Chptr 8

Later that day they found the missing girl. In fact she was never lost Allison was sitting talking to another Archangel. It was the Archangel Raphael. He was tall, not quite as tall as Michael but just as muscular in his build. He had the kind of face that made you instantly trust him. He had sunset orange eyes and a warm smile. He looked like the type of person to genuinely care for others.

"Father you found Allison." Kira said. Approaching the table at which the Archangel sat. The angel let out a deep bellow of a laugh. His voice was deeper than one would expect of someone who looked so passive.

"You could say I found her, if she was ever lost." He responded.

"What do you mean?" Kira asked. "She disappeared as soon as we got here."

"She did as she was told by my messenger." Raphael said in a matter-of-fact tone. "I asked her to come find me."

"But why" His son began

"There is such a thing as physician patient confidentiality here too."

"Yes of course. I apologize for my intrusion father."

"It is not me you should apologize to."

"Of course. Allison please accept my apology for intruding on your private matters." Kira said this and added a deep bow in apology.

"It is quite alright Kira. You are forgiven." Allison replied.

Allison was a pale girl with jet black hair but light grey eyes. She was about 5'3 and wore a lot of black. It happened to be her favorite color. She looked and dressed like a Goth simply because she dressed based on her emotions. She had been feeling more negative emotions as of late so she wore black or grey often.

"Hi Allison, I'm Jason." Jason introduced himself gently as if he expected her to immediately attack him for saying hello. This was not the case however, Jason simply was trying to make himself as little a threat as possible. He knew exactly who and what she was. His father had told him about all the others except two. Ryan, and Nila were still a mystery to him.

"Hi." She very near whispered her reply

"She's obviously shy." Ryan commented. "I would know. I'm the same way except I'm trying to change that about myself." He and Allison locked eyes and they made a wordless vow to look out for each other. Out loud, Ryan asked her what they'd all been thinking "Do you have any idea why we are all here?"

She shook her head "No I'm sorry I wish I could say different."

He walked over to her not noticing Nila's expression change.

"it's cool we are all-" He glanced at Jason "mostly all of us are in the dark." He grinned and added "So that just means you're part of the club."

The scene immediately changed and he was looking at a girl with long blond hair.

"I have to go Annabeth. If I don't go there's no guarantee of your safety." He heard the voice of the Percy Jackson person from so long before. Then he turned his attention to the girl with grey eyes and long blond hair Percy called Annabeth.

"When have I ever not been in danger?" She replied "We're demigods Percy. We will never not be in danger."

"This is different. It's not Gaea or Kronos. This is the king of the gods. It's Zeus we're talking about." Percy sounded as if he were condemning the girl to death already.

Annabeth sighed, "You think I don't already know what Zeus is capable of? I do and I don't care you are not going to hunt down one of our own."

"According to Zeus, he's a reincarnation not a demigod." Percy replied.

"Well apparently he doesn't know." Annabeth started. "The war between the Christian heaven and hell is starting again. Except it's amongst their children."

"How do you know that?"

"We have spies in their ranks and Zeus is not trying to get you to kill that boy because he is a threat to Olympus. It's because he is a threat to Olympic imperialism."

"Olympic imperialism? No that can't be. Poseidon would tell me the truth. My dad wouldn't lie to me. He never has." Percy's disbelief was evident and .felt worse as Annabeth added

"What if Poseidon didn't know the truth himself?"

"What do you mean? He is one of the big three. There is no way Zeus would not tell him plan."

"Well maybe not impossible. Zeus is known to lie and keep secrets just because he can. He is the most powerful of the gods and his will is definite.

Percy couldn't believe what he was hearing but he couldn't deny what Annabeth was saying made sense. "So wait how did you find out about it?"

"My mother. Zeus told her his plan not to see if she agreed, but to gage the possibilities of success."

"Athena? She's helping him?"

Percy couldn't believe what he was hearing. Athena was Zeus' military council. She alone was trusted as a strategist to lead his armies to victory.

"She thinks It's a good plan to attack during their civil war. But I don't know if she will follow Zeus into the coming war."

"So this means…" Percy began as he started to fully understand what was about to happen. "It's time to prepare for a new war.

Annabeth looked him not believing that Percy was saying these words. "I don't know which side I'm fighting for yet because I don't know all the facts but one thing is clear. This could be the end of the Gods of Olympus."

"Why did you say 'I'?" Annabeth asked "We are in this together."

Percy looked at her and instantly knew he was in same for thinking what he had been. He couldn't keep Annabeth from this fight and he knew it. This was her family too.

"You're right. I was just speaking for myself you know."

"I guess but I still have one question. Where do we go from here?"