And I am back! Sorry about the two week wait, but… Well… I've been busy. A lot of shit hit the fan and was flung all around the place.
For starters, I decided to dislocate and crack/break a few knuckles, making my time writing a lot more difficult because of endless pain. Secondly, I got myself grounded, so I was not allowed any computerized access, so I couldn't write. I've also been dealing with school.
To make it worse, I have Assassin's Creed: Rouge and Assassin's Creed: Unity at home, unable to be played until Christmas. :'(
Oh well. I'll live… for a few days. Nowhere close to 32. *Sigh*
Now, on with the reviews! Why? I feel like doing them now, to burn some time while I gather ideas for the chapter, instead of me just not knowing what the Hell I'm writing about.
xRinneandSharinx: I guarantee that if Percy manages to shag her Artemis will feel stupid for making her maidenhood oath lol
Go with your Tongue Perce ;p
Uh… Yeah… That's not going to happen… for like, a LONG time… I'm mentally scarred.
Darth nox: I like your new idea for a story quite interesting to read can't wait to read more good job though so far rooting for a Percy/Artemis :P
Thanks a bunch!
A guy. Or kid: I'm seriously hoping that Percy becomes a full-demon, just not with the retarded up senses.
Gr8 chappi, but not long enough for my liking. Does arty and Perce have multi mood disorder or something? Because them liking each other after fighting not long ago is loopy to my. lmao keep it up m8.
I think everyone wants that. I'm having thoughts about it, but I generally don't know. I usually don't know anything until the last second.
Oh. Well, hopefully this one is. Ha! I sometimes wonder about that. Or their bipolar. Or just weird. Probably all three. We are dealing with Greek gods and such though. They were addicted to weird stuff (no offence to any Greek people). Sure.
AncientTide: Nice, gosh my new goal in life is to make you happy! Okay so here's the joke: how my brain works: switch up obsessed switch down uninterested!
Here comes gossip girl all over again. Wanna make me laugh? I just did, watching Taylor Swift – Blank Space. I don't know; I just found it funny… Oh, that's a joke… That's more like my brain.
Guardian'sDragonOfDeath:This is awesome
Thanks!
littlebear62007:Update
Here you are!
Zgirl101:I wanna see Annabel... I'm a strange person: D
Try Monster. My friends live off the stuff.
The whole world and her husband know that, Z.
Monster? Already lived off of it. Love it.
The Master of Chaos:*smirks as a red aura surrounds me* Maybe the angels and demons and baby minotaur will, in my base form. They haven't faced a Super Saiyan God though when infused with the Super Emeralds
Ugh, this will never end. Maybe if they were armed with infinitive Nukes, and just killed you. Sent you to Oblivion. Basically, you wouldn't have ever existed. There; won! J
Well, with that over, I have another announcement! I have a new story (PerZoë) planned out, so yeah. It's a work in progress. All I know is that it will be kick ass!
So, remember to review at the end of the chapter! I love you guys!
Enjoy the chapter!
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The dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise.
You shall rise or fall by the ghost king's hand,
The child of Athena's final stand,
Destroy with a hero's final breath,
And lose a love to worse than death.
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"Well, this is dark. I wonder how was it is to get lost in here?" Percy mused to himself as he and his companions wondered through the pitch black, winding tunnels of the Labyrinth.
Behind him, were Artemis and Zoë, Grover too. Why Grover? Well, he convinced Percy to allow him to tag along in his hunt for the lost god, Pan. In other conditions, Percy would have invited Jack because of the confined spaces, but Zoë was a somewhat better person. But, Percy made sure to take Jack with him in the next expedition into the Labyrinth (or next quest) so he didn't feel left out. Percy respected the son of Triton - his cousin.
"Be quiet, Perce!" Grover pleaded, looking around nervously. "I don't want you to jinx that and we run into any really bad trouble."
"It's not like there's many advantage points in here, Grover." Percy assured him.
Artemis coughed rather loudly. "I beg to differ." She grabbed Percy's collar as the ground in front of Percy's feet collapsed onto a pit of spikes.
