The Broken Hero

Chapter X

I found out how to do pictures! The one I am putting up is intense, but doesn't really have to deal with the chapter, I just like it. So at the bottom is a little note. Me No Rick Riordan!

Third Person POV 

The room exploded with voices. So many that there were no coherent sentences. Chaos was utterly annoyed at the commotion and Percy hated it. After being tortured he wasn't a fan of loud noises like this. It reminded him of his time in his cells, of the booming voices of his captors and torturers. Chaos felt the pain that Percy was experiencing and waved his hand. All voices were taken away and everyone immediately stopped.

"If you haven't noticed you are making the person you are yelling about very uncomfortable," Chaos told the room. They all looked at Percy who was staring at the ground. Poseidon, who was still near him enveloped his son in his arms. He couldn't think about what was to come. That's when a malicious laugh filled the room. A ghostly figure appeared to the group. The man looked identical to Chaos, the exceptions were that he was in white compared to Chaos's black and his eyes were pure white with nothing in them.

"Hello everyone," the wavering form said, "" I am Destruction."

"How long have you been here Destruction," Chaos spat. Destruction tsked Chaos.

"Now is that anyway to treat your twin? Chaos was angered at this, the whole room could feel the pressure of his power, so much that the primordials had to shield many, including the minor gods and goddess's from the power he was emanating so they wouldn't be scattered.  

"You abandoned the right to call me that when you betrayed me," Chaos hissed at Destruction. It was Destruction's turn to grow angry. Now everyone had to be shielded by ALL of the primordial, they even had trouble to shielding the others and themselves from such force the two emanated. The only person not impacted by the two was Percy. He stood calmly by Chaos showing no hint of fear or struggle from the weight of the brother's powers.

"ME BETRAY YOU," Destruction yelled, "NO YOU BETRAYED ME! MAKING THE UNIVERSE THAT I DID NOT WANT!"

"IT WAS NEVER UP TO YOU! IT WASN'T EVEN UP TO ME THE UNIVERSE WAS WILLED INTO EXISTENCE USING ME AS A CATALYST! YOU BETRAYED ME!" The two glared at another and looked like they were going to fight when Percy stepped in between them. Both powers lessened, and the primordials were thankful since they didn't know how much longer they could have shielded everyone there.

"Ah, I see you are whole again my doll. That is what called me here. Your soul being put back together."

"He isn't a doll," Chaos yelled, but Percy put up his hand. He knew that there couldn't be a fight now, more than that he did not wish the fight to be now.

Hello Destruction." Destruction smiled.

"I see that my fun had a lasting impact on you." Chaos went to shout at Destruction again, but Percy shook his head.

"I guess it did." No one in the room could understand how Percy was so calm. He was facing one of his torturers, in fact the worst one. "Now I am guessing since you have been here since my soul became whole that you realize that we are going to fight you."

"Yes, my doll I heard. I heard that you will be the one to face me in the end. Percy nodded.

That is correct. I will be the one to kill you."

"Good luck with that my doll, but either way it seems that you have pulled the short end of the stick. Fight me and lose you become my doll again for eternal torture. Win and you will be gone from the universe. In this I have an offer to you and only you, join me and you and I will be the only ones left when I am done. I will not torture you if you help me take over the universe."

"As much fun as that sounds I will have to deny you. I will not watch my family perish at your hands." Destruction shrugged. There was nothing lost to him.

"That is fine. You will be joining me soon enough in another way. As for the rest of you I will be here in one week. That is all you have to decided, either you surrender and I make it a quick and painless death, which is a generous offer, or kill you all in battle and when I have won any left will join my doll. That is the decision that you have to make. One week until the end. I will have my forces ready to battle." With that Destruction's wavering form disappeared. Percy turned to the room, thankfully the room stayed silent. All were too shocked over what had just transpired. Even Chaos couldn't understand the conversation that had just happened between Percy and Destruction.

"Well everyone we have exactly one week. One week to prepare and one week until I leave for the last time. What shall we do?" Percy spoke this in a disinterested tone, not matching what he had just said.

"How can you be okay with this?" Nico stepped forward. "How can you be okay with disappearing?"

"For the better part of my life I have been tortured Neeks, all I wanted to do was to die. Now this time I can leave saving all you and have my final peace. Is it that selfish to ask for peace?" Nico shook his head. No one in the room that he was selfish, the polar opposite to be truthful. Everyone thought that he was being selfless to save them.

"That isn't selfish Percy," Thalia said walking over to her cousin. She finally had him back for a little while and she was going to make use of all the time that she could as she hugged them. One by one the friends he fought and bled with came up and greeted him. Each expressing their merriment in seeing him again and their gratitude of all that he had and will do for them. Then came the gods who did the same thing. From handshakes, hugs, and a kiss(guess who), they all showed their gratitude. The Army came next to see their brother and their savior. Finally, Nyx, Erebus, Tartarus, Aether, and Hermera came up to Percy and hugged. They had missed the boy they consider as family. Once they are done Chaos steps forward.

"You heard all three of us. You have a week to prepare for battle and for Percy's death." He turned to Percy.

"I am so sorry child, but I know no other way."

"As I said, I have embraced my fate there is nothing for you to apologize about."

"Then I will leave you until the battle. Have a great week Percy." With that Chaos left back to his home.

"I want Percy for a little bit by ourselves," Poseidon announced. "He is my son and I want him for a couple hours just the two of us." Percy was getting dibbed on. This was going to be a long week for him as more people and groups called out for time with him. After a couple moment's Athena took control and wrote a time table for Percy so that he had time with everyone before the week was out.  

There are people/groups I want to hit being with Percy. Beyond that I am not go throughout the whole week. If there is a group or person who specifically want him to be with then let me know and I will put it in. That is why this chapter is shorter than usual. I want you all to have a say if you want, but hey I got this out just a couple days after I got the last one out. One more thing as I said previously I am almost done with this. I am guessing this chapter, about the week, one for the fight and maybe one more. So thank you all for voting, reading and commenting. I am so happy that you have all stayed with me!

This chapter has been edited...yes I know this is taking me forever...