-3rd Person POV-

At 0559 hours, the Angels of Chaos were in uniform and in formation awaiting the arrival of the Commander. The six thousand Angels and six Leaders stood at ease in the field between the dining pavilion and the strawberry fields. Despite the fact that it was early in the morning, and almost none of the campers were usually up this early, half the campers sat in various areas around the army waiting to see the greatest army in history train with the greatest warrior in history.

At 0600 hours exactly, Annabeth Chase walked out from under the big house porch and took her place among some other minor gods who had turned out to watch. Nobody seemed to notice the fact that she looked like a new goddess, but she was fine with that. She wanted to wait until Percy revealed himself to let everybody know that she had been essentially given a new life.

Out of nowhere, a pure white lightning bolt stuck the spot just in front of the Leaders and a bright light followed. When the light died down, the Commander stood there in his full uniform outfit. Allistar looked up to the army as Slade shouted,

"Attention."

At once the Angels snapped into attention and said,

"Commander."

Allistar bowed his head in greeting and said back,

"Good morning my friends, at ease."

The Angels went back to their casual stance and removed their helmets, awaiting orders from Allistar. The campers couldn't help but be impressed at the well-oiled machine that the Angels were. Annabeth conjured up a bottle of water and stared at Allistar.

Allistar began walking through the ranks of the Angels and started giving out orders for the day,

"My friends tomorrow we began camp training, but today we will be our last day of field training for a while. Today will be Circuit 1. I will not be supervising today, I have business with the camp to attend to. After training the rest of the day will be recreational time. I suggest you take advantage of that time because starting tomorrow we will be training eight hours a day, six days a week to prepare the camp for the coming war. At any point during training some of you may be called away on duty. I will designate external assignments upon receiving them from Lord Chaos. Any questions?"

After a second of silence a hand went up from the back right of the army, one of the Angels from Zeta squad. Allistar regarded the Angel and said in a polite tone,

"Alexandra, you have a question?"

Alexandra put her hand down and asked,

"Commander all respect to you, but why are we taking a day off from training? Would it not benefit us to train every day to prepare the camp as well as possible?"

Allistar nodded and replied,

"Alexandra you honor me by your commitment to excellence, you are truly an asset to this army."

Clearly happy from the compliment from the Commander, she smiled and looked down in embarrassment. Allistar continued,

"You came from a society of warriors, training and combat is the way you were raised along with many other Angels. The members of this camp train its true, but they have not yet been exposed to our way of doing things. They will struggle to adapt to our ways, they will need more time to recover and mentally prepare themselves for the training we partake of. For this reason we will devote one day a week to rest and relaxation. Do you understand?"

She smiled and nodded her head. Several other Angels looked less confused now as well. Allistar added,

"Any other questions?"

A few more seconds a silence passed and Allistar said,

"Dismissed."

The Angels snapped into attention and replied,

"Yes Commander."

And with that they dispersed into squads to begin field training.

Allistar planned to call a meeting in the theatre with all of his allies. It was time to reveal himself to everybody else, and he wanted to go over the details of exactly what kind of training the camp and the gods had in store. Walking over to where the campers and minor gods were he said,

"At eight o'clock I would like everybody including the gods at the theater for a briefing. We will be discussing training a bit more in detail than yesterday. Please let everybody else know."

The campers jumped up and ran to their respective cabins to tell their sleeping siblings. All of the minor gods excluding Annabeth flashed to Olympus to inform the rest of the gods. Annabeth merely stayed where she was as everybody left.

When everybody else had gone off to perform their various duties, Annabeth stood up and walked slowly to Allistar. He stood there and waited for her. When she got to him, she put her head against his chest and wrapped her arms around him. Smiling, he did the same and they just stood there for a while, enjoying the fact that they were together again.

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At eight o'clock, the host of Olympus was all gathered in the theatre. It was filled to the brim but the gods had expanded it so that it could hold everyone. As everybody was chattering away about the coming training, Allistar walked out from behind the theatre and made his way to the stage. As he walked to the center, he bowed his head at Annabeth then with a wave of his hand conjured a rose for her which flew to her hand. This display of affection made her blush and caused some confused looks from the rest of the audience.

Allistar stopped at the center, seemed to take a deep breath, and removed his mask.

The reaction was exactly what Annabeth and Percy expected. There were shouts of, "Percy!" to "he's back." The present members of the seven that defeated Gaea all jumped up and ran to Percy. Thalia also who was away with Artemis jumped up and ran to the stage. With these people and others all trying to get to Percy, the stage was all but mob rushed. Seeing this, Percy inclined his head and an invisible wall of energy formed around the stage. The people were pushed back and some looked offended, others realized that their reaction had been out of place.

Percy smiled and said,

"Hello everybody, I would love to speak with each and every one of you, but we need to cover some things before informal conversations can begin."

Everybody went back to their seats, Poseidon was staring at Percy was tears in his eyes. Thalia was beaming at Percy and the remaining heroes of the second great prophecy were all smiling sadly at him. Percy cleared his throat and said,

"Now, as you all know, camp training begins tomorrow at 0700 hours. We will be training eight hours and day, six days a week. The Angels will be training the campers, the Leaders will be training the minor gods, and I will be training the Olympians. The only exception to that is Annabeth will be training with the Olympians and I. So that you know what you will be doing for the next few months, I am going to give you an overview of how Angels training works as this is essentially how you will be training."

