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Chapter 25

Hestia trudged through Camp Olympus in her 18 year old form searching for Void. They have taken an alias for themselves. Hestia went for Histie which was a corruption of her original name while Void had taken Kenos which means the same as his true name. They have been in camp for two days and she felt that Void is a real pain in the ass. He constantly vanished and was really annoying. Though, Hestia did feel some attraction towards him.

Only Leo Valdez, Calypso, Malcolm Smart, Tyson, Chiron and his wife and Lupa knew of their true intentions. Void though being very outspoken, was also very secretive and hasn't said a single word about his plans. Hestia saw a group of Aphrodite and Venus girls chatting next to the baths. Hestia approached the second-in-command of Aphrodite, the mega slut Drew. Hestia was irritated by her constant pestering and flirting and she had tough time restraining Void from blasting away his own "fan club".

"Hi Drew, Have you seen Ken?" She asked her in a faux sweet voice. Drew and her gang eyed her. "Why, that hottie is in that ugly hammering cabin, why are you even searching for him? I don't think he would want to be with you. I mean, I and my sisters are there for him" She replied. Hestia wanted to strangle her and use her powers to blast this girl apart. No, that would blow off her cover.

"My, Void is so hot that even the most peaceful goddess wants to go ka-boom for him" Aphrodite's voice rang out in her head. "Aphrodite! What are you doing? Aren't you supposed planning for a way to woo Hephaestus?" Hestia yelled telepathically. "Yeah, Owl Head isn't any help for me, she knows nothing of this, besides she is too busy drooling at Kelp Head, I struggling and Hephy is getting even distant" Aphrodite whined. "Ask Hecate, and now leave my head right now!" Hestia said. She heard some grumbling from the other side and Aphrodite cut out the connection.

Hestia silently slunk away from Drew and her gang and walked towards Cabin 9. On her way she saw Ares' cabin. Zeus with his "merciful" side, allowed the Ares/Mars cabin to be intact.

She soon reached Cabin 9 to see Calypso at the entrance. She wore a grubby red shirt and a pair of jeans and had her hair in braids. Hestia smiled brightly at her. "Hello Calypso, you look better than I have seen you in Ogygia" Hestia said. "Yes, it feels nice to see the outer world after eons, though I miss Ogygia" Calypso said wistfully. Calypso ushered her in and she walked beside her. The place was lit by orange flames. Hestia cringed at the loud hammering that emanated in the cabin. The noise had got even louder when the Romans arrived in the camp. Soon they reached a large room to see Void, Leo, Percy's Cyclops brother Tyson and Malcolm in there with a massive deactivated mechanical dragon in the room. Void was in also in his 18 year form but there was little difference from his true self. He wore a pair of white-rimmed goggles, a pair of black jeans and a grey shirt that hugged his chest tightly. His eyes were furrowed in thought and listened to Leo who was rattling off info about the dragon. Hestia found him a little cute with his goggles drooping slightly. Malcolm was taking down notes furiously. Both the newly made immortal boys seemed extremely nervous, after all they have the primordial of logic inspecting their work. Tyson was just fumbling with the wirings in the dragon's neck. Calypso nudged her slightly as she staring at Void's face for long.

Hestia did not blush. No sir. The heat from the cabin was just heating up her face. She saw Calypso smirk slightly and glanced at Void who was checking the wirings. The four had not yet noticed that they were here. Hestia cleared her throat turning their attention towards the newcomers.

"Hello Grand Aunty Hes-, Oh, Sorry, Histie" Leo corrected himself when Hestia gave him a warning glance. Void looked up at her and straightened himself. He looked at Leo and Malcolm. "Well Leo, the craftsmanship is commendable, the wirings are fine, but the control disc is damaged and the flight system and the hydraulics requires a bit of tweaking and also a few more upgrades are required" Void stated. Leo relaxed and flashed Calypso a smile. Void approached her. "Well, shall we move, Milady?" he said with a cheeky smile. Hestia glared slightly at him but nonetheless blushed.

