A/N
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Chapter 10-- From ashes to ashes
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Three hours after the demigod team left.
-Unknown-
"For fucks sake!! Again!" I shouted at Nico in frustration.
"Hey. Woah... I did nothing wrong... By the way... Who... In the ever loving fuck are you? You cheated death not once but twice, in the space of a just a few hours. Please Remove your helmet." Nico said in rapid succession.
"Wait wha... oh yeah. Sorry." I mumbled through the shattered voice modulator.
I reached around to the hidden button behind my helmet to pop the catches that held it in place, when I felt something quite peculiar, something round and.. smooth with an insciption...Delta... Something that was not there before.
Shit.
I quickly unfastened the helmet and pulled it off my head. Three seconds passed before a quiet popping sound was heard and then the helmet compacted itself into a tiny cube.
"Huh. Well that's one way of getting it off. Now, if you would face me please." ordered a bemused Nico.
I turned to face the young son of Hades. Fiery crimson eyes meeting pearly Obsidian. "Hi Nico, I'm kinda hurt right now so... yeah..."
With that I collapsed in a heap. Still conscious but imobile.
"Nico, please take me to camp half blood. Only Apollo or Chiron can fix this... condition."
"J..Jynx... Your dead. Percy saw you burn. I saw you get buried and burnt alive. How...ohhh, shit...yeah. Pheonix." He stammered, obviously puzzled.
"Just shadow travel me to see Chiron. Please."
"Yeah...Sure. But you owe me an in depth explanation when you're cured from whatever it is affecting you."
"Nico!"
"Okay okay."
With that the world around me went dark and the whoosh of air prevailed over all other noise.
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--Percy--
--Olympus--
Later that day
"Really... for fucks sake. Again." grumbled Artemis
I was shocked. Not only was her son killed on a mission to locate her and Hestia, who had pissed off to California with the hunters for the past few weeks, They were both so.. so unfazed by the news.
"What do you mean milady? Again? ..Jynx...Jynx died and you don't seem to care. Neither of you do." Said a less hysterical Reyna.
"Dear... You have no excuse to have forgotten his powers. Pheonix. Rebirth from their ashes. Ring a bell?" Snorted the queen of the gods.
"Now sister. Keep calm. We know what he can do when he is angry." Said My father.
"Forgive me for asking but what did he do exactly." I questioned them nervously.
"Should we tell them?"
"It would hurt Fathers pride."
"Yeah. Good point."
Zeus stood to say something when Apollo piped up.
"He beat the ever-loving shit out of Ares in a swordfight and then Father because they were both disrespecting you, Reyna. Father tried to smite him. Posiedon, Athena and Artemis had to restrain him from killing the pair. He snapped Ares favourite sword in three with nothing but his shortbow and a well placed kick."
I laughed, I didn't care for the glare Zeus was giving me. "So that's why Ares is not here. He's of crying over his loss."
"Look here. I'll cut you kids a deal. I get Nico to find Jynx and you, Percy... In return you will become the champion of the underworld and the sea." Offered the lord of the underworld with a light chuckle.
"I humbly accept your offer uncle." I said, no hesitation on my part. If it could cheer up Reyna then I would do it. I know Jynx wants Reyna to be happy.
"Although... how did you manage to lose track of the young man? Reyna?" Asked a curious Hera... no... Juno? Oh yeah. Reyna's Roman.
"I...I..." She took a deep breath.
"I was on overwatch with Hazel. Piper was guarding the truck. Percy went in after Jynx and we lost sight of them. I heard Jynx mumble something along the lines of 'Thank the gods.. girls aren't.. this'. Percy. What exactly was in there?" She turned to me with a death glare. well.. as much as possible seeing as she had tears in her dark eyes.
Shit.
"Well. You see. Huh. I can't describe it. Umm. Mr D? Could you project my memories if you read my mind?" I asked the camp director.
"Whatever Patricia... There we go.. Found it... Holy Chaos. The fuck happened here?"
The memory projected onto the southern wall. A barren support.
They really need some decorations in here.
The funny thing is. It played like an old film. With the whole 3 2 1 countdown.
Huh. Oldschool.
--Artemis--
The memory played from Percy's pov. Obviously.
Gods Percy. He was the best male i have everknown. Apart from Jynx. He was the complete opposite to the others of the same gender. A true hero.
tut tut. Artemis. Not here. Fantasies are for later. Giggled Diana.
Whatever. I growled mentally.
Back to the memory.
Percy walked through the door of a Russian bar. The sign above the door read:
Отступление Патриарха
Huh. Patriarch's Retreat. Cool name for a quaint bar. It had a beautiful painting of a Sturmovik engaged in a nose dive. Flak detonating around it. There was a decal on the fuselage. (What. too technical) A huge red star with a hammer and sickle.
Stop gawking at the plane and look at the door Scolded Diana.
Memeory Percy stopped. He looked around the bar's interior. Blood, guts and bodies covered the whole room.
"Gore galore!" Said Ares. Percy glared at him. Real Percy.
Jynx looked so unfazed at the bodies while Percy retched.
Percy managed to keep his eyes on Jynx so we got to see his calculated side. Hang on. His rifles were missing. Ill ask him later.
My son looked at the huge bartender pinned to the wall by his own femur.
"Thank the gods the girls aren't seeing this."
He turned to the storeroom door. Unsheathing his knife, he struck the door with his boot once. The sturdy Russian wood did not budge, but it did crack. It must've been infused with an enchantment. I've seen him kick his way through a Cyclops.
"Fuck me he's strong." Said a shocked Posiedon.
"He is soooooo dreamy... I just wanna..." Aphrodite never got to finish her sentance as two blades lodged themselves either side of her head.
Reyna had thrown one. Good girl.
I had thrown the other.
Needless to say Reyna was pissed, but did not say anything. She turned to the memory.
A blade cleaved its way through the door. Nearly hitting Jynx's helmet.
As soon as the blade retracted from the door he went for another kick.
A major lapse in judgement if I ever saw one.
His boot connected with the door but instead of collapsing the hefty wooden door detonated, launching the demigod across the room with a large chunk of his arm missing.
Diana shuddered inside my head. I followed suit.
Whatever caused an explosion with enough force to tear through Orthric silver is...under Hades control.
Memory Percy was forc.ed backwards a good meter from the power of the explosion. He was standing at the door. Several meters from the burning remains of the storeroom.
A Shade had formed in the center of the room. The wispy figure's eyes fell upon Percy. The Shade chattered exitedly and charged.
Percy nervously stepped back and uncapped his sword.
The shade swung his gladius in a wide arc.
Percy, still disoriented, dodged but didn't counter with a slash of his own. I stead he punched the shade and as it crumpled, he seperated its head from its neck.
Memory Percy ran towards memory Jynx's body. He was laying in a pile of burning wood. Glowing splinters littered his broken form. I was suprised he was still concious.
"He is a lot stronger than he looks. Even Percy would have passed out." Stated a shocked Apollo.
I turned back to the memory.
Memory Percy attempted to pull tge debris from my son.
Jynx was telling Percy to run but being the stubborn, loyal idiot he was he continued to dig.
That was until he was plucked and thrown from the ruins by an unseen force.
A cackle overcame the roar of the flames. A large section of the roof caved in, followed by a blood curdling scream. I swear I heard a German curse from the flames.
The memory faded.
"Well... I'm out." Announced Dionysus. He was looking a bit green.
Apollo just walked out. His mouth agape in shock.
Zeus stared at me. His paranoia clear in his eyes.
"You. We need to talk."
Fuck.
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A/N. Sorry for the late post.
I hit a major block in my story.
Hope you enjoy.
-A human
