Percy took his guitar out again and repeatedly beat the son of Poseidon with it as he let his anger out. Jacob's face turned into a bloody mess and there was a sharp crack that made him scream. He then stabbed his back repeatedly as he thought of how many times Jacob had talked about his sister. Jacob let out a scream of agony as Percy tortured him, Percy then brought out Anaklumos and raised it over his head. Percy brought the blade down and cleanly decapitated Jacob the son of Poseidon, he would most defiantly visit him in punishment, he knew if he could convince his father to throw the traitor in tartarus then he would. Fury rolled through him and he took a shuttered breath, no mercy for the weak, a rule of the Romans. He personally didn't like that rule unless it applied to arrogant demigods such as Jacob, the son of Poseidon's head rolled out of sight and the headless body fell to the ground. He wiped his bloody blade on the clothes of his dead rival and just stared at the corpse, he thought if he had killed Jacob that he'd feel good but he felt nothing. He didn't feel great about his choice nor did he feel bad about it he just felt emotionless, this wasn't the first person he had killed. He heard a gasp and saw his friends look at him in horror, a look he was all to familiar with. He refused to meet Zoe's eyes and felt anger bubble through him, he glared at Antaeus who was applauding loudly.
"Good show Jackson! Bring out-"
"I'm sick of this game!" Percy snapped,"Why don't you fight me yourself? You hide behind all these warriors and you refuse to face the challenger. So fight me coward, show me why you deserve to watch people die for you entertainment." Percy roared and his eyes almost burst into flames, Antaeus looked murderous and jumped out of his throne of bones. He wore a brown loincloth and was giant, Percy got in a ready position and charged at Antaeus. He jumped into the air and let out his fury as he slashed at Antaeus' leg, the monster howled but the earth healed him. Percy felt irritation creep through him and rolled to the side as a giant hand tried to crush him. He ran up the arm and tried to figure out a weak point on the giant. He slashed Antaeus eye and the monster roared before his eye was healed, Percy's eyes widened and he quickly jumped off the monster. Once he landed on the ground he rolled to absorb the impact and whirled on the giant with Anaklumos raised.
Antaeus boomed with laughter,"Foolish brother! My mother is Gaia, I am invincible!" He yelled. Of course there's a catch to killing a monster, Percy thought with irritation.
Percy grimaced,"You are not my brother, and we defiantly don't share the same resemblance tubby." Antaeus smacked Percy so the demigod was airborne, his body ached from the force of the hit. As he flew through the air he saw a large chain, he grabbed it and it stopped him from falling but it dislocated one of his arms. He screamed but held on and knew that he couldn't defeat Antaeus when they were on the ground, but he bet if he could kill him in the air he would actually stay dead instead of having the earth heal him. Percy clutched the chain tightly with one hand while his left arm remained obsolete. He realized that he didn't have his sword with him and saw Anaklumos lying in the dirt underneath him. He tried to plan something quickly and squeezed his eyes shut as the chain began to gnaw on his hand which was holding his whole body up. He could feel his right arm become strained at the weight it was holding up, he grimaced.
"Can we speed this up? My arm is tired." Percy complained as he struggled to keep his grasp on the chain.
He silently cursed and Antaeus ran and jumped, the monster grabbed the chain and climbed to Percy. Percy decided to wing it, he didn't have enough time to think this through and it was do or die. Antaeus was just about to grab Percy but Percy fell onto the giants face and whipped out a knife, he stabbed the son of Poseidon straight in his forehead. He screamed before he dissolved, before Percy knew it he was free falling, he shadow travelled so he was by his caged friends. He rammed into the cage with his left arm, it popped back into place, he clenched his teeth in an effort to hold in his scream of pain. The demigod guarding the cage swung at Percy's stomach, Percy recognized him as a son of Apollo. He side stepped and bashed his head, the son of Apollo crumpled and Percy melted the lock with his fire powers. The metal slowly dripped to the ground, the cage swung open and the quest members began to run.
