chapter 16: Reading Viiting Silver

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update! I HAVE SCHOOL, FULL TIME JOB, AND HOMEWORK ETC, HOPE THIS WAS OKAY!

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The darkness of night was present and Leo Valdez stared out the window, he saw the stars twinkle so far yet so bright. Like a fire that would never be extinguished.. One that could be beautiful and dangerous at the same time. One that was hot and cold and cold. He had loved fire when he was younger and probably would love fire forever. It was just in his blood. as was Water was in Percy's blood, it was just how they were made and how they would stay.

"Hey," Leo heard someone call out. "Can't sleep either?"

"No," Leo said and turned over to see Iapetus kneeling. The Titans silver hair as bright as the stars. "Why, do you follow Kronos?" cocking his head, Leo stared at the Titan.

"Because he is my brother… he saved us," Iapetus murmured and looked off into the distance.

Leo could see the memories of the past dancing in those swirling silver eyes, he stood, dusted himself off and walked away.

Small Bob loped over to Percy, and the son of Poseidon's eyes immediately turned to Annabeth. "Come on," he murmured, "breathe. Annabeth… breathe."

"It's not like she is going to wake up!" Jason said, he didn't cower under then others glares.

"Percy!" Poseidon exclaimed incredulously.

Percy ignored him as he focused on Annabeth. "Come on. Annabeth!"

Frank shook his head, "It's not working, Percy," he said sadly, "Tartarus said it might not, that it wasn't definitely going to-"

Percy suddenly cut him off with a shout of joy as he saw Annabeth take a deep breath and her eyes fluttered open. "Annabeth…" he murmured as she met his eyes, "it worked. It actually worked!"

"I am sometimes surprised at the little faith i have in my superiors" Percy whispered and held onto Kronos' hand in the shadows.

After all the light was just where the reader was, and that was Poseidon. Plus most of the Titans had night vision and that came in handy.

"Percy," Annabeth murmured, "what happened? I could have sworn I saw Luke." She shot up as her eyes widened, "I was in Elysium!"

"How was that possible?" Kronos wondered.

because most people who were hit with backbiter, or had their soul reaped didn't end up in Elysium, something about dark magic that was close to Chaos' or some crazy bat shit like that!

Percy breathed out a sigh of relief. "Oh, gods, Annabeth. I thought you wouldn't come back." He faltered a moment, his eyes turning sad. "I'm so sorry – it's my fault you died! If I hadn't been so scared I could have done something… I could have stopped him!"

"No, Percy you couldn't do anything," Annabeth murmured. "The prophecy is complete. The quest is done."

"What a way to break it to him, Daughter" Athena muttered.

"What?" Percy croaked. "Your death – me unable to do anything… HOW WAS THAT THE PROPHECY?" He demanded, darting to his feet.

"Nine will enter the depths of the earth, find the never forgotten hero and return to the hearth." Annabeth spoke. "The nine of us found you," she said as she climbed to her feet, feeling dizzy for a brief moment, "and we got you out." She paused, looking around the clearing at the gods and campers watching her intently. "Where are the others?"

"Oh you know… they decided to do the worst case scenario and split up, lucky this isn't a horror movie or we'd all be dead!" Luke whispered sarcastically than clamped a hand over his mouth as Annabeth stood and glared at the son of Hermes.

"Just so you know… shut UP! I JUST DIED!" She screeched and glared.

everyone turned startled as the man with the hood, they decided to name "Mr. Calm" laughed and ended up almost falling on the ground with his laughter.

"Daddy, he's insane right?" Leander "whispered" and looked up into the golden eyed Titan.

"yes he has" the titan said.

"On their way," Percy said stoically, "we split up so Frank and I could get you out and you'd wake up. Continue, please. I don't think I actually heard the prophecy."

Annabeth took a breath. "But despair when all seems lost, for his exit will not be without cost. That talks about my death at the hands of-"

"Annabeth," Athena hissed, "not here."

"Okay, well it prophesied my death. That was the 'cost'. As for the last two lines – Wisdom, skies, beauty and fire, will find help when all seems most dire. – that help was Iapetus when we became a little… depressed," Annabeth explained.

Percy looked at her blankly, "Iapetus is dead, Annabeth," he muttered, "He killed him. His own brother! He killed Iapetus and Krios as they helped us get away." Annabeth's eyes widened.

"WHAT! Iapetus is dead?"

"That was what I thought, when i heard and felt my best friend die."

"Yeah," Percy sighed, "and it's my fault."

