A/N I told someone I really liked the pokémon Mew.
The person said: Isn't that the evolution of Mewtwo?
Naturally I cut off all my connections with said person.
Anyway, here's the new book, I hid a lot of easter eggs in this chapter. Can you find them all?
Also, I add the reviews later.
Book 8:
When worlds collide
Location: unknown
Time: unknown
(?): You know what happens if the mad titans succeeds in his quest.
(¿): I know, but we still have some time.
(?): We don't. Time is fragile, now everything is quite peaceful. But I can foresee a chain of events that may lead to Thanos' victory.
(¿): If your predictions are true then we can only hope they succeed.
(?): I went forward in time to see all the possible outcomes.
(¿): You can do that?
(?): Death is eternal.
(¿): So how many did they succeed.
(?): I saw fourteen million six hundred and five different scenarios. Only in one they won.
(¿): What happens to us after they fail?
(?): Depends if I rejects his love or not.
(¿): What's the outcome?
(?): Either he will kill all of us. Or he will kill (a)ll of us except me.
(¿): You think we need to interfere?
(?): Already did.
(¿): What did you do?
(?): I found someone who can stop Thanos.
(¿): From what planet is the one you had in mind?
(?): Earth.
(¿): You can't be serious. The Phoenix force is unsubstab-
(?): I was not talking about her. About someone else. Someone from a different world.
(¿): Who?
(?): Someone who is on the other side of the multiverse. So far away not a single being in this world can prepare for him. Not even the Beyonder.
(¿): He would become a target if you brought him here. People will notice immediately...The Beyonder. He hates world travelers. Besides, traveling to our universe would also decrease his power.
(?): He won't notice. The person I have in mind is not a powerful being. Just a normal hero. A demigod.
(¿): A demigod? And how could he stop the titan?
(?): That's the beauty of it. The boy I'm talking about appears to be weak. Not stronger than a mutant. So he won't be noticed by other deities.
(¿): That's good. But if he's so weak why bring him here?
(?): Despite his lack in powers he is a real survivor. He faced a lot of impossible odds before. At this point he might look weak but yet he managed to survive almost anything the universe throws at him. And his fate...he has the power to destroy an universe.
(¿): I'm curious. How can you be so sure he's the one able to save us.
(?): I'm not. I selected 1369 different beings across the multiverse and saw one hundred eighty-four trillion, six hundred seventy-four billion, five hundred sixty-five million, three hundred forty-four thousand, three hundred forty different scenarios. The boy I'm talking about has the highest chance of winning.
(¿): By how much?
(?): If the boy interferes the chance of survival would go from one in a fourteen million six hundred and five scenarios to 6 in a fourteen million six hundred and five scenarios.
(¿): I'm impressed. So how do you plan on bringing him here? If his universe is so far away from ours.
(?): I can't reach his universe and make a portal. But I can attract his attention. He is a curious person. He will fall for his curiosity and come to this world.
(¿): But what if he doesn't want to help. What if he only wants to go home.
(?): He will help. It's in his nature to help.
(¿): So who is this person?
(?): His name is Percy Jackson.
(Third POV)
The black helicopter flew through the night. Under it miles of dry desert passed by. The dry desert of New Mexico offered the perfect place for the shield base. Also known as the PROJECT P.E.G.A.S.U.S FACILITY.
The base was in a state of panic, though they called it. Evacuation.
Men in suits ran around, carrying all kind of technological stuff to the vehicles. Soldiers were running around. Fully armed and ready for a hostile attack.
Slowly the helicopter flew towards the helicopter pad. A man in a fancy black suit waited a few yards away.
Although Phil Coulson was internally freaking out he managed to appear calm. He patiently waited for the helicopter to land.
Two men jumped out of the helicopter, a woman in a skin tight shield uniform and a black man wearing a black long coat.
She looked fierce and sexy at the same time. Though she looked pretty Maria hill could actually stand her ground. There was a reason she was a level 9 SHIELD agent.
He was bald and had a goatee bird, however the thing that stood out the most was a black eyepatch that covered one of his eyes.
He climbed out of the helicopter and approached the Phil Coulson.
From the way he walked you could see he was a man of respect and power. Someone who you shouldn't underestimate.
"How bad is it?" Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., asked.
"That's the problem, sir. We don't know." Phil answered calmly.
Phil led Agent Hill and Director Fury through the SHIELD base, through the radiation section
of the facility. Hundreds of technicians and other staff ran around, taking only the essentials.
Fury glanced at a few scientist carrying a black box which probably held some high-tech SHIELD equipment.
"How long does it take to get everyone out?" Fury asked.
"Campus should be clear in the next half hour." Phil answered.
"Make sure they do it faster." Fury said and Phil tapped his earpiece, sending a few more commands to the other agents.
"NASA didn't authorize Selvig to test phase." Fury groaned, clearly displeased by what was going on.
