Percy's POV(continued)

"Who's Thalia? Is she Zeus's daughter " Kian asked. "The person who was turned into a tree?"

Annabeth turned to me. "You told him about her?"

"Well, Kian asked about the empty Cabins so I thought I might help if I told her who she was," I explained. "Should I have done that?"

Annabeth crossed her arms. "No, Percy. It's fine." She then turned to Kian. "Kian, I don't think you shouldn't mention what happened on Olympus and that you know-"

Kian had stood up and walked towards us. "That I'm the vessel for Lucifer? So-called Symbol of Evil? Yeah, sure. I'm not the type of person to just announce who I really am to everyone I see. There's a reason I keep that a secret."

"That and well, she's Zeus's Daughter," Annabeth explained

"If you're suggesting that I hate his children then your mistaken. I only hate Zeus, not his children. Some of them might I remind you, were only because Zeus just saw a pretty human woman. I can only sympathise with them." Kian explained.

"So you won't hate her?"

"Why would I? She hasn't done anything to me has she?"

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

I sharply turned to see Thalia walking to us with a big smile on her face. She hugged Annabeth and then me, still smelling of Pine Cones. But before she spoke, she turned to Kian, surprised that he was here. "Are you new? I haven't seen you around."

"And you would be right," Kian replied. "Hi, I'm Kian."

Thalia recoiled, her reaction similar to Annabeth's. "W-wow, Cool accent didn't expect that."

"Something the matter?" Kian asked.

"Not at all, I'm Thalia, I'm the Lieutenant of the Hunters, ever since 3 years ago."

Kian gave her a friendly smile and shook her outstretched hand, "Nice meeting you-" He was interrupted by the ringing of his cellphone.

He fumbled and drew it out, shooting the three of 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 phone.

While we watched him walk outside the Arena, 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 her.

Thalia nodded. "Artemis told me to come back to Camp to observe him. Now that I've met him, 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 broke the moment of silence. "That's weird, I thought she would have told you first."

"Lady Artemis told me to come back to Camp Half-Blood in a dream and told me that I could find out for myself. So, does Nico have a new older brother or do you?" Thalia placed a hand on her hip. "Artemis confirmed that he's not a son of Zeus."

"See, the thing is..." Annabeth shuffled nervously. "He's a mortal."

"Mortal?!" Thalia said in disbelief. "That doesn't make sense." she narrowed her eyebrows. "Why would Lady Artemis order me to come here for a mortal of all people. I thought he was a child of the Big Three!"

"See the thing is, it's a lot more complicated than that." I jumped in.

"What do you mean complicated?" Thalia questioned. She rubbed her hair in frustration. "I had this dream about this Kian guy, there was this...prophecy and something about a...Nephilim? None of this makes sense!"

"I think you should talk to Kian, he'll explain his...situation," Annabeth explained.

Kian's POV

"So you get the new model?" I asked the person behind the phone.

"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 "Are you doing okay? It's been a year since it happened, right."

I was about to answer before I heard footsteps, footsteps I was all too familiar with and a sweet and gentle voice spoke. "Kian is that you?!"

"Violet, he was talking to me!" Harry sighed frustrated. "I know you miss him but let a guy work in peace."

Violet laughed. "Come on Harry, you and I know him since we were little kids. 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 have my sword, you have your swords, don't take mine!" Marcel screamed at me. "Do you know how scared I was when my sword just vanished?!"

"I told you I'm sorry!" I said while rubbing my hair. "By the way, did you have a chance to read through the reports I sent you?"

"I skimmed through them," Harry explained. "I use a legendary Arthurian Sword, your the vessel of Michael and Lucifer, one of our primary school classmates is a Hindu Demigod. But some part of me always thought that the Greek Myths were just stories. Turns out, they were always real."

I heard Marcel sigh before speaking. "My hero name is the same as the Roman God of War. Since we all come from myths and legends, we can assume that all myths and legends are true."

"Agreed. Is Mia there?" I asked them. "I have to ask her something."

"Hey1 Wicked Witch of the West, we need you!" Harry shouted. "OW!" he said as he got slapped on the cheek.

"Hey Kian, you want something?" Milena asked warmly.

"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."

I chuckled lightly. "Is he still making fun of you?" I asked the blonde girl behind the phone.

