Hey guys and gals, I was wondering if you guys want longer chapters that are updated less or shorter ones that are updated more? Thanks let me know, here is chapter two hope you enjoy.
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Previously
"That was you fathers sword and shield" he said pointing to the weapons I was holding, "They'll both turn into wrist bands so you can put one on each arm". He then turned to Leo and pointed at his hammer.
"Your mother had that made for you just... well just before she went to the void, it will turn into a tool belt to go around your waist that will have any tool for any problem life throws at you".
"Like women?" Leo asked.
"Unfortunately no" replied Mr.11', "Not women".
I finally worked up the courage to ask him a single question. "What is your name?"
"Well young Perseus my name is Ourea and I am your uncle".
Percy's POV
"WHAT" Leo and I said together.
"My UNCLE, haha sorry but I don't have any family, well other then Leo that is" I told him.
"How are you so tall" Leo said in amazement. I quickly elbowed him in the stomach.
"Leo don't anger him".
"I know it's hard to believe but I was a brother to your dad Percy and the same to your mother Leo.
"That still doesn't explain why your so tall" Leo said. He looked at Leo giving him a look that I'm not sure meant I'm going to crush you or your just like your mother.
"Do you want the quick version or the long version" he told us.
"Long" I said "I want to know everything".
"Where do I begin"
"From the beginning" Leo said.
"Yes Leo from the beginning" he said.
"Do you know anything about Greek mythology?"
"Like Hades?" I asked "The only reason I remember him is because a psycho yelled his name at us earlier".
"Yes exactly like Hades, The twelve Olympians are the most recognizable".
"What do they have to do with anything" said Leo.
"They are your bloodline, Gods were born from the Titans and the Titans were born from the Primordials, your parents".
"So lets consider your not crazy" I said to him, "Are parents are one of these Primordials".
"Yes that's correct".
"So you are one of them as well I guess?"
"I am".
"So its possible that we my have gotten special powers from are parents?" I asked.
"Definitely, you are half human, half primordial. Halfbloods".
"Who are these primordials?" asked Leo "What are their names?"
"Each Primordial has their own domain, my domain is the Mountains. I hold control over every mountain in the world. There are 21 Primordials in total, but to make things short I will only inform on the most important. There is Ananke of Necessity, Chronos of Time, Eros of Procreation, Gaea of Earth, Hemera of Day, Nyx of Night, Pontus of the Sea, Tethys of Nursing, Thalassa of the Sea, Tartarus of the Pit and finally Uranus of the Sky. Can you guess who your father is Percy?"
"He would have to be Pontus wouldn't he? It would explain how I have control over the water" I said to him.
"That would be correct".
"What about me" said Leo "Who's my mom and how come I don't have cool powers like Percy".
"Your mother is Gaea of Earth Leo and for the reason you don't have powers, well that is something I wished to never have to explain. You see a when you were just children Uranus wished to enslave the human race using them for the Primordials own benefit, your father Percy refused to help him, even willing to go to war if it meant freedom for the human race. One after another the Primordial's started choosing sides, your mother Leo joined Pontus swearing her allegiance to him along with Hemera who had become tired of her husbands cruelty toward others. They were outnumbered though by two to one, with Nyx, Chronos, Tartarus, Eros and even Thalassa who unlike Hemera had become tired of her husbands, your fathers kindness Percy. They all joined Uranus wanting to enslave the mortals".
"What side were you on?" asked Leo.
Ourea gave us a look of disappointment. "I was against your parents, it was the biggest mistake of my life, I would rather be dead then to have done what I did".
"What was it you did?" I asked him.
"Uranus was a coward, he was scared of the power Pontus held, so instead of a fair battle he decided that we should just murder them in cold blood instead when they didn't see it coming. So that's what we did twenty two years ago to this very day. Your parents are in the void betrayed by their own family, betrayed by me. Uranus however gave me a special assignment, he wanted their children dead as well. He didn't think they were worthy of are bloodline, but when I looked into to your fathers and mothers eyes as they laid dying, I could tell there was only one thing they were thinking about. You. So when I went to do the assignment Uranus had given me I did it a little differently, I made sure your connection to your parent was dead so you would never have access to your powers again. Percy here somehow undid that, I'm not sure how, it would take someone extremely powerful to undo what I did. If he undid them though I'm sure you will be able to as well Leo".
"Awesome" replied Leo.
"But what happened to our mortal parents, they must have survived like us. You could have put a spell protecting them as well couldn't you?" I asked him.
"I'm sorry Percy if they would had stayed alive Uranus would have found out and then he would've know I didn't kill you, the only comfort I can tell you is that they died peacefully".
