"G-man I'm sorry but I need to take a break from this, all of this" Percy exclaimed.
Grover and Percy were in the Poseidon Cabin and Grover was watching Percy concerned.
"Percy, please reconsider! This isn't just like some quest we went on, it's dangerous outside the camp, there are monsters like empousa, hydras or eve-" Grover was pacing back and forth when Percy placed a hand on his shoulder and looked him straight in the eyes.
"Grover, it's almost precisely like a quest on the outside, I mean look, when we were on that quest monsters still came after us, just like they will when I leave Camp. Except for one thing, we were sent on that mission because some thousand-year-old mummy looked at me and said do this or go there, it's almost like every aspect of our lives is being controlled, I just need to go and think. Even after Kronos, when we all teamed up together, we lost friends, family even" Percy took a breath.
"I even have early grey hairs!" Percy yelled while Percy pointed to his grey streak from when he held up the sky.
"You know, give them a chance, they are thousands of year old beings who may not pay as much attention as they should but what can we do?" Grover said trying to placate Percy.
"No, I refuse to submit to this way of thinking Grover, I already gave them a chance, I thought maybe this new world would be better than the one I left behind. But you know what I've learned? I've learned that most of the gods go around having children with anyone good looking and then just leave them in the world without checking in on them, citing 'Ancient Laws'. Can you truly say that the gods have tried, like honestly tried!" Percy chuckled mirthlessly.
"Look at me in the eyes and tell me that the gods have cared for each of their children" Percy spoke to Grover here while staring at him.
Grover gulped, "Hey uh, Percy you're starting to scare me here man, I mean, what if the gods heard this?" Grover said looking around fearfully as if the gods were going to strike them down at once.
Percy shook his head replying "See? This is exactly what I was talking about!" Percy huffed and grabbed his bag and quickly stuffed some ambrosia and nectar that he kept around and put his trusty pen Riptide in his pocket.
"Alright G-man, I am going rogue for a while so don't message me for-" Percy started to say as he was opening the door.
"What about Annabeth?" Grover asked. Percy froze and suddenly thoughts of them together flashed through his mind, the times by the lake holding hands, even just chatting together. A flash of blonde hair and striking grey eyes went through his mind. Maybe I could ask her along and we could. No, that would put her in more danger, but what if she's hurt?
Percy shook his head and with a pained expression and told him "Tell her I…" Percy closed his eyes to stop some tears and swallowed, "Tell her that I enjoyed the time we spent together, but I am going to leave and she should move on."
Percy opened the door and started walking towards the edge of camp suppressing his doubts about leaving. Percy kept walking towards the border faster and faster he was almost out.
"Percy wait!" Percy stopped at the edge. Turning around he was greeted with Annabeth with tears shining in her grey eyes. "Why are you leaving?" She questioned him desperately.
"Annabeth, I enjoyed our time together but I decided we needed a break" Percy tried to say without his voice cracking with emotion.
"No, I know you too well, this isn't you Percy, what's the real reason you're deciding to leave?" Annabeth shot back.
Percy wasn't sure whether to tell the truth or a lie, but he knew a lie wouldn't get passed her.
"Well, to tell you the truth, I am tired of all this, tired of looking on at the mistreatment of our friends! Remember Luke? He felt betrayed that his father would never pay attention to him and his mother went mad! Right now my mom is suffering at the hands of Gabe! Gabe who smells and doesn't know what to do but play poker and drink beer"
Percy stared at the sky and yelled: "And my father doesn't do anything, at least take responsibility!" Percy was out of breath at this point and breathing hard.
"Percy, what happened to you?" Annabeth whispered now openly crying. Behind her, the rest of the camp started to gather due to the water droplets that started to fall from the sky. Percy hesitated not knowing the answer himself.
Unbeknownst to the campers, Zeus was looking down at what was transpiring at the border of the camp. Zeus was debating on what to do with young Perseus Jackson, his speech was getting very anti-god like and that did not bode well at all for the future.
He could just dismiss this and let Perseus go, but what if Perseus got more powerful? Perseus was a son of one of the Big Three. Zeus then remembered what happened the last time a son of the Big Three went rogue.
Zeus inwardly shivered at the memories of a son of Hades who rallied Germany and the vast amount of blood spilled from the children of the gods. Zeus simply couldn't allow another world war to decimate the population of their children. Zeus quickly summoned Ares. "What is it?" Ares asked lazily twirling an M16. Zeus looked at him, and sighed, "I need you to get rid of Perseus". Ares' eyebrows shot up and he looked surprised. "Now why would you want me to do that?" Ares asked.
Zeus looked down and said, "Perseus has the potential to start another world war with the way he is speaking and the potential power he has". Here Zeus pointed to the Iris Message he was getting of the scene. "And I figured that out of anyone still able to do something you of all people would be itching to get back at him."
Ares nodded, "Well I suppose I would want revenge after he made an embarrassment of me before, alright I'll do it".
Zeus looked at Ares "Good make sure it is done, I need to go visit somebody." Zeus said and then flashed out.
Back at Camp, Percy looked at everyone and whispered: "The gods have neglected all of us, I just hope you all realize it before it's too late". Percy swiftly turned around and started jogging out of the borders and soon disappeared from the campers' sight.
The campers started walking back, whispering amongst themselves about the events that just transpired. During dinner, life moved on as normal although the gossip was very clearly focused on Percy's supposed abandonment of the gods and running away. BOOM!
The whole pavilion shook and campers fell out of their seats not knowing what was happening. As they were standing up they fell to their seats again as the whole earth it felt was shaking. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The campers were still unsure of what was happening, then one camper cried "The cabins!" The faces of the campers quickly turned to horror as they saw every single cabin burning with green fire. But even worse, standing in the middle of all the cabins was a single person. With unmistakable black hair and face wearing sunglasses against a backdrop of fire, each of the campers looked on in growing fear at Percy Jackson. Percy began throwing jars of Greek fire at the campers. Chaos ensued as the campers scrambled to get away from the jars and explosions rained left and right. They distinctly heard Percy laughing crazily and then a blinding flash of light forced them to look away.
Ares took off his sunglasses and shrugged off the Camp Half-Blood T-shirt he had conjured, changing his face back to its normal form. Ares smirked to himself. Father, you simply thought I wanted to eliminate Jackson, but starting another world war is even better, this is simply the beginning.
AN: That was quite a long chapter for me, two updates in the same day. Hope you all enjoyed and thanks to everyone for the reviews! Once again, have a nice day!