Yeah, I know, it's been probably about four months since my last update but I forgot all my ideas on this story(I'm kind of really forgetful) because I forgot to write down most of them but now I have most of it planned out and this chapter also had a lot happening in it, more than I thought it would have. But I have been stuck on the same part for the past few months, not wanting to write it yet not able to skip that part because it was an important part so I tried to make it interesting though I probably failed(if you want to know, I was stuck on the part explaining the twelve planets). Till yesterday, I had about nine hundred or so words written on this story(yeah, I know…) but I really sat down and finally started to write it, staying up late to make it to five thousand and almost the end of the chapter(I felt very accomplished because of this). Don't worry, this chapter is not a filler chapter, it has a lot of important things in it that will shape how the story turns out, this chapter really got me to shape out this story properly. Anywho, so you can think of this as a Christmas gift. So, Merry Christmas!
Disclaimer: Don't own characters from the books, Chaos, or the idea of his death, that belongs to NikiD1233.
Song I'm listening to right now: 'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer' by Red Foley(Yup, trying to get into the Christmas mood…)
Chapter 3
Percy's P.O.V.
~~~~~~500 years later~~~~~~
I laughed loudly as Jordan whispered into my ear a joke.
"Jordan, for the millionth time, go sit in your seat." Chaos commanded jokingly which I grinned at. Since I joined the army, Jordan had become a good friend of mine and was constantly out of his seat telling me jokes since no one else seemed to get his jokes, only Ziana liked them but of course that was obvious. I found out soon after joining that Jordan and Ziana loved each other and have for centuries. Yet they're so oblivious to each other's love that it just frustrating to everyone. They're even worse than I and Annab- at that thought I stopped cold, filled with sadness. I had never officially broken it off with Annabeth and vice versa for her. But it was pretty clear that we didn't love each other and we were over when she started to date Daniel behind my back. I knew they were together because I had seen them cuddling and hugging everywhere I went plus they were always together.
But if Ziana and Jordan ever get together I know that they will stay together, their love compared to how Annabeth's and I's were are a thousand times bigger and better which, of course, makes them even more oblivious. I sighed at that, why can't they just get together? They've known each other for centuries; they have to have noticed the other's love for them at least once. Yea, centuries, it turns out that most of the guardians are pretty old. Ziana is 1,293 and from Planet Thyra and Jordan is 1,974 and from Planet Brees. Kiani is 2,359 and from the Planet Soraya while Sophia is 914 and from Planet Freyja. Juliana is at a shocking 4,897(for a girl that appears as a five year old usually) and is from the Planet Zosimos and Corina is 624 and is from the Planet Earth like me. I should probably explain all the weird planet names.
You see, out of all the galaxies and universes there are twelve planets that are distinguished and controlled. They are Dierra, Soraya, Brees, Thyra, Zosimos, Atta, Moaverra, Freyja, Cote, Earth, Ira, and Jalen.
Earth is a planet I hope we all know. It is, of course, the only planet that has gods(excluding Moaverra) and all that mythical mumbo-jumbo and where I am, of course, from as is Corina. Dierra is the planet most like Earth though it doesn't have gods and all that mythological stuff. People roam the planet in earth-type clothes and there are huge and towering cities like on earth. Not many people from here join Chaos, but when they are approached, they are informed of the truth of all the planets and their habitats.
Soraya is a very victorian type of planet, filled with royalty and different kingdoms. The most well-known one is the kingdom of Camelot where King Arthur rules. Yeah, he's real but he lives on this planet, not earth. People on Earth know his story though because a person from Earth once visited this planet and lived in this country for a while before going back to Earth and writing about it which started the whole legend of King Arthur and the round table.
Thyra is what we call the smart planet. The number one priority here is to get an education and learn as much as you can. They believe that knowledge is one of the greatest gifts known to mortal and immortal and without knowledge what would people do? Most of Chaos' strategist's come from here as does Ziana(#3 as you know). Every planet constantly seeks knowledge from here from the numerous colleges and institutes here and what to do in times of war.
