I do not own Destiny or Percy Jackson, I only own my OCs.
A hunter in modern body armor sits on a log in the woods holding a few pieces of paper while his weapons rested next to him. "Hello there viewers, its time to respond to your reviews."
"Jebest4781, from what Slim has told those of us on the crew, he is trying to find a balance."
"Superpierce, all praise is appreciated by the Captain."
"Blackstriker94, the game is afoot, things have been set in motion…. Be prepared for a chase."
"OnePunchPlayer…." The hunter allows the letter to fully extend. "Uh….. Slim is the expert in reference to alot of what you've said… I myself, am a very fresh Guardian who is trying to learn the lore…. So maybe try joining the crew and ask Slim himself…. Cause I don't have a response for that…"
"Guest, closest to the bottom, again I'm a very new guardian, but Merica'."
"FawkesPheonix, all support is greatly appreciated."
"DragonLark, ain't we all insane? I'll pass the warning along to Slim though."
"Guest, dva guest, try and ask him on the discord, but I'm with you on that."
"Ether02, I'm not gonna say it again, MERICA'!"
"Chimary, thank you…." The hunter throws his arm in the air.
"Ghostly, upto the bossman for now… but some of us maybe pushing for more…." The Hunter looks over at the M107A1 and M1014 resting against the other side of his log. "Modern equipment…"
"Guest, final type, I'll suggest asking him on his discord page… cause he hasn't told any of the crew yet…"
The Hunter threw the letters into the fire before tossing a blinking knife in as well and grabbing his weapons. "Well, that's all folks, enjoy the story and leave your reviews once you're done, I'm out!" The hunter jumped into a tree and disappeared as the knife in the campfire exploded
*a few months ago*
Sally Jackson had an interesting week to be sure. She was making breakfast when someone had broken down their door. When she turned she only saw a blur run past her followed by the sound of Gabe's cry of pain then the sound of a window being broken. She had ran over to what had happened, her eyes went wide upon seeing Poseidon standing by the window.
"IF YOU COME BACK, I WILL PERSONALLY FEED YOU TO SHARKS!" Poseidon yelled to the injured Gabe on the street below.
"Poseidon?" Sally was confused to see the god here as the rules stopped him taking an active role in his son's, and by extent her, life.
Turning around to see his mortal lover all of the rage on the god's face disappeared. In an instant the sea god was hugging her and delivering a deep passionate kiss to her lips. Sally was so shocked that she simply showed her lover and kissed him back. Moments later the two parted.
"But," Sally said, finally getting a hold of herself. "What about the law? You can interfere in-"
Poseidon put a finger to her lip. "The fates have lost control; we are no longer bound by those laws." He then bought her hand to his lips and kissed them. "We can raise our son in Atlantis o-or here but we are getting a better house because this is beneath you."
"B-but what about your duties," Sally pushed for a moment. "What about your wife?"
The sea god looked down. "I will admit, I am not a good person. I am lustful, I am easily angered, and most of all I am selfish." He looked up at her. "If you want me gone, I make sure our son never has to worry about any monster as he grows up and you will never see me again."
Sally reached up with a hand and cupped his cheek, the god leaned into it. "You know me, I won't push you away. After all, if what you say is true than who better to teach Percy about the world around him then you." She then got a joking smile on her face. "You will give me a tour of Atlantis right."
It was Poseidon to get a sly smile. "And more if you like."
"Don't push your luck." Sally said coyly.
"Mom?!" The subject of their conversation called out most likely he saw the broken door and was worried for his mother's safety.
"I'm fine sweety!" She called back to him before turning back to Poseidon. "I guess it's time to meet your son."
She turned and started towards the living room, making sure to give the god a little tease as she went along. The god left out a low lustful growl before following after her.
Poseidon was excited to meet his son after all these years of being forced to stay away. He would teach of the world around him, how to control his powers and much, much, more…
Zeus was livid, not only had Metis escaped when that thing hit him but now his wife was hiding in her temple and refused to come out. She was afraid of the thing that attacked them. Whatever it was it had the strength to punch him across the city and by extant making him throw up Metis. He always knew that she was still alive in his stomach, she had resisted fading by drawing on his own existence giving her enough power to stop herself from fading.
