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"Percy!" shouts my dad. "Delphin, do you mind. You can give your report later."
Delphin nods and says in dolphin speak, "Yes my lord." Delphin swims out of the room, the guard leaves, and Poseidon gets off his throne and comes and hugs me. Triton and Amphitrite look uncomfortable at this sight but don't say anything. Poseidon realizes what he's doing in front of his wife and son and lets go of me, looking uncomfortably at his wife. She rolls her eyes and gestures that it's ok.
Poseidon looks back to me and gets this goofy grin on his face. Oh gods, is that what I look like when I'm excited? "Percy, I'm glad you came to Atlantis." He exclaims.
"Dad, hello. I'm proud to say I haven't died by the hunters yet and that Atlantis is really beautiful." I say.
"Yes it is, well, I believe that my wife and son have something to say to you." He says. Thanks Dad, throw me under the bus.
"Percy, I know we don't have exactly the best relationship because you're the product of Father's cheating, however, you have saved the world twice and brought my son to Camp. I would like to have a better relationship with you in the future. Thank you for making the gods recognize the minor gods and for bringing respect to their kids. Without you, my son would be in the Hermes cabin, probably hating me. " says Triton.
"I would love to restart. Your son, Danny, is amazing by the way. His mom is very nice but his stepdad is-was a jerk. Danny won't have to worry about him anymore, Uncle Hades on the other hand… I was only doing what was right when I made that wish."
That got a chuckle out of Triton and Amphitrite looked concern for her grandson as did Poseidon. Once I had hinted I killed him, they looked relieved. Amphitrite looks at me, "Even though I don't have any demigod children that your wish affected..." She looks at an uncomfortable Poseidon. "You still saved us all twice, and for that, you have my eternal respect."
"Thank you Lady Amphitrite." I say.
"Just Amphitrite Percy, you deserve the most of all of the demigods to not have to deal with titles."
"Thank you. So Oceanus's army is still around?" I ask, curious to what my dad and half-brother have to deal with in the underwater kingdom.
"Yes Percy, Oceanus himself disappeared after we took down Typhoon and you defeated Kronos, (AN:I'm pretty sure this is how it went in The Last Olympian but I not sure. The part about Oceanus, not his army.) however, his army didn't disappear, they keep making small attacks on villages on the outskirts of our kingdom. Nothing too damaging, just a hassle to repair. He doesn't have many soldiers left, from what Delphin said, we captured a large amount of his remaining army." says my Dad.
"Yes, although it was unfortunate that the palace was destroyed, it was necessary to defeat Typhoon and it made Oceanus let up." adds Triton.
"Well, as Poseidon knows, Polybetes recently attacked Camp Jupiter. He was risen by Tartarus for the coming war, so I wouldn't be surprised if he gave Oceanus more soldiers to attack you." I say. This seems to worry Poseidon and he looks deep in thought. Amphitrite and Triton look scared about another attack so soon.
"Percy, I think you may be right. It would be a good way to get us out of this war to attack me in my domain. I wouldn't be able to assist my siblings in the war." points out Poseidon.
Percy? I hear a voice in my head. It doesn't sound like when Chaos speaks to me in my head.
Hello, may I ask who this is? I ask. I can practically hear and feel the eye roll that occured with my statement.
Percy, it's Artemis. I just wanted to let you know that me and the hunters moved camp after you left. We are now camped at the Muir Woods National Monument. It's a redwood forest about 16 miles away from San Francisco. I heard Phoebe say something about, 'Disgusting males, if one more comes up to me and flirts, I'm going to kill him!' While this is pretty normal for Phoebe, I don't want an angry god/goddess killing her.
Ok, thanks for letting me know Arty. I reply. And another eye roll.
"Percy, are you ok?" asks my dad. I guess I looked zoned out talking to Artemis mentally.
"Sorry dad, Artemis was in my head telling me where they set up camp." I reply.
"Son, how exactly is it living with the hunt? I'm surprised you aren't dead or missing your genitals." mused my dad.
"Well, it wasn't exactly a walk in the park until this morning." I say.