Zosimos is an animal filled planet, every animal you can think of and many you couldn't live here. It holds every type of animal on the other planets as well as ones made up by themselves, but while many of them may be wild on the other planets, on Zosimos, every single animal is tame and lives peacefully with the humans there. Actually, many of our shapeshifters come from here like Juliana.
Cote is a very sheltered planet. Covered by many trees. It's constantly dark here and people living here have huts and little wooden houses to live in, like the olden days on Earth. It barely rains here yet is always cloudy, just adding to the darkness of the planet. People from here are usually pale and dark-haired as well as wearing a lot of black and don't talk much, though they can be very energetic and talkative when they want to be or are very comfortable.
Ira is a very bright and sunny planet, its solar system has two sun's, one is out in the daytime and one is at nighttime so there's always sun, never really a moment of darkness unless a cloud comes along though is usually disappears after a while. People from here are very tan and, luckily, immune to sunburns, wearing bright colors and very happy and bubbly(so in other words, completely opposite Planet Cote).
The last five planets(Brees, Atta, Jalen, Freyja, and Moaverra) are planets created from the five different elements(earth, air, fire, water, and time). Brees is the planet symbolizing air. It's a very foggy and cloudy planet. If a person every wants to breath clean air, this planet is the place to go. Its air is the purest you can find and there is absolutely no air pollution allowed or needed by them and every citizen agrees on that.
Atta is the planet embodying earth. It is a rocky and forest covered planet that has absolutely no pollution on any inch of it. The healthiest trees, plants, and natural vegetation rest on this planet as do the rarest plants know to us and some I never heard of before coming here.
Moaverra is Chaos' planet which is where the army and I live. It's a time-based planet as you'd probably guess it would be. Every different town and city is based and from a different time of all the other planets as more people die and come here so it's like the underworld of the planets in a way. So earth is excluded from this death part because they have their own underworld, though the people that fade do come here. This planet was, of course, the first planet to be made out of all twelve, Earth the second one.
Freyja is a water covered planet, completely dominated by the element. People here live under water in cities like dad's kingdom, though they are like me where as they are humans that can live and breathe under water, though some live on the two dozen or so islands on this planet.
Jalen is a fiery and explosive planet, very much covered in volcanoes and fire, like a downscale sun. People there are very tough and heat resistant, able to actually control the element of fire and lava. They live in rock made houses and are immune to the risks of lava and fire so they are very safe on this planet(as Chaos wanted them to be). They are all very different, yes, but they constantly work together to help keep peace between all the other planets around the universe, take one of these planets away it will a crash and burn faster than you can imag-
"Zayden." I was pulled out of my thoughts as Ziana spoke.
"Yes?" I questioned, taking a bite of my food.
"Didn't you just hear what Chaos said?" She inquired.
"Ah…no." I admitted. She smiled, holding back a laugh at my response before speaking again.
"He said for all seven guardians to meet him in his quarters for a debriefing on our next mission." She explained and I blushed.
"Oh ok." And with that we headed towards Chaos' quarters. I should probably explain the name. You see, when I joined the army, I wanted to have a new start and not be known and admired as the hero 'Percy Jackson' so as an answer to that, I changed my name to Zayden Blaze and asked for people to just ignore my past and try to get to know me, disregarding all that information and luckily they agreed(though I do occasionally hear them talking about me to each other when I'm passing by but at least I got them to listen to what I said and follow part of it). As we reached Chaos' quarters Ziana pushed open the doors to reveal Chaos and the other members seated, waiting for us.
"Sorry everyone, this one apparently spaced out while you brought this up Chaos." She said, ratting me out. Everyone chuckled as I sat down in my seat, blushing. After the laughing has stopped, the atmosphere grew serious as we focused on the importance of this mission.
"What is the mission Chaos?" I questioned, sitting up in my seat. Chaos sighed and was silent as he looked around the room before his eyes stopped on me and he spoke(which did not help my nerves at all).
"It has come to my attention that one of the planets is in trouble." He started.
"Which one? Palenon? Frodin? Clorinadine?" Sophia wondered, naming off a few of the small scale planets that fight constantly.
"No, one a little more…imperative." Chaos stated, finding the right word.
