Percy POV:

"Here we are, London, England! Please, have all passports and cameras out and ready folks!" Cried the familiar voice of Quaver.

I got up and saw that we had landed through the top floor of a building. The building we were in was old and was deteriorating already. It was strange because this building looked new. I noticed Quaver was nowhere to be seen, meaning he must have been in another area. Dusting myself off and checking my armor, I continued walking through the building towards the Seeker. As I did, I saw many corpses, human corpses, everywhere, the flesh gone leaving only the bones. I could see footprints of creatures who I had feeling weren't friendly.

But something seemed wrong it was too quiet. Surely, the mortals were defeated that quickly out of the time the Council questioned me. Worried, I sprinted to where Quaver was, which was the roof. And the sight that greeted me was not one that I wanted.

"By the Void, what happened?" I breathed.

If this was London, it looked nothing liked it should be. Everywhere, buildings were in ruins, some collapsing at this very moment. The streets were turned, ripped apart, raised, crushed, covered in debris and cars. And everywhere you could hear the sound of monsters wandering the city.

"How long was I gone?" I asked, turning towards Quaver. This time, he wasn't wearing his cape, instead he was wearing only short pants, a sleeveless shirt, a backpack and for some reason he was wearing a jester hat. In his hand was the cane he always liked to carry with the skull on the top.

When he heard my question he tapped his finger to his chin, "Mmmhh I say maybe a century in Earth years."

"What!" I cried, unable to believe that the Council would have kept me from here for so long.

"Calm down Master Blade, I said Earth years." Quaver said in a calm manner. "The truth is was that this system was cut off at the beginning of its creation. Meaning that it runs on a different time speed then the other three domains do. This was unavoidable."

I looked up at the ruin city in despair, "So, does that mean…?"

Quaver shook his head, "Not entirely. The Daemons have taken over the whole south, East and some parts of the West areas of the world, but some areas are still free with mortals in them, thanks to the Gods. The Ocean is still ruled by Poseidon more or less and the Underworld still remains the same but for how long I don't know. Though there is a small chance we may pass by small mortal settlements. But for now we must find your chosen god."

With that he jumped on his cane, which floated in mid air and made his way over the ruin street. Deciding not to walk on foot, I called out my Hellhound, Mrs. O'Leary. After a few seconds of getting dog slobber off of me, we both headed to the ground below and ran beside Quaver.

An hour or so after wandering I began to notice that the god's location was taking us closer towards the sea. I also noticed we were being watched. I looked towards the column of ruined buildings and for a split second I saw several shadows, and they didn't seem friendly.

"Quaver, get back here!" I shouted as I heeled Mrs. O'Leary just in time. Once Quaver was beside me, the lurkers in the shadows came out of their hiding places. Once I saw what they were I cursed, "Visorak"

The tall spider like creatures soon surrounded us, with their pincers making a clicking noise while their teeth drooled their mutating venom. I could see the launchers on their backs ready to fire. Then I noticed that they were Vohtarak, the red skin Visorak, meaning this could get ugly.

The moment they started charging their launchers I cried, "Move!" as the spiders fired their spinners at us. The first rule when fighting Visorak, never get hit by their spinners. The Vohtarak's spinners can unleash a burning pain in their target making them ignore everything else.

I jumped off Mrs. O'Leary's back as she tackled one Visorak after catching it by surprise and landed between two Vohtarak. One charged me, but I grabbed one of its pincers and used it to knock the second one and then broke the first ones mouth in two.

I saw Mrs. O'Leary already finished with her opponent and went off to fight the next one. Quaver had hopped on another and was banging it with his cane, which was glowing.

"Attack them quickly before they have time to create their armor!" I yelled.

Vohtarak have the unique ability to harden their outer shells to become almost impervious to harm. So I drew Storm Terror and slammed it into the ground. The sword created several blades made from earth popped out, killing many of the Visorak. Then I cut off two legs off another one and sent my sword deep into its mouth.

About half an hour later I killed off the last one. Mrs. O'Leary was happily chewing on one of the legs and Quaver just bonked a dead Visorak for good measure.

I just sheathed my sword and started walking down the coastline. Quaver must have seen me because he was soon floating next to me. "Where are you going Master Blade?"

After telling Mrs. O'Leary to head back to her pocket dimensional dog house I explained, "The Visorak were definitely heading towards the water, and the god I'm looking for is there, cannot be a coincidence."

A few hours later I spotted something. At least 9 to 12 small ships were docked, being boarded by frantic people, watched by soldiers who were equally uncomfortable.

Taking my chances I casual walked over to them. One of the women saw me and gave a short scream and pointed. The soldiers turned around and automatically raised their weapons.

