Raging Love - Book 1

Chapter 1 - Raging Love

"NO! ANNABETH! NO!" Percy screamed, agony and raw anger laced with his voice. Annabeth looked at the battlefield and made eye contact with Percy. The monsters and giants are all gone, leaving only Gaia with a maniacal grin of satisfaction.

Annabeth mouthed, "I love you. Goodbye, Seaweed Brain."

Her eyes watered with tears as she closed her eyes for the final time. Gaia threw her battered body across the battlefield, in front of Percy, with a huge shard of dirt that pierced her heart. Percy knelt down beside her lifeless body and sobbed uncontrollably over her. The Gods and the rest of seven watched with pity and tears in their eyes.

"No...No...NO!" This came from a goddess that surprised the Olympians and the demigods. Aphrodite crumpled to the ground holding her head in Pain. "Arghhh!" She screamed. Aphrodite's eyes glowed pinkishly red and she turned into a pink supernova, so bright that the Olympians had to turn away to avoid looking at the harsh bright light coming from the love goddess.

When the light died down, the gods, Gaia, and the demigods saw that replacing Aphrodite was a tall lean female, with dark hair and dark clothes. She looked up and everyone, even Gaia gasped. Her face and her clothes have done a 180-degree turn. She now looked more like an assassin than a love goddess. Aphrodite was wearing tight-fitting clothes that cover her entire body except for her face. She has light armour and a hoodie on. Her face had a stern, determined, and steely look.

Aphrodite's eyes glowed a neon pinkish red colour as she screamed. Her scream is so loud that it cracked the ground. The odd thing is that the gods and the demigods were not affected, instead, they only heard a muffled scream. However, Gaia was affected by it and crumbled onto the ground, covering her ears, yelling at Aphrodite to stop.

When Aphrodite stopped screaming, Gaia and the other gods, other than Aphrodite, realised that they cannot move. Aphrodite walked calmly towards Percy. Percy didn't even look up as Aphrodite walks up towards him. He didn't even care whether she would kill him or comfort him. All he could think is that his wise girl is gone. Aphrodite knelt down beside Percy and put an arm around his shoulders, "I'm sorry about her. I'm sure she will go to Elysium."Aphrodite benevolently tells Percy. She then glared at Hades who then quickly tried to nod his head, but couldn't. Fortunately for him, Aphrodite understood him.

At that time, Gaia realised that she could already move. She cackled evilly and taunted Percy, "So...What are you going to do about me, huh? Puny demigod." Percy slowly looks up and stares at Gaia with hate. Aphrodite stood up and helped Percy up. "Let's go kick the ass of queen dirt face, shall we?" Percy nodded, feeling a rush of power as he is determined to take Gaia down to take revenge for Annabeth.

They then rushed to Gaia together, who was surprised and offended that a demigod and a love goddess would dare to attack her. Meanwhile, Piper looked at her mother with new found admiration, while the other demigods looked at her with a mixture of fear and awe. The gods teleported everyone out of Percy's and Aphrodite's way as they know that they are not to interfere or they would face them in their rampage to kill Gaia.

Poseidon looked at his son with a fusion of fear and pride. Proud that his son is brave enough to attack Gaia but fearful that he may perish at Gaia's hand. The other gods looked at Aphrodite with concern as they knew that she has never fought with weaponry before.

Percy uncapped riptide while Aphrodite summoned pink hunting knives which Artemis nodded in approval at. They both lunged at Gaia and started to fight her at the same time. It was like they knew each other for a long time and trained together. Their movement was synchronised, much like Annabeth and Percy.

Gaia countered-attack Percy and Aphrodite's attack with her earth staff. She even summoned sharp shards of dirt and metals to fly around her so that Percy and Aphrodite would not be able to come near her. She also summoned an army of earthborn that attacked the demigods and gods so that they would not interfere with the fight between Aphrodite, Percy and Gaia.