Hey guys! Happy Easter (or whatever you celebrate). I hope you guys had a nice day. For your present I got you an...Update! Hopefully its good :P You'll have to tell me in an review! lol. Anyway here it is...
Annabeth knew Silena was dead. Part of her knew. The other part however, refused to believe it. Silena couldn't be...Dead...Could she? The pain was so strong at the moment all she could do was run, not thinking of anything but how numb she felt.
The only sound in the cavern now was her sneakers hitting the tile floor as Annabeth sunk deeper into the maze of hallways, the barking and growling of the monsters getting quieter as she put a wider distance between them.
Then it stopped. There was a solid wall in the darkened hallway that held nothing but stone. After cursing, Annabeth turned back, hoping to retrace her steps and move a different way only... it was gone. The archway she just past to go over this way was gone and replaced by another wall, this one with one torch hanging on it. Slowly getting dimmer and dimmer as if someone was slowly turning down the light.
"Annabeth Chase." Annabeth skyrocketed into the air and brought out her knife, looking for the source of the voice.
"Where are you?" she demanded but there was no response, only the sound of the flame from the torch slowly flickering...
"I know why you are here." Annabeth tried again, hoping to get some kind of rise out of...whatever had spoken.
It had worked. There was a soft chuckle from somewhere but she couldn't figure out where, the noise simply bounced off the walls, making it sound as though there fifty voices instead of one.
At this point, Annabeth saw no way out. There was no sound of the monsters anymore but it was clear she wasn't safe either. Hesitantly, she turned around the room again, but saw nothing.
How long was she going to sit here?
As if the voice heard her it let out a throaty laughed the made the hairs on her arms stand up straight. She took a breath to say something- she wasn't exactly for sure what yet- but something else when a white spray filled the room, streaming hot gushing gas at her face.
Disoriented, Annabeth went to move away from the mist but her face was already greeted with the cold, tile floor with a whirl of colors. She blinked once before everything slipped away into a black darkness.
Tyler was shaking. Never in all his life had he felt so... so...weak. So damn useless. His face was white, and sweat dripped down around his body, making his clothes stick to him. He tried to move but every time he did he felt another jab of breath taking pain jolt through him like a million volts.
What the hades was happening to him?
Dry blood crusted almost every part of his body, hot breath still lingered on his face, where hellhounds and other beasts were at his throat just minutes ago before someone called them off.
Why the heck would they do that? Did they want Tyler to be in pain? The only conclusion he could reach was yes, the person who called off the monsters wanted to cause Tyler extreme pain... To torture him before he died...
Silena. Was she alright? He had caught a glimpse of her before she disappeared into the cavern with Annabeth but nothing more. Nothing. He wondered when he would see her again. That is...if he didn't die right here.
"AGH!" the thunderous voice of Iapteus screeched as the Titan swung down at Leo. It had been almost an hour of Leo dodging, thrashing, and feinting the Titan and he had yet to get his by the glowing sword in his hand. Leo had his hand on his own sword, not yet to draw blood from his enemy either.
Gods help him. Tyler tried to move but instead he was greeted with searing pain all over. He. Had. To. Move. But he couldn't. He just couldn't. His breath slowed and his eyes felt heavier every second that ticked by. He tried to cling onto something- anything but he felt the life draining him like a sink. What was there left to live for anymore?
Silena. Tyler forced his eyes opened as he thought of her. He would stay alive for Silena. He would always.
"Tyler." someone at his side whispered and he glanced to his right and saw...wait for it...nothing. Great, now he was hallucinating. Wasn't that the first sign of insanity? Or was he already full-fledged crazy?
"Tyler!" the voice whispered again and Tyler allowed a low groan escape his lips. What did they want? Who was even there? The darkness around him rippled and a small form hovered over him, dressed in all black.
"Nico?" his choked out hoarsely as the boy kneeled next to him, unearthing him from the pile of rock and rubble around him.
"Shh..." he said quickly and put a finger to his lips. Tyler noticed an eerie black glow coming from him but said nothing. Instead, he remained silent as the hard material seemed to disappear around from him and he sat up, trying to process what exactly was going on.
"Don't move too fast." Nico warned "In fact...It may be best if you don't move at all. Just breathe. In and out. Thals will be here in a minute." he sniggered slightly at the thought for some reason.
"S-silena?" he asked through his heaving.
"I don't know Tyler." he whispered "I haven't heard anything from anybody. I only know Thalia is ok and Leo is in a bit of trouble like you... I need to go help him."
"No! He'll kill you!" Tyler spluttered out but Nico smirked as he stood up.
"A Titan versus a god? Bring it." he said before putting on a black helmet and vanishing.
Leo knew he was going to die. He actually knew it the whole time, but he wasn't about to go down without a fight. The titan swung again as Leo dodged, thanking his ADHD for keeping him alive for this long. He felt as though his had drunk an espresso every time his senses doubled. Usually, it was annoying as Hades, but now? He was regretting every bad thing he had ever thought about it.
