A/N: Hey everyone, I'm back. Just as a notice, I've placed "****" in between sections focusing on different characters. Also, I've placed character thoughts in Italics to make them slightly clearer. Tell me what you think.

Chapter Three

Chaos sat in his throne, his eyes closed, deep in thought. Not even three days on Earth and Omega had revealed him self to others. He wasn't to have shown himself until he had reached Olympus. Perhaps bestowing him so much free will. "Would you like me to go after him, father?" The Creator did nothing to acknowledge the newcomer's presence, "No. He has yet to fail or truly disobey me. Until then, you will stay here. I do not want you turning out like your brother, do I? Besides, these are the best seats for the play of the century." He opened his eyes suddenly, "Look." In front of Chaos was a great portal that allowed him to watch Earth's greatest drama unfold. "It has begun."

Across the planet, the veil that separated the worlds of reality and myth, the Mist, slowly began to vanish. Monsters were revealed to humans for the first time in millennia. Pegasi were seen flowing over New York and other large cities. The two great centaur tribes were captured on video. Hippocampi sighted by cruise ships world wide. What was once a wild bull in a farming town in west Kansas became the terrible Minotaur. Many manticores appeared in the U.S. capital, attacking all that came in to view. In the following weeks, the sightings were confirmed to be reality. Humanity fell into a Hell it hadn't believed existed, and there was no foreseeable end. High atop his throne on Olympus, Zeus called his fellow deities to council.

The king of the gods leaned forward in his heavenly throne, squeezing the bridge of his nose between his thumb and forefinger. Hera placed a comforting hand on the lightning god's shoulder. For reasons unknown to the rest, Zeus seemed to be blaming himself for this unwelcome crisis in their great lands. Poseidon stared at his brother, "Is there something you wish to speak to us about, Zeus?" Before he could answer, the great doors to the throne room began to open, and in walked one unexpected guest. Athena stood up, "You!" Omega looked up and smiled, "Good day, officer! Might I say, you seem to have gotten bigger. Perhaps a diet is something you should look into." The boy continued forward and glanced up to Zeus, "Chaos sent me. He wants you to know that you and the Olympians have full reign of the Earth. He has removed his hand in this world's affairs." Zeus paled at Omega's declaration. Had Chaos truly forsaken them? Amused at the effect of his words, Omega turned to leave, "It is Lord Chaos' sincerest wish that you learn how to run your kingdom before anything happens to threaten you and your claim as king. Farewell, for now." With that, he left. For a long time, all present were silent. Poseidon turned to Zeus, "What was that? Who is Chaos?" Zeus looked back at him and sighed, "It is time I told you everything."

"You all know, of course, that we are the children of Chronos and Rhea, and that they in turn are children of Gaea and Ouranos, Ouranos being Gaea's first son."

"Yes, yes, we know that the immortals weren't known for marrying outside the family," Ares cut in. Zeus turned to face him, "Interrupt me again and I will personally pitch you down into Tartarus." Ares instantly became quiet. Zeus resumed, "What none of you know is that Gaea, and her siblings, were not the first. There was one before them. Chaos. He is the embodiment of the dark void between worlds and has always existed. Chaos spent close to eternity by himself, learning everything there was to know, before creating his children. Gaea told me about him the day I took the Chronos' throne, just as she told him when he took the throne of Ouranos. As the first world, Chaos kept a careful eye here, making sure that us Olympians, and the Titans before us, did not destroy his most precious creation. At the dawn of the Iron Age, when supplies of celestial bronze became rare and mortals more interested in satisfying their own greed for power than fighting the monsters, I myself contacted Chaos in hopes he would help. He gave me the Mist, successfully separating our world with that of the mortals." The other Olympians nodded, remembering when the Mist had first appeared. Zeus leaned back, "The Mist also had the adverse of moving us lowering us from gods feared by all to mere myths, but it was one I could live with as we still ruled over them and influenced their culture. But now it seems we are alone in our rule once again." The king of the heavens rose from his throne, looking to each individual present, "We must act now, prepare for when the Mist collapses completely. Then, we will reveal ourselves to humans." The other Olympians watched him silently, not moving. Zeus growled as the sky above darkened and thunder clapped. They were questioning his leadership, "GO!" All but Poseidon scurried away, not wanting to suffer the lightning god's legendary wrath. Zeus collapsed back into his seat of power, one hand coming to rest upon his face. The sea god, in a rare gesture of compassion, placed a comforting hand on his younger brother's shoulder, "Do not worry. We will overcome this ordeal, just like we have all in the past." Zeus looked him in the eyes, "For the sake of all, I hope you're right."

Omega strode confidently out of the Empire State Building, That was much easier than I thought it would be. Not a single guard tried to disembowel me! Now on to step two! The son of Chaos stopped in his tracks as he realized something; there hadn't been a step two. Omega ran through the memories of his short life, looking for a clue as to what he should do now that his primary mission was complete. He began to wander again as he thought about this new matter when he found himself at some sort of rally. On a large stage stood a well dressed man delivering the last of his speech. On either side of him were banners depicting the Manhattan skyline surrounded by a large ring, which protected it from hordes of monsters attempting to break in. "Follow me, and I promise to keep each and every one of you safe from these beasts that plague our great nation." Laughter rose from his audience. One man shouted, "How can one idiot politician protect all of New York?" His remark was rewarded with cheers from his fellow skeptics. The speaker didn't miss a beat, "You're right. Alone, I can do nothing. But with your help, I know we can protect our fair city from this new evil! Together, we can-"

"MONSTER! IN THE SKY!"

