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"My name is Prometheus." he said bowing slightly.

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I was shocked.

"Wait. Prometheus? Like as in the Titan Prometheus?" I asked.

"Yes." he said. "I am the Prometheus from all the old stories. The one who stole fire and gave it to the humans. And the same one who was sentenced to have his liver eaten by an eagle every day for all eternity."

"But if that's true, how are you here right now?"

"Times are changing," he replied "the gods are getting weaker. Hades is no longer capable of keeping all of his prisoners under control. And soon their arrogance will lead to their destruction."

"Right," I said slowly. "But why are you to talking to me? Surely you have better things to do?"

He nonchalantly waved his hand," I always have time to help a fellow victim of the gods wrath." "What do mean? The gods have never done anything to me." I said. Confused.

"Percy," he said. Giving me a serious look. "If what you say is true then how did you end up here in some cave in the middle of nowhere?"

I had no reply.

"Exactly," he said, "plus there are things that the gods have done to you and your people that you don't even know about."

"What do you mean by "my people"?" I asked.

"I promise to tell you everything you want to know to the best of my ability. But first we must eat." with that he clapped his hands and a spit appeared over the fire. On the spit was the skinned carcass of a rabbit, which Prometheus began to turn around on the spit.

We sat in silence while the rabbit cooked. I could hear the wind howling loudly outside the cave. Sometimes bits of snow would float into the cave, evaporating as soon as it got close to the fire.

As the delicious smell of cooked meat began to fill my nostrils, I could not help but think about my current company.

Sure, Prometheus was a Titan. The same people who had enslaved mankind millions of years ago, and sworn enemies of the gods. But out of all of his brethren, Prometheus was by far the least dangerous and even though he had a little super villain monologue earlier. I still did not feel threatened by him, mainly because I felt sorry for him having been punished by Zeus simply for giving fire to humans(whom the gods were willing to let freeze to death). Plus I was in a bit of a predicament at the moment, having no idea where I was, and how I could get home. And then there was the fact that he kept saying "your people." as if I was apart of some sort of group or something. Either way I was hooked with curiosity.

I was shook out of my musings by Prometheus taking the spit off the fire and handing it to me. "Here," He said, "eat this while I tell you all you need to know about your people."

After I had taken a few bites he started his story.

The fire flared up, casting shadows on walls of the caves and to my surprise the shadows began to form humanoid shapes, and beside them was one giant shape.

Looking over at Prometheus I saw that his eyes had rolled into the back of his head, and a different sounding voice began to emit from his mouth.

The story

"Long ago, every living being lived on one land mass. All humans lived in harmony, there were no wars over different beliefs, food or water. Everybody and everything was the same everywhere."

"But then the world began to change. The land began to break apart and people started to change. Forming different races and religions, each separate from the next."

The shapes on the wall began to shift. The human like shapes changed, some growing bigger, remaining the same or shrinking to diminutive size. The once solid giant shape broke apart into multiple pieces, the pieces then move around to different point along the wall.

"One of those races was the norse other wise known as the Vikings."

All the shadows faded away, leaving only the largest humanoid figure.

"They were a hardy race, living in the remote, frozen north. Away from almost all other contact, be it human or god. They became a monstrous people, worshipping a group of warlike and bloodthirsty gods. And in order to please their gods they performed ritual sacrifices of animals."

The shadows shifted, showing everything he said.

"For their loyalty the Vikings were blessed by their gods. They were gifted the longboat, a ship capable of traveling over water as deep as the sea or as shallow as a river. The leader of their gods, a god named Odin blessed them with a terrible power."

The shapes of a boar, a wolf and bear appeared on the wall.

"He separated the Vikings into three different clans, the Boars, the Wolf's and the Bear's. Each clan was gifted with ability to channel the power of their clan animal into themselves when in battle. The Wolves were stealthy and quick able to sneak up on their enemies and strike before they realize they are there. The Bears were the perfect warrior's, completely incapable of feeling pain in the midst of battle, they had the strength of a bear and could rip a man in two if they reached the zenith of their rage. The Boars were a mix of the two, quick and capable warriors but lacking the pure strength or speed of the other clans."

Prometheus shifted around a bit.

"I'm related to the Vikings?" I asked shakily.

He nodded, I tried to ask another question but before I could he raised his hand.

