Chapter 33 Reading Revelations and Sack of Rome

Percy grabbed the book from Annabeth and opened it to the last chapter she had left off at, all the immortals had come to a silent agreement that it was time to put the book down and take a break. Hestia had stood up from her spot in the center of the flames waved her hands and spread them out summoning food for everyone to eat. Once they had finished and every demigod had moved enough, they began to read once more, all sitting in the same places. Some where still while the ones with bad ADHD tried to not fidget.

Hephaestus took pity on the demigods and allowed them to pick one fidget trinket before he motioned for Percy to read.

Kronos was honestly regretting telling Iapetus to fire away – his brother had done that.

Hyperion snorted with laughter, "Fire is my speciality," he said.

"With questions dummy, I made Kronos confront a lot of his feelings." Iapetus said and smacked his brother who scowled at him.

Even after he had left, Kronos was left staring at the spot Iapetus had been standing in. Kronos vanished in a flash of light, reappearing in front of Iapetus, and grabbing him before flashing them up to his room and vaporizing every monster and demigod in the corridor.

He slammed Iapetus into the wall. "What the fuck do you mean?" he demanded angrily.

Iapetus shoved him off, his silver eyes flaring angrily. "Come on, Kronos, don't play games with me." He paused when he saw the expression on Kronos' face. "Or you're too scared to admit it," he finished.

"Kronos is scared to admit his feelings?" Jason asked and glanced to his grandfather who had narrowed eyes but didn't move away to harm him for questioning, maybe he was under an oath whistle they read the book?

"Admit what?" Kronos snarled. "I have nothing to admit."

Aphrodite and half of her cabin were staring at Percy as he read on, their eyes unblinking and making him, a Titan slightly creeped out, these were fangirls and fanboys, all hanging on the edge to hear his love life. To be honest Percy was quite surprised Aphrodite had not known what was going to happen… maybe that's because he was immortal and now Eros had control? Because even though she had been born from Ouranos…. She was a goddess.?

Iapetus laughed. "What's that mortal saying? Oh, yes. Denial is not just a river in Egypt, brother. Percy Jackson has stolen your heart," he smirked. "I can see it. It's obvious if you know the signs."

"What?!" Came everyone's shocked replies, as they all turned to look at Kronos who scowled. "Face straight and listen to the fucking book," the king sneered.

"I didn't think he had a heart, with all the stories that you tell us of the Second Titan war it just isn't imaginable," Leo whispered to Annabeth who scowled and smacked the impish boy on the head. She was still hurt over the fact that she was not with Percy. The book had confirmed it and now she was nursing a sore heart.

Kronos snorted. "It's a universally known fact that I have no heart to be stolen in the first place, brother," he said smugly. "Your assumption is invalid."

"Then why are you denying it?" Iapetus laughed. "You know I'm right. Otherwise you wouldn't have chased after me."

"It is impossible," Kronos snapped.

"I try to do five things impossible before breakfast," Percy said pausing in reading, he glanced at his father under his lashes and wondered how he was taking this… his fathers face was emotionless and his clenched fists were all he needed to know. Their eyes met and his father rose an eyebrow in questioning but did not speak. Looking for his link with his father he smiles mildly and said: even though we already talked about this… I was afraid you would disown me.

Percy saw Poseidon stiffen at the mental link they had as father and son and closed his eyes as Percy began to read again.

You are my son. I may hate who you are with now, but you are happy… sometimes. Poseidon said and Percy turned the page.

"There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened," Iapetus smirked.

Kronos bit out a growl and spun around. "It's preposterous. I don't love."

"Then why do you not torture the kid anymore? Why are you putting up with him?"

"I swore to myself that I'd never love again after Rhea," Kronos snarled. "I don't love him."

"CLASSIC DENIAL!" Aphrodite squealed and clapped her hands and fanned her face.

To be honest Ares was surprised she had lasted this long without mentioning anything, his girlfriend was on the edge of her throne and was looking gracefully crazy. Her children were in the same state chanting softly about a ship? And Percy and Kronos….

"Freak," the god of war muttered and watched Percy… he could see the appeal… rose red bow shaped lips, lightly tanned skin, green eyes that could make any man or woman swoon. His muscles and the Titan royalty clothes sat on his showing off abs, six pack and leading to the 'v' of his navel area…. Shifting uncomfortably, he groaned as he saw Kronos take the boys hand.

"You swore that before Rhea too after our father's curse," Iapetus said in amusement. "That turned out as well as this has."

