Fallen But Not Lost (1)

Defeat

Timeline: Fight with Gaia(There's actually a fight and not torture)

3rd Person POV:

"Gaia will die."

Percy pushed himself beyond what he thought was possible and like a dam breaking, Percy broke out and the power flowed throughout the battlefield, intently looking at the Primordial. His anger was palpable through the whole area, coming off him like waves of power. It fueled his power and amplified it. He felt something was off with his body but shook it off dismissively. He ran towards Gaia with such incredible speed that even Hermes would be left in the dust.

Gaia, while shocked for a bit, regained her composure and tried trapping Percy using her primordial powers. But the power emanating from his body was unusual and beyond her comprehension. And the power was still rising. She steeled her confidence and energy and threw a wave of Primordial power.

Percy deflected it easily.

Gaia at this point was confused. While she didn't put much power in the attack, it should have killed even the most powerful gods and titans without any way of defending. How could a mere demigod block it so easily? And with just a celestial bronze weapon at that?

Percy didn't give her much time to react and attacked. He somehow summoned water from the earth and air to turn into a high-pressure compressed bullet. Gaia blocked it but still found the power to be different from anything she'd ever seen before. She also took about 80% of her power to block it which worried her. She quickly unleased her full power, trying to intimidate Percy and use the gods as hostages to keep him under control. Percy's own aura cancelled it out and even started surpassing hers. Gaia gritted her teeth and started to fight close quarters with the greatest demigod swordsman in centuries.

Earth and water fought each other. The two elements ripping apart at each other. Primordial versus demigod. The speed was so fast that other than the two combatants, no one else could keep up. Riptide met Gaia's soul-destroying dagger. Emotions and adrenaline keeping both on high alert, looking for each other's weaknesses.

Slash, Parry, Attack.

Percy fought swiftly and powerfully, matching the power of Gaia's blows and pushing her back. Every time Gaia rose out of the Earth elsewhere, Percy quickly matched up, not giving her time to find an opening to attack. It seemed like Percy could predict where and when Gaia was going to pop out of the ground. Gaia while usually very patient, couldn't help but feel frustrated. She was the mighty Primordial of the Earth! And yet she was unable to defeat a measly demigod.

While Gaia had been asleep for many millennia, her combat skills were still very good. After all, she wasn't a Primordial for nothing. Primordial beings, while asleep, can actually train in their mindscape, honing their skills. Gaia doesn't do this very often, but still does it occasionally to refresh her skills. Still, it was not enough against the foe she as currently facing. The opponent in front of her was ever so slightly more skilled than her. But it was enough for him.

Percy decisively thrust his sword forward into where Gaia left an opening. Gaia deflected using her powers over earth but it left a small cut that strangely couldn't be healed. Gaia was still trying to figure out what the strange energy was but Percy kept distracting her with his attacks. She decided to switch up her tactics and made multiple clones of herself using the earth, making use of her awakened primordial powers. These clones had enough power to one-shot a titan. They also had intelligence that rivalled Athena but without her pride. Their skills were better than that of Atlas. In short, even facing one of these would be basically fatal for most people. But Percy wasn't most people.

Give up son of Poseidon, you cannot defeat a Primordial.

What she didn't expect was for Percy to form clones of himself with hardened water, the clones held ice swords pulsing with energy. Gaia's clones fought Percy's, both equally matched. No matter how many more clones Gaia created, Percy created more to counter them. Gaia decisively used a technique that she had not used since her first fight against her siblings in the universe. She used the whole Earth as her avatar, causing everything else to float in space. She intended to use all the living things as bargaining chips to control Percy. In this form, she was also capable of creating more Earths to use as attacks and defenses. The scene looked very odd. The sky itself was no longer in Earth's atmosphere, but was floating around in space as a big blob of blue. Gaia could somewhat partially draw on Ouranos' power to trap them as well. Percy however quickly closed the gap between him and Gaia, intending to end her painfully like she did to his Wise Girl, friends and family. The new flurry of attacks had Gaia trouble blocking as they continue their fight in the vast space.