Percy's POV(continued)

"Who's Thalia? Wait, she's Zeus's daughter right?" Kian asked. "The one who turned into a tree?"

Annabeth nodded. "Yeah. You shouldn't mention what happened on Olympus, nor why you're here, it would be too much."

Kian nodded, "If it matters, I'll tell her. I don't plan on telling everyone my secret."

"Guys, I've been looking everywhere for you!"

I snapped out to see Thalia walking to us, a smile on her face. She hugged Annabeth and then me. She still smelled of Pine Cones. Thalia turned to Kian, surprised that he was here. "Um, is he new?"

"Yeah, I am," Kian replied. "Hi, I'm Kian."

Thalia recoiled back, her reaction similar to Annabeth's. "W-wow. Cool A-accent didn't expect that," she said. "Hi, I'm Thalia, I'm the Lieutenant of the Hunters."

Kian smiled at her and shook her hand, "Nice meeting you-". He was interrupted by the ringing of his cellphone. He fumbled as he drew it out. He looked at us, shooting us an apologetic look. "Sorry, I got to take this, I'll be a few minutes, shout if you need me." With that, Kian walked off, heading a few feet away from us to answer his cell

While we watched him walk away. Thalia pulled me and Annabeth aside, "Guys, did you have a dream of-"

"Yeah, both of us did," Annabeth and I said in unison. "You saw the same one didn't you, about this Alveus guy and the prophecy?" I asked

Thalia nodded. "Artemis told me to come back to Camp, to observe him. So, who's his Godly parent?"

Both of us looked at each other, remembering what Kian said. To keep that secret to ourselves. "You mean Artemis hasn't told you?" Annabeth asked.

"No, Artemis told me to come here in a dream. So, does Nico have a new older brother or do you?" Thalia replied. "I know he's not a son of Zeus."

"See, the thing is...he's a mortal," Annabeth explained.

Thalia contorted her face. "Mortal?! That doesn't make sense, why would Artemis order me to come here for a human? I was assuming he was big three material"

"Yeah...we should ask Kian before we tell you," I said

Thalia rubbed her hair, "Tell me what? I had this dream about this Kian guy, there was this prophecy and something about a Nephalem. None of this makes sense!"

"You should probably ask Kian...he'll explain it, like all of it," Annabeth said.

Kian's POV

"So you get the new model?" I asked him.

"Yeah, yeah I got it Kina, Tony emailed me the attachment, " Harry said over the phone. I could hear mechanical whirring as I knew he was still stuck in the lab, never stopping his upgrades "How are you doing, you know after the whole incident?"

I was about to answer before I heard footsteps, footsteps I was all too familiar with. "Kian! Is that you?! I missed you so much!"

"V, he was talking to me!" Harry replied. "Jesus, let a guy work in peace"

Violet laughed. "I care about him, and after what happened, I want to make sure he's okay"

A moment of silence passed before I heard faster footsteps, "Kian, I know it was you who took my sword!"

"Mars?!" I almost laughed in surprise. "Yeah, sorry!"

"Sorry?! I was practising with Chris and if he didn't hold back, I would have had a few broken ribs!" Marcel screamed at me.

"I told you I'm sorry!" I said quickly. "Have you had the chance to read the reports all of you?"

"Yeah, we did Kina," Harry said. "I thought that was just stories, now they were always real."

I could hear Marcel sighing, "I named myself after the Roman God of War, given what you said, it's possible they might exist too!"

"Yup, the name still sounds cool though. Is Milena there?" I asked them.

"Oi! Wicked Witch of the West, we need you!" Harrison shouted. "OW!" he said as he got slapped

"Hey, Kian, you called?" Milena asked smugly

"Why did you have to slap me for?!" Harrison asked. "I meant that as a compliment! You know, wicked means good right?"

Milena laughed, "Keep digging that hole, I might wrap you in the chains of Krakkon."

"Is he still teasing you?" I asked the blonde girl behind the phone.

"If by teasing you mean being mean, yeah. What's up?" she replied.

"Well I wanted to know, can you see through the Mist?" I asked her. "Alveus said it separates the Greek World from the real one, it prevents mortals-humans from seeing the monsters and stuff."

Milena sighed. "I don't know, None of us live or have lived in America so it would be hard to tell. You said that it was in the States for 200 years right?"

I sighed. "Yeah, I did. I need to get to the bottom of all of this. I'm gonna ask the Vishanti, maybe they'll know."

"I'll text you the incantation. You know we're here for you right Kina?" Milena said. "We know your hurt, all of us are but we still need to help each other."

"I know, all of you are close to my heart. If I have anything to tell you, you'll be the first to know," I replied. I could feel a smile on my face as her compassion never stopped

I heard her smirk, "You support me and I'll support you, that's what friends are for right, Kina?"

I laughed. "Yeah, of course, it is. Stay safe Mia"

"You too Kina. Oh, before you go, we got Auras to talk," Milena said

"Oh, what did he say?"

