3rd Person

A young man with dark hair, bronze skin, and amber color eyes kept looking sideways, taping his finger on his leg impatiently.

"Where is he?" Leo said as he sat on top of one of the trees that were across this vast space, his clothes resembled the former monkey king, on each wrist 2 golden bracelets shined on, but you could tell something was bothering him. Flying above was a beautiful Pheonix, her feathers shining different colors of the flame. Aurora landed on his chest and pecked at him none stop, but he kept looking away in the horizon. The whole place felt empty, except for Luke, who tried multiple times to speak with Leo, but he wouldn't budge. Not even Order could get through him. "PERCY! WHERE IN HEPHAESTUS UNDERPANTS ARE YOU!!" He screamed from where he laid.

"You need to stop this. It was bound to happen..." Aurora used her most soothing voice. Any other man would have calmed down so much they would melt. But Leo kept his gaze lost.

"If I calm down... will she come back, will he come back... what's the point of getting strong, when you will just lose those close to you in an instant. Not even dad has answered my calls..." Leo finally responded to Aurora. Even though what he said sounded far away, she was happy to know he at least answered her. She has been trying for hours none stop. "Where is Percy?" He asked Again.

Aurora flew rapidly to Order. "Lord Order. I must ask for your assistance once more, please call Aether." Aurora bowed her head at the Primordial of Justice and Order.

"If he won't listen to me, why would I try anything. Even his father Aether said, "that this is a hurdle he must overcome, because once he accepts everything. He will breakthrough and become something grand" those were basically his words." Order turned around and sat down on a chair.

Aurora looked at Leo from the distance, feeling hopeless. Right about now he would have asked Percy to smack him around to get some sense into him, but she felt helpless. The connection she had with Leo, started to feel faint, which scared her a lot. "Sigh... I consider myself all powerful, but this... I don't know what to do." She slowly transformed to a beautiful woman with Amber eyes, Red hair and golden lines that adorned her bronze skin. She sat underneath the tree that Leo was on top of. She could see his shadow. A single tear fell down her cheek, its color golden.

The ground shook, a roar filled the land. Out of a portal came out a young man with black raven hair. His seagreen eyes shining with a dangerous light. Even Order flinched at seeing this young man's Aura slowly fill their space. "If my Brother is mistreating you, Miss Aurora, let me know. I'll knock some sense into him no questions asked." The young man grinned, his physical body looked just like Leo, well built and he had an Aura of a king. "Leo get down, and stop whining like a little child. If we didn't keep to our 18 year old self, we would be over 50 years old, so act your age for once."

".... I waited days and days Percy... the one time I needed you, and you weren't here." Leo jumped down from the tree, *boom!!* his figure left a hole on the ground. He got out, his aura heating up quickly, the hole already had lava inside. He walked up to Percy, staring at eachother face to face. "You.... Weren't.... Here.... Brother!!" he spat the last word with hatred.

Percy eyed him, his face and reaction still the same. "I told you once already Leo, that-" he got interrupted by a kick that came out of nowhere. Percy didn't even dodge. He flew across the land, into abandoned buildings and landed on the ground.

"Percy..." Sea's voice came through with a hint of anger.

"Let him vent." Answered Percy back.

Suddenly Leo appeared on top of him in a flash of fire and he kicked Percy's stomach with full force downwards, "Is this what you amount to?" Leo snarled at Percy.

Order flashed over to stop the fight, Luke brought out his sword, Aurora quickly flashed next to Order. But out of the massive hole, two voices came out. "Do. Not. Intervene." The tone of both those voices gave chills to everyone.

There was a sudden crack in the air, like the clap of thunder, clouds started to form quickly. Leo jumped up, he clenched his fist, it was covered in little snakes of Lightning, that they traveled all up his right arm, along with a very dark red flame, "I needed you!!!!" Screamed Leo, He brought down his punch, Percy was still down there without moving. He was still calm, but there was a feeling of anger rising inside of him.

As the punch came, Order's eyes opened wide, He teleported and took Luke and Aurora out of there with him. They appeared far far away, they could see the ruins they were at before, but really small. Suddenly a sonic boom was heard, they where hit with a blast of air that was scorching hot.