"How could you just murder our parents like that, they were Innocent" I yelled at him.
"Come on Percy calm down we don't even know if hes telling the truth".
"Of course hes telling the truth Leo, after everything we've been through tonight, he has to be".
Oureas had a look of absolute shame on his, "I am truly sorry Perseus, I failed my family. Now I'm trying to do everything I can to make up for it".
"I am sorry as well Oureas" I told him, "I should be more thankful, if it wasn't for you, Leo and I would be dead".
"Thank you Perseus that means a lot coming from you".
"What do we do now?" asked Leo.
"You will need to train" said Oureas, "Take those weapons and learn to protect yourself, one day Uranus may find out who you are and he will come for you. So you must prepare".
"Where are we supposed to do that?" I asked.
"You will need to go to Camp half blood, its a place for the children of the gods, you of course are a little more powerful then your normal everyday demigod of course but I'm sure you will find a home there like no other.
"Just peachy know we've got to make friends all over again just like high school" Leo said.
"It wont be that bad, after all you've grown up with the camp director your entire life" Ourea said.
"What are you talking about, who are you talking about?" I asked.
"Chiron of course" he replied.
If I was drinking something I would've spat it out, "CHIRON" I said "How is that possible?"
"Where do you think the orphanage gets all its crops from that you sell?"
"I guess I never questioned it" Leo said.
"And did you think it was just a coincidence that two primordials children ended up at the same orphanage, never to be adopted".
"And all this time I thought me and you were just ugly kids Leo".
"Same" replied Leo.
"If Chiron is the director of this demigod camp how come you gave us to him, wouldn't Uranus find us" I asked.
"Uranus and the rest of the Primordials think of the Gods and their children as weak and below them, they don't take the time of day to think of them let alone talk to them, but just for safety Percy, you should tell everyone that you are son of Poseidon and Leo tell them that you are a son of Hephaestus, hopefully no one will expect anything else. I will pull a few strings and see if I can get them both to claim you as their own. Hopefully they will help, they hate the Primordials more then anyone. Now I must leave I have important matters to attend to, go back to the orphanage and talk to Chiron right away, he will be able to answer any more questions that you may have. It has been very good to talk to both of you after all these years, now close your eyes.
"Wait a second there's so much" I tried to say the rest but all of a sudden I had to shut my eyes from the flash and the surge of power I felt, it made me feel minuscule in comparison. When I opened back up my eyes he was no where to be seen, it was so quiet, as if he was never really here.
"Well Percy I guess we should go talk to Chiron".
"Yeah that would be the next step" I said to Leo, "I'm surprised he hasn't called us yet". I saw Leo pat down his pockets to find his phone, the next thing I saw was pure panic come over his face.
"Oh no"
"What?
"I forgot my phone at the bar, do you know how many hot ladies numbers I got on that thing".
"Is it somewhere in the negatives?"
"Shut up, I was trying to get Linda to give me her number so I put it on the table and BAM, next thing I now a crazy guys trying to kill us".
"I guess I cant blame you, we were running for our lives".
"And at least you'll get to see Isabelle again".
"Shut up Leo".
"What I'm just saying what you were thinking".
"Lets hurry up and get back to that damn bar so you can get your prized possession back".
"Sounds good to me, but how do we get out of here".
"Walk until we see another light and hope its not from a magical box I guess".
It took us a few hours to get back to the bar and by that time the sun was starting to already come up. I had a bad feeling about this whole son of Pontus thing, I looked down at my wrists they both wore silver wrist bands with bronze tracings on them. They seemed to mold and fit to my wrists almost as if they weren't there, but I could feel the power behind them and to think that if this was all true, I had the weapons that my father had used in battle. Growing up at the orphanage I never had any item that belonged to my parents and now I had two all powerful ones.
"I think the bars closed Percy".
"Of course its closed, its 7am".
"What do we do now, I really need my phone. How are all the ladies gonna survive with out me".
"I'm sure they'll make out just fine Leo but I guess we could try to get in around back".
"You mean break in".
"Its not breaking in if the doors unlocked".
"I still don't think its a good idea".
"Leo do you want your phone back or what, plus if we really do have this power hidden inside of us how hard can it be to get into a bar".'
"I guess".
"Now come on lets check around back".
We quickly walked around to the back only to find that it was locked too. "Great now what, I guess were gonna have to wait until the bar opens." I sighed.
"Maybe not, that windows open" Leo said pointing to a window ten feet off the ground, "And I'll even let you go in first".
"No way am I going in first, its your phone".
"Fine, but you've got to give me a boost".
"Deal".
