Chapter 59

Chapter 59:

Percy sighed as he fell back on the couch losing his tie. He looked over at the kitchen counter and waved his hand pulling a glass out of the cupboard telepathically and bringing it to him. He then filled the glass with water before taking a drink of the pure creation.

"Long day?" Thalia asked as she walked in and sat down next to Percy. The demigoddess had aged well. She still had her hair in a pixie cut, but Percy liked it that way. It reminded him of when they first met. Her breasts had grown two more sizes from child birth while her hips had also grown wider. She looked far more mature now, and Percy swore she related to Aphrodite in some form.

"You bet," Percy grumbled as she put his arm around Thalia pulling her close. "Had a new member join the department, a dwarf. Ended up becoming his new partner."

"Kate's doing?"

Percy nodded, "yup. How did you know?"

"Because you hate partners. You prefer to work alone."

"Well I like to think of it as because I already have a partner," Percy said kissing Thalia who chuckled.

"Don't forget Micheal and Clarisse are coming over tonight, as well as Annabeth and Luke."

Percy groaned, "right, today's the day we kicked Kronos's ass. Forgot about that."

"We were in a fight for the sake of the world, and you forgot?"

Percy shrugged, "hey can you blame me for wanting forget that day?"

Thalia sighed, "not really no. Anyway come on, get up. Bethany wants you to make her a cake, and I really don't want her to start crying again."

Percy groaned, "oh come on. I just got back."

"Oh don't play coy with me Mr Jackson," Thalia warned as she walked to the kitchen, "I know your limits, and you haven't come close to reaching them yet."

Percy grumbled, "fine, Mrs. Jackson. I suppose my cooking skills are legendary after all."

Thalia smiled, "well it's your own fault really, who told you to have such a high skill rate in baking?"

Percy stuck his tongue out, he waved his hand causing all the cupboards in the kitchen to spring open as different items started to float out and set itself down on the counter.

Percy quickly tied an apron on, "so what happened at work today?"

"Nothing much," Thalia told him as she cracked a couple of eggs into a bowl, "Annabeth wanted me to look into something, said she found a bug in our system."

"Hm, and?"

"Just a worm, nothing the 'goddess of the net' can't handle."

"I still can't believe people call you that."

"Hey it's not my fault I'm the best computer geek in the goddamn world!"

"It is when your father's the king of Gods and pulled a few strings with Athena to plant the knowledge in your head."

"And I suppose having The Fates giving you the powers to become a God is totally fair?" Thalia raised an eyebrow.

Percy started to whistle as he avoided making eye contact with his wife. The woman chuckled as she and her husband slowly began to make dinner for their guests.

"Pass the salt will you?" Percy asked.

"Salt? Aren't you making a cake?"

"Yes, but I'm trying to make the cream sour."

"What?! Why are you doing that?!"

"Because the foam is way to sweet, I may have added way too much sugar and vanilla extract."

"Fine, just don't over do it." Thalia gumbled.

Percy looked over his wife's shoulder, "what are you making for dinner?"

"Chicken pot pie," Thalia replied.

"Nice, can you make some fries with that?"

"Carefull with the junk food Percy, you're going to end up fat at this rate."

"Oh please, I literally run at the speed of sound to get to work. I don't think a couple of extra fries is going to bother me much."

"It is when you eat for ten men."

"Hey I don't say anything when you stuff your face with pancakes!"

"That's because pancakes are the food of Gods!"

"Ambrosia is the food of the Gods."

"You know what I mean," Thalia grumbled.

Percy chuckled, "I do." Percy began whipping cream at super speed causing a little to spill on his face.

Thalia chuckled, "be careful Percy, or else you're going to end up looking like Khonie after her date with Leo." Percy and Thalia chuckled, she used her finger to wipe of the cream from his face, swallowing it, "hm not bad. You didn't make it too bitter."

Percy smiled, "I see, so you like the bitter white creamy stuff?"

Thalia blushed but rolled her eyes, "you are still such a perv Percy."

Percy chuckled, "well in my defence you made me this way."

"What?! Bullshit!"

"Yeah, remember? It's all because of you," Percy pretended to cry, "you took my innocence, I was just a little boy, sniff sniff."

Thalia raised an eyebrow, "really? And was it that same little boy who asked me to sex with him every chance he got? Do you even remember how many times we almost got caught?!"

"Hey that was because of Goblin's Growth and you know it!"

"You were a beast Percy," Thalia shivered, "I swear even after all this time you still act like a horny little boy."

"Well excuse me for getting turned on," Percy huffed, he looked at the stairs and sent a wave of mana out. He could tell Bethany and her friends were all upstairs playing. Percy smiled, he bent down and whispered in Thalia's ear, "you know, if you want I could take us into my time dilation ID for a few seconds."

Thalia's cheeks tinted red, "seriously Percy? Now?"

"Why not," Percy wrapped his arms around Thalia, "I swear Thalia you just look sexier and sexier day by day. I thought you were hot before, but now, damn, if I was still 13 I would faint from lack of blood flow to the brain every time I saw you."

Thalia groaned, "Percy, Bethany will get suspicious."

"We can be quick," Percy kissed her neck and slowly brought it upwards, "if you want I can even..." Percy whispered into her ears causing Thalia to grow crimson.

Thalia broke out of Percy grip and turned around. Percy was surprised, 'did I take it too far?' But just then Thalia jumped on him throwing her legs around his hips and her hands around his neck. She kissed him so hard Percy hit the counter behind him.

Thalia broke the kiss, "five minutes."

Percy grinned, "you got it." And in a flash of light they were gone.

A few hours later;

Ding Dong!

"I'll get it!" Bethany called out as she ran to the door opening it revealing an older couple.

The man had sandy blonde hair with a small scar on his cheek while the woman had stormy grey eyes with her blonde hair tied back in a pony tail. The man looked old, but still handsome dressed in an expensive suit. The woman wore a lab coat over a sweater and a pair of jeans.

Bethany smiled, "heya Uncle Luke! Aunt Anne!"

Luke grinned, "hiya kiddo!" he scooped her into his arms and grinned, "how have you been?"

"Fine uncle Luke," Bethany chuckled, "where's aunt Christy?"

"Oh she couldn't make it pumpkin, she's taking care of Andrew."

"Why did something happen to him?"

"Oh no sweetie, you see Andrew is just very young, he can't stay awake for long. So aunt Christy didn't want him going outside today."

"Okay, I'm glad he's okay, I like playing with him!" Bethany smiled.

"Well I'll be sure to bring him along next time," Luke smiled as he put her down.

"Where are your parents Bethany?" Annabeth asked looking around.

