ANNABETH POV:
As soon as I was up this morning I was dressed and out the door. It was time for our annual meeting about Per- him.
It hurt too much to say his name. I can't believe that we let him go, and we know it was our fault too.
We were stupid to think John could ever compare to Percy, he isn't even close. I raced down to the big house and ran through the door. I was disappointed that I wasn't here first, as all twelve Olympians and all of the cabin leaders were here. Even Nico was here, which hardly ever happened because he was so busy. Thalia was chewing he nails when she saw me come in.
"Where were you? We're waiting!" she exclaimed, her bloody fingers dropping to her side.
"Sorry! I'm here now though, anyone has any news on Percy?" Poseidon looked down to hide his face. We all knew he missed Percy the most.
"Why do we care?" I heard a snooty voice from the back. We all glared at John and he grinned. I could tell Thalia was three seconds away from snapping his neck.
"We...have no news on Perseus. But we do have information on a slightly more important subject." Zeus said.
"WHAT! What could possibly be more important than finding Percy?" Travis Stoll said. They had been best friends.
"We all know Gaea is rising, and we need help. Someone has offered it. Someone even more powerful than us." We were all shocked. No one said anything and Athena piped up.
"Lord Chaos, Father of the Universe, Master of the Void, has offered us his assistance." There was a black vortex—thingy in the corner of the room and the creator stepped out. We all immediately bowed, except for John, who just looked stupidly confused.
"Hello, I am Chaos. I offer you two hundred of my highest ranked forces, including Ice, my personal assassin and second most powerful being in existence.
Our eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. Who's Ice? We didn't know Chaos had a personal assassin.
John spoke up (sadly), "Yeah? I bet I could take him." He brandished his sword.
Chaos rolled his eyes and said, "They will be here in ten minutes. I have already made them a cabin. Oh, and do not anger their commander, which is Ice. He will probably kill you. It has happened before." He then left with another black vortex.
We all ran out and called everyone to the pavilion. We told them about Chaos and his forces. Their eyes widened and they looked scared when we told them about the commander.
We had three minutes left. At 10:00 on the dot twenty black vans pulled into half-blood hill.
We were so captivated we didn't notice the black motorcycle until it pulled up right next to the closest van.
PERCY POV:
I sped down the highway, weaving in between cars and buses. People glared at me like I was an idiot but I just ignored them, I was preoccupied with my thoughts.
I knew that I didn't want to go back to camp, they would just ignore me. But I had to. Gaea was rising and I needed to once again save the world. But it's cool, I can handle it.
I was there within twenty minutes, making record time. I pulled up next to the first van with the highest ranked soldiers in it. My second in command stepped out and walked over to me as I hopped off my bike. Chuckling softy at the whole camp-full of people just staring at us.
"Hey Zak, how ya been?" I said to my second.
"Good. Me and Keera got together." He said grinning. He might be my only friend in all of Chaos' forces.
"Dude, you finally realized she was head over heels for you? Took you long enough." I said jokingly. He just mock glared at me and we up the hill as the others unloaded.
Chiron stepped up to us and Annabeth and *shudder* John flanked him.
"Hello. I am-"
"Chiron, yeah yeah we know. We've been briefed." I said snappily. He was shocked for a moment. I thought I saw confusion flit across his face, but it was gone in a moment.
"And you would be?" he asked me. Oh yeah, I still had my hood on and they couldn't see my face.
I smirked. "I am Ice, personal assassin of Chaos." I heard them all gasp and the crowd seemed to take a step back.
"Ha! You don't look like much." John said. I raised my eyebrows and a small smirk formed on my lips, the only part of my face they could see.
"I think it would be wise of you to step down." I said coldly. He rolled his eyes and pointed his sword at me. All of the other demigods were looking back and forth between us.
I stepped forward so fast he was caught off guard. I grabbed the blade of his sword with my impenetrable skin, and wrenched it out of his hand. I then punched him in the face throat and abdomen repeatedly. Finally, I took his arm over my shoulder and pressed my hand to his stomach, flipping him over me and making him land on his back, my arm keeping him down even though he wouldn't have been able to move. Throughout this my jacket had come off revealing my face.
There were audible gasps as people stared at the back of my head. I closed my eyes and turned around, bracing myself.
"Percy? Oh my gods it's you!" Annabeth screeched. I opened my eyes and they screamed.
"What happened to your eyes?" Travis shouted to be heard. They all went deadly silent, waiting for my answer.
"My eyes changed color when I became Chaos' personal assassin. That's how I became known as Ice." I said slowly, as if talking to a child.
They all took a step back at my condescending tone. Apparently they thought I would be the same happy-go-lucky hero they used to know.
Too bad.
I turned and picked up my jacket. I started walking to our cabin (courtesy of Chaos), the soldiers of Chaos following, when Chiron spoke.
"Perseus. Please, just come talk to us."
I turned back to him, my deep blue eyes fixing him in a stare. "You said enough when you cut me out of your life." With that, I turned and walked away.
