What's up everyone, fjclay bringing a new chapter of Flying Hope. First off I would like to thank Matt, for being my most faithful reviewer. I also am disappointed, in the results of my poll. 400 people have read what I have posted so far, and only two people voted on the poll. The clear winner of which DNA Percy gets is Cheetah DNA. Considering the results of the poll, I will go ahead and choose the pairing. So sit back and enjoy the next chapter of Flying Hope.

The gods were silent. Each one staring at the next. They had heard Rachel's words. The warning that was given.

"He can't be free. Not now," Poseidon started.

"We must send someone to check his prison. Perhaps reinforce it somehow," Athena said.

"Enough. Dionysus, you will head back to the Camp. Get the demigods prepared immediately." Zeus commanded. Apollo, Artemis and Ares, go and check his prison. Make sure it is secure. Hephaestus, work with Athena, see if anything can be done about his cell. Everyone else, prepare the other gods. If he is indeed coming back, we need to be ready."

"I will ready the Cyclops Army, and speak with the other sea gods. As well as ensure the chains on Typhon." Poseidon spoke before flashing out, the other gods following his example. Soon the throne room was empty. Almost. Kratos appeared from behind Zeus's throne. His face was etched with worry. He looked in to the hearth, and sent a message to Perseus. He only hoped it wouldn't be too late.

Percy POV

Well, here we are with another joyous vision of the future. It started simply enough. I was on Olympus. The gods were talking about a threat, but never spoke his name, as if they feared him. But if the gods themselves were preparing both the minor gods, and the demigods, it was serious.

Then I got a scene change, and that's where it got weird. It seemed like I was back in the ancient times. I was on a battlefield. Fire burned the forest in the background. River's and lakes were flooding, and tornadoes danced in the fields. At the center of the field, stood the Olympians. Next to them stood the Titans. I could see Kronos's golden eyes glaring at a lone figure across the field.

"An interesting alliance Kronos," The figure said. "I didn't think anything would stop your war with your children, let alone teaming up to fight me with them."

"You brought us to this, the destruction you caused, could end this planet. Stand down, Ravager, and we may be merciful to you." Kronos responded. "While I care nothing for the mortals, I do wish to have a planet to rule, and if teaming with my hated flesh and blood helps to stop you, then I will do so."

"Love you too Father," Hades muttered.

The man laughed, then brought his weapon up. A pulsing black sword, the likes of which I had never seen before. As it was raised, every natural disaster moved towards the figure, the earth shook, and I knew it wasn't my fathers handiwork. The man lunged forward, at the same time the Olympian and Titan council's charged forward.

"I see you are enjoying a strange dream, Perseus." I nearly jumped out of my skin.

I spun, reaching for riptide, before recognizing the voice. "Kratos?"

"Yup." Kratos replied. He stood next to me, watching the scene before me.

"Who is that man?" I asked pointing towards the lone man charging the Titans and gods.

"I cannot tell you. The gods and Titans all swore an oath to my mother, to never utter his name again. We simply call him the Ravager."

"And this alliance? I can't see Zeus asking for help from the titans like this." I pointed out. Kratos just chuckled.

"Very surprisingly, Kronos is the one who requested help against the Ravager. Zeus agreed once it became necessary." Kratos said.

"Necessary? What happened to make Zeus and Kronos, the two most stubborn, prideful, and paranoid beings, agree to work together?" I asked incredulously.

"I am afraid, Percy, that my time is almost up. You are waking now. Before you go, I shall warn you. These mortal scientist, have been tampering with your DNA again. You will have a surprise when you wake up. Now I have a gift for you. Two gifts, actually. The first you will find in your pocket once you wake up." Kratos said.

"What pocket? They have me in pocketless pants." I said.

"Ah, the beauty of being able to summon things Percy. You will understand that feeling one day, I am sure. Now the second gift, is very helpful."

"What is the second gift?" I asked.

"Just a little perk of being Zeus's bodyguard. I have to be able to withstand electricity, being as close to Zeus as I usually am. For the next hour, once you wake up, you and that mortal, Max, I believe, will be resistant to electricity. You won't feel a thing." Kratos smiled.

"Thank you Lord Kratos." I said, very thankful for the chance to escape this mortal nightmare.

"You are welcome. Be careful. Your will shall be tested soon enough." Kratos spoke. Before I could ask what he meant, he waved his hand, and I felt myself returning from my slumber.

"-he isn't waking up?" I could hear Max's voice next to me. Her voice sounded slightly frantic to me.

