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Wow! Since when did I own Percy Jackson? Oh wait. Never.
And yes, the title comes straight from the song by Daft Punk.
Percy knew the drill.
Wake up at 5 o'clock sharp in the morning. Train from then till 8 o'clock, stopping only for small food breaks. Go to sleep in a hard cot.
Yeah, it was harsh. But it was normal for Percy. It was much better than being at that tortuous camp for demigods. He was betrayed by everyone he knew, even the gods. He preferred not to go back to the scarring memories of his childhood.
Somehow, deep down, Percy had a feeling that these memories were fake, placed in his mind to deceive him.
But that couldn't be…they all seemed so real. He decided this feeling was nothing, as nothing as the gods that had betrayed him, the gods he would bring down soon enough.
He'd joined this army last month, and somehow became their leader. Percy didn't mind, though. He liked being in charge.
Despite being the leader of the rebellion, his second-in-commands seemed to boss him around more than he did to the army. Their eyes were both filled with cold bitterness, like they were determined to get revenge. He figured they were fighting for his position.
Though he had seen them talking and crying together, like two heartfelt friends. Percy wondered why they had such a love-hate relationship. (A/N: If you haven't already figured it out, the two are Lyn and Alexis.)
He asked them what that was about, and they both quickly denied it, and went back to bossing him around.
Percy was determined to find out what had made them so close, yet so far apart. He pushed this to the side for now. He had an army to lead.
…
With every day, Percy became stronger, and more ready for battle. But Kronos wanted more. More power. More readiness. So he decided to try something.
It was the end of one of the hardest training days they'd had. Percy had pushed everyone to the limit. Kronos decided to reward them. They got off early that day, in time to eat dinner to the setting sun. As Kronos had expected, they were all exhausted, and he knew they were all going to ask for five more minutes to sleep.
Little did they know that they would get much more time than that.
Percy had pushed himself to the limit, too. He and his army mates prepared for bed tiredly, when the Titan popped into his room.
Since he was the leader, he had much nicer quarters than the other warriors. The walls were painted blue, per his request. There were pictures of him and his mother adorned around the room; the only person who loved him.
"L-Lord Kronos. What brings you to my quarters this late?" Percy asked, startled by his presence.
The Titan gave a smirk: the same smirk he'd always had; mischievous and daring, that only meant one thing. Someone was going to have a rough time.
"Oh, nothing, really. Could you follow me to the training headquarters? I need to check on something with your sword technique," he said.
"Okay," Percy replied. He trusted Kronos completely; he and his army were the only people who took him in and cared for him, besides his mother, but she was gone.
The Titan led him to the training room. As soon as Percy entered, Kronos slammed the doors shut behind him. Percy felt a tremor of shockwave pass beneath him.
"K-Kronos? Is something wrong? Is there anything I could do to help assist you?" Percy asked in a concerned tone.
"No, it's nothing of your worries. Thank you for offering though," Kronos replied in a tired, tense voice.
"Alright."
"In that case, it's time to get started," the Titan said with a mysterious glint in his golden eyes.
Percy took out Tsunami, his celestial bronze sword that turned into a ballpoint pen, and demonstrated his techniques while Kronos watched. Everytime he would complete a move, the Titan would just show him a new, more advanced one. Before long, Percy was covered in a layer of sweat.
"Alright. That should be enough for tonight," Kronos said. Percy nodded tiredly. He looked around the time but couldn't find a clock. Hmmm, strange.
"What time is it, Lord?" he asked tentatively.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about the time right now. Get some rest, you will have a long day tomorrow," Kronos sounded calm, but Percy could hear some stress and tiredness woven in.
"Alright then. As you wish."
Percy took a wistful look out the window, looking for the glint of the moon. Wait. It was only sunset. Huh? Had we trained an entire day? Or maybe even two? Percy had a nagging suspicion in the back of his head that it was the same one he had saw at dinner. But that's...impossible? Or maybe not. Percy brushed it off, determined to show Kronos he wasn't the amateur he saw today. Today? Shut up, he told himself. On that good note, he set off for his sleeping quarters.
"Percy! Wait, I've prepared sleeping quarters for you here. For convenience. So we can train the moment you wake up," Kronos said hurriedly, adding the last part as an answer to Percy's suspicious raised eyebrow.
