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Jason 3rd Person POV- Written by Roy
Stepping through the portal, the group of five was greeted by a harsh billowing wind that sends shivers down their spines. The area was thick with mist and the winds relentlessly shot past them and Zoe shivered as Fecilia narrowed her eyes at the skies where snow started to fall.
"This snow," said Fecilia, "It's harsh, cold and malicious unlike Lady Khione's."
"What does it mean?" asked Leo who was rubbing his shoulders to heat up,
Fecilia faced them as she narrowed her eyes and looked about saying "I sense something…elusive."
Suddenly, a yelling was heard and from the thick mist and an earthborn wielding a club in each hand rushed towards them but then but then a whizzing sound was heard and the creature fell down on the ground face first with an arrow embedded deep in its head.
A figure landed from above them as the hooded figure flipped her hood down to reveal a head of spiky black hair and electric blue eyes. The group looked in surprise as she said "Guys, I'm glad you're here!"
"How'd you know we were here?" asked Zoe looking around,
Thalia shouldered her bow and growled as she felt her empty quiver and said "That was my last arrow, dammit. Talon told me that you guys were heading here via Thought Sphere and he told me to keep an eye out for a giant purple portal."
"Hera where is she?" asked Jason,
The daughter of Zeus nodded as she said "My hunters and Talon snuck in, took out the guards and secured the perimeter but then this fog raised up and monsters started coming in from everywhere! Asteron is holding the back on his own while Talon is helping up front with Phoebe as the rest are lined around the area!"
A familiar roar was heard at a distance and Fecilia said "Take us there Thalia!"
"You got it!" said Thalia as she ran through the fog and the group followed,
Soon, despite the thick fog, they saw lights and coming closer they saw Phoebe sniping down any monster that came close. An arrow whizzed past them as a wolf whimpered and fell down dead turning into powder.
Talon on the other hand had his lance out as his wings and tail lashed out at any monster that came close. All around them, wolf pelts, wolf teeth, earthborn cloths and clubs were littered around the area.
"That makes forty three for me Half Breed!" said Phoebe before notching another arrow,
Talon slammed his lance on the ground as he said "It doesn't help that you kill them before they can get to me."
"Talon!" said Fecilia as she ran towards him with the group,
"Fecilia!" said Talon as he approached them with Phoebe who smiled seeing Zoe and then Talon smirked lecherously at his girlfriend saying "Never knew you wore stuff like that…"
"Now now you perv!" said Fecilia with a slight blush,
"Flirt later guys," said Jason, "First off, the quest?"
"Oh right!" said Talon sapping his forehead, "the whole fate of the world deal. Inside here, run in there and you'll find Queen Hera herself."
A growl was heard from the mist and golden eyes and growls erupted from the area as Talon said "Go! We'll hold them!"
Jason, Zoe, Piper, Leo and Fecilia ran in as Talon spread his wings and said "Score count back to zero Phoebe?"
"Whatever floats your boat half breed;" said Phoebe as Thalia shook her head and said "Keep you head on! They're coming!"
Inside the Wolf House, Jason peered around as something repeatedly yelled at him inside his head saying that he was in familiar ground. A place of sanctuary and a place of safety but looking around the area, he can see it had been overrun by wooden tendrils and at the far end, a large cage made of the wooden tendrils stood being connected to the ground by a thick wooden stem.
Inside stood an exhausted looking woman who looked like any average mom except she wore a shawl. Her eyes blinded faintly with power as Leo kneeled to inspect the cage and he said "Hey Tia, in a bind?"
The Goddess who was undoubtedly Hera narrowed her eyes as she said "Do not start with me Leo Valdez! You must hurry! Though you have arrived, he still continues his rise!"
"Whose rise?" asked Piper as she gripped the wooden bars,
Hera's eyes drifted across the room to the center where something that looked like a giant body bad was glowing as the earthen tendrils wrapped around it sending power to the structure,
"Porphyrion," said Hera, "The King of the Giants. For weeks, Gaea as weakened me by keeping me bound in this blasted cage!"
She slammed her hands on the wooden bars as Zoe stepped back as tremors shook the earth and she said "What is going on then?"
"My power has been used to revive the Giant King and he plans to either take me as his wife like before or kill me as I cannot break my vows," said Hera angrily,
"So you're like a heat lamp?" joked Leo,
Jason rolled his eyes as he glared at Leo who shrugged and he said "So we just release you from the cage and then we're good to go?"
"Finally someone who makes sense," said Hera, "I chose my champion well."
Fecilia then stood as she said "How long do we have until the giant gets up Lady Hera?"
"About ten minutes at the most," said Hera narrowing her eyes, "Now hurry and free me!"
Suddenly, the area went dead cold as from the entrance, a powerful gust of cold wind rushed in and storm spirits surged in and chaotically soared around the air. Wolves and Earthborn came in by the tens and then the thick mist from outside crept in as from the fog, figures fell to the ground in an unmoving position.
These figures were identified as the huntresses, Phoebe, Thalia and Talon who were blue all over and frozen on the ground. A winged figure stepped out as Zethes in full feather designed bronze combat armor had his sword drawn as he smirked and said "My apologies Queen Hera but time is something you do not have."
"You!" said Fecilia clenching her fists,
Jason's eyes widened as he saw the statues and said "Thalia! What the hell did you do!?"
"Served their demise," said Zethes with a smirk, "They were powerless against me."
