Chapter 2:
Ten years prior to London incident...
Fire. Blood.
Percy's eyes widen, he drops down to his knees. At the edge of town he takes in everything, a view that causes him immense agony. How could this happen? Just a few hours ago the town had beem in perfect condition.
Percy grips his hair. Shaking like a maniac tears spill from his eyes. He didn't know what to do but to cry, to let his despair and pain out. It had hit him like a rock that everything he knew was probably gone.
He had only just been in the forest for a couple of hours. Surely this wasn't real. No way this could be real life. Something as horrible as this couldn't happen, right?
The buildings that were constructed by the people of the town were ablazing. Dead bodies of people he used to see everyday, were laid on the ground like some lifeless ragdolls. Percy screams out in anguish, not caring if what had caused this heard him. "Help me!" A cry shakes Percy out of his daze.
Did I imagine that? He doesn't take any chances, leaving his despair aside he quickly gets up and sprints into town.
Arriving in front of his favorite store, he sees that its in total shambles. The whole building looked like if it had been blown to pieces by a bomb
"Help me!" Another cry. Percy quickly starts to pull the debris away, trying to locate the voice
Gotta do it fast. Come one! Faster!
Cuts open up in Percy's hands but he refuses to notice them. He moves the debris faster and faster. Thud! A shake in the ground. A feeling of dread washes over him.
He moves his head to the side looking behind him. At some point Percy forgets to breath. It's as if the world stood still.
What the hell is that?!
A huge green creature about 15 feet tall lumbers down the main street. It only has a loincloth on covering his privates, with a giant club in it's hand. Its murky yellow eyes, paralyze the boy. Opening its mouth it let's out a deathly moan, revealing its razor like teeth.
The 12 year old boy has encountered something people don't even have nightmares about. A flesh ripping giant that only craves meat. Percy just like every other animal that has faced a predator knew he stood no chance of surving this situation.
The boy grits his teeth. His shaking body refuses to listen to him. Move damnit! Move! He regains control once more resuming his task. Every minute that passed the thuds grew louder. The animalistic growls sounded deeper more menacing.
Another thud goes off in front of him. Over the debris he sees another one almost exactly like the one behind him. The only difference is this one had aa bloody human leg sticking out of the side of its mouth.
The boy and the monster make eye contact. The monsters mouth contorts into some type of smile. Crash! It takes it club then slams it down on what remains of the building.
A beam of wood flies out hitting Percy's chest knocking the air out of him. The wind pressure sends the boy flying a few feet away. Am I going to die here? He stretches his arm out, trying to grasp a star. Percy knows that in a matter of seconds he will die.
He knows he will die. But why does he feel so angry about it? Why does it feel as if he could kill those horrible creatures?
Badump... A loud heartbeat rings in Percy's ears. BADUMP... The noise grows louder. By now the monster is a few feet away licking it's lips in anticipation
BADUMP!
His eyes widen it feels like something inside him bust open. The feeling of calmness flowed through his body engulfing him whole. An unknown power erupted from deep inside him. At this point he knew he was going to survive. The monster was upon him, it raised its club over its head.
Boom!
A shockwave traveled along the ground. The club had hit the ground sending chunks of wood and dirt all over the place. Dust in the air obscured the view of the monster, not letting be able to see Percy's crushed body. Or so it thought.
When the dust settled in place of Percy's body was a 5 foot deep crater. The yellow-eyed beast scratches its head dumbfounded.
"Hey, are ya looking for me?" The monster turns around. Percy is standing a few feet behind it with a emotionless look on his face.
Above the local chapel a figure in black is watching the whole thing. "Interesting, this boy might be fun to devour." The figure licks its lips seductively.
"Arrrgghhh." The monster roars, the sound echoes past the forest scaring every other living thing. Percy stretches his arm pointing at the monster. The monster lets out another roar then starts to walk towards Percy. Foam starts to fall from its mouth making it look even more savage.
After taking 6 steps the monster is right in front of Percy. Before it can do anything Percy takes a deep breath, clearing his mind he closes his hand making it into a fist. Immediately the monster stops in its tracks. Blood begins to run down its mouth. Suddenly it falls face first into the dirt.
Percy is falls to one knee barely holding himself up. I didn't think it would work, making his heart explode was harder than it looks. He couldn't explain how but when that power erupted from him he believed he could do anything. So Percy decided to test that theory, by making the heart blow up.
Heavily panting Percy tries to regain his composure. He feels something warm drip down his nose. Bringing his finger to the top part of his upper lip he looks at the warm substance on his finger. Blood. The thing that he just did must've taken to much of a toll on his body, to the extent of hurting him.
