Nico di Angelo; Angel of Chaos

Olympian Council

"Holy fucking shit." Sparky muttered.

Siren frowned.

"Since when do you cuss?" He asked.

Sparky rolled her eyes.

"Since we just found out Chaos' only know rival has just awakened again, you idiota! Stultum, stultus, stultus!" Sparky hissed, and with each word she slapped him.

Siren wisely stayed quiet.

I had frozen, Reyna's hand clenched in mine. This was just some joke, right? Order was locked away in the deepest depths of Tartarus. She couldn't have escaped.

Yet she did.

I realized that Reyna was speaking to me.

"-we'll be fine. We can do this. We can go back to earth and take down Order. With the help of the primordials, we can do this. Right, Archangel?" Reyna said.

I wondered if she had suddenly developed charmspeak, because the council room suddenly fell quiet.

I unfroze.

"Yes. Right. Of course." I said taking a deep breath.

Chaos nodded.

" But for now, before we even worry about making a stand against Order, I need you to start protecting the demigods. The Romans are fairly self-sufficient, but the Greeks are totally unprepared. Even now, due to the connection Order and I share, she is... interfering, with my ability to manifest before you. I don't know if I will be able to communicate with you until Order makes her move, when our connection will be severed. So I give you these orders, to be upheld until you are otherwise told by me. Go to Camp Half-Blood. Protect the demigods. But first go to Olympus. Explain your mission. I have to go. I cannot stay any longer. But lastly, Archangel and Dilexisti, the gods and their children are suspicious of your deaths. In fact, your closest friends were made immortal to search for you. Good luck, my brave warriors." Chaos said and we averted our eyes as he revealed his true form and flashed away.

The council room was silent for a moment.

Then I took a deep breath and turned back to my warriors.

"Shadow, care to do the honors? We need a portal to Olympus."

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The looks on the Gods faces when five winged figures in black cloaks portaled into their throne room?

Priceless.

Zeus was apparently in the middle of a conversation with a small group of demigods and the twelve major Olympian gods when their portal snapped open a thousand feet high in the throne room.

Shadow had been aiming lower, say the floor, but ah well.

I spread my wings, hearing my group do the sane behind me, and we floated down to the floor gracefully.

"Who dares interrupt the council of the Gods?" Zeus boomed.

I rolled my eyes.

"Oh, please. I outrank you. So do yourself a favor. Shut up and let me explain." I snapped.

Probably not the smartest thing to do, but considering the news I had just received, a bit of snappyness was to be expected.

"You dare? Taste the fury of my mater bolt, and maybe that will teach you respect!" Zeus boomed and the tube of Celestial Bronze expanded in his hand until it was a rod of pure electricity.

Then he threw it at me with deadly precision.

I just sighed, I did not have time for this, and did the last thing Zeus expected.

I caught the master bolt, and it shrunk back to size in my hand, the electricity fading.

The gods and demigods gathered gawked at me, but I didn't even flinch.

Instead I tossed it back to Zeus, who caught it with a stunned expression.

"Now, would you swallow your ego for a minute and listen?" I said with exasperation.

Nobody answered.

So I launched into the toned down version of it all. How we had realized Order had risen and how the primordial council went down. Minus the crown incident.

When I finished, Zeus studied me intently for a moment.

"Who are you?" He asked finally.

I heard Reyna say softly, "Oh, just give him your full title. Get it over with."

So I did. And I have to admit, it sounded pretty damn impressive.

"My name is Archangel, commander of Chaos' top branch in his army, The Angels of Chaos. I am the Prince of The Universe, heir to Chaos himself. I am the shadowfire user." I said, and for once I was thankful Chaos made me wear that ridiculous crown. And that I had changed out of my tattered clothes before the council meeting.

Silence fell.

"Prove it then. Summon the shadowfire." Athena said suspiciously.

So I stepped forward and set my palms alight.

Black, cold flames instantly leapt forth, covering my hands. I radiated power.

I found it amusing that Ares looked completely freaked, but that he managed to hold his ground and not stumble backwards like a few did.

"I don't think your all you say, punk. I think you're all talk." He sneered.

I heard Sparky snicker behind me and Siren muttered, "Oh damn. Ares is going down."

I could have simply set the god alight with shadowfire and killed him permanently, but instead I extinguished my palms and strode forward.

When we were face face to face, I stretched out my fingers and touched the gods forehead.

Instantly the war gods eyes glazed over, and his body started to shake.

"N-no more! No more! Make them stop!" Area shrieked and the other Gods watched in horror.

I drew my fingers away from Ares' forehead and the god crumpled to the floor in fetal position.

I stepped back to where I was shoulder-to-shoulder with Reyna and Shadow.

Zeus stared at me in horror.

"What did you do to him?" He asked.

"I merely showed him my first millennia or so with Chaos. A rather gruesome time." I remarked.

"Moving on to more important matters, please inform Camp Half-Blood we will be coming. Or at least inform Chiron we will be coming. We can make our own introductions at the camp." I stated.

A woman with shimmering rainbow wings, Iris, waved her hand nervously.

After a moment, she looked back up and said, "It is done."

I smiled, then felt like an idiot when I realized they couldn't see my face. My hood was still up. Duh, Nico.

"Thank you for your services." I said and Shadow snapped a new portal open directly in front of us.

We leapt through without hesitation.