Kadens POV
When i walked into Zach's backyard i didn't except seven unfamiliar people questioning Percy and Nico along with Thalia and Leo, glancing at the three demigods only Bianca and Luke seemed to recognize them, Hermione and D.J didn't. I was glad i wasn't the only one who looked confused.
I shrugged and walked towards the group. "Why Percy?" A guy with blonde hair and purple eyes grumbled "Have you seen the beaches?"
"I-I just need help" He replied, he looked overwhelmed, very overwhelmed.
A guy with chocolate coloured skin and who was very built put his hands up in a calming manner "Hey, lets all take a deep breath and just hear him out okay"
A girl clinging on to his arm grumbled loudly "I was getting my nails done"
Luke hid behind us as we continued to walk, and Hermione looked nervously at Percy who finally seemed to notice us, He looked at the three with him who seemed to understand what her meant, they automatically started to soothe the unknown people.
"Hey" his voice was hoarse as he greeted us. It was clear he knew these people, that they were close to him some point in life. Hermione smiled softly at him.
"What's wrong Perce?" Hermione whispered.
He ran his hands down his face and pulled his hair slightly. "They want to stay dead, but they don't understand that they wont die unless they kill themselves."
"Y-you mean they're dead?" I asked stuttering, i felt so much death radiating off of them, and this was the only explanation or...they killed lots of people.
He nodded his head in confirmation "Come on" He pulled Hermione's hand and looked at us "Oh and Luke. If i were you I'd stay behind me at all times."
I looked confusingly at Luke who mouthed later, I gave him a look and followed the couple leading the way, the seven were still arguing with Nico, Thalia and Leo who seemed to be struggling keeping their calm now. Especially my half brother Nico.
"Just shut up!" he growled "There's anpther war and were in need of help"
"Oh great"
"Was that supposed to make me feel better?"
"What a boy cant deal with that on his own?"
Percy scowled at the ground and pulled out two hunting knives. He threw them on the ground to them, they all looked confusingly at him but Percy remained emotionless.
"You all have to kill yourselves if you want yo die" His voice was void of emtion.
The shocked look that the unknown seven was giving him was one i would never forget.
"I bought you all back to help but i guess you are all useless now"
"Your not the Percy i used to know" The dark skinned boy muttered to Percy.
"The Percy you know died in the second war, where all his emotions turned into rage" He growled, before turning and walking away. Hermione gave me a distant look before turning and following him. Gods what is this? What did i sign myself into?
An asian boy with a permanent squint to his face scowled at Percy's direction."His an ass. Alot like you Nico"
Nico smiled mockingly "Thanks Michael, for that opinion i never asked for" I smiled slightly,that's the exact same thing i would've said.
Michael scowled at Nico and turned to the bulky guy "Beckendorf what do you tgubk we should do" Beckendorf shrugged.
"Introduce ourselves obviously" He then gestured to Me, D.J and Leo. "Charles Beckendorf"
"Silena Beaugaurd" The girl clinging to his arm smiled warmly at us.
"Zoë Nightshade" A girl scowled at us before turning around and looking anywhere but us.
"Lee fletcher" I nodded my head at him and him back at me.
"Michael Yew"
"Ethan Nakomaura"
"Castor Vines" The boy with purple eyes grumbled.
I cleared my throat loudly "Kaden Black son of Hades"
D.J just rolled her eyes "Denise Jones call me D.J daughter of Apollo"
"Leo Valdez son of Hestaphestus" he was frowning at them, it was clear that he was pissed at them.
"Bianca Di Angelo you already know who i am" she pronounced proudly.
"He resurrected you aswell?" Zoë hissed.
"No, he rescued me from Void and i owe everything to him" Bianca explained.
Zoë seemed to calm down slightly but a flicker of relization across her eyes and bit down in her lip. Hard. Literally everyone had mixed emotions about this. This was personally new information, why isn't anyone on this quest telling me anything.
I glanced behind me suddenly remembering about Luke but he wasnt there. I frowned slightly, and so did D.J.
"Where's Luke?" I wondered out loud.
"Luke Callastian?" Zoë scowled.
"Um yes?"
"Percy bought that traitor back?!" Castor screeched.
"Calm down mate" i yelled back.
"Why should i huh" He pushed me slightly. I scowled and pushed him back rougher.
"Your going to catch attention" i hissed.
"No your probably backing up that traitor. I have all the right to be angry" Castor hissed back, he was fuming, his face red with so much anger I would've laughed if I wasn't so pissed.
