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Chapter 2: I Settle a Dispute

I mentally contact Grover. Grover, gather the spirits. A war is brewing. Zeus wants the power inside me. I was glad that Annabeth told Grover what was going on.

I felt Grover become panicky. What's going to happen?

I sighed. View Zeus as Kronos.

All I got for a while was stunned silence. Then Grover shakily replied. Okay, I'll do my best.

I broke contact. Scanning the Camp for Leo, I found him in Bunker Nine. I smiled. Now to do a trick I figured out a couple of weeks ago. I teleported my conscious to Leo.

To him, I would look like a glowing hologram of my usual self. I looked around the bunker. It seemed all tangible to me, but when I put my hand on the table, it went right through it.

"Leo."

He dropped his hammer with a shout. He turned around fast. Leo stared at me. I smiled.

"No, I'm not a ghost, something similar though. I figured out how to appear in front of demigods without physically being in front of them. Like it?"

Leo grinned at me. "Dude! That is awesome!"

I smiled. "You know what's truly awesome?"

He shook his head. I grinned some more. "You making a whole fleet for the Camp. How did you bloody know?!"

He laughed. "Well, Rachel approached me in her creepy, green eyed state, and started spouting stuff about the destruction of the camp and the end of the age. Then she said something about taking from the past to survive. I asked Annabeth's advice and she said to think back on what I've done at camp for survival. I realized that I should make a Valdez Fleet." He grinned at me cheekily.

I smiled. Leo was the only one, besides Annabeth, who was acting as there was nothing different. I gave Leo a brief run down of what was going on up in Olympus. His face looked graver and graver the more I went on. He finally shook his head. "Dang, I'm glad Dad joined up with you, that's all I have to say."

I nodded. "Leo, because of your actions to save the camp, I'm prepared to give you one wish, within my power of course."

He stared at me wide-eyed. "Seriously?"

I snickered. "Yeah, I'm kind of different from the other gods. If you do something right, I don't reward you by trying to kill you. I actually reward you."

Leo smirked. "That's a very good policy." He tilted his head. "Within your power. What are you a god of again?"

I smiled. "Day, Time, Demigods, Quests, Humility, and Guardian of the Oceans."

He nodded again and thought about it. "I want you to give me a pocket of time where I can just relax. I can go there any time, bring anyone I wish to bring there. Something similar to Ogygia, but when I go into that pocket, and when I leave that pocket, no time has elapsed."

I raised an eyebrow. "Interesting. I'll have to think about how I'm going to do that. I'll let you know how that turns out. I'll give you another wish, if it turns out I can't do it."

Leo nodded. "Fair enough. Now, back to business. All my ships are capable of going underwater and staying underwater for months. I've made a ship for each cabin. The Cabin Counselor is the captain of each ship. I'm the Ultimate Captain." He grinned cockily.

I rolled my eyes. Only Leo. "So what? Are you calling yourself 'Captain Ultimate'?"

His eyes lit up. "Perfect!"

I chuckled. Despite the severity of the situation, Leo could always get someone to laugh. I lost myself in memories, and I totally forgot that Leo was there until he shouted my name. I stared at Leo. "What?"

Leo chuckled. "I said 'The Romans have been convinced to follow you. Renya and Frank convinced them. They're more loyal to their superiors than parents, it seems."

I started laughing "I can't believe it! Thank you Leo. I'm off to Renya." I vanished. And came back to my body. Someone was banging on my door. I quickly opened it.

"Percy! What in the world happened?"

I looked at my father. "I was conversing with Leo via trance. I showed it to you, remember? What's wrong?"

Poseidon sighed. "You didn't respond. The Romans are on our side now. Iris, Hecate, Nemesis, Hypnos, and Morpheus have joined us as well."

I smiled. "Perfect." I looked closer at dad. "Bad news?"

Poseidon nodded. "All the wind gods, air spirits, and all the rest of the minor gods have joined their king. Prometheus has petitioned to Hermes to let him join us."

I pinched the bridge of my nose. All the rest were with Zeus! Damn it to Tartarus! This wasn't good. "I'll speak with Prometheus personally. Anything else?"

Poseidon shuffled uneasily. "Hades has been persuaded by Nico to change sides. It also didn't hurt that Zeus was being a shit to him."

I barked a laugh. "Excellent. Let him join us."

Poseidon shook his head. "Percy, he wants you to give him some power in return for his loyalty and his undead soldiers."

I bit back a groan. "Did he specify how much?"

Poseidon tilted his head back, and then shook his head. "No."

I smirked. "Perfect." I re-locked my Comm. Room. My father and I walked back to the library. Athena was back. She looked at me gravely.

"Did Poseidon tell you about the minor gods?"

I nodded and rubbed my hand tiredly down my face. Her frown deepened. The door chimed. I looked up. "Allow Hades of the Underworld to enter. Bring him to the library." Leo had installed a kind of magical JARVIS in my villa. It was mute though.

Suddenly, Hades was there. He blinked. "Hello."

I nodded to him. "Hades. Let's get down to business. Swear on the River Styx that you will not betray me, or even try to betray me. Swear on the River Styx that you will not threaten me to get more power. Swear that you will not manipulate me in order to get more power. Swear on the River Styx that after this one dose of power, the undead soldiers will be completely given over for this cause: defending my allies, defending the demigods, and defending the mortals. Swear that your resources will be unrestrainedly used to restoring Olympus' unity by stopping this argument and stopping this war with Zeus."

Hades sighed. "Getting very good at word wizardry aren't you? Very well, I swear to agree and abide by all that you have just said, on the River Styx."

Thunder rolled. I nodded and took his hand to shake it. Power coursed through him. Everyone in the room could see how much brighter his aura glowed. Hades sighed in contentment. "This feels wonderful." He sat down gracefully.

I turned to see jealousy in Athena, Hephaestus, and my father's eyes. I sighed. "Just say it." They blinked in shock. They obviously didn't expect me to confront them so soon. "You want my power too?"

They all nodded yes, even Hestia. I sighed again. "I'm going to think about how to deal with this. However, there is a war on and your children are in danger of being hurt by Zeus. When the other gods have returned from their duties I'll talk to you all about my power and how we should do this." They looked satisfied. I turned back to Hades. "Your promise?"

He smiled and snapped his fingers. "My soldiers are at your command. They will only follow my orders, but you can tell me what to do with them."

I nodded in satisfaction. "Good. Hestia, get Hades up to speed. I need to speak with Reyna. When you're done, contact the gods and tell them to return as soon as they're done with their work." Hestia nodded. Poseidon followed me.

"I wonder how you do it."

I raised an eyebrow. "Do what?"

He smiled. "Take control of a group of gods who, by the way, haven't worked this well together since Time was overthrown."

I smiled. "They just know that something needs to be done. Petty arguments are forgotten when a bigger threat is around."

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Poseidon nodded. He realized that his son just didn't understand what he was talking about. Percy didn't think that the gods obeying him and working together was as remarkable as it truly was. The king of the Seas smiled. He was proud of his son.