"I can't love him!" Kronos exclaimed, turning to face Iapetus again.

Iapetus studied his brother and saw the near hysterical look in his eyes. "Trapped between a rock and a hard place, aren't we here, Kronos? What to do?"

"I guess that makes you our stepfather, which is really gross to think about, since you are my son, my prince and heir, while being my stepfather," Poseidon said and shuddered.

"Our family is a mess dad," Percy said and patted his fathers' shoulder, who now sat against his thrones chair instead of in front of him.

Kronos' expression changed swiftly as he realised what he had shown his brother. He scowled at Iapetus. "Don't mock me," he growled. "This is ridiculous."

Iapetus laughed as he leaned back against the wall. "I think it's rather amusing."

"Of course, you would," Kronos muttered, practically collapsing back onto his bed. "How has this happened?" he demanded.

"that is like asking why it rains!" Miles" the son of Ares sneered. "it just happens."

Everyone went quiet as they stared at the boy who thought it was okay to insult the Titan King, and when his hands went to his throat and his face was turning red, did anyone do anything.

"Stop!" Athena said her spear out and her eyes hard. "He's just a kid!"

Golden eyes narrowed and turned to face her.

"Just a kid?" Kronos growled, his face twisted in a sneer, he strode to the goddess of wisdom grabbed her forehead and thrust memories into her mind. "this is what my father did to us," he whispered, and Athena began to scream as phantom pain erupted in her skull as she was experiencing everything that a billion year younger Kronos experienced.

"Finally admitting it?" Iapetus smirked, ignoring the stink eye he received. "Can we agree on something here?"

"Depends what it is," Kronos said, eyeing Iapetus warily.

"You're going to stay away from the kid, agreed?" Kronos hesitated slightly. "Kronos! Do you want to Titans to find out you've developed feelings for him?"

"I have not developed feelings for him," Kronos snapped, though the words sounded hollow and pointless. He paused slightly. "I could just kill the kid," he said, quickly warming up to the idea.

"Harm him and you will have me to deal with," Nyx startled everyone in the room, except for a selected few who had forgotten she was in the room. Her black skin was beautiful and with the dress having a slit up her leg, it showed off the curve of her bum making a lot of the male's drool. And Apollo to recite a small poem about love.

Iapetus raised an eyebrow. "You actually think you could do it? Drive Backbiter into his heart and watch as that spark in his eyes is smothered?"

Kronos frowned. "If I have to."

Iapetus shook his head. "I'm not surprised Rhea's staying away."

Kronos scowled. "She will deserve everything that happens when she returns."

"If she returns," Iapetus said with a roll of his eyes.

"She will eventually," Kronos insisted. "And I'll happily watch her writhe in pain in front of me before I drive Backbiter into that black heart of hers."

"But you can't do it to Perseus," Iapetus noted.

"I never said that" Kronos retorted.

Iapetus sighed. "I know you, brother. You might think you can do it, but you cannot. You will not be able to when it comes to the moment. You'll stop yourself."

Kronos groaned as he turned over, burying his face into the cover of the bed. "Why has this happened?" he asked Iapetus, his voice muffled by the sheets.

Iapetus shrugged. "I'd guess it's been developing for a long time. You did nearly spend three centuries with him. Maybe you just got used to his constant presence." He paused slightly. "What are you doing?" he demanded incredulously.

Kronos muttered a few curses in the Old Tongue under his breath, most of them directed at the Primordial Eros as he rolled over and stood up. He caught Iapetus' slightly shocked gaze and ran a hand through his hair. "It smelt of the sea."

Everyone tried not to burst out into laughter and Percy looked away with a small blush.

Iapetus covered his mouth in an attempt at smothering the laugh that threatened to come out and Kronos glowered at him. "It's not funny," he protested.

"What were you doing in the nights if he was right beside you?"

"Not what you're thinking," Kronos said as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Iapetus smirked. "I'm guessing you're going to be keeping away from him. Or killing him?"

"I still need him," Kronos mumbled. "So, I'll be staying on opposite sides of Othrys to him." Kronos strode to the door to his room. "Oh, and Iapetus?" Iapetus raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell anyone about this."

"Luke, Silena, and Beckendorf already know." Iapetus grinned.

Kronos sighed. "Great." He rested his hand on the door. "Inform the army we're raiding Camp Jupiter in retaliation for the recent attack from the gods. It's time we took California completely out of the gods' hands."

