A/N:

Just like Arnie as the Terminator, I am back

After a long time thinking about what to do with this story, and 3 solid hours brainstorming and writing, I finally have something to work with.

And guess what, it is a long chapter this time.

I hope this makes up for my time away from this story and I hope you enjoy.

"It's Annabeth," I replied, the despair dripping off the two words.

Percy's POV

The moment the words left Thalia's mouth I knew she was right. For a few minutes we all just sat there trying to comprehend why Annabeth would have done this. Then I remembered the words that Eddie had heard 'You will share in my pain. You will all suffer'

"This is because of me," I said, my hand falling into my hands. They looked at me, no one saying a word. We had all come to the same conclusion.

"The question is, who is she working with?" Reyna asked.

"Isn't it obvious," Eddie replied, "its Nyx, wife of Chaos, Primordial goddess of night and darkness".

"And how is it 'obvious' Sherlock," Thalia joked.

"In the dream, I found you on the altar of Nyx and you know me. I don't believe in coincidence. Especially when it comes to dreams," Eddie said. It made sense.

"Uh guys," Reyna said, her eyes transfixed on the clock in the kitchen. The clock read midday, the time Chaos told us to meet him.

"We have to get to Chaos," I said. Eddie nodded looking at the clock, he clicked and everything stopped. I don't know how Eddie does it. The complete silence, the lack of movement. There was no wind and no sound. We all ran into our rooms. Reyna and I had a quick shower together and got into some Earth clothes. We exited the room and started to walk down the hallway to Chaos' office, we found Eddie and Thalia about halfway there and we all entered Chaos' office. Eddie clicked his fingers and everything returned to normal. Chaos looked up at us and then went back to the file in front of him.

"How are you Eddie?" Chaos asked casually.

"I'm well Chaos. Thanks for the save," Eddie replied, just as casually.

"Please Eddie. As soon as Reyna told me, there was no questioning," Chaos said, "Now, who was responsible for this dream,"

"Eddie saw a woman in his dream. The woman fits the description of Annabeth," Thalia said, "And we believe she is working with Nyx,"

"First my son, now my wife. Everyone is power hungry in my family," Chaos said.

"Preaching to the choir my friend," Eddie joked.

"Well regardless, I am not surprised that Nyx is behind the dream. And I have no doubt that Udnoy is currently her disciple. Their personalities are very similar. I'm going to need you to take a few hundred soldiers from each of your divisions. I've had the telepaths working to get a location on Udnoy for 2 days and they think they've found something. The location has already been put into the ships. Be ready to leave first thing tomorrow. And Thalia, I want you in the command centre," Chaos said. We all nodded and left the office. We walked down the hallway back to our room. Reyna and I went into our room and got all our stuff ready. We took our bags to the small bay area in the corner of our room and placed them in. They glowed for a second before they were atomised and sent to our ship. We walked out to the common room and sat down on the sofa. Eddie walked out of his room and sat down on one of the couches. The lights went off and the TV turned on.

"Here is where you are headed. It was my wife's hide away when we had disagreements. She called it Devil's Nightmare. It rests at the very edge of the universe," Chaos boomed over the speakers. What we saw on the screen reflected its name completely. The planet looked completely desolate, with the majority of the surface being a dark grey. However on the very north side of the planet, a castle of pure darkness rose over the horizon (A/N: Think of castle thing from The Interview). Around the planet, asteroids floated among the various space ship parts. There were even bones floating in the debris, some human and others definitely not human. Even the sight of it made my hair stand on end.

"I want you to set up a base of operations on a nearby planet, Janihon. I have already contacted the local population and they are expecting your arrival. You are going to be setting up base in what they consider to be the badlands outside the main citadel," On the screen we saw the badlands. The soil was crimson red and it almost looked like blood had slowly dried on the surface of the planet. Next on the screen we saw a picture of the local people. They walked on two hind legs but had 2 sets of arms. Their eyes poked out of the top of their heads and their mouths looked normal, but looked as if it could split into mandibles. Their skin was a deep purple and their eyes were cobalt blue.

"I wish you well assassins. And Eddie, tell your crew to prepare the Jackdaw. She can lay anchor in the river that separates the citadel from the badlands," Chaos spoke over the intercom before the feed went down and the lights flicked back on. We all stood and walked towards our ship.

"I'm going to quickly check on the Jackdaw quickly, you guys go ahead, I'll be right there," Eddie said before running off towards the Jackdaw. Thalia, Reyna and I kept walking towards our ship, greeting the people we saw on the way. When we got there, we did the routine checks and waited for Eddie to return. 5 minutes later he ran through the airlock, closing it behind him. He walked straight into the cockpit and I followed him. We started up the ship and pulled out of the bay. Eddie looked over at me and I nodded. He pushed down the hyper drive and our ship blasted through the barrier between the normal dimension and hyperspace. I flicked the autopilot on and Eddie and I exited the cockpit and sat down on the couch while Reyna picked out a movie. We settled on Kingsman the Secret Service 3: A New Generation and laid down on the couch, Thalia's head resting on Eddie's chest and Reyna snuggling into my body. I loved the movie, have since they released it. Eventually we heard the alarm that signalled that we had to exit hyperspace. Eddie ran into the cockpit with me close behind him we sat in our chairs and he placed his hand on the hyper drive lever and looked at me. I looked at the small heads-up display in front of me and waited for the small dot to be aligned with the cross hairs.

