A/N
Hey everybody. Thank you so much for being here. I hope I'm doing a decent enough job to keep your attention. Also I'm sorry for the hectic update updates. I don't run on schedule and I'm going to college soon, which is surprise to everyone including me.
Disclaimer: PJO and HOO belong to Rick Riordan. All I own is the plot of this story and some of the characters.
Now onto the story.
Olympus Council Chambers
As Artemis flashed into the Council Chambers, she looked around to see who was present, seeing Dionysus asleep on his throne surrounded by empty cans of diet coke and Hestia tending to the hearth. Hearing the distant boom of thunder, the Goddess turned and saw her father on the his throne, who was surprised to see her.
"Artemis, what are you doing here? Is something wrong with the Hunt?"
"Not with the Hunt but with something we found. I was just about to call a meeting."
"Allow me." Zeus raised his master bolt and sent a bolt of lightning into the sky, the following thunder echoing for miles. Within minutes, the rest of Olympians appeared and Artemis went to her throne.
"Brother, please tell me there's a reason for calling this meeting?" Hades said from his throne, rubbing the side of his temples. "Things have been quite busy in the Underworld."
"Artemis is actually the one who wished to call this meeting?" Zeus responded.
"Oh? And what seems to be the problem?" Athena asked, now more interested in the conversation. Athena wasn't the only one who was now intrigued by the fact that Artemis wanted to call this meeting. Apollo, Hermes, and even Ares had seemed to be paying slightly more attention now
"Did your girl scouts run into something they couldn't handle?" Ares said with a chuckle.
"There is no monster too tough for my girls. Unlike you, who would run in mindlessly, my hunters have tact." Artemis shot back. "No, I called this meeting because I fear something has happened to the son of Poseidon." Poseidon sat up almost immediately at the mention of his son while quiet whispers filled the room. Hestia, like Poseidon, had a look of worry on her as she was quite fond of the boy while Hades raised an eyebrow at the news.
"What had happened to Percy?" Poseidon asked, leaning forward.
"We're not certain but one of my hunters came across the site of a skirmish while we were in Central Park and we found the a camp shirt and a poisoned arrow with Perseus's blood on it as well as one of his personal items. More so, I can't seem to sense him either."
"Are you sure it was his?" This time it was Apollo who asked.
"My lieutenant confirmed it was and I'm sure the blood was his." Artemis confirmed. Poseidon seemed to grow more worried at the thought of his only son dying.
"So do we have any leads on where to find my son?" No one said anything for a few minutes until Hades broke the silence.
"Well if nothing else, I can assure you that young Perseus has not entered the Underworld, brother." Hades said looking at his brother.
"At least, we know he's still alive." Hermes said optimistically.
"Dionysus!" Zeus called out.
"H-huh? What?" Dionysus stirred from his sleep and looked around the room. "What's going?"
"Poseidon's son has gone missing. Do you have any idea where he might have gone?"
"Oh." Dionysus seemed to have lost interest in the conversation and relax back into his throne. "I think I heard Peter Johnson talking to Chiron about visiting his mother after leaving camp."
"We didn't sense him with his mother but maybe she can provide some insight to where he's gone." Poseidon said. Nodding in agreement, they contacted Sally Jackson through IM, showing Sally washing dishes and humming a tune with a smile. "Sally." The woman jump a bit at the sound of the voice.
"Oh! Lord Poseidon!" She said with a bow. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"
"Please, Sally, there is no need for that." Poseidon said with a smile but it went away quickly, something Sally noticed.
"Is something wrong, my lord?"
"Sally, have you seen Percy?"
"Percy? No, not recently. Why? Has something happened to him?" Sally started to worry for her son.
"We don't know. We found a some of Percy's things but we can't seem to find him. I was hoping that he had made his way to you."
"No, he hasn't." Now Sally had become increasingly worried about the safety of Percy.
"I'm sure he's fine, Sally. You have nothing to worry about." Assured Poseidon. Sally looked at the IM and she steeled herself.
