Chapter 4: Killing Time.

Last Chapter…

'Come on Percy. Do you think your girlfriend would like to see you in this state? Her name is Annabeth, is it not?' Percy nodded weakly. 'Then get up! You must survive this fate wrongly brought on you, and seek revenge on those who orchestrated her death. Remember everything about Annabeth, and let her memories drive you forward and fight. Now get up, soldier! Embrace your losses and stand up like a man.' Percy then stood up, a tear tracing down his face but deep down he knew what Achilles said was true. He nodded, breathed deeply, wiped the tear off his face and stood up. He spoke in steady voice, 'Tell me what I got to do.'

This Chapter:

Achilles nodded at the son of Poseidon. 'Good to see you regain your senses Percy. We should get moving, we are not safe here. Styx, will you accompany us?' Styx took one look at Percy and shrugged, 'Sure. It gets boring here with no one except monsters.' The party of four then walked deeper into the worst part of Tartarus.

They walked forwards for about an hour in silence, Styx, Achilles and Iapetus sensing the terrible mood Percy is in right now, while they have only heard about the huge amount of power the son of Poseidon possesses, they have no plan in mind to test the legends out first hand.

Despite their gratefulness at the absence of attacks, Achilles felt quite a bit of uneasiness as he constantly reminded himself that they are in Tartarus, the place where all monsters reside. But as they passed an opening to a giant field in front of them, Achilles felt a chill down his spine. The same feeling when he was about to be shot by Apollo in the battle of Troy. Out of instinct he shouted, 'Stop!'

Styx and Iapetus stopped immediately, but Percy heard Achilles too late, he stepped on something that crunched. Loudly. 'Oh crap.' Percy muttered. Then the giant open field before them turned from red to black. Hundreds of thousands of monsters materialized in front of them, hellhounds, empousai, you name it, and they got it. In front of the army is three figures that Percy unfortunately recognised. They stepped forwards, their helms barely containing their smiles underneath. Percy muttered, 'No… No way, they can't reform that fast, oh my gods…'

The middle one in golden armour slowly removed his helmet, revealing to the group Kronos. Not taking Luke's form this time, Kronos has short brown hair and a sadistic smile. The other two quickly revealing themselves as Hyperion and Perses. He boomed, 'Oh I believe we can, son of Poseidon. Mother Gaia and Tatarus sped up our reformation, so that we can kill you and your puny gods up there. But,' He indicated to Percy, standing slightly in front of the group, 'It seems that we get half of our bargain today. You fought me one on one last time, how about me and my brothers this time, oh saviour of Olympus? That reminds me,' Kronos said to Percy mockingly, 'Where is your little girlfriend? Oh she died, didn't she? Aww, so sad.' He wiped a fake tear from his eyes. Then he roared, 'Prepare to die Jackson!'

Now, on any other day Percy would undoubtedly lose in a battle with a titan, let alone three. However this is not an ordinary day. This is the day when Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson's girlfriend was murdered. This is the day when Percy Jackson was framed for killing his girlfriend. And this is the day when Percy Jackson is pissed.

As soon as Kronos mocked him for his dead girlfriend, Percy's blood boiled. The ground started to shake, the shaking intensifying every second. Percy's group backed up fast, trying to escape Percy's wrath. Winds whipped around Percy, and rain started pouring down at the monsters. Percy's eyes snapped open, and they are deadly swirl pools of green and blue. His sword of light appeared in his hands, and he stepped forward, the earth vibrating with every step. His aura was so intense it is actually visible, a cocoon of green and blue the same as his eyes, promising pain to the titan who made the mistake of mocking him.

If it is even possible, the three titans looked uneasy.

As soon as Percy got within range, he launched himself at Kronos, who raised his scythe to block Percy's attack, but Percy pulled off mid-swing and did a baseball slide between Kronos's legs, slamming the hilt of his sword into Kronos's groin. The titan king yelled in pain and outrage, surprised beyond belief that he was hit in the balls, and titan or not it hurt. A lot. Percy sliced his sword across Kronos's back, and in the same motion he blocked Hyperion's golden spear, the other two titans recovering from the shock of their leader being hit. Percy rolled out of the way, and a split second later Perses's mace slammed down where Percy was. He then jumped over Hyperion's spear, and plunged his sword into Hyperion's stomach. Hyperion roared, and let loose a bit of energy which slammed into Percy, knocking him away. Percy landed on his back, and somersaulted upwards to land on his feet, wiping a bit of blood that leaked from his mouth. Not giving any of the titans a break, Percy stomped his foot, disorientating the three titans with an earthquake. They stumbled, and Percy went on the offensive. He lunged for Perses this time, dodging his mace, and sliced through Perses's left knee.

