Okay here's the net chapter. Me no own PJO. Now on with da storeh!
Will rolled onto the deck of the Argo II at ten am. It was a cold day as the sun chariot was not flying. Will sighed sadly as he rolled through the door to the sleeping quarters. He thrust his bag onto a table and began to set things up.
"Will? Got a message for ya" Connor said as he came running in. Will turned around and nodded, motioning for him to continue. "Cindy said to tell you that she wishes you good luck and to not get killed."
"Of course she would say that" Will said chuckling to himself. He then told Connor "Tell her I said I will and thanks."
Connor nodded and ran off at top speed almost running into Nico, who was walking in. Nico watched as Connor sped off and asked "Did they raid another candy store?"
"Na. Connor was just delivering a message from Cindy" Will answered. Nico nodded and tossed his own bag onto the table.
"You ready" the son of hades asked. Will simply nodded and saw the others come filing in. Soon the group was ready to rock and roll. Percy walked out to pilot the ship to Greece and the others began to talk. Will didn't pay much attention to them because he was thinking of the prophesy.
Five shall travel to the end. That must mean the end of the Greek empire. Troy's where everything fell apart, Will thought.
And pretend to be a friend. Maybe we'll pretend to be one of the baddies…
God of light and truth. Obviously dad.
Shall be struck silent and mute. I guess he'll be happy when he gets back or something…
Return the prize to its owner. Hm… the prize could be dad, but I'm not sure.
And start the world over. That one sounds kinda straight forward, but I don't like it at all. If we really start everything over, all of our inventions and stuff will be gone… and the titans will rule again.
Will sighed then rolled off to bed. Zeus knows how long I'll get to sleep once we get there… He soon fell asleep to the gentle rocking of the Argo II.
"Will. Will! Come on dude wake up. We're here" Percy said shaking Will awake. Will sat up and stretched.
"How long has it been" he asked?
"About three hours."
Will looked at Percy and said "There is no way we made it to Greece in three hours."
"There is if we got some help from a certain sea god" Percy answered giving him a lopsided grin.
"Alright I'll be out there in a few minutes" Will said as he hopped into his wheelchair. Percy walked off and Will got dressed in his normal outfit: an orange tee and a pair of jeans.
Once finished he headed out to the deck to head down. His arrows were in a quiver, designed by Leo, which hung on the right side of the chair. His bow was laid across his lap. The sun was just barely setting and as he rolled out of the room he saw some amazing ruins.
The decimated buildings were scattered along the land about a half mile from the water. Grass and the rays of the sun painted the ruins green and gold. Grass was in between the torn down buildings and the stones of the roads. No doubt had various animals chosen this sight as their new home. There was only one building still standing.
There was the temple. It was tall and covered in many different pictures of the feats of Apollo. There was a statue of Apollo with his bow strung. From their distance it looked empty. It would have been extremely beautiful… if it weren't for the monsters at the front door. They decided to get closer so the demigods got off the boat and crept toward the temple.
When they reached it they saw the two dracanae stood at the door, ready to kill any demigod who came close. Two small, human looking, figures strode up to the dracanae and switched positions. The small figures had identical black outfits with black ski masks.
"Those are either demigods or impousia" Annebeth stated. The others nodded and continued to watch. A woman clad in black strode from the building closely followed by a man with scares.
"Prometheus" Percy hissed as they strode past the teens. They watched as the pair strode past. Soon we were left with just us and the guards. Annebeth tapped their shoulders and made a signal that they should get out of there to plan. They found themselves huddled in an old, crumbly amphitheater.
"Okay, so how are we going to get in there? It's not as if we could just waltz right in there and" everyone looked at Percy and he asked "What? What'd I say?"
"Percy you are such a seaweed brain, but you're my seaweed brain. It seems as if my influence has made you semi smart" Annebeth said as she ruffled his hair. Percy glowered and began to mumble to himself. Ten minutes later they had a plan set.
"Okay" Will said "We're gonna tie up the guards, dress as them, then the rest will go into the temple and save dad?"
Annebeth nodded and answered "In a nutshell yes. Now all we need to decide is who will pretend to be the guards."