"Poseidon, find our son." Sally said. Despite it not even being said as a threat, it sent a shiver down the Gods' spines.
"We will. You have my word" With that, the IM was swiped away by Poseidon. The throne room went quiet for a minute until Apollo spoke up.
"That wasn't even a threat and I still got chills."
"Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn." Hades quoted with a chuckle.
"The lengths a parents is willing to go for a child is truly a wonder." Hestia said with a smile.
"Back to the topic at hand. Until further information can be provided on the whereabouts of the son of Poseidon, Artemis and her hunters will search for any trace of him along with their regular duties. Is that understood? The rest of us will keep an eye on our domains and look for any signs of him." All the Gods nodded in agreement. "Good. Meeting adjourn." Zeus said as he slammed his bolt on the floor and disappeared in a bolt of lightning with the other Gods following soon after.
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Legion Camp
As the three demigods walked through the camp, they gained the stares of the many of those they passed. While many saluted to Andromeda, others looked in almost awe at Percy as he walked along side them, making the young son of Poseidon feel almost embarrassed.
"Don't worry about it too much, Percy. They'll get it over in a few days time. They did the same thing when they met many of us." Hunter said, clasping Percy on the shoulder. "Hades, they should still do it some of us." He stopped and gestured to group of men in black armor over in one of the training fields, sparring against each other. The sparring sessions was being observed by a number of bystanders.
"Who are they?"
"Those are the Myrmidons and that," Andromeda answered and pointed to the man who had a black plume on his helmet as he took down several opponents with his wooden training sword. "Is their Achilles." Percy watched as he deflected blow after blow and dodge when he had to but he was untouchable. Each of his attacks were quick and precise and not long later, there was no one but him left standing.
"Is there no one else?!" He shouted to the crowd. No one dared step forward. Seeing no one else wanting to challenge him, he eyes landed on Andromeda, Hunter, and Percy. Walking over, he removed his helmet and greeted them. "Andromeda, to what do I owe this honor?"
"Warrior, we were just showing Perseus here around the camp. He has volunteered to join our cause."
"Has he now?" Warrior looked Percy over before continuing. "It's been some time since I last saw you, young Perseus. You've have grown into a fine young man."
"Uh, thanks?" Percy said, a little embarrassed he didn't recognize him. Taking a closer look at him, it took a moment before it clicked in his head and his eyes widened. "Wait, you're Ac-."
"Warrior, his name is Warrior until we introduce ourselves to the gods. Only then can we drop the names." Andromeda said causing Warrior to frown.
"Unfortunately. Of all the names you could have come up with, why was 'Warrior' chosen as mine?"
"Because you refused to give us a name so we all came up with one then put them in a helmet then whichever one I drew was your name." Andromeda explained. "Out of all of them, I think Warrior was one of the better ones."
"I wanted to name you Pyrrha." Hunter called out from behind Warrior. They turned to look at the demigod as he corrected a Myrmidon's stance with a bow. When the Myrmidon let the arrow loose, it land dead center of the bulls-eye.
"I suppose I should thank you then." Warrior said with a continued frown. "Well, it was a pleasure to meet you once again, Perseus. I'm sure the others are eager to meet you. Feel free to stop anytime if your ever looking for some practice." Having said that, Warrior slipped back on his helmet and head back into the training fields.
"Best we continue." Andromeda said with a smile. As they continued their walk, they found Telomonian drinking and arm wrestling with the men. After greeting them and introducing himself, he went back to join the men. By the time he joined back with them, a group of Roman Legionaries from the Ninth had joined the group as well and the whole group got even louder, prompting the three demigods to quickly leave before they were challenged to any show of strength. Arriving at the War Room as part of their tour, they found the last three officers from when the Legion was first formed.
