368Hey! I'm back!
Sorry for the wait guys... For those who wanted to see Zues' bunker... Well, no chance, I want to keep it a secret, I plan to make Percy and Thalia duel, and it would be a spoil for it ;)
Now, there should be other interesting things in this chapter don't worry.
DarkGamer159: Why is there a bunker for Hera? There is for the others, I don't think anyone would want to anger Hera so they made one. And as I said, it was also a safe place to hold a marriage ceremony during the war. But the main reason is still to keep Hera calm XD
Now, here comes the story.
"I still don't get that joke." Commented the demi-titan as she narrowed her eyes to the laughing cousins.
"Don't worry, you'll eventually find out…" Chuckled the hero as he walked toward the next bunker, Zeus' one. The tension grew with each step they took towards the fallen god's bunker.
But as Percy took a few step closer to the gold doors, his HUD blurred and Percy frowned.
"Wow… That's not supposed to happen…" Muttered the son of Poseidon. Athena raised an eyebrow and a calculating glint appeared in her eyes, making Artemis worry.
"What's wrong Perseus? A problem?" Innocently asked the goddess of strategy. Percy shook his head.
"Nah… It's nothing, just the amount of magnetism in the air messing a bit with my HUD, nothing of great importance." Dismissed Percy. He turned his head to Thalia and smiled to her.
"Thals. I let you go check inside. I trust you to take care of every possible overboard object or spell okay? Don't disappoint me on this, keep your flaw in check." Ordered the cyborg with an air of finality in his tone. Thalia rolled her eyes and smirked.
"Of course Kelp for brain. You know me right?" And Percy smirked wickedly.
"I especially know you would do anything to win against me. I know because it is the same for me." Answered the assassin. Thalia disappeared behind the doors with a chuckle.
"Well, I think all is left is Artemis' bunker so… I'll ask you all to leave us alone. I assume you all want to keep your physical integrity." Announced the new god as he faced the group. Everyone nodded in understanding before Apollo spoke up.
"Wait, we didn't see Poseidon's!" Exclaimed the god of the sun. Percy chuckled at the excitement of his future brother in law.
"The bunker is underwater, so you can't access it, apart if you can breathe underwater. But don't worry, I destroyed ever spell too dangerous to be left accessible." Apollo nodded while Ares and Athena looked at him with suspicion.
"How could we know you said the truth punk?" Muttered the War god. Percy rolled his eyes and faced the other gods.
"I, Perseus Jackson, swear on the Styx that I destroyed what seemed too dangerous to be used." Thunder boomed and Ares nodded before flashing away. Athena kept looking at him for a moment before huffing and flashing away.
"I don't know why, but I sense Athena will cause us trouble." Commented Rhea as she looked offended by the goddess' actions. Percy smiled sarcastically.
"I know why. Because she is too damn proud to admit she's wrong." Thunder boomed and Percy glared at the sky.
"You know it's true Athena! Wanna talk about Arachne?" The thunder boomed again and Percy glared harder.
"With your damn pride, you turned a woman in a monster because she was better than you, and this caused me and Annabeth to fall into Tartarus! So don't come and tell me you did nothing wrong! Or I'll find a way to strip you of your powers and throw you in there just to see how you handle yourself!" Yelled the man. Gaea put her hand on his shoulder and kissed his cheek to calm him down.
"Let it go Perseus." Breathed the Earth. The cyborg nodded, and together, Zoë, Thalia, Percy and his wives walked to the last cabin, Artemis'.
They arrived before the large sealed doors. Percy put his hand on the spell and let it fade away. Percy took a deep breath and smiled a bit.
"It's time for the Hunt to get an upgrade. Don't you think so?" Joked the cyborg. Thalia chuckled and pushed the doors accompanied by Zoë. And when the silver door opened, they saw the ground was in a soft vegetation, the walls in a smooth sandstone giving a mixed sense of resistance and comfort. On the ceiling was the night sky, with a magnificent crescent moon shining bright above them along with all the constellation, minus Orion Percy noted.
