NOTE: The author's note has been removed, so do not be surprised there are only 6 chapters (So far) in this story.

Hello! This is Infamous Pig, here once again with a new chapter for Chaos Rising.

For the ones that are questioning about why I still haven't updated my other story, Clash of Projects yet, it is because I still can't think of anything to write there. It is quite the writer's block, so be patient with me, please.

Again, I'm sorry for the long wait. Exams. You know how they do to you.

So, as always, thanks for all the support you guys have been giving me, you da real MVPs. Thanks for bearing with this insane wait time.

Remember, follow and REVIEW! :)

ONTO DA CHAPTAAAAAAAA

PC:7 (New record!)

Chapter 4: First Contact

THALIA

'Nooooooooo!' Thalia screamed. 'My SPEAR!' She roared, looking at her broken weapon with a shocked expression.

She turned her furious eyes towards the pirate that did the terrible deed. 'I'm going to rip your freaking guts out, you son of a gun.' She put the business end of her broken spear onto her bow, and using the spear as an arrow, fired it straight at the Pirate's stomach. The pirate didn't even have a chance to react as the spear channeled her electrical energy and slammed into the unfortunate Pirate full force into the face. She looked behind her and saw the others finishing their respective fights. Percy walked beside her and looked at the dead Pirate she just brutally murdered.

'So, that did not go well.' Percy concluded.

'No shit, Percy.' Thalia rolled her eyes, holding her broken spear, which is now a bronze stick. 'I did not want to do that.'

'It would have gone better if you hadn't maimed the pirate right inside the bar full of other pirates!' Percy pointed out.

'How the fuck am I supposed to know that pirates from different ships help each other?!' Thalia asked incredulously.

'It's obvious they are a freaking clan, Thals! Didn't you see they all wear red somewhere?!'

'No! How would I see that when I'm fighting while seriously outnumbered in the freaking bar, and you and Isa are just chilling at the goddamn port?'

'Because you chased the Pirate into the bar, dumbass!'

'Oh think of the irony of this sentence, you saying that to me! So I'm a fucking dumbass now, Kelpy? Huh? Do I seem fucking stupid to you? Huh?'

'For the love of Go-'

'Jesus Christ, SHUT THE HELL UP, you two!' Isa yelled from behind, wiping her blade, 'Quit your bickering and look for anything that's useful! Especially Moonlace! Spread out!'

When Percy and Thalia looked at her blankly, Isa glared at them and her hand reached for her crossbow.

Percy and Thalia double-timed it towards the grassy field in front of the bar.

PERCY

'Let's set sail, guys. I got the map.' Isa said, walking out of the bar, holding the big map under her arm. 'And by the way, I paid for all the damage that was caused, so no worries there. The Pirates have just come back with a heavy amount of loot, you see.'

'Wait, where did you get that?' Thalia asked.

'The loot? Their ship of course!'

'I mean the map...' Thalia rolled her eyes. Percy glared at her as he knew what she was thinking.

'From inside him!' Isa pointed inside the bar.

What the fu-

'Inside a body?!' Percy asked, sickened by the thought.

'Ooh, I am soo gonna check this out!' Thalia said excitedly, skipping towards the bar.

'You are one insane woman.' Percy muttered, but quickly followed the lieutenant of the hunt.

Thalia grabbed the handle and pulled open the door, looking inside with anticipation. Thalia's face fell instantly. Percy looked inside and saw why she was not happy.

There was only Faerus inside the bar, happily gnawing at the leather bag of his fainted owner.

After a period of silence, Thalia concluded her thoughts. 'Well that was disappointing.'

Percy rolled his eyes. Of course she would say that. 'And you are still disappointingly crazy.' Percy added silently.

Thalia bristled. What did Kelp Head just say?! 'Are you implying that I am a crazy bitch?' Thalia asked, smiling all-too-casually.

'Yes-' Percy spilled out without thinking. Then he laughed. 'I mean no. Yeah. Totally meant that. Yeah. You are very nice!' He ended his ramble with an unconvincing half-smile.

Thalia looked at Percy in the eye, her bright crackling blue eyes bearing onto Percy's emerald green ones. Her eyes gleamed as she curled her fingers and formed a ball of electricity at her palm. Thalia smiled innocently as Percy's eyes widened.