"Well, Marcel interrogated-threatened him to speak, he didn't. He said he physically couldn't. So, Marcel tried using his creepy dark voice-"

"I think it's awesome!" Marcel interrupted

"Nevertheless, we found out Auras was under a dead man switch, he speaks he dies. A small surgery found a little toxic grenade. 1nm in length," Violet spoke. "This kind of toxin, it's the same as-"

"Empena's. " I finished her sentence

I could feel the atmosphere in their change, her name like a wave of frost washing over a room. The last opponent, it all comes down to her. I heard Violet speak again.

"Yeah, it's her. You said she's coming to Earth right?"

"Yeah, how is it in Asgard?" I asked

"Well, Frigga is trying her best to find Loki, the same with Thor," Milena answered. "We could use you right now, we miss you, you know."

"I miss you too, Mia. I miss all of you. I promise to visit you, you know I would, but I need to be here." I replied. "Earth needs me."

"Yeah, it would make sense. Just promise that you'll call us everyday okay?" Violet answered.

"Of course I will, I promise. Stay safe guys, all of you."

"Hmm hmm, bye Kina" Milena replied.

With that, I cut the call. A moment later, I got the incantation to ask the Vishanti, maybe they'll explain how and why these Greek Gods are here-

"KIAN!"

I turned around sharply, seeing where the noise came from. Annabeth was waving, asking me to come over. After I rejoined the group. The dark-haired girl spoke. She pointed a finger to me. "Your Kian right?"

She had blue eyes and black hair which reminded me of Violet, she wore a silver tiara and her pale milky face was filled with freckles. She also had a strong smell of ozone and pine cones for some peculiar reason.

"Yeah, that's me," I waved. "What can I do for you?"

"Percy says your mortal, so why did Artemis want me to observe you?" she asked, crossing her arms.

I looked up to see Percy and Annabeth behind her and I could hear their thoughts:

Should we let her know?' Annabeth asked

'We have to ask him. Everyone would panic if there was an alien running around! Percy explained. 'Kian told me not to tell anyone'

She was right. We weren't allowed to use our powers in public since it could lead to questions. Luckily, we had Men in Black style memory wipers and no, we did not have Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones before you ask. Now that would be out of this world!

"I don't know, what do you think?" I asked the dark-haired girl

She pouted and spoke. "Artemis told me to observe you, try to see your weakness and see how you fought. But why? Why would the Gods want to observe a human?"

"Right. Well, I should explain why. But you have to keep it yourself, I don't want you to go telling people about it"

Thalia nodded, "What, are you gonna tell me your an alien or something?", she laughed

Percy and Annabeth laughed nervously. "Yeah, ha-ha"

I looked up to see Thalia looking at Annabeth, then at Percy before she realised. She paled, her face as white as milk as it went through a few emotions: fear, question, awe and surprise

"Wait?" Thalia questioned. "You're serious?! You're not kidding?"

I quickly placed a mental block in her mind, preventing her from accidentally speaking it to anyone. I noticed Percy taking a glance at me, probably looking at my eyes.

"Now that makes sense!" Thalia exclaimed. "So what are your powers?"

"That was quick, I thought you would be scared or something?" I questioned her

"Eh, I've seen enough sci-fi movies to know that some aliens look human," she said. "Wait! are you Su-"

"No, I'm not Superman!" I replied quickly. "I don't have any kryptonite."

"That's a shame"


"So which planet do you come from?" Thalia asked. She poked at me with her bow like I was a feral beast. We were back inside the arena, I suggested it after Thalia asked for an explanation.

I grumbled and pushed her bow away. "I grew up in London. I'm just like any of you."

"Except for the powers," Annabeth said

"Don't you have powers too?" I asked, turning towards her. "Surely the Daughter of the Wisdom Goddess has some abilities?"

"I mean yeah but mine isn't as flashy like Percy or Thalia," Annabeth said. She had her arms crossed, touchy about the subject

"But Wise Girl, if I didn't have you, we wouldn't have saved the world!" Percy said. He held Annabeth in a tight hug. "You're the smartest girl I ever know!"

She thought for a few minutes before she spoke. "Okay, that was sweet." She placed a kiss on Percy's cheek.

Thalia turned to me. "So, I guess that's why Artemis wants me to observe you. You probably have powers that they can't understand"

"Yeah, something like that. If Artemis wanted you to observe me, then you should know the whole story. There's a prophecy about me, something that was told about around 5000 years ago," I explained

"Yeah, Artemis told me about it," Thalia replied. "Something about a Nephilim right?"

"Yeah, that's me"

"So, what, why are you a Nephilim what does it mean?" Thalia asked

"Uh, you know the stories about aliens and demons?" I asked. "The ones in the Bible and stuff?"

"I mean I've seen Supernatural. Does that count?"

"Eh, good enough. Nephilim means I'm half-angel and half-demon. The stories about said demons and angels came from aliens," I explained. "That's the whole gist of it."

"Wow, cool..that's a lot to take in. Yeah, ok," she said.

"You know, people normally take a while to get used to it. I wouldn't blame you though, I took a while too, even thought I felt oddly fine afterwards."

Thalia shrugged, "We're used to weirder stuff. This seems to fit right in you know."

"Great. Well, that's me," I shrugged

"What about the powers then? What can you do? " Thalia asked. "I want a demonstration"

"Alright, fine." I nodded. I added on to the mental barrier to stop those 3 from spewing out my powers, even by accident. I activated my space powers. "I can teleport myself"

I demonstrated by teleporting all over the place, then appearing back where I started. This is where I explain teleportation, at least how it works for me.

