Seventh Son of Time

Chapter 3

-Percy-

"So, let's start with the simple matter. How serious do you think this problem actually is? How close is he to rising?" he asked as he and Remy led his brothers to the lounge, Moira having taken the demigods to a different room so they could talk business.

"We're not sure about the actual rising," Hades explained "but we do know that this is a very serious problem. We not only have to win this war but also hide our presence from the Mortals so we can't use our power as…openly as we did during the first war. The Mist will only conceal so much after all.".

"I still say we don't need you or your kind," Zeus muttered "you're lucky I haven't killed you already.".

Sighing he turned to his fellow Ring Bearer "Remy." He ordered calmly as the man got up.

"On it pops." The son of Perses said calmly before extending a collapsible steel bo staff and used it to strike Zeus across the jaw.

"Remember this Zeus," he said coldly, his warm persona from dinner gone "you are in my home and I will not tolerate your attitude here. Are we clear?".

"Crystal." The King of the gods growled while holding his damaged jaw, eyeing Remy and the metal staff warily.

"Good," he said with a calm smile as he returned to his warmer personality "now then. My proposal is this, you are likely to have several quests over the next few years involving the war against our Father. I will allow your demigods who are issued the quests to select members from my organization who are willing to aide them to go on the quests with them. Along with that we will be doing our own mission to further cause problems for Kronos' forces.".

"And what do you want in return?" Poseidon asked with a raised eyebrow as he gave a smirk.

"I want Zeus to swear upon his position as King of the gods that he will never again attempt to destroy me or my order, nor any Demititan, simply for existing. He must swear to the River Styx that he will uphold this deal and, should he break it, he will be stripped of his authority and a new king will be named.".

"WHAT?!" Zeus roared, the thunder god shooting to his feet, "You expect me to agree to this?!".

"Deal." Poseidon said simply as Zeus turned enraged towards the sea god.

"You don't have the authority to-" Zeus began before Hades backhanded the king of the gods.

"The Council met in secret before this meeting brother," Hades said coldly "they knew that you would try something stupid that would endanger us all so we put it to a vote and agreed that, should Perseus' terms be reasonable, Poseidon and I together could overrule you and agree to them.".

"I am your king!" Zeus thundered.

"We are a council!" Poseidon yelled back "We exist for a reason and it isn't so you can lord over us all! The council's decision stands. We are accepting Perseus' terms.".

"It's good to see at least two of my three brothers here have some common sense." he said with a smirk as he shook hands with the Lords of the Sea and Underworld while Zeus fumed but was unable to do anything as his 'guests' had been forced to leave their weapons behind. "Seeing as Zeus is going to spend the rest of his time here pouting," he said as Poseidon and Hades laughed "he may leave and be informed of our decisions tomorrow.".

"You will be punished for this Poseidon," Zeus growled "as will you Hades. I won't let you two get away with this betrayal.". Zeus would have said more but Remy threw another card at Zeus's feet and, in another flash of crimson light, the king of Olympus had vanished.

"Great," he said with a relieved sigh as the tension in the room dropped astronomically "I thought he'd never leave. Remy, can you go get Moira and the demigods so we can finalize who will be staying at Camp Half-Blood and where?".

"Sure thing Pops." Remy said with a nod as the son of Perses walked out of the Lounge.

"Why does he keep calling you 'pops'?" Poseidon asked him as they waited for the others to arrive, "Is he your actual son?".

"He's my adopted son," he explained "biologically he's a son of Perses from when the Titan escaped Tartarus for a time a few centuries ago. Moira and I found him as a small child with no control over his powers so we helped him fake his death and took him in. Trained him in how to use his abilities and, when one of our Ring Bearers died, he was chosen to fill the slot.".

"He seems…rather quiet." Hades noted idly as footsteps were heard down the hall.

"More like Moira threatened to cut his balls off if he ruined the negotiations by flirting with the demigoddesses you brought," he said with a snort "I love him like a son but that boy will flirt with anything female.".

"Oh come on pops," Remy whined as the five others walked into the lounge "I'm not that bad.".

"Yes you are." He said with a snort as he walked over to the fridge "Anyone want a drink? I've got water, beer, and bourbon.".

