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Chapter Twenty: I Start a War

Zeus reeled back, shocked. I stared at him, my mouth open and gaping. I kept thinking that this didn't happen. This was only my horrible imagination thinking the worst.

Annabeth grabbed me and pulled me away. Shit! Shit! Shit! This wasn't suppose to happen. I could hear the Crooked Bastard chuckling. I was about to try damage control when Zeus spoke. His eyes were glazed and dilated.

"It's you! Not what you would bring us, but you! You are the power!" His eyes flicked towards Hermes and Apollo. "And you tried to keep that from me? Are you trying to usurp me?!" He made a grab for me, but Annabeth yanked me away. I felt like a rag doll.

Hermes spoke quickly. "No! Father, no, we are merely trying to prevent Kronos from winning beyond the grave. Please, let go of this power lust, Father! It will only lead to war, and destruction!"

Apollo cried softly. "Troy! Troy! How will this age end?" Louder he shouted. "This age shall end in death, fire, and storms! Mortals shall be murdered by lightning! Demigods shall be killed by fire! What are we to do?! Nullify those last two wars with this hideous lust for power?! Father, please see reason!" Annabeth and I were slowly moving away from Zeus' reach.

Ares eyes saw our movement. "Father! The daughter of Athena is stealing the power!"

I shouted. "What?! I'm just power now?! What a way to de-humanize me, Ares!"

Athena cried out above the shouts of the gods. "Enough! We must stand together! We must not fight amongst each other!"

Poseidon clashed his trident against Ares' sword. "You will not use my son, for your own lusts!"

Zeus screamed at his brother. "You merely want him for yourself!"

Hades shouted among his brothers. "I lost the most power during the Roman's takeover. I deserve him!"

Artemis pushed him away from me, shouting all the while. "No one deserves Percy Jackson!"

Aphrodite was calling for me to come to her. Saying that she could give me anything I wanted if I just gave her more power.

Apollo and Hermes were jostled as they tried to protect Annabeth from Hera.

I knew it was too late to change anything. The die was cast, so to speak. The room was split into two parts. A line had been made between the gods. Poseidon, Apollo, Hermes, Artemis, Hestia, Hephaestus, and Dionysus were calling out to the other gods to see reason. I surprised to see Dionysus taking my side, but then I remember all the flashes of wisdom and small kindness to me that he showed. Maybe he had a heart after all, buried deep under all his bitterness.

I heard Zeus scream something about a conspiracy against him. I knew it was too late for any diplomacy. I stared at their eyes, I could tell that no words would reach them. They were too far-gone.

My strength was coming back slowly. I pushed Annabeth away just in time to stop Ares from killing her with his sword. He chuckled at me.

"I noticed power is exchange to through physical contact. I'll have lots of fun with you, Jackson!"

I growled and pushed him away. "I'd rather go to Tartarus!" Apollo and Hermes stopped Ares from touching me. I grabbed Annabeth and we moved away from the fray. I didn't want the gods to revert to their natural beings and burn her to ashes.

"Go to my villa. You know the codes. It's a fortress. Stay there and wait for the others." She nodded, knowing that she was just a demigod in a fight with gods. As god of humility, I knew that this was hard for her to admit, but she nodded.

"Don't die on me Seaweed Brain!"

I gave her my signature crooked grin. "Hey, I'm a god now, I can't die!"

She sniffed, in perfect copy of her mother. "Well, do get capture either! I'm not going to let you leave me again!"

I kissed her. "I won't leave you. Now hurry! Before the gods start showing their glory!"

She kissed me again. I fed her enough strength to get her back on her feet. She pulled away, swallowed her pride, and fled to the outside, and ran away. I sighed. No matter what happened, at least she would be safe. I would have to keep the demigods safe as well. I wondered what side they would choose, their parents or me?

This was going to be hard on me. I was the god of demigods, after all. Romans and Greeks would fight for their parents, and most probably against the other children. Jason…Nico…Hazel…Thalia…. Thalia, she was going to be most torn, Artemis and me, against her father. This war was wrong. It split families. I felt a sob trying to rip its way out of my throat, but I held it down. I wouldn't cry. Time enough for mourning with the dead were counted.

I turned back and saw my father battling Zeus and Hades, trident against swords. Apollo and Artemis were fighting Ares and Persephone. Hestia fought against Demeter. Hephaestus clashed swords with Aphrodite. Though he was crippled there was no denying that he was excellent with swords. Aphrodite, herself, was frighteningly good.