"What happened this morning?" asked Triton.
GREAT! If I tell them, I might get Zoё executed since she already died. "Swear on the River Styx that you won't tell anyone what I say and won't do anything about what I'm going to tell you. What happened isn't dangerous but someone could die if certain people find out." I explain. The look confused but they swear. "I asked Chaos to bring Zoё Nightshade back. It turns out she's pretty popular in the Hunt." I say casually. Triton and Amphitrite looked confused by Poseidon has a look of understanding on his face. I guess those two don't leave the water too much.
"Percy, how?" asks Poseidon.
"Dad, like I said, I asked Chaos. I thought that she deserved a second chance after her millenia of service and Artemis was and is very fond of her, as is the Hunt. Zoё was the lieutenant of the hunt for over a millenia." I explain.
"Ok. Percy, what do you plan on doing after this prophecy. I assume that you don't want to stay with the hunters longer than necessary?" asks my dad.
"Well, actually dad,I wa-..." I start to say before I get interrupted by the guard that led me here burst into the throne room. "My Lords and Lady, Oceanus, attack, here, overrun…" He manage to get out before he passes out. I then notice the multiple arrow wounds in his back that are bleeding. Since we're underwater, the blood starts to float out into the surrounding water. Suddenly, two great white sharks come in. They seem excited about the blood but hold off since they are in the presence of royalty. I pick up the guard, place him on the backs of the sharks, and tell them mentally, "Can you two bring this man to the infirmary? He is dying."
"Of course, milord." They reply.
"Thank you, move as fast as you can." I request. They nod and swim out of the room, as fast as they can without dropping the guard. "Well, I just haaaaaad to say something about freaking Oceanus. Me and my stupid mouth!" I shout. Poseidon looks at me slightly amused but mostly in agreement. Triton and Amphitrite just summon their weapons and magically flash their armour onto themselves.
Poseidon does the same and tells me, "Percy, go down to the armory and ask for your armour. Tyson made it especially for you and I must say, it is amazing."
"Thanks dad, um, where is the armory?" I ask. Hey, I've only ever been here once, don't look at me like that.
Poseidon rolls his eyes, points to his right, and says, "Down the hall, third door on your left."
"Thanks dad."
Walking down the palace in construction, I think about how this must look when it isn't completely destroyed. That gameroom sounded nice before it was destroyed. Ah. the armory. It looks like any old door but when you open it. It opens into a hallway with doors branching off of it. The doors are labeled, Swords, Clubs, Tridents, etc. I stopped outside of the one labeled Armour, for obvious reasons. Opening the door, I was stunned by the amount of protective gear there was. There was gleaming bronze chest plates, coral helmets, and the blueish steel made into boots. There was a cyclops on guard and he scowled when I walked in. "Halt, state your name and business!" he demanded.
"Percy Jackson, I'm here to pick up my armour." I say in a bored tone of voice. This guy obviously doesn't know who I am and therefore is just doing his job but still, I'm a human, breathing underwater, having Poseidon's features. It's not that hard to guess who I am!
His eye widened when I said my name and he quickly dropped into a bow. UGH! "Sorry Milord, I did not know it was you. Your armour is this way." He says.
"None of this, 'Milord' business, my name is Percy, not Lord. Don't call me Lord, I'm just as mortal as you are, there is no reason to call me Lord." I say in an exasperated voice. It's honestly not that hard to call me my name!
"Sorry Milord Percy, anyways, here is your armour." says the cyclops. I just sigh and look at the armour that my half-brother designed and made. My jaw dropped.
There were three pieces of armour. A chestplate of the Atlantean Steel with a celestial bronze trident plated into the middle of the chestplate. There was a Imperial Gold Greek-styled helmet, with a sea green wave design on either cheek. Finally, there was a set of Atlantean Steel leggings that had scenes of my adventures over the years. All of it was shiny and gleaming underwater and I was definitely going to thank Tyson for this gift next time I saw him. "Milord, General Tyson said that if you wanted, that if you didn't want to wear your armour at all times, that it would work similar to your pen." points out the cyclops.I imagine the armour as a blue ring on my right hand and said ring materializes on my hand. I picture my armour on me again and the ring disappears with the armour on my body. I don't normally wear armour because I don't like it weighing me down but when I put on this set, it didn't feel like I was wearing anything extra! I get ready to leave for the battlefield when I hear the cyclops speak again.
