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LAST TIME:

"Can't believe she bought that lie." I said with a laugh as I had totally lied about the memory thing though if I could do that it would be sweet but I couldn't I was stuck with elements, emotions, and flaws.

"I wonder what questions the hunt has for me now?" I asked as I could feel curiosity trumping hatred from the hunters of all the unanswered questions about me. Such as did you really save our old Lt. Zoë nightshade or why does a male like you think our current Lt. looks like an old friend. I could just feel the questions pooling in their minds. This was going to be a fun trip, it was going to be a little boring since I mentally asked Hermes to take Medusa to a safe place where she could find a home.

As I walked back to camp silently my mind slowly drifted to Thalia, and how much she had grown since I had seen her last. Even with the blessing of Artemis she somehow managed to turn into a beautiful 19 year old the same age as my current form. I still bet her easy to tick off attitude was still there. It was just blocked by her interest in the information I had which I bet she was going to ask me about tomorrow.

As I walked my mind drifted again to Artemis and I wondered what she would be wearing to bed tonight. I guess that could wait until later since she was going to be sleeping by me. As I thought of this I just smirked with pleasure of seeing the oh great man hating goddess in a pair of silver pajamas.

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PERCY POV:

What happened next I totally expected, as soon as I walked into camp all the hunters were shooting angry eyes at me along with some arrows that I sucked up into the circle on Silent Doom. I just laughed as I located Artemis's tent that had Thalia outside just lost in thought. As I walked up she didn't even notice me as she paced in front of the tent.

"Hello?" I called out to her to have her snap her head up to me and just seemingly stare into the hood.

"Oh it's just you." She said moving off to the left a little but keeping her eyes on me as I walked up to the door but stopped and met her eyes with the blackness over my face.

"You seem different from the hunters, less should I say bitchy." I said as she just scoffed me off.

"Well unlike them I grew up around men the only reason I really joined was to avoid a prophecy back on earth." She said as I just laughed dryly knowing all too well what she was talking about.

"Wait, you said you had a lot of people pass through Tartarus. Do you remember the daughter of Athena and the son of Poseidon?" She asked me as I nodded but she seemed to think about what she was going to ask next.

"Do you happen to remember the son of Poseidon's name?" She asked me as I just stared at her look of thought.

"I am sorry to say it happened so long ago I cannot recall but I do remember the two but yes I helped them leave Tartarus. It was a long journey indeed." I said with a tad bit too much emotion as she picked up on it.

"What do you mean a long journey?" She asked me as she caught up to me a little.

"I mean to say the two were lucky to make it out alive, the woman was lucky he knocked her out to keep the horrors of my playground out of her head. He on the other hand was caught by Tartarus himself and tortured, I found them after he was released by Tartarus. All I can say was the boy was void of emotion. The girl was lucky because as part of his deal with Tartarus he erased her memory of that hellhole."

As I finished I just saw tears running down Thalia's eyes but her face said she wasn't sad but confused instead. As she wiped away some tears she just looked at them confused like she didn't know why she was crying.

"Why am I crying?" She asked herself as I looked at her.

"Because deep down you knew the boy and your body remembers but your mind doesn't. At the thought of his sacrifice for the daughter of Athena your body reacted to cry for his pain all 50 days of torture." I added on at the end as she just wiped her eyes clear of tears but more just kept coming.

"I don't even remember him... but why do I feel so emotional about the subject? Please if you can remember anything about him tell me... I feel like I should know him but I can't ever remember him. Why is that?" She asked me as I was about to answer but the door to the tent opened revealing Artemis in her hunting uniform in her 13 year old form.

"Enough Flaw, Thalia go to bed you've had a long day. Flaw, come with me." She demanded going back in the tent as Thalia looked at me with a sad face.

"Thalia even though he may have left your mind I am sure he still watches you from the heavens, along with the daughter of Athena he sacrificed so much for. Just remember sometimes forgetting something is for the best." I said as I disappeared inside the tent leaving the hunter to stew over what I just said. Sadly, as I said those words I felt a pang of guilt for not telling the full truth to her.

