If you want to read about Kian and his adventures before this, like a prequel to this chapter, read Kian Taylor Origins and so on. That is depending on your choice of course if you want to see the chronological order, then read in chapter order


Location: Percy's Home, Manhatten, New York

20th July 2010

Time: 7 AM

Percy's POV

I woke up as my dream ended

I rubbed my eyes trying to remember it. What was that about? Did...I remember a prophecy and something about...a kiss? I must have been missing Annabeth. I turned to look at my alarm clock which read 7 AM as it beeped on and on.

On the display read: 20/07/10. Almost a year after the battle of Manhattan and almost a year after we defeated Kronos. Looking back on it, I couldn't imagine that it had been so long

Deciding to put it aside, I took a shower and made my way downstairs, ready to go to my final day of school before I left for Camp Half-Blood. As I stepped into the living room, I was greeted with the sight of my stepfather and mom waiting for me at our table

"Good Morning Percy!" Mom said as she ran up and hugged me. She had a smile on her face and ran a hand through my hair like she always did. Looking at her now, she smiled at me more.

"Good Morning Mom!" I replied, "Good Morning to you too Paul!"

"Oh thanks," Paul replied. He smiled at me before he went back to his newspaper. He had been living with us for the past year too, and I could guarantee that he was so much nicer than Gabe ever was

I ate my breakfast, packed my stuff and was all ready to go. It was a miracle that I had no prophecy or mission to take part in. I didn't complain! It meant I could live a regular life...well...as regular as it can get. Monsters were always around, trying to kill us so I was always on the lookout.

"Percy, it's your last day right?" Mom asked. I nodded.

"When you go to Camp, tell Annabeth I said Hi, okay?", she told me. "I don't think I've seen you smile wider than before."

I couldn't help but blush a little, we had been dating for the past year. It was always amazing to see her cute grey eyes and her honey blonde hair that smelled like a fresh river...sorry, my bad I got distracted.

"I will mom," I replied. "Don't worry."

"Percy, do you need a lift?" Paul glanced up from his newspaper

"Uh no thanks, I think I can walk. Thank you for asking," I replied.

Paul gave me a nod and I waved goodbye to Mom and headed down the streets, off to Goode High school for the last time this year. As I walked past the streets, it was a regular school run as I saw other kids like me walking to school too.

I couldn't help but daydream how Annabeth and I had spent winter break back at Camp, she was so ecstatic that we could be together. We ended up spending a lot of time in our cabin and-

Wait I didn't mean it like that!

I meant like we talked about what happened during our school years. I was so excited to see her again! I was bubbling with eagerness-

BEEP BEEP

I almost jumped out of my skin right then and there! I turned to see a green BMW pulling up next to me parallel to the street I walked. It stopped a few meters ahead of me before the driver had to reverse back, rolling over some newspapers in the process. The window rolled down and I had to double-take at what I saw

"Hey, need a ride?" the driver asked me.

The driver was someone familiar. He was a boy of around my age, almost a year older I think. He had tanned caramel skin, dark brown eyes and jet black hair so spiky he could pass off as an anime character.

"Kian?! I didn't know you drive?" I stepped back slightly. "What are you doing here?!"

Kian chuckled a little. "Well, I decided to show off today. It is the last day of school after all. Well, Percy, you haven't asked my question, do you need a lift?" he asked again. He spoke in a strong British Accent, stern and straight to the point. I had been going to school with the guy and only knew a little bit about him, too little in fact.

"Hey! Micheal Phelps, you there?" Kian snapped me out of my thoughts. "Yes or no?"

"Oh right! No, I think I'll walk," I replied quickly

Kian raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

"Yeah, you know, soak up the sunshine."

Kian sighed. "Alright, suit yourself. I'll be seeing you at school." He rolled up the window and drove off in his MBW, leaving me staring at the dust.

Kian was an interesting dude, he was quiet, reserved, yet he could also be confident and be the center of attention if he wanted. He also had a good sense of humour, something I liked about him. For this school year, we got put in the same classes and surprisingly we got along well. I always thought of him like those edgy guys you see in movies but he was friendly and always willing to help people so that was disproven easily.


XxX

About half an hour later. I made my way to Goode Highschool. I looked around and just like me, I saw everyone in a good mood. It was the last day of school, why wouldn't they be? One more day inside and we would all be free for the summer. I heard an engine revving and saw Kian park his car and get out, his black bomber jacket and blue jeans lit by the sunlight as he got out.

"Hey Queen Victoria, nice car!"

Both of us turned to se our resident jock with his hands in his pockets. He was Jake, full name Jake Mason. He had two girls beside him like they were his attendants, ready to shower him with praise any moment he asked them to.