"Milord, General Tyson has this marked under your name, would you like to see it?" asks the cyclops. Curious to what else my brother made me, I say yes. "He said you would know what to do with it." adds the cyclops while throwing me a small object. My face lights up as I recognize the watch/shield that my brother has made. I put it on my wrist and activate it. The familiar woosh of metal comes from my hand and there is a circular piece of bronze once more covering my wrist. Instead of just scenes from my second quest, there is now scenes from all of my adventures, me holding the sky, me leading the group of demigods in front of the Empire State Building, a picture of the 7, even a picture of Tyson and co taking down Typhoon. I deactivate the shield, tuning it back into a watch, thank the cyclops, and swim out of a hole in the roof leftover from when Oceanus last came through here.
Swimming up, I can see a long line of figures in the distance, on the walls of Atlantis. I can see my dad, Amphitrite, and Triton all on the wall as well, looking regal as always. In the far distance, I can see two rows of figures marching towards the walled city. Leading them, a giant merman riding a chariot pulled by giant crawfish approaches. He is holding a snake as a weapon with a long sword on his back. As I got closer, I saw the mermen and cyclopes our our side, and the dracaenae, cyclopes, and mermen on his side. I guess the Dracaenae have his blessing or something to breathe underwater. Using the currents to move me faster, I come to a stop right next to my father as I hear him speaking to someone on his left.
"What news do we have of the enemies numbers?" asks my dad.
A familiar voice replies, "Sorry Daddy, we are outnumbered at least 3 to 1."
"Tyson?" I ask. Poseidon steps to the side as I see my half-brother running at me with his arms wide open.
"BROTHER!" shouts Tyson, hugging me very, very tightly. Even if I trained for two years, it still hurts a lot to get hugged by a cyclops.
"Hey Tyson, thanks for the armour and new shield. We are in the middle of a fight so…" I manage to wheeze out. He lets me go and looks sheepish. "Don't worry about it Tyson, how's your job as general of the cyclops? Did Zeus get you your new stick?" I ask.
Tyson looks excited. "Yes, Zeus get me big stick! I am leader of army! Lots of fun!" exclaims Tyson. He looks very happy and of course, then he notices my wings. "Brother, you are birdy?" he asks. Dad snorts and I shoot him a mock glare.
"No Tyson, I just got wings. I'm not part bird." I say.
"Birdy! Brother is a birdy!" shouts Tyson. Oh no. This isn't going away anytime soon. Triton lets out a small chuckle and even Amphitrite has a look of amusement on her face. I facepalm.
I let out a long groan of just pure, pure disappointment. I uncap Riptide and summon Nightmare. Obviously, Flame's fire won't work underwater so I don't really want to use. Also, if a few monsters get absorbed into Nightmare, there is a few less monsters in the world.
"Poseidon! Surrender now and suffer less!" shouts Oceanus. Man, he really thinks dad would surrender to suffer less!
"Oceanus, this is your one chance to surrender yourself. Leave, or be destroyed!" I shout. Dad looks a little upset that I kind of stole his moment but I don't care. He can be upset when we are about to be attacked.
"What is this? Another puny demigod of Poseidon? I thought that he was devastated when his last son died?" questioned Oceanus. Dad looks pissed right now. "No matter, he couldn't beat me in the Second Titan War and he won't be able to beat me now." boasts Oceanus.
"Don't be so sure Oceanus! You only won because father went to go help my half-brother. Stand down and you won't be killed." adds Triton.
