Until I Bleed Out
Omega sat on his horse as the monsters charged the walls of New Rome. He knew they were outnumbered, but that didn't matter. This was merely a test of an attack, to see how prepared the Romans were, and Erebus specifically instructed him to try and bait out any traps, and boy had he succeeded. He'd uncovered the pits where Romans had been hiding, groups of four surprise attacking Omega's archers.
He looked up the wall, and saw her.
Reyna.
In his past life, he'd sworn he was in love with her, but this was not then. He'd continue the assault until they'd truly lost it. They brought zero demigods, not wishing to risk the lives of the better warriors. Omega preferred demigods to monsters.
He looked around, and his minions were dropping like flies, and he knew it was time. He didn't want to risk capture.
"Retreat!" he screamed, and the monsters listened. Some continued to charge forward, but a majority flew back.
This was not the day, Rome. We'll meet someday in the near future.
X
The travel process was a rough one, Percy could barely handle it. It gave him constant headaches, and the whole thought that he was taking a whole ARMY of people with him was insane. He couldn't stand this. Aydn gave him a tap on the shoulder, and Percy turned.
"How long till we arrive, boss?" Percy shrugged.
"Soon. And don't call me that. Have your men ready, we never know when we'll be attacked, maybe even on arrival." Aydn nodded.
Percy was left in his thoughts. This new power gave him abilities to overlook on people anywhere in the universe, but he chose not to spy on his wife. It'd breach her trust. He didn't think she'd like it. So he went to Olympus. Looking in, and eleven Olympians were on Olympus, yelling at one another, per usual.
"I do not believe that the filthy son of Poseidon is alive. We were told by two protogenoi that he had died at the hand of Moros!" Zeus screamed. Percy noticed Hestia looking right at him. Smart little one, she was.
"Dead or alive, Hades says his soul isn't in his territory. There's clearly more going on than what we're lead to believe, father." Athena said. Zeus rolled his eyes.
"It doesn't matter. We have demigod armies and Aether alongside us, we shall not lose this war."
Percy retracted himself from the room, bothered by something in the dark. Nyx was doing something, something very worrying, even to Percy.
X
"Milady, what can I do for you?"
"My husband is foolish, and does not believe Perseus lives, but I am smarter, and I know the truth." Nyx sighed. "I am going to give you my full blessing, and ask upon my brothers and sisters to do so as well, so you can have power… and skill that can go up against that of Perseus's." Omega rose.
"I thank you, milady." Nyx nodded.
"You will endure pain, pain greater than anything you can imagine, such pain Perseus had gone through." Omega growled. Hearing that name made him angry. He hated being compared to that slime of a demigod.
"Do not insult him, Omega!" Nyx scolded. "He is by far, the greatest demigod to ever live, and if it wasn't for me and my family, you'd be dead in his glare, not matching it." Omega scowled.
"Yes, milady."
"Now leave. I shall call upon you when it is your time."
X
Percy jumped up from where he was sitting. He anticipated they were merely minutes away from his home planet.
"Rise." He called to the army, and they all stood. Order stood next to Percy.
"I'm so proud of you son, Let us make our enemies cower in fear." Order clenched his fist.
"I think they'll cower once they hear Order has reformed again, father." Percy smiled, and Order laughed.
The scenery from inside the dark bubble changed, and the bubble disappeared, and they appeared in a field.
"We're in France." Percy muttered. Order nodded.
"Where do you plan to go?" Aydn asked.
"Set up camp. You and your men will stay here. I will notify you, but the war will come here. I can smell it. Merely weeks away." Aydn nodded, and turned, calling orders back to his army.
"Where to, my son? I shall let you lead." Order said. Percy turned, and looked down on his 5'11'' father.
"The East Coast. New York." Percy said. "Before that, Long Island. I have a visit to make, that might take a few hours." Percy said. Order smiled.
"I'll stay back for that one."
X
Annabeth's heart jumped when she felt his presence. It was nowhere near her, but it was at least on her planet. She couldn't wait. It took three minutes, then the presence grew, larger than it had ever felt before. She could feel his aura from wherever he was.
Then the knock came on her door. She rushed to it, more excited than she had ever been before, and opened it.
Before her stood Luke, smiling.
Her heart dropped.
"Hey Annabeth." Luke muttered. "I know I messed up earlier, and I know that I really shouldn't have done what I did…" She looked down, and his finger had been bandaged. It was still gone. "But I really love you, and I wanted to know if you could come with me to the lake?" Annabeth sighed.
"You picked the absolute worst time to apologize, Castellan." Annabeth said. Luke frowned.