Iapetus' mirth fell. "Camp Jupiter?" he exclaimed.

"Of course, I'll be leading the attack," Kronos continued as if Iapetus had not spoken.

"You just want something to distract you," Iapetus accused.

"And a battle seems to always to that rather well," Kronos hummed. "Now go."

Iapetus scowled at him but slipped past him out the door.

Kronos shut the door behind him and turned to look around the room. He would not allow himself to continue liking the demigod – he would stay away from him. Kronos took several pairs of clothes out of the closet and cleared the desk of his maps and plans as he flashed the suits of armour and weapons scattered around the room into another room down the corridor. Kronos left the door ajar as he strode out and into the new room he would be using.

How didn't he realise it before? Why he had been so lenient with the kid. If his siblings and the other Titans found out… there would be an uproar. And likely a rebellion from some. He did not want to deal with all that and the war with the gods and keeping an eye on the Primordial gods. His ichor ran cold – Gaea. She had to have an idea of what was going on between Kronos and Perseus, though Kronos himself still barely believed it. He knew what she would do if something interfered with her plans, she'd stop it – and in this case that meant she'd kill Percy. Despite what he'd told Iapetus, he didn't think he'd actually be able to kill the kid – which irritated him beyond belief, because he was Kronos and he could destroy whole continents without batting an eye, but when it came down to Percy Jackson... he was suddenly reluctant. It was completely ridiculous. Kronos decided he would hunt for Eros next and completely ignore his plans for his father who he knew was very gradually reforming in Chicago, in the Windy City.

He was far more eager to show Eros what Kronos felt about him and his little games with love than he was to meet his father again. He took the time to buckle on his armour instead of flashing it on, trying to understand just how he had allowed himself to get so close to the son of Poseidon. The demigod had essentially killed him, just short of driving the dagger home.

Kronos groaned and slammed his head forward into the wall. He had completely messed up. Royally.

Percy closed his eyes, he felt the other eyes on him, but he ignored it, gosh who knew reading a book based on him and Kronos would be so hard to read? The emotions he felt when he was reading Kronos' part hurt him, though he understood, he just hated that somehow everything revolved around him.

"Percy," Poseidon asked, standing up from his throne and crossing over to where his son sat. "Are you ok?" the god of the sea asked as Percy had his eyes closed for quite sometime.

Sea green met sea green before a brief smile came on the younger Titan's face.

"I am fine," he said and continued to read the book.

Are you sure? Kronos asked him through the Titan link.

Positive, Percy replied.

The army was ready ten minutes after Kronos, despite the battle only three hours ago. Kronos completely ignored Percy who was staring at him reproachfully, obviously blaming him for the attack that was about to take place.

Kronos gestured Iapetus over. "Perseus is to stay here again," he murmured. "I don't want him anywhere near me."

Iapetus smirked. "So, we're in agreement then?"

"It isn't binding, not on the Styx," Iapetus said and smacked his brother on the arm. "I shall remember that for next time."

"For now."

Kronos strode away towards Atlas. The younger Titan bowed his head in greeting. "My Lord."

"Are we ready?" Kronos asked as he nodded to acknowledge the sign of respect.

"Yes, Lord Kronos. The army's ready to move out."

"Then let's get moving," Kronos said with a pleased smirk. "I want this finished quickly."

Atlas nodded. "It shall be done, My Lord."

"One more thing, Atlas," Kronos said, grabbing his nephew's arm as he started turning away. "You don't have a Roman form to contest with. If you see one of us start to shift forms, you have my full permission to do whatever is necessary to prevent it from happening."

"Free reign? Sweet," Perses said and dodged a punch from Atlas who took a boxing stance and they play fought for awhile until Kronos smacked them both on the head.

"Such a Gibbs move," Percy snorted and glanced at Annabeth who was looking shocked at his movie and tv references.

Atlas nodded grimly. "Of course, Lord Kronos."

Kronos let go of him. "Then let's go kill some demigods."

"What a battle cry," Hanna one of the kids of Demeter said sarcastically.

The monsters started hissing in excitement and roars echoed around the mountain as Atlas and Kronos led the army down the mountain. Kronos paused briefly to rub several of Ladon's heads which hovered above them, the dragon purring and making the ground rumble beneath them.

Kronos sped them up in time, so it took less than ten minutes to get to Camp Jupiter. Atlas glanced at Kronos and the Titan King nodded, rolling his shoulders. "Call it."

