A/N: The reviews that came after Chapter 33 went out were unexpected. I didn't expect that there would be so much readers for my story. Again, I thank you for doing that. You guys gave me the motivation and ideas that I needed. Without your support, the story would be discontinued a long time ago.

So, many of you are curious and excited about Ai. Well, you'll find out more about him in this chapter. Here's chapter 34. Enjoy

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO, HOO, FF and DmC

Chapter 34

Percy's POV

Percy didn't remember the last time he had summoned his Materia. Percy felt a bit guilty about it. As Percy sat on Levy's back, he kept thinking about whatever came across his mind. Chaos two sword sheathes on his back, so he could sheathe the sword whenever he's not using them. Chaos had said that Agni and Rudra were the original Riptide and a replica of Riptide being blessed with Agni and Rudra, angels that have served with Chaos.

Then, Levy dived down, forcing Percy to hold on to his scales. When Levy went through the cloud, Percy saw Camp Half-Blood beneath him. Seeing it again made him smile. It was good to be back, even though there probably won't be anyone around except for Chiron, Argus and the nature spirits.

"Levy, stop." Percy said. Levy slowed down and gradually stopped. Levy and Percy were hovering just above the borders of Camp Half-Blood. Percy could see Peleus still guarding the tree, where the Golden Fleece hung on its lowest bough. "Set me down there, Levy." Levy flew towards the hill from the outside borders of camp. Percy jumped off from Levy. "Thanks buddy," Percy said before Levy dissolved in golden dust and reappeared back on Percy's hand as a Materia.

"Welcome home, Percy." Percy said to himself. Percy marched towards the pine tree. Peleus saw him and nudged his leg slightly. Percy smiled and patted Peleus' head. Peleus had really grown. Now, it was Percy's height. "Yeah, it's good to be back. Have you been a good boy?"

To prove his point, Peleus let out a column of fire towards the sky. Percy laughed and scratched his ear. Peleus just wagged its tail. Percy patted Peleus' head one last time before entering the Camp. The camp looked the same like when Percy left. Percy decided to avoid any attention when he's here. The gods might know he's here. He made his way to the forest. It was even more infested with monsters, since there were no demigods here to kill them. Percy needed to be quiet, because he was unarmed and powerless, except for the demon inside him which he had no mastery over. Chaos said Percy could turn into a demon, but for now, nothing happened. Percy made it at Zeus' Fist, where Agni and Rudra were stuck on the top between the boulders.

Seeing it, Percy rolled his eyes. He climbed the boulders, making his way to the top of Zeus' Fist. He took the swords and put them back in his sheathe. They glowed slightly at Percy's touch. Percy put Agni back on it's sheathe while he held Rudra in his sword hand to defend himself for whatever that attacked him in the forest.

Percy hadn't lost his skills in wielding a single sword. Rudra was a swift sword, enabling him to manoeuvre it in a more elegant style, using his agility and quickness. Although Percy can only make small damages towards an enemy, he could attack the enemy repeatedly in several places.

Agni, on the other hand, was a heavy sword. It's not literally heavy. Agni was a sword that focused more on power and force. Percy always handled it with two hands, because it was made to be manoeuvred in a vicious and savage style. Using Percy's strength and force, he could make massive damage, even if he could attack slower than when he's using Rudra. When Percy used both swords together, the demon inside seemed to stir, making both swords equal and balanced.

Percy was heading back towards camp, until a winged figure landed in front of him. He went past the borders of camp and landed here, in front of Percy.

"Who are you?" Percy asked.

Ai's POV

Ai had followed Nico and the others, just to see what they were up to. Ai had found a lot when following them and eavesdropping on them. There will be a war between Olympus and Nico and his friends. Their leader was a guy named Percy, and he was staying in a base that they have set up somewhere. There would be a lot of them right now, if the Labyrinth didn't give them any problems. That's what Ai heard.

Ai continued to follow them, until they reached the Empire State Building. Nico and his group stopped at the lobby where they were trying to stay hidden.

"Julie, any news?" Jason asked the daughter of Iris, Julie. Julie shook her head.

"Lucy said that Percy hasn't returned. They don't know where he's been, but he said he'll be back in a few days."

Nico sighed. "Let's just hope he'll be back just in time for-" Nico stopped. He tensed, as if he sensed something in the air.

"Nico? What's wrong?" The daughter of Zeus, Thalia asked.

"I don't know why, but I feel a different presence."

"Who's presence?" Jason asked.