"Ah, so the son of Poseidon has finally awoken." Nobody said with a welcoming smile as he saw them standing in the doorway, causing the rest to turn around as the three demigods entered. "I am Nobody. I serve as the head strategist for the Legion. It is a pleasure to meet you, Perseus." The next to speak up was a man with a blue cloak over his armor. Unlike the most of the other officers who had plumes on their helmets, his didn't and instead had a something close to a metal fin on the top. Removing his helmet, like Hunter and Perseus, he had green eyes and jet black hair, although his eyes were a few shade lighter, and looked very familiar to Percy.
"I'm Athenian. I serve as a secondary strategist for the Legion and one of the officers in charge of the camp's defenses. It's a pleasure to meet you again." Athenian said with a smile as he shook Percy's hand, who was surprised to find out that they had met before.
"And I am Argo, leader of the Argonauts. I serve as the other Greek officer in charge of the camp's defenses and my troops serve as either camp defenders or our marines and sailors, should the situation demand it." The last man said. He was blonde with piercing blue eyes. While looking at him, Percy could see the man vaguely reminded him of Luke in terms of appearance, giving him the impression that he was in someway related to Hermes.
"It's a pleasure to meet all of you." Percy said shaking hands with the Argo then Nobody as he came around the table.
"You'll have to forgive Athenian's look. Someone thought it would be funny to show him 300: Rise of an Empire and he immediately took an liking to Themistocles and decided to base his uniform off of his but with proper armor." Hunter said jokingly.
"You already had the blue plume on your helmet. Thought I should mix it up a bit." Athenian said with a smirk before turning to Andromeda. "Has he been introduced to the others?"
"Everyone except the Romans." Andromeda answered as he leaned on the table. "Before we head off and meet them, Perseus has volunteered to help us in our fight against the Trojans."
"Really?" Nobody said a bit surprised. "Can't say I'm surprised to hear that he'd help us, just that he's doing so this soon."
"Has it been decided on with whom he'll be stationed with?" Argo asked.
"Not yet. I was hoping one of you would offer some advice."
"Give his track record, I'd think he'd fit in well with the Myrmidons unless one of you would rather take him." Nobody said replied with a smile.
"No, he's skill would be wasted on camp defense." Athenian quickly stated.
"I'll take him. My unit took a few losses in our last fight so I have a few men without partners. Plus, I could use a few more heavy hitters." Hunter said after a few moments of though.
"Percy, any preference to where you would be sent?" Andromeda asked. Percy just raised his hands in surrender.
"This is your army. Just tell me where to go and I'll do my best to do as I'm told."
"Then it's decided. You're to join Hunter and his scouts." Andromeda said with smile. Before he could continue, two flashed of light filled the room, causing everyone to blink hard as their eyes began to adjust back.
"Alright, nephew, we're here. Now where's this new recruited you spoke...so...?" A male voice trailed off.
"Oh my, this isn't what I expected." A female voice said. Standing in front of the two gods was Percy, who was rubbing his eyes, hoping he hadn't just gone blind. As his vision adjust back to normal, Percy locked eyes with the two gods.
"Uncle Hade? Aunt Hestia? What are you two doing here?" Percy asked.
"We should be asking you that question. Your disappearance was a the topic of the last Council meeting." Hades said as Hestia quickly walked over to the youngest son of Poseidon and gave him a big hug.
"I'm glad to see you are alright, Percy." Hestia said with a smile. "What bring you to the Legion camp?"
"Young Perseus is our newest recruit. He volunteered to join us against the Trojans." Andromeda said as he wrote something down and place a drachma on top. A second later, the paper disappeared with a small flash.
"Always getting yourself into trouble, aren't you?" Hestia asked, pinching his cheek as the youngest son of Poseidon as he just chuckled. As Hestia released him, she turned back to Hades. "Shall we give the blessings now, brother?"
"It's probably for the best that we do." Hades said stroking his beard.
"Wait, blessing?" Percy asked with a concerned look.
"Don't worry, Percy. It's nothing too serious. Just similar to what the Hunters of Artemis get." Hunter said as put and hand on Percy's shoulder. "No new powers or anything. Just you won't age and can't die except in combat. Can't get sick which is also nice as enhanced stamina and endurance."
