Characters: Percy Jackson- Omega, Luke Castellan- Alpha, Zoë- Beta, Bianca di Angelo -Theta, Phoebe-Eta, Charles Beckendorf- Delta, Silena Beauregard - Gamma, Ethan Nakamura- Iota, Castor- Kappa, Lee Fletcher- Zeta, Michael Yew-Epsilon

AN: Shout Out to Child of Thanatos for giving me the amazing character Grady. You will be seeing a lot of him with these next chapters and hopefully the rest of the story. I also want to give Child of Thanatos a shout out for supporting and helping me while writing this story. I've been having a rough couple of weeks and all of you really help me. Thank you all for reading, it means so much to me. As for the characters that other people suggested, I shall be using them soon. Anyways, I'll let you guys read now.

Chapter 12

"Who was that?" Percy demanded to Chiron. He and his small group were in Chiron's office now. They had gone in right after Grady left and Chiron had sighed knowingly.

"He is a camper named Grady, but those five could've told you that. So what do you really want to know?" He asked.

"Always the wise one, Chiron." Percy said chuckling. "We want to know what his mission was."

"And I want to know who you are," Chiron replied smoothly.

Percy shook his head, "Chiron, I don't-"

"Omega, I think it might be best if you do." Calypso said.

He looked warily at Bianca, and she nodded her head. "Alright then," he mumbled, sighing in defeat. He pulled off his hood slowly and said, "hello old friend," his voice modulator automatically turning off.

"I can't tell you how good it feels to see those sea- green eyes again Percy." Chiron stood up and gave Percy a hug. He couldn't keep the smile off of his face as he realized how much he had missed camp and all of his old friends. As they broke apart, Percy pulled his hood back on, making sure the voice modulator turned back on. "And you are, my dear?" Chiron asked Bianca, turning to her.

"My friends call me Bianca," she said, taking her hood off in turn. Nico grabbed her hand and they smiled at each other. "But the campers call me Theta." Chiron also gave her a hug and then went and sat in his wheelchair, the magic hiding his horse legs and back. She pulled her hood up smiling widely.

"Well, I heard a certain someone hoping you were a Knight Percy, but I didn't dare let myself hope. Maybe the fates decided to play nice this year." Chiron said calmly, never letting his smile falter.

"Chiron, please, call me Omega. I don't want too many people knowing my identity, only a few people I can trust." With this he looked around at the small group sincerely. "There's a certain few whom I would rather not know of my existence yet."

"I see," Chiron replied quietly, "well, let's get back on subject yeah?" With this they all nodded their heads. "I suppose you are eager to know of his mission?" More head nodding. "The Gods had an enemy they wanted taken out, and with Grady's... skills, I should say, I thought he would be the best bet. He also went out looking for any leads on you, Omega. You see, Nico here didn't feel your presence in the underworld, and when Hades himself denied you going there, we had to send search parties after you. Actually, now that he's back, she'll want me to be sending out another party."

"She?" Percy questioned tilting his head to the side.

"Annabeth of course, I take it she is one of the choice few you definitely don't want knowing of your existence?" When Percy nodded, Chiron sighed. "You know it wasn't her fault, right? With your resources, I'm sure you know of the spy and how that monster was let in." Once again Percy nodded. "Well, do you know who's been doing it?" He asked after a couple of seconds.

"Oh! Right, sorry." Nico snickered and Percy gave him a cold glare causing Leo to laugh. "Anyway," he said in an annoyed voice. "I believe I know who it is. I've talked with many people, and it all seems to be leading up to Stephen." He finished this unsurely, afraid Chiron would deny him right then and there.

"Yes, I've been contemplating that for a while now. How sad it is, such a waste," he muttered, and Percy gave him a confused look.

"So… you believe me?" He asked.

"Of course. Percy, you're the best camper and the most wise that I've seen in centuries. I mean look at you! You caught Lady Chaos' attention, even became the second most powerful being in the universe! As for those who betrayed you, I'm sure you've found out by now that it was because of Stephen and his quite unusual charmspeak." Chiron had pride in his eyes as he spoke to Percy, but that twinkle turned into pity as he spoke of Stephen.

"Yes, that 'charmspeak' is called chairekakía. It is bad and there's a lot to it, but I don't have the time right now old friend. What did you mean earlier by Grady's skills?" Percy questioned, becoming anxious again.

"Well, first off, do you know who his parentage is? Because that goes with it… A lot" Chiron said.