"…Which one?" Jordan hesitantly asked. Chaos stayed silent once again before looking around the room, his gaze stopping on Corina and me the most. Wait, does he mean…I thought, noticing that he was looking at us the most.
"It's Earth, isn't it?" I slowly stated, already knowing the answer though. His sad look confirmed what I thought. I gained an emotionless expression, even though it has been centuries, the betrayal from them still hurt just as much as before, "What is the trouble? Are the Titans or Giants rising again?" I stated emotionlessly which was so unlike me that everyone in the room, even Chaos, flinched.
"It's worse, much worse." He stated gravely, letting some of his nervousness seep out which made me freeze in worry, Chaos was never worried about something like trouble on a planet because he knew the army could handle it, for him to be nervous right now then it must be bad.
"W-what's wrong?" Corina stated in concern. Corina is a daughter of Nemesis though, luckily, she didn't get betrayed by the gods. When she was on her way to camp, she was being hunted by six or so hellhounds and just as she was about to be killed, Chaos showed up, saving her from the hellhounds and bringing her into the army and she's been with us ever since. So since she never really got to know the gods, she doesn't have any bad feelings towards them though she hates that they betrayed me the way they did. I was pulled out of my thoughts as Chaos sighed deeply, standing up and pacing the room which worried me even more, Chaos never paces. Ever.
"Chaos?" Juliana questioned in concern. Chaos paced a little bit more before stopping and sighing.
"There is something that I have to tell you, something that I've been keeping from everyone." He started instead, ignoring our worry.
"What?" Kiani questioned hesitantly.
"Back when I was created," This confused me, what did something from his creation have to do with Earth's trouble now? "There was another person there too." My eyes widened at that, "He is my brother, Order." That shocked me even more as it shocked everyone else, Chaos has a brother? "Like how I am exactly opposite of what my name is, he is the same. Instead of being for Order, he loves evil and chaos. At first we worked together and created the whole universe together, I coming up with the planets and their habitats and Order planning where they went and giving them their names. As you know, this planet was created first, then earth, then Dierra, Thyra, and so on and so forth." He explained, and we stared at him as we took in the information.
"After finishing the big twelve planets, we went into making the other planets, sun's, moons, asteroids, and everything else in space." He paused here before taking a shaky breath and continuing, "Finally we were finished and we had just created the first creatures, gods, and immortals. My brother and I were worshiped by them all and everything went great, every planet was peaceful and kind to one another. But, of course, my brother felt that out of us two, I was the most loved and worshiped and he grew jealous and angry, letting the evil that was dormant in him till then take over. He started a war with me, saying that whoever won would take full control of the universe, the loser being killed in the fight to the death." That confused me, it's obvious that Chaos won but if his brother is dead then why would this be important?
"As you can guess, I won that war." He seemed to grow sad here, "But when faced with the thought of killing my own brother, I let him be and sent him away, promising that if he ever returned, I wouldn't hesitate in killing him." He flinched on the last two words as he finished his story and it grew silent. After a while, I spoke.
"He's back, isn't he?" I stated, breaking the silence. The sad look he gave me confirmed that. Suddenly fear consumed me as all the dots connected? "What is he going to do to Earth?" I questioned, worried for my home planet. Even though I hide my emotions concerning my home planet, making it seem as if I hate them, the truth is that no matter how much I try to hate them all, I care and love them the same as I always have and am just as loyal to them as before, though I don't trust them at all. As I sat there, thinking on what I could do, Chaos spoke.
"I don't know." That horrible answered chilled me to my core, Chaos always knew the opponents motives and plans, but now he had nothing.
"What has he done so far?" Corina inquired.
"He has somehow gathered an army of runaways and criminals and has sent them to attack Earth. The attacks started yesterday and there have been about twelve attacks, three of them big and the rest just small fights." He explained.
"When did you find out?" Juliana asked.
"I've actually known this would happen for the past few centuries and have tried to prepare for it, but I fear that it won't be enough." He admitted with a sigh. It was silent for a while before Ziana spoke.
"What do you want us to do?" She proposed.
