Iowa

Percy's POV

I was somewhere with my troops, maybe a camp we had set up, in the woods somewhere, our tents filled with troops everywhere, I didn't no where. Me and a whole group of friends were sitting around a camp fire laughing, joking, telling stories, and eating dinner. It was dark out maybe just after sunset; I was talking to Conner and Malcolm about something. That's when an army of some sort came running out of the woods, attacking us. We were surprise, that we had been ambushed, they were warriors about are age, a little younger. They wore shiny bronze Greek armor, with a mix of leather; they used celestial bronze weapons, which meant they couldn't have been Romans.

Then who were these guy's, I watch Conner and Malcolm try to fight back only to be murdered in front of me, than that's when I man maybe my age or younger, came up to me with a scythe, it looked exactly like Kronos's. That could only mean one thing, was what I thought as the scythe came swinging at my chest piercing threw it, that was impossible I had Achilles curse. I looked up at the boy his irises were golden, just like Kronos's, just like his father. "Death to all demi-gods, and the famous hero Percy Jackson, say hello to my father for me" he said before he brought his scythe down on my head.

I woke up jolting forward rolling of my cot and fell to the ground, sweat was beating on my forehead, I was out of breath. I slowly tried to get up, but fell back to the hard ground. My whole torso was in horrible pain, I clutch my ribs in pain, rolling onto my back. That's when Jenny came running in there, Jenny was an Apollo camper and an excellent healer. "Percy what are you doing out of bed, your in no condition to move yet" she said as she helped me back onto my cot. "Sorry rolled out of bed" I said, I was debating telling her about my dream but decided against it, it would only make her worry, she went to a bucket that was in the corner and the bucket was full of water.

She dumped it on me, and I felt my energy start to return, I felt the pain start to fade in my ribs. I sat up a little, "Thanks Jen" I said with a smile, I looked at her face and notice she was blushing a little. Only then did I realize I only had a pair of basketball shorts on, I started to blush a little as well, I pulled the cover over my chest and abs. "Sorry about that" I said laughing awkwardly, I knew Jenny had a crush on me, but I am with Annabeth. "I…I still have to give you your pill" she said running over to the corner, I saw her reach into my belt clip and take one of my pills out.

She ran back over with it and a cup of water, "So Jenny so what happened, and where are we" I said it being a little fuzzy. "Oh um after you did your thing with the water, you got in a fight with one of the commanders, and I think you got hit with a lighting bolt. That's what Conner told me anyway, but thanks to your Achilles curse your not dead, but your energy levels were super high, and you must have blacked out from the pain, and when we found you injured we retreated back into Iowa until you recovered" she said feeding me the pill and the water. That's when it started coming back to me, "That's right it was a son of Jupiter, he had Nico…Nico, and they have Nico we have to rescue him" I said getting up, maybe to quickly as I almost fell if it wasn't for Jenny who caught me.

"Percy calm down, we will save him, but not now. Your much to weak, your in no condition to fight, it's going to take at least another day for your energy levels to return to normal" she said sitting me down on my cot. "No Jenny it's my fault Nico's gone, I left him alone to fight five Romans by himself, if I would've stayed and help him" I said, the ground started to shake. "P…Per…Percy calm down before you destroy or whole camp" Jenny said trying to keep her balance from my earthquake, I noticed what I was doing and made the earthquake stop. "Sorry Jenny, but it is my fault, I mean he's like my little brother. I shouldn't have left him there alone, he's just a kid" I said, Jenny sighed and smacked me in the face. "Ow what was that for?" I said holding my face.

"For blaming yourself, how old is Nico Percy?" Jenny said with authority in her voice, "19" I replied. "Nico's grown Percy he can make his own decision Percy, and he can handle himself. He's probably already escape from the Romans as we speak, now stop worrying and rest. Conner already is setting up a team to go the Romans hide out in seven days when reinforcements get here." She said sternly, "I have to be on that team" I said immediately, Jenny smirked "Conner said you already have a spot, don't forget you're the leader of this squadron, but if your not healed up in seven days, it will be revoke until your healed. So I suggest you get back in bed and rest" Jenny said.

I sighed and hugged her, "Thanks Jen, I'll get some rest now" I said as I lay back down. I looked up to see her blushing before she walked out of the tent I was in. I smirked to myself after she left; I made a mental promise to myself that I would get to save Nico, but that still left one problem, my dream. Who were those people that attacked us, and more importantly who was that guy with the scythe, I had a lot of things to think about, but I decided for now Nico was my top priority, I would worry about my dream later, I prayed to my father and Apollo for my wounds to be help me heal with that final thought I dosed off into I hope was a dreamless night, boy was I wrong.

