AN: Sorry for the cliffhanger in the last chapter. And also, sorry for the wait, but at least it wasn't about a month and a half between updates like last time. :D Anyways, enjoy!
After a moment, Luke looked up, noticed us, grinned, and walked over to us.
"I have something important to tell you guys," he said once he'd gotten close enough for us to hear him.
"You see that girl over there?" he asked us, pointing towards a blonde girl taking to a brown haired boy.
"The blonde?"
"Yeah. She's Annabeth, daughter of Athena."
"As in, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy?" Laila asked excitedly.
"Laila, stop being creepy, what about her?"
"Hey!" she exclaimed.
"She's pretty smart, and pretty, and I betrayed her and everyone else here at the Camp," he rushed through his sentence.
"What? How?" Laila and I exclaimed in unison.
"I'll start at the beginning." Luke went on to explain how Kronos had tricked him and some other members of the camp into working for him, saying that the gods don't care about him.
It all began when he met Hermes when he was younger; Hermes refused to reveal his fate, which angered Luke, and he believed that Hermes didn't love him. After that, Luke started getting into trouble more often, trying to prove himself to his father, sometimes on purpose, and wasn't always careful when he, Thalia, Annabeth, and Grover were getting to camp. Thalia, he told us, was a daughter of Zeus, and Grover was a satyr. Laila, excitable as always, was thrilled to hear that satyrs existed as well. When the four of them arrived at camp, they were being chased by monsters sent by Hades, and Thalia sacrificed herself to let the others get into the camp. As Thalia lay dying, Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a pine tree that protected the camp.
When he was seventeen, Luke was sent on a quest by his father to get a Golden Apple from Hera's garden. He was excited, but also dubious, as this had already been done by Hercules. He left to complete the quest, but failed when he was scarred by the dragon protecting the garden. When he got back to camp, he was pitied by all of the other campers. This triggered a resentment for Olympus and the gods and wanted to destroy them and everything they stood for.
Kronos started coming to him in his dreams then, and he Luke decided to join his army to get revenge on the gods. He was assigned to steal Zeus's master bolt as well as Hades' Helm of Darkness to start a war between the Gods. He almost succeeded, but was caught by Ares later. Being the God of War, Ares was awed by the fact that he wanted to create such a huge war, but he took the bolt and helm back.
As punishment, Kronos started punishing him with nightmares, but later informed him that there would be another half-blood coming to camp, and he would accidentally take the bolt and helm down to Tartarus, ensuring a war between the gods. Knowing this, Luke gained the trust of Percy, a son of Poseidon, and then gave him a cursed pair of winged shoes to "help" on his quest. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your perspective, Percy gave the shoes to Grover, and they malfunctioned. At his return to the camp, Luke took Percy out into the woods to try and kill him with a pit scorpion to stop him from interfering again, while gloating and partially revealing his plan like every TV villain does. Percy managed to kill the scorpion though, and the wood nymphs brought him back to the camp to be healed. Percy revealed the fact that Luke was evil to the rest of the camp, and it came as a huge shock to many members, especially Annabeth.
Skipping a few years into the future, Luke had been almost completely controlled by Kronos. He had learned that when Kronos got all of his power back, he would become immortal again, and, in the process, would kill all mortal life around him.
Luke/Kronos completely destroyed the city of Mount Olympus, along with another boy, Ethan, as they approached the throne room, where all of the gods were, with Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, and Grover hot on their trails. They battled briefly in the throne room, but then Annabeth was able to partially reawaken Luke. The real Luke, not the possessed one. Ethan then tried to help by stabbing Luke, but it was in vain, as Luke had bathed in the Styx river, making him invulnerable, and his sword shatters. Some parts of the sword bounced back and stabbed him, and at the same time, Kronos opened a crack in the ground under him, sending him plummeting to his death. Annabeth again tried to reawaken Luke, and succeeded. Annabeth gave Percy her knife, which he handed to Luke, and he stabbed himself in his Achilles heel—under his left arm—to stop Kronos.
As he lay dying, Luke asked Percy to not let this happen again, and not to let kids in the future remain unclaimed, like Ethan and children of minor gods and goddesses. He died as the gods arrived, and was taken away by the Fates, and blessed by Hermes, just as he had always wanted.
"So then how are you alive now?" I asked.
AN: Sorry about this cliffhanger as well. But, if it's any consolation, we promise to get the next chapter out soon! I know it is short, but we felt like this would be a good spot to stop and keep you guys in suspense. Please let us know what you thought of this chapter. If you liked it, leave a review and tell us why. If you didn't, leave us a review and tell us why. We really appreciate your feedback!