"Just go" I said while handed the Golden Fleece to Clarisse.

"What?!" she glared at me "I'm not going back without you! You are my quest mate, we are going back together!"

I sighed and closed my eyes for a moment "Clarisse, remember your prophecy? You have to fulfill it, you will come back alone right? Beside Zeus will kill me instantly if I dare to fly, he hated my guts. You know after the first quest and all"

Clarisse pursed her lips "Reiner, I swear to god. If you don't come back alive, I'll come to the underworld myself and dragged your sorry ass back to the living, only to kicked your ass down there!" she grabbed the fleece "You hear me!"

I only chuckled as I ruffled her hair, just realized that now I'm taller than her by a couple on inches "Loud and clear, captain. Now, go. Thalia' tree cannot wait longer"

Clarisse nodded as she ran towards the street and stopped a cab. After she's gone from my line of sight, I turned around and found Percy looked at me with confused looks.

"What? I only do what I should do" I said and shrugged "Zeus hates me, and the fastest way to come back to the camp is by air plane"

And I still not learn how to use Hades power properly, like shadow travelling, don't want to end up in completely different country or worse continent. Annabeth only sighed and shook her head, the Fleece already healed her broken bones. Now, we just have to wait for Luke to come, I said mentally while closing my eyes. I'm ready to kick his ass for the thing he done for me last summer.

"Well, well, well"

I opened my eyes after heard that familiar voice, Luke Castellan, in his all glory stood not too far from as, looking smug as fuck. Heck he even had time to clean himself up, like cutting his hair short and even used button up shirt, instead off T-Shirt.

"Well, hello" I said sarcastically "So, finally show yourself? Not hiding behind your minion again?"

Luke eye twitched but he managed to keep his cool demeanor "Ah, Reiner. Finally, I able to meet you face to face. So, how have you been?"

"Cut the chatter Luke" I cut him sharply "I know why you here. You're too late, the fleece already on the way back to the camp and my answer still no. Also, tell your boss to crawl back to where he belong"

Luke frowned after he heard me "Still annoying as ever huh. Well, no matter. I'll break your will no matter what. And about the fleece, it's easy, I can chase her after I'll make you eat your own word Reiner"

I snorted "It's 2 against one dumbass. You think you can take me and Percy here?"

"I already beat you once" Luke smirked "Remember last summer, when I literally almost kill you. I can do that again Reiner. I'm the one who teach you how to fight, and that makes me know your style"

"You are in my territory Luke" Percy spat "You better watch your words"

"Ah, that's my line" Luke smirked evilly "Take another step and your friend will visit Hades faster than you can blink"

My eyes widened at his words, I literally forgot about that. When I turned around Jen and Jake already had Annabeth and Grover on their arm, with a dagger pointed to their throat. While Tyson cannot do anything, the Cyclops just stood there while looking at Annabeth worriedly, he's afraid of Annabeth safety.

"What do you want?" I hissed at him.

"Come with me" Luke said "I want to show you something"

Reluctantly I followed Luke to his ship with Percy behind me. I already knew, he will bring me towards Kronos remains. And I didn't like it, at all, since Kronos already haunted me in my dreams several times, and almost drove me crazy. We stopped at a big double door, Luke pushed the door opened and we entered the big room. A golden coffin sat on the left corner of the room, while a fountain in the middle of it. The room is beautiful and looked comfy, but Kronos coffin made this room air became heavier and colder. I glanced back and found Annabeth, Grover along with Tyson already inside the room, while Jen and Jake guard the door.

"Meet Kronos" Luke said proudly while walked towards the coffin

I felt something tingling from the back of my mind, like something tried to resurfaces. The coffin gave a weak glow when Luke hand touched the cold metal, and something sharp came from my head. I gasped loudly while clutched my head, Percy already by my sides and called me loudly.

'Heh, finally you came to me'

I froze when Kronos voiced literally inside my mind, like he spoke to me and only to me. Nobody heard that but me.

'Get the fuck away from me you freak!' I hissed mentally 'Stop invading my mind!'