"Perseus Jackson," Annabeth hissed, "none of this is your fault."

"Nothing is his fault," Kronos mocked and put up a farce as s

"Percy," Poseidon called, apparently deciding he was done with listening to the two demigods as he moved to wrap Percy into a huge bear hug.

"NOW if Frank hugged you it could be called a bear hug, because he can transform into a bear!" Hephaestus said and smiled at the glares he got.

"You do know that kind of is true, but then it's also sounds likd you guys haven't heard of SARCASM!"

Percy's eyes widened as Poseidon bore down on him, and he moved instinctively as Oceanus' sword appeared in his hand. Before he realised what he was even doing, Poseidon was beneath him with a silver blade as his throat. The Sea God's eyes were wide as he looked at his son. "Percy?" He asked carefully.

"He ain't going to be normal for at least a while, we did bad things to him while we were under and in the PIT," Oceanus said and shuddered as he got identical glares from Father and Son.

Percy shot away from Poseidon, his armour fading into the shadows and Oceanus' sword disappearing.

"I'm sorry," he said desperately as he faced away from his father, "I didn't mean to… it's just… instinct now, I guess."

Poseidon nodded as he stood up and brushed himself off. "It's alright, son, you're safe now. You're out of the Pit."

Percy snorted, remembering Lord Kronos' last shouted words to him. 'PERSEUS JACKSON, I WILL BREAK YOU! YOU WILL NEVER BE SAFE FROM MY WRATH, I SWEAR IT ON THE FATES!' "You know, I'm definitely not safe even here. But it's as good as it's gonna get," he turned back to face Poseidon and looked around at all the beings watching. "Saying that… it's good to be back," he grinned. "Now, I need a shower. A nice long shower to get this ichor and grime off me. If I'm lucky I might find a shard of gold," he added sarcastically.

Poseidon grinned and moved to put his arm around Percy's shoulders, but Percy backed away from him. "No touching," he said firmly.

"Percy," Frank called, "that's not a good idea yet," he was warily watching the Doors of Death. "They're glowing gold."

Percy's head shot around to look at the Doors and he let out a short curse. "He's here already? But Tartarus stopped him… they fought." His eyes widened and he started running towards the Doors.

"Percy!" Annabeth shouted, "Stop! The others need to be able to get out!"

Percy shook his head, "Would you rather Lord Kronos get out of Tartarus?" He yelled desperalty. "Because I sure as Tartarus don't want to see his bloody face again!"

"Jason and Thalia are down there!" Zeus shouted angrily.

"Actually," Tartarus' voice said as the ground erupted and spat out seven startled demigods, "they are here. Cut the Doors, Peresus."

"Certain mettle for certain cutting, especially when it comes to the Primordials." Percy said and smiled at the thought of the ones he had talked to. though they acted tough and all, some of them were sweethearts.

Percy launched himself towards the Doors of Death, swinging Riptide against the chains holding the Doors in place. The bronze blade clanged off the chain links, and Percy dropped it with a curse as he summoned Oceanus' sword to him, and easily hacked through the metal. The Doors shuddered, a wave of dark purple rippling across the surface like a layer of water. The Doors of Death collapsed inwards, crumpling like aluminum foil, before imploding and raining rubble down on Percy.

The demigod swallowed, feeling something in his mind break, and he felt pain swamp his body, the newest cut on his face throbbing angrily, as golden ichor seeped out. Percy fell to his knees Oceanus' sword dropping from his hand, and clutched his head. Nico let out a curse and scrambled to his feet, quickly running to Percy's side. "Damn it, Perce," he said worriedly, putting his own hands over Percy's, "you're fine. Don't let it get to you."

"What's happening to him?" Annabeth asked worriedly, feeling slightly light- headed.

"It's a very long story," Jason said gravely as he knelt down beside Nico. "C'mon, Percy, focus."

"see, you always end up insane when you go into Tartarus, it might not show right away… but you do, even Nox has to agree with me, right?" Iapetus asked and raised a brow.

"That is true, but only for the weak minded. But since Percy has been tortured, it is longer." Nyx said and smirked.

A small whimper escaped Percy's throat, it felt like he was drowning beneath his memories of the last few centuries, and he realized that Tartarus had managed to block them from his mind. Percy struggled to get air into his lungs, seeing darkness in the edges of his vision.

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Percy snorted. "Thanks."

Jason grinned as he helped Percy to his feet. "No problem."

"You alright, Perce?" Nico asked carefully.

Percy nodded slightly. "Fine. Don't worry."