"GET READY YOU TWO!!!" Order opened his hands, a force field covered all of them. The explosion that came after was as big as a nuke. When it reached them, Order was slowly being forced back, Aurora put her hands on his back, feeding her energy to him just in case. Order didn't need it, but he was thankful to her. The explosion died down after a while. Rocks and debris littered the once peaceful ruins.

"I don't feel anything from Leo" Aurora had a worried look, the feeling of emptiness, loneliness slowly clouding her mind. Just like when she was trapped by the Dwarves.

Luke still didn't say anything, because he knew why this was going on. They all did. This whole time, even when Leo lost her, He just stood there without moving, they all tried to help, but he kept calling for Percy.

Order waved his hand and they reappeared near the edge of the ruins. Everything was blown away, it looked like a meteor hit the earth. You could see Percy still laying on the ground, his seagreen eyes still had their normal shine. Leo was standing over him, his wrist shining lightly, the runes on it started to move, like it was coming to life. He stretched out his hand and it formed into a staff, and then it became a huge sledgehammer. He lifted it up, "You... Weren't....Here".

"I told you, this was going to happend sooner or later, to get ready for it. And you go berserk...sigh. I put up with it, because you are my Brother In Arms. But if you are going to get serious by using that... then don't blame me for the consequences", Percy slowly stood up, he dusted himself. Leo got in a stance and swung his Sledgehammer with such force, that the ground was getting destroyed.

"I warned you." Percy eyes shined blue for a second, he simply threw a punch, it looked slow. But behind it there was an oppressive feeling, a heaviness to it, Like a tsunami.

Luke felt scared, for the first time in years, his body was telling him to run. Aurora was shaking nonstop.

Order opened his eyes wide, "Percy... that punch can...NO!!!" He immediately powered up to his true form of a Primordial.

Somewhere in the universe...

A few Primordials sat in their thrones, "Chaos these are the reports from last week. And these are from toda-" Void turned his head suddenly.

Chaos's face actually had sweat on her forehead. "Order is using his full power.... what is going on... did "they" arrived?" They both stared at eachother and flashed out of there.

Back in the fight.......

2 flashes awoke Luke and Aurora.

Luke got down in one knee, "Lady Chaos, Lord Void."

Another flash appeared, and this time it was Aether. His face grim. He walked up, to them. "Does he know, that amount of power can eradicate this planet and my son?"

"Percy can control himself." Answered back Void with a definite tone.

Aether scuffed and crossed his arms, "If that were true, then Order wouldn't be using his full power to stop the fight. If something happens to my only Son... then you all know." After hearing the threat from Aether, Void's body started slowly releasing a dark energy. "Watch what you say Aether.... No one messes with my son, not after what happened to mine... I wont just stand here and watch him get hurt."

Aether eyed Void with carefulness, knowing that if a battle did start between the two, worlds would be destroyed. But even then he was ready to defend his son, he was proud of Leo, on what he became and what he can become, because his growth is just as fast as Percy.

Chaos turned her head and looked at the two primordials, her eyes shining with a weird light, "Both of you... be quiet." The two primordials suddenly straightened up and their foreheads began to sweat, "Now let's watch, I already sent a message to my brother. I need to see how much they have grown." As she finished her speech, Order appeared next to her with a worried look. "This is escalating to an all out fight! Percy is using a lot of his power."

"No, he is not" answered Void, "If you really knew him, you wouldn't say that. Right now, by the looks of things he is trying his best to help his brother."

Aether opened his eyes wide, "But... the power he is exerting?" He couldn't understand, even a Primordial from the ancient times couldn't comprehend what was going on right now.

"It's just a show, in reality what he is using is called "Intent" and that is not easy to use. He must have learned that while fighting Hanzo, Remesis and Arthur. Those three were master's at that." Void crossed his hands and stared at Percy. His smile from cheek to cheek. "Am I right Pontus... you were the one that gave him "that" when we adopted him."

Behind everyone, a vapor shadow slowly morphed into Pontus, He grinned, "Of course, it's part of who we are. If my predecessors could see how far he has come in a year, imagine in a century or more..." Pontus looked at Percy, as his punch got closer and closer to Leo's Huge hammer, the space was being bent and the heat was becoming unbearable. Aether and Pontus were smiling like crazy...

