Chapter 4: Here Goes Nothing.

PERCY P.O.V

I want to die...

Four simple words...

One simple wish...

Hades looked shocked at this, again, as if Zeus has shot him with his master-bolt, again.

I would have laugh at his reaction, again, but the pain, the pain in my heart is just too much that I can barely talk. Just kidding, I don't even know what to call this feeling.

He got up from he's seat and sighed.

"As you wish Percy, as you wish," he said as he's hands emitted a dark purplish light that emitted death, "are you sure that you want this?-still not looking from my eyes-" life is still full of wonders so if you sti-"

"Life doesn't pleasing to me anymore, all of them...all of the people I cared and protected left me, my parents..., my friends..., Annabeth..., heck even my father doesn't care anymore, so uncle Hades, please, end my pain, end my suffering, end my life, please, just end it" I begged.

"You're a real hero young child, if death is what you want, I will end your life peacefully in knowledge that you will never be forgotten by me, you will never forgotten by the world-"

"I'm already forgotten lord Hades" I cut, "but thanks for that remembrance of, that at least, someone never forgotten me"

"Err...your welcome... nephew..."

He placed his hand in my shoulder and closed his eyes then said" LIFE and DEATH the cycle goes on, as the god of the dead I now claim the soul you own." in ancient Greek.

As he opened he's eyes, I said... "Am I dead?"

Wave of confusion flooded his face and repeated his chant.

But...nothing happened.

"What in my name, happened!" Hades shouted obviously confused. He quickly reached for the phone and dialed at it. "Hey, watsup, um, can you check a file under the name of Percy Jackson, yes, email it to me, I need it ASAP"

"Um who's that?" I asked, "and why does your speech like that...it not very Hades-shly talk"

"Um that's Clotho, you know one of the fates whatsoever, she works part time here, in the underworld." Clearly annoyed, complete with gayishly hand signal.

(Let me tell you it's creepy when he does that *shivers*)

"Oh here it is." He said in a sing song voice while typing to his black soul engraved nightmare laptop.

Perseus Jackson...

Age 18...

Birthday August 18...

Savior of blah, blah, blah, blah, everything blah, blah, blah... retriever of blah, defeater of ,blah, blah, blah,

"Ah! Here it is!" he shouted excitedly

Type : demigod son of Poseidon

Level of mortality : immortal.

That word shocked me..., as my last wish..., now cannot be fulfilled...w-why?... h-how?

"Let's see..." he whispered

Immortal: case unknown. Not available

"Sorry Perseus, but it's not available" he scratched his head "but it's clear that you're immortal now, I cannot fulfill your wish..."

Why do this always happen to me...

Tears flowed again from my sorrowful gray eyes...

Why does my selfish dreams always shattered?

Why! I thought

My wish to become Annabeths husband...

My wish to spend Christmas with my family...

My wish to be with my friends sharing laughter...

My wish to live my life to the fullest...

And even my wish to die...

The pain in my heart feels like Tartarus itself...

Why...?

What sin did I do to have this kind of punishment?

Is it wrong to save my friends?

Is it wrong to sacrifice all of me for them?

What's wrong!

Now, immortality is cursed upon me...

Oh, how I wish to spend it with Annabeth...

But, she already had decided...

She doesn't love me as I love her...

She chose immortality over me...

I will just distract her on her work...

I love her too much...

Even if it meant ...Letting her go...

I inhaled deeply as the plan pops in my mind...

I'm better dead for them...

"Lord Hades, then, can you at least make it looked like that I died"

"What? Oh... ok I get it, don't worry, I will make it as if you were dead. Complete with grave and a fake soul. I will inform them as soon as possible."

Thank you again, but please, swore to the river styx that you will not reveal our secret to anyone unless I allowed it." I said, hoping that he will abide with my request

"I swear it to the river styx" *thunder*

I smiled, "Good bye uncle I wish you best" then I surprised him by hugging him.

Still on shock, he said" y-your welcome nephew..."and for the first time I saw him smiled.

At then I grabbed my things and disappeared.

FLASHBACK END

I still can't get over on the fact that I was alone now. Well at least there's Hades, hmm... maybe you really can't expect the unexpected. The one's you thought that cared, left you, and the ones that you thought that doesn't care, is the one left that cared for you.

*Sigh* Maybe that's really life. Full of surprises, even though, not every surprise is good.

The pain in my heart still lurks. I still can't believe that the gods and Annabeth did that to me...

I was in deep thought when suddenly, the air rippled like some kind of a tunnel was being created. I looked up to see what's happening.

