Ash: Hey people! Here's a chapter 9 for you! Hope you're all doing well. Sorry about not updating HWHT1N, I still haven't transferred it over to my computer. So… Yeah. Anyways, here's our disclaimer done by Arya from Eragon!
Arya: Why am I doing this again?
Ash: Because I asked nicely.
Arya: I refuse.
Ash: O-Okay. Then, ah wait… *Pulls out phone and makes a call*
The 11th Doctor: *Materializes in TARDIS and pops head out* Ash Cahill does not own PJO, HoO, KC, Star Wars, Eragon, LOtR, Torchwood, Doctor Who, DB/Z/GT, a good computer, a shapeshifting pig, a psychic panda, or a social life but he DOES own any and all OCs in the story. *Goes back in and starts dematerializing*
Ash: HEY! I have a social life! Kinda… Anyways, enjoy! Slight warning! Some rather dark and gorey elements will be in this chapter and start occurring in future chapters as well. Still gonna keep it T as I believe it should be fine for teens, but if you are younger than maybe not. Depends on how sheltered you are. Here it is!
Kay's 3rd Person POV
The figure stepped out of the shadows. It had been a long time since Kay had seen his cousin. He had grown leaner, and his blonde hair had grown darker, as if there was a shadow cast over it. No matter how his appearance had changed, Leviathan still had cruel, pitch black eyes.
Kay grimaced. Something was different about his cousin. He radiated a power he hadn't ever seen before. Or had he-
Kay's thoughts were cut short by a flash of dark purple. He instinctively parried.
"Well, are we going to stand around all day? Or are we going to fight?" Leviathan said, his eyes glinting in the sun, his Tartaral Obsidian broadsword in his hands.
"You bet your ass we're going to fight!" Kay responded, batting away Leviathan's sword and thrusting towards his throat. Leviathan parried, and blasted Kay with a beam of pure darkness, catching him in the chest and sending him skidding across the dirt. Kay looked up just in time to block Leviathan's downward slice and roll off to the side. Kay sent out tendrils of electricity from his hands, but they were blocked by Leviathan's sword. Kay rushed his cousin, cutting downward, and slicing a small cut on Leviathan's torso as he dodged the blow.
"You'll pay for that in blood Kay," Leviathan growled.
"Sorry, blood bank's bankrupt," Kay shot back. Kay flash-traveled behind his opponent and diagonally slashed him across the back, leaving a clean wound traveling from Leviathan's right shoulder to his left hip. Leviathan howled with pain. He turned, eyes burning with hate, and sliced an arc, catching Kay by surprise and sending him sprawling in the dirt. Kay quickly recovered, knocking his cousin off his feet, and standing, slicing downward towards Leviathan's neck. Leviathan made a shield of dark energy, to defend him. Kay's sword glanced off the shield, leaving him off balance. Leviathan punch Kay in the stomach, leaving him winded. Kay blocked Leviathan's next punch, and disarmed him, sending his sword straight into the ground, and kicked his cousin to the side.
"I know when I'm beat, cousin." Leviathan said through clenched teeth.
"You would never surrender that easily before cousin. What's changed?" Kay inquired, leveling his sword with Leviathan's throat.
Leviathan smiled. Kay's sword wavered. What had he missed? Then he realized where he'd felt that aura of power before. He'd felt it first on a warm summer night. His eyes widened.
"Leviathan how-" Kay was cut short by Leviathan's shout. Two words. Two words that tipped the fight away from the son of Zeus.
"TITANESE ATLARIUS!"
Kay was thrown back by the explosion of dark power that emanated from his cousin.
After the black light had faded, Kay looked at the hill.
The place where his cousin had previously been was now occupied by a large, muscular figure. He carried a spear with a spearhead of Tartaral Obsidian. The figure stood, and looked towards Kay with cruel, black eyes.
"The mighty son of Zeus, on the ground before me at last. Paradox will be disappointed that it wasn't before him, but no matter." The figure smiled. "I am Atlarius, Titanese of the Sky, prodigy of Atlas. I think demigod, you know the Titanese already." Atlarius gripped his spear and pointed it at Kay's throat.