There was no doubt in Zeus' mind that she would seek revenge for what he did to her. With her wisdom and cunning she could turn a ragtag group of mortals into an effective fighting force. If she went to the thing that attacked him then it would be that much worse. He had to put a lid on this before it got out of control. So the god called a meeting to give his orders as king of Olympus, however only Ares, Athena, Hermes, Demeter, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Dionysus showed up but at the moment he did not care about the no shows.
"A few days ago Hera and I were attacked by some manner of creature, and as of late I have had no luck in finding this thing. My orders are as follows. You will hunt down this creature and kill it, if you manage to bring it back alive fine but I want this thing found and dealt with!" The sky god commanded.
Ares was positively beaming with the order to kill this thing. "Don't worry father I will bring this thing head to you!" The god of war then disappeared to begin tracking down this creature his father spoke of.
Hermes, Demeter, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Dionysus paid the order little mind as they were not the type to go hunting down some creature. Athena was interested in this creature as no monster would dare attack a god as they ran the risk of ending up in the fields of punishment. To think a creature was able to attack her father and survive to tell the tale was unheard of. She considered looking into finding this creature for herself but ultimately decided against it, as she was still in the process of hunting down that mortal that escaped her. She would not be evaded so easily.
*Present*
Orion sat on a log across from the kid he picked up while he was fleeing from those girls in silver. In all honesty it was as he grabbed the kid totally on instinct as he knew that the kid was not going to block or dodge that girl's knife. Imagine his surprise when his ghost informed him that the kid had the potential to be a guardian. Why look a gift horse in the mouth.
The moon was in the sky and the hunter had started a small fire to keep the kid warm seeing as his armor and body kept him comfortable temperature wise. He was not worried about those girls spotting their camp as he was sure to give them the slip.
Though he wanted to get the kid to join him he was still working out how to get him to join him as the kid did not seem like the joining type. He was a little, about three foot nine, but he had the look of a scraper with a small scar on the left side of his lip. He had short blond hair that was slightly spiky and pointed backwards. There was also the unnatural red eyes he had that seemed to stare into your soul.
Orion liked the kid already.
"So kid now that we are not being chased by twelve year olds how about we get to know one another?" Orion opened enthusiastically. "I'll start, My name is Orion."
"What, like that hunter who got shot in the head by that one goddess?" The kid asked, raising an eyebrow.
Orion chuckled. "No, but my death scar is on the side of my head so who knows."
"Death scar? You expect me to believe that you are dead?" The kid asked, narrowing his eyes at the hunter.
Orion leaned forward a smile forming on his face. "That glare you're sending me tells me that you've seen some things that should not be. Am I wrong?"
The kid's eyes narrowed further, his hand inching towards that knife he took from that girl. "And what do you know about "Things that should not be"?"
"Would you still want to throw that knife at me if I told you I was an perversely dead human that was brought back to life as an immortal soldier for a small moon sized god/machine/powerful creature name here?"
"I would tell you to fuck off." The kid replied evenly.
"And what if I told you that you might have the ability to become something like me?"
"Fuck off." The kid replied instantly. "I'm a bastard son who got dumped as soon as I didn't need milk anymore." The kid stood. "And I don't have time for your BS."
The kid turned to leave. Orion rolled his eyes.
Bang
The kid jumped as turned around as the sound of a gunshot went off. He spun around to see Orion's upper body lying on the ground behind the log he was sitting on. The kid threw up upon seeing the dead hunter. Once his lunch was on the outside of his body he began to cough as there were bits of undigested food still in his throat.
He felt someone pat his back. "Hehe, sorry kid but I didn't know how to get you to believe me."
The kid's head slowly turned to look up at the once dead hunter, a smile plastered on his face like nothing had happened. The kid jumped back stumbling as he backed away before finding his footing and drawing his silver knife and pointing it at the hunter.
"What the fuck are you?!" The kid demanded terrified.
Orion's smile got bigger. "Orion, I am a hunter of the Traveler. An immortal warrior capable of wiping out armies and bending reality to my will." Orion kneeled down to the kid's level. "And I think you can be one too… Sevro."
Sevro's eyes went wide. "How did you-"
"Us Guardians, that's what we are called by the way, are not alone. We have partners." Orion interrupted.
As soon as he finished speaking his ghost appeared beside him.
"Hello Sevro, my name is Dewi I am Orion's ghost and hopefully you will find yours one day. As for how we learned your name, I just searched through the internet. By the way you have no criminal record anymore, you welcome." Dewi said projecting confetti.
