AN
Jake: Hey guys sorry we're late! Merry Christmas to all!
Twista: We kind of had a long time of absence…Roy was finally cremated and his ashes were spread where he wanted it to be. Be you guys can't guess where, I'll give you a hint, it's pretty famous and it's in Asia.
Jake: We both had to spend some time to think, we had thoughts of ending it here but we must continue this story, we have some ideas and notes left behind by Roy and sure enough, they guy had some notes on his computer which were 'Good Bye Notes'
Twista: Apparently he wrote them in case he went…which he did and sure enough it made us cry.
Jake: I miss him already.
Twsita: I do too. Anyway, we'll avoid talking about Roy and proceed with the story! First off, we have too many to reply too but we would personally like to say that we thank you for the greets, Roy is really lucky to have fans like you guys, he may be gone but at least he will be remembered among us.
Jake: All for now! IF you enjoyed this chapter leave a favorite, follow and a review below! Enjoy! We appreciate the words for Roy, it means a lot to us! Merry Christmas and happy new year!
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Piper 3rd Person POV
Good thing Piper had been training for the past few months, otherwise she could have been killed in the crossfire in the first few seconds.
Doing a dive out of the way as a large shard of ice impaled itself on the ground from where she stood. Talon was floating in the air as his powerful wings sent the wind flying all over the place.
Fecilia's steely gaze with her lifeless eyes screamed of malice as the winds kicked up and a sharp, murderous breeze of cold stirred as the clouds darkened as well. Piper raised her hands and pulled out her charmspeak "Guys! Stop!"
"Die!" yelled Talon as he raised his lance and came surging down,
Fecilia merely blocked by striking her spear to the edge of the lance causing it to miss and she drove the weapons to the ground and spun on it as she gave a vault kick across Talon's face.
The possessed woman stepped back as the possessed Talon wiped his lip, grinned evilly and snarled as he lifted his lance with one hand and gave it a powerful slam on the ground as a surge of energy ripped through the ground and aimed itself at Fecilia.
Piper called out once more but Fecilia just spun her weapon and motioned upward as a thick wall of ice blocked the shockwave but then a powerful arm smashed through the ice and grabbed her face as it tore through the wall entirely and Talon threw Fecilia across the road to a tree where she crashed with breaking the bark a bit with a solid thud.
Talon gazed at the possessed Fecilia who rose and he spoke "This body is powerful! I love it! When this war is over this one is mine!"
"Well I like I this one!" said the possessed Fecilia, "This body is fast and lithe as well! I want to keep it!"
"Let's see who gets to keep their body then," said Talon as Fecilia brandished her weapon,
The two charged once more as they clashed weapons and began to weave through each other left and right. Talon got slashed across his stomach but he just closed the wound with his regeneration. Fecilia on the other hand met the side of Talon's spear as she was smashed aside onto the pavement. Piper shook her head and screamed "Whatever you are! Leave my friends' bodies!"
"You have no power here child of Aphrodite," said Fecilia as she stood up with blood pouring from the right side of her forehead. Fecilia then raised a finger and put an open palm forward facing Talon as she called "Frozen Shackles!"
White bands shot from the ground and wrapped around Talon's wrists as it binded him down. The possessed Fecilia then smirked and said "Entomb!"
Talon writhed and trashed but the frozen binds would break. Frost began to creep up his arm as the ice started to get thicker and Piper could only watch as the ice fully encased Talon leaving him encased inside the frozen tomb.
"No…" said Piper with her eyes in disbelief,
"I guess I get to keep the body," said the possessed woman with a smirk,
She turned to face Piper but then the frozen Talon began to shake as the place he was frozen in began to crack slowly and with a loud crack, the ice shattered sending shards of ice everywhere.
Fecilia got hit by the debris as she skidded back and she looked up to see the possessed Talon grinning and baring his fangs while fire leaked off the sides of his mouth.
The two possessed warriors again faced each other looking hurt and spent. Talon snarled and said "It ends here!"