"Will you yield or be destroyed?"
Percy's 3rd person POV
Percy shielded his eyes as the black light engulfed the battlefield. As it subsided, all battle had ceased. Percy looked towards its source. As soon as he saw the figure, he grew cold. It was time. He could only hope Kay knew that.
Nico's 3rd person POV
Nico stared at Half-Blood Hill.
"Nico, you know what that was? The explosion of dark energy was enormous!" Hazel asked frantically.
"There is only one kind of source for that kind of power… Oh gods…" Nico turned to Hazel.
"Kay is screwed if he doesn't do something fast."
Piper's 3rd person POV
Piper was scared. Not a lot of things could do that to her. But that explosion of dark energy shouldn't be possible. Piper tried to clear her head and think of what could have caused such a tremendous amount of power. Her mind could come up with only one conclusion. And if it was true, everyone was in a whole lot of trouble.
Samantha's 3rd person POV
Sam's mind couldn't process what had happened. That much power couldn't come from any being lower than a Giant. But there had been no Giants, just Leviathan. Sam couldn't comprehend the situation except for one thing. Her boyfriend was in some serious trouble.
Kay's 3rd person POV
"I think you know my answer to that Atlarius."
Kay swept the Titanese's spear to one side with his sword and rolled to his feet. He struck Atlarius in the arm. The wound slowly leaked golden ichor.
"So you are the true Titanese Atlarius," Kay said with wonder. Atlarius swung his arm and knocked Kay back.
"But of course! What, was the explosion of dark energy not enough proof for you?" the Titanese mocked.
Kay struggled to his feet. He knew he could not win. He didn't have enough strength or power to fight a Titanese. He didn't have the means to fight off an immortal. So it was time to even the odds.
"I think you overlooked something Atlarius. I'm guessing that Leviathan was a recent Titanese, and didn't know how to mask his aura yet. But I have been doing it for years." Kay's aura flickered to life, appearing briefly as a flash of gold, and flared up covering the battlefield. Kay blinked, and his eyes turned gold.
"Two words Atlarius. You want a fight? I'll give you one." Kay smiled and got to his feet. He gripped his sword with two hands, and raised it to the sky.
"ATHREIENS ZUKRIUS!"
A second, golden explosion of light and energy rocketed outwards from Half-Blood Hill. Kay could feel every cell of his body flaring up, burning with godly power. His skin burned with power.
The light faded, and there was a lone figure standing where the demigod once was. He emanated a powerful aura, and the air around him seemed to crackle with electricity. His eyes were pure molten gold, and his hair was blonde. He was muscular, with a toned body as if he had tanned in Hephaestus' forges. He was shirtless, and wore a snow white robe on his lower half. Strapped to his hip was a sword, as well as a leather pouch.
"Congratulations Titanese. You are the first being worthy of the attention of Zukrius, the leader of the Athreiens, in over one and a half thousand years. You face the might of Olympus. You have one chance to surrender." The Athreien stated. Atlarius bared his teeth and struck at Zukrius with his spear. The god-like being caught it by its shaft.
"Well, I guess I have your answer." Zukrius smiled. He called down a thunderbolt that he channeled through the spear, electrifying Atlarius. He then swung the Titanese by his weapon and threw him into the battlefield. The Athreien drew his sword, and with a mighty shout, jumped to fight his opponent.
Atlarius blocked Zukrius' strike with the shaft of his spear. He kicked the Athreien back. The true battle had just begun.
Percy's 3rd person POV
The two immortals fought with dazzling strength. Not only did they use their weapons, but they wove their powers into their attacks, making them all the stronger. Percy stood in awe. He'd never heard of such a battle, let alone seen one. Something in the corner of his eye caught his attention. He looked towards the beach to see a frozen bridge with a lone squadron walking off it, and heading onto the battlefield.
Percy vapor traveled to the front of the squadron. He hefted Riptide.
