Chapter 6

Warpath's P.O.V.

"Percy Jackson" replied Thalia.

I froze, and very subtly moved my eyes to meet Chaos's own and gave a small nod.

He nodded back. It's a good thing we prepared for something like this. Although I was almost certain that they probably wouldn't care enough to remember who I was.

No one's P.O.V.

"And who is this Percy Jackson, child?" asked Chaos playing dumb.

"He's a demigod . A son of Poseidon." answered Thalia.

"He was our friend. He disappeared about 4,000 years ago and we've tried looking for him, but he's nowhere to be found." said Nico sadly.

"and we know that he hasn't died because Hades said that his soul hasn't entered the underworld." added Annabeth with tears in her eyes. Hades nodded.

The Roman demigods in the room nodded in concurrence with sad looks on their faces as well as a few of the Gods.

"But why would he leave camp if he was surrounded by his friends who supposedly care so much about him?" asked Chaos.

"Who cares?! He was a loser anyway!" exclaimed Bryce.

Annabeth, Thalia, Grover, Nico, Clarisse, and the Stolls glared at Bryce, looking like they were about to jump out of their seats and kill him. The Romans weren't any better.

"You shut your mouth!" yelled Thalia.

"Don't you bad-mouth Percy, punk!" growled Clarisse.

"Percy was a million times better than you!" said Nico.

"I can't believe we ever pranked with you!" yelled the Stolls.

Grover munched on a tin can angrily.

"Perseus was strong, loyal, and kind! He also had a good heart, which is something you severely lack Poseidon-spawn! He was a far better hero then you and ten times the man!" berated Artemis. Apollo adamantly agreed with his sister for once.

"You ruined my favorite couple!" screamed Aphrodite.

"Percy would never give up on his friends and would go through the depths of Tartarus for the people he cares about! And he has!" yelled Hermes, obviously remembering the lengths Percy went to when attempting to dissuade his son Luke from his evil path. Even though they had not succeeded, and after all the pain and loss, Percy still showed kindness. At the end, when Luke gave his life for Olympus, Percy was there telling him that he was forgiven and that he would be offered eternal peace in Elysium and that no one hated him...that he will be remembered as the hero that he was. Not for his mistakes.

Annabeth mentally flinched at the memory of Tartarus and how together, Percy and herself overcame it. He protected her with all he had down in that hellhole.

"I'll admit, I never cared for Perseus in the beginning. But after everything he has gone through and all the things he has seen at such a young age, he still remained true to himself which is admirable. Perseus has proved his cunning and intelligence on the battlefield countless times, gaining my respect. He went to great lengths to prove to me his devotion and worthiness to my daughter, Annabeth." said Athena.

"He has also single handedly put an end to Poseidon and I's centuries old feud." said Athena placing a friendly hand on Poseidon's shoulder and giving him a small smile which he returned weakly with sadness in his eyes.

"A better hero and ten times a better man, huh?" said Bryce. "That's funny, because that wasn't what dear Annabeth was saying right before that loser left" Bryce said with a cocky smirk. "He couldn't even take care of his girlfriend. So I had to. Ain't that right, Annie?" he said. "It's not my fault he couldn't please her." he said with a smirk and a laugh.

Annabeth was sobbing uncontrollably, repeating something that sounded like "forgive me Percy" no louder then a whisper between shaky breaths and cries. She tried to regain her breathing, but was overcome with despair and regret and started crying hysterically again.

Hestia's fire she had been tending had grown larger, darker, and more aggressive. Ares was trying to hold back his laughter and was cleaning his fingernails with a knife. Dionysus had his eyes closed and was leaned back in his chair trying to doze off, obviously not interested in what anyone was discussing. Zeus, Hera, and Hades just sat and glared with hate at the Poseidon-spawn, desperately trying to control their anger. Waves of power flowed off of the Gods and Goddesses making the air around them crackle with energy. All of them glaring at Bryce with such hate in their eyes.

Poseidon hung his head feeling nothing but shame and regret for what he did to his son and who he replaced him with. Percy was irreplaceable.

After seeing this display, Chaos just held up his hand and everyone stopped. "Never mind, I shall see for myself." said Chaos.

"But first, I would like to know more of this Percy Jackson and his accomplishments, since you all seem to hold such a strong liking towards him and speak so highly of him."

With a wave of his hand, the whole room around them turned pitch black.

Warpath's P.O.V.

It was like watching a movie. Except the movie was of different moments of my life.

Different scenes passed by and everyone stared in amazement. Including me.

~Time Skip~

We watched everything. From the day I stepped foot in The Manhattan Metropolitan Museum of Art with the exhibit on Greek and Roman mythology back when I was 12, to the end of the Giant War when I stepped foot off of the Argo II at 18.

Chaos didn't leave anything out either. Everything I've ever done, every heroic moment, every stupid comment was all on display. He included all the mushy stuff with me and Annabeth too. Every. Single. Moment. He even showed what her and I went through down in Tartarus. I don't think I've ever seen my former father look so proud. Everyone in the room had one visible emotion on their smiling faces: admiration. Well, everyone except Bryce.

Annabeth had tears in her eyes again. But this time, a smile was paraded on her face. "That's my Seaweed Brain" I heard her say with pride.

But those smiles wouldn't be there for long. Because I knew what was coming next.

The Fallout.

The scene shifted to my conversation with Athena when I went to her to ask for permission to marry Annabeth. When it finally showed the part where Athena told me that if I could complete the 12 Labors of Hercules, that she would give me her blessing, everyone's mouths dropped. Then it showed when Athena asked me if I still thought Annabeth was worth it, I responded by saying "I would complete the Labors every year for the rest of my life as long as I knew I had Annabeth to come home to".