'ARGGGHHHHHH!' Perses screamed. Percy sidestepped and dodged Kronos's scythe, slicing deeply across his chest at the same time. He stepped on the scythe, burying it in the ground, and leaped upwards at the same time, slicing in a 360, injuring Kronos even further. Noticing Hyperion, who hung back warily, Percy kicked Kronos in the chest and knocked the wind out of him, then he ducked under Hyperion's spear, slamming the hilt of his sword on his leg, which with a wet crack shattered, bent at an unnatural angle. To cap it off Percy swung his sword in an upwards arc, slicing off Hyperion's arm. Percy then grabbed Perses by the throat and slammed him into the ground.

Warning: Torture Scene

Perses said, 'Kill me. Come on, I know you want to.' Percy stared him straight in the eyes, and spoke in a tone that send shivers down everyone's spine. 'Oh no you don't. You don't get to insult me and just die. You get the extra treatment.' His sight swept around at the form of an unconscious Hyperion and Kronos groaning on the ground, struggling to rise, finally landing on Perses. 'And I'm going to start with you.' As soon as he finished his sentence, he sliced off Perses's another leg. Perses could only watch on in silence, shocked to an extent that he couldn't even register the pain. Then, noticing the heat that his sword seems to give off, Percy used the flat of his blade to cauterize the wound. 'Enjoying yourself?' Percy snarled. He then proceeded to cut off Perses's fingers one by one. Then his wrists. Then his arms. At this stage Perses was reduced to a broken man, whimpering, 'No more, please, no more…' Percy seemed to notice this, and twirled his sword in his hand, then levelled it at Perses's throat. Then he sliced across ever so slowly, letting the ichor flow down from his victim's throat and the length of his sword, the smell of burnt flesh stinging everyone's nostrils. Perses's eyes rolled upwards, and his form flickered, then faded. However, his essence seems to get sucked into the sword, which Percy thought as strange for a moment before bloodlust consumed him again. He whipped around at a scraping sound, and found Hyperion awake, trying to crawl away. Percy slowly walked forward, letting the ground crunch loudly under his feet, taking extra care to kick Kronos in the face as he passed by. Hyperion tried to save himself by blasting Percy with balls of light (HEHEHE) with his remaining arm, but Percy's sword sucked in all of them. Percy had no idea why this happened, but he decided to question later. He grinned manically, and he threw his sword at Hyperion, the sword hit Hyperion on the right shoulder, punching through blood and bone and rendering his good arm useless. Hyperion still tried to use his one good leg to push himself further away from the seemingly crazy son of Poseidon all the while yelling, 'No, get away from me! What are you? Where am I? What are you going to do to me?' Percy threw his head back and laughed coldly, then he said in a sing-song voice, 'Welcome, child, to the wishing well. You ask for heaven,' Percy bent down to Hyperion, who froze in terror.

'We give you hell.'

Percy then grabbed the hilt of his sword and twisted, ignoring the shrieks of pain coming from Hyperion, and stomped down on his good leg, snapping the bone, accompanied by more screams. Percy roared at the titan, 'SHUT THE FUCK UP!' He picked up Hyperion by his hair, ripped his sword from his shoulder, and sliced him into two. Vertically. Hyperion then exploded into golden dust, which Percy's sword sucked in as well. Slowly and menacingly, he turned to face the last titan, Kronos, who is gasping and struggling to rise, as his lungs were punctured by Percy's slash. 'What's the matter, Gramps?' Percy mocked as he stepped before Kronos, who eyed him with a healthy amount of fear. 'Can't breathe? Don't worry,' He twirled his sword back and forth, 'you won't be breathing soon enough.' Kronos's nostrils flared and his eyes flashed golden, slowing time to a crawl. However, this didn't seem to affect Percy, as he keep twirling his white blade. 'Nice trick Gramps, but not in this case.' Percy said. 'Ok, I see you want to kill me. Fine, pick up your scythe. Strike me down.' Kronos then swept up his scythe, and lunged at Percy, but he just side stepped the strike and allow Kronos to pass, before giving him a boot to his arse. (It rhymes!) Kronos sprawled out onto the floor roughly, and Percy kicked away his master weapon. 'Say goodbye, Gramps.' Percy spat darkly, and begin slicing away at Kronos's body. 'The same way you died the first time, you wretch. Hope you're having fun now idiot.' Percy said as he increased the speed and power of his strikes. Within moments Kronos is reduced to a bloody pulp, ichor leaking everywhere from his body, which is covered in slashes and cuts, and his limbs and genitals are missing. Percy nodded in satisfaction at the state Kronos is in, and crouched down next to Kronos's head, which a cut was made down the left side of his face, a reminder of an old friend that was killed due to the influence of Kronos. Percy then muttered, 'Goodbye, Gramps.' Then his stabbed his sword through Kronos's skull, from his chin to the top of his head, and he spun his sword in a way similar to that of a capstan. With a loud crack Kronos's head was ripped clean off his body, and like Hyperion he exploded into golden dust, sucked in by Percy's sword. He then looked at the large number of monsters, while some of them had been killed by Percy's hurricane before he engaged the titans, the majority of them stayed alive. Percy grinned, and winds started to whip around him once again.