Jason shook about hearing that but Fecilia growled as she said "Don't let this traitor get to you! The spell is reversible! He's no good at fighting; he got the jump on them by his numbers."
"A valiant effort bitch." Said Zethes, "but my sister's power is nothing here compared to mine."
He dropped his sword as several storm spirits howled in pain as they formed together to form a wicked looking sword that was three feet long. Its jagged edges were sharp and menacing while its hilt was laced with grey markings of snow.
"Lady Gaea has given me this weapon to be more powerful than my own father!" said Zethes, "I have absolute control over the winds now and my power rivals Aeolus himself!"
Fecilia growled as she saw Talon's frozen figure and said "Get going with the cage, I'll handle this."
Zethes laughed as he said "You are already in despair. You cannot even control the winds as I froze your dragon! Your defeat is imminent and it is best you give up you cannot hope to defeat my numbers."
True to his words, they were greatly outnumbered by the spirits, wolves and Earthborn. Fecilia smirked as she gave a long whistle and a large blue dragon smashed through the wall spitting fire and roaring in anger.
Jason watched in surprise as Zethes growled and gripped his new weapon and said "The dragon! He was here as well!"
"I like the odds a lot better now!" said Jason, "Piper, Leo find a way to free Hera. Fecilia, Zoe and I will defend you guys."
The former huntress materialized her bow into her hands as she said "Do as he says, we will hold them!"
"Attack!" said Zethes pointing his sword at the heroes,
Jason caught a golden lance in his hands as he held it ready while Asteron roared as the monsters rushed towards them.
Riley 3rd Person POV
Shaking her head as her vision slowly returned to her, Riley sat up to find Ara sitting before her. The girl looked beat and tired and her clothes were dirty and they both reeked of sewer water. Bruises were found on Ara's arm and face but she herself winced as she moved her body feeling the sharp stab of her injuries.
Feeling her neck, she found her necklace missing meaning she had no weapon as of now. Ara sighed as she gave a nod at her and said "Good, you're up."
"Where are we?" asked Riley as she shakily leaned up and inspected the area,
They were in a illuminated cell with a wet floor. It was one of those standard brick cells with iron bars keeping them in. It was smelly and on the outside, four six armed figures stood guard while one human figure who had a sword by his side went through his small book.
Ara remained sitting on the ground as she said "We're somewhere deep inside the New York sewer line. Last thing I remember was Perses sending me flying."
Riley rubbed her head as she recalled what had befallen them. They had been spotted by the Titan Perses. The Titan easily overpowered them and she was knocked out when the air was knocked out of her and then she was thrown to the stone wall.
Not recalling what happened to her boyfriend, she sat up and said "Where's Allen!?"
"Over here," said the familiar voice,
Ara sighed as she said "He's right beside us, we were kept apart since Perses deemed him too dangerous to be kept with company."
The two girls leaned on the wall as on the other side, Allen was playing with his lighter by flicking it on and off as he sighed and said "I can't believe this happened."
"Neither can I," said Ara, "We're in too deep so to say."
"Any plans Red?" asked Riley from the other side,
The guards heard them as they focused on her as Allen scoffed and said "I have no plan except face what's going on and see what happens from there. Your boss Cacus wants to see us soon right?"
He aimed this at the only human outside the cage as he nodded and said "Yeah, Cacus will say what'll happen to you three. You we're fools to go against Lord Perses."
"Why are there still rogue demigods?" asked Ara, "Weren't they all given an amnesty by the Gods in the end of the war?"
The guy outside scoffed as the Earthborn beside him paid him no attention and said "You think we'd submit to those bastard Gods? No, now that an even more powerful force is behind this cause, there's no way we can lose!"
"What is that?" asked Riley dangerously,
"None of your concern," said the teen as he walked away from them,
"Damn," said Ara, "I thought you had him."
"He's not stupid you know," said Allen, "The guy was placed as a guard here for a reason."
Riley sighed as she looked at the musky ceiling and she heard Allen say "It's my entire fault…
"What?" asked Riley, "If you go all emo on me Red so help me I will break this wall and beat the living daylights out of you!"
Ara face palmed as Allen smirked and sadly said "I wanted to find out what this was about and look where I got us…I said to follow the plan but I myself chose this…"
"You can't blame yourself Allen," said Ara, "This was a big mission and we're in deep and if we make it out, it's gonna be all good."
For a few minutes, Allen went silent and only the clinking of his lighter, sparking a fire was heard and he said "Right…"
"Are you alright Red?" asked Riley,
A dead silence was heard while on the other side, Allen looked up to see his doppelganger once again angrily looking down at him as his clone who was bleeding from his open eye said "You will not die here! I cannot allow it!"
Allen merely shook his head as he said "I might die here…but they won't…"
"What makes you so sure?!" hissed his reflection,
"Nothing…" said Allen, "only what lies ahead is what I can work with."
The reflection faded away as Ara said "Who are you talking to?"
The mark on his palm violently steamed and glowed as he silently winced in pain and said "Nobody,"
Just then, a tall figure opened their gates as they saw it to be Perses. The Titan was smirking as he said "Bind them and bring them to the main room, we'll see what can we do to them now."
Allen, Riley and Ara got up as they were bound and led off but not before Allen turned to see his reflection seething at him as it spoke "You better not die! My purpose will be fulfilled!"
Piper 3rd Person POV
"Leo hurry up!" said Piper as she held Katoptris with one hand as she stood down against a horde of monsters,
She was glad she wasn't alone on this, Jason, Zoe and Asteron were taking on the bulk of the monsters as the ones that slipped past the lightning user and the giant blue dragon had to be dealt with by her and Leo.
