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Now let's get to what we have all been waiting for! The newest chapter, of "Heir to the Protogenoi."At Camp Half Blood
The campers stood nervously as they waited for the monster army to pop out of the labyrinth at any moment.
The campers numbered around 200 total, but including the nature spirits and the satyrs, that total grew to around 300.
Suddenly, there was a low rumble from somewhere underground. The campers glanced at each other nervously and held their weapons at the ready. The Apollo kids in the trees nocked their arrows and waited.
Then, all of a sudden, the ground exploded and monsters began pouring out of the labyrinth. They charged at the Apollo kids shot some of them down but more monsters poured out of the labyrinth. The campers charged back at the monsters. They engaged a few of them in battle but the numbers were ridiculously uneven. The tide of monsters seeping out of the labyrinth was seemingly endless.
The battle turned into a bloodbath as demigods were slain left and right.
"COME ON FIGHT LIKE DEMIGO- urrk" Clarrise La Rue was cut off by a spear impaling her in the throat. She fell to the ground and lay still, eyes still wide open.
The flow of monsters seemed to funally cut off. The last people to come out of the labyrinth were Luke and Annabeth. They did not even join the fight. They just watched as their monsters bathed in the blood of the campers.
Finally, it all ended. The monsters had brutally killed all of the campers. None remained alive. Even Chiron lay on the ground, still.
"Army of Kronos!" Luke shouted. The monsters gathered around him and Annabeth. They has lost a few of their own but they still had hundreds in their army.
"Today we have won a great victory! We have finally claimed Camp Half Blood as our own!" Luke shouted. The monsters roared and stomped. "As your reward, you may feast on the flesh of any demigod you wish!" The monsters cheered in excitement and anticipation. "FOR KRONOS!"
"FOR KRONOS!" The monsters roared back.
Well isn't this touching" a voice said. The monsters stopped cheering and looked around confused.
Luke drew backbiter and stood ready. Suddenly, there was a bright flash of red light that blinded the entire army. When the light finally faded, there stood the entire Camp Half Blood army, perfectly healthy and intact. To make matters worse, the hunters of Artemis were with them as well.
Standing at the front of the army was Perseus Jackson and at his side were heroes that Luke thought were long dead. Perseus, Achilles and Theseus.
"H- ho- what-" Luke stuttered in complete shock.
Percy chuckled. "Cat got your tongue?"
"B- but I-"
"Sssssshhhh Luke. Just be quiet and take this L."
Then, in the blink of an eye. Percy sped forward and decapitated four empousai.
Luke seemed to recover from his surprise and said, "This does not matter! Army of Kronos, ATTACK!"
Luke's monsters ran at the campers again, expecting it to be as easy as last time. Unfortunately for them, it wasn't.
Percy and the ancient heroes ran right back at them and the slaughter began.
They moved faster than humanly possible. One second a monster would be charging towards them, the next second, they would be gone, replaced by a pile of dust.
Some of the monsters would get past the death squad of Theseus, Achilles, Perseus and Percy but then they would be immediately picked off by the Apollo campers or ran through by the Ares campers.
By the time the monster force had dwindled down to under a hundred, Luke and Annabeth decided to retreat through the labyrinth. They ran for the entrance, which was still open, and Luke hopped in.
At the last second, an Apollo camper named Michael Yew, spotted Annabeth about to jump back into the labyrinth. He nocked an arrow and fired directly at her.
It was a perfect shot.
Unfortunately, Annabeth had already started to jump in. When the arrow hit her in the side of the head, she tumbled into the labyrinth into the waiting arms of Luke. Then, he closed the labyrinth, leaving his army behind to be slaughtered.
Thirty Minutes Later
The celebration had begun but Percy, Chiron and the ancient heroes knew that there was nothing to celebrate about just yet. There was many obstacles to still overcome on the path to victory. With the reality stone, though, there was a glimmer of hope for the demigods.
"Percy, heroes, we shall report to Olympus to tell them about what has transpired over the last few days. We must also alert them to you guys' existence. Zeus will be angry but he will not kill you guys. We need all the help we can get in this war" Chiron said.