As I walked in the tent I just began laughing at the sight in front of me, Artemis just grew an angry look as I wouldn't stop as she sat on her bed looking at me.

"What's so funny?" She asked me as I just wiped a tear away from my eye and took off my hood revealing my perfect face. She looked a little uncomfortable as she stared at me. My short hair cut or the Cesar hairstyle just stayed up as my obsidian color haired stayed almost in a gelled up motion.

"Oh I just expected like a blanket on the ground but this... this is just to fucking funny." I said ushering my hand to the dog bed that said Flaw on the side of it at the side of Artemis's bed. Even as I said it I saw a slight smile pull at the corner of her lips at how funny it was, but it was quickly driven away as she cleared her throat and looked intently at me.

"Now boy or should I say dog some ground rules, I know I cannot disobey the Styx so this will be your bed until the briefing is done and you recover your strength." She said leaning back and laying down as I just stared at her and huffed in fake annoyance.

"I specifically said you had to sleep by me in the deal and second do you have pajamas or something?" I asked her as she just glared a hole in my head as I felt her anger swell but she kept it down at risk of me taking over her emotions again.

"I will not ever allow a male to sleep at my side and second I do but this is what I am going to wear from now on. I do not trust you if I were to dress down in my pajamas." She said as I just smirked.

"Well can't say I don't blame you but the deal was I slept by you so scoot over." I said sitting on her bed as I was suddenly kicked on the back as I fell into the dog bed. As I looked up I just saw an evil grin on Artemis's face.

"Sorry, my foot twitches." She said innocently as I just nodded with a 'yeah right' face.

"Well how about this if you don't let me sleep by you like the deal states I will tell all the hunters your little secret." I said as I put my hands behind my head and laid on the surprisingly lush dog bed that was just as comfortable as any bed. As I said this I saw her 13 year old head pop over the side of the bed, her auburn hair casting a shadow over her face as she just glared at me.

"You wouldn't dare." She said as I just said really with my eyes.

"Hey everyone-!" I was cut off by her falling onto my stomach as she straddled me and cupped both hands of mine as I eyed her as her eyes held a mountain of fury as she slapped me. Which I was totally expecting, but I couldn't help but let out a chuckle. She kept both hands on my mouth applying a little too much pressure to my jaw as she squeezed it.

"Fine I will but promise me you won't say a word about it." She said, pulling back her hands revealing a smile on my lips.

"Oh I won't say a word but I am not promising anything, this is the only information I have leverage on you with and I will not let it go willingly." I said with a smirk as her eye twitched.

"Men..." I heard her grumble a couple more swear words as she crawled up on her bed.

"Well come on up dog." She said with anger in her voice as I just smiled and got up and sat on the bed. I looked to see Artemis with her small back to me and her auburn hair that was currently in a ponytail going over the pillow as she took up as little space as possible on the bed.

"Artemis I just want you to know something, I don't hate you." I said laying down as I saw her laugh a little with her back still to me. I could feel her rage dying a little at this point.

"Why would you say that? All men hate this man hating goddess, I even see it in my father's eyes the way I treat men. Ever since Percy took my flaw I have become closer to my family and more lenient on men. As you can see I can even sleep on the same bed as one if a deal including Styx is involved." She said with a kidding tone along with some anger as I gazed up at the top of the tent.

"Do you want to know how I know about your secret?" I asked her as I saw her turn to me a little just so one eye could look at me as her semi pale skin seemed to glow with the moon outside.

"..." She didn't say anything as she rolled back over and just continued looking out the window as I put both my hands back behind my head.

"I watched him die before my very eyes." I said as she just slowly turned to me with eyes wide.

"He had wounds beyond magical healing, all he told me was his name and some of his minor achievements such as defeating Gaea or Kronos. He downplayed his success to the max, he told me his story and what you did to him. To save him from any more pain I absorbed his curse into me, releasing him of the pain of the fatal flaws."