"Seize them!" Malcolm screamed, Percy and his friends started sprinting out of the arena, he lit the exit on fire which left a great escape route.
"Annabeth, now would be a great time if you could pull out that map." Percy breathed as he they ran through the labyrinth. Annabeth whipped out the map and began to run through twist or turns. When they had finally stopped running Luke and Annabeth were breathing heavily while Zoe and Percy seemed completely unaffected by the run. They started walking in silence and Percy stood away from the group while he stayed in the back, he wouldn't be surprised if they were disgusted with him, he decapitated a demigod. They saw him torture someone, he still felt nothing, not relief or remorse just like he was trapped in a void with nothing to look forward to.
Luke turned to Percy and the girls kept walking,"Did you have to kill him? It wasn't necessary and it was wrong." He said and Percy felt rage course through him and he let out a snarl before he grabbed Luke by the shirt and slammed him into the wall.
His eyes burst into flames making Luke flinch,"Listen, we're in a war! If I didn't kill him do you think he would of been all happy and switched sides like you? Of course he wouldn't, your just a hypocrite. Like you haven't killed your own kind before traitor, those demigods that work for Kronos wouldn't hesitate to kill you, to slit your throat. I did what I had to and cut a large problem down before it could get any bigger so shut up and don't talk to me. I saved your sorry butt so do me a favor and leave me alone!" He roared before he let go of him and turned his back on Luke.
"T-then w-hy did you spare that demigod who was guar-guarding us?" The son of Hermes asked and Percy realized that Luke was talking about the son of Apollo.
"Because Apollo is my brother, that demigod was his kid." He said without looking at Luke, he kept walking alone and could still see the girls up ahead. He didn't feel like talking to anyone, he was angry that Luke had tried to judge him as though he was always right. Percy felt as though he could destroy the whole labyrinth but kept walking and tried to clear his head.
Zoe had never seen Percy in such a savage state, he had tortured Jacob by bashing him repeatedly with a guitar and then stabbing him multiple times. It startled her and now he wouldn't even speak to anyone, not that she made the effort yet she just knew he needed to cool down. She turned around to see Percy let go of Luke's shirt and walk away. She faced forward right as he turned to her and wondered why that stupid son of Hermes would try to provoke him in his angry state. She turned around again and saw Percy with his hands jammed in his pockets, his shoulders were slumped and his eyes looked stormy and had reddish tent to them, he was glaring at his feet and his jaw was clenched. He looked furious and she could tell something was bothering him but she couldn't figure out what.
Percy felt guilty that he had tortured Jacob, his father would be proud. The thought made his guilt fade until he thought about his mom, what would she think? He wondered and all current events came to mind, his mom was aiding Hecate who wanted to kill him...as thrilling as that sounded he decided to try and steer clear from Hecate. Did his mom want him gone as well? No she wouldn't would she? He loved his mom and he wouldn't doubt her, he trusted her and decided to hear out her story before he decided anything. He kicked a pebble and ran a hand through his hair, he was a soldier that's all he was and Luke treated him like a murderer. He was a pawn in Zeus's game for power, he had to kill Jacob and he felt no guilt whatsoever. Jacob had insults his sister, and his brother. Not to mention he betrayed them, Poseidon will be happy, he'll probably try to kill me and that's how happy he'll be. Percy thought sarcastically and trudged along, the Greek ways were so different from the roman ways he's been accustomed to. Romans showed no mercy for the week and killed their enemies instead of taking prisoners or letting them go. Greeks showed mercy and were kinder to the weak then the Romans were. His hand began to burn painfully and he examined it, it was bloody and raw from holding the chain while carrying all his weight. He hadn't even felt it until now, his anger had taken his attention away from his injuries. Dried blood was in his pocket and he grimaced and held his hand before lighting it on fire, he kept it like that for a while before the fire extinguished. It dulled the pain but it still hurt like crazy.
