Chapter 17
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson
LAST TIME:
"Sure just hold on." I said piking her up and began running again as fast as I could. Thanks to extensive training in the pit I had grown an endurance to that of a Child of Hermes. Vast and seemingly endless in many ways. As the time went on me met other small piles of the summons that had found more survivors. But finally we reached the camp as it was completely untouched by the snow. I just came to a slow stop and set Thalia down and catching my breath as she looked around.
"So this is it huh?" She asked me as I nodded.
"So do you want to go by flaw or Percy?" She asked me as I thought about it.
"Percy Jackson and still want to be a son of Thanatos." I said setting down my agreements as she eyed me.
"Why your last name?" She asked me.
"Because I can so what about you?" I asked her.
"Thalia Grace as the norm and I still want to be a betrayed daughter of Zeus who is dating a certain son of Thanatos." She said wrapping her fingers through mine as I smiled.
"Sounds fair enough." I said as we walked down the steep snow hill into the camp which a group of people were waiting.
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THRID PERSON POV:
"Ah Captain we got another two, looks like they know each other." Said a male as the captain turned to see the two newcomers. Both had on clad white clothes, one male the other female. The male had on a white cloak with a hood and a lower mouth mask and stood about six foot four. The female had on a white parka and normal winter clothes like the male and was about five foot 10. They both were smiling as they walked in talking about something as the captain looked.
As he watched the male slid down his half mask and hood revealing black hair that was cut into a Caesar haircut. On his finger was a skeleton ring as he walked hand in hand with the female. Then the female took off her hood revealing spikey black hair that seemed like charcoal almost. The males was like obsidian and shiny kind of hair as he ran his hand through it getting rid of some frost in his hair.
"Looks like a sweet couple." He said as he stood up to go great some more survivors of the admission test. As he walked over he was greeted with a grin from the male that looked on the brink of insanity. While the females was full of happiness like something good just happened.
"Good to see two more recruits could make it." The Captain said extending a hand as the male shook it.
"More? How many already made it?" The male asked as the Captain shook the female's hand for coming back safely.
"14 so you will make 16 people." He said as the male raised an eyebrow.
"I thought only 6 could pass the test?" He asked as the Captain nodded.
"That is true but we will wait for tomorrow to weed you all out. But for now did the summons activate?" He asked him as the male nodded.
"Killed 4 people we were traveling with, but I didn't really know them so whatever." The male said as the female punched his side. The Captain however was surprised at how the male acted towards the death of others. Merciless in a way it almost made him sound like he has seen more people die than the Captain himself.
"Okay so who might you be? We need to get your names down for record purposes." He said as the male and women nodded.
"I am Percy Jackson and this is Thalia Grace my girlfriend." Percy said as the Captain nodded.
"That explains the tensionless air around you two, also godly parents." He said writing it down on some paper provided to him.
"My godly parent is Thanatos and hers is Zeus. But before you freak out her own father cast her into the pit. Or my home where I saved her, kind of been dating since we escaped." Percy said rubbing his head sheepishly as the Captain nodded.
"I guess there is a first of everything huh. A son of Thanatos and a daughter of Zeus dating. Well then again isn't the weirdest thing I have ever heard." The man trailed on causing Percy to laugh a little.
"Are we talking a Minotaur in a dress or weirder than that?' Percy asked him as Thalia just laughed.
"Weirder trust me." The man deadpanned making them both laugh harder.
"So I got you two down I suggest you go into that tent over there and set up your things for the night. You will find the others in there as well, have a hood night sleep. Also we will be providing breakfast before we start the matches." He said as Percy raised an eyebrow.
"Matches?" He asked the Captain as he nodded.
"Yep matches as in you will have to fight someone to get accepted into this army. You will find it will be women against women and men against men." He said as Percy just nodded and began to walk towards the tent. But as he did his clothes all suddenly changed black from the pure white they were at. Then the two just began to walk to the tent as she chatted about something.
"Johnson come here." He said as the man pointed out the two came over.
"What do you think about those two?" He asked pointed at the two as Percy held open the flap for Thalia to inside the tent.
