Chapter 21
Authors Note: A quick word of warning about this chapter a scene in this chapter is for the mature audiences only. We will put up another warning just before it's going to start and then one after telling you when it's over for our readers that don't like mature scenes.
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Previously on Prince of Bel…shit sorry Prince of Asgard
As the sword punctured his chest blood erupted from the wound and his mouth once again as Perseus choked out "I…I'm…so…sorry…lit…little…moon. Fo…forgive…m…me." And then proceeded to turn to golden dust.
"PERSEUS NOOOO!" Artemis yelled in sorrow as she knelt where Perseus had previously been.
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And now
"YES! YES! I told you, you ungrateful bastards but did you listen to me?! Noooo! Now you will start treating me with some respect or I'll do the same to all of you!" Ares crowed.
Chaos erupted throughout the throne room as the Olympian council could not believe that Ares had just killed Perseus. What did this mean? What would Odin do? Can they still survive the war?
"You know what? To Hades with waiting, I'm claiming one of my prizes right now." Ares said as he made his way over to a weeping Artemis and grabbed her by the arm.
"Let me go you vile pig, you have no right to touch me!" Artemis screamed in anger and sadness.
"Oh, I have every right sweet cheek. I killed your man so now your mine and I think it's time you see what a real man can do." Ares said lecherously as he began to drag her from the throne room.
At this, a sound of laughter echoed throughout the throne room as everyone turned to find Artemis laughing. Most of the god's present believed she had lost her mind because of Perseus being killed while the others had no idea what was going on.
"What are you laughing for bitch?!" Ares asked angrily.
"I am laughing about this!" Artemis bellowed as she swung her fist charged with the power of the sun and hit Ares square in the jaw.
Ares flew roughly fifty feet through the throne room before colliding with the throne room doors. He staggered his way to his feet and looked at Artemis with eyes blazing red and yelled "you are mine by right of combat! You cannot do that!"
"Oh Ares, you really are quite stupid aren't you?" Artemis asked laughingly "If you had killed Perseus you would be right, but fortunately for me you did not. Perseus is alive and well and I am fairly certain about to kick your ass."
"Artemis, Perseus is dead we all watched him die," Zeus said to Artemis who he believed was having a breakdown.
"No father you saw only what he wanted you to see. Fortunately, for him, I have already started the bonding process or I would kill him myself when he shows back up. Which should be any second now? If I were you, Ares, I would run. NOW!" Artemis said with a big smile.
Suddenly a streak of wind ran through and around the throne room. The unusual thing about this wind is that every time it passed Ares it seemed to hit him. "What is this!" Ares yelled, "This is impossible!"
At that a chuckle echoed throughout the throne room "nothing is truly impossible if you know what you're doing.' The voice said.
"It…it…it can't be you! I killed you! Everyone saw it! What kind of trick is this?!" Ares bellowed as a confused expression fell upon his face.
"I assure you this is no trick war god, but….WWWWHHHOOOMMMM" echoed throughout the throne room as the streak of wind now known to be Perseus punched Ares in the stomach sending him flying back into the wall creating another crater. "I told you I would make you fade, and I am; however, even I cannot just force a god to fade, I must gather the necessary power to accomplish this. So while I was doing that I let you battle a construct of myself using my Space Generation and let you deal with him while I prepared myself!" Perseus said as he started to glow green. "By the way, I have some news you might be interested in."
"There is nothing you can say that interest me!" Ares bellowed.
"Really? I just thought you might want to know who it was you really fucked that night?" Perseus said with a sneer.
"I already know it was Artemis!" Ares replied firmly.
"You wish. I learned something about you war gods you tend to think along the same lines. Imagine my surprise as I went back in time to observe what happened. It seems you and a certain goddess of wisdom had the same idea. Only you did it with each other." Perseus said growling.
The gods gasped as they turned to Athens as she had her head down in shame.
"Athena you dare!" Artemis exclaimed as she summoned her bow.
"Artemis no!" Zeus commanded.
"Father you heard what she did! I deserve justice!" Artemis hissed.
"I agree daughter, but we need to deal with our current situation first." Zeus pleaded.
Artemis looked over to where Perseus and Ares were nodded and said: "you are right father."
"Ha like that matters to me! I got laid and I took her virginity two more and I get the hat trick." Ares boasted.
"Boast all you want be you shall not touch Artemis or Thalia for you will be faded!" Perseus bellow as he punches Ares in the face.
"I must admit you're a tricky son of a bitch to be sure," Ares said as he spits ichor into Perseus's face laughingly. "Hell, I'll even admit that I thought I killed ya, but as I said earlier I have backup plans. So don't think this is even over. NOW!"
At that, the lights in the throne room dimmed as Ares grabbed Perseus in a bear hug as two bright flashes appeared on both sides of Perseus restraining him the same way Ares was. "Let me introduce you to my children Phobus god of panic and Diemos god of fear. You will die this time but before you do, we're gonna see what you're afraid of."
As Ares finished speaking a dark energy surrounded the children of Ares and began to flow into Perseus who then began to scream.
As Perseus's screaming continued, Artemis fired silver arrows at Ares and his children only for them to bounce off an energy shield. "Not gonna work baby cakes. I figured you would try something like that." Ares said smugly.
"Ares you must stop! If you kill him, you will doom the universe!" Artemis exclaimed."
"What!" Zeus bellowed.
"Tha…That…was what we were coming to tell you. Something is going to happen that will cause the destruction of the ten realms!" Artemis said imperatively.
"Liar!" Ares screamed "you're just trying to stop me from killing your little boyfriend! Well, it's not gonna work, I'm gonna kill him and then I'm taking that fresh, young, and sweet piece of ass Thalia and take her any and every way I please. After that sweet cheeks, I'm gonna do the same to you and after I finish as a reward to my boys here they get to have you two as well."
"Ares you will do no such thing! Artemis and Thalia are off limits to you especially their virginity and you shall not touch them!" Zeus bellowed.
"OOOOOOHHHHH but I will old man and you can't stop me!" Ares exclaimed snidely.
"You would show insubordination like that towards me!" Zeus yelled as he summoned the master bolt and pointed it at the group of gods.
"Ah, ah,ah,ah, ah you throw that at me and you're liable hit your precious Asgardian which could kill him as well." Ares said laughingly "Face it I've won!"
"AAARRRGGGG!" Zeus screamed in frustration as he shot a bolt of lightning across the sky.
As Ares taunted the Olympian council neither he nor his sons noticed that Perseus had begun to glow green nor the slight vibration that permeated the throne room. The more Perseus screamed the brighter his glow became and the more the vibrations increased.
Finally, Ares turned back to Perseus and kicked him across the face with a big smile on his face. "Like that punk? There's plenty more where that came from." Ares said as he kicked Perseus in the stomach.
Phobus and Diemos grabbed Perseus around the arms and lifted him off the ground. The three gods took great pleasure when they saw that Perseus had tears running down his face. Once again Perseus began to scream but this time, the gods were able to make out exactly what he was screaming "THALIA NOOOOO… I'LL SAVE YOU I PROMISE!"
"Pathetic," Ares said as he raised his sword once more "Sayonara punk you won't be coming back from this one."
As Ares stabbed downwards to kill Perseus an explosion of green light flashed throughout the throne room as Perseus could be heard yelling "I WILL KILL YOU!"
As the gods recovered their sight they discovered that Phobus and Diemos were unconscious as was Ares who was stuck once again in the throne room wall. Before the gods could check on Perseus the room began to shake.
"Poseidon is this you?!" Zeus asked roughly.
"This…this is…not me!" Poseidon exclaimed as the shaking increased.
It was at this Perseus screamed once again and his green aura flared causing the shaking to increase even further, only, this time, Olympus itself was shaking.
"Ca…can…yo…you sto…stop this?!" Zeus asked stutteringly as he and the gods were having trouble keeping their balance.
"I…I'm…I'm trying…some…somehow he has… over…overridden…my…my control of that domain!" Poseidon responded as he was sweating profusely from trying to regain control of his domain.
"Had…Hades… can you…hel…help Poseidon?!" Zeus asked in a panic.
"I…I ha…have been…been trying… but…but noth…nothing I do…is help…helping!" Replied the god of the underworld.