"He didn't," Phil said to Fury's surprise. "It turned itself on. "
"What level is it?" Agent Hill asked.
AGENT PHIL COULSON. "Climbing. When Selvig couldn't shut it down, we ordered the evacuate."
Finally they had reached the RADIATION FACILITY FLOOR.
Ufry turned to Agent Hill. "I need you to make sure that PHASE 2 prototypes are shipped out. If the Tesseract's energy can't be controlled there might be no safe distance."
Agent Hill looked confused, "Sir, is that really a priority right now?"
NICK FURY shot her a dark glance, "Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on. Clear out the tech below. Every piece of PHASE 2 on a truck and gone."
"Yes sir." Maria Hill said and turned around and began to order around a few soldiers who were busy evacuating.
After another minute they reached a heavily secured door, but at the sight of Nick Fury the guards immediately stepped away, Phil gave director Fury a nod before going somewhere else. Trying to help the others evacuating everyone.
Nick Fury sighed as the doors opened and revealed a large room. There was enough space in the room to fit a small army, which was something they had to consider.
In the middle of the room a few scientist were walking around a rather large metallic machine. It was a circular frame that was glowing blue.
In the middle of the entire construction was a glowing blue cube.
The Tesseract.
"Tell me Doctor," Fury said, "What's going on."
One of the scientist stepped away from the machine.
Sweat was dripping down Doctor Erik Selvig's face, "Director. We don't know what is going on."
"Is there anything we know for certain?" Fury asked.
"The Tesseract is misbehaving."
Fury shot a glare at Erik. "Is this a joke to you?"
"No, it's not funny at all. The Tesseract is not only active, she's...misbehaving."
Fury gritted his teeth, "Can you pull the plug?"
Erik shook his head, "She's an energy source. If we turn off the power, she turns it back on. If she reaches peak level…"
"We've prepared for this, doctor. Harnessing energy from space." Fury said.
"We don't have the harness. Our calculations are far from complete. Now she's throwing off interference, radiation. Nothing harmful, low levels of gamma radiation." Erik immediately replied.
"That can be harmful," Fury groaned, "Where's Barton."
"The Hawk?" Erik huffed and pointed at the roof, "Up in his nest. As usual."
Clint Barton was dressed in black tactical gear, swung over his shoulder was a quiver stuffed with black arrows. In his hand he held a black bow that was his signature weapon.
If you saw him leaning against the railing you would think he was just relaxing, but it was the opposite. From this spot he could see everything that happens in this room, plus he had a clear shot from this place.
"Agent Barton," Fury called Barton on his earpiece, "Report."
Barton perked up and rappelled down and approached Fury.
"I told you to keep an close eye on this thing." Fury scowled.
"Well, I see better from a distance." Barton shrugged.
"Saw anything that had might set if off?" Fury asked.
Suddenly Erik ran towards Fury, "Sir. It's spiking again."
Fury shot Barton a concerned look, "Did someone activate it?"
"No one's come or gone. It's oven is clean. No contacts, no I.M.'s. If there was any tampering, sir, it wasn't at this end."
"What do you mean this end?" Director Fury asked.
"Yeah, the cube is a doorway to the other end of space, right?" Agent Barton said not realizing the implication. "The doors open from both sides."
While he explained his theory Erik was typing rapidly on his keyboard. Windows popped open and closed on his monitor within seconds. His jaw dropped in fear as he read the newest status report.
"Fury!" He managed before an earthquake interrupted him. All the nearby Agents glanced around nervously, trying to stand their ground.
After a second the earthquake stopped.
The Tesseract was glowing brighter and blue rings of energy spout out of it.
Fearfully everyone stepped away from the glowing cube as it was building up energy.
Then the Tesseract's light faded. For a few dreadful seconds everyone hoped this was it.
Only to be proven wrong by a beam of light shooting out of the Tesseract.
The color of the beam could not be defined, it was like trying to determine the color of a nuclear explosion. To many colors followed each other in such rapid pace it was impossible to look at it without feeling dizzy.
The beam shot horizontally through the room and stopped in the middle, vorming a black vortex of energy that began to spin around itself and then collapsed on itself. Sending a shockwave across the room.
The beam had disappeared but the energy that had been created by the Tesseract had not. In the facility's vacuum chamber blue energy was forming a blue cloud of energy. It slowly began to crawl up the walls towards the ceiling of the vacuum chamber.
Then it disappeared.
A silence followed, multiple SHIELD agents armed with automatic rifles and wearing black tactical armor aimed their weapons at the vacuum chamber.
A heavy breathing filled the air.
The guards slowly approach, weapons ready to fire at will.
She smoke from the blast had faded away and revealed someone kneeling on the platform.
The person in question had a smug smile on his face, a smile that said: I have already won.
He had long black hair and blue eyes that had a spark of mischief in them.
