Chapter 12 or is it 10
Katie was about to start, but Zeus interrupted the demigoddess, "BRING THEM HERE NOW" Zeus shouted to Artemis, though which one left the room in a state of confusion.
"Shut it drama queen, before you get Katie in scolding mode" Travis said fearfully knowing that Katie in scolding mode is one of the most scariest things in the universe, at least to him it is. But he got slapped for the warning while Demeter smiled proudly at her daughter, who might just be her second favorite only being beaten by her Kore.
"Bring him here" Zeus told his daughter after the Iris message vanished, "or I'll urn you mortal and you die mortal"
"I'm completely fine with that" Arty said shocking the gods, and a good number of demigods, "what I'm tired of seeing my huntresses die in battle and grieving them all."
"Go ahead" Artemis said, surprising everyone, "as long as I have Percy and my daughter, I'll live as a mortal until the day I die. I won't betray my beloved's trust just because you tell me too, Zeus. Now then what is this meeting about"
"That too" Arty said
"I reckon it's about us, mom" Zoe's voice said from above, before the daughter of Artemis landed in front of her 'sisters'. "Hi I'm Zoe Diana Jackson. The daughter of Artemis and Percy Jackson, and the youngest member of the brotherhood of assassins in the last 50 years"
"Ohh yea is this when I introduce myself to the others, and get in trouble with dad for doing something he would" Zoe said dropping down from the ceiling.
"It is Zoe" Perseus said, also following his daughter's fall from the ceiling
Percy then walked into the throne room saying , "Dang it Zoe how many times do I have to tell you to wait for me before you go barging into a room full of dangerous people?!"
"I don't know how many times have you told me so far" Zoe asked
"More than enough but you still do it" Perseus answered his daughter
Zoe chuckled nervously and said "sorry dad... I just wanted to see grandpa, Uncle J and the awesome Uncle Apollo, auntie Piper, and aunt Hestia again"
"You know you didn't have to boost my little brother's ego" Arty told her daughetr
"Yeah I agree" Artemis said
"But he's the awesome uncle Apollo, or at least that's what he told me" Zoe said, as Apollo started to hide, trying to think of a way to warn his other self that his sister might be coming after him to murder him
Percy sighed and Athena asked her niece, "How did you survive that jump from above us"
" I actually want to know this" Athena stated, curiously
"Well then shut up and let me read wisdom goddess and you might just expand your damn wisdom" Katie yelled annoyed at her godly cousin.
"I used my power that I inherited from my dad to cushion my fall so that my legs wouldn't break and I won't die" Zoe replied, "Dad taught me that trick so that I wouldn't die from falling from too big of a height"
"How do you have such control over your father's element" Athena asked, only to get a knife thrown at her from Katie
"Let me read dammit" Katie yelled at the goddess, as Travis started backing away hoping that Katie's anger doesn't turn on him.
"How do you have such control over your father's element" Athena asked with narrowed eyes, "I believe that, as powers are passed on, they become weaker every generation"
"You are mostly correct, Lady Athena," Percy replied now beside his lover,
"Mostly correct I am correct" Athena said, "I'm the wisdom goddess"
Katie put down the book walked over to Athena and grabbed her by the ear proceeding to drag the goddess out side the throne room.
Conor slowly moved towards the book once it was set down, hoping that he would be able to get it but Demeter just summoned it to herself, and began reading just as the yelling from her daughter started from outside the throne room.
with his arm wrapped around her waist pulling her close, "You obviously forgot who her mother is, tell me and anyone who can guess this will not have to pay me for my next mission, what is one of the factors in making waves"
"The gravitational pull of the sun and moon" Annabeth replied, "That's why she's strong, her mother's domain helps create the waves of the ocean"
"Yes which sadly means other you gets one free assassination that I am willing to do" Perseus said to Annabeth, annoyed that his version of Annabeth was the first to figure it out, as he hoped Apollo would have answered instead.
"But she's a forbidden demigoddess" Hera said with narrowed eyes, "Not to mention Artemis broke her oath to never have children"
"Like you never broke an oath" the gods and demigods all said at once
"Like you are ones to speak, especially you husband" Hera sneered as the gods barring Artemis and Hestia knew they all broke oaths frequently, like freeing the peaceful titans for instance.
"And I'd break it again," Artemis told Hera surprising everyone, "but only with the man I love"
"Awww you love me" Perseus said, only to be slapped by Arty
"I wouldn't be dating you if I didn't love you"
"Then I'll kill that despicable sea spawn" Zeus growled and summoned his master bolt
Zeus did just that, but was stopped by another fireball thrown to his chest, and the weapons of his brother's pointed at his throat.