"We haven't told him anything yet," Thalia answered for Percy.

"His father is Thanatos, and he's a legacy on his mother's side from Hecate." Chiron explained.

"Who's Hecate?" Bianca asked.

"The goddess of magic and sorcery my dear," Chiron said. "Anyways, the abilities he has are…" Nico's eyes widened and Bianca complained at the unfairness. They were all quite surprised.

Percy watched as the new camper, Grady, walked into the Artemis cabin. He stood across the path for about two minutes, making sure nothing was wrong before he mist travelled to his room in the Chaos cabin.

Knock Knock! Percy went to his door and opened it, then he realized it was the front door, not his. "Coming," Percy called realizing everyone was out and about in the camp. Knock Knock! "Hold up!" He yelled, but the knocking persisted.

He opened the door to see Stephen, panting, as if he'd just run a marathon. "Hunters. Grady. Need. Help." He said before passing out on their porch. Percy closed and locked the door with a wave of his hand, then ran to Artemis' cabin.

"Theta!" He called. There was a group of the hunters standing outside of their cabin. "What's wrong?"

"Grady, I don't know all of a sudden he just started to try to seduce Naomi. She got him really good though." When he got closer, Bianca whispered, "I think Stephen is behind this. Apparently this isn't something Grady would do."

"Omega he's waking up!" Zoë called.

He walked over to her and gave a questioning look. She nodded in response to him looking at Bianca and back at Grady, telling him that she, too, thought this was Stephen's fault. "We must play along," he whispered as Grady groaned. "I've already shown that I fully support the hunters."

"What are you saying?" Zoë asked him tilting her head.

"I'm going to convince Stephen that I think he did something bad." Percy replied, looking at the boy with remorse.

"How?" Zoë pushed.

"I'm going to challenge him to duel," Percy said as Grady sat up, tenderly touching his nose, which looked broken. "Maybe I'll let him heal a bit first," but Percy put on a cold glare and looked at Grady, who looked taken aback by this.

"What happened, who are you?" He asked warily.

"I'm a Shadow Knight and you tried to make a move on one of my friends." Percy said coldly. Zoë put a hand on his shoulder, then stood up and went to talk to the girls, probably telling them his plan.

"Wha- no! I would never do that to a huntress!" Grady said standing up.

There was a flashing light behind Grady and he spun around looking up at Artemis. She was in her usual form of a 12- year- old. She wore green cargo pants and a black tank top. Her bow was in her hand, her quiver on her back. "Omega. What's happened here?"

"Artemis!" Grady squeaked. "I swear, I didn't do anything! He's lying!"

She looked to Percy ignoring Grady and he nodded at the hunters, who were now all staring at him. She smiled at him and walked over to converse with her girls. Now there were other Knights surrounding Grady and a couple campers were around him too. "What are you going to do to me?" Grady asked nervously.

This encouraged a variety of comments from the crowd from "Smite him Omega!" to "Turn him into pig Artemis!" They were all quite unique and funny, especially since everyone knew Artemis turned boys into deer not swine. "Challenge him to a duel Omega!" Zoë shouted above the other suggestions. Percy smiled to himself.

"Good idea Beta. I guess I'm going to challenge you to a duel then Grady. Oh, but we can't do that with your broken nose. Will! Come fix him up. Tomorrow, after lunch, and in the arena. You should learn to pick on someone your own size." Percy stood up and walked up to Naomi. "You okay?" he whispered. She nodded and he walked her back into the cabin, the other hunters and Artemis in tow.

"What's going on? Grady wouldn't do this, he has a sister in the hunt! Why would Stephen compel him to do that to me?" Naomi asked as some of the Knights came in as well.

"Because he's a spy, and he wants to know my true identity. I wouldn't be surprised if he already does. In fact, I'm surprised Annabeth doesn't know yet." Percy replied sitting down on one of the bunks.

"Why are you going to duel him Perce?" Luke asked.

"Do you know how I knew to come?" He asked, wondering if anyone saw Stephen running towards the cabin. When they all shook their heads he elaborated. "Well, Stephen came pounding on our door, all out of breath. I had just gotten back from looking over the girls actually. I was standing there for a couple minutes since I saw Grady go in here. Anyways Stephen passed out on our porch and I locked the door before rushing over here. I thought he was up to something and I knew when I saw everyone's confused faces that he was using his charmspeak again. He really should be more subtle about it."

"So why are you dueling him Perce?" Luke asked again.