"You face Percy Jackson, twice savior of Olympus, son of the Sea god Poseidon. Retreat now if you know what's good for you." He shouted cockily.
A figure emerged from the group of demigod soldiers. It was a girl, with long, brown hair with a streak of blue.
"Perseus Jackson, you might want to move, I think that my dear friend Atlarius needs our assistance with the Athreien." She said.
"Who are you?" Percy inquired.
"I am Koral, daughter of Oceanus. I don't think it would be wise for you to stand between a Titanese and their enemy Jackson, so I suggest you run away." Koral answered.
"Sorry, the only kinds of marathons I do are the movie kind." Percy said sarcastically.
"I never would have taken you for a funny one, Hero. Now step aside. I have business to attend to." Koral said smoothly.
"Apologies Miss CEO, but you wanna help your Titanese friend, you'll have to go through me." Percy raised his sword.
"I will deal with this one. Go assist the rest of the army." Koral commanded her squad. The force ran off while the demigod and demititan squared off.
"I think I'll finish you quickly." Koral said.
"TITANESE OCEACIAN!"
The spot where Koral was standing was blasted with a navy light.
"Oh not another. I guess it's my turn." Percy sighed.
"ATHREIENS NEAPTIDE!"
Percy was surrounded by an etheric sea-green light. Every cell of his body burned, and his skin crawled with power.
Annabeth's 3rd person POV
Annabeth was torn away from the battle by the two more explosions of energy, this time sea-green and navy. Annabeth glanced around the battlefield, and her suspicions were confirmed. Percy had to be one of those explosions. Which meant he was an Athreien. Which also meant that the other energy must have been another Titanese. Annabeth's head spun. Her boyfriend had a lot more to him than she had known about.
Jason's 3rd person POV
Jason knew that Percy must have been the sea-green explosion of light. Who else could it be? The new revelations that two of his closest friends had whole other sides to themselves, immortal god-like ones no less, which no one knew about, had brought up some questions. Who else could be hiding that kind of power?
Leo's 3rd person POV
Leo was dumbfounded. Two of his friends were these super powerful Athreien guys. Leo never really paid attention to mythology and the deity studies, or history in general, but he knew that kind of power was a force to be reckoned with. He was glad it was in the right hands.
Neaptide's 3rd person POV
The figure that had taken the place of Percy Jackson was stunningly handsome. He had smooth, black hair, with a sun kissed tan and large muscles. He wore the same garb as Zukrius, except his robe was the color of seaweed. His eyes had retained their sea-green color, and he wore a bronze sword on his hip and a trident strapped to his back.
"So you want to fight an Athreien eh? Wish granted. You get to be the first opponent of Neaptide, Athreien of the Oceans in over a thousand years."
The woman opposite to him slowly rose to her feet. She wore a short, navy tunic, and her hair fell along her spine in a straight braid. She had two Soul Steel* knives strapped to her hips. The woman smirked and drew her knives.
"You dare to challenge me, Oceacian, Titanese of the Ocean? You will fall."
Neaptide drew his trident and charged. Oceacian jumped over Neaptide, and slashed at his back. Neaptide roared in anger, and blasted the Titanese with a torrent of seawater. The Titanese was pushed back, and Neaptide threw his trident, hitting Oceacian in the leg, and leaving a large gash. His trident returned to him. Neaptide knew he was in for the best fight he's had yet.
Zukrius' 3rd person POV
Zukrius parried his opponent's spear with his sword. He quickly sliced upward, willing the winds to propel his blade to extremely high speeds. Atlarius stumbled back, a golden wound across his chest. He gave a shout, and charged the Athreien. Zukrius was slow, and Atlarius managed to stab him in the thigh. Zukrius gritted his teeth, and kicked Atlarius across the battlefield.
The fight had been going on for a while, and both Athreien and Titanese were beginning to tire. Zukrius knew he had to use one of the known ways to defeat or kill an immortal. He reviewed them in his mind:
1. He could use a special weapon. He had none on hand so that was not an option.
2. He could do the erom on latormmi chant. Didn't have it memorized, so he'd need a book, but he didn't have that.
3. He could force him to fade. This was an extreme measure, as this would get rid of the balance, and cause strain on immortals for a while.