"To make sure that Earth is protected enough, I am sending all seven of you to Earth to fight as well as the Vipengele and Cambiare groups." We gasped at that. Usually Chaos just sent one or two groups and one of the guardians, never more than two guardians at most. But considering the seriousness of this mission, I understand why it's so much; it may even grow later on.
"When do you want us to leave?" Sophia questioned and Chaos' expression grew even more serious.
"Right away." Chaos started, "I will be going with you and the two groups. We will appear on Olympus during an important meeting the gods are having with all demi-gods, gods, immortals, and nature creatures and spirits to discuss the war going on right now and who the enemy could be. We will interrupt during the meeting and explain who it is and that we will help." Chaos finished and with that, he brought the Vipengele and Cambiare groups to the room, debriefed them, and then teleported us all to the throne room.
Artemis' P.O.V.
I sighed as the hunters and I packed up our camp. There was an emergency meeting being called for all gods, demi-gods, immortals, and nature creatures to talk about the few random and difficult attacks that have happened since yesterday. They have mostly been on the mortal world and a few demi-gods trying to get to camp, but I feel that they will soon start happening to camp and, to an extent, us. There was one attack though on the Amazons just yesterday that almost completely decimated their members. Luckily they were able to defeated them but lost quite a few members in it. Finally we finished packing up and I teleported all of us to the Olympian Throne room. We were just on time it seemed because just as I sat down on my throne, the hunters around me, father started to speak.
"As we all know," He started, "Since yesterday about a dozen attacks have happened on the mortal world and a few on the demi-gods trying to get to camp and one even on the Amazons." He gestured to the injured group of girls present today, "Does anyone have any idea as to who it could be?" He questioned seriously, skipping his usual speech. It was quiet as everyone looked around to see if anyone did, but each person, even Athena, had a look of absolute confusion and wonder on their face. Suddenly a powerful voice from the back of the room spoke.
"I do." We all looked up(turned around for all the demi-gods, gods, and nature creatures facing us) and our eyes widened as they fell upon Lord Chaos. We instantly stood up and hastily bowed to him, "Rise." He stated and we all stood up and sat back down. Everyone was a little too scared to speak to him so I steeled myself, hiding my fear, and spoke.
"Who is it, Lord Chaos?" I politely and respectively inquired. He surprisingly smiled sadly at me before speaking.
"As you probably figured out, this war is the one I spoke about five centuries ago." He stated and some of us nodded, including me, while other gained a looked just yelling 'oh!', " Sadly, this war is a lot more serious than I thought it was," That thought scared me, "So I have decided, if you will want me to, to help you in this war." I was shocked at that.
"We would be absolutely delighted if you would help us Lord Chaos." Athena answered and everyone nodded in agreement. Chaos gained a look of relief at the before grinning and walking down the main aisle towards us.
"Great!" He exclaimed happily, to my surprise. My eyes shifted from him as he walked to look at the black clad people behind him that I just realized had been there the whole time. When he was about halfway up the room, he spoke again, "For the past millennia or so, I have been recruiting people from many planets to join my army and keep peace and order throughout the universe." He started to explain as he reached us finally, "The group of people behind me is part of my army," He introduced as they all filled out behind him, "My army consists of seven main groups which are: Iuominen, Vipengele, Sapere, Scelta, Céadfaí, Cambiare, and Peccata. Above them are my seven guardians which are in charge of the seven groups and are second only to me." He explained.
"Behind me are two of the seven groups: Cambiare," About half of the group nodded towards us, "And Vipengele." The rest of the group nodded at us, excluding several people, "The last few are my seven Guardians who I will let introduce themselves." With that, Chaos stepped back and the seven individuals stepped together. They exchanged looks before coming to a decision as one stepped forward. I saw girls around the room gasp softly at the boy. He was in a way handsome, for a male. He had brown hair that fell into his eyes, very tan skin, a regal type of stature, and gray calculating eyes.
