Chapter 28
Perseus POV
I am currently in the throne room on Olympus. Some of the gods when they saw me got a little scared at my armor. Only a few smiled at me and gave me thumbs-up. "Is this the boy you spoke to me about?" Zeus questioned, who eyed me with suspicion.
Artemis nodded firmly.
"Why do you not bow in my presence boy?!" Zeus thundered.
"Come on now Zeus. Do you really not recognize me?" I asked amused. "Shouldn't I remind you of our last battle against each other?" I asked smiling beneath my helm.
At his silence, I removed my helm showing my white 'unseeing' eyes. Zeus got to his feet, eyes wide and pointing at me with his master bolt. "You…how?" He gasped out.
"Did you really forget that I am the Primordial God of Animals, Swordsmanship, Loyalty, Darkness, Assassins and Senses?" I teased as some of the gods started to kneel when they heard of my rank and titles.
Zeus spoke once again, this time a little more calm. "There is the simple fact of what we should do with this immortal. His is quite powerful and is therefore be a threat to us going forwards, as could the spawn of Hades..."
"They will be loyal. If it troubles you so much then simply send them to camp, I mean after all they will be important pieces in the upcoming war." Hestia stated calmly as she walked into the center of the room in her average, twenty-five year old woman look. Percy smiled before the gravity of the words that she had just spoken hit home.
3rd POV
"You cannot expect me to go to that camp?!" Perseus roared out as black flames slowly began to lick around his armor.
Artemis whispered something into his ear that caused the flames to dissipate whilst Hestia stood there with her arms crossed with a somewhat annoyed look on her face. "You might be a Primordial, but you will go to camp, Perseus." Hestia replied calmly.
"Okay, we have to put all of this to a vote I suppose..." Zeus stated calmly as he ran his hand through his hair. "Who thinks that we should execute the god?" Zeus asked.
Only Zeus, Ares, Dionysus and Athena raised their hands.
"All for letting the immortal live?" Artemis raised her hand and was glad to see the other seven Olympians raise their hand with her.
"It is decided then. Perseus will go to Camp Half-blood for at least six months until he is either proven loyal or simply proves not be a threat. Despite the fact that he is the Primordial God of Loyalty." Zeus declared.
But it was Percy's last words before the council adjourned that best summed up the whole situation for the child of Nyx and Erebus. "Well shit!"
Percy, Hades, Persephone, Apollo, Hestia and Artemis all stood around in the throne room catching up for several minutes as the vast majority of Gods disappeared from the throne room in various amazing and somewhat over the top explosions of gold and reds.
"Perseus, I would appreciate it if you would try NOT to kill anyone whilst at camp. It may be the best action but sometimes the shockwaves it deals out and its aftermath are not really worth it in some places, and Camp Half-Blood will be one of those places." Persephone warned sweetly.
Perseus could only smile slightly and nod before replying. "I will do my best. But if they hurt my cousins while we are there then I will show no mercy." He practically growled the last part. At first Persephone seemed to be trying to win a staring battle but she swiftly caved in before simply letting out a small sigh before vanishing in a storm of petals and leaves.
Perseus turned away from the small spring hurricane only to be crushed in a hug by his uncle. "Listen to her, she is only thinking about what is best for you. But do not hesitate to eliminate any threat to yourself if necessary." Hades informed Percy calmly who could only nod slightly as he was still in shock from his uncle's public display of affection.
"I will... that was my plan from the start." Perseus replied calmly but with a slight cocky edge to it that only caused Hades to laugh before melting into a plethora of screaming shadows as he vanished from the throne room.
"I will let my son, Will, know that you will be staying in my cabin whilst you are confined there." Apollo informed Percy calmly as their gazes met.
Percy went to protest but Apollo cut him off, "I will not allow my favorite warrior to be cooped up in that damned Hermes cabin on the floor for the rest of your stay. I still owe you for fighting against you, both in Egypt and World War II." Apollo stiffly informed Percy who quickly relented. Apollo smirked and flashed out.
A light chuckle from behind caused Percy to smile as his gaze was met with that of Hestia. "You did well Percy. Not many people would handle themselves so calmly...or so fiercely." Hestia smiled warmly as she pulled Percy into a tight embrace.
Artemis flicked her head to Percy who simply nodded his own before the duo disappeared in a brilliant flash of silver light. Artemis immediately made a bee-line for her lieutenant once she had flashed back from the council meeting, ushering her into her tent for a private conversation before spending the last hour or so of the night bringing Zoe up to speed regarding the meeting.
"So I take it we have to go to that damned camp then if we cannot come with you on this hunt?" Zoe growled as she slowly raised my cup of water.
Artemis nodded sadly before speaking. "I must start this hunt in places I cannot bring you girls. Don't worry about it though. Perseus will be there and judging from Hades and Persephone's orders and reactions...I think it is safe to say that he will be a good source of entertainment for you all." Artemis said, looking pointedly at her lieutenant.
Next Morning
Stepping outside into the morning light, Zoe was disheartened to be greeted by the sight of that arrogant prick Alex, if Zoe actually remembered correctly. His arm was still in a sling and he was still nursing his severely bruised ego from his first encounter with Zoe's husband. And even after almost six hours or so of storytelling and ego boosting, the idiot still did not seem to understand that the hunters of Artemis were not interested in men for these exact reasons.