"Sister, this world that you created won't last for long, Both Percy and Leo will destroy it along with it's own dimension." Order stared at the two boys, "But a part of me wants to see how far they have come as well". Both their smiles, gave chills to Luke and Aurora. But Pontus and Aether ignored them, right now their main priority is to make sure that their son's don't kill themselves.

"Hmmm I'm excited... Our little Percy has mastered darkness!!" Squealed a beautiful woman in a black dress, black long Hair and deep abyss eyes, Her smile brought a cold air into the dimension. "Yes, I can feel it Nyx. The darkness in me actually wants to join him! Hahahaha!" A man next to her smiled none stop, his arm hugged her close to him. "Oh if Only Percy would have been our biological son Erebus.... hnmmm!!" She kept squealing.

Chaos and Order didn't even look in their direction, Aether side glanced at them, but Pontus's eyebrow kept twitching at the annoyance of those two. "Every time.... sigh. Remember you two, Percy is MY son and also part of MY Race. So no to whatever you are thinking of doing!!." Pontus shouted at them.

They flinched at his voice, "We know that!!!" They both said at the same time, but you could see the disappointment in Nyx's eyes.... well that is, if you could see into her eyes at all. Erebus kept smiling, but his cheek would move a bit and his forehead covered in sweat. They both could feel Pontus's pressure washing over them.

"Those two are always ready to cause trouble. Gives me a headache everytime." Pontus rubbed his temples. Aether laughed a bit at watching him suffer, but kept his eyes at both of the warriors, even though this whole time has passed, both of them have been exerting so much power, that they have been moving slowly.

"Percy... will you.." Sea spoke inside his head.

"No, but I will not just sit here and be hit like a ragdoll either. He is my brother, He wants to fight, then I'll give him such a blow that he will use all of his energy." Percy's punch released a blue energy, behind it the shadow of a dragon formed. "He won't give up, that I know. But maybe.... I want to try what I did with Hanzo." Hearing Percy's answer, Sea got excited at understanding what he meant. "Oh... but for that you have to absorb the energy he expels. You are not acquainted with Fire Aura Percy... it might hurt you." Percy smiled, "I know, but it's worth a try. I must understand his pain through fighting." Sea grunted with pride. Dragons knew one language between them, and that is strength.

Leo's eyes shined pure white, through his hands a white aura slowly covered his Huge hammer, behind him the shadow of a Phoenix appeared. Cracks began to appear behind him, they started spreading all over the place. The cracks would approach Percy, It continued like that for a few seconds, Percy took a deep breath, and that aura that Leo was exerting, slowly flew to Percy, it entered his body, his face showed pain, His skin started to steam, crack and bleed.

"No!" Pontus ran forward, "That will kill you Son!!!" He went to stop him, but Aether held to him and so did Chaos and Order.

"Let them! This is their fight!" Said Aether next to his ear.

"You don't get it!! Percy is using Soul Searching!" Screamed Pontus to Aether, "This let's him see inside the person's soul and memories, even now he is trying to understand what happened to your son, Aether!". He looked between Percy and Leo. "But if this fails, Percy will combust his own soul and perish..." whispered Pontus.

Percy's body kept cracking and steaming, he felt like he was in Tartarus again, he was being healed and also killed at the same time. Leo's eyes showed a bit of worry, but went back to rage, Percy continued absorbing his energy, almost looking like a lava golem, his punch still slowly making it's way to Leo, and Leo's Hammer also heading to Percy's punch slowly.

Inside Percy's soul.........

"Guh!! This hurts so much!" Percy sat on the floor trying to meditate and control this incoming monster energy, but it was burning him alive. He would get a glimpse of Leo and his mom. Leo working at the forge with a Pheonix behind him, on the Anvil a metal bull was there. The images changed, this time Leo is leaving with the Monkey king. "Alright, I'm getting....closer to....ugh....this pain..... I feel as if I'm being burned alive."

Percy's skin was slowly being turned to Ash. Even though he was healing himself, he couldn't keep up with the rate that his skin would be burned away. But he held on, because he needed to understand what exactly got Leo in such a berserker mode. He knew why, but the training with Arthur and Remesis took a bit longer than he thought.