"Well for starters the male is something else. Even from 20 feet away he has the feeling of a dangerous animal about him. Like a monster in humans skin that is looking for its next meal. But at the same time he has an overprotective and friendly nature about him when he talks to girl. The female on the other hands as soon as we got into camp look at all the men like they were trash. At the same time sizing up more powerful soldiers like yourself and the Lt." He finished as the Captain nodded.
"That is the same thing I thought. But that male is more dangerous than you think. The way he talked about those other that died was not normal. He talked about them like they were disposable goods, not like humans. I even saw it in his eyes he looked at us like we small animals that were likely to get in his way. He is a very dangerous man, keep an eye on him if you can." He said as the man nodded but just then a loud bang was heard over the camp.
All 5000 men and women in the camp turned their head in the direction of the noise as the Captain jumped in surprise. In an instant a body was blown out of tent Percy and Thalia entered. As the man tumbled on the ground Thalia walked out of the tent large sparks of electricity dancing in her hair. As well as large ones that danced in-between her fingers as she opened her hand and closed it in a fist.
"If you ever touch my ass again I will kill you!" She shouted at the man as the managed to stand up. Smoke rolling off his chard clothes as Percy walked out of the door behind Thalia. At the same time all the other 9 people ran out of the tent as five of them ran over to the dude. The other four just kind of backed off with their hands up in the air as Thalia glared at him.
"God that hurt, dude you need to keep your bitch on a tighter leash." He hissed as he drew a sword. Everyone just watched even the Captain just sighed and watched. Thalia stood sparking with electricity as her spikey black hair looked pretty cool like so. But as everyone watched Percy spoke back to the man as he stepped forward all in black and hood down. His blue to purple eyes iris out were vivid, as an evil smile played across his lips.
"I would say that if I were you, the most you're going to get out of it is some electrified testicles." He said as Thalia was vividly angry as she tried to get past Percy but he stopped her.
"So the little bitch has her boyfriend on a short leash instead." He said readied himself as the others around him did as well as Percy just sighed.
"So what? What if she does? At least I have a girlfriend and not some dudes that I bet you fuck in the ass for relief." Percy said as Thalia lost it laughing as did others in the crowd. As she laughed her electricity does as the male just grew angrier.
"I will kill you! Get him guys!" He yelled as all his butt buddies ran towards Percy as he sighed again.
"Okay since it's going to be that way let's play a game. I will ask you 6 questions about the body. If you get your question wrong I will kill you how does that sound? But if you get them right you can do whatever you want to me." He said as the five charged him, in a second he tripped the first one as he walked towards the ring leader.
"Question one what is organ that does most of the digestion and absorption of food?" He asked as the first one got back up and charged him again. The others just surrounded him in a circle.
"Die! You son of a bitch!" Was the response of the first one, as he raised his sword to hit Percy.
"Oh wrong answer I was looking for the small intestine, better luck next time." He said as in a second he reappeared behind number one. In a second one stopped running as something jerked turning him around towards Percy. All Percy did was pop in front of him and drop something at his feet as number one looked down at a pile of intestine. Small intestine to be exact.
"AHHH!" He screamed in realization as he followed the intestine to a hole that it was still in the middle of his stomach. He quickly fell to the ground and tried to gather it all up but failed as blood loss got to him. As he lay on the ground his body suddenly dissolved and went to Percy's cloak.
"Next question what is the largest organ in the human body?" Percy asked to the man in front of him as the man panicked.
"T-The L-Liver." He tried actually answering.
"Oh so close I was looking for the skin." Percy said in a flash as suddenly he was holding a perfectly pealed skin of the man. The man himself was bleeding perversely as he screamed in pain you could see all his muscles clear as day. As well as large arteries the got cut in the process of Percy pealing the man alive in under a second. Percy folded up the skin like a towel and tossed it to the bleeding man. All he could do was look at his old skin as he collapsed to the ground as his body dissolved into dust and did the same as the last one.
"Next question, what is the organ that uses vibrations to make sounds." He asked the next fool as he charged Percy with red vison. After dodging a few strikes Percy suddenly vanished and appeared by Thalia holding something in his hands.
