Percy Jackson and Chaos

Unenlightened Scum

The light faded and I was once again thrown into darkness, although this time I could feel my physical body. It felt stronger, but weaker. I felt this energy inside of my blood, filling me with a sense of comfort, a sense that I wasn't alone any more. I revelled in the darkness and silence for a while. Finally I felt peace, I was relaxed, light as a feather. Then it hit me like a brick of Olympus marble, I could feel more. I could feel everything. Everything had a place, a rhythm, a beat. A pulse that reverberated through my bones. The world suddenly vibrated with life, inanimate objects even had an energy signature. It was like someone let me in on the secret of the universe. It made my skin tingle, my pulse quicken, my breath hitch. 

My eyes snapped open. The quiet, peaceful darkness was ruined. I felt everything at the same time. I could feel the emotions of the people around me, I could see the blood move through their arteries. The overwhelming sense of fear and worry washed over me. It wasn't my worry and fear. It was the other people in the room, their emotions pointed towards me. 

My eyes washed over each person. I was calm, collected. Just observant of them and who they were, their rhythms and pulses. One seemed to emit a power similar and yet almost opposite to mine. Their faces then started to filter into my brain putting names to the faces. 

"You!" I flung myself up on the infirmary bed, so much force behind it that the bed flew behind me and smashed into the wall, leaving me stood in its place. I looked Chaos straight in the eye and stepped toward him, in less than a second I was right in his face and grabbed his shirt pulling him upward, his feet dangling in the air. 

"It's all your fault!" I lifted him higher, the rest of the people in the room came out of their shock and were trying to pull me away from Chaos. 

"Wh..wha..what?" He stuttered, nervous of my new strength and essence. 

"You locked him up and threw away the key, made everyone he loved forget his existence, Made the one he fell in love with forget him. How could you? How could you do that to your own brother? What you were jealous of the fact that he fell in love with one of your children?! You lying jealous bastard! He never wanted to take over the world. He never wanted to kill anyone. All he wanted was for his love to remember him, to recognise him, to see him once more before he faded!" 

Tears streamed down my face but they weren't mine, they were Order's. I could feel the betrayal run through my system which only fuelled my anger. I could see my hand slowly become shrouded in darkness. I watched as the black flames started to dance across the back of my hand. 

Someone grabbed my arm and managed to pull me off Chaos. Causing him to fall to the floor and me to stumble backwards. I caught myself on the person and moved my anger to them for the time being. The flames died from my hands as I grabbed them round the throat. Squeezing a little as I started hurling threats and insults at the Sun god. 

"...you nymph-fucking, tuneless, cacophony, hot-head. You call yourself the god of music yet that god-dam elevator is still playing the same horrible, ear-splitting melody that makes me want to climb up on that high-horse you hold yourself on and throw you to Cerberus..." 

After I had finally calmed myself down and stopped hurling insults at the traumatised sun god, I released his throat and he too dropped to the floor, gasping for air. He didn't move for a good few minutes as he took in everything I hurled at him. Maybe that was a little harsh, but I wasn't wrong about that dam elevator. 

"Order?" Chaos called, my head spun toward him. 

"No I'm Percy, but you are an absolute asshole."

"You're not Percy."

"I'm not Percy? huh, well no I guess I'm not, I'm part Percy, part Order, both our brains, our powers, our beings are now one. So the answer is yes and no. Both at the same time. An irregularity in the universe but, yet, I exist." 

"Percy?" Annabeth's soft voice travelled through my brain. I seemed to shrink, I hadn't realised I'd grown. I felt my appearance change slightly. Goosebumps littered my skin. 

"Annabeth" I smiled and turned to engulf her in a hug. She hugged me back as hard as she could. I could tell she wouldn't be letting go any time soon. I picked her up and she wrapped her legs around my torso. 

"So, what happened in there, mate?" Luke asked, trying to pull the sun god off the floor. He wasn't budging so he gave up and sat on a chair instead. 

I went to sit on the bed and for some reason as I did it righted itself and slid underneath me. I sat and adjusted Annabeth so she was comfortable. 

"It was like I was locked in this dark, red room and I swear it felt like I was there for years. Order and I beat the crap out of each other repeatedly. Breaking bones, popping sockets, bruising muscles. It was kind of horrific. We finally grew tired and just decided to talk instead. That's when I found out he isn't a bad guy. He was just badly mistreated and thrown away out of jealousy by his brother. All because he fell in love."

"Love" Aphrodite appeared in a plume of perfume. 

"Yes, Order was in love with one of Chaos' children. But Chaos threw him into the Void and made his love forget about him, made the world they both created forget about him." 

"Oh no! You evil bastard!" Aphrodite and Selena were both crying as they listened to the story. Chaos looked down in guilt and shame. He knew what he had done, at least he was ashamed. 

"Who was it? Who was he in love with?" Aphrodite looked hopeful, even though it was short lived as she realised that Order was now a part of me and not his own person anymore. "Nyx? Gaia?" 

"Eros." 

Aphrodite looked to Chaos. 

"You made Eros forget him? That's what that memory cloud is inside his head? You are such an ass. How could you do something like that?" 

"Eros is my child, I had to protect him." 

"From what? True love? You're the reason that homophobia was born, you're an ignorant, dense, unenlightened scum of the universe! How could you do such a thing. Love is beautiful no matter who it is or what they identify as. You're such a prick. Fix it. Fix it now or I will end your pathetic existence!" Aphrodite screamed at Chaos, the whole room was silent, everyone grateful for the words she said, as the goddess of love herself, no one could have said it better. 

Chaos cowered in fear from the steaming goddess, and flashed out of the room. 

I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update, I wasn't sure how to continue. I hope I've lived up to your standards. Thank you everyone!