Kronos clicked his tounge in distaste 'Still disobeying me I see. Don't you understand, I already inside your mind boy. Since that day'

'Why me?' I asked in low tone 'Why me?!'

'Because you are interesting. Let's just say, after staying in your darkest part of your mind, I learned a few thing about you. Like, your body it's belong in here, but here the interesting part, your soul, it doesn't belong in here' Kronos said and chuckled 'Your soul come from somewhere else, from some alternate world. And now I'm understand the reason why you are stronger than any demigod that I have ever seen'

I froze when I heard that 'H-how? How do you know that?!'

'Nah, if I tell you it wouldn't be interesting right?' Kronos said and laughed a bit 'But, I can sense something bigger is happening to you boy. Something much, much bigger. But, since you still won't accept me, I cannot read your whole mind and learn about your 'strange' existence here' then his tone turned serious and darker 'Say, if you let me in. I can learn about it and explain it to you boy. Your reason in here and why suddenly your soul is transported to this world. And maybe I can reach my full power, I can send your soul back to your own world, before all of it turned into like this' there's silent for a moment before Kronos spoke again 'And you will never have to endure all of this shit show'

I pursed my lips, I knew I already denied Kronos offered last summer. But, this time is different, after his explanation, I became afraid of myself. Just what the fuck is happening? Why Kronos said my soul didn't belong here? Is that means when I died in that plane crash, by some sick fate, my soul somehow got stuck in Hades realm? But, I didn't remember meeting Charon or anything resemble under world! I only saw darkness when I died, and suddenly my mom gave birth to me in this world. Is that mean there's some kind of transition when I died or some kind of memory of me after I died? So, what happened to the soul of this body? The real soul, what happened to it? What happened to the real Reiner Lockheart? And what the hell did Kronos mean by alternate world?!

'Stop resisting me boy' Kronos purred 'I know what you want, I know what you desire'

A chuckle reverberated through my mind 'Stop lying to yourself, Reiner. Stop, pushing your own desire'

'Am I have been lying to myself this whole time?' I began to question myself 'But, Why? why did I do that?'

I felt something warm touched my arm and someone muttered my name over and over again. Kronos voiced began to fade slowly from my mind, I started to blink as my mind began to work properly again. My sight started to get focus slowly and the throbbing on my head already gone, Kronos already hid inside my mind, the darkest part of it. The part that I never dare to touch, because if I started to think about it, maybe I will turned my back against the gods and join Kronos to destroy them.

"Reiner"

I looked up and saw Annabeth looked at me with relief written all over her face, I just realized my head on her lap. I groaned lightly as I massaged my forehead, Annabeth quickly helped me to sit down and she rested my back against the wall. My eyes scanned the room in front of me and I saw a glimpse of Percy already fought with Luke.

"What just happened?" I asked in hoarse voice.

"You passed out right after Luke touched Kronos coffin" Annabeth explained "And Percy became angry right after that"

"I pass out?" I only gave Annabeth disbelieved looks "But, I-"

I swallowed the word that about to come out from my mouth. There's no way I can talked about what just happened to me, it's too risky and I cannot explain everything to them. Annabeth gave me worried looks.

"I heard you mumble when you pass out, but I can't make any of it" Annabeth said as her eyes trialled to Percy who still fought with Luke.

"I see" I said and pushed myself up slowly while using the wall as a support "Anything else I missed?"

Annabeth eyes lightened up in amazement "Percy managed to call the camp, and he managed to make Luke spill all of his plan. And Mr. D exiled Tantalus to the Underworld again, also he promised to take Chiron back as a camp counselor"

A smirk find a way to my lips as I heard that, so nothing much changed when I was out. I tapped one of my bracelet, this time the black one. A black sword formed on my left hand and I moved it into my right one, the black blade glinting under the sunlight that peaked from the window not too far from me. And I could feel it, the room air became a little heavier because of it and I let out a low chuckle.