"Time is up I was looking for vocal cords." Percy said tossing a tube like thing on the ground that was bloody and looked like skin. The man just whipped around but fell over as he looked at the item as a giant hole overflowed with blood in his throat. All the blood drained out of his body in less than a couple seconds as it all covered his front. Just like the last one he dissolved into dust and went to Percy as the last two stood by one another.
"This is a double point question what is one of the organs you can give half of and live?" I asked as they both back up.
"Small intestines." One said as Percy stopped.
"Close but seeing as that answer was already used I will have to mark you wrong. I was looking for the liver." He said as he was gone and suddenly in front of the two as both his hands were a couple inches deep in their abdomens. In a second he ripped them both out as blood sprayed all over him and his arms as he pulled out both lobes of the liver. Then he just dropped them on the ground and proceed to walk past the two screaming men to the ring leader.
As he appeared in front of the man he was on his knees and had pissed himself as Percy licked some of the blood off his hand then spit it out. Just then both the other two men dissolved and went to Percy as he wiped his hand clean on the man's shirt. The man just completely terrified as Percy finally spoke.
"I hate –o." He said making the man scream and crawl away as he screamed to only meet a pair of black boots of Percy.
"Please don't kill me I beg of you!" The man screamed as he held Percy's hand as Percy raised an eyebrow.
"But I still have one question left what is the second most important organ in the body?" He asked him as the man seemed to think long and hard as he finally answered.
"It's the heart isn't it?" He asked as Percy nodded and clapped his hands together startling everyone.
"That is correct now come on stand up to receive your prize!" He said in an excited tone as the man smiled and slowly stood up. Percy just smiled and patted him on the shoulder as he pulled out something and gave it to him. As the man opened his hands he found a still warm and beating heart as he smiled turned into a face of fear.
"Here is your prize your very own heart!" Percy shouted as he left the man with the gaping hole in his chest alone as he held his own heart in his hands. Percy just walked back to Thalia as she looked at him with a serious look.
"Why did you have to do that!?" She screamed at him as the man still stood still as blood flowed out of the hole in his chest.
"We would have had to kill them anyways so I just got it done quickly and efficiently. Also there is 6 of us now so please don't be upset I just didn't want you to get hurt. If you had to face one." He said in a pleading voice as she huffed in annoyance.
"You're so unbelievably overprotective of me." She said as he smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"You know I am." He said as the man finally fell over and dissolved into his cloak as the Captain stepped forward finally.
"Well as I can see there is no more challengers to Percy and there is 6 people left. I will call this month's recruitment week over. All of those who passed come to Colonel's tent tonight after dinner to be put in your designated place. Everyone else it is time for dinner, all new comers I welcome you to your first day in the army of the Other Worlders."
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PERCY POV:
As I walked in my tent they provided me with I was met by Thalia reading a book. As I looked at her she noticed I was inside as she closed the book and looked at me.
"What you reading?" I asked her as she looked at the book. As I looked at the book the cover said 'fifty shades of gray' whatever that was.
"Oh nothing don't worry about it. So where did you get placed?" She asked me as I cracked up a little.
"Assassin division." I said busting up laughing as she laughed a little.
"I guess you're just suited for the job huh." She said as I nodded and sat down on the bed they provided. Which was a queen, you see they provide couples like us queen size beds and rooms together. The Colonel said it helps with the love birds private life and helps raise moral before battles if you catch my drift. Aka it means that before battles couples normally have sex and the men have higher moral because of that.
"What about you?" I asked her as she rocked back and forth in her chair for a little before answering.
"I was not assigned an army position instead I was assigned to kitchen duty." She hissed as I stopped and just looked at her.
"You're not serious." I said as she nodded.
"He said I was 'to stubborn and assertive in violent situations' so I was put into anger management classes and on kitchen duty. I will stay in these until I 'shape up' he said." She finished as I just held in my laughter as he hissed out the last words.
"I don't know what to say without being punched by you." I said as she nodded with a pissed off expression.
"Good answer." She said standing up and walking over to me and flopping on the bed beside me as I changed into a plain blue t-shirt and black pants.
"I am exhausted." She said as I smile and pulled her closer as she snuggled in out larger bed.
