Percy Jackson - Betrayal Reveals

#5

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PJO! RICK RIORDAN DOES!

Fade POV

We had just entered Camp Half-Blood and we were sitting at our own table, feeling the cold stares of campers on our backs. They stared at me the most, since my food was blue. That's when she approached. Her blonde princess curls were in the same ponytail, and her stormy grey eyes bore into me, obviously trying to be intimidating. I shrugged it off. Honestly, I couldn't care less.

"Why's your food blue?" She asked. Good thing I had an excuse.

"Hero. He told me that he knew someone. Someone who liked blue food. So I took up the tradition." I explained. Her eyes widened just the slightest at the vague mention of my taste in color, and she shook her head in a nod.

"Who is this... someone?" She asked Hero. I stopped eating. My feet stood, and I was soon towering over my ex-girlfriend.

"This someone was stabbed to death." I responded angrily. She held her ground, which I admired, but this was exasperating.

"By who?" She asked.

"By all of you," I responded "Especially you. And you don't even have the audacity to be sorry." 

"What's his name?" She asked once more.

"Percy Jackson." I said. She held her breathe, going pale. In fact, the entire pavilion went pale.

"I-Is he ok? W-we never killed him. And we are s-sorry!" She retorted, her voice shaking with uncertainty and some other emotion... shame?

"You did. You stabbed him in the back. Everyone except Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades-"

"And boyfriend to Will Solace!" Charm squeaked. I could hear a wolf-whistle and cough from the Apollo Table, and the Hades table's lone camper went red, which is saying a lot. Of course, she paid no attention to all of this.

"We didn't hurt him! Shut up!" She screamed. But in her eyes,  could tell that she didn't believe herself. In truth, she was trying to make herself think that it wasn't her. But it was.

"Tell me. Why should I listen to someone who had betrayed my best friend?" I asked. It definitely was weird, talking in third person. She- I'll stop calling her she- Annabeth stopped screeching. She gave me a shocked look.

"B-best friend?" She murmured. I know that she was my best friend, but not anymore. Emphasize on the was. I watched her defeated body slump back to the Athena Table. She gave me a few glares as I went back to eating. I sacrificed my food for Chaos and walked over to Nico, who was mingling at the exit with Will, when Annabeth approached me once more.

"Does he have a girlfriend?" She asked.

"Pardon?" I responded sarcastically.

"Does. He. Have. A. Girlfriend?" She asked dangerously.

"Of course." I responded casually. She looked stumped.

"W-What?" She said, dazed.

"He moved on." I replied to her. I walked over to the exit.

"Hey Neeks." I said. I pulled my hood up just slightly and winked. His eyes widened and his hand went to his mouth. Will must've also seen, cause he looked ready to faint. The doctor opened his mouth, probably to reprimand me, but I dashed away to the training area, my soldiers in tow. I gave Talos a kiss and starting sparing with her. How romantic. I won, using my Poseidon powers over earthquakes. Even though Poseidon disowned me, he must've adopted me once more after a while, because I accidently broke the sinks once. I smirked at the memory.

"What're you smiling at?" Talos asked.

"A memory." I replied.

"About Annabeth?" She asked jealously.

"Of course not!" I shouted. 

"What about me?" A voice asked. I turned around and faced nothing. Or so I thought. I snapped my fingers and an earthquake erupted. I heard a few yelps and a Yankees cap falling into the cracks. Before it could be lost forever, I stopped the quake. Annabeth was on her butt, looking at me angrily.

"Eavesdropping? How rude." I said. She growled in an unfriendly manner. Behind her, the campers all came out of hiding. The hunters must've joined during our fight, since they were there too.

"Come on down!" She yelled. The gods flashed in, looking bored. Except Poseidon, who was looking at me giddily.

"Percy." He hissed under his breathe. So he knew. He was my dad, so... I expected that. It doesn't look like he revealed my identity though, because Drama Queen was glaring in my direction.

"Where is Perseus Jackson?" He questioned.

"Watching Sesame Street with Mickey Mouse. Duh." I responded sarcastically. Two Hermes brothers snickered, looking at each other.

"Despicable Chaos soldier..." Zeus muttered.

"What did you say?" Hero asked innocently. Charm looked at Aphrodite with interest, Hammer holding her hand. In fact, all my soldier were looking at their respective parents. Hero avoided Hermes gaze though. I could tell he was still sorry. But if he continued, his guilt would drown him. Astro already had a hard time sustaining him and keeping him emotionless. Let alone happy. It was time for him to say hello to his dad once more. I also needed a distraction.

"Luke." I said, turning toward him. Hero looked up at me, giving me a death glare, and didn't say anything.

"Luke. Take it off." I demanded. My second in command sighed and pulled down his hood. He was immediately pulled into a hug from his father. At first, he looked shocked. Then he accepted it. Next was Thalia, who pulled him in a hug and punched him a few times.

"You. Left. Me. And. Have. The. Nerve. To. Come. Back?" She shouted between punches. Luke lay on the floor, grinning. Astro immediately flipped off her hood, earning gasps from the hunters and Artemis, and ran to Luke's side, kissing him. Annabeth tried to approach, then remembered that he was a friend of mine, and probably knew what she had done. She backed away from his figure, which gave her a quick glare before kissing Astro back. Charm squealed and pulled back her own hood, followed by Hammer, who looked exasperated. Next were Bow and Arrow, who were engulfed in a hug from their father and half-brother, Will Solace. Then Bianca pulled down her hood. Nico ran towards her, and Hades just stared at all of them, wondering how they escaped him. Nico exchanged a few words with Bianca in Italian and they hugged, Will, Bow, and Arrow joining.

"So..." I said, interrupting the reunion. My soldiers looked at me, Nico giving me a pointed look. Probably because I was dating his sister and he used to have a crush on me. His confession was pretty clear.

"Where's Percy?" A heart-broken tear-stained Annabeth asked me.

"Right here." I responded, pulling down my hood. My father gave me a hug, which I returned. The campers just stared at the scene. I heard the crying of my former friends, but I ignored it. Annabeth's eyes watered once more.

"B-but you're dating someone else." She said.

"Duh. I moved on." I responded. And with that, I walked over to the Chaos cabin, not ready to face the hordes of angry campers.