I got down on one knee in front of the window and intertwined my fingers for a foot support that Leo could use".
"Alright, I'm ready whenever you are" I told him. He gave me a thumbs up and started sprinting towards me, perfectly placing his foot in my hands as I pushed him upwards throwing him into the air. I thought it had gone off perfectly without a hitch, that was until I heard a big OOF and some crashing of what sounded like glass along with some pots and pans.
"Leo are you alright" I yelled at him.
"I think so, I put my foot in a pot and slipped".
"Good job hot shot, I'm coming in right behind you".
"Alright just watch out for the pot, him and his friends are out to get us, they make the perfect security system".
"Thanks for letting me know, I'm coming in now".
I looked at the wall in front of me, it was pretty tall but it was accomplishable. So with that final boost of confidence I started sprinting towards it, unlike Leo I didn't have some one to boost me so once I grabbed on to the window ledge I was gonna have to use some upper body strength to pull myself up. I pushed myself off the ground, putting one foot after another on the wall finally grabbing onto the ledge and hoisting myself up. Whew that wasn't so bad., that was until I jumped off the ledge into the back room of the bar putting my foot into what was probably the same pot Leo fell do to, crashing myself onto the ground.
"Percy I told you to look out for that dang pot".
"My bad".
"Are you ok".
"Just as ok as you were, only my pride is hurt".
"Alright then lets go grab my phone and get out of this place before any one finds us".
We rushed into where Leo and Linda were talking to see his phone exactly where he left it.
"Oh thank god its hear, I don't know what I would've done without it".
"Go on just as many dates as before", I told him as he gave me an evil eye.
"FREEZE" we heard from what sounded to be a female and male voice behind us.
"Whats with all the people sneaking up behind us today?" I said.
"I have no idea you'd think we were deaf ".
"Put down the phone" the voices said again.
"Please no I just got her back" said Leo.
'"Leo just put down the dang phone", I watched as he reluctantly put it down.
"Good now slowly turn around", the voices commanded.
We both slowly turned around and to my surprise I saw someone I wasn't expecting, someone I punched a person for earlier, standing next to a guy I didn't know and they also happened to be pointing bows at us with arrows locked and loaded.
"Isabelle" I said shocked, as she got a mad look on her face.
"You, what are you doing here?" she said.
"And who's Isabelle" the guy next to her.
"That's what I told Jason my name was"she said, her partner got an understanding look on his face.
"Good call not giving him your real name" he told her.
"Wait" I said, "Isabelle isn't your real name".
"You still haven't answered my question" she said pulling the draw string back further.
"I forgot my phone here when that Jason dude was trying to kill us", Leo replied "So we came back for it".
"Why didn't you just knock on the door instead of climbing through a window" the guy said.
"Didn't think any one was here" I said but in truth, I never really thought of it.
"My real names Annabeth by the way and this is Frank" she said pointing to the guy.
"Well Annabeth and Frank" Leo said, "Do you mind not pointing those bows and arrows at us anymore".
Annabeth and Frank looked shocked, "Wait a minute these don't look like guns to you" Frank said.
"What do you think were stupid" Leo said.
"No, just very special" Annabeth said, "You should come check out a camp we go to, its run by a director named Chiron. We were just headed back there now".
"Why would we go to a stupid camp, wait a second . . . CH..." Leo tried to say but he didn't get much further after I kicked him in the shin.
"Do you mind if you give us a minute" I said to them.
"Sure why not, its not like we wont be able to track you down if you try to run from us" Annabeth said as her and Frank left into the other room, holey shit was she ever scary.
"PERCY why would you kick me like that".
"Why were you about to give away are secret, were not supposed to let anyone find out who we are".
"Oh yeah, kinda forgot about that part, what do you think we should do then smart guy".
"I say we play dumb and go to whatever camp their talking about, it cant be that bad, plus we'll learn more about these gods and goddess' and once we get there we make a bee line to Chiron tell him everything that happened. He'll know what to do he always does".
"Sounds good to me, it'll be fun to go to a camp and meet others just like us".
"Not just like us Leo, but I think it'll be fun to, now lets go find Annabeth and Frank and tell them we'll tag along with them to this camp".
Leo and I walked to the back room to find Annabeth and Frank putting away all the kitchen supplies we had crashed into climbing through the window.
"Hey guys" I said to get their attention, they both jumped up quick turning around looking ready to attack.
"Whoa what are you doing, he was just trying to get your attention" Leo said.
"Don t sneak up on us like that we could have killed you".
"What are you talking about are you ninjas or something" I replied.
"Or something" Frank said.
