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Hey, sorry about the long wait, I saw that it was on 70 reviews when my word was playing up on me so I couldn't update it. And… that was a cheap trick .
Anyway, sorry for the people who wanted me to let Frost play with Annabeth, if I have time and if enough people want me to, I can make a story about Annabeth's plans being thwarted by Frost. Anyway… Here you go!
Chapter 9: Identity
Frost PoV
"I am warning you now daughter of Athena. Do not try to reveal our identities, you will get a shock." my voice seemed to echo throughout the entire forest.
"Why? Tell me why I am going to be shocked." Annabeth seemed annoyed at the fact that I was trying to warn her to stay away from trying to reveal the commanders of Chaos's identities and yet not telling her why.
"That is something you must figure out yourselves."
"Can you at least give me a hint to work this mess out?" Annabeth seemed close to begging.
I felt a presence probing my mind to let it in. I knew at once that Chaos had instructions for us so I held up a hand to tell Annabeth to wait a minute and let Chaos in.
You must reveal your identities Frost and Ice. The others will too but you two must reveal yourselves separate from them. Chaos's voice echoed in my mind. Anger instantly flooded down my link with my brother.
Why? They tossed us away like toys once we had saved their asses twice. Why do we have to tell then that we have come to save them a third time? Ice's voice grew in annoyance and anger by each word. By the time he had finished that little rant, he was all but roaring down the link.
They will not trust us completely otherwise. Chaos's voice had slight hurt in it. Frost, give that Chase girl a little to work on. When she figures it out; our commanders will reveal themselves. You two, on the other hand will reveal yourselves when I tell you to. Understood?
Understood, my lord. I answered.
Yes my lord. Ice answered.
Good. After that one word, he retreated out of our minds to leave us at our own devices.
I need to vent out my anger…
Hold on a sec. I need to set up wards so you don't destroy the whole camp if you need to vent your anger. I answered, a little scared of my brother when he vents his anger my thrashing something.
You see, when my brother thrashed something out of anger, he tends to use the most powerful attacks he has. Last time that happened, Chaos had told us to eliminate a very sticky warlord on another planet, the warlord had insulted Chaos to a degree that my brother was driven to pure rage. Thinking back on it, I remembered that Chaos had told us to eliminate the warlord, not the whole planet.
"I need to go stop my brother from practically destroying the entire camp." I told Annabeth with a completely straight face. "But before I go; Chaos had ordered me to give you some clues to get you on the right track." Annabeth's eyes lit up like a child being given a present. "Here are your clues; you personally know all of us, except for Gamma, my brother and I have saved you before and two of us have previously been hunters." With that said, I vapour travelled to the arena, where my brother was waiting for me.
Fast as ever, I drew up a barrier of sorts around the main combat area, keeping the spectator's chairs outside. I then proceeded to pour about a quarter of my strength into it as I knew my normal power usage would not be enough to hold back my brother's rage. I signalled him that it was ready and settled back to watch the spectacular show that would be on.
"Hey, what are you doing here? And why are there protection barriers around Ice?" Alpha's voice was right behind me.
I didn't even bother to turn around. "Chaos has just told us that we need to reveal our identities and to say that he didn't take it well would be a huge understatement."
"Ah, I guess I should get out of here then?"
"Nah, I used about a quarter of my strength on those barriers, they should hold."
"Should?"
"You never know how pissed he is. So… as long as he doesn't drain himself and throw that power directly into the barrier, we should be fine."
He looked at me strangely before leaning on the fence right next to me. Together we watched the 'little' show that my twin brother was putting on.
"Damn, we are so lucky; those barriers actually held back that destruction." Alpha remarked, we were back in the Chaos cabin, in my room, playing cards again.
"Well, I did pour quite a bit of strength into it and they almost broke before he signalled that he had enough." I said as I deal out my side of the cards again. We were playing speed once again, a game where we both were evenly matched.
"Well, since we have to reveal our identities, does that mean we can behave like ourselves again?" Alpha asked. I put down my last card and slapped the smaller pile, shuffled a little and to deal out again.
"Well, I guess so. You five will have to reveal yourselves when daughter of Athena figures out who we are. I for one can't wait to see everyone's faces."
We finished out game quickly and got ready for dinner. We both dressed simply and wore our ever present hooded cloaks. When the two of us got there, most of the other commanders had already arrived and were waiting for us.
"Hello you two, we thought we might have to walk back to the cabin to see if you had completely forgotten about dinner and stayed there playing cards." Ice remarked in a dry tone. In response, I sent an ice shard to poke him in the side and he glared at me.
"Anyway… Chase had figured out who we are, but she has sworn on the River Styx that she will not tell anyone until we decide to announce it." Delta informed us.
"I guess that means that you five will reveal yourselves tonight at the amphitheatre?" I asked.
"Yup, I guess that also means we have to call the gods in." Alpha coldly stated.
"Well, after the camp songs right?" Beta asked.
"Yeah. We'll reveal ourselves in order; that means that I'm first, then Beta, Gamma, Delta, Lota, Kappa, Lambda and finally Omega."
"Let's hope we don't cause up too much of a stir." Omega coldly stated.
Well, it seems like Chaos decided to tell the Olympians to come. I wonder what he told them.