"He's having a dream Max, he will wake up soon enough." That was Thalia's voice.

"After what the whitecoats did to him, I wouldn't be surprised if he woke up at all." That was Iggy. Optimistic as always.

"Not helping Iggy." Max was unusually snappy today. I decided to let it be known that I was awake.

"Would waking me up help to calm you down some?" I asked. My eyes opened to see Max and Fang standing over me. Before I could say anything, Max had pulled me into a bone crunching hug. Then she pulled back and slapped me.

"You had us worried you idiot." Max said. I looked at her, then at Fang, who shrugged his shoulders.

"She's been worried sick since yesterday. You've been out for almost a week now." Fang said.

"A week?!" I bolted upright, ignoring the fact that my muscles ached badly. "What did they do to me?" I asked.

Max, Fang nor Thalia would meet my gaze. They looked upset.

"What's wrong? Talk to me guys, I know the whitecoats did something to my DNA." I exclaimed. Max sighed.

"They injected you with some sort of feline DNA Percy. We aren't sure what though." She said.

I looked around and saw a small mirror on the opposite wall. I stood up shakily, and was steadied by Fang. I gave a small nod of thanks, before I stumbled over to the mirror.

The first change I saw was the teeth. My canine teeth were extremely sharp. They were slightly longer, not much, only about a half inch longer. My eyes were the only other change I saw on my body. They were still sea green, with flecks of black and gray, but they were shaped exactly like a cats eyes are.

I gaped for a minute, before taking a deep breath, and turning around. Thalia and Max seemed a bit worried, but one look at my determination got them to relax.

"Max, Fang, wake the others up. We are getting out of here. Now." I said.

I felt around in my pockets, and found riptide, and something else. It was a Stygian Ice dog whistle. I knew exactly how to get them out now.

"How are we going to escape? We don't even know how to fly Percy." Thalia said, walking towards me.

I gave her my best smirk and held up the whistle. "Who said we need to fly? We are riding out in style."

"Mrs. O'Leary?" Thalia asked uncertainly.

"Exactly. She can't carry us all at once, so you will have to take the younger members, and Iggy, Fang and Max will leave next. One of us needs to go in case we have to allow them entrance to camp. It's the best way to do it. If you see him, send Nico back with her to get me." I said. I gave her a slight glare when she looked ready to argue about going first.

I turned around, and quickly explained the plan to the rest of the flock. Max and Fang nodded. If anything, it would ensure that Angel, Gazzy and Nudge could escape. This place wasn't something the children needed to be. I then explained to Max that the electric collar wouldn't work for another forty five minutes. Giving us enough time to escape.

"Alright. Let's do this then." Iggy said. With a nod from everyone else, I faced the bars.

I uncapped riptide, enjoying the feeling of my sword being in my hand again. I swung it through the chains on the cage door, before pushing it open. Once we got out of the cage, into the big room adjoining the cage, I blew the whistle.

Mrs. O'Leary popped out of the shadows, and after a quick drenching in hellhound slobber, we got Gazzy, Angel and Nudge saddled on top of the happy hellhound. Thalia got on behind them.

"Hang on everyone. Mrs. O'Leary, take them to the camp, and come back for us next. Can you do that girl?" I asked. I got a tongue to the face, and a bark as a reply before Mrs. O'Leary disappeared.

A minute later, Mrs. O'Leary reappeared. We got Iggy on, and Fang followed. Next was Max's turn. Once she was on, I instructed Mrs. O'Leary to drop them off, and come back for me. She was gone in a moment. Shortly afterwards, though, the alarm went off. The room flooded with Erasers, with Jeb close behind. Jeb couldn't see that I was alone, due to how tall the Erasers were.

"Percy Jackson. This is a mistake you shouldn't have made. Now Max will have to suffer for your insolence." Jeb pulled the remote from his pocket. Before he could press the button though, a howl pierced the air behind me, but I wasn't afraid. The noise just hurt though. I grabbed my ears in pain, but focused quickly on the Erasers, who were regaining their wits.

"Nice trick Jackson, but that won't stop us from putting you back into your cage." Ari said venomously.

"That might not, but an army will." A very recognizable voice said behind me.

The Erasers jumped back, as the ground in between them and me cracked open. Skeleton warriors crawled up from the crack. At least 50 of them formed ranks in front of me, locking shields, and loading muskets. One particular skeleton, was holding a blunderbuss.

"You know I had it under control Nico." I said as he stepped up next to me.