So listen up. I have to think and imagine the location I want to go to if I want to teleport there. It also works the other way around too. For my local space...well...that's a bit trickier to get your head around. Let's give you an example: Imagine your looking at something a few meters away, a tv remote, a slice of pizza or your PS3 controller.

Now, you have to walk to get there right? It's some space away from you. With my space powers, I can move there by bringing that point in space to my location. To put it simply, I'm not moving to that location, I'm bringing that location to me. To a regular person, it looks like I vanished and reappeared. I'm not, I'm just moving really fast, lightspeed almost

When I combine my space powers with telekinesis, I can stop just about anything fired at me. It's one of my commonly used powers. I would have been lost without a previous space user telling me about this, I had trained hard enough so I could teleport freely in my range, removing an obvious tell that I once had.

I saw Thalia with a hand over her mouth, impressed at it. "That was amazing!"

"That's not even the best part. Kian, show her your light beams!" Percy asked

"Wait, what? You can shoot light out of your hands?!" Thalia asked

"Well, it's highly condensed plasma but..yeah, let's go with that," I glanced at a few targets and placed an open palm in front of me. I charged up a sphere of Heavenforce, aiming it against my target. I added cosmic energy into it, adding extra oomph behind the orb of blue light, giving a yellowish glow to

"How does it work?" Annabeth asked.

"Have you heard of chi? or ki?"

"Yeah?" Annabeth replied. "It's some type of life energy right?"

I nodded. "Yeah"

"But it's been disproven right? It's like Pseudoscience," Annabeth added. "I think I would know if mortals were shooting beams out of light out of their hands!"

I chuckled lightly. "Well, your right...sort of. See human ki, their life force, it's too weak to create what I can do. Meanwhile, on the other hand. My life force, my ki is powerful enough to create orbs of plasma I can shoot out. Perks of being the offspring between an angel and a demon."

Annabeth nodded. "That would make sense. So, this life force in you, how does it work?"

"It's like stamina, I have a finite amount to control before I run out, replenished by resting, or by not doing anything," I answered. Truth be told, I didn't know why I was doing this, I could have just explained it by saying 'magic'. But I guess that would be confusing.

Quick note: Magic involves taking energy and shaping reality, theoretically a sorcerer or sorcerer can never run out of energy to cast from, depending on where you draw it from. Ki is limited, like an energy bar from a video game if you want to think it like that. Oh, one more thing, Ki can be increased as you train, Mana not so much

Why did I explain it to them, when I didn't need to? I guess some part of me wanted to explain my world, even though their lives are already complicated enough.

Guess being a teenage superhero is more common than I thought!

I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at the sphere of blue light in my right hand. I looked up and using my telekinesis, commanded the straw dummies to rise, making a neat queue. I aimed and let free. A beam of blue light tore through the straw dummies that were set up, leaving a burning hole where their chests used to be.

The dummies landed and caught on fire to which Percy and Annabeth moved to douse it. I turned to Thalia who looked impressed at my display. "So, telekinesis too?"

"Yeah, thanks to Mum."

She looked hurt slightly but she shook it off. She crossed her arms and faced me. "Guess I know why now, gotta say, pretty impressive."

I nodded. "Thanks, Katy Perry."

THUMP

All of us turned to see a girl near the entrance. She was dressed in a green shirt and torn blue jeans, complete with paint stains near her thighs. Her hair was the same shade of red as hers, the same shade of green too. I quickly turned around, preparing myself to not mentally cry on the spot

"Oh, hey Rachel,'' Percy said. He moved and hugged the red-haired girl. Annabeth too

"Did you see that?!" Rachel exclaimed. "That laser blast. That was amazing!"

Oh joy, she was talking to me. I turned to see her picking up the book she dropped. It was a notepad. "So, who's his godly half?"

"Yeah about that, he's a mortal," Annabeth explained

The red-haired, green-eyed girl who was called Rachel scrunched her face. "So Clear Sighted? Cool, nice to see another one of you."

Annabeth, Thalia and Percy exchanged uneasy glances, a single thought in their heads, 'We can't tell her that she's an alien!"

Rachel scanned their faces, almost reading their minds. "Guys, what aren't you telling me?"

Percy looked at me and I gave him a nod, "I'll take this one. "Well, Rachel, I'm Mortal but not a human"

"So what, are you an alien or something?"

I couldn't help but laugh, "You're like the third person that said that today!"

Rachel stepped back, coming to the conclusion that the others had. "I knew it! I knew we weren't alone in this universe!" she said. "Oh I'm Rachel, should have lead with that"

"Yeah, I know. Nice to meet you, I'm Kian,'' I replied. She smiled at me and oh gods! She reminded me so much of her

"Wait, your name's Kian?" Rachel asked again. She wore a confused expression on her face

"Unless I've had it changed then yeah. Why what's up?"

"I-I had a vision about you, something about a prophecy," Rachel explained. "It's you, isn't it? The Nephalem, the Half-Angel and Half-Demon."