"A bourbon please little brother." Poseidon said gratefully as Hades nodded before he used his time powers to play around a bit and froze the world before setting the glasses in front of them and moving back.

"I hate it when you do that." Hades muttered before taking the drink.

"How'd he move so fast?" Annabeth asked in shock as she stared at him.

"Son of the Time Titan remember?" he asked with a raised eyebrow "I can freeze time around me or slow it down. Anyway, what do you want?".

"Water." She said stiffly as she shook off her shock.

"I'll take a water as well," Alex said with a shrug "I'm not all that used to alcohol and don't want to get drunk.".

Nodding he tossed a couple water bottles at the two before turning to Moira, Remy, and Clarisse, "I know you want a beer," he said pointing to his adopted son who grinned, and I have some champagne for Moira, what about you Miss La Rue?".

"Beer." The daughter of Ares said simply as he shrugged and passed out the other drinks before popping open a bottle of beer for himself.

"Alright you three," Poseidon said once the drinks were served "it has been decided that Perseus will provide members of his Order to aide in any quests me may undertake during this war and will also be doing others missions on their own to further hinder Kronos' forces.".

"And what did we have to promise in return for this?" Annabeth asked with a scowl as she sipped her water.

"Zeus is required to swear an oath upon the River Styx that if he attacks a demititan or a member of my order simply for existing again then he shall have to give up his title as King of the gods forever." He said seriously as the demigods gaped.

"How the hell did you manage to get my dad to agree to that?" Alex asked in shock "And where is my dad anyway?".

"We didn't give him a choice," Hades said with a shrug "the council met yesterday and we agreed that if myself and Poseidon found Perseus' terms reasonable then we could overrule Zeus and agree to them. Zeus wanted to refuse but the Council can still overturn his decisions.".

"Who supported that anyway?" he asked curiously "I doubt Athena agreed to it.".

"No," Poseidon snorted "old Owl breath was and always will be a little daddy's' girl and refuses to ever side against Zeus no matter how wrong the idiot is. But the rest of the council knows how serious this subject is and how…poor Zeus is at friendly negotiation.".

"You mean any negotiation that doesn't involve threatening someone?" he asked idly as Hades snorted in amusement.

"Now we're going to decide where members of his order will stay when at Camp Half-Blood and how many will be there at any given time." Poseidon said, cutting off the daughter of Athena as she was about to say something that, by her expression, would have likely been insulting.

"We have a Ring Bearer that is a highly skilled architect and mechanic," he spoke up "he can design our lodgings and help to build them. The main situation is deciding how many of us should be at the Camp at any given time.".

"As many as you want," Hades said with a shrug "so long as you keep your end of the deal and don't outright attack any of the Campers, without just cause, then I don't see any problem. It can be a recruiting area for your Order, or a training base, or a 'vacation post' if you want.".

"Our vacation posts are in places like Hawaii," he said idly as he sipped his bear "or in the Caribbean. But still, I'll have it on shifts and try to keep at least one or two ring bearers at the camp at a time until the war ends so there's always at least one heavy hitter.".

"Then I believe we have a deal." Poseidon said with a grin as he smiled in return and shook hands with his brothers.

"If that's all can we go?" Annabeth demanded irritably as the daughter of Athena finished her water and crushed the bottle "I'd like to leave already.".

"Watch yourself daughter of Athena," Hades said coldly "as my brother said to Zeus…you are guests in his home so behave yourself. He has been more than hospitable so your behavior is most…unwise.".

"It's alright Hades," he said before the furious demigoddess could retort "I have some business related to the order to attend to anyway later this evening. I shall see you in a few days at the camp so my people can begin constructing a small base for us to use.".

"See you then brother." Poseidon said with a grin before Remy took the rest of his guests away in a burst of red light.

"So what 'business' do you have to do tonight?" Moira asked once they were alone as he turned to his wife and smirked at her.

"Why that's simple." He said with a grin as he wrapped an arm around her waist "I'm seeing to it that the most important person in the world to me, who happens to be a part of the order, feels…pleasurable." He whispered the end huskily before kissing his wife soundly as she moaned into his mouth and returned the gesture.

"Then you better get started." She breathed passionately as he scooped her up in his arms, inhaling her scent as he carried her to their bedroom.