"3, 2, 1" I said and as the dot ticked over onto the centre of the cross hairs, Eddie pulled the hyper drive lever back and we saw Janihon. The planet was brown with streaks of blue covering the surface like veins and patches of green splattered across the landscape. The ship entered the planets atmosphere and the hub citadel came into view. It was a bustling metropolitan city that was surrounded by a spherical force field that protected the citadel from any unwelcomed guests. Dotted across the vast expanse were settlements of the local population, the Jani. Our ship descended onto the planets surface and we began to see our other ships appearing in the sky above us. We all descended on the planet and landed in the spot that the Jani had designated us. All of our ships landed and we walked out to find the girls in their assassin's gear already. Eddie snapped and we ran and got changed. We returned to the living room and time began again. We walked out of the ship and onto the plains. Before us stood some of the Jani elders, their skin becoming frail and wrinkled in their age. Their usually cobalt blue eyes looked dimmed from everything they had seen in their lives. We heard the sounds of the other battleships landing behind us and we approached the elders.

"Greetings Chaos Commanders. My name is Erantha," The elder closest to us said. Out of all of them, he was the oldest. His skin was covering in wrinkles and his arms had lost their muscle and his eyes looked more white than blue. His eyestalks drooped and every time he tried to move them back to their original position, they simply dropped back down.

"Greetings to you Erantha. Our many thanks for accommodating us in this time of war," Eddie said, stepping forward and bowing deeply to the elder in front of us.

"It is no trouble at all. We have these expansive plains that are not used, so when the call came we were more than willing to accept," Erantha replied, "Please, use the space however you wish and if I may, I would like to invite you and your associates to a feast in the Temple tonight just after sunset,"

"We would be honoured Erantha," Reyna replied.

"I will send my great-grandson to fetch you when it is time," Erantha replied before walking towards a small land craft they had parked nearby. He stepped onto the platform, turned and nodded towards the commanders before stepping inside the craft and flying away. Our lieutenants, primary and secondary generals (A:N/The ones from the original story as well as the secondary generals mentioned at the end of the chapter) exited from several different battleships and walked towards us.

"So what's the plan?" Luke asked.

"Well for now, lets get ourselves set up. Make sure that everyone has everything they need. Tonight we have all been invited to dinner. Tomorrow, we need to send Thalia's best recon people out to get as much info as we can on their defences and numbers. Eddie can send some of his people as well if he needs to," I said. Everyone nodded and they all went off to the battleships, giving people jobs to do. We went back to our ship and went to the meeting room.

"Eddie what are you thinking," Reyna asked Eddie. Eddie was a master strategist and could figure out the strengths and weaknesses of an army just by assessing their commander.

"Well Nyx is one of the most feared beings in all creation. That is because; darkness is one of the scariest things in all cultures and all species. That is because, in darkness there is no light, no visible way out. If you could take the darkness away from her, that would be ideal but seeing as we are at the edge of this universe, getting her away from darkness is not really an option. What we need to do is overwhelm her with light," Eddie said.

"So what do you suggest we do," I asked.

"Use our allies to our advantage, Eddie replied.

Time skip – Sunset

I looked in the mirror at my formal attire and straightened my tie before walking out of the bathroom. Reyna stood before me and she looked stunning. She was wearing a sleeveless maroon dress that fitted her athletic form perfectly. Her hair was out and stretched down to her lower back. She had simple stud earrings and didn't wear a lot of make-up, but she still gave Aphrodite a run for her money. She looked at me and smiled. She walked up to me and kissed me on the lips. I was more than happy to kiss her back and after a minute or two we pulled away from each other.

"You look stunning," I said, looking directly into her chocolate brown eyes.

"You don't look too bad yourself handsome," She said, putting her left hand on my chest.

"Shall we?" I asked. She smiled and laughed slightly.
"We shall," She replied, intertwining her arm with mine. We exited our room and walked into the living room. Eddie and Thalia had not come out yet, so we checked outside to see if Erantha's great-grandson had arrived to pick us up yet. We saw a dust cloud a few miles away and assumed that it was him bringing one of the land craft to pick us up. We also saw the Jackdaw, rocking slowly back and forth in the river that was near out landing site. It had arrived just after our meeting and Eddie had spent a few hours with the crew, talking and planning. We heard a door open behind us and Eddie and Thalia emerged from their rooms. Eddie wore a black jacket over his grey formal shirt, and he didn't have a tie. He was wearing black dress pants and black formal shoes. Thalia looked amazing. She wore a sky blue dress and simple stud earrings like Reyna. Her hair flowed over her right shoulder and her baby bump didn't detract from her beauty.