He was slender yet he wore long dark robes.
Smiling in his mischievous manner, he raised his head.
He looks into Nick Fury's eyes, and the grin on his face grows wider.
He slowly rose and revealed his weapon, a scepter.
It was a golden staff with on top of it a blue glowing stone there was a golden blade curved around the stone. Giving it more protection.
"Sir," Nick Fury said on a demanding tone. "Please put down the spear!"
The new figure looks at the spear in his hand for a few second.
Suddenly he pointed the spear at Agent Barton and Directory Fury.
A blue exploding light shot out of the spear and razed towards them.
But Barton was a trained SHIELD agent, he tackled Fury to the ground and they dodged it just in time.
The guards fired their rifles at the newcomer but the bullets just bounce of him like he's invincible.
The man jumped up and with superhuman speed he slashes down a guard, using the blade on top of his scepter.
Within 5 seconds he had killed all the guards using a combination of his knives and the energy blasts from his scepter.
When no one attacks him he stops and glances around, curiosity written all over his face.
He steps towards Barton and Fury who are still one the ground.
Barton tried to attack him, he drew a handgun and aimed it at the man's face but before he could pull the trigger his hand was grabbed and he was forced down.
Barton immediately noticed that this man was not a regular human, his strength surpassed a normal human.
"You have a good heart," The man said. He pointed the spear at Barton's head and the blue stone glowed a little brighter.
Barton's eyes suddenly turned black, Barton straightened and his will to fight left his head.
The man went to the researches and used his spear on them too. Brainwashing each one of them.
While he was doing that Fury decided this was his chance. He sneaked towards the machine and dismantled the Tesseract from the metal frame. He carefully placed it inside a suitcase and tried to leave the lab.
For a second Fury hopes he can make it out without getting noticed only to get his hope shattered a second later.
"Please don't." The strange said. "I still need that."
Nick Fury slowly turned around, "This does not have to get worse."
"Of course it does." The man smiled. "I've come too far for anything else. I am Loki of Asgard,
and I am burdened with glorious purpose."
Doctor Selvig's eyes widened, "Loki? Brother of Thor?"
"We have no quarrel with your people." Fury said.
"An ant has no quarrel with a boot." Loki said threateningly.
"You planning to step on us?"
"I come with glad tidings, of a world made free." Loki said dramatically.
Fury scowled. "Free from what?"
"Freedom," Loki said, "Freedom is life's great lie. Once you accept that, in your heart…"
Loki suddenly spun around and faced Selvig who had been standing behind him. He placed his spear against Selvig's heart.
Selvig's eyes glowed black.
"You will know peace." Loki finished his sentence like nothing had happened.
"Yeah, you say peace," Director Fury said unimpressed. "I kind of think you mean the other thing."
"Sir, Director Fury is stalling." Barton suddenly said. "This place is about to blow. Drop a hundred feet of rock on us. He means to bury us."
Fury grinned for once. "Like the pharaohs of Odin."
Loki glanced at Barton who immediately pointed his gun at Fury and shot him point blank.
Fury fell to the flour.
Barton knelt down to grab the case when it suddenly clicked open and a blue beam of light erupted from the case.
Loki immediately lunged forward and closed the case again, but it was to late.
A blue energy cloud began to swirl around itself until it loosely resemble something like a floating water pool.
"What is this?" Loki murmured.
(Percy POV)
"Open your eyes," a mysterious voice said.
I decided against it and kept my eyes shut, hoping to catch some sleep.
"Open your eyes." The voice repeated, sounding more annoyed than before.
"Open your eyes Percy."
I groaned, knowing that if I tried to ignore the voice it would probably keep annoying me. I opened my eyes...and saw it was still dark inside.
Because it was night and around 2am.
Chaos yawned, 'Why'd you wake up?'
I frowned, 'Wait. That wasn't you?'
'What was me?'
Chaos quickly dove into my memory palace. She was silent for a second before she muttered. 'Okay. So can we go back to sleep?'
I shook my head. 'No. I want to know what the Hades just happened.'
A small fireball appeared in my hand and lit up the Poseidon Cabin.
Nyx was sleeping on the other bunk bed, (on top naturally) Rebel was tucked between her arms and was snoring peacefully.
I jumped out of bed and pushed the curtains from the window away.
'Mmm,' I thought. 'Why is there a blue light coming from the forest?'
I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.
'Wait, what?'
I looked again, a blue glowing orb had appeared above the forest.
'Okay, that's weird.'
'I know,' Chaos said. 'I've never seen this before.'
I considered my options, I could check it out. Or I could go back to sleeping.
'Chaos?'
'You know what I want.' Chaos replied.
I grinned and jumped out of my bed, quickly got myself dressed and decided what I should take with me for the short stroll.
Surprisingly the bow, began to glow. I had tried to hide it under my bed. Trying to pretend it did not exist.