"My name is Kiani Jumalikai." He, surprisingly, said kindly and politely, "I am from the planet of Soraya which is a planet consisting of many royal kingdoms and families and I am the Seventh Guardian in Chaos' Army. I watch over the Peccata group which all have the power to turn invisible." My eyes widened at that, "As a guardian, I watch over seven offices. Mine are wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony or in other words, the seven deadly sins." Aw, many of the things vile men use, I thought in disgust. The boy Kiani stepped back as a girl stepped forward. As she did, a lot of the gods stared and whistled at her. I sneered in disgust, men. She had long brown hair, hazel eyes, tan skin, and was wearing a blue short sleeve shirt, white skinny jeans, and white tennis shoes. She just rolled her eyes and started to speak.
"My name is Corina Nicona. I am from here and am a daughter of Nemesis," Nemesis' head snapped up and her eyes widened, filling with tears, as she muttered Corina's name, "And am the Sixth Guardian of the Army of Chaos. I take care of the Céadfaí group and we all can control and use magic." Hecate raised her head at that, interested now, "My offices are the five senses," I raised my eyebrow, impressed. As a hunter, you rely on your senses to save your life so that is a big office to hold, "Lying, and truth." Now I was really impressed yet confused, if her powers were so big, why was she only number six? Corina stepped back and a little girl about seven stepped forward which made me raise my eyebrows. She had short curly blond hair, light skin, glittering blue eyes, and was wearing a pink dress, hairband, and slippers. She smiled happily swaying in place as she began to speak.
"Hi!" She exclaimed like any seven year old bubbly girl was. I could hear Aphrodite exclaiming on how cute and adorable she was and I had to agree, she was, "My name is Juliana Monai. I am from the planet of Zosimos which is an animal filled planet," I grew interested at that. If it's an animal planet them it must be covered in forests, "And am the Fifth Guardian in Chaos' Army. I am in charge of the Cambiare," She gestured to the group of age-ranging kids behind her who shyly waved, "Group and we have the power of metamorphosis." I was shocked at that, to be able to change your appearance would be amazing, especially with hunting. That made me wonder, if she could change how old was she really? "I am in charge of youth, creatures, reality, feelings, light, forgiveness, and dreams." Wow, I thought.
Now I was even more confused, how could people with such big offices be so low in power? She stepped back and a boy stepped forward, once again making girls eyes widened(which I and the hunters rolled our eyes at). He was about 5'9', had black hair that fell into his eyes, chocolate brown eyes, and was very tan. He was wearing black jeans, black Nikes, and a black buttoned-up shirt with gray strips going both vertically and horizontally across it.
"My name is Jordan Makinaleoni." I heard sighs as girls melted to his smooth and powerful voice. I saw one of the girls who had yet to be introduced stiffen at this, glaring jealously at some girls. I mentally sighed sadly, another girl fallen in love with an obviously clueless boy, "I am the Fourth Guardian and am from the planet Brees which is a cloud filled and unpolluted place." My eyes widened at that, does he mean all pollution? I wondered to myself, "I watch over the Scelta group and we have the power of flight." I raised my eyebrows at that. Can they fly like a child of Zeus or do they transform into a bird to fly? I thought, "I hold the offices of death, judgment, trust, dark, strength, perseverance, and freedom." I am starting to see know why such key offices are so low, there are more important ones, I thought to myself.
Jordan stepped back as a girl the girl who had glared at the girls when they sighed dreamily for the boy Jordan. She had braided brown hair, cream-colored skin, blue eyes, and wearing a light blue dress and a brown cloak stepped forward. Some boys looked interested but back off as the boy Jordan glared fiercely and jealously at them. At least he loves her back, I thought sadly and distantly, reminiscing on the man I loved yet had never told. I shook myself out of those thoughts and got back to the topic. Athena smiled at the girl, sensing, like I, a wave of knowledge flowing off her.
"Hello, I am Ziana Partolai. I am from the planet of Thyra which is commonly known as the smart planet." She knowledgably stated, her eyes seeming to overflow with knowledge, "I am the Third Guardian of the Army of Chaos and I am in charge of the group Sapere which have the power of speed." Speed, very powerful power to have, especially in a hunt or battle…I thought, "I hold the offices of knowledge," I figured from the aura that she had around her, "Peace," I smiled at that, how cherishable peace and quiet can be for someone, "Believing," believing in something can get someone far, "Childbirth," I beamed at that, we shared an office, "Discipline," The way an army or group is disciplined can get you a lot of places, "fighting," Ares grinned wildly at that, "And abilities."