"Stygian iron" Annabeth muttered "That sword, can hurt both mortal and monster. That's one of the deadliest sword ever created"

"Hey, Lucy!" I called Luke as I took a step forward

"It's Luke" Luke said in calm tone "Still want to join us? I'll make you my right hand man Reiner. Your talent is a waste if you stay with them"

"No" I said gripped my sword hilt tighter.

"Fine then" Luke said as he made a quick dash towards unsuspecting Percy and slashed at his left leg.

My eyes widened in horror as I saw a lot of blood came from Percy wound and now he fell to his side, clutching his left leg. Percy face contorted in pain and he let out a low whimper, he's in pain and I knew well, how painful that is.

"You crossed the line Castellan" I growled at him "You will pay for it"

I dashed towards him and swung my sword at his smug face, I'll swipe that smug look and made it turned into pain. I'll made him regret ever hurting Percy, heck I'll hurt him so bad that he wished that he never born or crossed sword with me. I began to chuckle darkly at the image of Luke whimpering and begging at me to stop, for me to stop hurting him. I didn't knew what happened, but the temperature in the room dropped suddenly and it getting dimmer and dimmer, as if the shadow started to absorb the light itself. I caught a hint of fear and disbelieved in Luke eyes, I began to attack him relentlessly and Luke managed to parry my blow with his own sword. Luke managed to cut my left cheek and I took a couple steep back, I sighed as I wiped the blood on my cheek and I stared at my thumb that covered in my blood with cold looks.

"Really?" I asked in cold tone "My cheek? Heh, your skill is getting rusty"

Luke clicked his tongue in distaste "Shut up! You haven't even land a cut on me Reiner. So, don't get so cocky!"

I chuckled darkly "OH, you will Luke. And I can promised you, it will be worse than last summer"

Before Luke could even blink, I ran towards him and kicked his stomach hard, completely caught him off guard. After that I spun around and kicked his face, just like what he did to me last summer, I sent Luke across the room and he hit the wall hard, before he crumpled on the floor. Luke spat some blood and his broken tooth, he pushed himself hard only to meet with the tip of my stygian iron. He pulled his head back and my sword grazed his right cheek, and man, that scream, it will put a girl to shame.

Luke screamed in pain as he fell into his knee, he clutched his cheek hard and panted hard. I only stared down at him with cold and stoic expression. Without missing a heartbeat I put my sword on his chin, forcing him to look up. Luke kept hissing in pain and bit his tongue hard, to endure the pain. Just by touching the metal of my Stygian sword, it's will be as painful as holding a dry ice, it will burning your skin.

"Stygian iron" I said flatly "You know what it does to human right? Well, I'm just curious if I stab you with this" I said while pulled my sword slowly and causing Luke grunted in pain at my sword movement "Will it absorb your soul? And where your soul went after it?"

Then I began to laugh madly "Let's try will you" then I stopped laughing rather quickly "But, where's the fun in that right? How about? I drew your blood as much as you take from me Luke. Consider it as a payback"

Then I began to graze his right arm with my sword, Luke let out a strangled cried of pain as my sword touched his flesh.

"Oh, wow" I said in fake amazement "Looked at that blood"

"Oh, by the way" I said in lighter tone "Is this room soundproof? Because, I don't want any of your minions came and ruin the fun" then I tapped his cheek with my sword lightly "Don't want to kill you too quickly"

Third Person POV

Annabeth covered her mouth when she saw Reiner went bat shit crazy in a heartbeat like that. Annabeth almost couldn't recognize her best friend anymore, his usually dark blue eyes that sparkled in playful way, turned darker, almost into black with golden speck in it and its cold and almost had a tint of craziness in int. Like just one gaze it could make her scared for her dear life, and what made the matter worse is the sword that Reiner wielded now, it's the same material as Hades own sword. The room temperature that already quite cold because of Kronos remains, it got colder when Reiner turned into a murderous maniac like this.

