Percy's POV

I was soooo bored right now like I can't even describe how bored. I don't get how humans live with themselves, their lives are like boring beyond comprehension, with the same routine being followed every single day. Ugh. I had just finished demolishing some shades, I mean finished training, and I didn't know what to do. After a few minutes, I decided to watch the last movie of the series that I had been watching. I had finished watching the movie counterpart, Rurouni Kenshin: The beginning, a day or two ago, and I couldn't wait to finish this one. I'm not going to lie, but I had my hair so long because of the police officer from the movie, whose name was Hajime Saito. He was soooo cool and was smart as well, and he knew some awesome moves with a katana, and as often as I could, I would try to replicate the moves, even the ones from the movies in general. It's why I do that move when I sheath my katana, I saw Kenshin do it once, and I couldn't stop myself from trying it myself. I'm not gonna lie, but it made me look so cool. Well, that and added with the fact that I had superhuman speed. I really ought to have a superhero name for myself, but what should I call myself.

Storm Shadow? The name wasn't that bad, and it did show some of my parentage, but it had already been used as the name of one of the villains in the long-running G. I. Joe series. What about Sub-Zero? It was slightly better than Storm Shadow, and it also depicted some of my parentage, and it was the name of one of the cool ninjas from that game, Mortal Kombat I think it was called. I had gained some names due to my presence in Tartarus, and I ran all of those names through my head. The only ones I really liked were, Lucifer, Storm Shadow, and Sub-Zero While I loved my dad, I can't deny it but Sub-Zero sounded much better and just generally suit me more. But maybe I should have different names for myself when I'm using my different forms. Like storm Shadow with my night form, and Lucifer with my dark form. In case you don't understand, because primordial are higher beings with levels of power beyond the comprehension of the Gods, they often have two forms, a good and a bad. Most primordial have their forms under control, but the ones that don't are my uncles Tartarus and Eros, and my aunt Gaia. Now to continue what I was saying, see, as a child of two primordial and a goddess, I have three forms. My regular one, with my white and black hair, white and black eyes, and pale skin which doesn't change when I use any of the powers I inherited from my mom Khione. Then I have my night mode, which I inherited from my mom Nyx, and in this form, I have black hair and my eyes are purely black, and my skin becomes paler. And finally, there's my dark form. In this form, my appearance is pretty much the same as my night form, but I just have darker eyes and hair, and a slightly taller frame. I shook those thoughts out of my head and got myself some popcorn and some drinks and jumped onto the sofa and quickly used the remote on the table to find the movie I was looking for. Once I did, I pressed play.

-Line Break-

The movie had just finished, and I noticed that I had a lot of notifications on my phone. And yes, before you ask, I have a phone which was especially gifted to me by my grandmother to ensure that I can contact her once every week. As I scrolled through it, I finally came upon one of the notifications which had the words, "Warning, the Nemean Lion has been spotted near the Smithsonian where Bianca and the members of the quest remain". As soon as I saw this, my eyes widened, and I scrolled to the next notification which stated, "Bianca and the quiet members were able to kill the Nemean Lion, but with great difficulty and suffered many wounds, most of which were small". I released a sigh of relief at that and quickly turned my phone off before making my way out of my room. Well, calling it a room isn't exactly right, it's more the part of the mansion that was mine. I decided, that I should probably follow their progress through the quest, and I know what you're going to say, no, I'm not a stalker. I made my way to my armoury. I opened the door and found all of my stuff there. I quickly strapped on my katana with my ring following, and then my sunglasses, and then my watch, with my bracelet next, and then the chain. I suppose I should explain, most of my items have special charms placed on them which allowed me to carry my assortment of equipment much easier. For instance, my watch turned into a black shield with a golden serrated edge. My ring turned into two daggers, my bracelet into a spear, my chain into armour, and my sunglasses, should it be necessary turned into a sort of gladiator helmet. And my Aunt Gaia had worked with my uncle Tartarus to give me a black and murky silver serrated sickle with some spikes protruding the blade itself which was a tattoo on my shoulder. I sighed and made my way to my pet room. As surprising as it is, I don't only have one pet, I have 2. The second is a silvery-white black mamba, and I know, it's ironic considering the name of its species name. He was a bit on the small side for mambas, at around 2.5m, but his speed made up for it. For example, he could reach speeds of 60mph and had a strike speed of 3.5 metres squared. He had fangs that were inhumanely sharp and venom so potent they could knock out an immortal within a minute. However, don't let his brute speed confuse you, he is actually very smart and has shown that many times in his battles against lesser monsters, where he wrapped himself around their swords, and as they looked at the blade closer, he'd strike with his inhuman pace and wrap himself around their neck before squeezing the very life out of them until they exploded into dust. Now, when I first got him, I was thinking of naming him Leviathan after the monstrous Leviathan Oceanus controlled, and also because the name sounded cool, but then, I decided against it and named him Alastair from that tv show, Supernatural, and I must say, it suits him rather well. For instance, within the first two weeks, he made almost everyone in the mansion insane with anger, but he learned to control himself and became obedient but individual after a while.