"You do that you'll lose a daughter" Artemis said, "and an Olympian"
"you would rather be with a sea spawn than with one of the men that sent a betrothal request" Zeus asked, his eyes narrowed
"Yes, because at least Perseus is a respectful towards woman unlike every single freaking god to exist" Arty said, while Artemis secretly agreed with her other self, trying to think of a way of getting out of an arranged marriage between her and the now dead Hercules.
"Yes" Artemis replied, "because I love him, father, I have ever since he saved me from under the sky and I always will"
Many of the gods began looking at Artemis as if asking if this was true for her but she skillfully ignored them.
Zoe then, with the baby seal eyes that were patented by her father,
"Oh no Look away look away" Perseus and Percy said, knowing how dangerous those eyes were, and the latter only imagining how much more effective they are on his daughetr.
said, "Please don't kill my papa, grandpa. I don't wan to lose a family member. Do you think that you can keep him alive for me? Please"
"Nope I'm going to kill him" Zeus said, just as he was hit with Poseidon's trident in the head knocking the god out
"No you fucking ain't, Zeusy" Poseidon taunted his knocked out brother, only for Sally to come grab him by the ear dragging him outside, only for Sally's yelling to join Katie's.
"Ohhhh grandpa is in troubleeeeeee" Zoe said, making both Percy's laugh along with Hades, who was amused that his brother was being scolded by his former lover.
Zeus took a look into Zoe's eyes and he immediately knew he made a mistake, as he could barely resist his own daughter's baby doe eyes and now it's the second coming of Zeus being wrapped around one's finger, and so the Olympian king said, "Fine...just for you"
"See it shouldn't be that hard" Zoe said, with a smirk knowing she can practically get what ever she wants whether it be from her father or grandfather.
It was then that Katie came back in with a scared looking Athena, who never predicted a demigod could be so terrifying just by using words.
"We tried to warn you all" Travis said quietly, but only failed as Katie came over and dragged him outside to only start scolding him as well.
Zoe then smiled wide and said, "thank you grandpa"
Smirking Artemis turned to Percy and said, "He's not the only one who's wrapped around Zoe's little finger. isn't that right Percy"
"I am not wrapped around her finger"Perseus said
"Don't lie other me, we all know it, and she didn't even have to give you the baby seal face to do so" Percy said calling his other self out, who just grumbled about not being wrapped around his daughter's finger
"I don't know what you're talking about" Percy replied
The assassin then turned to to Hades and said,, "I would like to speak with an ancestor of mine, could you make it happen"
" I could but I don't want to" Hades said
"His name?"
"Kenway"Percy replied with a smile, that single name had both Athena and Aphrodite blushing with the latter giving off a fangirl-like squeal
"We fell for the same guy" Athena and Aphrodite said in shock, "Inconceivable"
"Kenway," Ares growled, "that devil spawn is your ancestor?! He should've been sent to the fields of Asphodel!"
"You're just salty because he assisted Thatch in faking his death" Perseus said
"You mean Blackbeard faked his death"Clarisse said shocked, that her brother would do such a thing
"He needed to escape the mortal world and get back into the immortal one, he was tired of fighting mortal. So He gave one of the frigates he captured in battled and had work done on it to make it look enough like the queen Anne's revenge to convince mortals that they were fighting Blackbeard" Perseus explained
With narrowed eyes, Percy drew a pistol and fired it at the god of war, but the bullet missed and Percy said, "Disgrace my ancestors once more, Ares, and I'll put you in the ground faster than you can say oops, got it?"
"I'm not scared of you mortal," ares said "You may have been able to kill Hercules for good, but I am much more powerful"
"Dude I beat you when I was 12 with effectively no training" Percy said,
"That was a fluke" Ares said
"Wanna test it" Percy asked the god, who just sat back in his throne knowing the demigod has in fact only become more skilled and strong since their first encounter.
"that hasn't stopped me before has it Ares?" the assassin said with a smirk, "I have the skills of a master assassin and nothing has been able to stop an assassin and nothing will"
"As much as I like seeing my nephew being put in his place" began Hades, " but I do need to know why you want to meet Edward Kenway"
"No you don't you were just curios" Perseus said, to which Hades gasped, not seeing as to how someone caught him in a lie.
"I want to know where he placed his assassin robes and where I can find his gear," Percy replied, "as his direct descendant, I wish to bring his story and his gear back into the world. I will also be protecting the Observatory from people who wish to use it for their own gain"
"very well," Hades replied, as his hand was surrounded in an ominous glow and out stepped a man wearing assassin robes with a vest over his chest and had four empty gun holsters, as well as, two empty sheathes for swords.