"Do you wish to know what his final words were? 'I am sorry'. Even moments away from death he forgave you all. The Olympians, and everyone else, even though none of it was his fault, he said he was sorry again and again. To the point that it was etched in my mind, I can still hear him sometimes as he forgives all of you. With that he gave way to death, finally all the pain and sadness coming to an end." I said as I looked at the back of Artemis to hear her silently snore as I just sighed and closed my eyes and went to sleep.

ARTEMIS POV:

As Flaw finished his story I cried as I held my hands to my mouth to stop the sobs from escaping, even in all my days the one good man that even I, Artemis the most man hating goddess in the world thought to be the one exception. I didn't love him if you must wonder but I thought of him as an equal. Even then I couldn't bring myself to say that I respected a man for being himself. Even Orion I just respected his hunting skills.

After Flaw finished, the memories of that day flooded my mind as we banished Percy to the pit. The guilt I felt in my heart for not saving him as he lay on the ground twitching in pain as our fatal flaws went into him. The one good male gone from the world but the reason I cried was not because of my weakness, but because of his last words, he shouldn't have been sorry it is us who should have been sorry.

Even in the end he believed it was his fault, oh what I would give to say I am sorry for my actions. Then again I do not deserve his forgiveness as do any of us, for we did not try to save him after Zeus sent him to the pit. I even remember Thalia after the event as she wouldn't talk to me for years. Even if I tried to speak to her all I got was a shock in response, but her words one day stung me the most.

'Artemis you are trash to me you don't deserve Percy's forgiveness. None of the gods do, you may say that Zeus took control of the council that day. Deep down I know that all the Olympian gods could have broken the bonds for the rule if they wanted to. All you did was watch him fall into that hellhole again, like I said you are trash to me.'

Those words were buried deep in my head but now they came up again to torture me, to remind me of my own personal hell we all made together. The guilt alone almost drove the gods insane but that was when we put the spell to erase him from memory and existence. As time went on even most gods forgot, even Thalia, his closest friend and cousin was forgetting his name. She wasn't even affected that heavily by the spell either.

Slowly as my guilt returned I cried myself to sleep as I heard Flaw turn over on his side, that was the last thing I remember as I fell asleep buried once again in guilt.

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Percy's POV:

The sound of a voice calling to me and a shaking sensation woke me up as I quickly opened my eyes and bolted right up old instincts taking over. As I looked around I noticed Artemis with both arms up and looking at me slightly afraid standing by the bed. We just stared at one another until she lowered her arms and sighed as I jumped down onto the ground.

"Jeez didn't ever think you were going to wake up." She said as I just let out a small laugh as I sat on the bed and looked out the window to find it about 8 o'clock.

"Sorry..." I mumbled as I slid on my boots I took off last night as she just stared at me as if studying a rare animal with a keen eye.

"How long have you had nightmares?" She asked me as I stopped tying one shoe and looked up to the goddess who was staring at me waiting for my answer.

"Every day since I fell in that hellhole you people call Tartarus, I may have made it my playground but some people are better left not knowing about that place. When you spend a good majority of your time in it you can't help but get bored and explore. That is how I found the arena and many other things I care not to explain, some of them too heinous to even be whispered about." I finished as I pulled on my cloak over my shirt. I noticed I had a big wet patch on the back from my nightmare sweats.

"What gave it away I was having one?" I asked her as she showed me the bed where my hands were to find giant tears in it as I just gave a simple laugh.

"I guess that part never gets old huh?" I asked her as I slung my cloak around me and made sure I had Silent Doom on my finger in ring form. As well as my crown of monsters sitting in necklace form. I even patted the book inside my cloak to make sure it was there but this didn't go unnoticed by the man hating goddess.

"I have a question for you as payment for making me wake you up." She said as I stared at her and nodded signaling it was okay.

"What made Chaos hate you so much?" She asked me as it stopped me in my tracks as I just stared at her.

"That is a long story." I said as she just stared at me with a glare signaling she was going to get an answer, the hard way if necessary.

"Fine I will tell you but you must promise me never to tell anyone about it okay, this little secret goes above the Olympian gods." I said as she just raised an eyebrow but nodded, taking the silent oath as thunder rang across the sky.

