Leo

When I opened my eyes, I was greeted with the smiling face of Eros. I yelped and tried to get away from him, but in doing so, I fell headfirst off of the bed that I was lying on. 

"Ow! Fuck! Eros, what are you doing!?" I shouted as I rubbed my aching temple. Eros simply laughed as he took a step back from me. "Waiting for you to wake up after you dramatically fainted right in front of us."

I opened my mouth to swear at him when I suddenly remembered that I had, indeed, fainted after Aether had told me that I was now immortal.

I sat up and looked around to see that I was in a large room that was completely empty except for the bed that I had just fallen off of. 

"How-How am I immortal? How is this possible?" I asked Eros. The Primordial of Love smirked and snapped his fingers, a chair appearing beside him. He sat down on it before speaking. 

"When I took you away from Elysium, I had to touch you. By doing so, I gave you a little bit of my Primordial essence to start making you immortal. And when we came here, you became fully immortal." 

I looked down at my hands. They had colour, and so did the rest of my body. I was so used to seeing myself as pale as a ghost. 

"Oh. I guess that makes sense." I said, and Eros grinned. "I'm glad you understand. Now, can you please get up from the floor? Thalassa told me to bring you to her and the others once you've awoken."

I stiffened as I remembered Hemera telling me that the Primordials needed my help in fighting Percy. 

Honestly, how could one measly demigod stand up against Percy and the army he has? 

"Okay. I'm coming. And I wouldn't be on the stupid floor if you didn't scare the shit out of me." I grumbled as I got to my feet. 

Eros winked at me before gesturing at the grand double doors that were positioned right at the front of the room. "Ladies first, Valdez." 

My eye twitched at the obvious taunt that Eros gave me, but I ignored it and stormed over to the doors. As I approached, the doors swung open, allowing me to walk out of the room with Eros at my heels.

I walked down a long hallway until it opened up to the chamber where I had met the five Primordials. All four of them were already there, and Eros slipped past me to join his siblings.

"How are you feeling, Leo Valdez? You had us worried when you fainted suddenly." Hemera said with a concerned look. I smiled and bowed slightly towards her. She was like an overly protective mother. 

"I'm fine Lady Hemera, thank you for asking. It was just a lot of information to take in." I explained. 

Ananke nodded in understanding. "Yes, we know. But we were being completely serious, Valdez. We need your help." 

I frowned at that, crossing my arms over my chest. "I'm sorry, but how am I, one demigod, supposed to fight Percy? He'll kill me easily!"

Aether chuckled and Thalassa said "Oh, we know that. But that's why we're going to give you our blessings. With that, you'll be able to fight Percy without being completely destroyed within seconds." 

My mouth dropped open in shock. These Primordials were going to bless me?

I think I'm going to faint again. 

"You look a little pale there, Valdez. Please don't faint again, we need to get through this quickly." Aether said bluntly. 

I swallowed and snapped "I'm fine! I'm not going to faint, I don't know what you're talking about." 

"Sure." The Primordial of Light then looked at Ananke and said "Well? We actually do need to quickly bless him, and then leave before our other siblings find out what we're doing." 

Ananke sighed and rubbed at her forehead. "Leo, are you going to accept our blessings or not?" 

I held up a hand, noticing how my fingers were shaking slightly. The five Primordials all focused their attention on me and I suddenly felt very small and insignificant. 

Which made sense, because I was in the company with five extremely powerful beings who can kill me with a snap of their fingers. 

Right. Focus Leo, focus. 

Don't piss them off. 

But with the question that I was about to ask them, I'll probably end up getting murdered anyways. 

"Yes, I just have one really quick question." I took a deep breath and continued "Why me? I'm honoured and everything, but I'm sure there are other demigods out there that are more.... Worthy." 

Hemera and Eros smiled at what I had just said, while Thalassa and Aether looked offended. Ananke, on the other hand, remained expressionless. 

Oh, I'm so fucking dead.

Leo you idiot, why do you always have to open your big fat mouth around powerful deities who can squish you like a bug? 

"Have you noticed that all of the demigods that were close with Percy Jackson has been enslaved by him? With the exceptions of Thalia, Hazel and Piper of course." 

I winced at hearing Ananke talk so carelessly about the deaths of the three female demigods. I was never close with Thalia, but when I had heard that Hazel and Piper had died, I was horrified. 

I had tried to find them in Elysium, but for some reason I wasn't able to. 

"Yes." I said, and Ananke nodded before Hemera spoke where Ananke had left off on. 

"Percy kept them close with him because he knew them best, and they knew him. He didn't kill them because he wanted them to suffer. He could have killed Nico, Clarisse or Will, but he chose to enslave them as well. But he didn't, and I know you know why." 

"I do." I said, not liking where this conversation was going. 

Thalassa then said what I was thinking about from the instant Ananke had started to talk. 

"You were once close with Percy as well, Leo. You were part of the Seven before you sacrificed your life to stop our sister Gaea. We have seen your achievements, we have seen your relationship with the ex-son of Poseidon. You're the best option to receive our blessings."

I really wanted to tell them that I did not want their blessings, but I knew I had to accept. They were right, someone has to stop Percy. 

It was my turn to do so.

"I understand." I muttered. "Thank you all for explaining that to me. I'll accept your blessings now." 

Ananke smiled and looked at her four siblings. "He's ready. Are we all ready?" 

"Yes." Eros, Thalassa, Aether and Hemera said at the same time. Ananke glanced down at me and lifted her right hand. I watched in silence as the other four Primordials followed her movement. 

"This might hurt." She said before all of the Primordials started to chant something in a different language. I gasped in shock as I saw several beams of light suddenly fly at me. 

The beams of light hit me in the chest and let me tell you, it FUCKING HURT. 

I fell to the ground, screaming as I felt searing pain rip through my entire body. I felt hot at one point, and then cold at another, before the pain abruptly stopped. 

I lay on the ground, breathing hard as I tried to regain the feeling in my arms and legs. I saw the Primordials staring down at me out of the corner of my eyes, and I seriously wanted to cuss them out. 

Like for real, "This might hurt". What kind of warning was that, Ananke!? 

"Is he alive?" Aether asked, and I couldn't stop the laugh that escaped from my lips as Hemera elbowed him in the ribs. 

"Yep, he's alive." Aether groaned as he doubled over from the hit Hemera gave him. 

I slowly got to my feet, wincing as my body screamed at me in protest. "Thanks for that shit warning, Ananke." 

The Primordial of Fate merely smiled, pissing me off even more. "I don't know why you're looking at me like that, Valdez. You now have our blessings." 

I took a deep breath to calm myself down before I spoke again. "Okay, I do. But how am I going to learn how to properly use my new abilities?" 

Aether smirked, and I paled at the evil look he had on his face. "Easy. Percy trained himself on how to use his new powers before he went on his quest to take over Olympus. So you're going to do the same thing." 

"You won't have much time to train, Valdez." Eros warned. "Percy had five years to perfect his abilities, but you don't have that much time." 

I sighed and asked "So how long do I have exactly before I get sent out to fight Percy?" 

Thalassa looked directly at me and said "A week." 

I stared at the Primordials in disbelief before yelling "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" 

Ananke shook her head with a confused look on her face. "No. Why would we joke about that?"

I sat down on the floor and covered my face with my hands. "I'm so screwed."

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my teachers really do be giving more online work tho