28. The One In Which War Begins
3RD PERSON'S POV:
Jason deflected that attack and started engaging End himself with Piper by his side. However, Calyspso was still shattered and broken. They'd lost Leo. They couldn't see Nico and only assume the worst. Hazel was just taken to the infirmary. Thalia looked barely able to fight. Hylla and Frank had to lead the campers against the monsters. Grover and the wild were busy fighting off the monsters who had attacked from the forest. Once a leader, always a leader. Jason immediately realized the circumstances he and Piper were in. He knew they were hopelessly outmatched and they needed help. They needed the one person who could fight end, so that Jason, Thalia, Piper could all go and defend their home from the vile creatures who still outnumbered the campers. Unfortunately he didn't know how to call Percy. So he kept on fighting. But end was so ridiculously strong every moment seemed like it would be his last. Every attack seemed to backfire, every counter attack getting blocked easily. Jason, being a veteran of war knew he would soon fall. He just didn't want Thalia and Piper to go down with him. So he did what a hero would do. He made a suicidal plan. He went into ultradefense. He kept on shifting his feet back while continously blocking end's moves. End thought Jason was backing down, but in truth, he was readying himself for what he thought was his last chance. Once he had gathered enough breaths and concentration, he abruptly stopped. Seeing this, End, instead of finishing him off got confused and stopped himself.
"Young Godling. You're giving up? You want an easy death? Ask for it, I can be very generous when I want to be." End smiled triumphantly, practically shouting these words. The words radiated in the war zone. The determination of the campers had been so much that both sides stood shocked that a demigod would give up. When they saw which one it was, they stood there dumbfounded. For once, the war had stopped.
"Jaoson! What're you doing!" Piper sqeaked in a tiny voice, seeing her boyfriend in a neutral position with sword pointed towards the ground against an enemy like end.
"What's he doing? Getting himself killed?" Annabeth muttered weakly, still finding it difficult to stand on her wobbly legs. Had there been an enemy there, she wouldn't have fancied her chances. But end had thrown her on the opposite side, so she was in home ground, well guarded by her friends.
"End. You have caused enough damage. We killed Gaea. We can kill you too. Just leave, and we'll forget anything happened."
"Hahahaha..." End gave a hearty laugh.
"If it was a request it was so rude it didn't even sound like one. If it was a threat it was so fragile and childish I had to laugh at it. Just because you defeated Gaea you think you stand a chance against me? Do you even know what I'm truly capable of? I haven't even begun yet, and I already got one of your little immortal friend killed and the other gravely injured. Your army is still outnumbered against ours. I find it amusing that you'd dare call the shots." End gave another small laugh.
Jason didn't know what to say. He didn't want to attack, he was saving his energy for one last attempt at destroying or at least weakening end.
"You amuse me demigod. And I have seen so much in this universe, I've reached a stage where what amuses me, impresses me. And when someone impresses me, I offer them a chance. Jason Grace, I know who you are. Join me. You know very well what's going to happen to this camp. To you. But if you join me, I can pardon you, grant you life." End said.
He was so confident of having placed an irresistible offer in front of Jason that he was already smirking.
"No." Jason stated firmly.
"No?" End said, raising an eyebrow.
"I think I said it clearly the first time, or are you too old to hear?." Jason mocked.
"You insolent piece of scum! I grant you life, and in exchange instead of falling on my feet and worshipping me, you have the nerve to mock me! Now I will kill you and all your friends painfully." He glowered at Jason.
"Yeah good luck with that." He said. It was almost time. All he needed was one moment. And he got that moment when end gave another laugh, thinking how pathetically weak and naive Jason was being. He was distracted enough so Jason went for the move.
