(A/N: Hello guys Agrippa Reporting for Duty again, time for the real story to begin, have you been expecting the same old Chaos story? Oh you better not because there are many secrets and mystery yet to unfold many things to pass and many twist to make and expect after this story you guys will be flabbergasted anyway like I said the real story begins now, some question will be answered while others will give you more question the time has come for Percy to show his fate and destiny and power stay tune =)
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Chapter 5: The Impenetrable Fortress
We 14 travelled through the Pacific and will enter the Philippines Boundary in 20 Minutes, so pretty much we were preparing for Battle or something because this is an unknown land to us Demigods, even though Gods power reach here this place is always avoided at all cost, the Gods didn't said much to it but Dad Iris-messaged me telling me the History of this place, his words will forever marked in my mind
"Philippines is a place where Good and Evil exist but for the past Millennia the evil grow and the good disappear, There's something there that made us weary, made us afraid, be careful my Son that place hold many things beyond our power"
When Dad said it, he was Afraid and scared but at the same time hopeful….. After I told them what Dad told me, they became weary and decided to get ready for everything, if the Gods were afraid by something in the Philippines it must be really bad then and for us to go near its capital is more dangerous than anything.
Annabeth still researched about the Philippines and their Myths, I told her to check the Corregidor Island as well since that were we will be heading and according to what she found, Philippines are known for their corrupted Leaders but strong people power and considered as a resourceful country though many foreigners own the biggest resources there
Their myths are unusual like they're vampire is a flying torso, waist up (literally) and other I don't want to describe others, because it is…. Unusual
Corregidor Island is a key bastion of their Allies in war because it is near the capital city it is used like a gateway to get in the Capital; even their Allies the Americans used this island as their Main Headquarters, Rumor has it that The soul of the dead Soldiers still roam the island (Which made us all shiver except Nico who only raised his eyebrow at this)
Nico and Thalia was eavesdropping at us in the meeting and when they found out were going on a Quest they insisted on coming so we got no choice but to let them join us because if not they threatened to reveal our meeting
I stood in top of Festus checking for any sign of danger and thinking some things….
This Pacific Ocean was where my…. Grandparents died. My Mom told me story's back then about her Parents, when the plane crashed, it crashed now that I remember in the Pacific in the Philippines (I have a feeling it's not a coincidence) and it was a strange occurrence because the body looked fine, not a single scratch or blood (after being in the water for a week), the body of the plane passengers looked like sleeping literally, the rescuers and scientist just shrugged it off thinking it's a miracle.
I thought about the Demigods that I met and know and just realized there were no Filipino Demigod, not even one and a part of my mind wondered why?
"Because like our Father said, there is something in the Philippines that made the God scared, something beyond their power and they know full well to leave it alone"
My Regire Instinct activated and Regire formed beside me aiming an arrow to the voice and I grabbed my weapon (Riptide in Blade of Olympus mode) and swing it to the voice but stopped by a fingerless silver plated gloved hand
"Is that how you greet your Big Brother?" Silver asked grinning at me
"Yes, if he sneaks at me" I said smiling at him, that's what I liked about Silver, whenever I'm around him I felt relax, I guess but the down of it he's always busy doing who know what.
Regire lowered her bow then sat cross legged on the deck, watching Silver carefully
"What do you mean 'Power beyond the Gods' Silver, they're like the most powerful one right" I added sarcasm in the last sentence making the sky rumbles but I just rolled my eyes at it.
Water swirled behind Silver creating an ice replica of his throne.