Atlas raised his javelin into the air. "Attack!" he roared, and the monsters leaped forward into the entrance of Camp Jupiter.

Kronos knew he was taking a huge risk in coming here with no preparation. In the company of the Romans, Saturn would want to come out to play. And Saturn was a massive pain in the ass.

Kronos moved forward into the Camp, making his way straight across the River Tiber on the surface of the water. Greek fire arrows were shot over his head from dracaena archers as the cohorts scrambled for their comrades. Kronos stepped onto solid ground and made his way towards the barracks, swinging Backbiter in front of him. To his right he saw Atlas smash his way into the Fifth Cohort barracks, and Kronos sent a beam of energy at the Decumanian Gate, blasting it off its hinges.

He stepped into the Principia to find it completely deserted. Kronos snorted. The Romans 'were cowards.

"Saturn!" a voice shouted, and Kronos clenched his jaw as his Roman form started to rear its ugly head.

"I guess it is proof that we all don't entirely like our roman forms," Zeus said and grinned as he saw Percy nod.

He turned to glare at the demigod from beneath his helmet. "I am Kronos. Saturn is a young fool."

"To us you're Saturn," the demigod returned as she lifted her sword. "Cuneum formate!"

"Why yell out the attack formations out when he is right in front of you?" Scoffed Atlas and to his surprise he saw Ares nodding, everyone watched as they both scowled and Atlas pleaded with Percy to continue reading, his eyes wide and the blue eyes started to tear up when Percy sealed his lips shut pretending to ignore, with a scowl at their childishness Kronos snatched the book, cleared his throat and began to read.

All the exits out of the Principia were blocked by three lines of Roman demigods. "You're surrounded, Saturn," Reyna said. "Surrender."

Kronos was more interested in sorting out the nail being driven into his head to care about the Roman demigods. "Stop calling me that!" he snapped angrily. So maybe he had been too hasty in wanting to destroy Camp Jupiter. "I am Kronos!" he boomed, ignoring the small annoying part of him which wanted to speak out and introduce itself as Saturn. "Saturn is a weak-minded fool!"

"So are the gods and immortals bipolar or do they have militiaperson disorder?" Chris asked and glanced at the gods to the Titans.

"Probably both or all because of how long they live," Percy said and took a sip of blue water and made and 'ah' sound.

"Kronos!" another voice shouted, and Kronos spun around to see two of his grandchildren shoving their way through the demigods. Behind the kids of Zeus were the rest of the Seven, minus Percy and Annabeth, and Clarisse and Nico. Or more specifically, the group of demigods which had taken Percy from him the first time around.

Kronos was relieved when Saturn stopped attempting to crack his head open from the inside. "Thalia Grace," he replied, giving her a mocking bow.

"Brother!" A voice yelled and Kronos saw Oceanus making his way over.

Kronos lifted Backbiter. "Go find your own demigods to kill. These are mine."

"What about the oath you made to Percy?" Asked Annabeth.

"You guys don't know about it, in that time period." Kronos informed.

Oceanus scowled. "But you've got nearly a third of the whole Camp," he complained.

Kronos smirked. "Join Atlas in tearing down the barracks," he suggested.

Oceanus glared at him over the heads of the demigods. "Demoted to babysitting duty," he grumbled as he turned and trudged over to the barracks.

"If anyone tries to take New Rome without me, stop them," Kronos called to his eldest brother.

Oceanus waved dismissively over his shoulder in acknowledgement.

"Surrender, Kronos," Thalia ordered. "I still need to drag you to my father in chains."

"Like that will ever happen." Hyperion snorted and inhaled his cigarette making the ones who didn't like the smell scowl in annoyance.

Kronos spread out his hands, Backbiter angled towards his granddaughter. "I'm waiting. You see, Perseus is back at Othrys and waiting for my return. Though I believe that boyfriend of yours is here with us."

Thalia tensed, knowing exactly who he was talking about, and Jason's eyes widened. "Thalia, what boyfriend?"

Thalia clenched her jaw. "You have no right to speak of him!" she exclaimed.

"I do even if he isn't dead," Kronos said, "Because he is my servant and I control him."

"I will say exactly what I want," Kronos smirked. "Do you know that Jackson is sworn to obey me now? I can force him to attack Olympus himself and kill his father, like I did to mine." He did not add that he didn't really feel like doing that.

Jason put a hand on his sister's shoulder. "We take him together," he said firmly.

