Storm Rising

Chapter 35

Percy's POV

Triton can't help it. He gives a cold laugh and Reyna chuckles from beside him. "Dear little Olympian, I doubt you could destroy us with all your weapons of power combined.

Zeus leaps to his feet, his eyes crackling with electricity. Hydros gives Triton what I can assume is reprimanding look. "Rest assured, Olympians. We come in peace with an offer of help to fight the upcoming war."

"What war?" Ares says excitedly.

"A war ten times as bloody as the great American civil war, with death and destruction very high. It will make the second Giant war look like a child's fight. If we lose, the world as we know it will be gone forever," Hydros says in an eerily, cold voice.

Instead of being fearful, Zeus bursts out laughing. I stare at them incredously as Poseidon joins in laughing, along with Zeus' children, minus Hephaestus of course. Hera looks at her husband in complete disgust, as Hades, Hestia, and Demeter look at their little brother in repulsion.

"You can't be serious," Zeus says, as he finally over comes his laughter, still pausing to hiccup.

"I am dead serious," Hydros shoots back. "War is coming; it is inevitable."

"Tell me, who is this war against," The king of the gods mocks. "And how do you know it's coming?"

"The war is against Order, brother to Chaos, eldest of Helix. We know the war is coming to earth because monster attacks have lessened. The monsters are rallying under the white flag of Order, ready to attack. They are ready to storm the doors of death," Hydros explains.

"The doors of death will be reopened?" Athena asked.

"For a short time yes," Omega puts in. "The monsters will be strong enough to force the doors open, but without someone holding them open, the doors will close. The doors are not our problem. The monster force and Order are."

Athena leans forward, looking intently at our group. "How can we trust you?"

"You will have to learn to trust us if we are to win the war," Hydros replies.

"Reveal yourself!" Zeus commands.

Hydros gives a nod. I hear his voice in my head, One at a time, take off your hood. We must gain their trust. Hydros' presence disappears from the my head. You have the council's full approval to freak the Olympians out. I smile wickedly at the last comment. This is going to be so much fun.

Hydros steps forward and lowers his hood. "I am Hydros, the primordial of water."

Athena gasps, she must recognize him from some of her reading. But before the goddess of 'wisdom' can say anything, mom steps forward. "I am Amphitrite, former queen of the sea, now the champion of the primordial Thalassa," She lowers her hood.

Poseidon's eyes widen and he leaps off his throne, running towards Amphitrite. "My love!" He cries happily.

Amphitrite and Hydros' eyes both flash. Poseidon slams into a wall of force and is thrown backwards. He staggers to his feet, a look of betrayal in his eyes. "How could you do this to me, my love?"

My mother's eyes have turned dark blue with anger, swirling like an ocean whirlpool, dark and dangerous. "You are not longer my husband, traitor. You married a mortal woman, bringing her to Atlantis, and you were going to destroy my tower, which you had locked me in. I have found new love and a new life," She says.

Poseidon's face fills with confusion at the words new love. Hydros wraps his arm around Amphitrite's waist. Amphitrite turns to Thyella, nodding at her to introduce herself. "I am Thyella, daughter of Hydros and Amphitrite, goddess of waves, coves, whales, and shells," My sister says.