I decided not to ponder these thoughts and let a gentle whistle, and immediately, Inferno and Alastair woke up. Within a second, Alastair was wrapped around my neck, and Inferno perched on my shoulder. I sighed. Both of them never change. After a second or two, I said, "I'm going to follow the progress of the quest issued to rescue Artemis, do you want to come along with me?". Alastair immediately replied Yes Master and Inferno replied Maybe later, I'm hungry and I want to hunt for food. I couldn't help but let a grin emerge on my face. Inferno was almost always hungry, but every once in a while, he'd actually join me when I visit Gaia, and by that I mean Earth, not my aunt. I quickly nodded and said, "Go, do what you want, but make sure that the Olympians do not spot you". He mentally agreed, before he elegantly flew out of the room. I then walked out of the room with Alastair wrapped around my neck and made my way out of the mansion. As soon as I opened the door, the foul stench of Tartarus, the pit not the primordial, hit me and not wanting to smell it any longer, I shadow travelled to where the quest was currently. I appeared in what looked like a junkyard full of some precious stuff. Like a golden sword and some necklaces, but I guess Hephaestus doesn't really care about jewellery. I decided to not think about that and saw that the hunters and campers were in trouble. By the looks of it, the guy following Kronos, Luke, I think his name was had Annabeth over his shoulders holding her. I decided not to reveal myself yet, so I simply hid in the shadows. As I got near, I saw a small army, but what seemed to attract my attention was the figure in the front. This person looked like a normal black suit wearing human being, albeit with yellow eyes, but radiated huge amounts of power, but as I analysed it, I felt that it was being consciously suppressed by said figure.

I started to make my way towards the army when Luke somehow flashed out of there, and suddenly, the figure in the front turned around and looked at me while his eyes suddenly glowed. Suddenly, I started to feel a massive throbbing of pain in my head, and I fell to my knees as the throbbing grew to intense pain, and I tried as hard as I could to make sure my cover wouldn't drop. The figure with the glowing eyes suddenly stopped, and the pain just stopped. I let out a sigh of relief and slowly regained my composure. The figure, however, didn't stop looking at where I was before he suddenly let out an ominous voice. "Tut Tut Tut, Perseus, you should know better than to spy on people like me". As soon as he said this, my eyes widened. How did he know my name? That wasn't possible, only my grandma could read people's minds. The figure spoke once again in his ominous voice once again, "Perseus Jackson, grandson of Death, the Pale Horseman, The angel of Death, Reaper of Souls and Son of the Fallen One, Son of Morningstar, and lastly, Son of the True King of Hell, you should know when you are outmatched, so I'd suggest you reveal yourself before I kill the quest members, and we both know what will happen if I do that, don't we?". How did he know that if Bianca died, then Hades would reveal my existence to the council. "Damn it", I muttered under my breath, before letting out a small sigh. I then dropped the shadows surrounding me and I came into normal human vision.

The figure started to make his way to me, and as he got within 20ft of me, I readied myself, setting my hand on the hilt of my katana. The figure noticed this, and said, "Now now, no need for violence, I am, after all, your brother". I stood there dumbfounded as soon as those words escaped his mouth. How is he, my brother? Ugh, this doesn't make sense. The figure, noticing my confusion started, "Apologies for my rudeness, but I am Azazel, a Prince of Hell, but we already know who you are, so let's get to the point". As the figure spoke, something inside my mind clicked. Lucifer. He was the King of Hell and was originally called Lucifer Morningstar, and he had supposedly fallen from the grace of God. But that doesn't make sense. Lucifer was a myth, he wasn't real, but then, a part of my mind argued that Greek Mythology was also a myth, but it existed, did that mean that there were other pantheons. I shook these thoughts out of my mind. And there was death. I remember him from the TV show I watched, Supernatural. Death was one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse and was said to be the third most powerful being to exist. First was a being called the Darkness, then it was God, and then it was Death. Contrary to popular modern belief, Death isn't Thanatos, because I asked him once asked him that when I was much younger and he replied, "No, I am not Death, I am simply a being who was assigned the task of taking the souls of the dead as soon as I was conceived". I'm not gonna lie, but Thanatos isn't really the kind of guy you would talk to often, he was, super serious all the time.

I was snapped out of my thoughts as Azazel said, "Ah, I see you have finally understood. Now, will you come with me to your father, who will hone your skills beyond measure and eventually succeed his or will you remain with your primordial parents who try as hard as they can to suppress your power? The choice is yours to make, but your father will soon rise and he will want his favourite son by his side". I wasn't sure what to say. I could become even more powerful, and then use that power to protect my mother when the Olympians find out their fate rests on my hands, or I could remain with my parents as they protected me from most of the problems I faced. I don't know what choice to make, but I at least took some pride in knowing my father considered me his favourite. I wasn't sure of what to do, but suddenly, I heard a voice in my head say. Do not worry son, I will train you regardless of what choice you make. I will do so every night in your dreams, and I will give you until you are 18 to live your life as it is, but once you are of age, I will make you an offer, company me by my side as I reign Hell, or live the life you will have accustomed to by then. I wasn't sure why I heard that voice, but I did, and I felt relieved that I had some time to make my choice. I let out a breath of relief as I heard this, and I looked at Azazel who was smiling, most likely believing that I would join him. I suddenly felt another presence in the area and suddenly, Azazel's smile faltered, and he said, "You would do well to choose well Prince Perseus, father may be more lenient than I, but it will not take much for me to crush you". And with that, there was a black explosion from his body and I saw two black clouds flying away. I turned around and saw the quest members standing there surrounded by Kronos' forces. I wasn't in the mood for a fight right now, so I snapped my fingers, and the shadows around us wrapped themselves around the monsters before they destroyed the monsters in one massive pile of monster dust. I quickly shadow travelled away after that.