"Okay, so the monkey king taught him how to fight with Martial arts, and the elements of Fire and Lightning. No wonder those attacks I took, were not a joke, if it was anyone else, they would have turned to ash and or explode into nothing." The images switched and Leo was standing in front of the Monkey King,

"Good job!! My apprentice!! Hahahaha, You may claim my staff! If you can hahahaha" The monkey king kept jumping up and down excitedly, "Now I can finally join my fellow gods hahahaha!" As he kept laughing and jumping like a monkey, he faded away. Leo was still bowing down to him. His clothes resembling his Master, the staff vibrated for a while trying to get off of Leo's hands. But he did a few martial arts formations with the staff, attacking the air. The more he moved with it. The better he got and the less the staff struggled, it started to shine white and red until it released an energy that gathered around Leo.

That energy flew to the sky, and atop of Leo's head appeared a Crown in flames, "So does this mean, that you have finally chosen me?... but I know artifacts don't make the person", Leo looked happy yet sad, "The Monkey King was so much fun, and he liked my creations... hahahaha!! I'll miss him. Now let's go back" Leo smashed the staff on the ground, an echo traveled along the mountains in china and a portal opened up for him. He went in and the staff transformed into a bracelet. Now Leo had 2 gold bracelets, his attire just like his previous master, But you could still see a deep sadness in his eyes.

The image got distorted and then vanished, Percy appeared back in his mind, he found his body covered in ash, "So *cough cough cough* this is how it feels to have no water whatsoever..." He shuddered and tembreled a bit, "Nope... not doing that again." Outside, the Heat radiating from Leo was slowly becoming Nuclear, all the primordials just stood there watching. Percy opened his eyes and put both his fists together with a loud smack, the world started to tremble. Because he stopped his attack, Leo did also, but he kept his energy up high.
Out of nowhere a huge amount of water manifested itself around Percy, his ring on his finger shining blue, "Master I am here to serve" said a voice in the water.
"Little Tibet, aid me in this moment, then after, you shall be free to return to your own place!" Percy's voice held command, a few of the primordials held back the need to follow his order.

In a flash Eros appeared, his purple wings moving excitedly, "mmmm he finally found his voice....hehehehe ahhh if only!" He turned into a woman and back to a man.
Pontus glared at him so much, that Eros laughed and then got back into his position. His eyes shining purple, for some reason he had great interest in Percy. I mean who didn't right?.

"But master I want to serve you forever." The Tibet Spirit spoke.

"No, you are a free river spirit, a mighty one at that. And you must continue to flow endlessly." The spirits eyes shined and the water around Percy formed a sphere around him, getting bigger and bigger to the same size as Leo's Energy. His body healed instantly, his hair turned Blue then Black, everyone saw how his demeanor changed little by little. His clothes changed to that of a Roman warrior with a blue and Sea green color Armor that kept changing and moving like water. His armor showed Neptune's symbol and Pontus's symbol on his chest. Pontus couldn't stop smiling, because seeing his son slowly accept himself for who he is and his heritage and much more, brought him so much happiness. Aether on the other hand was watching Leo, he actually tried many times to approach him, but Chaos kept him in check.

Leo walked forward one step, and Percy also. The water was suddenly absorbed into Percy's body. The energy being released by Leo stayed out, getting as hot as the sun itself. But Percy looked to be okay, unlike before, He still adorned the armor and his demeanor was that of a king. Inside Percy's mind, he was still sitting meditating, the energy that Leo was releasing was gathering slowly on Percy's "Energy pools" like snakes entering water, each of the pools grew with ease, slowly filling up. But one of them wouldn't even touch that energy and it was darkness. On the other hand, one of the pools the smallest of them all that looked like a puddle started greedily absorb all of it in a hurry, like being dry.
"It seems the pool of Light and Fire from Aether's blessing is taking in all of that...." Percy felt like something was amiss.
"You must choose Percy, Your main powers are water and Darkness basically, but if you choose this path of Half and Half, it will hinder your progress, maybe even stop you completely." Sea's figure appeared in the same shape as Percy when he transforms into his dragon form. "If I were you. I would sacrifice his blessing, And use it to enlarge your current one's. Basically level up, just like you did with Hanzo and-"

"Yeah, I know... I'm just wondering, if I should add to the one in the middle..." Percy stared at the Dark Hole in the middle, it swirled silently. Giving off a vibe that will consume you if you get close. "Even till now, you've told me not to, but something is calling me."