"Fufu this boy makes me all tingly." The figure hugs itself tightly while breathing huskily. It stares at Percy for a few more seconds before it dissapears.
Percy turns his head looking straight at the spot where the figure was before. What the hell was that feeling? He stares at the broken chapel for a few seconds trying to see what caused that weird feeling. Seeing nothing he woobily gets up on two feet. His body aches, and he's dizzy. Probably a side affect from the use of that unknown power.
The air is dry filled with the stench of burning bodies. Percy cringes and pinches his nose. The smell is to unbearable for him, so he starts to walk down a road that leads to the forest.
A loud roar goes off behind him. Percy tiredly turns around, he sees the monster he had seen the first time looking at him. Pure anger cloud the monsters eyes scaring him. Percy is too tired to run so he gets into a defensive stance.
Crap! There's no way I can win this. The monster runs towards him, when just a foot in front of him the monster swings it club. Reflexively the boy drops to the ground, the giant piece of lumber misses his head. A roar of anger escapes the monsters mouth showing its annoyment at the attack not working.
Percy barely gets up and jumps back before the club hits where he had been standing a second ago. He knows he can't keep this up so he does something daring. Pointing his arms at the monster he uses every once of strength he has left to activate that weird power. A ringing in his ears reverberates through his head giving him a massive headache. Ignoring it he screams in anger.
POP!
Organs and blood fly spilling everywhere. Pieces of flesh stuck themselves on Percy's body staining his clothes red. The monsters body had exploded due to Percy's unique power, but it had taken a lot out of him. The ringing in his ears gets worse making his headache grow larger. The pain is too much for the 12 year old. He drops down to his knees while gripping his head.
Blood flows out of his nose and ears. His consciousness starts to fade, he tries to stop it but it's overwhelming.
In the distance a man covered in a black cloak watches the whole town burn down. Damn it, I was late again. The man says internally while cursing.
The man looks over the town to try to find some survivers. By a fully bunt building he can see the unconscious form of a boy. Using an unknown technique the man is right next to the boy in .5 seconds. The cloaked person stares at the boy, rubbing his chin he asks himself a q uestion. "How the heck did this kid survive this?"
A sloshing sound alerts the man that something is beneath his boots. He lift it up and grimaces at what's stuck on the bottom of his footwear. A piece of unknown flesh dangles from it. The man shakes his foot throwing the piece of meat aside.
"How did he do this?" The man mused loudly. It was clear that the boy had done this because he was the only one around. But not even an intermediate sorcerer could just make something blow up into a million pieces. This boy was not normal that's for sure.
The man eyes pulsed a neon green. His whole view changed different colors the ground was light brown the wood was black but was peculiar was the color of the boy. Thousands of colors flowed in and out of the boys body. "Amazing!"
He had never seen anyone with such a potent aura. An aura so rare and powerful it was like as if it was connected to the universe itself. It looked like it exchanged on equal terms with everything around it. It was a fact now. This boy was no normal human, in reality he was anything but human.
"Ugh!" Percy's body ached over. Plus the thing he was laying on was not helping. Wait? Why was he not dead?
Percy quickly shot up from whatever he has laying one. It took a second for his eyes to adjust but after that he saw clearly. A huge cave with lights floating in the air was the first thing he saw. He looked down on what he has laying on. A bed made just of stray. Not the most comfortable thing in the world but at least whoever brought him here let him sleep on a bed.
The cave was very weird. A few swords were stuck to the wall on the far side of the cave. Some books were piled on a desk a few feet away. Cooking supplies and some vegetables were further inside the cave probably to not let the scent of food attract unwanted attention. Percy sighed loudly and walked towards the entrance
Birds chirped loudly outside. Giant trees shielded most of the sunlight that the sun produced. The smell of dew invaded his nose. Percy had always like the forest but right now he wasn't so cheerful.
"So you're awake." A gruff manly voice suddenly said behind Percy. He quickly turned around and put up his fists. Percy glares at the man in front of him slightly scared and surprised.
The man was about 6 feet. Black hair adorned his head and face. His hazel eyes shine slightly from the sunlight. The man had on a white shirt with a red cross on it with a cloak over it. He also wore black pants and black boots. Percy estimated that this man was in his early 30's
By how he presented himself he seemed like a warrior. The way his eyes looked at Percy felt something like when a cheetah eyes a gazelle. "Peace, I'm not going to hurt you. Actually I'm the one saved you."
Percy tried to relax but something about this man made him still be slightly on edge. "Who are you?"
The man raises an eyebrow at him before saying, "You know you have to introduce yourself first before you ask for someone's name."