"We can't let him know that we know of the chairekakía," Bianca explained. "To make him think we don't know means we have to be oblivious to the effects of it. Therefore we must be mad at Grady, that's why Percy is dueling him."

"Huh," Charles said. He had been out there with them when Percy announced the duel and came in after he got Silena. "Well, what's supposed to occur during the duel? You know all of his strengths and abilities. Plus Naomi just knocked him out easily."

"Well, I'll beat him. Show the camp how strong we really are, and then we'll talk to him in our cabin afterwards." Percy explained.

"Anything we can do?" Thalia asked.

"Anything you can gather on how Stephen communicates with his leaders would be nice. We should be expecting an attack any day now." Percy replied, smiling thankfully at the hunters.

"Anything my hunters can do to help, they will do Perseus." Artemis said softly. "Naomi, are you okay?" When she nodded, Artemis turned back to Percy. "Dear, can we talk? Privately?" Percy nodded and they walked back to his cabin and into his room.

"Let me just check the cabin. Stephen was outside when I left, and I don't want him to have gotten in." Artemis nodded and he went through room after room, thankfully not finding a trace of the boy. He went back in his room and found Artemis gazing into the fountain. "See something you like?" He asked.

"The fountain. It's so beautiful, who crafted it?" she asked.

"My mind," he said, wiggling his eyebrows. She laughed her soft, musical laugh and he smiled. "No, but I seriously don't know. These rooms are made to your preference, so it could be from anyone," he said sitting down and tracing the pattern of a shell.

"Well, it's beautiful," Artemis said, twirling her finger in the water. Percy hadn't had the time to fully examine the fountain, but now he saw that it had a mermaid holding her hands up where the water came out of. She had long curly hair kind of like Annabeth's and it pained him to see it. There were carvings of shells all along the edges and drachmas in the water. The water was crystal clear with mist rising from it. He turned his attention to Artemis, who had changed her appearance to an 18- year- old with long, wavy, blond hair and blue eyes. She had a skinny figure, but not too much so, and she had long eyelashes and perfect eyebrows. "What?" She asked blushing.

"Nothing," he said, shaking his head and smiling. "What is it you wanted to talk about m'lady?"

"I was wondering if you could accompany one of my hunters on a mission." she said shyly, still not looking into his eyes.

"Of course I will, but it'll have to wait until after this duel tomorrow." Percy said. "Where will we be going?"

"To the underworld," Artemis said. "I need a package sent, but I can't trust Hermes to deliver it."

"I would be honored to take it Artemis," Percy said. She turned around to leave the room. "Oh, and Artemis?"

"Yeah Percy?" She asked looking back.

"You don't need that costume. Dark hair is much better on you than blond," she smiled and turned around, leaving the room. Percy lied on his bed and stared at the ceiling, the sound of the fountain luring him to sleep.

*Time Skip*

The Duel

"Feeling better Grady?" Percy asked. He was ready to get this done and over with. Will had fixed Grady's nose thankfully and Percy hoped he wouldn't break it again.

"Ready as I'll ever be." Grady sighed. Percy could tell he really didn't want to do this, but Percy chuckled as he thought of the many times he had said that himself. Grady pulled out his dual swords and Percy pulled out Riptide. He knew it was a risk using it here, but it was the weapon he worked best with, so he would take the chances.

Grady made the first move, moving so fast Percy almost didn't see him. His hit was hard, but Percy blocked it with Riptide just in time. Percy swung his sword at Grady's side, but he was just as quick to parry it. They went back and forth like this, sometimes getting scratches on each other, but never anything too serious. Percy finally managed to knock Grady's swords out of his hand. Grady then pulled out his scythe, and they went back into fighting. It took about ten more minutes for Percy to finally knock the scythe out of his hand and knock him to the ground.

Percy's eyes were gleaming and he laughed as he got caught up in the high of the fight "Who's next!" He yelled, dancing in a circle round Grady's kneeling figure. The campers looked at one another nervously, seeing if anyone was brave(or stupid) enough to fight him. The Knights were about to go get him, when someone interrupted them.

"Omega, enough!" Chiron called, walking up to him. "Will get over here. Take the boy to the infirmary now. Omega, you'll be coming with me." With this Percy's high soon faded. Chiron walked them to the Big House, PErcy apologizing the whole way. "Now, now son. I know the duel had a hidden meaning behind it. Let's go somewhere private first though, yeah?"

"Yeah, okay," Percy said shakily, the adrenaline still running through his veins.