Guys, really sorry about the last chapter, I was having major writers block, I meant for the chapter to be longer but I couldn't concentrate... Anyways, hope you enjoy this chapter...
Sally's POV:
A pair of strong arms wrapped around my waist from behind.
"We have a summons to Olympus." My husband said.
"We? Again? Why?" I questioned, this doesn't happen very often.
"I don't know," He admitted, "I think someone called a meeting."
"Someone? Don't you mean Zeus?" I asked as I turned to face him.
"No, I don't think so." He said.
We flashed to Olympus in the Throne Room and saw all the campers and hunters along with the soldiers of Chaos standing in front of all the Olympians except Hera.
I stood next to Poseidon's throne but he pulled me down into his throne swiftly as he switched our spots so I was sitting and he was standing.
"Where's Hera?" I asked as I looked around.
"That's sort of why you're all here" said the daughter of Chaos and Nyx.
"What are you talking about?" Zeus asked, irritated.
"We have a spy." She said, staring at Hera's throne.
"Ash, what do you mean?" Poseidon asked cautiously.
"You're not gonna like this but –"
"My wife is NOT the spy!" Zeus burst out.
"And I'm 6 years old" she said sarcastically.
"Hera's the spy? Eh, it's not that hard to believe." Said a male soldier wearing a sea green badge with a purple-is silver-is rim. He seemed painfully familiar but I couldn't place my finger on it. His posture and the way he holds himself just screamed Percy, but it couldn't be; no one knows where Percy and Annabeth are… It can be them; the girl next to him might be Annabeth!
"What is that supposed to mean?" Zeus ferociously asked.
"It means she has a record. Jason and Percy." Ash answered causing Jason to look up. "It might've been Juno but same difference."
"You mean the amnesia?" Jason asked.
"She means exactly that" the girl wearing the sea green badge with the purple-ish silver-ish rim said a bit bitterly as if she was there.
I noticed the boy nonchalantly put his arm around her after that statement.
"My wife would never join them!" Zeus exclaimed looking murderous.
"Denial" Ash muttered. "Maybe if you hadn't cheated on her all those times… Not that I blame you… But it might be that… If you just kept it in your pant – oh wait, you don't wear pants, oops."
"Who the Hades do you think you are, coming in here hiding your face and expecting us to trust you?" Zeus boomed, his voice bouncing off the walls.
"We –" Ash started.
"No, I don't want that 'soldier of Chaos' crap or the 'daughter of Chaos and Nyx' crap, – wouldn't that make you a goddess? – you can throw that into Tartarus for all I care!" he exclaimed.
I air got tense as Athena, Poseidon, and I got pained looks and Jason, Nico, Leo, and Piper's faces twisted some into painful and others into guilty.
Ash smiled – not quite reaching her eyes – sadistically, "The same way Percy and Annabeth fell 'into Tartarus for all I care', have you ever been to Tartarus? No, you haven't. They have, Nico has, I have, but you haven't. How about I do us all a favor and let you experience that before you start using that phrase?"
"You're lying." Zeus said as his eyes widened a fraction of an inch.
"You wish." Ash replied easily, "You put your dad in there… He got out. Percy and Annabeth were one of the main reasons – along with Luke and some other people – he's back in there, rotting.
"And then there's your grandmother," she said, watching his face twist with emotions. "Mother nature is a bitch. They fought the war, not you."
"Reveal yourself," Zeus spit, "or go back to Tartarus"
"You see, this is your problem you paranoid son of a dickhead." she said, "You're just like your dad with the thirst for power. You don't trust many people, that can be a good thing but in this case, it isn't. Your wife is getting revenge for all those times you cheated on her in both Greek and Roman forms. Believe me or not, I'm sure they do." She said, sparing a look at the rest of the Olympians, "since over half of them are your children…"
She has a point… I thought as I remembered Percy complaining about the gods and Zeus and his many children.
"Back to the point, you're wife is a spy whether you like it or not, deal with it. Tell her I said any of this, I will send you to Tartarus with your dad." She threatened with a murderous glare.