The throne arm rest was carved full body wolf snarling, the headrest had a skeletal dragon wrapped around it, the clawed hand gripped the side while the demonic head of the dragon was faced toward where the throne was facing with its teeth showing and Silver sword (Frostmourne, Lich King Sword) served as the headrest pole. The bottom is littered beast skull and skeletal tail (That is placed to make the throne looked like it have tentacles)
Silver sat cross legged at the throne with one leg propped over the armrest, he's wearing a military outfit, green camouflaged pants, black military boots, black muscular shirt, and a black tinted S.W.A.T goggles. His dark green hair shorter than usual and spiky
"Philippines is a place full of mystery and danger Brother" Silver said leaning back
"Seems like it" I said sliding down Festus (skate board style) and leaned at it
Silver just smirked at my answer
"But that's not all" Silver said still smirking and whispered "There's also a secret that our Father hid in there"
That caught my attention "What secret" I said remembering the prophecy
"Soon you will know" he said his face serious
Then snapped back to his old cheerful face "You do know that I'm a Filipino right?" Silver said smirking at me
"What!" I yelled in shock
"Ouch! My Brother didn't know my nationality" Silver said grasping his heart looking hurt but I ignored it
"BU—BU—BUT YOU SAID YOU WERE ROMAN!" I said
"I was born in Rome but raised in the Philippines" Silver said smiling, my face practically said 'EXPLAIN'
"The Philippines back then was still undiscovered and ignored and we just call it Southern Island" Silver started
"The people back then was Loyal, Humble, Powerful and ignorant but they are deadly warriors in using their own weapons, did you know they used wood in their shield and rock or Metal for their sword? Anyway back to the story, the Gods forbid Demigods born of this land and forbid any Demigods from entering it, you have to find out because I'm too lazy to explain (I throw my dagger at him but he evaded it and just continued making me just settle glaring at him) But Dad broke 'that' rule and sent me there because my Mom insisted it, when I reached the age 21 I was sent back to Rome to train as a true Roman" Silver paused then looked toward the sea "I served the rest of my life in Rome but still….. I'm more of a Filipino than Roman because there is something in the Filipinos that make me feel alive more than anything" Silver said looking in the distance
"You guys don't mind if I join this quest right?" Silver asked standing up his throne dissipating in thin air
"I don't mind, though the others is a different story" I said looking at Regire who still kept looking at Silver and if I didn't know better I thought she might be crushing on him
Regire snapped her head toward me (I swear I saw her blush) and fired her arrows making me yelp and jump toward the water, Silver laughing behind me making me curse.
"Real funny Bro, real funny" I grumbled getting back toward the deck using the water as leverage
"It is" Silver yelled back at me
I rolled my eyes at him and glared at Regire who just smirked at me making me grumble again about 'She's my bond yet my annoying partner'
Silver took off his S.W.A.T goggles revealing an Icy blue eyes that held calm and content looking in the distance.
He whispered something that I barely heard "I'm going back Home Ylythea"
I looked at him that name seemed familiar but… my memories were getting blur so I just ignored it and gone back inside the ship to announce them we have a new crewmate
~~~A betrayal that resulted hatred beyond imagination~~~
Everyone was weary when we entered the Philippine because it was too silent and I felt something and I know they felt it too… the whole place were buzzing with power
I could feel the sea with each waves has power that are waiting to unleashed and the nearer we get to land or specifically Corregidor Island the power get stronger making us shiver….. The whole place was buzzing by so much power but it feels like they're being controlled…. being locked by something waiting to be unleashed
We docked in the broken dock with a man who looked like a general pointing toward us at the Land, that's the only dock as big as the ship well next to the tourist dock.
When the plank was lowered no one was eager to go first except Silver who was humming a cheerful tune walking toward the statue without care making us gape at him
We all looked at each other and followed after him, our body tense and looking for any sign of danger
"Strange, there doesn't seem to be any people here, isn't this some kind of tourist spot? where are the guides at least? This place looked abandoned" Annabeth said picking something like paper in the ground
"Yeah and this place give me the creeps" Thalia said holding her spear looking toward the tourist dock
"Uhg can't they at least clean the water here!?" Piper said pointing at the water next the tourist dock that is full of garbage
"They always cleaned it but the problem is all the garbage that came from the Capital washed away in here and gather in there" Silver said looking at the statue but points toward where Piper was pointing
Annabeth walked toward Silver and studied the statue "Isn't that General McArthur?" Annabeth said shocked
"Yes this very place where the statue stand is where McArthur said his famous words" Silver said walking toward the busses that are parked, they looked like used for travelling around here and open to see the way
"I shall Return" Annabeth whispered looking at the statue with apprehension
"I wouldn't walk further Reyna, there is something blocking your path" Nico said unsheathing his stygian sword and walking toward her
Reyna looked at him deciding whether to obey or not but that soon cut off as a silver arrow flashed, hitting something in front of her, Something gave an spine chilling cry then smoke suddenly exploded where the arrow hit making us tense again ready for battle
"Don't worry, it's just some playful Ghost" Silver said rummaging through the bus his bow shrinking on his wrist
"Stay together always because the Spirits here are too playful" Silver added then the Bus roared to life making Silver looked at us
"Well? Hop in! We don't have all day you know" Silver said taking the driver seat, I grinned and yelled "I call Shotgun!" then jumped next to Silver
The others decided to ride in the back, Reyna and Abraxas were covering our backs while Baltasar and Adrastos cover our side
Silver rode still whistling that strange tune, he drove toward east and the road was so silent it gave me goose bumps, the others were chatting behind anything they could think of just to take their mind off the this unknown land
We arrived to what looked like an inn and it looked creepy because there are no people not even one making as tense again and the house looking a bit old but elegant made me scared, I can sense something is in there…. Something that was left thousands of years ago.