"Yeah, that's me. These guys told me about it, the prophecy," I said. "It's against this God Killer, I know it's just something I have to do sometime in the future."

Rachel thought for a second, "No, this is something else, a new prophecy, it is related to that one. Go to the Amphitheatre, take Kian with you. We need to tell this to Chiron."

"Are you sure?", Percy asked. "Do we really want to tell them that something worse is coming after, you know who?"

"Wait, you guys battled Voldermort too?!", I blurted out.

Annabeth laughed, "N-no. Percy means Kronos"

"Ah, right, sorry"

"Someone loves Harry Potter didn't they?" Thalia asked

"You're telling me you didn't?"

"Anyway, why do you want an audience, Rachel," Thalia asked. "We've had a year of peace and I don't want to jinx anything."

"I know, I know. I think it's because of you," Rachel pointed at me. "There was unrest last year, after the battle of Manhattan, the gods were starting to stop communicating with us but then they didn't. Everything was fine after a day"

"Why me?" I asked

"Percy, when did you meet Kian?" Rachel asked him

"Erm, sometime in mid-September when he transferred here, why?" Percy replied

"The Gods were starting to get restless but then during Mid September, they stopped. Those events are not coincidental," Rachel explained. "You are the reason for it."

"That's the God Killer for you, I guess whatever was rising decided to not well rise anymore," I replied. That was partly true, then again would anyone want to go against a planet conquerer

"Wow, look at you Sherlock," I quipped.

Rachel glared at me and she crossed her arms. "I should be calling you that, but you must come to the Camp Fire. I think we'll find our answers there."

Location: Amphitheatre

Time: 12 PM, sharp

Weather: Clear Skies and Sunny

Percy's POV

We waited in the seats as campers started to fill up the seats. We were all sat waiting for the Apollo cabin to finish their performance. Annabeth was sat under her banner, Thalia with the Hunters and Kian was sat with me

"So, is this what you do then?", he asked me. "You have a show at noon?"

"Yeah", I replied. "I like it"

Kian laughed. "You know, this reminds me of something that happened in our school"

"Oh really, what is it?" I asked curious about this school Kian trained at

"Well we had a tournament, we competed and fought each other," Kian explained. "I of course won." He had a smile on his face, clearly enjoying the memory.

"Did they have superpowers like you?" I continued

"Oh yeah, as I said, it was a school for people like us" Kian explained. "People with powers"

"That sounds nice," I replied.

I heard footsteps and turned to see a dark-haired, pale-faced boy walking up to the middle. His aviator jacket was tugged tightly around him.

"Hey, Nico!" I yelled, getting his attention. He turned sharply, his face relaxing as he saw me. "I saved you a seat"

Nico nodded and walked over to me. He looked at Kian, "So, you new here?"

Kian nodded, "Yeah, I am. Hi, I'm Kian"

Nico shook his outstretched hand, "Nice to meet you, I'm Nico. I'm the son of Hades"

"So your Nico?" Kian asked. "You certainly have the son of the Death God look going on there"

I laughed a little, covering my mouth almost immediately. It earned me a glare from Nico. I coughed, "Sorry"

"So, Nico, how have you been doing?" I asked, trying to divert his anger away. He might be a kid but he can summon the undead and he's better as a friend than an enemy

"I've been doing great, you know, exploring a few places. Being stuck in that Casino for 80 years means I need to catch up," Nico replied

"I'm sorry, what do you mean by stuck for 80 years? You don't look 80," Kian asked

Nico and I proceed to explain about the Lotus Casino and how Nico was trapped in there. I skipped the part about Bianca since it still felt painful, for Nico and me.

"Wait, the Lotus Casino?!" Kian asked, his eyes wide

"Yeah, why?" Nico asked

"No, no. it's just that my uncle passed on that and went to another casino, bullet dodged I guess."

Nico nodded, "Right. So who's your godly parent? You look like a son of Posiden."

Kian rubbed the back of his head, "About that. I don't have one"

"What, why?!", Nico recoiled lightly. "A mortal then? How did you get past the barrier?! That doesn't make sense."

"I kinda appeared inside, that's how I got in," Kian explained. I could see his eyes glowing bright blue for a second, just bright enough that it looked like flames.

"What?! That doesn't make any sense!" Nico exclaimed. "So what, you're telling me you can teleport?"

Kian nodded. "See, I have powers, something that allows me to teleport myself within a certain range"

Nico looked at him in shock, "So, what are you then?"

Kian's eyes glowed bright sky blue for a split second, "I can tell you, but you have to keep it to yourself."

"Why?" Nico asked. "Are you an alien or something?"

Kian rubbed his forehead slightly, "That's got to stop now, it's getting annoying"

Nico's eyes widened, "Y-you're serious?"

"Yeah, very. I expect you to keep the secret to yourself, alright?" Kian stated. "I only let you know because you know Percy okay?"

Nico nodded. "You can trust me, I'll keep it. Still, I know I've been behind by 80 years but that's quite some news."

"Actually-"

"Hey, Percy!"

I turned around and saw Annabeth waving frantically at me. "It's starting, come on-Oh hey Nico, get here!"