"Why's that, and why are you using my last name?" Luke tried to walk into the cabin, luckily everyone was at lunch, and nobody saw this, but Luke was torn backwards, grabbed from the shoulder. He landed on his butt, skidding backwards.
Annabeth looked up, and was met with sea-green eyes, that glowed anger, before fading shortly, meeting hers.
"Hey." was all he said. Annabeth almost killed him.
"All you can say is 'Hey?'" she growled. He rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah… I'm sorry about all of that." He said, grabbing her hands, holding them. Annabeth leaned up.
"I should kill you for leaving me like that." she said. He nodded, and she pulled his head down and they kissed. Percy's hands went to her waist, and hers to his hair.
"Take me away." She whispered.
"Where to?" He said, pulling away, smiling down on her.
"Your choice."
They appeared at the original villa they went to, in France, and Perseus waved the door open.
"Who owns this house?" Annabeth asked.
"I made it from my own mind, and used magic to hide it from everyone. Not a soul in the universe can find us here."
Annabeth smiled into the kiss.
X
Omega could barely get out of bed, as his legs were cramping and his whole body was hurting like hell. Erebus was right, the blessings had really hurt, but he could feel the power in his body. It felt good. He managed, and walked out the door of his room, and into the main living room of the house for the Ten Commandments. He was met with the sight of Seta and Kappa basically fucking on the couch. He gagged, and turned towards the next room, where he smelt food. He walked in, and Sigma looked up at him.
"Sup power ranger." Sigma nodded.
"Hey." Omega muttered, grabbing a banana.
"What happened to you?" Sigma said, still looking at him.
"What? Did something change?" Omega asked.
"You grew 3 inches and radiate Erebus. Stuff is weird." she said. Omega smiled.
"Yeah… I got an offer I couldn't refuse." Omega said, looking off to nowhere. Sigma frowned.
"Are you like, god, now?" Sigma said.
"Something like that… I think." Omega offered. They both walked out of the kitchen, and spotted Seta and Kappa, still making out with little to no clothing.
"Are they going to stop?" she whispered up to Omega. He shrugged.
"We can only pray." She laughed, and Seta stopped, looking up at them.
"What are you two nerds staring at?" She nearly screamed. Omega flinched. That hurt his ears. Sigma smiled.
"Nothing." Sigma said. "Omega, do you want to go for a walk? I need some fresh air." Sigma continued, turning to the taller boy. Omega nodded.
"Sure."
They walked outside, to the bustling streets of Berlin, and walked down the street.
"I'm nervous, Alex." Omega turned to her.
"Why's that?" The now named Omega said.
"This war… I'm scared you're going to die, we're all going to die." Sigma said, looking at her nails.
"We're all going to die eventually, Sig. No point in delaying it." Alex smiled.
"Rumors are swirling. Perseus lives, apparently." Sigma said, sighing. Alex nodded.
"So I've heard."
"Do you believe them?" Sigma said, stopping at the climax of the bridge they were on, looking up at Omega.
"Somewhat. If they're true, I'm not surprised. He manages to evade death as if he and death are the same magnet, but if they're not, I'm not surprised. Trouble follows the man like they're best friends." Sigma laughed. He liked hearing that sound, which bothered him. Feelings should not be his priority. He hated them.
"What do you want to do after the war?" Omega asked, leaning over the guard rail, looking down into the creek. Sigma sighed.
"I don't know, really. I want to maybe get married, start a family. I'm twenty one, you know. Growing up." Omega smiled.
"I can agree with that."
X
Aydn was standing with Order on the top of the Eiffel Tower. They were discussing battle plans, primarily estimations as to the size of the enemy armies. Order thought more than millions, because Erebus was working tightly with Tartarus. Aydn thought merely a hundred thousand, based all off of Greek monsters. Nothing special, but Order notified Aydn of the Ten Commandment's, calling them 'Erebus and Nyx's weirdos.' Aydn laughed, before he felt Perseus's presence next to him, and out of an appearing portal stepped the strongest man in the universe, nodding to the two.
"You smell like shit." Order said. Percy frowned.
"Do I?" Percy said, smelling his armpits.
"You do, milord. You should go bathe." Aydn scolded.
"Don't get mad at me… I've been having sex for twelve hours straight! I only intended on doing it for like, four, but she demanded I stay there, and you know how I am around her…" Percy complained, blushing, and rubbing the back of his neck. Order laughed.
"You're so whipped."
"I cannot believe you know that word, father." Percy rolled his eyes.
