Chapter 7: Declaration of Sea

"What do you mean? Where has he escaped from?" Artemis questioned, eyeing both Zeus and Prometheus. Prometheus, to his credit, looked at her curiously and asked, "You don't know?"

"Know what?" She asked, her hand already towards her bow.

"Zeus- I mean, Lord Zeus, threw Perseus in the depths of Tartarus." Noticing the gods' blank and confused look, he paused.

Zeus glared at Prometheus, his grip on his Master Bolt tightening, as he said, "Perseus had been punished."

"Punished for what?" Artemis asked, wary for the answer she was about to receive.

"For betraying Olympus and murdering two of the Olympians."

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Percy stood outside a particular door of a very particular apartment. He raised his hand and tapped his knuckles on the wooden door. After a minute of silence, he raised his hand again, and was about to knock once more, when suddenly, the door swung open to reveal Sally Jackson, in all her glory. Her hair was in a bun, white plain flour smeared on her forehead and hair, her apron coloured with blue and white, as she stared at Percy.

"Mom," Percy breathed out, his eyes turning to pure sea green as he stared at the only person he cared about left in this world. Recognition flashed through Sally's eyes as she leaped right at Percy and hugged him, continuously thanking the gods for bringing her son back.

Percy hugged her back, ignoring the tears spilling from his eyes. Sally pulled back as she cupped Percy's head in her hand, as if not believing that he was in front of her.

"Percy. Oh I missed you so much," Sally exclaimed, pulling Percy inside. Percy gladly obliged as he said, "I missed you too mom."

Sally wiped her hand on the apron and sat on the couch followed by Percy as he looked around at the photo walls. On one side was him growing up with a gap of about 14 years when they lived with Smelly Gabe. In the middle was Sally and Paul's wedding photos. He had been unfortunate for not being able to attend it because of his scent but Sally understood. She understood that he wanted to be there with them. On the other side were three pictures that caught Percy's attention.

In one picture was a baby, wrapped in sea blue cloth, in the hands of Sally. In the other photo was a baby, raven hair finally visible through its head, its eyes blue as it stared at the camera. The third picture was Paul giving the baby a ride.

Sally followed Percy's gaze and a gleeful smile spread across her face. Percy turned to Sally, hope in his eyes as he asked, "Is that…"

"Your sister? Yes. Yes, she is."

Percy smiled as he hugged his mom again and congratulated her. Pulling back, he asked, "What's her name?"

"Estelle. Estelle Blofis."

Percy gave her his trademark lopsided grin as a reply before falling to the ground as his body began glowing. Sally hurried up and rushed forward to Percy only to fly back as a force of air pushed her away. Percy floated in mid-air, his eyes closed as his body began glowing brighter and brighter. Finally, his eyes snapped open, golden glowing through them as his body released excess amounts of steam and heat.

Sally closed her eyes, her skin tingling as heat started to affect her. Right as she expected to burn to ashes, the heat subsided. She squinted through her eyes and saw the unconscious body of her son on the ground. Struggling to her feet, she stumbled forward, using the mysteriously unburnt furniture as support.

She crouched down, picking Percy gently and carried him to his room. Percy, meanwhile was in unbearable pain as his mind clashed with itself. Percy opened his eyes, only to find himself surrounded by darkness.

Sarcastically, he said, "Either I am going blind or the world is dead." His statement was met by silence as he looked around and floated in a random direction.

After a few minutes, a golden orb of light appeared in the distance, getting Percy's attention as he floated towards it. As he got closer, a voice whispered in his head, "Olympians took your wise girl, Percy. Even right now, they plan on how to destroy you. They threw you in Tartarus like yesterday's food. They don't care about you or anyone. They killed your girlfriend. To them she was a pawn. They don't care. Destroy Olympus. Make a new heaven. Rule over the people like Annabeth would've wanted."

As the voice continued whispering, Percy's eyes started turning from greenish golden to complete golden. Percy's smile turned into a sneer as his gentle face took on a look of utter disgust and cruelty.

