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The third time Zeus blasted me with lightning, I got a little irritated. I smacked against the wall, full force and my ears buzzed. I slid to the floor and felt as though knives were pricing my back. Sharp and painful. It was a good thing I had invincibility or else, well... I might be a grease spot right now.
I slowly stood with the help of Nico, Conner and Travis.
"Thanks." I muttered and stood, wobbly on my feet. I took a step (which looked more like a lunge) toward my least favorite relative for the fourth time. I glared, Zeus glared, Thailia glared, Clarisee glared (which was normal) but lets just say the mood of the meeting wasn't exactly "happy".
"Dad!" Thailia shouted and ducked as lightning blasted a hole above her head. She took a deep breath. "Please just answer the freaking question and we'll be on our way." she said in an extremely irritated, teenage voice. Nico nodded to me again and I asked another time. "Do you know where..." I stopped. This was as far as I'd gotten last time. When the lord of the sky didn't blast me out of the universe I cautiously continued. "... Know where" gulp "My Father is keeping Annabeth."
I stared warily at the god, wondering to why he was so opposed to answering this question. Especially since it would be backstabbing his brother. Zeus looked at me in disbeliefe. "You still don't get it, do you?" he asked in mock surprise.
Everyone looked at him and as if we'd rehearsed this thousands of times we chorused "Understand what?"
Zeus looked around as though we were being watched which was extremely unusual. Finally he spoke in a booming whisperer, "If I answer your question they will release them." he said still looking left and right.
Clarisee stepped forward boldly. "Release what exactly?" She quickly backed up and all the demigods on the quest stood closer than we ever dared as the powerful king rose to his feet.
"They will release απόλυτου κακού ." he said. And ZEUS, the most air-headed, stuck up, prideful, stubborn, fearless god of them all shuddered. I knew this could not be good.
Thailia turned white as white could go and Nico collapsed. The lord of the dead's son... fainted. This could not be a light subject, I thought. Clarisee stood in shock and Travis and Conner actually started shaking at the name.
I was petrified if there was something, so evil, so horrid it wasn't even described in ancient Greek text and it could scare some of the most powerful demigods on the planet to near death.
Jake stood confused. "Doesn't that mean 'Pure Evil' in Greek." he asked, apparently thinking my friends were total chickens to be so scared.
Zeus shook his head in rage. "Yes. My imbecile of a brother with a brain of pure nothing decided that he would never have you love that girl of Athena's."
My head filled with rage. "Hey big shot! That girl of Athena's is my girl and she has a name. It's Annabeth. Get it right." I growled at the almighty lord of the sky who could ship me off with a one-way ticket to Tartarus anytime he was bored.
But I was mad. Why could our parents not just leave hell alone! What was so wrong? I looked at Zeus and my jaw almost hit the floor as I saw him nod in understanding. This couldn't be Zeus.
"I am not always as simple and strong-minded as I am presented to be. Love is a very powerful thing. You see, the reason my brother and daughter hate each other so strongly is for something that well, should never have happened."
I got ready for a long, boring story. Which was so not what happened.
Zeus continued. "You see, young and somewhat stupid nephew, Athena was not always a virgin goddess. For a time, she was well... Believe it or not... Married to your father."
My jaw dropped quite literally, Thailia's eyes threatened to bulge out if her head, Travis and Conner started crying they laughed so hard and Nico remained dead-looking on the floor, spread eagle.
Zeus slowly continued. "Well, in the beginning it was all fine and then, well... nature took its course and Katharos was born."
"They, they had a son!" I yelled in utter disbelief.
Zeus nodded solemnly. "His birth was against the fates. It never should have happened. So, Poseidon wanted to destroy the child, fix things the way they should but Athena... she cared for him too much. So, in the end when Athena won over Athens it was really a way that the people of Greece voted if the child should live or not."
I collapsed and sat on Mt. Olympus felling confused. "I can understand that they wouldn't want us together. But I love Annabeth and nothing will change that. So how would us being together effect them, other than hurting their pride a little?" I asked, more confused than angry now.
Zeus looked at me in disbelief. "You really are a fool. Don't you see? The fates decided that if another child is born of Athena and Poseidon, things would be too off the fates' design! The entire universe would crumble! And hey would release... απόλυτου κακού." he said, fear in his eyes.
I sat, dumbfounded about what I was going to do. Life without Annabeth... No. Never. But destroy the universe?
I thought of the prophecy...
" The owl and sea to war will go,
And love alone must receive the blow
Or a lover's soul is death's demand
To cease the crumble and death of man
So beware to owl and sea
For the darkness comes and may always be. "
So... The crumble and death of man... This 'Pure Evil' guy is obviously the death and darkness in the prophecy. Love alone must receive the blow... It now seems like Annabeth and I can't be together.
Or a lovers soul is Death's demand... Either we aren't together or...
One of us has to die.
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