"I don't even know what to do yet!" said Leo frantically pulling out random tool after tool out of his magical belt's pockets,
"Take your time," said Jason as he slashed down a Earthborn. He then rolled away from a wolf's pounce and said "It's not like were under pressure or anything!"
Asteron's massive tail swept back a wave of monsters and he slashed his claw across a group of Storm Spirits causing them to vanish from existence. The horde focused on Asteron as he was a bigger threat and Jason held his ground with Zoe shooting down any monster that came close.
"Behind you!" said Zoe as she notched another arrow,
Jason was then tackled back by a storm spirit in a form of a horse. With an grunt, the Son of Zeus grasped its stormy mane and growled as he mentally yelled "You're mine now! Obey!"
The creature whined as Jason's head was filled with visions of chaos. Rampant winds, raging tides and unstoppable hurricanes, this one spirit was wild to a point of danger and Jason couldn't even imagine how Aeolus didn't go as insane as he would have been by constantly keeping control of the spirits.
With a grunt, Jason stopped the spirit and he said "Good, now your name…"
A jolt shot through Jason's hands as he gripped its stormy mane and he picked up his golden sword as he mounted it and said "Tempest…it fits huh? Alright let's get rolling!"
With a kick, Jason and his mount rushed forward into the fray. Zoe pulled back on the bow and held it there as the energy arrow's hue turned from white to pitch black and three glyphs glowed from the bow's side as she muttered "Κάτω βέλος (Nether Arrow)"
With a small whistle, the black arrow shot past a group of monsters and detonated with a pulse of dark energy that caused monsters to fly away in different directions and it left a smoldering crater on where it exploded.
A determined look was on the former huntress' face but a small scowl was on it as she was flooded with the memories Prometheus had given to her at Mount Diablo. It was a bit fuzzy but the entirety was there, memories of bloodshed, wars and battles between two sides, one was wearing orange while one wore purple.
Looking at Jason ride on a storm spirit as he swung his golden sword left and right, an ache found its way to Zoe's head as she growled in irritation. The memories were real…she could tell that she saw it firsthand but the question was how did she lose them and how was her longtime friend Artemis related to these new found memories.
"Calm thyself Zoe," she thought inwardly, "right now, focus on surviving this battle. How will I get answers if I don't even make it through this?"
A few meters away, Fecilia was dueling with Zethes who held his new weapon up towards her as she said "You're pathetic Zethes! Just for your ambition for power you'd betray your father, Lady Khione and Cal?"
His face hardened as a frost crept up his face, forming a helmet as he said "My father and my sister need to be put in their place! Father has ruled the North Wind and succumbing to Aeolus for far too long! Khione has been nothing but a nuisance for the millennia and my brother Cal is nothing but a fool to manipulate!"
"Then there is nothing left for you…" said Fecilia as she moved her ponytail and held her spear ready,
Zethes spread his wings and charged with his sword over his head as he said "There was nothing to begin with!"
Their weapons clashed as he growled "Gaea offers me power! Power to usurp the position of Lord of the Winds!"
Fecilia stood her ground as she pushed him back and counter slashed on his left guard but Zehtes deflected it with a blow of his own and the edges of his wings grew a sharp frost and he spun, aiming his wings' at her head as Fecilia quickly bent backwards, evading the decapitating move only to receive a piece of cut hair.
She did a back flip as she stood and blew her cut bangs up and ran in to fight once more. Dodging blow for blow, Fecilia was slowly wearing Zethes out. Occasionally with the exchanges, an example of their powers over ice was seen as small snow storms, ice shards and blizzards were affecting the area.
A barrage of razor sharp snowflakes flew towards Leo and Piper by accident and Leo yelled in fear as he stumbled back, nearly being castrated.
"Sorry!" said the snow user as she dodged a slash from Zethes,
Piper helped Leo up as they ducked under a lightning blast and she said "Anything?"
Leo held a buzz saw that thankfully whirred to life and he said "There! Now all I need to do is-"
"GET TO WORK VALDEZ!" yelled Piper and Hera simultaneously,
With a start, Leo ran over to the cage and attempted to cut the bark but it was very surprising when the metal machine couldn't even cut through the wood. Hera looked worried as the giant body bag started glowing.
The Goddess held the wooden bars as the earth in the cage started to rise and she said "Hurry! There's no more time!"
Jason, Zoe, Fecilia, Leo and Piper then turned their attention to the giant body bag as it glowed a powerful shade of red and Zethes laughed as he sheathed his blade and said "Yes! Lord Porphyrion rises! I will leave your fates to him!"
Zethes rose in the air with his wings as Fecilia leapt with a snow storm circling her as she raised her spear and said "You coward! Get back here!"
The traitor vanished as the glowing bag detonated sending monsters and heroes alike flying. Leo and Piper hid with Jason and Zoe behind Asteron who roared in worry as Fecilia was taken by the blast.
The woman flew and crashed on the wooden cage, wounded and bruised. Her face was etched with pain as her eyes flutter open and she saw that her left leg was broken and bent in a very horrific direction. Breathing became a deed as she felt her collapsed lungs crack and she bled a stream of crimson fluid from above her eye.
