Hey guys! Thanks for the cheery reviews! I have been really busy lately, so I couldn't get the chance to write:( This should be the last chapter before the main, all out war and romantic shizz so stay tuned, I hope. You should start seeing other sides of Nyx to, as the events unfold, not just the night goddess with the high libido. It's been awesome writing for you guys, and I hope it's been awesome for you to read as well. I WILL TRY TO FINISH THE NEXT CHAPTER BY TOMORROW. IF I DON'T, I WILL AH... I WILL... FEEL REALLY GUILTY AND SLEEP YEAH. YEAH. FITTING PUNISHMENT.

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CHAPTER 14: LIGHT DOES NOT EQUATE GOODNESS

I opened my mouth to give a quick protest. What in Hades was Artemis doing here? I had planned to give her an IM from a far away place to escape her wrath for not telling her I was still alive immediately.

"Uh, no-"

"SMACK!"

Another slap hit my other cheek, spinning me a full three sixty on the floor. Now, both my cheeks had joined the red and swelling club. I stayed lying with my back on the floor, not wanting to grab my cheeks. I didn't want to risk moving and provoking Artemis to hit me again.

Damage control, Percy, do damage control, I thought. Soothe the violent moon goddess, before she hits you again. And find out how she got here, pronto.

"I was gonna IM you to say that I was still alive, but-"

"But what, Perseus? But what? What could possibly have stopped you from giving your friends a simple IM to show you were alive?"

Artemis sounded more like an evil, murdering ice queen who turned men into jackalopes, not like a friendly, playful moon goddess I knew from a week ago. My brain switched priority from 'comfort extremely violent moon goddess and extract information' to 'OMG, OMG JUST TELL THE TRUTH TO STAY ALIVE'.

"Igotsent into this planet by Ethan and almost drowned in a sea of blood, I just recovered and I-"

The door swung open.

"You guys doing fine over by yourselves?" Nyx stood at the doorway, first eyeing me lying on the floor with red swelling cheeks, then raised an eyebrow at Artemis. In that moment, I forgave Nyx for creating that damn tranquilizer. I was just grateful for the distraction.

"What happened to him, Art?"

Artemis inspected her fingers.

"Oh, Perseus? He fell and hit his head on the floor. What a fool."

Nyx nodded her head coyly at Artemis.

"How did he hit both cheeks on the floor? Don't they look like handprints? It's almost as if-" Erebus, who had just come up behind Nyx, stopped in his tracks when he saw Nyx and Artemis slowly turn their the evil eyes on him. Erebus seemed to shrink beneath their glares.

"Totally looks like a fall injury. Be careful next time, Perseus. Gotta go!" With that, my one chance at escape turned tail and went back to his room.

With Erebus gone, Nyx and Artemis turned their attention back on me.

"I was going to introduce you, but Artemis already knew you. We've been friends for quite a while now."

"More like sisters, really." Artemis smiled at Nyx. Suddenly it all made sense. Artemis and the maker of Drakon tranquiliser were BFFs. Just my rotten luck. Then something clicked. Erebus had mentioned somewhere that Nyx's presence enhanced the powers of any goddess near her. Chaos had said that Artemis had jumped in terms of power. So that meant that-

"You've been visiting Nyx since I was under your care?"

Artemis didn't look at me. Apparently, she found her nails more interesting than me.

"Not really. Since before that, actually. Nyx and I help each other with our stuffs."

Nyx grinned.

"Hahahaha, yes, that we do."

I was going to say more, when a bell chime rang throughout the house. A second later, a teenager in black appeared behind Nyx. A very familiar one.

"You guys finish up what you have to do. Perseus and I need a chat." Chaos said, casually talking as if there wasn't another half of him out to destroy the galaxy. "I'll leave you alone until you're done."

Chaos walked away from the corridor, out of sight.

"Well, I suppose I should leave you two in peace too. I need to keep the place cloaked. Until then." Nyx said, dismissing us with a wave of her hand and casually walking out. "Oh, and Art, don't be too harsh. Chaos did say we still need him." She winked once at Artemis, then she was gone.

The door closed with mundane finality.

I gulped.

Artemis paced around the room, as if thinking about what to say. Finally, she sighed and sat down on the bed.

"You can't keep doing this Perseus. You can't keep disappearing and almost dying. It frightens your father, me , your friends, everybody."

Guilt broke into my head. Artemis suddenly looked exhausted and crestfallen.

"I didn't want-"

A boom echoed throughout the entire house, and all the lights suddenly turned red.

"An intruder." Artemis breathed. Suddenly, her blouse and jeans were gone, and she was in battle gear. This time, I saw that there were some modifications. Liquid metal was the material of her clothes. Loose and light, but able to guard against the most grevious attacks. The liquid metal gave off a pearly light, and at the back of her armour was a quiver filled with arrows, and a metal tube. Why did Artemis carry weapons when she could materialise them?

"Stay here. And don't move." Artemis said, frowning.

She opened the door, and I saw Nyx, already in a more ancient looking battle gear, sitting on the floor. Silver ichor stained her battle gear. An insidious gold energy clung to it, as if eating at the metal. Artemis' cool broke. A look of shock was on her face.

"Nyx!"

Nyx held up her hand and shreds of darkness stamped out the gold energy, but you could tell she was still hurt. Quickly, her body regenerated, and she was back to normal.

"Erebus and Chaos are fighting him. They don't want us to be on the front line. We are to hit far distance."

Artemis frowned, regaining her composure, and nodded.

"You." Nyx said, pointing at me, "Stay here, don't move".

How carefree Nyx had been earlier was all gone now. She meant business. Her dark pupils had expanded, and now, her eyes were entirely black. She and Artemis went to the corridor and disappeared.