I jumped five feet in the air when suddenly a man about twenty years old appeared beside me.

The man smiled at my actions then said, "Hello, son, at last I had found you."

I'm still shocked and replied "uh, huh?"

The man's smile grew wide as he said to me "I've waited millennia, to find the hero that is my son's reincarnation..."

"What?" I said "Who are you? What do you want to do me? Millennia? Son? What are you talking about?!"

"Do you really want to me to explain? A smart guy like you should've guessed it already..." the man raised his left eye brow a bit, then laughed.

"Me?" I pointed myself. "Smart? Ha! Pssh!...never." my friends doesn't even call me smart.

"Hmmm... you're misjudging your capabilities, you are smart. Don't let the judgment others affect your capabilities. You are very damn smart! So what if you're slow? So what if they call you a seaweed brain?-I cringed at that- Be yourself. Use your brain, think."

"Uh...okay," I started getting weird out with this guy. "So you want me to be your son, maybe because you're fading or something right?"

"Close enough, I say...But I am not fading, in fact, I can't fade. Because, you ask me who am I? I am the Creator of the Creator." He then smirked after taking a huge bite at his chocolate bar.

"So now you tell me who you are, humph. Wait, you mean that you created the creator? Then if you're the creator that created the creator that means that you're the original creator! And if the creator is...Khaor,er...Chaos. Then WHO the heck are you? Cause I didn't even know that there's a creator of the creator"

He smiled sadly "That's the truth, and even Chaos herself doesn't know that I exist. But enough of that,-he smiled mischievously- I'm here to help you."

"w-what? Help me? How?" I got excited, if he is the creator of the creator, and er...father... maybe he can undo my immortality and kill me. Well that's unlikely, unless he'll really do it

"That's easy! Then he proceeded in punching me." And the world has gone black.

NICO P.O.V

Two days of nonstop searching, do you hear me? It's FREAKING TWO DAYS! From America, to Europe, to Asia and the underworld and what did I learn! PERCY's DEAD! Why do this things, always happens to me! Why, f***ing why?

First, my mother, then Bianca and now, Percy...

Tears just won't stop dripping on my eyes.

I just saw his ghost being judge by Shakespeare. I bolted towards the castle to confront my father and I them noticed something odd.

The air just doesn't feel right. The screeching of the furies, are gone. And the hellhound king is on the corner very quiet, which is odd because he usually barks at anyone who enters the main castle door. The atmosphere here is like the one that has been trampled by someone monster-ly strong, one as strong and scary like a titan. I quickly ran into the throne room to check if my father is okay.

There I saw my father perfectly okay, I sighed, relieved. But he's in some kind of a trance like when he is thinking about Persephone she's in her seductive lingerie, but he is sleeping on the couch, if not on the floor.

"Dad!" I called. And to my relief, again, he woke up from his trance.

"Oh, Nico, it's just you... what do you want?" He asked nicely, which totally freaked the Hades out of me-no pun intended- cause let me spell to you.

Hades + nice= a no, no.

In fact, I think that you can't even put that adjective if the subject is Hades.

"Um...what's wrong with you?" I asked.

"Um...nothing!" he quickly looked at the ceiling, obviously nervous at something.

"Really?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Uh, it's nothing just regular irregular problems, you know, the one's that can easily be solved." Sweat, drops from his face.

"Rrrright" I said sarcastically, completely not believing me.

"Of course! I am Hades! No problems that I can't solve!" I rolled my eyes.

"Ooooooooh, really... what about the traffic problems? And Charon's pay-raise?"

"Er...everything but that."

"Suuure. Now please dad. How did Percy died!"

That question obviously caught my dad red handed. He tensed then visibly relaxed.

"A dragon had eaten him." he said "I thought you already knew, many campers saw what happened. All the blood on his cabin indicates that he will not live with that attack. And I think that you already saw his ghost. Now go, I'm busy, and I forbid you to talk to his ghost." His tone defines finality.

My anger and builds up, my tears flowed full force, why can't I talk to him? Father's being unjust. I decided to go to camp. Maybe to tell everyone what happened. I willed the shadows to bring me to camp.

THALIA'S P.O.V

Yes! We're going back to camp! I'm so excited! Finally I can congratulate Annabeth and Kelp head for being immortal! And besides, I think I need a small break from the wilderness after the incident on the Yellow Stone. Long story short, it's bad.

I wonder what are they god of... oh well, guess I should've find out!

Wind started to change as we near the camp shivers came up my spines. Something is just ain't right. The atmosphere feels tragic, like someone is mourning.

