Legacy
A/N: Well um… Chapter 2 here. Hope you enjoy. Not sure if I put a disclaimer in the first chapter but here it is. I don't own and PJO characters or books. I would love to but I don't. But one day I may own my own characters. One day.
Chapter 2:
Of all the people to have captured me, it just had to be the single most man hating goddess, Artemis. Sometimes I thought I had just bad luck, but now I know I have absolute shit luck. Artemis just stood in the entryway for a moment staring at me. I just looked back at her with a blank stare. Suddenly she lunges at me and punches me in the stomach. I let out a short gasp but that's it. I don't cry out from pain or anything else. She raises her fist again but this time she punches me in the face, breaking my nose in the process. I slump forward as blood gushes from my face. She continues to beat me for the next few minutes, fracturing a few ribs and other assorted bones. After what seemed like hours she stopped beating me. She seemed annoyed that not once did I cry out in pain for beg for mercy. This is nothing compared to what Tarterus put me through. I raise my head to stare at her for a moment. She looks back with a gaze full of hated and disgust.
"Why have you not cried out for mercy by now mortal. I hope you know you are never going to leave here alive. I will torture you for as long as I can until there is nothing left of you." She told me.
Being me I would have loved to have responded with some smart ass remark but Tarterus took my ability of speech away from all the screaming he made me do and all the acids/poisons he made me ingest. So I just looked back at her with my same blank stare.
"Answer me mortal!" Artemis yelled at me.
I just sat there quietly waiting for whatever punishment she was going to dish out at me. I really would love to speak to her but I couldn't. I had no words left to say. Tarterus made sure of that. Suddenly pain exploded on my face as my head was whipped to the side.
"I SAID ANSWER ME!" Artemis yelled in rage.
I just looked up at her with the same old blank stare.
And so this process went on for I don't know how long. She would come in and beat me. Lots of times she would bring a hunter or two with her. They would happily watch as their mistress bead me senseless for no reason. At first this is all she did then she started to use knifes and other tulles and poisons/acids to inflict pain on me. Most of the time I kept in the cries of pain but sometimes I would let one escape. When I did thought they all started laughing at me, saying how weak and worthless I was.
-Line break-
Artemis pov.
How has this mortal been able to survive this much punishment without saying anything or even dying. I know he is a demigod but even this is extreme for a demigod. All other males I know or knew would have long ago given in to the pain. Hell, even most gods would have given in to the pain that I have inflicted on this boy. Suddenly Hermes flashed in next to her.
"Yo Artemis, Counsel meeting now." Was all Hermes said before he flashed out.
I wonder what this meeting is about. Must be important if Zeus is calling a meeting so soon after the last one. I told Zoe where I was going to be before I flashed to the throne room. I grew to my godly height, walked over and sat down on my throne. I noticed I was the last one in the room. I nodded at Zeus to tell him I was ready.
"Now that Artemis is here we can commence this meeting" Zeus said.
"UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! Why are we having a meeting so soon after we just had one!" Dionysus complained.
"We are having this meeting because of the prophecy Apollo has had" Zeus told Dionysus sternly.
"HHmmmppp." Was all he said in return.
"So what is this prophecy that is so important?" I asked.
Zeus signaled for Apollo to tell them the prophecy.
The last of his kind, you must find
At his birth, he was frozen in time
To be reborn in the right time.
Mute he is, for that is his pain
Pain and suffering is all he knows
Yet kindness he shows, to those that are worthy.
The path to redemption he will show
The final fight he shall fight.
And with his last breath he must save what is right
Or darkness will consume all.
And on his death he departs
Only to return when the world calls for him again.
He seeks vengeance upon those who were wronged
A warrior he is,
To protect he must.
He is the legacy,
He is Vengeance
As Apollo finished saying the Prophecy everyone in the council started shouting at each other.
"Quiet!" Zeus shouted.
"Now the reason I called you here was to discuss where we can find this person who is "The last of his kind"." Zeus said. "I have a feeling that when the fates appeared here 13 years ago, they were transporting this person out of his time spell so he was no longer frozen in time. I also think that the power signature we all felt a few months back was the same person."
When he said this I felt a little nervous about this because if what Zeus was saying is correct, then for the past few months I have been relentlessly torturing our only hope of escaping the coming darkness. Suddenly Ares spoke.
"I think I know who this person is. If I am correct then it is a boy. This boy is the last living Spartan from the original city-state of Sparta. He was born on the fall of my magnificent city but he did not die. The fates came and took him away till the time was right. So you would be correct to say that when the fates came it was the boy they were transporting. Ever since he was about 5 years old I have been training him in his dreams. I don't know where he is because he never told me. But he seemed to be in a lot of pain where ever he was." Ares told the council.