I glared at the bow, 'You're not coming with me.'
The bow kept glowing, but brighter.
I groaned and took it, knowing that it would keep glowing brighter and eventually disturbing people.
I turned to Nyx and whispered. "Nyx?"
She groaned.
"Nyx?" I said a little louder.
"I'm sleeping." she muttered half sleeping.
"There's a blue light outside above the forest. " I said, hoping this would make Nyx curious. "I'm going to check it out."
Nyx opened one eye, her white glowing eye gaze passed me and glanced through the window.
"I don't see anything." She said sternly and closed her eyes.
"You don't see it?" I asked confused. "But it's floating right above the forest. You can't miss it."
But Nyx was telling the truth, my lie detector had randomly kicked in and had detected no lies.
I frowned, "Well I'm going to check it out anyway."
"I don't care." Nyx said. "Go chase your dreams boy."
I shook my head disappointed and left my cabin.
(Timeskip)
'Where is it?' I asked Chaos, Looked around but the light had suddenly faded away.
Now I was standing in front of the gateway to Dodona's Grove.
The glowing light had seem to be floating above this place but now I had arrived; it was gone. Which was utterly annoying since it took me about an hour to reach it. I had to travel all the way through the forest and through the anthill.
I had used my the surroundings to make myself invisible so I had avoided most of the monsters. Still, that the light just disappeared was a big anticlimax.
Disappointed I decided to check out the Grove of Dodona. I've never been there but I heard Apollo talking about it.
Apparently it was a stand of sacred oaks planted by the Titaness, Rhea, in the first days of the world. A Roman Emperor had burned down the original Grove but it had been reformed in Camp Half-blood. The trees had prophecial powers that came directly from Rhea, Zeus's mom, but since Rhea was gone the trees had grown wild.
I took a step through the gates but instead of stepping into Dodona's Grove something else happened.
It felt like I stepped through some kind of magic barrier, the world around completely changed.
I felt a rush of magic run over me for a split second, then it faded away.
I was standing in a forest but it was not Dodona's Grove as I had expected it to be.
The first thing that I noticed was that it was light. It had been dark a second ago but now the light was bright as ever.
I turned around and noticed that the gateway that led to the glade was gone too. Instead I was standing in the middle of this weird forest.
It was a dense forest, leafy trees grew all over the place; their leaves hiding the sky from my sight. Grass tickled at my legs, the air was warm and almost unpleasant. Al though I could not see the sun in the sky, because of the leaves, the sun still shone brightly through the leaves. Making the light look a bit greenish.
That's when I noticed it was quiet. The silence was so present it made this place feel ancient and powerful all the same.
There were no birds flying around, no insects (or spiders) and there was no wind.
It was like time had frozen.
But that was not the weirdest thing, the strangest thing of all were the pools.
Thousands and thousands of small pools were everywhere; a pool every few yards as far as my eyes could reach.
In fact, I was standing close to one. The pool was around ten feet wide, maybe a bit smaller.
"What is this place?" I wondered out loud.
'Step back now!' Chaos suddenly demanded.
'What?'
'Don't move,' Chaos said, 'Take a step back.'
She sounded disturbed...or scared.
'Which one of the two?' I asked, 'Step back or don't move?'
'Keep looking at the same direction and take a step back.' Chaos demanded.
I decided to humour her request and did it.
The effect was immediate.
The moment I stepped back I felt the same rush of magic wash over me.
And it was dark again, the stars were back in the sky and I was standing in front of the gate.
'Oh gods,' Chaos muttered as she let out a sigh of relief. 'Just in time.'
I frowned, 'What was that about?'
Chaos shifted uncomfortable, 'I assume you can not forget about it?'
'Nope.'
Chaos studied me thoughtfully. 'Well, I guess you've already seen it and you're still alive. Maybe it's destiny.'
'Wait a minute!' I said. 'Please rewind and tell me what 'it' was and what just happened.'
'Fine,' Chaos said. 'I'll tell you. You're already to involved with this kind of stuff to ignore it.'
I waited for Chaos to give me a full explanation of what just happened, instead she told me to grab some dirt.
"Dirt?" I muttered out loud.
'Do it.' Chaos said determined.
I shrugged and grabbed some dug up some dirt with my bare hands.
I held the soil in my hand and felt really stupid.
'Okay,' I said, 'I got your dirt. Can I now get an explanation.'
'Wait a minute.' Chaos said and without a warning she took control of my body.
I was about scold her when she caught my interest. She folded my hands around the dirt and my hands began to glow red. I saw fire sparks escape my hands and I assumed she was burning the dirt.
A second later Chaos gave me my body back.
'Done.' She said cheerfully.
I frowned and opened my hand, expecting to see some ash.
Instead there was a green ring lying on the palm of my hand. It was not remarkable big or thick, just delicate and it could easily be overlooked.
