Piecing Back Together (2nd Book In Series)

Chapter 4 - Mass Confusion

(Percy's POV)

Everyone in the throne room looked confused as they tried to absorb the information I just told them. Tartarus was the first one to snap out of his daze. "How do you know about Aftocheria?"

All of the gods and Thalia nodded in agreement. I sighed. "Alright. So after I passed out, I woke up in an endless void."

~FADE TO PERCY'S DREAM VISION~

I shot up from the ground after looking around at the black surroundings. I tried to walk, but I saw I was chained to... nothing? "Ì̷̧̺̜̪͕͙̥̘͍̺͉̒͌̒̉̊͒̀̔̄͂̔̕͘͠͠͝ ̴̢̧͖̪̣̣̮̌͋ͅw̴̤̞̬̠͕̳͇̝̭̲͗͊̓̽̔̓́͆̒̾͑o̴̩̩͍̹̪͛̀̔͌̒̊̄̆ų̷̢̤̠̫̼͕̬̜͍̯̺̘̓͆̄͊̓̇̔͋̒̄͂͆͑͛̆͘͜ļ̷͇̹̫͍̙̼̝̰̖̥̤̱̈́̈́̆͒͜ḋ̵̰̫̗̱̝̐̏̇̑͠͝n̴̨̖̘̖̭̳̳̐̈́͜'̴̡̡̛̙̰̱̙͓̫̮̪̝̓̏̈́̓͑̀́͆̄͒̓̈́́̕͠͝͝͠ͅt̵̛̛̜͓͕̙̜͉̠̜̲̯̟̖̺͙͕̮̳̲͔͐͐̎͑͌̐̂͌́̂̇͐͑͝ ̴̠͕̹̲͓̤̦͍̪͐͒͊̈́̀͋͌̀̄̓̏̑̚t̵͉̖̖͇͔̤̜̿̄̽̾̀̆̎̿̆̌̍͌̾̉́͘͜͝͝͠r̶̡̞̘̙̩̖̋̿̏͋̈̀̑̂̀̾̽̍̀̅͂̂̕y̶̟̮̩̠͗̇̍̏̉̽͗͛͂͑̍̀͐̓͗͘͠͝͝ ̸͕̅̅͌͗͛̈́͐͂̐́̃͐͝͝t̶̡̡̫̮̫̻̰̝̤̼̠̞̲̳̮̜̱́͋́̈́̈́͘͝ͅͅh̵̝̰̱̫̘̼̱́̃̇ͅa̵̢͍̺̝̞̟͕͔̝̯̓̊̅ͅt̶̬͎̲̲̫̖̗͎̩̽̏͒̊̾̿̈̏̀̕ͅ ̶̢̧̨̛̭͚͔̪̺̗͉̺̼̦̘̠͍̎̈́̑͛̏̓̑͒̅͌͑͗̂͆͝i̷̯̱̹͈̫̅̅͂̂f̸̡̞̣̘̳̬̟̠̖̻͈͈̝͇̼̙͇̏̒̔̆̑͂̀̂̚̚̚͜͝͠ͅ ̶̦̼̺͙̻̮̰͕̾̽́͋͆̈́Ì̶̢̘̘̪̺͕͚̫̙̞̙̥͆̄̊̈̋̎ ̵̧̺̮͖̖̽͊̃ͅw̵͓͖̰͒̎̍̀̔̈́̀̌̅̄̚ȅ̶̡͇̮̫͚̼̗͉̠̞̩̮̱͈̃̑̋̉ͅr̸̛̜̜̮̲͇̠̥̤̈͑̄͊̀͆̿̓̀̊̉͗̅̄̉͂̀͜ͅe̸̮̓̀̍͠ ̶̡̧̨̛͔͓̦̰̥̖̣̤͈̯̳̫̖̖̠̎́̈́̉̐͋͆͒̇͒́̊̐͛̐̿͜y̶̨̢͍̳͎̼̻̩̘̫͈̖̟̥̞̏̍̐͂͆̕ó̷̗̞̥͇͜ͅû̶͎̗͎͙́̿́͊͊̀̆̅̏̋̑̄̀̚͠."