"Fecilia!" said the group as they ran towards her helping her lean on the cage,
Jason growled as he turned to see a Giant at bigger then Enceladus. He was over forty feet tall and he was so big and dense that Jason and everyone there felt drawn to him as if he had his own gravitational field0. Bronze armor was over his body and he had dragon legs that were the color of lima beans. The giant had green hair the same color as the summer leaves and they were braided in long locks with different weapons probably from defeated demigods. His clear marble white eyes bored into them as the group shook in nervousness as his mere presence caused them to shake. They were too late; the Giant King Porphyrion had risen.
The Giant looked to the skies as he opened his arms and said in a loud, arrogant tone "Free at last! Praise to Gaea!"
Fecilia groaned as she felt her leg and said "Damn! It's broken!"
Hera narrowed her eyes as Porphyrion's eyes floated to her and he said "Hello Hera"
The Queen of the Gods took her stand and said "My husband defeated you once giant and he can do it again!"
The Giant King chuckled as he said "But he didn't, he needed some puny demigod help."
"Oh my Gods," said Leo looking at Fecilia's leg, "Are you gonna be okay?"
The girl clicked her teeth in irritation as she said "Yeah but I'll be useless now. Hurry, don't mind me, I'll keep myself safe here."
Asteron roared at the giant smirked and said "Soon enough, Gaea will rise and we will end your pathetic existence!"
Jason stepped forward as Zoe helped on Fecilia's wounds and said "Stay here and work on the cage, Zoe, watch Fecilia, I'll distract the Giant."
"Alone?" asked Fecilia,
"Did you forget how Enceladus was?" asked Piper worriedly,
"It's the best choice we have right now," said Jason, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Porphyrion slammed his foot on the ground as a spear as long as a flag pole shot into his hands and he yelled "To me!"
A new horde of monsters came in from all directions as Porphyrion smirked at Hera and said "Whatever force goes against me sweet Hera, surely they will not prevail lest they see my strength is something to be trifled with."
With a growl, Zoe nodded and said "Let him, Jason is more than capable."
"No offense Zoe," said Leo, "But I don't think Jason can handle that guy,"
"He doesn't have to kill him," said Zoe, "Just buy time and besides, he is more capable than he lets on."
With a nod of acknowledgement, Jason ran up to a giant for the second time that day with his weapon drawn as he said "Giant!"
The giant turned and noticed the blonde as he said "Ah! An appetizer! Who are you? Apollo? Heremes? Ares?"
"Jason Grace!" said the teen, "Son of Zeus!"
Porphyrion gave a might bellow as Asteron growled and stood near the wooden cage where the monster horde crept closer. The Giant gave him a small smirk as he looked above and said "I appreciate the move Zeus but this sacrifice won't save you!"
The Son of Zeus narrowed his eyes as he pointed his sword at him and said "I'm no sacrifice! I'll be the reason of your end!"
The Giant seemed a bit annoyed by Jason's rant but he then laughed and said "Boasting are we? Well I shall begin! I am Porphyrion! King of the Giants! I am the bane of Zeus and when I kill him! I will claim his wife as my own if she will have me. I have led the attack on Mount Olympus millennia ago and I have slain countless gods and demigods in my wake!"
Jason then felt memories surge in his head as he used his powers to rise off the ground as he said "I am Jason Grace! Son of Jupiter! Praetor of the 1st legion!"
The winds turned violent and Porphyrion's face grew a small look of doubt as Jason held out his arm, exposing his tattoos as he continued "I defeated the Trojan Sea Monster! I led the siege on Mount Othrys! I slew the Titan Krios with my own hands and you too shall fall beneath me!"
With that, Jason leapt with the boost from the wind on the Giant's knee where he swiftly climbed but with his sword hilt on his mouth. As he got to the Giant's head, he held his blade high and yelled "For the Legion!"
The sword slammed hilt deep near the Giant's ear as a powerful burst of lightning. Jason jumped off and rolled to the ground with his smoking blade in his hands as he whistled and called "Tempest! To me!"
The Giant King roared in anger as he felt his black, smoking ear and said "Kill them!"
The horde rushed as Asteron readied to attack but a wall of sharp ice rose from the ground like diamonds and impaled the first few monsters. Looking back, Jason saw Fecilia holding her glowing weapon with one hand as she leaned on a rock with blood streaming down her face.
Zoe nodded at him as she started shooting, defending their position as Asteron took on the blunt of the forces. Piper and Leo seemed to by trying to open the cage as the both held an identical electric saw and desperately tried to free Hera as the earth within rose.
"Hya!" called Jason as he mounted Tempest and soared towards the towering Giant,
"Foolish mortal!" said the Giant King, "I am your father's bane! Meaning I know exactly what will kill you!"
"I'd like to see you try!" yelled Jason as Tempest spun and dodged a swipe of Porphyrion's spear,
"Even in my weakened form it's enough to crush you!" yelled the Giant,
Like the wind, Jason slashed around the chinks of Porphyrion's armor as Tempest's speed barley kept them alive from the Giant's constant onslaught of attacks. A strike was dodged by the duo and Jason threw his sword in the air to catch a golden lance which he swiftly impaled the Giant in different places with one thrust.
As the battle went on, Piper dropped her now smoking buzz saw as Leo pulled out another one and said "This isn't working!"
"You must think of something you two!" said Hera desperately, "I chose you two for a reason! You two are powerful and intelligent! Think!"
As Piper closed her eyes, her mother's voice said "You're more powerful than you think…"
"That's it!" said Piper as she looked Leo in the eye and said "Leo keep working on it and hopefully this works."