"Where the hell am I?" the man demanded, "Why am I back in the land of the living? I thought I was dead damn it"
"Is he suicidal" Hestia asked
"I honestly don't know it could just be that the soul recognized it shouldn't have been there and wanted to return, but it is certainly possible" Perseus answered
"greetings, Mr. Kenway," Percy said as he walked forward, "I am Perseus 'Percy' Jackson, one of your descendants"
"On my daughter's side?" Edward asked, his brow furrowed, "Or is it from my son's?"
"Officially neither" Perseus said, which drew a lot of confused looks from everyone not from his universe, except Hera who took a guess at what he meant"
"I believe that it is from one of your many escapades that you and your crew took" Percy replied, "But I have not been able to find out "
"Oh oh oh that means you could be my descendant, Perseus" Aphrodite squealed, "it would also explain your daughter's beauty"
"I think we would both rather be six feet under" Zoe said looking at her father's sick looking fate, knowing she was wishing she had no direct relation to the goddess.
Edward looked at him and said, "Find out soon. Now the, why am I back in the world of the living? Better yet how am I back here?"
"Because I asked Hades" Perseus said
"I am the reason you are back in the world of the living, Mr. Kenway" Hades said, as the privateer-turned-assassin turned around and looked at everyone "We are the Olympians"
"I remember you," Edward said as he pointed to Aphrodite, "and you" He pointed at Athena.
"Awwwww he even remember us Thena" Aphrodite squealed in joy
"Hello Mr. Kenway" Aphrodite said with a slight pur, "It's been quite some time since we've been together"
"And he's dead so you won't be with again anyways" Hades stated, annoyed at the love goddess, thinking she could be with one of his subjects
"HI grandpa" Zoe said with a smile and getting Aphrodite to pout as Edward ignored the goddess of beauty
"It's that easy to distract him away from me" Aphrodite said, "that a 12, nearly 13 year old girl can do it", she seethed
"Hey, family is family, which comes before psycho ex-lovers" Perseus said, directly to the goddess, who just pouted, in her throne
"Well now who is this pretty lass" Edward asked his many great grandson.
"My daughter who else" Perseus sassed
"This is my daughter Zoe," Percy replied, "She's about 13 right now, and this beautiful woman right beside me is her mother, Artemis"
"You have a beautiful family, Percy," Edward replied, before getting serious, "Now why am I here?"
"I want to know where your old suit is and your gear as well," Percy replied, "I think it's high time I respect my family legacy, Eh, grandfather?"
Edward smirked and said, "Aye lad. Now then, before I tell you where it is, I have some advice for you. Do not take the road that is filled with glory, fame, and riches. For you will lose the ones you love, friends, family even. You will lose everything you ever had. Trust me on this lad, you don't want to take that path. It will only lead to self ruin. I came close, but I turned back. Do not make the same mistakes I made, Perseus. you will regret it later in the afterlife."
"I already technically have those" Perseus said, "I think he just loss his focus on balancing them all"
"I promise" Percy replied
"Good" Edward said with a nod, "I believe that I ordered the placement of my robes and weapons to be placed in a secret safe that only ones with the sight could see and with my blood, It's in my manor in London"
"How..."
"I guess you can say that I had help" Edward replied with a quick glance at Athena, "Now my time is up. Good luck Percy Jackson"
with that the pirate turned assassin vanished and returned to the underworld, with Percy saying, I guess I'm going to Kenway manor, anyone care to join?"
"And that's the end" Demeter said, as her daughter walked back in with Travis and Sally with Poseidon, both boys looking like they would rather be anywhere else.
"So what did we miss mother" Katie asked
"Zeus falling for the baby seal eyes" Demeter said, which got a chuckle from Poseidon before he abruptly stopped seeing Sally take a step towards him, "Perseus asked Hades to speak with an ancestor who was with Athena and Aphrodite at one point, and something about finding old gear and protecting an observatory" Demeter finished, happy that Sally was able to stop her brother with just a step.
"What's the observatory"Athena asked
"well it's effectively equivalent to modern day surveillance capabilities of first world nations. But that's not the problem, the problem is the blood that is stored their, contains a lot of demigod's blood, as well as some other powerful being's blood. And before you ask blood is how the observatory works, if the templars get their hands on the blood they will likely come up with easier ways to kill demigods, and possibly be able to track even immortals" Perseus explained, as the uncertainty of what would happen if the templars acquired the blood hit the gods with children.
However, not much more was said as the fates teleported the other universe's people out leaving the throne room in a state of shock at to what just happened and why the fates would want to make them knowledgeable of this other universe.
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