The New Chaos Army

Something Goes Terribly Wrong

Annabeth's pov

I decided to scout out a rendezvous point for when we raided chaos cabin.  Since I was the only one with the ability to go invisible I had to go alone. Hopefully the commander couldn't see through my invisibility. He had the ability to go invisible himself but he never showed that he could see through it.

As I snuck by, Leo, Hazel, and Piper would wait nearby in case I needed backup. I passed by the cabin.  It was only a few yards into the woods, making it just out of sight from outside the woods, but not hard to find from inside them.

As I was walking I heard a noise from above. I ducked behind a tree, forgetting I was invisible. Two figures descended into the clearing. It was two of the chaos soliders! And they had wings on their back! As they landed I recognized them. Scarlett and Apokíryxe folded their wings against their back. Apokìryxe had black feathered wings that resembled a raven. Scarlett had red and black Dragon wings. 

Darkness surrounded Apokíryxe's wings and they were invisible. Scarlett used something that looked like the mist but...different. I seemed thicker and more obvious than the mist. It surrounded her wings and turned it into the red and black backpack she always had.

What were they? I have never heard of bird human people. I guess all of the chaos army soldiers were alien.

"Hey, head back to the cabin, I'll catch up with you." Apokíryxe said. Scarlett nodded and headed back to the chaos cabin. Apokíryxe stood in the clearing for a minute. Then he unsheathed his sword, knocked my invisibility hat off, and pointed the sword at my neck.

"Spying Annabeth? Scouting out the location of my "Spaceship". I thought you of all people would realize we don't need a spaceship." He said coldly. Seeing his sword again made me want to cowwer in fear, but I decided no, I was stronger than that.

"You know more than your telling us!" I said loudly.

"What?"

"You know more letting on!" I said. I grabbed my own sword, swiftly knocked his out of his hand and pointed my sword to his neck.

"Where. Is. Percy." I said through gritted teeth. He had the nerve to laugh.

"I will not hesitate to cut straight through you!" I yelled. I heard some rustling in the bushes but I didn't move.

"Annabeth, we heard the yelling. What's wrong." Hazel said walking into the clearing. Piper and Leo followed her. The all gasped.

"Annabeth, calm down." Piper said using her charmspeak.

"Just put the sword down and-" Hazel said but she suddenly stopped talking. Piper and Leo were silent. Suddenly Apokíryxe tensed. Then he fell to the ground, a large dart sticking out of his neck. I felt a sharp pain in my own neck and I passed out.

When I opened my eyes, all I could see was darkness. I thought at first, we might have been in Apokíryxe's cabin but it wasn't a cabin. I sat up and evaluated my surroundings. Apokíryxe, Piper, and Hazel were passed out around me. We were a large cell, three of the walls were made of dark brick, the fourth wall was made of bars. It had a big black door attached to it. The bars were pretty wide. Maybe I could slip through them. I walked over to them. I was about to attempt to slip through when a voice from behind me said,

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
I turned around and saw Apokíryxe sitting up against the wall.

"It has electricity. If you try to slip out, it will shock you. But go ahead, you can shock yourself if you want." He said answering my unasked question.

"Where are we?" I asked. "This must have been Kronos and Gaia."

Apokíryxe shook his head.

"This isn't them. They're not strong enough to capture me. No, only one person could capture me like this." He said.

"Who." I asked. He glared at something behind me.

"End." He said through gritted teeth.

"Well if it isn't the Prince of the Void himself." End said from behind me. I turned and saw him. He was very tall, his skin was made of stars, his hair was so black I couldn't see it. His eyes were full of destruction and death. He smiled coldly.

Apokíryxe spit at him, but he didn't have enough energy so it missed him.
It almost seemed like End was draining Apokíryxe's power.

"Since it is your first day, I'll go easy o  you. But tomorrow....all of my kindness will be...burned away." End said before leaving. I didn't like his choice of words. Burned away. Like he was going to burn us alive.

I studied Apokíryxe, he was exhausted. Like he was using all of his strength just to sit up.

"Can you use any of your powers?" I asked. He shook his head.

"Unless you count my powerful fashion sense." He said.

"Was that a joke?" I asked. He smirked.

"I don't know, was it?" He asked. I glared at him. We were captured by a powerful primordial and he was making jokes.

"We should sleep, whatever happens tomorrow...its not going to be good." I said. He nodded.

"You sleep, I'll wait for the others to wake up." He said. I was too tired to disagree. I curled up on the ground and tried to sleep. The brick floor was cold. Too cold to sleep. I started to shiver. I heard movement.  Then I felt something drapped over me. A thick warm fabric. I opened one eye. Apokíryxe had taken off his robes and let me use them. He had normal blue jeans and a black hoodie. His hood was up. He almost looked like a normal demigod. I could see the bottom half of his face. His skin was pale. Why would he take off his robes for me? I decided not to dwell in it now. And I fell asleep.

Right before I drifted off completely I heard him say,

"This doesn't make us friends."