"Master Skywalker, there is so many of them, what are we going to do?" Leo said in a small voice and made lightsaber voices, his tinkering he had made a lightsaber and he swung it.

"Sit the fuck down," Kronos snarled, his powers pushing the imp boy down and zipping his mouth shut like he had promised to do to Percy if he talked when he was irritated.

Kronos chuckled. "Come forward then, demigods," he rumbled, "if you dare."

The demigods unsheathed their weapons at once, and Kronos was very aware of the other Roman demigods around them. He summoned his shield to him and shrugged it onto his shoulder in case he needed it.

His unorthodox armour with the lack of a vambrace on his right arm served him well in all situations, so he was not too worried about his right arm being injured.

"Cocky after so many years of being alive, but then most immortals are and don't expect people, demigods to be able to beat them," Percy snarked.

Jason stepped forward and initiated the fight with a thrust at Kronos' lower leg.

The Titan shrunk down to seven feet as he batted the lunge to the side, but before he could capitalise on the moment in which the son of Jupiter was undefended Leo had swung at him with his hammer. Kronos sidestepped and brought Backbiter up to cut through the shaft of the hammer and slammed the hilt of his sword into the fire-user's face. There was a loud crunch and Leo stumbled back, clutching at his nose.

The Thalia was lunging forward with her spear crackling with electricity. Kronos grimaced as she brought her shield up, and he parried away the point of her spear.

Frank stepped forward and took a swing at Kronos with his sword, and Kronos blocked the attack, locking their swords together. Out of the corner of his eye he saw movement and flipped a dagger out of a slot in the edge of his gauntlet, stopping the demigod's dagger in its tracks.

He turned slightly to raise an eyebrow at the daughter of Aphrodite. "Surely you didn't think that would harm me."

Piper smiled sweetly. "I wasn't intending for it to harm you," she smiled, and Kronos realised what she was doing as she leaned towards him. He started to move away only for Frank to shove harder against Backbiter, and Kronos turned his attention to the son of Mars.

Piper took her chance and leaned towards him over their locked daggers. "You," she said, her voice infused with as much charm speak as she could muster, "will drop your weapons."

A shudder ran the length of Kronos' entire body as he fought the order yet combined with Saturn's insistence that he try to make peace he was unfocused.

*Cue the shocked faces*

"What? Love is weak," Kronos sneered.

His weapons slipped from his hands and landed with a thud on the ground beneath them.

For a second there was shocked silence even as Frank's sword and Piper's dagger continued in their path. Katropis clanged off Kronos' left vambrace, but Frank's sword bit into muscle and skin in Kronos' right bicep.

The Titan abruptly jerked away as Piper kicked Backbiter behind her. Kronos backed up as he took two daggers out, ichor dropping to the ground beneath him.

Piper followed, more confident the next time she spoke. "You want to surrender."

'Surrender,' Saturn agreed.

'Weak fool" Percy taunted and grinned.

Kronos shook his head to clear his quickly clouding thoughts and reached up to tear his helmet off, tossing it to the ground. He glowered at the child of Aphrodite. "Your charm speak is strong," he said grudgingly.

Piper smiled, and Kronos had to make an active effort to not do what she wanted. "You're surrounded, Kronos. You want to surrender."

Kronos bit out a growl. "If I'm surrounded then I can attack in any direction." He lunged forwards and would have stabbed her in the chest if Frank had not knocked the dagger aside. Piper stumbled back and the other demigods moved forward again.

Kronos' eyes flashed as he weaved in and out of the weapons being thrust at him. His two daggers were blurs of black as he blocked their attacks.

He quickly realised they were more interested in driving him back towards the Romans than wounding him.

"Perseus trained you," he stated as he blocked a cut by Hazel with the double knife defence.

"Since we got him out of Tartarus," Thalia said.

"Why give away all the secrets?" Hestia asked softly.

"It's a distraction movement." Atlas said. "It works mostly on the weak minded"

Thalia threw a dagger at the end of the Titan's sentence only to scowl as the General caught it.

"I'll have to talk to him about that," Kronos mused, just to try and anger her.

Thalia tensed. "You bastard!" she screamed, lunging straight at him with her spear. "He's done nothing wrong!"

"He killed me," Kronos snapped, "and stopped me from tearing down Olympus. I was so close to finally killing the gods."

"Fortunately for us the gods era isn't over yet," Zeus said.