"Thanks for that..." Percy rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
They had been in the tunnel for what felt like hours. They, not too long ago, encountered Kampé, and freed the last of the Hundred Handed Ones (Hekatonkheires) - Briares.
They were forced to run from the Guard of Tartarus, throwing her pair of scimitars around. Both of them glowed a poisonous green, the stench rolling off of her had made Percy gag a fair amount. Her belt had constantly switched from bears to wolves to lions. She looked like an incomplete monster, half dragon, a third human and a sixth gorgan. Why gorgan? Look at her hair. It looks like a bunch of snakes had been glued to her scalp.
And she was uglier than Medusa. Christ, nobody was as ugly as the old Gorgon, and Percy couldn't find anyone else to compare Kampé to.
The four wondered through the maze. They should have been able to find Daedalus, the only one who can possibly avert the course of the Labyrinth away from Camp Half-Blood, or at least lead the monster army to their deaths within the endless underground maze.
Percy rounded a corner, only for Artemis to grab his collar and drag him back behind the corner.
"Do you want to get captured, you dolt?!" Artemis hissed at Percy, her nose touching his own.
"A few empousa with their backs turned to us?" Percy arched an eyebrow. "How hard can it be?" He peered around the corner, and his dark green eyes widened.
There, stood a group of Laistrygonian Giants in front of the empousa, facing the corner.
"I take that back." Percy said, walking away.
"Well, Ladies first!" Percy gave the two girls a cheerful grin. Grover took a few steps backwards, desperate to avoid conflict.
Both Zoë and Artemis looked at Percy, their eyebrows arched.
"Seriously? Why don't you go around there?! You're supposed to be the 'big bad demon' who can beat up endless foes, am I right?" Zoë mocked, throwing her arms into the air.
The Cambion sighed in defeat, and drew Riptide.
"You two better cover me." Percy warned, and slunk around the corner.
"Here's Johnny!" Percy grinned, and kicked a she-daemon over, beheading her ally before driving the three foot sword into the fallen empousa's chest. Both disintegrated into golden dust. Percy lifted his sword up, and grinned when all eyes turned to him.
"Well, whose next?"
One of those giants from the north brought down a iron club on where Percy stood, so he rolled backwards.
No arrows came his way to defend him. He was so going to have their asses for not sticking up for him.
Percy slapped his wrist and one of his daggers sprung out from his wrist. Percy flicked it around until it was celestial bronze, like Riptide.
"Die!" One of the monsters yelled, and tried to break him in half.
Percy whirled around him, ripping the dagger through the back of the giant's neck as he barreled past the hybrid.
Six other monsters ran at him. A cyclops raised his club and swung it at Percy along with his siblings, but Percy ripped into them.
He had to press himself into a crack in the wall to avoid a flaming cannon ball (probably not, but it looked just like one) from a Laistrygonian Giants, and he roared.
"Percy Jackson is dead!" He seemed to have a heavy Canadian accent.
"Wow, it's like I've never heard that line before!" The Cambion rolled his eyes in annoyance, and slapped his remaining wrist of three daggers. Percy saw Riptide and the other dagger on the floor, surrounded by shimmering golden dust.
"You bastard!" Percy could hear someone cry. Out of the faint reflection of his dagger, he saw Artemis firing multiple arrows in the giant's direction.
"More to die!" The Canadian bellowed with excitement, and bounded in the ex-goddess' direction.
As the giant neared Percy, he jumped out, level with the giant's head, and drove the forearm-length dagger through the Laistrygonian's skull.
Percy hit the floor with a thud, coughing on the dust in his mouth.
His three companions ran over to him, Zoë keeping a very close eye on the darkness around them.
"Are you alright?" Artemis asked, and Percy spat a wad of gold onto the floor.
"Never been better. I didn't know you cared for me so much, Arty." Percy gave the mortal a crooked grin, and she looked away, a growing red tint lighting up her cheeks.
"Shut up..." Artemis said quickly, punching Percy in the chest lightly.
"Well, you did leave me." Percy accused, sheathing his three weapons. Well, Riptide just reappeared in his pocket.
Artemis looked around for a brief moment, before pointing in another direction. "That way." She said.
The four walked off in the chosen direction, not eager to find any more monsters.
