Chapter 4: The Retreat and the kidnapping (Good job Percy) (Spoiler alert!) (Little too late don't ya think me? :I)

"What the hell was that?!" Annabeth yelled at Percy after the group had finally arrived in Trox. They had been running for quite a while, and thankfully there were no monsters on the long sprint to the city.

Percy sighed as he answered Annabeth. "That was the exact same thing as what happened last time my group entered that cave." "Well, does it have a repulsion system or something? Because at this rate there's no way that we're going to get to that infuriating Gateway!" Annabeth screamed as she stormed off to the library (her home away from her home on Olympus) in Trox.

Percy sighed as he watched the angry daughter of Athena storm off. There was a tapping on his shoulder, and Percy turned around to see Lou Ellen standing there, glaring at him. He was about to speak, but Lou clamped her hand over his mouth.

"What the actual hell was that?" She asked Percy, who had gotten Lou's hand off. Percy sighed again, not quite ready to repeat the process with Lou. "Cecil saw something come out of the Portal. Tell me, if a mere pulse of power that big came from the gateway, how strong could something that came out of it be?" Percy responded as understanding flooded Lou's eyes.

"Oh…" Lou said softly as the anger dimmed from her eyes, but was followed by despair. "How will we stand against… something like that, with that amount of power?" Lou whispered before walking towards her house, throwing one last glance over her shoulder.

Percy sighed, looking back as the last of the group walked into Trox. He looked back at the caves, before narrowing his eyes.

He would find what was in that cave.

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Percy trekked alone through the caves, making sure to burn the walls with flame from his torch, so that he could keep track of the path. He looked around in the dim light, having sort of memorized the path that his group took the first time down here. He continued onward before after walking a few minutes, he walked right into a large chamber, filled with monster dust.

He started to smile at the work his group had done, before he realized that this was very recent. Percy frowned as he walked into the cavern, poking a few of the piles of golden dust.

Right as he poked the last pile, a small scream came out of it. He quickly shooed away the dust, to find a small karpoi, it's legs cut clean off. The small monster groaned in pain, before staring right into Percy's eyes. "Kill me…" It whispered, before breaking into a coughing fit. Percy's eyes widened as he beheld the karpoi, wincing at the pain it must be going through.

Percy drew his sword, before laying right on the grain spirit's chest. The karpoi smiled a little, before glancing up at the young man, who after 15 seconds had not yet stabbed him. "Hurry up!" The grain spirit yelled, before Percy glared at him. "Who did this?" Percy asked. The small monster grunted, before moving up, looking straight into Percy's eyes.

"It was a warrior wearing a white and green robe, who had come out of the portal. He strode right into our camp, with no weapons. We lunged at him, ready for something to eat, but out of nowhere, he pulled out a huge sword, threw it 20 feet in the air, and I don't know how, but jumped up and still holding it, swung it right into the ground, slicing through 10 giants. The rest of us tried to flee, but he pulled out enough weapons to outfit a group of soldiers, and with knives, spears and a bow, killed the rest of us. I tried to jump on him, but he cut my legs off with a thrown knife. I've never seen anything like tha-" The karpoi told Percy, before collapsing into a coughing fit, struggling around the demigods grip.

"Wait! Who is he!" Percy yelled, before the karpoi dissolved, the throwing knife that had just sunken into his head falling to the ground.

Percy leaped backwards, just as another knife sank into the ground where he had just been. He darted up, getting ready to fight, but unable to see anyone in the darkness.

"Who's there!" He yelled, before someone, or something hurtled towards him. He instinctively dug back into a defensive position, his heels sinking into the ground and his sword ready to deflect the katana aimed right at his face.

Percy parried the sword, and it's owner lept back. Percy finally got a clear glimpse of the warrior, and true to the grain monsters words, the warrior had a white cloak, which covered his head and face. The cloak had green stripes running over it in elegant patterns, and with Percy to the right of the person, he could see that the inside of the cloak had many instruments of killing, namely a bunch of darts and throwing knives.

The person was 5 foot 7, but with the cloak putting a shadow over his face, Percy couldn't see anything. The cloaked figure threw his katana to the side, where it vanished in a wave of blue magical energy. Percy immediately decided to capitalize on the opportunity, rushing forward with riptide, although ready for anything.

This person had killed an entire cave full of monsters, and was probably not to be trifled with. However, there was no way Percy could back out now. That person had superior magical energy, with the sword-disappearing act.

Just as Percy swung his sword at the figure, he/she ducked under the slash, and dodged the next few strikes, before front-flipping over Percy, and proceeding to deliver a roundhouse kick to his side, followed by 3 more kicks, a bitch slap and an axe kick over Percy face, which knocked the son of Poseidon face-first into the ground.

Percy groaned as he got up, before the figure slamed a fisht into his stomach, and Percy fell over onto his back. The figure stood over him, and Percy was able to make out a serene face with white hair, a serious look and stunning sky blue eyes, before he whispered "Sorry." And chopped the brunette right to the side of his head, quickly knocking him out.

I am so sorry about my recent hiatus! School and other drama was taking over my life, but it's ended. Just think about that as… an elongated march break :D Thanks for reading peoples. Who is this mysterious warrior of green and white? What has he done with Percy? Where will he take Percy? Will I ever get my homework done? More will be coming in a week's time! Stay tuned (Or just check your email every week :I) for more Edge of Oblivion (Unless I'm a douche and hiatus again…. you never know :) I love this non-existent advantage I have over you guys)!