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Nico´s PoV
That isn´t good...
Percy walked out from behind the pillar surrounded by some weird looking aura. Artemis reached for him but didn´t move from her hiding spot, which seemed kind of weird to me. Mrs O´Leary hid in a nearby shadow and had taken along the other three hunters. Thalia and me stood behind the opposite pillar and actually were quite close. I blushed a bit but turned my attention back to Percy.
I felt my fear rising. Power emanated from Percy. He almost felt like... a god. A really angry one I might add. He grinned and his eyes were darker than before. Also the whole hall seemed to darken, the lights getting weaker.
"There is a light..."
"It was about damn time..."
The voices came nearer so were their footsteps. Tap Tap Tap... Finally they stopped. I turned around the corner and saw three figures standing at the entrance Percy created. It was Mark, his brother Alex and Annabeth. All of them were in battle armors on and had their swords at the ready as they saw Percy. Mark stepped forward.
"Who are you!" I looked at Percy again to see a grin appearing on his face. He began to walk towards them. I wanted to grab him by his shoulder but I couldn´t move as if something held me back... Even Artemis seemed frozen. I couldn´t even speak. I could just watch as Percy walked farther away from us.
"Speak! Who are you!" Mark yelled again. The group of three also seemed to be hit by fear and took a step back.
"Stop! I warn you! I am a god! I could easily destroy you if I wish!" Percy´s grin ,if it was even possible ,grew even wider and he suddenly disappeared from my view. A moment later I heard a loud was quite hard to see, the light being really dim but I saw Percy now standing right in front of the group. Alex and Annabeth looked shocked at Mark and then at Percy.
"What..." Annabeth stammered. Alex just yelled and swung his sword vertically at Percy. Percy evaded and gave Alex a flick to the head. He turned to Annabeth, who trembled in fear.
"You can´t be here... you should be dead..." She whispered so I barely heard it.
"As you can see I am alive... Annabeth." He said her name with disgust that much I heard.
Suddenly a burst of water shot at Percy sending him flying back, past us into the wall. We still couldn´t move but I saw Artemis tense up and struggling more. It seemed as though she wanted to run to Percy.
Mark came walked out of his self made hole and stopped next to Annabeth. Alex too stood up still a bit dazed.
"I see you are back my coward brother..." He grinned.
"Not bad for a demigod I must say... I am a god though so it would be wise if you give up...just like last time." A gust of wind went through the hall, making the flames flicker and a chill went down my spine.
Percy began to rise again being carried by the wind. When he was upright he landed on the ground.
"It´s been a long time Mark... " Percy said pretty casually.
"I have waited a long time for this... You better get ready." He began walking towards Mark.
"How dare you challenge a god!" Alex yelled starting to run towards Percy with his sword raised.
Percy just waved his hand to one side and Alex was hit by a strong wind. He crashed into the wall and slid down unconsciously.
Annabeth stared in shock and began walking backwards. "No... it can´t be..." She then fell. Meanwhile Mark played with his sword.
"Don´t worry I will take care of this weakling." He said glancing towards Annabeth. She didn´t answer, she was in a total shock.
"You sure you want to go against Olympus? You can just give up now. You have no chance anywa-"
Percy suddenly disappeared again. He reappeared before Mark and grabbed his face ramming him into the ground. He jumped back and Mark got up slowly.
"How dare you... Who do you think you are, demigod? I will show you the powers of a real god!"
Percy just stood there. Mark raised his hands and the whole hall shook. We were finally released from our restraints or whatever. We could move again and Artemis already ran towards Percy. A few cracks appeared in the ceiling and a bit water dripped from them.
"Get out of here!" I heard Percy yell. There came more water through the cracks. Artemis turned back and nodded towards Thalia for her to get out. I wanted to jump into a shadow with her but she held me back.
"We can´t leave them here!" She shouted gesturing towards Annabeth and Alex. I was tempted to just get away without them... At the end I just sighed.
"Alright..." I jumped through a shadow and grabbed Annabeth and Alex one after another. Then I got us all out before the hall was flooded by water.
We reappeared at the bay. We could see the Golden Gate in the distance. Soon the sky became clouded and it rained hard, thunder and lightning rumbling in the sky. The sea became restless creating huge waves.
I hope he comes back alive...
Artemis PoV
When I finally got free I immediately ran towards Percy. I looked back to see Nico, Thalia, Alex and Annabeth disappear into a shadow. Then the ceiling crashed letting water through.
I could see Mark and Perseus fighting with the water surrounding them while more of the ceiling fell to the floor and the room was flooded slowly. I waded through the water towards Perseus.
"Perseus!" He glanced at me.
"What are you still doing here!" I glared at him.
"I could ask you the same question!" Then the whole ceiling finally broke and separated us from Mark. Perseus then hugged me. He was so close to me... I blushed and tried to push him away.
"What are you doing!"
"I am saving you!" He created an oxygen bubble around us and shot through the hole in the ceiling and through the sea above suddenly Mark came swimming towards us like a torpedo and pushed Percy out of the bubble leaving me alone there as I floated towards the surface.
I saw them rush at each other propelling through the water and finally clash. I couldn´t do anything to help him and felt pretty powerless.
When I finally reached the surface I got onto an island. It rained pretty hard and the sky rumbled.