"That's the weird part. I feel like I'm close to Tartarus." Nico said. Ai gulped and turned around to run away from them before he was caught. He spread his wings and flew upwards into the night sky. That was a close call. Ai wondered what was going on. Before he could think even further, there was small tug at the back of his head. It felt like something was trying to tell him something. Ai's instinct suddenly said that he should go to Long Island. He was somehow sure that he'll find some answers there.

Without wasting another second, he flew towards Long Island, creating a sonic boom that could probably be heard by every mortal underneath him. Ai could go pretty fast when he wanted to without even breaking a sweat.

In just a matter of minutes, Ai arrived at Long Island. The first thing he saw was the dragon sleeping under a pine tree. Ai thought he would have to attack it, but the dragon seemed to enjoy its sleep.

On the other side of the hill was probably the weirdest place Ai would ever see aside from Olympus. There were several assortments of buildings; each of them looked different than the rest. There was an amphitheatre, a climbing wall with lava pouring down from it, an arena and a dining pavilion. There were several other buildings, but Ai was too far to see it. Ai hovered above the place, until he decided to land in the forest at the other side of the valley.

Ai landed with a thud, only to be greeted with a voice. "Who are you?"

Ai turned around and a sword was already aimed at his throat. Holding the sword was a man, taller than Ai and a bit tanner. He had jet black hair and . . . well, unnatural eyes. His left eye was crimson red and his other eye was sea green. He had another sword strapped on his back. Ai met his glare. "Uh, a lost bird man."

The man pushed his sword at his throat. "I'll ask you one more time, who are you?"

"My name's Ai. You could say that I'm, uh, a demigod." Ai said. The man pulled the sword away from Ai's throat, which was a relief. He put his sword back to it's sheathe which was strapped behind him.

"Okay, Ai. Why do you have wings coming out from your back?" The man asked, still glaring at Ai, but not as intense as before. The way he glared at Ai before was like he was going to kill Ai for killing his cat.

"It's a very long story."

"I have time." The man sat as he sat down, inviting Ai to also sit down with him. Reluctantly, Ai followed. The man gathered up some wood and took out his other sword. He touched to bundle of woods in front of him and it instantly lit on fire. Ai stared at awe as he sheathed back his sword. "What?"

"Cool powers. By the way, what's your name?"

"Percy Jackson." He said. As soon as Percy said that, Ai tensed a bit. That was the same name that Nico and his group had mentioned when Ai followed them. "Start talking, Ai."

"Uh, where should I start . . . Well, my father is a, um, an abyss." Ai said with an innocent expression. The man had a funny confused expression on his face, which cause Ai to chuckle.

"An abyss? What's that supposed to mean?"

"My father is Tartarus." Ai said. Percy's jaw dropped. Combined with his confused expression, Ai couldn't help but laugh out loud, earning a glare from Percy. "I was kind of like a being that he adopted. Originally, my father had created me as a servant. But the more he put his entity in me, the more he grew fond of me. So, he adopted me as a son. But he's my creator, so technically I am his son."

Percy shook his head. "Great, we have another mortal-primordial hybrid." Percy muttered.

"There's another one?" Ai asked. Percy nodded.

"Michael Black, a son of Erebus." Percy said.

"So technically, he's my nephew." Ai asked.

"Yeah, but that means you're my great-granduncle's son, which means you're- you know what, forget it. Greek family trees are weird." Percy muttered as he threw up his hands in exasperation. Ai just laughed.

"Okay, that's about me. How about you?"

"Huh, what's to tell? I'm a son of Poseidon, and I declared war against Olympus." Percy said calmly. Ai just stared at him, like he was trying to figure out whether Percy just made a joke or not.

"Why?" That was all that came out of Ai's mouth.

"Because Zeus is an arrogant bastard who needs to be put in his place. He killed his own daughter, which happens to be my cousin and best friend, then take away the godhood of another one of his children, Artemis." Percy snapped. Ai sensed the amount of power that was coming out of Percy when he was angry. It was . . . different. It's not godly, nor it is the power of a titan. It felt much older than what Ai have felt since he lived his immortal life.

"Is this about revenge?"

"No. This is about getting his stupid ass out of that throne so demigods could live a better life than they had during his ass on the throne." Percy hissed. Ai decided not to push it anymore.

After that, they sat on silence.

Katie's POV

Travis was slammed in the gut again when he tried to struggle. Both of them were tired, exhausted and beat up since they arrived at Olympus. The stupid Labyrinth had somehow made them appear in the public baths meant for minor gods on Olympus. Stupid maze.