"I think we're needed, come on," I said quickly

Chiron stood in the middle, he stamped his foot to get our attention as we quietly murmured after the Apollo cabin sang the mid-afternoon songs. "Thank you for paying attention, now I think we are all asking why we are here correct?"

"Is there a monster attack?" an Ares member asked

"No, not in the slightest," Mr D said. He drank a can of coke as he stood next to Chiron. "The Oracle asked for this"

"Yes I have, thank you, Mr D," Rachel said. She walked up and all the Campers sat up, listening to what she was going to say because when you're the oracle that might speak your next death, you pay a lot of attention

"I called this meeting because I had a vision. I know the War is over but something is coming," she continued

"Is the Prophecy of Seven?", Drew asked. Immediately there was murmuring before Chiron got everyone's attention again.

Rachel cleared her throat, "No, it's not the Prophecy of Seven. But it is about a prophecy. Something Apollo said a long time ago. Something that I sense about to pass."

"What's the prophecy?" Clarrise asked

"I'm glad you asked, It goes like this", she opened her notepad and started reading it.

"Olympus beware the God Slayer of Might,

defeated by Crimson Red, Emerald Green and combined Sky Blue Light.

A Half-Blood will be born, in a faraway town,

Heir to the Icinian Crown.

25th Born and Chosen. A Ne-I mean half-blood stands tall,

A key to the God Slayer's final fall."

"So what, do you think this half-blood is here?" Katie asked. She was sat under the banner of the Demeter Cabin, her siblings sat next to her.

"Yes. Who here was born on the 25th?" Rachel asked, looking at the Audience.

"I am," Kian spoke up "I was born on the 25th of August"

The rest of Camp murmured amongst themselves. Travis then spoke up, "Who's his godly parent?"

"He's handsome, I wonder if he's a son of Zeus." Drew beamed

"He looks like a son of Poseidon to me," Katie said.

Kian rolled his eyes, "None. I'm not a demigod."

A moment of silence was present around the afternoon campfire. "Well, how can you be a half-blood then?!" Katie broke the silence

"I am mixed race. My mum's French/British and my dad's Portuguese," Kian replied. "That makes me a half-blood. Technically"

"Really?" I ask him

"No. Yes. Sort of. They sort of travelled the world before they settled in England," Kian said hastily

"Well...it did say half-blood, not a demigod. It still counts...I guess," Katie shrugged

"Normally a half-blood means a demigod, but Kian is right," Chiron replied. "This is most unexpected, there are no ominous warnings, no signs and it's all peaceful. Rachel, you think this new prophecy has started to pass?"

Rachel nodded. "I believe so and I believe it will start soon."

"Wait wait wait, how do we know Kian is this 25th chosen guy? There must be plenty of mixed-race people in the world who have the same birthday?" Malcolm, Annabeth's half brother replied. "Taking a mortal on a quest is dangerous, he might die."

They started murmuring again before Chiron stomped his foot again. "Kian, show us a demonstration of your power"

Kian blinked. "Are you sure?"

Chiron nodded. "Dionysus told me about your..abilities. Show them why this is your quest, why you can stop this God Slayer"

Kian shrugged. "Alright, if you say it's okay." In his hand, he held his spear. The bladed tip was a vibrant scarlet under the sunlight, even looking at it gave me an eerie feeling. He stood up and walked towards the Camp Fire, the audience waiting for the demonstration.

"I guess I'll hit this Camp Fire then," Kian gestured. He held the spear with two hands, aiming it in a downward arc against the crackling fire. The blade started to glow with an intense, vibrant red-black colour. Kian gripped his spear tightly, his face in deep concentration. His hands tightened around the pole, his veins bulged against his skin as he thrust the tip into the burning fire.

BOOOOM!

The campfire exploded with the force of dynamite the moment it made contact

After a few minutes of coughing, cleaning and picking the hot coals of our body. We looked up to see a black spot where the fire once stood. Kian's 6-foot spear now did not glow. It sparkled with a red light before it dimmed. His hair and clothes had slight ash coating, he even coughed a few times

"Uh...sorry...guess I went a little overboard," Kian replied. He swung his spear behind him and held it, waiting for what would happen next.

The rest of the Camp sat frozen in shock, all except me and Annabeth. We had seen him transform and fight Ares and we knew this wasn't him at his best. Chiron brushed the coals out of his beard and hair as he looked at us. It was still sunny overhead, so losing the campfire didn't make a difference. Although, now everyone was coughing and marvelling at the burning logs sent across the amphitheatre.

I couldn't blame them, it's not every day you see a spear that has that much power.

Chiron and Mr D exchanged a glance before they looked at Kian.

"I want one!" An Ares camper shouted. "That looks cool!"

"Are you sure he's human?" Travis exclaimed. "I haven't seen a human weapon do that!"

"Erm...you have heard of missiles, right? Nukes even?" Kian quipped. "Besides, I have a connection to this one and it's a property of said weapon to do that. I am still mortal though. still very mortal." He demonstrated by twirling his scarlet red spear.

Travis nodded. "Alright of if you say so."

I glanced at Thalia and Nico who had their mouths open slightly. "He's powerful isn't he?", she whistled. "Never seen a weapon like that"

"You have no idea!" I replied

"Powerful and Handsome," Drew beamed. "I wonder if he's single."