"He hasn't stopped. What's up, Kian. Did you want to talk to me because you felt lonely?" she asked.

"Yeah, and 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- I guess, humans from seeing Greek Monsters and anything related to it."

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

I sighed. "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."

"Thanks."

"Kian," her voice got my attention. "You know we're here for you right?"

"Of course I know that."

"Please call us if you feel sad or something. I don't want you to go to that dark state again, okay? It was tough seeing you like that."

"Thanks and I'll do my best to complete my mission. And trust me, if something happens, you will be the first people I call."

"Good. Glad you understand!" I could sense her beaming behind the screen.

I chuckled. "Yeah. Stay safe Mia, okay?"

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

"Really? what did he say?" I straightened up.

"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 shouted in the background. "I've used it so many times and I remember it being very helpful!"

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

"Empena."

I could feel the atmosphere change, her name like a wave of frost washing over a room. The last opponent, it all comes down to her. I looked up at the sky, knowing that she was still out there, clenching my fist in anger at the people she killed. I will stop her.

"You said she's coming to Earth right?" Milena's voice snapped out of my thoughts.

"Yes, according to Alveus. I will stop her, I made a wow to stop her rampage and I will do it. I will avenge them!" I repeated to myself, almost like a mantra. "Wait, what am I doing? I forgot to ask you guys how you're doing. Is Asgard doing well?"

"It is. Sometimes I help Frigga in trying to find Loki, the same with Thor," Milena answered. "We could use you right now, we miss you, you know."

"Yeah, I miss you guys too," I replied. "But Earth needs me, I can't leave here until Empena is killed"

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

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

"Bye Kina, take care!" the two of them said.

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 whipped my head to see where the noise came from and saw Annabeth was waving, asking me to come over quickly. So that's what I did. After I rejoined the group. The dark-haired girl pointed a finger at me. "You're Kian right?"

Her bright blue eyes and black hair reminded me of my friend Violet. On her head, she wore a silver tiara and her pale milky face was filled with an odd sprinkling of freckles. For some odd reason, she had a strong smell of ozone and pine cones. The former might have been because of what happened with the tree situation.

"Yeah, that's me," I gave her a friendly wave. "What can I do for you?"

"Annabeth says your mortal, so why did Artemis want me to observe you?" she crossed her arms.

I glanced towards 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. Any person with powers weren't allowed to use them in public since it could lead to questions and eventually, humans would arrive in a situation I didn't want to. Luckily, we had Men in Black style memory wipers and no, we did not have Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones before you ask, that would be out of this world!

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

She pouted. "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? I mean no offence to you but I don't think you deserve Lady Artemis's nor the gods' attention."

"Right. Human. Well, I should explain why the Olympians want you to...watch over me. But you have to keep the secret to yourself, I don't want you to go telling people about it." I explained.

She laughed and crossed her arms. "What, are you gonna tell me your an alien or something?"

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

I looked up to see Thalia glancing at Annabeth, then at Percy before she finally realised. She paled more than I thought possible and went through a few emotions: fear, question, awe and surprise.

"Y-You're serious?! You're not kidding?!" Thalia recoiled slightly.

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.

I raised an eyebrow. "That was quick, I thought you would be scared of aliens."

She chuckled. "I've seen enough sci-fi movies to know that some aliens look human," she said and grabbed her bow. "If you're an alien, then which planet do you come from?" She poked at me with her bow like I was a feral beast.

I grumbled and pushed her bow away. "I was born on Earth, just like all of you. If not for my genes, I'm the same as you."

"Except for the powers," Annabeth quipped.

"Don't you have powers too?" I turned towards her. "Surely the daughter of the Wisdom Goddess has to have some abilities?"

"Yeah but mine isn't as flashy like Percy or Thalia," Annabeth crossed her arms, probably 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 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

"What do you know about angels and demons?"

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

"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 shuffled in place and scratched the back of her hair.

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

Thalia shrugged. "We're used to weirder stuff. This seems to fit right in, I mean, looking at us, do you expect us to be children of Greek Gods? Then you, you aren't the type of person to look like a Nephilim are you?"

"Great. Well, that's me," I shrugged. "Not much else to say."