"I bet you are, you have had a long day of yelling at me." I said as she just laughed as she rested her head on my chest. We just laid there for about 2 hours as I just played with her short hair. Occasionally getting a small spark from one spikes but I didn't mind. She just remained close to me as finally she spoke again.
"So who is your first target?" She asked me as I pulled up my tablet and scrolled through my 'question list' I called it.
"Actually for the next year I am inactive as I work my way up through the ranks until I reach the title of master assassin. There is said to be only 15 master assassins in the army at once so I am planning on earning the title in the next few months. It is said to only be reached by highly skilled assassins but the dude said I could reach it in 3 months with my skill." I said.
"What do you do after you reach that level?" She asked me.
"When I reach that level I am able to attend command meetings. Those are basically all people that have a rank and are not a common solider go to. But they are normally between two different general armies. They also happen only once every 6 months between the two general armies that are closest together. But that means there is 100 meetings going on at once for one week."
"So what I plan to do is taking one meeting at a time taking out all the people in command at each one. After I wipe out all the people in command I plan to move to the next army as a survivor of the Olympian attack." I said as she just scoffed.
"What about all the other soldiers?" She asked me.
"I will let them just rot I will just leave and let the Olympian army attack them and kill them all. Without any form of command they will fall with ease. Also with no one to transfer the news that they were attacked the others won't even know. But for now I am on vacation I should say and I will spend it earning my title and staying with my girlfriend." I said pulling her closer as I kissed her forehead.
"What about me, will I travel with you once you wipe out the council meeting I should say?" She asked me.
"Of course I would never leave you behind unless I had to, but if you must know the master assassins are allowed to assign one person assistant. That person does one job and that is to make sure I don't go through a mental breakdown from killing so many people." I said as she just laughed.
"Yeah right." She said.
"Seriously, see look at this." I said showing her on the tablet as she read it.
"Wow you are right, that is funny." She said as nodded and put down the tablet.
"Yep and I get to select who it is guess you get a new job in 3 months so for now please don't kill anyone. Also there is another job as a master assassins assistant." I said rolling us over as I was now overtop of Thalia as he gulped underneath me.
"Since most of the assistants are opposite genders it is normal for the master assassin and their assistants to reliever one another. That means stress related and sexually related." I said as I leaned down and kissed her on the lips. As I did I felt her squirm under the kiss as a small spark struck between our lips as we parted from the small kiss. Her eyes showed deep love in them as her arms were tossed upon my shoulder and pulled me close to her face.
"If that is so they you are going to have to wait a pretty long time for this master assassin's assistant to relieve you sexually. But for now how about some soft kissing and cuddling." She said as I just nodded defeated as I knew I had to wait for our relationship to deepen before we went farther. As she did this we shared a small kiss as I flopped to my right as we face one another.
As we did this we slowly kissed one another just lips nothing more as we cuddled together. Slowly we stopped as we both fell asleep hoping for a better day tomorrow.
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THIRD PERSON POV:
As midnight struck a man got up from bed and walked out of his room. As he left his room he proceeded to stretch his sore muscles. After all of yesterday he was tired and needed to sleep but he had to do his daily duty. As he moved from room to room he finally reached the cellar of his home. Just a simple storage room with old items like boxes of old junk and other assorted things most people have inside their storage rooms.
But as he walked to the corner of the room there was an old furnace that was no longer in use. But as he looked at it he walked over ne pushed a button on it that was well hidden on it. As he did the furnace suddenly came alive but at the same time it began to slide to the left. As it did a new entrance bellow the furnace was made know to him that had stairs leading down. Without a moment to spar the man began to walk down the hidden stairs for about 30 minutes.
The walls were close barely allowing his build to fit through them. They were made of old bricks that looked to be older than Olympus itself. As he walked down the skinny stair way small torches lit around him. But as he passed them a new one in front lit up and the one behind him went out. As the time went on for the 30 minutes not a word was heard from him other than his footsteps as he walked down it.
Finally he reached the bottom as a stainless steel door stood before him. But as he got closer he could feel the dry air inside pour out from the cracks the heavy metal door didn't fill. He then reached inside his pocket and provided a normal house key and began to unlock multiple locks on the door. As the final lock was unlocked the door swung open, as it did a gust of dry air hit the man as he walked in.