(???- I WOULDN'T TRY THAT IF I WERE YOU.)

I whipped my head around you, trying to find the source of the voice. The voice chuckled at my silly attempts to find them. "I̶̱̗̖͖͓͓͍̅̈̊̿͗̒͝ ̴̦̩͈͈͐̈́̆̒̓̾͋̋̅̀̂̇͌̄͘g̷̢̝̭͑ư̸̪͉̱̪̮̓̃̈́͌̃͊̔̎͑̈́͂͌̉ę̶̹̮͚̺̻̉̽̀̿̅͗́̓͜s̶̡̛̖͚̩̯̱̞͑́̀̓̔̈̄̕͜s̴͕͙̥̹̭̪̭̯̿̿̐̄̅̓̍̑̍̐̕͜͜ͅ ̸̢̜͈͂́̆̔͌̈́̈́̀̔̈͘̚͝Į̶̯̝̙̮͙̗̗̦͙̟̞͓̅̏͑̓̋̈́͆̂̅͆̾͝ ̵̨̛̘̤̦̳̜̬̝̽͂̓̓͂ͅs̶̯̖̥̣̲̠̼̰͉͔̯̞̠̀̓̓̈́͌͑̽h̶͉͍̰̜̫̠̄͋͊̔̍̒̈́͛́͘͘ǫ̴̨̡̪̲̖̩̠̰̯̗̣̻͍̲͈̈u̷͖̭̫̩͓̹̯͑̾̇͛̈́̔̏l̵̥͙̘̞̙͖͍̫͎̱͕̃͆̃͑͒̈̇̓̄̋́̅͆̋͠ḑ̵̡̛̛̭͗͐̏̈̓̒͆̅̐̀̐͐̀͘̕͝͠ ̶̛̗͔̺͎̺͍̣͕̗̦͕̫̱̞͓̓͆͆͌̆̿̈͐̈́̈́̔̀͋͋̒͆͠͝ȩ̷̧̧̘̖͔͙͆̍̋͌̾̎̇͌͌̓̿͘̕͘ͅx̶͖̦̲̿p̸̨̨̢̳̗͈̩̺̰̟̪̬͖̻̘̩̀̔̈͜l̵̡̡̧̡̬̘̜͇̳̃͝ą̴̟̲͕͎̗̎͆͊̋̿͝i̴̡͇̼̖͖͗̐͑͒̈̌̓͒͊̊̃͊̆̃͘̕̕͘͝n̶̨̲̬̮̞̲̭̪͕̳̙͈̱̘̠̱̽͗͆ ̸̢̤͉̠̝̞̘̝̼͙̼̟̂̋̈͒̿͋́̈͝t̵̫͉̗͚͍̼̟̀̀͝ō̸̙̹̙̿̃̽́͐̄̔̈͂̆̌̕͝ ̴̡̼͕͖̲͉͚͔͓͔̠͈̏̇͐̆͆̏̿͊̀̄̃̃̓̒̑̽̑͜ẙ̷̟̱͉̜̞̜̥͜ȯ̷̝͖͔̰̜̗̰̤̰̳̂̐̎̈́̆̈́͗͑̃̕͝ų̵̨̤̠̪̥̼̘̮̟͖̮̪͍̠̱̊̆̿̀ͅ,̴̧̛̹̰̥̪̠̬̲͕͔͉̹̘͕̪̍͐̇̏̅͌̇͐̉͊̋ ̶͚̫̘̞̜̬̙̰͖̥̠̝͈̝̹̈́̒̒̉̔̿̍̀̄̚̕y̴̨̡̖͍͎̝̳̗͖̯̱̲̏͊̑̌̉͑̋̂̐̈́ͅọ̶͌̉̒ǔ̷̢̠͈̥̪̩̜̠̭̮̅̐͆̈́̚ ̸̩̟̦͇̯̘̙̒̓̔̅͂̿̑͊̉̇̔̚ļ̶̛̳̙̘̜͖͌̌̋̔̀͒̆͑̐̓͑̎̕̕͠ō̵̧̝̤͇̻͉̪̞̜̾͂͑̒̀͂̆̉̒͜͝͝w̷̛̙̒͆́͒̑̈́̐̀̈͌̄͌͗̚̕͝l̵̢̛̜̳̻͔͔̩̠͍̱̼̳̤̫̓̔́̈́̀̆̂̚̚͜ÿ̷̛̤͗̄̈̊̃́̈̃̓̕ ̸̨̡͍̟̭̙̤̖̹̘͕̗̻̰̞̞͙̣̭̈̇̅̈̐̈́̓͝î̶̳͓͙̞̝̗͙̟̩͚́̆̓͛͛͌͗́̀͛̎̚͜͜͝͠m̶̻̹̑͋͐̃̈̊̒͌͝m̶̧̡̯͉̻̈́͆̈́̒̑͛̿̂́͋̑̉̕͠͝͝͠o̶̢͍̠̖̟̺̲̱͉͖̞̻͎͔̎̿̉̄̋ͅr̷̢̨͎͎͇͇̤̞͖̠͕̮̩̈̎͊̍͊̈́̾̈́̚̚͝ͅṱ̷̛̘̺͕̈́̄̍̐͗́̄̋̏̏̀̇̽͘̚̚̚͝a̵̛̲͖̺͕̻͚͆̂̉͌͌̓͑̔͂̄̒̓l̷͍͕̦̤̲͈̘̭͐̄̈̏̽.̴̨̜̭̬̘͓͍͎͙̤̜̰̮͓̟͈̓̌͑̔̈́̈́̽̃͌͆̾͛͗̽́́̚͝͝"