"As if," Zeus tried to mask his fear but failed miserably, "you can't do that, I'm the King of Olympus, I can – I can…"
"You can't." she finished. "I can. I can dethrone you, you know." she said casually as she examined her nails.
Everyone in the room's eyes widened including mine.
"But I wouldn't take over," she said, "I'll probably make Poseidon the new king, maybe Hades."
Zeus's throne started to shine brightly but then it looked as if all the energy in the throne was being sucked out.
"No, please don't!" Zeus exclaimed, looking pained, as if someone was absorbing all of his energy and powers.
Ash sighed, "As you can see – feel, I'm capable of taking away your powers. I'll give you one more chance though, become a better god, get rid of your paranoia of things you think will happen. Lift all banishment for all people – anyone that never did anything wrong."
She pursed her lips, "This goes for all of you. If someone is better than you, you don't just turn them into a spider!" she said, sending a pointed look towards Athena. "Or a gorgon."
"Don't start a godsdamn war over something that you may be wrong about!'Woops, looks like I was wrong. I'm going to throw a tantrum now and start a war'" she said, imitating Ares.
Ares kept quiet as he glared at the ground.
"You guys are the main causes of so many deaths, of so many wars, most of which the demigods fought – not you. You might've helped, but overall, they fought and they won.
"Zeus, could you at least try to not cheat?" Ash asked.
She looked around and her eyes landed on me. She smiled, "Sally, would you please come with me?"
"Why, what did she ever do?" Poseidon said, getting protective and blocking me from view.
Ash smiled, "Many, many things that you should be proud of. You were a part too, but she did most of it."
Poseidon's eyebrows got scrunched together reminding me of Percy as he asked, "What?"
Ash grinned, "She's not in trouble; I just need to speak to her in private."
"Dear, I can handle myself." I said as I started getting up.
"I'm coming with you." Poseidon said, taking my arm as I smiled fondly and shook my head.
"Fine, he could come." Ash whispered, "But everything I say stays a secret."
Poseidon nodded, "Of course!"
When we reached Ash, she opened a portal into the China.
"Why are we here?" I asked as I looked around.
"Portals are dangerous, if people look through, they can see our destination. I usually open several portals to throw anyone off my track."
Several destinations later, we were at Camp Half-Blood in front of the Chaos cabin and the place was deserted.
"Why is it so empty?" Poseidon asked as he looked around, his eyes lingering on the Poseidon cabin.
"Everyone is still on their way back from Olympus." Ash answered as we walked into the cabin.
"So, why did you bring us here?" I asked, trying not to get my hopes up.
"I think you know, I know you recognized my name when it was first announced." She answered as my eyes widened.
"What are you talking about?" Poseidon asked, looking back and forth from me to Ash.
"Never repeat of this encounter in any public place that may have spies – which is pretty much everywhere." she said as she turned off her voice modifier and took her hood off her head.
"These are Omega and Alpha" Ash said as two soldiers wearing sea green badges rimmed with a purple-ish silver-is color, the same ones I thought reminded me of Percy and Annabeth, "the army leaders of Tide."
Omega looked at me and Poseidon. "Mom" he said as he turned off his voice modifier and ripped off his hood.
"I knew it!" I shouted through my tears as I hugged my son tightly for the first time in about a century.
I looked over at Alpha and asked, "Annabeth?"
She grinned and took her disguise off and joined our hug.
Poseidon stood in shock; he hadn't known Percy and Annabeth were still alive. He joined the hug, taking his favorite son in a tight – long and overdue – embrace.
Once they separated, Poseidon asked, "What did Ash mean when she said that you recognized her name when she was announced?"
I pursed my lips, "I had dreams of Percy. He tried to contact me, tell me he's alive. I thought I was making it up and it was just a dream. But then, one day, there was this thing, it was like an IM, but it was black. It was Percy and Annabeth. They told me they were alive but they never gave me their specific location. They told me not to tell you – or anyone – about it. Sometimes he'd call just to tell me about his day, other times it was something important. Once in a while, a girl would be there. He said her name was Ash and she was awesome."
Poseidon looked hurt, "And you never told me?"