"Here Annabeth!" Thalia called out as she and Percy walked out of the kitchen to greet their guests.

Annabeth raised an eyebrow, Thalia's apron looked hastily tied on along with her crumpled shirt. Percy's shirt was untucked, something Percy never did when he was working. Annabeth sighed, "really you guys? Again?"

Thalia hit Percy on the chest, "told you they would notice."

Percy chuckled, "hey super speed can only do so much."

"Were you guys hunting again?" Bethany asked her parents with innocent eyes.

Thalia smiled, "yes honey, daddy and I were hunting monsters again."

"Which was it this time? The 60 foot look Snake of the damned?" Luke asked stuffing a chuckle.

Percy smiled, "no, it was the 100 foot one, but in the end not a problem for Thalia and I?" Percy and Luke laughed while Thalia looked she was going to murder the two of them.

Percy and Thalia quickly went to the kitchen while Bethany went upstairs to play with her friends. Luke and Annabeth poured themselves glasses of wine as they sat next to the counter overlooking the kitchen.

"How's work Annabeth?" Percy asked as he finished up the cake he was making.

"Not bad," Annabeth replied.

"Really? Nothing exciting happened?" Luke sounded surprised, "you're the mayor of Gardiner island Annabeth, surely something is going on?"

"No, it's all quite for once. Thank the Gods. Which is why I was able to squeeze in a few hours in the lab."

"What are you working on now?" Thalia asked.

"A way to track Mist dead zones. They have become a problem lately, figured it would be best to find and get rid of them."

"That's good," Percy replied, "don't want to many of those lying around."

Ding Dong!

"I'll get it," Percy said as she rushed towards the door immediately and pulled it open revealing another couple. The man had black hair and brown eyes with short hair combed backwards and a goatee that was cleanly trimmed. The woman had light brown hair with darker brown eyes. She was taller than the man, though still a few good inches shorter than Percy. She wore a evening dress that hugged her curves and exposed her powerful muscular arms while the man had a blazer over his shirt and a pair of expensive looking shoes.

Percy grinned, "Michael!"

The Son of Apollo grinned, "Percy," the two friends hugged, "you look good man."

"I can definitely say the same to you."

"Where are the others?" Michael asked breaking the hug.

"In here Michael!" Luke called out.

Percy turned to Clarisse, "hey Clarisse, looking good."

"Thanks sea brain, I try."

"I think the triplets are upstairs playing with Bethany, want me to call them down?"

"No it's fine," Clarisse stepped inside letting Percy close the door behind her, "what's for dinner?"

"Thalia's making chicken pot pie."

"Oh dear...should we just order in?"

"I heard that Mrs. Yew!" Thalia yelled from the kitchen, "don't think just because you gave birth to triplets you are somehow a better cook than me!"

"I have three kids you have one, thereby I am three times the mom you are," Clarisse smiled as soon everyone gathered around the kitchen.

"Well I wouldn't say that Clarisse," Annabeth called out as she hugged her old friend, "from the way these two have been going at it I'm pretty sure Bethany is going get a couple of siblings soon."

Percy and Thalia blushed as the rest of their friends laughed at their expense.

"So Annabeth where's Nina?" Michael asked.

Annabeth sighed, "she's with her father and Leo. There had been problems with Kronos's cage, they needed her help re enforcing it."

"Oh dear, hope nothing happens," Michael sighed as he drank from his glass.

"If it does we'll be there to stop it," Luke responded flatly, "before it's too late."

"Yeah," Clarisse replied with narrowed eyes.

"Alright enough talk about Kronos," Percy said, "honestly, the one time we all get to meet up and immediately you people start talking about that asshole."

"Well he did try to kill us all Percy."

"And we kicked his ass. If he comes back then we can deal with him then, but right now we are going to focus on us, and the future. So there will be now talk of the crazy farmer in this house, got it?"

Michael chuckled, "you're the man Percy."

Percy smiled, "and don't you forget it. Oh and Michael just a quick question, is that goatee a permanent thing or…..?"

"Oh come on?! You too?!"

"Told you he wouldn't like it," Clarisse told her husband.

"But come on, it's not that bad is it?" Michael asked turning to her friends. As one they all shook their heads causing Michael to hang his head in shame, "I hate you all."

"Daddy!" three new voices suddenly called out. A pair of girls with blonde hair and a young boy with brown hair ran into the kitchen towards Clarisse and Michael.

"Hey kiddos, what's wrong?" Michael asked.

"Bethany is being mean again!" the girls cried out. The one on the left was in tears, "sh-she told us that she would feed us to Leo!"

"WOOF!" the giant wolf called out as he ran down the stairs with his tongue sticking out. Bethany was on his back as she used his collar as a saddle, yelling at the top of her lungs, "get them boy!"

"AWWW!" the triplets yelled as they ran away from the parents with Leo and Bethany at their tails.

Percy turned to Thalia, "you know she get's that from you right."

Thalia shot Percy a look, "it's your wolf."

"Yes, I know. But it's a mini version of you currently riding him."

Ding Dong!

Thalia looked up in surprise, "oh, it must be her! Percy get the door, I'll take care of Bethany and Leo."

Percy nodded in confusion. He walked to the door, 'who does she mean? Nina? Mera? Where is Mera anyway?' He opened the door and stared.

"Daddy!" a little girl called out. She jumped Percy as she hugged his legs with her tiny arms. She was young, the same age as Bethany and wore a silver parka with a quiver attached to her back. She looked up and smiled at Percy with her pearly white teeth. Her hair was red, bright red and her eyes were as green as the sea.

"Andrea!" Bethany cried out as she jumped off Leo and ran to the girl.

"Bethy!" the girl cried out as she pulled her into a hug, "how are you little sis?"

"Little sis?! I'm older than you!"

"Na huh! Mom told me you were born a hour after I was!"

"Yeah but I'm still taller than you. Come on! Carlos, Debbie and Phoebe are being mean again, so I'm having Leo teach them a lesson!"

"Cool! Count me in!" the two little girls ran into the house leaving Percy dazed and confused.

"Honestly she acts more and more like Apollo," a voice said in an annoyed tone, "and even after everything I did to make sure that didn't happen. Honestly Percy, I blame you."

Percy looked at the woman in front of him. She looked around his age with red hair that reached her hips tied back in a pony tail. Her eyes shined silver like the parka she wore. She was as tall as Thalia, and just as beautiful with full hips and a medium bust.

The woman blinked, "what's wrong Percy? You're staring."

"A-Arty?" Percy stammered unable to believe what he was seeing.

"Yes...why? Were you expecting your other immortal wife that was the goddess of hunting?"