"Okay well to put it simply... I got drunk one of the days I was on the surface, the week I crawled out of the pit earning the crown from Tartarus. When I went up I heard of the completion of the new sky pit I called it. Or my former prison so I went drinking to celebrate since I knew that would be my home in a week. It had to be better than that boring dump that is what I thought at first."

"As the night progressed Tartarus contacted Chaos about the transfer to get rid of me so she came to pick me up. Let me remind you this was after the little incident with Nyx and Hemera so we were in a fragile relationship. That night she came to get me and she gave me the bracelets to seal my power over the periodic elements. After I willingly put them on she thought I was like any other person so she sat down for a drink." At this I saw Artemis start to catch onto what was going to happen in my story.

"Let's just say we burned through 5 bottles of vodka alone, and it turned into a makeout fest in the alleyway outside the bar. I was completely drunk as was she, I was lucky I didn't get alcohol poisoning that night. As the night progressed we found a love hotel to settle for the night in, I paid and she dragged me in. I don't really remember much after that other than her screaming my name a lot and waking up 3 days later in the room." Artemis had an expression of stone at this.

"Chaos was cuddling up against me with her head on my chest when I woke up and our clothes spread out throughout the room. The room alone smelled so heavily of sex I don't think I have ever smelt it that strong before. It was like another world that she and I retreated to for 3 days, well after admiring her smoking body for a while she woke up as groggy as me. She just stared at me then slowly looked around the room then at the sheets covering us, this is where it gets bad." I said as Artemis gasped knowing full well what was about to go down.

"You didn't."

"Oh but I did, I took her virginities in both holes, I took them both in that 3 day period. Let's just say she was so mad at me that she nearly killed me, she was on edge already with me fucking Nyx and Hemera. This alone put me on her to kill list but knowing I was going to be locked up for a very long time she spared me. Her anger still remains for me, that letter I sent her on the day of my release said. Hope last time was good for you because I am ready for round two." As I said this Artemis grew an angry face and just glared at me.

"I feel like you aren't telling me everything." She said as I looked at her and sighed she saw right through me.

"Well after Chaos flipped out about her losing her virginity to a man she hated for fucking two of her daughters. She kind of found out Nyx was pregnant with my kid, along with Hemera." I said as Artemis was at a loss for words as she just stared blankly at me.

"What happened to them?" She asked me as darkness flooded my eyes, Artemis taking a step back as I choked down my anger as I answered.

"Chaos had them both have abortions against their will, she killed my children. That happened the day after I went back to the pit. Let's just say I was so angry at Chaos' forceful decision on them I raged in Tartarus. My power along with the Silent Doom in my control I massacred hundreds of thousands of monsters, tens of minor gods, and one primordial who I let live." I said as the darkness retreated leaving Artemis agape at the creator's actions.

"That primordial was Eros wasn't it." She said as I nodded.

"That day I spared him as he lay bloodied at my feet for his mother's actions. He told me that if I spared him he would give me that power. In return I saved him and even healed him and let him return to his mother. During my whole rage I suffered massive injuries even losing my left arm in the battle with Eros. The only reason I won was because of a spell from the book you saw." I said, patting my cloak.

"So you fought a primordial and lived." She said as I nodded.

"I would not have lived without the help of this book. I would have died, two spells were used, one to hinder the primordial for the win. The second to completely heal all my injuries, the price to cast the spells though was 1000 souls for each spell. That is why I collect souls with Silent Doom and my cloak to save souls up to cast spells in time of need." I said as she just slowly nodded.

"What spell hindered him?" She asked me as I smiled.

"The spell made all the power in him disperse into the air, like a mist it poured off him. Even then he was a force to be reckoned with, but only with that spell did I win." I said as I got up and put on my hood as Artemis just starred.

"What Chaos did was wrong." She said to me as I stopped as I stood at the door.

"I know Artemis, even Eros knew that when he fought me on his mother's command to stop me. That is one of the reasons I won, he felt sorry for me so he held back until I let the spell off. I was saved that day on pure luck, everything to help me in that fight happened. I didn't even know if the spell would work, but it did. It was as if the Fates agreed with me that Chaos was in the wrong." I finished as I opened the door revealing a 9 year old girl who just stared at me a little scared.