"The point is Sevro, there is a coming evil and we are going to need all the help we can get. So! The question is are you going to help me kick the Darkness in the balls?"
Sevro looked at him for a long minute. "Say I do accept, what do I have to do?"
Orion hooked an arm around Sevro. "That's easy, you join me and I teach you how to be a guardian. In truth you can't become like me just yet but once we get that missing element you bet you will be among the first to rise."
"And in the meantime?"
"Well we get you up to speed, you need to learn how to shoot, fight in hand to hand combat, dance."
"Dance?"
"You'll get it later on. So you in?"
Artemis was growing weary of this hunt. A few days ago she and her hunter had picked up the trail of the boy who attacked her hunter. However, their efforts to catch up with the boy had been fruitless. Even when Artemis left behind her hunters to try and catch him, the boy always seemed to slip through her fingers. Only a few of her hunters managed to run into the boy completely by accident, but he would disappear as fast as he came.
Only this time the boy took another boy with him. Her lieutenant had run into another boy causing both of them to fall over. She attempted to kill the boy for touching her, but he proved to be more experienced then she had anticipated. She lost one of her knives to the boy before he was taken by their prey. Since then they have not been able to pick up even a trace of him.
In truth Artemis was beginning to form some form of respect for this boy. Out maneuvering her hunters and she herself was no small feat, but it made the goddess pause. The number of demigods who could do such a thing was next to zero. At first she had pegged the demigod for a son of her father, but now she was leaning towards Hermes. Even so the boy was able to use Electrokinesis, an ability that only the bastard children of her father had.
The goddess looked up into the night sky to see Orion's constellation, it was bitter moments like these she liked to look up and remember the one man that won her heart. It did not take Artemis long to find the constellation's location as she knew it by heart.
However.
"Where is it?" Artemis whispered to herself frantically. "Where is Orion?"
She began her search again quicker this time, her god mind processing as past as it could checking each constellation before moving on to the next. But no matter how many times she checked, no matter how many times she enhanced her eyes his constellation was nowhere to be found.
The goddess began to panic, what could have happened to Orion?! His body had been in the stars ever since her brother tricked her into killing him. She had thought he would have reformed at some point, but he never did. After all these years she began to believe he still blamed her for his death and refused to reform, and she did not blame him as she never forgave herself for falling for her brother's lies.
The only way for his consolation to be removed was if someone had moved his body or he had reformed. She doubted that he had reformed as he had not done so for some many years, why would he do it now. No, someone must have moved his body and the one responsible would feel her wrath.
The front door to the Guardian's base was kicked opened followed by a very happy hunter.
"HEY GUYS I GOT A FOLLOWER!" Orion called excited.
It was mid-day when the hunter returned with the other three residents of the house who were in the living room. Heads slowly turned to see the hunter in the doorway with his hands outstretched. They held a gaze for a few moments before turning back to that they were doing.
Orion sighed. "Does anyone know where the others are?"
Oliva pointed towards a door in the next room.
"Thanks, Sevro, meet your fellow risen to be." Orion said before walking off towards the door.
Before Orion touched the doorknob, he noticed that the doorknob had Vex networking made into the metal. Though suppositious Orion grabbed the knob as soon as he heard the familiar sound of a Vex teleporter activating. In the next moment Orion found himself in a different room, a type of large laboratory. The hunter noticed a door to a greenhouse to the side, odd as he never knew Osiris for growing anything. Speaking of the warlock, he was hunched over a table looking into a microscope. His ghost was beside him waiting for him to finish.
"Osiris." Orion called to the warlock. "When did you get the time to build all of this and what's with the Vex teleporter? You do know we have transmitting tech right."
"Only with a ghost to provide the transmat networking." Osiris replied not coming up from his microscope. "That Vex teleporter is self-sustaining and can be turned off at will. Besides, I might as well put the knowledge I gained in the Infinite Forest to use."
"Are you sure that's safe? What happens when the Vex get here?"
"The technology around you may be of Vex origin but it is my own design. I created the sundial after all creating a small space in a network is child's play. I do require the more refined technology of our time if I am to make this place any bigger. However, it is large enough for me to continue my research as well as having a quiet area for me to work in."