'OH SHI-'

'What in the name of Rome happened here?' Holly asked, bewildered, looking at the docks that were just 'visited' by the heroes. The Port was utterly destroyed. Split wooden planks and destroyed brick dust floated on the ocean beneath their feet.

'Perseus was here obviously.' Artemis said, poking at the partially wet wooden planks of the port on a sector of the port that was still intact with her bow stretched out. 'This was caused by high pressure water damage. Only Perseus can do that.'

'Hey look! Thalia's spear! Or at least, some of it.' Linda observed, picking up a piece of column of Celestial Bronze-coated handle. 'There was a fight apparently.' She looked around the port. 'Thalia's doing.' She gestured to the steel beams still crackling with blue electricity, which used to hold up a portion of the Port. Linda handed the broken spear to the Goddess, who examined the portion of the spear with concentration. A beautiful design swirling waves and storms was -carefully crafted on the handle of the spear. Artemis admired it for a second, than realized the situation at hand.

'Great job, Linda.' Artemis nodded, looking at the spear. 'It's Thalia's spear alright.'

She turned towards the others. 'Spread out. Find any clues related to Isaline, Thalia, and Perseus. We should be able to track them with more of their belongings.' The hunters instantly got to work, fanning out of the port, and searched for some clues, while Artemis prepared the wolves to locating the trio's position.

As the hunters trekked along the area of the bar, they can see the carnage that our heroes left behind. Evidences of fighting was evident around the bar, with ripped clothing, broken parts of weapons, wooden shards, broken glass scattering everywhere around the area of the bar and the port.

Sarah and Phoebe walked in silence. It was obvious judging solely by their actions that they aren't really into finding the clues. They just walked ahead, missing many things along the way.

Finally, the newly-promoted Lieutenant of the Hunt broke the silence. 'Do you think that she'll ever forgive the hunt?'

Sarah looked at Phoebe. It was clear what both girls were thinking. 'No.' Sarah stated, showing no emotions in her voice.

Phoebe flinched at the straightforward answer.

'She was one of us, right?' Phoebe asked hesitantly. 'Surely she will be a bit forgiving. I mean, you-'

'-stabbed her in the back when she needs support the most, I know.' Sarah said bitterly, staring at her hands as she hung her head.

'You didn't do anything to her though.' Phoebe said, trying to comfort Sarah.

'But I should've done something, right?' Sarah said. 'We were the closest of friends with her, you know? Kelly and Linda, they at least did something. But not me.' She said miserably.

'Hey, at least you aren't like the rest of us.' Phoebe said hesitantly, trying to lighten up the mood. When she got no response, she looked at her companion.

Sarah halted somewhere behind, looking at something. Phoebe walked next to her. 'What is it?'

Sarah frowned. 'Can't you see… that?' She pointed to a spot in the ground that was slightly opened up in the corner of the bar. 'A flash of silver.'

'It's a bloody hole, Sarah.' Phoebe stated. 'What would be in there? Let's go collect some more moonlace.' She put her hand on Sarah's shoulder and guided her away from the place.

Sarah shrugged off her sister's hand and peered down the hole. True to her suspicions, Sarah picked the source of the flash before, observing it with a look of recognition. Phoebe gasped.

'Is that a Lieutenant's Medallion? Is it Thalia's?' Phoebe gripped the older girl's shoulder, desperate to know.

'It's Isa's.' Sarah muttered, picking it up, running her fingers through the name of Isaline Federica Barbosa. They both stared at it for a few seconds.

'We should get this to Artemis.' Phoebe said, breaking the silence. 'She needs to know about this.'

Sarah nodded dumbly. She couldn't help but wonder what on Earth her old superior was up to…

Artemis grasped the medallion with her hands and looked at the fine design. Even now, she was reluctant to give out these medals, as they represent much more than just being a Lieutenant of the hunt. No, it means much, much more to her.

It was a signal of trust, a sign that she officially considers a hunter as her dear sister. In the current hunt, she could count all the hunters she truly trusts as her friend with one hand. The others… were like acquaintances. There were only so few that she could truly confide her feelings to, who she know she could really depend on.