"And let you blow yourself up?" Nico replied, sarcasm lacing his tone. "Not happening. Thalia would have me resurrect you just to kill you again. Besides, someone is not happy about her master's treatment here."

The howl ripped the air again, but I was ready for it. From behind the Erasers, Jeb cried out in pain, as my very angry hellhound lifted him up in the air, his arm stuck in her jaws like a vice grip. With a small shake, she released Jeb, who went flying through the air.

As if on cue, the skeleton army attacked the Erasers. Ari jumped over them, and barreled right at me. Before I could react, Ari had hit me hard. I skid back about three feet, with blood pouring out of my nose. He swung again, and I grabbed his arm with my left hand. Using his momentum, I swung him in a circle, and once he was facing me, I gave Ari a vicious uppercut. He floated in the air for a brief second, before I put all my strength into a punch to his chest. I felt and heard the ribs crack, before Ari went flying through the air, and hitting Jeb, who had just stood up, and sending both into the wall.

Nico just stood behind his legion of warriors, watching as the skeletons methodically ripped into the Erasers, while Mrs. O'Leary wreaked havoc from their flank.

"So, you ready to go yet?" Nico asked casually, as if there wasn't a battle between skeletons and wolfmen going on in front of us.

"Yeah, I've had enough white walls to last me a life time." I said. I gave a sharp whistle, and my hellhound slunk into the shadows. Nico and I ran to the shadows in our side of the room, Nico grabbed my shoulder.

Just as we melded into the shadows, I felt unimaginable pain, as the shock collar let loose over one hundred thousand volts into me. We passed through the shadow, and we both collapsed to our knees. The electricity flowed through me, into Nico. There had to be a range to it, cause as soon as we were in camp, it stopped shocking me. I fell over, still spasming from the current.

"Rachel, go get Will, and one of the Stoll brothers, and Leo. We need to get these things off of them." I heard the voice of my teacher.

"Chiron?" I mumbled, still in slight shock.

I felt footsteps, then someone grabbing me and pulling me up. They carried me to the infirmary, where I saw Thalia and the others sitting. A couple of Apollo's children were tending to the flock.

"PERCY!" I winced as Max's voice shouted my name.

"What's going on?" Iggy asked. Fang quietly explained the situation, while Chiron set me on a bed. Max and Angel were there almost instantly. They were followed by a very annoyed Will, who looked like he had been woken up from a nap. Nico came into the room a few minutes later, looking a bit haggard with his hair all over the place, but otherwise fine.

First thing Will checked, had been my eyes. "What the Hades is with your eyes?" Will exclaimed.

I winced at the light, and looked at Thalia for help with the answer. Luckily it was Chiron who replied to him.

"For now, Will, focus on healing him, we can get all the details later."

Will nodded and got back to work. After checking my pulse, blood pressure, and other things, I was given some ambrosia and nectar. Once he was done with me, he moved onto the others. It took some convincing that Will was only trying to help, before the flock was willing to let him help them.

After helping Angel and Gazzy, he moved on to Nudge. It was then that the Stolls came in with Leo and Rachel in tow.

"Well Percy, I have to admit, I thought it would take a bit longer before you got into trouble again." Leo smirked.

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, yeah, get this collar off us Repair boy. Me first."

"Why you first?" Fang asked.

"In case there is a switch or trap, and this thing fries me, at least Leo will be able to learn as he goes." I said.

"Oh" was Fang's reply. Max wasn't too thrilled though.

"What if that kills you? You don't need to be reckless for my sake you moron." Max blew up on me. Iggy and Fang had to hold her down otherwise I am sure she would have punched me.

"Max, I know what I am doing. I won't get him killed, I promise. Besides, no technology can keep its secrets from me." Leo stated. Max seemed to calm down slightly from his words. She kept shooting worried looks at me.

For a while Leo used his slim fingers to prod around the collar. The Stoll's spent a bit studying the lock on it. Once Leo gave the all clear, he started handing tools to Conner, who proceeded to pick the lock on the collar. He spent five minutes doing so, before a loud click sounded from the collar. Leo gently pulled it off of me, and I rubbed my neck. It was sore and stiff, and from what I saw in the mirror, red, with minor burns.

Leo had started checking the collar on Max, and gave Travis the ok and in no time, Max was rubbing her neck, which luckily had no burns on it.

"Chiron. We need a council. We have some big issues." I said, turning my head to face the centaur.