That seemed to have lit a fuse under him. Kian furrowed his brow and glanced at her. "Hey! That's none of your business! And drop the act, it's getting annoying!"

The rest of the Camp 'ohhh'd' and 'ah'd' as Kian retorted. Drew pouted and played with her hair. Kian scowled and then faced Rache. "So what now, what happens now?"

"Kian, what's your last name?", she asked

"Taylor. Spelt with a y."

"Ok. Kian Taylor, do you accept this quest, to stop the God Killer?", Rachel replied

Kian inhaled and exhaled. It was like he was about to finish his long quest. "I accept. What happens now?"

Rachel nodded, "Well, I speak a prophecy and we see choose from there. Get ready, oh and Kian-don't worry about what happens to me okay, this is natural."

Kian nodded, "Ok, just don't die on me, then I won't have a quest would I?"

Rachel wiped the grin on her face and began to fall. A few campers rushed to her aid, placing her onto the stool. A Green mist started to swirl around her feet and a raspy voice poured out of her like the Oracle once did when I met her for a quest

"Journey to the Needle far away,

on the month of August, from this day.

The 25th born and 4 Campers must go,

To win, a half-blood must die in a bright and fiery glow."

She collapsed and we stood there shocked. Kian too, his eyes trembling like he was remembering something traumatic. He shook it off and helped Rachel up as she woke up. I looked around and saw everyone break into discussions and tried to interpret the lines. I heard many words but all of them had one thing in common.

Someone was going to die

Chiron gained the attention of the Campers. "The Oracle has spoken, Kian this is your quest, you shall pick the 4 members."

"C-Can I have some time to think about it?" he asked Chiron, his eyes were wide, almost shocked even. He rubbed the ring on his index finger, passing his thumb over the velvet cushion

"Yes of course."

"Why would any of us go?" an Ares member asked. "We could die!"

"Shut up Sherman!" Clarrise glared at Sherman until he sat back down. "We can die if a monster attacks us, how's that different from the prophecy. Kian, if you want, I can go"

Kian shook his head, "No chance. When I leave, someone must be there to defend the Camp if something like that happens again.I'm sorry Clarrise, I won't let you go."

"So who would go?" Katie asked. "You need 4 of us."

"I'll go!" Drew stood up excited at the quest. "If you want me I'm totally yours."

"Firstly, no and secondly-you don't look like a fighter do you?" Kian said, grinning lightly at Drew's antics. "I appreciate it but I'm not going to let others risk their lives for me, not again."

"Well, who would want to go on this quest then?" Travis asked

"I'll go," I replied

All eyes were on me. Kian's too. He shook his head. "No. You don't have to do this, one of us is supposed to die and I can't let you put your life in danger like that. It has to be me!"

"And I can't let you do that either. I won't stand and allow a friend to mine to die," I replied adamantly.

Kian's eyes trembled, he shook it away before he looked up. "Why would you do this?"

Annabeth stood up, "Because Percy's too Loyal for his own good. If he's going then I'm going."

Kian's eyes then trembled further, he shook his head faster this time. "No, no, no. That's out of the question! I won't let either one of you get hurt!"

"We won't get hurt with you by our side, Kian," Annabeth replied. "None of us will die!"

"How do you know that?" Kian asked, disbelief trailing his voice. "What's been said by a prophecy cannot be undone right? What they said is concrete, right?!"

Annabeth sighed. "Prophecies aren't always clear, they have double meanings sometimes. Maybe it means someone else, another half-blood, not any of us."

Kian nodded, still unsure about what Annabeth said. "Even then, this is my burden to carry, not yours, you don't have to do this. I'm not going to let innocent people die."

"We don't have too, we want too. Besides, Chiron won't let you go alone, the prophecy asks for 4 Campers. Not just you," Annabeth said, her arms crossed.

She did have a point, it asked for 4 campers, not just Kian, even with his power. He still needed us.

Kian sighed. "Fine, who else wants to go one quest that would mean one of us dies. Any volunteers?" His face filled with sadness, I was beginning to think he had gone through something like this, something involving someone he cared about dying

"I'll go," Thalia stood

"Me too," Nico stood up too.

Kian looked at them with surprise. "Why? You barely know me and you would risk death just to help me?"

Thalia chuckled. "Honey, we risked our lives last year, if we can help you with the God Killer then we'll do so too." She turned to face the Centaur. "Chiron, we'll go with Kian, we'll be the 4 campers"

"The 4 Campers have been decided!" Chiron announced. He looked around, seeming to forget something. "Does anyone have the date today?"

"July 21st", Connor replied. "So it would mean they would set off on August 21st"

Chiron nodded. "So it shall be."

"Erm, do they know where they'll be going", Clarrise replied

"I think it's the Space Needle in Seattle, right?", Kian asked

"I agree," Annabeth said. "It's our destination"

"How are you 5 getting there?!", Drew asked. "It's all the way over on the East Coast!"

"Hey, you wouldn't mind a road trip would you?" Kian turned to us. "I wanted to ask you so I know how we could get there."

"That would be nice," I replied. "Yeah, that would be cool, Kian"

Kian turned to Annabeth, "You said you go where he goes, any objections, Campers?"