Poseidon looks at us both proudly. Poseidon is holding his Trident, Amphitrite, a pearl bow, and Triton with his horn and a longsword. Me with my dual swords and Oceanus with his snake. Triton raises his horn to his lips and blows. The sound of his horn echoes across the soon-to-be battlefield. He sounds his horn again and Oceanus's troops start to fidget. Oceanus puts his snake down and draws his sword. I turn to Triton, "You want the snake or should I get it?" I ask.
He smirks and says, "Together." I nod and turn to Dad. "You get Oceanus all to yourself until me and Triton kill the snake." I say. He nods. Welp, let's do this. "Triton, one more time please."
Triton blows his horn one more time. The sound is left echoing over the troops as the soldiers rush to fight. As I run across the stone ground, I tap my new watch, causing it to become a shield once again. At the front are me, Triton, Poseidon, the snake, and Oceanus. Amphitrite having stayed behind with her bow. Triton and I rush at the 6 foot tall snake and Poseidon takes on Oceanus with Amphitrite shooting her bow at anything moving.
Triton draws his sword and immediately tries to slice off the snake's head, but the snake dodges. He bites at Triton but I parry it's fangs with Riptide. I swing Nightmare at its neck but it just bounces off with a clang. Great, A Nemean Lion Snake, Note the Sarcasm. "Triton, aim for the mouth!" I shout. He nods in understanding and tries to stab it in the mouth. It dodges and slams it's tail into Triton. He goes flying and I try to think, the snake can't move it's entire body to fast but it can move it's head fast enough to dodge some attacks. I'll have to incapacitate it somehow. Triton staggers back to my side with a small gash on his left side slightly leaking ichor.
"Triton, I'm going to use my water powers to hold the snake's head still. Then, you stab it in the mouth until it dies, sound good?" I ask. Triton just nods and gets ready. I concentrate on the enormous amount of water surrounding us. With my new ring, this shouldn't be too taxing. Facing my hand at the snake, I imagine currents surrounding the snake's head. I start shaping the water to flow around the snake's head so fast that the snake was having trouble moving. By making it a little faster, the snake couldn't move its head at all. Thankfully, I had the thought to leave a small opening right in front of the snake's mouth for Triton to move through. Triton stabs his sword through the fork in the snake' tongue into the bottom of the snake's mouth. The snake tries to snap down on Triton but I force a current under the roof of its mouth so it can't chomp on Triton. Triton slices off its forked tongue and the snake hisses in pain. HISSSSSSSS! Triton decides to end and stabs his sword through the roof of the snake's mouth. Snakey thrashes around for a few seconds before it stops moving and dissolves into golden dust particles.
"Welp, I guess we should help Dad now." I suggest.
Triton eyerolls. "Seriously?"
"No, I think we should just leave and let him do it alone, of course I'm being serious!" I say.
"Nevermind, let's just go help Father." says Triton exasperatedly.
As we run to help out Dad, we watch him and Oceanus fight. Oceanus slashes at Poseidon but he catches it on the prongs of his trident and forces it up before pulling back and shooting a sea-green blast of power at his chest. Oceanus manages to yank his sword down to block the blast but is pushed back a few steps. Both of them are panting from loss of energy even though the fight has only been a few minutes, that blast of power must be draining to use and block.
"Triton, go support Dad. I'm going to take on Oceanus, I need you to get him and yourself ready to finish him. Got it?" I ask.
"Ya know what Percy, you really like to make these plans, don't you?" replies Triton. "Yes, I'll get Father ready."
"Good, the big guy is mine." I say. I walk up to Oceanus who is still regaining his breath. "Hey Fish Breath, What makes you think that you can just waltz on in here and take over the oceans, huh? You think, that just because your a titan, that you can overpower Poseidon and his army, just like that huh? Well guess what Ocean Boy, your wrong, because the forces of evil will never beat the forces of good, because you're only fighting for power or for revenge, while the forces of good fight to defend our lands, for our friends, for family, for each other! Because guess what, even if we don't win the battle, we WILL win the war." I shout.
