CHAPTER 25: GET THIS THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS

PREVIOUSLY:

"Cecilia's dead body has been located"

"…I see, and Subject A?"

"Her chip went offline…as well as her limiters"

"…When did all this happen?"

"Approximately two weeks ago"

"And why am I being informed of this now?"

"I was unaware of this until an hour ago"

"…any intel on the other four?"

"Numbers 3, 4 and 5 have been spotted by our security cams around the Manhattan area while number 2 remains undetected"

"As of now, pursuit of the four is no longer a priority, all our resources should be focused on the termination and harvesting of Subjects X and A"

"Understood"

"Oh, and resume work on Subject X beta and with whatever DNA samples we have, begin experimentation on a termination unit for Subject A"

"Sir…!"

"Are you questioning my order?"

"…no sir, your instructions will be carried out with immediate effect, Sabre Out"

"Let's see who wins this tussle Jackson"

NOW:

With a harsh popping noise, Zeus as well as his fellow Olympians and immortal heroes materialized in the Olympian throne room, and then just as if a flip was switched, Zeus felt nothing in his right palm but air causing his eyebrows to shoot up as he realized that Percy was nowhere in sight.

The other immortals seemed to realize this as well as they all looked around in confusion.

"WHERE IS HE?!" the sky god bellowed in frustration, the other present Olympians fixed him with deadpan stares, "You personally grabbed him before we could actually blink" Hades remarked dryly which served no purpose than to further irritate the god of lightning.

Before the argument could escalate to an all out brawl (which Ares was fervently praying to happen) a 'swoosh' sound whizzed through the air and the scent of sea water filled the nostrils of everyone present before a whirlpool of water began to spin rapidly before solidifying into two humanoid forms of both genders and then both crystal like sculptures gained colour to them.

Percy Jackson and Sadie Kane stood side by side in the throne room.

…and then Sadie hunched over and dry heaved heavily for a few moments before she finally managed to regain her composure and then straightened up before a heavy scowl appeared on her face and then she harshly elbowed Percy in the gut, successfully knocking the wind out of him and wiping the amused smirk off his face.

"Give me a warning next time you want to do that or I'll do worse than elbow you" she stated in a clipped tone.

"How did you not teleport with me?" Zeus growled out, Percy cleared his throat and then spat out the mush of saliva and catarrh on the Olympian marbled floor making all the females in the room –bar Sadie who rolled her eyes—grimace in disgust while Zeus himself bristled at the act of disrespect.

"You're the god here, how the hell am I supposed to know the answer to that? It's not my fault that, you invest more time sticking your penis into every hole in a female's body rather than training your abilities" Percy replied snarkily.

Zeus' eyes flashed with lightning but before he could even summon his lightning bolt, a flaming fist slammed into his nose, shattering the cartilage and sending him flying backwards with golden life fluid spurting out like a sprinkler system before his flight was cut short by him slamming his head against the gigantic foot rest of his throne (he was still at seven feet tall).

His vision turned blurry as he swam in and out of unconsciousness but he could still manage to make out Percy approaching him in casual unhurried steps while the other present immortals were on their knees sweating profusely while wheezing painfully as if they were being crushed.

Zeus didn't have to wonder about why they were in such a state for long as an oppressive aura crashed into him as well making him cough harshly as he struggled to breathe.

Percy stopped in front of him before squatting down to face the sky king, a look of fear appeared on his face as he stared into sinister purple/blood red eyes as opposed to the previous shade of sea green that they once were.

"So much arrogance for a being who has accomplished so little, but then again it runs in the family I guess, I mean look at Gaea…and Ouranos and Tartarus and Nyx and Kronos and Hyperion and Krios...you get the point"

"Senseless rambling aside, summon the rest of your council I have pressing issues I need to address and it requires the entirety of your…'council' to be present"

If he wasn't scared shitless, Zeus would've protested a bit before finally grudgingly complying after getting a death glare, but as it was right now, the youngest son of Zeus wasn't feeling up to the task of staring into those power filled eyes which he had no doubt whatsoever would make him run insane if he stared into them for more than three seconds.

So without the slightest ounce of hesitation, the lord of the sky raised his thunder bolt to the sky and fired of an arc of lightning causing the sky to flash brightly with said lightning and a boom of thunder to shake the throne room.

The already present Olympians –Poseidon included— and immortal heroes hurriedly grew to their godly heights of fifty feet and sat on their respective thrones, they were in no mood to piss off the entity in front of them, as they were damn sure that whoever this…being was, it was not the same boy who had just thumped their asses a few hours ago.

