Chapter 6

Darkness enveloped the small warehouse that was being used as a small operation base for the A ether's army of light, or at least what Thanatos thought was a special sector of their army. Of course, this was only scouting so Percy drawled the shadows to a nearby tree and walked out with a full cloak of black. Everything from his combat boots to the mask he wore was a deep shade of black and the only noticeable thing was his piercing eyes that shone through the darkness.

As Percy slowly crept towards the warehouse he began to wonder about security and if there would be a tight rotation of guards, or maybe they didn't think anyone would suspect them yet in the mortal world and they leave their position blissfully unaware. The latter seemed the most likely right now to Percy.

Percy moved closer to a rear entrance of the warehouse that provided a good escape if things got too hairy for him inside the place. As he slipped into the door and quickly drawing the shadows to himself to deposit himself into a nearby corner he noticed some crucial things about the army of light.

Many of them had long elegant swords attached to their hips that looked like they could slice through an adult buffalo. It only made Percy hesitate slightly, but he pushed on through the shadows to see how much he could find out. He also found what looked like to be a small command table with floating holograms of different names of minor and major Gods in the Greek pantheon. He wondered passively how that was even possible to track a God like that without them knowing but dismissed it immediately.

What did worry him was Ouranos' armor on a rack in the corner of the room, and he didn't think they found it randomly in central park. If Ouranos somehow allied himself with the army of light Erebus and the other deities that sided with them had a lot more to worry about than just Aether or his army.

Percy's the inner monologue was a stream of very harsh expletives as he realized how bad this war could get for the Greek pantheon and all the world with several primordial entering the battlefield.

Perseus, unfortunately, lost concentration thinking on the destruction that could be wrought upon on the world if this was to happen, this momentary lapse from him proved to be disastrous.

"I SENSE A BEING THAT IS NOT PERMITTED INTO MY PRESENCE" yelled Ouranos barging into the room that Percy was in.

'Well shit' was all Percy could think before he drew Riptide and rapidly scanned for an escape from a very powerful foe.

Ouranos yelled for his men to capture the intruder immediately and at that point Perseus was immediately put on the defensive being overwhelmed by five different warriors of light that displayed surprisingly remarkable swordsmanship.

A quick slash to the side of the head made Percy because aware of absolutely everything going on and was starting to parry the other sword swings from the warriors coming at him. While they seemed to fight well on one, they were not doing so well coordinating an attack with several people at once. This was something that Percy was going to take advantage of.

The the first warrior that was ever so slightly in front of the current group was trying to take down Percy through brutal hacks at his torso and neck that Percy was barely dodging, but he finally saw an opening when the man went for an overhead strike to overpower his foe and was able to pierce straight through his heart killing the man instantly.

The others in a rage that their comrade had fallen before them pressed their attack harder trying desperately to overpower and subdue Perseus.

As Percy was being back into the wall, he realized he was running out of options and time to do something before he was eventually skewered. He called the shadows towards him creating a protective barrier and with enough power to rattle the building he dispelled them towards the men sending them flying 15 feet back.

As Percy was recovering from the brief fight, he turned back to take in his surrounding holding riptide in front of him making sure he was at the ready in case he was put on the defensive once again. He noticed something that made him swallow in anticipation and sent a chill up his back.

The armor that initially distracted him was not there anymore, this caused him into a panic wondering where the primordial could have gone. He looked up in time to see a large broadsword coming straight for his head and rolled just in time so that Ouranos couldn't serve it on a platter later.

"Pesky demi-gods, always interfering with someone or something that doesn't concern them" Ouranos said with an annoyed expression leaning against the massive broadsword that must have come up to Percy's waist.

"To be fair you're trying to destroy the one world I have so sorry for taking some offense" Percy replied sarcastically readying for Ouranos to attack again.

"You will die tonight sea-spawn" Ouranos yelled then charged straight at Percy.

To be fair Percy gave his best effort, but he was fighting a primordial and a damn good one at that. The fact that Percy was able to just barely keep up with his blazing fast movements and powerful strikes from all positions proved his skill with his blade. But as the brutal strikes kept coming with no signs of slowing down, he began to fatigue until he was desperately trying to find a way out of the situation.

Just as Ouranos was prepared to a sideswipe that was certainly going to cleave Percy in half he transformed himself into vapor and appeared at the other side of the building trying to escape through the entrance that he first came in.

Ouranos recovered from the trickery almost at once and turned towards Percy with a devious glint in his eye, "I will see you again demi-god, and you will be put down like the dog you are but first have fun flying and let's see if Zeus stakes you down." He sent a powerful gust of wind that blasted Percy through the wall of the building and into the sky.

Perseus was barely conscious when he was sent flying into the air but was able to pull the shadows towards his body to deposit himself somewhere that would most likely not kill him.

Hera was going to kill him he thought for sure and his vision faded to black.

Sorry for the short chapter and the long-overdue chapter! I struggled on this one and school sucks sometimes. Here's to a more consistent chapter posting schedule in the new year!