"W-wife?" Percy gaped, his eyes fell to her hands where sure enough there was a sea stone green wedding band on her left ring finger. Percy looked at his own and found two wedding bands, one electric blue and the other silver.

"Arty!" Thalia called out, "so glad you could make it!" Thalia looked at Percy's stuck from, "Percy? Honey, what's wrong?"

"I-I'm married to Artemis?"

"Yes...are you feeling alright Percy?" Thalia asked, "are you sure you're fine?"

"Maybe he's come up with something?" Artemis asked, "did he seem odd before?"

"No he seemed perfectly fine. Percy maybe it would be better to sit down."

Percy looked between Thalia and Artemis, they both had identical rings of their fingers. 'No, no, this isn't possible. I would never...I don't think of Artemis like that, I….I'm dreaming...I'm in a dream. Why….Hypnos, he told me, he sent me to find Morpheus, that means,' Percy looked at the house, his daughters, his family, and tears came down from his eyes, "this isn't real."

And then reality exploded.

In the real world;

The building laid in ruins. The police and firemen had arrived and were searching the destroyed pile of stone and wood for survivors.

In the middle of the this all under the wreckage of tones and tones of metal and concrete was a perfect sphere made out of water. Inside the sphere were three figured, a bleeding Triton holding the staff of Neptune, an injured Iris that layed down beside an unconscious Percy Jackson.

"How are you holding up Iris?" Triton grunted looking down at the fallen goddess. Her arms were scrapped, the skin on her neck suffering from slight burns. Triton did his best but in the end he didn't have Percy's healing powers.

"I'm alright Triton," the goddess smiled, "thank you for worrying. But you are the one who is bleeding, how long can you hold this?"

"For sometime," the son of the sea assured her, "it's lucky that Percy had this with him. I can feel my father's power race into me, healing me, giving me the strength to keep this up."

"Is that how you saved us?"

"Yes, but unfortunately it came at a price. Now Percy won't be able to use this," Triton grumbled, "I can't believe Hypnos would betray us like that."

"Ambition makes fools of us all," Iris sighed, "he wanted Morpheus's powers and titles, Kronos simply gave him a way to do that."

"And he would have gotten away with it too," Triton turned and smiled at Percy's sleeping form, "I swear kid, you're a little miracle."

Iris chuckled, "maybe that should be his new nickname? 'The Miracle of the demigods'."

Triton chuckled, "seems appropriate." Suddenly pain rushed into his body as he winced in pain. The sphere of water shuddered causing the load over them to slowly shift down. Triton immediately recovered and concentrated on the barrier making the water stable once more.

Iris sighed in relief, "I can hear the mortal law enforcement digging through the wreckage. They won't reach us for some time though."

Triton nodded, "I can keep this up for now. Have you tried contacting the others?"

Iris shook her head, "Hypnos's charm is still in effect, I can't use my powers."

Triton growled, "great so the divine way is useless," he noticed Percy and an idea came, he smiled, "maybe the mortal way isn't. Iris check Percy's pocket, he should be carrying his mobile."

Iris nodded as she crawled towards Percy she sighed, "he's wearing his armour Triton, I can't reach into his pockets."

Triton cursed, "fuck, forgot about that detail. Guess having a building dropped on you can really mess with your mind huh?"

Iris sighed, "it's alright Triton, the others will hear of this. They will come for us, I promise you."

Dreamland;

Percy fell down and landed on his feet. He coughed as he unlocked his helmet's faceplate spitting out something white and sticky. Percy growled, it was all over his armor's surface, luckily the stuff wasn't inside it, otherwise that would be awkward.

Percy tried summoning the water from the air to douse himself when he found that there was not a single drop present in the air. It wasn't that the air was dry, it was like water didn't exist here. He couldn't feel it's presence anywhere, not around him and not inside him.

'Right, Hypnos said this was a dream world, that means none of this is real,' Percy growled, he looked up and saw pods among pods of filled with something white. There were silhouettes of people inside those things, 'the demigods, they must all be inside.'

Percy got his feet, they were wobbly for a few seconds but clicked into place. Percy sighed, this was a strange feeling, being in this place. It felt familiar, but Percy had never seen it before in his life.

He was in a huge hallway, at least the size of a four lane highway. The walls were a mix of red and purple swirls moving in an almost hypnotic way. The white pods hanging above him on the ceiling were creepy, and very strange.

Percy reached out with his mana sense and he felt a huge amount of mana being channeled into the pods. There was probably enough mana in here for Percy to use his interdimensional travel skill several times over.

'What is Morpheus doing?' Percy wondered, 'he's not getting anything back, and from what I can tell he's using vast amounts of mana to support these guys. It doesn't make sense.'

He immediately used Observe;

Pods of dream,

A container in which the human soul is kept when visiting the realm of sleep. In it the human starts to dream.

The pod is powered with mana from Morpheus.

Percy narrowed his eyes, 'wait...land of dreams...pods containing humans….dreaming of their life….fuck, this is the fucking Matrix!'

He groaned, 'alright, first things first, find Morpheus and the other demigods. If I was to guess they are all in these pods, but it's too much of a risk taking them out. I pulled myself out, don't know if forcing them out is a bad thing or not, so might as well not risk it. Okay then...let's find the God of dreams.'

Percy resealed his helmet and took out Waverider. He looked around for the staff of Neptune but found it nowhere. 'Shit, something must have happened,' Percy cursed without the staff this just got infinitely more difficult.

Percy shock his head, he needed to focus on finding Thalia first and if he was to guess she was probably hiding in one of these pods. And since he decided not to fuck with them he should probably focus on finding the god of dreams.

Percy looked down the giant hallway and sighed, 'no time like the present,' he then took off in a rush of speed. The hallway blurred together in a mix of purple and red as Percy ran faster and faster. But no matter how long he ran or how fast the world around him didn't change. It was the same hallway, it was the same body bags.

Percy stopp and growled, 'okay, so moving forward doesn't help. What about...' Percy looked to the the walls. He approached it and ran his hand along it's surface. The walls felt freshly painted, wet. But at the same time Percy could feel power radiate off of it.

'Alright then, let's see if I can go through these things,' Percy put away Waverider and closed his eyes, releasing his strength seals;

STR- 0.146 (+11+20+75+2) = 108.146

Seal Release: Layer 10 Time: 1 1.2 Months

STR- 42,467,328 (+11+20+75+2) = 42,467,436

Percy grunted, he felt a rush of power go through his body. The seal tattoos on his arm vanished as he grunted, his arms felt hard, like iron. He stood up straight and took a deep breath to calm himself. He drew back his right arm and launched it forward.

BOOM!