One by one, the other Olympians slowly appeared in the throne room with irritated expressions on their faces at being disturbed form whatever they were doing only to raise curious brows at the teenage boy facing the direction opposite of Zeus with his eyes closed and for their eyebrows to rise even higher at the fearful expressions on the faces of Zeus and their fellow Olympians as well as the immortal heroes and the Roman war goddess Bellona.

This was going to be interesting.

Artemis and Hestia were the last to arrive and while the latter had an impassive look on her face, the moon goddess did not.

"YOU!" she fumed and quickly summoned her symbol of power only for the bow to shatter into a million fragments as if it were made from glass. The boy cast her with a dull look as she stared at the remains of what was once her symbol of power.

"I didn't ask your king to summon you here for you to behave like a spoilt brat who always gets her way" Percy said softly but his words were heard loud and clear throughout the room and the power of his words shook the room causing pieces of the room to fall off.

The now complete council gulped collectively as they felt the power behind his voice,

"Percy?" Sadie asked a bit warily causing said boy to cast her a side ways glance before chuckling a bit causing the room to vibrate.

"One of his multiple love interests I see?" he commented casually causing a fiery blush to appear on the girls face which served no other purpose than to amuse him further.

Suddenly he sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "In case most of you haven't noticed, I'm not exactly Percy, one could say that I'm the ah –what's the word—being that possesses him" he started causing the Olympians pale.

"I shouldn't be doing this, but quite honestly Percy considers this entire fiasco…" he gestured to the assembled immortals "…a joke at best and a complete waste of his time at worst, and sadly he's leaning more on the former rather than focusing on training the abilities that my existence in his body has granted him" he paused before clenching and unclenching his palm causing the light in the room to flicker erratically before going out and then coming back on just as instantly.

"What powers exactly do you have?" Athena asked timidly before shrinking back into her throne to avoid his purple, blood red eyes that were now fixed on her.

The being chuckled.

"I am a being that precedes Chaos…the multiverse and all its secrets are simply tools at my disposal, the ability to destroy reality…and build it again" he shook his head as he realized that he was drifting off in thought.

"Multiverse?" Athena asked curiously, while he sniffed "Mortals are not as insignificant as you make them out to be, the time they have spent independent of yourselves has opened their eyes and their minds as well…simply put, there are more than one thousand mortals alive on earth who I know that can stand toe to toe with a Titan…and win" Percy answered making the gods grow even paler.

Well everyone except Apollo.

Percy turned to face said god before smiling slightly, "You know, you deities ignore even the slightest of details and I am honestly surprised that you've all lived through the centuries despite these shortcomings" he continued in the same low tone as he had begun.

The immortals furrowed their eyebrows but said nothing.

He chuckled once more.

"What I mean is…Apollo over here possesses the ability to eradicate the Earth and you all with it, and yet he puts up with your mockery and an unappreciative sister just because he made a promise to himself"

Apollo's sky blue eyes turned into a fiery golden, "That's enough…"

"Is it?…" Percy bit back, "…because you desire your sister to feel superior, you put up the front of a spineless man whore when all it requires is just a mere thought and you can evolve. Don't deny it, you and I know that you can change your level of power at will, a dwarf, a yellow G, a Red giant? You name it, and it's yours but you let your love for a sister that will never reciprocate such feelings cloud your judgment and do nothing but degrade yourself and your value to the demigods and those who actually know what worth you are…" Percy stopped and spared a glance at Demeter before smiling unnoticeably as he saw the look of longing on her face as she looked at the sun god, "…remember this Apollo, a power is not yours until you use it"

Apollo's eyes changed to a fiery red and then to a black void before changing back to their normal sky blue, he gave Percy a hard look before tsk-ing, "Try to make your motivation speeches less demeaning next time" he grumbled out.

Despite the attempt at light heartedness, it was obvious that the other Olympians were now wary of the sun god.

"Why are you telling us all this?" Hestia asked softly as she stared at the attractive male standing before her…

…Her face quickly took a golden hue at the stray thought.

Percy sent her a sly wink letting her know he knew exactly what she was thinking about causing the blush to intensify.

Sadie's lips set into a thin line.

Percy's flirtatious demeanor disappeared as soon as it had appeared, "I am saying this because…another war is coming" he stated slowly causing the Olympians to grimace and Eric to groan.

"Why am I not surprised?" the eldest son of Poseidon muttered.

AN: I don't know about you guys but I get the feeling that I'm the only person who actually sees Apollo as one of the most dangerous Olympians, and I as such I get peeved when some fics depict him as being inferior to his twin whom actually needs his support to function while he doesn't need hers….or maybe I'm talking from a scientific point of view.

I also got sick of the degradation of mortals in fanfiction because honestly it's flippin irritating to read about how worthless we are compared to a fictional being.

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