Olympus Knows - Old Gen
When the hunters were all out of sight Artemis sighed. She examined her surroundings once before flashing to Olympus.
A chuckle broke the silence after the goddess left.
Apoth sat in the same tree Artemis had, "Well, well, well, the first part of the plan worked, they know about the war. Time for part two."
He smirked before vanishing into thin air.
Artemis appeared on Olympus, her glow of beauty dispersed as confused and fearful features covered her face. She scanned the Throne Room, looking to see if any Olympian was present. When she saw that no Gods were present she took a seat on her Throne.
Artemis sighed in satisfaction as her Throne replenished her power. A couple minutes later as Artemis was fully rejuvenated. Her silver eyes glowed with power as she summoned her godly weapon. She aimed her bow at the Throne Room open ceiling. Artemis released her finger on the godly feather, this action causing the arrow to soar up into the night sky.
When the arrow was at the point where it couldn't go any further it exploded into a silver light. This was Artemis' way of calling an important meeting. Not even minutes later, enough time for Artemis to be seated once more, all of the Olympians had taken their respected seats.
For once every Olympian was calm and quiet, waiting to hear why they had been called upon.
"Daughter, why have you summoned this meeting?" Zeus asked tiredly. Artemis sighed, when she was about to speak, the man's eyes flashed into her mind again.
Artemis shivered, she took a deep breath, "I think I have found as to why the monsters have been disappearing."
Zeus leaned in, "Yes, what is it? Why have they gone?" Artemis looked away for a second, "Something happened today, or some-"
"Father War is coming, I have searched through my books and have concluded that the giants are rising once more." Athena interrupted.
Zeus' eyes flicked over to Athena, then to Artemis, "Is this the conclusion you have come to as well Artemis?"
Artemis nodded, "Yes but something else is different than the last time."
Ares chuckled, "No it isn't, we will beat those suckers down like we did last time."
Artemis growled, "You imbecile of a god, let me finish."
Zeus nodded, "Yes Ares, let her finish." Ares flexed his muscles and grinded his teeth, "Yes father."
Zeus nodded to Artemis, Artemis took another deep breath, "Someone has been eliminating the monsters."
Every Olympian froze, 'who would be killing these monsters?'
Hermes cocked his head, "Well that's a good thing right? I mean this person must be on our side if they are killing monsters right?"
Every Olympian pondered on the subject, "No, he didn't seem to be on either side." Artemis said.
"How do you know?" Aphrodite grumbled. Artemis glances at the love goddess, "Because Aphrodite, one, I fought him, and two, he knew the war was coming if he knew this and was on our side he would've told us himself."
Apollo scrunched his eyebrows, "Well if you fought him why isn't he in chains at our feet?"
Artemis looked away, "I may have lost him," she whispered.
Every Olympian froze again, 'Artemis, losing someone? How?'
Apollo's laugh shattered their thoughts, "You lost someone?" That is priceless!" He screamed while laughing.
Artemis growled, her hands clenched her Throne, "Shut up Apollo." Zeus nodded his head, "Yes Apollo, we have more important matters to attend to than mocking Artemis."
Apollo grumbled, "Fine." Zeus looked to every Olympian, "Does anyone have any suggestions on how to counter these forces?"
Hera nodded, "Yes Lord Zeus, I have come up with a plan, Athena aiding me so with it." Athena nodded to show Hera told the truth.
Zeus nodded, "I will trust you, now the rest of us will resume our daily activities." With that every Olympian flashed away, leaving Hera to work her plan.
Gaea sat on her throne that was situated in Greece. She had taken a mortal form, weak but enough to where she could still take on all the Olympians at once. She had magnificent, flowing black hair and solid green eyes. She wore dark green robes and had a brown veil that covered her pale face.
Her solid green eyes that glow through her veil moved to every inch of her army. Her army was of about 2,000 in numbers. She smiled at the hard-working soldiers she had acquired. Monsters that were older then Olympus itself had pledged themselves to her. There were younger monsters as well, such as the Manticore.
Gaea caused a slight earthquake, the earthquake signaling the monsters it was time to plan a way to destroy Olympus tactically. In less than 10 minutes every single monster of her massive army had gathered at the foot of Gaea's throne. The Giants sat next to her throne, towering over many of the monsters. "Now any suggestions on how to destroy the Olympians?" Gaea questioned.
Many suggestions came at once, causing an uproar as monsters fought for Gaea to hear what they said. Gaea rolled her eyes and caused another earthquake, gaining the attention of every monster and effectively quieting them down.
"One at a time please," Gaea asked. Many hands rose among the crowd, asking for Gaea to pick them.
Gaea chose what looked like a large human hand, a cyclops, "Perhaps Lady Gaea, we could eat all the demigods and then attack Olympus."
