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So today we are going to see Percy's little sacrifice and Leo's surprise to everyone, I hope you like this chapter and please give the reviews about this chapter.
Percy's POV
"How are you even alive Perseus" asked Apollo.
"Lord Apollo you might like to ask Lord Charonos there" I said. With anger flaring in Apollo.
"What is he doing here? ,Tell me." He said. "And do not dare to lie to me as I am the God of Truth and could detect every single lie a person can speak" he finished.
"Ok Apollo so when Perseus died I revived him so that he could join my group of hunters I did so , so that we could win the upcoming war from Tartarus as you know I was the Primodal of time I could some time go forward in time and see some scenes from the future I saw that he was one of the key person in the war and was the only way that we could have win the war so I revived him"
After the explanation Apollo looked at him and then said "So Percy are you going to revile yourself as all the Olympians have been worrying about you"
"Lord Apollo to be true I would want to show myself to the Gods but I do not want to go back to the camp and see the same faces again that had betrayed me" I said
"Well the decision is yours and also I could not force the mighty hero of Olympus to revile himself" Apollo said.
"Perseus what are you doing here that to with my leutanant and holding her hands?" asked Artemis teasingly and with a smirk on her face. I let my hand go Thalia and I knew that I was Blushing like mad and same went with Thalia she was avoiding the look of Lady Artemis and was trying to look at the furniture. After a quiet silence between us all.
"Lady Artemis I love Thalia more than anything in the world and I want to spend my time with her more than anything , I realized I loved her year only when I saw you guys but the feelings were hidden earlier also as after the betrayals I always thought of my friends whom I left behind feeling guilty and especially for Thalia as I loved her" I said. Thalia was looking at me in shock and was blushing like she was tomato.
Suddenly lady Artemis started glaring at me I was almost at the verge of breaking down when suddenly she broke into laughter and soon Apollo, Dominic and Charonos joined in they all were laughing so much at us that we were blushing madly. I looked and started protesting when the laughter quiet down. "Your face Perseus it was just so funny." Artemis said with a chuckle.
But then Apollo came and asked in a serious tone "Do you really love him Thalia ?"
"Yes Lord Apollo I do love him and after what he said I love him more" said Thalia. Lady Artemis started glaring at us in anger when Dominic said "Oh come on Arty you yourself love me don't you" with that Artemis chuckled and said "Ok Bird Brain, I am going to establish a new rule in the hunt that will allow the huntresses to date a man if I approve her to date and Thalia as Perseus here has already shown his worth by saving Olympus twice and Preventing the fall of Olympus for the third time you may date him"
"Thank you lady Artemis , and I am happy for you too" Said Thalia with a smile and then returned the same smile to Thalia.
"Well Percy if you are going to be so careless then everyone slowly know your truth and there would be no point in hiding the truth" Said Charonos with a chuckle.
"OH come on" I said "Let's go I am already starving"
After reaching the camp Thalia and I went to the Kitchen to steal some food as the dinner was already over we went to my tent and sat on my bed we ate our food and talked about the situation of the gods when I was gone after finishing our food I kissed Thalia goodbye and Slept as went to her cabin I went to the bed and slept a dreamless sleep and dissolving in the Happy thoughts of me and Thalia and I descended in the realm of Morpheus.
I was having the worst dream ever, I heard voices in my dream again and again the voice was of none other than Tartarus he was showing me the pictures of my dead friends and was again blaming me, "They all are dead because of you" he said while showing Thalia and hunters , " no" I screamed "You could have saved them but you chose to let them die" he said showing me the campers and then he showed me the dead body of my new family the hunters "you killed them" and then he showed me blood of my friends on my swords "Enjoy me again young hero" "NO, no this can't happen I will not go in there again" I shouted.
"Percy, Percy wake" a voice said "No I won't go there again no" I said as I saw myself falling in Tartarus again. Suddenly a splash of water hit me I saw myself staring at Jason I yelped "Why would you do that?" I asked angrily "You weren't waking up and were shouting no no so I spilled water on you" he said.
I told him about my dream and he said "Percy you know that I won't ever let you go there you have already told us how it is I do not want you to ever suffer again" he said. "Thanks bro".
"Well there are more concerning matters there is an army of monsters waiting for us lets go" he said.
We quickly went on the hill seeing all the hunters gathered there with just the hunters but no campers I assumed they all might still be sleeping when the leutanats and Charonos went to negotiate they snarled and league of Telkhines moved forward we killed then within 5 minutes.
"We come here to negotiate" Charonos boomed waking the campers and then suddenly a conch horn blew I saw some campers coming "What do you want?"
"We need you to send your leutanats with us or we will kill the prisoners with us" I was shocked I was about to say something but I was cut off "Take me instead of you" Shouted Jason.
"Who are you ?" hissed a dracene
"I am Once the hero of Olympus and the son of Zeus I am Jason grace" he shouted. The Dracene started whispering and discussing . "Ok we think our master will be pleased" As Jason Started going downhill I decided to do the dumbest thing and decided to make my dream come true I went to Jason and then knocked him out "Sorry Bro but this is my sacrifice to make"
"Take me instead of him I will willingly go with you" I shouted
"Who are you?" The same dracene shouted.