A presence then probed my mind; I knew at once it was Chaos. Well, I told them that there would be a 'little' surprise and they would meet some 'old friends'.
That's lovely, anything else you wanted to say? Or did you just come because you read our thoughts again? My brother answered.
No, I came to tell you that I will be sending half of Theta, Nu, Omicron, Chi and Psi in for you and I will be taking back half of your current platoons. Oh, and I will also be sending your little stray friend with a new tool that I just made.
Yes my lord.
The presence in our minds faded.
Little stray friend? He doesn't mean her does he?
Probably, after all, she is the only one who wasn't abandoned or lost hope completely, after all, we did pick her when she was little and wandering around.
Well, I wonder what that new tool is going to be.
Probably a method of communication… Hey, they're about to reveal themselves.
While we had been having our mental conversation with Chaos, the commanders had gotten up from their seats and were now standing right in front of the fire. Alpha made a speech about why they were revealing themselves before flicking off his hood and causing all Hades to break loose.
Luke PoV
I flicked off my hood and waited for the attack of words and possibly daggers. Most of the campers knew they I was the former host of Kronos and the gods were present so I assumed the worse.
"Luke!" Annabeth screamed and tried to run towards me, quick as a flash I had my sword out and in the guard position.
"Did you really think I would just take you back as a friend after you cheated on Percy, Annabeth?" I said in a very cold tone, I saw most of the campers flinch or wince at my tone. After she backed off, I announced in a clear tone "Luke Castellan, son or Hermes, commander of Alpha platoon."
Hermes was looking at me in amazement and slight fear that I was standing as one of the commanders of Chaos after all those years which the all thought I was dead. I stepped back in line as Beta stepped forward.
She flicked back her hood to reveal her face that so many of the hunters, gods and campers knew as Zoe Nightshade.
"Zoe?" Artemis gasped instantly. Muttering instantly broke out in the campers; I figured that not many of the campers had actually heard the full story; most of them only knew her as a constellation in the sky.
"Lady Artemis, it is an honour to see you again." Zoe answered in a grave tone, before announcing in a clear voice. "Zoe Nightshade, daughter of Atlas, commander of the Beta squad."
Before anything else was said, Gamma stepped forward flicked off her hood. Artemis gasped again and looked down in guilt. Hades simply stared at the daughter who had disappeared from his realm all those years ago when Nico had disappeared. She looked at her father once and bowed before announcing "Bianca di Angelo, daughter of Hades, commander of the Gamma platoon."
As she stepped back in line, Thalia stepped forward, her eyes darting over the crowd. She flicked off her hood and almost all the immortal campers shouted out at exactly the same time.
"THALIA!" Annabeth was possibly the loudest of them all. She tried to step forward and hug Thalia, however, I saw Thalia's hand twitch just a little and Annabeth slammed into an invisible wall of air. Thalia smirked and all of the other commanders of Chaos were laughing.
"Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, commander of Delta platoon." She said clearly before stepping back into line. By now, Annabeth had managed to scramble to her feet and glare at Thalia. That was when Lota stepped forward.
"Cynthia de Blanc, daughter of Poseidon, commander of Lota platoon." She announced in a clear tone before turning to Poseidon and nodding "Father." before stepping back into line. Kappa stepped forward and took her place.
She flicked off her hood and announced in a clear voice as Aphrodite gasped and started crying. "Jennifer Pheobe Iris, Jenny, daughter of Aphrodite, commander of Kappa platoon." She stepped back into line as her mother stared at her; I almost felt sorry for Aphrodite, knowing that her daughter had control over fire. Lambda then stepped forward.
"Lance de Blanc, son of Poseidon, commander of Lambda platoon. And yes, before you ask, Cynthia is my older sister." He sent Poseidon a glare before he went back into line. I knew that next to that egoistic jerk called Mathew, Cynthia and Lance had been his next favourite, however, being the same person who had chased Percy away, he had forgotten about them and they had joined Chaos.
Nico stepped forward and with a slight glance at his sister, he flicked of his hood to reveal his face. I would have sworn I heard Hades gasp and his eyes widen as he saw his son. Nico stepped forward and bowed to his father as he announced what most of them already knew. "Nico di Angelo, son of Hades, commander of Omega platoon." He said simply before stepping back in line.
It was then that Ice stepped forward and announced to us that Chaos was sending more troops to help us. He then turned to us and told us to get half of our platoon packing to go back to base. Together we walked back to the Chaos, ignoring the attempts to stop us and the stares that were directed at our backs.
Frost PoV
"Well! That was a very good source of amusement. You should have seem the looks on their faces when they realised who had been training them. The looks on the immortal camper's faces when they realised that 'Alpha' had been training them the same way that Luke had trained them at swordsmanship." I remarked as we lounged in the main room.
"Well, at least we had out fun whacking the campers while it lasted." Alpha replied with an evil glint in his eye.
"Well, let's get some rest for tomorrow, no doubt we will have some questions on our hands." Ice remarked in a very dry tone. With that, he walked back to his room.
"Well, good night everyone." I said simply as I stood up, walked to my room and closed the door behind me. I sighed and wondered how the gods and immortal campers would take my brother's and my own identity.
I fell asleep with strange thoughts clouding my head.
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