"Cloey, what are you doing out here, I thought I asked you to stay in your tent?" Artemis asked as the small girl gazed up at me then to Artemis who walked around me as Cloey just stood still as Artemis took her hand.

"Why does she have to say in her tent is she in trouble?" I asked Artemis as she held the little girl's hand as Artemis turned into her 16 year old for her light skin giving off a tiny glow like the moon.

"No she isn't in trouble, but she cannot talk at all. She is mute and slightly deaf. She can only hear you if you speak directly in her ear. I just don't want her getting caught by a monster and being killed. I know she is young right now but once she gets older I will let her go on her own. Right now she is just too young and with her disabilities no one would know if she was killed or not. So she has to stay in her tent to stay safe." She said as I just looked into the young girl's silver eyes then at Artemis.

"She is one of your daughters isn't she?" I asked her as Artemis just slowly nodded as I noticed Cloey's auburn brown hair just like her mom's. She almost did look like her but her face wasn't quite like her mother's.

"Let's go to breakfast alright?" Artemis said into Cloey's right ear as she nodded as they began to walk hand in hand like mother and daughter should. I kind of got the whole over protectiveness from Artemis her daughter was fragile I understood that.

"Has she always been with the hunt?" I asked her as she shook her head as Cloey skipped ahead on the giant tree branch, big enough for a car to drive on. The dining table on a giant tree cut off in the middle, signaling that this place was a normal basecamp for them.

"No she hasn't. After she was born from my brain something went wrong, a monster or something bit her on the head during an attack but it didn't kill her. Instead it made her mute and slightly deaf, so I sent her to live with Athena for a while to help educate her. 8 years later Athena sent her back saying she couldn't teach her anymore since the war." Artemis in a surprisingly vulnerable tone.

"I see." I said as we approached the table to see Thalia talking into Cloey's ear as she giggled, but once people saw me they all sneered. Thalia just gave me an angry look but her eyes said 'thanks for the information but it's on for hurting me you bitch.'

"Alright everyone stop glaring or your face will stay that way, everyone this is Flaw if you didn't forget. He will be staying with us for the next year, so I ask don't prank him because I am sure he will get you back 3 times harder. On that note what's for breakfast?" She asked as she looked down to see a doe stew. She sat down at the end of the table as there was one seat left open by her as I sat down. As I did I saw Cloey plant her butt in Artemis' lap and began eating with her as Artemis laughed.

I just ate in silence not caring to look at the glares of the hunters as I ate, but as I finished up I noticed Cloey was staring at me with her silver eyes. I just stared back at her as Artemis conversed with one hunter across the table about me. As I laid my head on the table I could almost feel Cloey stare through the darkness and right into my eyes.

As we stared at one another I suddenly did 'Good morning' in sign language, her eyes just went wide as she responded.

'You can speak sign language?' She asked me with her hands as I sat up surprised as I responded.

'Why shouldn't I be able to?' I asked her as I noticed I caught one hunter's eye but I didn't care.

'Mommy said boys are stupid.' She said as I just laughed a little as Artemis turned to me confused.

"What are you doing?" Artemis asked me as I pointed down at Cloey, but as I spoke my hands automatically did sign language so Cloey could understand.

"You never once thought that Athena never taught her how to perform sign language?" I asked her as her eyes went wide as Cloey responded as all the hunters were focused on us now.

'Mommy has her moments.' She said with a roll of her eyes as I just held in my laughter.

"What did you say?" Artemis asked me as I said and signed at the same time.

"She says she loves you a lot." I covered for her as Cloey just smiled at me.

"Really?" Artemis asked with a voice of hope.

"Yep." I said (A/N: just imagine overtime he speaks sign language at the same time.)

'What is your name?' Cloey asked me.

"Flaw." I said.

'Why is your name Flaw?' She asked with a puzzled look.

"Because I have made many mistakes and flaws in my life that I have yet to correct." I said as Artemis was somehow following us as she quickly picked up on sign language. I guess that is the abilities of an Olympian god huh.