As he walked in he appeared in a room about 20 feet by 20 feet, on one half of the room he walked in was a plain chair and that was it. But in the middle of the room was a row of platinum and gold type metal bars that held one prisoner inside it. On one wall in the prisoners cell was a tray and a cup inserted in pockets in the wall. Both were clean of food but looked to have been eaten off of. But then in a second they disappeared into nothing as they went off to be clean, in the morning they would have new food and liquid in them.
"Hello." The male said taking a seat in the chair as the prison looked up at him. Her sea green eyes boring into his as the single light that filled the room. As she looked at him she suddenly stood up and began to march over to him but stopped as a chain hooking to her ankle stopped her.
"If this thing were longer I would kill you right now." She hissed at him as he laughed.
"As feisty as your father aren't you Scarlet." He said as she just glared at him. Her sea green eyes boring into his eyes as she walked back to her wall in the dry room as no liquid was allowed in. But only enough to sustain her was allowed in the glass she got with her food.
"What are you planning to do with me?" She asked him as he just continued looking at her.
"Still not going to tell me huh. Well let me tell you this, when my father finds me he will kill for what you have done." She said in a harsh tone as the man just laughed a little as he got up and began walking out the door.
"I would like to see him try Scarlet I would like to see him try." He said as he slammed the door shut leaving the immortal alone as her domains had been stripped of her.
"Daddy please come and save me." She said as she got to her bed a laid down as tear ran down her eyes. But the dry air instantly made them evaporate, she hadn't showered in weeks and it didn't look like she was going to anytime soon. She was fed the bare minimum of food and water as she was locked alone in her cell. Her jailer had brought her newspapers and that was it but nothing more as she started to sob on her bed as she once again cried herself to sleep.
The only image in her mind was her mother's face as a beam of fire shot through her chest. The sight of her dead siblings and step father as they all lay dead on the ground. As her tears streamed down her face she was knocked out and taken to this horrid place forever alone. As she simply waited for her father to come and rescue her. But in this room there was no shadows allowed thus no shades were present. The man had made sure of that.
"Please daddy come and save me." She said again as he finally cried herself to sleep as the man returned to his bed for another nights rest.
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SALLY POV:
As I lay in bed I remember my date with Eternal, it was nice as he took me to the beach and the dinner was exquisite. But as I lay in my tents bed I let out a long sigh as I snuggled into my lonely blankets. Even after our date Eternal returned to his house back out our main base. He kindly refused to stay the night with me which I was kind of mad at. But I guess he is just so stressed out from this war he can't afford to have one night with me.
But ever since Reyna returned to my army from her failed expedition Nico and her have basically token a honeymoon inside their tent. They only times they left were to get food and water but other than that it wasn't much to tell they were having sex the whole time. Which I allowed because I didn't really care to be honest. It kind of reminded me of when me and P-Paul got married. Just thinking of him makes me sad as the memories of that day were still vivid as ever.
But I just rolled over in bed trying to be my mind off of it as suddenly I heard a knock at my door as I let out a sigh. As I looked at the clock I saw it was about 12 pm as I slowly got up not minding as I was in my pajamas as I strolled to the door to see who it was. As I got to the door I saw no one as I looked around but saw nothing. But then a small cry sounded bellow me as I looked down. Just like in movies right bellow me was a child in a basket, even I was too shocked to do anything as I starred at the crying baby.
"Oh god." I said as I bent down and slowly picked up the basket with the baby inside as I looked around. As I found no one I went back inside as the baby still cried, as I got to my room I set the child down on my bed. Then I proceeded to slowly take out the child inside the blanket, the baby seemed to quiet down as I held it in my arms.
Its skin the same color as hot cocoa, but as I pulled up the diaper provided I found it and now a female. She even had a tuff of black hair on her head as she quietly nestled in my arms as I looked at the child. She smelled the morning dew as I smelled her just in case she went poop. But as I looked her over she opened her eye to some of the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen.
They were sea green and had speck of gold in them, like I was looking into a stream that had gold sitting on the surface. As I looked into her eye I thought of my long lost child. The one the gods themselves cast away for one mistake. As I thought of it I felt tears run down my eyes as it fell on the child who just looked up at me. As she did she seemed to make gurgle sounds as I looked at her.