"I understand. And your companions?" He asked. I looked at Max and Fang. They were the leaders of the flock. Seemingly confused, I nodded at the to reassure them.

"Max and Fang will come. We can introduce the rest of them afterwards. The others need a safe place to rest for now." I replied. Fang shot me a grateful look.

"Very well, Will, if you can, please bring one of your siblings here. They can watch over them until the meeting is over." Chiron said, turning to the boy who was checking Angels pulse.

"Of course, Chiron. I'll be a minute. I just want to finish checking their vitals." Will said. He was absorbed into his job again, tuning out everyone but his patient. I noticed Iggy was shifting around uneasily.

"What's wrong Iggy?" I asked.

"New surroundings. They make me unsettled. I'll be fine, once I get used to wherever things are." He explained.

"Alright, just relax for now, and I'll give you guys a tour in a little bit." I promised.

I stood up, and Max, Fang and I left the room. Once out in the hall, Max turned towards me. "Do we have to show them what the whitecoats did to us?" I could understand the trepidation in her words.

"Not if you don't want to. I will have to show them what they did to Thalia and me, though. Don't worry about being judged harshly here though. The campers are nice kids." I said soothingly. I didn't want them to freak out. I led them down the hall, into the rec room. The ping pong table had been replaced with a long oak table you would find in a board room for a big company. Thalia came in shortly after us, and sat down next to me at the head of the table. Max and Fang stood behind us, their backs to a wall.

"I'll need to get in touch with Lady Artemis after this. I need to see if I am still part of the hunt or not." Thalia murmured.

"Why wouldn't you be?" I asked. I didn't see a reason she would be kicked from the hunt. "You didn't break your oath, you were kidnapped."

"I know that Kelp Head, but I don't feel her blessing anymore. That's what scares me." She said back. I could feel the worry emanating off her. I pulled her into a side hug.

"Don't worry about it, I am sure Artemis would have you back in the hunt," I said. We couldn't talk more, as the councilors started pouring into the room.

Once every councilor in camp arrived, including the centurions, I took a long look at everyone assembled. Clovis was already asleep, Leo was building something, Clarisse was sharpening a dagger, Reyna sat at attention, Jason was in the corner, whispering to Piper, Will had just walked in, Travis and Conner had just looted Dakota's flask at Gwen's request, Hazel and Frank were watching me expectantly, and Malcom, was trying to concentrate on his book. So many of them were new campers, new legionnaires, and all of them were here, waiting to hear what I had to say. I took a deep breath, and stood, my chair scrapping against the wood flooring.

"We have a problem. Some mortals have found out about us." I stopped there, to let the thought sink in. A lot of them seemed scared, and they had every reason to be.

"What's going on Percy?" Jason asked.

"A little of 3 weeks ago, at my mother's apartment in Manhattan, Thalia and I were kidnapped. They used a tranquilizer of some sort to knock us out. We tried to fight back, but our weapons were useless against them."

"Mortal's kidnapping demigods? Why would they do it though?" Malcom asked, putting his book away to focus on the conversation.

"The ones responsible, are a group of scientists, who experiment on children." I said. I spent the next hour explaining everything that happened. I could see anger and rage on the faces of the older campers, while the newer ones showed fear.

"They did what to you Percy?" Reyna asked in disbelief. I grimaced, removed my shirt, and let my wings expand from behind me. Gasps of shock and surprise rang throughout the crowd. A few of the more insightful ones stood up, coming to inspect my wings. The rest of them looked pale.

Malcom snorted in amusement. I gave him a sharp look. "It's nothing Percy. I just found it ironic that you have the wings of a Frigate bird. It's a type of seabird." Malcom said offhandedly. I could see the irony in that.

"Hey Percy, what's with the spots on your back?" Jason asked. He had seemed the most curious in my wings. I could see why, being a son of Jupiter.

"They look like cheetah spots. His eyes even remind me of a cheetah." Pollux said. Dakota came and looked as well, verifying what Pollux had spoken.

"It would explain the other DNA they mixed with mine." I said.

"What about Thalia?" Jason asked suddenly.

"I got wings too." She replied.

"Why would the mortals do this. This is cruelty," Piper asked.

"Because they are crazy. They believe the world is going to be destroyed." Fang answered. I almost forgot they were here, they had been so quiet.

"Um, not to be rude, but who are you?" Katie asked.

"I'm Max, and this is Fang. We were experiments of the School as well. There are four others here with us." Max answered. Katie gave a polite smile.