I raised an eyebrow yet again, abilities are an extensive office; it could be musical, knowledgeable, talents, etc. Since she is only number three which offices beat those I wonder? I inquired deeply to myself. With that finished, she stepped back as another girl stepped forward. She was maybe about sixteen, 5'11', had tan skin, coal black hair, sapphire eyes, and was wearing a navy blue shirt, dark blue jeans, and black boots. She ignored the wolf whistles and spoke.
"My name is Sophia Luamanila and I am from the planet of Freyja which is a planet dominated by the element of water, save a few dozen or so islands." She explained which piqued Poseidon's attention, "I am in charge of the Vipengele," The other group behind them smiled in acknowledgement, "And we have the power of transportation." My eyes widened, as one who has the power of teleportation, I knew how helpful it was in a fight, "I take care of the offices of the four elements," No wonder, she's from a planet dominated by the element of water, I would be surprised if one of her offices didn't have to do with that element, I thought to myself, "Love," Aphrodite beamed at her saying that, after all, it was her office, "War," Ares grinned madly, "And nature." Wow, no wonder she is number two, but what could the offices of number one be? I questioned.
Sophia stepped back at that as the last person stepped forward. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion and wonder. Unlike everyone else, this one wore a hood so I couldn't see his upper face, only his mouth and lower. He was about eighteen years old and six foot. He was wearing a buttoned up long-sleeved black shirt that fitted nicely to his body showing his build, black slightly baggy pants, and black Nikes with a black cloak thrown over them, the hood, of course, up. As we stared at him in confusion, he started to speak.
"I am Zayden Blaze." I could see Apollo and Hermes mouth to each other on how cool that name was as the boy- Zayden- continued, "I am the First Guardian and am from here." I frowned in concentration. His voice sounded awfully familiar yet his name didn't. Maybe he changed it, I thought to myself, he said he's from here and he has a hood on so maybe I do know him, "I watch over the group of Iuominen and each member including I have the power of Creation." My eyebrows furrowed, does he mean what I think he means? I wondered, "I hold the offices of time," My eyes widened at that, just that office alone puts him as number one, I thought, "Humanity," What could that mean? All humans throughout time or just their creation? "Life," But isn't that what humanity means; the life of humans? "Power," Father smugly smiled here, thinking about how much power he possessed, "Justice," Wow, big office as well, "Faith," Belief is similar though they each have their own qualities, "And loyalty."
I smiled at that, one of the main reasons we have won so many wars, I thought quietly, thinking of the one incredibly loyal boy who won both second wars for us. With that, the masked boy stepped back into the line as we stared at him in confusion. At that, Chaos stepped forward, smiling sadly.
"Well, I should probably explain who the threat is now." He stated, I worry appearing in his eyes which did not help my nerves, "It is not going to be a Third Titan War or a Third Giant War," I relaxed at that, those wars were too hard and if they did happen we didn't have him this time, "It is something much worse and dangerous." Relaxation gone; what could be worse than those wars? I wondered to myself, "I better start from the beginning." He decided instead, putting his hands, clasped, behind his back, "You see, my creation and the universe's creation is…very much like the creation of Rome." My eyebrows furrowed at that, the creation of Rome is a pretty violent and sad story.
"It didn't involve a wolf finding us," Lupa smiled sadly at the memory, "But it did have two twin brothers. Those brothers were I and my brother Order." My eyes widened at that, Chaos had a brother? I thought in shock, wait, if he is bringing up his brother, then does that mean that his brother is the threat? I am hoping not… "Very much like Romulus and Remus, my brother and I worked together to create the universe. We created the first and major twelve planets: Dierra, Soraya, Brees, Thyra, Zosimos, Atta, Moaverra, Freyja, Cote, Ira, Jalen, and Earth. After creating those planets, my brother and I created the other things around the universe: asteroids, suns, moons, etc." He explained, "I made the planets and their habitats as well as the suns and moons and Order planning where they went and their names as well as the asteroids, comets, and such things like that." He stated.
