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Abandoned in the Pit

Chapter Two

Previously

"Finally!" Percy exclaimed, getting nods of agreement from his compatriots.

Once they were all off, he turned around and looked at the Titans and Giants. "You all know what to do, correct?" Upon receiving nods, he turned around and shadow traveled to the place where he planned on officially starting the war: Camp Half-Blood.

Now

The first thing Percy saw as he reappeared was a 100 foot long, napping Peleus hanging around Thalia's Tree. Percy let a small smile slip as he remembered the little Peleus that was so playful during his youth, remembering how he often gave the dragon random things to eat.

But just as suddenly, the smile faded away, as he remembered just who he fed Peleus with. His rage slowly began to grow, causing the nearby ground to rumble and shake, and waking Peleus up. Percy knew that he was still hidden in shadows, so he didn't worry about being seen by the dragon. What he did worry about was the fact that the Olympians would more than likely be showing up at the entrance to the camp.

Sure enough, not even a minute later, the twelve Olympians and Hades all showed up, garbed in full battle regalia. Percy had to hold back a snicker at how ridiculous they looked and watched as they looked around in confusion. Not far behind the gods were Chiron, the campers, and the nature spirits. Percy searched the crowd from his spot in the shadows, looking to see just how lax heroes had become. As he swept his gaze over the crowd, he spotted somebody that made his blood run cold. A girl with blonde hair in a ponytail and calculating gray eyes stood slightly behind Chiron, next to a boy with dark green eyes and black hair. Percy had a feeling he knew whose child the boy was, but he wasn't the reason Percy's blood ran cold. It was the girl next to him. Percy's rage began to blind him as he saw Annabitch once more. He hadn't forgotten about her abandoning him; and, while it may have been one of the best things that had ever happened to him, he did not appreciate being betrayed. As his rage grew, the ground began to rumble even harder than before, tripping gods and campers alike. Once he got ahold of his anger, he saw Zeus and Poseidon share a look, as if they knew what was going on.

"Come out, coward!" Zeus boomed dramatically.

Percy took the initiative to scare everybody with enthusiasm. He did a trick his father had taught him that would project one's voice and make it sound cold and evil. "Now, now, Zeusy," he teased. "Why on Earth would I do that?"

Percy watched with no small amount of amusement as Zeus' face turned apoplectic with rage. Zeus' face started at tan, went to red, moved to purple, changed to blue, and, eventually, made it back to red. Percy, in all honesty, was surprised that Zeus had managed to control himself for so long. "HOW DARE YOU!? FACE ME, COWARD! SHOW YOURSELF!"

Hm,Percy mused, two seconds… that has to be a new record. "Now," he continued with his father's trick, "why would I do that? After all, it's thirteen gods, heroes, the trainer of said heroes, and nature spirits, all against little ol' me." Percy stopped for a minute and quickly mulled something over before reaching a decision. "I'll tell you what. I'll give you three hints and three guesses. If you can guess who I am, then I'll show myself. If you can't, then I'll start killing your pathetic children. Deal?" He butted in before Zeus could utter a retort, "Good, good. Ok, then, here's your first hint: You left me alone, all alone, in the darkness of the Abyss."

He watched calmly as the assembled peoples started to whisper amongst themselves, trying to figure out who he was. After a few minutes, Zeus asked, "What's the next hint?"

Percy smiled cruelly, not that they could see him, "Your second clue is: my coming here is the beginning of my revenge for your betrayal. You might not think that that's a hint, but that should give away the answer."

The son of Tartarus let his gaze wander over the many assembled gods, demigods, etc. He watched for a few minutes, once again, waiting for their answer, when Annabeth spoke up, "Luke?"

He snarled in response, "No! I am not that pathetic weakling!" He quickly calmed himself down, "That was your first guess." The gods all turned and glared at Annabeth for getting the wrong answer, making her cower behind the newer son of Poseidon.

"What's the final hint?" Zeus queried solemnly.

Percy let out an inhumane chuckle, something he picked up from spending too much time with Erebus, "The final clue is this: roses are red, violets are blue, guess already, or I'll kill you!"

"That wasn't a hint!" Athena cried out indignantly.

He rolled his eyes in response, "Fine, the final clue is: I was around for the Second Titan War, along with the Second Giant War."

Hades frowned for a reason that Percy could not identify. He continued to watch the demigods and gods as they pondered the possibilities when Zeus answered, "Um… Ethan Nakamura?"

Percy sighed in exasperation, "No, you fool. He died during the Second Titan War, meaning that he was never around for the Second Giant War. You have one more guess before I start killing people," he finished in a sing-song voice. He turned his gaze to Annabeth and was pleased to see that she was bone white. I guess she figured it out, he thought viciously. Oh, please let her get the right answer. I want do see the looks on their faces.