He mashed his teeth together as he tried to flex his hand and the burning returned, he put his hand to his side and looked sadly at Zoe. She was walking by Annabeth and hadn't looked at him once, was she mad at him? He wondered and realized she was probably disgusted with him...but she tortured men all the time. Maybe she doesn't want to be around him right now, maybe she was scared of him and his actions. The thought made him feel guilty, he didn't want to scare her and he felt like a bad boyfriend. Annabeth's shoulders were slumped and it looked like she was carrying a large weight on her shoulders, Percy felt awful for forgetting about Malcolm's betrayal. He jogged up to her and wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulders, she looked up at him with tears in her eyes. She leaned on him as she began to cry, she was there for him during the loss of his sister and he was going to be with her for the loss of her brother. He didn't look at Zoe as he comforted his friend, she looked terrible and filled with grief. Her usual vivid grey eyes were clouded and full of depression and disbelief.
"It's okay, you can let it out." He whispered and she did, she sobbed loudly at her brothers treacherous ways. He just held her under his arm and patted her arm reassuringly, he couldn't imagine what she was going through. Her big brother left her for the stupid reason of not enough glory, he could feel tears soak through his shirt but he didn't care, she was his friend and he'd always be there for her. She pulled away, her eyes were red and puffy, her cheeks had tear stains on them and he hugged her.
"I'm so sorry." He murmured and patted her back, Zoe and Luke stopped and watched the interaction between the two. Zoe was happy that Percy was such a good friend to Annabeth, she noticed that Percy wouldn't even look at her and she felt bad. Is he tired of me? She wondered as she watched the two, Luke was happy Percy was so good to Annabeth, he considered Annabeth as a little sister even if she hated him.
Percy stepped away from the hug and looked down at her,"If you need me I'll be here alright? Anytime, I swear to the Styx." He promised and she gave him a watery smile before crushing him in another hug, he squeezed her back tightly before releasing her and grinning at her widely.
"Thank you so much Percy." She whispered.
Percy only smiled before saying,"Your my friend Annabeth, you helped me with Bianca and I can help you with Malcolm." Truth be told Zoe was the most effective person who helped him with his sister problem but Annabeth had been there for him. The group continued walking and Percy crept closer to Zoe before interlacing his fingers with hers. She smiled at him and Percy felt relieved she wasn't scared of him, he kissed her cheek which made her smile broaden. She felt happy and he liked holding her small hand in his large one, he was grinning and instantly felt better about the whole situation. He swung their hands back and forth making Zoe laugh at his cheesiness.
"We're here." Annabeth said, Percy could tell by her voice that she wasn't over the fact where her big brother betrayed her. A large metal door was was in the way, Percy grinned and stepped forward letting go of Zoe's hand. His body was on fire and he started to melt the metal, he was glad that this quest was almost over. He made a giant, red circle, he then kicked it and a giant hole opened up.
"Awesome." Luke whispered as they walked through the gaping hole in the wall.
"Seriously! I just fixed that!" Someone complained.
"You know you could of just knocked right? Oh! Hey Shade its Percy!" Hailie exclaimed and waved at the group.
Shade groaned,"Great, glad their back in my life. As if it was entertaining enough." He said sarcastically making his sister laugh.
"Dad! The demigods are here!" Hailie yelled and the quest members got in a ready position thinking Kronos was here.
Shade rolled his eyes,"Please, you guys are late, then you melt our door down, and now you think we'll betray you? The nerve of some people." He growled and a man with short white hair walked into the room, he was taking his time as he looked at some blue prints. Percy could feel the inventors soul in a machine and shivered at the oddness of it all.
Annabeth looked at him in surprise,"How are you still-"
Percy cut her off,"He transferred his soul into a machine, so he wouldn't be judged by Minos." Percy whispered. The old inventor looked down shamefully as he recalled what he did to his nephew. He looked back to his work and couldn't bring himself to look at anyone, Hailie wrapped her father in a hug. He smiled at her and she grinned up at him before letting him out of the hug. Percy smiled at how close they all seemed together, Shade smiled at his sister and she fondly punched his shoulder. He pretended to be hurt and she laughed at him, Daedalus smiled at his children.
