Chapter 9: Rebirth

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or any PJO characters

Look, writing Zoe in fluff without making her OCC is pretty much impossible. It's like making Artemis a whore, it's hard. I am probably going to re write this story to give you background information on how Zoe turned OCC. Sorry for long update time but, I'm having a hard time trying to make Zoe OCC (not to mention the amount of homework), so now I give up and I will just write her OCC. BTW if you haven't read my new story Reincarnation, please do and give me feedback.

Percy pov

I smiled as I watched Zoe stir as I left her warm embrace. My heart fluttered as I watched Zoe sleep, she was so beautiful. I was hopelessly in love. I gently kissed her on the forehead, causing her to stir once again. Unwillingly, I turned around and got dressed, diverting my thought away from my lovely fiancé. I remembered my dream about Ouranus, he is assisting Gaia and will be attacking in a couple of minutes Earth time. Wait there's something else; I tapped into my mind trying to remember what I've forgotten. I groaned in frustration, my fingers running through my hair.

"Hey, what's up Percy? Why are you so frustrated?" Zoe's soft melodic voice rang across the room. I took a quick glance at Zoe, seeing her beautiful naked body I blushed, remembering last night's events.

"Yeah, I had a dream about Ouranus attacking Earth soon, but I've forgotten some information…" I rubbed the back of my neck grinning goofily

"Wow algae head, why am I not surprised? Think about it, firstly, why would they attack if 3 of the universes strongest fighters are there?"

"They um, are stupid?" I asked

"Boys, they never think!" She frowned

" OI!" I yelled indignantly. Wait, I think I've got it, they wouldn't, right?"

"Yes…" She waved her hand signifying me to continue.

"That means they know we aren't there…." My eyes widened with realization. "Meaning we have a spy!" I concluded.

""Yep, you sure are dense." She grinned, my heart melted as I watched her smile. I wrapped my arm around her bare waist and gently kissed her on the lips.

"Thank you my dearest one." I grinned.

"Why so cheesy, my love?" She teased.

"Just reminding you how much I love you, honey." I retorted.

"All this cheesiness, I think I'm scarred for life." She mocked, fake shivering.

"Get used to it, lovely. Anyway, back to a more important topic, I believe we should get ready for Chaos. Chaos will be here soon."

A black hole emerged in front of us as Chaos emerged through the portal, dressed in his usual attire. "Ah, Alpha and Delta, you two seem ready. So, shall we be going?" He inquired

"Sure." I replied unenthusiastically. As strong as I am, I didn't enjoy fighting. All the bloodshed, all the tears all the cries of pain and terror and all the grief, it isn't nice. Yeah I know what you're thinking; why do I train and become an assassin if I hated bloodshed? Well the answer is simple I train to protect others; I kill to save lives and make the world a better place. I didn't kill for the exhilaration, I kill because I know whenever I kill, the universe becomes a better place.

"Yep. I'm ready." Zoe answered, she was actually excited, eager to fight along with the hunters of Artemis again.

"Well then, follow me." Chaos instructed us as he disappeared into the portal.

I grabbed Zoe and led her towards the portal. "Ladies first." I grinned as I stepped aside to give way for Zoe. She smiled and entered, me following soon afterwards. I've travelled through portals many times, but I still have no idea how to describe the experience. All I can say is it feels as though your particles are deconstructed, put on a roller coaster that travel at a thousand miles per hour, then reconstructed again. In other words, it was epic!

I was momentarily blinded by the light as I stumbled out of the portal. I recognised the site as Half-blood hill. Bellow us, the campers were all donned with fine armour, carrying their weapons as they begun to form into their battle formation. In the faraway distance, clouds of dust were forming, the repetitive marching sound rung clearly in the evening sun. The enemy approaching and thousands by the looks of it, from afar I can estimate around 30,000 of them, out numbering us almost 40 to 1, we've already lost this fight. We needed our reinforcement to arrive or else we will definitely lose.