"What evidence do they have to believe that the world is ending?" Clarisse asked.

"They have no actual evidence, but they believe that the earthquake in Greece is the beginning. What they don't know is that I was the cause of that earthquake." I said wryly. "The point is, these mortals, are kidnapping children or growing them in test tubes and treating them as subhuman, nothing more than an experiment, to try and breed the next generation of human beings."

The questions started then. It took a while to answer them all, but in the end, it was worth it. Max and Fang were even willing to share that they had wings as well. "If that is all the questions, we will disband this meeting. Remember, when traveling the mortal world, be more cautious than ever." Chiron said, waving everyone out.

Once everyone was gone, except Jason, Thalia, Max, Fang and me, Chiron turned towards us.

"So, Max, Fang, what do you plan to do?" Chiron asked. "Do you plan to stay here, or are you going to leave?"

"We don't know yet. We aren't demigods, but we don't have anywhere to go either. We may stay for a while, teach Percy and Thalia how to fly at least." Max answered. I paled instantly.

"That might not be a good idea. I really don't like the idea of Zeus blasting me out of the sky." I said. Thalia and Jason both looked ready to argue with me, but someone else spoke before they could.

"My brother, will not harm you Perseus Jackson." A very familiar voice said. We turned, and bowed. Max and Fang followed suit after a moment, confused about bowing to a young girl.

"Lady Hestia?" Thalia respectively greeted.

"Thalia, Artemis is in the living room, wanting to speak to you privately." Hestia said gently.

"Thank you, My Lady," Thalia bowed, before leaving the room.

"Perseus," Hestia turned to me. "I am here to assure you, that you will be safe in Zeus's domain."

"Zeus will let me fly? Just like that?" I asked incredulously.

Hestia gave me a warm smile. "I may have reminded him that your father allows his children to freely travel his domain. Zeus has decided that you were worthy enough to travel in the sky. His only demand is that you never fly directly to Olympus."

"So, you were able to talk him into it?" Hestia was the only one I knew who could make The King of the Gods listen to reason. Most of the time, anyways.

"Most don't realize it, but Zeus does listen to reason quite often." Hestia said. She turned to Max and Fang, who had been quiet throughout the conversation. "It's a pleasure to meet you at last, children. I am Hestia, goddess of the hearth."

"At last? I don't understand. You have been watching us?" Max asked. They looked at me, but I was just as confused as they were.

"Yes, I have been watching over your family for years. Ever since Jeb Batchhelder, set you free from that wretched place." Hestia said. "I am the goddess of family, after all. You may not be from blood, but the Flock, is a family as tight together as any I have ever seen. I have helped you, where I can."

"Helped us? How?" Fang seemed very shocked, which wasn't a surprise.

"Have you not wondered, why you never ran out of food, at your old house? Or that cabin when you were on your way to rescue young Angel?" Hestia replied kindly.

"I, I always thought we had more food than I realized. I never would have thought that a goddess was helping us." Max mumbled.

"It is hard, for us, to stay away, and not help. We do what we can, while being indirect. I am allowed a bit more freedom, considering that family, is part of my domain. I help every family I can, even if they do not realize it." Hestia explained. Thunder rumbled, and Hestia looked up into the sky. "Zeus calls me back to Olympus. I must bid you farewell. Perseus. Your father will have a surprise waiting for your, at dinner tonight. He hopes you like it." And with that statement, she left the room, a flash of light signaling that Hestia had teleported away.

"So" Fang started. "That was a goddess? She seemed almost,"

"Normal?" Jason finished. Fang nodded. "A lot of the gods are. Makes it easier for them to blend in with society. Not all do though."

"So Percy, when do you want to learn to fly?" Max asked. She had a mischevious glint to her eyes.

"Umm, maybe later. Let's get you guys a tour, and find out where you can sleep first." I said. I was sure I was pale.

"C'mon Perce, it won't be that bad. I'll catch you if you start falling." Jason said between laughs. I sent him my best glare, but it hardly fazed him.

"See Percy, you will be fine." Max teased. I could see Fang's shoulders moving up and down as he laughed silently.

"Haha, very funny you two," I said. They obviously weren't going to let this go anytime soon. "Would tomorrow be ok? I think we all need a good meal, and a goodnight sleep."

"That's fine Percy. How about that tour?" Max said.

That's chapter 6. I am sorry the escape scene was slightly rushed. I'm still trying to work on my fight scenes a little. More action will be coming soon. Good luck guessing the gift Hestia mentioned.