"Yet, here that brother, yet," Koios his blue and white hair made it look like clouds and it was hypnotizing.

Piper lunged towards him with Kaptropis and Kronos met her dagger with his own.

Unfortunately, he couldn't keep her further than arm's length, and he paid for it.

"You want to surrender," Piper murmured, her voice infused with charm speak.

Kronos clenched his jaw and evenly met her gaze but turned away when her kaleidoscopic eyes turned into emerald green – the exact colour that Rhea's were.

Kronos fought to keep control of his emotions as he read this part, he loathed Rhea, he was hoping for a proper duel to satisfy her betrayal. Then run Backbiter through her heart and then burn her fucking body and send her immortal soul to the Void.

"Kronos," Piper said again, and Kronos swiftly brought his left dagger up, only for Thalia to block it with her spear. "Surrender. We won't kill you; I swear it on the Styx."

Kronos shut his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself. "You're a pretty girl, Piper," he commented as he opened his eyes. The demigod's eyes widened slightly, and Kronos smirked when he saw the obvious distaste in her expression. "You remind me of someone I last saw a long time ago," he continued. "Someone who I could get along quite well with until they went and did something that pisses me off."

Piper just calmly returned his gaze. "Kronos, you will-"

"He will do nothing because your weak charmspeak doesn't work on him," Percy said and scowled at the dark looks he got. "What?" Percy scowled. "Compared to Eros it is kind of really weak, even though she is a strong person for being the daughter of Aphrodite. No offense, but most of you just like make up and looking your best, even when it is going to war,"

"I suppose you know who I'm talking about," Kronos said, swiftly cutting her off before she could do any proper damage.

"Yes," Piper said simply. "I can feel it. You're talking about Rhea."

Kronos smirked and twisted the dagger in his left hand around, letting Thalia's spear slide to the side, and stabbed it into Piper's side. "I plan on killing her when I see her again," he said angrily.

He switched the dagger in his right hand to his left and deflected Thalia's spear as Piper was pulled back by Jason. Kronos twitched his right hand, calling Backbiter to him. The black blade slid along the floor and shot into his hands, and he threw the dagger into Frank's shoulder as he spun and slashed Thalia's spear apart. Thalia just unsheathed her hunting knives, shrugged Aegis onto her back and launched herself towards him again.

Kronos easily blocked her attacks, but then the other demigods joined in and he started backing up. He sensed the Romans waiting patiently behind him with their pila raised. He clenched his jaw – while several pila to the back would not kill him, it would hurt.

Then Thalia, Jason and Hazel struck at once and he backed up a pace as he fended them off, feeling his gut immediately warn him of danger. He spun and hacked the points off the pila which were previously heading towards his undefended back. Kronos then launched himself forward to slam into the front of the tortoise formation of Romans. The demigod who was holding the shield he collided with staggered back, and Kronos stabbed Backbiter straight through the layers of wood. The shield fell back, and Kronos swung out at the demigods to his right and left, feeling the satisfying sensation of his sword biting into skin and through muscle and bone.

He was not allowed to kill Perseus' friends, but these random Roman demigods weren't his friends – most of them the kid had never even met. Kronos splintered shields and tore apart armour with his sword, and the demigods erupted into chaos after their formation had been broken. Kronos twirled his sword around his wrist as he idly pulled a demigod into the ground and suffocated him.

Then the shadows around him writhed and Nico di Angelo stepped out of them. "Ah," Kronos smirked, "and the Angel joins us."

"SO poetic," Apollo piped up, he was sulking because Artemis had won a bet and now he weas without his bow and arrow favourite one at that for a whole three months.

Nico unsheathed his sword and glanced to the side. "Get everyone out of here. I'll deal with him."

Hazel and the remaining immortal demigods who'd been trying to run after Kronos during his annoyingly short killing spree nodded and ran off to the scattered demigods who were all fleeing form the Titan.

"Son of Hades," Kronos mused, "have you changed your decision about death?"

"I still think your death would be great," Nico replied.

"I am immortal, I can't die," Kronos mused, and his grin made Nico angry that his ears turned red, he wasn't sure if that was what he wanted to do. To punch he smug git in the face or stab him through with his sword that he called: Kira. It was the Japanese version of killer and he was quite proud he had met Light Yagmai that boy had been an interesting to his afterlife friends.

Kronos chuckled. "Interesting."