Yet it felt extremely powerful, I could literally feel the waves of magic coming from this tiny ring.
I once held Zeus's lightning bolt,
The lightning bolt felt like a firecracker compared to this small ring.
"One ring to rule them all huh?" I said confused.
Chaos chuckled, "Put the ring on your finger and walk through the gate again."
I put the ring on my ring finger on my left hand and stepped through the gateway.
Immediately I was back in the woods.
'Now grab some dirt from this place.' Chaos said.
I nodded, deciding it was the best I could do right now, I knelt down and took some dirt.
Chaos took control again, she made another ring.
This ring, however, did not have a distinct color. Instead it was slowly shifting between all of them, it was beautiful.
"That's some cool jewelry," I said. "Now can I get an explanation?"
'Sure,' Chaos said. 'Welcome to Wood between the Worlds.'
I almost laughed out loud, 'Say what?'
'The Wood between the Worlds,' chaos repeated. 'Or as you could call it. The Nexus of the Multiverse.'
I frowned, 'What is a Multiverse? And how does this explain anything at all.'
Chaos sweatdropped. 'Percy, the Multiverse is one of the greatest things I ever created.'
'You created it?'
Chaos shrugged, 'Sort off. More like every aspect of me across the Multiverse. Actually, I don't know if I created it or if it created this world. It's kind of a paradox. My best guess is that every version of me contributed to its existence.'
'What is Multiverse again?'
Chaos sighed. 'Look at this place, what do you see?'
'Trees and water pools. That's all.' I sweatdropped.
'Water pools,' Chaos chuckled. 'Percy. Every single one of them leads to another world.'
My eyes widened in shock.
There were literally more pools than I could see.
"You mean," I began, "Like Helheim, Vanaheim, Asgard."
'No Percy,' Chaos said like I was a small child. 'Let me correct myself. Each pool leads to another universe.'
I glanced suspiciously at the pool next to me. 'What do you mean universe?'
'Percy,' Chaos said. 'Your universe is not the only one. It's one of many. There are millions upon millions of universes. Every possible reality is a separate universe.'
I thought it was hard to believe, so I used my lie detection but Chaos was actually speaking the truth. "No fucking way."
Chaos grinned. "Oh, yes. And you just found the nexus of the Multiverse.'
'But how-'
'And you discovered it.' Chaos said. 'The direct entrance to the Multiverse.'
'Could you please define Multiverse,' I said; still trying to comprehend what Chaos was talking about.
'Your universe is a small component of a vast assemblage of universes. Altogether we call it the Multiverse. Hence the term. 'Multi'.'
'So, if I would jump into one of those pools I would end up in another universe?'
'Got it!'
I blinked. 'That's cool. I guess.'
Chaos sighed, 'Cool I guess? Percy. You don't realize how lucky you are to stumble across this place.'
'What do you mean? Aren't there other people who travel across dimensions?'
'Oh there certainly are,' Chaos said casually. 'Some individuals can run so fast they can outrun their own universe and run straight into another one. Some people fall into a rabbit hole and end up in another universe while others are smart enough to create a portal gun.'
I kind of felt bad after hearing this, hearing there were other people who traveled the Multiverse made it less special for me.
Chaos must have felt my emotions because she said. 'You are wrong though,'
'What do you mean?'
'First off,' Chaos said with pride. 'You found the spill of the Multiverse. This world where we are right now is not a real world. It's more like a dimension that exists outside all worlds. Like a corridor from where anyone can access any of the portals.'
'O.'
'Most people who discover the Multiverse are limited by the fact that they have no idea where they are going or are extremely limited to their own universe's location. You discovered the main entrance. You could theoretically enter every world you want instead of the universe closest to yours.'
I smiled.' Okay, that's cool.'
Then a thought popped up.
'If it's possible for someone to travel across the multiverse. Why haven't I ever heard of someone with that power? I mean, wouldn't they be all over the place?'
Chaos grin even spread wider. 'Ah, my Padawan. You realize the problem with multiple universes. So did I, and every aspect of me.'
'Aspect?'
'Every universe has some kind of version of me.' Chaos said quickly. 'Anyway. I realized that there would be individuals who would try to conquer the multiverse. People who would abuse the system and use powers from their own universe to enslave others.'
'Are you just summarizing the plot of every sci-fi ever?'
'Shut up.' Chaos groaned. 'Anyway. To prevent such thing from happening the Multiverse has one rule. A rule that maintains balance in the Multiverse. The Power Rule.'
I chuckled.
Chaos scowled at me. 'You want me to keep telling you about this amazing place or-'
'Don't mind me.' I said quickly. 'Keep talking.'
'The Power rule states that every being who crosses the Multiverse barrier gets weakened till it possesses no threat to the universe he's going too.'
I frowned. 'How?'
