Chapter 3:Meeting Nyx
Sorry for not much action, Chp 3 will change that.
"WHAT?" both of them exclaimed. They had only once known of such power, the ability to stop time,at least, on this scale; as the ones performed by Kronos weren't even close in any category. One of the most powerful elements of the universe. It was indescribable; the power to control it.
"How did you do that?" Annabeth gaped
"Well, I have an uncle, his name is Time; capital T. And as you may guess, he has supreme control over time. My father, is Space, capital S, has control over all physical things. Finally, I have a Sister; Order, capital O; she has control over all things commandable." Chaos casually said. Both Percy and Annabeth were stunned, there were beings above Chaos, able to control the four main elements of the universe.
How did they attain such power? How did any of this make sense?
"Well, I cannot interact with beings of Order for long, so, I must leave you here and return to my slumber, but before that…" Chaos tempeted. They were beings of Order? They had never even known of such a figure before, but now it's their creator? This must be some kind of afterlife hallucination.
"I will both give you my blessing, and send you to my wife's house, as she will hopefully guide you through her house, and to the heart of Tartarus" Chaos said.
"'Blessing? Wife's house?' I'm sorry sir, but we do not know what you're talking about." Annabeth claimed. It was true, Percy was still stuck on how he teleported them up here. But now he also started wondering, what could this blessing be? Or perhaps he was tricking them with a curse. But whatever it was, they had to accept it.
"Here" Chaos said. In his hand, there it seemed to suck in space and zoom out, like a black hole. Percy and Annabeth stood their ground, but the Death Mist was sucked off of them like snake skin. But then the black hole reversed, and started sputtering outward, and soon, after regaining the powerful feeling from Misty body to real, it felt as if he had the sensation again, as if this was a level to his body that he had not unlocked. He felt a massive amount of power flow over him. Was this Chaos's blessing? He glanced at his own body; his arms almost now ripping up the sleeves on his shirt, as well has his neck hole, it was ripped from the size Pecks. He tried to suppress the Humongous energy he had, and his arms decreased a bit so they went back to their original size, and felt half of his power go to his Heart, where it seemed to be...storing and replenishing itself. This was amazing, he had such power, he didn't know what to do with it; I can do anything;'Come back to reality idiot' He thought. He looked over at Annabeth. She had also lost the Death Mist, and also received the 'Blessing of Chaos' he had given them. She was maybe an inch taller, a tiny bit more muscular, and looked as if she had been given a millionaire's beauty spa, which is to say, she looked Gorgeous.
"I gave you both Strength boosts, as well as your appearance and Height" Chaos said. Annabeth looked disappointed, but hid it quickly. She must have realized Percy got the bigger boost.
"Don't worry Annabeth, I gave you a bunch of stuff. Deadalous's Laptop, a decent IQ boost, and the ability to be able to describe exactly what you're thinking to others so they understand you. And also that you can read the mind of the weaker minded folk, such as monsters, and low IQ humans" Chaos offered. Annabeth's face seemed to soften, then with shock.
"How did you get Deadalous's Laptop? It was destroyed!" she exclaimed. It was true, it had been destroyed.
"I'm sorry, my children, our time is up, goodbye and good luck!" Chaos said, right as Percy and Annabeth were teleported into the house of Nyx. As they arrived, two pairs of glasses appeared on them. They both agreed that they shouldn't take them off yet.
"Welcome" said a voice. Out of the darkness rose Nyx, the goddess of darkness.
"You have the courage to trick my Husband and enter my house? This will not do;you must die" Nyx said, as she launched herself at them, Percy pulled out Riptide and jabbed, his sword skills were as sharp as ever, thanks to Chaos.
Nyx pulled out a stygian iron sword and blocked, but she was taken aback, physically and mentally, when she realized the strength of his jab. They both stopped and started attacking each other. Parry, slash, jab,parry, slash, jab. Percy saw a river up ahead, and willed the water to come to him. It approached surprisingly fast. He had the water wrap around Nyx, like a cacoon. But she merely broke out of it, only slightly stunned. But that was enough for Percy and Annabeth, who both on synx attacked Nyx at the same spot.
"AHHHHHH" Nyx yelled, right before the sword and dagger impaled her, she threw out wind and darkness, sending Percy flying backwards into the wall. He hit the wall with a crunch.
"Agh-" Percy muttered, before falling to the ground; it was now up to Annabeth.
Annabeth's 3rd POV:
'Come on Annabeth; think! Ok so she is not affected by the water, Percy is down, and all I have is a dagger.'
Then it clicked, she remembered something her mother had told her.
She ran over to Percy and grabbed his sword, now, duel wielding, she charged Nyx. Her mother had told her that if two weapons of the same material hit the same spot, it multiplies the damage inflicted by ten fold.
Nyx blocked her first slash, then she stabbed at her leg. Nyx missed, but left a small gash on her outer thigh. It hurt a bit through.
Annabeth tried again and again, with the same result, she had to get into Nyx's guard. She finally got a hit on her, and it harmlessly bounced off. 'Achilles' Curse' Annabeth thought
"Hnn!" she said, as she got kicked in the chest. It sent her skitting backwards, right next to Percy. Annabeth couldn't beat her with conventional means, unless…
" Annabeth…" Percy moaned; "...the chin."
That's it! Her Achilles' heel must be in between her neck and chin, he must have seen it when she yelled. Annabeth ran up to Nyx as Nyx charged her as well, and then they got into attacking range. Annabeth, now confident, went in for her neck. Nyx seemed to realize that she was gonna miss, and still blocked the spot with the flat of her blade, but Annabeth anticipated this, and simply moved her blades slightly down at the last moment, Annabeth used all the strength she could muster from the Blessing of Chaos, and Nyx saw it as it impaled her, straight through the neck.
"You- You- YOU-!" Nyx tried to say, but that's all that would come from her mouth. She coughed up ichor with every word, with it also flowing from her neck.
"Worm?" Annabeth taunted, as Nyx was dispelled back into her house, like a million mini waves of darkness. Annabeth glanced over at Percy who was starting to get up from the blast back. He must of at least hurt his back.
"Hey, are you ok, Percy?" Annabeth said. She wanted to make sure he wasn't hurt or anything.
"Yeah I'm fine. What about you through? I saw you get that gash on your leg" Percy said. Well, that's nice of him; he just got knocked back 30 feet away, slammed against and he's asking if I'm ok. Guess Chaos increased our pain tolerance as well.
"I guess we better get moving" Percy realized. He was right, they had no idea how much time they had spent, or how much they had left. Whatever it was, they had to keep going.
"Right, let's get out of here" Annabeth exclaimed, as she and Percy ran for the exit
End of Chapter 3: Notes: Sorry for the long chapters, if you guys want shorter ones, just let me know.