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

"Alright, fine," I grumbled. I added on to the mental barrier to stop those 3 from spewing out my powers, even by accident. I didn't want to be responsible for the secret of alien nor the existence of angels and demons to be exposed right now. I activated my space powers. "I have 2 powers in my body, From one of them I can use to control Space."

I demonstrated by teleporting all over the place, then appearing back where I started.

This is where I explain how I use it to teleport, at least how I use it so pay attention.

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 so that's how I can bring stuff towards me.

For my local space...well...that's a bit trickier to get your head around. Let me give you an example: Imagine your looking at something a few meters away, it could be whatever you want: a tv remote, a slice of pizza or your PS3 controller.

Now, if you want to grab it, you have to walk to get there right? It's some amount of 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. Warping the fabric of Space to achieve teleportation. To a regular person, it looks like I vanished and reappeared.

When I combine my space powers with telekinesis, I can stop just about anything fired at me. With how versatile it is, it's one of my commonly used powers. I would have been lost without a previous fragment user telling me about this, I had trained hard enough so I could teleport freely in my range.

I will make good use of this power, I will use this to destroy Empena I will avenge all of them!

I looked up to see Thalia with a faint smile on her face. "That was very impressive."

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

"Wait, what? You can shoot light beams 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 concentrated on my breathing and charged up a sphere of Heavenforce, aiming it against my target. Deciding it wasn't enough, I added cosmic energy into it, adding extra oomph behind the orb of blue light, giving a yellowish glow to said sphere.

"How does it work?" Annabeth asked. "Your powers?"

"Have you heard of the term Ki?"

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

"It is."

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

I chuckled. "Well, your right...sort of. See human life energy, it's too weak to create what I can do. My life energy is powerful enough to do what I want to and at a basic level, I can use my Heavenforce to charge up spheres of plasma. Perks of being the offspring between an angel and a demon."

"That would make sense. How does your life energy work?"

"I have two sources of Life energy: Hellforce from my father and Heavenforce from my mother, all existing in harmony with each other. If it helps, imagine a mana bar in a video game. I have a finite amount to control before I run out replenished 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. Magic involves taking energy from other dimensions and shaping reality. So, theoretically, a sorcerer or sorcerer can never run out of energy to cast from. My use of life energy fits more in the term of angel magic rather than actual magic.

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 a telekinetic gesture upwards, commanded the straw dummies to rise to make a neat queue.

Like I had done a thousand times, I thrust my arm out and let free my Heavenforce beam, tearing through the straw dummies that were set up and leaving a burning hole where their chests used to be.

The dummies landed one after the other and caught on fire. Percy and Annabeth moved to douse it with a nearby fire extinguisher. I turned to Thalia who looked impressed at my display. "You can move stuff with your mind?" she asked me.

"Of course I can. Now, do you understand why the Olympians want you to analyse me?" I asked her.

She nodded but before she spoke, Percy jumped in. "Kian, what about the time you breathed fire and caught Zeus's, Master Bolt?"

"He did what?!" Thalia said alarmed. "I didn't know he could do that?!"

"It depends on who your parents are-well actually your angel. Most angels have some form of Light Manipulation but it can differ between angels. My Angels can manipulate fire, air, lightning and light. As such, I'm pretty strong in those areas." I explained.

"Your pretty powerful aren't you?"

I let out a chuckle. "That's not even half of it but 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 red hair and green eyes instantly reminded me so much of her so much I had to turn around sharply, preparing myself to not cry on the spot.

"Oh, hey Rachel,'' I glanced to see Percy hugged the red-haired girl. "What's up?"

"Well I came here because I was bored in my cave, then I see this!" she talked about me. "That was amazing!"

"Uh, Kian?" I heard Percy ask me.

"Yeah, what is it?" I asked him.

"You look like you've seen a ghost. You okay?"

"I'm fine, Percy." I wiped the sweat off my forehead and mentally repeated to myself that the red-haired green-eyed girl was not the girl I knew nor the one I fell in love with. This girl's red hair was wilder, frizzier and went past her shoulders while Bella's hair was gentler and went to her chin.

"So, who's his godly half?"

Without warning, I felt a huge build-up of energy start to accumulate on my back and release all at once, illuminating the area around me in red and blue light. I glanced to my right to see what was up and behind my right shoulder was a wing as bright as the sky. I glanced to my left and saw that the same wing was there this one bright red, both shoulder width long.