"We…we mu…must find…find a way…to sto…stop him…or…or Olympus…is lost!" Zeus exclaimed.
"It…it's worse…worse than…. that!" Hermes shouted out.
"How…how can…can it…be worse?!" Zeus asked.
At this Hermes opened an Iris portal showing mortal newscasters reporting on the disaster. "This is the worst earthquake in recorded history!" One newscaster said as the portal changed to another newscaster "Earthquakes are being reported from around the world! Religious leaders are calling this the end of times!" Hermes allowed a few more reports from the mortal play before closing the portal.
"Even…even…I…can…cannot do that!" Exclaimed a stunned Poseidon.
"Poseidon! You can be impressed later! Right now we need to find a way to break Perseus out of…of whatever it is, they did to him before the world ends!" Zeus hissed at his brother.
"The universe," Artemis said interrupting the conversation between her father and uncle.
"What are you talking about Artemis?" Zeus inquired.
"It…it is not just the earth we have to worry about if we cannot stop Perseus he will destroy the universe and all ten realms," Artemis replied somberly.
"Fuck!" Zeus screamed in frustration "Athena, please tell me you have a plan?!"
"Father…I…I…have never seen anything like this, but I believe if we can render him unconscious that the energy buildup will stop, if not we will have to kill him," Athena responded with trepidation.
"NOOO!' Artemis screamed sobbingly "you cannot kill him! I love him!"
"Daughter we may have no other choice! But if it comes to that then for the safety of the universe and the ten realms we will have to kill him!" Zeus exclaimed.
At that, Perseus screamed again and his aura flared even more as the pressure of his power was starting to make the throne room crumble.
"By Chaos how much power does this kid have?" Hermes asked as the power pouring out of Perseus was beginning to affect him.
"Hades, Poseidon, we must act now or it will be too late. We shall unite our power to push through his aura and hopefully render him unconscious." Instructed an anxious Zeus.
Poseidon raised his trident and an energy barrier surrounded all three gods. Then Hades and Zeus raised their symbols of power and began to strengthen the barrier with their energy. Once this was done the three moved slowly towards the suffering prince of Asgard. With every step, they took it became more and more difficult to move towards the young prince. The big three had crossed about three-quarters of the distance to get to Perseus and they were already sweating and heaving heavily due to the energy they were expending. When suddenly Perseus screamed "THALIA!" once again causing his aura to flare and his energy to spike exponentially. The big three were blown across the throne room and landed in a massive heap of body parts.
The other gods minus Ares gathered around the dazed gods to see if they were alright.
"What…what do…we do now?" Hera asked with a fearful expression on her face.
"We…we…mu…must…pool our…our powers…into one… gigantic energy bolt… and kill…Perseus." Zeus said exhaustedly as he went to rise from the floor.
A sound of weeping could be heard by all as everyone turned to see Artemis crying over the fact they were about to kill them, man, she has come to love.
"I…I…am sorry…my daughter but…but this is..is for the…survival of everything," Zeus said in sorrow.
Artemis nodded her head slowly and began to gather her power.
The other gods and goddesses reluctantly began to follow Artemis's example.
Soon all of the gods were glowing having summoned their full power. At this Zeus yelled out "I need everyone to funnel their power into the master bolt. Once it has collected all of your power I will fire it at Perseus."
As one, the gods raised their symbols of power and fired their power into it. After a few moments, the master bolt glowed so brightly the gods had to close their eyes. "Everyone out of the throne room!" Zeus ordered. "As soon as the room was clear Zeus hurled his master bolt at Perseus all the while saying "may the Presence and Odin forgive me."
When the master bolt hit Perseus's aura the energy contained inside the bolt unleashed itself, the explosion the occurred afterward could only be compared to what the mortals called the Big Bang (Theory). The force of the explosion sent Zeus flying out of the throne room and almost off of Olympus if not for the fact that Hermes and Apollo were able to catch him.
"We did it." Zeus said somberly "we saved everyone.
"UUUhhhh… I don't know about that dad, everything is still shaking." Apollo said in disbelief.
"Tha…that's's it…we can do nothing more. It is the end of everything." A despondent Zeus said.
"Surely, there is something we can do?" Hermes asked.
All of the gods looked around at each as wondering if the other knew what they could do to stop Perseus from destroying everything.
When suddenly (I may use that word too much, sorry) a bright flash of light appeared in the throne room."
"Sho… should…we see…what that was?" Hera asked.
"Why bother?" a defeated Zeus responded.
"I will go," Artemis said with determination.
"No!" Replied Apollo and Zeus "you could be killed!"
"I will die anyway, and if that is to be I will be with the man I love as I die!" hissed Artemis as she began stumbling towards the throne room. When unexpectedly (I didn't use suddenly yay me) the shaking stopped causing Artemis to lose her balance and fall to the floor. After picking herself up off the floor Artemis quickly but cautiously made her way to the throne room, only to see that Perseus's green aura was no longer filling the room. As she surveyed the throne room Artemis observed a large armored man kneeling over Perseus. Her first thought was to panic but the man turned towards her and she was relieved to find that it was Odin.
"Please stay back child there is much that I must do before it will be safe," Odin commanded the moon goddess.
With a quick bow and a nod Artemis turned and left the throne room. As she left she overheard Odin say "Lady Chaos your presence is needed greatly. It is urgent that you appear." As soon as Odin had finished another bright light filled the throne room, to which Artemis assumed was Lady Chaos.
Artemis approached the other gods who all had looks of confusion on their faces. "The crisis has been averted, for the time being." Artemis relayed to the council who all had expressions of relief on their faces.
"Artemis, what was that light we all saw earlier?" Zeus asked.
"That was Lord Odin. He arrived in the throne room and was able to render Perseus unconscious. However, I do not believe it was over as I heard him call for Lady Chaos and I believe that second flash was her." Artemis replied.
"Why…why did you not stay in the throne room?" Hera inquired.
"Lord Odin said it was not yet safe, so I left as he instructed," Artemis responded.
"Wow, that's a first my Lil sis doing something a man told her to," Apollo said humorously which got a laugh out of Hermes.
"Oh, you find that funny do you?" Quicker than anyone could blink Artemis had fired two blunt arrows that hit Apollo and Hermes in the balls, making the sun god and messenger god fall over in a fit of pain. "Now that's funny! And just so you know the next time you make jokes in a situation like this the next time I will not use blunt arrows! Do you two jackasses understand me!" Artemis hissed.
"YYYYeeeesssss!" Apollo said in a high pitch voice "message understood."
"Lo…loud and cl…clear," Hermes responded hitting a pitch that is almost impossible for most normal males to achieve.
Suddenly a bright light emanated from the throne room followed by some type of chanting in a language not known to the Olympians. After some time, the light receded and the chanting stopped as a voice presumed to be Odin's called out "Olympians you may return."
Slowly the Olympians returned to the throne room to find that it resembled a battlefield. As they continued to look around they Odin being supported by Lady Chaos.
"Lord Odin, are you well?" Asked a concerned Zeus.
"I…I…will…be fine." Replied a seemingly exhausted Odin.
Zeus waved his hand and a throne appeared "Lord Odin please sit and recover if there is anything we can do to help speed the process please do not hesitate to ask." Zeus said to Odin.
Lady Chaos helped Odin over to the throne and once he was situated "Olympians, bind and restrain those responsible for this." Chaos ordered.
"At once Lady Chaos." Zeus bowed as he replied to her and then turned and said: "Hephaestus bind them!"
With a nod, Hephaestus summoned Celestial Bronze chain and shackles with which he restrained the three gods from using their powers to escape.
As Zeus's attention shifted back to Odin he noticed one of Odin's ravens flying away. Zeus knew that this would bode ill for someone.
"Lord Odin, I want to thank you on behalf of the council for your help in subduing Perseus," Zeus said respectfully.
Odin looked up at the council with a weary expression and responded "this…this is not over. Lady Chaos and I have managed to place Perseus in an energy absorption field for the time being. If he cannot be brought out of whatever those two gods did to him he will overload the barrier and the resulting release of energy will destroy everything."
"Wha…what! Sur…surely…your…your joking?" A stunned Poseidon stuttered out.
"I am not joking and don't call me Shirley." Answered the irritated King of Asgard.