During that entire speech, the fighting had stopped. Mermen and monsters alike stood by each other, listening. The monsters we were facing didn't really care what I said, for them, what I was saying was just like enemy propaganda, meant to pull down the enemy and raise up your allies, and raise up it's allies it did. Mermen and Cyclopes together pounded their swords and clubs on their shields or the ground. The effect was astounding, a steady beat of BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! The monsters start to look nervous and a few even took half a step back.
"Good speech demigod, good speech. There's just one part you missed, while we lack conviction, you lack the manpower to win. Because sure, you may fighting for what you believe in, but if you're outnumbered 10-1, it doesn't matter. Your only hope, Perseus Jackson, was banished years ago for crimes he didn't commit. You can not win!" exclaims Oceanus.
"Oceanus, that's where you're wrong. Percy might have been betrayed by pretty much everyone he trusted, that doesn't matter to him, especially if the world is at stake. While he might not trust the same every again, he will fight for those 6 gods and goddess that voted for him to remain unbanished." I say, slightly angry that this titan thinks that he knows me better than I do.
"Well spoken young one, you seem to know your hero well, but, do you fight as well as him?" questioned Oceanus.
"Why don't you find out?" I ask.
"So be it." replied Oceanus. With that, he gets into a fighting stance with his sword in front of him. I sink into an offensive stance with Riptide in front of me and Nightmare to my side. I launch myself at him, Riptide stabbing at his chest with Nightmare slashing to block his sword. He sidesteps Riptide and blocks Nightmare with his sword. "A child of Poseidon weilding a Stygian Iron sword, how has your soul not been absorbed?" questions Oceanus.
"Let's just say I got on Uncle Hades good side." I reply with a wink that he can't see because of my hood. Ya know, even though this cloak protects my identity but it makes being sassy a little harder.
Oceanus charges me, shooting a blast of water at me with his sword being swung at my head. I instinctively move the water to the side, sending it blasting into an evil mermen's side. I duck his sword with a distinct swoosh sounding over my head. I stab Nightmare up towards Oceanus and hold Riptide ready to defend myself. Oceanus backs up, making Nightmare miss, and stabs downward with his sword. I push the tip of his sword off Riptide and stomp on the ground. The resulting shockwave knocks all of the enemies off their feet, including Oceanus. All of our forces were left unaffected and were looking at me in awe. Triton looks surprised at this and Poseidon looks proud. I'm not turning around in the middle of a fight to see Amphitrite's reaction so don't ask.
"Well, for a spawn of the sea, you aren't that bad at fighting. Why do you fight for the gods? With how powerful you are, what's to say they won't do the same to you that they did to Perseus Jackson?" questioned Oceanus. "If you joined our side, I'm sure Lord Tartarus would give you a position of power in our ranks. You would have unlimited forces at your disposal and great wealth. Is that not better than anything the gods have ever offered you?"
At this, I just start bursting out in laughter. No seriously, I was on the ground laughing. Still chuckling, I stood up and addressed Oceanus. "Listen here Ocean Boy, yeah, the gods made a mistake in banning Percy. But guess what, they learned from that mistake. And as to why I'm sure the gods wouldn't do the same to me, I have a lot of friends on the council. A few of them are even my patrons. So no, I won't be joining you or Tartarus. My fatal flaw is loyalty for Hades sake, no offer of power would break the loyalty I have to my father and his family, no matter their past mistakes pertaining to Percy Jackson."
"Very well then sea spawn, don't say we didn't give you this chance. When you're on your knees begging for forgiveness as Olympus burns, your pleas will fall on deaf ears."
I throw two throwing knives at him, one at his head, the other at his stomach. As he blocks them, I flap my wings and use the currents to launch me over and behind him faster than most could see. To any non-immortals watching, it looked like I teleported. When Oceanus spins to face me, I use the first sword move I was ever taught, the disarming move. Oceanus's sword clatters to the ground. "It's over Oceanus. Call off your army and surrender now. Come to Olympus and stand trial for your crimes. If you surrender, you'll only pay for what you've done so far. It's either surrender or be absorbed by my sword." I point out.
"Never!" he shouts. All of a sudden, his sword is in his hand and he swinging it. I catch his sword on my hilt and lock it in place.
