Chapter Six

Three months later…

"Thalia DUCK!" Artemis yelled as she shot the monster trying to kill her Lieutenant from behind. Thalia looked around towards her mistress before making her way over, fighting monsters left and right as she went.

"Thanks my lady" she muttered as she took her position to the right of her. Artemis just nodded, shooting arrow after arrow into the hoard of monsters surrounding them.

"We cannot hold them off much longer" Phoebe gasped out as she staggered up to the pair of them. "There's too many" Artemis looked around at her struggling huntresses. Six of the twenty four she had had already died. Three more were grievously wounded.

"Huntresses look away!" she shouted. They all knew what she was about to do and so obeyed instantly. Five seconds later, Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, Moon and Childbirth took her Godly form and obliterated every monster around them. A minute later she shrunk back down to her human form.

"You can look now" she informed them. The Huntresses did as she told them before helping each other over to their mistress.

"I'm sending you to Camp Half-blood" she held up a hand to halt the protests they began to form, "I'll join you there shortly but I need to inform the council of what transpired here." The Huntresses muttered their agreement albeit reluctantly. Artemis snapped her fingers and they disappeared before flashing out herself.

(Camp Half-Blood)

The Huntresses appeared at the top of the hill, near where the Golden Fleece resided.

"Let's get this over with" Phoebe muttered resigned. Thalia smirked,

"Come on the campers are not that bad" she commented. Rebecca gave her dirty look,

"They have boys there Thalia that is bad" she informed her, disdain evident in her voice. Thalia chuckled before leading them all down the hill. Chiron was waiting for them as they approached.

"Welcome back to Camp Half-Blood Huntresses." A few 'hi's' were muttered but the rest just glared at him.

"Hi Chiron, Lady Artemis sent us here ahead of her" her face turned solemn, "The war is heating up Chiron, we were outnumbered" Chiron face turned grave,

"How many did you lose my dear?"

"Six" she uttered heartbroken. Chiron bowed his head in grief, "Shrouds shall be made for your fallen sisters if you wish" he told her kindly. Thalia nodded,

"Thanks Chiron. We're gonna go to Cabin eight. Lady Artemis should be arriving soon" she informed her old mentor before leading the surviving hunt to their temporary new home.

"Phoebe, Kayla, Rebecca, can you three go to the Apollo's cabin and tell them we need six shrouds?" Thalia asked as they neared the bright silver cabin which was Artemis'.

"Sure Thalia" Kayla answered before they all went off to do exactly that.

"What we are we going to do Thalia?" Amy asked wearily as she sat on one of the beds, "It's been three months already and we're constantly swarmed and outnumbered by monsters." Thalia sighed and sat next to her, the other girls gathered round.

"We continue to fight Amy" she told her sternly before speaking again with a softer voice,
"It's the only thing we can do"

"We lost six sisters though Thals" another huntress protested, "Soon there's not gonna be any of us left"

"Don't say that Jess!" Irina shouted irritably, "We just have to be better. Be faster. We're gonna survive this" she said determinedly. Thalia smiled,

"Exactly" as she hugged the two sisters either side of her.

"Well I am happy that you are still this determined girls" Artemis voice came from the doorway. The huntresses immediately jumped up and spun to face their mistress,

"Lady Artemis" they chorused.

"You may sit girls" she responded kindly as she moved further into the room.

"What happened on Olympus my lady?" Thalia asked. Artemis sighed as she thought back to the meeting.

FLASHBACK

She flashed in the council room and shot a silver arrow at the ceiling. As the arrow burst into sparkles, all the Gods and Goddesses flashed in immediately.

"Daughter what happened? Why have you summoned us?" Zeus asked instantly as he took his throne.

"The war has increased in intensity father. My huntresses and I were outnumbered earlier, I only managed to save the rest of hunt by taking my true form" there was a muttering of fear as the Gods heard this.

"How many did you lose sister?" Apollo asked his elder sister softly. Although he may tease Artemis about being the eldest twin, he knew that he was not.

"Six" Artemis answered miserably. Apollo left his throne and hugged his sister.

"Where are all these monsters coming from?" Athena asked getting the council moving.

"I don't know. Hades, any ideas?" Zeus asked. Hades shook his head,

"Nothing definite Lord Zeus, I know Tartarus has not joined his brother although I fear that he is not preventing the monsters from leaving the pit either" outcries occurred at this,

"Does he not realize that if Erebus should win then he will fade also?" Hestia spoke up,

"Somehow I don't think he has thought of that. He's situated in the underworld, perhaps he's thinking he will be safe down there"

"Just what we need, a blind Primordial. Hades, keep trying to persuade him to join us or at the very least to close the exits in the pits" Zeus ordered. Hades nodded before flashing out.

"Artemis daughter I feel it would be best if you and your huntresses to stay at Camp Half-blood for the foreseeable future and help defend the camp when it needs it." Zeus informed her. Artemis slumped her shoulders but didn't protest, she had had enough of her huntresses dying"

"Yes Father" She responded. Zeus nodded,

"Good. Then if there is nothing else, I declare this meeting at an end" he boomed before flashing out with Hera. The other God's followed suit. Artemis sighed before doing the same.