Gaea, as evil, as she was, was not a fan of eating any humans. "No, next?" Gaea asked as she killed the cyclops with the earth.
Many hands fell as they witnessed what happened to their monster brethren. All that was left raising their hands were her own sons, the Giants. Gaea's gaze landed on Porphyrion, the king of her sons, "Porphyrion, what is your suggestion?"
Porphyrion smirked at the fallen looks his brothers adjourned as they weren't picked. "Mother, I believe we could just charge Olympus, we have a massive army, why not use it?"
Gaea contemplated her son's plan for only 1 second, "That would not be wise Porphyrion, the demigods are stronger than you think, because they were so few in number in the first war you were included in it was easier."
Porphyrion nodded at his mother's words, "Yes mother, I agree with you. I guess I was not paying attention to the demigods' strength."
Gaea looked at her other sons, "Any other suggestions instead of the so few mentioned?"
No Giants nodded, no Giants rose their hands, and no Giants said anything. Gaea growled, "So no one has developed a well enough plan to tactically destroy Olympus."
No monster spoke. Gaea snarled, "You dimwits, have you no brains at all? No wisdom at all?" Enceladus, you counter Athena, do you have a plan?"
Enceladus looked his mother in the eyes, then he glanced downwards at his feet, "No mother, I have come to no conclusion on how to destroy the Olympians."
Gaea growled, but as she was about to begin she noticed a commotion arise among the monsters. "What is this?" Gaea asked herself.
The monsters seemed to be parting, making a walkway to Gaea's throne. When the last monster parted in front of Gaea, Gaea could actually see what was happening. A cloaked figure, about the size of an average male human, was slowly walking through the monsters' walkway. Gaea looked at the monster's reaction to be surprised that every younger monster backed away or adjourned a fearful face.
She noticed her sons unsheathe their weapons, ready to take down whoever seemed to be invading their encampment. Gaea growled, "Who are you and what business must you attend to that requires you here?" The man's hood covered his face but she could tell he was smirking.
"Oh nothing just here visiting," the man said mockingly. Gaea was stunned that someone so weak would mock her, a primordial goddess.
Gaea shook her head to be rid of the shock and levitated large spiked rocks. She pointed at the man, as a result, the rocks charged forward, in the air, ready to impale the man. Gaea heard the sound of a chuckle and saw the rocks stop midair. The rocks exploded into dust and the man continued walking towards the goddess.
"Now that's not how you treat a guest is it?" The man said mockingly sad. Gaea growled, she was getting tired of this man.
She jumped off her throne, creating a sword out of the earth. She charged the man at inhumane speeds and thrusted her sword into the man's abdomen. When the dust cleared around them she saw that she had succeeded in her mission, the sword was lodged all the way through the man.
Gaea cackled, "Death claims you."
What she did not expect was a reply, "Not if I am Death."
Gaea looked up to be met with the hooded face, "Trying to kill a coming ally, now that's not very good Gaea."
The man disappeared and reappeared behind Gaea, the earth sword still lodged in his stomach. The man looked down at the sword, "Ahh, you gave me a splinter."
He slowly pulled the sword out of his stomach, no blood pouring out of the new open wound. The wound slowly healed and his cloak hid the rest of his body. "Now, the reason I have come here is to provide valuable information and allies." The man said.
Gaea growled, really wanting to kill this man. "Oh, yes, I believe introductions are in order, I am Apoth, Death, and destroyer of monsters," Apoth said.
Gaea's malicious posture showed she was not amused, "Do you want the information and allies or not?" Apoth questioned.
Gaea swallowed her pride, "Yes that would be appreciated Apoth." She couldn't believe someone could make her do something she didn't want to do, Be polite.
Apoth chuckled, "Very well Gaea. I have a plan on how to destroy those pitiful excuses of Gods."
Gaea smiled at him for once, "Yes, yes, do tell, do tell," She beckoned.
Apoth nodded, "First off, you cannot allow the Gods know you are close to consciousness, but I feel that they already know that."
Apoth took a deep breath, "Second off, you must target the camps, the two camps are the key to defeating you, not allowing them to unite is your biggest mission."
Gaea's eyes widened, "You are giving me orders? I am a Primordial!"
Apoth shook his head, "That is beside the point, if you want to win this war then you must follow the instructions I give you."
Gaea growled, she looked around at the monsters then back at Apoth, "Fine."
Apoth smiled, "Excellent, now I will handle the Gods, your sons will provide a distraction while I set up something special."
Gaea smiled, "Perfect plan, but what to do with the Gods once we capture them?" Gaea asked her children.
Apoth growled, "I will be deciding their fate, they have been in power too long, and it will be me who decides their fate this time."
Gaea was genuinely shocked that this man who was joking with her before turned so angry at the mention of the Gods. Gaea nodded, "I will allow it. Now, what should we do in the meantime?"