"Well I think maybe Jason and I should be the ones posing as the guards. For one we're about their height and two we're the most powerful; we could hold off a few monsters if things went south" Percy reasoned. Will nodded, agreeing with Percy.
"Alright it's settled. Me and Perce will pose as the two guards and you guys get Apollo out of the temple. We good" Jason asked. The others nodded and got into their positions. Annebeth tossed on her Yankees hat and disappeared. The rest of the five watched as she took down the two guards before they knew what was happening.
They dragged the two guards, who turned out to be demigods, and undressed them. Once Jason and Percy were dressed they stood at the entrance while the others ran (or in Will's case rolled) into the building. Where shrine would have been was a cage against the wall. Inside was an extremely beat up Apollo.
Without his gleam and his happy attitude he seemed almost dead. The gods hands were bound above his head and his face stared at the floor. Will quickly rolled up to the cage and grabbed the bars saying "Dad!"
Apollo looked up and Will noticed his eyes were red and there were streams of tears coming from his eyes. Apollo didn't seem to recognize him for a second, but when he did he asked "Will? What are you doing here?"
"We came to rescue you, dad" Will said. The Nico and Annebeth were now standing next to Will; they were discussing how to get into the cage.
"I'll try to shadow travel into it" Nico said and Annebeth nodded. Nico nodded and tried to step into the nearest shadow, which happened to be like two inches from the bars. He hit his face on the bars and pulled back, rubbing his nose.
"Ow."
"What happened? Why didn't you go through them" Annebeth asked.
"Chaos…" Apollo stated drawing their attention.
"What" Annebeth asked?
"Chaos can control the shadows. Chaos is also the one holding me prisoner."
There was silence for a few seconds until Annebeth asked "Chaos? Lord of the void and ruler of the universe."
"Don't call her a guy. I made that mistake a few minutes ago. She's a girl, but yes the same person" Apollo answered.
"Dang… now we're gonna have to pick the lock. Annebeth do you know how" Nico stopped as he looked down to see Annebeth using a hairpin to pick the lock.
"I use to hang out with Luke, son of Hermes, and hanging out with a son of Hermes has its advantages" Annebeth said as she stared at the lock. There was a tiny Click and the cage door opened. Annebeth nodded and said "Now for the chains."
(Just outside the temple)
"Wow this is boring…" said Percy as he stared at the path in front of them.
"Yeah, I know" seeing something he continued "Hey something's coming."
They stood straighter to appear guardly (I think it's a cool word, so don't flame it!) to the people who were coming. To Jason's right Percy stiffened as he recognized the man walking toward them. Oh holly Poseidon, thought Percy as Prometheus came closer, what the heck are we gonna do?
Prometheus walked right up to them and was about to enter when Jason said "Identification?"
Prometheus looked at Jason suspiciously, but shrugged it off and said "Prometheus."
"Sorry, not on the list to get in" Percy said. Prometheus looked at Percy and smiled.
"I knew I'd be seeing you again, Perseus" said the titan. Dang… thought Jason.
"So… this is where you've been hiding huh? Not very five starish… I expected you to be in like this huge fancy hotel or something" Percy said trying to stall the titan as he pulled out his pen and uncapped it.
"Have you forgotten that I am the titan of forethought? Why would I go somewhere the gods would be looking for me" Prometheus regarded Percy's sword then continued "You know… we don't want to involve the gods on this. I am only keeping the balance."
"You're a lying piece of-"
"Percy! Focus" Jason intervened as he pulled out his gladius. Prometheus took a look at the weapon.
"I don't fight, but I'm sure Chaos will… run before she comes and kills you, young demigods" Prometheus said.
"Not a chance in the underworld" Percy spat. Prometheus sighed and a black vortex opened next to him. A woman clad in black stepped out from it.
"I told you he wouldn't give up."
The woman sighed and said "Well at least we may kill two of the protectors before they become too dangerous. Prepare yourself children, for you are about to face a mighty opponent."
Percy and Jason took a look at each other before charging the woman…
Another cliffie. Sorry, but couldn't help it. Who do you think will win? The demigods or Chaos? Until next time, Shindi!