Annabeth almost saw Hades inside Reiner and someone that she didn't dare to mention, Kronos. The way he's taunting Luke right now, the way torture Luke slowly, as if he is enjoyed the pain that Luke endure. The sadistic way he laughed at Luke voice, everything remind her of the more sadistic version of Hades. Heck, even the shadow around the room began to shimmer and the light got dimmer, made the room a bit darker than before. And Annabeth swore the time got slowed down for a moment. The aura around the room became heavier and darker every second. Just when Annabeth swore she could saw her own breath, she quickly ran towards Reiner and made a bold move, she hugged him from behind and buried her face into his back.

"Please stop" she pleaded "This isn't you, Reiner"

Reiner movement stopped at the sudden body contact.

"Percy" Annabeth swallowed hard "Percy didn't want you to see you like this. So, please stop. Don't hurt Luke anymore"

Reiner face seemed conflicted "I-I-"

"I know what Luke had done to you and to Percy. But, please stop! I don't want to lose you! I don't want Percy to see you like this again! I don't want to be afraid of you!" Annabeth said as she tightened her hug "Don't turn into what he want you to be. You are Reiner Lockheart, son of Apollo and Hades. My best friend, please remember that" she sobbed a little "I don't want to lose my best friend, please for my sake and Percy, stop" she burried her face into Reiner back "You promise me remember, that you will come back"

Reiner gripped on his sword slackened a bit as he closed his eyes tightly, he took a deep breath before he exhaled slowly. He turned his head slightly and Annabeth looked up to see a small smile already formed on his friend lips, not the sadistic smile he gave Luke earlier, this time it's more sincere and lighter, even his eyes already turned back into his usual dark blue with a hint of mischievous in it. For Annabeth entire life, she felt happy. Happy, that finally she could safe one of her best friend from the Fate worse than death.

First Person POV

I couldn't believe it at first, like how could I turned into some lunatic in a matter of second like that. I still caught a hint of fear on anybody eyes, but thankfully I managed to turn back into the old me. It just, how? Did I get that from Hades or Kronos? I took a step back from Luke that still panting hard, a couple of cut and bruised decorated his body, especially his right cheek a rather deep cut ran through his corner of his lips to his jaw line.

And, yeah, ups. Didn't mean to add a scar to his face. Yeah, it's my fault entirely, but come on he hurt Percy that bad and something snapped inside of me suddenly. And I can't control it, it just happened! I only saw red at that time and my mind not exactly sane when I made that scar.

Luke pushed himself up slowly and he leaned back at the wall, I couldn't saw his expression clearly but then he suddenly let out a rather terrifying laugh. He covered half of his upper face and kept laughing hard, clearly didn't care that a minutes ago I literally just tortured him. Then his icy blue eyes landed on me with full interest.

"I knew it" he said and grinned "I knew it you have that dark side on you Reiner. And guess what, you are stronger that way"

"You are crazy" I said deadly "And no, I don't want to go there anymore. Don't want to scare anymore of my friend"

"You are way stronger than me Reiner" Luke said loudly "When you made your dark side known, you made your enemies trembled in fear. Fuck! You are Hades son and you got his power! If you can fully mastered it, you can make Zeus trembled in your presence and he will bow his head to you Reiner."

"Stop it Luke!" I said equally louder "I'm not interest in ruling the world!"

"Why won't you see Reiner?" Luke said slowly "With your power, you can get anything you want. You can make the world obey you. So why? Why won't you join me?"

"Because it's wrong!" I yelled back at him "When people obeyed to you because of fear, they won't trust you completely, they only did that because of fear. And trust me, a lot of empire fall because of that! Your subject will raise against you and started a revolution, they will throw you from your tyranny. It will take a long time, but what an empire without your subject loyal to you and there's a constant war inside it"

Luke let out a disappointed sigh "That stupid camp already corrupt your mind Reiner. Don't you see, the god only used you as a pawn on their own stupid game"

I snorted "Yeah right. And Kronos won't make the same mistake too. Remember the reason why Kronos got thrown into Tartarus, he's a bad parent, a bad father, he make a mistake. And Ouranos? He made the same mistake as Kronos, that's why Kronos overthrown him in the first place. But guess what? Kronos made the same mistake as his own father, and the result? His own son overthrown him from his kingdom. And now you want to make the same mistake too? Overthrow the god just because your father is a bad one? Huh, you are no different than the rest of them"

Luke tightened his jaw "Shut up! You don't know anything about my father and my life!"

