Characters: Percy Jackson- Omega, Luke Castellan- Alpha, Zoë- Beta, Bianca di Angelo -Theta, Phoebe-Eta, Charles Beckendorf- Delta, Silena Beauregard - Gamma, Ethan Nakamura- Iota, Castor- Kappa, Lee Fletcher- Zeta, Michael Yew-Epsilon

Chapter 9

"Where have you guys been?" Phoebe asked as Percy and Bianca walked into their cabin.

"I went to visit my mom, Bianca went with me. Didn't Luke tell you?" Percy replied as he walked to the fridge. "Luke!" He yelled as he grabbed a blue Coke.

"What do you want Percy? Supernatural is about to come on." Luke yelled back from the main room.

"Did you tell anyone where I was going?" Percy asked.

"No, was I supposed to?" He asked.

"Well I would expect you to. I'm going to have a meeting tonight, so Phoebe, will you tell everyone I'll be back in a couple hours." Percy said as he walked to his room.

He pulled his hood up and made a portal to the throne room. "Excuse me." He said impatiently to the arguing gods.

"What is it now?" Zeus thundered.

"I need to have a private conference with Aphrodite." He said formally.

"Why?" Poseidon asked.

"It's private for a reason," Percy snapped. "Aphrodite it's urgent that you come with me now."

"Oh alright. Sit down Zeus." She said as he started to get up. "What can he do to me? He's a mere demigod."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that m'lady," Percy replied calmly. He created a portal and they stepped into it and put into Central Park.

"What are we doing here? Do you have some love troubles?" Aphrodite asked nervously.

"Oh don't worry. Omega won't hurt you my dear," Chaos said stepping out of her portal.

"Thank you for coming so quickly Lady Chaos." Percy said. "I have found a new threat to the camp."

"Then why aren't we talking about this with the other gods?" Aphrodite yelled.

"Calm my dear. I'm sure Omega has a perfectly reasonable explanation for not bringing this to the council yet." Chaos responded coolly.

"Yes, I said I found a new threat, I just don't know what it actually is." Percy explained. "It's a form of charmspeak, but it doesn't work on certain immortals, or some who have come close to death. Like, on the very brink of death."

"And it's not regular charmspeak," Chaos asked. When Percy declined with a shake of his head she responded, "do you know what this could be Aphrodite?"

"It's definitely weird. My children can use charmspeak and have it work on anyone." She said thoughtfully. "Is the person using it one of my kids?"

"You claimed him yourself," he said.

"Hm, I'm guessing you're thinking of Stephen. Sweet boy, did you know that he defeated Gaea and the Titans?" Aphrodite asked dreamily.

"See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! Stephen did none of that!" Percy was getting heated up. "He put all of that in your head to make Perseus seem like a nobody! To drive Percy's friends away from him! To make him run away! He's the reason you guys don't have your real hero!"

"You're wrong. Stephen is such a sweet b-"

"I would stop saying that my dear." Chaos said suddenly. Percy's hands were in fists, he was breathing heavily, and his teeth were clenched.

"Just- let's talk about what kind of charmspeak this could be." Percy said unclenching his fists.

Aphrodite looked at Percy warily. "Okay, well, there is only one kind of charmspeak I can think of. It's called chairekakía. It means malevolence."

"Yeah I know what it means. So this, chairekakía, where does it derive from?" Percy asked.

"Sorry forgot you were a demigod. And chairekakía is a form of charmspeak that only a handful of my kids have gotten. It is just like you said, it works on certain immortals and some of those who have been on the brink of death. It only works with some because if it worked with all then it would control most people on earth. I guess you didn't want that happening Chaos."

"Don't pin this on me. You're the one that created it."

"Wh-"

"By having charmspeak be one of your kids' powers, there has to be a bad charmspeak, or at least a more powerful one. But, it's not good to have someone have so much power, so when this was made, it was made with a little extra power cut off the top." Chaos explained to her.

"We need to deal with this kid. He could be working for the bad guys. There's no other reason he would make Perseus leave camp and be disowned by his friends." Percy demanded.

"Omega, I thought I've taught you better than this. If he could be working for the 'bad guys' then we can use him to our advantage. You mustn't let him know you're true identity." Chaos chided.

"Yes mom." Percy said sarcastically. "Aphrodite you mustn't speak to anyone of this. If you tell one person I will kill all of your children. Don't think I don't know of camp Jupiter either. Do we have a deal?"

"Yes." She answered trembling slightly.

"Swear on the river Styx." He demanded.

"I swear on the river Styx that I won't tell anyone or anything about us knowing about Stephen or his chairekakía." Thunder boomed overhead and Percy made a portal back to the throne room for her. "Wait. What do I tell them we were discussing?"

"Well you're the love goddess. And they don't know Chaos was here. Say I wanted advice on asking a girl out." Percy replied calmly and then vanished back to his room. Chaos disappeared shortly after and Aphrodite sighed and went to deal with the council.

AN: Hey fellow readers and Percy Jackson fans, I'm sorry this chapter is so short, but I promise the next one will be longer. As usual I m here to ask for more characters. I am running low on enthusiasm for this story, so if you guys want me to continue PM me a "yes". If you think it's a waste send "no". Thanks for being here everyone, Peace, you fellow Percy Jackson fangirl.