Nico summoned several undead warriors to help him before taking a step forwards and slashing at Kronos. The Titan easily blocked the blade and kicked away a skeleton which tried to hack his leg off. Nico seemed completely calm as he exchanged blows with Kronos, and then Kronos started testing him. The Titan feinted towards Nico's left side before slashing up, and Nico quickly shifted his weight backwards.

Kronos was just humouring the kid. He couldn't kill him because of the oath Perseus swore, which he was starting to get pretty annoyed at. After almost five minutes of trading cuts and thrusts Kronos sighed and summoned the earth to wrap around Nico's ankle and lift him upside-down.

Kronos stepped towards him, easily blocking the half-hearted swipe at his shins, and disarming the demigod. "Maybe, kid," he said in amusement as he crouched down in front of Nico, "you shouldn't fight a Titan until they have to stop toying with you whenever you fight. Until then just keep to dummies. Straw or half-blood ones."

Hades was staring at Kronos in horror, sure he knew his father was powerful and had an oath, but his child could've died, and he really didn't ever want Nico to die, he was selfish and that was why he had Thanatos, who had once been a demigod of his, and had been his favourite at the time. He couldn't bear the thought of his child dying and had made him immortal and Thanatos hated him for centuries for that. He had wanted to be with his lover.

Nico's eyes narrowed. "What? You're not gonna kill me?" he demanded.

Kronos summoned his helmet and daggers to him from where they were resting on the floor. Mortal blood covered the blades. Kronos wiped the flat of the blades on Nico's black shirt. "Someone else has dibs on you, kid." He said, lying through his teeth. "Consider yourself unlucky that you don't get to be killed by me." He stood up. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have New Rome to destroy." He strode off without a look back, only releasing Nico when he was out of sight.

Kronos was pleased to find that the Titans had obeyed his order and were waiting for him before attacking New Rome. Or maybe they weren't attacking because of the statue blocking their entrance.

The monsters parted before Kronos, and the King was slightly surprised to see his brethren had had the sense to block off the city so nothing could get in or out by any means, even shadow travel.

"Powerful, but then gods are, especially when they are the protector of boarders, even with someone without arms." Reyna acknowledged, she had a deep respect for all gods, despite their faults.

Koios glanced at the cut on Kronos' bicep briefly before nodding to his brother. "Lord Kronos."

Kronos ignored him as he stopped beside Atlas. "The city?"

"All exits are cut off, My Lord," Atlas said respectfully. "We're waiting for your command."

"And you couldn't get past the statue," Kronos summed up.

Even now the Titans looked partly shamed that they hadn't been able too.

Atlas flushed slightly. "No. He's all around the city."

Kronos smirked and sheathed Backbiter. "My turn then." He strode up to the statue a dozen paces in front of Atlas, stopping only a foot away from the boundary god. He noted the people all grouped the other side in tortoise formation. "Terminus, we need to get through."

"No weapons allowed inside the city limits," the statue said. "And I'm afraid that that blade qualifies as a weapon."

Kronos raised an eyebrow. "I can easily go through you."

"No weapons inside the city limits," Terminus repeated. "Else I'll Terminate you, Mister Titan."

"Can I cut off your head?"

Everyone sputtered, on the gods side as they heard Kronos ask this, Percy burst out in laughter along with a few other gods and Titans, who knew the King had an odd sense of humor?

"Are you asking for my permission? Because the answer's no," Terminus replied stoically. Kronos snorted and sidestepped the statue. "No weapons inside the city limits."

Kronos sighed in fake resignation. "Very well. You're welcome to take Backbiter."

"Marie," the statue called before his eyes returned to Kronos. "I'm afraid I have no arms, you see? I can't take it."

Kronos smirked. "That was the idea."

"he is so ARAGANT!" Percy scowled. (A/N: Did I spell that wrong? Gosh its 12 am and I have to apologize for any spelling mistakes!)

The god's eyes narrowed. "On second thought, Marie," he said to a girl that had started to creep forward. "Stay there."

"Oh, please," Kronos said, forcing a smile onto his face. "I won't kill her. Promise. I'll happily give her Backbiter."

"NO!" a child whimpered as she realized what was going to happen and burst into sobs as the Titan merrily read on.

"Marie, come on then," Terminus said. "Take his sword for me."

Kronos calmly unsheathed the black sword and held it parallel to the ground on top of his hands. The girl stepped out of the shimmering barrier that marked the boundary, and Kronos waited until she was reaching for Backbiter before flipping it up into his right hand and driving the blade into her neck. He calmly withdrew the blade and wiped the mortal blood off on the ground at his feet.