They had all started growing, and glowing with power. I noticed Hermes using his dagger against Hera. Preventing her from aiding her husband, or sister. Athena was screaming at them to stop this idiocy. She finally gave up and started helping Hermes subdue Hera. Artemis and Apollo continued to fight against Ares. Persephone was unconscious. Gods could lose consciousness? Wow…

I heard a scream and saw Hestia bleeding golden ichor from her cheek. Demeter wore a feral grin at hurting her sister. I felt sick. I saw Dionysus coming to Hestia aid. His eyes were black with anger at anyone hurting the peaceful goddess of the hearth and home. Vines grew out of nowhere and started to hamper the opposing gods and goddesses. Ares grunted and just started hacking at them with his sword. Dionysus cried out. I guess the vines were connected to him somehow.

I grew in stature to my full height, and rushed to aid my father. Riptide had grown in size with me. I never could figure out how that worked. With my father, we pushed Zeus and Hades away. Zeus tried to grab me, but I continually dodged him. I noticed my father tiring. I reached out to grab him and pull him back, instead power coursed through me and into him. His aura glowed brighter than the sun. He bellowed a laugh and charged against Hades with renewed vigor. I sighed. That had only made things worse. I turned just in time to dodge another attempt of Zeus' to grab me.

"You've helped your father, boy! Why not help me? I'm your uncle after all!"

"This is wrong! This is all wrong! Uncle, see reason! We shouldn't be fighting! Please just let this go."

He growled and slammed me backwards against the wall. I hadn't been prepared for such a vicious attack. I would have expected that from a Titan, but not from Zeus, no matter how much he disliked me. My head had cracked against the wall. Blackness was filling my vision. I fought it.

My father screamed my name. Everyone turned and saw Zeus choking me, golden ichor flowing down my face. Poseidon roared in anger and pulled Zeus off of me. I tried to get up, but the blow to my head, and the drug still in my system made my body sluggish. I curse Hermes again for giving it to me. I was the best swordsman on the Council, it was a fact, not a boast. I could've have helped more!

However, my mind went fuzzy, and all I could do was watch as the gods fought against each other. The defending gods had formed a small semi-circle around me to protect me.

And all this time, I could hear a small chuckling, deep in the background of my mind. Kronos. I felt like I was being pulled deeper into myself. The shouts, and clashes of swords became muffled.

I was surrounded by blackness. A voice spoke from the darkness, enfolding me, surrounding me, slicing through me, chilling me with a cold so freezing that it burned.

"Like my plan B, boy? I have to admit, it went so much better than I expected! To make matters even better, it was you who delivered the final blow. You, who stopped me first, now have continued my desires!" He started laughing.

"Zeus will see reason! He defeated you! He will do it again!" I shouted at the blackness. I heard more chuckling.

"I'm sorry boy, but maybe you've forgotten whose son he is?"

I fell to my knees. "Zeus is the son of Kronos."

"Exactly, and you know the old saying. 'Like father, like son.'" He started laughing in triumph.

"He still has justice in him! I know he does! How else would my father let him rule for so long?!"

Kronos had no answer to that, and I felt hope bloom, but he destroyed it. "Your father is flawed, and he is my son too. He let your uncle rule, because he didn't want this war to happen. He knew that if Zeus continued to rule, everything would be relatively peaceful."

"Peaceful! That means there is hope! I refuse to let you win, Kronos! You lost before, and you will loose again!"

"You refuse? YOU REFUSE?! That is funny! I have already won! Or did you forget Demeter's smile as she struck her eldest sister? Perhaps you've already forgotten how Zeus threw you against the wall with powers that he inherited from ME?! The gods are lost, and chaos will ensue. I will feed off of that chaos, and rise again. When I do, be aware, I will want my power back! Perhaps I will collect it slowly, pleasurably, one night at a time…one night at a time I will crush your hope and break your will…"

His cold laughter chilled me to the bones. I felt despair fill me. The Crooked One had won.

I heard Rachel's voice fill my mind.

"Not yet, Seaweed Brain! Remember the prophecy! 'Perseus Jackson, greatest of all, Fire and Sky will be your downfall. Change or alter Olympus, you must, Or this Age shall end in war of lust.' You haven't lost yet! Change Olympus!"

That was the last thing I heard before everything went silent. I slumped to the ground. I didn't feel my father pick me up and flee Hermes' villa.

Darkness fell upon me, and I felt Kronos' chilling touch caress my soul.

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