Silver left the buss and walked up the stairs without a care in the world
"Silver stop!" Reyna yelled with so power making me freeze but Silver merely stopped and looked toward Reyna
"What?" Silver said annoyed
"There is something here we don't know, can't you be at least be careful" Reyna said in her huntress voice
"As you can see Lieutenant there is nothing here" Silver said spreading his arm then continued "You guys are merely scaring yourself, Relax we are more safe here than in Camp Half-Blood the only thing we can have problems here are ghosts but since we have a Son of Hades here that will be just a piece of cake"
"What do you mean safe! We hav-" Reyna was saying before Silver cut her off and said in his Commander voice
"That is your instinct acting 'this place is unknown beware' uhg! Open your eyes guys! And relax once you get used to this place that feeling will disappear"
"Easier said than done" Leo whispered to Frank who nodded
"Hurry up the Inn here is cozy and had a nice view" Silver said continued walking toward the Inn
I decided to follow him and I feel someone glaring on my back which made me turn around and saw all of them where looking at me
"You seriously are going to follow him Perce?" Dakota asked looking serious then he realized his mistake
My face became cold and I said in my most Commander voice "Of course" I said "Because I know he will not put all of us in danger, un like you I trust him" I said and I saw at the corner of my eye Reyna flinch but I ignored it and followed Silver inside the Inn
When I got in the inn it made me froze in track because it looked so…simple yet comfortable to the right goes to the kitchen while my left side gave a wide room with a T.V and sofa (looked like a Living room) and a stairs going down and in front of me are stairs going up.
I saw Silver standing in the living room gazing in the window and that is the first time I saw Silver happy and content, his body relaxed and he is smiling
"Come look here bro the scene is amazing!" Silver said smiling like a child looking at me
I walked toward him and gazed through the window and I felt myself relax, the scenery was just simple but something about it made me relax, the sway of the trees, the lush green mountains and the beautiful sky made me realize just how wonderful this place is.
"But out of this beautiful scene came a gruesome picture" Silver said then walked upstairs I followed him when Baltasar entered the inn and I saw his eyes widen, I smirked and said "My room upstairs" then followed Silver.
~~~Silver hold a secret that will make Percy life upside down~~~
Everyone just decided to trust Silver since he seem to know this place better than any of us, we all ate outside in the balcony and it was peaceful with fresh air (Though I wonder where Silver got the food).
"I still don't understand why there are no People around here" Annabeth said munching on her apple
"I sense many lost souls wandering here maybe they scared the people" Nico said sipping his orange juice
"I flew around looking for any sign of Mortal but found none it's like… it's like they've been kidnapped" Jason said looking at his spaghetti
"Or maybe killed by something" Frank said looking around
"Oh! Stop thinking nonsense! Didn't you guys hear the news?" Silver said eating an oval, heart shaped yellow fruit
"What is that?" Gwen asked pointing on what Silver is eating
"Mango in Pilipino language 'Mangga' this is their national fruit and it's sweet" Silver said offering Gwen a slice
Gwen carefully took it, sniffing it and when she sees it fine she ate it, her eyes shone "It's a little bit sour but the sweet balanced it" Gwen said taking another bite.