Thinking about the grievous mistake she had regretted ever since, she was astonished at how easily she had thrown such a rarity her hunters away.

All because of that so-called 'love'. She grumbled internally. Screw love. Screw Aphrodite.

Artemis stared at the medallion, lost in her own thoughts. Why would she suddenly leave it in this place? She wondered. This would just be an excuse to- Wait.

It all made sense in a weird sort of way. Isa hid it so that only Sarah's over-observant eye can spot it, so that Sarah will know that it isn't plain rubbish. She also knew that this is where she would send Sarah if she was to conduct a search party, and that Sarah will bring this right to her. Isa wants to send a message. Artemis realized. She used her old method of establishing contact with Lieutenants by holding it out towards the moon and rubbing it three times. And Isa's face popped up from the pendant as a silvery hologram above.

'Hello, Artemis.' Isa said, and cringed at the word. 'I am assuming that Sarah gave it to you, no?' She inquired. The younger members of the hunt gasped at her accuracy while the older members' faces remained stoic. 'I know that Mr. Zeus up there has set a bounty on our heads, and you hunters being the favorites for claiming it.'

'I do not care what you think about this mission, how you don't like this mission, how you actually like the challenge, bla bla bla. It doesn't matter in the end.' Isa stated. 'What does matter is the simple fact that you are the ones hunting us down.' She leaned forward. 'So I left this medallion as a message carrier to tell you this.'

'If we see you, we won't attack instantly. But we'll be armed and waiting. If anyone in your stupid hunt shoots,' she rubbed her hands and snarled. 'We won't hesitate to hurt you.' She surveyed the nearby glaring hunters and smirked. 'Glare, complain, frown, and cry all you want. Keep a fair distance between us if you understand what is really good for you.' She grabbed the medallion and stood up. 'This is all.' She ended. With that the connection was cut.

The hunter's shocked silence summarized Artemis' feelings for the night.

ISA

'Was that really necessary?' Thalia asked the deathless once she came onto the deck from the captain's cabin. 'Artemis won't be that rash.'

'It is.' Percy said, shuddering. 'It's the hunters that matters.'

'What's wrong with us?' Thalia asked, glaring at Percy.

'Don't look at me like that!' Percy protested, 'Gods, Imagine 50 girls aiming at my dingleberries every second when I'm in their presence…... It's hell! '

'Not every second…' Thalia responded meekly.

'Oh yeah? Who was the one that shot me in the butt with electric blunt arrows multiple times just because I am blocking their view of the camp?' Percy asked.

'He's right, Thalia. Don't deny it. The hunters are the type to shoot first, shoot again, and probably forget to ask questions afterwards. So we need to warn them. Hope it would be enough.' Isa explained. She looked at the Lieutenant of the Hunt, who was looking a bit abashed. 'You know that, right?'

'I prefer not to be in their presence entirely, thank you very much.' Percy muttered.

Thalia snorted.

'For you at least.' Isa retorted. 'But let's get back to work. How's the rune going?'

'It's all right for now, I guess.' Thalia summarized, looking at the symbol she carved onto the ship's deck and her shield to act as a mirror to reflect moonlight. 'We're picking up speed, and the Moon's coming in. It won't be long until the rune charges up so I think we're good.'

'Yup.' Percy said. 'This is gonna be helluva ride.'

'It won't be charged until midnight.' Isa looked at the sky. 'It's only 7 o'clock. Get yourself a light meal from the Kitchen and get some rest.'

'Aye aye, Captain!' Percy said, mock-enthusiastically.

'Oi shut it you.' Isa scolded, swatting him in the arm.

'Percy?'

'Yeah?' Percy asked.

'I'm nervous.' Thalia admitted.

'What for?'

'It's the first time I just blatantly defied the Gods' Orders like this.' Thalia explained, turning her stick around, letting the fire roast the other side of her chicken. 'It's just horrifying that we are messing around with that much authority and power…' She sat up from her lying position and shuddered at her thought. 'It's quite horrific when you think about it, them abusing that power on demigods.'

Percy swallowed the last of his steak and nodded in reply. 'True. The Gods are too corrupted sometimes.'