The wall vibrated hard against Percy's fist sending shock waves across the wall. The white pods in the ceiling vibrated hard, shaking like a leaf on a tree. Percy felt the wall groan, but it refused to break.

Percy drew back his hand, 'okay, time to step it up,' he closed his eyes and began to channel his Body Form perk increasing his strength tem times over.

Body Form Activated: Full Body!

STR- 42,467,436 X 10 = 424,674,360

Percy gasped at the sudden rush of power that surged through his limbs. His muscles became more prominent, his kin started to stretch out. Percy took a deep breath and slowly let it out. Before doing something like this would have caused Percy immense pain, but thanks to his tactile telekinesis body enhancement he felt his body stick together in one piece.

However the demigod knew this would be enough, he needed to take it a step further. Percy hadn't used this skill in a long time, at least never like this. He focused on him mana, he felt it vibrate slowly as it came pouring out in dredges. Percy caught the mana and forced it into his arm and for the first in long time he felt himself hold back his vibrations in control.

Percy grunted his power back inside of himself, he hadn't needed this power in a long time, he had gotten off on pure strength alone. Percy looked at purple and red wall and drew back his right hand.

He charged his earthquake power allowing it to rumble with energy, he felt his mana circle around his hand. He felt the power, the pure destructive force inside his fist. He tightened his shoulder and threw his arm forward letting out an animalistic cry, "AH!"

BOOM!

The wall was pushed back by the force of the impact. The strongest punch a human ever made was around 5,000 Newtons, his strength points were at least 20. That's 250 Newtons per point. Percy had 424,672,360 points to his stat, that was over 106 billion newtons.

Combine that with his Earthquake powers and you get something far more devastating.

Attack = 424,674,360 STR X 1,200 = 509,609,232,000 Attack points!

That was well over 127 trillion Newton of force.

Ripples of energy went through the wall. Percy could see it trying to fight back, trying to hold together, dispersing the force behind the punch. He would have to hit it again.

Percy drew back his left fist and through the fist of colossal energy into the wall sending out another blast of energy.

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

The wall rippled again, spreading the energy wide and away. "ARGH!" Percy roared throwing punch after punch into the wall. The wall vibrated again and again like the bass speaker in club as it strained to spread out Percy's power.

'Just a bit more!' Percy roared out increasing the speed of his punches. His Rush perk activated causing his punches to slowly increase past human speeds, drawing unto the superhuman and then slowly breaking the sound barrier.

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

The fists blurred faster and faster. Each punch moved so past the air in front of it didn't have time to fully move aside causing small pockets of air to be crushed into the wall.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

The walls vibrated over and over, Percy could feel it trying to fight back, but he didn't let up, he kept the punches going over and over, he could feel it straining under his might. And then, at Percy's 106th punch the wall cracked and suddenly exploded outwards.

BOOM!

Percy stepped back, supporting himself using his hands to keep himself upright. He looked at the giant hole in the wall and smiled. Panting he stood up straight and slowly powered down, he couldn't keep the flow of power going for long.

There was shadows dancing in the hole in the wall. Percy could see forms and figures appear and evaporate before he could identify them. It was like the darkness had a mind of it's own.

Percy could hear the roar of the wind, but there was no wind to produce such a sound. He felt numb looking at the darkness, it wasn't fear, no, it was just pure numbness. It was like there was something there, and that something was nothing.

Percy gulped and stepped forward. He grabbed hold of the broken wall and stuck his head into the darkness. He looked down and saw no bottom. He looked up and saw no top. Even the outside of the wall was blank, it was like he had punched a crack into the very fabric of this reality,

"I have to say Percy, you surprised even me with that stunt," a voice behind Percy spoke out.

Percy's eyes narrowed, "Morpheus," he turned around and found himself staring at a being with a shadowy silhouette for a face wearing a very expensive suit. Out of the man's back grew wings, black and white, three times bigger than his own body, power rolled off him, his very precise seemed to brighten the tunnel.

Percy didn't even have to look at the God's title to know who he was;

Morpheus, God of Dreams

Lv-?

The shadowy face nodded, "she said you would come for her….for them….I must admit though I didn't think you would."

"Then you don't know me at all," Percy's anger seeped into his voice as he was reminded once more of why he was here, his friends, his family. He came to take them back.

"Such anger, careful Jackson, it may just be your downfall," Morpheus tone sounded like he was teasing Percy, the demigod honestly couldn't tell, the divine being didn't really have a face to read.

"Where are they?" Percy asked.

"Kind of a redundant question don't you think?" Morpheus shrugged.

"Release them all," Percy demanded drawing out Waverider leveling it at the God, "or I'll make you."

The God sighed, "typical demigod behaviour, fighting before thinking. Tell me Percy, do you even know why I did what I did? Why I spent so much time and energy bringing the demigods here?"

Percy's eyes flashed from red to green, he was barely keeping himself from jumping the God, "no, but I'm guessing the reasons are complicated and twisted."

"No, not at all, in fact it's very straightforward," Morpheus explained, "I brought you all here in order to protect you. I made a deal with Kronos, if you all stayed out of the war then you will not be harmed, he gave me his word."

Percy's eyes went wide, "so you brought us in here….to protect us?"

"Yes….and something tells me you don't appreciate that."

"You're right, I think you're insane," Percy growled, "how did you know?"

"Because Thalia Grace said the same thing, she then punched me in the face," Morphs sighed, "something tells me you're about to do the same."

"Right again, but first tell me where she is," Percy's eyes trailed to the pods, "is she in there?"

"No, no she escaped," The god of dreams sighed, "she managed to free herself, how I don't know."

"Keeping so many people in here against their will must be hard for even a God," Percy shot back.

Morpheus' shadowy face lowered, "I...I must admit, I am impressed. All it took was one look and you figured it out...how?"

"Your pods, you're supplying mana into them, forcing them inside, and it's draining you isn't it?" Percy speculated, "you couldn't keep her in there because her will was too strong, she broke free."

"Correct," the God nodded, his wings flappings, "you certainly are a clever one."

"Thanks, now where is she?"

"Safe, I promise you, like everyone else in here," Morpheus spread his hands out, "do you not see what I am doing here Percy? I am saving them all, your family and mine. By bringing them here I have insured their lives, I'm doing this for us!"

"And what about the humans?!"

"Again and again about those stupid humans!" Morpheus roared, his wings flapped sending a gust of wind strong enough to knock down a tree. Percy however stood firm, to him it was just a breeze. "Why do you care so much about those filthy things?!"

"Because I am one of those filthy things," Percy growled, "and so is my mother. I have lived in that world for all my life, I have meet so many amazing people, why in hell would I ever leave them behind?!"