"Wait, what do you mean where he was. Aren't you still in contact with him?" Apollo asked.
"No I am not. Ever since a few months ago, on the night of that we all felt the power, I haven't been able to contact him in his dreams." Ares responded. As he said this he seemed to have a sad expression on his face. He seemed to must truly care about this boy.
"Ok well with this new incite on who it is, I would like you to go hunt them down Artemis." Zeus told me.
"If what I know is true then I already know where the male filth is." I responded to them. Not worried at all about what condition he was in anymore.
"Then bring him to us!" Zeus commanded. I quickly flashed to camp and walked into the tent and woke him up by making a few new slash marks across his chest with my dagger.
Ekdikesis's pov.
I was suddenly woken up by Artemis making some new slash marks across my chest. I didn't bother raising my head to look at her knowing she was going to use some new form of torture on me, to try and get me to talk. But I was shocked when she said this," Guess what; today is your lucky day. You get to go visit the council." She said as she walked over to me and slashed my ropes holding me to the chair. With nothing holding me to the chair I fell to the ground, unable to keep myself upright. Artemis looked at me with disgust on her face before she made some chains appear on my hands and feet and flashed us to the throne room. I appeared next to Artemis's throne. She proceeded to throw me into the middle of the throne room where I fell in a heap on the floor, a pool of my own blood quickly forming around me. The pain of all the torturing she has done to me is quickly catching up on me. I'm barely able to stay awake at this point the pain is so great. But suddenly I feel a worm feeling all over me and I black out.
Artemis pov.
As I flashed back into the throne room with the boy, I felt quite content with me self know that I got to teach another male "Hero" his place in the world. I threw him into the middle of the throne room where he fell in an undignified heap; blood quickly pooling below him. Everyone looked at me in horror. Shocked at what I had done to this boy. They all knew how much I hated all males but they had never truly seen what I could do to one I captured. Apollo and Ares were the first ones to break away from the initial shock.
"What the hell did you do to him!" both Ares and Apollo said at the same time. Ares jumped forward drawing his sword to protect the boy. Apollo ran forward and immediately started to heal him. But right as Apollo reached him, he passed out. Apollo had a frantic look on his face. Desperately trying to keep the boy alive. Finally all the other gods started to break out of their shock.
"What possessed you to do this Artemis!" Zeus said exasperated.
"Well, I found him doing something to the body of this woman he killed. He made the body disappear like dust in the wind and he was glowing." I replied smugly.
"But must you treat him like this. He is the only one who can save us from the coming darkness as this prophecy says and I also need proof that he actually killed that woman as you say he did." Zeus said.
"Fine. We can search his memories when he wakes. If he wakes that is" I said with a slight smile on my face. Happy that I caused this male so much pain.
-Line break-
I woke up feeling better than I have ever felt since I was a little kid. For a second I thought I was dreaming until all the memories and pain came back to me. Quickly I sat up wondering where I was. Right as I sat up though pain started shooting through my chest and I was forced to lie back down. Just then I heard someone walk into the room. They didn't seem to notice I was awake until I groaned in pain. I tried sitting up again but the person quickly rushed over to me and pushed me right back down.
"Don't sit up yet. You are in no condition to move. You really shouldn't even be up yet." He told me. I just look at him with a look saying I will do as I dam well please. Then proceeded to try and get up again. This time, after a lot of moaning and groaning in pain, I was able to sit up in the hospital bed. He sighed at just looked at me.
"Man you're a real mess." He said to me. I just nod at him confirming what I thought.
"Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Apollo and you sir, happen to be lucky enough to be in my palace infirmary. Actually you're really just lucky to be alive but we can talk about that later. So now about you. What's your name" He said to me.
I just look at him not saying anything.
"Don't be shy. It's cool if you don't want to say anything. I'm just wondering considering how I just saved your life."
I just looked straight at the wall with a sad look in my eyes. I was unable to answer him no matter how bad I wanted to. After a little bit Apollo seemed to be getting annoyed with me not answering him.
"Dude really. Can you please at least just tell me your name? That's it, nothing else. No history or back story. Just your name." He said in a slightly angry tone of voice.
I just kept looking at the walk, my gaze getting sadder by the minute. Then suddenly Apollo looked my straight in the eyes. He saw the sad look in my eyes and instantly understood why I wasn't answering him. It's because I couldn't.
