Hey all, how's it going. I appreciate the reviews and all that jazz. As always: reviews, constructive criticism and ideas are much appreciated. Flames will be laughed at, possible and probable OOC. Here is a revised Chapter 5 of my story. Enjoy :)
DISCLAIMER: As much as I want to, I do not own PJO or HoO or any of its characters etc. they all belong to the genius that is Rick Riordan
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As Percy took in his sorroundings he spotted Kronos sitting on a raised dais at the edge of the Arena
"Behold, the great Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon, and disgraced twice saviour of Olympus!" the Titan King shouted as the gathered monsters roared in approval
"Who will be the one to challenge our guest!?" asked Kronos, in response the Minotaur lept into the crater at the opposite end to Percy. The Minotaur hefted its huge omega- bladed axe and charged with a bellow. Percy's instincts kicked in and he rolled to the side seconds before the blade of the axe slammed into the ground where he had been standing. Percy stood and kicked the Minotaur away. The man-bull hybrid stumbled and Percy tugged the axe out of the ground and brought it down on the Minotaurs head with a yell. Percy turned and, axe in hand, walked away from the crumbling corpse of the Minotaur. The crowd roared in protest, but the sounds soon became those of confusion and shock. Percy whipped around to see something that shocked him
"Persues huh?" asked the biggest man that Percy had ever seen; he was at least 7 feet tall and he was built like a brick wall, he had shoulder length white hair held back with a leather headband and he wore the same armour that the minotaur had worn, a leather and bronze knee- length skirt held up by a huge leather and bronze belt that covered the mans stomach, he also wore bronze greaves and sandles as well as bronze vambraces on his forearms
"Who- who are you?" asked a confused Percy
"My name is Asterion" said the man "You would know me better as-"
"Asterion! What are you doing? Kill the demigod!" ordered Kronos from his dais
"No, I'm done taking ordered from you my lord" replied the man, Asterion. Then he turned to Percy "What do you say Jackson? Reckon we can take these fools?" he asked as around two dozen Scythian Dracanae charging at the two men
"We'll find out anyway" replied Percy dryly as he hefted the axe. The two men charged at the snake women and they fought hard, Percy whirling the double bladed axe awkwardly but effectively and Asterion snapping their necks. At one point Asterion yelled
"Jackson, axe; swap!" luckily Percy understood and tossed Asterion the axe as Asterion tossed him a sword. Now that he was armed with a familiar weapon, Percy fought in a whirlwind of sword strikes; he glanced over at his new ally and saw the massive man handling the axe with ease. Together they finished off the snake women in a matter of minutes. They barely had time to catch their breath before Kronos yelled
"Again!"
Another wave of monsters attacked, this time hellhounds. Percy hesitated and dodged the first attacks, thinking of Mrs. O'Leary.
"What are you doing Jackson? Kill them!" yelled Asterion. Percy complied, these beasts weren't Mrs. O'Leary. Again the two men cut through the monsters and at the end they stood side by side breathing heavily, this time they didn't have a chance to catch their breath; the next wave came immediately.
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"Please Lord Hades, I have to talk to Bob" Annabeth begged
"Fine! He's playing with Cerberus" Hades finally caved
"Thank you" the daughter of Athena strode out of the depressing throne room and ran through the dark passages of the Underworld until she reached the huge obsidian gates and saw the silvery form of Bob the Titan and not so small form of Small Bob wrestling Cerberus for a large red rubber ball
"Bob!" she called and the silver guy hesitated and Cerberus' middle head took the opportunity to snatch the ball away from Bob, only for Small Bob to jump and attempt to snatch it back
"Yes?" he asked as he walked nearer, leaving Cerberus and Small Bob to wrestle for the ball
"Bob, it's me: Annabeth"
"Annabeth?" asked a puzzled Bob "Oh I remember! Percy's friend" he cried as his face cleared
"Yes, Bob I need your help again"
"What for?" the Titan asked as though he already knew the answer
"Percy's in Tartarus again, and I need your help to rescue him"
"I know, he has been captured by my Brother" the Titan said sadly
"Brother? Oh Kronos"
"Yes, I have seen him; you would need and army to free him" that comment made the daughter of Athena feel a brief flicker of hopelessness, which was immediatly replaced with detirmination
"What if the gods helped?" she asked thoughtfully
"If they would enter Tartarus, I might be able to disguise their scent; but the gods would never enter Tartarus willingly" the Titan of the West said sadly
"Well then, I'll just have to convince them" without another word, Annabeth crushed a pearl underfoot
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"No! We will not go into Tartarus just to get one demigod" Zeus screamed
"He's not just one demigod! He's the one who saved you lot when he was sixteen, despite all your attempts to kill him; and he help save you again a year later, plus you are the one who put him in there in the first place and he's still protecting us even from hell. You owe him. If it was anyone else that was innocent and stuck in Tartarus then Percy would not hesitate to charge in there" by the end of Annabeth's little tirade most of the gods were looking at the ground of the throne room guiltily, but Zeus just looked angry
"Why you-"
"She has a point you know, I for one miss trying to beat him in a pancake eating contest!" called out Apollo
"Yeah, I still haven't managed to beat him" added Hermes with a smile, the two gods looked at each other and grinned, then looked back at Annabeth
"We're in" they chorused together
"This will be a nice twist to the norm" Aphrodite mused, which got a few strange looks from the others "well it's usually a damsel in distress with a knight in shining armour going off to rescue her, this time the roles are reversed!" she exclaimed as though it was obvious "I'm in" she said happily
"Well I guess I better help too" Ares sighed "I do miss beating him to pulp"
"Please Ares, you haven't managed to beat him once" Athena snapped, before looking at her daughter "I'm in, for your sake"
"Well, Perseus was one of the few males that have earned my respect; I can't imagine that he would betray us; so I'm in" that was Artemis
"Persephone and I will help as well" everyone turned to see the Lord of the Underworld and his wife stride into the throne room
"Well in that case, I am definitely in" cried Demeter as she hug-tackled her daughter, getting a smile from almost everyone
"I will lend whatever help I can" said Hestia in a quiet voice from beside the hearth "Percy was one of the few to talk to me, and one of the handful of demigods to ever sacrifice to me" Poseidon had been watching this entire scene play out before him with an expression like he had just sat on Zeus' master bolt, that is to say: shocked
"Well you know I'm in" he finally said with a large smile
"Well I imagine there will be quiet the party once Pierre has been rescued so I will do what I can" drawled Dionysus, surprising everyone
"Although I have little liking for Athena's daughter, Perseus has saved our family twice, and he cares greatly for his own family; I can respect that; I'm in" the Queen of the gods said
"Although I hate to agree with my mother on anything; I feel that I must on this matter, we owe the boy to much for us to ignore this" growled Hephaestus. Annabeth couldn't believe what she was hearing: all the gods had agreed, well except for Zeus, but he was a sucker for peer pressure. All the gods stared silently for a minute at Zeus while he squirmed uncomfortably,
"Alright! Fine! I'll help rescue the boy" he exclaimed
Annabeth just grinned
"Alright, here's what we're going to do…"
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Alright, there we go. That was chapter 5 of my story. Review and let me know what you think, suggestions and ideas are welcome. Also feel free to PM me
P.S. can anyone guess who Asterion is? He is a real figure from Greek Mythology
'Till next time :)
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