Zoe wore a grim expression as she too did the maths in her head. Our moods lifted as Silena (A/N just realised I spelt her name wrong before, stupid word check in word!) came striding towards us wearing a mad expression. "You guys left without telling me, you had me worried! I shou-" She began ranting before she suddenly stopped and frowned, before squealing. "Is that a ring on your finger? Zoe he asked you already? Why wasn't I there when you asked her? Wait does that mean you guys already slept together?" She bombarded us with questions.

Our face both turned pink as we blushed heavily. "Woah there, not so fast once at a time!" I exclaimed, lifting my hands into the air as a gesture of surrendering to her interrogation.

"Did Percy propose?"

"Yep!" Zoe replied popping the p

"How and when?"

"After a romantic dinner which he claimed he cooked, near a beautiful lake."

"Why wasn't I invited?"

"Well, over there time is slower by a thousand times, Zoe got injured pretty badly and I had to get a medicine to save her." I grimaced at the memory of that beast I had to battle. "During that time I reflected on my feelings for Zoe, ending up wanting to marry her the moment she woke up from her coma which lasted for around 800 days."

"Eeeeek so romantic!" She squealed again. "So you guys slept together?"

"Yeah we always sleep together, ever since she became my girlfriend." I replied

"Not that idiot! I mean sleeping together naked!" She scolded me, putting heavy emphasis on the word naked.

"Uhm, yeah." I replied rubbing the back of my neck nervously.

"How was it? Was it your first time?"

"Silena!" Zoe scolded Silena.

"Oops, too personal right?"

"No shit Sherlock." I muttered under my breath. "But the answer is yes, it was my first time." I dared a quick glance at Zoe who's blush deepened.

'Anyway, I spied on them and I found out that Ouranos along with Krios and Hyperion will be leading the attack."

"What the Hades? We are doomed! Let's hope our reinforcements arrive quickly." I groaned.

"Ok, let's go down and discuss our plans." Zoe suggested

"Sure!" I replied, dragging the two girls down the hill.

"Gods and fellow heroes, we have a difficult battle ahead of us. They outnumber us 40 to 1, we won't stand a chance if we don't get reinforcements. Luckily, Delta's squad and my squad shall be here soon, so we shall stay in a defensive formation. Stay behind our shield war and don't charge in front, just stay behind. I shall take on Ouranos while Delta shall take on Krios, which remains with Omega taking Hyperion. Do not charge at the enemy lines recklessly, you will die before you reach them! Campers shall defend the camp while the hunters shall hide in the forest, ready to ambush the monsters when the time arises." I instructed

"That is a good plan, however how do the hunters know when to attack?" Athena inquired.

"I shall signify them with a sea green flare."

"Told by a boy…. But since it is the saviour of Olympus, I will make an exception." Artemis added, frowning at me.

Just on cue, a loud horn resonated towards us as the monsters broke into a sprint, charging towards us.

"Formations!" I yelled. The campers quickly dispersed sprinting to their positions, their shields hoisted in the air to form a solid wall of celestial bronze. The hunters were already ready, hiding in the forest, awaiting my signal. The gods stood upon half blood-hill, forbidden to take course in this battle. The fates had already stretched the rules in the last titan war, now the fates had forbidden them to take part in any of their demigods battles.

I leapt down the hill, landing behind the wave of monsters, to conserve our energy for the coming duel with the primordial and titans. I lost sight of Silena and Zoe as we dispersed, approaching our own targets. Drawing my poisoned knifes, I threw a dozen in rapid succession, hoping to injure the primordial, allowing my poison disable him. No such luck however, at incredible speeds, Ouranus managed to dodge all my daggers, his movement a blur. Shocked I quickly drew Riptide and Lastwave (his other sword which I forgot to mention in my poorly developed story) and raised it, getting into a defensive stance ready to defend. Ouranus wore a sinister grin that matched his sinister black armour. His broadsword raised high in the air as he dashed towards me. As he neared me, I could feel his aura of power. The air around him was leaden with power; the intensity was bewildering.