"Ou…our… apo…apologies… Lord Odin, we just assumed that whatever it was you and Lady Chaos had done, corrected the situation." An equally stunned Zeus replied.
"No need for apologies Lord Zeus, I am just tired and irritated. I apologize for my curtness. I shall explain the situation to you after we have dealt with these three." Odin said with a slight bow towards Zeus.
"No apologies necessary Lord Odin. I was indeed a tense and difficult situation." Zeus responded in kind
"Thank you for your understanding Lord Zeus, it is very much appreciated." Odin said as he stood for his seat "As for Ares he will fade! Be it by your hand, my hand, or that of Lady Chaos it shall happen!"
"Lord Odin" a voice called out from the side and everyone turned to see that it was Lady Chaos who had spoken. "I agree with your punishment for the war god, but I ask you to stay your hand for the moment. A sudden loss of an Olympian would be catastrophic for both the council and the planet. I ask that you allow us time to find a suitable replacement and then I will make Ares fade myself."
"As long as I have your word that it will be done and the word of Lord Zeus that he will not interfere I will leave it in your hands," Odin replied.
"You have my word, Lord Odin." Chaos said as she gave a slight bow and then looked towards Zeus.
"You have my word as well Lord Odin," Zeus said embarrassingly.
"As for the other two, I ask that you let me punish them?" Odin asked, "I assure they will not be forced to fade but will receive a most apt punishment."
"I believe that to be agreeable, do you not Lord Zeus?" Chaos responded.
"Yes, I must agree as well," Zeus said to both Odin and Chaos.
At that a bright light signaling the Bi-Frost filled the throne room. Once the light had receded there stood a tall, beautiful, and yet scary goddess.
"You called for me, Lord Odin?" the unnamed goddess asked as she nodded her head slightly.
"Yes, Hela. I require a favor from you." Odin said to the now named goddess.
"Of course Mi-Lord but you know the conditions a favor for a favor. And you know what it is I desire." Hela said seductively as she licked her lips.
"Damn it woman you know that cannot happen! Choose something else!" Odin hissed.
"Very well" Hela replied as she walked around looking until she walked up to Odin and whispered something in his ear.
"What! Sur…surely you must be joking?" Odin asked surprised by her request.
"No, I am not joking and do not call me Shirley," Hela said with a smirk.
After a few moments of failed negotiating Odin had little choice but to inquire about Hela's request. Odin walked over to Hades and bowed slightly and said "Lord Hades, my distinguished goddess of Hel would like to invite you to explore her domain for a day. She assures me that you will be …ahem well taken care of, and will see and experience things very few have."
"I am honored to be offered such a request but why me?" Hades inquired.
"She…she is interested in seeing how the god of the underworld from another pantheon differs from hers. Plus, she's…." Odin said mumbling the last part.
"I apologize I did not catch that last part; could you please repeat it?" Hades asked.
"She's horny you blasted fool!" Odin exclaimed.
"I…I…don't know, I would be cheating on Persephone," Hades replied.
"Come on Uncle take one for the team. Besides, it's not cheating if you do it in a different realm. It's an official rule." Apollo said cheerfully.
"You may as well brother it is not like you have not cheated on her before. OW!" Zeus yelped as Hera hit him in the back of the head.
"Excuse me." Said the Asgardian queen of Hel. "May I have a word with him before he answers?"
"You may," Zeus replied.
Slowly and seductively Hela walked towards Hades who gulped as he watched the goddess approach.
"Greetings Mi-Lord, I am Hela. I understand that you may have some reservations about this but I can assure you that the only thing that will happen is this." At that Hela started to whisper into Hades ear. The more she whispered to Hades the more he began to sweat. As she went to pull away from his ear she stuck her tongue out and licked Hades up the side of his face causing him to turn red. "MMMM taste like death my favorite," Hale said as she walked back to the center of the throne room.
Everyone was looking at Hades in stunned silence as he sat in his throne contemplating the offer he just received. At a moment, he cleared his throat "Ahem. After some serious consideration, I believe it would help to promote inter-pantheon good will if I were to accept this lovely offer." Hades announced.
"Very well Lord Odin what may I do for you?" Hela asked with a smile on her face.
"See those two gods? One is named Phobus and the other is Deimos. They are the gods of panic and fear in this pantheon, I would like you to take them back to your realm and show them what true fear and panic is." Odin said forcefully.
"Oh, my this is turning out to be a great day. It shall be my pleasure Mi-Lord. Come, Lord Hades we have a lot to do and only a day to do it in." Hela said winking.
Hades quickly got up from his throne and joined Hela as the Bi-Frost opened once again taking them to Hel.
"Wha…what is she going to do with Hades?" Zeus asked in concern.
Odin just stood there shaking his head and finally said: "he may never be the same again."
"Now for this one. Lord Zeus, would you please have him imprisoned so that we can find a way to help Perseus?" Chaos asked.
"Yes, Lady Chaos. Apollo! Hermes! Take Ares to the dungeons and make sure he is bound properly and return immediately!" Zeus commanded.
"Yes father" both gods replied as they each grabbed one of Ares's shoulders and flashed out to the dungeons.
A few minutes later they both return and Hermes bows and says "it is done, father."
"Lord Odin, why did you say that Perseus is still a threat he is unconscious is he not?" Artemis asked with tears in her silvery eyes.
"Aye, that I did. The reason Perseus is still a threat lies within his very nature." Odin explained.
"His nature? What do you mean by that?" asked a confused Poseidon.
"As some of you already know, I adopted Perseus as a baby. Once we returned to Asgard I was going to make him a god; however, before I could the Presence appeared and turned Perseus into a god. Since it was the Presence that made Perseus a god, Perseus was given powerful domains, he has the potential to rival or even surpass my power." Odin said to the remaining council.
"What!" Zeus exclaimed, "how…how could he be that powerful?!"
"The Presence knew that one day that an enemy to the universe and the ten realms would appear, an enemy so powerful that even I could not defeat. The Presence looked into Perseus's future and observed the kind of man he would become, so when he made Perseus a god he allowed Perseus to have the potential to access greater power than even I have." Odin explained.
"Alright I believe we can all understand that, but how did this happen?" Hera asked.
"Again it goes back to his nature," Odin said.
"We…we don't understand Lord Odin what do you mean?" Hermes inquired.
"When I adopted Perseus he became an Asgardian; however, part of him remained Greek and that is where the problem lies. Because I and the Asgardians were chosen to protect the ten realms we given more power than most. In a strange twist of the Norns, you Olympians and offspring seem to have this ability that when you become extremely emotional such as being angry or so scared that you throw caution to the wind once this happens your power grows exponentially. Perseus being part Greek possess this ability as well. Whatever those three did to him caused his emotions to draw on this ability and the more power he built up the more emotion he was feeling. It was cycling on itself until finally it would explode in one monstrous blast destroying everything in existence. The problem now is that while he is unconscious he is still trapped and as soon as he wakes it will begin again. Only this time I will not have the power to stop it. If not for Lady Chaos's help the barrier I erected would have failed." Odin informed the council.
"Chaos preserve us, I had no idea he was that powerful." Said a stunned Zeus.
"Until now only the Presence, Lady Chaos, Thor and myself knew. Even Perseus himself did not know." Odin said in response.
The throne room was silent for a moment as the Olympians processed this information until Artemis asked: "what can we do to bring him out of this."
"I believe our first step should be to try and discover exactly what it is that is affecting Perseus in this way," Odin stated.
At this Athena spoke up "considering Ares had his sons Phobus and Diemos helping him, it is safe to that they showed Perseus what he feared the most and reinforced it through panic."
"I see," said Odin "would not Perseus had returned to normal after the two gods were incapacitated?"
"Lord Odin," a voice said as Aphrodite walked up and curtsied before Odin "Phobus and Diemos work as a team. They combine their domains to strengthen the effect on the person they are targeting. Unfortunately, they have their fathers…thirst for mass chaos and have mastered the ability to trap their victim in a loop that makes them watch what they fear over and over again."
"I see. Thank you for that information Aphrodite." Odin replied.
With a nod of her head, she returned to her throne.
"Lor…Lord Odin" a weeping Artemis said "Is…is ther…there anyway…that we can…can see what it is Perseus is seeing?"