"No, I agree with Percy, it seems like fun," Annabeth said

"Yeah, until one of us dies," Nico muttered

Kian sighed. "Real Pick me up, aren't you? But I promise you none of you will die, not if I can help it."

"It is clear!", Chiron announced. "The quest to stop the God Slayer will begin on the 21st of August!"

"Yeah, do you know anything about this God Slayer?" Clarrise asked. "If there was something like this, then shouldn't the Gods know about it?"

"I'm afraid we don't," Mr D explained. "All we know is that this God Slayer can somehow kill us."

"So like Scattering? like how it was done with Kronos right?" Katie asked

Mr D shook his head. "No, this is killing, like how a human would kill a human."

A moment of silence passed before I spoke. I turned to the caramel-skinned teenager with the crimson spear. "Kian, do you know anything about it?", I asked him. Kian's eyes trembled again but he shook it off. "No, I'm in the dark about it too. I know that Alveus told me about it, that's it"

"I'm starting to doubt that you're a human," Travis replied. "You have a spear that hits like a missile, you can snap your fingers and cause multiple monsters to die, and you're going to fight someone who can kill gods!"

I felt nervous for Kian. I know he didn't want everyone to know that he's an alien, not to mention that he's a Nephilim hybrid

All the Campers started to chatter amongst themselves. Annabeth, Thalia and Nico all glanced at each other nervously

Kian chuckled. "You all make a fair point, but I assure you ~I am a human, you will not question it further. No matter what happens. I have what I need from training and weapons, none of you will question this further~." his brown eyes now turned a brilliant shade of sky blue. The same happened to everyone, their eyes turning the same shade

The colour stopped and everyone in the audience blinked a few times including Chiron. "Yeah, it's going to be tough to do when your human," Travis replied

Kian laughed. "I think I'll manage."

"Ok, this meeting is over, Campers off to your regular duties," Chiron announced.

As people started to walk away, Kian talked to Drew, "Hey, Drew? I'm sorry if I seemed snappy. I just got a little annoyed, don't take it personally".

A blush crept up on her cheeks as she played with her hair, "I-it's fine. See ya around, Kian"

"Wow, he really is an angel isn't he?" Annabeth. "I would have snapped at her if she annoyed me"

"He's like that, one moment he can kill you then he's nice," I replied

"I mean it makes sense why, he is a hybrid. It's like poetry"

"I didn't know you like Poetry," Thalia interrupted

"I don't, I'm just pointing something out," Annabeth clarified. "Anyway, it looks like he's waiting for us. Let's go say hello so he doesn't decide to teleport away"

We moved down the steps and see him playing around with his spear. He gave us a nod, "Why did you guys have to do that? I didn't ask you."

"As I said, we're not leaving a friend to die," I replied. "Besides, we can get to know each other a lot more during the road trip"

Kian sighed, "You do realise I can teleport you guys right. But if you want a road trip, fine. You guys need anything or am I done here for the day?"

"It's summer! What have you got that could take up your time?" Thalia asked him

"You know, training to kill a God Killer, I need to get stronger."

"Speaking of which, why did your eyes glow blue, like bright blue," Annabeth asked. "And why did everyone blink a few times after you did it?"

"I may have made them believe that I'm completely human," Kian replied

"You brainwashed them?!" Rachel exclaimed.

"What! no, no, no nothing like that! Jesus, I would never do something like that!" Kian clarified himself. "I made them think that I'm human, This isn't an alien you're looking for", he waved two fingers in front of him

Annabeth stared at him, "Seriously?"

"What? Never seen Star Wars?"

"No, I mean you could do that if you wanted to, right? A single thought and you could wipe our memories?"

Kian kept his expression steady. "Reading a mind is dangerous without training, I can't wipe long term memories, just short term ones. As I said, I don't brainwash people."

"Like a Psychic?" Rachel asked. "I thought I was supposed to be the only mortal with powers!"

"Yeah, newsflash Red. I'm here, get used to it," Kian quipped

Rachel pouted and crossed her arms. Kian looked at her, his eyes filled with worry, "You doing okay?"

She nodded, "Yeah, I'm great. I do summon the spirit of Delphi to speak through me so I do end up tired a lot."

Kian nodded. "I'll be off now, see ya around"

"Wait, Kian where do you live?" I asked

He turned back to me, "Somewhere near Lower Manhattan, I'll give you an address tomorrow if I decide to pop by."

With that, Kian disappeared in a flash of blue, leaving me, Annabeth, Thalia, Nico and Rachel standing around.

"So...err...why did you want to come along?" I turned to Nico and Thalia, trying to start a conversation

"Artemis told me to observe him and if he's going on a quest then, I have to follow him," she replied.

"Dad told me to do the same too," Nico said. "Said he's dangerous. After what I saw, I agree with dad."

"He has trained himself to be a God Killer, it explains why," Annabeth explained

Thalia, Nico and Rachel recoiled back slightly, "I still find that hard to believe, how can you kill a god? The closest we can get is scattering. This is complete killing." Nico said

"Well this God Killer can, somehow," Annabeth sighed. "Looks like we're caught up in another prophecy."