'A lot of ancient magic that's even beyond my grasp. But here's an example:' Chaos said. 'Imagine if someone took Zeus' lightning bolt to Hyrule. He or she would literally be a god in that universe. However the Power Rule nerfs the lightning bolt so it would be as useful as a diamond sword with sharpness.'
I raised an eyebrow, 'That's convenient.'
Chaos chuckled. 'Trust me on this kid. That rule is the only reason there is not some kind of Cthulhu riding a Giratina while writing names of gods in the Death Note.'
'O.' I said, having no idea what any of those things were.
'But you Percy,' Chaos said smiling sluggishly. 'You are not affected by that rule.'
'Say what now?'
'Try to summon a fireball.'
I did, a small floating flame appeared in my hand.
'The rules do not affect you,' Chaos said with awe. 'Apparently the Multiverse chose you-'
'How did it chose me? I came here accidently.'
I glanced around, expecting the trees to come to life, or the water to start talking. But everything stayed the same.
Chaos shook her head with a knowing smile. 'Percy. The reason you came here in the first place is because you are free from the ancient laws. Remember your trip at the sea of monsters, how you accidently went from the Sea of Monsters to the Jotunheimr sea?'
'A good memory.' I quiped.
'You wanted to escape the sea of monsters and subconsciously bend the ancient laws to find an escape. It brought you to the Jotunheimr. You can stand anywhere as long as you are brave enough.'
I considered what Chaos just said. It had been a while ago but the feeling I got from crossing to the Norse Pantheon felt oddly similar to entering the Wood between the Worlds.
'But I had no intentions to find this place.' I muttered.
'No,' Chaos said. 'This place stays hidden from everyone. Even from me but apparently you found it.'
'I did not,' I protested. 'I tried to enter Dodona's Grove.'
'You realize that Dodona's Grove and the wood between the worlds are similar right?'
'Yes,' I said sarcastically. 'They both contain universe pools.'
'Haha,' Chaos laughed while glaring at me. 'No. Dodona's Grove was the first grove in the universe. The Wood between the Worlds was the first thing that ever appeared in the Multiverse. These two places are so similar that you accidently slipped from one to another.'
'But I was not looking or desiring for this place.' I countered. 'When I was at the sea of monsters I tried to escape. This is completely different. I had no intentions to cross the barrier of the universe.'
Chaos smirked. 'Exactly, the Multiverse must have lured you to Dodona's Grove knowing that it could trick you into slipping into this dimension.'
I glanced around again, 'You mean that this place-'
'Wanted to be found by you.' Chaos finished her sentence. 'If you want more proof. This place would've killed you the first minute.'
I paled slightly. 'Okay. That's a lot to take in you know? The Multiverse tried to lure me to its Nexus, but why? What does it want me to do?'
'What you always do,' Chaos said. 'Bring hope.'
Although Chaos was really excited about this thing I was rather skeptical.
'So it want me to become some kind of...I don't know; Guardian of the Galaxy?'
'Multiverse,' Chaos corrected me. 'Big difference. But since this place has not killed you yet I think it's safe to assume it crowned you as the Hero or Defender of the Multiverse.'
I blinked.
I blinked again, trying to comprehend what was going on.
Multiverse, multiple universes.
'I should've kept my eyes closed, didn't I?'
'Percy!' Chaos said harshly, 'Don't take it lightly. Apparently the Multiverse chose you. Do you know how small the chance is? There are around 8 billion people on your planet. There are over a marioplex of different universes. Yet it chose you out all of them.'
I felt really uncomfortable after hearing that, I felt insignificant compared to what was going on.
Yet it felt similar.
It felt like the first time I discovered the gods were real.
'Just another day in my life right?' I said.
Chaos chuckled, 'Yes. Just another day in your crazy life.'
'So,' I said and wiggled my fingers. 'What's up with those rings?'
I had put the rainbow ring on my right hand, now I knew that this ring was made from sacred dirt it was kind of cool to have it.
'To enter or leave this place.' Chaos said. 'You honestly did not think that there was only one entrance to this place?'
I shrugged. 'At this point I don't think anything at all.'
'The green ring will take you back to earth, your earth. The rainbow ring however brings you back to the Wood between Worlds.'
I smiled, at least I don't have to make the entire trip to Dodona's Grove again.
'So,' I said. 'How do I use my precious?'
Chaos chuckled at my joke. 'Well, twist the ring and say the word.'
'What word?'
'That's up to you.' Chaos said. 'Those rings belong to you. Choose a password.'
I stared at the rings around my fingers. 'So I can choose anything?'
'Yup?'
'Can I choose password?'
Chaos grunted, 'Use your imagination a bit more.'
I frowned. 'Shazam? Abracadabra? Expecto Patronum? Please?'
I shook my head. 'I don't know. What word should I choose?'
Chaos smirked. 'You can't choose?'
I nodded. 'Yeah, every word I pick sounds rather dumb.'