"Halt, or we will fire on you!" One shouted. I said nothing, just stood there. Then another said to the first one, "Hey Sarge, check out his clothes, maybe he's some demigod that was trapped here?"

Deciding to take advantage of this confusion, I took off my hood and replied, "My name is Percy Jackson." When no one said anything I continued and said, "I'm looking for the Goddess Hestia."

The soldier's eyes widen at the name and talked among themselves before one went into one of the boats and a minute later came out with someone behind him.

That someone was wearing a red robe with a hood over her head. She had a red aura around her, and anyone whom she passed by instantly felt calmer. There was still fear in them, but not as much.

When she reached the row of soldiers, she lifted her head, showing me her smoke eyes, which widen in shock and confusion. She turned to the soldiers and made a gesture, which I guess meant that everything was ok.

As the soldiers continued doing what they were originally doing, Hestia walked over to me. She was a few inches away from me when she said, "I would be surprise to see you after such a long time, but after what happened a century ago, I don't think anything will surprise me anymore, for now at least." She then gave me a serious look, "For some reason I also think that you know what is going on here too."

I was about to reply when all of a sudden Quaver popped out of my armor and was standing next to me saying, "What we know or don't know is none of your concern, only that your cooperation is needed for this."

The Goddess of the Hearth raised her eyebrow before turning to look at me. I merely rolled my eyes and said, "Lets just say that a higher power has commissioned me to find the cause for all this. But due to some complications, I need you to come with me to see them."

Hestia was hesitant and turned her attention towards the boats, which were almost full. I got the message but asked. "If you're worried for them, couldn't you just teleport them to wherever you are going."

Hestia nodded glumly, "I could, but much of the our powers have left us since this happened. Remember our powers come from the mortals and now with so much destroyed, we cannot just go from here to there or make a row of endless objects appear out of nowhere."

I looked at the boat and the people and saw that they were really out of hope. Hestia was probably the only thing who would keep their hopes up until they make it to safety.

I looked at Quaver, "How much time is left?" I asked. He replied, "We have at least 18 hours left."

I turned back to the goddess. "How about this, I'll accompany you to wherever you're going and once these people are safe, you come with me, okay?"

She thought for a moment before replying, "Very well, we're just about done and we'll be heading towards Manhattan. There are also two immortal demigods on board as well, some of your friend's children."

I raised an eyebrow. I admit it shocked but I wouldn't be surprise, if my friends became immortal, why not their kids. "Which ones?"

"Luke Valdez, son of Leo and Thalia, and Gabriele Stoll, daughter of Travis and Katie. Luke so he could repair any damage to the boats and Gabriele just came to help."

I took notice of the chosen name of Thalia's kid. Guess she wanted to honor Luke Castellan by given her son that name.

"Very well, finish up and we'll head out. But the moment these people are safe, you are to come with me understood?" I asked.

The goddess nodded and headed back to the boats.

There were six boats total. Three had civilians, two had soldiers and the last had a mix of both. I was in one of the boats with the soldiers, along with Hestia and the two immortal kids.

Gabriele (or Gabby as she likes to be called) was the spitting image of her mother, but contained mostly her father's personality. Luke was like a cross between his mother and father. He had his father's black hair, though it was spiky, and I guess his love for machines. He had his mother's eyes and gothic like appearance though and could use both their powers. Also they were both looking at me in another room, trying to stay hidden, and failing at it. Now and then they would look to one another and mumble about something.

"You know they'll probably tell Zeus and the others about your coming." Hestia said while looking at them.

I shrugged, "Whether they know or not is not important to me, I'll probably be in areas where they can't even get to."

Hestia nodded and stayed quiet. Then she asked, "So Percy, or Blade, what do you plan to do once you come back to search for the cause of this disaster?"

Before I could reply there was a noise far away from us. Some of the soldiers who were standing on top of the boat were yelling stuff.

I could hear the sergeant's footsteps going up to the deck. "What the hell is going on out there?"

One of the soldiers replied, "Don't know sir, but it seems there's some activity happening near the coast of New Jersey near the Holland Tunnel. We're still trying to reach them."

Though my mission right now was to bring Hestia before the Council, I knew I should check this out. "I'll go look." I said then turned to Hestia, "I expect to see you next to the boats when I get back."

Then I picked up Luke and Gabby, ignoring their cries of surprise, "You two come with me, I like to see what you two are capable of."

With that I jumped off the boat and ran across the water towards land, with Quaver flying right behind me.

Next chapter will be showing some old characters, their kids and a few brief encounters between Chad and Percy. Also Blackjack will be shown as well.

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