Spreading his wings, Talon flew forward lance ready while Fecilia held the spear forward and sprinted to meet him with both yelling their battle cries. Piper then felt a powerful gust of wind and she looked up to see a massive blue dragon descending at a very fast pace.
"Asteron!" called Piper, "Stop them! They're going to kill each other!"
Piper wasn't sure if the dragon heard her or not but it looked like he knew what to do. Before the two met, Asteron stepped on Fecilia, trapping her under the lock of his claws and knocking her out by hitting her head on the ground while the dragon then spun swiftly and slammed his tail to his brother's torso, making him crash a few feet away into the pavement out cold.
"Oh my Gods!" called Piper, "You didn't kill them did you?!"
Asteron leaked smoke from his nose as he raised his foot to see Fecilia out cold but her chest still rising and falling. The dragon then nodded towards his brother where he picked him up with his tail and placed them both on his back as he gave a small rumble towards the Pegasus.
The daughter of Aphrodite looked around and saw Fecilia's mount rearing as Piper said "Go back for now, they'll be fine now I think."
The Pegasus nodded and flew off while Piper climbed onto Asteorn's back and sat near the spines where Fecilia and Talon were placed. They both looked beaten, bloody and really hurt but they were alive.
Fecilia, unlike Talon, didn't have quick healing so she was still bleeding from above her right eye profoundly. The blood trickled down Asteorn's scales as Piper called "Take us back to the ship! Fecilia needs help!"
Asteron nodded and spread his massive wings and soared into the air.
-Line Break—
"What happened!?" said Annabeth as Asteron set down Fecilia and Talon slowly onto stretchers on the ground as he floated next to the Argo 2.
Piper, who was now on the ship's deck watched as Ara and Zoe tended to the two injured heroes and said "I'll explain later, Annabeth can you tell Leo if we can take off?"
"But Fecilia and Talon!" said Annabeth, "We need to-"
"Set for Atlanta," said Piper seriously, "I'll explain later."
Annabeth ran off while Asteron shrunk down and crawled in between the two unconscious heroes. As Ara held her glowing hands over Talon's chest, his eyes shot open as he sat up and yelled "NO!"
His flaring reptilian eyes calmed down as he took deep breaths and felt Asteron perch on his shoulder as he gazed at Fecilia and groggily stood and said "No! I did this!"
"You didn't do it," said Piper angrily, "Sit down!"
Succumbing to the charmspeak, Talon crashed onto the floor on his behind as Ara began to help his internal wounds. He shook his head as Zoe stood and said "We need to take her to the sick bay, we can help her more there."
She turned and called "Hedge! Give me a hand!"
Out of the corner came running the bulky satyr and said "Oh man! I never get to join the brawls!"
"Help me take her to the sick bay," said Zoe as Hedge groaned and nodded as he lifted one end of the stretcher and Zoe lifted the other as they carried Fecilia down below.
Talon banged his fist on the bronze deck causing to dent as he growled "Damn it! If she dies I'll never forgive myself!"
Ara shook her head and said "Hold still! She's not going to die! You really think Zoe will let that happen?"
Talon seemed to relax as Annabeth ran back with Leo and said "What happened?"
"Call everyone else," said a hoarse voice,
They looked up to see Vorn perched on one of the masts with a crow on his shoulder while the black voids of his mask peered into them. He let the crow sink into the back of his coat as he said "Didn't you hear me? We are in danger; call the others to the table."
Ara shakily nodded and collected everyone. A few minutes later, everyone who was able was then around the table in the meeting room. Percy, who had changed into a dark grey shirt narrowed his eyes at Vorn and said "Explain to me what is going on here? As soon as I heard Piper and the others came back, I learned my sister and brother had fought each other near death."
Talon frowned but said nothing as he was aware of what occurred. Zoe spoke "Fecilia is fine, don't worry, but we do want an explanation for what happened."
"I'll tell you what happened," said Vorn darkly, "Eidolons are on this ship."
"Eidolons?!" said Zoe seriously, "I haven't heard of them for centuries."
"Well they're here," said the stranger crossing his arms, "I can sense three."