'What about…Chaos?' Chaos suggested. 'I mean, you are my Champion and all.'
I considered it for a second, when nothing better came up I decided to roll with it.
"Chaos!" I yelled, suddenly the rings lit up and I felt the ancient magic inside the rings connect with me.
'Now, that's settled. Can we discuss the glowing pool?' Chaos said.
I frowned, 'What glowing pool?'
'That glowing pool.' Chaos said and she pointed at a pool a few yards away.
I raised an eyebrow, I had been so focused on my conversation with Chaos I hadn't even noticed it.
I slowly made my way over towards the pool.
When I had reached the pool bank I studied the water.
The water was glowing softly.
"Should I touch it?" I wondered, trying to guess what was going on.
'That's stupid.' Chaos said accusingly. 'Let's do it.'
I felt the water flow through my fingers, it was cold but not unpleasant. Rather comforting.
'Maybe you should jump straight into it?' Chaos suggested.
'No,' I said, 'That could be dangerous.'
'Chicken.' Chaos stuck out her tongue.
'You're not convincing me.' I replied calmly.
'Maybe this will convince you.' Chaos said and I felt a tap on my shoulder.
My eyes widened and I spun around.
My eyes met Chaos' who had taken a physical form.
"Chicken." She said and she pushed me into the pool.
(Third POV)
One moment Chaos threw me into the magical water. Next moment I was standing in another room.
It reminded me of some kind of lab, I glanced around and saw I was not the only person present.
In front of me stood a man with greasy black hair and blue eyes. He wore a rope and held some kind of staff in his hand.
Next to him stood a guy in tactical armor with a quiver on his back and a compound bow in his hand.
Around me were...the bodies of, what I assumed, security guards. At Least a dozen of them, some of them had burn marks like they were shot with an energy projectile while others seemed to be stabbed.
"Who are you?" The guy with the black hair asked me, his voice told me that he was used to being respected. It reminded me of Zeus.
"Who are you?" I countered.
He huffed. "I am Loki, from Asgard."
My eyes widened.
'Chaos-'
'Alternate realities. This is a different universe. Get used to it.' Chaos said calmly.
"I'm Percy Jackson. From Manhattan." I said.
I then glanced at the scepter in his hand. "What is that?"
"Wait a minute!" Loki said. "I'm the one in charge. I'm the one who's going to demand answers. Why are you here? How are you here?"
I narrowed my eyes, something was wrong here.
"Did you attack these security guards?" I asked.
Loki's eyes betrayed him, I immediately readied myself for an attack.
"I don't know how I came here," I said. "But I'm definitely going to stop whatever you are doing."
Loki rose his scepter and aimed the blue glowing top at me.
I immediately dropped to the ground and tackled him. Which was harder than I thought it would be. Luckily I had super strength.
Loki fell to the ground. The archer dude immediately notched an arrow on his bow.
I uncapped Riptide (wait a minute. When did my bow transform back to Riptide?) and lunged at him.
He blocked the blow with bow but by doing so I had interrupted his shot.
He had to use both hands to stop my blow, I only used one. I aimed my hand at the Archer dude when I fell to the ground.
'Damit,' I thought. 'That trickster.'
Loki had jumped to his feet and grabbed the scepter.
While Loki tried to stab with his scepter the archer dude commanded his henchman to leave.
I let out a scream and Loki was thrown across the room.
He landed on his feet and aimed his scepter at me.
Instinctively I rose my free arm and the Shield of Winter appeared.
Just in time, I saw a blue beam of light shot towards me.
The shield of winter blocked the damage and I saw shock written all over Loki's face.
"How-"
"My turn!" I quiped and shot a webline towards Loki. It hit his hand and the patch of spider web stuck to the wall.
"Jump Left!" I heard a new voice suddenly say.
Instead of trying to think about it I immediately jumped to the left.
Just in time, an arrow flew towards me and would've hit me in the chest but I jumped away.
However he still hit me, only in my side.
The arrow pierced my flesh and I dropped to the ground from the pain.
From my position I saw the arrow dude grab a suitcase and run towards Loki, he cut him free from my spiderweb.
Loki aimed his scepter at me but the arrow dude interrupted him.
"We have to leave now! This place is about to explode."
As if the facility tried to proof it point the room began to shake. Like there was some kind of earthquake.
Loki glared at me but nonetheless left the room.
I pulled the arrow out of my side. I tried to do it at once but the pain was to much. I slowly wiggled the arrow, trying to avoid causing more damage.
When the arrow was removed I winced in pain, however I saw that the wound had already closed itself.
'Thanks Hel.' I silently said.
"Kid." A broken voice said. The same one who had told me to jump to the left.
I glanced around the room and saw someone lying on the floor.
The person in question was bleeding, a bloody shot wound above his heart.
I stumbled towards him and placed my hands on the wound,
"Kid?" the man asked breathing heavily.