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Percy scratched the back of his head in annoyance. They were currently in a massive swirling slope downwards. They had narrowly missed Tartarus, and Percy couldn't shake the feeling of nausea washing over him as he looked into the ghoulish, bottomless pit.
Rolling his shoulders, the son of Astaroth shuffled over to the wall behind him, trying to look around the gloomy area around him. The floor they sat on looked fairly weak; long cracks snaked around them from a possible eternity of being marched upon, but they were most likely millennia from collapsing.
"Can't you sleep?" Artemis asked, sitting up next to the hybrid.
"No. Same with you?" Percy turned to his acquaintance. He would call her friend... But, they fight a lot, then make up moments later.
Either they were both hormonal (most likely) their both bipolar, suffer split personality disorder or they are just best friends. Neither would ever admit it, but they both had a place in each other's hearts.
"Pretty much. These strange visions keep locking me in my sleep, as if I was watching something." Artemis said, looking off into the distance. Not that there was anything interesting there, other than darkness.
"We all seem to get them. Like a demigod curse you guys give us." Percy remarked snidely before raising his knees and hugging them.
"What did you see then?" Percy asked.
"A golden sarcophagus, Kronos. He was speaking to that demigod son of Hermes, Lucas Castellan. They were talking about how they planned to reform Kronos' Scythe and ransack camp, ending the war sooner than planned." Artemis said, also hugging her knees. She then turned to face her friend. "Don't you ever get them?"
"Every time. But, its also due to my parentage." Percy replied, his voice muffled slightly from burying his head into his knees.
The mortal arched an eyebrow at the Cambion.
"Astaroth. He changes with each day, becoming more powerful without the king's knowledge. His titles over Secrets, and to be able to see everything, affects me more than him. I can't close my eyes without seeing things..." Percy lifted his head, and his dark green eyes locked with Artemis' silver pair.
"Come on Percy... Just tell me." Artemis pleaded, but Percy shook his head.
He simply answered: "No. I will, just not now. Not in this place especially."
Artemis nodded, and shifted her body so that her head was resting on Percy's shoulder.
"Sleep, Percy. Please." Artemis smiled weakly, and closed her eyes.
Percy just looked off into the distance.
His stomach was in his mouth, tingling. He didn't recognise the feeling, or what seemed to be bubbling up in his heart.
He felt... Satisfied. Happy. Somewhat complete.
Resting his head on her silky auburn hair, Percy closed his eyes.
It was the first time in years that he had fallen asleep without nightmares consuming Percy's night. Instead, it was filled with something nice.
Something a love-stricken fool would dream of.
A smile lit up his face as he slept.
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"Hey, lovebirds; get up!" Zoë kicked the leg of her sisterly figure.
Artemis groggily opened her eyes. She could feel something horrid sliding down her face. She would have kicked Zoë away, I not for the stuff on her.
"Ugh! What the Hades is this?!" She yelled, jumping up.
Percy also shot up awake, tiredly rubbing his eyes. A line of drool leaked from the corner of Percy's mouth, and was all over Artemis.
"Oops..." Percy smiled sheepishly, as Artemis curses at him.
Grover couldn't help but laugh at their interactions; the same goes for Zoë.
The daughter of Atlas then stepped between the two, stopping a fight from breaking out. "Alright love birds, you can express you love for each other later on. Can we first complete this quest? Then you can get back to your sloppy make-out session." Zoë was grinning evilly.
Both turned to her. Grover was laughing his head off.
"Uh, Zoë, that's why I caught you flirting with that son of Apollo the other day." Percy grinned, and Zoë's features darkened.
"Shut up or I'll kill you." She warned, and Artemis' eyes widened.
"So you did?"
"No!" Zoë denied.
Grover whipped some tears from his eyes.
"Don't even get me started with Juniper, G-man." Percy smiled, and the satyr stopped laughing immediately. "I thought so."
They continued walking through the Labyrinth, until they found an exit. They climbed out to see where they were, only to see a ball of dust toll across the empty desert around them.
"Either we're stuck in some cliché cowboy movie, or we're in the middle of nowhere." Percy remarked.
"We're in Texas." Artemis commented, looking around. "There seems to be a ranch over there!"