"Too bad for you Oceanus. Don't say we didn't give you the chance." I say in a mock voice. I slam my right wing into his temple with all my might. He crumples to the ground along with his sword. "Dad, what do you want to do with him?" I call out. Dad waves his hand and celestial bronze chains are on Oceanus's limbs.
"This is over! Surrender now or be killed!" I shout. The enemy army looks shares glances and look scared until one of them steps forwards and drops his weapon in front of him. The rest of the army slowly follows suit, at least the mermen. The evil cyclops and other monsters flee and we let them run, we're too busy with the mermen surrendering.
I swam up to Dad and Triton, "Hey, so, how's it going?" I ask casually.
Triton and Poseidon's jaws dropped. "You just defeated the titan of the sea, one of the more powerful titans, WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT, and all you have to say is, 'how's it going!" shouts Triton.
"Pretty much!" I say cheerfully.
Triton rolls his eyes and Poseidon straightens up. "Now that we have beaten the biggest threat to Atlantis in a long time, I say we celebrate! Percy, would you join us?" asks my father.
"Sorry Dad, I love to party as much as the next guy, but I have this new job called Guardian of the Hunt, so, yeah, the work hours are terrible, little flexibility with my hours and it's a pretty much 24/7 job." I exclaim. Dad looks crestfallen and Triton looks a little sad but overall doesn't care too much, what can I say, we made up about an hour ago. "Although, if I explained it well enough, Artemis may let me stay for a night." I compromise. Dad immediately perks up and Triton has a small smile on his face.
"Ok, so if you get permission from Artemis Percy, we're going to start the party with a huge-" Dad's voice faded into the background as I got one of my sometimes annoying mind messages.
"Percy...Hunt...Attack...Danger...Giant...Help!" Artemis's voice assaults my head as I get her frantic message. This doesn't sound good.
I immediately snap to attention and turn to my dad. "Sorry Dad, the party will have to wait. I have to go, The Hunt is under attack. I don't know if i'll be able to come back because we'll have to go to Camp Half-He… Half-Blood. Sorry." And with that, I flame travel to the entrance of the Muir Woods National Monument. I launch myself in the air and listen for the sounds of battle or maybe a glimpse of silver poking through the trees. Thankfully, it's nighttime so my blackwings won't stand out like a sore thumb in the sky. I quietly fly over the dark forest, making as little sound as possible.
Suddenly, a loud cheer overtook my senses as it echoed over the forest. However, it wasn't the high-pitched screams of the hunters after successfully tracking and killing a dangerous monster, no, this was the mix of a reptilian roar and howls of hellhounds. I start to fly towards the sound the cheers, dreading what I would see when I reached them. What I saw wasn't good.
The hunters were all in celestial bronze chains, sat in a circle, surrounded by hellhounds, cyclopes, and dracanae. None of them were dead and none of them had any major wounds, that I could see at least. A couple scratches here and there, and of course, the murderous glares plastered on their faces at their captives. The new hunters looked scared, the monsters would pay for that, and the older hunters just glared defiantly at the monsters. Thaila and Zoë were next to each other, current and former lieutenants stand together I guess. I frantically look around for Artemis and see her being dragged off by a giant on the opposite side of the clearing the camp was in, amid the hunt's cries of protest. The giant had mechanical eyes flashing lasers everywhere he looked and a huge bow that I probably couldn't pull back strung over his back. Styx, it's Orion. Two dracanae followed him with spears. Seemingly getting tired of the hunt's complaining, he said, "Don't worry hunters, you'll get your turn." He chuckles loudly before walking into the woods with Artemis and his two guards. The cyclops guards look hungrily at the hunters in a way that made everyone very uncomfortable.
I use my new stealth from Hermes to sneak just outside the tree line over to where Orion took Artemis into the woods. Crouching and moving slowly but surely, I start to hear Artemis's muffled cries of protest, likely from Orion covering her mouth with his hand. They were still moving, so it looked like I wasn't too late, yet.