"Ah, okay. I'm fine with that." Said a relived Percy. "So what do I have to do?"
"Well normally, we have an oath but we can get to that later. For now, just hold still." Hestia said before she turned toward Hades. "Shall we, brother?"
"Of course, sister." They both laid a hand Percy's shoulders and a second later, Percy glowed with a black and orange aura before it faded.
"You have our blessing, nephew. I know you will serve Olympus faithfully." Hestia said with a smile.
"Thank you." Percy said with a bow.
"Now we must be off. Stay safe, everyone." Hestia said giving each of them a hug, stopping at Percy. "We'll keep your location hidden from the rest of council for now but you will have to reveal yourselves eventually. Your family and friends are worried about you."
"Yes, Aunt Hestia." Percy said, his eyes drifting to the ground in guilt like a child being scolded.
"Good. Until next time, young Perseus." She let go of Percy before turning to Hades and with a nod, the two flashed out, this time without blinding everyone in the room. After a moment of silence, a knock at the door caught everyone's attention. Kneeling at the door was a young man in Roman armor.
"Ah Titus, are the others present as well?"
"Yessir. The Legates and other Centurions waiting just outside. We didn't wish to disturb you while you were talking to Lord Pluto and Lady Vesta."
"That is very kind of you. Let them know they can come in now."
"As you command." The Centurion stood up and walked out.
"Legates?" Percy asked to no one in particular.
"While the Centurions and Praetors lead New Rome's cohorts and legion, the legions here are lead by a Legatus, or Legate." Andromeda answered. "You're about to meet all three." It was then that eight people walked into the room, each wearing Roman armor.
"Perseus Jackson, it's a pleasure to finally meet you." One man said walking up to Percy, talking off his helmet and stuck out his arm. The young man was had a closely shaven head with little black hair still visible and was built like a fighter. "I am Romulus, son of Mars and Legate of the Fourteenth Legion." He said as he and Percy grasped forearms in a Roman salute. "These are my Centurions, Samantha Tiberius of the First Cohort, Marius Aquilia of the Fourth, and Diane Vitallion of the Eighth." Percy greet of them and each other them saluted him. After that another man walked up to Percy. He looked exactly like Romulus but was leaner and his hair was grown out to a short length.
"I am Remus, Romulus's twin brother and Legate of the Seventh Legion. We were named after the twins that founded Roman. My Centurions are Titus Quinn of the First Cohort, Elizabeth Virile of the Third, Daniel Maximus of the Sixth, and Michael Cross of the Ninth. My Legion is fortunate to have not taken as many casualties as the Fourteenth and the Ninth so our numbers are still at near full strength." Like before, Percy greet Remus first before greeting each of the Centurions. Once he was done, the last young man stepped forward. He had black hair like the others but he was lean with short hair like Remus. Unlike the other Legates and Centurions, whose armor was polished and shiny, his was still a bit dirty and damaged, showing scratches and dents in the metal.
"I'm James Titus, Legate of the Ninth Legion. I'm afraid you'll have to excuse my current appearance. I just returned from another campaign against the Trojans and haven't had time to repair my armor. Unfortunately, I have no Centurions to introduce you to. The other cohorts besides my own are all gone, including the Centurion that commanded this cohort along side me." The man said with half smile. "You can call me JT."
"Sir-" Romulus started but was quickly interrupted by the JT.
"Just JT. We are equals here, Romulus." JT said. While Percy didn't understand the meaning behind it, even he knew JT and the Romans were keeping something hidden.
"As you command." Romulus saluted and quickly stepped back in line with his Centurions.
"Thank you, Romulus." JT smiled at other Legate. "Apologies. Romulus thinks very highly of me. An honor I don't deserve."
"It's no problem." Percy said, not sure how to respond.
"It was a pleasure to meet you, son of Neptune." JT said, giving him a Roman salute. "However, we'll have to talk more another time. I must attend to my legion." With that the leader of the Ninth left to find his men.
"Us as well. I'm sure there's a mountain of paperwork just waiting for us, eh, brother?" Remus said, nudging his brother.