"I shall tell you the rest tomorrow." he promised tiredly, "but for now I must rest." and with that he layed down and fell asleep. I sat there, stunned. Trying to comprehend everything I just learned. If everything he had just told me, then all of the stories my mother had told me were true. As soon as I got back to New York I was going to find out why she had kept this secret from me.

Biancas pov 3rd person

Bianca touched Percy's necklace. Nico had picked it up after that hundred eyed man knocked Percy out and dragged him off. He had given it to her after she woke up in the infirmary. She remembered that day in the arena.

flashback

she was just finishing her daily sword training with Thalia, and was just about to leave when Shane and his cronies showed up. Apparently he thought of himself as some sort of a ladies man and had tried to hit on her, Bianca had not fallen for his charms and had tried to push past him. But before she could he grabbed her roughly and threw her to the ground. "DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM." he yelled, "I AM THE SON ZEUS. YOU cannot just walk away from me".

Bianca stood back up, her face turning red with anger and without thinking she charged the son of Zeus. "BIANCA," Thalia yelled, "DON'T" she must have caught him by surprise because he fumbled with sword, failing to draw it in time to block her first strike, but thankfully for him one of his goons had managed to intercept her sword with his own.

The rest of the goons formed a circle around her, Shane looked at her from behind his wall of personal bodyguards, a smug smile on his face. He had grabbed Nico and had his sword to his neck.

"Now i'm willing to give you a chance to apologize."

Biancas sisterly protectiveness kicked in, she was not about to let that air bag hold a sword to her brother's throat. And so with a yell of rage she attacked the guard in front of her. Unfortunately that was as far as she got since as soon as she moved her sword in a downward arc towards the face of the first guard, the rest instantly leapt forward and stabbed her in the back.

Bianca pov first person

That was the last thing I could remember but thankfully or not thankfully Nico filled her in.

apparently Thalia had gone and got Percy from the forge, and he had come to the arena.

"You should have seen him," exclaimed my brother, "he was the angriest I had ever seen him and when he saw you laying on the ground bleeding he absolutely lost it."

He went on to explain how Percy had massacred all of Shane's buddies and almost strangled Shane to death, but was saved by Argus, who clubbed Percy over the head and dragged him away. That's when Nico picked up the fallen necklace and put it into his pocket before anybody else could pick it up.

My thoughts shifted to her lost boyfriend. I missed him more than I thought it was possible to miss someone. I wondered where he was, the only thing that Chiron would tell me was that that the gods had punished him for his actions. I argued that he only killed those campers because they had tried to kill me, but he just looked at me sadly, and said that while that might be true there was still nothing we could do.

Her thought shifted again, this time to her current situation. Apparently Artemis had gone missing and was in need of help, Zoe had tried to leave with the rest of the Hunters of Artemis but Chiron had stopped them. Saying that before they go they must consult the oracle. Zoe looked pissed but the look Chiron gave her must have told her that there was no other options. And so with a huff she went and visited the oracle in the attic of the big house. It was a few hours later before she came back down, but when she did, she seemed different somehow.

When Chiron asked to tell him what the oracle had said, she just looked at him and said that they had to leave immediately and that she, another hunter named Phoebe, myself, Thalia and Shane's lap dog of a girlfriend Annabeth, had to go west to save Artemis.

Now I'm sitting in the back of a white van that the camp used to sell strawberries, with the girl friend of the douchebag that almost had me killed. At least Thalia was there to keep me from strangling her whenever she tried to talk to me.

My thoughts again shifted back to Percy. I don't know why but I but I feel like the answers to his whereabouts were tied to us saving Artemis from whatever had captured her. Clutching his necklace in both my hands I made a promise, "I don't know where you are Percy, but I promise that I will do everything in my power to find you.".

I yawned. I still had not fully recovered from my wounds and the painkillers Will had given me made me extremely sleepy. And so with one last thought about Percy I fell asleep.

A/N: and there we go another chapter completed. I feel that this story is coming to an end, it probably has about 5 to 7 more chapters. Then I plan to branch out with another story and take a break from this one for a while. But don't worry I won't leave this story for too long probably just until I finish 1 or 2 of my other stories. So yeah, tell me what you thought of the chapter and as always have a nice day,

peace.