Everyone looked amazed, they began to walk in, no one uttering a sound in fear of breaking the peaceful atmosphere.
On their right was a corridor leading to a large room, it wasn't just a room, it was a private archery field with customizable target, recognized Percy as his computer analyzed the bronze balls floating at the end of the rectangular room.
The two hunters looked amazed and then Zoë smiled.
"I forgot how incredible this building was. Come on Thalia, let's go explore!" Exclaimed the ex-Hesperide as she dragged Thalia away. Percy smiled a bit at seeing Zoë act like a kid. He then faced Artemis.
"Why do you never come here with your hunt. Surely a lot of them know of it." Artemis shrugged.
"With time, we forgot to come here, and then it was hidden from us. Not that my Hunt need it in any way to be successful." Said the goddess. Percy nodded and walked back to go and explore.
He then found an armory. On racks were displayed dozens of hunting knives. They were silver, but something was different from the usual knives. He picked one up and suddenly, it lit up with flames, water and electricity.
"Reactive Knives…" Muttered the cyborg as his computer gave him the answer. He looked at the bows then. He drew the string back and an arrow flashed in, to his amazement. When he slowly released the tension, the arrow disappeared.
"Nice…" Simply said the son of Poseidon.
"Nice? That's all you have to say?" Asked Thalia as she mysteriously appeared next to him. Percy jumped to the side from shock.
"How the hell did you do that?" Exclaimed the man. The daughter of Zeus simply smirked in answer. She pointed at the weapons.
"Can we use those?!" Yelled Thalia so her mistress could hear her. After a positive answer, the lead hunter took two sets and walked away.
Then, they heard a loud gasp. Percy's battle mode activated and he began to sprint to the origin of the sound. He had Anaklusmos out in a second and a silver blade shot out of his left arm. He reached the room a second later to see Zoë looking at a dummy with an outfit on it.
He then realized there was no danger. With a sigh, he put back his weapons and he saw his wives laughing at him silently from the side. He narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah, sorry for being prudent. Who knows what you could have put to keep boys away." Artemis smiled sweetly in answer, increasing his discomfort. He decided to concentrate on the outfit.
It had a dark green almost black leather pants, with black combat boots. A belt with on it places to put four throwing knives and two hunting ones.
Above this was a hugging long-sleeved shirt, in black. Percy walked to it and touched the material.
"Composite. Mix of silk and nano-materials, good heat conservation and flexibility." Commented the cyborg. On top of it was a strange jacket with no sleeves but a hood. It had a silver and black camo pattern on it. On the forearms were hard leather vambraces of the same color as the pants with silver meshing on it.
And finally, to cover the bottom of the face, and probably to conserve a bit more heat in Percy's opinion, was a back, semi hard cloth. And Percy whistled softly.
"I have to admit, that is pretty badass." Thalia nodded.
"Too bad there is only one of them." Said Zoë. "That is why we never used it. To avoid jealousy in the group." Explained the black haired huntress. Percy nodded in understanding and then smiled.
"Maybe, if I manage to convince the Athena cabin and the Hephaestus one, we could make a few of them for the hunt…" Muttered the man. He put that thought to the back of his mind, deciding it would be for another time. He then faced the four deities looking at him.
He had a promise to keep.
He slowly walked to them, a determined look on his face. As he went closer, the four girls raised an eyebrow, wondering what was on his mind.
He went on one knee and pulled out a box.
"Hera, Gaea, Rhea, Artemis. You helped me go back in a normal life, well, as normal as my life can be, after my reconstruction, I didn't choose my relationship with some of you, but I came to love you… So… will you marry me?" Asked the cyborg a he opened the box.
In it was four ring, floating magically to face the correct goddess.