I tried to dissipate them but unfortunately, I probably knew that the people in front of me had already seen it. I looked forward and saw that they did have their jaws dropped.

"Y-your an Angel?" Rachel asked with wide eyes. "No way!"

"Half Angel actually." I corrected her to the chorus of feather-ruffling. "I suppose that answers your question right?"

"They're beautiful!" Rachel stepped back to admire the pair of wings behind me. "Keep it like that, I want to take a good look."

"So are those really your wings?" Annabeth pointed towards it. "I thought they were supposed to be white and all feathery."

My wings fluttered again. "Not exactly. See, back in those days, those humans saw these light wings and thus, angels became associated with feathers on their back. It's created whenever I experience a sharp emotional reaction let's say a life or death situation." I explained. "It came in handy, when I was a kid, I used these as stabilizers when I was learning to fly."

"Well," Thalia stated. "Guess the whole angel part was real then."

"You think?" I quipped. I then dissipated the wings away into thin air, leaving no trace of them present in the arena. "Hope you've enjoyed the light show, unless I'm in a life or death situation, they won't appear again."

"Why did you put them away?!" Rachel complained and pouted. "I was just about to memorise them!"

"You've just met me, at least give it time before you oogle them." I chuckled. "Your name is Rachel, right? I'm Kian. Nice to meet you."

Rachel's lime green eyes sparked into life. "So you're Kian?"

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

"I expected you to be blonde," Rachel stated. "Anyone else?"

"Yeah, me too," Thalia added.

"Anyway, I-I had a vision about you, something about a prophecy," Rachel explained. "It's you, isn't it? You're the Nephilim, the Half-Angel and Half-Demon child."

"Yeah, that's me. These guys told me about it, the prophecy," I said and subtly placed a mental block on her, "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, related to that one." She turned to Percy and Annabeth. "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?"

"He's dead isn't he?" I asked Percy. "Come on, he's not Voldermot is he?"

"Kronos is uglier than Voldermort that's for sure!" Percy chuckled.

"Anyway, why do you want an audience, Rachel," Thalia asked Rachel. "We've had a year of peace and none of us wants to jinx anything. There have been fewer monsters attacks over the last year."

"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 suddenly they didn't. Everything was fine after a day"

"Why me?" I asked

"Percy, when did you meet Kian?" Rachel turned to him. "Like the first time."

"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."

"Well after what Kian showed in the Olympian Throne room, I think every Greek Deity has decided to not play around," Percy explained. "If you beat Ares in an incomplete form, then they must be scared of what you can do in a complete form, especially with your angels," Annabeth explained. "So whatever the Olympian Gods were talking about, whatever was rising, as soon as Kian stepped foot on Earth, they didn't rise anymore."

"Seems like it," I explained and turned to Rachel. "Look at you, Sherlock. That's very smart."

Rachel chuckled. "I should be calling you that, Kian. 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, there was a tournament. All of us there competed and fought each other," Kian explained. "I 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. "I saved you a seat"

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

"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"

"You certainly wear a lot of dark clothes huh? Is that because of your father?" Kian chuckled.

I laughed a little, covering my mouth almost immediately. It earned me a glare from Nico. "So anyway, how have you been doing?" I asked, trying to lighten the tension. He might be a kid but he was a powerful demigod like me and I prefered him 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 a day past 14." Kian stated.

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 in surprise.

"Yeah, why?" Nico asked

"No, no. it's just that a family friend of ours passed that to go to another casino. I guess that's a bullet dodged huh?" Kian laughed.

"Right. So has Kian been claimed? If you don't mind me saying this but he looks like a son of Posiden." Nico stated.

Kian rubbed the back of his head. "He isn't my dad. I'm not a demigod, Nico."

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

"Well, that's a bit complicated."

Nico looked at him in shock, "Who are you?!"

"Percy, is Nico trustworthy?" Kian asked me. "Can I trust him to keep this secret?"

"Yes, yes you can," I said confidently. "He helped us in the last war if he didn't bring his Dad's side in then a lot more of us would have died."

"Tell me what?" Nico asked us. "What's this secret of yours?!"

"I'm a Nephilim," Kian replied. "Even though I'm a mortal, my father is a demon and my mother is an angel. That's my secret."