"We were finally finished and had just created the first gods, immortals, and creatures. They all worshiped us and thanked us for creating everything and everything was great, it was peaceful and happy." He sighed here, "But of course something had to go wrong. My brother grew jealous, thinking that I was the more loved and worshiped twin." He seemed to grow sad here and I smiled sadly, as a twin I could understand, no matter how much you and your twin fight, you can help but love them and hate fighting them. Though of course I'd never tell Apollo that, I thought proudly, staring at my twin out of the corner of my eye, "Filled with anger, my brother started a war with me, saying that whosoever won would be in charge of the whole universe, the loser being killed in the fight to death. As shown by me being here, I won the war."
That confused me, yes I figured he'd won the war but if so then his brother would be dead right now and not a threat, unless…I looked over at my twin out of the corner of my eye, if Apollo for some reason started a war with me out of jealousy, would I be able to kill him if I won the war? At that thought I immediately came up with the answer, no I wouldn't. He may have declared war on me and may even have killed me if he won, but I wouldn't have the heart to kill the brother that I love so much despite how vile and disgusting he can be, I thought, staring disapprovingly at him as he animatedly stared down at Chaos, eating popcorn with Hermes as if this was a movie, not someone's actual life.
"When faced with the idea of killing my own brother I…declined it and let him free, stating that if he ever returned I wouldn't hesitate in…killing him." He flinched as he said the last two words. Everyone(other than his group) stared at him as if he was crazy for not killing the person who clearly wanted to kill him which seemed to make Chaos uncomfortable as he shifted from foot to foot. As his glance swerved towards me I caught his eyes and smiled in sympathy and understanding. He raised an eyebrow in question and as I response I glanced over at my own twin(who was luckily talking to Hermes, not paying attention to Chaos' and I's silent discussion) before meeting his glance again. He nodded slightly in understanding, smiling thankfully and appreciatively at me for understanding. I smiled back before looking away from his glance.
As I glanced around the room, I held back a smile as I saw the Stoll brother's hugging each other tightly, whispering animatedly that they would never ever betray the other or even have the thought to actually kill the other and mean it(because, honestly, how many times in anger do you say that would were going to kill someone, especially to a sibling?) My attention was brought back to Chaos as he began to speak once again.
"But my brother is back now and is planning vengeance by, as you probably guessed, trying to destroy one of the major twelve planets." He admitted, but seeing our confused looks, he continued, "You see, the main twelve planets are very interconnected. Many of the planets such as Soraya are based off your planets. Many of the people in my army come from here and all the other planets depend on this planet for many things. Earth was the second planet made after Moaverra which is my planet; my brother knows that if he destroys Earth then the peace throughout all the planets will be disrupted, especially for the other eleven major planets. I think that he plans to destroy Earth and while we are trying to get all the chaos, no pun intended," He warned at some of the grinning faces in the room, "Controlled, he will attack my planet and finally take control of the universe once and for all." He finished. Wow, this is bad, I almost wish it was a Third Giant or Titan War instead, I thought to myself, "To prevent that, we have to defeat him during this war." He finished.
"Lord Chaos?" Athena spoke, "What does he have with him? He must have an army." She suggested. Chaos nodded.
"Yes, he does. It seems that for the past millennia or so, my brother has been gathering up an army filled with criminals, runaways, and abandoned people, creating his own army which has been attacking you since yesterday. I fear that he will attack again soon." Chaos stated, letting his worry show.
"Do you have a plan, Lord Chaos?" Father asked respectively which I smiled at, father's ego is still pretty big, but since the event five hundred years ago he has become a lot more humble and respectful, actually listening to what the rest of Olympians have to say, even to Hades. Chaos smiled at that.
"Yes, I do." He stated, "Right now, the best thing we can do it fight them off. If you are alright with it, I have decided to split up my group." He explained and we nodded in acceptance.