"Whatever it is, it's better than nothing." Said Leo,
"Hey Gaea, nice night huh? It makes me sleepy doesn't it, how about you?" asked Piper dramatically, "You need some more sleep! Go ahead!"
Leo looked surprised at the futile attempt but Hera's eyes glimmered as she said "Look! The bark weakens! Keep going girl! Valdez! Do your job!"
"Alright!" said Leo as he easily started to saw through the supporting roots,
Zoe notched another arrow as Fecilia sent a blizzard towards a group of approaching wolves which were sent flying. She cringed in pain as her leg acted up and she grits her teeth and was slowly losing consciousness.
"Stay with us girl!" said Zoe, "If you faint so help me I'll slap you awake!"
Fecilia grumbled as she said "This isn't as easy as it looks,"
"I didn't think so," said Zoe, "Stay up alright?"
She nodded as Asteron gave her a small look and a whine and she smiled faintly saying "Don't worry Asteron, as Zoe said I'll stay awake and we'll both throttle Talon for being careless alright?"
The giant blue dragon gave small sounds that sounded like a chuckle as he let out a stream of flames at the monsters sending back to Tartarus. More and more monsters were pouring in and they were slowly getting overwhelmed and not even a dragon could stand against such odds.
Back to Jason, Porphyrion roared in pain for the final time as he slammed his spear down and yelled "Enough of this!"
Lightning arced everywhere from his spear incinerating monsters but Jason was hit and Tempest vanished as he was sent smoking, crashing on the ground. The blonde coughed out some blood as he turned to see Porphyrion slowly walking towards him with is spear.
"Leo!" said Zoe loudly,
"Nearly there!" yelled the Latino as his saw came close to cutting through the thick bark connecting the cage to the ground,
"Sleep!" yelled Piper as the nearest monster fell asleep and with a final whir, Leo cut through the stem as it crumbled to dust and Hera smirked and rose in power, as she transformed into a glowing goddess who only seemed to get brighter.
Porphyrion, looked at Jason one last time with a gaze of hate as he muttered "Another time"
He slammed his spear on the ground as he fell through like a chute. Monsters watched as Hera glowed and she said "Cover your eyes my heroes!"
Asteron swiftly covered his body over Leo, Piper, Zoe and Fecilia and shut his eyes and covered them with his wings as Hera grew in power and Jason swiftly got the message and ducked as he shut his eyes hard and a radiant light speared through the area.
Side AN: Jason didn't look at Hera like an idiot during the Goddess Form part. Meaning, no near death state haha!
After a few seconds, Jason opened his eyes to feel his clothes hot and smoking a bit but her gazed around to see no monster except Asteron had survived the light. Hera was standing in her adorned form of a goddess as she shrank to a ten foot Goddess who smiled kindly at Jason.
The blue dragon opened his wings as Leo stood as Piper ran to Jason who slowly got up and he said "What the heck was that Tia?!"
"It was my true form," said Hera, "All who gazes upon me or any God in that form will incinerate into ash."
"Did we get Porphyrion?" asked Piper,
"No," said Jaosn, "He got away,"
"True my champion," said Hera, "He will grow in power as he awaits you in Greece for the final battle."
"So what did we miss?" asked an obnoxious voice,
Zoe who helped Fecilia lean had Asteron on her shoulders as they turned and saw the Hunters of Artemis and Talon standing unfrozen as Fecilia said "A lot you freak"
Immediateley, Asteron flew on Talon's shoulder happily as he kneeled before his girlfriend and said "Fecilia what happened? You look like shit!"
"Not the ideal thing to say to a woman half breed," said Phoebe with a smirk,
Fecilia grew a tick mark on her head as she grabbed Talon by the shirt and shook him back and forth as he said "You stupid idiot! How could you get caught by Zethes of all people! Gods you know how difficult this was? And telling me that I look like crap? I swear to the Gods if I didn't have my leg broken and my body wasn't this fucked up I'd castrate you, you waste of space!"
Jason who was still a bit shaky looked at everyone as Fecilia,who still had her leg bent as she was shaking Talon back and forth by the neck of his shirt like a ragdoll, said "Shouldn't we do something?"
Leo and Piper shrugged as the huntresses gave a small amount of giggles. Thalia shook her head as she rolled her eyes and said "Look Fecilia, I know how fun it is to throttle him but you're hurt and it wouldn't be ideal to aggravate your wounds."
Talon then grinned showing his fangs as he said "Glad you were worried about me Snowflake."
The girl blushed like a little girl as she pushed him away. Phoebe and another huntress approached Fecilia to aid her in her injuries as Leo, Piper, Jason and Zoe stood back and watched.
"They remind me of how Zeus and I argue," said Hera with a small shake of her head,
"Except that the male isn't a God with a superiority complex," said Zoe, "This one just likes to be whipped."
"If only Zeus was like that," said Hera shaking her head,
"Thank you for freeing them Lady Hera," said Jason bowing,
"It is no trouble my champion," said the Goddess, "As much disdain I have for some of these huntresses, I realized it would have been a mistake to upset my saviors."
"You honor us Queen Hera," said Zoe with a small nod,
"So we got the quest finished so what now?" asked Leo,
The Queen of Olympus held his hand out to Jason as she said "Jason, hand me your coin."
Doing as he was told, everyone watched as Jason handed her his golden coin and she closed her eyes as a powerful glow garnered from the area into the coin and the Goddess flipped it to Jason who caught it as she said "Jason since you are here, I might as well give you what I have had prepared."
