Stolen Loyalty

Chapter Eight

Percy's POV
"I missed you." Erin mumbled, and leaned down to kiss me. I smiled, and gently lifted her off of me, standing up and brushing the dirt off of my clothes.

"Oh my Chaos, Percy you're alive!" Luke gaped, Zoë silently sobbing into his shoulder. I grinned.

"No, Castellan. I'm just a figment of your crazy imagination." I rolled my eyes, and Zoë laughed, Luke blushing a fiery red.

"Ah! Percy, I have to admit, I've missed your annoyingness." Chaos said, wrapping me in a large bear hug. The campers jittered and laughed.

"It's true." Bianca agreed, and Jason nodded. I pouted.

"As your commander, you aren't allowed to go against me!" I stated, puffing out my chest. Luke burst into laughter.

"Wow, I'm so intimidated by my very manly, intelligent, strong commander. I'd better follow orders or I'm totally gonna get my ass whipped into shape." Luke rolled his eyes. I laughed, despite my brain's resistance.

"Well, since everyone's so glad to see you Percy, I suppose you wouldn't mind answering some questions? It's about time we got caught up on things." Chaos said. I nodded.

"Sure, Big C." I answered, and made my way back inside the Big House, Erin's hand interlaced with mine. It was good to be back.

"So," Chaos began, flopping down and taking up an entire love seat. "How'd you get out?"

"I took your advice." I stated simply. Erin stared at me, puzzled. "Do I tell them?" I asked for permission, and Chaos nodded discreetly. "My mother is Order, Chaos' sister. I'm her only child, and as she created the Void, I had the power to get out." I explained. Their reactions were hilarious.

I stood up and walked over to Luke, before snapping his jaw closed. He continued to stare, unblinkingly, however, at the spot I hat just been sitting in.

"W-what?" Erin stuttered. I smiled at her.

"Yup. Chaos is my uncle. And I am all of your superior. Now bow down to me or I will crush  you like a fly." I growled, making my hands and eyes glow with pure energy for the added effect. 

Luke let out a very high pitched strangled cry. "No! I'm to young and beautiful to die!" He wailed, and Zoë smacked the back of his head. I burst out laughing, doubling over and holding my sides.

"Percy! Don't scare Luke like that!" Orion scolded. "We all know he falls for nearly anything, there's no need to mock him." He added mischievously. Luke pouted.

"That is like, so, not true." He said, imitating Drew Tanka's and nearly every other stereotypical teenage girl's voice.

Erin, Jason, Orion, Zoë, and the rest of the present team shared a laugh. I wiped away a nonexistent tear, and turned to look at Chaos.

"Sooo...what now?" I asked, and my uncle frowned.

"I do not know quite yet, Percy. But Order did contact me and she informed me that you had obtained knowledge."

"Oh yeah!" I face palmed. "Yeah, uh, I forgot. Wait, no, I remember now! Yeah, mom, erm, Order, told me that our battles with Tartarus and Void stirred Gaea again. She's rising." I said helpfully, and Erin groaned.

"Seriously? My day was just starting to look up and now, Gaea?"

"Hey, compared to Big T and Void, she should be a piece of cake. Get it? Because the dirt is sometimes caky? Oh come on! I thought that was funny!" Luke exclaimed, before pouting. We all chuckled.

"Ha ha." Jason said in a monotone voice, and Luke faked hurt.

"Wait a second..." Zoë said suddenly, her instincts kicking in. How I could tell? Her posture was immediately tense and her eyes narrowed. "What the hell happened to Dark Percy? Destroyer? He's still out there, I'm pretty sure."

"He didn't get sucked into the void with Percy?" Silena questioned, piping up. Beckendorf had his arm wrapped around her shoulders, and nodded in agreement.

"I thought that he would. But I don't sense him anywhere, which means that he's not inside of me right now. Which means he's somewhere, probably plotting our demise. Oh guys, I'm so sorry, this is all my fault." I groaned, raking a hand down my face.

"Cheer up, not-as-cool-as-me-person-who-has-the-same-name-as-me." Perseus said, standing up and clapping me on the back. I rolled my eyes, and Michael barely held back a laugh.

"Thanks, that makes me feel so much better, Perseus." I said sarcastically, and Perseus, missing my sarcasm, sat down with a satisfied grin.

"So what do we do now?" Ethan asked. I shrugged uselessly.

"We wait."

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Hey.

Hi

Um.

So I know it's been a while.
A very long while.

A super duper duper long while.

And this is a really really really really short update.

But honestly I have no inspiration for this story, and am seriously considering putting it up for adoption.
Nothing official yet, though. It's unlikely to happen, because I just feel uncomfortable with letting someone else take over.

So as of now, as I've said, I will be continuing this story. Updates might vary from once a week, to once every three thousand months. Hehe.

I love the support comments and crap, and understand that you want me to update, but I also have 20 other published stories that I'm writing. Some of them are also PJO fanfics so go and check them out if you liked this one and its predecessor. They may appeal to you.

Anyways, keep reading :)