Well, Tunisia's awesome other than me not being able to get Wi-Fi and me getting sun stroke.
So, while I am ill, why not start a new chapter, even though I don't have a clue how many emails my phone is going to be clogged up with when I get back home.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, since I was a kid when it started.
Enjoy!
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"RUN! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" He roared as the towering creature lumbered towards them.
Most scrambled away, but one ran at it, determined to stop what they had caused.
"No, -!"
It was too late...
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Two teenage half-bloods with severe anger issues, two ancient Hunters of Artemis, a Satyr a newly recruited twelve year old Hunter of Artemis walked through a of scrap metal.
It had long been deserted, but fresh imperfect models and creations such as cars, bikes, automatons and weapons. It would have been a paradise for nobody.
"How big did Hephaestus have to make this place?!" Percy asked aloud, kicking a lone stone across the sandy floor.
Zoë rolled her eyes at him. "He makes many creations a day. Thou should not question, or Olympus shall have fallen many millennia ago."
"Cool. Then maybe we wouldn't have to deal with pillocks such as Ares and Aphrodite." Percy always loved his snide comments he could share with people like Zoë and Thalia. Probably because neither would run out of insults.
The Lieutenant looked as if she was going to agree, but she silenced herself.
Percy took that back - they always ran out of things to say in the end.
In his mind, he kept going over Aphrodite's words. He couldn't get over them, and what she looked like... He couldn't explain the beauty.
Anyway, there were some nice weapons and vehicles around place. Percy was about to pick up a five foot long sword, but Zoë slapped it out of his hands.
"Don't pick anything up! Hephaestus will have something obliterate us, thou fool!" Zoë yelled, and Percy rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah. I get it. No touching or die." Percy rolled his eyes at the paranoid Hunter of Artemis, but he then remembered Aphrodite's warning about her 'husband' not liking anybody touching his stuff, even if it is his junk.
Bianca had paled slightly at that comment, but regained her composure before walking in front with Phoebe and Grover once more. Zoë and Percy came up at the rear, Thalia walking in the middle of the five for some unknown reason.
"So, how much did you talk about me after nearly killing me?" Percy said to his rival, trying to make a small conversation.
"Not a lot. Thou came up on the odd occasion, but Milady kept it in the dark. Why thou ask?" She answered.
"Just wondering."
The two remained silent for around
"What was Hell like?" She asked from out of the blue.
"Why do you want to know?" He was still touchy on the subject. For him, the wounds were still fresh, especially from Tartarus.
"I want to have the knowledge of what thou went through." Was her simple reply.
The Cambion sighed deeply. He hated the subject. "I was tortured. Every day I went through it, all demanded by my father or uncles - Astaroth, Azazel and Alistair." He spat out the name of Hell's chief tortured, his hatred still strong for him. "I was bullied for being only a half-blood, an outcast to the young demons. I was sort of relieved when I could return to the natural world, but..."
"But what?"
"I still wanted to prove that I was worthy of the title of a demon. I was truly desperate, even taking up the task to execute Lady Artemis. But then I learned of my mother... And you know the rest."
Perseus seems to carry the attitude of a pessimist, Zoë thought, but he still sees the light in every darkness so far.
"Did thou ever see the light?" She asked, wanting to confirm her thoughts.
"No. And I still don't." He answered bluntly.
"What will thee do after this quest?" She asked after a few minutes of silence other than the sound of new creations being tossed into the junkyard.
"I don't know, really. I would have hoped to of died, cutting all ties the Demons have with Olympus and the Titans, but it is most likely too late for that. I have thoughts though..."
"True, but I doubt your death will make much of a difference to what happened, and what shall occur. What else does thee have in mind?"
"Return back to Hell, and leak information to a few of the Olympians, and hope that I can prevent most future attacks on Camp Half-Blood and Olympus."
"That is one foolish -!"
Percy cut her off with his hand, planting his hand on her mouth.
"Nobody can know. There are many leaks in Olympus, and I hope to get them good. I hope you advise Lady Artemis that." Percy seemed to reach for one of his daggers.
There was a large boulder of celestial bronze in the way of their path, four smaller ones to the left of it, each one decreasing in size.
A spark flew out of one, and Percy cursed.
"We are going to need to -" Percy was silenced by a shotgun being pressed up against his back.
"All get down on your knees. Throw your weapons away." A man behind Percy snarled more shotguns and assault rifles being aimed at the six.
Grover just sunk down, pulling Bianca down with him. Phoebe was reluctant, but went down on her knees, throwing her quiver and bow at the mercenaries' feet.
Zoë and Thalia were ready to fight to the death at that moment in time. Percy was too, but he was also prepared to die for the other five.
"GET ON YOUR KNEES!" The mercenary behind the Cambion roared, pulling his gun away and firing a round up into the sky.
