"What would the gods say if their hero went away?" (A dark Percy/Chaos Fan-fic)

Chapter 5

Planet 1- Aka Sympan
Same day
Meeting room
6:15 am

Estia's POV~

I watched awkwardly as my friends piled out of the meeting room. Will hung behind for a second, sending a glare to Apollo before giving up and leaving. 

"Well then let this meeting begin" Chaos announced. He sat his seat at the head of the table. I took mine to his left. It was large and adorned with Gold, Red and Silver lining, like my armour. Apollo, Artemis and Hestia took three unadorned seats. Only the high commanders had assigned seats. 

"Lord Chaos, Forgive my bluntness but why am I here and what are you doing with my daughter"

"Apollo!" Lady Artemis slapped her brother. I giggled at his offended expression. 

"As amusing as that was, I'm afraid Apollo is right in his bluntness. You are here because we require an ambassador to the Gods if we are to help you fight Tartarus. Many members of our team wouldn't exactly be welcomed back with open, nor do they want to be." Chaos motioned for me to continue.

"That's where you three come in. To establish contact Chaos used me to lure Apollo here. He in turn brought you both, Ladies Artemis and Hestia here. We hope that with you three being able to vouch that you know the identity of the Second in Command the Gods and Demigods will be less hostile." I finished.

"Why not the Commanders identity?" Lady Artemis asked, "it would make more sense, no?"

"Captain Seismos has no desire to reveal who he is to the Gods. neither does First in Command Sofos, So automatically as Second in Command, the job falls to me" even if I didn't want it. 

"besides Estia had a very close bond with you all while she lived. I had hoped it would increase your likelihood to trust her" 

The three Gods nodded in agreement. 

"Well, how shall we proceed from here?" Lady Hestia 

"I will accompany you to Olympus to inform them of the Squads arrival and to prepare accommodation.  The captain and his commanders will arrive first to introduce themselves. Once that is sorted they will go to Camp half-blood where they will meet up with the rest of the squad and introduce themselves to the rest of Camp" Chaos stood up "while we do that, Estia can you please get the other commanders ready?"

I nodded.

"perfect, meeting adjourned" Chaos disappeared in a flash.

Artemis, Hestia and Apollo seemed unsure but didn't seem to want to argue or disagree disappeared in three flashes of light saying goodbye to me as they did.

I had a sinking feeling this wasn't going to go smoothly. My dream aside, something seemed off about all this. Sometimes I wish I trusted my gut, instead, I decided to stay quiet and be alert in case anything surprising popped up. 

I walked outside the meeting room and crashed into someone.

"Wow sorry. I was coming to check on you. maybe threaten Apollo a bit if needed" 

I didn't respond, just hugged Percy tightly. Since he brought me back we've even grown closer. I left camp the same year he arrived so we never really had a chance to interact but since I was in the Hunters we spent a good bit of time together during the Winter Artemis was kidnapped. When he joined our Quest I was one of the hunters who fought to let him stay. When he brought me back to join Chaos' army I was excited. I got a second chance to help people, and I was so happy to see all my old friends. 

"Es? you home?" 

I snapped out of my thoughts and pulled away. 

"Ye sorry, got lost in thought, thinking about Earth and our old lives". When he told me what Hera and the gods did I was shocked and outraged, after everything he did in the battle of Manhattan, for them to keep messing with his life was just, dirty. 

"What was the ruling?" He looked worried. The last thing he wanted was to be a soldier for the Gods again. 

"Chaos is gone with Artemis, Apollo and Hestia to inform the other Gods of our arrival, Me, Annabeth, you, Luke and Nico will arrive first to introduce ourselves and our ranks. Our Godly friends will vouch for us. There's a catch though"

"Oh? let me guess we gotta stay at Camp?"

"and the prize goes to you" 

Percy sighed "how are we gonna break it to the team? some of them won't be too happy"

"I know. hey, at least camp isn't far from your mom's place. We can visit her more often than usually" 

"She's super excited to see you and Annabeth again. You two are like her daughters" 

I smiled. When Percy disappeared Annabeth and I grew super close to Sally, now every 100 years (half an earth year) and every Christmas, we go and visit her. When Percy fled from the Gods with Chaos help. The first thing he did was visit Sally to tell her everything and she made him promise he'd come back. 

"ready to go?" I asked him

"We've got this. Right?"

"I've died before. You, Annabeth and Nico survived Tartarus. What's once more huh? Plus this time we have help, more powers and way more of a reason to get revenge."

"and if we fail?"

"We fail together, all of us. No one left behind"

Percy chuckled "you're right. let's go get the others" 

He grabbed my hand and we ran off towards Annabeth who was waiting for us with Nico and Luke, and she did not look happy

Ombra's POV~

If looks could kill Luke would be dead. Annabeth was glaring right through him like she could see his soul. Which she sorta could. It was part of her Chaos gifts. 

"Annabeth look I'm sorry ok. I'm just trying to make it up to Zia." Luke pleaded. Back before he messed everything up, he and Ziana were very close. She told him a lot, about her mom, about her fears, worries and then he abandoned her. That's not something you forgive overnight, or even in a thousand years

"She doesn't want you to Luke. When she died she searched for you because deep down she wanted to forgive you, but you hid. So she gave up and now she doesn't want to try" Annabeth was pretty good at lecturing Luke. Especially when it came to Ziana, she and Annabeth were like sisters so Annabeth was very protective.

I spotted Zianna and Percy running towards us. "Hey, guys wrap this up. Incoming"

Annabeth turned to where I was looking and smiled waving them over. She hugged Percy, then Ziana.

"so? what was decided?" I asked Ziana

Ziana explained to us Chaos' plan. 

"He'll be here to get us any minute so we better be suited up," She told us.

We all pulled up our hoods and put on our face coverings. The hoods cast shadows over our eyes and the face coverings covered our mouths. 

"ready?" Percy asked us. None of us was sure we even wanted to go back. Especially Luke, but we knew that the world needed saving and that's what we did best.

"I am," Annabeth said taking Percy's hand

Everyone nodded in agreement. There was a flash of light and Chaos appeared. Luke and I bowed slightly.

"no need to bow you two. Let us go. the Gods are ready for us. They have also assembled the Leaders Camp Jupiter and Cabin leaders of Camp Half-Blood" He opened a portal into the throne room "refrain from using your power or showing your wings. Just for a while, let's not make them feel inferior immediately" He laughed slightly. 

"Understood" Percy responded holding back a laugh. Chaos smiled and motioned for Percy to enter first, then Annabeth, then Ziana, then me.

I took a deep breath before entering. It's been 1,000 years since I've seen Hazel or Dad. It's going to be weird seeing them again. I pushed those thoughts aside and went through.

Published- 01/12/2021 

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