Chapter 5: Revelations and Romances Bloom

Karina/Omega POV

Inside the base...

I thought about what happened. Is it still possible for us to forgive them? Why should I? They mocked me for being unclaimed until I met Chronus! That scumbag, Richie fooled me into thinking I was accepted into society! And worst of all, that wisdom b****. Jason sat on his bed, helmet off, feeling guilty, Piper was comforting him, and Percy, Thalia, Nico, and Reyna were playing Halo 4, 2 versus 2, guys vs. girls. Judging by the annoyed expressions on the boys, the girls were clearly winning. Hey, I didn't look at the screen, okay.

"What time is it anyway?" Piper asked.

"Probably like one o'clock, sis." Percy replied as he assassinated Reyna's character with a Covenant Energy Blade.

"Oh, screw you, Perce." the ex-praetor chuckled while trying to respawn.

"Gosh dang it!" Nico screamed.

"I can snipe, Death Breath." the former Hunter replied, still laughing.

"Okay, here's a plan, and it's stupid." I said. They all turned to me as the Halo game paused.

"I think you guys have to reveal your identities." I finished.

"WHAT THE F***?!" they all screamed.

"Look, you guys reveal yourselves, I'll keep my identity a secret, and I'll make sure they don't do or say anything stupid without me knowing it."

"Okay." Percy said, shocking me and the others.

"Why is this okay to you, brother?" Piper asked.

"I can't wait to make them squirm for calling us weak."

"I agree with him." Reyna said. "They've forgiven Jason, so why not? Besides. This was bound to happen."

"True." everyone else muttered.

During night time...

I walked over to the ampitheatre, calling the attention of the gods and demigods with a gunshot to the sky. They eyed me suspiciously.

"Now, my comrades have agreed to show their true identities, after the fiasco with your stupid Roman augur."

There were murmurs of agreement. Finally.

"What about you, oh awesome assassin?" Richie scoffed. I pointed my revolver at him.

"I didn't say anything about revealing MY identity, so suck it up."

I lowered my revolver, giving the stage to my comrades while eying the crowd intently. Zafina went up first.

"As you all know, I'm Zafina, daughter of Anubis but...my real name..."

She took her mask off, surprising the Romans.

"-is Reyna Ramirez-Arellano, daughter of Bellona."

"REYNA!" someone screamed. I saw two people: an Afro-American young lady and some guy with the face of a baby, and the body of Chuck Norris.

"Hazel? Frank?" Reyna said as the two crushed her in a loving hug.

"We missed you!" Frank screamed.

"I missed you guys as well." Reyna replied, patting their heads.

Mizu went next. Oh boy, this is going to get worse. This was actually a bad idea!

"I'm Mizu no Kage, daughter of Ryujin. My real name..."

In case something goes wrong, I placed my hand on my revolver and Kinetic Aspis shield.

"-is Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite."

Many jaws hit the ground as the love goddess squealed in joy.

"MY DAUGHTER HAS RETURNED!" Aphrodite screamed, crushing Piper in a bear hug.

"You have some nerve to return, little slut." Mark sneered. I saw Artemis look startled so she just walked a lot farther away from him.

"'Respects women' my ass!" I yelled at him.

"Why did I believe everything Poseidon said about you?!" I heard Artemis murmur. Hehe. He just lost the respect of one goddess.

"I think you need to shut your little mouth, you goman baka." Piper hissed, leaving the stage angrily and standing next to her brother.

"What the hell did she just call me?" Mark asked.

"Goman baka means 'arrogant idiot' in Japanese." Malcolm explained.

"Screw you!"

"Whatever." the daughter of Ryujin snorted. Azazel, Phyra, and Arashi all came up at the same time.

"Well, let's do this." Azazel muttered.

"Nervous?" Phyra asked.

"Nah. Let's just get this over with and take a nap." Arashi said.

They took their masks off, and everyone's jaws dropped.

"Yes. Perseus Orion Jackson, Thalia Cassandra Grace, and Nicolas Stephen di Angelo have returned, not as Greek demigods." I announced. (P.S. I made those second names up. They're not canon)

"Thalia!" Artemis screamed, wanting to hug her. Growling, the daughter of Thor just sidestepped to avoid the moon goddess. The Hunters gasped at how their former lieutenant reacted.

"You believed those lies, Artemis?" Zephyra spat. "Where the f*** were you when they called Piper a slut?!"

