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: Hey guys, this isn't quite as soon as I had hoped, but it's sooner than some have been right? Plus it's a little shorter, but there's a reason for that as you read. Also you'll need this later: antapokritheí mou sto domátió mou = meet me in my room. I hope you guys enjoy. xoxo
Chapter 16
"Okay Phoebe, Bianca, and Zoë I'm making a portal in a minute that you'll be going through to get the other Knights. Castor are you good?" He nodded and Percy continued, "ok you, Grady, and Luke go to the forest and bring the nature spirits in. Satyrs, nymphs, dryads, any allies you can get.
"Silena and Charlie, go to our weapons room and get it all sorted out on the porch. Ethan, Michael, and Lee; you guys will be getting the Roman campers through another portal that I'll make outside. Everyone ready?" They looked grim, but nodded, "put up your hoods and let's go."
Percy made a portal for the three girls to go through and then walked outside. He made another portal about ten feet from the cabin to the Camp Jupiter. Grady, Luke, and Castor ran past heading to the forest where they split up. Percy went back into the cabin as Silena brought out a stack of arrows, Charlie following with some shuikens.
With Silena and Charlie walking back and forth carrying weapons, Percy set up the camera that had been sitting in the corner of the living room. He tapped a bunch of buttons on the side of the camera in a series of codes and when he seemed satisfied he stepped back. He went onto the porch where he knew Charlie and Silena were waiting for him to tell them their next orders.
"Okay, I want you guys to run and do the same thing to the camp's weapon room. The projector will be up in a minute."
"See! I told you he was doing something productive," cried Silena.
"What? You know what, nevermind. Please go and do that. This will take a while since I have it going so many places."
"Ok," Charlie let out with a laugh. They walked down the steps holding each other's hands. Percy watched them with a sad fondness for a minute then went back into the cabin.
He stepped in the living room and the whole design changed. Now there were no windows. The walls were all white and there was a double staircase leading upstairs that was also white with black carpet. There was a couch and two armchairs. The only other things that weren't white were two side tables, a coffee table, and some succulents that were on the tables.
He snapped his finger and all in front of him live feed was projected on the walls. There were the olympians fighting as always; the gods, mainly minor, on olympus in the courtyard; and of course Hades and Persephone down in the underworld. Next to those were different views of Camp Half- Blood: looking out onto the cabins, in front of the Big House, and by the arena. Lastly, there was one of the Roman camp by Terminus, and one that showed Artemis and Apollo who had just taken down a monster together.
He pulled up his hood then snapped his fingers, turning on the camera. "Hello everybody," he said in a voice he knew would echo throughout all of the locations. Everybody in the videos turned to look at him in surprise. Campers started gathering near the video feed all over camp, even Chiron and Dionysus came out. On their side it would look as if Percy was standing there with a white room behind him. "I've come with important news and I can see that my Knights are in a couple places with you," he looked at the Roman camp to see Michael, Lee, and Ethan coming into the group standing stiffly, waiting for his orders.
"There is a threat to Camp Half- Blood today. The army has plans to attack and we need everyone to get ready for battle. Legions, listen to my Knights they are here to help. Don't be stubborn, we are only to ask a favor of you," he turned off the live feed for Camp Jupiter with a twitch of his fingers.
"Campers, we haven't had much time to train you, and I can only hope it will be enough. I have two Knights sorting the weapons: go there now and get ready for battle. They will be here any minute," he twitched his fingers again and all of the live feed through the camps turned off.
"Now for the gods," he said turning to the remaining screens. The Olympians had stopped fighting and were looking at him with a mix of surprise, anger(Zeus), and excitement(Aphrodite and Artemis).
"What do we have to do with our kids wars? You should know that we aren't to interfere, since you know so much about all of us," Zeus said through clenched teeth.
"I knew enough that you wouldn't keep your mouth shut," Percy snapped his fingers and Zues's lips snapped closed and he struggled to open them, mumbling in surprised anger.
"What did you do!" Hera shrieked jumping from her throne.
"Like you care. Now sit back down or I'll make you," Percy said stonily, and Hera grudgingly walked back to her throne and sat down with a very good poker face. "Good, now listen up. Just because you're not supposed to interfere in your kids lives doesn't mean you don't. I mean, what happened with the promise that the big three weren't to have kids?" Zeus made a muffled protest, Poseidon sat up stiffly, and Hades glared.
"Now, can we be civilized? I'm just going to fix this projector real quick." He walked to the camera and did a series of tapping again. Now the gods could all see each other as well as him. "Better, now we can all hear each other. Technology isn't really my thing thanks to monsters, but add a little enchantment and it's perfect. Anyways, there is a war coming and that is why my Knights and I are here. You know this. You know who the enemies are. Now you will help, unless you want you kids to all die. And I will take the Knights and leave if you wish me to. But then all demigods, descendants, and mortals will die. And I'm sure they'll take over Olympus too. Chaos knows you couldn't win the last battles without Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Grover, and the seven. Not to mention all the demigods who have laid down their lives for you."
"What do you wish us to do?" Hades asked. Zeus made another muffled protest.
"When I call upon you, you will come. When your kids call upon you, you will come. There shall be no deaths on our side do you hear? I have more Knights on the way-"
"More Knights? You mean there's more of you brats?" Hera asked, granting her lips to snap shut with a snap of Percy's fingers.
"Do not insult my Knights. Most of them have taken enough of your shisct and don't need anymore of it. I know I don't deserve it, but I'm here for business so I don't care," Percy snapped at her. "Do you agree to my terms?" He asked looking around at all of the gods.
There were a lot of nods, though many of the gods glared at him. Some seemed amused, especially the minor gods, at how he could control the king and queen so easily.
"Good, now prepare for battle," he said snapping his fingers. The camera switched off and the video feeds turned off too. He took off his cape and placed it on the back of a chair. He made another portal to his home planet.
"We're ready," Phoebe said. It seemed as if she had just gotten to the area they had agreed to meet at for portaling with the other Knights.
"Alright give me a couple minutes, I want all of you to be prepared for battle, we don't know when they're coming back. Also, grab Stephen and hold him prisoner on sight; not too much damage," he said and made a portal for them. "I'll be over soon," he said retreating as the Knights went through the portal into the cabin.
He ran through the streets to Chaos' office building. This was where she lived and worked from, he had a room here too, from before she gave him the Knights. Sometimes he would still come and sleep there, mainly before and after battles. Being close to Chaos gave him a sense of calm and he was always restless before and after battles. He ran up the stairs of the building ignoring the elevator. "Chaos?" He opened the door, but the room was empty except for a note.
antapokritheí mou sto domátió mou ~ Chaos
He smiled to himself and ran out of the room up two more flights of stairs and then walked to her room catching his breath. He knocked on the door while pushing it open, "Chaos?"
"Yes, Percy," she said. She was sitting on her bed with papers strewn all about.
"What are you doing?" He asked moving some aside so he could sit next to her on the bed.
"Paperwork. Looking at different wars, requests for help. You never know which are real or which side is truly good unless you're there yourself," she said. "Look here, this one is on P435, apparently the natives there are in a war with some big slimy creatures who also claim to be natives. What am I to do with this?" She furrowed her eyebrows in a cute way she always did when she was working.
Percy put his hand over hers lowering the paper back onto the bed. "Listen," he said gathering the papers together organizing them in the way he knew she wanted them to be. "Put this down for now. I'm going into battle today, and I was hoping to get away from it all for a little bit." He set the papers on the bedside table and turned back to her.
She scooted over on the bed so there was enough room on the bed for him too and they both laid down. They lay there, holding hands, and fell asleep.