"Hailie, Shade did you two pick up my delivery?" Daedalus asked the twins only looking up from his work to look at them. They both averted their gaze from him, Hailie looked at her feet while Shade twiddled his thumbs. Annabeth was looking at the beautiful designs of the workshop in awe which made Percy laugh quietly.
"Well dad, we decided to wait them out. They have a huge army but we got intel, their army is striking some place called camp Halfblood. We can get it back after they attack that camp." Hailie shrugged.
Percy's mouth fell open but before he could speak the inventor spoke up again,"Why have you decided to wait?" He asked curiously.
Shade sighed,"We wanted to check out his camp but...no were staying with you dad. An old coot like you needs youth to keep him going." Shade said smirking.
Hailie rolled her eyes,"Leave the jokes to me moron, your awful at them. And seriously who says coot anymore?" She scoffed and Shade bumped her with his shoulder. She pretended he hit her hard and stumbled, he looked at her nervously until she popped back up and flicked his nose.
"Uh we go to that camp!" Percy said worriedly and Hailie raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Shade looked impassive,"Well, their being led by Kampè so good luck." Zoe grabbed Percy's hand again.
"What are you looking for?" Zoe asked as Daedalus ran a hand through his spiky hair.
"Just trying to get my string back from the titans." He said sighing.
"You gave it to the titans!" Percy hissed and Hailie and Shade stood to their fathers defense with their scythes raised incase Percy tried anything.
Percy relaxed and sighed,"Why?" He asked and Daedalus looked angered.
"They stole it from me, I'm trying to get it back." He defended and Luke raised an eyebrow.
"You have two super powerful children of Kronos and demigods managed to steal your string with them around?" He asked in a tone of disbelief.
Shade rolled his eyes,"We weren't here at the time."
"Where were you?" Annabeth questioned.
Hailie glared at them,"When did this become an interrogation? It doesn't matter where we were, what matters is getting that string back and saving your stupid camp." She snapped and Zoe nodded in agreement.
"Hailie is right, we need to put aside our petty differences and find the string and save the camp." The daughter of Atlas said and Percy completely agreed.
Annabeth looked at the old inventor,"Can you lead us out of here?" She asked and he nodded.
"Hailie, Shade you guys stay here," the two looked ready to protest but the inventor spoke up again,"I need you guys to take care of this place and thats an order. I can help you guys and possibly redeem myself so I need you two to watch the place." He said sternly, the twins nodded sadly at the thought of missing the action.
Hailie looked at Percy hopefully,"Bring him home safely okay? Don't let him do anything stupid." Percy nodded but he knew he couldn't promise anything.
"Lucky for you guys I know a short cut." Daedalus said gruffly.
-CAMP-
The five demigods walked out of the Labyrinth to see camp lounging around, Percy really missed camp Jupiter. At that camp the soldiers were almost always prepared.
"Suit up! The titan army will be coming out of this Labyrinth! Why are we sitting around people? We have a war to win!" Percy roared and the campers began to scramble around preparing for the battle.
"Why do you never wear armor?" Annabeth asked and Percy looked down at her.
"I was raised in the hunt, we wear no armor. We rely on stealth and speed not brute force unless absolutely necessary." He replied as the camp continued to set up preparations for the attack.
-Battle of the Labyrinth-
Percy stood at the ready with Anaklumos and a knife in hand, he wore his hoody and it covered his eyes. The camp army stood just outside the the entrance to the endless maze, archers hid in the trees and stood behind the shielded campers.
"Give me the jar." He ordered a son of Hephaestus.
The guy spoke up,"Are you sure it's really dangerous and you could di-"
"Just give me the jar!" Percy snapped impatiently and the guy handed him the jar. It was filled with Greek fire and everyone thought Percy was suicidal. He opened it and stuck his fist in the fire, it burned him but he kept it in their. Soon the burning sensation ebbed away and the Greek fire spread all over his body.