Nico's eyes widened. "Y-you're serious? An A-Angel and a Demon? They're your parents?!"

Kian nodded.

"We saw his wings too," I added. "He's the real deal."

"We?"

Kian addressed Nico directly. "Percy and a few of his friends know this secret and I expect you to keep the secret to yourself, alright? I only let you know because you are a friend of Percy and he trusts you with it."

Nico nodded slowly. "Sure, you can trust me, I'll keep it. That's some news."

"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. "Do we need to investigate?"

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

"Yes I have, thank you, Lord Dionysus," Rachel stated. 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. "Something else."

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

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. A Prophecy I sense is about to pass."

"What's the prophecy?" Clarrise asked. "Do you know it?2

"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 a half-blood stands tall,

A key to the God Slayer's complete and 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. "Do we need to find him?"

"The half-blood is here in the audience," Rachel announced. "Now, was any of you born on the 25th of August?"

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

The rest of Camp murmured amongst themselves. Travis spoke up, "Who's his godly parent? Has he been claimed yet? Cabin 11 can take him in if he's not claimed yet."

"Hmm, he's handsome," Drew beamed. "I wonder if he's a son of Zeus. They always make the best heroes."

"He looks like a son of Poseidon to me," Katie remarked. "He's got that surfer look about him."

Kian rolled his eyes. "Sorry to disappoint you all, but I'm not a demigod. My mother nor father is a Greek god."

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

"Half-Blood means mixed race right? Then I am a half-blood, my mum's French/British and my dad's Portuguese," Kian replied. "That makes me a half-blood by definition. It doesn't mean demigod all the time does it?"

"Really?" I asked him. "I didn't know you were mixed race."

Kian replied with a raised eyebrow towards me.

"Well...it did say half-blood and not a demigod." Katie shrugged. "I guess he counts."

"Normally a half-blood means a demigod, but Kian is right," Chiron replied. He thought something over in his head and turned to Rachel. "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. "As the Oracle, I believe this prophecy will happen 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 stood up to speak. "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. "Y-you sure about that Chiron?"

Chiron nodded. "Show them why this is your quest, why you have what it takes to stop this God Killer."

Kian shrugged. "Alright, if you say it's okay."

As he stood up, his spear appeared in his hand. The scarlet bladed tip was vibrant under the sunlight and looking at it gave me an eerie feeling. He strolled towards the Camp Fire, the audience waiting for this demonstration.

"I guess I'll hit this Camp Fire then," Kian gestured. He held the 7ft spear with two hands, aiming it downwards 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 and with a slight shout, 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 7ft spear now did not glow but it sparkled with a red light before it dimmed. Kian wasn't immune to the damage as 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 stylishly and put it against the ground.

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 had that much power behind it!

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

"Are you sure he's human?" Travis raised an eyebrow. "A regular spear can't do that!"

"Erm...you have heard of missiles, right? Nukes even?" Kian quipped. "Think of that as an ability for this spear." He demonstrated by twirling said scarlet red spear behind him.

"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 spear do something 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 grit his teeth and glanced at her, putting her and the rest of the Aphrodite cabin on edge immediately. "That's none of your business! If you don't have anything useful to add to this, then shut up!"

While everyone was surprised by Kian's outburst, he scowled and then faced Rachel. "So what now, what happens now?"

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

"Morni-I mean, it's Taylor. Spelt with a y."

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

Kian inhaled and exhaled like he was about to finish his long quest. "I accept this quest. So um, what happens now?"

"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, I tend to pass out every now and then, it's natural."

"Just don't die on me, then I won't have a quest would I?" Kian grinned lightly.

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, since 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, "Not possible. When I leave, someone must be here to defend the Camp if something like that happens again. I'm sorry Clarrise, I won't take you on this quest."

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

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

"As if," Kian said bluntly. "Your not a fighter and I'm not going to take a non-combatant into a war zone."

"Well, who would want to go on this quest then?" Travis asked. "It doesn't look like anyone's volunteering."

"I'll go," I stood up.

All eyes were on me, Kian's too. He shook his head. "Percy, you don't have to do this. One of us is supposed to die on this quest and I can't let you put your life in danger like that."

"And I can't let you do that either. I won't stand on the sidelines 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?"