The Son of Zeus inspected the coin and saw it was normal as it was before but now a deep inscription on the front read 'Reginam Dextra' and Jason looked at her saying "Queen's Hand?"
"Yes my champion," said Hera, "Your weapon is now known as Reginam Dextra. A fitting name for my champion's tool."
Jason flipped his coin and caught a one handed, dual edged axe made of gold while orange energy were in the place of the blades. The weapon was at least a foot and a half and it looked wickedly sharp as the edges crackled with electricity.
"Dang," said Thalia giving a small whistle, "That weapon looks mighty fine brother."
"It has three more forms to go along with it," said Hera as Jason reverted it back into a coin,
"Thank you Lady Hera," said Jason with a bow,
She gave him a smile as she disdainfully looked at Thalia and said "As for you Thalia Grace…"
Leo and Piper backed up and cringed as a sound was heard as Phoebe snapped back Fecilia's leg in place as she crushed Talon's hand in the process. The half dragon howled in pain and flicked his hand saying "That hurt!"
"I swear sometimes you're the woman in this relationship," said Fecilia with a scoff,
"Someone's gotta do it if you won't," muttered Talon with a snicker,
A slap on the back of his head was his reward for the comment and Zoe sighed in defeat seeing her teammates show their weird kind of affection. The Daughter of Zeus glared at Hera as she said "Well lady?"
"Is that how you address the Queen of Olympus?" asked Hera with a flare in her eyes,
Jason shook his head at Thalia who gave a deep sigh and said "My apologies, what is it Lady Hera?"
"Much better," said the Queen, "Far more likeable you are."
The Queen of Olympus then said "You will resume your patrol on these lands and keep a look out for any more activity."
Thalia nodded as Fecilia was helped up by Phoebe and Zoe as she had a pair makeshift crutches and the queen said "You lot will return back to Camp Half Blood and report what has transpired."
"How will we get there Tia?" asked Leo, "Jason's pooped and from what I remember, the blue dragon can't turn big again in a few hours."
"Leave that to me," said Talon as he smirked "Transforming feels cool."
His girlfriend slapped him on the head with her crutch and said "Make yourself useful and change!"
Talon gave her a swift but sweet peck on the lips and said "Sure thing Snowflake,"
Fecilia smiled and muttered "Pervert"
Extending his wings and getting on all fours, the Forethought Five member grew and expanded until he was a massive, fully grown, green scaled dragon. Hera nodded as she said "Farewell my heroes, may we meet again on better grounds. Jason, Valdez and Piper are three of the Great Prophecy, tell your friend Annabeth Chase she is aloes one of the seven and she must comply to succeed."
She vanished in a pillar of light as Talon huffed and nudged his head as a signal. The group nodded as Asteron who was on Fecilia's shoulder was helped up by Zoe. Piper, Jason and Leo followed and as they sat on his scaly back, Thalia looked at them and said "See you guys soon! Jason! Watch yourself!"
Jason gave her a nod as Talon nodded and soared out of the hole Asteron made in the ceiling and flew off home to Camp Half Blood.
Riley 3rd Person POV
Getting pushed along what looked like an endless tunnel, Allen, Riley and Ara waited in nervous anticipation on what awaited them. The entire time, Allen, Riley and Ara were kept quiet and shaken to their knees by Perses letting loose a very unhealthy amount of killing intent which even knocked out some of his own troops as they walked.
Riley looked around in desperation, trying to find any escape routes but she found none. Ara tried to sense a good amount of water for her to use but failed to do so since she could not read anything.
Allen on the other hand looked deathly serious as his only eye was scrunched up in thinking and his lips never parted. Feeling his lighter in his pocket, he clicked his teeth in the silence as he walked along.
The Griffon Rider nervously shuffled forward as Perses grunted as another demigod fell to his presence and he said "Not long now, personally, I would end you now but then again, my grandmother would destroy me before I could protest."
A feeling crept up the three's backs as they came close to the end of the tunnel and as they exited, they saw a massive factory like setting. The ceiling was high and illuminated and different tunnels led to other areas under the sewer line.
Forges, process lines, storage racks and monsters of all assortments ranging from Cyclopes and Telekhine who were focused on working on the forges. Earthborn and Demigods in armor were aligning the weapons while small, green creatures were connecting armor pieces and assembling weapon parts.
Riley took a step back as one of the green creatures who couldn't be at least a foot tall ran in front of her, picked up a piece and ran off. Perses chuckled as he said "Goblins, amusing little creatures."
As they were guided onwards, they spotted a large figure that stood as tall as Perses. He had curly orange hair, and orange freckles. He had pale skin while he had a upturned nose, arched eyebrows that looked unhappy and startled at the same time. The giant man wore a red velour housecoat that he kept open like how Perses wore his sleeveless trench coat. He wore silky valentine patterned boxer shorts with a pair of slippers that matched his coat. A patch of hair was on his chest that was a combination of red, pink and orange. A warm aura was around him but it wasn't welcoming but rather violent and very dangerous as if a roaring furnace was before them.
"Whoa," whispered Ara, "It's a giant ginger."
Riley stepped back as Allen's eyes widened as he said "Cacus…I should have known! The Fire breathing Giant Cacus!"
The large ginger turned as he scowled and said "So these three have been snooping around huh Perses?"
Perses growled as he said "Have some decency dolt! Put something on!"