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Hestia and Void were near the fringes of the forest next to the beach and the Aqueduct. The Romans had found a way to make the salt into fresh water with the permission of Poseidon, though most of the Romans almost peed in their pants when the idea of having an audience with the god of the seas. At Last the immortal Pontifex Jason manned up and got the work done.

"Why are we even here?" Hestia questioned Void who sat at the base of an Oak tree only to be swatted away by a Dryad who jumped out of it. Void glared angrily at the Dryad who by now who realized who she had trifled with. Hestia laughed lightly at which Void fake glared at her. She could see the mirth in his eyes. The cowering dryad vanished from their sight and Void sat at the base of the tree.

"Well your niece wanted to talk to me" he finally answered. Hestia thought of who that niece could be. Probably Athena, thought Hestia.

"Nope, it's ain't her, it's the moon goddess who wanted to speak to me" he said, popping a skittles-like stuff into his mouth. Hestia was surprised, why would Artemis want to speak to him? Hestia sat down keeping a respectable distance between him and her. She could see the Twins of Heracles patrolling the beach and a thought struck her. Ares wasn't the only traitor, there was another, as per as what Apollo had said that day. "Kenos, aren't you the God of Logic?" she asked him. He nodded his head. "Then couldn't you say who the other traitor is?" He shook his head.

"I can't. That double agent is cloaked by the enemy, my brother" he deadpanned "Besides, I am a God of Logic, not a God of Knowledge or the god of mugging info, there is a huge difference between the two" he explained. Uncomfortable silence encompassed the two. "Why don't you tell me something about yourself? I mean, you know a lot about me" Hestia asked. It was true, Hestia had said a lot about herself in the two days they have been here but she knew next to nothing of the Primordial who she has accompanied.

"I have two kids; their mother was a mortal queen who I had fallen for. She was a queen, a queen amongst women. The Irony is that I, God of Logic, falling in love, an impossible act, but it did happen, I almost made her my immortal wife, but she died in a rebellion. Just a lot of grief, days of solitude, I made my children immortal, not wanting to be heartbroken of seeing them grow old and die." He said, his face holding unfathomable grief. He must have loved this woman deeply.

That is when Artemis flashed in with a bright silver beam. Void stood up lethargically while Hestia shot up. "Forgive me for the way I had behaved when we met Lord" Artemis said. "I think that I must have made it clear that I hate being called Lord are Milord Crap, and also no offence taken in that, old habits die hard" He said. Artemis stood shuffling nervously. "Lo-Void, what had you meant that all men aren't the same, I know only one who I could not consider him as an evil man" she said. Hestia understood that she was speaking about Percy.

"Well, I was saying that there is at least a few men who are worthy of respect, It actually has to do with the Sins, These Sins are embodiments who once ruled this planet. They had their asses whooped when Gaia and Ouranos were sent by Chaos to cleanse the planet of these evil things. But anyhow, these Sins just didn't leave peacefully, their remnants survived eons and when Prometheus created Humans with mine and Athena's help, these sins primarily fell upon the male, most males were infected, and a few women were infected too. So this passed on for generations and in this 21st Century, the Sins have become extremely powerful and this period has become an Age of Evil." He explained.

"Wait, you helped Prometheus create humans?" Hestia asked. "Yup" he said with a popping sound. "I had given him the ability to form life with the genes and organic carbon compounds and other essential elements" he answered. Artemis had a look of understanding but at the same time looked conflicted. "You had also said something about Apollo. What is wrong with him?" Artemis queried.

"Do you remember "The Year without summer"?" He said air-quoting with his fingers. Hestia remembered that time when she and the whole Olympian family were shifting to America the 1800s. In 1815, Mt Tambora had blown up and the next year was a year without summer. That was what the mortals know. The truth was Apollo had gone hysterical and crazy that Hecate had to weave a Mist spell around the planet. Apollo wasn't able to ride his chariot while Artemis was extremely busy with her hunters in those days. Apollo was constantly blabbering and spouting prophecies and Haikus and this torture finally ended when his son and Dionysus cured him of his madness, though no one knew why he had acted like that.

