped forward. "Perce, please. Don't. You have more then enough allies. You don't need to be stronger."

"Yes, I do." With that, he jumped into the darkest pit in the entire world.