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

Kian's eyes trembled further and he shook his head faster. "No, no! Absolutely not! That's out of the question! I won't-can't let you two get hurt for my sake! This is my mission, my quest, not yours!"

"We can't just let you do it alone!" Annabeth protested. "And with you by our side, none of will die!"

"How do you know that?" Kian scoffed. "A prophecy tells us what is going to happen, not what if. That means one of us will die on this mission! Can you really tell me that all of us will survive this one?!"

"Kian, Prophecies aren't always clear. Sometimes it can mean something else when you think it's the other. It's cryptic." Annabeth explained. "It could mean someone else, a different half-blood apart from us."

Kian scoffed again, unsure about what Annabeth said to him. "This is my burden to carry, not yours. You two don't have to do this and I'm asking you to think about this. This is going to be dangerous!"

Annabeth smirked and crossed her arms. "Our lives are dangerous! And we want to help you. Even if you don't want us to come along, Chiron won't let you go alone, the prophecy asks for 4 Campers. Not just you."

She did have a point, it asked for 4 campers, it wasn't just Kian on his own. Even with his Angelic-Demonic power he still needed help which made me think how strong this God Killer really was.

However, I didn't get to think of it any further because Kian spoke. "Fine, any volunteers? to fill out this group?" Even though Kian had crossed his arms and was trying to play it cool, I could tell something had rattled him inside. His eyes darted around the campers and he seemed jumpier than usual. Something was up with him and this quest.

"I'll go," Thalia stood up.

"Me too," Nico joined her.

"You two barely know me?!" Kian protested. "Why would you do this?! Do you realise how dangerous this is?!"

Thalia chuckled. "Honey, all of us risked our lives last year against Kronos. If we can help you with the God Killer then we'll do so too." She turned to face the Centaur. "Chiron, the 4 of us will 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"

"So it shall be!" Chiron announced.

"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 nodded.

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

"I can arrange that," Kian replied with a slight grin. "Don't worry about it."

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

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

"Something like that," Kian jumped in. "Once the God Killer kills a deity, that's it. They're gone, they vanish from this plane of existence. There's no coming back from it."

"I'm starting to doubt that you're a human," Travis replied after a moment of silence. "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's eyes darted from person to person, spending less than a second on each person before he stopped. "98...99...100 people. Too many."

"What was that?" Travis asked him.

"Nothing, nothing," Kian stated but as soon as he blinked, his eyes turned a shade of bright sky blue. "~I am a human, you will not question it further. No matter what happens you shall think of me as a human~."

I looked around the Amphitheatre and saw that all of there eyes were the same shade of blue, all of them staring at Kian while they stood motionless. Annabeth, Thalia, Nico, Rachel and I was unaffected, Mr D and Chiron included.

Kian's eyes stopped glowing and he looked at Chiron and Mr D. "I trust you to keep my secret, you wouldn't want to create panic by telling them than a Nephilim exists do you?"

He didn't wait for a response because he turned forward to see everyone rubbing there eyes. "It's going to be tough to do when your human," Travis replied. "Are you going to be okay?"

"I think I'll manage."

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

As people started to walk away, Kian stood in the middle, hands in his pockets as he looked around, unaffected by the chatter in the crowd. He drummed his fingers on his long spear as I think he waited for us.

"Percy, Kian looks like he's waiting for us," Annabeth said like she was reading my mind almost. "Let's go say hello before he decides to vanish."

While we moved down the steps, Kian tended to Rachel and after pressing a few fingers to her forehead, her eyes fluttered open and she stood up on her stool, given to her as the official oracle of Camp Half-Blood. Kian's spear had now vanished into thin air and he now instead drummed his fingers on each hand.

"Kian!" I said getting his attention.

"Oh hey," he replied. "Why would you 4 do something like that, it's just asking for danger."

"I'm not going to leave a friend out to die on a quest!" I replied. "Come on, Kian. Do you really think I would let you do it all alone?"

Kian sighed. "I guess. I have some stuff to take care off, is it okay if I go now?"

"What kind of stuff?" Thalia asked him.

"That's private," Kian replied, his shoulders droping slightly. "Sorry, I can't let you know that."

"Kian, why did your eyes glow blue, like bright blue," Annabeth asked. "And why did everyone's eyes change colour?"