Right at that moment, Mr. D flashed in. When he saw Perseus, Achilles and Theseus though, his jaw dropped. "What the- when- when did this happen?" he asked.
Chiron gave Mr. D a slight glare. "Maybe if you were around more, doing your job, you would know" he said. "While you were gone the camp was attacked."
Dionysus looked surprised, then he shrugged. "I couldn't have done anything about it anyway. I'm not allowed to interfere." Theseus stepped up and glared at him.
"You had no problem interfering when you forced me to leave Ariadne on the island so you could swoop in and woo her" he snarled. Dionysus raised an eyebrow.
"Don't start with me boy. I am not in the mood" Dionysus said. Theseus glared at him. "Now I will transport you all to Olympus and you can report to the gods what happened." Dionysus waved a hand and they were suddenly lurched forward into blackness. They reappeared in the Olympian throne room. The three ancient heroes looked around in amazement. They had never been here before.
While the ancient heroes walked around the throne room in wonder, Percy sighed and walked over to the hearth, where he sat next to Hestia's plain wooden chair.
In a couple seconds, the gods started flashing in. Each one got the same look of surprise seeing Theseus, Perseus, and Achilles wandering around the throne room.
When all the gods were assembled, Zeus pounded his fist onto his throne.
"GODS!" Zeus yelled. "We are here because Dionysus has called an emergency meeting! Dionysus, what have you called us for?"
"First things first, camp half blood has been attacked. Second, it seems we have dead heroes wandering around the camp now" Dionysus said, sounding bored.
Zeus glanced at Achilles, Perseus and Theseus. It seemed as if he was trying to figure out which situation to cover first. He finally cae to a decison a few seconds later.
"Who attacked the camp?" Zeus asked.
"It was Luke and Annabeth, through the labyrinth, just as we thought" Chiron said. "Luckily, we were prepared thanks to Percy and we were able to push them back."
"Did Annabeth escape?" Zeus asked. Athena stared at her laps as they spoke about her traitorous daughter.
"Yes she escaped. A son of Apollo was able to shoot her in the head with an arrow but we have no idea if the shot was lethal or not because she managed to fall into the labyrinth where Luke was waiting for her. It is most likely that he was able to get her healed" Chiron said.
Zeus slammed his fist onto his armrest, causing a couple gods to jump. "I need that girl captured. She will be executed as soon as I get my hands on her." Athena did not even look up at that statement. "And what of these three. How are they here? Should they not be in elysium enjoying the afterlife?"
Chiron shuffled back and forth nervously on his hooves. "Well, you see, lord Zeus, um, they were never dead." Zeus looked confused.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
Before Chiron could respond, Percy, who hadn't spoken the entire meeting, finally spoke up.
"What do you mean 'what do you mean?' It's pretty fucking obvious what he means. They were never dead. They were on some outer space mission to get some rocks so their deaths were faked and blah blah blah. We don't have to get to details. The point is, they're here now, and they can still fight. Now can we get on with this, I'm dead tired and if I don't get any sleep in the next hour I'm going to kill somebody."
The ancient heroes looked at Percy in horror, fearing that he would be struck down by Zeus. Zeus, though, looked unbothered by the blatant disrespect. He seemed more focused on the first words Percy said.
"Space mission? What space mission?" Zeus asked. Athen finally looked up from her lap, curious to know what they were talking about. Percy sighed.
"Uuuugggghhh why did I agree to come here?" he asked himself.
"Tell me boy!" Zeus yelled.
Percy glared at Zeus. "I don't know who the fuc-"
"Percy!" Chiron yelled. "Can you please try not to get incinerated?"
"Nah because he think that just because he's the King of Olympus he could talk to people how he want. Hell no. He gonna have to watch his mother fuc-"
"Okay Percy that is enough!" Chiron shouted. "I apologize for the boy's insolence. He is a bit... cranky from lack of sleep. I pray that you can forgive him."
Zeus nodded but still looked a bit fessed about Percy's disrespect.
"Chiron, you tell me what occurred" he said.
Chiron looked nervous. Theseus noticed this and stepped forward.
"Almighty and powerful Zeus, Lord of all gods, I beg that you allow me to report to you what transpired" Theseus said. Zeus smirked at the sight of the son of Poseidon grovelling before him.