"Why's it that whenever someone says 'don't worry' I immediately start worrying?" Jason asked.

Nico shrugged. "I don't know."

Percy shook his head. "Damn you." He took an unsteady breath and turned to Chiron. "I was just wondering, do you know a mortal by the name of Victoria Argyris?"

Chiron quickly shook himself out of his shock and turned to the nearest satyr. "Grover, do you know anyone by that name?"

"You know that actually makes us sound like big stalkers!" Jason exclaimed and shuddered while Thalia rolled her eyes and told him to be quiet, because they wanted to get the chapter done with, since it was so long, at least fifteen pages.

Grover nodded. "Yeah, in California. We've got her on the list as the parent of two demigods. A girl and a boy. Twins."

Percy's jaw dropped. "Krios you bloody bastard," he murmured.

"Percy?" Annabeth asked, "What's Krios got to do with this?"

Percy swallowed and turned to Zeus. "My Lord," he said respectfully, surprising all of the beings that had originally known him, "Krios saved our lives down in the Pit. He and Iapetus fought off Kronos and gave us time to get out. He gave me one last request – that I find Victoria Argyris. I didn't know why until now." He took a breath. "I believe that the demigods that are Victoria's children aren't actually demigods, but demititans." He looked Zeus in the eye. "The twins are children of Krios."

"DRAMATIC!" screeched Demeter, making many jump, as she had been so quiet while reading the book.

"Here, you read," Percy in disguise said and shoved the book into her hand.

Annabeth watched with narrowed eyes, she knew that voice, but she couldn't remember from where!

*A few hours later (7 am) - California*

"Percy, are you sure about this?" Jason asked carefully. "What if she doesn't want to have anything to do with us?"

"We are demigods, and she might have no idea who and what they are, because most godly lovers don't tell their lovers that they are immortal beings."

Percy shrugged and opened the gate to the house in front of them. It hadn't taken very long to persuade the gods to let them go to California and find Victoria Argyris, and it meant that they missed the clean up after the battle which was an added bonus. "Krios wouldn't have directed us here unless he knew she would welcome us. He isn't one to waste words."

Nico nodded slightly as he studied the normal-looking house. "It doesn't really look like the place that would attract a Titan," he murmured. "What do you think would attract one?" Percy asked curiously, and Nico noted that he had a hellhound tooth attached to a piece of string that hung around his neck. "Titans aren't really that different from the gods – man-eating tendencies aside, which is a completely wrong tale, by the way – the world wouldn't really change much if they were ruling instead."

Jason raised an eyebrow, "Of course not," he said sarcastically, "demigods would only be hunted into extinction."

Percy shook his head. "Not the ones that swear fealty to Lord Kronos. They'll survive," he said thoughtfully. "Anyway, we've got to talk to Victoria and persuade her to bring her two demititans kids to Camp where they will either be killed or trained depending on who they support."

"Well that was reassuring!" Nico said and ducked as Will bck handed him for his snark. "Ow!"

"Can we make an agreement to not tell her about the killed part?" Nico asked, "I don't she'll like that very much."

"Just come on," Percy sighed as he opened the gate to the drive. "The sooner we get this over with the sooner we can go back to camp."

"Perce, you already had a shower," Nico grinned, "and it took you nearly an hour. Then you had that talk with Annabeth that you're not telling anyone about."

Percy shrugged. "I officially broke up with her. That's what we were talking about. I just don't think it will work anymore. I keep feeling annoyed with all of you, and angry at how long it took you to get me out."

"Percy, we couldn't have gotten into Tartarus without the Doors being opened," Jason explained as he followed Percy up the drive. "We wanted to get down to you, but we couldn't."

Percy laughed bitterly, "Really? What about the entrance in the Underworld? You could have entered that at any time, but you didn't want to."

"The gods wouldn't let us, Perce," Nico murmured.

Percy rolled his eyes. "What, so you decided to listen to them? Just because they say something doesn't mean it's the right thing."

"Percy, we have to listen to them. They'll smite us otherwise," Jason frowned.

Percy grinned. "They haven't killed me yet."

He paused at the door. "Do I just knock?"

"Break the door down!" Apollo shouted and snickered.

Jason raised an eyebrow. "Do you think you can just smash the door down?" Percy shrugged.

"Probably. Why?"

"Whoa," Nico said, "really?"

Percy sighed. "I don't know. Do you want me to try? Because there's a perfectly good door here."

Jason just shook his head and knocked on the door. "Hey, what do we do if she doesn't let us in?"

"She will," Percy said firmly. "Or I will knock the door down."