"I...I only found out just now that they're like this, Thalia!"

"I've heard enough. There's no hope for everyone else's egos to be popped." the daughter of Thor hissed as she flew away to the Chaos building.

"You dare disrespect your father and half brothers?! Riptide indeed belongs to Mark!" Poseidon bellowed. Now, Arashi REALLY lost it. He just threw one of his swords at the sea god. It gave Poseidon a bleeding gash on the right side of his face before returning to its owner.

"YOU? MY FATHER?! YOU WERE NOT MY FATHER ANYMORE THE MOMENT YOU MOCKED ME AND WHEN I HEARD THAT YOU MOCKED KARINA JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS UNCLAIMED! MY WISH AFTER THE TITAN WAR WAS FOR THE CHILDREN OF ALL THE MINOR GODS TO BE WELCOME! AND DID THAT IDIOTIC EXCUSE OF A SEASPAWN EARN ZOË'S RESPECT?! NO, OF COURSE NOT BECAUSE I KNOW SHE DOESN'T LIKE MEN AS ARROGANT AND IDIOTIC AS HERCULES! AND BESIDES, RYUJIN WAS MORE OF A FATHER THAN YOU EVER WERE!"

"Yeah, and same with Anubis. He was more of a father than you, Hades." Azazel spat.

"Then why wasn't she claimed? She's clearly a nothing." Annabeth snorted. Gosh! I want to shoot her in the face! Okay. I'm going to show them all why they should not have mocked and betrayed me!

"I'm standing right here, blondie!" I screamed, revealing my face. Everyone seemed pretty shocked.

"I have already been claimed." I spat.

"Well whoever claimed you's probably weak. You're nothing and you'll always be nothing, Karina." Mark snickered. I was starting to get tempted to pull out a bazooka.

"It's Chronu-"

Okay, I got cut off when everyone gasped.

"You're a child of Kronos?! KILL HER!" Richie screamed. All the Olympians and campers drew their weapons but, I stopped time completely and smacked them off their hands before returning to my original place on the ampitheatre and resuming time.

"I wasn't even done expla-"

"Save it, little b****, die!" the wisdom spawn screeched, picking up her dagger and charging at me.

"STAND THE F*** DOWN!" I heard Arashi and Mizu scream. Everyone hesitantly stopped what they were doing and like ten water dragons the size of bullet trains began to encircle the area.

"Now, let her finish." Fenrir hissed.

"Thanks. Now, I wasn't going to say Kronos the Titan Lord. I meant Chronus, Primordial of Time." I said.

"Ha! Don't make up nonsense." Poseidon snorted. I saw Athena smack him at the back of his head.

"Did you even notice that Hemara and Gaea are still around?!" she shouted. "The Primordial Council chose her because she is most likely as powerful as Kronos."

"Smart as always, Lady Athena." I said.

"Thanks...I guess." the goddess of wisdom replied.

"Don't try anything funny from now on." Arashi said bitterness and hatred in his voice. The ten water dragons went back to the lake as the remaining six swiftly move back to their building. The son of Ryujin gave them one last glare before shutting the door.

Artemis POV

What Thalia said hit me like bullets. I was out hunting while all those events happened and I gave Thalia a vacation for her work. When I got back, they were gone and Poseidon just told me that his two sons respected women. I was suspicious until persuasion from my father and uncles got the better of me.

Arashi POV

Riptide in the hands of an idiot?! WHAT F***ING NONSENSE IS THAT?! I threw my swords on the floor in frustration and sat on my bed. I took off my mask before laying on the bed.

"Percy?" I heard Reyna call out.

"Reyna? What's up?" I asked. She sat on my bed with a concerned look on her face.

"You lost it back there, y'know."

"I couldn't help it. Think about it, Reyna. The sword of a hero, in the hands of an asshole."

"Lashing out's not going to help."

"I can't help it, Reyna. That sword was a gift from one of my fallen friends and now, that...asshole gets to have it like he did all the work in the Titan War."

"Hey, I understand too." she told me. Placing her chin on my shoulder. I turned to her and I became red at the fact that our lips almost met.

"Thanks, Rey." I replied.

The next thing that happened shocked me: Reyna kissed me. She freaking kissed me! I kinda liked her but I didn't expect this!

"I love you, Percy." she said when we broke away.

"I love you too, Reyna." I replied as we went back to kissing.