He grinned wickedly,"This'll be fun." Greek fire dripped form his sword and put a hole in the ground. He stomped the ground and dozen of skeleton warriors appeared he knew they wouldn't be that useful in battle but he also knew that they'd have to take what they can get. Suddenly Alpha and Artemis appeared in front of him.
"Whoa boss! Your hot!" Alpha exclaimed as he stared at his master in surprise.
Percy laughed,"That's what Aphrodite said."
"Ready?" Artemis asked him and he nodded. Suddenly monsters began pouring out of the entrance, a series of explosions were heard as Greek fire decimated what seemed like hundreds of monsters but they kept coming. Daedalus was in charge of all explosives and was watching the scene nervously.
Once the explosions ended Percy yelled,"Archers!" Gold and silver arrows flew through the air making monsters turn into gold dust but it did little to stop what seemed like the endless flow of monsters. Percy, Alpha, and Artemis charged and clashed with the monsters. Percy's fire destroyed several monsters as the fiery sword Anaklumos sliced through monsters as though they were butter. Artemis was nothing but a flash of silver as she destroyed monsters easily, Alpha was chomping down the enemy like there was no tomorrow. The trio was an arch of destruction but there were to many monsters and they began to fall back, the Greek fire on Percy had disappeared and he and Artemis fought back to back. The skeleton warriors were more help then Percy thought they would be as they fought along side his wolf. Percy jammed his word in a demigods head while stabbing another one in the stomach. Campers swarmed the ranks of monsters and enemy demigods and the battle continued raging. He felt merciless as he sliced through the army, Chiron was shooting arrows and kicking enemies with his hind legs. Percy began to wonder if he was part donkey instead of part horse. There was a screech that made both sides freeze and Kampe flew through the air.
Artemis nodded to Percy, he crouched and interlaced his fingers with his palms facing outwards. She took out her bow and charged at Percy, she put her foot in his hands and he shoved her upwards. She flew through the air, while she was airborne she shot two arrows that hit Kampe's wings. The monster screeched and fell to the ground, Artemis fell to the earth and Percy caught her before setting her down and prepared to take out Kampe. The campers were heavily out numbered and through the midst of the battle Daedalus ran to Percy.
"What are you doing!" Percy yelled at he struggled to protect the inventor.
"Percy you've got to kill me! If I die so does the labyrinth." Daedalus pleaded, a child of Athena's final stand. Percy realized.
"What about Hailie, what about Shade! They'll die in there, I promised to keep you safe!" He exclaimed as he parried a strike aimed for the inventor's head.
Daedalus shook his head,"They'll make it out trust me, just do it so I can save your camp. I have a lot of apologies I need to make, one of them is to my nephew, please Percy make it so I can see him. Even if I'm thrown in punishment for murder please make it so I can at least tell him I'm sorry. Tell Hailie and Shade I'm sorry, tell my kids I love them." Daedalus had tears in his eyes and guilt wracked Percy's body at the thought of killing him.
Percy ducked a swipe aimed for his head and thrust his blade into a demigods chest,"Your bravery will be remembered during judgement. Good luck, I will tell them." Percy said before stabbing Daedalus in the chest, he fell to his knees and the life left his eyes. The entrance shook violently before crumbling and collapsing, Percy felt relieved before he felt a sword slice him in the back. He whirled around to see Kampe grinning sadistically at him, he looked around for Artemis but couldn't find her. His back stung painfully and he felt nervousness creep through him.