"We are fine with whichever way you think is best Lord Chaos." Poseidon stated seriously and stoically. My smiled wavered, since that fateful day, Poseidon has been a lot more reserved and hasn't talked as much, he hasn't even joked around much anymore, it was sad to see and worried every single one of us, even Athena. Lord Chaos, sensing his sadness, smiled sympathetically at him before getting back to business.
"Since the Amazons have already been attacked and their forces have been shrunken so much, I am sending Seventh Guardian, Kiani, and Second Guardian, Sophia, to protect them." Kiani and Sophia nodded to each other, seeming to be holding back smiles, and then smiled over to the amazons, "For Camp Half-blood I am sending Vipengele and the Sixth Guardian, Corina, to take care of them." Corina grinned back at the Vipengele group who grinned back before they all smiled over at the campers from Camp Half-blood who seemed pretty happy from their expressions, "For Camp Jupiter," The campers from there sat up straight, waiting to know who was going to protect them, "The Cambiare group and The Fifth Guardian, Juliana, will protect you. And don't be fooled by their innocent and harmless smiles," He continued at their disapproving and disappointed smiles, "They are some of my best fighters." He finished before continuing on, "For Olympus I will have the Third Guardian, Ziana, and the Fourth Guardian, Jordan." Those two blushed at that, "And, as you can probably guess, I will be sending First Guardian, Zayden, to the Hunters." My eyes widened in shock at that as did everyone else's.
"Lord Chaos, with all due respect, can't you send a girl Guardian to protect us?" I questioned, avoiding looking at Zayden. Chaos smiled with understanding at me.
"I am sorry Lady Artemis, but since you and your hunters are such a small group and are in such vulnerable settings, the only way to protect you properly would be to send two Guardians to protect you, or send my best Guardian to which is Zayden. The other places need those Guardians to protect them and taking two of the girl Guardians away to fill Zayden's place will make one of the groups too vulnerable to attack." He apologized. I was still disappointed but nodded in understanding, he was stressed enough, I didn't need to stress him out even more. And for all I know, Zayden may not be as bad as I think though I don't have much hope on that, just from how mysterious, quiet, and emotionless he has been tells me that he is not much like him.
I sighed as the meeting was dismissed and Chaos left; all the campers being teleported by the gods, the Vipengele's teleporting themselves to Camp Half-Blood, Corina using magic to appear there. The Cambiare's and Juliana seemed to change into birds and flew out of Olympus, each picking a camper or two from Camp Jupiter to carry to the Camp. The Amazon's were teleported by the gods while Sophia grabbed Kiani's hand, both blushing(I wonder if there is something there?), before teleporting him and herself to the Amazon's headquarter, leaving just Zayden, the hunters, and I, the gods, nature creatures, Ziana, Jordan, and immortals already having left to other parts of Olympus. I sighed before getting up from my throne, shrinking to human size, and walking up to Zayden who stood there is his dark and mysterious clothes. As I reached him I started to speak.
"So you are protecting us." I grimaced, I didn't like that a boy was protecting us but since him I have tried to not judge boys as much. He nodded at me in confirmation not saying a thing. I was about to say something when he looked up. I held a gasp as I just barely saw dark flowing green eyes that were so familiar yet so new that they took my breath away. I felt a connection of electricity spring up between us and feelings I haven't felt since him arouse in me, making me feel irresistibly happy. He seemed to feel it too as his glowing and flowing green orbs widened with shock. I was shaken out of my thoughts as the hunters walked up to us.
"Well, we might as well head to our camp site and have introductions there. Our camp site is at Yellowstone National Park." And with that I teleported the hunters and I to our camp site, just seeing Zayden create a black portal type of thing to probably get him there. I guess his powers are what I thought they were…
Song I'm listening to right now: 'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer' by Red Foley(Yeah, I've been playing a continuous loop on my Christmas playlist since yesterday…)
Yay, I'm finished! Wow, that chapter was a lot longer than I thought it would be, but I finished it. I hope the long and filled chapter made up for my absence. I'll try to update a lot more now and try not to have such a long break between updated chapters again. Well, have a Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate!:)