Grover cheered. "Hopefully we can find out where we are exactly in Texas."
"Let's go then." Zoë announced. The four walked towards the ranch.
A wave of uneasiness washed over Percy as they neared the place.
The fierce growl of a dog caught everyone's attention. A two headed blood hound bounded up them, its mouth frothing as if it had rabies.
Both Artemis and Zoe nocked an arrow in their bows and aimed it at the dog.
"Stand down, Orthus." Artemis commanded. The dog seemed to be the size of a wolfhound - bloody massive.
A man walked up to them, a staff in his hands. A sword was strapped to his waist.
"Eurytion," Artemis snarled, aiming her bow for the man.
"Artemis," He sneered. "I see mortality has done you well. You look fifteen now."
The ex-goddess spat at him.
"Oh well, I guess you'll need to come with me." He glowered.
"To your boss? I'm surprised you haven't killed Geryon yet, you foolish Ares spawn." She growled.
Orthus walked behind them. Eurytion had confiscated all of their weapons. He had even known about Percy's witchcraft spell to turn his daggers into tattoos.
They entered the ranch, and Percy's breath hitched. He saw Nico there, talking to some butt-ugly man. He seemed to be making a deal with Geryon.
Percy and Nico had begun threatening each other. Then, fighting.
Geryon then pulled out a shotgun, and held them all hostages.
Well, Percy just had to become a pooper scooper. For Apollo's sacred horses, who just happened to be in Geryon's custody?
Percy did the dead, using some sea shells he found. All he could hear were the horses planning ways to eat him alive.
And Percy didn't fancy getting turned into the Titans. Not only would his friends get tortured by the Titans, he would be sent back to Hell to meet a similar fate to his allies.
Geryon, as usual, double crossed them.
Everyone else being chained up, and Percy being unarmed, he grabbed anything he could find around the house to stab the monster with.
None worked.
One thing was left.
A bow and three miraculous arrows. Geryon had ten shotgun shells left over, and he pumped the gun, shooting the table next to Percy.
"Oh, just stay still! It will only hurt a pinch!" The monster shot another round, the led pellets ripping through the plasterboard walls.
"Sure! When you're dead!" Percy fired an arrow. It missed. And narrowly missed Artemis.
"You useless bloody male! Just shoot properly you idiotic male!" Artemis screamed, only to get silenced by Eurytion.
Another arrow sailed through the air. Another miss.
Two shards of glass were in either side of Geryon's chest. Having three hearts had its perks.
Percy pulled the string of the bow back and held his breath.
Thud!
Boom!
Geryon fired his gun just after Percy fired his arrow.
Percy's left shoulder was graced by the led pellets while the last arrow tore through Geryon's final heart.
He collapsed to the ground, dead. The beast crumbled to golden dust which was swept away by a small gust of wind.
"Yes! Kiss my ass!" Percy cheered.
Then he remembered about the son of Ares. But, instead of a fight, he un-cuffed the four captives.
Nico glared at Percy constantly, as if he was devil spawn. Okay... So, maybe he was.
"Leave. All of you." The son of Ares said, holding Orthus by the scruff of his neck.
"Why let us go?" Percy asked, arching an eyebrow.
"I hated Geryon. When he reforms, he'll be angrier. So I suggest you leave, before the Titans show up." Eurytion ushered them out of the door.
The son of Ares grabbed Percy before he could leave, and gave him a small spider automaton. "Seek out Hephaestus. He would know where Daedalus is. This is my thanks for freeing me from Geryon for the next century."
Percy nodded. "Thanks."
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The five had walked back to the Labyrinth entrance in silence, and set up camp somewhere nearby.
Everyone was asleep. Percy's eyes suddenly snapped open.
A cold sensation washed over him. Dark magic was at work.
Percy was about to sit up, when he heard some voices.
They were muffled, but Percy could make out a fair amount of words. "... Minos... I can't do it... He killed... Demon blood... Titan army..." Percy could hear from the eleven year old Nico.
The other voice however, made Percy's blood run cold. It sounded as if it was coming from somewhere far away, and through six or seven mobile phones.
