[Percy Jackson] φονιάς (Foniás)

Chapter 10| Two new allies.

Chapter 10| Two new allies.

*Mount Olympus*

|Nico Di Angelo|

Wow. Just wow.

I didn't have the slightest idea of what was going on, to be truthful. The pretty girl on the Iris Message apparently was a child of Demeter, and apparently she was supposed to be dead.

The girl, Alisha, pursed her lips into a thin line, contemplating her next words.

"No, mother.. I survived. But that's not the matter now. We have more important things to talk about", Alisha urged, her eyes gazing at something in the distance.

"What is more important than you safety?! Where are you?! Have you eaten your cereal?!", Demeter exclaimed, and I rolled my eyes at her. Of course she had to make a comment about cereals.

"I am in Australia, but that doesn't matter. I am with my friends and we will be arriving at North America in a couple of months. However, we have a bigger problem than my current location", the girl hurried. Once again, her eyes difted at something out of the line of vision of the image, but by the looks of it, she was looking at someone.

Alisha sighed, biting her lower lip. When she looked back at us, her expression soon turned into a smile.

"I haven't introduced myself properly. My name is Alisha and I am a child of Demeter, as you may have already noticed. Years ago, I fell into Tartarus with my boyfriend by accident, and were taken by the primordial of the night, Nyx, along with her daughter Evelyn", she introduced. Our eyes widened at her statement, but before we could ask any questions, she raised a finger. "Please, don't ask anything just yet. We are running out of time and I still have a lot of explaining to do. You can ask you quesrions later"

When she noticed we kept silent, she took a deep breath and started talking again.

"I am here on the behalf of my friends and I. We are a group of only four people well known around the galaxies. We work for Lord Chaos and Lady Order, and our job is to re-establish the peace between conflicted planets. I know, it may sound crazy, but when we meet each other you will be able to justify it for yourselves"

I looked around, scanning everyone's faces. The emotions that stood out the most were confusion, disbelief, distrust and a what-the-hell-is-going-on face, brought by yours truly.

"Recently, we were notified of a new prophecy which, believe it or not, we are part of AND have more knowledge about it than you do", Alisha said with a smug expression. I scoffed, but restrained myself from saying any sarcastic remarks out loud.

"A new threat known as 'The Dark Lord' is rising, and we know he is gathering an army, composed by monsters and his own creations, which we call 'shadows'. We met those entitys about a month ago, when we were staying in Japan. They looked like spirits of darkness, with an aura and everything. They are very agile and actually have a mind of their own, which makes them more difficult to kill"

"My friends and I don't know anything about The Dark Lord, but now it is clear enough that he holds a grudge against Chaos, and that his power probably equals his", Alisha explained, any trace of humour erased from her face, leaving only a blank expression behind. "We believe that the 'killer's team' refers to us. We are called the Foniás, greek word for killer."

She visibly gulped before speaking again.

"I am sure you have deciphered the next two lines by yourselves. At first, we had no clue what it was talking about, until..", she trailed off. "I need you all to keep quiet about what I am about to tell you next. No-one, not even you Lord Zeus, is allowed to make any comment, threat or even show the slightest intention of hunting us down, because I swear for Chaos that our intentions are pure good"