Omega looked with the rest of the crowd. Soaring in was a great dragon, deep crimson in color with four vicious horns rising from its head. Hovering above the audience, the monster released a searing jet of fire and roared. People began to flee while the politician on stage shouted for calm, "Everyone, please! We can handle this!" As this was happening, a new plan hatched in Omega's head. With his mind, he reached out towards the will of the dragon. He had surprised himself when he did this to keep the Chimera away from his fight with Fys. The creature's mind was an alien mass of cold, insane hatred for all that lived. He infused it with, how he wasn't sure, intelligence and calm. The newfound knowledge of what it was doing made it stop its assault. Omega took advantage of the dragon's confusion by establishing contact, Calm yourself, mighty beast.

Who dares to invade the mind of the Legend of the North?

The same who dared to grant you the gift of sentience. I'm here to give you an offer.

Then speak, before I crush you along with the rest of these mortals.

Then pay attention. Omega quickly began to detail his plan. The entire exchange took less than two seconds. The dragon finally agreed, Give me what you promised, and I shall do what you request.

Before you leave, do you have a name?

…Thrylos is what you can call me. Farewell.

With two beats of his wings, Thrylos rose up and flew away as Omega watched with a smile, Time for step two.

Alex slowly came to, his eyes opening to receive brilliant sunshine, What happened? All I can remember is leaving school when- Memories of his fight with the Chimera flooded into his mind and he snapped wide awake, Crap, crap, crap! Expecting a pounce, Alex rolled fast to the side, only to fall out of his bed. Bewildered, he checked his surroundings one more time. My bedroom! How'd I get here? Was all that stuff just a dream? He took a minute to look over his room. Aside from his large collection of Greek myths he kept, Alex had very little else in here. He had devoted himself to the stories ever since his father left with his twin sister five years ago.

Drew Caravell was considered one of the leading professors on the study, translation, and interpretation of Greco-Roman myths of the age. Since high school, he studied any ancient Greek texts he came across, from the works of Hesiod to Homer everyone in between. His passion led him to many adventures, traveling to Greece on several occasions in the hopes of finding some undiscovered story, and being successful twice. His love of these old tales eventually led him to Melissa, who he would come to love even more. The two were married and settled down in Troy, where they eventually had the twins, Alex and his sister, Thena. They lived as a happy family until, one day, Drew took Thena and vanished, never seen again. Having been close to both his father and sister, Alex had been torn to pieces. His mother had stayed strong though, and to give him hope, told him he may find answers in his father's work.

With nothing to lose, Alex quickly began to study the stories that had so captivated Drew, looking for the key to his disappearance. The closest he ever came to quitting were the two years in which Melissa was married to Thomas Clearcrest, who brought with him his daughter, Katherine who was a year younger than Alex. The two became very close, doing almost everything together and Alex became very protective of Kath, not wanting to lose her like he did Thena. Sadly, tragedy struck this new family as well when Thomas drowned in a boating accident during a family vacation on the east coast. Kath's presence helped spare Alex from the despair that had engulfed him after Drew left, but he renewed the search for his father with new vigor. Alex sighed, Can't go dwelling on the past. Just keep looking ahe- His train of thought collided with the wall of impossibility as his eyes came to rest on the spear he had used to fight the Chimera leaning against the wall. Alex slowly got up, his eyes never leaving the lance, as if it might disappear if he looked away, So it wasn't a dream?

Alex slowly reached out to touch it, but stopped when he remembered what happened last time he had used it. Looking around, he pulled a shirt out of his dresser and wrapped it around his hand. Now ready, Alex reached out and picked it up. The spear looked just as he remembered it, a finely crafted bronze covered in Greek writing, I wonder how it got to school anyway. Behind him, the door to his room opened wide, "Alex? ALEX!" Alex turned around to see what was wrong when he found himself on the receiving end of Katherine's signature Flying Hug of Relieved Joy, "I can't believe it! You're awake! We gotta go tell Mom!" Alex, now having trouble breathing, managed to pry her away from him. Though she was the average size and weight of a girl her age, Kath was extremely strong. Another voice reached Alex from the door, "Welcome back to the world of the living, buddy." Leaning against the door frame was none other than Damon. Alex forgot about restraining Kath and she quickly pulled him into another hug, "Damon, what happened? How long have I been out?"

"Three weeks."

"Thr-three weeks!"

"Yeah, you had everyone worried. Even Fys seemed upset, not that he'd ever admit it."

"Damon, what was going on? Where did that thing come from, and why was Fys prepared to fight it in the first place?" Damon sighed, "I don't know all that much myself, but I think there's someone downstairs who can. Alex nodded and, as soon as Kath let go, made his way towards the stairs.

Alex could hear the conversation from halfway up the stairs, "I'm telling you, he won't be allowed into the Camp without a camper's permission!"

"Can you get it for him then? It's the only way he'll be safe!"

"I'll see what I can do." Alex could hardly believe what he had heard, That voice. I know that voice! Alex ran downstairs and into the kitchen where the conversation was being held. What he saw was beyond belief, "Y-you!"

End

A/N: And that's the end of Chapter 3. Hope you enjoyed it! Anyway, question answering time.

Elmethea - I haven't actually read any of Hesiod's works, focusing more on Homer's. As for Orion, I just wanted to pull some name from Greek mythology for his alias and it was the first to come to mind.

Comments, questions, insults? Leave a review.

Later, Alex