-Percy POV-

"Order," said Aurora.

I immediately sighed, I knew Order was most likely to blame for this incident, but hearing it confirmed made it all the more real. Handing Aurora to Luke, I looked up and scanned the room.

There was an enormous black, crystal chandelier that hung over our heads. The ceiling was domed that ended at an oculus at the top which was blacked out. The walls were black stone with arcs of black and purple energy sparking off of them. I gathered some remnant energy into my hand and stared down at a blackish purple orb.

Strange, I thought Order was similar in power to Chaos. The energy signature of Chaos was only purple, no other color was produced when Chaos used his power. Plus if Order really was free, he wouldn't be subtle. A being whose power rivals that of the creator has no need for lurking in the shadows. He would take the fight to us the moment he was able. Something didn't add up.

Calypso seemed to notice my dilemma and asked,

"What is it Percy?"

I frowned, something odd was at work here. Answering her I said,

"What is the first thing you would do if you held the power of Chaos and wanted to dominate all life?"

The Angels thought for a moment before Calypso answered,

"I would gather all of my strength and unleash it against Olympus."

The other Angels had similar answers. I nodded my head and said,

"And since the moment you met him, what color is produced when Chaos uses his power?"

Again Calypso answered,

"Purple, it's always purple. Percy what are you getting at? What's going on?"

I shook my head and looked at Aurora. Most of her wounds had healed but I wanted to check something. So concentrating for a moment, I changed my vision to read energy signatures and scanned her cells. There were traces of black energy, dark strings that were slowly dissipating into nothing. I changed back to normal vision and looked her straight in her bloodshot eyes and asked,

"Aurora I absolutely believe that the power of Order did this. But I need you to tell me what the person who attacked you looked like."

She immediately got a fearful look in her eyes but weakly nodded her head. She thought for a few moments before answering,

"I didn't get a good look at him, he injected me with something that made my vision go hazy. All I remember is that he looked massive, like a giant. It… it looked like he was wearing bones, and his face looked deformed, almost twisting with cold, purple eyes."

Tartarus… Giant, armor made of bones, a chest piece with trapped monsters in it, and a spiraling vacuum for a face. There was no doubt Order was involved, but I was also just as certain that Tartarus was the being that personally tortured Aurora. I looked to the one person I knew who had experience with spirit hosting.

"What are the chances that Order has chosen a host body," I asked Luke.

His eyes immediately darkened, even centuries later, he still bore scars from his experience with the Lord of time. He scrunched his eyebrows, thought for a moment and said,

"Her description lines up with how you described Tartarus, yet she says it was Order. The evidence around us implies his involvement."

He paused for a moment before finishing,

"If I had to pass judgment, I would say it's possible, even likely that Order is using Tartarus as a host body."

The other Angels had various reactions. I didn't really notice, my mind was back at camp, thinking about Annabeth. If this really was Order, she was in terrible danger, in fact we now had bigger problems than earth to worry about. He could wage another universal war. Aurora coughed and asked me,

"Percy, what will happen if he comes back?"

I could feel my eyes blacken momentarily. The Leaders backed up slightly before my eyes went back to normal and I apologized. I took a deep breath and said,

"War, bloodshed, death on an unimaginable level. Chaos used to tell me stories about when Order first declared war on the universe. Trillions of deaths, entire sectors wiped out, and the introduction of widespread evil into the universe. If Order was ever able to escape the Void, Chaos would be the only one with any chance of defeating him. And as it is, he is weakening."

Calypso asked,

"Well if Chaos is weaker then he used to be, wouldn't Order be too?"

I shook my head and replied,

"He has been imprisoned since the dawn of time. Since then Chaos has used vast amounts of his power while Order has remained in the Void. Therefore he has lost none of his former power. I imagine Order would dwarf Chaos in terms of power were he released."

Calypso asked through a shaking voice,

"Then… what do we do?"

The only thing we could do, I replied,

"We talk to Chaos, he will know what must be done."

The Angels nodded, I could tell they wanted to get out of this place so I said,

"Get Aurora to Chaos Cabin and bring Annabeth. I will be there soon."

Luke asked,

"What are you doing sir?"

I looked around the evil place that recently housed the corrupter of the universe. I thought of the thousands of monsters outside the building, then answered,

"After dismantling this cursed camp I am going to summon Chaos. Get going."

They nodded and with a bright light, they were gone.

This building, this camp bore the mark of Order, there was only one thing to be done about such a place. He could not be allowed to return, so it must be destroyed. I made my way back up the stairs to the main hall. I was disgusted once more at the pure malevolence radiating off of the place.