"Unlike you?" shot back Cacus at Perses who crossed his arms and said "Unlike you, I look fine as I am."
Riley could agree as Cacus looked a bit fat and disgusting with how he looked but Perses' body was muscular and lean. Scars and burns were all over his body and he seemed to run his body to the ground often by seeing his injuries especially that giant scar on his exposed chest.
"What is all this?" asked Allen as the three of them were put on their knees by Perses who sent away the demigods with them, "By the looks of things it's as if you're stacking up for a war."
Cacus huffed a small amount of fire as he said "This? This is my factory! All my goods and supplies are here for my patron."
"Patron?" asked Ara quickly,
A flow of power came from Perses as the three heroes weakened in their knees. Cacus wheezed as he too was affected by it and said "Don't do that! You know how I get!"
"Pathetic," spat Perses, "Cant even handle an amount of killing intent."
He turned as the Titan walked off with his hand raised lazily "I'll look around and see if anything needs help with…I swear I should be running this place."
Cacus growled as he muttered "One day I'll burn you down."
Perses stopped as he slowly turned to Cacus with a harsh glare and said "I'd like to see you try ginger. One false step?"
The Titan then gripped his massive cleaved and said "Then my friend here becomes a very happy cleaver."
Cacus remained silent as Allen said "Who is your patron?"
"Might as well tell you," said Cacus, "You're going to die here anyway. Gaea, Mother Earth. She is rising once more and I have taken her offer to gather supplies for her army!"
He opened his arms as he grinned and said "She even gave me a good amount of hands here so to say. With this amount of workers, my souvenirs will rocket in sale!"
The Giant's face then darkened as he said "If only I wasn't assigned with that brute of a Titan Perses. He failed already but I don't know why Gaea gave him another chance."
Ara, Riley and Allen muttered in worry as they imagined how Gaea, the Primordial, was rising. Allen clicked his teeth as he surveyed the area and Cacus said "I've wasted enough time with you three."
He pointed at three guard demigods and said "Take the two to the Renon Sector and dispose of them. The little girl shall be taken to the Aplha sector, she's a Daughter of Poseidon and maybe she can help with the plumbing down here."
The three nodded as Allen, Riley and Ara were led off. In her head, Riley was comprehending the situation, a valuable amount of information was given to hem but now they were on their way to hitting the ground.
She grunted in frustration as she struggled in her binds as Ara silently obeyed and was guided off. Riley grit her teeth in anger as her friend was taken away, she was now with Allen as they were both being bound as two demigods moved them forward.
She met eyes with her boyfriend and he nodded his head and clicked his teeth. Riley's eyes widened as she realized, all the clicking off his teeth was a form of a message. She understood it now and she too nodded as Allen stopped walking, stood straight as he turned to face the two and the enemy said "Hey! Keep moving!"
In a flash, red lines sprouted out of her boyfriend's wrists as they ripped through the rope bind and in a quick move, he knocked the two out by whipping one of the lines around one's neck and smashing both into each other.
Riley's mind was boggled on what these weapons were. She had never seen them in her life and how Allen used it so well, she didn't know. Allen cut her binds as she said "What are those?"
"A gift," said Allen silently,
He looked her in the eye as he said "Riley look, you need to save Ara, find her and tell her to blow the whistle I gave her. It's your ticket out."
"Your?" asked Riley, "What about you?"
"I'll find my way out," said Allen, "I need to get rid of all this, you have a five minute window before I do."
"I am not leaving you!" said Riley frantically as the commotion was heard and from the tunnel they came from, grunts and scuffling was heard as Allen said "Do you trust me?"
"I do" said Riley, "but Red-"
"Then go!" said Allen in her face, "Ara is in trouble! Save her and get out of here! I'll try to find my way out!"
She interlaced her right hand with his as she narrowed her eyes. She had to save Ara and true, this place had to go and she trusted him. If he said so then he would make it out.
Holding his hand, she gave him a fierce kiss as he stepped back a bit and parted from him with a glare saying "You better make it out!"
A serious look was in his eye as he said "I promise Riley. Tell Chiron what happened and be careful! Save Ara and make sure to tell her, blow the whistle hard!"
She nodded as he faced her with a grim eye and said "I love you"
If she wasn't in this situation, she would kiss him till the sun rose but now wasn't the time. She felt her expression soften as she said "I love you too"
Riley ran off gripping her necklace as her spear materialized in the air before her and she grabbed it and ran. Allen pulled out a small rock from his pocket which he worked on in his cell. A glowing glyph was on it and he muttered "Tadi would have killed me for going through her notes but I had to." (See Tadi's tunnel battle in Last Olympian in the first book, guess what the rock does.)
He faced the tunnel where he had to go and narrowed his only eye in determination and said "Its better this way…"
The huntress sped past Goblins, Earthborn and Telekhine, cutting them down as they came and a few meters later, she saw Riley being led off by the same demigods who caught them in the first place.
"Hey you two!" said the Texas girl,
The two turned as Ara's eyes widened in joy and Riley ran forward in a speed the two were startled by. They had no time to black as Riley impaled one in the stomach as he crumpled on the ground and she flipped over the next one and slashed downwards; wounding him from behind and he fell down bleeding out.
Ara looked shocked on how the two were bleeding to death but Riley untied her and said "Sorry for the display princess but we gotta go!'
"How about Allen?" asked Ara,
Explosions were heard as she remembered they had a minute left. Monsters surrounded them as Riley said "Shit! Ara blow the whistle!"