Jason had been stalling for time since the moment he'd stopped attacking because he was summoning as many venti as he could and had collected as much air as he could. He let it all out under end's feet, making a very surprised end go high up in the air. Jason flew higher than end, summoned as much lightning as he could and concentrated all of it on his new temporal steel sword instead of end. He angled the sword in such a way that the sword broke into pieces and simultaneously the lightning hit a confused end. The attack created a mini blast. The beings exactly below end and Jason lost their balance, while the all the rest swayed a bit on their feet before finding ground. When the smoke cleared, both sides were stunned to find an ichor bleeding end from a thigh wound and a perfectly fine Jason Grace on the ground. Jason had expertly controlled the air and lightning so that the broken temporal steel pieces broke and embedded themselves in End's thigh, causing a wound that could kill him if he bled out. Though the situation didn't last long. End gave a loud roar and kicked Jason in the stomach. Jason being a son of Zeus tried to control the air around him and minimized the impact. However, instead of finishing off Jason, he bellowed
"Why have you stopped? Kill these insignificant creatures. Kill them all mercilessly." and so the war resumed. However, the campers had again found a ray of sunshine. Jason had indeed stunned end. However, in the process the son of Zeus had realized that Hellfire was the only way to kill end. They didn't have warriors powerful enough to destroy end. Jason was one of their strongest, and even with End caught off guard all he could do was inflict a thigh wound that would soon heal, and he broke his own sword in the process, not withstanding the few broken bones in his body that would take more than just a few moments to heal.
End though, wasn't in the mood to kill Jason yet. "Take this Godling captive. Hold him down and make him see the destruction of his home. Then I will plan an exquisite way to kill him." He gave that signature sinister smile. It sent a chill down the onlookers' spines. Jason was taken captive while Piper tried to clear her way to reach him. However they were so outnumbered that she'd kill a monster and two would spring up in its place, and there weren't many Hydras!
Jason wasn't strong enough to fend off the monsters and they eventually bound him against a tree. A few surrounded him while the others went off to fight. The war had resumed. End looked a bit hurt, but that only made him more angry. However, there was something strange about this war. Not Percy Jackson missing, not Skylar presumed dead, not Nico and Leo faded, that was kind of a part of war. Death was emminent in war, unavoidable. So what could be even stranger? When you're in a war and one of the strongest fighters on the enemy side aims to defeat you yet doesn't kill you, that's strange. That man was Omega. Ex-commander Omega, to the onlookers appeared to be enjoying defeating his own army, fighting off Elmont and Fritz single handedly. And he wasn't losing, even 2 on 1, the fight looked evenly matched. Still missing the strange part?
Every swipe and stab coming from Omega wasn't aimed to kill his enemies. The aim and power indicated he knocked out his opponents and left them there. He didn't go for the kill. Even against Elmont and Fritz, he seemed to be holding back. He'd retreat from kicks midway, stop punches and on the whole play defensive without counter attacking. Strange for such a powerful being, so what was the plan here? Were End and Omega secretly conspiring something more? Or did Omega simply not have the heart to murder the men who once followed him with blind faith? End looked too preoccupied to notice this, and if he did, he didn't comment, maybe because this was the plan all along. Taking the soldiers slave or something.
End was wreaking havoc on the campers. They were too helpless against such a force. Their friends and brothers and sisters were falling, and they could just watch helplessly and it seemed like they would soon meet the same fate. However, the fates weren't that cruel, because suddenly there was a huge shriek and a figure flew descended from the sky, using fire to destroy a huge chunk of the army. This creature though, destroyed end's side of the army. And when end saw who it was, his nostrils flared, his eyes widened and he dramatically let out a shout "You! How dare you show your face again!" The intensity and power of the attack was so high that the war again came to a halt.
The creature just replied by destroying another chunk of the army. The campers cheered for this beast, not because it was killing the monsters, the army was still huge. They cheered because they knew if this particular creature had come to their aide, they could up their hopes of a certain someone swooping in to save the day like he usually does.
Once the creature had had its fun, he finally spoke, directing his words at end "How I dare show my face again? You know end, I repented attempting to kill you that day, but today I feel as though it would have done the world a great favour. Oh by the way, my new friend has kept my name, and I prefer that. I'm Filos, companion of the feared Commander Hellfire. And I'm here to destroy you." Filos growled so menacingly that for once the people forgot how friendly he was to Percy and so the fearless monstrous side of him. The monsters in end's army nervously gulped. However, they had some more shocks in their store.
Instead of now going for the army, Filos attacked Omega himself. It was a very strategic move, seeing his own capabilities. It wasn't that he couldn't defeat end, he knew that there were two strong opponents, and End could be dealt with by Percy, he had a better chance at defeating Omega. If suppose now he attacked end and died, he'd leave Percy with two very strong enemies to face single handedly.