"Some of the monsters in your ranks might know me" as I pulled my hood down they all started to growl at me then the dracene shouted "our master would be more than pleased to see you Perseus Jackson"
"Percy are you sure?" Dominic said "You know how it is down there"
"I know that Dominic just take care of her" I said
"You know that she will Kill you after you come back and then after killing you she will resseruct you then again kill you" he said with a chuckle. "I know" with that smile I jumped in the pit with the Monsters. As I went down the hole I heard a shout "NOOOOO"I knew whom this belonged to Thalia .
I so wanted to go back but once done can't be undone. As I went down the hole I could only thing of my experiences down there and as I went down I only remembered the face of Thalia and then promised myself that I would surely see her again and the rest of my friends. I don't know how I would survived down there this time as I didn't even had my friends down there with me to support me but I just went on thinking about meeting my friends again.
Thalia's POV
Lady Artemis and me arrive at the hill with the hunters to find everyone with downcast eyes. I look around but I can't find Percy anywhere. I see Charonos and Dominic, so Artemis and I walk over. "Hey Dominic, where is Omega?" I ask curiously. They both look at me depressedly. I got a bad feeling about this. "Where. Is. He." I emphasized each word.
Charonos placed a hand on her shoulder. "I am sorry, but they had prisoners apparently. When he heard this he offered himself in exchange. We tried to talk him out of it but he wouldn't listen and just went. They opened a hole in the ground and they fell in. Before we could even think of following it closed up as quickly as it opened." Before he even finished I was gripping my bow tightly, restraining the urge to breakdown. I just got him back! Why does he have to be his idiot, hero self.
I turn to Artemis. "Milady, we have to save him." I plead to her.
She nods. "I will inform the council and try to persuade them to declare a quest."
"I will accompany you." Charonos says. They flash away as one of my fellow hunters, a daughter of Apollo named Ray Fletcher, walked over to me and Dominic.
"Thalia, what are you doing over here with this boy?" She questioned as she sneered at Dominic.
"Nothing, just consulting with him and Charonos about what happened. Apparently the enemy had prisoners and their lieutenant Omega gave himself up so they wouldn't execute them." I say, barely managing to keep it together.
She scoffs. "And we're just supposed to believe that?"
I am about to snap at her before Dominic cuts me off. "I swear on the Styx that's the truth. Now please, stop dishonoring my friends sacrifice." He says blankly before walking off to the other lieutenant of their hunters.
She glares after him for a second before turning to me. "So where is Lady Artemis?" She asks.
"She went with Charonos went to Olympus to tell the Olympians what happened. They are going to try and issue a quest to get Omega out of the pit." I explain.
She nods and goes back to the huntresses with her new information. I look at a mark on the ground similar to the one in the Jacksons old apartment, knowing it's where the ground opened up. Kelp Head, I'm going to kill you when I get you back.
Charonos' POV
We arrive at the throne room to see Zeus and Hera sitting in their seats of power arguing(Possibly about Zeusy's newest child that Hera may have found out about from an anonymous source. I wonder who. It's not like any immortal has a domain over new life.). They stopped when they saw us.
"Zeus, could you summon the other gods? We have news on the war." I requested of him. He nodded, eager to escape his wife's fury. He shot a bolt into the sky. One by one(Or two if you're talking about Ares and Aphrodite. Ugh.) the Olympians showed up.
Once they were all here I proceeded to inform them of the events at Half-Blood Hill. When I finished I proposed the idea of a quest to Tartarus.
Zeus shook his head. "No, we cannot risk any hunters or campers just to rescue your lieutenant." He boomed.
I was about to argue back when I felt the presence of Tartarus enter the room. "Hello Olympians. It's good to see how much you appreciate your allies." We all heard him say in a disembodied voice. The Olympians grabbed their weapons in anticipation.
"What do you want Tartarus?" Zeus demanded, his stubborn pride getting ahead of his fear.
Tartarus chuckled at that. "Of course Lord Zeus. I just thought I'd offer your little warrior back in return for you surrendering." He declared.
This confused a couple of the gods present. "And exactly why would we agree to that? We barely even know the punk." Shouted Ares.
This caused Tartarus to pause. "What do you-" He stopped, as if realizing something. Then we heard him roar with laughter. He continued this way for a few seconds before settling. "I see, he never told you his real identity. This makes it a so much sweeter victory."
Zeus stood up in fury. "What are you talking about?! Who is the hunter!?" Zeus yelled back.
Tartarus chortled at Zeus' short temper. "Instead of telling you, how about I show you, along with all of your children Olympians." After he finished that sentence the demigods from both camps along with all of the hunters of both groups appeared in a purple flash. Then a hazy mist formed in the middle of the throne room, showing what looked like an Iris message.