"I don't know if that will help!" said the Daughter of Poseidon,
"Time to find out!" said Riley facing down the monsters with her killer intent keeping them at bay, "Now do it!"
She fumbled her pockets as she pulled out the metal whistle and blew hard sending a powerful sound which Riley guessed could have been heard from above. Seconds passed as the monsters glared and ran forward at the two.
Ara readied her trident as Riley adjusted her headband which kept her bangs up and said "Here they come!"
Suddenly, monsters were flying in different directions as through the horde, a large black dog that was as large as a rhino rammed through. The dog stopped before Ara and Riley as Riley laughed and said "Oh man! Girl am I glad to see you!"
"Mrs. O'Leary!" said Ara in joy,
Allen had been taking care of her since Daedalus entrusted her to him in his death. Ara hopped on as Riley did the same and she said "I swear giant monsters are lifesavers!"
"Get us out of here girl!" said Riley, "to the New York Surface!"
The dog barked as she leapt up high with Riley and Ara gripping her fur hard and she dived down the ground and the three vanished in the giant dog's shadow. A moment later, on the New York alleys, Riley and Ara popped out on Mrs. O'Leary's back.
They got off as the ground shook violently causing cars in parked to sound in alarm. The tremor died down as Riley grabbed her necklace and let go of her weapon as it vanished and she said "Red! You there!?"
No sound came in reply as a feeling of dread crept up Riley's neck. She looked at the giant dog and said "Girl, get back down there and look for Allen!"
"Woof!" said the dog as she ran towards the shadowy corner of the alley,
Ara dispatched her weapon as she put a hand on Riley's hand and said "I'm sure he's fine."
"He better be…" said Riley, "He promised…"
Zoe 3rd Person POV
After Leo had showed them Bunker Nine and he was appointed the new Hephaestus councilor, Zoe then collected all the councilors and her Forethought Cabin Mates into the Big House as Chiron stood before them inside the meeting room and said "As we can see, the quest was a success."
"Not bad you three," said Will, "For a big deal quest, you guys did great!"
"I bet Zoe did all the work," said Clarisse, "But other than that, I say beginner's luck."
"Don't be such a sore loser Clarisse!" said Connor with a grin, "Its not like you failed your first quest!"
"She did dude," said Travis, "Remember the Flaming Badges incident?"
The Daughter of Ares growled as Katie snapped her fingers and vines wrapped around the twins as Leo laughed and Piper said "Everything aside, we have a lot to share."
"Do tell dumpster queen," said Drew with a dreamy look at Jason,
Jason cleared his throat as Fecilia sat with the help of her boyfriend since her leg was broken. The Son of Zeus stood and told them all that had transpired during the quest. By the end of it, the Councilors were in a state of disbelief, awe and most of all curiosity.
"So you're telling us there's this group of demigods who have tattoos like you?" said Talon,
The teen nodded and said "I remember everything, I was there when I took down the Titan Stronghold."
"Didn't it fall when Percy killed Kronos?" asked Lou Ellen,
"No," said Zoe, "He speak the truth."
"I led the siege there," said Jason, "I fought and killed Krios myself and I lost a good amount of friends there."
"I see," said Chiron, "so is this Hera's plan?"
"Yes," said Leo, "She said the two camps gottta unite if we wanna win."
"We're easy to talk to but will they comply?" asked Fecilia,
"That's the thing," said Jason, "the point of me being here."
"It means an exchange of leaders," said Annabeth in realization, "So that means-"
"Percy Jackson is in the other camp and he doesn't know who he is either."
The group went silent as processed the statement. Leo nodded and said "In a few months, after the Argo 2 is done. Piper, Jason, Annabeth and I, Four of the Great Prophecy according to Hera, will head there and try to make peace with them."
"Better make some room there Leo," said Fecilia, "The five are coming too; Percy's our leaded and consider us extra security for the boat."
Leo nodded as Talon grinned and Annabeth said "How long will it take to make?"
"A few months," said Leo, "Roughly eight months."
"Damn," said Talon, "That's a while…"
"Best we get started then," said Leo nodding vigorously thinking about his new project,
Just then, the door to the room opened as all eyes fell on two figures who looked tired, dirty and battered. Riley and Ara who had grim expressions on their faces stepped forward as Chiron trotted a few steps and said "Riley, Ara, you're back! Where's Allen?"
Riley and Ara approached the table as Riley who was holding two things to her chest put it on the table; it was a familiar burned, destroyed lighter that was smashed and black with grime. The second was an eye patch, a familiar eye patch. It was burned and black and barley recognizable.
"Oh Gods no…" said Annabeth
"No…"muttered Talon, "No! No! NO!"
"Allen…" said Chiron softly,
Fecilia buried her face in Talon's chest as Nico's eyes widened and he said "No way…"
Riley fell to her knees, grasped the two items and held it to her chest as tears flowed from her eyes. Asteron whined sadly and hissed in sadness as Ara hugged her friend a she whimpered and cried in silent despair. The room was filled with a feeling of dread as Jason, Leo and Piper looked at the items.
The lighter and eye patch was Allen's. The Oracle of Delphi was dead.
AN
Roy: Done! Damn, heartbreak sucks in reality…I should know…
Jake: Its alright man, well uh this was a long chapter btw! 9k words!
Twista: Sorry if there are errors, were on the plane and this is just over. Next is Son Of Neptune and we're going to Percy! If you liked this chapter, leave a review below.