"Come on little hero" the titan crooned, his eyes glittering maliciously "You have to die sometime. If you come now I'll make sure it is quick and painless..." Leo looked down at his scraped hands and knees, big and ugly had a point. There was no way he could win this fight. There wasn't even a sliver of hope for him. Leo knew that it was over anyway. In fact, a quick and painless death didn't sound half bad right now...
"Yes." Iaptus cackled as he saw Leo's uncertainty. "You know my deal is a good one...Come on weakling. I will make this easy for you." he took a step forward and the ground shook. What choice did Leo even have anymore?
Slowly, he allowed himself to lower his weapon, inviting death. In any normal circumstances, he might have made some kind of joke to cover up the pain but... he couldn't find anything funny at the moment. Nothing at all. He closed his eyes and waited...and waited... and waited...and- oh come on now! He was about to freaking die! What happened to quick and painless? Scowling, he looked up to find- what the hell?
"Ack! Die stupid being!" screamed Iaptus, swinging at random as the sword leveled down on his leg. Leo caught a glint of black but nothing more as the titan fell to the ground, wailing as he looked for the item causing him pain.
"Hey. Tarzan!" a new voice suddenly entered and Leo almost choked with relief. Thalia. "In what world did you think it was ok to mess with my friends? Because it sure as hell isn't this one." she cried out while taking that paper bag off of her head. Leo almost laughed out loud in relief except that... Oh gods...What happened to her? There was a moment in which everything stopped and eyes drifted towards Thalia. To Leo's left he heard a distinct laugh, even though there was no one there.
"Oh come on!" Thalia hissed "It isn't that bad is it?" Truth be told? Yeah...It really way. Thalia's face had been changed so that it almost perfectly round and a vivid shade of pink. Her eyes had reduced to beads yet they were still the same shocking blue. Her nose was uplifted so that it looked more like a snout. In fact...Her face looked like...like...
"A pig." Iaptus said slowly, as if savoring the moment "You are a pig!" he suddenly let out a large bellowing laugh and others soon joined in, Thalia squealing in fury...Literally.
"Leo!" she snarled at him "After I kill this guy you will explain exactly how to change me back!" she hissed er- snorted at him. Despite the tense situation he couldn't help but smirk slightly.
"You broke into the box of weapons didn't you?" he asked and she bared her teeth at him "It'll be gone within twenty-four hours...Maybe." he told her and for a moment he was afraid she might gut him. Instead she went and spun in a 180 degree motion, taking her spear and sticking it straight into the titan. No...Not a spear...A lightning bolt.
"FOR-" she started then paused "Uh...FOR THE NEW GODS!" she decided, and Leo turned just in time to see the lightning bolt fly through the air when he heard-
"NO THALIA!" Nico appeared, a black helmet tucked under one arm, raising his hands in a up and down, frantic motion "THAT LIGHTNING BOLT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING IN THE WORLD! DON'T USE IT IN FRONT OF MORTALS!" he screamed at her and Thalia yanked the weapon back, pulling out a sword as she engaged in combat.
"THEN GET THEM OUT OF HERE!" she screamed back at him and Leo felt a hard tug on his elbow.
"Nico?" he asked "What are-?" he was cut off by Nico dragging him towards a pile of debris. For a moment he waded around before easily flinging a wounded Tyler up from the rubble. Leo took a couple steps back in shock. How the scrawny little teenager managed to pick up someone three times his size was a mystery to him but he didn't have much time to question it.
"Hurry up!" Nico screeched at him and Leo stumbled around, trying to follow Nico to the spot he stood waiting, Tyler still half unconscious in his arms. "Grab ahold." Nico told him and Leo almost refused to grab his arm seeing as that was just really weird. However, the look on Nico's face made him decide it wouldn't be wise to refuse. He curled his hand around his sleeve when he felt a sudden jolt and darkness pushed in the edges around him.
NO! The voice was loud and clear inside Percy's head. Screaming horrifically. He felt the power pounding through him, trying desperately to escape. Every molecule of his body was screaming in protest at the unwelcomed intruder but he tried to push it back...back...back...
YOU TRAITOR! Kronos' voice screeched inside his head, making the pounding and pain almost unbearable I RAISED YOU! I AM YOUR FATHER! THIS IS TREASON! YOU CANNOT GO AGAINST ME! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS? HOW DARE YOU! I HAD HEARD ROMOURS OF BETRAYAL WITHIN OUR GROUP BUT NEVER MY SON LEADING THEM! YOU SHALL PERISH!
No. Percy knew that his voice was weak, even in his head but he still hoped Kronos could hear. I am no son of yours. I was a tool at most. A stepping stone to your success. A body that grew strong for you to take. Never had I been your son. You didn't care for me. Not Katrina. Not Tanya. Not Luke or Silena. Nico. Thalia. Annabeth. Piper. Leo. Tyler. You don't care!
THEY ARE JUST NAMES BOY! WHY SHOULD I CARE FOR TRAITORS? I WILL KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM WITH YOUR HANDS!