All six moved away, covering their ears since it was a newish sound to them.
Percy drew his knives, and sliced a mercenary's leg in half with one, throwing the other with deadly precision, slicing to throats wide open.
All three fell to the ground instantly, with screaming in pain (while dying from blood loss and shock) or drowning in their own blood.
"You son of a-" A fourth was silenced by Zoë, stealing one of the dark-blood's iron knives.
"That is it! Open fire!" One roared, and all six questers fell to the ground, taking the closest cover to them.
"See ya in Hell, ya pricks!" Percy, being the suicidal idiot he was, ran and snatched up a shotgun, and shot three of the mercenaries in the chests before any of them could react.
Zoë, following the idiot's lead, fired a few arrows at them, the tranquilizer or poison in them stopping each heart within seconds. Thalia began petrifying some with Aegis before cutting them down with her spear. Phoebe began firing similar arrows to what Zoë used, picking up her bow and arrows, while Grover and Bianca were forced to retreat, the battle escalating rapidly.
Many of the mercenaries died quickly though, and a loud screech cut through the air.
CREEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
The five celestial bronze boulders cracked with electricity, one bolt narrowly missing Bianca and Grover as they scrambled to safety. They began to rise, revealing them to be stacked, like joints... It was a massive foot!
Rubble flew high into the air, as an entire body sat forward, many different scrapped projects blowing up or scattering across the ground. A lot of mercenaries were either squashed or fell to their demise, suffering an assortment of broken backs, legs and arms to bones breaking through skin, ribs spearing hearts and brain matter painting the ground and some celestial bronze.
The figure stood, and the few mercenaries that remained retreated, firing their weapons at the towering celestial bronze automaton.
It only made the robot madder.
Two beady eyes stared at the six.
Oh, for fuck sakes! Percy mentally swore.
"Scram! Just confuse it!" Phoebe yelled, and they all ran in different directions.
Percy jumped over a broken dragon, shouting every single curse he could think of, from English and Greek to Latin and some gibberish. Greek Fire nipped at his toes as he stumbled, almost frying himself.
"How the Hades is Talos here?!" Phoebe yelled, avoiding a golden spear ready to impale her.
"It is only a prototype! A very angry one at that!" Zoë yelled back. Percy scrounged his memories for a huge ass automaton called Talos. It used to guard the island of Crete (well, something like that), before going insane - like most of Hephaestus' and his children's creations go after many years.
He hated most myths - learning them being the worst part. It was primary to know every Pagan God, Demon and Angel for some reason. The Olympians were the most powerful of the pagans. The Egyptians and Norse following. The Mayans were next.
Back to the current situation, the painful cries of a mercenary being crushed alive under Talos' colossal celestial bronze feet. How he got there? Percy decided to be a dick and trip him as payback.
Even though it was going a bit too far.
All six met up at the edge of the junkyard, breathing heavily. The automaton was in the distance, focused on ending the rest of the mercenaries' lives.
"So, what set that son of a bitch off?" Percy asked as they each wearily eyed the horizon, where the blood-curdling screams were emitting from.
"Someone must have attempted to take something. It couldn't have been them foolish mortals though..." Zoë looked at Percy, and he growled.
"Strip search me if you want, I took nothing."
Bianca looked rather guilty in the back, and Percy's eyes said 'no'.
THUD!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The ground began to shake violently.
"Oh, for crying out loud!" Percy pulled out his pen and uncapped it, revealing Riptide. In the distance, a bronze head began to show, shining brightly against the evening sun. Percy looked around for a possible way out.
A truck was a good few hundred metres away.
"That truck! Get thing started while I distract this heap of bolts!" Percy barked, pointing to an old, rusty pickup truck.
After a few words, Zoë convinced Phoebe to go over to the truck with Grover and Bianca to start it up.
The words from the prophecy were rapidly going through her mind.
One will be lost in the Land Without Rain, and One will die by a father's hand.
So it was obvious that the last line was about either Percy or her, and the first was about her, Percy or Thalia dying by Talos in that desert.
But, Bianca ran up to Percy, and handed him a small figurine.
"Give it to Nico for me if we don't make it." She said to him.
He was confused, because he would probably die like them.
Then, Talos broke out into some form of run, even though it was more of a fast walk with a limp. Each of the six paled.
"RUN! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Percy roared as the towering creature lumbered towards them.
Thalia and Zoë were about to grab Percy and Bianca and run. But, Bianca suddenly kicked Percy in the shin and ran in the automaton's direction.
Percy dropped the figurine and ran after Bianca, yelling. Then, she went under its foot, and it came down on her.
"No, -!"
The machine stopped for a moment, and Percy stopped running.
He then realised that there was no blood.
BOOM!
The kneecap of the prototype of Talos blew off, revealing a gaping hole with gears flying out.