In a burst of energy he began landing strike after strike at me. I parried quickly, matching him par to par, however I could feel fatigue from my recent battle with the ancient beast. I barely dodged a slash as the intensity in his attacks grew. His attacks were getting stronger and faster while I was beginning to pant. The loud sound of clashing metal resonated through the battlefield as I parried another powerful stroke Ouranos delivered. My hands were growing numb from the strength of his blows, my legs aching from the constant dodging. A loud whistling sound whistled through the air as a strike missed me by hairs width. A migraine crept into my head as I began growing dizzy from over exertion. An agonising pain tore through my arm as I barely deflected Ouranos's sword, landing a small scratch on my skin. Another blessed weapon, why am I not surprised?

In a final attempt I rolled to one side, my swords whirling in a deadly arch as I pitted in my final attempt. I leapt into the air, raising my swords above my head as I used the suns sunlight to my advantage. Ouranos made the mistake of lifting his head, looking directly into the suns ray's temporarily blinding him. My plan would've worked, if not for the searing pain arching through my back. My old wound as reignited as pain tore through my body. My muscles slackened as I dropped to the ground withering in pain. It felt like hell.

Ouranos must've sensed victory as he leisurely strolled towards me. All I could think about was my family in Chaos, Zoe, Silena, all my old friends. I imagined Zoe sobbing to my dead body. It can't end like this can it?

Lifting the sword over his head, Ouranos prepared for the fatal blow, as I lay there suffering from pain that made my bath in river Styx seem like a relaxed massage. The large shadow of the sword loomed over me, was this the end? The whistling sound of death came close, as it begun its path downwards. It was getting closer and closer. I could sense the smirk on his face as his sword came crashing down towards my body.

Then something weird happened….

Something I can only describe as a miracle.

The path of his sword came to an abrupt halt as a bright light suddenly enveloped me. A strange power had saved me from certain death.

The fighting came to a sudden stop as everyone became blinded from the warm light that enveloped me. I could feel my fatigue, my pain, my aches and migraines disappear as the soft warm light rejuvenated me. I felt stronger, powerful, like I felt before my wound. I felt like I could take down anything. The trickle of energy disappeared as the blinding light that had enveloped me began to fade. Allies and enemies watched in astonishment as I was left bewildered with all the energy in my body. My body was coursing with power, as my majestic form gleamed in the sunlight,

My normal assassin wear had disappeared, replaced with stunning golden armour, all my weapons were still there but now I had this fancy gold armour as light as feather, around my body. I felt invincible. I smirked as I picked up my swords and began my attack on the bewildered primordial. At first Ouranos's defence seemed to hold, however under my lightning barrage of attacks, his defence crumbled.

I swung to my right, followed by a lightning quick backhand that caught Ouranos off-guard, drawing a thin line of ichor upon his waist. Rage lit his eyes as he glared at me; fire replaced his sky blue pupils. Blinded by rage, he attacked with brutal deadly slashes at incredible speeds. However those attacks were blinded, they were wild, inaccurate and it was extremely energy consuming. As his energy drained from his body, his attacks grew slower, weaker and clumsier. His rage has cost him this duel, exhausted and battered; he stood no chance against my attacks. With a powerful kick I launched him into the air, causing his bruised body to fall rigid.

A loud sound of bodies crashed into the ground, as a small tremor was caused. I briefly glanced behind me, seeing the warriors of Alpha and Delta squad among the dust around the new formed craters. I smirked at the amount of chaos the two squads had created, knowing it was time, I sent the flare. The sea green flare lit the harsh midday sky. Immediately arrows flew into the air, as the monsters were flanked by hunters, campers and warriors.

Hundreds of cuts and bruises tore through his once glorious armour. A pool of blood surrounded his broken form. A sneer formed on his distorted face as he glared up me. "You shall never win this war, you may have defeated me but you shall never win this battle. Your pitiful demigods stand no chance against my monstrous army of monsters (No pun intended)." Ouranos laughed as he coughed out blood.

I just smirked. "Look around you Ouranos, you army is wedged between my warriors and the campers, caught in the barrage of arrows the hunters are landing. You army will soon be obliterated, as shall you. You and Gaia are pitiful, how many demigods have you killed? You disgust me! Pick on someone your own size, or perhaps someone at your own level of power." I glared at the broken primordial as with a stroke of Riptide, I sent him back to the confines of Tartarus.

