CHAPTER 03

PERCY POV

As I woke up, I opened my eyes to find myself being stared at by Silena and Beckendrof. I was stunned. It's not every day that you find your dead friends staring at you, well unless you too are dead or maybe not.

"Percy, how are you feeling now?" Silena asked.

"Umm. A little dizzy but other than that fine. How are you guys doing?"

"We have never been better. But now..." Beckendrof said.

"Ahh, yes. What happened? How was I knocked out?" I asked.

"Well you see, the underworld has gone crazy. I think Hades has lost control. Why, don't ask me. But all the damned souls are now revolting and they are trying to escape. So maybe somewhere in between you too got knocked out."

"Wait a minute. What are YOU doing here? Are you dead?" Silena asked as it finally sunk in that I was in the underworld.

"I am dead, but according to Charon I am going to be revived again so that I can receive some blessing from Hades. Who knows how..." suddenly I was interrupted by a loud blast. I quickly looked around and saw that I was in a barren field a little distance away from the war.

I could see that the damned souls were easily winning because of their number and it would only be a matter of time before they were able to escape.

"We fight?" I asked simply.

They both nodded and we ran towards the battlefield.

"Umm, how do we hit them, I don't think Riptide is going to work? Is it?"

"We have to use Stygian Iron. Here take this." Silena threw me a knife probably made of Stygian Iron. I had no idea what it was so I had to take her word for it. I was not a knife person but I had to use it as I had no other option.

As soon as I got near i started stabbing the souls at the best I could but my lack of skills with a knife was rather obvious and it was causing me to loose. Just as a soul was about to hack at me with his sword, I saw him get slashed by a little girl who was trying to use a sword. Keyword: trying. She almost looked comically holding the sword.

I immediately offered her my knife and she accepted it gladly. With my newly attained sword I was unstoppable. Most of the heroes were rusty from lack of practice so they were easily getting beaten. I wondered where those souls were going.

"Hey Beckendrof, where are all the fallen spirits going to?"

"Tartarus."

Uh-oh. That meant I had no second chance. No way I wanted to go back there. I quickly summoned water to create a hurricane with ice. Much to my relief it worked as the souls were getting totally stabbed by the ice. Soon the souls had diminished greatly, whatever remained we quickly finished them off.

"I think Lord Hades owes you more than ever now." Charon told me as he stabbed the souls he was fighting and came towards me.

"But why has he lost control of his domain?"

"I don't know. I shall be going to Olympus right now, to report the events and enquire about Lord Hades."

"Oh shit! I got it. To bless me he had killed me. This would have enraged the whole council, so they might have done something to him, which caused him to loose his powers. I am also coming, Charon."

"No. That cannot be done. The dead cannot travel anywhere. You must stay here. I shall get Lord Hades to free you. Now goodbye, my young friend."

"What was this about the blessing?Tell us the whole story." Silena asked me.

I quickly told them about the award ceremony at Olympus and then we started to roam around just remembering the good old days, waiting for Charon to come back.

MEANWHILE IN TARTARUS

"Look what we have here brother, an Olympian herself." A 7 foot tall immortal spoke as Hera shivered at the sight of the immortal.

"Looks like this is going to be fun." He said.

AN: Please review guys and I will be updating in a day or two.