Alex smiled cockily as he seemingly checked his hair before walking over to Zoe with what he called 'swag'. Slowly, Zoe tensed up, because unlike her somewhat polite sisters, Zoe would take no time in simply hitting the boy in his most prized possession before telling him off.
"Hey gorgeous, why don't you come over with me and get to know the hero of Olympus...because I sure as hell want to get to know you." He asked smugly.
"Get out of my way boy. I have no intention of speaking to you." She sneered as she slowly went to walk past her only for him to step in her path.
"Come on honey. I bet a thousand years in the Hunt has taught you some…interesting tricks." He cocked an eyebrow up as he expected his rather cheesy pick-up line to work on a huntress like herself.
"Get out of my way and I will let you escape with your manhood." She snarled while Alex just laughed, closing the distance between himself and Zoe. "You know, I always have liked girls who play hard to g-" That was as far as Alex got before a loud crack emanated from behind him, sounding like someone had literally just broken a log across his head, whilst his eyes rolled up into his ego boosted head.
Once he had collapsed in a rather undignified heap, Zoe looked up to see her own gaze be greeted by a set of piercing white eyes that actually seemed both endearing and terrifying at the same time. "I hope that bastard didn't give you too much hassle, Zoe." Perseus stated calmly as he cracked his left knuckles with his right hand. He was wearing his black armor, his helm by his side.
Zoe smiled at the display in front of her by her protective husband.
One very pissed off daughter of Athena and Zeus made their entrances. "What the hell did you do that for?!" Thalia Grace barked as her entire body slowly began to spark with electricity dancing from place to place. "Yeah! Why the hell did you have to hurt him?!" Annabeth Chase screeched as she slowly began to try to bring Alex out of his unconscious state.
"That arrogant bastard was trying to hit on my wife. He should be grateful that was all I did. Because if he tries anything again, I will rip him limb from limb." I snarled out.
Zoe turned around to only be forced to look the other way whilst shielding her eyes from the blinding light from a certain God's little sun-chariot.
"Oh this day just gets worse and worse..." Zoe grumbled as she looked back around to be greeted by a red-hot Maserati Spider with heat waves literally rolling off of it melting all the snow in a ten foot radius into nothing more than water.
"Is t-that who I t-think it is-s?" Annabeth asked as she stuttered over her words.
Perseus laughed before answering. "Yup. That is the sun chariot of Phoebus Apollo..." Percy paused as if to add dramatic effect whilst turning his upper body to make sure that his own steely gaze was met by Zoe's much softer and kinder gaze.
"Hey little sis! You miss me so much already?" Asked an all too familiar voice, to which Perseus smiled at Zoe warmly. Zoe returned the expression and pulled him down for a kiss.
"Hey Perseus." Apollo called out as the married couple separated. Perseus pulled the god into a bro hug as they embraced tightly.
"Man, it's been so long since I've seen you." Perseus sarcastically replied.
"Shut up Perseus." Zoe chimed as the two men stepped back and looked back at her.
Will Solace POV
To say that his new cabin-mate was somewhat reclusive was putting it lightly. He was also very strange. Considering he seemed to be more-than-friends with one of the hunters of Artemis.
The entire way, Perseus had been virtually silent like some sort of moving statue or Automaton from the Hephaestus cabin, as if the whole prospect of camp was completely boring and like the world of the Gods and monsters was something that he had dealt with on a daily basis like it was his regular life. He seemed to be blind considering his eyes had no pupils. They looked clouded over.
But Perseus carried himself with such a cold and ruthless confidence that screamed military training. Every step he took oozed precision and a cold calculating aura that made even the smartest and best of the Athenian cabin look stupid in comparison and the best of the Ares cabin look like untrained idiots.
"I can't really jump to any conclusions..." He muttered to herself as he picked his way across the cabin until he found a bed right in the corner of the room. Will quickly set the bag down and went to leave. But curiosity got the better of him as he quickly found himself back by the bedside and his hands on the zips of the rucksack. He slowly began un-zipping the bag. Quickly, he began to remove the contents of the bag.
First out came the usual stuff that a person would bring with them, for example shirts and trousers, sleepwear and several more private items of clothing that made Will kind of felt self-conscious about handling in person.
That was when his hands finally hit something solid.
Quickly, Will pulled out a small square box made of some sort of lightweight black metal. The box itself had a single line written on it. "Ιδιοκτησία του Περσέα, Ο Πολεμιστής των Σκιών".
"Property of Perseus, the Warrior of the Shadows." Will whispered as his hands slowly moved over the latch of the box before a loud cough caused him to almost jump in shock to face behind herself to be greeted by the last campers he expected to see.
Thalia and Annabeth.
"What are you guys doing here?" Will asked as he tried to cover up all of the things that he had thrown out all over the place during his brief search through Perseus's bag.
Thalia smirked slightly as she closed the distance before speaking, "Well I was hoping to catch the newest member of the camp to continue a discussion we never got to finish earlier today." Thalia replied calmly with a slight evil glint her eyes.
"Well your out of luck, Perseus is..." Will found himself being cut off by a familiar, male voice.
"Not here at the moment."
A/N: Longer chapter than normal. Yay!
Updated: 01/19/2018