"Go on demigod."
Theseus proceeded to tell Zeus everything from the beginning. He finished with the battle at camp half blood. When he stopped, he was breathing heavily.
The gods except the ones that already knew of the heroes existence looked amazed.
"So... you guys were never dead?!" Apollo asked.
"Oh my gods HE JUST SAID THAT! Like dam, are y'all deaf? Do y'all need me to clean out your ears? Dam, I'm tryna go home and y'all are in here asking dumb ass questions, like come on man!" Percy said.
The ancient heroes looked terrified for Percy, before they each fell to their knees before Zeus. "Please do not kill him. He is merely cranky from sleep deprivation."
Zeus knew full well that he could not kill Percy no matter how bad he wanted to but it felt to have demigods on their knees before him (Pause) so he let them believe that. Unfortunately, Percy had to ruin it.
"Kill me?" Percy snorted. "Man these soft ass gods won't do shit."
"Alright that's our cue. Percy, up you go" Chiron said.
"Council dismissed!" Zeus said.
"Wait Perseus" a voice said. Percy turned to see Artemis quickly walking towards him. As quick as he could, Percy sped out of the throne room.
He ignored all the people that looked at him weirdly as he turned a corner in the Olympian city. It was a dead end. Percy looked back as he heard footsteps coming towards him. Maybe if he was thinking straight he would have flame travelled away but his judgement was clouded by the anger at remembering the words Artemis' hunters said to him.
The footsteps rounded the corner but Percy was shocked to see that the person following him was not Artemis. It was actually Hera, queen of the gods.
Percy thought about bowing but he decided not to.
"Percy" she said. She studied his face. Percy stared right back at her. He noticed that she didn't call him Perseus.
"Hera" Percy responded. "Why did you follow me here. I thought that it was Artemis attempting to force me to talk to her."
Hera shook her head at the mention of Artemis. "I disagree with what her hunters did. It may not seem like a great offense but I, as the goddess of family, know how truly crushing it was to be constantly berated and attacked the way you were."
Percy wasn't exactly sure what to say. He finally managed to say, "Thank you, Hera." She smiled at him and Percy finally saw how the real Hera looked, not the bitter queen of Olympus. When she smiled she almost looked like she was sparkling.
Percy prayed that Hera could not read his mind, because he did not need any more reasons for Zeus to hate him. There was already more than enough, though.
"The reason I followed you, though, was to ask you a few questions" Hera said.
Percy raised an eyebrow. "What exactly about?"
"It's about Artemis actually?" Hera said, sounding a little bit nervous.
Percy frowned. "Did she put you up to this?"
Hera shook her head. "I swear it on the Styx." Thunder rumbled in the distance, sealing the oath.
"Then what are you questions?" Percy asked.
"Well, you may not like it but hear me out. I want you to go talk to Artemis and not because I feel bad for her. She has let her hunters run wild for way too long and they have torn tons of families apart with their sexism and savagery. I want you to talk to her for the sake of the little ones in the hunt. It may seem stupid but since the incident, they have closed off. They speak to no one but each other. You were the only family they had besides the hunt but after the incident the hunt was cut from that list. Then you disappeared from their lives. They are alone and they neeed you Percy."
Percy stood there. He was deep in thought. He had forgotten all about the girls in the hunt. He saddened at the thought of Hannah and the others, alone and scared for him.
"But why must I speak with Artemis?" Percy asked.
"You know full well that Artemis will not allow you anywhere near her hunt, at least until you have a conversation with her. It is not even fully her fault" Hera said.
"It is her fault Hera" Percy said. "She let them run rampant for centuries and now they feel like they can do whatever they want, kill any male they want, and they feel like they are doing justice in some sick way. It is disgusting and it all traces back to Artemis."
Hera sighed. She could not argue with what Percy said. "Percy please. At least try to be civil with her. Hestia told me that she could feel hope dying within them. You must act soon."
Percy sighed. "Fine. I will talk to her. Do you have an idea where she could possibly be?"
"Last I checked, she was sulking on her throne after you ran out of the throne room. She seems a bit... distraught" Hera said.