Percy stumbled back and covered his eyes as a dust cloud hit him from the metal colliding with the loose sand. Bianca was in there, tearing the gears out of place to cause as much destruction as she could.
The automaton began punching its lower torso in an attempt to kill the newly recruited Hunter of Artemis.
It began to stagger over to a cable hanging in the sky as the light in its eyes began to flicker.
All of the fives eyes looked at it, and figured out what it was.
An electricity cable!
"Bianca! Get out of there!" Percy roared; his eyes darkened as he tried to gain the towering beast's attention.
It fell.
The screams of pain he heard would never leave him.
They turned the son of Astaroth's stomach inside out.
Percy ran, ignoring the rubble.
But it was too late.
One had been lost in the land without rain.
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*sniff* I hated writing that part... But, then again, it does make writing this in the future easier... Somewhat...
So, as you guys have gathered, I'm alive! And I'm back from Tunisia! It was awesome - well, until I got sun burnt across my whole body on the last day.
Oh well, let's just get on with the reviews, shall we?!
SonOfEnder: If you decide to make Percy go after Olympus please only make it so he only kills those who deserve it
He's not going to kill any... Well, I hope he isn't anyway...
Lord of Death and Time: Well, I think later Thalia will use the magazine from the gun, most likely
Naa, well... She might... I don't know...
Guest: Make Percy op pls.
No can do! If I do, it kills the story... Like... A lot...
Zgirl101: Oh man! I've always wanted to picture Percy mouthing off to a god, and I got two in one chapter! This was perfect! Thanks for making my day entertaining!
Thank you, Z!
Guardian'sDragonOfDeath: Awesome
Thanks!
AncientTide: I saw the poll, will Demon's Wrath: Hell's Hero is what I thought of but A Cambion's Wrath is amazing to. Who said I didn't know where you live *evil smile*! Loved it! A question though, is Aphrodite a traitor? PLEASE PEOPLE GIVE HER 250 AND MORE SHE'S EVIL! SO SHE WOULD MAKE THE DEATH AND SUFFERING EVEN WORSE! And can you at least answer our reviews before you go, it's one of the reasons I love this story, so yeah.
I like them too... But, I could be a bit bias... Eh, oh well. I said. It's not like you're going to find me. And Aphrodite! Not gonna answer! And who do you mean by 'she'?! Uh... I'd rather do it afterwards... So I do them all in one go...
ob1292: I hope that he gets a chance to kick that bitches ass she is one of the Gods that I have always hated and seems to have no redeeming qualities. Good Start
Thanks!
The Invisible Pretender: You and fluffiness is like saying fire and ice belong together. One will destroy the other. But, I'm glad to keep you on your toes about a suggestion or review every now and then. Keep the chapters coming! When you get back, of course.
I know, it will never work. So I'm practicing on a 5-10K one-shot - no violence allowed! Only romance and some crap...
Yeah, I'm always on my toes! It's like I have ADHD or something... Or just an f*cked up imagination... Probably both. And I will!
Theon Azul: K I will keep saying this, and I am completely serious, this story is THE BEST! And plz, plz don't make Bianca (may have spelled that wrong, it was never my strong suit) or Zoë die... They r some of my favourite characters, I hate it when they die... Anyways, ya, I'm exhausted, coach killed us at soccer practice, so thx for the chapter, and I'm going to bed.
Night,
Theon Azul
Thank you again! And, well, crap... I had to do it! Well, I didn't... But... Oh well. So was I when I returned from holiday, three days of practically no sleep... Oh well.
Athanaetos: Okayish chapter..kinda like a filler tho..but it's ok... Have fun on your vacation
I know... It felt like one to me too... But, Writer's Block is a bitch. And thanks, I did!
Kitsune Twins: Aphrodite and Hephaestus are married! not father and daughter. Other than that it is interesting.
Wait... What?! *checks* oh, SHIT! Thanks!
CHB's Protector 69: You can't spell love without a D.
... O... Kay then...
The Master of Chaos: *shakes my head* I agree about Aphrodite being queen of the whores. I just figure that Percy deserves a painful death in front of everyone, and right when war is about to break out between everyone he is brought back to life saying "Sup bitches" I also say skip the Labyrinth. I just don't like it as much as the rest
Good. Can't happen, he's been to Tartarus already. It would be too predictable. I would, but I have to do it... Kind of essential to the story...
So, yeah! Also, all of you Brits know that school starts next week *cries out the Pacific Ocean*, Tuesday for me, and I have both writers block and a tonne of essays and coursework to finish before school starts. So, I'm pretty much screwed.
Now, goodbye! I'll see you guys in chapter 21!
~ The Prince of Souls (Soul Rebirth)
P.S: DO THE POLL! NOW! OR DIE! Well, not really, but it will take me a long ass time to come up with one myself, so yeah...
Bye!