"You can't answer me can you?" He said softly. I just nod my head in confirmation.
Apollo thought about this problem for a few minutes before he suddenly lit up like a light bulb. And trust me, he literally lights up like that being the god of the sun and all. He quickly walks up to my side and grabs my shoulder.
"Ok I'm going to bless you and give you a little bit of my godly energy. It will allow you to speak telepathically to people since you can't use your voice. You will also be able to communicate with all animals and other living creatures." Apollo quickly told me. I just nodded my head in confirmation.
Suddenly I started to glow and I had a warm feeling overcome me and I felt serge of power.
"Ok It's all done. You will have natural healing powers and your skills with a bow will now be the like of a god." Apollo told me.
"Thank you." I told him in his head.
Apollo was shocked for a moment at how my voice sounded.
"Holy shit dude. Your voice sounds like- like- like just badass awesomeness. It's like a soothing wave washing over you comforting you but has the power to equally crush you with a single thought." Apollo said to me excided.
"Cool description" I said.
Apollo seemed ready to explode from excitement.
"Yo, you ok Apollo? You seem about ready to explode from excitement." I told him.
"Yah I'm cool." He said after calming down.
"It's just I'm so overwhelmed by your telepathic voice. It's like so intoxicating and makes me really excited if you couldn't tell."
"Yah… Well don't get too used to it because for the most part I'm going to try and just not talk. I'm so used to it now that it's weird talking."
Apollo just nodded his head at me.
"OK, well with all that settled out, it's time for you to rest. You shouldn't really even be awake with the wounds you had. So night night." Apollo said before I suddenly felt really sleepy and I went into a dreamless sleep.
-Line break-
When I woke up again I was feeling a little bit better but my ribs still hurt like something else. Most of the cuts I had were healed and all the ones that were not healed were almost healed. I looked up as I heard someone walking down the hall way. Suddenly Artemis appears in the doorway and I didn't give her a second look. Before she could even react I had flipped back onto the window sill behind me broke the window and was falling through the air. It just so happened to be that the room I was in had a window view of the edge of Olympus. So now I was free falling in the sky above New York. I was high enough up that I could position myself away from all the people and buildings and land in central park. The ground was coming up to meet me fast. This is going to hurt. Right before I hit the ground I flip over onto back. When I do hit the ground I feel a blinding pain in my back and chest then I black out.
Apollo pov.
I was walking to the infirmary to check up on Ekdikesis when I heard the sound of a window breaking come from his room. I flashed in only to see Artemis staring out the broken widow that was just above the bed that Ekdikesis was supposed to be in. Key word there, supposed to be in.
"What the hell did you do to him!" I shouted at Artemis in rage. For basically the first time ever, I shouted at my little sister in rage.
"I did nothing. I came here to talk to him. The second he saw me walk through the doorway he flipped back onto the window sill, broke the window, and proceeded to jump out and off Olympus." Artemis told me. I made sure to check to see if she was lying and she wasn't. I look at her for another moment before breaking away.
"Well now I have to go save him again because of you. I really hope he didn't re-break his ribs. It was a pain in the ass to heal those the first time" I told her angry.
I looked at the window to see where he would have fallen when I saw a crater suddenly form in the middle of central park. At least he landed on the earth rather than the hard concrete or in a building. Then things would have gone from bad to worse. Quickly seeing exactly where he landed I flashed to the location to retrieve him. When I got there I noticed he was in the middle of the crater he formed when he hit. Dam he hit hard, this crater is larger than I thought. Before I got side tracked again I ran over and kneeled beside the boy's unconscious body. I proceeded to use my godly energy to check what was wrong and then proceed to fix what I could here so I didn't hurt him anymore when I moved him. God Dimmit, he broke his ribs again. And to think that I thought he was going to make a full recovery in record time. Once I made sure his condition was stabilized and he wasn't going to die on me suddenly, I picked him up and flashed us both to a new room in my infirmary. A room that wasn't on the edge of Olympus this time. I set him down and gave him a little bit of nectar to heal up and left him to sleep. This time thought, as I left I made sure to lock the room from anyone entering without me letting them in. God I really hope he can fully recover before someone else tries to kill him. If this keeps up, he won't be saving anyone, let alone himself.
A/N: Well this is the end of chapter 2. I hope you enjoyed it. Next chapter he is finally going to meet the rest of the counsel and Artemis is going to promise not to try and kill him, again. Also please do tell me if something is confusion or if I made a spelling error. I am not the best speller in the world but spell check sure does help. As always, leave a review if you can, favorite if you liked it. Till next time.
-Wilson out.