Orion came up the table to see cut golden colored apples, with a few of them being very thin cut for use in Osiris' microscope. He could tell these apples had some form of energy flowing through them, they also seem to stay in perfect condition even after being cut.
"I'm guessing these are not normal apples." Orion said pick up one apple and examine it. "They make my hand feel all fuzzy, like when I first started using Sol light."
Osiris nodded. "They radiate a form of energy that bonds with the soul of the consumer. From there their soul begins to empower their body. If my research is correct then it should make one immortal or at least something close to it."
"That's cool and all but we don't need it."
"It's not for us, as you probably guessed by now the people that have chosen to follow us will not live long enough to see the traveler arrive. With insufficient light to extend their life to our timelines average lifespan we need other means to keep them with this. Worse case scenario this plan backfires and I scrap the whole concept."
Orion put the apple back down. "Where did you even find these things?"
"One of the locations I went to investigate had a tree that was bearing these apples. I came across three creatures that took the form of human females. They were using some type of song to attract people, after they found it would not work on me, they called for some creature with a hundred heads. After I killed it they ran allowing me to continue on. After sealing the special anomaly and speaking with the "titan" holding it up I learned that the beings that put him there will stand in our way."
Orion's eyebrow rose. "Ok, but that still doesn't tell me how you got the apples."
"While I was speaking with the "titan", Sagira transmitted a few dozen apples into my inventory. After I returned, I began to look at the apples more closely. Thus, leading me to my discovery."
"So, who were the beings that put them there?" Orion asked.
Osiris pushed a book towards him, looking at the title Orion saw the words Greek Mythology.
"Those are our enemies."
The hunter opened the book and began to skim the book, being a guardian he was going much faster than any normal human could. However, the hunter soon came to a dead stop when he came to a single word.
Artemis
For some reason Orion felt anger begin to well up inside of him. For some reason that one word made him feel sad, angry, confused, betrayed, and he did not know why. Orion knew that most guardians had their memories from the last life removed. However, there were a few among the guardians' who could remember some things from their life before they became guardians. Most of the time it was just their names, for others it was strong memories but even then, they were hazy and hard to remember. Slim and Osiris were like the other guardians that had their memory completely wiped. He was the odd man out when it came to that, but they never talked about it.
It was unlikely but the feeling he was getting… it gave him pause.
"Hey… you mind if I borrow this?" Orion asked.
Osiris waved his hand with the go ahead. Orion on the other hand was already on his way out with the book in his hand. He had a lot of reading to do.
"And done." I said after putting the last part to Invective back in place. With Osiris back at the base this gave me a chance to head out and have a little me time. I lifted the shotgun and aimed down the sights and smiled. "Oh yeah, now we're talking."
'Slim~' Mhyrixis wined. 'when is it going to be mine turn~'
"I did you last week, and no don't you dare spin my words, besides, I have not had the need to use you just yet." I replied to the Artifact on my back.
'Boys and their guns.' She sighed.
I laughed and placed Invective on my back right next to Mhyrixis. Then went back to enjoying the sights, the sights being a city in the distance from my cliffside overlooking the city. I longed for the day where we could build a city with the Traveler watching over it. While it was saddening to know that humanity had only one city left in our timeline, I did take joy in the fact it was the greatest city humanity had ever built.
I was brought out of my sight seeing when I sensed something moving in the tree line behind me. In an instant I was on my feet with Invective in my hand pointed in the tree line's direction.
"Show yourself, I know you're there." I ordered the being I was sensing.
The area around me became very still as if life suddenly stopped around me. It lasted for a few minutes before the sound of soft footsteps on grass drew my attention to its direction. From out of the tree line step a rather gorgeous looking woman. She had bright brown flowing hair and sky-blue eyes that reminded me of that of a warlock's. She wore odd styled clothing that looked something like a robe made of cloth instead of silk.
On her head was some kind of crown made from a gold looking material. She had a bracelet made from the same material on her arms. She also felt built as I did not see any sign of extra fat on her, then there was the fact that she held no blemish whatsoever. She was a little small in breast size and she also fit into this category, but she had that hour-class figure.
However, her looks went all out the window as I was on guard.
"Who are you." I demanded taking aim with my shotgun.
She smiled and in a soothing voice said. "Peace warrior I am not here to harm you in any way."
"Funny last guy said the same thing." I countered keeping my weapon steady on her torso.