"What did you do to her!" He snarled and set his body on fire, Kampe just continued to grin and she lunged at him. He stomped the ground and the earth shook violently, she almost lost her balance and it gave Percy the opportunity to cut off her bear head. His back hurt like crazy but he continued to fight, he needed to find his sister and make sure she was alright. She screeched in pain and rage and gave him scratch on the chest, he hissed and slashed at her. She parried and the two battled each other viciously, she swung for his feet but he jumped and landed on her blade. He was about to slice off her arm but she swung her other sword at his chest. He jumped back and went on defense as she threw lighting fast strikes at him, he barely managed to keep up with her strikes as he parried a powerful blow that would of killed him. He blasted her face with fire but she seemed unaffected, he cursed and she slammed him into a tree. She advanced on him and he panicked and brought out his guitar, he jumped to his feet and blasted it loudly. She yelled and her used her scaly hands to cover her...ears? He took this distraction and leaped to his feet, he bashed her in the face like he did with Jacob and she went flying.
"HOME RUN!" He cheered and took out his bow, she roared and charged at him. He shot rapidly at her but she blocked all the arrows with her swords, she got closer to him and he slid under her.
He was on his feet in a flash but he heard a howl,"Hey lady! Your so ugly you make medusa look like Aphrodite!" Alpha yelled, Percy knew Kampe wouldn't understand him but she was distracted. He took his arrow and rammed it in her stomach, she froze and slowly turned into golden dust. Percy was coated in sweat and bleeding heavily, he took deep breaths and looked at the carnage around him. Dead demigods and blood were scattered all around the camp, piles of golden dust littered the ground in every direction, arrows and swords laid beside owners and victims. Alpha trotted up to Percy who was grinning at his wolf.
"Thanks buddy." He said while stroking his fur. Percy's back began to ache from slamming into the tree and being sliced into ribbons.
Alpha nodded,"No problem boss, I mean if you died who would feed me?" He asked and Percy laughed. An Apollo kid walked by and gave Percy a square of ambrosia, Percy ate it and his wounds closed instantly.
"Thanks." He said and Apollo's son smiled at him before walking away.
Zoe came up to the two and frowned,"Where's Artemis?" She asked and looked around nervously. Campers were clearing out dead bodies and helping each other heal, Chiron was barking orders and Percy was soon swarmed by the hunt.
"I-I don't know." He said slightly panicked he stood and noticed Atlanta was missing as well. His heart stopped until he heard a faint cry for help, he ran in the direction he heard it from and saw Artemis with a sword in her stomach. Atlanta was standing over her with a look of panic. They were surrounded by five dead enemy demigods.
"Apollo help!" He whispered loudly and there was a flash of gold and Apollo stood by his sister. Percy and Apollo felt fear creep into them and Apollo picked her up before flashing away. Atlanta had been crying and she told them how they were surrounded by five demigods when one of them stabbed Artemis.
Percy frowned,"I find this unlikely, if she couldn't handle five which she could then how could you? She would never let her guard down like that unless..." He stopped talking when he saw Atlanta smirk.
"Well played Jackson, I guess my little secrets out huh? Yes I stabbed her, hail Kronos!" The hunt gasped and Thalia was about to electrocute her until she vanished. Percy couldn't believe what he was hearing, there weren't just traitors in the camp but in the hunt as well.
And what did you think? Don't give me grief if I messed up on Kampe's name. Okay not sure what I'm gonna do on gods read son of vesta cuz the critics found out. Percy killed Jacob because he's roman and had a darker persona in this story. Longest chapter yet, I won't be able to update until next Sunday or Saturday because I'm going to Colorado with my church. I can update tomo though, comment! Oh and to the guest known as PercyxZoe4life I could care less about what you think, I don't need an ugrateful punk reading this story if all your gonna do is complain. Boo hoo, Percy's dark and immature, why don't you cry about something else and go whine to an author that cares about your opinion. Ya your done with this story, that's to bad because I certainly care that a guest on this site hates my story. And you can't even give constructive criticism, I can make Percy as dark and immature as I want, Jacob talked about his sister who's dead. And by the way I don't need you to review about being done with my story because I don't care, you wasted my time with a stupid paragraph on how it wasn't realistic. He friggen grew up with the hunt. So if anyone else doesn't want to read this then don't! It's not a big deal, just don't waste my time reviewing about it. But if you have criticism then I'd love to here it.