"Although that is a great idea, I do not know of anyone who can enter the mind of others. Unless one of you Olympians happen to know of someone." Odin responded.
Murmuring could be heard throughout the throne room as the gods consulted each other on who would be able to accomplish this task. The gods were stunned when Hera spoke: "Lord Odin, I believe Lord Zeus and I may have a solution to this problem."
With a look of relief on his face Odin said: "Lady Hera, I thank you and Lord Zeus for your aid in this situation."
"Nonsense" Hera replied, "we will be family soon and I am positive you would do the same for us."
"What solution have you and Lord Zeus discovered?" Odin asked the Queen of Olympus.
"Dionysus!" Hera called out.
"Yes, my Queen?" Dionysus asked skeptically.
"Bring yourself over here and make it quick," Hera ordered irritated by his lackadaisical attitude.
Quickly Dionysus made his way over to where Zeus, Hera, and Odin were standing. As he approached the royal of two different pantheons Dionysus bowed deeply and then stood and asked: "how may I be of assistance?"
"You bloody fool you know what we need you to do, so stop pretending that you don't!" Hera exclaimed.
"Yes, I suppose I do, but I really do not feel like helping at this…" Dionysus was saying when suddenly.
"Damn you to Hades!" Zeus yelled "We are not asking you we are ordering you to help. Maybe you just need the proper motivation, if you do not help I will remove you from the council after I stick my master bolt up your ass, and then have your Roman form stay and run Camp Jupiter and after that I will have all forms of alcohol banned forever! Have I made myself perfectly clear?!"
The eyes of Dionysus bulged wide and he began to sweat as he listened to his father. When Zeus had finished motivating Dionysus he cleared his throat and said "Father I'm afraid there has been a misunderstanding on my part. I was under the impression that you were asking me to do something that would violate my punishment just so you could punish me further. If I had known that was what you wanted I would have and will gladly help any way I can."
"Yes, I thought that was what happened," Zeus responded.
"Fucking drunk!" Hera hissed.
"Not to doubt your plan but what help can he be?" Odin asked confused by what just happened.
"As you know Phobus and Diemos have the domains of panic and fear. One of the domains possessed by Dionysus is madness. While not the same there some similarities. We believe that Dionysus should be able to enter his mind and see what he is seeing." Hera Answered.
"A worthy plan indeed. I am in your debt." Odin replied.
"Just make sure that my brother comes back from his…ah yes…his inspection of the Asgardian underworld," Hera said with a smirk.
At this Odin just laughed for a moment and said: "it shall be done Mi-Lady; it shall be done."
At that Zeus ordered, "Dionysus you may proceed."
"Yes father, but I may require help so I would like for Apollo to help me," Dionysus replied.
"Me! What in Hades do you need my help for?!" Apollo exclaimed.
"I have never attempted this on someone like and Asgardian I might need extra power to break through his defenses or if we are fortunate and I can break through that you can help me heal him as you are the god of healing," Dionysus answered.
"Buuu…." Apollo started to say when.
"Apollo assist him!" Hera growled.
"Gulp! Yes, my Queen!" Apollo replied as a look of fear came over his face.
Apollo made his way over to where Dionysus was kneeling and placed a hand on his shoulder as he closed his eyes and said: "I'm ready, let's get this over with."
Dionysus closed his eyes and began to glow purple as sweat immediately started to form on his brow. Apollo who was glowing golden seemed to be sweating as well.
Suddenly a bright green glow appeared from Perseus knocking the two gods back.
"By…by…th…the gods!" Dionysus exclaimed, "that was one of the most horrific things I have ever seen!"
If the gods were surprised by that outburst they were surprised even more as they observed Apollo sitting there with tears coming out of his eyes.
"What happened?!" Asked a confused Zeus.
"Ar…Ares di…did his work well. He has Perseus trapped watching the one thing he fears most over and over again." Apollo panted out.
Yes, but what is he seeing?" Asked a worried Odin.
"I…I…I cannot begin to describe but I will show you. Be warned this is as vile and disgusting an act as I have ever seen." Dionysus said to the assembled group.
After a few deep breaths, Dionysus waved his hand as a purple screen appeared in mid-air. The screen flickered for a moment and then began to play what Apollo and Dionysus had seen. The gods watched with interest as the observed Perseus as he seemed to be trapped by some type of invisible wall and he was relentlessly pounding on the wall as his aura continued to grow. Then it focused on what Perseus was looking at. It showed Thalia helpless and strapped to a table in a dungeon of some sort. And they watched as Ares appeared and began to violate her in the most horrific ways as Perseus could do nothing but watch as he screamed to the woman he loved he would save her. By now several of the goddesses had turned away from watching this disgusting scene when the rest of the gods gasped as the screen faded to purple.
"That poor boy," Hera said with tears running down her face, "To be forced to continually watch that it is no wonder he is like this."
"Dionysus, what can we do to break my son out of this?" Odin asked with concern.
"Lord Odin, there is nothing that we can do. I tried even with Apollo's help to break him free but we were cast out by his growing aura." Dionysus responded, "However, there may be something young Thalia can do."
"What do you mean?" Asked a sobbing Artemis.
"As she is the focus of this nightmare she should conceivably be able to bring him out of it. If she can somehow get him to recognize her instead of the imaginary Thalia she will be able to bring him out of it." Dionysus answered.
"Yes, I can see how that would work but she is in the Labyrinth and how would she be able to enter Perseus's mind?" Zeus inquired.
Artemis looked at Odin who just nodded as she said "there may be a way. When I was trapped under the sky Aphrodite came to me in what seems like a dream and told me to close my eyes and concentrate on Perseus, which I did and it was like I could see him. He gave me enough of his power to enable me to continue holding the sky up."
"Yes but you're a goddess, Thalia is but a demigod it may not work the same with her," Athena replied
With an irate glance, Artemis turned to Athena and said "usually you would be correct but Thalia and I have already begun the bonding process with Perseus so she should be able to contact him. Is that not just too bad for you, you man stealing bitch!"
At that, an argument began that almost became a fight between the two goddesses if it were not for the other gods keeping them apart. While this was happening Zeus and Odin were talking with Hera who suddenly nodded and flashed out of the throne room.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Zeus bellowed, causing the fighting Olympians to stop. "You will all return to your thrones and keep quiet! Hopefully Odin, Hera, and I have the situation well in hand!"
A hand went which Zeus acknowledged "father may I remain with Perseus?" Artemis asked sadly.
Zeus let out a deep sigh and said: "yes you may my daughter." At which Artemis left her throne and returned to Perseus's side.
"Father what kind of solution did you, Odin, and Hera come up with?" asked an inquisitive Aphrodite.
Odin and Zeus looked at each other for a moment and Odin turned to Aphrodite and said "Aphrodite, we do not wish to disclose this as of yet. We do not want to raise the hopes of everyone in case this fails."
Aphrodite nodded and replied, "I understand All-Father."
Zeus nodded at Apollo who had raised his hand to speak "father what are we going to do about Athena? She is just as bad as Ares should we not punish her as well?"
"Apollo you are correct that she should be punished, but if you examine the situation she did nothing that would have caused the situation we are in now. What we shall do is wait to see if Perseus can be brought out of this nightmare, if not punishing Athena will be irrelevant." Zeus answered.
"Irrelevant!...Irrelevant!... How can you say that father!" an angry Apollo asked.
At this Zeus just frowned and looked at the floor and said in a somber tone "because my son that means our attempt to wake Perseus from his nightmare has failed and the universe will be ending soon."
The mood of the whole room turned from one of hope and happiness to one of sadness and doom.
As each god sat in their throne contemplating what could happen Hera flashed back into the throne room and retook her throne as she looked at Zeus and Odin and said "it is done. It may be a few hours before we know if it worked."
A few hours pass and Artemis calls out "Lord Odin, Father! He is moving!"
"Everyone stay back' Odin ordered as he and Zeus approach the energy absorption field when suddenly Perseus began to scream once more "Thalia! NNNOOOOO! I'll save you!" over and over again as the Olympus and the earth started to shake once again.
At this Odin fell to his knees as the gods could see the sweat on his brow. "I…I…ca…cannot…hold it…much longer!" Odin exclaimed.