Morpheus growled, "you think they are amazing?! They are horrific! None of them are worthy of a single drop of demigod blood! They aren't worth the air they breath!"

"What gives you the right to say that?!"

"I'm the God of dreams boy! I see into their very deepest darkest desires and you know what I see?! I see death, decay, jealousy, lust, pain and so much hate! They are only happy when they cause others pain! They find satisfaction only in making others hurt! Those amazing people you know? Do you know what they dream about?"

Percy flinched, he was tempted, so very tempted, but he gritted his teeth, "does it matter?"

"What?! Of course it matters! It matters if the people you love and care for wish you dead!"

"But they don't do they! They never say that, or act on that impulse! I wish people dead every day, but I never say that or do anything in that way!"

"But you don't dream it do you!" Morpheus floated into the air pointing at a white pod, "this is a son of Ares, you know him I believe, Peter his name is. You know what his dream is? Of one day besting you and taking control over the camp!"

"If that's his dream then I can't blame him," Percy growled back, "he wants power, everyone does, but I know he would never act on that impulse because he's my friend!"

"Then what about this one," Morpheus pointed to another pod, "Clarisse La Rue, do you know what she dreams about? She dreams about a world where she was never a demigod, where none of you were ever a demigod, she dreams of a world where the gods died. She hates the very family she has sworn to protect!"

"And yet she stayed!" Percy shot back, "she could have left camp the moment we cured her off her scent and never looked back. She could have hide as an ordinary human for the rest of her life and never cared what happened to the Gods. But she didn't, you know why? Because we are her family, and she would never abandon family!"

"Open your eyes you arrogant fool! Not everyone is as loyal as you! Luke betrayed you the first chance he got!"

Percy knew that wasn't true, Luke never betrayed them, he was simply a spy, but he could never admit that. "Fine, so what? He did so only because he believed we would live better lives under Kronos's rule! He did it for us!"

"And what if one day someone else thinks they know better? What if one day Clarisse changes her mind? What if one day Peter decides to turn the camp against you? What if one day the very people you swore to protect decided to leave you?"

Percy stood silently, he thought and finally broke the silence, "then that day I'll will come to terms with what has happened. Our dreams are not reality, it's not who we are, it's what we want to be, but know that we never will be."

"That is where you are wrong boy, I'm the god of dreams, I have been so since eternity began. Believe me when I say this, the person one perceives themselves to be in their dream is the truest form of them. They are weak, they are cowardly, they hate and they steal. That is humanity, that is what you claim to protect."

"Then aren't demigods the same?"

Morpheus was stumped. He honestly didn't have an answer. He cleared his throat, "t-they can change."

"Then so can humans," Percy shot back.

The God of dreams growled, "enough of this! Don't you see?! I'm doing this for you people!" the God roared sending out a blast of mana right at Percy.

Percy jumped to the side and rolled. He got up and growled, "we didn't ask for this! We never asked for this!"

"You never did, but they did!" Morpheus pointed to the many pods around them, "they dreamt of not fighting in this war! Do you know what happens when they sleep? They always come into my realm, they visit, and I take care of them. I help them dream! I help them contemplate the problems of the day and I nurse them back to a stable state of mind in order to face the next day! And the next, and the next! I help them up, only for them to come crawling back, broken once more! I couldn't do anything to help them, I could never interfere! But now….now I can no longer simply stand by and watch! They dream of a better life, and I will give it to them!"

Percy looked at the god, and noticed a single feather slowly fall down. As the black and white death hit the ground Percy realised something, something important.

"Would you do that….even at the cost of your own life?" Percy asked gently.

"H-how did you know?"

"You're shedding," Percy pointing to the fallen feather on the ground. And now that he was looking for it he realised there were several feathers all over the place, a trail of them where ever the God walked.

"A God's form is absolute, not a strand out of place not a blister on their skin. But if you are losing your form...then that means you are growing weaker. There is so much power being supplied into those pods, you must be exhausting yourself forcing us all in here, making us stay. You….you're risking fading away aren't you?"

"How….,sigh, yes," Morpheus floated down standing before Percy, "I was never meant to bring so many of you here...it's not natural. My control over my own realm is slipping...that's why you managed to break it, otherwise not even Zeus could have done something like that. It's against nature, but….but if it means saving your lives then it must be done!"

"Morpheus….I understand why you are doing this," Percy lowered his weapon, "I do... You and I...we have the same flaw. Loyalty. But this...what you are doing...it's just wrong!"

"You mean like you did when you went into the underworld to bring back the souls of 36 demigods?" Morpheus argued, "you were risking death in doing that, so if you, a demigod could act so noble, why can't I?"

"Because I never realised the implications of what I did that day," Percy shot back, "all the people I saved...they were dead because of me. It was my duty to save them and I was willing to face the consequences. But what you're doing...it's robbing them of the will to chose!"

"Who would chose to die for people who never cared for them?!"

"ME!" Percy yelled, "and Thalia, and Annabeth and Michael and so many more demigods! You say you know their true selves? Then tell me now, is there a single demigod there who won't fight for Olympus? Who won't fight for humanity?!"

"You do this...and you would be robbing those who wish to not fight a chance of happiness."

"Then I'll take that burden. If they want too they can leave, no one ever forced them to stay. They stayed though...because it's who we are. We are demigods, being the hero is in our blood."

"You still don't see do you? You never never their children….you were always their weapon. They leave you, abandoned you to the wild and then when you are broken, isolated and desperate for attention they will come and act as benevolent beings offering you a place to stay. If the God truly cared about you they would have never left you alone. At the very least they would have left you in camp half-blood, with your fellow siblings."

"Yes...we know. But we don't care. Do you know the reason we all act like heros? The reason we have such a….such a hero complex? It's because we know we are screw ups, we know that we don't belong with humanity. They reject us, they look down on us, calling us worthless. But we protect them….because we want to prove them wrong. We want to prove them that their hate,their rejection doesn't bother us, that whatever they say to us won't make us become like them. They can hate us, but we won't hate them. We are better than them, we are heroes."

"Sentimental rubbish," Morpheus growled. He snapped his fingers causing the white pods above to glow. Slowly shadows began to fall down from the pods, they flew towards Morpheus, surrounding him like a cloak before slowly transforming into the worst creatures Percy had ever scene.

There were monsters of old, chimeras, minotaurs, a hydra, a fury and even a demented looking clown with a blood red smile and a very sharp knife. Each figure was darkened like a shadow, their eyes glowing red. Percy could feel power rolling of them, through his mana scene he could tell that Morpheus had created them.

The Legendary Minotaur,

Lv- 100

Chimera,

Lv- 100

Fury,

Lv- 100

Evil Clown,

Lv- 100

And they were much stronger than their original counterparts. Percy gulped, he was in deep do do this time.