Percy grits his teeth at the mans smart ass reply. But nonetheless he introduces himself." "My name is Perseus Jackson. Now answer my question." The man nods his head in understanding.
"A fine Greek name you have. As for my name it is Emilio Maxillian."
It becomes quiet for a second. Both of the men try to figure out what the other is thinking. Due to his experience Emilio knows what Percy will ask. "Wha-" "You don't want to know the answer to that question" Emilio interrupts the boy before he can finish his question."
Percy glares at him. Emilio knows that the answer to his question will just hurt him even more. Traumatizing him even further could be the outcome if he answers his question. But he was no one to keep the information from the boy. Sooner or later Percy would have to face even worse things.
"I want to know." Percy's voice becomes dangerously low. His eyes have anger burning through them reminding Emilio of the time he has young. Emilio sighs and gestures for Percy to follow him. They walk and end up right next to the bed, chairs must have appeared from thin air because Percy didn't see those when he got up. Well he also didn't see Emilio so maybe it was because his senses were a bit dull.
They both sit down, Percy stares at Emilio waiting for his answer. "The whole town was destroyed, everybody but you is dead. I confirmed it myself." Immediately after he finished saying that a feeling of pure bloodshed washed over Emilio. His eyes pulse green again, and what he saw was astounding. The aura inside and around the boy turned completely blood red. It began to flicker violently. The red aura practically oozed out of his body, but Percy had no idea it was happening.
He doesn't even know the basic of manipulating Anima but even so his aura is insane. Emilio was in awe by such a feat. People that he knew had trained many years just to be able to pump out that much aura. And here is a boy young enough to be his gradsonn doing it with almost no effort.
"Calm down." Percy glares murderously at him. Emilio uses the same technique to move behind Percy. He's about to grab Percy by the arm and neck to prohibit his movement. While still sitting down the boy ducked dodging the attempted grab. Emilio's eyes widen at the sudden movement. He's to shocked that he doesn't act quick enough to dodge a punch to the jaw.
The force behind the punch knocks Emilio on his butt. Percy looks down st the amn with the red blood red aura still flailing wildly. Percy points his hand at Emilio just like with the monsters. A tinge of danger sounds off in Emilio's head. He immediately moves to the side, a small explosion hits the spot where he just was.
Emilio is baffeled once again. His Anima didn't fluxuate so that wasn't an Anima based attack. Before he can try to come up with an answer Percy does the same thing once again. This time Emilio moves just beside him. Grapping Percy's neck he lifts him up into the air while putting pressure on his windpipe. Coughing and choking Percy tries to break out of the mans grip.
Percy tries to do his weird power thing. Key word, try. Emilio grabs his right forearm and breaks the bone. A scream echoes out through the cave. Pain travels from the arm back to the neck. "I told you to calm down, you need to stop acting so rashly. Next time I won't be so forgiving." Emilio says in a dead serious tone.
Letting him go Emilio goes back to sitting on his chair. He watches as Percy hisses in pain gripping his arm tightly. "I'm going to kill you, you piece of shi-" Before Percy finishes a rock hits his forehead knocking him on his back.
"Stop acting so naive, do you really believe you can kill me. You barely got a surprise hit on me." Emilio scowls at the kid. He was starting to get on his nerve, even if his Anima was very potent he still needed to be taught manners.
The way he acted would get him killed in seconds. Percy groans loudly and sits back up. Crimson liquid flows down from a cut on his forehead. His fingers run across his forehead smearing the blood.
He takes a look at his fingers, he notices that blood was the reason for the feeling of something liquid on his forehead. Emilio smirks and Perch glares. Both are seated in their respected places staring at each other. The cave seemed to have got brighter making the view clearer. The sound of different types of animals flow into the cave sounding out every thing else.
"Teach me how to fight. And how to do that weird thingy with your eyes." The words uttered by the boy amaze Emilio. He looks at Percy confused before he breaks out into laughter.
"You're very interesting Percy, but what makes you think I can fight. Moreover why would I teach you in the first place." Emilio says in an amused tone.
Percy bows his head. "I apologize for attacking you, and if you teach me I will not let anger nor arrogance get the better of me." His tone is sincere. And Emilio can not find a way to decline this boy. He has talent and raw power but what intrigues him is that weird ability he had demonstrated before.
"I see you understand you're in the wrong." Emilio rubs his chin for a second. "Very well I shall teach you everything I know. But be warned it will be very difficult."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just teach me already." Percy says in an annoying manner. Emilio does his technique again appearing in front of Percy. Thwack! A bamboo stick that came out of thin hair wacked Percy on his head.
"Lesson one, never back talk your teacher."