"Oh that. Safety policy. I made them believe that I'm completely human," Kian explained. "I could have told them but it was too much, I can't let that many people know my secret."

"You brainwashed them?!" Rachel said with wide eyes.

"What?! no, no, no nothing like that! Jesus, I would never do something like that!" Kian clarified sharply. "All I did was make them think that I'm human. There's nothing nefarious about it."

"Ah, so like a mind trick?" Thalia asked him.

Annabeth stared at her. "When did you see Star Wars?"

"We play it to any newcomers that join the Hunt, it'd good for bonding," Thalia explained with a proud smile.

"So are you a psychic?" Rachel asked Kian now. "They do stuff with there minds right?"

"I have telekinesis and telepathy, those are my mental abilities. All Angels start out with those abilities." Kian explained.

"Aw!" Rachel complained. "Why couldn't I have those powers, I thought I was supposed to be the only mortal with powers!"

Kian chuckled, startling me. "Don't worry, you have your oracle powers don't you, that counts as a power in my books."

Rachel pouted and crossed her arms. "But your powers are cooler! Imagine making wings of light on your back!"

"You feeling okay after passing out?" Kian ignored her statement and asked her. "Passing out shouldn't be something you can just brush off you know."

"Apollo told me this happens when I speak a prophecy, but I'm feeling better now," Rachel explained.

Kian smiled at her and then turned to us. "Well, it looks I'm not needed her so I'm going to be gone now. See ya!" and with that, Kian disappeared in a flash of blue light leaving me, Annabeth, Thalia and Nico standing around Rachel.

"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, see what kind of person he is and if the Olympians need to take further action against him. If he's going on a quest then, I have to follow him," she explained.

"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. "Imagine having so much power that all the Greek Gods decide you as a threat. I guess that's what you get when your parents are an angel and a demon."

"I still find that hard to believe, how can you kill a god? They're immortal so how you can you kill them. Even if they're scattered, they still exist in some form, but they can't regain physical form. What Kian described, it's complete killing, like what you would do to a person."

"Somehow, this God Killer can kill them," Annabeth crossed her arms. "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 said proudly.

Thalia, Nico and Rachel's jaws dropped. "Wait wait wait, I thought he fought him, not win!" Thalia exclaimed. "Zeus told me that Ares stopped because he felt like he was tired."

"Ha!" I laughed. "You should have seen him. Kian wiped the floor with Ares, had him begging to stop the fight! If I was Kian, I would have made him say 'Percy Jackson is better than me'!"

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

"Nope, not even close to his limit," Annabeth explained. "He's a powerful kid."

"Percy, do you know how he got so powerful?" Thalia asked me.

"All he said was that he went to school, then he got strong. That's all I know off him." I explained. "I only know a few things about him actually, I'm in the dark just like you are."

As soon as I finished, Rachel convulsed and passed out. As 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 said alarmed. "This isn't good!"

The Green mist spoke again.

"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 them 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 to herself. "...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 one about the God Killer?"

"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, a place I had come to with a few friends of mine when I was 12 actually.

But just before I headed there, I changed my outfit. I now wore black jeans and a blue jacket because 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 Portugal, Spain and Italy when I was a kid. I know this is a bit sappy but they are memories I really cherish.

As I turned a street corner and someone was already there, expecting my arrival. But, instead of the person I had talked to, it was someone who I didn't want to meet

"Hello, Kian. We meet again," a sweet and gentle voice spoke to me.

I backed up slightly because I was face to face with Aphrodite. If that wasn't bad enough, she looked like my Bella again. I had to reassure myself that it was just a projection, not the real thing. She was dressed in blue jeans and a red top which brought out her flame-red hair. Her figure was still slender, curvy and athletic like the last time I saw her on Olympus. She looked me up and down, scanning my appearance. "My my, you're such a handsome boy. I could just eat you up!"

I scoffed at her praise. "It means nothing coming from you. Why are you here?"

She looked at me curiously. "Do you have a problem with my appearance? If you do then it's not my fault. When you look at someone as beautiful as me, you see the person you consider as beautiful."

"Obviously," I rolled my eyes. "Why are you following me? How did you even find out where I was going?"