Annabeth started sobbing and shaking again.

Then it finally showed it, ME, completing the 12 LABORS OF HERCULES one by one.

First, I to slay the Nemean lion. After that, I to slay the Lernaean Hydra. Next, I had to capture the Ceryneian Hind. Then, I had to capture the Erymanthian Boar. After that, I had to clean the Augean Stables. When I finished that, I had to defeat the Stymphalian birds. Once that was done, I had to capture the Cretan Bull. Then, I had to steal Mares of Diomedes. Next on the list, I needed to obtain the Belt of Hippolyta. After that was completed, I had to obtain the Cattle of Geryon. Then, I had to steal apples from the Garden of the Hesperides. And last but not least, I had to capture Cerberus.

Some of my finest moments if I do say so myself. The look on my former father's face before was nothing compared to the one he was wearing now. It was pure pride. A huge smile was plastered on his face as he watched my achievements. It almost made me smile too. Almost.

Annabeth had tears in her eyes and a hand over her mouth; probably to keep her sobs at bay. But she looked...happy. She looked proud. Then she turned around and embraced her mother in loving hug. Athena gladly accepted and drew her daughter into her arms and nuzzled her head into her shoulder as she cried; rubbing small circles on her back, trying to calm her down.

Here it comes...

The day I returned to camp.

~Time Skip~

The scene showed Poseidon in front of the entire camp claiming Bryce as his favorite son when I was not two feet away from him. The raw pain and hurt was visible on my face.

It changed to Chiron telling me that my mother, stepfather, and unborn baby sister were killed in a brutal car accident. You could see how I was struggling to keep my emotions in check. I ended up crying in Chiron's arms. Everyone watched with sympathetic faces, especially my former father.

The scene switched to the Stolls and Bryce constantly pranking me and making my life a living hell. It switched to show Bryce and Clarisse making fun of me more often, except these insults were exceptionally more hurtful then usual.

Stolls looked away with pained expressions and frowns on their faces.

Clarisse looked down and sniffled as she wiped her eyes with the palm of her hand.

Then it showed scenes of Bryce deliberately sabotaging things and framing me for them.

The scene went to Bryce setting fires in the camp woods near Juniper's bush and telling Grover that I did it because I was jealous of their friendship.

Grover put his head in his hands and started whimpering.

It showed Bryce telling Nico on how I allegedly said I was glad Bianca died and how useless children of Hades were.

Nico dropped his head in shame.

It showed Bryce snapping Thalia's favorite bow in half and putting it on my bed in my cabin and telling Thalia I took it. Then it showed Thalia confronting me about it. I honestly told her that if she was so sure that I stole it then she could check my cabin. At the time, I thought I had nothing to worry about since I knew I didn't do it. Five minutes later she came storming out of my cabin towards me clutching a broken bow and slapped me in the face HARD. It was enough to make me stagger back.

Thalia winced at the sound of the slap and a few tears rolled down her cheeks. Her lips started quivering and she ran a hand through her hair. Artemis laid a comforting hand on her shoulder.

The Romans looked at the Greek demigods with hate in their eyes.

Then, finally, it showed the scene I had been dreading. The day I caught Annabeth cheating on me.

It showed me clutching the ring box in my hand as I watched Bryce and Annabeth in the middle of a heavy make out session. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I listening to the conversation between Bryce and Annabeth about how better he is than me at everything. It showed me confronting them. Then it switched to Annabeth pleading with me to forgive her and take her back as I threw the ring box at her feet.

Annabeth was bent over shaking and clutching her head while sobbing and mumbling "forgive me, my love" like a crazy person.

Blah, blah, blah, more crying, blah blah, blah, please Percy forgive me, blah, blah, I'm so sorry, blah, blah, blah, blah, come back, blah, blah.

Then it went to me slashing all the pictures back in my cabin and packing my bag. Last but not least, it showed me walking right out the camp gates and then it was over.

Everything was dead quite and everyone looked miserable.

"Well, that seems to answer the question of why Perseus had left." said Chaos solemnly.

"Now let's see what happened to him." continued Chaos.

Everything turned dark again, but this time it was different. Now, it was like we were standing there in person.

It showed me running through the dark woods, jumping over branches and breathing heavily. You could hear the loud rustling and cracking of branches behind me as would appear I being chased. Whatever was chasing me, it was BIG. It showed me rounding a corner, an then CRACK! You could hear the sickening crunch of bones as was smacked to the side by a giant club. I flew through the air and landed on my back, breathing what seemed were my last breaths as I stared at the night sky. My left side of my ribcage was bloody and broken. If you took a closer look at me, you could see that I was weary and pale. I was also sporting a busted lip with cuts and bruises all over my body. The clothes I wore were dirty, ripped and mangled. My hair matted my forehead as I coughed up blood and clutched me side while staring up at my attacker. It was enormous giant with ugly gnarled features. The giant, towered over me with a sick smile on its face.

"NOOOO!" Poseidon yelled as he threw his trident at the giant. The trident just passed right through like he was a ghost.

"This is just a vision of the past, Poseidon. We are simply here just to watch. There is nothing that you can do to stop it." said Chaos completely void of emotion.

"Nobody is coming to save you." said the giant. "Your all alone".

It was barely a whisper, but everyone heard it.

"I know."

"Goodbye, Percy Jackson." as he raised his giant club over his head preparing to strike the final blow.

"PERCY!" screamed Annabeth.

Then it ended.