For Gaea was a gold ring with a diamond and two emeralds for her Earth domain. For Rhea was a golden ring with a diamond surrounded by two pink sapphire to remind of her family domain. Hera had a platinum ring with a diamond surrounded by two sapphires to represent her heaven domain. And Artemis had a silver ring with three diamonds.
Each goddess gasped. Then, Artemis slowly began to redden as she realized Percy was proposing.
One by one, the goddesses took their ring and slowly put it on, admiring the jewelries with a small smile on their faces.
Thalia smirked and punched her friend in the shoulder.
"Well Kelp Head! Congrats!" Percy chuckled and blushed a bit. Zoë nodded slightly and walked away to leave them alone for a moment.
An hour later, the group walked out of the bunker laughing and joking with each other.
But the gods stopped when they felt something, a pull toward Olympus. The cyborg frowned and looked for Artemis and Hera for answers. The silver goddess looked stern.
"A council has been summoned, and it's about you." Percy sighed in annoyance.
Athena… Gods will I ever get a moment of peace? He looked in his computer and ordered it to launch a flashing sequence.
He felt his power being gathered and warned the huntresses to look away.
The next thing he knew, he was in Olympus looking at the large doors of the Throne room. He took a deep breath and pushed the doors open, looking at the Council. He walked to the middle of the room and waited.
Athena glared at him, along with Ares, Dionysus looked completely bored and the rest genuinely confused.
Percy smiled a bit and looked directly at Athena.
"Why was I called here My Lords and Ladies?" Athena's eyes flashed for a moment, but Percy didn't looked fazed.
"You know why sea spawn. You are here to be judged." Spat out the Goddess of wisdom. Percy faked a look of surprise.
"That's why! But why am I being judged?" Athena gritted her teeth and flashed in her spear.
"You killed the king of Olympus, you are a traitor." Only then, Percy's face hardened.
"No. I killed an abusive husband. This kind of men doesn't deserve to be King. And to be a bit more precise, I didn't kill him, I made him fade and claimed all his belongings, from his wife to his titles." Athena then flashed in Aegis and stood up.
"I am never going to see you as a king! You are a brat, a child who doesn't know anything about life!" Roared the goddess. Percy called on his scythe, making the others shiver. His natural eye turned gold.
"I am no child. I became a man when I saw my step dad beating my mom. I became a man when he then turned me in his punching ball. I became a man when I led the demigods, your own children to death in order to defend your throne. I became a man when I stood up against a primordial while you, Athena, were lazily sitting on your throne." He twirled his scythe angrily, making it going ablaze in eerie blue flames. Athena took a step back, memories of her humiliating battle against him rushing in her mind.
"Don't come and treat me as a child. Need I to remind you of your childish reactions whenever you aren't right in your statements?" This made her snap, she charged at Percy.
The cyborg merely stepped away and spun under her weapon, a lopsided grin on his face.
"See? That's what I'm talking about. Medusa, Arachne, Theseus, all those past events weren't caused by the mortals, no… It was your fault." His silver tongue made the goddess angry and pained at the same time. She didn't know why, but she came to realize what she had done, and regret began to slowly but surely get a hold on her.
And Athena, goddess of Wisdom and Strategy, fell on her knee in defeat.
"Now that this problem is solved. I would like to apologize to the council for attacking your King. Then, I'd like, as a King, to make my first decision." Poseidon raised an eyebrow at this, not expecting this at all. The cyborg took a deep breath.
"My first decision is that from now on, there is no monarchy anymore, every decision will be decided by the council, if there is a draw, the minor gods will be asked to vote, and finally, if the draw is still here, the demigods will decide too." Everyone fell silent in the room as Percy looked at the Olympians present.
"Oh! And also! I'm not part of the council. I doubt you ant me deciding for the sake of the world. Because if I do, I don't give the world three days before falling apart." The gods chuckled as they realized it was probably true. And at the image of Percy sitting in a throne all day.