"Flaw, where did you learn sign language?" Artemis asked, trying to do some signs but it came out in sign language as 'Flaw did you speak?'

"I learned a long time ago in the arena." I said as Cloey frowned.

'What arena?' She asked me.

"A scary place that is too evil to be spoken of." I said as Thalia came over to me as I turned to her eyes wide as if something had opened up to her.

"Do the 'arena' sign again." She demanded as I complied and did it as her hand suddenly went to her head as Artemis stood up with Cloey as they went over to her.

"T-That sign he did 'a-arena' the s-same way in s-sign language." She managed as she fainted in Artemis arms I turned to Artemis to see a look of worry on her face as she picked up the huntress and carried her down a large branch I supposed to where her tent was.

"Great, what did the male do now?" Asked Phoebe as I just glared at her as the other followed Artemis leaving me and Cloey.

'What is your real name?' She asked me as I just stared at the 9 year old.

'It's Flaw, like I told you.' I signed to her as she sighed.

'Not it's not I noticed you were about to put something else but you stopped the sign and started again.' She signed to me as I froze and amazed at how smart the girl was.

'My real name...my real name is something very important you must not tell anyone okay.' I signed as she nodded.

'It's Percy Jackson, but with this information I need you to know something. If you ever managed to speak again and I am in trouble, you need to say these words. I, Cloey hereby release Percy Jackson from his binds of Chaos.' I finished as she looked at me weird.

'Why that?' She asked me.

'Because that unlocks my power for 5 minutes, I can only use it once a week but you need to know this in case I get into some crazy situation okay. I need you to be the one who set my power free, but don't worry after the 5 minutes are up the bracelets turn back on.' I said as she nodded and led out her pinkie, with one swift motion I promised her as she nodded.

'Now let's go see what made Thunderbutt flip out.' She said to me as I just lost it right there, that nickname was perfect.

'Okay.' I said as I followed her to continue on my boring day.

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I sat quietly in my guest throne of Olympus as they went over areas of certain generals and other things. I sat quietly in my chair polishing Silent Doom in full form as Athena went over plans for the main army. I already had my list of commanders but I still needed to go through them with the gods. I honestly hated being her with Zeus in my presence, just the very thought of me cutting his throat made Silent Doom hum in happiness.

"Flaw, are you listening?" I heard as I turned to see Athena looking at me as I nodded.

"Then tell me what I just said." She demanded as I signed as I continued polishing the scythe.

"You just said that in order for me to infiltrate their forces you want me to kill two people, one for me and one for my companion. You're going over people who look like me enough for me to pass as them." I finished as I blew gently on the blade getting some dust off it.

"Good." She said as she went back to talking as the giant holographic battle plan menu thing scrolled through people I could possibly replace, as Aphrodite took notes on each one and details people would notice.

I just sighed again as I looked around the room at the gods to see them all focused on it, even the wine dude and Ares were into it. I just pulled out my tablet and scrolled through the names and pictures of the people in command. As I scrolled I just looked at the disgusting males and females who led this army. Some of them screamed I rape children while others screamed top professional fighter.

As the list went on I occasionally stopped at one and read through the profile then continued on, but then I noticed one which seemed a little too similar. As I clicked on it I read the female stats in my head.

Rank of Command: Major

Favorite Pastime: Reminiscing

Current Post: Continent of the Desert of Nowhere

Likes: Children, Flowers, Families

Dislikes: Disgusting men, Rude people, Liars

Summary: Once lived on earth during the first titan war and the rise of Gaea, after the death of her family she was recruited by the Other Worlders. Given immortality like a hunter she has raised through the ranks with skill and compassion. She now serves as one of the 100 Majors in the army, she doesn't like war but since she was forced to she leads with a light hand.

Name: Sally Jackson

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.

Review please.

E/N: Man it has been a bit since I went on an editing spree! Gotta get these chapters done though for Nuts, after all, can't let his old work truly show the beginning stages of his writing prowess. All jokes aside, please review, and I hope you all enjoy the story so far! - Sol