I looked out for Perseus but couldn´t see him, but then he suddenly shot out of the water floating in the sky. Mark was still in the water glaring at him.
"Let´s end it here, Mark... You don´t stand a chance." Mark already formed a huge wave and unleashed it toward Percy.
"Idiot..." When the wave almost reached him he just split it in half with a gesture of his hand. Mark shot through the split and slashed at him with water. It looked like Mark got slower for a moment as if time slowed down so that Percy could evade. Percy then hit him in the back throwing him on the island I was on. I went for the impact point. When I came there I saw Percy standing over the crater.
"Give up. You can´t defeat me, oh great god of Heroes..." Percy grinned. I ran towards him.
"I can´t be defeated by you... and I won´t." Mark formed thousands of ice shards behind him.
"It´s pointless..." Mark glanced at me and grinned. Perseus´ eyes widened in shock as he turned around.
"No!"
He unleashed all of them, but they came all flying towards me. I saw them coming but it was too late. I just closed my eyes waiting for the pain to come. I love you, Percy.
The pain never came...
When I opened my eyes I saw Percy standing above me. He smiled at me.
"I guess that is the second time." He smiled. I couldn´t quite comprehend the situation. I looked at him in shock.
"Percy?" At this moment he fell to his knees and I could see shards of ice sticking out of his back.
"No..." He fell into my arms and the shards turned to water. Mark now stood there behind him the sea and began to laugh maniacally.
I began to cry in sorrow in the rain. "No... Please no..." My hands were covered in his blood as I held him tight. "Don´t die... Please..."
He reached out with his hand towards my cheek and I held his hand. He smiled weakly.
"Why...? Why did you save me..." He just smiled like before.
"Death is painful ..." I squeezed his hand even more. He looked me directly in the eyes and I saw his life slowly slip away. He whispered.
"It was … worth dying..." The sky rumbled and was lit by lightning.
"Perseus, don´t leave me! Please! Stay with me, you can´t die!" He gave me one last warm smile.
"Ar-..temis... I ..." His voice died down, but his lips were still moving forming his last words. Another stream of blue lit the sky as I held him tighter but...
Suddenly his body began to disperse. "What...? No..No..." I cried... Again I couldn´t do anything but watch as he slowly vanished. I saw his peaceful smiling face at last before he completely disappeared carried away in the wind.
I just sat there and cried sorrowful towards the sky.
Thalia´s PoV
We stood at the cost and stared into the distance. There were Alex still passed out, Annabeth still in shock, Mrs O´Leary with the three hunters Nico and me looking for any sign of the others. Finally we saw a huge wave forming in the bay and getting split in half.
"There they are! Get us there!" Phoebe shouted worried. Nico frowned.
"You know it´s quite exhausting..." We all glared at him.
"Alright..." Mrs O´Leary helped of course...
When we finally got to the prison island a scene of horror was before us. The first thing I saw was Mark laughing maniacally. Then my gaze fell on Artemis and my eyes widened. She was covered in blood and … cried. My heart began racing and I searched for Percy but I couldn´t find him anywhere. I ran towards Artemis.
"Lady Artemis!" She didn´t even notice me. I sat down beside her and took her shoulder soothingly.
"What happened..." She looked towards me. I never saw her like this. She looked vulnerable, weak.
She whispered. "He … killed... him..." My eyes widened. The other hunters and Nico too came to Artemis.
I stood up and turned to Mark. Anger flooded me but at the same time tears flowed down my face.
"Why did you kill him! You are a god!" Mrs O´Leary stood besides me baring her fangs and on the other side Nico.
He simply looked at me with a cocky smile. "I eliminated a threat of Olympus." I was about to run at him when a lightning bolt struck the ground.
There now stood Zeus the king of the gods. Beside him appeared from a shadow and in a small tornado Hades and Poseidon.
The three eldest gods just stood there for a moment. Then Zeus spoke up.
"What happened here!" He turned to Mark, who stood proudly.
"I eliminated the dangerous entity, Lord Zeus." Poseidon looked proud. Then Hades spoke up.
"The mission was to capture not to kill."
"It was far to dangerous to let it live."
"He is lying! He didn´t have to kill him! It was Percy..." At this the eyes of the big three widened.
Poseidon seemed quite irritated. Zeus spoke up again.
"Is that true?" He seemed quite confused.
"Yes but he was nevertheless far too dangerous." Poseidon kept quiet and looked to the floor.
Hades had his eyes closed now for a while and finally opened them.
"I don´t feel him in my realm. He could be in Tartarus though, since I can´t control it with Gaea rising..." There was still hope even if it was just a ray.
Zeus nodded. The turned towards us. "We will go to Olympus. That is a matter of importance..."
He snapped his fingers and we all teleported to Olympus.
Where are you this time Percy?
Percy´s PoV
I just died... so why am I feeling this much pain? I opened my eyes and found myself for the third time or so in the same white space.
"I am not dead?"
"Yes, you are." I would have jumped in surprise if it wasn´t for the pain. I turned to see Chaos sitting in his throne smiling at me.
"But this isn´t..."
"No this isn´t the underworld, yet you are there..." He smiled again.
"Another dream?" He nodded.
What is it this time...?
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Dowy Sixst Haevens