"Now that it is over. I would like the council a favor. A big one." At that, Aphrodite leaned toward him with a smile.
"Tell me what you want my dear." Percy looked at her with cold eyes.
"Certainly not you. What I want is to immortalize my mother and step father." Complete silence fell back on the room. Then, Poseidon raised his hand in an instant.
"I'm okay with that!" Athena rolled her eyes.
"Of course you are... I don't see any problem with that."
One by one, every gods agreed. And a few minutes later, Percy had the council's agreement. A large smile grew on his face.
"Let me go get them and we can begin ok?" He was about to teleport but Hestia's voice interrupted him.
"Wait! I... I feel something wrong... They... They were kidnapped." Percy froze. His comuter began to manage his emotions, but failed.
Rage took him. He felt powers like never before bubbling inside him. He began to shake, his skin and metal began to pulse in light. And then, he let it all out.
In a powerful roar, for the first time, Perseus Jackson assumed his true form. His limbs changed slightly, going from black to pure gold. His integrated canon assembled itself and charged a shot, the projectile being the master bolt. In his other hand, Backbiter appeared and on his back flashed in his sniper rifle.
Around him was swirling a mass of energy. As Athena looked at it, she saw things she couldn't understand. Everything that happened and didn't happened at the same time, burning ice, freezing flames, glowing shadows. All of this was created by Percy's rage. And the more she looked at it, the less she understood, and the craziest she became. She then noticed the canon. She remembered its power with a simple dagger. And she didn't even want to imagine to destructive power it had with the master bolt as a projectile.
The angry god took a step forward but Poseidon put a hand on his shoulder.
"Percy! You need to calm down! You'll destroy the entire town if you go on like this!" Percy stared at his fater.
"And? They took my family! I will destroy them all!" And a thunderous slap echoed in Olympus. Everything stopped and silence came back.
Percy looked shocked, his father, Poseidon, god of the Sea, just slapped him. Said god looked at his son with a small smile.
"Are you back?" Percy nodded. "Then let's find out who did this okay?" Percy nodded again, and father and son flashed away to Sally's apartment.
As they arrived, they saw the destroyed door, someone kicked it open, SWAT style.
"They're so dead when I find them." Snarled Percy. He walked in a bit a saw, on the kitchen table, a note.
We know you have a secret, come and meet us at this point, we have your family in hostage.
Under this were map coordinates. His computer automatically showed him the spot;
It was a field in the middle of nowhere, with no civilization what so ever around. He smiled predatorily and reached his wives mentally.
I have the location, prepare the huntresses, tonight, we hunt mortals.
"Dad, I'm going to take care of this. I have a plan, you can't interfere with mortal affairs, but the Hunt and I can. Don't worry, I'll get them back." Poseidon nodded and took Percy in a quick hug.
"Protect them son." Percy smiled a bit.
"I will."
Percy teleported near the coordinates and prepared himself. He began to scan around the area.
Underground facilities huh? Government? Let's find out.
He walked toward a small cement building lazilly, showing no killing intent and having dismissed or hidden all his weapons.
As he arrived, two men walked out of the building, in black tuxes and wearing sunglasses.
"Oh! I get it now! It's the MIB! Of course! It makes sense!" Began to joke the new god. "Where are they?" Asked the son of Poseidon. The men simply smiled.
"If you would enter. After answering a few questions, we will release them. It was just for precaution."
Let's play their game. After that, they are going down.
He walked in and let himself be led to a room with a table, three chairs and a mirror.
Interrogation room.
He sat on a chair and the two men looked down at him.
"Mr Jackson. We will be straight forward. How did you acquire this powers? Who are you working with? Chineese?" Asked one of the men. Percy raised an eyebrow.
Clear sighted? Wait... Don't tell me... an entire organization made from clear sighted mortals? Oh come on!
"I see, no point in lying then. Let's see if you can handle the truth." He straightened in his seat.