At last, we've caught a glimpse of the camp. Sudden shock slapped my face. And it became worst when we saw that the whole camp has burned to ashes.

Worries stabbed my heart as I race to the tent in the middle, hoping that the others are okay. Then suddenly the air got cold then out of nowhere, a boy in all black collided with me, still dazed, I looked at the boy, and glared, it's my damn cousin, Nico.

But something is strange, tears keep falling from his eyes, it's the first time that I've seen him this vulnerable cause I'm not there when he has known the death of his sister. The depressed mood, worsen ten folds. By he's appearance here now, anyone would know that something tragic happened.

"Sup, Death breath..." I said, ignoring the fact that he's crying.

"*sob*Percy...*sob**hick*Percy...*waaaaaaaah!* I hugged him, don't get me wrong I'm just comforting him, er...maybe.

"What's the matter?" I whispered to his ear while he is still sobbing...

"P-Percy..."*hick*"d-de"*hick*..."

"Shhhhhh..." I whispered again." Everything is gonna be alright... now tell me, what about Percy..."

"H-he's*hick*" he's dead..., saw him in the underworld, not allowed to talk,*hick*" those words came crashing to me like a boulder the size of Mt. Olympus.

Despair overwhelmed me, I just can't help it and start sobbing...

Why...? Why him...?

Annabeth P.O.V

Why did I have to break him?

Why did I choose to be a goddess, when Percy chose me?

I broke his heart, he gave me all, then, I thrashed it all away.

I thought if I became a goddess, I will be complete. I know that the gods will not give him the choice of being a god, and I decided not tell it to him. I left him, I left him alone.

And now I don't know if he I dead or alive. But after seeing the cabin covered in blood, I knew that he can't survive it.

I wish I could die.

Here am I sitting in our destroyed secret place. The place that where we showed our loved to each other, kissing passionately.

A voice called me, wishing that it was Percy...

But no, it was Thalia.

I noticed that she was crying, maybe she had known the probability of the death of Percy.

We hugged each other then continued crying...

I noticed that Nico is on her back waiting under the shadow of a tree...

Crying...

That confirmed my worry, Percy is dead.

He is dead, broken hearted, with a shattered soul...

All because of me.

PERCY P.O.V

I woke up in the same alley, my head and body feels like burning. It's feels like styx all over again. But this time I don't have something or someone to hold on. Suddenly it stopped. I feel like I'm invincible again, but without the Achilles heel. I feel so powerful, yet vague sadness covers my heart. What can power do if you're alone?

Then a familiar voice said "Hungry?"

I quickly turned to its direction to find the man, or ass he said, my dad, eating assorted chocolates. I suddenly drooled, and my stomach grumbled.

"Uh...thanks" I said after he handed me a blue chocolate that made me miss my mom. But past is past, I just wish that they could be happy without me. Well I ran away so they are still okay, they have forgotten and abandoned me, that's final, I will not ask them to accept me again, heck I'll just continue this act. I'm dead. That's all they need to know.

"What did you do to me?" I asked the man.

"Nothing much, I just gave you the key to many other powers that exceeds Chaos. And rivals mine"

I choked," what? Are you crazy? What did I do for you to trust me this much?"

He smiled" because as I said, you are my son."

"H-How? My father's Poseidon, how did you become my father?"

"You are the reincarnation of my son, Nebular. It's almost been a millennia, when he... you, decided to help the abandoned and the helpless. Your plan is to be reborn as a mortal, but accidentally, Poseidon fathered you. But hey, I think that that is a good thing. You've shown Gaea and Kronos who's the boss and saved your fellow demigods. But maybe you are really destined to be the helper of the abandoned. So here are you now, abandoned by your friends."

"Um...sure...that's just absurd...really." I said to my "real father" is that why I have this strong powers like-

"Transforming into a dragon, I know, that's just one your original bodies." He cut

"Whoa, just how many original bodies do I have? And I can transform like Frank?"

"No, it's far greater than that. Because your dragon form can trample Chaos in a snap."

"That's...terrifying. But you said that I decided to help the helpless and abandoned. How can I do that?" That idea is just felt right, that I want to do it so much.

"You shall join my daughter first, then, I will guide you next. But remember, no one but you, could know my existence, even Chaos, maybe. Goodbye son... remember you are the true son of mine, the Unknown." Then he disappeared in the darkness...

Unknown...so he is my true father. Well I'm glad that at least he cares for me, sort of, but what does he mean about joining her daughter? What good will it give me if I joined my sister?

Questions, keeps popping in my mind, but then a black vortex swallowed me...

