Annabeth was strapping and restrapping her knife to her belt lost in thought. They were currently in Michigan. The plan was simple and straightforward when Artemis described it: visit every large body of water in the U.S. before making their way to Alaska in order to ensure that the "weapon" did not pop up prior to their arrival. It took her about 24 hours to deduce that the weapon in question was the Ophiotaurus. If this war was to end sooner rather than later the enemy would seek that power first. She wasn't present when Percy revealed himself but from what she heard he was a demon now. The Percy she left because she knew he could never leave the earth behind. That useless Percy who always denied power. She was dragged out of her deep thoughts by Artemis breaking the surface of the Lake.

"Nothing again, the gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, the Mississippi river and now the Great Lakes all of them yield nothing." The goddess said.

"This is infuriating. We know we can find it in Alaska. Why are we wasting our time on this field trip?" Jason stated flatly

"Because babe the prophecy never stated when the Ophiotaurus would pop up if we can catch it, we save ourselves the trip." Annabeth answered.

"Fine, let's get some food and discuss where to go next."

The group made their way to a pub nearby. After getting their food their talks began.

"Artemis if we're going to fight against him we need to know what we're dealing with, what were they like." Jason question.

"I'll be blunt. He was strong. My father threw the Masterbolt at him and he caught it with minimal effort. That wasn't the worst part, Zoe broke it across her knee like it was a stick. Zoe my Zoe has joined him, she knows tactics, she knows our strengths. Also with him was the daughter of Ares, the son of Hermes, The son of Nemesis, and the daughter of Aphrodite. Those six each gave an air of confidence like they were masters in their own right. That isn't all, The shadows and fire seemed to bend to his will to point where they ignored Hestia and Hades." She finished.

Nodding Jason rose and asked the ladies to follow him. After finding a large enough field Jason began to disrobe.

"My sister you felt his power please tell Annabeth and I where rank compared to him." With that Jason relaxed and flexed his power building it up as lightning struck. Jason began to yell and the power rolled off him in waves of static. Giving one final bellow the two goddesses were blinded by the light. Jason stood in front of them in all in his might, eyes glowing with electricity and lightning running throughout his body. Looking at Annabeth, she got the message and followed suit. Charging her power as gray light engulfed her until she calmed down. They both exhaled deeply as their aura diminished completely.

Artemis looked a bit surprised. What the hell kind of training had these 2 been doing.

"If I have to be honest? Percy is at about a 10, the big 3 are at about an 11. Annabeth your power puts you at about a 7 you're about as strong as Apollo, Jason you are at about an 8, right below Ares, Athena and I who are at about a 9."

"Are you saying you are inferior to Perseus my lady?" Annabeth asked shocked. Artemis eyes blazed silver.

"Not entirely, We gods have something he doesn't. Our true forms."

"I thought they were just forms of energy?" Jason asked

"No. They are manifestations of who we are, the process of assuming them releasing so much power that it seems like energy. But in reality it is the equivalent of going super saiyan from that manga the mortals are always on about." The Goddess answered

"So what is the power boost like?"

"In our true forms we observe a 3 times multiplication that is why I am not inferior. So my 9 becomes 27 if necessary."

"Interesting…...Sister is it possible…..could Annabeth and I find a way to learn our true forms?" Jason asked. Annabeth was astonished. Jason had word for word said what she was thinking.

"There is a method and it is less dangerous considering that both of you have been made gods with domains rather than just immortal demigods. Both of you must train with me day in and day out to prepare your minds and the trigger is simple: experience great loss."

"Great loss? Why on earth-"

"We Gods are born devine. Whether we like or not there is a degree of separation between us and the world. You have to sever your ties, you have to lose that which makes you corporeal and transcend into pure energy." Annabeth could only stare at the goddess while Jason nodded like he understood.

"How would the two of you feel about starting now?" the goddess asked.

"What do you have in mind my Lady?"

"Let's start by meditating, feel the energy of the planet, focus on a specific thought and extend. You'll be met with a manifestation of yourself and it will offer you power we have to tap into that first." All 3 of the Gods entered a meditation pose and began. Artemis began to levitate as did Jason. As Annabeth focused she spread her senses and saw herself standing before a giant energy version of herself offering strength, Annabeth felt the power flow into her before any more could accumulate a giant pair of galaxy eyes appeared over her energy self, a single world was said.

"No."

Immediately Annabeth was blasted back and sent flying into a tree with such force that she cracked it. Jason stopped meditating and immediately ran to her aid.

"What the Hades happened."