Apoth smirked, "Just train, be prepared for my signal, something within your domain."
With that Apoth disappeared into thin air, leaving a scared monster army, some shocked Giants and a curious Primordial. Gaea turned to the monster army, "You heard him, get back to training!" She shouted.
The army obeyed immediately, turning back and scattering among Greece.
Gaea turned to the Giants, "Now my sons, we have another job."
Hera focused on the two life forces that were located on opposite sides of the country. It was easy to transport the fake son of Poseidon to her as his camp was a couple miles away.
But the boy, Jason Grace, he was located in California. But Hera's attempts were not in vain as she managed to transport both of the two to herself upon Olympus. Two bright flashes occurred, each one in front of her at arm's length away.
When the light around the two dispersed they both dropped to the ground in surprise. They had each been talking to their respected girlfriends and then they had been taken away. As both got up slowly in confusion they noticed a pair of feminine feet that were enclosed in sandals.
They looked up and noticed a very impatient Hera. They got up and immediately bowed to the goddess. Hera sighed, "Boys we have much work to do, so save the formalities for later."
"Yes Lady Hera," said the Greek camper, his name was Jackson, and he was the supposed son of Poseidon.
In reality, however, this was the fake son of Poseidon, he was weak but the Gods made sure to praise him as the strongest demigod alive. It was easy to come up with a cover story for him, he was another Son of Poseidon that was oblivious to the Greek mythology realm and his father brought him to camp after his other son had failed/go traitor.
Granted Poseidon had no idea whatsoever that the son before him wasn't the son he had cared for three months, breaking the ancient laws for. Instead, he has a fake son that is most probably a son of a minor god.
Jason's brow furrowed, "I am sorry to inform you stranger, but the goddess in front of us is Juno, not some Greek scum goddess."
Hera had to restrain herself from decimating Jason at his comment about her Greek counterpart. Jackson looked at him weirdly, "No, this is Hera the Greek goddess."
The two boys started to argue, as a result infuriating the goddess they were fighting over Roman or Greek counterparts. This making it hard for Hera to stay in one form. Hera growled, "Will you two imbeciles shut your mouth and let me explain?!" Hera yelled.
The Roman and Greek immediately stopped and bowed to the goddess. "Thank you," Hera said.
"Now, Jason here is a Roman demigod while you, Jackson, are a Greek demigod," Hera said to Jackson.
Jason catching on, pulled out his sword, ready to split Jackson in two, "You filthy Greek scum, I will split you in half and bring you back to my people."
Hera sighed, "Lower your sword praetor, we have work to do."
Jason reluctantly lowered his sword but eyed Jackson as Hera resumed talking. Hera explained that the Greeks and Romans were still alive and that the two of them would be switching camps in an effort to unite the camps together.
The two opposite demigods agreed to the terms, allowing Hera to start her ritual. She closed her brown eyes and concentrated on the two souls of the demigods. She went into the minds of the two demigods, taking away a part of their soul, their memories.
When that was complete she transported each away, Jackson to the Wolf House and Jason on an imaginary bus where he will make friends that have memories planted in their brains. Hera sighed in satisfaction as her mission was complete. She decided to go for a walk in the mortal land to relieve stress in the form of a walk around the woods.
As she appeared in the woods she immediately started in a walk where she thought would be the furthest from civilization. Hera rubbed her temples. Her foot landed in snow as she entered a seemingly different terrain. It took her too long to realize a trap had been set up for her.
Khione formed out of the snow and immediately put Hera to sleep. Khione let Hera fall to the ground. Gaea rose from the ground smiling, her plan had worked. The Giants started to come out of other corners of the forest in case Khione had failed.
Porphyrion smiled lustfully, "I will take it from here." As he took a step forward Gaea growled, "No Porphyrion you will not ravage her."
Porphyrion frowned, "Why not, mother?" Gaea snarled, "Because you fool, Apoth will be deciding what happens to them, If he decides you can have your way with her then you may but we must consult Apoth first."
Porphyrion sighed, "But mother, we are much stronger than him if we all team up we can take that Mortal down."
Gaea sighed, her children were helpless, "If you did not see, even I couldn't destroy him, I fear he is possibly even stronger than me."
The Giants nodded as they remembered the two's fight.
Gaea breathed out a sigh, "Let us go, for now, we will leave Hera in the Wolf House where Porphyrion will watch over her.
Porphyrion smiled, Gaea noticed this, "If she is even touched, you personally, will rot in Tartarus and I will help Apoth in his attempts to destroy you."
Porphyrion's smile was wiped off his face, "Good, good," Gaea said.
They all disappeared into the Ground, Hera being transported to the Wolf House where she would be imprisoned, waiting for Apoth's judgment.
Death is the supreme judge and judge Death will.