The audience looks at each other excitedly before looking back at Allistar. He continued,

"There are six squads that comprise the Angels of Chaos: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon, Eta, and Zeta. Each one focuses on a specific military discipline. Alpha uses dual swords. Beta uses a spear and a shield. Gamma uses axes. Epsilon uses bow and arrows. Eta uses war hammers. And Zeta uses dual hunting knives. Each of you will choose one squad to train with for the duration of our stay. I realize some of you wish to learn more than one, but to maximize your ability in the time we have, you must choose one. Every day we will train using one of three circuits comprised of six sessions of different areas of war, then followed by a double session of weapon training. With me so far?

Most of the audience smiled nodded their heads. A few looked like they were upset they couldn't train with multiple weapons, but said nothing. Percy continued,

"Good. There are 18 areas of war we cover during the first six hours or training. You will not be expected to remember them all and I will post a list of them in the dining pavilion. But just to get them in your head I will say them. They include, battle tactics, diplomacy, hunting/gathering, medical skills, mental and physiological endurance, strength, speed, agility, individual power skills, sense improvement, camouflage, natural skills, the history of war, team battle tactics, team effort, proactive battle thinking, defense training, and offense training."

The audience again looked excited and continued to listen,

"Circuit 1 includes strength, speed, agility, sense improvement, natural skills, and the history of war. Circuit 2 is battle tactics, team battle tactics, proactive battle thinking, team effort, camouflage, and individual power skills. Circuit 3 includes, diplomacy, hunting/gathering, medical skills, mental and physiological endurance, defense training, and offense training. Again the six sessions will then be followed by weapon training. Any questions?"

Nobody in the audience raised their hands, they all seemed to understand how things were going to work. The exception were some Aphrodite girls who were staring at Percy like they would rather do anything else than train the way Percy was saying they would be. Percy shook his head, chuckled and said,

"Each of you will be expected to give your best effort. Those who are unable will obviously not be held accountable. But any who have the ability and refuse will have to answer to me. The future of earth is dependent on our victory, and I will not tolerate laziness. We do not expect you to be able to keep up with us, I promise you each and every Angel will be respectful and helping. Do not however presume to take advantage of that fact. You will train hard and by the time we take our leave, no army of monster will be able to defeat you. Thank you, you are dismissed."

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After over an hour of greetings, introductions, and reunions with lost friends, Percy spotted Annabeth and everything else disappeared. He walked through the crowd, came up behind her and grabbed her in a hug. She immediately tried to kick Percy in the groin from instinct, but stopped when Percy kissed her cheek. She laid her head back on his shoulder and they shared a few second kiss. As they broke apart, they smiled at each other and just held eachother as if the rest of the people didn't exist. Percy then said,

"I promised to tell you about my life up until now, and I plan to deliver."

She stuck her tongue at him and replied,

"Yes you did, plus I would love to have some time alone with you seaweed brain. Your room?

Percy pursed his lips, thinking about showing Annabeth his real room back in Genesis and possibly meeting Chaos. They had until tonight, but thought better of it. Annabeth would never want to come back after experiencing Genesis. She would want to stay and learn, and explore. That could wait until later. So finally answering he said,

"How about yours? I would like to see your home. We have until the Angels finish training. "

Annabeth sighed and looked down. She seemed reluctant to take Percy home. She looked up and answered,

"Percy these last years have been rough. I spent very little time at home and even when I did, it was only to sleep. You may be grossed out or think less of me when you see it."

Percy held her face, looked in straight in the eyes and said,

"Annabeth you are my life, I understand you have been through a lot and I would never for a second judge you. Please show me your home."

She nodded her head slowly and replied,

"Alright fine. But just don't think I am pathetic when you see."

With that she flashed them both to her house on Olympus. Annabeth was right, the past few centuries had been rough. It was obvious from the state of her house. They were suddenly on Olympus close to the elevator. Being a minor goddess, she was not granted the honor of living close to the throne room. Her house was by itself, at the end of an alley that was about fifty yards from the edge of Olympus. They appeared out front and Annabeth was immediately embarrassed.

The house had once been a beautiful one-story cottage, but had withered and crumbled since Annabeth had taken up residence there. There was ivy growing on the side, the front door had fallen off, and the paint on the exterior looked like it had long peeled off. Annabeth leaned into Percy and he put his arms around her and held her close. She looked up and said,

"The inside isn't any better. I never bothered using the front door, I just flashed to my bedroom."

Percy smiled sadly at her, kissed her shortly, and pulled her through the front gate. Walking through the front door, Percy agreed with her, the inside was also bad. There was very little light coming through the shades. Dust covered literally every corner of the house. Annabeth looked down in shame but Percy pulled her face up to look at him saying,

"Annabeth if you don't want to be here we can leave and go to my chambers. There is no need for you to ever come here, I would be happy for you to stay in the Chaos cabin. There is an extra room just down the hall from my room and you would be very comfortable. I would offer for you to stay with me in my chambers, but that can wait until after we are married."

She smiled brightly at him and said,

"I would love that Percy. Mother might want to make sure we aren't sleeping in the same room, but staying in the Chaos cabin sounds awesome, plus I could be very close to you."

He beamed at her and pulled her back outside. Before leaving however, Annabeth turned around and stared once more at the house. Percy asked,

"Is something wrong Wise Girl?"

Annabeth replied,

"I don't want there to be any evidence of my life without you."

With that she waved her hand and the house was gone, any trace of her prison was wiped away. Percy walked in front of her and snapped his fingers. Instantly a large fountain appeared. It was made of marble and atop the fountain stood Percy and Annabeth hugging and staring into each other's eyes. On the side there were depictions of all of their friends and all the adventures they had shared. It was beautiful, and a much more merry sight than the dilapidated shack it had replaced. They took one last look at the fountain and flashed away to Percy's room.