"Yeah, but I think having Kian with us would make it better. If he can beat Ares, then I think we're okay," I announced

Thalia, Nico and Rachel's jaws dropped. "Wait wait wait, I thought he fought him, not win!" Thalia said

"Are you serious?!" Rachel asked. "So that display of power, that wasn't all he had?"

"Nope, not even close to his limit," Annabeth said

"I wish we could know him better you know. He's so...mysterious," Thalia said.

Rachel then convulsed and passed out on the floor. Annabeth moved to hoist her up but a green mist curled at her feet and her mouth spewed out a green mist. She was ready to speak another prophecy

"Another prophecy?" Annabeth asked. "This isn't good!"

Rachel then began speaking:

"See his past and what they have learned,

why they have these powers and how he has turned.

Watch how a symbol of peace, hope and justice mourned and cried,

how that day a part of him died.

He is broken, full of terrible grief and pain.

Without your help, worlds will not remain"

She was about to fall but Annabeth and Thalia were there to hold her up. Rachel looked around as she came back to consciousness, using Annabeth and Thalia's arms as support.

"Did I say another prophecy?" Rachel asked. "What did it say?"

Annabeth muttered the lines, "Something vague."

"So...like any other prophecy?" I said without missing a beat. Annabeth glared at me but I could see the corner of her mouth twitching with a smile

"Yeah, what Percy said," she continued. "Rachel, does this have something to do with the main prophecy, you know the God Killer?"

Rachel concentrated and then spoke. "I believe it does."

"Okay, do you have any idea what it means? Who's past are we looking into?" Nico asked. "Who's 'they'?"

Annabeth shook her head, "I have no idea. All I know is we have a quest in a month, it would be a good choice to train ourselves."

My summer was ruined again by a prophecy. So much for a normal life.


Location: Bleecker Street, New York.

Time: Around 1 PM

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Kian's POV

I walked down the street, the clear skies still stretching the heavens. I knew a place that would answer my questions on the existence of the Olympians, I had told one of the martial art teachers that I would pop by.

I had put on some black jeans and a blue jacket, after all, the weather near Bleecker Street was a tad colder. I didn't mind the cold but I liked the warmer weather more. Case in point, I went on Holiday to countries such as Portugal, Spain and Italy. It's one of my best memories I had with my family.

I turned the street and someone was already there, expecting my arrival. It was Aphrodite, she looked like her again. I had to double-take, to make sure that she was Aphrodite and not her.

"Hello, Kian. We meet again," she said sweetly.

I sighed. "So we do."

She was dressed in blue jeans, a red top which brought out her flame-red hair. Her figure was still slender and athletic, like the last time I saw her on Olympus. She looked me up and down, scanning my appearance. "My my, your such a handsome boy."

"So I've been told. Why are you here?" I asked, recoiling at her gaze. I stared just beyond the horizon, not wanting to meet her face.

"Do you want to know why I'm so interested in you?" she asked

"You wanna mess up my life up, more than it already is. That's what you do isn't it?" I replied

She gasped, "I would never! All I am interested in is budding romances, especially ones that strike my fancy."

"What about Paris and Helen, was a war interesting enough?" I snarled. "As I said, don't try to control my life. I'm busy, what do you want?"

She sighed. "I just want you to be happy. Hera, my mother in law, well ex-mother in law told me how much pain you are in. "

"And what, you think 'love' can solve it?" I asked. "Don't make me laugh, this isn't a fairy tale."

She nodded. "I've seen it done before, a gorgeous woman healing a broken man with her love."

I rolled my eyes, "This isn't one of your romance books, this is real life. Trust me, why would anyone even like me?"

"I know who might," Aphrodite said, her green eyes looking into mine.

I looked away, sharply. "Yeah, well...not anymore," I replied, swallowing the lump in my throat. "If you would excuse me, I'm needed elsewhere."

I walked past her, my hands in my pockets as the wind rippled through my hair, turning my once neatly combed hair into a spiky mess that any shounen protagonist would be jealous of!

"Kian?"

I turned back to Aphrodite, "Yeah?"

"If it comes to it, would you kill me?" she asked, fear tracing her voice. I looked away, never wanting to hurt her. Her chocolate brown hair was draped over her shoulders, red streaks colouring the ends.

"You have a dangerous power, that's for sure. You caused a war, didn't you? As for killing you, I don't want to do it, I don't want to kill anyone, but if it comes to it, if it means more lives are saved, then I'll have to consider it," I replied. "I know how you act but I believe people can change, even gods. So show me that you can protect this world, show me that you're not as bad as I think you are, that way I won't be forced to kill you."

Aphrodite nodded. "Just as I thought, you aren't as bad as Zeus said you were. Bye, Kian." With that, she vanished in a flash of light.

I turned left on a street corner and headed on my way.


A/N: Hey, guys. Sorry, there was a week in between chapters, I do have to do my Uni work so updates might get less and less frequent.

Besides that, I had a lot of fun coming up with the rhyming couplets for the prophecies in this chapter.

What do they mean? Who's 'they' who's 'him?' Well I guess you're going to have to keep reading, the next few chapters will go into Kian's backstory, and how he came to be where he is right now.

Happy Reading!