"P-Percy," she muttered almost inaudibly, getting everybody's attention.

"What did you say, Annabeth?" Athena asked, concerned for her daughter's health.

"I-I s-said P-Percy," she muttered loud enough for all the gods to hear. They all turned around and stared at the general area that they believed Percy to be hiding.

"Well?" Zeus questioned.

Percy let out a cackle that he had been practicing on perfecting it with Erebus, "Mmhmm." As he let that sound out of his mouth, he expelled the shadows that were hiding him, revealing to be right behind Zeus, resulting in loud screams of panic. "Took you long enough," he whispered into Zeus' ear, causing the god to turn around as fast as lightning, hoping to catch Percy. He fired his bolt quickly, and as the smoke and dust cleared, it revealed… nothing. Absolutely nothing. "Now that wasn't very nice," Percy teased from behind Hera. Zeus, in a hurry to be rid of him, ended up not thinking and shot his Master Bolt at his wife at full strength, electrocuting her to the point that she passed out. Percy looked down at her unmoving figured, before looking Zeus straight in the eye, "Good job. I bet you've been planning that for the past few millennia. You can thank me later." He disappeared from sight again, making Zeus roar out in anger.

"FIGHT ME YOU COWARD!" he shouted, letting his anger overcome his judgment.

Percy, being two feet behind him showed himself and shrugged, "Why not?" He then forced the earth to hold down the King of the Gods before the god could react. He continued by using his powers granted by Chronos to slow down the demigods and gods so they were moving so slow, they could do nothing but watch helplessly. Percy withdrew Hell's Fury and laughed as he saw everybody's reactions to the blade. To a few, it was awe. To others, it was fear. And, to Ares, it was greed, something Percy had expected. Percy proceeded to use his blade to disarm Zeus, flinging the sword the god had conjured to the ground. "As much as I would love to end you right here and now, Zeus, that's not a part of the plans, and who am I to go against the plans of the Primordials?"

With that last comment, he disappeared into the shadows, releasing his hold on the earth and time simultaneously. He allowed the shadows to suck him up and cart him off to an undisclosed location. The last thing he heard was Zeus thundering, "PERSEUS!"

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Undisclosed location…

Seconds later, he stepped out of the large shadow of one of his allies. He smirked as he realized that his arrival had been unnoticed and quickly thought of the best way to freak the Titans and Giants out. After a bit of thinking, he chuckled to himself and combined two different ideas, one from Erebus, and the other from Tartarus. He made the shadows grow, taller and taller, higher and higher, bigger and bigger, until, eventually, his shadow stood much taller than and behind Porphyrion. Percy quickly did as his father normally did and announced his arrival with bouts of Hellfire going off. He forced Hellfire to erupt from his shadows eyes, ears, and mouth, effectively freaking Porphyrion out. Percy broke into hysterical laughter upon hearing the King of the Giants squeal like a little girl. He continued to laugh for a few more minutes, along with all of the Titans and Giants present, save a red-faced Porphyrion. As he calmed down, he made his still existent shadow pick him up and set him on its shoulder. You might be wondering why. The answer because the Titans are standing at their Titan-ly (Godly? IDK) height and the Giants were already so large. "So," he cleared his throat, "what'd I miss?"

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Olympus…

"I WANT HIM FOUND! AND I WANT HIM DEAD! NOW!" Zeus thundered as he threw a godly fit in the Olympian Throne Room. Every god and goddess was attending, ranging from Hypnos to Iris. The majority of the gods and goddesses, the non-Olympian ones, save Hades, were all wondering why Zeus was throwing such a big hissy fit.

"Um, Lord Zeus," Eros began, "what are you talking about?"

"PERSEUS, THAT'S WHAT!" was the roared response.

"Your son, Perseus?" Morpheus boldly asked.

"NO! POSEIDON'S SON, PERSEUS!"

The gods and goddesses who were not at Camp Half-Blood all had their eyes widen and mouths agape. They had heard about what the son of Poseidon, Perseus Jackson, had done, and, while they never believed it, they went along with it in order to stay in Olympus's good graces. Many of the gods and goddesses felt indebted to Perseus after the Second Titan War. He had given up godhood in order for them to be pardoned and have cabins made at Camp Half-Blood.

"Isn't he stuck in Tartarus?" Nemesis questioned, trying to get more information on the situation.

"Apparently not," Poseidon answered for his brother. "He must have found some way to escape the Pit."

"What abo―?" Hypnos, who had just woken up, began to ask.

"ENOUGH QUESTIONS!" Zeus bellowed, effectively silencing the room. "Good, now this is what we're going to do…"