'But that is the problem. Even if we defeat Chaos, and even if we saved their sorry asses for the umpteenth time, they would still go back to their old ways, and we can do nothing about it!' Thalia tore the chicken from her stick and flung it onto her plate.

'What makes you say that?' Percy asked,

'Just look at them, Percy. Have they changed their ways at all? The requests you made after the wars- they did them because they have to, not because they want to.' Thalia grumbled. 'Do they even care about us?'

'Gods only care about their personal gains, Thalia.' Percy sighed, shaking his head. 'And it will stay that way.'

'Actually, that is the reason of the deathless war, if you are interested to know.' Isa said from behind. Percy and Thalia turned to see the Deathless holding her sword out with two pigeons stabbed through the body. She put the sword above the mild flames as she sat down and started to roast her meal for the night. 'The Deathless was pissed at the Gods' all powerful, unrivalled rule, so they rebelled. I wholehearted supported them then.'

The trio sat in silence as the fire continued to burn, each lost in their own thoughts.

Thalia and Isa was still tempering with the rune on the deck when the one thing that Isa was dreading happened.

'Erm guys?' Percy nudged his sister. 'Here she comes.'

Isa cursed. She didn't expect the hunters to find them this early. 'Thalia, rune status?'

'Still blue.' Thalia shook her head. 'We need time.'

Isa looked at her options. They can't run. A ship can't probably outrun a goddamn chariot. The rune's still not charged up. They can't fight either. The only option there is seems to be what the deathless did all the time… Isa mused.

'Thalia, Don't let anything touch the rune!' Isa commanded, 'Percy, stay on guard on that side.'

Thalia swooped near her, hovering in the air. 'We can't fight them all. They are hunters, not thugs or ordinary demigods.'

'I know.' Isa grunted. 'That's why we're not going to fight.' Isa looked at both of them. 'Let me do the trash talk. We can use the time. After all,' Isa grinned. 'We don't have to beat them. We're just going to waste their time.'

THALIA

'Jackson, Grace, Barbosa!' A hunter yelled, her voice amplified. 'You will come to Olympus with me. Olympus has issued a capture order. Surrender and you will be brought there peacefully.'

'I do not understand under what rule and regulations we have offended.' Isa bellowed back. 'State more clearly or we would kindly ignore that ridiculous request and continue to set sail.'

A second passed. 'Murdering, trespassing council soil, and treason.' The hunter replied.

Percy ignored the accusation while Thalia raised an eyebrow. 'I'm pretty sure I'm still a virgin, Holly. I didn't even attack you, how in hell did I betray anyone?'

Isa nodded. 'I did not trespass. I teleported, you twit. So what you said was nonsense.'

'WHAT DID YOU-'

'A distraction should not be talking that much, you know.' Percy pointed out. 'After all, why are you talking instead of Artemis?'

Yeah, go kelp! Thalia chanted internally. 'This is why she's right there, right?' Thalia asked, pointing to the mast behind them, where Artemis really was standing. 'I know how we work, duh.' Thalia rolled her eyes at the hunters shocked expressions.

'Hunters, to me.' Artemis ordered, abandoning her stealth tactic as her position had already been exposed. The hunters jumped down from the chariot up above and landed gracefully onto the ship. Percy instantly went to the other end of the rune to secure it. 'We need to capture you. With us, you at least won't be hurt. Ares and the demigods are hunting you too.' Artemis pleaded. 'Just come with me, please.'

'Not one goddamn chance.' Isa snarled.

'Isa, be reasonable.' Artemis stepped closer, and the hunters followed her move.

Isa ignored Artemis and ushered Thalia away from her, forming a triangle with Percy around the runic circle.

'We can't handle them all. You know that right?' Percy muttered softly, just enough for the rest of them to hear.

'Let's hope the rune is charged as quickly as it says.' Isa grunted. 'Stay close to the rune and stick together.'

'Copy.' Percy and Thalia said. Percy immediately got his hands full as a the hunters at his side grew impatient and engaged him in battle. Percy's bronze sword and shield clashed with silver daggers and multiple arrows, before swinging his shield in a wide arc to create some distance between him and the hunters.'Stay away!' Percy demanded from the other side, and Thalia looked back to see him unleashing a shockwave of water vapor to push the advancing hunters back. Artemis' eyes flashed of irritation, and readied her daggers.