The door opened, and a women looking to be around her early thirties opened the door. "Can I help you?" She asked warily, her hands tensing slightly against the door frame.

"Hopefully, ma'am," Jason nodded, "we're looking for Victoria Argyris. Are you her?"

"Perhaps you could tell me your name first?" She asked stiffly. "Right, of course. I'm Jason Grace, this is Nico di – Hey!" Jason shouted as the door promptly shut in his face. "Hey, Mr. Arygris! This is important! It's about your kids!" Down the street people were stopping and staring at the three demigods, and Percy cursed under his breath.

"Damn it," he murmured, and took a step towards the door.

"Whoa, Perce," Nico said hurriedly, "you can't bash the door down!"
"PLEASE DO SO!

"I'm not going to," Percy hissed. "Mrs. Arygris, my name's Percy Jackson. You've probably heard of me before." The door opened slightly, and Victoria looked out. "If you're telling the truth, then tell me what Krios did on your attempted escape from Tartarus."

"But how would a mere mortal know what you guys did, because Krios is dead and cant tell!" Jason exclaimed.

"Dream walking," Percy muttered and frowned.

"He was guarding the Doors as Gaea's army went up in groups," Percy said instantly. "His essence was then absorbed by Tartarus like Hyperion, and later, Iapetus." The door opened completely, and Victoria looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"Come in, but leave all of your weapons in the hall." Percy nodded and stepped inside the house, looking around curiously as he did. The house looked normal enough, but Percy knew looks could be deceiving. He idly sent out a small tendril of his rapidly decreasing power as Jason and Nico joined him inside the house. There were two children upstairs, whom Percy guessed to be the twins, and the only other being in the house beside the three of them was Victoria. Percy relaxed slightly and took Riptide out of his pocket, placing the pen on the table pushed up against the side of the hall. Jason put the IVLIVS coin that replaced his old one (the one that he had lost when fighting Enceladus in the quest to rescue Hera) on the table beside Riptide along with Koios' sword, and Nico put his stygian iron blade (which he had finally named Diavolo after many years of arguments) next to it.

"Perseus," Victoria said sternly. Percy scowled, but summoned Oceanus' sword to hand and put it on the table. He then reached into a sheathe on the inside of his forearm that was hidden by his shirt and drew out Annabeth's dagger, which the demigoddess had said he could keep. He reached into one of his boots and pulled out a curved dagger, then pulled one from the inside of his left thigh which quickly joined the growing pile.

"Done," Percy said as he crossed his arms.

Victoria raised an eyebrow, her dark brown eyes looking at him in amusement as she looked pointedly at him. Percy grumbled, but tugged on the hellhound tooth on his necklace, and it shifted into a dagger as it was pulled from the string. "Okay, that's all of them. I swear," he said as he dropped it onto the pile of weapons.

"That is a lot of weapons, how on earth did you get them? i mean Percy was in Tartarus, not to long ago!" Ares said with a snarl.

Victoria nodded. "Why don't you three sit in the kitchen? I'll be right behind you."

They hurriedly went to do as she'd said, and Nico was very tempted to ask Percy how he had managed to find so many weapons. Nico looked behind them in time to see Victoria slip a gleaming celestial bronze dagger into a sheath on her forearm. "Percy, she has a knife," he murmured.

"I'd have a knife too if three random strangers came to visit," Percy replied evenly. "Plus, Riptide returns to me."

Nico nodded. "Good, because this place is making me feel nervous."

"Would you like a drink, boys?" Victoria asked as they sat down in the kitchen.

"Yes please," Percy nodded.

"Soda?" She asked as she took four glasses out of the cupboard. "Or perhaps alcohol?"

"Uh, we're too young, ma'am," Jason replied carefully.

"Only if the age limit for alcohol is three hundred and seventeen years – which is isn't," she said evenly.

"How on earth doe she know how old we are? I mean she must at least have a part of the Oracle in her, or some sort of crazy voodoo." Nico grimaced and sneered as he saw the looks aimed his way.

Jason swallowed."I don't drink, ma'am," he said.

"Ah," Victoria nodded, "because of your mother?"

Jason froze and his hand moved to his pocket, only for him to realise his coin was in the hall still. "How do you know that?" He demanded.

"Jason," Percy murmured, seeming to be completely relaxed as he waited for a drink, "calm down. "Then, louder, he said, "I'll have a soda, Victoria."

Victoria nodded and took one out of the fridge. "You two?"

"They'll have soda," Percy said before they could refuse anything. "Play nice," he hissed.