The moment they were gone. I pulled the tag on the cotton shirt I was wearing, and it immediately turned liquid metal. I gave my black cargo pants a slap. Instantly, they too turned liquid metal and separated into a metal cargo pants that reached past my knees, and two shin guards which covered my shins.

Lastly, I took off a silver ring from my finger. The word Fear itself were inscripted on the ring.

Taking the ring, I threw it at the floor. The floor seemed to eat up the ring, and in exchange spat out an entirely black sword that was similar to a katana. It had a long thin blade, and seemed to distort light. Black bandages covered its hilt. I looked closely at the sword. It had changed in appearance after the battle with Ethan. Yes, reader. This is the same sword I used to fight Ethan. It used to be able to change to anything, and it still could, but it took energy. This was the sword's original form.

Taking a quick peep outside, I almost jumped. Half of the house had been destroyed. Gold and black energy clung to the debris, fizzing each other out.

In the distance, a gold figure tussled and fought with two other figures, both clad in black. Chaos and Erebus. Training with them made me familiar with their forms. A sonic boom sounded, and a arrow with the glow of the moon whizzed in the sky, seemingly hitting the gold Chaos. There was a white glow, and everything near the gold Chaos was caught in the scorching moonlight. A tornado of darkness formed near the gold Chaos had been, sucking anything it could into oblivion.

Suddenly, someone was at my side. Erebus. He grabbed pushed me into a dark portal, but not before I saw the gold chaos rise of the blood sea. His gold aura seemed to explode as he gestured around him, and the blood sea rose, exploding and engulfing everything. My heart wrenched. Artemis. An impact of the blast the gold Chaos sent out next knocked me out, even while I was in the portal.

I woke up. I was in Camp Half Blood gain, in the infirmary, lying on a bed. But something was different now. Yes, I was still Perseus Jackson, but I felt like I had just woken up. Like I was now a better version of myself.

Then I woke up, sitting up ramrod straight. I was in Camp Half Blood's infirmary. What? Didn't I just wake up?

"What in Hades is going on?" I asked myself aloud. Then I knew. It was like Chaos had said. I needed to wake up and achieve my full potential. And I think I just did.

"Perseus?"

I looked up. That was when I noticed I was not the only one in the infirmary. Chiron, and a lot of other campers and hunters were there. Almost all the beds except mine were used.

And I did the manliest thing I did since remembering my parent's death, Poseidon banishing me, and me leaving camp. I cried.

When I had cleared up, despite all the weird things that had happened, some of the campers found it cool. To them, I had taken a fought and disappeared, only to reappear with cooler weapons and armour.

Since the campers kept wanting to see Sydonai, my sword, I started carrying it on me in my ring form.

The metal shirt was now cotton shirt, and my pants my normal cargo ones.

The camp had let me back in, but I was eager to leave. There really was no place for me here, even though everyone had learned about the upcoming war and the two Chaoses. I had greeted Thalia (almost got shocked to death. LITERALLY.) in her cabin, and other hunter friends' at Artemis'. Artemis was safe. Erebus had come by, shocking everyone, and sending the Aphrodite girls into a frenzy. Just as I predicted. He had given me the status. Chaos was missing, but Nyx and Artemis was fine. Helios and Selene had dropped by to help out, but the planet they had fought on was destroyed even more.

Artemis was attending the Olympian Council meeting, alongside Erebus and Nyx. They were going to tell everything to the Olympians, and get them ready for yet another war. I was to stay at Camp Half Blood with the campers and hunters, and get them ready for war.

What a lame way to prepare for war. Weren't there better things to do? Like trying to find Ethan, and beating the location of gold Chaos out of him? Now. You may be thinking, if Chaos is all-seeing, why can't he see the gold Chaos. Apparently, both Chaoses cannot see each other unless it is with their own eyes, not power. So they can hide from each other, doing what split Chaoses do.

I cursed. Engrossed in my thoughts, my feet had brought me to a now empty practice room. The day was almost over and there was nobody around here now. I might as well practice. I threw the ring onto the ground and grabbed Sydonai just as the ground spat it out.

"You forgot to greet me, Jackson. And cool sword." Nico's voice said.

I spun around. Nico smiled at me, a new sword in his hand. I started, recognising it for what it was.

"Is that-"

"Yes, "he said, flashing the sword in his hand.

"Father gave me this before Kronos attacked the Underworld. It was modelled after the sword of Hades, and Zeus would never have been allowed it, but the recent Chaos thing terrified the Olympians. They want everyone to be as strong as they can when we fight Kronos and Chaos."

"Wicked."

The sword of Hades had been disposed of, but it seemed Hades had been doing some tinkering around for Nico.

Nico suddenly drove forward, but I blocked his attack. The clash of the blades mad a little air implosion. I countered parrying up, back and forth as Nico and I tested our new swords. We moved back and forth, side to side, lunging, parrying, blocking, slashing. Apparently Aether, a friend of Erebus' had given Nico some training as well. He had met Aether after beating Ethan. According to Nico, Aether and Hemera had just arrived on Earth to fight along with Erebus and Nyx. Nico still could not beat me though. His mistake was that he kept tensing up, slowing his movements down.

"That's enough."

We jumped apart, looking around. We had been having so much fun we hadn't realised that all campers and hunters had come down to watch. I looked at Thalia. She'd been the one to tell us to stop.

"I have an announcement to make everyone!" She shouted.

"Artemis has come back from from the Olympian council." She breathed heavily, as if dreading her next words. "The council has decided there will be war against the gold Chaos. We are to go into the underworld, stop Kronos' forces, like the one that Ethan commanded, and try to capture Kronos. We depart dawn tomorrow."

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