(???- I GUESS I SHOULD EXPLAIN TO YOU, YOU LOWLY IMMORTAL.)

The craziness and... depression of the voice faded out as a sapphire glow appeared in front of me. The glow dissolved into the darkness and I could make out a figure in the darkness. "I am Aftocheria, the powerful but unknown greek deity. My name can be shortened to Cheria or plain SUICIDE in English, which most cockroach 'humans' speak."

I tried to yell out to her but nothing came out of my mouth but air. "Ah ah ah," she waved what I think is a finger in my face, "Like I said before, there is no use."

I tried to move around and she sighed. "Y o u  i d i o t." She shook her head before continuing, "I am only here to give you a message. I want you to tell the lowly Olympians that I am coming. Even if it means that you have to interrupt Tartarus. I only give you the permission to speak out my name as I have to choose who can and who can't. And I have decided on you since I plan to take you as mine after the war. I DON'T CARE IF ARTEMIS HAS FEELINGS FOR YOU. YOU'RE NOW MINE AND MINE ALONE. DON'T TELL THE OLYMPIANS MY PLANS FOR YOU, MY LITTLE PERCY. IT WILL BE OUR LITTLE SECRET."

~FADE TO THE THRONE ROOM AFTER PERCY'S RECOUNT~

I had to tell the Olympians everything but the last part. I don't want to know what would happen if I did. But, I found a hack to her orders. She only said Olympians. I know a certain Greek deity that would protect me that isn't an Olympian. Or maybe two...

Who do you think Percy will call for help? Who would be willing to take an endangered, secret Olympian and protect him from a dangerous foe named Aftocheria. Will this new danger be able to take Percy and keep him from Artemis? Why would someone want to take an ex-demigod, now a god, and keep him for herself. WE WILL ALL FIND OUT IN THE FUTURE OF THIS BOOK. KEEP READING TO FIND OUT MORE.

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