"Look at us all dressed up fancy," Eddie commented smiling.

The door opened and Luke walked in, wearing a tuxedo with a bow tie.

"Erantha's great-grandson is here," Luke said before walking out the door.

We all walked out of the ship and up to the craft that had come to pick us up. Inside the small passenger bay where our lieutenants and primary and secondary generals. All the girls wore multi-coloured dresses that hugged their forms and all the guys had tuxedos on. From the cockpit emerged a relatively young.

"Hello commanders, my name is Nebjamin, Erantha's great grandson. It is a pleasure to meet you," Nebjamin said, his voice resonating powerfully in the small space.

"Pleasure to meet you Nebjamin," Thalia replied, smiling kindly at him. Nebjamin bowed his head and re-entered the cockpit. We sat down and split into different conversations. The trip only took about 45 minutes and when the pod opened we were in the main Citadel. Before us was the Temple. The architecture was intricate and the various deities in the Jani belief system were carved into the pillars. The building soared into the sky and nearly touched the top of the force field. We were lead inside by Nebjamin. We walked through the halls of the Temple, passing prayer rooms and chambers for worship. We were lead up several flights of stairs and into a hall. In the hall their was a table. At the table sat Erantha and his fellow elders. On the other side of the table their were enough seats for us and Nebjamin to sit on. We all took our seats at the table.

"Greetings Warriors of Chaos. How has your day been since we met this morning," Erantha asked.

"Well thank you Erantha. How has your day been since our last meeting," I asked. Erantha seemed shocked that I had asked him how his day had been.

"It was very good Monsoon. Thank you for asking. I think it is time that we dine,"

"I can agree with that Erantha," Everyone laughed and several Jani walked in carrying plates of food. Behind them, some men followed with drinks. When the drinks came out I went to toast with Eddie but something was up. He was looking at one of Erantha's followers and I knew that he was deep in thought.

Eddie's POV

When the drinks came out, my eye caught one of the elders seated on the immediate left of Erantha. His eyes shifted back and forth between the cups and the Jani sitting next to him. I turned my ear slightly and listened. For a second all I heard was a jumble of beating, before realising that the Jani must be bi-vascular. I focused and heard both hearts beating independently of each other. They were both racing. He was either incredibly excited or incredibly nervous. Or possibly both. I let my hearing return to normal and the bustle around me became reality again. Everyone had drinks in their hands and I quickly picked mine up and raised it in the toast that Erantha had started seconds before.

"To camaraderie," He toasted. We all repeated the toast and I saw the elder next to him briefly wince when the chalice hit Erantha's lips. I felt time slow around me as I thought. And then it hit me. Time returning to normal hit me like a ton of bricks but I practically flew out of my chair and around the table. But by then I knew it was too late. I could hear the chalice hitting the floor, the surprise of the people around me. Erantha's gurgling filled the room as his mouth foamed and his eyes reddened. By the time I got to him, the foam had started to hit the floor and his pulse was gone. Erantha was dead.

"What is this," said the man I had been watching before, "My father dead. At this banquet of friendship. You assassins have poisoned him. He trusted you and you have lead him to his grave. Someone get them out of here," He yelled to the people around us.

"FREEZE," I yelled before anyone could get near me. Time didn't freeze but everyone in the room did. Not out of fear but obligation. I carry with me a certain authority. I can make people listen no matter who they are or what they think of me. I moved towards Erantha and smelled his mouth. The smell was bitter. I went through my head thinking of bitter poisons and immediately one popped into my head.

"Potassium Cyanide. Essentially odourless. However, in some cases it does leave a faint odour of bitter almonds. Kills in seconds with no cure. It is an earth poison and although we are from Earth originally. We have not called the wretched planet home for centuries and as Chaos assassins we no longer use such primitive methods of assassination, no matter how effective they may be. Therefore, this was someone from Earth. However, no one else from Earth has been here in a long time. Therefore someone in this room killed him. And I have theory. It was you," I said, pointing at Erantha's son.

The Secondary Generals

Brooke Candice – Percy's secondary general, Daughter of Athena

Ricky Denison – Reyna's secondary general, Son of Apollo

Clara Van Olaf – Thalia's secondary general, Daughter of Hephaestus

Spencer Jareau – Eddie's secondary general, Son of Athena

A/N:

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I thank you all for sticking with this story and all your feedback on my writing.

I would also like to apologize to the guest who answered the Neulara question correctly. I said his answer when the guest was female and I would like to profusely apologize. I am an idiot but in my defense it is part of my charm ;)

I hope you enjoyed my return and I hope that it was worth the wait.

Thank you all,

I hope to be able to write again soon.
-Dalek