Isa saw what Artemis planned to do and rushed forwards towards her. Shoving her away far from anyone else and the rune, Isa's Moulbage instantly clashed with the deadly silver daggers of Artemis. The two immediately started trading furious blows of flashes of silver and streams of water.

The hunters beside her looked at their mistress and turned their eyes at Thalia again, who stood still, unarmed. Thalia steadied herself as the hunters became a bit annoyed.

'You TRAITOR!' Holly screamed angrily, and lunged at her, with the other hunters following. Thalia nearly rolled her eyes at that, as she leaped and intercepted the incoming hotheaded Holly with an elbow after avoiding the throwing knife Holly threw at her leg, and blasted the hunters following her again with a torrent of cool ocean wind, knocking them away from her. Thalia grimaced as she realized she did not have her trusty spear with her, and her shield was out of service at the moment.

'Well, these would have to do, I guess.' She picked up the two wooden sticks she used for the barbecue before and cut off the sharp end of it with the throwing knife that was thrown at her. The hunters came to their senses and stood up, watching her warily as Thalia stood completely calm, the two sticks in front of her opponents, her eyes judging and challenging.

The hunters charged again, knifes out, ready to maim their former commander. Thalia dodged the initial blows from the first two hunters and she snaked her arm around their necks and bulldozed them to the ground. Using her sticks as the flat of two blades, Thalia slapped one of the sticks to the third hunter's inner elbow and used her powers again to push away the remaining two of them, as she knew she cannot do anything about them.

Holly, on the other hand, glanced at Percy's turned back for dealing with hunters on the other side and wants to say Hello (heh heh). Quick as a flash, she took out her bow and readied three arrows to shoot at him instead. Thalia saw the trouble that Percy was in and threw one of her sticks at her wrist, making her aim go awry. Holly glared at her and threw another throwing knife at Thalia, which Thalia dodged.

'Why do you persist on defending him!' Holly demanded, bringing her daggers into a downwards slice. Thalia growled at that question and kicked her in the stomach, making her crash into the wooden deck. 'You will never understand.' Thalia muttered, knocking her out with a punch to the temple.

But because of that distraction, Thalia was then instantly pounced upon from behind by two hunters that brought her to the ground. Thalia struggled and kicked one hunter away, but the other hunter was persistent, clinging to her upper body. That hunter locked her arms around Thalia, putting her into a chokehold. Thalia's hands flailed as she grasped at thin air.

'Guys! IT'S GREEN! GO GO GO!' Percy shouted, blasting away a few hunters away from him again. With renewed vigor, Thalia stood up with the hunter still putting her in the chokehold, and dove right to avoid the incoming barrage of flaming arrows, landing on her back on purpose to break the demonic hands. The hunter on her back groaned as her hands loosened but began to put her arms around her neck once more. Thalia swung her head backwards, slamming the back of her head to the hunter's nose, breaking it and also knocking her out. Wincing at the aftershock of the head-butt, Thalia rolled into the rune circle just as Isa flipped the shield for the activation, Percy diving in there, utterly battered and suffering from numerous cuts all around his body.

Hundreds of arrows came billowing down on the three defiant beings on the runic ground, but Thalia knew they were never going to hit. The rune flashed with a brilliant white and the three demigods were teleported to another realm.

'Realms, hmm…' Zeus mused, scratching his beard. 'Well, that would be harder than I thought it would be.' Dismissing his daughter with a casual wave, he took out his iPhone and texted Athena to let her know about the situation.

Zeus sat back onto his throne, and thought about the current predicament. At least the other Olympians didn't know the main reason why he was so persistent on getting Jackson, Barbosa and his former daughter to his clutches. After all, with all this power, it was only a matter of time before those pests are captured. He chuckled darkly. That is why he was king for all these millenniums, after all.

And that is the end of the Chapter guys.

I gotta admit, this is not my best work by far, but I think I still pulled it off.

I hoped you enjoyed it, remember to drop a review and follow the story or me, if you have, check out my other story Clash of Projects, and I will see you guys soon!

Infamous Pig, Over and Out