"Apollo is the god of Foresight, does that ring any bells?" Void asked. She and Artemis shook her head. "Well, since he is the god of Foresight and Prophecies, it means that he knows when who will die and he is unable to save them, also all the acts, both evil and good, are played like a HD video in his head, and as I said, the good ones are in low numbers, so that means that he would be driven insane with all that visions popping in his head." He said as Artemis was looked really shocked. "So, that is why Apollo is like a man-whore? To prevent himself from going insane?" Artemis asked, alarmed. Void nodded gravely. Artemis had a look of guilt and tears welled up in her eyes. All this time she had not been able to understand her own, twin brother's problem.

Hestia heard Artemis mumbling a few incoherent words to herself and looked up at Void. "I also was said to bring you and Hestia to Olympus" Artemis said. "Those guys can't handle the suspense of not knowing what my plan is, uh?" Void asked exasperatedly. "And another question, Where did you take Percy to?"

"To where he belongs" Void said eerily.

POV: Percy

Percy dashed into the senate tower with his companions. The ballistae were damaged and the guards where nowhere to be seen. Percy clicked Riptide out and ran into the halls. That Wizard guy had gotten a head start and was nowhere to be seen. The 30 feet armors were damaged and the marbled floor had dirty fungus-like moulds in the shape of many footprints embedded in it.

The group divided and Percy went alone towards Hexblade's chamber. The latter was no were to be found. The desk was incinerated and there was an opening large enough for a man to crawl in the end of the room. Percy put his head inside it and activated the Stinger whose light filled the tunnel. It was filled with obnoxious fumes that suffocated Percy. Percy tore a part of his pant and tied it to his face. He crawled in and saw a few similar fungus-like moulds around. After a few minutes of crawling through the tunnel, Percy could see an eerie dark green light at the end. Percy forced himself to crawl faster and his head soon peaked out of the tunnel.

There was the Wizard King holding a Golden intricately designed Chalice in his hand and a weird egg-shaped bell in his other. There was a large tank with green water that looked extremely similar to the poison that Percy had used against Akhlys when he had been in Tartarus. The room was lit by green light and the walls were haphazardly built and a lot of cracks snaked around. Suddenly a bulb sprang into his head. Percy slunk down and fell on the ground with a light thud that was silenced by the slight breeze that flew through the cracks. He hid behind a pillar and focused his eyes on the tank. Percy kept trying; all the weirdo spells that he had learnt in the library, Percy was trying to remember that. But something was blocking him even concentrating on the water.

"Please let this work, let this work" Percy mumbled. The fates were probably rolling on the floor laughing their heads out. LOL, NOOB, look, the son of Poseidon is unable to even lift a drop of water.

The tank blowed up and the water slammed into the Wizard King who dropped both the Artifacts and was thrown into the wall. He spluttered and stumbled out of the debris of stone to see Percy with his Stinger and his Electrowhip out.

"You have been a thorn in my way to glory, I will slaughter you all, starting from you" The Wizard King cackled.

Guys, you must have noticed the change in the name of the story. The previous name was "Champion Of Helix", but now it has changed to "Champion Of Helix: Ghost Of The Empire". Also the Summary has changed.

Howdy guys, long time no see. Well there's the chapter for now and soon there will be more. Hestia is attracted to Void and Void's acting mysterious. What's he even doing on Earth instead of helping Percy? Answers coming in soon and next chapter or probably the next 2 next will be Annabeth's. Now I have got in Mt. Tambora into play for Apollo. Remember 1815, Anyone? It's obvious that no one remembers, last I checked that the oldest internet blogger is around 109 years and that is no way close to 1815. 1816 was a "Year Without Summer" i.e. the Sun was covered by the obnoxious Greenhouse Gases that the whole year went away without an summer. Plants died, Humans cried, Animals fried. BY the way, the usual message that all authors have to do:

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