Ok so in this chapter, things get a little hectic because I'm adding in several different scenes at once, enjoy and review. Also I've started with another chapter of War of Trust and Deception, no promises when it will be done.

Ram POV:

I watched from the sides as the Pentagram Council was questioning the being named Brutaka. I had wanted to go down to Earth and regroup with Blade's team (and to see my son) but the Council wanted me to stay while they questioned Burtaka. From what it sounds like, the council was going down the guy's profile.

"Brutaka, Home: The Veil. Group: Mata Nui. You exceeded your species division and were chosen to become part of their elite operatives, earning the title as well along with a being named Axxon, correct?" The 1st head asked

Brutaka didn't say anything; only nod his head to the question. The 2nd head spoke this time, "Why did the Divine conceal your existence from us, let alone with the fact that you have the power to open dimension portals?"

Brutaka smiled through his mask, before he said, "It's not my ability, it's the mask's."

To say it didn't cause uproars from the Council would be a lie. The 1st head finally calmed them all down before speaking, "The creation of such a mask are forbidden, how is it possible for the Veil to have done such a thing, for what purpose?"

"If I tell you, then I want something in return." Brutaka said as he stared straight at them, "Protection: the Council of Elemental Lord have deemed me a traitor due to what the Fade did on that planet, and are trying to hunt me down. If you promise me protection, then I'll tell you what I know."

The Council's eyes dimmed, meaning they were conversing with themselves. A few minutes later they reappear agreeing with his terms. With that Brutaka began to explain. "I know little but the Lords discovered something of great importance; names, ancient texts with names I've and maybe even them, have never heard of."

"What kind of names?" The 3rd Head asked.

"Names like Annotar, Teravicus and Eru. Also some kind of prophecy; about two Brothers, and Havoc and Apocalypse, I didn't get all the rest." Brutaka said.

All of a sudden the Council roared in an anger I've never seen before, and just as it started it died down. I swear the look in their eyes were both shock and anger, which meant they probably knew what this guy was talking about. The 1st head finally spoke, "We have a few more questions for you before you begin your service as a Vanguard Brutaka."

The said being's eyes widened in shock at this before replying, "Wait, I asked for protection, not to join up!"

"What better way for protection from the Vanguards then to become one?" The 4th head asked.

Annabeth POV:

"What the Hades do you guys want?" I snapped at Percy's siblings.

Currently Jimmy, Michael and Samantha had me pinned against one of the campsite's walls in the more isolated area of it. From the looks in their eyes, they weren't here to have a friendly chat.

Michael walked up closer to me, his eyes at my level and asked, "Why?"

I raised an eyebrow in confusion, "Why what?"

Jimmy did a huff as Michael continued, "Why the hell did you break up with our brother, especially when you were carrying his kids?"

A lump formed in my throat. "How did you-"

"I'm not blind Annabeth, now answer the question!" Michael yelled.

I felt my knees shake, trying to think of an answer for a question I couldn't really answer "It was because, because…I was scared."

The three of them looked at me and then looked at each other, before Samantha asked, "You were…scared?"

"Well no, I mean yes, I'm not really sure, I just…I just couldn't tell him. I thought he would be upset that I was pregnant and I, I was just so busy with repairing Olympus after the Giants attacked (AN: I making it as if the giants had attacked Olympus) that I didn't have time to tell him."

"And where the hell did Mark come from?" Samantha asked, her whip asked.

I swallowed the lump that formed in my throat before continuing "He was one of the Hephaestus kids who volunteered to assist with the reconstruction of Olympus. We met and I thought he was okay, though I still dating Percy. But when Percy left" She paused for a moment. "I had no choice but to marry him, for the kid's sakes."

That seemed to have caught them off guard, not able to understand what I meant. "What do you mean for their sakes, you couldn't support them?" Michael asked.