Victoria brought the drinks over to them and slid into a chair opposite the demigods, a soda in front of her. "I know what you're here for, so please don't try to say any different. You're here to bring my children to that camp in New York. Or you're going to kill them."

"I'm not going to kill anyone," Percy said firmly.

"I'm sorry, ma'am," Jason said, "but those are our orders"

"And you had best know that if you want to kill my children, then you will be killing me too, for I shan't let you touch them."

"We're not killing your children," Percy growled with a glare at Jason. He turned back to the mortal in front of him. "They're Krios' children, aren't they?"

"She is dangerous, she always avoids answering, but only to answer with a question." Athena said softly and got a nod from Hera. while Krios just glared at them.

Victoria narrowed her eyes. "Where's Krios?" Percy paused, a guilty look forming on his face. "He… uh, he sacrificed himself to allow me to get out of Tartarus."

Victoria's eyes widened. "What!"

"I'm sorry," Percy murmured, "it was my fault. We stayed at a place too long, and Lord Kronos caught up to us. Krios fought him with Iapetus at his side, and they're both dead."

Victoria shut her eyes, and Percy's felt his guilt increase as a tear rolled down her cheek. "I won't ever see him again, will I?"

Percy reluctantly shook his head. "No, probably not. Immortals usually take a long time to reform, but I can try to appeal to Tartarus. Maybe he'll speed up his reforming time."

Victoria nodded. "That's… that would be nice. Thank you, Percy."

"Mrs. Arygris?" Nico asked, "How old are your children?"

"Eight," Victoria replied carefully.

Percy nodded slowly. "You don't look like the person that would jump straight into a relationship, if you don't mind me saying." Victoria smiled slightly and gestured for Percy to continue. "So, how long have you known him? I'm trying to get an idea of the timescale sorted out," he explained. "I was twelve when I first met him," Victoria said, "and those details are mine alone to know. He looked around my age, but I know he can change how old he looks. I've known him for a long time, and I was twenty-three when I found out who he was."

"He managed to keep it from you for eleven years?" Nico exclaimed.

"Wow…." Kronos snoted. "Brother i didn't even know you had that much restraint!"

Victoria laughed, "Yes. And I suspect I would have never found out if he hadn't come to me after his youngest brother had him thrown out. I still remember that night, eight years ago. It was nine in the night when he knocked on my door, soaking wet and covered in his own ichor. I was shocked to see him – of course I was – but I quickly let him in. He seemed to be in shock himself, so I set him down on the couch and started trying to dry him off. As I did so he talked. He said who he actually was, answered my question about why he had spent so much time around me, and said what had happened to him. He offered to leave, but I told him to stay. You see, I'd always been able to see through the Mist, and his very existence was the proof I desperately needed to keep me from going insane from what I was saying. Anyway, he stayed, and we got to talking – well, that, and I told him I didn't care if he was one of the 'bad guys' from Greek Mythology. We'd been dating for several years by then, and that night… well, nine months later, my children were born."

Percy whistled. "Dang, Krios, you're good at keeping secrets."

"Ma'am, where are your children?"

"Since you've dropped by at this hour, they're still in bed," Victoria said dryly. Jason sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Uh, yeah, sorry. We just got back from Tartarus." Victoria didn't seem surprised, and her eyes flickered over to Percy briefly. "I am aware of recent events," she nodded.

Percy laughed. "You even sound like him!" Victoria smiled. "He has been a key influence in my life. It's only natural." Percy nodded, suddenly becoming serious. "You have a decision to make here, Victoria. The twins are to come back to camp with us, and when the school year starts again they will either come back here, or stay depending on what Chiron thinks. The other option we've been told to give you, is their death, because Zeus doesn't want children of a Titan running around. But I'm inclined to let the three of you leave. You've done nothing wrong."

"Percy!" Nico and Jason shouted in unison, and Jason went on to say, "They're our orders. We can't ignore them." Percy ignored them.

"What will it be, Victoria?"

"What will what be?" A quiet voice from the doorway asked. "Mommy, who're they?" Victoria shut her eyes. "Zoe, go back upstairs. You too, Abiron." Percy turned, resting his arm on the back of the chair, and smiled when he saw the twins. They both had dark night-blue eyes – the same shade as their father – and dark brown hair. Percy noted that the boy – Abiron – was already well muscled, despite only being eight years old.

Abiron's sister, Zoe, was half hidden behind her twin and still wearing her pyjamas.

"Hey," Percy grinned, "what're your names?" Abiron's eyes narrowed at him.