I was in the underworld, more pacifically in Hades palace, more pacifically Hades throne room in front Hades himself, I bowed before him. "Lord Hades, no offense but why am I here?" I asked, "Jackson as much as you annoy me, I have to bestow upon you a favor" he said seriously, I looked him over trying to see any hint of trickery in his eyes. "What would that be my Lord?" I asked him cautiously, "I will heal all your wounds and give you a gift to give to my son when you rescue him, but while it is in your possession the power belongs to you" he said staring me down. "Thank you Lord Hades, what is this power" I asked, "The gift I will give to you is a power barely any child of Hades or Pluto, have ever been able to use, the power of hellfire." He said like he was explaining it to a child, "Thank you, Lord Hades" I said cautiously still expecting him to obliterate me.

"One more thing before you go Jackson" Hades said, he threw me a small vile, I looked at the small vial carefully; I looked back at Hades for an explanation. "When you drink this potion you will be able to use Achilles curse to the max and beware Jackson, as you know Zeus can be very unfair when he comes to his children, he has bless his son with the very essence of his lighting and thunder power and Zeus knew you will probably be the one to face his son, so he forced me to allow him to bathe in the Styx" he said. I had already kind of guess that because of how strong he was, "And Jackson there is other threats out there besides the Roman's demi-gods, think about that while you fight" he said knowingly like it me and him share some inside information.

Hades then pointed a figure at me, "This may hurt a bit" he said with a smile, he shot a long stream of black fire at me. It hit me right in the chest, the pain consuming me, it hurt like crazy, I was about to lose conscious which I know is weird because I'm already dreaming, but I was. "Beware" Hades said before once again I shot up on the cot in the tent, sweat was again all over my body. I slowly got up and I didn't fall, I stretched a little and didn't feel a single bit of pain, I got up and threw a couple kicks and punched and they flew straight and fast with precision.

I dropped to the ground and did some push ups, two hands, one hand, and finally claps. I sat crisscrossed on the ground and I felt something jabbing me in my pocket, I reached in my pocket and wrapped my hand around a small vile, the small vile Hades gave me. I pulled it out and looked at it, it was in a tear shaped bottle and was clear, the liquid in side was dark purplish, I tried to move it with my power and it wouldn't budge. If I drunk it I would be able to use the Achilles curse to it's max, I pulled off the lid and smelled it, it didn't really have a smell.

I took a deep breath threw my head back "Cheers" I said as I downed the whole drink, as soon as it hit my throat it started to burn, that when I realized it was Styx water. My hands went to my throat, it burned and it felt like my throat would explode, I couldn't breath and tears stung my eyes, I fell to my side in pain. I couldn't even scream, Styx water was worse inside the body than out, I closed my eyes and I saw Annabeth. This time we were sitting on a log out somewhere in the woods, she sitting right beside me. She turned my head towards her, "Get ready seaweed brain" she said before she kissed me, with that kiss I could breath again the pain receded and I could move.

I opened my eyes to have Will beating on my chest with his hands about to give me mouth to mouth; I put my hand in the way right in time for him to kiss it. He pulled back and looked at me, I saw Conner and Malcolm behind him, and they helped me up. "What the hell happened" Conner asked, "What are you talking about?" I asked him, "We came to check on you and you were blue in the face and-"he never finished because my skin started glowing silver. I was about to speak when a surge of power just burst into me, I felt my skin hardening even harder than before, I felt my weak spot on my back not close up but become harder to penetrate, I felt just raw power pumping into my veins.

Now I get what Hades meant by using the Achilles curse to it's max, I was literally invincible now, or almost my weak spot was still there, but it would've been harder to penetrate and kill me. I looked up at Conner and smiled, I reached forward and grabbed him by his shoulder and completely lifted him off the ground effortlessly with one hand, and he looked stun "Per…Percy how the hell" he said his eyes wide in awe, I put him down "I guess I better explain" I said with a smile. I explained everything to them, about my confrontation with Hades, how what he told me about the son of Jupiter, and how I'd been able to max out my Achilles curse, I left out the warning he gave me and the power of hell fire for Nico.

They just sat and stared at me, "So I guess your healthy then" Conner asked slowly. I smiled at that, "I guess and if you don't mind I'm going to start training with my new powers" I said getting up and going to my bag in the corner. I put on my sun glasses and grabbed a dark blue shirt and I already had a pair of basketball shorts on; I put on a pair of socks and my training boots, I reached in my old pants pocket and retrieved riptide and my wristwatch, and lastly I put on a pair of figureless fighting gloves. I was about to walked out the tent, when I noticed the guys still sitting there, I turned around "Any specific reason you guys are sitting there" I asked, "When was the last time you eaten" Will asked me. My stomach started to growl as if hearing Will finally come to its rescue, "I guess I haven't eaten in a while" I said sheepishly. They all laughed out loud, "Well how about we get you some food first Hero" Malcolm said laughing; we all got up and walked out of the tent to get some food.

Wow what a powerful chapter, what new tricks does Percy have now? What will he get to eat?, Can he beat the son of Jupiter?, and finally who was that in his first dream and what was Hades talking about when he said there was more threats than just the Romans? Tune in next time for The War Begins.

~Justin2112