"You wish to be a hero then JAckson?" Morpheus asked, "then take on their nightmares! Fight for them! Prove you're worth demigod! Or die!" The god threw his hands forward causing the monsters to charge Percy.

'Well shit,' Percy cursed lowering his visor. He raised his weapons just as the shadows landed on the ground and charged at him. Percy ducked down and raised his blades. The Chimera reached him first, it pushed its powerful legs and leaped at him with its mighty jaws wide open. Percy dodged at the last moment rolling away as the Chimera fell into the giant opening her created in wall and down into the bottomless pit behind.

"GRRR!" it cried out as it's voice grew distant. Percy smirked as he got up, 'nice,' and then began to run. The shadow monsters followed him, managing to keep up despite his impressive speed. So he activated his strength;

STR- 0.146 (+11+20+75+2) = 108.146

Seal Release: Layer 10 Time: 1 1.2 Months

STR- 42,467,328 (+11+20+75+2) = 42,467,436

Percy turned back and saw them gaining on him, seeing no point in running he trailed around and brought waverider down hard. The air in front of Percy was sent forward due to the force behind the slash, the shadow minotaur was cleaved in half.

Percy then began his attack. His swords flashed blue and bronze as he hacked and slashed through the swarm of shadow monsters. The beasts cried out as Percy carved through them, each swing carrying with it enough force to turn stone to dust and carry entire buildings on his back.

The monsters kept coming though, they didn't care for their own lives for they had nothing to live for. They lived only to torture, only to hurt. Percy saw them in different forms, most were greek monsters, the kind any demigod would be naturally afraid, while a few looked human, Percy swore he saw one that looked exactly like a disappointed Julia.

Percy didn't stop, he kept attacking. Each monster he cut down he felt a wave of appreciation come upon him. Like the person whose nightmare he killed was thanking him for it. He looked into those red eyes and he didn't blink, he didn't stop. But then he saw it. A shadow that gave him pause. A shadow that took on the form of Percy Jackson.

The demigod halted, for a whole second he halted. He slowed down, and just stared at the blackened red eyed figure before him. 'W-who's nightmare is that?' he wondered, and in that moment, a shadow lion plunged it's teeth into Percy's shoulder, biting into his armour and biting skin.

Percy's eyes went wide with pain, "ARGH!" Percy bent his knees from the pain, he dropped Riptide and immediately punched the lion's jaw breaking it off easily. The shadows saw their chance and launched themselves on him. Percy kicked his own shadowy self into dust, but they came on too fast.

The dog piled him, another minotaur pinned him down, showing it's smelly mouth near his helmet. A hydra came on top of them and then a giant bear of top of the snake. Monster after monster jumped onto, and Percy could slowly feel himself being crushed under the weight.

Percy panted, 'why did that hurt? How did that lion hurt me? My armor, it was like my armor wasn't even there! Okay, so maybe these things can bypass my armour...and my marble skin...then I can't afford to let them hurt me, meaning...'

Percy focused on his mana and gathered it into his core. The mana traveled through his body and suddenly was released all at once sending out a wave of energy that blasted the monsters off off Percy;

Energy blast, Lv- 1 (43%)

Sends out a blast of energy.

Cost- 100 MP

Damage- 100 MP

The monster's weren't hurt, but this gave Percy a chance to escape as he launched himself into the air using his telekinetic flight. The monster quickly got back to their feet and jumped up to attack Percy in the air. The demigod cut them down, spinning on the spot to strike down monsters that attack from the back.

Slowly Percy spun around faster and faster, his very form reminiscent of a tornado of death, a storm of swords. He kept cutting them down, one after another. Monster after monster fell to his blade, it cut through them like butter. He didn't even register what form they took now, all he care about was destroying them.

And then something came from him. It was a blue in the corner of his eye, but he caught it and moved just in time to avoid a downward slash of a black and white blade. Morpheus had entered the battle.

The God swung his blades at Percy. The demigod dropped down to the floor, cutting the monsters under him to form a fighting space. Morpheus looked down and followed Percy, dropping down as his swung his sword sideways.

Percy twirled Waverider between his fingers turning into it's trident form once again. He then held it up catching the two blades on the shaft of the trident. The blades clashed with an audible ring, a wave of force was sent out knocking back the shadow monsters a good ten feet.

Percy held Morpheus there with his trident, with his free hand he reached into a compartment in his leg gaurd and found a re summoned Riptide. He took the pen out and uncapped it in one motion. Morpheus tried to move back but before he could Percy thrusted the bronze blade forward piercing the God's right wing.

"BASTARD!" the god of dreams yelled. He sent out a blast of energy similar to Percy's own energy blast throwing the demigod into the monsters behind, killing several before landing outside the ring.

Percy growled in frustration as he slowly got on his feet. Morpheus held his now bleeding wing in pain as he walked out of the swarm of monsters.

Percy narrowed his eyes at the ichor bleeding out of the God, "I'm sorry...I truly am."

"I know," Morpheus growled, "but you can't afford to be. You need to be ruthless, you need to kill without mercy. If you want to lead the demigod, if you want any hope of carrying their dreams and defeating their nightmares...then you need to be more than just a sad demigod."

"I know what I have to be," Percy answered back, "but that doesn't mean I have to be cruel."

"Yes...it does," Morpheus snapped his fingers and suddenly the shadow monsters disappeared. The turned into a thick fog, slowly joining together to form a sphere of darkness so thick Percy couldn't see what was being formed inside it.

"You used to come here didn't you Percy?" Morpheus said as he flexed his injured wing, which was already almost healed, "you used to dream, I remember...I always remember. You used to dream of days where you and your mother could live a happy life, away from Gabe….away from school. Away…..from the freak that you were."

Percy narrowed his eyes, he remembered them, of course he remembered them. Those dreams, the ones which he was glad he no longer dreamt. The days when he blamed himself for his mother's sufferings, the days when his biggest issues were his abusive step-father. The days...the days which he missed if only because he was truly free of responsibility back then.

Morpheus flicked his hands forward and suddenly the shadow sphere charged at Percy. The demigod turned to run away, but when he did he found himself facing a wall of shadows. Percy cursed and turned back again, but it was too late.

His vision turned black. He couldn't see a thing. He was standing in a spot light, but the shadows were surrounding him.

They moved like water, the water from the deepest parts of the sea, so deep not even the light of the sun could reach it. And out of the shadows came a shadow figure in the form of Percy's mother.

"Why did I ever have you?" she cried, tears came down heavy, "why?! If you weren't born then I wouldn't have to live like this! I would have had a normal life!"