Kian sighed and dry chuckled finding him annoying more than an actual threat. "Very clever, it's not like you've been calling me that for the past...year. You do realise it's a compliment right? She ruled 70% of the world, the States included."

Jake silently growled, almost angry that Kian could shake his insult off. Kian was, to our class, the master of comebacks, nicknames and general snark. No wonder why I got along with him!

"Say that again, I dare you!" Jake said angrily. "Do you want your car to be trashed?!"

"Try it."

Jake stared at him. "What?"

"I told you." Kian wiped the bangs away from his face shooting Jake a setting glare. "I'm waiting."

Kian leaned on his car daring Jake to come closer. I wouldn't have done that, Jake was 6ft 3in, on the school football team and was probably made of hard granite. Kian, on the other hand, was around 6ft 2in and leaner. This didn't intimidate him at all, it was the opposite. Kian was super relaxed, like facing jerk ass quarterbacks was a daily habit.

"Arrgh-let's go girls!", Jake scowled as he walked off with the girls.

Kian sat on the hood of his car and looked proud of himself. He glanced over to me, noticing I was still present. "What, did you enjoy the show, Percy?"

"That was cool!" I grinned at him. "I didn't think you could do something like that!"

Kian chuckled. "Eh, the car would be fine no matter what he did, I've got insurance. You wanna go in then, or are we gonna stand around doing nothing?"


xXx

We made our way inside and it was typical classes for the rest of the day. We sat together during our lunch break. As we ate, however, Kian wolfed down a plate of kebabs, french fries and a few sandwiches in a few minutes.

"How can you eat that much?" I asked him shocked at this display.

Kian shrugged as he wolfed down another burger. "I'm just that hungry."

I laughed as I ate down my blue cupcake. I glanced at the picture of Annabeth I had on my keychain at the same time. I know it's sappy but come on! I couldn't help but remember my kiss with her, it was just...magical

"So, who's the lucky girl?"

I glanced to see Kian looking at me. I put the keychain in my pocket. "What?"

Kian rolled his eyes. "The girl on your key chain. She's your girlfriend right?"

I felt my cheeks flush red. "W-Was it that obvious?"

"Yeah, very!"

I rubbed the back of my head. "Yeah, we've been dating for a while now. Her name's Annabeth, we've known each other since we were 12."

Kian smiled and ate a french fry. "That must be nice"

"How about you, you dating anyone?" I asked him, trying to shift the attention to him

I wish I didn't say that. In a split second, his smile vanished and his eyes stared off to the distance. The French fry in his hand dropped to the floor and he tried his best to put on that smile again. "S-sorry to disappoint you, I h-haven't got time for that."

I blinked a few times. "Really? I thought you had already had a girlfriend,"

Kian's smile dropped for a split second. "Guess I'm one of those unlucky ones. Someone that's going to make their way through life without having that someone special to love."

I was about to argue against what he said but the ringing across the canteen interrupted me. Everyone started getting up and leaving the cafe in a hustle of noises.

"Guess it's time to head off."


XxX

"So, you heading anywhere, you know for summer?" I turned to Kian as he walked beside me. Last day of school was done and the summer had just begun! I had a wide smile as I thought of what to do.

"I'm just sorting out some business out somewhere,'' he replied.

"Like what?"

Kian took a moment to reply. "You know, stuff."

I chuckled at his antics. Kian was an exchange student from a high school in England, a school called Edgewood High School before he came to Goode. Why did he choose to come here, I don't know. Then again, not a lot of people knew anything about him apart from the fact he was British.

We were about to run a corner, freedom awaiting on the other side of the open door.

Well, that's what I wanted to happen but something had to get n the way

"Uh, Kian?"

Both of us turned around to see one of the girls that were with Jake. She was a petite blonde girl, maybe about 5 4inft and she was dressed in a cheerleader's outfit. It didn't help that I immediately thought of Kelli and Teri from last year. This one didn't seem to be so monstrous

"Yeah?" Kian asked

"I need some help with Quadratic expressions, can...you help me?", she asks, a slight blush crept up on her cheeks.

Kian narrowed his eyes before he relaxed. "Yeah, sure"

"Yay, thanks, Kian", she said happily. "I've booked us a room."

"You know, you might end up getting more than a kiss with her," I turned to Kian. He lightly punched my arm and returned me a glare

"Very Funny. Tell your girlfriend I said hi," he waved me off

They walked away and I stepped outside, ready to head to Camp Half-Blood. I stepped outside and I was glad there was a small lake nearby. I took the scene in one last time before I stepped to head off.