I rolled my eyes at her then grabbed the piece Silver was holding, he didn't complain though he rolled his eyes at me.
"What News?" Annabeth asked holding an apple
Silver looked at her and raised his eyebrow then grabbed another Mango
"The President of the Philippines ordered all the Filipinos to go back here, it was internationally broadcast and strangely the other President didn't even protest and after that the Philippines closed themselves, all foreigners in their land thrown out like trash and then its silent" Silver said finishing his Mango
"Didn't someone tried to check what's going on" Leo asked eating a chicken leg
Silver looked at him smiling a dark smile "Of course there is, the problem was they were never heard again, actually we're the first outsider to go inside the Philippines for 7 years." Silver said darkly making Leo choke on his chicken
"But Why?" Annabeth asked thinking deeply
"Curiosity killed the cat" Silver said simply at Annabeth
"We need to split up and search the whole island" Silver said grabbing a banana cutting whatever Annabeth would say
"What are we searching actually?" Adrastos said playing along Silver
"A gate or door leading to a strange, mythical place" Abraxas said smirking but looked at Silver, Silver nodded then stood up
"We go by 3, Nico, Piper and Dakota will search the half head of the island, Percy I mean Abaddon, Frank, Jason will search the sea around the island, Adrastos, Baltasar and Gwen search the half head of the Island where the tail connect, Reyna, Annabeth, Leo search the tail, me, Abraxas and Hazel will search the underground, any questions?" Silver asked
"I'm with 2 Greeks…..great" Dakota mumbled
"I grouped everyone who had high survival chance and compatible with the environment because we have Monster who you guys have not fought before" Silver said not looking at Dakota
"Why would we search the sea? Isn't the island enough?" I asked
"This place was once a battlefield of Sky and Sea, there might be something hidden in the sea, Artifacts, clues…" Silver paused for a minute and looked at me full in the eye "Or Mystery"
I felt a chill travelled up my spine, it's as if my body itself knows there something there that has been long forgotten and if I found it my life will turn in a new angle.
"Anymore more Questions or Problems?" Silver asked and when no one said anything he continued "Well then we'll leave tomorrow dawn, for now you guys do whatever you want, Just don't wander too far here and Be careful not to disturb anything" Silver said straightening then walked upstairs
"Well I'm going back to the room to rest" Reyna announced then walked upstairs
I sense something were troubling those 2 so I followed them
"Where you going Commander?" Adrastos asked casually, leaning back on his chair, his feet on the table and eating grapes like a King
I rolled my eyes at his antics and created a water ball the size of a tennis ball, making it swirl in my hand, smirking at him and him seeing my smirk narrowed his eyes and hissed "You wouldn't dare"
"Oh but I would" I said then throw the water ball at the foot of the chair making it crack slowly then break in small splinters, Adrastos jumped but I clenched my hand and the water swirled creating a serpent who twirled in Adrastos leg and bit it drawing a small amount of blood and him losing his balance and dropped to the floor with a thud and crash but I only heard his fall because when the serpent twirled and bit his leg I quickly ran upstairs.
I heard no one yelling my name and catching me which made me confused but that disappeared when I saw Reyna walked toward the roof.
Silver had been a great teacher and taught me many tricks and mirage is one of them, your body is covered with 3 thick layer of water sea, swamp and clear water, rippling and with added effect of the light can make different kind of images but with right ripples and light I can make myself invisible and it took me a year to get better at this trick, I can't perfect it, it still has its faults like when I ran the ripples can be seen and this spell is heavy making the water stay close to your body and restraining and controlling them making it object and almost make it impossible that's why you must concentrate to your power or it will explode.
Anyway I ran up to Reyna and stayed in the top stairs and made myself as still as possible.
"What do you want Reyna?" Silver asked leaning against the rail, not looking at her
"To talk" Reyna said standing behind Silver with her arm crossed on her chest, Silver snorted but kept silent
"Silver…" Reyna said softly relaxing a bit then walked toward him but suddenly stopped because her feet was covered with thick ice keeping her glued to the floor
Reyna looked at her feet and gave a deep sigh "Is this about what happened in the forest?" Reyna whispered nervous, ok I'm becoming confused, I never seen this side of Reyna before.