"Keep quiet." I said and I began to heal him.
It was a small wound, not even divine so it was relatively easy. Only took me about 10 seconds.
I sighed and pulled my hands away, the wound was gone and replaced by a tiny scar.
The man's eye (he only had one) widened. "How?"
"Long story." I said, "We need to get out of here right?"
This seemed to be a miracle, he rose. "Can you walk? Kid?"
I nodded and put my pen away, "Follow me!" he said and he ran away, gesturing me to follow him. Behind me the blue energy began to crawl up the walls and I had the gut feeling it was about to do BOOM.
I wisely decided to follow the stranger.
He led me through countless corridors all the while we were slowly getting higher, I deduced that this place must have been underground.
While running the man grabbed a walkie talkie from his belt, "Hill, do you copy?"
The person named Hill did not copy, yet the man barked new orders. "He's got the Tesseract! Track it down! The energy is really brewing a fucking shit storm from the vacuum chamber ceiling."
'Oh,' Chaos said excitedly, 'Tesseracts, I love those.'
We raced out of the hallway, avoiding falling pipes and other expensive stuff. My guess was that I ended up in some kind of miliary lab.
After a dreadful minute we finally managed to reach the surface. The man pushed the front door open and for once I got a good look to see where I am.
It was night and I was in the middle of some kind of desert.
As I had expected I was at some kind of military complex, there were a couple helicopters chained to the ground and I saw a couple of trucks standing in a neat row. People where running all over the place but clearly with a plan. It reminded me a bit of an anthill.
We passed a sign that read:
JOINT DARK ENERGY DIVISION
Western Union
Project Pegasus
NASA Space Radiation Facility
Shield Accelerator Test Facility.
"Seems like I ended up in the best location possible." I muttered.
The man ran towards a helicopter and jumped inside, he turned around to help me up but I simply jump inside; using my demigod powers.
The helicopter immediately flew up and the pilot steered away from the facility; and just in time.
Behind us the energy cloud exploded.
No, that was wrong.
The entire facility swallowed into itself,a terrifying, unimaginable implosion.
The man stared in shock at the destruction, yet I had the idea he was not taken back by it.
"Kid," He suddenly said as he turned to me. "You're coming with me."
"No shit sherlock," I cursed, "I'm in a helicopter. There's literally nowhere else to go."
The man stared at me for a second, a stare worthy of Athena. Finally he said. "I'm Nick Fury, director of SHIELD."
"Cool," I said, having no idea what SHIELD was.
He stared at me like I was crazy, "We're going after the Tesseract. You're coming."
He didn't ask, he said it like it was a fact. Then again, I was in the helicopter and had nowhere else to go.
I wanted to say something about it but decided against it, right now Loki was the main target. I did not know this 'version' of Loki but if he was just one percent of my Loki than I had to do something.
Our helicopter soared through the night sky and for a second I thought we were flying in a random direction, until I noticed we were chasing a black truck.
I used my advanced sight, thanks Apollo, and saw that the archer dude was driving while the Loki sat on the cargo bed.
He looked up as our helicopter soared over him.
Nick Fury slided the helicopter door open and yelled at me. "Use your powers!"
I raised an eyebrow, apparently this dude had see me using my powers.
'There's no Mist in this world.' Chaos clarified.
I grabbed a grip from the ceiling and stood next to Fury who had a gun in his hand and shot at the truck, which was not very effective.
I summoned an ice sphere and threw it at Loki and it would've hit him if it wasn't for the fact that the trickster himself shot a blue energy blast at it. Shattering it mid flight.
I cursed and tapped my watch and activated the Shield of Winter.
I wanted to throw it at the truck but before we could Loki had fired again.
The blue light struck the bottom of the helicopter and it caught fire, I was thrown to the side and realized this chopper was about to crash down.
This was not my first time in a crazing helicopter though.
"Take my hand!" I yelled and grabbed him. Just as the helicopter was about to hit the ground I jumped out of the helicopter, propelling us as far away from the crashing vehicle as possible.
Our fall was broken by patch of grass that had randomly appeared.
Behind us the helicopter exploded but we were out of its range.
Fury rose to his feet and glared at Loki who was getting farther away from us.
When he was out of sight Fury grabbed his walkie talkie. "The Tesseract is with the hostile force. I have men down. Hill?"
"A lot of men still under, don't know how many survivors." A female voice came through the device.
"A lot of men still under, don't know how many survivor Sound the general call. I want every living soul not working rescue looking for that brief case." Fury said with determination.
"Roger that,"Came through the walkie talkie.
"Coulson, get back to base. This is a LEVEL SEVEN. As of right now, we are at war. "
He deactivated the walkie talkie and turned around, his eye met mine.
"And you," He said. "Have a lot to explain."
I grimaced, "Would you believe me if I told you I am a world traveler who is also the son of a Greek God?"
A/N The End.
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