"Well anyways we've decided to join you back to that camp you were talking about" Leo said, "I only have one question though, are there any ladies there that could handle looking at me without fainting?"
"Quite a few actually" Annabeth said, "and sounds good, we were just about to leave after we got all this crap put away that you fell on top of."
"Yeah sorry about that" I said, "What were you guys doing here at 7am anyways".
"My uncle owns the place" Frank said, "Annabeth and I both work here and we had an early morning shipment come in".
"A shipment of what" Leo asked.
"You'll find out soon enough" Annabeth said, "Now come on we've got to get back to camp quick".
"Whats the rush?" Leo asked.
"You'll find out soon enough" Frank replied following Annabeth out the back door to what looked like a van packed to the rim with golden liquid and lemon squares.
"Whats with all this finding out soon enough garbage?" Leo grumbled.
"Guess you'll find out soon enough" I said.
Leo tried to take a jab at me but I dodged just in time. "Now come on Leo lets get to this camp, I don't know about you but I've got a few questions for Chiron". Leo nodded his head in agreement, "Me too".
We all piled into the van, I watched as Frank started it up and after a few clunks and bangs it purred like a kitten, maybe a really old run down kitten, but still a kitten. I wasn't sure what was gonna happen next, what life was gonna bring me. All I knew was that I was ready and prepared for some adventure.
It took us a while to drive through New York all the way to the Long Island Sound, I figured we must of been getting close. This was the perfect place to conceal a camp full of the gods children, but still be close to the city. I sat in the car and watched as the trees zoomed by, one after another, all of a sudden I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I kept watching until after a few minutes I assumed it was just my imagination. Another ten minutes passed until I looked out the car seeing whatever it was in a blink of an eye and watched as it vanished again.
"Hey Annabeth are we almost at this camp" I asked her.
"Almost, were really close just another minute or two" she said, "Why?"
"I just thought I saw something in the woods".
"What kind of thing?" Frank asked.
"Not sure it looked pretty big though and long, I only saw it for a second" I told them, I know it sounded crazy but after everything I've seen lately I wasn't doubting it.
"Well let us know if you see it again" Annabeth said.
Meanwhile during all this time our discussion is taking place Leo has had his head on my shoulder snoring away, it would be so easy just to flick his forehead and make him get up, but I know how tired he is, he could use the sleep. All of a sudden I see the creature again but this time its not going away, I can see all its beastly, slimy and just plain ugly glory.
"Guys I see it again" I say to them, "On the right side in the trees".
When Annabeth and Frank get a look of it their eyes go wide. The creature looked like a snake, it was about forty five feet long and four feet wide. Its body was completely black with glowing purple eyes.
"Frank how fast are we going?" Annabeth asked.
"Forty m/h, why?" Frank said.
"Because its keeping up with the car if not going faster, so you might want to hit on the gas" Annabeth shouts.
"Good thinking" I say in return.
Frank slams on the gas and the trees wiz by faster and faster, I watch as the speedometer goes from forty to sixty in no time flat. Leo smokes his head the head rest and wakes up right away. Its still not fast enough though I can tell, the thing is keeping up with us and doesn't look like its slowing down any time soon.
"Wha, whats going on?" Leo asks.
"Leo don't freak out but there's a giant anaconda outside the car" I say pointing to it.
"OH MY GOD" Leo screeched, "But I thought anacondas don't want none unless you've got". Before Leo could finish the sentence I smacked him.
"Now's not the time for jokes".
"Were less then a quarter a mile away from camp, we should make it" Frank said.
"Do you think you could step on the gas a little more?" Leo asked Frank.
"Its not a race car, this is as fast as this baby can go".
Before you could say there's a giant snake about to flip are car, a giant snake flipped are car sending it into a tyrant of rolls. All I could hear was metal scrapping, glass breaking and Leos surprisingly high pitched scream. After another two seconds the car came to a halt and after another three seconds Leo stopped screaming.
"Oh my gods Leo, I think you broke my ears" Frank said.
"Sorry"
"Come on guys we've got to get out of this damn van" I said. The van was currently rolled on its side so the only way out was to climb through the side windows on the top that had smashed open. One after another everyone had gotten out until Annabeth was left, somehow her seat belt had gotten stuck.
"Just carry on without me, get to the top of the hill and get backup" she ordered.
"No way were leaving you" Frank said.
"Just go, get them over the hill" she yelled.
I looked at her and knew there was no way I was leaving her here by herself, it wasn't the way Chiron raised me.
"Frank" I yelled, "You go, get Leo to safety and bring back help. Ill get Annabeth out".
"No way I'm leaving you Perce, your my best friend" Leo said.