After climbing the next set of stairs, I came to the building entrance. Knowing there would be a massive host of monsters to greet me on the other side, I smiled in anticipation. I was a compassionate person, I loved my friends, and I would help anybody who needed it. On the flip side, I had a deep desire for the elimination of evil, and whenever the chance to destroy agents of darkness arose, I relished the opportunity.

Without wasting time, I raised my hand and with the slightest effort, blew the door into splinters which flew back and impaled the closest monsters. I stepped out and began walking to the open area in front of the building. The door had impaled every monsters within twenty feet so no resistance greeted me until I came to the top of the stairs.

I looked out at the snarling faces of the gathered army. They knew who I was and nobody seemed overly anxious to engage me. One brave cyclops decided to be the first, he drew his club and charged me. He ran up the stairs and when he was three steps before me took a great leap and brought his club down towards my head. The moment before the blow landed, I raised my hand and caught the club, stopping it and causing the cyclops to fall forward. Before he could recover I thrust my hand forward and with a bright light, he was thrown back into an adjacent building, collapsing it on top of him.

After this display they all knew they were doomed. Several tried to gang up on me, others tried to run. I would have none of it and gathering energy into my hands, I slammed them together in a clapping motion. The shock wave that resulted flew out in a dome into the air and upon meeting anything in its path, instantly vaporized it. Monsters, buildings, stone, and anything else dissolved in the wave of power.

Watching the wave disappear, I looked around and surveyed the destruction left in my wake. Every single monster was gone, piles of monster remains were strewn about the area in random spots. The bunker building behind me had been mostly blasted away, only bits of concrete were left in the giant hole that used to be the throne room. Every other building had been reduced to dust. And the tent camp was completely gone, replaced with barren ground much like the rest of the valley.

I jumped up into the air and flew a few hundred feet up. Turning around, I saw the only evidence that there was ever anything here was the pit where the bunker was. This valley must be cleansed. So with a wave of my hand the rest of the evidence of the camp disappeared, the thick storm clouds dissipated, and the valley looked exactly how it had before being occupied by the enemy. Satisfied with my handiwork, I shot up into the clouds to make my way back to camp.

-3rd Person POV-

Back at Chaos Cabin, the Leaders, Annabeth, and Chiron were all in the war room of the Leaders house, discussing preliminary ideas about what needed to be done about the Order problem. Their talks ended when a dark portal appeared against the wall, two figures emerged from the portal. The first was Chaos in his Universal form. He noticed Annabeth and immediately turned into a middle aged man, looking like his little boy form but thirty years older. The next person was Percy, the moment he saw Annabeth they walked quickly to one another and hugged. Percy rubbed her back and uttered soothing words to his worried fiancé.

Chaos sat down in an armchair and began to rub his temples. Percy noticed this, sat down with Annabeth on a couch and asked,

"Chaos, what is going on?"

For a moment Chaos looked like he hadn't heard Percy, he leaned back in his chair and looked up to the ceiling. After a few seconds he responded,

"Order has found a way to once again ruin my creation. I have felt him stirring in the Void for months now, but nothing beyond what he has done in the past. I never imagined something like this was possible."

Percy asked,

"Chaos, could he escape?"

Chaos shook his head and responded,

"No, I know for an undeniable fact that once you are condemned to the Void, the only way out is for you or myself to release them. I know what you're thinking, and while I know that history tends to repeat itself, this is not the same as what happened between Luke and Kronos."

Calypso, Leo, and Beckendorf looked pleased with the answer, the rest of the people present knew better. Percy said,

"That doesn't really make our situation any better. If he is able to manipulate and augment somebody outside the Void, we may be in just as much danger as if he were physically released."

Chaos nodded miserably, he looked old, frail, broken. Endless ages of watching his beloved creation decay was taking its toll. Percy watched with concern as Chaos looked up and said,

"We all know I don't have the strength to repel him. The only thing that could stop him now would be to either make his host body fade, or send it to the Void. He will have invested much in his host and destroying that should weaken him enough to make him fall back into the nothingness of the Void."

"But how do we fight somebody as strong as you," asked Annabeth.

Chaos smiled slightly and responded,

"My dear I imagine Percy could defeat me in this state, please don't overestimate my power."

Percy frowned at that prediction but remained quiet as Chaos continued,

"He will be severely weakened in a host body, the body of a primordial can only handle so much of Order's essence, if he put all his power and being into Tartarus, his body would buckle and fade from being overloaded. We can only hope that this state can be fought and defeated."

A somber minute of silence followed this statement, everybody was either processing this information, or beginning to develop a plan to solve this problem. Percy broke the silence and said,

"I think it's safe to say that we are literally fighting for the future of existence. If Order gets what he wants, we will all be thrown into the Void, or simply faded. He will not be subtle after revealing himself in such an obvious way."

Percy walked to the window, stared out of it for a few moments and said,

"The time for training is over, it's time to take the fight to him."