Katie and Travis had to fight their way towards the exit, but their attempt was useless as the Olympus army surrounded them in a matter of seconds. They were ridiculously outnumbered like, a million to one. Now, Travis and Katie were chained to a pillar where two guards stood in front of them. That was the good news; there were only two guards in the prison.

The bad news was, there was no way of escaping. Travis coughing up blood again. "Travis, are you okay?"

Travis gave her one of his mischievous grins. "I'm okay. This is all acting." Travis said. Katie didn't believe that. She knew that Travis was badly wounded, maybe had a few ribs broken. The two guards in front of them hardly paid any attention, at them. "What do we do now?"

"We just wait." Travis said again as he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He steadied his breathing for something that Katie didn't know what.

"Wait for what?" Katie asked. Travis shushed her. Katie stuck out a tongue at him.

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Katie had waked up, to see that things hadn't change. Travis was still here with his eyes closed and the two guards were still in front of them. Katie's eyes drifted to Travis, who was still meditating. "Look, I don't want to disturb your meditation, but we have a serious problem. We're still chained to goddamn pillar."

Travis didn't move or give any sign if he heard anything. He just closed his eyes as if he was meditating. Katie was getting tired. The two guards just kept standing in front of them.

"You know, your butts don't smell so good." Travis said with a surprising smirk. The guards glared at him as they punched him in the stomach again. Travis doubled over and coughed up more blood.

"Let him go!" Katie cried out, hoping that they would stop hitting him. Surprisingly, the guards obliged but they glared at Travis and Katie for a while before returning to their guard post. They stand a little further away from them, just out of earshot. "Travis, are you okay?"

Travis chuckled and gave Katie a wild grin. "It's amazing when your father is the god of thieves." Travis said, but he sounds like he had something in his mouth. He took it out, revealing a key that goes to their shackles. Katie's eyes widened.

"But how are you going to-"

"Already done." Travis revealed his right hand, already free from the shackles. He took the key from his mouth and released his left hand. Travis put one finger on his lips as he opened Katie's shackles. Once freed, Katie gave Travis a quick kiss to the lips. Travis just smiled as he grabbed Katie's arm and sneak his way to the guards. Travis looked at Katie, and she understood. They snuck behind the guards, drew their knives and slit their throats simultaneously. It was a pretty wicked way, but they managed to do it, thanks to Travis' addiction to hardcore games.

"Okay, now how do we get out from here?" Katie asked.

"The same way with how we got out of the Big House when Chiron almost caught us making out." Travis said with a mischievous grin. Katie blushed, but she rolled her eyes.

"We did get caught."

"No, he almost caught us." Travis said again. Travis grabbed Katie's arm and slowly made his way to the exit. She saw the door to the elevator and her eyes widened. She pulled Travis' arm and pointed at the door. Travis nodded and they ran straight for the door. When the minor gods saw them, the alarm blared. It was so loud that it could probably be heard all the way to the throne room. Travis stopped at his tracks.

"What are you doing? Come on, we're almost there!" Katie urged. The door was far away, but Katie was sure that they could make it in time to escape.

"We'll never make it. The Olympians will catch up on us in a few minutes." Travis took out a small ball shaped thing that looked no bigger than a marble. Travis gave it to her. "This will get you out. Throw it to the ground and it will bring you to any demigod ally that we know, where I'll know you'll be safe."

"But where's yours?" Katie asked. Travis gave her a smile. Katie's eyes widened as realization dawned on her. "No, I'm not leaving you here. Either we're going together, or we're not going at all."

Travis smiled sadly. "Its okay, Katie. It's time that the Stoll brothers show what they are capable of doing." Then, Travis pulled her into a deep kiss. When he pulled away, a tear slid down Katie's cheek. "Promise me you'll make it through this. Promise me you'll survive." Travis pleaded.

"I promise." Katie said, now choking out sobs. Travis kissed her forehead for the last time as she squeezed his hand tightly. "Can you please come back for me?"

Travis just smiled sadly. Katie was now crying. "I love you, Katie. I was saving this for later, but . . ." He managed to got down to his knees and held out a small velvet box. "Katie Gardner, will you marry me?" Travis opened the box, revealing a beautiful diamond ring. At that point, the dam broke. Katie let loose the sadness and joy that she was feeling in one, painful sob.

Katie nodded, knowing that this might be the last chance that they will ever see each other again. "I will." Travis smiled and slid the ring into her fingers. At the bottom of the ring, an inscription was engraved.

Travis and Katie, For Better or Worse, Will Forever Be Together.

Katie felt like the happiest woman alive, but she was about to be the saddest one as well as she saw the Olympians closing in on them, taking their time. It would be a few more minutes before they reached them. Travis didn't seem to notice, and Katie would leave it like that. She wanted Travis' undivided attention.