Hearing this Artemis yelled "Perseus please do not do this I love!" as she fell beside the barely remaining energy absorption field crying.
The field crumbled as Odin fell to the floor breathing heavily trying his best to help his son and save the ten realms.
Fortunate at that moment the shaking began to subside slowly as the aura from Perseus became less and less bright until it was no longer visible.
"What…what…happened?" Hades asked.
Before an answer could be given a dazed Perseus mumbled "Tha…Thalia… is…is tha…that really you? I… saw…Ar…Ares do…all…all those hor…horrible thin…things to you."
Hera let out a huge sigh and said: "thank Chaos she got through to him."
"What do you mean she got through to him?" Demeter asked.
"I visited the demigods in the labyrinth under the pretense of giving them some help. I fed them and then pulled Thalia aside and told her what we needed for her to do." Hera replied.
Before another word could be said all the gods turned towards Perseus as he began to moan "Oh…yes! By Odin's beard Thalia ple…please we can…cannot. MMMM…I…I…I mus…must go." And then mumbled something else that the gods were unable to hear.
Hearing this Apollo and Hermes snickered as one of them said: "leave it to Percy to almost destroy the universe and get laid right afterward."
"Apollo! Hermes!..." Zeus started to say before the two gods began groaning in pain. At this everyone looked at the two prankster gods and noticed two silver arrows sticking out of their groin.
"You bitch! How could you shoot us there!" Apollo screamed.
"Yeah! What he said!" Hermes hissed as his eyes went wide at the sight of Artemis with two more arrows notched in her bow. "Fuck I'm out of here!" Apollo both said in unison.
As the gods were trying to regain their composure they heard "wha…what… happened" asked Perseus.
Artemis's bow disappeared as she turned around and threw her arms around Perseus exclaiming "Perseus! Thank the gods you are alright!" and then leaned in to kiss him. After a moment of kissing, Artemis pulled backed, smiled and then slapped him.
"OOOWWW! What was that for!" Perseus bellowed as he rubbed the side of his face.
"What were you and Thalia doing?!" Artemis hissed.
At this Perseus's face started to turn red as he replied stuttering "yo…you kn…know…rem…remember that…that ni…night on Asgard?"
All the gods looked at Artemis who was blushing bright red as she was trying to say "I…I…I…do…do not…know…wha…what…you mean."
"EEEEEEEEE!" Aphrodite squealed "you've been a naughty girl Arty why didn't you tell me?!"
"Ummmm… all that matters is that you're alright." Artemis said as she kissed him again.
"MMMM." Perseus moaned until Artemis broke the kiss. After catching his breath, a solemn expression came across his face as he asked: "did I hurt anyone?"
The gods all turned their gaze to the floor as Odin said "there was some loss of life on Midgard. But do not blame yourself it was the fault of that damned war god." Odin hissed.
"Bu…but I allowed my…myself to be controlled by them?" Perseus replied sadly.
"Perseus!" Artemis snapped at him. "Only the Presence is omnipotent. You cannot blame yourself especially when he fought dishonorably and had his sons attack you, but you can strive to make sure it does not happen again."
"You should listen to your wife my son, she is wise indeed," Odin said to Perseus as Artemis smiled at the compliment. "Can you get up?"
"I believe so," Perseus replied as he tried to stand. Once he reached his feet he wobbled a bit but was quickly steadied by Artemis.
"Gods to your thrones," Zeus said as he summoned two more thrones in the middle of the room for Odin and Perseus to sit. Looking around he noticed that two thrones were missing its occupants so he threw a bolt of lightning to summon the two missing gods back.
Soon Apollo and Hermes both appeared on their throne with what looked like ice packs ties around their groin area. At this, the gods along with Perseus and Odin began to laugh at the two gods.
"Shut up! It's all your fault!" Apollo cried out like a baby pointing at Artemis.
Artemis just smirked and summed her bow once again and watched as Hermes and Apollo cringed in fear.
"Artemis. Please don't shoot your brothers anymore today. "Zeus ordered "and you two be quiet before I change my mind and let her shoot you again."
At this Artemis pulled back the string on her bow with an arrow notched and smiled and then made her bow disappear.
"Now to business. Lord Odin, it is not that we are not grateful for the assistance from you and Lady Chaos but how did you know we needed your help?" Zeus asked the ruler of Asgard.
"I did not know that you required my help. I was responding to a message from Perseus that said I needed to be at this meeting. So as I was standing on the Bi-Frost, I felt Asgard shake and knew it could only be one thing." Odin replied. "Fortunately, thanks to Lady Chaos's help we were able to restrain Perseus long enough for Thalia to break him out of that nightmare. As you all know."
"Yes, yes." Zeus said as he turned to Perseus "Perseus why did you and Artemis call this meeting and what did Artemis mean when she said that the ten realms were in danger?"
Perseus stood and bowed to his father and then to Zeus and spoke "father, Lord Zeus, first let me apologize for what almost happened, and I want to thank the Olympian council for their help in the situation. As for why I called the meeting something had happened in the time stream, whatever happened resulted in the destruction of the ten realms."
At this, the gods began to mumble with each other. After a few moments, Odin asked, "and is the danger still there Perseus or has it passed?"
"I do not know father. I have not had the opportunity to check. If you could give me a few moments I will check." Perseus said as he closed his eyes and began to concentrate. Soon a small smile came upon his face until suddenly a look of horror took its place as Perseus bellowed out "NNNNOOOO!"
"Perseus! Perseus! What is wrong?! Is something still happening to the ten realms?" Odin asked in rapid succession.
"No father the ten realms will be fine." Said an almost teary Perseus.
"Then…then what has happened?" Odin asked in concern.
"Ar…Ares…Ares has escaped, and he is going after Thalia." Responded a somber Perseus.
Suddenly Artemis appeared in his arms and said "we will protect her. She will remain with us no matter what."
"Apollo! Hermes! How could you let him escape?! Zeus screamed.
"Lord Zeus, please do not blame them it was not their fault," Perseus stated to Zeus.
"Do you know how he escaped?" Zeus inquired.
"Yes, there was another god. Someone named Enyalios." Perseus answered.
"Fuck!" Zeus exclaimed "I…I should have expected this. I am sorry Perseus I have failed you. Apollo, Hermes I apologize to you as well I should not have jumped to conclusions."
"Lord Zeus you have no need to apologize to me." Perseus replied, "the trouble I was causing put everyone in a difficult situation and mistakes happened, as father said if anyone is to blame it is Ares."
Zeus sat there contemplating what the son of Odin just said: "yes Lord Odin is right, thank you for being so understanding Perseus."
"I thank you as well. I swear I will keep Thalia safe." Perseus stated with passion.
"Unfortunately, she is in the labyrinth how can you help her?" asked a confused Hermes.
"The same way she helped me." Perseus said smirking "I can track her through our bond. I will be able to find her no matter where she is."
"That is indeed great news but we should still check our domains for signs of Ares. If he is sighted in any of your domains report it right away." Zeus ordered.
"Is there any other business we need to discuss?" Zeus asked to which Perseus raises his hand. "Perseus?"
"Yes, Lord Zeus this is actually just for Queen Hera, the rest may go if they wish," Perseus replied
"Very well dismiss missed," Zeus said as he disappeared in a lightning bolt.
Odin walked over to his son and gave him a big hug and said "I am glad that you are alright my son. I do not know what I would do if something happened to you."
"Thank you, father, just as I do not know what I would do without you," Perseus replied and then watched as the Bi-Frost opened and returned Odin to Asgard.
"Perseus," Hera said with a nod as she remained on her throne.
Perseus approached her throne and bowed deeply and said "Queen Hera, thank you for taking the time to meet with me. I would personally like to thank you for the part you played in reviving me and as such would like to ask a favor of you that I am sure you will enjoy."
"You are welcome Perseus I am glad that I could be of service. Now, what is this favor I can do for you that I might like?" She inquired.
"As you know I am marrying Artemis and Thalia. I want to do this sooner rather than later so I asked Aphrodite and Freyja to help my mother help plan the wedding. Unfortunately, being two love goddesses they have some unconventional taste, to say the least. So I am hoping that I could ask you to help my mother oversee the wedding and make sure that it is a proper wedding. I would be eternally grateful." Perseus said to a smiling Hera.