"Trust me, until Pontus explains to you my existence and the reason behind all of this. I wouldn't touch it." Sea again denied him on using it.
Percy nodded and once again touched the energy in the air. Images flooded his mind like waves, showing Leo appearing next to his mom.

POV Leo

"Um mom, I'm back." I smiled, I felt myself different. She smiled at me and gave me a hug.

She then sat down on an old rocking chair in front of a fire. The flame shadows showcased her beauty. "You are afraid... of who you are becoming." I nodded slowly, looking at my hands, "Do you know why I chose to stay here and wait for you?" I nodded and then I didn't, frowning... she giggled, "Ah my son, I knew this would happen. I told your father, that as you grew stronger, you would feel yourself change. The things that you were worried about would start to surface." She smiled, on the wrist of the chair she would tap her code, I love you. I sat on the floor next to her looking at the fire... after what felt forever, her hand grazed my hair. I felt a few tears go down my cheek and I started laughing, while fidgeting with a few metal components and wires.

"See? You are still you!" She smiled, "Because ever since you were little mijo, you have always cried, laugh and can't stay still. We are builders... we creat, dismantle and do much more." She got up and pulled me up as well, "See your skin and eyes might have changed, but you are still my Little Hijo, This power doesn't classify you, it's your actions while having all of this that counts. You love pranking and making jokes while constantly being hurt, left behind... but look who you met in your travels" Her words echoed inside my head.
I felt myself go into a different dimension. I saw myself running from the foster homes, meeting Coach Hedge, Piper and Jason. Getting to camp Half-Blood, meeting More people like me... brothers and sisters. Learning my heritage, being able to make tacos, our adventures, Festus... meeting so many new people. Making friends, all these things flashed inside my head. My chest started to hurt, I held on to it and I appeared in front of my mom again. She was hugging me, I was back to my 5 year old self.

She was on her knees hugging me inside her garage back home, "Who is my little Flaming Builder?"

She whispered in my ear, "I am... I'm Leonidas Valdez, the Hot flaming Builder... Mama" as I hugged her, I got back to the same place in the tent. I looked at my mother's eyes, her brown eyes were wet and her cheeks with tears. "I'm so happy to see my son grow up, *muah* I love you Leonidas.... mama will always be here in your heart....." she pointed at my chest and squeezed my cheek. I could hear my heart beat in my ears, everything seemed to slow down. she slowly started to fade away, like the sprinkle of snowflakes, she slowly dissapeared. I felt emptiness in my hands, in my heart, "Mom? Mom!? MOM!!!! NO PLEASE NO!!!!" I fell to my knees, this pain "please no.... don't take more people from me....mama...... Percy.... anyone..." I couldn't breath, everything turned Red, "Brother!!! You said..... you would always be there for me... I need you!"

3rd Person

"Huh?" Aurora turned around, her feathers fluttering. Luke felt the sudden change in the air, Order got up quickly.

"Oh no.... she is gone." Order slowly went to Aurora, "How is he?" He asked her, his tone with hesitation, "He is.... calling for Percy" even as a Pheonix, her tears were none stop. "He is broken, right now all he is doing is calling for him. I'm afraid that if Percy doesn't arrive, he might brake." Order clicked his tongue and sat back down. Luke side eyed their conversation.

Percy floated there looking at Leo Slowly breakdown and turn into a mess, Percy's heart hurt so much, knowing he couldn't be there for his brother. Suddenly Leo grew quiet and got up. He walked out of the tent and jumped up to the same tree the monkey king was before. And there he stayed, waiting. Leo slowly turned around and looked directly into Percy's eyes, "Get out of my head!".

The images got distorted and Percy appeared back in his mind. "Ufff that was close." Percy knew that if he wasn't stronger than the other person's soul he could get destroyed. So when Leo saw him, the force he felt was the same burning sensation from before. But this time it was worse, because it was Percy's soul that got hurt. He started taking deep breaths slowly healing, "This will take me a few days or more to heal..." Sea slowly nodded, he still stood in front of the dark pool. "Percy, now that you saw what happened... what will you do?" Sea's question caught him by surprise, but he just laughed it off.
"Well, I'll do what I always do." He got up and cracked his knuckles.
"Knock some sense into him by force... time to wake him up!" Percy laughed and Sea chuckled.
"That's the Percy I know." He closed his eyes and slowly merged back into Percy.

Back outside....

