Percy Jackson, Angel of Chaos

Chapter 5: No rest for the wicked

500 years later...

Percy/Archangel's P.O.V

I spluttered out the blue coke that I was drinking when Luke told me a hilarious joke. It was even funnier with the way Zoe was staring at us, as we rolled on the floor in fits of laughter. Skia nickered and told me to shut up in my head.

Skia and I are never really separated, she even sleeps in my room, and eats lunch with me. She should never be kept in a stable, she is so much more than that. I spent the first two hundred years of my time on Utopia training with Chaos and Skia, learning to harness my powers and use them to their full potential. Now, I am strong enough to rival Chaos, but he could still beat me easily.

Over the past hundreds of years, Skia and I had grown closer and closer, she's practically family. But then that's the same with all of the Angels. I felt a small twinge in my heart when I thought about the other 3 Angels, Mirrehla, Joban and Lara, the Angels of Chaos who died when saving a distant planet.

So there we were, the remaining Angels; Luke Castellan, Zoe Nightshade, Bianca di Angelo, Charles Beckendorf, Silena Beauregard, Calypso, Adriane and I.

Just as I was granted powers, so were they (but not as extreme as mine). Luke got the ability to predict small parts of the future, Zoe now know how to sing a song so sad and traumatising, that it can make whoever she wants kill themselves. Bianca can now create metals with a thought, and Charles can control fire, Silena can speak to animals (however no-one but me can speak to Skia, not even Chaos), Calypso has heightened powers of healing and Adriane can freeze a person with her stare, much like a drakon.

We all have heightened senses. We are faster, stronger and have better agility than before. Unfortunately, we are also more beautiful too, so wherever we go people swoon and blush, although Silena loves it.

"Hey Arc!" Luke yelled, calling me by my nickname.

"Yep?"

"Look at the lovebirds!" he replied pointing at Silena and Beckendorf, who were joined at the lips.

I chuckled and ran to Luke and began doing an impression of them. Luke and I began kissing the air and making little love hearts with our hands. Well, we were until Zoe wacked us both over the heads. Luke stood up and opened his wings in defiance, but immediately sat down at the look in Zoe's face. Adriane chuckled, and Luke blushed.

Its common knowledge that the two fancy each other, yet they are so blind to each other's love it's frustrating. Thinking of them brought a certain silver eyed goddess to mind... wait, what did I just think?

"Hey Adriane, I've always been meaning to ask, why is your blood purple?" I called.

She thought for a while and then said "Why is your blood red?"

I'm sure there was something in science about blood vessels and oxygen, but I never really paid that much attention in school, so I just shrugged.

"Good answer" I said and she smiled. Luke's wings fluttered jealously.

Since they were all made Angels, they were also given wings. Their wings were pure white, like mine were supposed to be (but obviously that didn't go to plan). My midnight black wings really stood out against theirs, which also meant that I was easier to spot in a crowd, so no hiding for me...

The wings had their ups and downs. On the upside, they were useful in battle, and it was amazing to fly, and they just looked cool (as Chaos so aptly put it).But on the downside, they were quite big and bulky, and it was quite hard to sit down with them.

Unfortunately, my wings were bigger than anyone else's, with a wingspan of 14 feet, whereas theirs was only 12.

I was ripped from my thoughts when Chaos's voice came crashing into my brain.