"I made a promise Leo, there's no way I'm letting you get hurt".
"Are you sure Percy you don't have any training" Frank said.
"I'm sure, now go your wasting time".
Leo and Frank nodded reluctantly but ran for help. I looked around and the Snake was no where to be seen, but I knew it'd be back. I quickly hopped back into the van and went to where Annabeth was sitting.
"You idiot, what do you think your doing?" Annabeth asked.
"Saving you of course". I pulled on the seat belt over and over again, but it was no use it wouldn't budge.
"You can still save yourself, the snake isn't back yet".
"No way I'm leaving you".
I looked at Annabeth, into the eyes I first saw at the bar and knew that the decision was already made. I was gonna have to risk it all. I saw the snake charging at us from a distance now, I put my hand on the right bracelet and squeezed.
"What are you doing?" Annabeth asked.
"You'll see".
All of a sudden my fathers sword sprung forth from the bracelet, shining from the sun.
"Where did you get that?" Annabeth asked amazed.
"Survival first, questions later" I told her.
I quickly cut her seat belt off and we both jumped off the van just in time as it was taken out from beneath are feet, I watched once more as it rolled along the ground, the snake slithered up to it and coiled its body around the van crushing it flat with one flex of its muscles.
"I don't believe it" Annabeth said, "Its not possible".
"Whats not possible?" I asked her.
"That snake, they call it the Python. It was created by the primordial Nyx as a present for Tartarus. Over thousands of years it terrorized people, until one day it swallowed one of Apollos lovers whole. Apollo was furious of course, so he hunted it down killing it and sending it back to the pit were it belonged. The only one capable of setting it free again to hunt someone down would be".
"Tartarus" we said at the same time.
"But why would Tartarus do such a thing?" she asked.
"I don't know" I replied, although I had full knowledge of who this snake, more like who Tartarus wanted to kill and I was standing right in front of it.
"What should we do?" I asked.
"I don't know".
"Well you seem to be the expert on the subject."
"Just because I know its back story doesn't mean I know how to kill it".
"Should we run for the camp".
"I don't think well make it, before he bites are heads off".
"We should at least slowly back are way towards the camp".
"Agreed" Annabeth said as she nodded her head.
At this point the snake was maybe less then 120 feet from us, but I knew he could make up that ground quick. I squeezed my other bracelet and watched a shield spring out. We slowly backed up, but that was even to far back for the snakes liking. All of a sudden he sprang forward making up ground faster then you could see launching himself at us.
"DODGE" Annabeth screamed.
We both jumped, barely making it out of the way as the Python opened his jaws up giving us a perfect view of his two front teeth. He whipped his tail around catching me in the thigh as I screamed in pain, but that wasn't the worst, I watched as his tail flew back the other way stabbing Annabeth shallowly in the stomach. It took a god to defeat this thing the first time, I don't know how I'm gonna do it with Annabeth out of commission. I had no training, had no idea how to defeat this thing, I was just going to have to wing it. I quickly went and stood protectively in front of Annabeth.
"How bad is it?" I asked.
"Not to bad I don't think but we have bigger problems" she said pointing to the snake "And I'm not sure if I can help you at this moment in time".
The snake was currently coiled up twenty feet away rattling its tail, I put my shield up and my sword next to it. I felt like I was playing a video game, but I knew this was life or death. This snake was ready to make its final move, this was it live or die, let Annabeth and I die or prove my worth. Time slowed down around me, I watched as the muscles in the snake tensed, as it sent a fatal blow launching itself towards us. On split second reactions as the snakes head was less then a meter from me I ducked, pushing my shield underneath its jaw and bringing my sword in contact with its neck. I watched as it continued to pass over top of my shield with its neck down to its stomach being sliced open with my sword. The worst part however was yet to come as me and Annabeth were inhaled in side the snakes open body as it fell on top of us.
"Annabeth are you ok".
"Yeah, but I'll be better the sooner we get out of this thing and where in the world did you learn to do that Percy".
"I don't know I just kinda went for it".
"Well good job".
"Thanks".
All of a sudden awkward silence came over us but thankfully a few seconds later we could hear the shouting of people and I could make out Leo's voice, it sounded more beautiful then ever before. I quickly put my weapons back on my wrists not wishing anyone to see.
"Annabeth, you mind not telling anybody about my sword and shield its kind of a private matter.".
"I guess after all you did", All of a sudden Annabeth fell on top of me.
"Annabeth, Annabeth can you hear me?"
Then all of a sudden just like Annabeth, I started to get black spots in my vision and then everything went blank.
Hope you guys enjoyed, Thanks for reading.