"Wait hold up," said Leo waving his hands in front of him, "Eido-whats?
"Eidolons," said Bianca, "Vengeful spirits that can posses living bodies."
"Possess?" asked Ara, "You mean like the thing in the Exorcist movie?"
"Exactly like that," said Zoe seriously, "They have complete access to the host's memories, skills and thoughts."
"That sounds...freaky." said Hazel with a shiver,
"So these things controlled Fecilia and Talon?" asked Percy,
Talon growled as he said "I have a guess why Leo fired on Rome too."
Piper's eyes went wide as she said "He's right, but we can't be sure."
Percy put a hand on Talon's shoulder as he said "Their control is absolute, I couldn't even resist them."
"That's what makes them dangerous," said Vorn crossing his arms, "They are restless spirits who refuse to accept their fate."
"You said there were three," said Percy, "How can we call them out."
"Careful," said Vorn. "I said I sense three in this room, there may be more."
"More?" asked Ara as she looked around with a frightened expression,
"We need them out of here then," said Percy seriously, "They sound too dangerous to be kept unchecked."
"You speak as if you getting rid of them is an easy task," said Vorn leaning forward on the desk with a hand tapping the table,
Percy raised a brow and said "You speak as if you know much about them, so I assume you know what to do."
Vorn gave a hoarse chuckle and said "Well said, I do know what to do but I can't do anything."
He jabbed a thumb at Piper and said "She can"
"What?" asked Piper, "Me?!"
"You can compel them to come out," said Vorn, "And if your will says it, control them."
Everyone's eyes fell on Piper as Percy said "Piper, if you would?"
Zoe nodded at her as she spoke in a convicted tone, "Eidolons! I command you to reveal yourselves!"
A moment passed, and then another. Nothing seemed to happen as Leo laughed and said "Wow, I guess we were wrong, now if only-"
Leo froze in place as his happy eyes turned glowing white and his breathing became hitched and rough. Ara gasped as Leo gave a wry smile and her eyes fell on Talon who was giving a wide smile along with Leo.
"Greetings Daughter of Aphrodite," said Leo in a distant voice, "it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Oh Gods they're real!" yelped Ara,
Bianca narrowed her eyes and said "You don't belong here spirit, be gone!"
Talon chuckled and said "You have no power here Princess of the Underworld, as long as we are here in these bodies; you have no power over us."
"Then leave!" stressed Piper,
Leo shook his head and said "Your charmspeak can only go so far,"
"Are you sure?" asked Piper angrily and they noticed the possessed bodies wince,
Zoe then said "Why are you here!?"
The possessed Leo leaned back and said "By Lady Gaea's orders of course,"
"You see," said Talon, "If we kill you, we have a spot in Gaea's new world and we get to keep the bodies of our choice!"
"And you chose our friends' bodies?" asked Frank stiffly,
Talon laughed and said "This one is powerful! I intend to keep this one!"
"And I as well!" said another voice,
The group turned to the doorway where Fecilia stood with her eyes like Leo's and Talon's. She slowly walked to the table and said "Killing you all will be so much fun! Imagine being killed by the ones you called comrades and friends? Oh what a way to go!"
Percy growled as he slammed his hands on the table and said "I have had enough!"
The Eidolons faced him as his eyes blazed purple and said "You all have the audacity to come onto our ship and threaten us!? Do you know who you are dealing with? Leave this ship at once and you shall make no attempt to come back!"
The spirits within made a sour face as they bitterly spat "By your word"
"Then depart!" shouted Percy,
The glows from their eyes vanished as Leo slumped down onto his chair while Talon stumbled back onto the wall while Fecilia was helped by Percy. Zoe looked between her stirring comrades and boyfriend and said "Perseus how-"
"Did you do that?" asked Vorn completing Zoe's sentence,
Ara helped Fecilia settle onto a seat and said "You mean what I just did? I scared them off."
"Don't take us for fools Percy," said Talon who rubbed his head as he slowly shuffled forward, "I was there, how did you drive them out and what's with your eyes?"