Aphrodite chuckled. "I was just in the neighbourhood. "Now do you want to know why I'm so interested in you?"

"Hmm, let's see, you want to add more chaos to my life. That's what you gods do isn't it?" I replied. "See mortals as little playthings? How much chaos you can add before they break?!"

She gasped and put a hand over her mouth. "I would never do that! 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. "Do you enjoy seeing heartbroken people? Do you enjoy seeing people suffer?! I suppose if they pray for you to make the other person like them, you get offerings and power. But here's the thing, whatever plans you have for me, that's not going to happen with me. You can't exploit me so easily." I said confidently. "I'm busy, what do you want?"

"Is that so?" she purred. "Do you think I haven't noticed the way you looked at me? I know those looks, they're the ones that every boy has once they've seen a girl they love."

I just scoffed. "Or you might have taken me by surprise. Don't be so quick to assume someone's feelings. Cut to the chase, what do you want with me?"

"I just want you to be happy," she crossed her arms. "Hera couldn't stop going on and on about how you've been through so much pain and I had to step in. I can't let a handsome boy like you be said can I?"

"Tsch! Why does everyone think that me having a girlfriend can solve my issues," I facepalmed. "Aren't you 5000 years old. Why don't you act like it instead of a lovesick teenager. This is the real world, not everything as you want it to go."

Aphrodite pouted a little. "In 5000 years, I've seen a gorgeous woman healing a broken man with her love. It's so common that it's virtually everywhere now in all the novels I read."

I rolled my eyes and walked past her, having had enough of what she was saying. "I'm not really a big fan of that trope. To be honest, I think it causes more harm than good."

"Speaking of a gorgeous woman. Do you happen to know a girl called Bella?"

I stopped my walk as soon as she finished her sentence. "I'm sorry, I don't recall giving you permission to speak her name." I turned to face her, this time holding back a tidal wave of rage.

I expected her to be afraid, maybe shiver on the spot but instead of being afraid, she just looked at me smugly. "Just as I thought. You do love someone. Fellings never lie to me. Am I correct if I assume that she's an important person to you?"

"And what if it is?"

She chuckled. "Just because I'm the love goddess doesn't mean I'm a ditz. It's not something to be ashamed of, Kian. Sometimes, loving someone gives you the strength to carry on with what you're doing."

"Of course I know that!" I shouted at her. "I'm doing this because I want to protect the planet I grew up on! I want to stop the God Killer so I can protect the people I love! Everything I do is to protect the people I care about!"

"Then why did you call it a weakness?"

"In my line of work, it's better if I have no emotions. It's better if I became a machine." I replied. "Now, Aphrodite, if you value your life, if you want to see tomorrow, I recommend not mentioning her name at all. It tends to bring bad memories."

With that, I stormed past her, my hands now in my pockets as the wind rippled through my hair, turning my once neatly combed hair into a spiky mess that any anime protagonist would be jealous off

"Kian?"

I turned back." What do you want now?!"

"If you wanted, would you kill me?" Aphrodite shuffled in place.

I had told all of Olympus a lie that I could kill a god and it had worked as intended. I told that lie yesterday but for Aphrodite, it looked like she heard it a few seconds ago. When she asked me that, there was fear tracing her voice, genuine fear and she looked like she was about to burst to tears anytime soon

With how she looked, with her sharing a face with my Bella. I had to glance away from the painful sight. If that was the real Bella, I would hold her in my arms and soothe her until she smiled.

But that can't happen, that can never happen anymore

"...I don't want to kill anyone," I started to speak. "But I have a job to do. I'm the protector of this planet and if I see any action against this world and those who live on it, I am forced to take drastic action. That applies to gods too. I know that Posideon has changed from back in the day and for the sake of my soul, I hope that all of you can do the same."

Aphrodite smiled slightly. "Hmm, just as I thought, I knew a handsome boy like you couldn't be all that bad. Zeus painted you out to be a monster and now I know that's not the case." She flipped her red hair away from her smooth neck.

"Good luck Kian, and remember, it's not a weakness to love someone."

With that she vanished in a flash of light, leaving a faint trace of roses in the air.

"Yeah," I scoffed. "Try being in my shoes and say that." I went on my way and now, I was on the constant lookout for any Greek Gods who may decide to pop by to say hello and offer me their 'wisdom'