D.J whistled loudly catching all our attention, then did I realise both castor and I were in the centre of a circle they formed. And did I realise both castor and I were gripping each others shirt ready to beat each other up, its kind of funny I lost my temper that quickly. Especially for something that small. But D.J wasn't the one that caught my attention, Dani was standing behind her with her arms cross glaring sadly at me, why was she giving me that look? Just now I knew I was in deep shit.
"Kaden" Was the only thing she said, the only thing that left her lips as a breathing manner. The men behind her automatically stepped forward with handcuffs made out of godly chains. "Kaden Black, Bianca and Nico Di Angelo, Leo Valdez, Thalia Grace, Luke Callastian and Percy Jackson , you are under arrest for threatening the leader of this camp who is under Zeus's supervision"
Her voice broke under the pressure of telling us what she's meant to so Zach stepped forward "Your penalty is death" his voice was full of malice, a smile was on his face like this was good news to him.
I let go of Castor in shock, I grew up here, I was bloody raised here. I gave Dani a sad look before falling onto my knees putting my hands behind my head, everything seemed to go in slow motion, them walking towards, Dani crying in Zach's arms, my hands roughly being pulled behind my back and the most stinging sensation bursting around my wrist. Unlike the rest of people who was going down with a fight I remained still. I saw what Zach did to everyone who turned against him, I know that Zach hates to be threatened in any way even though he deserves it but still, I did something he didn't want me to do.
And that's when it happened, arrows being sprouted from every direction, every solider fell to the ground, an arrow buried deep in their hearts. Zach fell with a scream to the ground, oh finally the day has come...I spoke to soon, he was only shot in the shoulder. Soon the raining of arrows stopped, surprisingly the arrows didn't harm any of us.
"W-what was that" D.J stuttered, she was standing in the centre of fallen men, it was clear that she knew some of these people.
"He just doesn't learn his lesson does he" someone hissed, Percy. He stepped over the dead bodies like it was an everyday occurrence, behind him, Hermione, Luke and four other people walked at the same pace he was walking at.
Percy walked straight up to Zach picking up the hunting knives he threw on the floor before, just as he was about impale him, Dani stood up besides him."PLEASE, don't hurt him, ill go with you and he'll stay alive"
"What do I get out of that?" Percy hissed.
Dani glared "A good fighter and more people in your.."she gave us a glance "Army"
Percy seemed to seize her, and dropped the knives, "You try coming for us, and even your girlfriend wont stop me" He gave Zach a glare before throwing Nico who now had a bruise on his jaw and Leo who was breathing heavily a set of keys "Unlock the other from the cuffs" Before walking personally up to me.
"So who are they" I asked while he removed the godly chains.
He chuckled before replying "Orion, Jason, Theseus and Perseus" he grinned seeing my shocked face "The originals"
"Gods teach me your secret" I joked, he snickered.
"Magicians never reveal their secrets"
Dani sat across from me at the campfire. Right after we unchained each other I told Percy all the escape routes which he excepted gratefully and decided that we'll travel on foot, after stealing some Pegasus of course, the resurrected seven agreed to help us after Percy explained a lot of things from the previous war until now. It took a long time a couple of hours at least.
Sighing I stood up from my position and sat next to her. "I-"
"Shut it Kaden" she hissed. It's been two days and she still hasn't spoken to me, it scared me how quickly she decided she hated me just for her boyfriends benefit.
"It wasn't my fault" i whispered, she glanced at me but looked away almost quickly staring into the fire set in front of us "I-I wanted to do something good for my life and not just be behind Zach's shadow like always. I wanted to be the Kaden everyone believes isn't there"
"What do you mean? All those quest we went on together didn't mean anything to you?" she growled, i looked into her dark blue eyes "Finding the ruby of Olympus after it was stolen from a titan? Returning the trident of Poseidon from those pirates? Don't they mean anything to you?"
Her eyes were teary, i loved her and seeing her like this, because I was believed to be part of this mess hurt me "Zach was given all the credit" I muttered "He purposely messes up capture the flag, he-he beats me up whenever he gets the chance. He doesn't deserve you. Dani you deserve someone better, someone who will treat you the way you deserve to"
Dani only looked at me standing up and walking over to the small group of girls who sat on one log, a fake smile taking up her features. I sighed again, running my hand through my hair.
"I know what you're feeling man" I looked up to see Leo, looking at the group of girls, he plopped next to me and grinned slightly as i gave him a confused expression. "I am what you call friend zoned by a girl I'm interested in and she still hasn't shown any sign of liking me back"
"Thalia" I laughed silently as Leo looked at her "You'll suit each other, everyone needs a little fun in their lives"
"Yes the Ying and Yang" he sighed dreamily.
"You can keep starring while i go for a walk" I pat his shoulder before walking off.