"Hey, Punk?"

Not again! I turned to see Jake again, this time with one of the girls I saw him in the morning. "What?", I spat out. "What do you want?!"

"We need you." the girl said

"What for?" I asked. "I need to go somewhere can you guys make this quick, please?"

They laughed, almost...monster like?-they couldn't be, right? I discreetly placed my hand in my pocket, waiting for the right time to pull Riptide out

"Ok, we can do this two ways, you work with us, or we're forced to take you by force," Jake said

"That doesn't seem good." I quipped. "What do want me for?"

"It's simple. We want to kill the gods,'' Jake said

I stared at him, "What?! W-what are you talking about?!"

"You know what I'm talking about don't you, Son of Poseiden?"

Bad news! I uncapped Riptide and aimed the end at the two who were now very clear that they were monsters in disguise. One look at the blade and they laughed, like what I said was a bad joke.

"You think you can kill us with that?!" the girl said

"I dunno, worked well the last few 100 times!" I yelled at her. I waited patiently, I didn't want to get kicked out of another school so I didn't make a move yet.

"Kelli, kill him," Jake turned to her. "Then take his blood!"

"Did y-y-you say-"

"Oh yes, fish. I'm disappointed you didn't recognise me!" Kelli sneered. She had fully transformed into an Empousa, shedding her human form in a matter of a few seconds.

A dark thought flashed through my mind. "Does that mean Kian is-!"

"Him?" Jake laughed out loud. "He's already dead, I didn't expect him to die so easily,'' Jake said sneeringly. "He is a mortal, what can he do against us?"

I roared forward, and slashed through Kelli, turning her into a pile of gold dust again. I turned to Jake, who looked disappointed at his fellow monster's death. Despite this moment of sadness, I aimed a slash at his head, fueled by the anger I felt. Kian had died, all because of me and I wasn't going to let him walk free

Jake blocked my slash with his arm and hit me with a backhand that any tennis player would be proud off

I landed against the ground and my left ankle exploded in pain. I felt a burning sensation on my right shoulder which wouldn't stop. I felt like it was being ironed alive.

I look to see Jake moving closer, this time transforming into a Manticore, his tail swinging behind him like an angry whip. "With your blood, with the blood of demigods, we shall kill these gods and rule over humans, with our guidance you shall suffer no m-AWHLSF!"

I blasted him with a stream of water drawn from the lake and sent him flying across the field. With a flick of my wrist, I doused myself in said water and immediately I could feel my ankle healing and the poison purged from my system. I should have been invulnerable thanks to the curse, but why didn't it work? Was he just really strong?!

The manticore shook away the water. "I didn't know you were this strong, now you definitely can't live!" The Manticore shouted. This was one wasn't the same as Dr Thorn. This one was different, its eyes were a shade of dark violet, almost black, the same as Kelli's before I slashed at her.

He launched towards me. I slashed my sword across him, expecting another explosion of gold dust but he vanished in a flash of blue and appeared 20 feet away from me. He tried the same move again but he appeared in the same place again leaving me just as confused.

"That's enough!"

I knew that voice! I turned to see Kian behind me, he was alive-not dead like the manticore said he was, seeing him made me smile again and-Wait if he's alive then that must mean he's a demigod right?! He has to be!

Kian stood just outside of the doorway I came through. He swept his bangs away, revealing cold, dark icy midnight blue eyes behind. Kian stared at his target. "Did you really think that she could have killed me? You must be more foolish than you look."

The Manticore recoiled at Kian stepping back at his sudden appearance. "Y-You think you can stop her?! She's been alive for over a 1000 years, she's stronger than you'll ever be. With her power, I can kill both of you!"

Kian scoffed and he opened his stance, a hand ready by his side. "That is unlikely. To me, your already dead."

I expected him to pull out a weapon, a sword or a knife from his pocket but he didn't. The Manticore went on two legs and with a shout, was surrounded by a dark purple and black aura. He launched towards Kian with a face that wanted to kill him, like, really kill him!

"Kian, pull out your weapon!" I shouted at him

He gave me a quick glance. "Huh? What Weapon?"

"You know the one that can kill monsters?!"

"Percy? what are you talking about?"

The manticore was just a few inches away from him and Kian turned to see the manticore charge at him. I didn't think he had a weapon on him, he must have left it at home! I had to get him to Camp, where was his Satyr? If I didn't do anything he would be mincemeat!

I readied Riptide to deliver the killing blow and-

WOOM!