In the image was Tartarus in all his horror. Several demigods cowered back in fright. Tartarus moved out of the view so we all saw Omega chained to a wall, his head down. Several of my hunters growled out at the sight. He did make quite the impression on them in the past two years. I can only imagine how angry his generals are at the sight of their leader chained. Fallen, Star, Lightning ,Angel and Dominic had to be absolutely seething.
You can probably guess how angry I was as well.
Tartarus entered the shot again, this time standing by Omega. "Good, everyone is here. Now you shall see the new toy my children will be playing with."
He then ripped off the hood to reveal a knocked out Percy.
For a few moments there was stunned silence. Then the entirety of the room was in an uproar.
Before it could get too disheveled, a certain sea god slammed his trident against the floor, causing the room to shake. Everyone quieted down as Poseidon stood, glaring at Tartarus fully enraged.
"Give him back now or I will tear you apart, LIMB FROM LIMB!" Poseidon roared, the earth shaking at his anger.
Tartarus faced the IM. "I would enjoy seeing you try. Meanwhile, I shall be waiting for whoever you send to retrieve your little hero." He jeered. Then the message disappeared and we were left in an unsteady quiet. Then a rather pissed off Zeus and Poseidon turned towards me.
"Charonos, care to explain how the Hero of Olympus is alive and he is your lieutenant?" He said in a calm tone.
Well this is not going to be fun
"Well as you know I recruit every person who was betrayed or died unfairly so was the case of Perseus as he was betrayed by the campers to a large extent and died fighting a hero so I decided to allow him to join my ranks" I said "Also as I am the lord of time I saw Perseus fighting Tartarus in the future due to which I revived him so that he can win the war".
"Well thank you for the explanation Lord Charonos" Lady Athena said.
"Is there someone else in your ranks who we know but you haven't told us about" asked an annoyed Zeus.
"As I said earlier if my hunters want to revile themselves they could revile and I wouldn't force them to" I said. Suddenly Four of leutanats came up they were Fallen, Star, Angel and Lightning. At first Lightning came he went in the between of the room and spread his wings suddenly lightning crackled on his wings and Jason reviled his face "Hey everyone this is your Honury Prateor Jason Grace" soon His friends tackled him in a group hug the first one to hug him was Piper and suddenly he was in a hug larger than anything.
Next came Fallen he went to the middle and removed his helmet everyone gasped as they saw the familiar face of Luke some were in awe while some were angry to see him as he sided with the titans but suddenly with godly speed Hermes got off his thrown and hugged his son in atight embrace everyone were looking them in awe. "Father why are you hugging me I sided with Kronos and then tried to destroy the gods I also killed some demigods." Said Luke "But now you are here with the gods helping them win this war I also learned a lesson that I should never abandon my children and spend time with them." Hermes said.
Next came Star and Angel they went towards Artemis's throne and took their hoods off Artemis Couldn't do anything but smile at the faces of her two old huntresses As they started to bow Artemis said "No my sisters you are my friends now" she hugged them and they 3 were tackled in a group hug by the hunters as they broke the hug Nico went to his big sis and cried in her shoulder they were tears of joy when they broke up Bianca said "Oh Nico you have grown so much you look even older than me" she said.
"Well I am" he joked. After him Hades came to them and hugged them both many were shocked to see Lord Hades show any emotions, Then Nico did something unexpected he came to me and hugged me then said "Lord Charonos I am forever in your debt , Thank you for bringing my sister back to me.
"In the light of recent events a quest shall be formed to retrieve the hero of Olympus" boomed Zeus. There was a defining roar amongst they demigods they were all ready to go to Tartarus to bring their Hero back.
"I will decide the leader of the quest and it will be" as Zeus said he was cut off by the voice of the three Fates
"No Zeus we will decide the one who will lead the quest" said the fates as they were coming forward they stopped forward to look at my son "Dominic would you choose to retrieve the hero of Olympus?" said the trio "It would be an honur to be the leader of this quest"
"Then it is decided that the quest shall be led by Dominic he shall take 12 companions with him 6 from the hunt and 6 from the camp" they said and then vanished in a bright light.
"I will choose to take my leutanats with my father from the hunt as they are the most capable ones" Dominic said
"We honur your request Dominic as for the campers I shall chose the four campers from the prophecy of seven They are Hazel Levesque, Frank Zhang, Leo Valdez and Piper Mclean and as for the other two campers I will like to choose Nico di angelio and my daughter as they also helped for the prophecy to be completed also as they are the longest friends Perseus had"
"But how would we be going ?" asked Nico.
"Leo have you completed it?" asked Chiron "Yes Chiron I completed it only a week ago"
"Call it here" said Chiron , as Leo took out a controller there was a sonic boom and then suddenly a flying warship appeared out of nowhere
"Hey guys meet the best ship ever made by me It is twice the size of Argo 2 and has the capacity to carry 80 demigods at a time it is has 20 rooms in it"
"You have always outdone yourself Leo" said Jason.
"Everybody I present you Argo 3".