"You were correct Perseus I will indeed enjoy that. I thank you for asking me to help as you may or may not know I am the goddess of marriage so that is within my domain. Fear not I will help your mother take care of everything. My only problem is how do I communicate with her?"
"I will inform my mother and she will either come to Olympus or you may go to Asgard. I will let the two of you work that out." Perseus replied.
"I look forward to meeting you mother Perseus; I am certain she is a fine woman," Hera responded.
"She is; I could not imagine anyone else being my mother." Perseus stated, "Thank you again Lady Hera I must be off."
"Perseus another moment of your time please?" Hera asked the young prince.
"Yes, Lady Hera," Perseus responded.
"I do not want you to feel embarrassed but I must ask you something, something personal."
Perseus nodded to Hera to continue.
"Perseus have you taken their virginity yet?" Hera asked bluntly.
"Wha…wha…what! Lady Hera I do not know what you have heard but I swear to you that the three of us are still virgins!" Perseus exclaimed.
"The reason I am asking is that earlier you were moaning Thalia's name and were acting like the two of you were engaged in sex," Hera informed Perseus.
Perseus turn beet red as he struggled to find something to say."La…Lady…Hera…we…we…did no…not have…sex. I…I really do…not know what we did is… called but we are still virgins I can assure you."
"Can you describe to me what happened?" Hera asked inquisitively.
"I…I am sorry but I do not know what the things we did were called," Perseus replied in a somber tone.
"I understand. Can you show me? What I mean is pull the memory from your mind and show me?" Hera asked the red-faced prince.
"Lady Hera! It…it's not that I do not want to, I would feel embarrassed." Perseus responded
"I understand Perseus but I am only asking because I am trying to do as you ask with planning the wedding," Hera said smirking.
"Planning the wedding? I do not understand?" Perseus said in confusion.
"Perseus, the wedding is more than just the ceremony. There are events that must take place beforehand and afterward. The most important being the wedding night. To ensure that you three have the best wedding night possible we must know how educated you are in the area of sex. This is so that we can make sure you have the proper education, the proper clothes and whatever other help you may need. I am doing this for you Perseus." Hera said seriously but was grinning on the inside.
"I see if it helps you with the wedding I will show you," Perseus said as he summoned the memory of him, Artemis, and Thalia on Asgard and started to play it for Hera.
Hera sat back in her throne in awe at what she was watching. When Artemis and Thalia relieved Perseus of his towel Hera whispered to herself "oh my." Soon the memory finished as Hera had begun to sweat, breath heavily, and turn a little red herself. "I should have had my virginity restored. By the gods what I would give to have a taste of that" mumbled the Queen of Olympus.
"Is that all Lady Hera?" Perseus asked still possessing a red expression.
"Ye…yes, thank you Perseus that was quite informative. It will be of great help." Hera said panting.
"Thank you Lady Hera, I must go and find Artemis," Perseus replied as he turned to leave the throne room.
"Goodbye Perseus, thank you again," Hera said as she flashed to her private bedroom with a smile on her face.
/\/\/\/\/\
Back in the Labyrinth
After escaping Kampe and the prison of Alcatraz, the members of the quest continued their journey through Labyrinth. Emotions were running high after their near capture and death at the hands of Kampe. Unfortunately, for the demigoddess's the adrenaline rush they had experienced from the confrontation had begun to wear off, and once that happened fatigue began to set in.
"Can we take a break my feet are killing me?" asked the daughter of Hades who was puffing and panting heavily.
Stopping for a moment and looking back at the tired daughter of Hades, Zoe released a silent sigh and answered. "I suppose a half hour break will not be too bad."
With that said the quest members removed their packs and proceeded to sit back against the walls of the labyrinth, whilst Bianca removed her shoes and was rubbing her aching feet.
"We may as well rehydrate," said Thalia taking a bottle of water out of one of the supply packs. Taking a sip, she passed the bottle on to Annabeth who took it graciously and had a few mouthfuls before passing it back to the daughter of Zeus. "Hey Zoe, want a drink?"
"After you've already had a drink of it? I think not. Only the gods Gods know what your lips have been in contact with Thalia" Zoe replied, sending Thalia a knowing look causing to blush and roll her eyes.
"Bianca, you want a drink?" asked Thalia.
"Oh gods yes, my lips are so parched!" Bianca exclaimed as she took the offered bottle of water and proceed to take a few swallows.
"How long do you think we've been down here?" Thalia asked to no one in particular.
Before Annabeth could respond Zoe cut in. "That is almost impossible to determine due to the way the labyrinth distorts time and distance.
"I was going to say that" Annabeth muttered halfheartedly which received an eye roll from Zoe.
"I wonder how Percy and Artemis are doing?" Thalia muttered in worry.
"I'm sure there enjoying each other's company Thals" said Annabeth patting her friends arm causing Thalia to look at her friend with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, I don't mean enjoy each other's company like that, what I meant wa…"
"I know what you meant Annie," said Thalia holding up her hand stopping her friend from digging a deeper hole. "Thanks anyway."
"I wonder where Briares went off to?" said Bianca.
"I can't believe he ran away like that!" hissed Thalia "Gods damn pussy!"
"He was scared Thals" Annabeth retorted, in defense of the One Hundred-Handed One.
"Still, we could have used his help…" continued the daughter of Zeus.
"Leave it be Thalia, hopefully, he will return. The skills he possesses are second to none. Now I think we've rested enough, let's get a move on." Said Zoe pulling the daughter of Hades to her feet and started to lead the way down the tunnel.
"I don't suppose anyone knows where we are, do they?" asked Thalia irritably.
"For god's sake" muttered Zoe before turning to address the daughter of Zeus. "No we do not!" the hunter of Artemis hissed out.
"Alright, damn who put a twist in your panties?" Thalia retorted.
Just as Zoe was about to return with an insult Bianca interrupted the squabbling girls. "Hey look. there's a light up ahead."
True to her word the rest of the girls saw the light that was on the ceiling of the roof further down the tunnel. Quickly but cautiously the group made their way over to the light and looked up to see daylight streaming through a set of bars. The warmth from the sun was a welcomed feeling to the girls compared to the cold and darkness of the labyrinth. Suddenly something caused a shadow to fall across the bars causing Thalia (though she would adamantly deny it later on) let out a girly squeal causing the others to laugh. The something in question was quickly identified when it mooed and thus was quickly identified as a cow however unlike most cows this one was a bright red color which Zoe identified as the sacred cows of Apollo.
"So does that mean are we in Apollo's garden or something?" asked Bianca.
"No, Apollo only keeps his cows on Delos, the island in which he and Lady Artemis were born on. The labyrinth may be powerful and lead to many places but Delos is not one of them as it is separated from the earth itself by the Fates. Come let's investigate" ordered Zoe before turning to the daughter of Zeus, "Thalia bend over."
"What?!" Thalia quickly asked reddening slightly.
"I'm going to stand on your back to reach the bars" said Zoe rolling her eyes before smirking and muttering so only Thalia could hear "thinking of Perseus there were you?" teased the hunter causing Thalia's blush to redden even more if that was possible however she quickly bent over allowing Zoe to get on her back and look at the hinges that were keeping the grate in place. Minutes passed before Zoe took her bow and placed it under the hinge and thanks to the bows blessing combined with her weight and great strength pulled on her bow causing the hinge to snap and allowed her to push the grating up a tad allowing her to pull herself through before turning and helping the others up.
When they were all up they each surveyed the surrounding environment which consisted of hills filled with trees and boulders. Different types of fence's surround them making some sort of enclosure and the different parts of the farm(?) were filled with a wide range of animals and creatures ranging from the red cows to an area of the farm that was covered in snow and had beasts on that Thalia recognized from the descriptions Percy had told her of creatures from Jotunheim.
"Those beasts over there. Percy has described them, they're from Jotunheim. What are they doing here!" Thalia all but demanded.
"I don't know, but let's go and find out. There's a farmhouse over there, let's start there." Replied Zoe.
Slowly but surely the girls made their way over to the farmhouse cautiously, although, with Thalia's moaning about it being hot, Zoe was surprised no one had heard them yet.
Eventually, they came in close to the farmhouse and they could see a man on the porch…a very odd man. Odd because although his face looked normal the guy had three bodies all connected to one head.