"M-mom I-" Percy stopped, 'no, this...this is wrong. She isn't my mother.' And just as Percy realised that a grey hand came out from the shadows and grabbed Sally by the hair.

"Ah!" she screamed as she pulled back and forth, shaken like a leaf. Out of the shadows Gabe stepped out, in one hand a can of beer and in the other Sally's hair.

"You ungrateful bitch! I take you and your idiot son in and this is the thanks I get?!" He emptied the can of beer and threw it away. He pulled her hair up to eye level before swinging his palm across her face, slapping it hard enough to throw her down to her knees.

"Mom!" Percy cried out, he turned to Gabe, his eyes turning red, "you bastard!" Percy leapt out of the shadows to attack Gabe, but the moment he did a flash of white flashed across his chest cutting him hard.

Percy moved back into the spotlight and held his chest in pain, "what the hell?!" He could feel himself bleed, and yet his armour wasn't cut, he marble skin wasn't hurt. Again the power of Morpheus overwhelmed his defenses, luckily though it seemed other than pain Percy hadn't lost any HP, considering his health bar was still full.

"You shouldn't get so riled up Percy," Morpheus's mocking tone called out, "you know these aren't real...right?"

The shadows spat out another person, this time it was Thalia. She smirked at him, "you stupid boy, you actually thought I loved you didn't you?"

Percy growled, "you're going to have to do better than that Morpheus."

"Hm...yes, I think so," the God agreed. Suddenly a black and red blade pierced Thalia through the chest, the daughter of lighting looked down as she gulped blood out of her mouth, she looked at Percy as the light faded from her eyes.

The blade swung up throwing her limp body into the spotlight underneath Percy. Blood came flowing out of her chest and mouth, dark red blood. The colour shook Percy, shadows couldn't bleed, what if….what if…

Percy bent down and touched her cheek, it was warm. "No...no, no, no!" Percy threw his weapon to the side and kneeled down. He held her head on his lap, "Thalia? Thalia?!" The shadowy skin slowly started to shed away, her black hair grew a strip of blue, the same blue strip that he loved so much. Her skin became clear, her previously red eyes turned blue.

"Pathetic," a figure stepped out of the shadows. He was big, bigger than anything Percy ever saw. The shadows covered him from the chest down, but Percy recognized the cape he had tied around his neck. It was the second half of the golden fleece, and that meant this could only be one person.

"Kronos," Percy spoke.

"How can you stop me? If you can't even save one little girl?" the Titan asked as he wiped her blood from his blade onto the golden fleece.

Percy looked at the titan and then to Thalia. He sighed, "I can't believe I feel for that again," he pushed the dead body off of him and stood up straight, "I must be slipping or something."

Kronos raised an eyebrow, "really? You treat your love as so? Maybe you and I aren't so different after all Jackson."

"Cut the act Morpheus," Percy growled, he summoned Waverider and Riptide and leveled it at him, "you aren't fooling me."

The titan smirked before turning into the God once more, "clever. What gave me away?"

Percy formed, "you weren't scary." It was true. The first time Percy meet Kronos is was just a glimpse at his arm, but even that frightened him. And then back in the dream world created by the entities who gave him waverider, when Percy fought that Kronos he was scared, his every voice shook his bones, this one however was a pathetic clone.

The God chuckled, "true, true. I'll admit I'm not that good of an actor. Bu admit it, I had you going for a second," he snapped his fingers causing 'Thalia' to disappear.

"What was the point of all of this?" Percy asked, "why did you even bother?"

"Because I wanted to show you that even you had demons, that you have nightmares to run from."

"And?" Percy asked, "I faced them...and I'll continue to face them."

"And where would that leave you?" the god asked, "what would happen if you continued on this path?"

"I don't know….I don't think anyone knows," Percy admitted.

The God laughed, "yes, that's true. No one knows the future….but I do."

Percy stopped, "w-what do you mean?"

"Why do you think demigods can dream into the future Percy?" The god circled Percy like an animal about to pounce, "why do you think that they know what's going to happen before it does? You don't dream….but surely you have heard of others dreaming about the future?"

"I-I…."

"Don't deny it," Morpheus waved his words away, "do you know why they can dream the future? Because the Fates allow them too, through me they show them the future...and now I know it as well."

The shadows began to change, they displayed images, frightening images. Percy saw the white house burning, he saw the city of San Francisco flooded, he saw forests burning and the sun blackened by a crescent moon. And then the images turned. He saw New York, his own city. Olympus no longer floated in the sky, it had crashed into the ground, cracking the ground below.

The city of the Gods was destroyed, its buildings reduced to ruins found in modern Greece. The throne room was destroyed, the thrones of the Gods reduced to dust. The flames of the hearth was put out by a pile of bodies. Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Demetre, Hades and so many demigods were piled onto the pit where once the Hearth of Olympus once burnt.

And sitting on top of the throne was a man dressed in black. He wasn't a giant, he wasn't even a God. Percy blinked as the shadows revealed the thing that had done this, the monster that had destroyed Olympus and everything he loved. The man stood up and removed his helmet revealing a demigod.

The youngest son of Poseidon. The boy who brought back Zeus' lightning bolt, the boy that had dived into Hades to bring back his mother. The boy who had fought a monster beyond Earth and saved lives. Percy saw himself, and dropped his weapons in horror.

"N-no," he whispered as the shadows died away. Percy had been transported, he now stood in front of the giant hole in the purple wall he had created, but he didn't even realize it.

"Do you see now Jackson?" Morpheus appeared in front of him unarmed with his wings folded, "do you understand now why I don't believe you are capable of saving anyone?"

"T-that isn't me," Percy muttered, "i-it can't be."

"No...it is," Morpheus sounded sad, almost guilty, "that's why I did this. Not just to save them from the war….but to save you from becoming that."

"You're lying."

"Do you really think so?"

"Yes."

Lie failed!

"Percy….I'm sorry. But….but we can stop that from happening. I can stop you from becoming that thing."

"H-how?"

Morpheus placed his hand on his chest, "like this," and suddenly Percy felt a blast of energy push him back. The demigod felt himself being pushed through the hole, he felt the shadows reach out and grab him.

"NO!" Percy cried as he tried to fly away, but the moment he crossed the threshold between Morpheus's realm and into the darkness he was gone. But Percy kept pushing, he kept trying to swim back to the crack in the wall, he stared at Morpheus, who simply watched the demigod struggle.

"Good bye…..Percy," the God snapped his fingers causing the crack in the wall to repair itself.

"No!" Percy pushed harder and harder, his fingers stretched to grab onto the edges of the cracks, but as they brushed against the solid wall the crack disappeared. For a second he felt a solid wall, before even that disappeared. And suddenly Percy was jerked down into the darkness, his screaming drowned out in the numbers of nothing.