Soon enough, I see another clearing. Orion, Artemis, and his two bodyguards stand in the middle of it. Artemis is on her knees with tears streaming down her face, and for some reason, that pissed me off. Orion's rumbling laughter kicks me out of my thoughts. "Artemis dear, my brother Gration was supposed to take you as his wife, but that pesky Omega killed him so I guess it's my turn. I'm going to do what I should have millenia ago. Where is your saviour now Artemis, where is Omega? I guess this just proves your beliefs, men will always let you down."
For a scary moment Artemis seems to consider his words before shaking her head no. Orion's back is facing the dracanae so I throw two throwing knives at them, striking each in the back of the head, killing them instantly. The grass muffles the knives hitting the ground so Orion doesn't notice. Artemis's eyes widen at the sight of two monsters being killed in front of her and she looks hopeful. It's actually quite cute. A 12 year old girl staring at a 10 ft tall giant(This is coming straight from "Riordan Wiki" so don't hurt me.) with defiance and hope in her eyes after seeing two monsters burst into golden dust. "I see you're still hopeful of rescue, your hunt is in shackles, Omega is nowhere to be seen, and your father doesn't care enough to come help you. There is no hope. Soon, even Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and hope, will have to bow down before our patron unless she wants to die." finishes Orion. He starts to mess with his pants. Artemis's eyes widen once again and the tears come back, shaking her head back and forth frantically.
I decide to make myself known. I summon my armour and pull out Flame. I tap the watch on my left arm and it spirals into my bronze shield. "Who said I wasn't showing up. I would never miss a party as sweet as this one!" I say excitedly. Orion whirls around in time to see me activate Flame's fire feature making me look really badass if I do say so myself.
"Omega, leave, this does not concern you." says Orion. He loads an arrow and pulls back on his bow string incredibly fast but doesn't fire. "Leave the goddess to me and no one gets hurt."
"How about no."
"Lord Tartarus was most displeased when you defeated Polybetes and Gration in such a short time period. Why don't you join us? I'm sure you'll get…"
I interrupt Orion before he can continue. "You know, this is a strong case of Deja vu. See, Oceanus just offered the same thing to me, just an hour ago right before I beat him in front of his army. I declined, of course, so let me think. No."
While I was talking, I had concentrated on Artemis's celestial bronze chains. I focused on the water in the air surrounding the chains actually. By focusing on that, I could place the particles on the chains and freeze them, effectively weakening the chains enough that Artemis could snap them.
Artemis, I froze your chains. They should be weak enough for you to break now. Be ready to fight Orion with me when I give the signal. Before you ask what the signal is, it will be pretty obvious. I mind message Artemis, at least, I hope I did. I've only ever responded when they were in my head already so hopefully I did that right.
"Fine then." With that, Orion let loose an arrow at me. I raise my shield to block and it clangs off, flying into a nearby tree. After seeing his first arrow failed, Orion sends a barrage of arrows my way. I dodge as many arrows as I can and block the rest with either Flame or my shield. I launch a throwing knife at Orion's bow string but he deflects it off the metal grip. I charge at Orion, dodging and blocking arrows the whole way there. Once I get within 10 feet of him, he strings his bow over his back and pulls out a pair of pitch black hunting knives. Seeing this, I deactivate my shield and pull out Riptide, uncapping it as I swing Flame at Orion's head. He ducks Flame and thrusts a knife at my chest, only for it to be deflected off of Riptide. Riptide is thrust at Orion's chest while Flame is slashed at his head. Orion manages to deflect Riptide and dodges Flame but the fire gets close enough to give him a light burn on his cheek.
I then flap my wings at him. Yeah, real threatening, I know. What it did was create a gust of wind that threw his balance off so I threw a knife at his right hand, knocking the knife out of it. Orion then backhands me into a nearby tree, knocking the wind out of me. As I lay in the dirt, gasping for breath, Orion approaches me with an evil grin on his face. "You fight well Omega, too bad it wasn't enough. Any last words?" asks Orion.