Marrie looked at the Titan who would kill her in the future and cried out as his gold eyes pierced her soul and she went to go hide behind Thalia, who pulled her into a hug to attempt to help her… it wasn't everyday that you heard how you were going to die.

"Marie!" two demigods shouted, as Kronos had hoped. They let out shouts of rage and launched themselves at the King. Kronos slashed Backbiter once and their heads landed on the floor with a thud.

"Treachery!" the statue screeched. "You promised!"

"Not on the Styx," Jason scowled only to scowl more as Percy began to read again.

"Not on the Styx," Kronos said mildly. "Not a binding promise." He lifted Backbiter, only for there to be a loud pop and the blade to shoot out of his hands, landing inside the city limits. "Weapon in the city," he pointed out.

Terminus spluttered. "Look here, Mister, New Rome is under my protection!"

Kronos scowled and took a small step forward before grabbing the throat of the god and lifting him off his pedestal. "I," he said slowly as if he was talking to a child, "will not be impeded by a minor god." He took a dagger out of his gauntlet and slammed it forward into the god's throat, cracking the marble. The god's head slowly slid of his body and the barrier in front of Kronos sizzled as it broke down as one of the gods' representations was destroyed. The rest of the barrier remained, only that small section was destroyed, but it was enough.

Backbiter shot into Kronos' hand. "Kill all of them. I want no survivors."

"I killed them. I killed them all! The women and the children," Travis said, not caring that he quoted it wrong.

The monsters leapt forward, and screams filled the air. Kronos scowled as he saw the immortal demigods evacuating as many people as they could now that the barrier was down. The Titan set off with the task of killing the rest of the Terminus statues.

It was dark when most of the screams stopped. Kronos knew the ones that remained were likely from the Titans having their way with the mortals, since most of the screams were from women. Though some, he mused, were from men.

The atmospheres was somber in the room as Kronos read the book, but some comments from the jeering Titans enraged the usually calm goddess of the hearth who yelled at them to shut up, that tyranny isn't the way.

"gods," muttered Perses.

Kronos stopped by the lake and crouched down, taking off his gauntlets and dunking them into the water, watching as the blood was washed off them and sunk down to the lakebed. He frowned as he turned his attention to the thick cut across his bicep. The daughter of Aphrodite had charm spoken him. He knew why – it was obvious. His new-found feelings for Jackson had made it easier for her to charm speak him.

"Gosh, it seems like Kronos is only thinking about Prissy, it is kind of weird," Clarise said to her brother Charlie who nodded.

"Drachma for your thoughts," Iapetus said as he sat beside him, staring across the lake.

Kronos grimaced and took some of the water in his hand, letting it wash the drying ichor off his bicep. "The kid's weakening me."

Iapetus snorted. "That was a waste of a drachma."

Kronos scowled at him. "This isn't funny," he snapped. "Piper McLean was able to charm speak me. If she can do it… think about if her mother finds out. They'll use it against me – it's a weakness."

Iapetus sighed. "Love isn't a weakness."

"it saved Harry Potter, and so many others and love is in so many forms," Aphrodite smiled and fluttered her lashes as the King who sneered and continued to read.

Kronos' eyes flashed. "Iapetus, I've never been charm spoken before. Ever. Then a child comes along and manages to nearly get me to surrender." He summoned Backbiter and stabbed the water in front of him – half to get some of his anger out and half to get the blood off it.

Iapetus shook his head. "I'm going," he announced. "Just think about it, brother."

Kronos glared at the ground. It was ridiculous and completely impossible, but Iapetus was right. He was in love with Percy Jackson, the very demigod who had essentially killed him when he was so close to finally destroying Olympus. Kronos swore viciously under his breath.

He was in love with the Hero of Olympus.

Kronos closed the book, and watched as the gods and demigods looked at him wide eyed, he didn't care who knew that he was with Percy, he wanted the world to know, and that whoever harmed him would pay the consequences. Most would be death or Tartarus and into the void if the immortals dared to do it twice.

A/N: Hey! I am alive. Sorry it took so long to update, there is about 23 pages for this chapter, and the fact that I am babysitting, doing a workout for training and studying to retake my aptitude test! My life is so hectic right now.

So, if any of you pray please keep me in mind, I am so stressed and nervous!

So I am stuck on what to watch on Netflix, I am wondering, what should i watch?

and who should read the book next?

JIO.