"...I don't care... Join them... Kill him... Titans... Demons will win... Alistair..." Percy froze at the mention of his old torturer.
Minos... Percy tried to divulge the information he had just heard. Nico was currently talking to Minos, the evil king of Crete whom had forced Daedalus to construct the Labyrinth. It wasn't good news at all.
Percy continued to listen in, before dosing off back to his slumber.
He instantly regretted it, because he hated his dream. It was a vision of Daedalus killing his nephew, Perdix, by allowing him to fall off of the tower they resided in. Athena then punished the inventor severely.
Percy woke up in cold sweat. Small embers spat a few sparks into the air, a little stream of black smoke curling from the pile of charcoal.
The sun was steadily rising above the eastern horizon, the moon sinking below the opposite side of the sky.
The son of Astaroth sat up, seeing that Artemis was waking up herself. Nico was nowhere in sight.
Shooting up to his feet, Percy kicked Artemis lightly in the side to wake her up quicker. She grunted, and threw a punch at the Cambion. "Nico's gone." Percy simply said, and she stood up as well. They both woke Grover and Zoë, and looked around for the missing son of Hades until the sun was fully raised above the horizon.
"We should continue without him. He will take after himself." Zoë said, and they went back into the endless maze of death traps.
Hephaestus would know where Daedalus is, Percy remembered Eurytion say to him. It didn't help with the prophecy Artemis had been given, though.
They soon ran into a cavern. Flame torches lit the walls up, giving the entire room an eerie glow.
"Ah, newcomers! Come in, let's play a game! If not, I will simply eat you up." A female voice came from the room. On a podium, high above the door they wanted, sat a lion. Well, I had the body of a lion. It seemed to have the face of a woman, with a pair of yellow eyes looking at the four hungrily.
"Sphinx..." Artemis said, her silver eyes glaring at the ancient Egyptian monster.
"Ah, Artemis. This will be even better." The room lit up, just in time for them to see Sphinx lick her lips. "Now, you, boy, come and play Answer That Riddle!" She pointed a claw right at Percy.
"Ugh, why is it always me?" Percy asked nobody in particular.
"Because you're an idiot. And male. And... Well... You." Artemis answered.
"That didn't need an answer." Percy snapped.
"Fail and I'll skin you alive in the underworld." Zoë threatened, toying her knife with anticipation.
"Good luck, Perce." Grover said from behind the two girls.
"Yeah; thanks, I guess..." Percy walked into the centre of the room, only for a table to appear with a chair. Like they were in an exam hall.
The son of Astaroth was going to kill himself after this. He hated tests.
"Now, the rules are simple! Answer twenty riddles! All are required to be correct for you to survive. Unless one of your friends get them all right in their own test. You must fill in a bubble on the paper with a #2 pencil to mark your answer. Then, the answers will then be scored by the mighty answer machine, a gift from Hephaestus." Sphinx declared as Percy sat down, picking up a pencil.
"Riddle one. What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"
Percy looked down at the paper. He wrote down 'man'. Why? Well, everyone knew the answer to it. Who didn't?
"Riddle two! There are two sisters: one gives birth to the other and she, in turn, gives birth to the first."
Percy looks down at the paper again. The answer was night and day. Nyx and Hemera.
"Three! What is the capital of Bulgaria?"
Uh... Percy thought hard. Sofia? He wrote it down anyway.
"Four! What is the square root of 16?"
Easy-peasy - Four.
"Five! US president signed the Emancipation Proclamation?"
Oh, wow! Percy rolled his eyes. They had to include this one! Uh, oh well. Let's just say Satan. So he wrote it down.
"Six! How much force is required...?" Percy decided to cut Sphinx off.
"Oh, just shut up! I'm willing to bet that your machine is faulty, so you can devour us!" Percy complained, snapping the pencil in half.
"Do you wish do die, Cambion?!" Sphinx roared, getting ready to pounce.
"Oh, please, let's just skip to the part where your ass gets kicked." Sphinx lunged at the legacy of Poseidon. He jumped off of the chair and swung it around, hitting Sphinx round the face.
"How dare you?! Die for being dumb!" She bellowed. Percy laughed.
"That's nice. At least I know what one times one is." Percy grinned.