"Don't remind me, Remus." Romulus groaned. "I much rather be training new legionaries than paperwork." Remus laughed at his brother and patted him on the shoulder.
"We'll take our leave now. Commander, keep us informed of any new developments on our enemies. If they dare turn their eye on New Rome, the Seventh Legion will fight to the last to protect her." Remus and the other saluted the Greek officers and soon followed JT as they made their way out.
"So Percy, what do you think of everyone?" Hunter asked as once the last of the Romans left.
"They're certainly interesting. I'll be lying if I said wasn't looking forward to get to know them. Might have some trouble remembering everyone though."
"It can be a bit overwhelming at first but you'll get use to it." Andromeda said. "You only have to meet one more person."
"Really, another one?! I just got introduced to like 15 different people. I'm not going to remember everyone at this rate."
"Yes but this one is by far one of the most important people you'll meet because he'll be partner until further notice." Hunter said before whistling. A second later, the sound of metal clanking came from the hallway and soon a knight filled the doorway. The person has on steel plate chest piece with gauntlets and greaves covering their hands and feet to match. On one shoulder, they had a metal pauldron and a leather one on the other that was strapped across the their chest and connected to their belt. Around their waist were belts that had leather strips and pads and cloth that cover most of the man's legs, leaving only the metal covered shins downwards exposed. The cloth itself was worn out but an emblem could still be seen on it. The emblem was a shield with horizontal line in the middle. On the top half, there was a red boar over a background of yellow while on the bottom was golden lion over a background a blue.
"Sir?" The man asked, his voice slightly echoing from inside his helmet. The helmet had a sugarloaf shape but it was clear that the visor in the front could be lifted and lowered. The visor itself had a the eye slits as well as what looked like a cross near where the cheek would be.
"Jacen, meet your new partner, Percy Jackson." Hunter said. "Percy, meet Jacen Crane." Percy walked up to him and realized that he a few inches taller than himself. Percy wasn't short by any means but he still had to tilt his head a few degree.
"A pleasure." Jacen said as he took Percy's extended hand and shook it.
"Jacen, take Percy and help him get settled. Tomorrow, you two will start practice with one another and get a feel for how each fight."
"Got it. Come on, Percy. I'll show you to where you'll be staying." With Percy and Jacen left, leaving the officers alone to discuss other matters. As the pair walked, Percy couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed by everything. All the new people, the new location, the new lifestyle that will likely come with living as part of a secret army. It was all so much. As his mind raced, a voice suddenly tore him from his thoughts. "Don't think about it too hard."
"What?"
"You're overthinking everything. I know it's a lot to take in but try not to think about it too hard. All the names and faces are bit overwhelming but you'll get it use to it. Just focus on now what's in front of you and you'll be fine."
"That obvious, huh?" Percy chuckled. "Thanks."
"Of course. We're partners now. We look out for another, have to if we're to survive out there." Jacen said before stopping in front of a small cabin. "Welcome to your new home." Jacen said putting an armored hand on his shoulder before letting Percy ascend the few stairs up. "Oh and Percy," Percy stopped and turned to face his new partner. "Welcome to the Legion." With that Percy just smiled and entered his new home.
A/N
And that's a wrap. Thank you so much for being here and read this story and I know it hasn't been updated in awhile and I apologize for that. I've been at college. Bad news is that I haven't had much time to work on my stories, good news is that I passed all my classes for my first semester there so huzzah.
Now couple of important things to mention, don't worry about all the new characters,especially the Romans. They'll all serve their purpose and have their time but for now, don't worry about them. Just keep them in the back of your mind or something.
Also I know Hades and Hestia are a bit overdone when it comes to stuff like this but of all of the gods, they're most flexible. So I apologize if it ruffles any feathers but oh well.
But all that aside, what did you think of this chapter? Like it? Hate it? Somewhere in between? Let me know by leaving me a comment/review or shoot me a PM if that's more your style.
Thanks again for reading and as always, have a great day.