He dived to where Omega was, and aimed a large fireball at him. Elmont and Fritz who were fighting Omega had to dive out of the way. Omega too had impressive reflexes and dived out of the way. However, Filos had just begun. He kept on attacking Omega with blinding speed. The onlookers could just watch in horrified fascination. Filos nosedived from high up and just as it looked he would crash on Omega, he glided down horizontal to the ground like an eagle and on his way attacked Omega with his razer sharp claws. The claws left Omega's arms bleeding and his sword flew out of his hand.
"Ahh! ENOUGH NOW! YOU WANNA PLAY, LET'S PLAY... BIRDIE!" Omega growled in frustration and anger at the flying beast. He ran a few steps, dived forward and rolled on the spot where his sword had fallen, managing to somehow pick it up. Then he waited in a semi crouched position for Filos to attack again. Filos again came at him, again from high altitued. This time though, Omega was ready. As soon as Filos reached a certain altitude, Omega sprinted and in an impressive move, he used a tree's support to jump high in the air. He ran towards the tree and jumped on it, then with the momentum in his favour he still ran a few steps on the tree and jumped on the opposite direction, having achieved the desired altitude. The timing was so exquisite that when he dived, Filos was passing just that area. So Omega caught hold of his neck and held onto it like a sloth. That may have seemed to funny to watch, but against a flying enemy, that was the best thing he could've done. In fact, it was advantage Omega now. Omega tried to stab Filos with his sword, but Filos saw through the corner of his eye and began shaking himself violently before the hit could connect in an attempt to get Omega to fall down. Omega didn't drop, but his sword slipped out of his hand. Everyone was watching the fight with interest now, the war, for the third time stopped. Now Omega decided to wring Filos' neck. However, Omega shook again, broke free and spewed fire at the ex commander. Omega, with great effort dodged the attack, shifting to the other side of where Filos had turned his neck while string in a choke hold. Filos decided to completely change his approach. If he couldn't make Omega fall down, the atmosphere and altitudes would. So instead of coming down, he began soaring high into the sky. Omega kept on strangling Filos, but Filos was very strong, and even though Omega was hurting him, it wasn't unbearable. He could still breathe through his lungs. As he went higher, Omega tightened his grip instead of losing it, now the urge to hold on to dear life more important than the one to strangle the Tallert. Meanwhile Jason could only watch in his tied up predicament, hoping for the best outcome.
Filos though, didn't keep on soaring. Now, he descended down onto some part of the camp. Omega couldn't see where they were headed but he knew they were headed down at dangerous speeds. He didn't feel the need to fear though, as he was immortal. The fall would injure him, but he would heal faster than the blood loss could make him fade. However, what Omega didn't realize was Filos wasn't looking to make him fade away, he was looking to permanently put away the traitor. Once and for all. Filos had stopped shaking and was saving his energy for one last violent shake. He soon did, and having caught Omega off gaurd, the ex commander couldn't keep his balance and fell off Filos' back. He however hadn't expected where he was falling.
"No!" He dramatically screamed before there was no sound from him. Filos flew up and gave a cry of victory. The campers joy knew no bounds. The Army of Peace and the Council's Army rejoiced while the mosters were now very scared of the creature. End looked more dumbfounded than angry. Nobody knew how Filos killed Omega, they hadn't seen it. Just heard cries and Filos' victory cry.
"Ho..how...no! Omega! Get up and fight him! Where are you?!" End screamed in the direction where Filos had returned from.
"He can't ever return from where I sent him End. I dropped him in the armoury room on temporal steel spears that were facing point upwards. I saw him die. He's gone now. And soon, you too will be gone" Filos shouted, new found confidence ruling his senses.
"Ha! You think you can do it alone? Where is that coward Perseus Jackson? I must say I atleast expected a fight, however weak it could've been. Not a getaway filled with such cowardice! I can't believe he is still mourning the death of his good for nothing Princess! " End roared, realizing he was the last powerful person left in his side.
"I don't plan on running away End. I never did. In fact, I'm running the show here." Came a booming voice from a person who had just teleported directly onto Filos' back.
"Why don't I show how good I actually am End?" Came the voice of another person, a girl, who incidentally goes by the name of Skylar Void.
Percy Jackson had returned, and somehow with his girlfriend, who was presumed dead.
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