I shook my head, "No what I meant was when the other girls were offer immortality, they had to marry one of the boys in order to get it; an old tradition the Gods did, though many of the Goddesses did not like it." Their eyes widened at that, shocked. "Mark had been given immortality and offered me to become his wife. I did, but only if he would make Chad and Crystal immortal too, which he did."

The three looked at each other, their expressions changing from hatred to pity to sympathy. "Okay, one more question: Why did you tell your kids that Percy knew about them?" Jimmy asked.

I sighed and moved a strand of hair behind my head. "I knew that they didn't like Mark as a father, especially Chad, and from what I could tell the feeling was mutual with Mark as well. I…I didn't want them to think that their father just up and left them, I had to give them some kind of comfort whenever they asked about him, when I didn't even know the reason for his disappearance myself."

That seemed to satisfy them, but just as they were about to leave Michael spoke, "One more question. When will you tell them the truth? And when will you talk to Percy?"

The last part confused me "I don't understand" I said.

Michael sighed before answering, "Percy is now the leader of the Vanguards, a powerful organization of beings dedicated to serving Chaos and enforcing his Will. This planet, hell the whole system, is off balance by Chaos's law, we're only here because the Fade invaded and once Percy is finished with his mission, he and the rest of us will leave."

I didn't say anything to that, just watched them leave as Michael's words sunk into my head.

Blade's POV:

I landed on top of a Bohrok's head and I slammed my fist into its head, and then pulled out the Krana. This caused the robotic body to collapse to the ground, due to the loss of its controller.

We had arrived on one of the islands only a few hours ago when were ambushed by Bohroks, robotic soldiers of the Fade. Teridax must have been serious of guarding Miserix's mask if he had entire legions of these things to protect it. Shock was busy dodging ice blasts fired by Kohraks while firing lightning bolts at them. Reaper tore off some of their arms, annoyance on his face since he was facing beings that had no souls to devour.

"This is taking way to long." Shock commented as he slashed a Levhak with the wind. "We need to find that mask and get the hell out of here."

"I agree" I said as I deflected a fire ball from a Tahrok. "I sense that the mask is coming from the nearby volcano. Can you guys hold them off while I go and get it?"

Reaper rammed his hand into a Bohrok, pulling out the wires. "Might as well, but I'm going hunting after this." He said as he charged a mob of Pohraks.

I rolled my eyes and then concentrated on my feet. Summoning the air underneath them, I flew into the air, over the swarm of Bohroks and towards the volcano. I landed at the edge of the pit of the volcano, seeing the lava at a low level.

Activating my heat armor, a special type of armor that protects me from intense heat and other hot objects like lava, I descended down into the mountain. Surprisingly, the inside of the volcano was very well carved. I mean I was literally standing on a well-made platform. I couldn't tell if the Fade had done this when they hid the mask, or something else did, because it couldn't have been the Gods.

'Focus, you're here for the mask.' I said to myself as I jumped down into the mountain. When I did I saw an engraving on the wall of mountain, it looked like my ancestor, the original Blade. He had a hood over his face and a sword in his hands; also he was surrounded by several of other warriors who seemed to be charging some kind of giant monster.

But the moment I touched it, some invisible force and soon thoughts struck me, along with images and they began to swirl into my head. It was if someone had started playing a home movie in my brain and in a painful way. I clutched my head and shut my eyes tightly as the vision appeared.

Vision (Percy POV):

I saw only space, and then fast moving specks of light, to fast to be shooting stars. One side was specks of blue and white light, while they clashed with red and black specks of light. I could hear war cries and weapons hitting one another from each light but I was so disoriented that it was hard to focus.

Then as if someone hit the fast forward button, the scene changed to a room. My vision was blurry but I could see five people, covered in different colors of energy. One was a female by the looks of her form and voice and another, a male, had a sword strapped to his back.

"We've held back to long!" The man with the sword yelled. "Life has just been born and they wish to take away the work our Father has done. We must strike now while their defenses are weak."