FLASH BACK END

"We are going to be staying at here for the foreseeable future. Now don't protest or complain I will have none of it" she informed them sternly. "Camp half-blood will in all likelihood be attacked soon; therefore we are needed here to help defend it. Is that understood?" she asked them sternly. The huntresses nodded their assent before leaving the cabin and splitting off to do various things. Thalia gave her mistress a small smile before leaving.

TWO MONTHS LATER- WITH PERSEUS

Perseus had gotten back into the routine that had become his life. He put out the visit he had had from his unwanted guests out of his mind. He had become a frequent guest lecturer at the university as well as taking up a new role as a consultant. He enjoyed it, not worrying about the Gods or the enemy alike trying to kill him. However he had a bad feeling that something drastic was going to happen. Something that he wasn't going to like at all.

He found out he was right a week later. He was sitting at his desk, writing up his report on the activity on one of the volcanoes when Chaos came for a visit.

(First Person)

As soon as I saw him I instantly stood up from my chair and hurried round the desk before kneeling in front of him. I know he always said I didn't need to yet I also did. He was the only one I could see that actually deserved the respect.

"Rise Perseus, I came for a specific purpose" Chaos told me seriously. My bad feeling came back with a vengeance.

"What can I do for you my lord Chaos?" I asked hesitantly. He gave me a small smile before turning grim.

"I was not going to do this Perseus. I am not normally like this however it needs to be done" he spoke cryptically. I opened my mouth to comment but he held up a hand and I instantly closed it.

"You are needed Perseus. I need you to fight my son" he closed his eyes like he was expecting what happened next.

"WHAT?" I exploded, "NO, NO! I AM DONE WITH THEM. I TOLD YOU THAT, THAT'S WHY I LEFT IN THE FIRST PLACE!" I would have continued to rant at him but he butted in,

"Enough Perseus" he told me sternly. I closed my mouth but it was a battle.

"I know you want nothing more to do with them and I don't blame you for that; however this has become a necessity. If you do not then the entire earth will die." He smiled sadly at me when he saw my miserable face.

"This Perseus is my favor. You told me you would agree to what I ask. This is what I ask"

Every argument I had went out the window at that. I had no choice but to comply. Still I glared at him.

"After this, you don't get to ask anything else of me" I spat. Chaos nodded gravely.

(Chaos' point of view)

I knew I was asking a lot of him. I knew I probably had destroyed the relationship I had with him. I prayed it was worth it, if this didn't work then I had just condemned his last days on earth as a living hell. Well a hell for him.

"For what its' worth Perseus, I'm sorry" I told him softly. He just glared at me before spinning round on his heel and storming out the room. No playful banter, no bow of respect, and no goodbye. Yes I most definitely had destroyed whatever relationship I had with him. Sighing once more, I clicked my fingers and allowed the armor and specially made weapons to appear on the desk before disappearing myself. I hoped he could forgive me someday.

(Back to Perseus)

'How dare he' I screamed in my mind. 'how dare he manipulate me into going back to that world. I roared and screamed out in frustration. In my rage I began blowing up the land around me with giant fireballs. Eventually I cooled down.

I walked back into the study and saw the armor and weapons. Quickly I gathered them up and headed to my storage unit. I dressed in comfortable black combat trousers and a long sleeved t-shirt before placing the armor on. Admittedly it was magnificent. The armor, I knew was made from Chaos silver. It was extremely light. Black as the shadows and incredibly tough. I doubt many things could pierce it. A long black cloak appeared from the shoulders, I rolled my eyes at his gimmicks. I placed the quiver and bow across my back and put the knife belt around my waist. I also put a holster on either thigh before placing two sigs in them. I grabbed my expansive bag also. It was the size of a gym bag but had the capability to hold at least ten times as much and not weigh a thing. Packing was easy, money; both dollars and drachmas, ambrosia and nectar, bullets, other guns including two semi-automatic machine gun, a shot gun, couple more sigs, glocks etc. grenades and a couple blocks of C4. A tent and sleeping bag was also added for good measure. Finally I placed my helmet on. It looked similar to a Spartan helmet except that it was all black and covered everything except my eyes, mouth and chin.

I walked back outside and called my hellhounds. I told them I was leaving but I would call when I needed them. Ms O'Leary barked and head butted me gently. I gave a sad smile as I stroked her before turning round. 'I will do it.' I thought murderously.

'The Gods can go screw themselves' I thought as I walked away.

'But I will do it my way' that was my last thought before I flamed away.

AN. Right here's the next chappy. The next one will probably be done within a day or two. I'm pretty busy next few days so I'll do it as fast as I can.

By the way in response so many reviews about a pairing. This is not gonna be a Percy/Annabeth or a Percy/Artemis.

If there ever is a pairing it will not come till much much later and will not be the center of the story.

Please keep reading and stay tuned