I suddenly froze when Silver body tense thinking he sensed me (Yeah sneaking to an experienced Son of Neptune with water covering you? Bad Idea) but relaxed a bit
"Maybe" Silver said simply and still not looking at her
"I'm not sorry 'THAT' happened and….."Reyna said softly then whispered making me strain to hear it "I don't regret it"
Silver did not said anything but the ice on her feet dissolved in fine mist
"Me either" Silver said looking at the sunset "But I was scared what could have happened if Percy hadn't called? How far can we go before we controlled ourselves?"
I perked up hearing my name and wondered what is this all about? Reyna smiled and leaned next to Silver
"So you enjoyed it?" Reyna asked grinning and bump Silver shoulder
"What if I did" Silver smiled softly returning the bump
"I'll be happy" Reyna said smiling then just stood there in silence
"Can we-"
"No" Silver said firmly
"Why?" Reyna asked pouting (I raised my eyebrow at that, Reyna never pouts)
Silver looked at her for the first time and raised his eyebrow
"As you can see, we need to be focused on this quest" Silver said smiling and pinched her cheek
Reyna rolled her eyes, grabbing Silver hand which was pinching her cheek, tugging behind her and placing it on her waist while her other hand slide on Silver hair pulling it and placed a KISS!?
I stood there shocked; they stayed on that position for a second before I heard Adrastos yelled "COMMANDER!"
Making me surprised and slip so I rolled down from the top stair to bottom, I sense a blast was fired above my head and making the wall behind me crack.
A ringing enveloped my ear making me dizzy and sick and when I regained my senses I looked at Adrastos angrily
"I'm so sorry I didn't mean to go overboard" Adrastos said his face worried
I rubbed my sore ears and snarled at him "Are you trying to kill me or something because if that was a prank that is certainly not funny"
"I said I'm sorry" Adrastos grumbled then looked at the top of the stairs
Suddenly I realized that Silver and Reyna was still there, my body froze and slowly I turned toward them and sure enough they stood there, arm crossed on their chest and their face unreadable and there I realized how much power they hold
"Uhm we did nothing wrong to you guys so why are you guys looked like we just hit you?" Adrastos said worried at the same time scared
Then I caught up on what he's playing and swore to myself to thank him later
"Nothing, you just surprised us" Silver said his voice monotone
"What are you guys even doing up here" Reyna asked in her cold voice
"Well Commander here played a prank on me, which made me land on my butt" Adrastos said then continued
"I was about to catch him when the floor where I landed break and we saw a scroll" Adrastos said his face turning serious
"When I was about to get it Abaddon here made the water turn into Serpent and bit me making me forgot about it and ran to catch him and here we are now" Adrastos said looking at Reyna then looked at Silver
"The scroll was Roman we can tell it by its design and it told us a story or particularly a message" Adrastos said
"IF YOU GUYS DONE PLAYING GET YOUR PODEX DOWN HERE FOR US TO GET STARTED AND WHILE YOUR AT IT CALL THE 2 ALPHAS" Abraxas yelled downstairs
I glared at Adrastos for effect and summon another water serpent to bite him in his leg again and ran downstairs smiling
"ABADDON!" Adrastos yelled and can't help but think that was my payback for hurting my ears
Once we gathered around the dinner table again Silver took lead but it seems his mood earlier is still with him
"The scroll told us how a Man named Gladius wished to visit the Prince of Rome" Silver said calmly his face totally serious
All of them seem to be confused Who the man in the scroll is but Silver answered that "History tends to repeat itself"
"But no he's not the Gladius you guys know" Silver added
"And the title of the Scroll was a Visit to the Impenetrable Fortress" Silver said then looked at us with dread.
(A/N: I have plans for Silver and Percy and for the little kiss scene back there and many things back then, twist here change here Be ready for something you guys will never thought before, Silver had a dark and mysterious past are you guys ready to know his life? You better be because SilveR and Percy are linked in more ways than you know, till' next time)
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