Chapter 11
Zoe appeared in the camp with Felix. Serena and Elizabeth, daughters of Apollo immediately started to fuss over Chris. Zoe wanted to stay with her son but she knew that she was needed with Percy before he could destroy everything and everyone in his way.
Zoe calmly entered her tent with Percy and set to work calming him down. She wrapped her arms around his waist and his wings encircled her body.
"Mate." he growled out. Zoe bared her neck to him as if he were an animal, although this part of him did run on animal instinct. His claws ripped through her cape and clothes to bare flesh. She offered no resistance as he checked the mark on her neck. It looked like a tribal tattoo that covered the left hand side of her neck going towards her back. He had the exact same tattoo. Mate markings.
Percy took her at least three times that night before his claws and wings disappeared. The next morning they went straight to their son. Serena had spent hours making sure he would survive, knowing that their Alpha would tear down Olympus if he died.
"Hey dad. Hey mom." he greeted happily. Zoe rushed to her sons side, smothering him in her hug. "Hades mom, calm down. I'm fine." she glared at him, "Don't tell me not to fuss over you Christopher Jackson. You could have been killed." she said miserably.
Percy was trying really hard not laugh at the look of misery his son was shooting him and he couldn't help but adore the motherly nature of his wife, it wasn't something that he saw often but he was glad that he was able to bring out this side of her.
Chris had been an accident. About sixty five years ago in Tartarus or three years in the moral world, time was weird there. Time moved faster in there or slower depending on which part of the pit they were in while some parts time passed normally. He had been lucky that he had gotten out of the pit before he and Annabeth could have gotten caught in the different time zones, anyway Percy got Zoe pregnant.
They both agreed to get married, not that wearing a ring would change much for them. They already lived like they were married. After his son was born, Percy had trouble controlling himself. Nyx and Erebus raised him, with Zoe, while Percy visited.
When his son was ten years old, Percy was finally able to control himself, he began to teach his son how to fight. Their relationship had been rocky and hard to understand but eventually they respected each other. The family spent some much needed time together before Percy could announce the fact that war was once more coming to the mortal world.
"Its time for the next step isn't it?" asked Zoe.
Percy nodded, "I believe the campers need extra help to train. The pack cannot go there yet, first we have to earn their trust. The pack will get captured by Lady Artemis, while Chris goes to camp half blood. They need to know that Percy Jackson will return while. The pack will earn the respect of the Gods on their own."
Zoe nodded, "I thought as much you would say that. So whats the plan on getting captured?" she asked. She almost rolled her eyes at the mischievous smirk that he replied with.
The pack trailed the hunters; Percy could hear Thalia and Artemis argue about the boy who claimed to be Percy's son.
Thalia just scrowled, "I want to know where he is, its been one hundred years and all I know is that he found a girl to knock up after breaking my best friends heart and that boy named Winter told us that he was dead."
Artemis tried to calm her lieutenant, "We always knew that he wasn't dead Thalia however it seems to me like he wanted his friends and family to believe that he was dead. The boy did say that he would return eventually. You've waited this long, just wait a little longer."
The pack trailed them for a day before they were once again ambushed by a small army of monsters. This time it seemed like they had come prepared, even though Percy thought it was overkill considering the number of hunters present, he had to admit, they wanted the hunt out of the game desperately.
Percy was shocked, he never thought that they would be so desperate to take out the hunters that they would send such a force. There was a Hydra, Cyclops, empousa, hellhounds, and so many more that he couldn't even tell what wasn't here. The hunters would never survive this. He watched as the hunters stood back to back firing arrows with the goddess but even they could see it was no use unless she turned into her true form, something that would kill her hunters since they were so spread out, they wouldn't hear her cry out a warning.
"Diana, Dane create an ice storm, nothing too serious just enough to cause confusion." He ordered and the Khione twins immediately glowed icy white as the winds picked up.
Artemis watched shocked as the winds caused enough confusion for her hunters to take out their knives and cut down everything in their path and backing them out of the corner they were almost pushed into which would have led to death.
Then she heard it, someone giving out orders, "Cara, wrap everything up in vines. I want a forest. Paul, Aaron lead the attack."
The combined effort of the pack and hunters ended the battle without any losses but there were injuries. Thea lay on the ground with broken legs from where a Cyclops stepped on her. Serena immediately tried to heal her but the girl was unresponsive.
"My brother can heal her if you go to Olympus with us." said Artemis.
Percy glared at her, "If you attack again goddess I will kill every single one of your hunters. Make no mistake if my son died I would have destroyed your hunt."
Artemis paled, she had come very close to making a very big mistake. She could feel the power coming off the boy. He was more powerful than her father and there were not many beings that she had met who could challenge her father, except for his brothers.
The boy, Alpha and his wife who he introduced as Beta, stood in the middle of the throne room, waiting for the council.
Once the council flashed Zeus addressed the boy, "Who are you child and why do you hide your face?" Percy smirked, "I am the leader of the pack, known as Alpha. I was cursed by someone powerful and my wife keeps me from hurting people. The pack are a group of demi gods that were lost. They are fighters, ones could not lose the need to battle. We are family. We travel together and kill monsters. My face doesn't matter. The pack will help in the war since Artemis did not kill my son."
Athena narrowed her eyes at him, "Is Alpha your name or your rank?" she questioned and the boy almost seemed surprised as he answered her, "It is my rank. As leader of the pack I am referred to as Alpha, my wife is referred to as Beta."
Hermes looked interested for a moment, "Then what is your name?"
Alpha shook his head, "Unimportant." No one knew what to say to that, Apollo spoke up, "Everything you said is true, but how can we trust you?"
The girl spoke up, "We have not given you a reason not too. We only defended what was ours."
Zeus nodded, "Then you will travel with the hunters. Its simple, Artemis can determine if they are true allies and this is her punishment. She will learn not to cross the line and if you harm them for no reason you will spend the next decade rebuilding your precious hunt. If they harm you I will strike them down. Council dismissed."
