*DISCLAIMER* as much as i would like to i don't own Anything to do with the Percy Jackson series all rights go to Rick

Chapter 4

PERCY POV

"You…you want to do what?" I managed to cough out.

"Well Percy. Can I call you Percy?" Chaos asked politely, to which I nodded numbly in reply. I was still being freaked out by the fact that there was no solid person talking. It was weird looking at everything to look at someone…something? I honestly didn't know any more. I wonder how Chaos eats ice cream…..

A deep chuckle broke me from my pondering. "Well it is nice to see your brain is functioning normally after the soul transfer" Chaos finished with another throaty chuckle. "and to answer your question I need no nourishment, nor are there any good ice creams parlours around here." Chaos grumbled under his breath.

"Well I know a guy…ya know. He makes a mean chocolate chip cone? I could…hook you up" I sent the question back to Chaos.

"I feel as though we have gotten off topic, and since you feel strange being in this environment we shall alter it slightly." I wanted to argue that I was perfectly content talking to nothing when I heard a click like a light being turned on and felt a large pulling motion, before being met with a very familiar scene. I was sitting on a beach, wearing only pink flowery beach shorts. I tried to use my hands to cover them up, but only managed to bring a blush to my face and a hearty laugh from an individual I hadn't noticed from before. He was taller than me, around 7', though his unnatural height wasn't the strangest aspect. That respect was held by the colour of his skin. He was black and not black black you racist little buggers. Like Pitch black, turn out your light and the monsters are going to get you…..black. On top of that, he was lying back in the sand sipping on a Pina colada. Yeah….I'm officially confused. I managed to stare blankly at him for a few second longer before shaking my head and trying to restart the conversation.

"Um so you said you had a proposition for me?" I asked pointedly.

"Ahhhh yes" Chaos replied "Well you see I made the universe and stuff, but then I realised that all the planets were quite boring without life. So I started….experimenting." I stared at Chaos, the creator, the maker of everything, who was so relaxed as he talked about the most amazing thing which has ever happened like he just popped out to the shops. "So I made laws and stuff and people but then I got really lazy so I made them the same but changed things. Like I gave some gods with rules some without yada yada. I'm sure you know how it is - 'Yeah I do that in my spare time' I internally scoffed. 'He can hear you Percy. Oh yeah need to remember that. What are we talking about again.'

- So I created an army, as a sort of peace keeping envoy who can punish the guilty and protect the innocent." Chaos finished looking at me expectantly. He continued to gaze at me until I realised he was waiting for a reply.

"That's um. That's great but I still have no idea what I have to do with any of this" I said exasperatedly.

"Well Percy, I search through the entirety of the universe for people who deserve a second chance. Who have skills that can be used for the good of the universe, and that if they succeed can be reunited with the ones they left behind" Chaos said exuberantly, looking overly pleased with his plan. "And I would like you Perseus Jackson to join my army."

Annabeth POV

"Nico!" I cried out, as he rushed over to me. He stopped when he saw Percy's body lying in the pool of his blood.

I heard him whisper a faint 'no' before he too joined me on the floor to mourn his passing.

"I. I can't believe that he's that he's gone." I heard from Nico.

"Is he. Is he you know down there?" I nodded my head towards the ground. "With your dad?" I snivelled.

"That's the thing Annabeth. I could feel his life force fading, that's why I knew where to find you." I heard him gulp. "Then just as I felt his soul get ready to go to the underworld. It just vanished." I began to glare at Nico, making my eyes as cold, ruthless and calculating as I could with them being puffy and red from crying. I was still able to make 'the ghost king' visibly flinch though.

"What happened to his soul Nico." I growled.

"I. Annabeth you have to understand I honestly don't know. One minute it was there the next it was gone." He finished, playing with the hem of his shirt, doing anything possible to avoid my glare.

"I will give you ten seconds to tell me where his soul is Nico, or I swear to the gods I will send your soul to personally look for his" I threatened, my glare intensifying.

"1" I started. Placing my hands behind me, not once breaking eye contact with him.

"2" I said as I pushed myself off the ground slightly. Watching as Nico began to slowly back away.

"3" I said as I reached my full height, watching Nico continually shrink under my glare.

"4" as I began to draw my bone sword. I heard a very undignified 'eek' as I saw the shadows wrapping around Nico before he shadow travelled out of the area.

I let out an exasperated sigh, honestly questioning why people ever thought he was scary. Before a wave of sadness rolled over me. I fell back to the side of my now deceased love.