The Manticore was pierced through his chest with a blue and yellow beam of light The manticore's whole body went limp and turned into a heap of gold dust as it hit the ground. As the dust dissolved into thin air, I turned to see Kian in front of me, his right palm was open and out in front of him.

There was no doubt, Kian must be a demigod!

"That was too easy. Told you I'll kill you," Kian half smiled as he dropped his palm. He pulled on the white shirt underneath his jacket before putting his hands back into his pocket.

"Kian, you saw that?!" I asked him

"Uh, yeah, why wouldn't I?" he raised an eyebrow. "What was that about?"

"You mean you don't know?"

"I've never met someone like that, and trust me, Percy. I've met a few weird people."

"How did you survive, monsters should have tried to kill you!"

"What?!" Kian scrunched his face. "Are you feeling okay Percy? Did you hit your head or something?"

"I'm fine. I just...I didn't know you were a half-blood like me?"

Kian narrowed his eyes, "Okaaay?...you mind telling me what that was, it was going and on about how it wanted to kill you. Have done something to it? Hurt a family member or something?"

I wanted to explain what happened but I just wanted to go to Camp-wait, since Kian's was a half-blood and he didn't have his Satyr with him, I could take him to Camp.

"Um, Kian, can you give me a ride, I can explain on the way," I said.

Kian smirked. "Right, guess you did want a ride after all, huh?"


XxX

"So, the Greek Myths, they're all real?", Kian glanced at me for a second. He had his hands on the wheel while I sat to his right, driving the two of us to Camp with me sat on the passenger seat.

"Yeah and I'm the Son of Poseidon. And there's a place where we stay and train," I replied proudly

Kian gripped his steering wheel tightly. "I should have believed you, even after what happened. You were right, weren't you Alveus?"

Alveus.

I remembered hearing that in the dream I had. I didn't have any idea what it meant or what it was about so how can Kian know? Did he see the same dream I did?

"Who now?" I asked confused.

Kian waved it off with his left hand. "It doesn't matter, it's just up ahead right?"

I nodded.

Kian turned to me sharply. "Wait?! So the whole thing about a storm in New York last?! The Volcano eruption in Mount St Helens?! That was you guys?!"

"The Volcano part was me, the whole battle was us fighting the Titan Lord, Kronos," I replied. I remembered how Luke had died, how he was the true hero that the prophecy spoke about. I couldn't help but remember all those who died defending the Empire State building from certain death. It still hurt badly

"So all this time, I've known someone who can blow up a volcano?" Kian said. "Impressive."

"I guess you're right."

A few minutes of silent driving later, we pulled up outside of Camp Half-Blood. The pair of us got out of the car and I lead Kian with me so that hopefully, he could meet the rest of his siblings. Maybe he was a son of Apollo with that light beam he did? Maybe Hecate? All I knew is that Kian would be staying here for the time being.

As we walked towards the gate, the first person who was there to greet me was Annabeth. As soon as she saw me, she charged forward and I was wrapped in her arms and she peppered my face full of kisses. I couldn't help but blush furiously

"I missed you Seaweed Brain!" she kissed my lips and then held my cheeks. "Do you have any idea how long it's been?!"

"Wow, so this is the girl that you had on your keychain. You two are just something like out of a tv show." Kian he had a little grin on his face, amused at what took place. His hands were in the pocket of his jacket.

Annabeth turned to face Kian, raising an eyebrow as her smile vanished. "Percy, who is this?"

"I think he's a half-blood, someone like us,'' I replied. "He could see through the Mist when I was facing the Manticore. He did this laser beam thing from his hands like he was an anime character!"

She giggled at my comment. "So magic. Maybe a son of Hecate? He does look a little bit like you, minus the green eyes and the nose"

"They're supposed to be claimed at 13, Kian's 17," I replied

"Maybe they forgot, the gods do have many kids remember?" Annabeth replied. "Wait-his name's Kian?!"

"Yeah, it is," Kian said casually. "You got a problem with that?"

Annabeth frowned. "No it's not like that, it's just that...your name is unique. I don't think I've heard it before."

"I don't care if you haven't heard it before. My name is important to me, as is for a few others."

Annabeth recoiled lightly and I stepped in. "Guys, come on, I'll take you on a tour and we'll hopefully get you introduced and stuff."

Kian chuckled. "Percy, I think there's been a misunderstanding here."

"But you saw through the mist!"

"The what?!"

BOOOOM!

Without wasting a second, I turned behind me to to see an explosion of dust and debris behind the camp gates, showering the cabins and the confused campers with the fallout. After it settled, there was a person in the middle of the crater. He had a black suit of what looked like armour on him and with him, were monsters: the Minotaur, multiple Colchis bulls, Empousai's and Bear twins

The campers and I were all terrified at the monsters present. How did they get past the boundaries?!