The woman spoke this time. "Are you crazy -?" I paused for a moment, trying to figure out what just happened. It was if something was blocking me out from hearing the guy's name. Whatever the reason was, I shoved it aside as I continued listening to their conversation. "If Father had lowered his defenses, it means their gearing up for another assault and-"

"That being who were are fighting isn't our father and you know that Hearth." The man said, "Also I'm in command of the Vanguards and I won't allow the Destroyers to attack us. We'll leave the majority of our forces here, and I'll bring a small strike force with me to infiltrate their fortress."

The girl named Hearth, rubbed her eyes but nevertheless succumbed to the man's plan. But she still asked, "Whose going to be put in charge of the defenses then?"

Before the man could reply, another male voice, younger replied, "I will! I'm more skilled in defensive battles anyway."

The leader looked worried about this idea, I don't know if either it was because he doubted the kid's abilities or he was worried for the kid himself. But he seemed to accept it when he finally said. "Very well, Void will be left in charge of the defenses."

My mind took in the fact that the kid had the same name as the dimensional home of Chaos. As I was doing that, the vision fast forward again. This time it showed the same man and woman; along with at least a hundred of other people behind the woman and another man, and that he had a double-sided axe strapped to his back. I noticed that they were all wearing black capes and except for those three people, were wearing hoods over their heads. That's when I saw that the man, Hearth and all those other people, were on the other side of a gigantic door, with the leader being on the opposite side.

The 2nd man spoke, "Brother you don't have to do this, we're all going to the Matter, and you can come with us as well. There's nothing stopping you."

The 1st man smirked. "Lunar and Solar have already gone to make sure the Fade and Veil are being constructed properly. Someone has to make sure that the Firstborn do our job correctly, might as well be me."

Hearth shook her head. "Father and the Council will make sure that they are given a strong leader. We've all fought enough, we all need some peace, especially you, and I know that you are still feeling guilty about what happened to Void, it wasn't your fault."

The Leader's eyes hardened at the mention of the name. "This has nothing to do with that, what I'm doing now is to help give our children a fighting chance as Vanguard, they need a leader who actually knows how to fight in a battle." He then put a hand on their shoulders. "You and Turmoil will do fine Hearth, I know it."

The man called Turmoil shook the leader's hand, "I still don't like the idea, but I won't argue against someone as stubborn as you friend. Good luck sir."

Hearth just nodded sadly before merging with the rest of the group. As she and Turmoil walked backwards, the doors began to close. I just managed to hear the leader's last words. "Oh by the way" He said as he pulled his hood up. "Next time you see me, call me Blade."

Blade POV:

"Blade wake up, wake up." A familiar voice said. As I slowly opened my eyes, I was greeted with Quaver, Shock and Reaper looking down at me with concern. "You okay Master Blade?" Quaver asked.

I rubbed my head, trying to get my bearings together. "What…what happened?"

Reaper shrugged, "Well let's see we killed all those tasteless Bohroks, more will likely be back though. Then we found you on the ground, unconscious, but we managed to find the mask and get you out of that sauna."

I groaned as I got back up on my feet. "Well if we have the mask, we should get going." I said as I did a quick stretch. "Is there anything else I should know?"

Shock nodded. "Yeah, Ram contacted us and said he's here to assist us. Also some Mata Nui defector has joined him as well and a Veil representative has been called to give his support too. He said he'll speak to you in person." He gave me a worried look. "What happened to you up there anyway Blade?"

I thought for a moment, trying to decide if I should tell them, hell I don't even know what it was all about. But I decided against it and just said, "It was nothing, just spaced out for a moment. Must have been some trap that the Fade set up."

The looks on their faces showed that they weren't fully convinced but didn't say anything, only prepared to jump back to Miserix. As I started to do so as well, when all of a sudden a quick flash of a hood being with literally black skin appeared into my head and then disappeared as fast as it came. I did a quick breath before shaking it off and then bounced off back to that big old red dragon.

So there you go, what will happen when Miserix gets his full power back, we'll have to find out. Also remember, if you have any stories related to Chaos/Primordials, let me know so I can add them to my community

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