Suddenly, I'm on a dark windowless room.

I slowly walked up to the door. I opened the door and a sudden burst of light blinded me temporarily. "What the heck..." I muttered. Then a soldier three inches shorter than me grabbed my forearms and dragged me.

I studied my 'dragger' I noticed that she is a girl with red hair, blue eyes, tan. But her face was all serious, as if though that she never laughed before. I could see the pain in her eyes, pain maybe brought by betrayal, pain brought by death, I don't know, there's so many possibilities.

Then I notice that I was wearing the sunglasses that my cyclopes friends gave me...a voice rang throughout my brain I notice that it was from my 'real father' let's just call him Unknown, "That sunglasses will not and can't be notice by anyone, even Chaos, if they see your eyes they all surely whimper to your power, so as much as possible, don't take of your shade for now until you can control your powers, and it will give you a normal gray color, not the super intimidating one, well good luck!"

"Who are you? Where am I? Why are you dragging me?" I asked the girl.

"None of your business newbie, and as to why I am dragging you? It's because I like to drag you, period." she replied.

Harsh, I thought, I'm just asking. Well, I wish that all the people here are not the same as her, or else I'll be living in my own personal Tartarus.

Well, anyway... after a few minutes of dragging me, at last she stopped in front of a huge door with two burly guards standing like sentries, which I think they are. And started their own conversation with the girl, and of course, completely ignoring my questions.

"General Arianna, what do you need?" said the guards on the same time which looked like that they've been practicing."

"The recruit that our lady wanted is here"

Recruit? The fuck? More like prisoner I thought. The one that is smaller nodded and talked in a small devise that's attached in his arm.

They slowly opened the door, with the eerie sound that the door made, my invisible sunglasses covered eyes met with the most beautiful pair of eyes that I have ever seen, it's like the galaxies are resting in the two orbs of her. Their owner is sitting in an office like setting, with a star wars like, outer space background, that completely matched her eyes.

"Good morning Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon," My left eye twitched a bit as she said my full name.

Arianna gasped as if she knew that name and can't believe that it's me. After that, Chaos motioned her to go.

I replied the most intelligent answer that my mind,

"uhm...huh?"

Laugh your butt out I don't care, she's just really beautiful, the regal face of a queen, and the calm feelings that she emits, the perfection of beauty that even Aphrodite herself will never get.

She smiled and directed me to the seat in front of her desk, which of course, made me feel like high school student, that's being scolded by a teacher, again.

"I am Chaos, the first being, creator of the universe. Mother of the protegenoi, the primordial gods" She smiled.

Creator of the universe, yes I will agree with that, but the first being? Ha! I've just met him a few hours ago and it's not you, not that I'll tell that to her.

I faked a gasp, acting as if though that I'm really surprised to meet the most powerful being in the universe, but after meeting the original? Nuh...uh, and I just said "Y-you're Chaos? What do you want with me? Are you gonna punished me for defeating Gaea?" I asked, wishing that she will fall for my act. And if I'm not wrong, I believe that I heard the unknown, I'll just call him dad, laughing out loud.

She chuckled "No Perseus, I'm not punishing you, in fact, I'm grateful that you brought peace by destroying her. At least, she will not, and cannot bother me and my council for a long time, and I must thank you for that. No, you're here because I want to offer you to be one of my warrior, you're a legend here, Perseus, and I needed your strength, the strength of the hero that defeated Gaea singlehandedly, we needed your help to protect the universe. I offer you a home, I offer you a family, to be a hero again, I offer you immortality, I offer you, my blessing. Now, let's get straight to the point, will you join us?" She finished.

Well, dad said that I need to join Chaos, maybe this is what he wanted me to do, and besides, this is better than to be a homeless hobo. That's it, I made up my mind, and said "Yes."

She smiled and then muttered a chant and my body glowed. After she is done, nothing happened. She frowned and scratched her temple.

"Why in the void can't I bless you?" she said obviously thinking every possibility that there is.

"Anyway, I will still welcome you to my guardian force, and know that I will research the problem of why, cannot I bless you. Welcome home to your new family Perseus, Good bye. And don't worry, I know that you want your name to be a secret, only Arianna and I will know who you are, for now, now meet your new companions." She snapped her fingers then suddenly I'm outside of her room. And of course, a very cheery Arianna-which by the way, acting the complete opposite of herself, last time- is beside me and asking every question that all the fangirls have...

Family...

I think I would like to have a new family...

The pain may still be lingering in my heart...

But maybe it will be gone after this...

Oh well, I thought as I smiled.

Here goes nothing.