"Who're you?" He demanded, his voice stronger than it should be for a kid.

"I'm Percy Jackson," Percy said calmly, "son of Poseidon." Zoe's face scrunched up in thought.

"The sea god?" She asked excitedly, "Cool! My dad's Kirios."

at that Poseidon let out a huff of air as he reread the sentence to himself at least three times.

"It sounds insulting, "The Sea God" gods almighty, learn the right wording." Poseidon sneered, only to glower as Athena just started to crack up.

"Shut it you owl head, at least it's better than "The know it all"

"ALRIGHT WE GET THE POINT!" Krios shouted as the gods were going to start a yelling match that would only result in everyone getting a headache.

"Krios, sweetie," Victoria corrected gently.

"Yeah," Abiron nodded, "the constellation-" "-guy," Zoe finished.

Abiron frowned at Percy. "But why are you here?"

Victoria sighed. "They want you to go to a special camp. For half-bloods."

Zoe pulled a face. "The one you and dad were talking about a week ago?" Victoria pinched the bridge of her nose.

"We weren't eavesdropping!" Abiron said hurriedly. "I swear!"

"Yeah," Zoe nodded, "we just overheard."

Victoria grimaced. "Well, kids. I'll leave it up to you. Do you want to go?" Percy found himself crossing his fingers behind his back as he watched the twins look at each other for a split second before turning to face their mother and rapidly nodding.

"It's for people like us, right?" Abiron asked.

"Not exactly like you," Nico said carefully, "you see, we're all demigods. You're demi titans. We haven't had any demititans in camp before, so it'll probably seem weird to you, but the three of us will be here for you. I promise." Abiron nodded slightly, suddenly looking nervous. Victoria sighed,

"Go pack your things, kids. You'll be there for nearly two weeks."

The twins nodded and Abiron started dragging Zoe towards the stairs. Once they were gone Victoria looked down at the table. The three demigods looked at each other before coming to a silent agreement. "I swear to you, Victoria," Percy said firmly, "we'll take care of them." Victoria nodded and Percy took a big sip of his cola. "Ah, damn it. It feels nice to drink something other than fire water. I'd forgotten what cola tastes like."

Victoria looked at him in concern. "Perseus, if you ever need someplace to stay, don't hesitate to drop round. You'll always be welcome here." Percy shifted uncomfortably. "Uh, it's alright. I'd hate to interfere."

"I insist," Victoria said firmly, "you've had a lot of hardships recently, and you don't deserve any of them." Then, at Percy's expression, she added, "Krios told me."

Percy nodded and put down the glass. "Ah, right," he murmured. "But I'm fine. Really. You don't need to let me come into your house whenever I want."

Victoria shook her head. "Perseus, you're welcome to stay whenever you want. Please, I'm extending you the meagre hospitality I can."

Percy swallowed. "Uh, I…" he trailed off as Victoria gave him a stern look. "Okay," he sighed, "I'll… thank you."

Victoria's eyes trailed up to look past Percy, and the son of Poseidon frowned, following her gaze. Victoria stood up and walked around the table into the living room to rest her hand on a brick beside the fireplace, and she pulled it out. Jason's eyes widened slightly.

"Victoria?" Percy asked.

"Krios told me they would have to go to camp eventually, but I wish I had longer," she murmured as she slid a shining black blade out of the small hole in the wall, and a bow and quiver of arrows were quickly taken out too. "These are from him. A gift to his children. Please, give these to them when they reach the camp."

Percy nodded seriously. "Of course." He hesitated a few moments before continuing. "If you don't mind, Victoria, could you tell me what Krios could have told you about his King's movements?"

Victoria frowned. "He said it wouldn't take them much longer."

"I still can't believe that Titans managed to get out of the pit without us know!" Yelled Hades, who still hasn't gotten over that tiny bit of information.

"Get over it father!" Nico exclaimed. "They are older and stronger, of course they managed!

"What do you mean?" Jason asked carefully.

"He said it would take a maximum of four years for them to get out the Pit."

"How long ago was this?" Nico demanded.

"Two years ago," Victoria replied instantly, "but-"

"I got out," Percy finished grimly. "He'll be coming sooner."

"Wow that sounded so much darker than i had it sounds like the end of the world." Percy smirked from under his hood and glanced around the room with a smirk.

"Well it is Kronos, so of course, everything he does is dark, didn't you know that?" jeered Zeus, only to yelp as rain water poured down on him.

The king of the gods glared at everyone and everything in the throne room.