"Percy. Where are you?" I cried as I fell asleep in my lovers' arms, a warm sensation rolling through me. Along with the faintest whisperings of hope, leading me to believe that life truly could be alright. I even managed to fall asleep with a smile on my face as I shut out the world.

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Chaos POV

I stared at Percy as he stared blankly back at me, gaping like a fish. 'Like father like son' I internally scoffed to myself. I had watched as this young man before me has gone through large chunks of his life. From his abusive stepfather, right through to defeating my demented daughter. No matter what he had gone through he had managed to come out on top, more-or-less. Sure there had been some bumps along the way, and yeah maybe his brain hasn't always been switched on. But the heart was there, the drive, the willingness to put it all on the line for those he loved, and of course above all else, his ridiculous amount of loyalty which he showed to his friends and family. These were all traits I looked for in all of my soldiers. I wanted people who would do the job for the good of many, not thinking twice about what they would have to go through to achieve their goals only that in the end good will prevail.

"What do I have to do?" Percy managed to stutter out "also. What do you mean reunited with 'the ones I left behind? He enquired. I noted how he added that second, but how his eyes lit up with hope. I knew he could only be thinking of the daughter of Athena, his girlfriend, who he left back on earth.

"Well firstly you would take an oath on my name that you will help protect the universe, that you would protect the innocent and that you will lay down your life for the good of others." Percy nodded his head feverishly. His eagerness portrayed obviously across his face "and if there comes a time where you have earned it then you will get back your old life, but in the modern day" I finished cheerily. I could see Percy's eyes literally swirling in anticipation, the way they lit up was a truly inspiring sight. I could sense that Percy was about to open his mouth to immediately accept my offer. Which pleased me, but I believe the phrase on earth goes, 'There is no such thing as a free lunch'.

"but…." I started before looking into Percy's eyes to see a fresh wave of panic spread through them, his mouth hanging half open from when he was about to accept "there is a catch" I saw Percy's hands began to shake as nerves overtook him.

"if you decide to join the army I shall remove all of your memories, and as you achieve various goals in the army you shall receive different amounts of memories" I once again checked Percy to see him shaking his head, which was buried in his hands. I truly felt pity for this young man, as he must be reliving the idea of having no memory, having to go solely on your instincts and what people tell you. I could not begin to imagine the internal debate going on in his head. I felt the need to avert my gaze, being unable to watch the pain of losing everything again.

"In the early days as you master a weapon you might gain a few days of your infant years, but as you progress it will take more and more to gain even a day back at a time. This will continue until the time of you retrieving all your memories, I will then give you the choice for you to return to your old life, or to continue in the army until the time of your death. Or on the other hand if you were to die while on a mission, you would be returned to the underworld, but your memory of your time here will have been wiped and replaced with you spending some time in the realm of the faded, but being returned by some 'random phenomenon'" I mocked bringing my hands up to make sarcastic inverted commas. This brought a smile to my face as it always did, I didn't know why but I just found the fact I could leave people (mostly gods though) stumped, really fricking funny. Obviously my humour was not well reciprocated by young mister Jackson, as he gazed up at me his eyes alight with a fiery determination.

"So what you're saying is that if I join your army, I lose my memories. But that if I pay my dues that I can eventually make it to the point where I can see Annabeth again?" he questioned me, in a scared manner scarcely above a whisper.

"Yes. It may take a long time, but eventually you will see your girlfriend again. Or you can reject my offer and wait for the day she joins you in the underworld."

Percy POV

Thoughts raced through my head at a million miles an hour, I know scary right? I could see Annabeth again, we could be together. Alive together! We could have a family, a future. I could see my dad, and hopefully all the friends I had left behind on earth. Though I wouldn't remember any of them. Would any of them even want to see me if I came back? My mind immediately jumped to Thalia and Nico. I kind of hoped they missed me, but that my death wouldn't hurt them too much.

I had always hoped to make something more of my life and with Annabeth by my side there was no way we could fail. We both wanted to settle down, live a life of peace. Was that honestly too much to ask?

'To get back to Annabeth, I must forget Annabeth' I could hear being repeated over and over in my mind. I knew I had done it before but that was only eight months, and I was asleep for six of those! Then again I never forgot her before. Maybe I could do that again? Though I doubt it, this guy is the creator. If he wanted I'm sure he could make me get up and dance like a chicken. On the other hand if I went to the underworld I could see all my friends, Silena, Beckendorf, hades even Luke. Then I could wait for Annabeth there, but Annabeth wanted to make something permanent, that was something I refused to take from her. In this moment I knew what I had to do. I had to get my wise girl back.

"I'll do it Lord Chaos. I will join your army" I said as bravely as I could, staring the creator dead in the eye.

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