As I did I felt a small hand touch my face as I smile as the child gurgled with satisfaction, as I looked at her. But as I smiled I knew I had to do something with the child, but the night was upon us and I would do something tomorrow. But for now I summoned a simple baby bed by mine and placed the child in it. After my many years of raising children I was prepared for this as I quickly fed her and burped her. She was not even a week old at that as far as I could tell as I gently lay her in the bed for the night.
"You're just like Percy." I said as I watched her drool in her blanket as I seemed to draw on the possibility of her actually being his.
"No he is long dead, killed by the Olympians for one mistake." I said as I watched her longer, her cute snores as I remember the days when all I had to worry about was my book and my child on the way. But again I didn't know if I could care for the child, but deep down inside me wanted to care for another child. To watch all their first moments once again, to see them grow up and make mistakes. I just wanted it all as I looked at this baby inside the crib.
"Well baby...no lets pick a name for you. How about Hannah yeah that sounds good 'gift from god' is what that name means. I like it what about you?" I asked her like another person as I was met with a small snore as I smiled.
"Hannah it is now let's get to bed I have a busy day tomorrow to see what I have to do since I found a baby at my door step." I said as I laid down in my bed and closed my eyes hoping Hannah wouldn't wake up in the middle of the night.
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PERCY POV:
I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night as I found myself under the cover with Thalia. She was still asleep as I managed to quietly untangle myself from her arms as I got up and walked outside. No we didn't go anything but kiss and cuddle, I had to wait a long time before we did anything and I knew it. But today was long and full of many things, death and new opportunities. But as I changed my pajamas to my cloak I walked outside as the cool night air hit me.
As I looked over I saw the snow was all gone and the full moon was out. I just smirked at the sight, all of that snow gone in under a few hours. I couldn't believe it but then again I could since I was in sort of world. But as I looked up at the sky and the full moon casting its glow over the area I noticed an abnormally large owl looking right at me. With a hoot the owl flew to a tree a tad bit farther away. But then it just landed and turned back to me as I smiled, I guess Athena wanted a word.
With a deadly silence in the shadows I followed the owl into the dark but thin forest, the ground not even we anymore. As I followed the hoots through the trees until I came to a slightly denser part of the forest. But then it opened up into a well hidden treeless area, I mean like if I hadn't personally followed the owl I wouldn't have found this place. As I stepped into the middle of the small clearing I saw the big owl standing on the ground.
"So what can I do for the great Athena?" I asked as the owl began to transform into a human as I waited until a five foot 11 goddess stood before me in a normal toga.
"I just wanted to chat." She said in a sad voice as I was surprised as she summoned a bench and sat down as I followed her lead.
"About what?" I asked her as she let out a deep sigh and rubbed her head.
"About Annabeth." She said in a very sad tone as I nodded in understanding.
"I guess dad hasn't been much of a help?" I asked her and she nodded.
"He is as dense as a brick you know that." She said as I nodded with a laugh.
"So why did you want to talk to me about Annabeth I thought you could talk to Hestia or someone." I said as she shook her head.
"I didn't want to burden them with my sadness, and you seemed free so I woke you up." She said.
"I guess that works, so Athena all I can say is let it out on me." I said as she nodded and began to talk about Annabeth. How great she was as her daughter, just about everything as I listened for one hour. Finally I found myself patting her back as she cried on my shoulder as she finally finished.
"Athena it's okay." I said hugging her feeling some of my memories start to rise.
"How do you do it? How do you deal with her death?" She asked me as I shook my head.
"I haven't completely dealt with her death yet trust me. But what I did when I was in your state of mind I had someone to comfort me in my time of need." I said as she sniffled a little in my hug.
"Percy can you be my comfort, can you help me forget all this sadness?" She asked me as she looked up at me with those grey calculating eyes that begged for someone to be with.
"I will help you forget Athena I promise." I said as she suddenly leaned up and kissed me. In a second I kissed her back as I began to help her forget her sorrows.
A/N: So how did you guys like it I hope you did don't worry it will get better in a few chapter just need to cover the back story first.
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