"Easy! One!" Sphinx snarled.
"No. It's window." Percy uncapped Riptide.
"WHAT?!" The foreign monster's eyes widened with surprise.
"You heard me. You just got something wrong!" Percy jeered, and Sphinx started to shake.
"No! How could I be so stupid?!" Percy didn't expect what happened next.
Sphinx bit her own paw off, blood spurting high into the air. She devoured herself, making everyone cringe.
"Never will I get something else wrong!" Sphinx cried, and she exploded into golden dust, completely devoured herself. All that remained was a pool of golden ichor.
Percy licked a droplet of ichor off of his hand.
"Well... I don't think she'll be back very soon." Percy remarked, and looked at the others.
Grover was launching his guts out, while Zoë was in shock. She never knew it was that easy to hurt the old protector of the Egyptian Pharaohs.
Percy kicked the answering machine, and stabbed it numerous times, sending the hunters back into the world of the living.
"No more torturous tests. I hate you!" He spat at the machine, even though it couldn't hear him.
The ghost if a smile traced Artemis' lips. He was so stupid sometimes. And she loved that about him.
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They soon came to an intersection. Percy scooped up the automaton spider, and held onto it tightly.
The spider struggled, trying to make them go forwards, but Grover was trying to convince them to go towards the left.
"But I can feel it! Pan is in here, Percy!" Grover complained, but Percy narrowed his eyes.
"I know you want to find him, Grover, I know you do, but we also need to find Hephaestus, as he can hopefully tell us where Daedalus is!" The hybrid argued. They had to go and find Daedalus, because only he could help stop the incoming monster attack on camp, which could possibly destroy it.
"But if I can find Pan, he can be of use! The lost god would have returned!" The satyr tried to convince Percy. But it was no use.
The path Grover wanted to go down looked barren. Dead. It was an underground cave, much different from the rest of the Labyrinth that they had already gone through.
Percy weighed out to outcomes. Both would be of use. But, he didn't feel like he should go with Grover. He may be his best friend, but Percy didn't feel... Well... Right, going down there.
"I'll go with him." Zoë offered, glancing at the two.
"Are you sure, Zoë?" Artemis asked, and she nodded.
"We are doubling our chances if we split up. Grover and I search for Pan, while you two find Hephaestus." The daughter of Atlas smiled at her old mistress, before whispering something into her ear.
Artemis blushed slightly, and hit Zoë on the shoulder lightly.
"Shut up. I'll see you soon." Artemis snapped, and the satyr and demi-titan walked into the dark cave.
Percy and Artemis looked at each other, and Percy released the mechanical spider, which scuttled away. The pair of them ran after it.
Hephaestus would be brutal in battle. He was completely ripped all over his body from working in a forge for millennia.
He greeted Artemis with some respect, as if she was still a goddess. She smiled, and greeted him too. The god of forges then told them that he would divulge everything they would want to know about Daedalus.
But, it didn't come for free. He would only tell them everything if they found out who is invading his forges in Mount St. Helens and why.
The pair of them ran through a forest, dodging fallen trees as they ran after the scuttling mechanical spider.
The god of fire had taken it apart before reconstructing it, so it would take them to the forge.
A massive cave came into view, and the spider stopped scuttling.
Artemis picked up the spider, and put it in her pack. The sound of metal hitting metal filled the silent air, and the sound of people talking.
The troublesome pair crept inside of Mount St Helens, and started to scout the area.
A group of strange creatures caught Artemis' eye.
The monsters were the definition of ugly. They seemed to have faces that closely resembled a dog - black snouts, brown eyes, and pointy ears. Their bodies looked sleek and black, like a seal's. The creatures had stubby legs that looked to be half flipper and half foot; they also had human-like hands with sharp claws replacing each nail. They barked and growled to each other, waddling along. Some of them were seven feet, while a little one the same height of Percy waddling behind them.
"Telekhines," Artemis hissed, her silver eyes flashing with distaste.
On the far side of the cavern, Percy managed to spot a group of young telekhines watching some kind of film. He could've sworn that they were watching some Disney films.
"Is it done yet?" A telekhine barked at another one.
"No. I think another cooling in blood will do just fine." The other one said.