Touching the orb, Percy's body glowed brighter before he opened his eyes in real life. Sally gasped as she watched her son's eyes. Golden eyes.

Percy sat upright, his golden eyes shining with dullness as he said, "I… am… Perseus."

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The Olympians sat on their thrones, trying to digest the fact the the two important Olympians had been murdered and forced to fade by a mere demigod. Prometheus stayed standing in the middle, his frail and pale body shaking as he looked around, expecting Percy to jump out and kill him.

"There's another thing, milord," Prometheus started, "Percy has killed Krios, Koios and Hyperion. He absorbed their essence and gathered their titan power."

Zeus stared at Prometheus with wide eyes before taking out his Master Bolt and hurtling it towards Prometheus. Prometheus screamed as his body burnt into golden dust. The Olympians turned to Zeus with wide questioning eyes, to which he replied by shrugging his shoulders and saying, "I couldn't let Percy get his essence as well."

The gods looked away and slumped back. Zeus looked at them and said, "Percy is now a danger to the Olympians. We need to destroy him before he comes after us. Anyone has any ideas?"

Ares stood up, his eyes glowing brighter as he said, "I will go after him Father. I will kill him before he knows it. Aphrodite and I will go together and destroy our threat."

All eyes turned to Aphrodite who was staring at a mirror in her hands and putting on lipstick. She merely hummed, which the Olympians took as a nod and Zeus said, "Go son. Destroy him."

Ares grinned sadistically and grabbed Aphrodite's hand and flashed away. The last look they saw was Aphrodite's shocked face and Ares' proud face. Hermes flashed out as well, only to return back with a female goddess.

Iris stood in the middle, unmoving as she stared at the Olympians. Finally, she waved her hand, creating a rainbow before it took the form of a mist and the Olympians bent forward, staring at the scene. Aphrodite was on the ground, ichor flowing from her shoulder and mouth as she lay on the ground, groaning in pain.

Ares was attacking with spear to someone in a ball of fire. Before Ares could do something, the fire shifted from the orb and moved from the spear to Ares. Ares screamed in pure agony as the fire burned his hand. He took on his godly form as his hand glowed and reformed. A figure jumped from the ground and as he headed towards Ares, his body began covering with rocks as he hit Ares right in the face. Ares fell back on the ground, ichor leaking from his nose. The figure landed on his face, a sword out as he stabbed Ares right in his eyes.

Ares screamed more as the figure continued stabbing his throat, nose, chest and even his stomach. Ares' godly form shrank and the Olympians winced as they saw Ares covered in ichor. Ares didn't move or say anything as his body glowed. It burst into dust, which then glowed and flowed to the figure. He walked threateningly to Aphrodite and crouched low till he was meeting her eyes. He smiled viciously and leaned down and kissed Aphrodite on her lips. Aphrodite's form changed till it resembled that of Annabeth.

The figure pulled back and spat to the side as he stared at Aphrodite, shaking his head. He stood up and placed his foot on her throat. Looking up in the sky, he stared right at the Iris message and grinned before pressing his foot down. Aphrodite gagged and tried to move but the figure continued pressing down till a crack was heard and Aphrodite's body stilled. Slowly, her body broke down into dust, which glowed like it had with Ares and flew towards the figure.

The figure jumped up right towards the Iris message, making the Olympians panic. Zeus hurriedly said, "Stop it. Wave. Whatever." He closed his eyes as the Iris message closed.

The gods breathed heavily in relief but it was short lived as the ground in the palace shook.

The remaining gods looked at each other, fear and dread clearly displayed on their faces as they said, "He is here."

M/N: And Chapter 7 is done. Yeah, time travel isn't in this chapter as predicted -_- but it should be there in the next chapter. Keep looking out for it and check out my other stories. Also review, favourite and follow this chapter.

T/N: I think we're getting ready for time travel soon. Hope you guys are liking this story, as it's been fun for me to write with TidalMoon so far. Thanks for the support so far on this story, and I hope that it will continue in future chapters!