Torture scene over. How was it? Tell me in the reviews. And now on with the story.

Iapetus and Achilles huddled behind a boulder, hoping that someone can calm down the enraged son of Poseidon. The stench of burnt flesh still lingers in the air, and mixed with the smell and sound of vomiting somewhere off to their left, hinting that Styx is still throwing up from the gruesome scene that Percy put up, made the duo wanted to leave as soon as possible, but they have to calm down Percy, who is slaughtering the monster army at the moment.

Achilles felt a presence next to him and he turned around, expecting to see Styx, only to see a woman with extra pale skin grinning at him. Achilles shrieked, and leaped out of the current place he is in, only to trip on a rock and fall on his back. He glared at her, 'Hades, lady, you nearly gave me a heart attack!' Then he frowned at the women, 'Who are you?' She replied simply, 'I'm Nyx. I'm here to offer you four sanctuary from Tartarus.' 'Why are you here?' Achilles asked, slightly doubting Nyx's intentions. 'The same reason why Hades resurrected you, and assigned you two to ensure Percy's survival. There's a war coming, son of Thesis. And it will be the biggest war of all times, dwarfing the past two that humanity had, and all our hopes are on the son of Poseidon that was banished to Tartarus, due to the hopes of eliminating him by our enemies.' 'Alright, Lady Nyx, we take up on your offer, but we need to calm Percy down first. As you know, he is not exactly happy after the recent events.' Achilles returned to his place behind the boulder, and saw Iapetus's shocked face. He peeked over the rock, and saw something that is both amazing and terrifying at the same time.

Percy is standing in front of them, his arms outstretched, aura even more intense than before, and the army of monsters is standing of a levitated chunk of Tartarus earth, held in place by a giant hand made of water. Percy then roared, and stabbed his sword into the ground. With a huge groan from the earth, the hand of water raised the army of monsters, and smashed them against the ground. A huge boom was heard, then rocks and dust flew everywhere. Nyx clicked her fingers, and a cocoon of black energy surrounded them. Styx appeared next to them, her face a sickly green colour. They waited for a while until the dust and rubble subsided, and stepped out from their spot behind the boulder. Percy lay in front of them, unmoving, covered with dust and monster essence, a trickle of blood down the left side of his head. Nyx knelt down next to him, and put her hand on his neck. She gasped. Achilles asked, 'What's wrong with him?' Nyx ignored him, 'He's alive, just unconscious. Let's return to the Mansion of Night, you guys can live here. I will explain more when he is awake.'

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Percy awoke in a dark room. By dark, he means he literally can't see a thing. He felt that he seems to be lying on a bed, but his eyes can only see darkness. Panic seized him, and he shouted, 'Hello? Anyone? Where am I?'

Silence.