"Yes actually. NOW ARTEMIS!" The icy chains snap as Artemis channels her godly strength to break them. She snatches up the knife that I knocked out of Orion's hand and thrusts it into his back. Orion arches his back and pain and that's when I thrust Flame through his stomach. He falls to the ground, groaning from loss of blood. "Artemis, would you like me to finish this forever?" I ask.
She looks at me confused until I pulled out Nightmare. She immediately nods and motions for the sword to be used. "Orion, you shouldn't have messed with the goddess of the moon." I state before plunging Nightmare into Orion's skull. He dissolves into the normal golden dust, but instead of blowing away like normal, the dust is absorbed into Nightmare. Artemis bursts into tears, the thought of what would of happened if Percy hadn't shown up proving too much for her. I've never been good with women so I awkwardly put my arm around her slowly and as gently as I can. Surprisingly, I don't get castrated immediately. Instead, the leans into my chest and starts to drench my shirt. I guess my water powers don't work for dog slobber or tears. Artemis sobs into my shirt for a good minute before I say, "Artemis, don't mean to interrupt you here but we should probably free the hunt now." I get punched in the arm for that but it gets her to stop crying at least.
"Shut up."
Fair enough. She summons her bow and notches an arrow before running off into the wood in the direction of the hunter's camp. I follow behind her and find her overlooking the clearing. "Ok, you free your hunters while I distract the monsters, ok?" I question. She nods, still not quite over what just happened.
Luckily, all the monsters were on one side of the clearing, waiting for Orion to come back, something that would never happen. I launch a white hot fireball at the nearest hell hound and watch it burn to dust. The monsters all watch as their comrade died and watch as I step out of the tree line. "Who are you, why did you kill our brother?" questioned a cyclops.
"Why do you attack demigods?" I question. The cyclops looks confused as his eyebrow furrows in concentration.
"Because they attack us." He shouts, proud of his accomplishment.
"Because you attack us first most of the time." I counter.
"But demigods kill us?" he replies in a whiny voice.
"And you kill demigods." I reply coldly.
At this point, all the cyclopes look confused and the hellhounds are putting their snouts in between their paws. The dracanae were using their scaly hands to scratch their chins as they though. Artemis had freed all the hunters and was currently summoning weapons for them while making as little noise as possible.
Suddenly, a cyclops shouts, "Hey, why are we thinking if we could be killing the thing making us think?!" I like the way that guy thinks, the only problem is I'm the one making them think.
"Yeah!" shouts the rest of the monsters. Yay.
"You know, or, you could worry about not dying." I point out.
A dracanae responds, "He makessss a good point. I don't want to return to Tartarussss."
A cyclops looks at me, "Are you going to make us die?"
"Yes."
"Aww man."
"Welp, it's been fun being a distraction but this is the part where we fight, I win, you all die, and then we preferably eat blue cookies!" I say excitedly. The hunters and Artemis open fire on the back flank of 200 or so monsters. When they turn to see what is killing them, I shoot fireballs at the hellhounds and dracanae while running at the cyclopes with Riptide out. I slice through a few cyclopes before they turn back to face me. The hunters fire their second volly and take out another line of monsters. This basically repeats until the monsters are all gone. Thaila then thinks it's necessary to give me an electrically charged slap.
"OW!"
"That's for leaving right before we got attacked." replies Thaila.
"At least I asked for permission. And I came back to save you all."
"I hate it when he's right" I hear her grumble before she walks over to the rest of the hunt who are straightening up camp.
"So, when are you going to tell them they're going to Camp Half-Blood for the remainder of the war?" I ask Artemis.
"Please Percy, we don't need two attacks on their minds."
"Sure thing Moonbeam."
THUD
"Ow, was punching me really necessary?"
"Yes. It felt quite good actually." replied Artemis. Dang moon goddesses who can turn me into a fuzzy animal whenever they want.
TIME SKIP TO THE NEXT DAY AT DINNER
"Girls, I have an announcement to make. We are to go to Camp Half-Blood for the remainder of the war. I know none of you want to but Lord Zeus commands it." Artemis announces.
"What the FU-"
"Phoebe, they're are children present!" I shout.
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