I smirked when I got him angry "The god is a bad at parenting, sure. But if you overthrow them, then the cycle will never end. It will goes around and around and around." I sent him an insulting smile "Just grow up and stop being a baby, Luke. This is life, real life when we struggle to be a better person than our parent. So, stop whining and be a FUCKING man!"

"Shut up!" Luke screamed in anger and charged at me.

Without blinking I only stared at Luke, because I knew Chiron will appeared. And I'm right, an arrow whizzed past by me and struck Luke on his thigh. Luke fell down and cursed loudly while Chiron galloped inside the room where we was in, along with some of the other centaur. The other centaur walked towards Luke and knock him unconscious, they even began to draw on his face and tied him up against the bed post, so he wouldn't able to move for a moment.

I quickly ran towards Percy and helped him up slowly, Percy gave me weak smile while he leaned his head against my shoulder.

"Sorry" I muttered "If only I didn't pass out like that you wouldn't get hurt nor saw me on that state"

"It's fine" Percy said and smiled slightly "It was kinda surprised me to see you like that. At first I admit it scared me, to see you like that. Its like someone possess you"

"Sorry, again" I said and Percy playfully punched me in the shoulder.

"Forget about it" Percy said again "it's not entirely your fault you know. Who would know you will react like that"

I glanced at him "Punched me again and I'll drag you to Chiron"

Percy laughed a little before I helped him sat down near Chiron. Chiron quickly tended to Percy wound, before he tended the wound on my cheek. I flinched slightly when he started to clean the wound.

"Thank you" I said as Chiron finished.

Chiron gave me a smile "No problem Reiner" he said looked at me "So, Mr. D allowed you to do a quest?"

"He's actually okay with it" I said and shrugged "He probably hoping that I would die in the quest anyway"

Chiron put his hand on my head and began to ruffle my hair slightly "Thank you for not betraying us Reiner. And thank you for helping Clarisse to save the camp and clear my name"

I looked up at him and smiled a bit "I'm just glad you got back. I missed you and your weird rule especially for me. Also' I'm sick on seeing food running across the table as Tantalus try to eat it"

Chiron let out a laughed "I missed you Reiner. Honesty, I prefer to deal with your antique then with them"

I gave him offended looks "Did you just compare me with other Centaur? Sorry, It may seemed cool and all. But, don't want to have a horse ass. It's a pain in the ass you know"

Chiron sent me his fatherly look "Reiner, your language"

"Crap" I hissed "Do you still want to charge me a dollar every time I curse?"

Chiron nodded his head and gave me disapproving looks "Yes, and maybe I doubled it in the near future if you don't careful"

I groaned while sent Chiron playful glare and Chiron gave me half-hearted scolding looks.

"Glad to have your back, Chiron. Miss you and my swear jar" I said

Yeah, this is much better than before. At least it ended the same like the books, although...what Kronos said earlier still bother me a lot. Maybe, he's lying to me and twisted the truth just to make me join his side. Even if what he said is true, then I will deal with that when that time come.

'Stop lying to yourself'

That word still stuck on my brain, why did he mean by that? Did I unconsciously lying to myself all this time? But why? I remember back than in one of the class, that sometimes human lying to himself to protect themselves from the harsh truth. Did I already know about it but somehow my brain decided to block the truth?

I began to fear the implication that my brain decided to block an important memories. Because, that memories could be very important to the question that plague my mind all this time. Why am I here?

I quickly shook my head and tried to keep the question in the corner of my brain. Right now I'll just focusing on keeping the story line intact and keeping Percy alive throughout the story, and kept a secret that Kronos already spoke to me about my current condition. Also, I need to train my ability as a son of Apollo and Hades, I needed to learn my power that I inherited from both of them, and used that power to help Percy through his journey.