Percy sighed as he nodded t Hazel and Frank and said "I'm sorry for holding this back, especially to my cabin mates. What you just witnessed is what Prometheus called the Truths."
"The what?" asked Ara,
"Truths sister," said Percy, "I unlocked them a mere month after the war against the Titans. I didn't understand them but dad said that it was a powerful gift unseen for half a century. I was beginning to grasp their use but then the whole vanishing incident happened and I developed them with Lupa and her pack."
"What else can you do?" asked Piper,
Percy met eyes with everyone in the room and said "I can control the wills of others, I can have a perfect three hundred sixty degree vision and look beyond what one can normally see and finally I have a very powerful caliber of telekinesis."
"You mean like the Force?" asked Leo shakily, "Like Obi-Wan Kanobi?"
Percy shrugged as he lifted a finger and the vacant chair on the other side of the table rose and with a swish of his finger, the chair violently smashed onto the metal walls of the room causing it to shatter.
"Awesome," said Ara with her mouth gaping,
"That's amazing Percy," said Fecilia weakly, "With those powers no one can stop you!"
"Nobody yet," corrected Percy, "No warrior stands forever."
Piper then said "So it wasn't Leo's fault he fired on New Rome!"
"This event confirms it," said Hazel, "He had no part in it."
Leo nodded as Zoe then stood up and said "So the plan continues! According to Piper, we head to Atlanta. We've seen enough for today, with the Eidolons gone; we can rest easy for now."
"I need to get back to work," said Fecilia getting up with a stoic face as she turned from Talon,
The half-dragon looked down as he said "I'll guard the deck."
Everyone stood up to leave but as Fecilia and Talon tried to leave, they felt a grip around their bodies as the complained "Hey! The hell is this!"
They moved their eyes to Percy who held out a closed fist and said "You two aren't leaving this room until you make up!"
"What!?" said Fecilia and Talon simultaneously,
"You heard me," said Percy with a smirk,
Ara giggled as Fecilia said "Percy come on! Not now!"
"See you later guys! Don't try to break the door, it's got a good suppression seal on it!" said Percy with a smile as he exited the doors last as they closed shut and a lock was heard,
The two eldest members of the Forethought Five were then left alone in the room as they met eyes under the dimly lit ceiling. Talon scratched the back of his head and nervously said "So…how's it been?"
Talon was just hit with a tail of white hair as Fecilia just turned from Talon and said "He'll let us out of here eventually; I don't want to hear a word form you!"
"We both know he's not going to do that," said Talon as he put a hand on her shoulder,
She shook him off and said "Don't touch me!"
"Fecilia!" growled Talon as he forcefully turned her around,
His orange reptilian eyes met her clear blue ones and a moment passed as he said "I'm sorry! I know I should have lied, I was wrong to have said those things to you."
She scowled at him as she shook her head and didn't meet his eyes "What happened down there made me realize how I could lose you. I don't want that to happen and I want to spend every moment have with you."
Fecilia slowly met his eyes as he pushed her to sit on the table and said "I love you Fecilia so please forgive me."
He let go of her arms but as soon as he let go she tackled him into a kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. Talon put an arm around her waist and pulled her closer as they deepened the kiss. Growling into the kiss, Talon then turned and was forced to sit down on the table as Fecilia got on his lap and proceeded to continue their passionate exchange.
The two pulled away slowly breathing heavily as a small trail of saliva was in between them. Talon smirked at her as he said "Does this mean you forgive me?"
She pushed him down flat on the table and said "No more secrets alright?"
"No ma'am," said Talon with a grin,
Fecilia moved her hair form her face and kissed Talon as he smiled into their kiss.
Safe to say the rest of the crew didn't hear from them for the rest of the day.
AN
Jake: Sorry that took so long! Here it is! Story progress next chapter and a little warning, those who are thinking what Twista thought when she wrote this, yes it happened, they're twenty-two year olds haha!
Twsita: Shut up! Don't tell them I wrote that!
Jake: She wrote it!
Twista: *Slams Jake's face into the ground* Sorry about that! If you liked it leave a follow, favorite and a review below! See you soon!