"I'm not sure, I saw a large energy version of myself and then these eyes, They...they were like liquid galaxies." as soon as she said this Artemis went rigid and Jason noticed.

"The person who owned the eyes said no. I was sent back to earth and crashed into the tree."

"This is the worst possible outcome. It seems Percy isn't letting you attain a true form."

"Those eyes were Percy's?!"

"What do you mean he won't let her? And if he could stop anyone why not me?"

"I don't know how but he is blocking the accumulation of energy….as for the why…..It has to be personal."

"I'm fine, we have to focus on the mission. It's safe to say Alaska should be our next stop."

Perseus sat in the training room meditating, focused on training his thought projection and seeing just how far he could push it. Sending pieces of his consciousness drained him and making it a radius rather than a pinpoint drained him even more. It was by far one of the most difficult techniques Chaos taught him. That was when he felt that cold feeling again instantly he sent his consciousness towards it.

"Michigan…...Why Michigan there isn't anything-" and then he saw the Great Lakes.

"They must be checking for the Ophiotaurus in more notable bodies of water, Artemis hasn't lost a beat." That when he noticed, Jason and Annabeth flared their power and he watched with intrigue 500 years was all it took for them to completely overtake the lower ranks of the Olympians it was impressive. Then he heard what Artemis said about true forms. He could only laugh at their ignorance, but then they assumed their poses and Percy decided to play a little prank. When he saw Annabeth's training starting to progress he entered her mental scape and flared his power.

"No." He said and watched as she was blasted into a nearby tree. Smiling to himself Percy spread his consciousness towards the Canadian border.

"Ethan can you hear."

"Percy? Is that you? Seriously what can't you do?" He answered

Silena and Zoe looked at him with concern.

"It's Percy. He's fine just trying to relay some info." Both ladies nodded.

"The Olympian envoy will be in Alaska in 2 days, don't let them beat you there."

"Catch and retreat?"

"If you meet them there, fight for the ophiotaurus. If you catch it before them wait for them. I want to see where we compare at the moment with the higher tier of Olympian if that's okay with you?

" I will be totally honest with you Percy. It would be my genuine pleasure." He said with an almost evil smirk.

"Excellent. I'll try to bring you more updates as they come."

"Can't wait boss."

Percy's consciousness retreated back to his body where Luke was waiting.

"Why are you smiling so hard?" Luke asked

"Just a little satisfaction is all." He answered.

Chuckling Luke turned back to his best friend.

"Are you ready to whip these recruits into god slaying shape?"

"Send em in, let's get to work."

Percy had the recruits assemble in the training room. After sending a message to his mother a golden flash of light illuminated the room and a man appeared by his side with golden eyes and a long white beard. The man embraced Percy, Luke and Clarisse smiling brightly.

"Recruits! This is my elder brother Chronus." He paused and watched their horrified reactions.

"Wait, no, not that one." The demigods were visibly relaxed and Percy just chuckled.

"For those of you who don't know Chronus is the Primordial God of Time he can see and actively influence time to an obscene degree." In order to demonstrate his point Percy tossed an apple the God and its entire life span occurred in a second and then reversed.

"You're probably wondering what's going on, Olympus will be attacking this base in 2 days."

With that the demigods paled.

"The forces will be led by Ares and Apollo I'm not sure what they'll summon to attack us with but here is where Chronus comes in. My brother will cover the training room with time dilation magic. Every day out there will be a year here. I will push you to the brink for 2 years…..it will be hellish but I can promise that you'll have the power to get your vengeance." The demigods released a booming warcry.

"Excellent. First things first. Let me explain something. Your parentage means nothing here. Whatever powers you acquired I will train to precision but dont think parentage means rank. 2 days ago a child of Aphrodite killed Nike. I'm here to make warriors and with that I need a favor from all of you. You all know better than I do so pick your 3 best leaders and we can move from there. 20 minutes later 3 individuals came forward 2 girls and one boy.

"What are your names, Olympian parent and what weapon do you specialize in?"

"Wale Stone, Aphrodite, Sword sir."

"Sarah Miles, Hephaestus, Spear sir."

"Abi Sina, Demeter, Sword sir."

"Your fellow Demigods believe in you and so do I. So you guys are ready?" The night before Percy had taught them the Salute of his army a fist across the chest. Almost in unison the demigods adopted the salute.

Hi guys, it's good to be back. I really like where this story is going and I hope you do too. If there's something not clear or if you just need to get something off your chest let me know. Please review I got the nicest one ever the other day I cranked out a whole chapter so keep 'em coming. Later

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