Chapter 6: History revealed

"Hi yah!" Percy yelled as he slashed his sword along a hellhounds flank, right after he had dodged it's huge jaws. The hellhound let out a yelp before dissolving into a yellow dust. Percy looked over, just to see Ikaros shoot an arrow right into one hellhound's eye and killing it, before shooting another one in the paw.

The dark hound howled as it flipped over, it's momentum carrying it right over to the white-haired boy, who slashed the hellhound open with his daggers as it flipped by him. Ikaros turned around, yelling "Percy, look out!" The brunette turned around just in time to see a final hellhound barreling straight at him.

Percy dived to the side, just in time to avoid the hound. It growled and turned to face him, before 5 daggers sprouted from his side and he exploded into a burst of yellow dust. Percy looked over at Ikaros, who was walking over to the hellhound to retrieve his daggers. "That was close." Ikaros said, but just as he picked them up a feminine laughter ran through the room.

"What the Hades?" Percy said before he noticed Ikaros staring into a certain dark corner. "Show yourself!" The white-haired boy cried, before a beautiful feminine face appeared in the light, the rest of it's body shrouded in darkness.

"Oh, sweet Ikaros. Just give in. I'll make it quick." She said. "Never!" Ikaros said, as he lept forward, prepared to impale the figure. The woman chuckled, before finally stepping out, revealing a body made almost entirely of shadows, with hair as dark as the night. She let out a burst of dark energy just as Ikaros was upon her, sending him flying back.

"Ikaros!" Percy yelled out, before running to his side. Ikaros rose off the ground, looking alright, aside from a burn mark on his shoulder. "I'll be ok." He said, before rising to face the dark lady, who smiled fiendishly.

"Come and fight me Ikaros. I have waited millennia for my vengeance, and today, I will taste your blood!" Nyx yelled, before forming a long, shadowy sword out of darkness and levelling it to face Ikaros.

Ikaros smiled grimly before pulling out his own glimmering saber from beneath his cloak. The sword glowed a faint blue, with a deep line of cyan straight through the middle. He slashed it through the air, before he and Nyx disappeared, and a single bright ball of energy appeared in the center of the cave.

It steadily grew in size and brightness, until it shone so bright that Percy had to duck away to avoid being blinded. Just after that, a sharp ringing echoed throughout the cavern, accompanied by a flash of light and both Nyx and Ikaros launched out of the sphere, bot twisting in the air to avoid ramming into the ground. Ikaros slid to a stop, before shouting something in a different language that made Nyx hiss as a bright sphere hurtled towards her. Percy stood there in shock before Ikaros sprinted over to him and grabbed his hand, pulling him out of the cavern.

"I can't defeat her when I'm this weak. Run!" Ikaros yelled, before Percy nodded and both ran out of the cavern, leaving a screaming primordial goddess behind.

"Oh my gods… What was that?" Percy said as they had finally arrived in a cavern a few kilometers away from the cave where they found Nyx. Ikaros turned around. "There is far more going on beyond the knowledge of the titans and the gods. That rupture of power you felt? That was one of my lieutenants dying. The primordials are rising, and after we're off the target, they're going for you next."

Percy's eyes widened as he listened to Ikaros talk. "Wait, what are you anyways?" Ikaros looked Percy right in his eyes. "Tell me; who created this world?" Percy's eyebrows furrowed as he thought about the question. "Something about Chaos… I think it created the greek world?" Ikaros chuckled under his breath. "Oh no… He-She-It did make the known world, but a far more powerful being made the worlds.

Percy shook his head. "The world's? Wha-" Ikaros cut in, a small smile on his face. "IN the beginning, the creationary era, a being we call the unknown made a huge but empty space. He cut out holes from the sides of the universe and filled them with plants, rocks and water. And then he created the true primordials. Thousands of gods hurtled from the massive blast of power he unleashed, but the strongest of them was the first: Chaos."

"Chaos and all the other gods staked out their favorite zones, with Chaos' being the largest. Each found small beings there… Humans. But not weak mortals. These were immortal, and wouldn't die unless stabbed, or decapitated, you get the point. Each god or goddess made their own small kingdoms after learning how if the humans prayed, they got stronger. Then the other gods realized that the others had land, resources and humans of their own. Humans that prayed and worshipped the other gods. Humans that could be collected to worship themselves."

