Chapter 2:The realization:
Directors notes: Sorry for the long chapter early on.
Percy and Annabeth fell just as they had into Tartarus, gripping each other tightly as they fell, but this time, something was weird. As they fell, instead of getting hotter, it got colder, but not the normal cold, not physically, but spiritually. Percy could feel his soul getting cut up, edged away, and tiny slices getting cut up. But he also felt something else, almost like someone cutting at a cake, but it wasn't chopping away at it like it should have, it felt like someone desperately holding it together, almost exploding with lust and destroying entire cake.
"I'm sorry my children"
The chopping and cold sensation stopped, then, Percy felt as he had been dipped in wax and levitated in place. Then with a start, he realized he was, he tried to look around, but couldn't and even if he could, all he would see would be darkness. The only thing he could see was Annabeth out of the corner of his eye.
But more importantly, who had said that? Hopefully it was Annabeth making a joke, but it didn't appear so.
Then, it felt as if someone released the locks on their bodies, Annabeth and Percy fell a bit more, before hitting the ground. Slightly confused, they rose, as it appeared they were standing on nothing, quite literally.
"What was that?" Percy said, and grabbed his throat. Why did his voice sound like that? He wasn't trying to make a deep voice, but it had, like foghorn deep.
"Percy, you soun-" Annabeth gasped, as she also realized she had the same voice. She stopped short in shock of her own voice as well. They both had no idea what was happening, Shouldn't they be dead? Or still falling? Also, who had spoken first?
"Annabeth, did you say 'I'm sorry my children'? Because if so you got me at first" Percy asked in his monotone and Deep voice. His own body rumbled with the density of the noise. It was nothing he had ever known before.
Annbeth shook her head "No I didn't. But also, why do our voices sound like this? Did it have something to do with that other voice?" she wondered, Percy was about to reply, but a figure appeared to their…North? South? He had no sense of direction, there was nothing to indicate anything. The figure before them was like no other, his aura was drowning, with a Pure, overwhelming power. He wore a nice tailored suit, with white gloves, a top hat, and a white Mask, he appeared to be robbing a bank in style. He had 5 holes in his mask, 2 each for his nostrils and eyes, and one for his mouth. He had black marking all over it, like if someone took a paint brush and splattered all over his mask. But after all of that, they still had no idea; Who was he?
"I must apologize, when I saw you two falling I couldn't help not grabbing a little bite, I was so hungry, and very, very… corrupt." He seemed to say it like there was another side to a story, but continued.
"I had forgotten my morals, but once recovered, I saved you from death." He spoke so deeply there was no comparison to make it to, it was unfathomable, along with his power.
" we are-" Annabeth tried to say, but it appeared she had lost her voice.
"Ah yes, Pardon me, I forgot the strain my space has on mortal's voices. Let us take this somewhere else, shall we?" He asked, but not as though they had a choice.
The three of them were then teleported to the spot the two of them had fallen.
"I'm sorry, but.. Who are you?" Percy blurred. He figured he might as well figure it out, as whoever he was, he currently had no intention of killing them, so they might as well introduce themselves.
"I am Chaos. Capital C. I saw you two falling, and sacrificed by pitiful daughter, and decided to check out who you were. A simple call and days later, I researched all that you had been through, and made up my mind not to kill you, as it seemed an unworthy way to die." Chaos said.
This person, was… Chaos? The embodiment of everything? This made no sense to Percy, how could a Raw, infinite, dense power such as Chaos be controlled by one person?
Annabeth's face exploded with shock, as well as Percy's. They both instinctively dropped to one knee, impaling their knees with sharp rocks.
"It is an absolute honor to meet you, sir" They said, wishing to take the opportunity to make a good impression. They both had no intention of dying, and also had a few questions, and to do so, they needed to have a good stance to start questioning him.
"You flatter me, but I am not like the other gods. I have no reason for you to honor me like a king; it's much less appealing in conversations." He addressed them. It appeared that he isn't very much of a god with manners like his, but his power of course overruled that factor.
"Um, Lord Chaos sir?" Annabeth squeaked.
"Please, Chaos will do" He insisted.
"Of course. We just had a few questions,sir. We were wondering if we could ask you them?" She said. She seemed to be using all of her might to not run away. As well as Percy, even through Chaos didn't appear to be interested in killing them, them being so close to Lord of the Universe seemed to erode his and Annabeth's souls.
"Yes, you may" He said.
"First, how did you research us? You said you made a call and researched us for a couple of days? Were we falling that long?" She spammed, eager to find knowagle as how he did this.
"Why, I simply stopped time of course!"
End of Chapter 2.