4. Since he was a Titanese, he could maybe exhaust his power enough to force him back into his demigod form.
Zukrius smiled grimly. He had a plan, but it would take all three of them.
Nico's 3rd person POV
"NICO! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO!" Zukrius shouted. Nico nodded grimly.
"What does he mean Nico? What is he talking about?" Hazel asked hysterically. He turned to her.
"Haven't you ever wondered how I managed to get you back to the world of the living? Not just anyone can bring the dead back from the Underworld. Hades wouldn't allow anyone. Except for those stronger than him." Nico turned towards Hazel.
"Hazel, I'm so sorry, but I have to go." Hazel started to tear up.
Nico turned and walked towards the battlefield. As soon as he reached the edge, he took a deep breath, and let it out. He turned his gaze upon the battle that raged before him, his black eyes burning with an intensity never seen before.
And he spoke two words.
"ATHREIENS HADRES!"
Hadres 3rd Person POV
A pillar of dark silver light erupted from Nico's body, engulfing him, changing him. When the light faded, the teenage boy was replaced with a tall, lean figure. He had the skin the color of bleached bones, and wore a breastplate of bone, and a cloak made of shadows draped on his shoulders. In his hand he carried a Stygian Iron broadsword, etched with symbols only the dead could even try to comprehend. The Athreien smiled, his black eyes surveying Thalia's Hill and the Pavilion, or at least, what was left of it.
"It's been a while." The immortal mused. "But Hadres is finally back."
"HADRES! I need your help brother! Execute plan Epsilon-Zeta with Delta Strike Set!" Zukrius roared.
Hadres gripped his sword, and ran to the beach, where the Athreien of the Ocean and Titanese of the Ocean fought.
Neaptide's 3rd Person POV
Neaptide's entire body ached. His Trident weighed heavily in his hand. He knew that however tired he was, his opponent was just as exhausted. Oceacian's breaths came as pants, and she was covered in dozens of injuries. Neaptide knew that both of them could only withstand so much punishment. Only one of them would be able to leave.
Out of the corner of his eye, Neaptide saw Hadres running down towards them. Neaptide didn't know what he planned to do, but whatever it was, he was ready for it. Neaptide launched himself towards the Titanese, slashing down with his trident. Oceacian brought her daggers up in an X, blocking his strike and pushing him back. She smirked as he fell on one knee, but then she stumbled back, recoiling in pain as ichor flashed through the air and a large, neat slash appeared across her midsection. Hadres appeared behind her, smirking while the ichor of the Titanese dripped off his sword and onto the sand. Oceacian turned to strike at her, but she was too slow and Hadres dodged. He caught her wrist and threw her. She skidded over the ground towards the ocean.
"Hadres… Don't let her get to the… water!" Neaptide cried weakly. But it was too late. Oceacian hit the water and went under.
After a few seconds, the ocean started to boil. The water parted and Oceacian rose from the depths of the ocean, fully healed and rejuvenated.
"Now let's see what you can do Hadres." Oceacian taunted. She thrust her arm out to blast salt water at him, but before she could, the shadows wrapped around her, and trapped her in a black cocoon. She levitated towards shore. As soon as she was far enough away from the water, the shadows disappeared, causing her to fall to the ground. She quickly recovered, and began to engaged Hadres.
Through Neaptide's exhaustion he realized what Hadres was doing. Neaptide slowly inched towards the ocean. He had only one goal: to reach the water before Hadres was defeated. Neaptide was almost to the edge of the water. He reached his hand out. The ocean was just out of reach of his fingers. He struggled forward one more time, and he finally touched salt water. The water rejuvenated him enough for him to roll into the ocean.
As soon as his body was surrounded by water, Neaptide's grogginess cleared, and he realized what Hadres was attempting to do. It would be dangerous, but if they pulled it off, they would be able to win.