In the real world;

Triton looked down, his eyes blinked, "Iris...where's Percy?"

Iris looked up from the miniature rainbow she held in the palm of her hand, "what do you mean? He's right-" she turned around and stopped seeing an empty spot where Percy's body used to be. "What in the world is going on?!"

"I don't know, but I'm guessing it's not good."

GROAN!

The tons of concrete and metal above them started to shift, Triton grimaced as he pushed his will power to the limit maintaining the sphere of water.

"Triton, are you okay?" Iris asked, "reduce the size of the sphere, Percy isn't here...something happened to him, I don't...I can feel...something pulled him away."

"Do you recognize the signature?" Triton asked reducing the size of the sphere to lessen the strain on his mind.

"No, I don't," Iris replied frustrated, "which is not something the goddess of teleportations says on a daily basis." Suddenly the rainbow in her hand started to glow drawing her attention to it, "yes! The charms are down!" She grabbed Triton by the arm and the two vanished in a brilliant flash of rainbow light. The sphere of water disappeared as well causing the debris that was being held up to come crashing down.

The Lighthouse;

Eunomia sighed for what felt like the hundredth time, "she hasn't called...this isn't good."

"Oh would you quit your worrying, I'm sure they're fine," Nemesis aved the goddess concern away.

"Iris would have called by now," Zephyrus, Iris' divine husband spoke up, "or at least sent word everything was going on schedule."

"Maybe she and Triton are having difficulty locating Hypnos' lair?" Hecate suggested, "we all know the bastard likes his sleep."

"Maybe it would be best we try and contact them," Eirene suggested with a hint of worry in her voice, "just in case."

"Agreed," Eunomia nodded taking out a drachma ready to Iris call the two missing minor Gods. But just then a bright rainbow light exploded in the middle of the table as Iris and Triton dropped down in a heap.

"Well….that's something you don't see everyday," Nemesis admitted.

"Iris!" Zephyrus called out as he helped his wife up, "what happened!"

"Hypnos betrayed up," Iris replied groggily.

"The damn bastard tried to blow us into pieces," Triton growled.

"How did you survive?" Eunomia asked in surprise.

"Percy," Triton pointed to the staff, "he had this with him at the time, saved both our lives."

"Where is Percy?" Eirene asked, her worry showed on her face.

"We don't know," Iris admitted, "one moment he was there with us and the next...something happened to him."

The minor God council looked at each other, they were out of their depth here and they knew it. "We need help," Eunomia finally admitted, "we need to inform the Olympians of what happened."

"Aged," Triton nodded and slowly everyone started nodded as well, with Nemesis being the last. Once Iris and Triton were properly treated the minor gods went to Olympus, the smell of war was in the air, and everyone knew it.

Elsewhere;

Hypnos stood in front of a giant circular portal in a large forest with his hands spread out. His eyes glowed white with power as he poured mana into the portal.

"Hurry up Hypnos! We grow impatient!" the titan Hyperion called out. The Titan stood tall and proud, his sword strapped to his right over the stump of his arm.

"It is done Hyperion," the minor god yawned as he put his hand down and walked to the side.

Hyperion huffed as he slowly walked forward and pushed his left hand inside. Feeling no resistance he smiled and walked away.

He moved past the gathered forces of the Titan army. The monsters stood at attention, waiting for the order to move, waiting for their master to proclaim the beginning of the war.

Hyperion walked past the troops and into a tent. He slipped inside and bowed, "it is ready my lord."

The figure smiled, "good. Very good," he stepped passed his brother and into the night. The troops all turned as one and stared. They cried out cheering his name, they praised him, they worshiped him. The titan smiled, he turned to his army, "tonight we fight the first battle to bring down Olympus! Tonight we take away the only weapons the God have! Tonight we take away their children!"

"AH!"

"ALL HAIL KRONOS!"

"Go forth my faithful servants!" the mad titan pointed at the portal, "go forth and bring death to them all! With this we strike first!"

The monsters cheered as they marched towards the portal, going in rows of five like a legion of roman soldiers.

Hypnos stepped up and stood besides Kronos, "and you will keep your end of the bargain?"

Kronos nodded, "once Morpheus and the demigods are gone...you will be the new God of dreams. I swear it."

Hypnos smiled and bowed, "thank you lord Kronos."

The titan nodded. He turned to his marching army and smiled.

Nowhere;

Percy didn't understand why. Why did he turn? Was he truly evil? Did Morpheus lie? No...no he told the truth. Percy….Percy did that, or he would.

The demigod looked around and saw nothing. Less than nothing. And the question came, where was he? Was he to suffer through all of time like this? Aware of everything he did...but be unable to do anything?

He looked around, and suddenly he realised he wasn't nowhere. The ground, it was grey and made out of stone. But it wasn't there before, it...it just showed up and….what is going on?

Percy looked around, and everywhere his eyes feel something popped up. There were pillars around the platform, greek style pillars. There were no walls, just an endless expanse of sky that looked like it belonged during a sunset, and yet there were no stars around.

The platform he stood on...there was nothing else there, no one else there. And just as Percy thought that, someone apparel.

"Well this is a surprise," a figure spoke up from a red velvet couch. It wore a men's suit, but Percy couldn't tell if it was male or female. It's was was stars, galaxies were formed inside with stars dotting the edge of it's frame.

Percy was curious, but before he could speak the thing spoke, "who am I? Well that's a long answer, are you sure you want to know?"

Percy blinked, but before he could speak it started again, "how did I do that? Well simple I know what you are thinking because well I suppose in a way I am you and you are me. But that's too meta for you to understand right now."

Percy raised an eyebrow, he opened his mouth, but once again that thing beat him too it, "yes yes I know you have an INT stat of 150, that's impressive and all that, but this requires wisdom, which isn't as vast. You should really change that you know," the figure chuckled.

Percy blinked, and again before he could speak the figure spoke, "ah yes, I suppose this is getting a bit irritating. Well I apologize, I just assume it's easy for you to understand, but it must get annoying after a while."

Percy began to speak, but stopped, he expected the figure to interrupt him again, but surprisingly did not. The figure motioned for Percy to continue and with a sigh he did.

"Who the Hades are you?" Percy finally asked.

The figure shrugged, "isn't it obvious? I'm the collected human abstract opion system."

Percy looked at the figure, "ah…..sorry?"

The figure shrugged, "Chaos. I am Chaos. And you are not supposed to be here. But, I must admit I'm glad you are. I have been meaning to talk to you. After all every Percy needs a Chaos doesn't he? Such an overdone cliche, but I suppose it must be done."