"That's Geryon" stated Zoe.
"Who?" asked Annabeth.
"Geryon, he breeds some animals for the gods. Come on" Zoe instructed.
Following Zoe's lead, the girls walked up to the farmhouse but quickly pulled their weapons when a two-headed dog bounded for them before it stopped at the command of what the girls assumed to be his master who had come and stood next to Geryon.
"Hunter of Artemis, to what do I owe the pleasure?" asked the three-bodied man with a sneer on his face.
"First, you can tell me what you have beasts from Jotunheim here for!" demanded Zoe readying an arrow.
"I'm afraid that's confidential information between me and my clients, you understand. And I would but down your weapons if I were you." Geryon smirked evilly.
"And why pray tell should we do that!?" sneered Zoe.
"Well, if you don't" with a snap of his fingers the man next to Geryon went back inside before re-emerging with a boy. "I may just have to kill little Mr. Di Anglo here."
"LET ME GO!" shouted the boy.
"NICO!?" shouted Bianca in disbelief before readying her weapon "LET HIM GO NOW!" she demanded.
"I'll be the one making demands here missy" sneered Geryon standing up and waddling over to Nico before grabbing him by the scruff of his neck. "Put down your weapons!" he demanded.
Seconds passed before Geryon shouted "NOW!" causing the girls to reluctantly throw their weapons down. "See that wasn't so hard was it" smirked the multi-bodied man. "Now you five are in luck, because Luke and this other boy, can't remember his name, whiny little bastard he was. Anyway, Luke and his friend are paying well for half-bloods and I'm sure he'll pay well for you Miss Nightshade" said Geryon licking his lips suggestively causing Zoe to recoil in disgust.
"You filthy bastard!" hissed Thalia who lashed out with her foot catching him in one of his chests causing him to stumble a bit but this gave Zoe enough time to get behind him and wrap her arm around his fat neck.
"Release Nico or I'll snap his neck" demanded Zoe tightening her grip.
"Eurytion kil…kill" Geryon said to say before being cut off when Zoe's grip tightened even further causing the veins on his face to bulge.
"RELEASE HIM!" commanded Zoe her patients wearing thin.
"Fine" Eurytion said as he relinquished his grasp on the son of Hades who immediately darted over to his sister.
"Thank you," Zoe said and with one quick movement snapped the neck of Geryon who immediately slumped to the floor.
"He's going to be angry when he wakes back up" muttered Eurytion.
"Do I look like I give a fuck!" hissed the hunter of Artemis before turning back to the others. "Back in the maze now, we have a quest to do." As she started back towards the Labyrinth.
"What do you mean when he wakes up?" Annabeth asked, "you killed him when you snapped his neck."
"He can only be killed when all three of his hearts are pierced" explained the hunter of Artemis "now come on."
"Then grab your bow and finish him" demanded Thalia.
"He has to be alive to do it, he'll be back in a couple of hours and I don't plan on staying that long, now grab your weapons and move!" Zoe commanded.
"I reckon you'll be looking for Daedalus' workshop now?" asked Eurytion.
"Do you know where it is?!" Annabeth asked with hope in her voice.
"Not exactly but I'm sure Hephaestus would" replied Eurytion.
"But how do we find Hephaestus?" asked Bianca who still had Nico at his side.
Eurytion pulled a necklace from under the collar of his shirt. It had a smooth silver disk on a silver chain and it had a thumbprint impression in the middle of it. Untying it from his neck he threw it to Annabeth. "Hephaestus comes here from time to time to study the animals for his bronze creations and what not. He gave me that in gratitude one time when I helped him with something. It will lead you to his forges but only once so use It well."
"And you're giving it to me for free?" asked Annabeth skeptically.
"I don't need to see no forges, miss. Got plenty to do here" said Eurytion.
"Thanks, I guess" muttered Annabeth who pocketed the necklace.
"Come on let's go," said Zoe who began walking back to the cattle grid they came from. Once they arrived at the cattle grid, along with their new member who had yet to explain why he was at the ranch, dropped back into the blackness of the maze and continued on.
As it turned out, the necklace turned into a little mechanical spider once activated. Annabeth screamed when she saw it and jumped into Thalia's arms screeching for someone to destroy it causing the others to roll their eyes except Nico who also let out a little squeak when he first saw the spider causing him to blush slightly when Bianca arched an eyebrow at him.
"I'm guessing were going to be following it," said Thalia prying Annabeth off of her and unceremoniously dumping her on the ground.
"It would appear so" replied Zoe who started to jog after the scuttling arachnid. "Keep up" ordered Zoe causing the others to quickly jog after her although Annabeth made sure to stay at the back.
It quickly became apparent that the group would not be able to keep up with the impossibly fast spider and so Zoe used one of the bags, threw it, knocking the arachnid on its back and then using some fabric from one of her shirts made a crude leash.
Whilst Zoe was busy fashioning the leash and tying it to the mechanical arachnid the others sat down. Now with the chance, Bianca immediately began giving Nico the third degree.
"Why were you at that farm Nico! You could have been hurt or worse!" shouted the daughter of Hades to her little brother who was staring at his shoes as if they held the secrets of the universe. "Well!?" finished Bianca tapping her foot like a mother would when scolding a child.
"I don't know Bia, I was using my new powers and I somehow summoned this ghost and he began talking to me promising me things, he said we could bring mom back. And then he said you were in danger and that he was the only one who could help me save you" Nico muttered, not looking up from his shoes.
"Oh Nico that stupid ghost was probably using you, don't you think if there was any way to bring mom back that dad would have done it and as for me I'm perfectly safe with these girls. You put yourself in a lot of danger coming into the Labyrinth" Bianca said before taking a deep breath, then without warning pulled her brother in for a hug. "Please don't ever do that again, I don't know what I would do if something happened to you" she began before pulling away and looking at her brother with a stern expression "do you hear me?"
"Yes, I'm sorry" whispered Nico unshed tears in his eyes. "I…I just wanted to make our family whole again."
"Hey, guys I'm going to sit over there and rest a while" Thalia informed her quest mates.
"It probably would have been safer if we had of grabbed an hour or two of sleep back at that ranch before Geryon reformed" Annabeth replied.
"It doesn't matter now, we just need to get some rest or at least have some food and drink, I'll keep watch," Zoe said who then proceeded to tie the leash around the spider's legs to stop it from moving.
Although she didn't show it Thalia was concerned, she has been ever since her talk with Hera. What could have happened to Percy and why was she the only one who could help him? Surely Artemis would have been able to help him she thought to herself. As instructed by Hera, Thalia sat away from the other demigods and started concentrating on Percy. At first, Thalia could not find or sense Perseus which began to frustrate her. "No!" Thalia thought to herself "getting mad will not help Percy, I must remain calm." Thalia took some deep breaths as she began to concentrate on Perseus and their time together and she started to focus more and more on her fiancé when finally, she began to see a glow. Thalia started concentrating on the glow which quickly came into focus and saw that it was the man she loves, Percy.
Upon seeing him a smile grew on her face which soon turned to a face of confusion.
Percy seemed to be glowing green as he seemed to be pounding on an invisible wall and could not get through. What confused her the most was the fact that he was calling Thalia's name while crying saying how sorry he is for not being able to save her.
At this, Thalia wondered to herself "what the fuck is going on?!" When suddenly she noticed a quick flash and observed that Percy was still beating on the invisible wall but he looked fresher and this time he was yelling "I will save you! Ares I am going to make you fade when I break through this barrier!" At this Thalia looked towards where Percy was looking and was shocked to see herself chained to a large wooden table in what seemed to be a dungeon. "What the fuck is this," she thought to herself as she continued to watch.
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Ares laughed at Perseus and said "There is nothing you can do, you pussy! She is mine and I will take every way I want and you can do nothing but watch!" as he proceeded to take the gag off of imaginary Thalia's mouth.
At that imaginary, Thalia start yelling "Percy! Please save me!"
"I will save you, Thalia, I promise!" Perseus yelled in return.
"Oh you can, can you? Well, you better make it snappy." Ares said laughingly as he took a knife and slice Thalia's shirt and bra off. "Damn girl, time has given you a great set of titties," Ares said to her as he reached down pinching her hardened nipple extremely hard.