Artemis and Percy risked a look above their hiding spot. Percy felt his blood turn to ice when he saw it. A Scythe was there. The blade was six feet long, curved like a crescent moon, with a thick handle wrapped in leather.
It was horrid. Percy instantly knew what it was. A telekhine held a massive hammer which seemed to glow a bright red colour, and brought it down on the weapon a few times before. A cauldron sat nearby, and the strong scent of blood curled up Percy's nostrils.
"Kronos' scythe..." Percy breathed. "We need to get closer."
"Agreed." Artemis nodded her head, and they ran behind a mine cart.
"You! Bring the mine cart over here!" A Telekhine yelled.
"Right timing much." Percy grumbled, and jumped inside. Artemis was hesitant, but she followed Percy.
A Telekhine came over and begun to push the mine cart, thankfully not looking inside. Well, I wouldn't have mattered anyway. The cart had a fair amount of dead corpses inside of it.
The sound of the film drew closer, and Percy's breath hitched.
"We need to stop that Scythe from being completed." Percy told the ex-goddess under his breath.
"Gathered that." She hissed, and the Telekhine walked away.
"You're powerless - no offence - and we need to warn the others. Including Hephaestus." Percy added quietly.
"Just get to the damn point already!" She snapped.
"I'll jump out and cause a distraction. I'll kick the mine cart as close as I can to the entrance. When the attention is on me, run and get Hephaestus." Percy suggested, a determined look on his face.
"I don't think so. We both run." Artemis argued, but Percy put his hand over her mouth.
"We won't make it. And we need to destroy the forge and Kronos' Scythe as well if we want to stand a chance in the war. Please. Let me do this." Percy pleaded, his dark green eyes shining brightly.
Artemis nodded, blinking a few times as Percy removed his hand.
Percy didn't expect what happened next. Artemis crashed her lips down upon Percy's and the son of Astaroth felt fireworks go off inside of him. His heart was rapidly beating as she kissed him passionately.
He didn't know what to do. He was having a mental breakdown. Before he kissed back. A few seconds later, they both pulled back, panting for breath.
"Don't die - or I'll drag you from Hell and torture you myself." Artemis threatened, before gripping Percy's head tightly. "Good luck." She pecked him on the lips, and Percy leapt out, and uncapped Riptide in mid-air, stabbing an adult Telekhine through the heart.
It burst into golden dust. Percy ran back up to the mine cart, and thrust kicked it with all of his might. It rolled on, and stopped twenty metres from the entrance, thanks to a small slope.
"Lesson one, kiddos." Percy jumped in front of the small class of young telekhines.
All dog faced monsters turned towards him.
"Don't piss Percy Jackson off." A dagger appeared in Percy's free hand, and he began to massacre the class.
Unnecessary, yes, but it drew the attention of every telekhine in the forge as some screamed in fright.
"You!" A ball of lava narrowly missed Percy's head. "You shall die for harming our children!"
"Yeah, yeah - oh well. I'll kill you lot too." Percy instantly regretted the sentence. He was surrounded by what looked like a few hundred telekhines at least.
Through the dense group, he could just see Artemis standing at the entrance, firing a few arrows.
A ball of lava hit Percy, and Artemis fired another arrow.
"RUN!" Percy roared in pain as he was thrown over the group of telekhines.
Artemis took this as her cue to run.
With a cry of rage, Percy brought his fist down into the ground, and fissures cracked around the area. Percy was unleashing the dormant powers of Poseidon and Oceanus.
Small amounts of lava spewed into the air, killing a few of the sea demons.
With another cry, Percy felt a strong tug of his gut. It felt like it was on fire, like he had swallowed molten rocks and was getting stabbed through by a smouldering hot sword.
Water seemed to form in the air around the son of Astaroth, and then threw his hands high into the air. More water formed, and cascaded down upon the telekhines.
He sent another stream at the cooling scythe. The telekhines all tried to run away with fear.
The Cambion legacy of Poseidon and Oceanus' eyes were glowing sea green.
With a final roar of anguish. He threw his arms down.
BOOM!
The last thing he could recall was a huge explosion and being sent high into the air. He lost consciousness…