"That would be the first thing that I gave you that wasn't stolen, Ms Stoll." Travis joked with a sad grin. Katie kept on crying as tears continued to fall from her eyes.

"Please, don't do this Travis."

"I'm sorry Katie." Travis kissed her forehead again. "Take care, Ms Stoll. I will always love you, even if I go to the Fields of Punishment." Travis whispered and forcefully swung Katie's hand, making her drop the marble between her feet. The marble exploded into a puff of smoke. Katie felt herself being transported somewhere else.

He reappeared in front of a door of what seemed like an old apartment. Katie didn't care about that. She collapsed to her knees and cried and sobbed as hard as she could. She kept staring at the ring that Travis gave her. The diamond was small, but it shimmered beautifully.

The door in front of her opened, revealing a familiar face. Katie didn't recognize who she was, but Katie knew she had seen her before along with the Iris demigods. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"My name is Katie Stoll. I got sent here by my . . ." Katie choked up when she thought about the word 'boyfriend'. "Husband. My husband sent me here."

"Wait, you're one of the Demeter kids aren't you? I'm Julie."

Katie stood up and wiped the tears off her face. "Yeah, I've seen you before. Where am I exactly?"

"Nico said that this was Percy's mother's apartment."

"Is Nico here?"

"Yeah, he's inside with the others. Come on in." Julie invited. Katie entered the apartment and Julie closed the door behind her. In the living room, Katie saw Jason and Nico sitting on the couch, while Thalia was pacing around. Piper was sitting next to Jason and Reyna sat cross legged on the floor, looking at Thalia. When Jason saw her, his face lit up with a smile.

"Katie! I'm so glad you made it. Where's Trav-" Jason didn't managed to finish the sentence as Nico clamped his mouth shut. Hearing Travis' name made her heart ache even more, but she managed not to cry. Although, a tear slid out of her cheeks.

"What the hell Nico?" Jason asked. Nico glared at him and dragged him into a room.

"Um, Katie? Are you okay?" Julie asked. "Come on, sit down for a bit." Katie reluctantly sat down as the girls gathered around her.

"Come on Katie, you can tell us what happened." Piper asked in a soothing voice. Katie didn't sense any charmspeak added to it, but she suddenly had the urge to tell. She wanted to get this off of her chest, but she couldn't bring herself to it.

Then, Jason and Nico came out of the room. Their faces looked sad. "Katie, I'm so sorry." Jason said sadly. Katie just nodded.

"It's okay. You knew?" Katie asked Nico. Her voice was cracking and sad.

"Yeah, I'm a son of Hades. I can tell, when, uh, yeah." Nico said, trying to be careful not to make her cry. Katie just nodded.

"Come on girl, tell us what happened?" Thalia said as she rubbed her back. Thalia glared at Jason and Nico, who scrambled out of the living room, letting the girls have their girl time together.

"The Labyrinth brought us to Olympus. We were captured and held in chains. Travis, he managed to escape. He brought me along with him. We were running. The exit was a few meters away, and the gods were chasing us. Travis said that he would make sure that I'll go. He said . . ." Katie took a deep breath before continuing. A tear unconsciously fell from here eye. "He said that he would make sure I was safe. He made me promise to survive and make it through this. There was only one person who could escape, and he made sure it was me. Before he forced me to go, he . . ." Katie looked at the ring on her finger and broke down into tears.

The four girls around her comforted Katie in the most soothing way a friend could possibly do, but it wasn't enough. Tears kept coming out of her eyes as she cried. "He proposed me." Katie showed the ring on her finger.

"It's beautiful." Reyna muttered. The other girls also agreed.

"The last thing I remembered was him kissing my forehead and telling me that he loved me before I ended up here."

"So that's why you called yourself Katie Stoll." Julie said. Katie smiled at the name.

"It's alright Katie. We're here for you." Thalia gave her a comforting hug, which Katie needed a lot.

Promise me you'll make through this. Promise me you'll survive.

Travis' words rang in Katie's head.

I will, my love.

A/N: Well, that was a bummer. I gotta be honest, I teared up a bit when Travis was about to sacrifice his life for Katie. And so, the Stoll Brothers are dead. I have no plans on reviving them whatsoever, nor do I have plans of making Tratie relationship gone. It will still be there, just not in the way you'd imagined it to be. Okay, so uh, I know this has barely any relevance to the story, but what the hell. So, leave a review if you like or hate it, a review always helps. Until then, take care.

P/S: I stole some of those lines from Titanic LOL...