"And then began the Aeon of strife, marking the beginning of the empiric era. Humans built cities and conquered others, making and breaking nations around the gods. Sometimes the gods and goddesses themselves fought, whether indirectly or against each other. The great city of Trox was built by Ilithia, and it has never fallen."

"Wars raged, humans killed and were killed. Blood soaked the very core of the world's. The final years were the bloodiest, with the creation of 15 weapons known as the dreadnaught, which were named after the most beautiful flowers to conceal their deadly purpose: To kill other primordials. Finally, the gods saw what they had created. Billions have died, and so had the gods and goddesses, fading away to the void by the hundreds. So, an empire was created, each god and powerful immortal holding their own seat, while Chaos ascended beyond the physical realm, instead influencing the realm through 5 people. Anyways, 12 guards were created to preserve peace around the realm: The Alia' Priyeara. Humans made gods, they had almost as much power as Chaos, capable of breaking other gods by themselves. If you want, I will teach you them later."

"Now, here we get to your part. Before Chaos left the world, he created the free world's, small planes of existence connected by certain energy fluxes capable of transporting objects and living beings. Chaos created your world just recently, a good couple eons ago, but it did something different: Chaos made the world alive, a living being."

Percy's eyes were wide and mouth dropped, trying to comprehend everything Ikaros had told him. Ikaros rolled his eyes, and continued. "Anyways, that world slowly grew a physical form. Gaea. Gaea is still asleep to this day, but she had kids with Ouranos, who was formed out of clouds, and then other gods followed. Stuff happened, yada-yada and this entire greek mythology was born."

Percy opened his mouth, and then closed it. Ikaros started to say something else, but a huge blast knocked both of them off their feet, sending Percy's ears ringing and vision blurry.

Percy looked up, groaning, to find Annabeth and Nico runing towards them, a couple other people peeking in from behind where a cave wall had exploded. Percy stood up, but just as they were about to reach him, Ikaros leapt in front of Percy, holding a dagger and slashed at Annabeth and Nico, who dodged just in time to avoid the blade.

By the time this was over, Percy's vision had cleared, and Annabeth was screaming at Percy to run over to them. Nico had his sword out and pointing at Ikaros, who had 2 daggers out, meeting Nico's cold stare.

"Percy, do you know these people?" Ikaros yelled out, before Nico stepped forward and Ikaros slashed once, forcing the son of Hades to jump back. Percy yelled out yes, but Ikaros couldn't seem to hear, and Nico ran forward, mustering the courage to attack Ikaros.

Wrong choice.

Ikaros rolled under Nico's swing and jabbed him in the knee, which made Nico collapse to the ground. Ikaros was already up and with a dagger at Nico's neck, grabbing a fistfull of Nico's hair to hold him in place, while the son of Hades struggled against Ikaros' grip on his hair. Ikaros looked at Percy but 2 arrows streaked at Ikaros, who dodged one and tilted to the right just enough to send the arrow into his shoulder instead of his neck.

Ikaros propelled himself back with a burst of energy, standing up with a dagger in one hand and pulling out the dagger with his other hand. Nico bolted up, sword at the ready while Will ran beside him, an arrow ready in his bow. Percy looked back between both sides. Ikaros, who had saved him from Hellhounds and Nyx, to his friends, who he had known for years.

Ikaros beckoned for Percy to follow him, but Annabeth ran up. "Percy, come with us! Something happened to the gateway, and Trox is under attack!" Percy looked back to Ikaros, who shook his head once. "I don't know about anyone but me coming from the gateway." Percy looked between the two sides, Annabeth screaming for him to come to them. Ikaros, or his friends?

And that's when he made a choice, and drew his sword.

After many long months, I have returned! Hail the hiatusing hero! Sorry for making you guys wait so long for this chapter, but school has been… Difficult, to say in the least. But, with summer coming and LOTS of free time, I know that I will update quite a lot more. Also, I think I'm going to have dear mom 2 out in July. Anyways, I will accept any flames for this story, but good reviews get a cookie. Hope you liked the chapter, Next one will be out in a week or 2.