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Chapter 16- Evil awaits
Percy POV
I duck beneath the training dummy's wild swing. I slice upwards with riptide, knocking it back and tearing its bronze skin. I leap up and dodge another strike from its blade. I stab forwards at its unprotected chest and It collapses. I walk from the training area and up to the hut, where Thalia was sitting on the deck.
"What are we going to do now?" she asks.
"Well, with Artemis and the hunters all hunting us, trying to catch me, we should stay here for a bit. When we need to exit the forest, whether it be travel or anything else, we must take the back path, which is only detectable by me or you. Artemis will be combing the forest in anger, desperate to find me. It is most likely I am now a kill on sight through her eyes." I say after thinking for a while.
"Okay" Thalia says simply.
Suddenly a flash of light comes into my vision, and Zarcrix is standing there.
"Hey Percy" he says. "And you must be Thalia?" he says questionably.
"Yes" says Thalia. "Are you Zarcrix?" she asks.
"Yup" he says. "I came to tell you that Pontus is definitely rising. I can sense it. The seas are becoming unsettled, even Poseidon is bound to notice soon." Zarcrix says.
"Damn, I was hoping he wouldn't rise" I say.
"Me too, but that's not the main reason I came here." He says.
"Really, what is the real reason?" I ask, a bit of fear coming to my mind.
"A few hours ago, I spotted a horde of monsters forming in Canada. They were about 25,000 strong. But that's not the worst of it. The 75,000 monsters I told you about earlier are all being transported to Canada via Deity teleportation. This is not good." He says.
"What?!" I ask, disbelief flying through my mind.
"Yes, A Deity is working for them. I believe Order is rising. It is the only explanation, because he fled not long after he was born. I haven't seen him since then." Zarcrix says grimly.
"This can't be good" I say, my mind racing.
"I might have to get my son, Nebular to help us. He is the best man for the job, considering Order is his brother, and my son." Zarcrix says.
Then he randomly flashes out, leaving me and Thalia alone.
"That could have been better" I say, my mind turning over everything Zarcrix had said.
"Yes, it definitely could have" says Thalia.
"I think it's time we go, even if we only have been here a day." I say.
"Why?" asks Thalia, confusion clearly displayed on her face.
"With Artemis chasing us, as well as the upcoming war, we must do something, we can't just stay in hiding forever." I say, my mind turning over the upcoming war, plans entering my mind, but I dismiss them, deeming them useless.
"I suppose" says Thalia, but she looked a little disappointed.
I grab a bag for myself and Thalia, and call her in.
"Thalia! We have to pack!" I call out.
Thalia walks in, grumbling a bit.
We begin to pack, stuffing the bags with food, money, and water. We pack a couple of warm blankets, and before long we were setting off down the narrow path. 10 minutes later, we were standing just inside the bush. I put a finger to my lips and throw my cloak over my head so I couldn't be recognised. I peak out of the bush, and look around for any gods guarding the forest.
I turn my head to the left and see Craig. He was a guard. I quickly survey the rest of the area, and seeing no one, above or on the fields, I turn my attention to Craig. He was such an idiot, saying he was good enough to be a guard.
"Thalia, stay here while I take care of Craig" I whisper.
"I want to kill him!" Thalia whispers back stubbornly.
"You can't, else he will raise the alarm that we aren't in the forest anymore." I whisper urgently.
Thalia huffs but agrees. I slowly creep out of the bush, and look at Craig. Suddenly he turns around.
"Halt! Who are you!?" yells Craig with a sneer.
"Your worst nightmare" I say coldly.
Craig sneers and summons a bolt of lightning, which I deflect into the limousine wreckage in the distance. Craig's eye twitches. I summon a bit of water from the moisture of the air, and turn it to ice. The ice sharpens into spikes, and I shoot the Icewave at him. He tries to dodge but the icewave strikes him, and when it had past there was shards of ice sticking out from all over his body, and he was laying on the ground, unconscious.
I whistle, causing Thalia to walk from the bush, and together we set off down the fields.
I stayed silent the entire day, my eyes continually flicking from side to side, my ears fully alert. Thalia looked dead on her feet, but she kept walking. I glance upwards at the dark clouds. Suddenly a massive lightning strike hits the ground near the forest, now in the distance. Craig must have told Zeus about what happened. The clouds open and rain pours down from the heavens above. Lightning struck all around the forest, and thunder rumbled extremely loudly. I nudge Thalia, knowing we couldn't go on much further, not in this weather.
"I'll take first watch" I say, leading Thalia over to a patch of extremely long grass, about as tall as us, and all the grass was bent. The ground was reasonably dry due to the extremely long grass, and we decide to settle down there for the night. Thalia lays down amongst the grass, on the firm ground. I sit just inside the cover of the long grass, watching, and waiting.
Soon, Thalia comes and sits next to me.
"You're supposed to be sleeping" I say, confused as to why she is giving up her sleep time.
"I can't, it's impossible to sleep in this weather, and on this kind of journey" Thalia says.
"Fair enough" I say, and we sit in compatible silence, waiting for the storm to stop and the sun to rise.
8 hours later, and the storm still went on. I look at the small watch I found in Zarcrix's hut. The time showed 7am. Early morning. I stand up and stretch, feeling my muscles crack, and stretch. Thalia does the same thing, stretching, and getting ready to go.
We stand up, and make our way to New York, hoping to find a place to stay. I look over the distance and spot New York, sitting in the distance.
"We should reach New York by nightfall, where we need to find shelter" I say.
Thalia says nothing, but nods her head.
We set off at a light jog, hoping to get to New York as soon as possible.
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Third Person POV
Chiron caught up with the marching demigods right before they reached New York. He was greeted with warm welcomes and he joined the party of 120, ready to go.
"So, what's the plan?" Chiron asks Clarisse.
"We basically find Percy, team up with him, head back to camp, preferably with him on our side, kick Craig's arse out of camp and return things to normal order. Only problem is that Poseidon has sensed Pontus rising." Clarisse says.
"Poseidon? How did you talk to him?" Chiron asks.
"Poseidon has been working with us, he also doesn't believe Percy is evil, as well as Neptune." Clarisse states.
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Unknown POV
The time is nearly here, the time to overthrow the gods is arriving! Rise my primordials! Rise!
A woman made of the earth, her entire body made of dirt, rose from the ground, her hair, done into braids, waved in synthetic wind. Her eyes were a radiant green, and in her hand she held a scythe, made of Earth Iron, it radiated the power of the ground beneath their feet.
A man whose skin was blue, clouds floating across him, descended from the sky, next to the woman. A bolt of lightning flashed across his skin, and dark clouds began to spread over the sky blue. He held a blue tinted blade, which lightning and sparks flew from every few seconds.
A man who was pitch black, red lines flowing across it, and rings of darkness around his head, rose from a fissure in the earth. His eyes were red, and he had claws and sharp teeth, which he showed. He held a dark spear, which radiated power.
A man who was ocean blue flew out of a geyser, accompanied by litres of water. He was ocean blue, with dark eyes. In his hand was a bident, which radiated the power of the evil ocean depths.
From inside the dark cave, maniacal laughter could be heard.
AN: I hope you enjoyed that chapter! Please leave your thoughts, and/or comments on that chapter, or the story. Thanks for reading chapter 16! See you next chapter!