"Oh she cares nothing for my feelings. She just hates feeling as if something was her fault. Hunters of Artemis hate that. I know that from experience" Percy said before giving Hera a slight bow and walking past her out of the small alley.
In the throne room
Artemis sat on her throne and thought back on what had just happened. Since when did she start to care about what a boy felt? Nothing about his gender mattered to her, right?
But as she sat on her throne, she couldn't help but feel this ugly feeling of guilt creep into her chest.
As she sat there, bathing in her guilt, the throne room door burst open, and the very person she was just thinking about walked into the room.
Percy walked over to her throne, not bothering to bow. He stood there and crossed his arms.
"Hera tells me you want to talk" Percy said, looking everywhere but her eyes.
Artemis sat up straight in her throne. "Yes I would like to talk" she said.
"Well make it quick, I have things to do" Percy said, which was a lie. He actually planned on going back to Hestia's palace and taking a 15 hour nap before watching TV.
"Well I wanted to talk to you about the actions of my hunt. I apologize for what they said. They made you feel unappreciated and useless. So... so did I" Artemis said, looking pained.
"Still can't let go of that pride?" Percy chuckled humorlessly. "Stupid gods."
Arrwmis looked angry but then she remembered that she was apologizing. "Well I just wanted to say sorry, okay?"
Percy was silent. Then, he said, "That's nice." Then he turned around and started walking towards the throne room door.
Right as he was about to open the throne room door, Artemis quietly said "Hannah wants to see you."
Percy stopped in his tracks, hands inches away from the door to the throne room. He closed his eyes and turned around before opening them.
"Unfortunately, I am not welcome at your camp so it is quite impossible for me to see her" Percy said.
"I can allow you to see her" Artemis said. Percy just laughed.
"For what cost? There always is one with you gods, right?" Percy said.
Artemis once again felt that ugly feeling of guilt in her chest.
"There is no cost" Artemis said. Percy narrowed his eyes.
"Fine. But I am only going for them. Not for you" Percy said. Artemis sighed and stood.
"Fine Percy" she said.
He glared at her coldly and said, "It's Perseus."
At the hunter's camp
Artemis flashed in with Percy at her side. He had his hood up, though.
When the hunters saw Artemis they ran up to her but then they saw Percy and drew their bows.
"My lady, who is this male that you have brought into the camp?" Phoebe frowled.
Percy snarled as he looked at Phoebe, one of the hunters he disliked the most.
"Do not attack him. He is not here to harm anyone" Artemis said. Then she looked at Percy. "Take off your hood."
Percy removed his hood. When he did, the hunters gasped and some lowered their bows. Most of them glared at Percy and kept their bows nocked, though.
"Why is he here?" Phoebe said. Percy didn't pay her any mind, he just strolled past her and towards the little girls' tent.
"Where do you thunk you're going boy!" Phoebe yelled.
Percy just ignored her and strolled into the girls' tent. Phoebe looked at Artemis, expecting her to go stop him but she did nothing.
After a few seconds, a loud scream was heard from the tent. Artemis naroowed her eyes and her and the hunt sprinted to the tent, bows drawn.
They burst into the tent to find Percy on the floor with the girls on top of him, tickling him to death. Percy screamed again.
"Please... stop"Percy breathed. He tried to escape but he was pulled back on the floor and he started getting tickled all over again.
"Okay okay I'm sorry... I'm... sorry for going away" Percy said.
"Will you ever do it again?" Hannah asked.
"No" Percy said.
"Promise" Hannah said. "Promise me."
"I... " Percy started but rhen he paused.
"Girls I think that's enough" Artemis said. The girls got up from on top of Percy and let him get up.
"It's good to see you guys again" Percy said. Kaitlyn jumped into his arms and he laughed and picked her up.
"Can you make something for us?" Hannah asked. "Pleaase?"
Percy smiled. "What would you like- wait, I know. Macaroni and cheese?"
Hannah nodded happily. Percy put Kaitlyn down. He clapped his hands and plates full of macaroni and cheese appeared in front of the girls. They quickly dug in happily. Percy watched them with a small smile on his face.