"She couldn't, I made her promise not to." Ash told him.
I nodded, "They told me Ash was very powerful but wow, they weren't kidding!"
Ash grinned as she looked at Percy and Annabeth, "Guys, you gonna tell them, or should I?"
Percy grinned that lopsided grin of his as Annabeth announced, "We're engaged!"
My eyes widened, "When? Can I see the ring?"
Poseidon looked ecstatic as he exclaimed, "Congratulations, son!"
Annabeth said, "Yesterday, you guys are the first to know besides Ash." She showed me her ring.
"It's beautiful…" I whispered in awe.
"Thanks, I made it myself." Ash cut in with a playful smile.
"She did." Percy confirmed.
"So listen, both of you have to call them Omega and Alpha in public, no matter what. The only safe place is this cabin." Said Ash, her voice turning somber.
Poseidon and I nodded as she spoke, "If you come here, make sure you aren't followed and no one is watching. I'll inform the rest of the armies about you guys knowing. Keep in mind; the armies contain people you know as dead or missing."
"As in…?" Poseidon asked.
"Your son, Theseus is in Blaze. Zoë Nightshade is in Tide. Luke Castellan as well."
"Luke?" Poseidon and I asked.
Percy nodded, "Second chances, he's doing well."
Annabeth shifted uncomfortably and said, "Totally"
"Also, don't go to the third floor at all unless it's absolutely necessary, knock, and close the door on your way out. It's my room."
"The entire floor?" Poseidon asked as he looked around the cabin.
Everything was dark and so futuristic, most of the things are really hard to describe since I've never seen them before. The colors revolved around black, dark purple, blue, silver, and sea green.
We heard the door open so we turned and saw the soldiers coming in.
"You can take the masks off," Ash announced, "they know."
The soldiers took their masks off and Ash asked, "Would you like me to do introductions?"
I nodded, "Yes please."
"Okay, this is Silena Beauregard – daughter of Aphrodite – Dove. Charles Beckendorf – son of Hephaestus – Fire. Lee Fletcher – son of Apollo – Lambda Λ. Michael Yew – son of Apollo – Mu Μ. Ethan Nakamura – son of Nemesis – Eta Η. Bianca Star – a mortal hunter of Artemis – Angel. Zoë Nightshade – daughter of Atlas, former lieutenant of Artemis – Star. And Luke Castellan – son of Hermes – Blade.
"The army of Tide." she introduced. "My army, Blaze, has
"Theseus – son of Poseidon – Psi Ψ. Perseus – son of Zeus – Zeta Ζ. Daedalus – son of Athena – Delta Δ. Achilles – legacy of Zeus – Chi Χ. Mason – son of Tartarus – Theta Θ. Brinn – daughter of Thalassa – Xi Ξ. Luci – daughter of Herema – Upsilon Υ. Anthony – son of Chronos – Sigma Σ. Cas – son of Eros – Kappa Κ."
"Wait, I thought they were in Elysium." Poseidon said as he stared at the legends.
"They were," Ash nodded, "but now they aren't."
"But why?" I asked, "Wouldn't Elysium be better?"
Ash shook her head, "Not really. They had a choice, just so you know. They chose to fight with me for the universe instead of being in Elysium. It's not that good anyways. I've been there and I got bored, Planet Chaos is way better."
Most of the soldiers nodded as she said this.
Poseidon frowned, "It can't possibly be better than Elysium."
Ash cracked a smile, "It is; everyone living in Planet Chaos said so. The only down side is that we're all warriors so we usually don't stay there and go to different planets, like right now."
Poseidon nodded as I said, "Well, we better get going…"
"Alright, we'll see you later." Ash said.
"Bye mom, bye dad." Percy said, giving us both hugs.
"Bye Sally, Poseidon." Annabeth waved as I went and hugged her.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Mason try to hug Ash, emphasis on try.
I chuckled as I let go of Annabeth.
"We'll see you later" I said as Poseidon and I left the Chaos cabin.
In case you didn't know, when I wrote the names of the soldiers, I put the Greek letters next to their names.
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Ω Yours in demigodishness and all that, peace out Ω
-Mal