The Darkness Is Coming

Double Agent

Third Person POV

After his explanation, Percy had been met with silence and skeptical looks.

"Remember, campers, he did swear on the Styx that this was true." Chiron said softly. Several sets of suspicious eyes cleared and filled with pity.

"Gods, Percy, that sounds awful." Piper said quietly. She looked ashamed for her actions earlier, but it was abundantly apparent from Percy's body language that he was not going to accept an apology.

"So what do we do? That witch, she can't be anything else, is somewhere out there, probably killing more!"

"Call Reyna and have the Romans on high alert. She got to Hazel, she can do it again." Percy said, not looking up.

"We'll do that. What else-"

A huge crash sounded outside.

"GUESS WHO'S BACK BABY!"

Piper's eyes widened and the Hephaestus cabin all looked like they were going to faint at the same time.

The daughter of Aphrodite stood slowly. "Leo?"

"That's my name!" The voice responded.

"LEO VALDEZ!" Piper sprinted out of the pavilion, followed by most of the camp.

Percy stood in the front of the empty area, scuffing his shoes against the rock. "Chiron, I'm going to sleep in one of the empty rooms in the Big House tonight. And I'm going there now so I don't make anyone nervous."

The centaur watched him walk away with a sad expression.

Outside, Leo stood in front of a rather damaged Festus. A girl with cinnamon colored hair and milky skin sat on the half-destroyed dragon, watching the people flooding towards them with apprehension.

"Hey, Pipes, you miss me?"

The son of Hephaestus let out an unmanly scream as Piper tackled him, screaming in Greek as she began to hit his face and chest.

"WE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD, WE MOURNED, JASON AND I WERE DISTRAUGHT YOU COMPLETE-" She switched back to Greek and continued.

"Ow ow ow! Pipes, get off me!"

Nyssa ran forward and dragged the daughter of Aphrodite off of the yelping boy.

"Okay, so I took a little longer than I should have. I had to do a few things with a special girl in my life. Do you know how fun it is to fly around the world on a metal dragon and visit the wonders of the world?"

"No, I don't!" Piper snapped, tears streaming down her face. Bringing up Jason had brought back the pain of seeing his glassy eyes as he hung from that tree.

"Well Jason should get on that. Where is my bro anyway?"

Leo's question was met with sad silence.

"Uh...did I miss something?"

"Yeah. You missed a lot." Nyssa finally said.

"Well, someone's going to have to fill me in, in the mean time, this is my girlfriend, Calypso!"

The girl gave a half-hearted wave.

"Where's the squad?" Leo asked. Again, he got silence.

"Oh gods, please don't tell me..."

"Like I said, you missed a lot."

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Percy curled into a ball in the cell in the Big House. It really was a cell, there was no other way to describe it. A small room painted a boring grey, it had a cot and a small area with a sink and a toilet that was sectioned off so it looked like it was in an adjacent area.

He knew he deserved to be there.

Jason fought it, why couldn't I?

Some small part of his brain argued that since Percie was part of him she had all his stubbornness too.

It didn't ease his thoughts. He'd killed his cousins, his girlfriend, some of his best friends from camp. He had killed them.

Percie had initiated it, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he had actually done the deed.

Cold steel pressed against his neck suddenly.

"Hello, darling."

Percie.

"How'd you get in here?"

"I have my ways. Now, let's have a little talk, shall we? I'm going to move my sword and if you make any moves I will slit your throat before you can do more than draw breath. Got it?"

He nodded slowly. The blade of the sword disappeared and he sat up slowly, turning to face the woman who had ruined his life.

"What do you want?"

"I'm in need of an insider." Percie nonchalantly checked the edge of her sword, as if she doubted that it was sharp enough for whatever ungodly thing she had planned.

"Then why-" It clicked. "Hades no!" Percy snapped defiantly. "I'm not doing anything for you."

Percie smirked. "I beg to differ, dear brother."

That gave him a pause. "Brother?"

"Well, we're separate entities now, so technically we're both children of Poseidon. So I'm your sister. Fully, since Sally is my mother. Isn't it lovely?"

Percy glared at her. "No."

"You'll get used to it. Anyway," Percie made a chair of ice and sat on it. "I've got a job for you, brother."

"And what if I say no?"

"Then I'll kill all your friends up top, including the two who just showed up. What are their names? Leonard and California? No that's a state. Oh right! Leo and Calypso."

Percy's blood ran cold.

"Are you going to cooperate?" Percie asked, simpering.

He paused again.

"What do you want from me?"

[A/N So Leo's back! Who's gonna tell him? Well, I am, but through one of his friends. Haven't decided yet... hope you enjoyed!]