The person in the middle looked round. "You have your orders. just take their blood and that's it. Do not kill them! You have your orders!"

The monsters responded with growls and start to hunt down the campers that ran away. One of them held their ground. It was Clarrise. She picked out her spear and charged at the middle person, an aura of red flickering around her.

"Red aura? Are you like him too?"

The man flicked his hand and pulled out a glowing sword behind him, one unnatural black and white hue around it. As he held it, black lightning arcs crackled alongside the blade.

Clarrise didn't wait for him to attack and she started first. She stabbed at him, thrusting the tip of the spear at his head, chest and groin. The stranger defended himself, parrying each of her thrusts before slamming his shoulder into her, sending her crashing to the floor.

A glance at Annabeth and we only had one thought. Help our friends before it was too late! But before I could follow through with it, Kian rushed ahead. This was where I find out he's demigod right?

Nope.

THUD

Kian hit the barrier so hard that I thought he was concussed for a few seconds. He shook it off easily but the resulting impact created cracks along the floor. "What is this?! Some kind of barrier?! Argh!" he rubbed his forehead as he blinked a few times, looked around

"Wait, so you aren't a demigod?!" Annabeth asked.

"He has to be, I saw his eyes turn blue and him shooting a laser beam, how?!" I said. "Nothing's making sense!"

Kian looked to us and then to the monsters that were about to kill all our friends. "This happened before to me and my friends. I have a bad scar from this." Kian rubbed his stomach and he turned to us, "Stay here, be safe-or not, I'm not you but don't just don't get in his way."

With that, he disappeared in a flash of blue light in front of us. I saw a new flash of blue light and I saw him floating, hovering just above the camp. Around him was a faint wispy glow of yellow and blue around him as he took in the scene.

He brought his hand up and snapped his fingers.

The entire camp and the sky was carpeted in a fresh red colour and it disappeared as soon as it appeared. A second later, the monsters all collapsed into synchronized groans, sparing the other campers from certain death as they died in a heap of gold dust.

The man with the black sword looked up at Kian, his brown hair jostling in the sudden wind. Another flash of blue light later and Kian appeared in front of the man. "What happened, I thought you changed."

He sighed. "I did. I'm sorry-she told me about this-and I fell in the deep end, I can't stop this!"

"Auras, please stand down! stop I can help you," Kian's right-hand was out "Stop this!"

Auras smiled sadly. "I'm sorry...Archangel. I have to do this. The only way you can stop me is if you can kill me."

"You know, I can't do that. I won't hurt a friend!"

"Then you have no choice but to fight me. I'm sorry."

Auras rushed forward and swung his sword at Kian's neck. He ducked and sidestepped to the left, launching a kick to Auras's stomach. He gasped and coughed as he looked at Kian with pain-filled eyes.

"I'm sorry." Kian brought his leg down. "No matter what happens, I will never kill. I save people, that's what heroes do."

Auras didn't reply. He pounced at Kian and launched another slash, this one to his chest. Kian stepped inside his guard and locked his arm straight, punching his bicep to disarm him of his weapon. Auras twisted himself out of the hold and kicked himself away from Kian.

I and the rest of Camp Half-Blood watched them duke it out. Auras attempted to land hits on the raven-haired teenager but Kian dodged every hook, jab and cross easily, palming hits away from his face with relative ease.

"He's been trained to fight, both of them," Annabeth had her dagger but she too was just staring at the fight. "The way their moving, they've been doing this for a while, a long while."

"You think so?" I asked Annabeth

"Of course I do, Seaweed Brain."

I glanced back to see the rest of the fight. Auras held Kian in a headlock but he countered. He elbow jabbed at his chest and with a twist, punched him in the face and threw him on the ground, flipping him over his knee.

Kian had his fist inches away from Auras's face. "Kill me, you know you have to." Auras pleased.

"Who is it? Who told you to do this?!" Kian asked frantically. "Please don't tell me it's who I think it is?!"

"It is."

Kian's eyes trembled. "Em-"

"No, don't say the name!" Auras put a hand over Kian's mouth. "If anyone says it, I'll die! I deserve it, I tried to kill them, Kian. They're kids! I'm sorry!"

Kian moved Aura's hand away from his mouth and pulled his fist back. "No, Auras. You don't deserve to die. What you need is help, say hello to them they'll help you, I know they will."

As he finished the sentence Kian's eyes turned into that familiar dark midnight blue colour and a second later, Auras disappeared in a flash of light, leaving no trace he was ever there.