not a mortal: Nice chapter and is tartarus and theron best freinds? / More like Tartarus and Theron have a mutual understanding and have a shared domain (technically) of Monsters, they are friends, but not best friends.
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Chapter 25 - Out of Tartarus
Theron checked up on the demigods' progress at least five times a day. Percy and Annabeth had quickly learnt that something was different with that wall and the daughter of Athena had lived up to her heritage by scratching the outline of the door into the wall with her drakon bone sword. With every day that passed Oceanus, Iapetus and Theron became more nervous. The last Titan to go against a decision of the council had been Theron and it hadn't ended very well for him.
Theron made sure that they were being given food, he couldn't do it himself otherwise Kronos might become suspicious, but he was able to slip some Ambrosia into some of the bread that they were given and sometimes he managed to swap their water for Nectar.
After the second day, the demigods had found the circle, but didn't know what to do with it. Percy had tried fitting the edge of Riptide into the hairline crack around it to lever the circle out, but the blade had almost snapped off so he quickly stopped. It was Annabeth that found the first symbol when she had tried to fit her drakon bone sword under the door. The point of the weapon had dislodged it from where it was hidden. One day after that, Percy found the next one when he had desperately tried to fit his fingers under the door and lift it out of the wall. The last symbol was found only one hour later and Annabeth had quickly deduced that they needed to put them somewhere in the door. They tried to fit them in, but they had to be put in a certain order and place.
The two demigods quickly became frustrated with the cell they were in and Percy had begun to try and pick the lock with the point of Riptide. Needless to say, the three Titans watching had taken great amusement out of this.
During the fifth day, Annabeth figured it out. The symbols needed to be placed in order of the sword, scythe, and then trident - reflecting the ages of Oceanus, Kronos, and Theron. They formed a triangle with the scythe at the top, the trident at the bottom right and the sword at the bottom left – showing that Kronos was the King, Theron his right hand and Oceanus his left.
Theron was impressed that they had managed to figure out the entrance to the passageway so quickly. As soon as he told Oceanus and Iapetus that the demigods were in the tunnel they quickly packed everything they would need and ran off to the exit of the tunnel.
Theron went to find Kronos. He guessed correctly that the Titan King would be in his room. He intended to tell his father that he was going away for a while – since he was grounded he couldn't leave Othrys unless he wanted an even worse punishment. He walked straight into Kronos' room and turned around quickly, shielding his eyes as he slammed the door shut. He had to wait less than a minute until Kronos came out, shutting the door firmly behind him before Theron could look inside the room.
Kronos raised an eyebrow as he crossed his arms over his bare chest. "Did you want something, son?"
Theron looked at his father for several seconds before a grin broke out on his face, the scar over his right eye stretched. "So when can I expect another sibling?"
"Not anytime soon," Kronos said firmly, "I am having no more children until I believe they will not kill me."
"Sorry," Theron apologised, "it is too much fun. I wanted to ask if I could leave Othrys for possibly as long as a week."
"Why do you need to leave?" Kronos' eyebrows furrowed as he looked at Theron.
"I was hoping I could gather the DireWolf Packs together. We will likely need them to help us combat Lycaon and his pet wolves."
"If you must go take someone with you, son," Kronos said.
"I have already asked Oceanus and Iapetus. They agreed and are waiting for me to join them now." Theron nodded.
"As long as you do not run into any kind of problems willingly, then yes. You may go. I want you to be careful though, son." Kronos said.
"Thank you, father," Theron grinned, "and… uh, you may want to lock the door. I would rather not walk in on my parents having sex again."
"Just go, son," Kronos scowled and opened the door to slip inside it. Theron heard the lock slide across.
"Have fun, father!" He shouted, "You too, mother!"
Kronos' muffled curses followed Theron as he fire travelled to meet up with his uncles.
"What happened?" Oceanus immediately asked.
"I walked in on Kronos and Rhea having sex," Theron said bluntly.
"I did not really need to know that, nephew," Oceanus said as he tried to dispel the image forming in his mind. "I meant what did he say?"
"As long as someone comes with me to keep me out of trouble," Theron grimaced, "I told him I was going to gather the Packs together."
Iapetus snickered, "He actually believed you?"
"Apparently so," Theron smirked.
"Our brother cannot seriously be that stupid," Oceanus snorted and Iapetus nodded his head in agreement.
Theron shrugged, "He must be a good actor then."
Oceanus frowned and shook his head, but he didn't say anything. Theron settled down to wait beside his uncles for the demigods to come, keeping a careful eye scanning their surroundings. It was almost an hour later that Theron heard the footsteps of the two demigods. Almost as soon as he heard them, alarm bells ran out across Tartarus.
"I told you, nephew," Oceanus said, "Kronos is not stupid."
"I will stay behind and delay them," Iapetus decided as he stood up.
"I will help," Oceanus said, "we will meet you at Perseus' house, Theron."
Theron nodded. "Good luck."
"You too, Prince," Iapetus said as he strode out from under the shelter with Oceanus behind him.
Theron paced anxiously as he waited for the demigods to exit the passageway. The first one to come out was Percy who nervously exited with Riptide held in front of him. Annabeth came out after him and she was covered in cobwebs.
Theron wasted no time and stopped in front of them, not caring how Percy's grip on his sword tightened. "If you want to get out of Tartarus you will have to trust me."
Percy immediately shook his head. "The last time we trusted you, you led us into an ambush. Why should we trust you this time?"
"You should trust me because I am the only immortal with the ability to teleport out of Tartarus." Theron said as he studied them. When they made no movement, he sighed and said, "I swear on the river Styx that I have no intention to harm Perseus Jackson and Annabeth Chase."
The demigods waited several seconds, but when nothing happened to Theron they relaxed and put away their weapons. Percy put Riptide in his pocket, "So, where to, Lord Traitor?"
Theron glared pointedly at his nephew, "You can call me anything you want, except that. Am I understood, Jackson? I do not care what your father would do to me if I killed you, and you had best remember that."
Percy stubbornly crossed his arms over his chest. "I am going to call you whatever I want. You voted to have us killed!"
"Who do you think set up the passageways in Othrys, Perseus?" Theron growled, "You owe your escape to Oceanus, Iapetus, and I."
"You made the passageways?" Annabeth asked curiously, "It was ingenious."
"You two are the first to open the door in that cell." Theron smirked, "Lycaon was there for nearly two centuries at one point and did not even know there was a secret passage out of the cell."
"Lord Traitor," Percy said and Theron glared at him, "how are we going to get out then?"
"Trust me," Theron said bluntly and stretched his hand out towards them. "I can teleport us out of Tartarus and if we stay here any longer then Kronos will find us."
Percy and Annabeth hesitated and looked at each other, having a silent conversation with their eyes. Theron shifted uncomfortably as he watched, silently wishing that Styx was there with him. What snapped them out of it was when Kronos' enraged shout echoed around them.
"We trust you," Annabeth nodded and grabbed Theron's hand. "You should probably shrink though."
Theron chuckled and shook his head. "No, I think I will stay like this. Mortals will have to get used to the idea of immortals running around sometime, will they not?"
"I guess," Annabeth muttered.
Percy held onto the Titan Prince's arm and Theron fire travelled the three of them out of Tartarus.
Next Chapter - Found
Percy and Annabeth are out of Tartarus. Oceanus, Theron and Iapetus are risking everything to help them, and Kronos is angry.
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