Neaptide shot from the water, fully healed and ready for battle. He landed on the sand, and ran towards the Athreien of Darkness. Hadres, seeing him rolled out of the way, causing Oceacian's strike to miss.
"What ar-" she started before Neaptide smashed into her, sending her skidding across the ground.
"Come on sea-whore. Show me you're real power. Don't hold back for little old me." Neaptide said, his mouth twisted into a devilish smile.
"You want my full power? Fine. Let's see how you handle it." Oceacian said, dark navy energy flaring up around her. Her eyes turned completely black, her skin shimmering navy, as if she was made of ink. She charged Neaptide, about to slice him in half when:
"Hadres NOW!"
A black gate way appeared between them, and she passed through it.
Zukrius' 3rd Person POV, 5 Minutes earlier
Zukrius was strong, no question about it. He had to be, as leader of the Athriens. But he was rusty. Kay had not summoned his power since that night. And he had not battled for many years. Compared to Atlarius, he was in need of training.
Zukrius' mind turned back to the fight just as the butt of a spear hit him in the middle of his forehead, sending him sprawling into the dirt. Zukrius clenched his teeth, fighting through all the aches he felt all over his body.
"What's the matter hero? Can't face up to little old me?" Atlarius sneered.
"You always used to talk big but couldn't back it up cousin. Not much has changed." Zukrius taunted. Atlarius' eyes flashed with anger.
"Oh, I'll show you the true meaning of suffering, cousin." Atlarius spat. He thrust his spear into the ground, creating a large fissure in the ground.
"You. Will. BURN." Atlarius yelled, thrusting his spear deeper into the ground, dark energy pouring off him, widening the fissure.
"He's tearing open the very fabric of existence! If he's not stopped…" The Doctor trailed off. Zukrius wasn't going to allow Atlarius to win. He lifted his sword, and flew towards Atlarius. He swung, slicing in a single stroke through the Titanese's spear. Atlarius stumbled back, clutching what remained of his weapon.
"How…" Atlarius began. He started to form a blast of dark energy. Zukrius heard a soft sound as the second Titanese slipped through the portal. He dived to the side and summoned a titanic lightning strike right as a portal opened up, and Oceacian flew through it.
And sliced his leg clean off.
Atlarius howled in pain, as he lost control of his energy blast, the combined force of the wound and the lightning reverting both Titanese back to mere demititans. His blast, rather than dissipating, fired off, taking with it the head of Koral. Her body slumped and fell onto the ground, lifeless.
"No!" Leviathan shouted. Zukrius glanced grimly at the body. He'd hoped to avoid as much death as possible; however it was Leviathan who had killed Koral. Zukrius spoke one word to the defeated Leviathan:
"Leave."
Leviathan looked towards the Athreien, hate blazing in his eyes. "You are lucky Paradox has claimed your life or I would kill you over and over again." He crawled to the girl's headless corpse. He clutched it in his arms and in return to Zukrius' command shouted one word:
"Retreat!"
Kay's 3rd Person POV
Kay reverted back to himself, allowing his godly energy to dissipate. He blinked once, his gold eyes returning to their normal hue. He stood savoring his victory. He turned and faced the rag-tag army of Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, time travelers, and aliens. He raised his arms in victory. As they shouted in celebration, Kay succumbed to his wounds, and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Ash: Hey guys! My humblest apologies for not updating in FOREVER. I was super busy, going into the hive of scum and villainy that is high school for my first year, losing some friends, getting an amazing girlfriend, and then dealing with the PSAT and finals. Hope this really long chapter makes up for it. I will try to update more. As always, don't forget to leave a review telling me what I did well, what I could do to improve, what things you might want to see in the future, or just something you want to say. I'll see you next chapter, which I will begin after this goes live. See ya!
PS: Here's some pronunciations for you in case you had trouble:
Zukrius: Zu-KREE-us
Atlarius: At-LAR-e-us
Neaptide: NEAP-tide
Oceacian: Oh-SHE-see-in
Hadres: HA-dress