Wide eyed, the battered and broken form f the Primordial lurched forward and collapse as he laid there, sprawled on the ground dead.

Richard POV (His the second in command of the squad)

I watched out of our glass windows as our space ship soared through space at incredible spaces. Soon, Earth was before us. I could make out the beautiful green continents, the beautiful seas and the clouds that danced upon the Earth atmosphere. Like most people in the army, I've never been to Earth; it remained a mystery to me, the planet where our commander came from. I've heard the commander describe Earth longingly, but I never thought a planet could hold so much beauty.

I could feel our ship warming up as we tore through the atmosphere, heading towards where I could feel the aura of power that Alpha emits. His aura has changed, what used to be grim and serious has changed into a more carefree gentle aura, however the intensity of the power in the aura has intensified by many times. His aura was now intense with power, similar to Chaos's aura in battle, to a lesser extent, but not much. What surprised me more was that close to Alpha was someone with an aura stronger than Alpha's. That aura was different it was more grim, more dark and more sinister. I could tell it was the aura of a Primordial, Alpha has a tough fight.

You might ask how can I feel their auras. Well, Chaos gave us increased senses as well as the ability to sense auras so we won't kill each other while in battle frenzy as well as helping us locate them if they are captured.

As the clouds parted, I could see the massacre happening bellow us. Hundreds of monsters I've never seen before we're battering against a shield wall formed by people. In the trees were some pretty, yet intimidating girls, armed with bows and knives. My attention was soon redirected to Alpha, whom was battling a losing battle against a giant almost twice his size. I was about to command the squads off, when I hesitated. Mentored by Alpha, I have learnt that surprise can turn the tide of war. Currently, with a leader, their ranks would reform quickly; Alpha must defeat that giant human-like creature before we can begin our assault.

"sir, should we land?" I heard one of the soldiers asked me.

"Not yet." I replied. As confused as the warrior was, I was their commander and they respected my orders and they also knew that because I was tutored by Alpha himself, my judgements are rarely, if ever, wrong.

I watched in horror as my mentor fell to the ground, withering in pain. The Primordial lifted his giant sword as he readied for the fatal blow. I flinched as I saw the blade comedown in its deadly arch.

Suddenly the stroke stopped and Alpha was enveloped by blinding light. I quickly shut my eyes as the light grew brighter in intensity. I could feel Alphas aura growing in intensity as his form glowed. After a minute of intense light, Alpha appeared, surrounded by a cloud of mist. The first thing I saw was a piece of golden armour gleaming in the harsh midday sun.

Alpha wore elegant golden armour that looked delicate yet sturdy at the same time. His face was no longer covered by a hood, but still annoyingly covered, by his golden helmet. I watched in awe as Alpha strode towards the Primordial. Then begun the most amazing fight I've seen yet. Alpha moved with insane agility as their body turned to blurs in the intense battle. From afar I could see the defences of the giant crumbling as Alpha's strike grew in speed, precision and strength. Alpha was unstoppable. I saw Alpha finally breaking through his opponent's defences, launching him into a tree.

With their leader defeated, the monsters ranks were thrown into disarray. Time to make an appearance.

Percy POV

The monsters were destroyed as our ranks annihilated them. A mound of monster dust began to form in the battlefield as dust were scattered on the battlefield and air. Our vision were slightly clouded by all the dust in the air. Assisting Zoe and Silena, the two titans soon fell. A roar rang through our side as I slayed the last monster. Cheers of joy resonated in the air as we won the battle. This battle may have been won, but not without casualties, campers laid wounded and dead on the battlefield, among them were around a dozen warriors. This was a hard won battle.

So here is another action filled chapter, differing from the more romantic chapter 8. Had to re write several time so this probably isn't the best chapter yet. Longest chapter yet! Well please review. I also begun a new story called Reincarnation, so I probably will be updating once a fortnight. But since the Holidays are coming up, I probably will update more. Well hope you enjoyed! i deleted my other note so this is a new chap not an old chapter.

Perseus the Assassin of the old