Hey Hey! I'm back and this time it hopefully won't take that long to kick this chapter out into the slipstream called the internet. If you guys want a better picture of what the two smaller Hellhound's legs look like, look up Thanator or Palulukan in Google. Anyway, without further ado- wait, shout-outs, right, these two specific shout-outs, which I'm going to do only two per chapter now, goes to Chomper32 and limecheesecake18, who have reviewed since my return to normalcy.

(The second I write this I get another review…)

Anyway, story time cause none of you want to see me ramble, I'm sure of that at least.

P.S. If you see a typo or mistake, please feel free to point it out to me. I'm also willing to take pointers on where this story will go, since I've only planned it out to a certain chapter.

Percy's POV

We'd been running for approximately 4 hours now and the Hellhounds don't seem to tire out. Which is good, since I don't know how to use my own Hellhound form as of right now. Right now, we were running through a black poplar forest, except the trees were oozing liquid from their roots and there were enormous arachnids everywhere. Luckily the exit was within sight, and with a large leap from Guinevere who I am currently on top of, we pass by the threshold of the forest and see a breathtaking view.

Well, as breathtaking as a view in Tartarus can be.

The same picture Brutus showed me, but with some constructions around the bottom and top of the cliff, unlike the nearly bare area it was when I saw it in Brutus' memory. I motion for Guinevere to kneel down and let me get off and then tell the Hellhounds, to walk behind a large boulder a short distance away. I crouch down behind a much smaller boulder.

As they were walking away, I saw a midnight black string connect them to me, and then in a flash, it was gone.

I shook my head and ignored it, now was not the time.

"Victoria!" I whisper-shouted. "Come here."

She came over and crouched in front of me.

"I'm going to use a ton of my energy to do one huge attack, since fighting this many monsters with a injured hellhound and a pair of others as well as a single Empousai, no offense, is probably going to end badly, so what I want you to do, is to use whatever Charmspeak magic you have and get them all into one dense clump, so I can totally annihilate all of them at once. Sound good?"

Victoria gives me a 'do you really think that will work?' face. Victoria then says to me,

"How about this, I'll launch some of these." She makes a small black and red fireball appear out of nowhere atop her hand. "At them, and while they try to figure out what the commotion is, the Hellhounds start shadow traveling behind them and killing them one by one. Sound good?" She says, with a grin on her face that says, I win.

I look at her with my mouth wide open and my eyes disbelieving.

"Since when were you so good at tactics?!"

"Since the other Empousai decided I should be the best of them all, they just went about it a really horrible way."

"Well whatever, let's start the plan I suppose." I groaned out, my tone that of exasperation. We quickly relay our plan to the Hellhounds and then back up to our positions.

Victoria, told me to move over to a different rock on her left.

Soon after I could hear a large explosion and several screams and hisses from those within.

I peak my head over and find dozens of the small constructions at the base of the cliff aflame.

Several Cyclopes and Dracaena rushed over to Via's position, but were swiftly cut to pieces by my trusty blade Riptide. Soon after, about a dozen harpies rushed to our position. They were no match for Victoria however, not after she started using fireballs that exploded in mid-air, like flak rounds…

What, I play CoD too you know?

One harpy managed to get through only to be sliced from nape to naval by me once she got low enough to be hit.

Soon after, I pulled my classic New York taxi cab whistle and the Hellhounds rushed out of the shadows, with the two smaller taking out several smaller creatures at once, and Brutus taking out the sole Laistrygonian Giant. We all charge ahead toward the final room which was completely in the cliff and find five Dracaena there, I get ready to attack them but I hear Chaos' voice in my head.

"I'm going to take over for a bit, yeah?"

I lose control of my body and I can only watch as Chaos raises his, (my?) arms and points to the Dracaena, and I start saying ancient words, powerful ancient words.

"Hi los nu gro wah daar slen ahrk rok wo lahney ko nii. Nu hin SIL DII!"

I felt Chaos' presence leave me, but now the Dracaena started to scream in pain, their scales started to fall off, revealing shiny black scales beneath their fallen green ones. Their snake trunks, previously two, combined to form one and their previously scaly upper bodies turned into that of a fit human woman, soon after, black leather and bronze armor appeared on them, and their previous weapons, spears and shields, turned into something that looks suspiciously like Divine Silver Shields and Stygian Iron Spears. Strangely enough, all their faces were identical. Only their hair was colored differently, and they had a fire shaped mark as the emblem of their breastplates. Each having a different color corresponding to their hair color.

They then bowed, bent right at the hip and all simultaneous with their counter parts, and with not a single hint of the long S's the Dracaena used, they said.

"We serve you now, Lord, your wish is our goal, our hands are your will. We will serve you in every way."

And they stayed bowed, apparently until I tell them to rise.

Victoria was looking at me shocked and the Hellhounds had surprised stances.

"Don't look at me, I didn't do that." I said as I shook my head slowly, trying to come to terms with it myself.

I look toward the Dracaenas, which, at this point, they might as well be called something else.

Blackscales?

Lamias?

Maybe something else?

I don't know, I'll let some extra dimensional forces decide that. (AN: That means you guys'n'gals!)

I say, no, command.

"Rise"

They rise back up, shields and spears at the ready in a neutral position.

"Is there anything else in or past this room?" I ask the yet to be classified Dracaena.

"No, milord, there is only this cave recession and the structures outside."

"Interesting… What are your names?"

The one all the way to left, slithers forward, her hair was totally black.
"My name is Vipera and I am the leader and the tactician of this group of servants."

The second on the left slithers forward, this one had blonde hair

"My name is Echis and I am the fastest of us Dracaena here."

The middle one slithers forward.

"I am Atheris, I am the most knowledgeable of us Dracaena."

The second on the right slithers forward.
"I am Cerastes, I am the best warrior of us Dracaena."

The last one slithers forward.

"I am Sistrurus, I am the Healer and cook of this group."

They all slither back into place and seemingly await orders. I look to Victoria.

"Can they be trusted?" Victoria questions after a momentary pause.

I look toward them and say, "Jump as best you can and then faceplant on the floor."

They do exactly as I say and then rise again to the same position they used to be in, though their face were slightly irritated, even if they tried to hide it. I look toward Victoria, do a 'see!' motion and then face the Dracaena again.

"Head outside and stand outside, Guard us."

They bow, "Yes, Milord." And then walk out.

I take out my magical plate and goblet and set out large pieces of steak for the Hellhounds, and I also get a large sugary desert called Flan for myself. I eat it all and then hold my wrist out to Victoria, who eagerly bites my wrist and draws blood, only taking a pint this time. My manticore level healing quickly seals up the wound and I wipe off any remains. "

Brutus, can you Jeanne, and Guinevere guard just inside the cave entrance?"

He nods and says in affirmative in my head and goes off to do so.

"Come on Via, time to sleep."

With that I go with Victoria into a small alcove in the cave, much like when we were at the temple of Hermes and sleep there with Victoria using my arm as a pillow and me using my pack as a pillow.

This is the Translation for the bold/italic script.

You are now bound to this body and he who lives in it. Your soul is NOW MINE!

Cookies to whoever can figure out what language it's in.

Another set of cookies if someone can figure out where the Dracaena's names come from.

Anyway, that's all, you guys can expect another chapter by Sunday probably, don't sue me if it takes a little longer, on a side note this chapter is 200 more words than the last one! So, yay!

Anyway, I say lots of 'anyways' don't I? Bleh, see you guys and girls later…