Percy smiled slightly at the wonderfully, blissful ignorance of the situation. He was aware that Kronos could now see into his mind, into his very soul even and know all of his secrets but... It worked the other way too.
And Kronos had some pretty interesting secrets. None that would be important if he had been on the Titans' side but the truth of the matter was that he wasn't. Which gave him the upper hand.
You know what I want. He thought to Kronos who had gone silent as the thoughts passed his head. And you know that if you don't give it to me that I will be able to ruin everything for you. Either way at this point...I win.
And the best part? They both knew it was true.
Jason was trying to get adjusted to walking at the moment. He kept stumbling every couple of paces, his hands covered in golden blood every time he went down. To be honest, he wasn't finding that many perks in being an all-powerful god. The moment he woke up he found himself with Ares' weapon, a pig of all things, and other random stuff he wasn't entirely for sure how to use.
Needless to say he was a little frustrated with the situation. He had no idea where to go, how to get there, how to use any of his powers, and most importantly where Leo and Piper were! Uh...Did he say most importantly? He meant least. Because they weren't Roman and stuff like he was so...Yeah. They aren't that important. What? He wasn't lying!...Right?
Scowling now, at the stupid internal argument he was having with himself, he marched over and looked down at his body that was now glowing a golden color with a red tinged.
Him? A war god? Go figure. Part of it made sense though. His sister could take over the sky duties. He had always been more of a fighter anyway. However, right now it didn't exactly solve his problems.
Oh, how he hated the world right now. The sky was a blood red and the whole place around him seemed deserted. The whole place seemed strange from the last time he saw it. Before it just looked like...Well...Land to be honest. Now, probably due to his godly senses, he could see so much more.
His eyes were like some kind of camera. He could zoom in and out, sharpen images, or dull them. Make them look extremely blurry or vividly clear. He could literally feel where animal life was and could even push pressure off of him-if that was even possible.
The whole situation was uncanny. Jason frowned for what seemed like the millionth time that day and sat on a rock, thinking. Where was he supposed to go? It would be so much easier to tell as well if there wasn't so much dang screaming and yelling! Honestly, why can't they just shut up for a couple of min-
...Oh...Jason jumped up and let his selective hearing take over. It zoomed in so that he could hear battle cries and yelling about...eh...Let's say ten miles west about three miles north give or take a few yards...Ok, he lied. Being a god did have some freaking awesome perks.
"Alright." he said out loud, wondering how his next move would work. "Uh...Transport!" he yelled out, moving his hands in some kind of ninja position. F-A-I-L.
"Damn." he muttered and tried in vain to remember how Jupiter transported the one time he visited him... Didn't he just...Disappear? Well that was...Extremely unhelpful!
Jason sat there for what seemed like hours (It may have only been seconds) trying to figure it all out. How was he supposed to do this? He focused hard on the place he wanted to go, wishing he could freaking be there. It seemed to him that the sounds around him were getting louder around him the more he thought about it...Gods, this was annoying.
"Jason you idiot! Stop standing there and help! I can't be- Wait a second...Are you a god?" Jason jumped at the sound of Thalia's voice only a couple feet away from him. As he looked around he saw he was in some kind of camp, Thalia in battle with some hundred pound ugly dude. Part of Jason smirked widely as a 'haha' feeling came over him. He had done it...Sort of.
He ran over, grabbing his new spear to help his sister but paused when he saw her. What the Hades had happened to her? Perhaps his stare caught her attention because she turned to him with a heinous look on her face, telling him to get his butt moving and he had a lot of explaining to do after they were done shredding this guy into pieces.
Sisters.
Luke was completely and utterly torn. He stood there...Watching his friends battling the titan as Percy laid on the ground, thrashing over and over, trying to throw off...Whatever was happening to him.
Who the Hades was he supposed to help? Thalia and Jason looked weak. The two of them were making progress but it was too little to really injure to Titan too badly. Percy on the other hand didn't look much better. Yet he couldn't just leave Thalia...
"No!" Percy hissed as he gripped his own head in pain "No...Won't let you...GET OUT!" he basically screamed. Luke gave his two friends one last sorry look as he ran over to Percy. Luke still wasn't entirely sure how he got there. He had transported to this camp and went to go help Leo and the others when all of a sudden Percy appeared as well, his eyes glazed over, tinged with gold. Luke wasn't entirely for sure what happened to him and he wasn't for sure that he wanted to know either.
"Percy!" Luke muttered as he shook him "Percy wake up! Come on...What's wrong with you? Get up!" there was a long pause in which Percy looked as though he attempted to reach out to him but his other hand yanked it back. What the hell? Luke rolled him over lightly, shaking his shoulders as he tried to get his friend to react in some way but Percy didn't respond except with an occasional yelp of pain.
"Come on." he muttered and Percy's eye flickered for a moment and Luke tumbled back in shock.
They were gold.
Yep! I'm done. This was a quick little Easter gift for all of you (: Hope you guys enjoyed! Make sure to review and I'll try to make sure I get in an update within the month. Thanks!