Percy's entire body returned back to normal, no more armor, no special effects, nothing. Just him.
"Hey Charcoal, get ready because I'm about to open a can of whoop ass!!" Percy's voice traveled all over, he flashed stepped to Leo, the heat and everything else didn't even bother him at all. Leo tried to back away by using his huge sledgehammer as a way to keep distance between them, but that didn't help at all. Percy was on him like gum. He finally managed to get behind Leo and with a flick of his body, Leo got smacked in the back of the head by Percy's dragon tail. Leo got sent into the ground so fast, that when his body hit the ground, the sound of the hit wasn't heard until later like a sonic boom. Everyone watched how Percy was smiling.

"About damn time." Said Luke with a smile and he sat down on the floor. Aurora looked at him confused, "When Percy gets like this... hehehe, Leo is going to get his butt whooped by Percy and get back to normal, So now you can relax. Just watch, it's the same way he did to me when I went crazy." Aurora frowned, but kept her gaze on Leo.

"Come on, get up." Percy taunted at Leo with a side grin. He roared and did a few kicks and punches that roared with fierceness. Percy evade them with no problem, on the last kick Percy grab hold of Leo's leg and smashed him against the same hole he was at. Leo roared again and Percy smacked him back down, for minutes it continued like this. To the point that even the primordials were shaking their heads.

"I think we saw everything. Let's go everyone." Chaos waved her hand, she looked to be in a better mood than before, "Brother, make sure you teleport them back to our palace after they finish." Order nodded and Chaos giggled while taking with her the rest of them there. Nyx clicked her tongue and so did Eros, they both stared at eachother and glared with hate, you could feel the tension between them. Eros was in a woman form glaring at Nyx, but she scoffed and smiled,

"Percy is now a main user of our Domain The Darkness... so you should just back off." Nyx's voice carried over to Pontus's ears, Eros opened her mouth to retort, but Pontus glared back at both of them. They laughed together and flashed away.

"Those two.... sigh..." Pontus took a few breaths.

"Sorry about that Pontus, she is very excited about Percy. So am I, but my self control is a bit higher than hers..." Erebus got closer to Pontus's ears and whispered very slowly, "Don't tell her I said that." He flashed away, but Pontus felt a cold air go by.

"Hm... he is going to be in trouble once Nyx gets a hold of him.... Anyway, Percy!! When you are done come see me, we need to talk!!" After his shout, he flashed away in a blue flash.

"No Problem Dad!" Percy answered back to him with a smile, while holding Leo by his neck. He kept struggling, and he tried gathering his energy, but Percy wouldn't let him. "I know that you've been holding back this whole time Brother. Now stop acting like a baby and accept what has happened. She is not gone, your mom will always be in your heart. You carry her will and much more! Be proud of who you are, who you have become and the friends you have made on your travels." The heat cooled down and Leo's eyes slowly softened, Percy let go of him and put his arm on his shoulder "Good fight Brother, I can tell we both got stronger!" he looked down at the floor, you could tell that after noticing everything he felt bad. "Don't feel Bad Leo! Hahahaha! Look at it as progress, we both have grown so much... now we can protect those who we love."

Leo looked at Percy, "But... my mom..."

Percy put his fist on his heart. "Your mom is here."

Leo put his hand on his chest and felt his heart beat at the same rythm as his mom Morse code for I love you. "AHHHH!!! Percy my heart is beating weirdly!! Am I going to die?!" Leo Screamed out while his hair got on fire. Percy laughed but smacked him behind the head.

"There we go, back to normal." Percy wrapped his arm over Leo's neck and walked with him out of the crater.

"Now let's go, I don't know about you, but I am starving." Leo could hear Percy's stomach growling. "Also I learned this cool technique from Mater Pig, when we go eat, I'll teach you! Ohhhh I can't wait to have Aunt Hestia's food!!" Percy's saliva got on Leo's shoulder.

"Damn it Percy ewwwwww!!!" Leo tried to get away, but Percy had him in an iron grip.

Both of them dissapeared in a flash of Blue and White light...

"Well it seems they are both ready to head back." Pontus looked at Aether, they both chuckled. Pontus left, but Aether waved his hand as he walked away. The whole dimension slowly dissolved like it was never there, the last thing to disappear was the round table in the center. The beginning and the end.