Seems suspicious. My sleeping quarters aren't even that far, Percy thought. Yet again, Percy brushed off his doubts as he slipped into bed. His eyes started to close, a hard day of work taking its toll on him. He wondered why Kronos would want him to train this much so badly. Before he could ponder reasons, his eyes were shut and he lost consciousness to the world of sleep.
…
Percy woke up the next day, relieved to see the sun peeking out over the horizon. Kronos must have let him sleep, it was way past 5 o'clock. All of the other warriors were gone. The sun's rays bathed the room in a golden glow, illuminating everything in the sleeping quarters the Titan had put together for him. He had noticed he had not placed a clock in the room. Why would he hide his own domain from me? Percy wondered as snowflakes fell gently from the sky. They fluttered around aimlessly, until they landed gracefully (A/N: Haha, see what I did there? *wink wink*) in piles of snow on the ground.
Then…they weren't.
They became suspended in mid-air, completely still. Percy rubbed his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating, but when he opened them again, the snowflakes still were motionless.
"What in Hades?" he muttered.
Just then, Kronos came into his room. "Ah, Percy, you're awake!" He seemed oblivious to the inanimate snowflakes. "I've let you sleep, because I've prepared some, er, special training for you. No time for breakfast! Let's go!" He practically pushed Percy out of the room.
Percy headed toward the normal training headquarters, and had just reached the entrance. He stole a glance inside. Lyn and Alexis led the practice, as usual.
But…they weren't moving. Neither were the warriors. They were frozen in pose with their weapons, and this made Percy feel like he was in a huge Mannequin Challenge. I can still move, though, and so can Kronos. What is going on?
All of this had happened in two seconds, and then a force tugged his arm, pulling him away from the headquarters.
"Oh, no, no, Percy. Not in here. There's a private training room I set up while you were sleeping. We wouldn't want anyone disturbing your special training, would we?" Kronos asked.
Percy was suspicious, but he went along with it. "Anything to win the war, my Lord."
The training room was a little smaller than the headquarters. It was about the size of a tennis court. Practice dummies were placed around the room. Sunlight streamed in through the window, and the snowflakes were still immobile. Percy stared at them, wanting an explanation.
"Come, now, Percy! Let's begin!" Kronos said this with much more enthusiasm than he normally had, which added to Percy's suspicions.
"Oh, and there's some special gear I would like you to use. It's fit for a leader of an army like you," he said. Kronos went over to an outfit hanging on the wall, and held it up to Percy could see.
It was a cloak, with a hood sticking out from the back. Spikes that looked like they were made from pure silver shot out where shoulderpads should go. The cloak's fabric just barely brushed the floor. Percy felt powerful just looking at it.
He put it on, and felt power and strength coursing through his veins. He felt unstoppable.
Despite his cloak, the "special training" was very tough and made Percy tired easily. Maybe it was just because he kept looking out the window, watching the snowflakes. The sun didn't move, either; it was like everything was stuck in time but him and Kronos.
The Titan had noticed, and exclaimed, "You seem distracted, Percy. Let me just help you there." He produced a large cloth and covered the window with it, shielding the light.
"Oh, uh, thank you, Lord," Percy said frantically.
He had no idea how long they had been training, but it was longer than any other session that he had had before. For all he knew, they could have been training for two weeks straight. Percy had no idea how he was staying awake. Maybe it was the cloak, maybe it was him. Every time he would complete a move on a dummy, Kronos would promise, "Just one more!". He seemed to never run out of dummies.
After what felt like an eternity, he finally said, "I think that will be enough. Thank you for spending this century with me."
Percy was relieved, until he heard the last part. "C-Century?" he stuttered.
Kronos sneered. "Yes, Percy, didn't you notice? I infused some of my power into you and your special gear, and stopped time. That's how you were staying awake. We weren't strong enough last time, you see? A century has passed in one day. You've been training all that time. You should be glad."
I knew it.
"I didn't sign up for this," Percy said, gritting his teeth.
"Oh, but you didn't need to," Kronos said. "And, I hope you're happy, because now you're partially immortal."
That's it! Sorry that this chapter took so long. I'll try to post more often.
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