"I know you have no reason to trust me but believe me when I say I will not harm you. I could not plot against the one who saved me from my torture."
I raised my eyebrow. I did not remember saving anyone from being tortured let alone require someone from it. I was positive I had never seen her in my life. She must have picked up on my confusion because she started to speak again.
"I understand if you do not realize it was me who you saved as he was in a different form." She closed her eyes and a bright light began to poor out from her body. While the light was very bright, I did not take my eyes off her for a second. When the light had finally died down the woman was no longer standing there. In her place was a fly that immediately flew over to me and started to circle my head.
I looked at the fly still confused; this woman was the fly that has been bugging me for the past three months. That might explain why the fly was living well past its normal lifespan.
'Sid did I ever save a fly from being tortured?'
'Not that I remember.'
'Is she at least giving off any kind of energy?'
'Not much, if she is hiding it, she is doing a very good job at it.'
"Alright, you can turn into a fly, but I still don't know you." I told the woman turned fly.
The bright light returned and like before the woman was now standing in the place where the fly once flew. This time however I found that she had her arms wrapped around my neck and her face a few inches from mine. On instinct I tried to back up but as her arms wear wrapped around my neck this did not serve to help me. She smiled and let go of me.
"My name is Metis titaness of good counsel, planning, cunning and wisdom." She bowed. "At your service."
I knew a titan named Metis; she was a member of the first pillar, a striker if I remember correctly. However, she was far more muscular than this Metis she also had black hair and brown eyes. Then there was the way she called herself titan, as I knew of no titan that called themselves "titaness". Likewise none of the female hunters called themselves huntresses, the same for the female warlocks. There was also the fact that she was not giving off any light energy.
This led me to believe that this "titaness" was a titan of a different kind.
"hmm, so you are a titan." I said, giving her the stink eye.
"You have not heard of us? Well we are a race of large humanoids that once ruled the Earth. However, our king, Kronos, turned out to be a poor father and caused his godling children to rebel against him. I aided them in their rebellion and for my efforts I married the god who took over Kronos' throne. You might know him as Zeus, he is the god you punched."
"Hold up." I said raising my hand. "The asshole who punched me who I then punched was a god and who was that one woman he was with."
"I would tell you if I knew, but after my ex-husband was given a prophecy that our son would overthrow him, he tricked me into turning into a fly. He then swallowed me, and I have been stuck in his stomach ever since surviving off the food he ate and his life force." The titaness nook down, most likely remembering the time she was stuck in this guy's stomach. "As such I do not know a lot about the world as it is now." She then perked up. "But I can still be a great help to you. I helped the gods overthrow the titans. I can help you in whatever your goals are."
If what she said was true, then she was right about her being a help. She made it seem like these other titans were the powerhouses of their day. Then she went and helped these gods overthrow them, she could help prevent the Collapse. But she turned her back on her kin once, there was no telling if she would do it again.
'Sid, Mhyrixis, what do you think?' I mentally asked my partners.
'From the sounds of it she would be a big help, and she seems more than willing to help us for saving her from that god's stomach.' Sid said, voicing his thoughts on the titan.
'Why not? She is clearly indebted to you and she seems like she would do anything you say. Hmmm, I think we can break her in.' Mhyrixis added deviously.
'Alright but the others need to agree to this too.' I replied before looking at the titan. "Alright, I will accept your help-
A large smile took shape on her face.
"But know that there are others like me and they too must agree to accept your help."
Her reply was instant. "Yes, of course! I will do anything!"
"Anything is a powerful word Metis." A new powerful female voice said.
A pair of glowing eyes watched us from the forest line. Moments later the head that spoke those words revealed itself. A large creature similar to that of a dragon…but… it seemed familiar.
"Would you make a wish for the others' support? Oh, Titaness mine."
As soon as that phrase was spoken, I grabbed Metis' hand and pulled her behind me.
"Ahamkara, filth!" I spat leveling my shotgun with the beast's head.
Done! Wooo that took longer than it should have.A slow chapter and I can't promise a fight in the next as there is a lot of talking to get done. In other news I have a poll up on the profile page so if you could go cast your vote that would be great.
As always I am Slim A Lou Prime these are da boys: R.O.W., Rogue, Crusader, and Snek
God bless and can i get my invective in destiny 2 please!