Thalia screamed at the pain from having her nipple pinched so roughly and then called out "Percy please he's hurting me! He's going to rape me please help me!"
"Ares stop this!" The prince of Asgard commanded.
"No!" was all Ares said as he continued "But here is what I will do," Ares said as he let go of Thalia and slowly walked around the table until he was behind her head and proceeded to take his pants off.
"NNNNNOOOO! PERCY PLEASE!" Thalia screamed in fear.
Percy continued to strike the wall, with more and more force behind each blow as his aura seemed to grow. As he continued to strike the wall Perseus started to tear up as he knew what was about to happen and knew he couldn't stop it. "Thalia! Close your eyes and breath I will be there in a moment! I promise!" Perseus shouted knowing that there was nothing he could do.
Ares began to laugh at the teary prince and restrained demigoddess as he said "open wide lil darling" as he shoved his cock into her mouth as he blatantly abused her breast.
The real Thalia watched in horror at what she was seeing. How long has Percy been having to watch this she wondered to herself? All she knew was that only she could wake him from this nightmare. She was about to move towards Percy when he screamed yet again and she turned only to find Ares cumming all over the imaginary Thalia's face and chest.
As he finished Ares looked towards Perseus with a smile on his face and said "damn that felt good. Too bad you'll never know what it feels like." In a taunting tone.
The power Perseus unleashed on the wall continued to grow but it would not break as he continuously tried to reassure Thalia that he would save her.
Ares just laughed as he walked around to the side of the table and took the knife and cut Thalia's pants off. "Looky what we got it's a thong!" Ares said with excitement as he reached down and tore it off of her and then inhaled her scent from them. "MMMM… virgin just what I like" Ares said as threw the thong to the side and started to examine the rest of Thalia's body. "Let's get this party started!" Ares exclaimed in delight as he began to ravish imaginary Thalia's body in the sickest, most painful, and disgusting ways imaginable.
Thalia watched in horror at the depraved acts being committed against her. As she stood there hoping that things could not get any worse it did because Ares decided that after each and every act he would dismember her and throw the parts of her body at something that was chained up. Moving quietly in case Ares could hear her, she made her way round to the bound figure. She recoiled in horror when she saw it was her Percy that was bound. Running over she took Perseus head in her hands but for some reason he wasn't responding, just mumbling how he failed to save her.
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"Percy…Percy! Can you hear me?!" shouted the panicking daughter of Zeus.
"I've failed her! By The Presence, I've failed her!" The Odinson cried out in remorse.
"Percy snap out of it, you haven't failed me…Percy…Percy!" sighing in anger she lifted his head up slightly before raising her hand and delivering a hard slap to his face leaving a nasty red mark. This however still did not have any effect on the man she loved. Not knowing what else to do, she once more took his head in her hands. "This better work" she mumbled before capturing his mouth with hers quickly slipping her tongue into his mouth and began playing with his tongue. She quickly released his face and wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him close so he couldn't escape.
Minutes passed before she released him. "Baby can you hear me?" whispered Thalia staring into Perseus closed eyes which began to flutter open.
"Th…Tha…Thalia?" stuttered Perseus his voice clearly hesitant.
"Yes it's me, baby, this isn't real and I'm fine. Open your eyes for me." She commanded.
Thalia watched as his eyes fluttered open revealing the orbs she loved, she could see small galaxies twirling lazily whilst the golden sands of time moved just as slow.
"Thal…" whatever the Odinson was going to say was cut off as Thalia was once again reattached her lips to his, once Perseus regained his senses he fought back against her tongue and battled for dominance to which Thalia quickly fell to and moaned as Perseus took charge and explored her mouth, his hands coming up, one to her neck which he began to caress and another hesitantly began to massage her breast making the daughter of Zeus moan into the kiss. Thalia, however, was not one to be outdone and moving one hand from Perseus hair began to rub his clearly excited member which caused the Odinson to moan and buck against her hand trying to get more stimulation. This just caused Thalia to giggle.
Not wanting to let things progress too far, Perseus broke the kiss and left a trail of kisses down Thalia soft succulent neck and let out a breathless moan when said girl gave a hard rub against the head of his member causing him to buck against her hand again.
"Thalia do you know what happened to me?" Percy asked.
"From what I can gather you and Ares were fighting but he cheated and used his sons to attack your mind. They trapped you in a loop of having to continuously watch one of your greatest fears." Thalia replied.
"How did you know you could save me?" Percy asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Queen Hera came and visited us in the Labyrinth. Before she left she pulled me aside and told me you were in trouble and that I was the only one who could help you. She told me how I needed to be resting and concentrate on you and I would find you and voila here I am." Thalia said with a smirk.
Perseus pulled her in for another hug and kissed the top of her head and said "I love you so much. Thank you for rescuing me."
"I love you, I don't know what I would do if something happened to you," Thalia replied.
"I am sorry Thalia, but I must return." signed Perseus.
"Are you sure?" Thalia teased as she dipped her hands into his pants and grasped his hard cock which twitched in her hands. She noticed his cock head was wet with pre-cum.
"Thalia ppppllllleeeeaaaasssseee" moaned the Odinson. "Ares has betrayed the Olympians as has his two sons and I must disperse my power before I blow up the solar system. So I must return" said Perseus as he moved his hand from her breast to her firm butt which he happily caressed.
Hearing that not only had Ares betrayed them, but Percy was about to blow up the solar system, Thalia recognized the seriousness of the situation and reluctantly released his member and gave her fingers which were coated in his pre-cum a long lick in a manner which turned on Perseus even more.
"You're a tease you know that?" muttered Perseus with a grin.
"I know" laughed Thalia before becoming serious. "How did he betrayed Olympus?"
"Long story short he took a potion which made him look like me and had sex with Artemis" at Thalia's stunned look he quickly held up his hand "however it turned out that wasn't Artemis it was Athena who had taken the potion to look like Artemis so she could bed me so I would impregnate her so she could become my wife. However, she ended up having sex with Ares instead. This all came to light in the recent council meeting which led to Ares attacking me, well a construct of me but he had his sons help him which overwhelmed my mental defenses which caused me to see visions of him raping you and dismembering you after every act."
"Wait till I get my hands on that filthy god and that bitch Athena!" shouted an angry daughter of Zeus who had lightning crackling around her.
"Later my little minx, but for now continue with the quest but be extra careful, I have been informed by a trusted source that there is an arena not far from your current resting place. A cyclops son of Poseidon runs this arena; the Titan army is hoping to gain passage. You must pass through this arena and there you find who you are looking for" informed Perseus.
"Thanks, Percy, I'll let you get back to the war god, kick his ass good for me and when the quest's over me, you and Artemis are going to have a night of fun, no arguments," said Thalia giving his manhood a pat and giving her lips a suggestive lick.
"As you say, dear, now go." Bringing his hand to Thalia's temple he forced her from the dream causing her to jump awake.
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"…Thalia. Are you ok daughter of Zeus?" inquired Zoe when Thalia quickly jumped to her feet.
"No! No, I'm not. It seems Ares has betrayed Olympus as well as his two sons." Thalia said shocking the members of the quest.
After this revelation, it took the group of demigods a few moments to recompose themselves when suddenly a question was asked by Annabeth "How…how do you know?"
"I just finished talking to Perseus in my dream, evidently Ares took a potion to make himself look like Percy and went and had sex with Artemis…however" Thalia quickly added noticing the outraged look on Zoe's face "it wasn't Artemis he had sex with it was Athena who had taken the same potion so she could look like Artemis so she could get impregnated by Percy and become one of his wives."
Thalia immediately noticed Annabeth's upset face at the actions of her mother. "I'm sorry Annabeth," said Thalia softly.
"I can't believe my mother would do something so stupid!" hissed Annabeth in anger.
"Perseus has also informed me that not far ahead is an arena ran by a cyclops son of Poseidon and beyond that is the person we seek, which I assume to be Hephaestus. However, the Titan army also wishes for passage through the arena." Thalia informed her quest mates.
"Well we better make sure that we win the favor of the arena's host, shall we not?" Zoe replied as she finished putting on her bow and quiver back on her back and untying the spider's legs. "Come we have a quest to finish."
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