Artemis looked at him, a smile threatening to come on her face as she looked at his multi- colored eyes shining with happiness. She suddenly founf that she had been staring at him for ten seconds. She blinked and quickly looked away, praying that he didn't notice.
Percy looked at Artemis. "Well, I'll be on my way now." Hannah looked up from her food.
"Wait, you're leaving?" she asked. Percy nodded. "Why can't you just stay?"
Percy shook his head. "I am not welcome around here."
Hannah looked at the hateful eyes of the hunters and seeemed to understand. "Will you come and see me?" she asked.
Percy said. "I... will try."
Hannah nodded and hugged Percy one more time.
"Bye Percy" she said. Percy smiled at her. She then sat down and continued to eat her food. Percy faced the hunters, who were staring at him, some in anger, and some in surprise. Percy disregarded them completely. He knew the thing that hunters of Artemis hated most besides men was being ignored.
Percy walked up to Artemis. A few of the hunters' hands grasped their bows.
"Do you know where Zoe is?" Percy asked.
"Why would she want to see you?" Phoebe sneered. Artemis shot her a quick glare but inwardly, she was thinking the same thing.
At the same time, though, she was curious so she decided to see why Percy was asking. "She is in her lieutenant's tent."
Percy walked past Artemis and towards a tent that stood next to Artemis'. The other hunters shouted protests but Percy ignored them. He opened the flap of the tent and went right inside.
"My lady you will just allow to walk around as if he owns the place?!" Phoebe yelled incredulously.
Artemis just shook her head. "Phoebe... please... just stop."
Inside the tent
Zoe jumped in surprise as Percy walked into her tent. When she saw who he was, she gasped.
"Percy?" she exclaimed. She then did the thing that shocked Percy to she core. She ran over to him and hugged him.
Percy's eyes widened when Zoe hugged him. He thought of Artemis and what she would do to him if she walked him and saw them in this position.
Finally, Zoe let go and stepped away from him.
Percy was gaping like a fish. "Did you just... hug me?!" Percy exclaimed.
Zoe looked confused. "Is there a problem with that?" she asked.
"No, it's just that as a hunter of Artemis it's kind of strange that you are hugging a male" Percy said.
"But you're my friend! Can I not hug a friend?" Zoe asked.
Percy's eyes widened. Since when did Zoe consider him a friend? They were barely acquaintances!
"Your sisters would not like it. They all hate me" Percy said.
Zoe frowned. "They seem to hate you a lot more than a regular male. I do not see why, though."
Percy shrugged. "That's their problem."
"Well why did you come here?" Zoe asked.
"I stopped by to see the little ones and I was about to leave but I decided that before I left I might as well say hi" Percy said.
Zoe smiled inwardly when Percy said that.
"Well thank you Percy" she said. He smiled and nodded at her. Zoe soon found herself staring at him. She didn't even realize she was slowly leaning forward until the tent flap burst open and Artemis walked into the tent.
When she saw Percy sitting on Zoe's bed across from her, she looked surprised.
"Yes my lady, what would you like?" Zoe asked, slightly irritated, though she didn't know why.
Artemis narrowed her eyes at how close Zoe and Percy were to each other.
"Percy, I-" Artemis started, but suddenly, an Iris message appeared next to her.
Iris message from, Hestia. Do you accept?
"Yes" Artemis said.
Hestia's face showed up on the screen but she looked worried and panicked.
She looked at Artemis and was about to speak but then she saw Percy in the background.
"Percy!" she said, sounding relieved. "I have been Iris messaging everyone to find out where you are!"
"What is going on Hestia?" Percy asked, standing up suddenly.
"Olympus is under attack Percy! We need you! There is an army of tens of thousands of monsters here and leading them is Kronos, Hyperion, and Krios!"
Percy's eyes widened. Hestia continued talking, though. "And something strange is happening, too. On the other side of the borough, there are powerful beings fighting each other. We cannot tell exactly who or what they are but they are doing considerable damage."
Percy's eyes narrowed. He had a small idea of who these people possibly could be.
"I will be there soon" Percy said. He then looked at Artemis. "I presume you will gather your hunters and join the battle?"
Artemis nodded. Percy nodded back and then disappeared in a flash of flame.
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