"I pay more attention than you do, idiot." Order said. Aydn envied this relationship, an almost sibling-like relationship, despite them being father and son. Aydn's son had left when he was very young, and if not for Perseus taking him over three million years ago, he'd be dead. He was torn from thoughts when Percy's hand went on his shoulder.
"Don't envy it. It brings more headaches then good memories. My buddy Order here once thought it was a good idea to eternally curse me and the girl I love." Percy said, rolling his eyes and smiling, looking over the edge of the tower.
"And clearly that worked, Mr. Twelve Hours." Order scolded. Percy blushed.
"Not my fault." Percy grumbled.
"What do you think of these Ten Commandments, Perseus?" Aydn asked.
"Weaklings, upstart mortals and demigods trying to get in the way of me slaughtering Erebus and Nyx. Nothing major to worry about. Even that one, Alexander? Blessed by three protogenoi. Impressive, that he survived. Maybe I'll take him in after this war. If he's alive, that is." Percy pondered. Aydn frowned.
"You continue to recruit?" he asked. Percy turned to his friend, smiling.
"Yeah. One more powerful mortal never hurt anybody."
"But you said we capped at three hundred, and to go over was basically asking for bad omens, from your father himself." Order frowned.
"I did so as an exaggeration, to deny acceptance of anyone I deemed unworthy. Rumors swirled that people were trying to perform the entry ritual without me, and letting their friends in. I took precautions." Percy said. Aydn let out an 'ahh.' Order continued frowning.
"Bad omens from me? Onto you?" Order said, confused as ever.
"People are naturally more afraid of 'creator of the universe Order himself' than 'Order's son, Percy.'" Order nodded.
"Reasonable. You're not a very intimidating person either, Percy." Order said, smirking.
"You forget that I'm the reason you're alive." Percy smirked. Order turned to him.
"Touche, my son. Touche."
X
After his chat with Aydn and Order, Percy had promised Annabeth a date night, at the Restaurant Bieberbau in Berlin. He dressed in a tux, a gift from none other than Eros himself, and Percy made sure his wife had a dress as well. He sat on a chair, and his wife entered the living room, and he lost his breath. A long, sleeveless red dress that had a slit down the left leg that revealed a generous amount of cleavage, but Percy could always live with it.
"You're…" He didn't even finish. She smiled.
"Cat got your tongue?" She said. Percy shook his head.
"Yes. Very much so." He pulled her into him, and kissed her, and they teleported to their destination.
X
Omega walked the insanely nice, rich streets of Berlin, Nyx beside him.
"You're ready for everything this war will bring you, my son?" She said. He looked at her, and smiled.
"Of course. All of your training will never fail you, or me." Nyx smirked.
"I just hope your eight little siblings can hold up, and carry their weight. If all goes according to plan, we have the win secured." Nyx was almost cackling. Omega smiled nervously. Nyx was so generous, so nice, yet so awkward and creepy. He didn't like her too much, she always made him nervous that she was going to kill him.
"I believe they shall, mother." Omega said, looking forward. Nyx stopped immediately, dead cold in her tracks. Omega stared at her, frowning. She was looking dead ahead, not blinking, nothing moving, before looking to the skies.
"Curse you, Order." She grumbled. She took a step to Omega, and hugged him.
"Summon your siblings, we need to act now." Nyx said. Omega frowned.
"What do you mean? Where are you going?" He asked. Nyx shook her head.
"No time. He's here! I'm going to get Erebus and Tartarus. We'll need all the help we can get." Nyx hurried, before trying to teleport away, and Omega caught her wrist.
"Who's here?" He said, worried.
"The dead one. Perseus." Nyx whispered, and Omega could've sworn the temperature dropped to freezing and villainous laughter filled the air around him. With the name, he could smell death.
Omega turned, and was met two people, one staring directly at him. They were blocks away, but Omega had the power to tell he was staring at him. The sea green eyes bore into his, and Omega almost crumbled at the power that his gaze just held. The woman with him was beautiful, the most pretty thing he's ever seen. More beautiful than Nyx and Sigma combined. The staredown between the blessed of Night and Perseus was torn away when the woman walked into the building, so did Perseus.
Go summon your friends, I'll be ready in an hour.
Omega could only assume it was his voice in his head. He seemingly regained consciousness, and his whole body was shaking, as if he was in Antarctica. He shook his head, and stopped shaking, before running to the penthouse that he and his roomates shared.
Omega burst through the door, and lucky for him, all eight of them were sitting on the couch, and stared up at their leader.
"Get ready. We're about to have the toughest battle of our lives."
sorry about the wait, I had college application stuff to do. going to try to update every other day, no promises. next chapter gonna be a movie n shit 3333