Then a familiar voice spoke with a chuckle, 'Hello, Percy. Nice to see you again.' Percy said in shock, 'Nyx? What are you doing here? Are you here to kill me? Where are my friends?' 'If I had wanted to kill you, Percy, you would have never woken up. As for why I am here, I am here to help you, Percy.' 'Why?' 'Later. I will explain about this with all of you. Now,' Percy feel someone touch his forehead, and suddenly he can see. He saw Nyx's grinning face above his, and he tried to get up, only to fall painfully on the floor as his legs ached. He groaned and shakily got up to see Nyx trying hard not to laugh at his failed attempt. 'Hey, stop smirking. You haven't answered all my questions yet.' Percy glared at her. 'Later.' Nyx signalled Percy to follow her. They walked through a dark corridor, and arrived at a balcony where Achilles, Iapetus and Styx were sitting around a table, talking about something. However, as soon as Percy arrived they stopped and looked at Percy a bit fearfully. Percy felt uneasy at this but shook off the feeling as he pulled up a chair and sat down, forcing a smile. Then he looked at Nyx pointedly. 'Explain. Everything.'

Nyx nodded and sat down on a chair as well. 'Now, Percy you must first promise me not to interrupt and get angry when I explain the issue to you, okay?' Percy, puzzled as to why Nyx would said that, replied, 'Sure. Now, tell me.' 'Percy,' Nyx hesitated. 'How much do you remember of yesterday?'

'Not much, but I remember that I got dropped into Tartarus, up to the point where Kronos, Hyperion and Perses attacked us. Why do you ask? You saved us, didn't you? Otherwise how are we here in the Mansion of Night?'

'No, Percy. You killed them. You, a demigod, killed three titans and about three hundred thousand monsters in a few minutes. You cleared out more than half of the monsters residing in Tartarus. But that is not the major problem. The problem is, you killed the three titans.' Seeing that Percy was about to speak, Nyx hurried on. 'Yes, they would have reformed. Key word, would have. They faded, and the reason for that lies within your sword. Can I see it?' Percy's sword appeared in his hand, and he handed it over to Nyx hilt-first, but she didn't touch it.

'See, this sword is the only one of its kind in existence. This is the sword Nova.It is forged from the first supernova, hence the name. This sword has the special ability to consume the ability of those defeated and transfer to its user. It is one of the two Chaos blades, the original weapons of Chaos the creator, also known as my father, before he passed them down. However, these blades haven't been seen in millennia, yet they appear now. Something big is going on. Who gave you the sword?' Percy looked at the sword critically. 'Aether. Not only that, he asked me to look after his children, which now I cannot do, and mentioned something about a war among primordial gods. Do you know anything about this… war? I must warn…' Percy stopped, remembering that the people he trying to warn cast him into Tartarus.

Noticing Percy's facial expressions, Achilles quickly said, 'Hey, Nyx, what more can you tell us about Percy's sword?' 'That's all that I know about the sword, but now we have to address the problems that now concerns Percy. Firstly, this may come as shock to you, but you killing the embodiment of time will have some… side effects, if I may. According to my daughter Hemera, when you killed Kronos, time broke in Tartarus. Our time in Tartarus is ten times faster than that in the world above. On the good side, when Achilles said that you will be down here forever, there may be another chance for you to return to the real world. Your sentence can be removed if the Olympians decided for a re-vote on your case. You just need to hold on until that day.'

Noticing Percy's moody demeanour, Iapetus put a large hand on Percy's slumped shoulders. 'Hey, cheer up. At least you have a chance to leave here. One is better than none, right?' Percy dumbly nodded his head. 'Secondly, you may find that you have some new powers with your old ones.' Percy cocked an eyebrow at Nyx, hinting at her to explain. 'As I mentioned earlier, your sword can transfer the powers of the defeated to its user. Other than the three titans, what else did you kill after you received the sword?' 'The Chimera and a couple hellhounds.' Percy started to get confused. 'What, I won't become an oversized dog and breathe fire, will I?' Nyx chuckled. 'No, you are apparently a fire user now, resistance to any kind of poison and sedates, plus you can also shadow travel, not to mention the ability to control time, lights and destroy.' Percy got confused again at the last bit. 'What? I can already destroy stuff, in fact anyone can, right? Urg, these things never make sense.' He grumbled. Nyx thought about that for a moment before speaking again. 'I think what that means is that your strength and powers got a boost in destructive force. Sort of like an upgrade. Pretty handy if you ask me, since you got to live down here. Hey, you four can live here in the Mansion, to rest, train and do other stuff. I will give you four access to anything here. Now, anyone want some breakfast?'

A/N: Thx for AziAchillesJackson, TheMag1c1an and especially Ronnie R15 who pointed out my faults in the reviews and encouraged me to write more. I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and if you wish you can point out any faults, places in need of improvement in the reviews, I will read all of them and take in what you guys need to say! Thank you guys in advance as well =)