SilverMoon Mercenaries

The Great Unmasking

A/N: Just so you guys know, I post the chapters of SilverMoon Mercenaries first on fanfiction.com under the same name, and the url to my page is http://www.fanfiction.net/u/4651224/

Also, some of the author's notes are directed towards fanfiction followers, so don't read them if you don't know who they are directed towards.

Nex POV, Present Time

Camp Half Blood, Mercenary Camp

"Damn Nex, you killed 'em?" asked Moros. I shook my head, I knew better than to hope for the best. I made that mistake a long time ago, and I paid the price. It was on the planet of Mextros, a planet with humanlike features and a taste for violence.

A/N: This is all translated from alien language, note that the Mexstroans are not speaking English. Also, this is earlier in Percy/Nex's training, when he "practiced" in wars to increase his combat skill.

-Flashback-

"KILL HIM!" yelled the leader of the Mextroan Revolutionaries, Hadrostos. A hail of bullets descended upon my position, from all sides. I was in a tough spot, checkmated and badly outnumbered. "I'll flank them, you provide cover fire." said Leoro, an ally Mextroan, over a comm channel. "Roger that." I replied, and I looked at him. He was turning on his cloaking systems, and I saw only a faint outline of him.

I really hate the Mextroan Revolutionaries, always causing trouble on Mextros. We've been called here a few times, to help the Imperial Mextroan Guard against the Guerrillas. But it was the endgame now, the capitol defenses were falling against the assault, and the leader of the revolution, Hadrostos, was leading the assault on the capitol. I saw Leoro dart past bullets, with no more than small noises generated from the rocky terrain he was stepping on.

I lost sight of him for a moment, but soon after, I saw random holes appear in the revolutionary troops. I ran from behind cover, gun blazing. I shot quite a few of them, but for every one shot down, another one took their place. "Damnit, reinforcements..." I cursed as I ducked and evaded fire, running from cover to cover.

Artillery encampments were now set up, and firing on my position. I primed a grenade and threw it, and ran into a building. The chaos from the explosion caused by the grenade bought me some time, but not enough. The ruined building was shuddering, an the structural supports beginning to fracture. I looked around to see if there was anything I could use, but instead I saw a child in a corner. I got onto a knee, and looked at the scared child.

"Hello little one, come with me and you'll be safe." I said in a caring tone. They crawled out from their hiding space and into my arms, to carry them out. I began to stand up, only to meet a stinging sensation in my side. I looked down and the child was gone, replaced with a knife in my torso, bleeding profusely. My combat suit's biometric scanners identified the bleeding and closed the wound up quickly, but I was still angry. The child was a saboteur! I decided to end this quickly before I got any more spies coming my way to stab me.

I got up and unsheathed Messorem from its sheath and ran out. I dashed forward toward the enemies swinging my sword at supersonic speeds. The air slashes I created went through their heavy ordinance and created havoc. As I took them by surprise, I saw something that horrified me.

Leoro was being held by his neck by Hadrostos. "Hello there Nex. I see you've finally found me." exclaimed Hadrostos in mock surprise. Dashing towards him with Messorem, I prepared to lop his head off, but he gripped Leoro's neck tighter, making him elicit a strangled choke.

Stopping in my tracks, I looked around for anything that I could use to save my ally and kill him, but then I saw something, no someone that would tip the balance in my favor right behind him. "I am mightier than you Nex, I can even take your women!" he laughed as he signaled forth a woman, who was very beautiful, slim, had lush hair and beautiful eyes that seemed to morph to a person's perspective of a perfect woman.