Aftermath (Chapter 19)

Quote:"Lies are the truth people want to believe."

2 months after the event.

Camp Half Blood flourished with prosperity.  The dead were mourned, memorials were given. The day Order and his army was defeated by Percy Jackson was known at the "Doomsday" event. This went down in history as the greatest acheivement of a demigod.

Due to the low numbers of demigods, a pact, once again was made by Perseus Jackson. Rewards were handed out, usually for demigods whom have saved others, or fought against all odds. While not many people were "heroic", many watched their hero be rewarded.

During the ceremony, Percy was offered Godhood once again, to be the God of Time, Heroes, Hope, and Loyalty,  but he declined instantly. He saved his wishes, wanting to use it at a later date.

The pact that was made said that for the next 5 years, all gods, if they want to, can have affairs with mortals and have no consequences,  but after the 5 years, they need to keep it in their pants.

Zeus was quite happy, and Hera gave a glare, until she realized she could have her own children. Zeus can be unfaithful to her, she could do the same to him.

Most gods such as Hades, Poseiden, Artemis, Hestia, all still stayed the same, not having any more children. Hades did not really new want anymore children, he may have a little bit more, but he wont spawn a bunch of children. Poseiden decided to stay loyal to Sally, not having children until he meets the right person.

Camp was rebuilt for the better, it had the protective wall of Camp Jupiter, as well as the tree barrier. The camp itself had 2 halves, one for Roman activities and culture, the other one was Greek. If they needed more space, they built outwards into the fields.

During the 2 months, no monsters were seen at all. Every monster was truly gone and had to reform. After the 2 months, some hellhounds were sighted, not too severe. Only the weak monsters were reformng now, giants and those types would take a while longer. The Titans and Typhon would take at least the next few decades. Kronos was gone for good, even if he came back, he would not be against Olympus anymore.

Perseus Jackson was co-leader of Camp Half Blood, alongside Chiron. Annabeth and Jack were demoted to counseler, much to their dismay. Nico, Jason, Piper, Frank, Leo, Hazel, Reyna were all counselers as well, training the demigods. Thalia was a counseler as well, but only when she was in camp. Dionysus was happily not bound anymore to the camp. His "punishment" was being bound to Camp Half Blood, which no longer stood. Camp Half Blood has the same name, but it completely different than before, bigger and better.

Percy still lived in his house near the rebuilt Hunter's camp, and was treated as a celebrity amongst the Greek World, and he acted too modest for his actions.

However, Jack and Annabeth both had a plan, a plan that would not only ruin Percy, but a plan with unimaginable consequences. This plan took about a year to fall into place.

The mortal world was shaken up by the chaos, and was known as one of the strangest paranormal phenomenon to occur in recorded history. However, over the first month, people eventually recovered. Buildings were rebuilt, and repairs were in progress.  Researchers tried to explain this, but eventually came up with a solution. The world believed that that event was a "coincidence" and was a one out of a trillion type of thing. They went back to their daily lives after the second month.

First Person

I hated being treated like a celebrity, it was annoying and creepy to me. People always asked me to use my powers. People wanted to be as strong as me, and I knew that would be impossible.  I dont want another person to go through what I did.

My funeral statue stood in Olympus square, outside the council room. I still had a statue here at camp when I was exiled, it still stood proud.

Annabeth and Jack still are mad at me, for what, I dont know, I just avoid them.

I haven't remade a new suit, since it was destroyed completely,  and no monsters have been seen, so I havent really bothered. I always wear my sunglasses(the helmet), and if I want, I change them to an earpiece just to look cool.  I can make the helmet appear alone without the armor, and when I activate both, they combine. Think of it like some sort of Power Rangers megazords or something.

I got along with most campers, but I spent most of my time at home. I still trained some demigods, but the others have it covered. I feel retired. I kinda want to just stay in this house until I get old. Unfortunately,  thats not gonna happen. Eventually something is gonna come up and fate is going to slap me in the face.

I remember when I was summoned to the Olympian council the next day after the battle, and it went something like...

FLASHBACK

I stood in the middle of council, and many gods shifted nervously seeing me. Gods whom have voted me out and think I may have a grudge on them feared me. After seeing how I was able to teleport beings such as Titans, it meant I could also teleport gods.

Teleportation is bound by ancient laws as well. I cannot teleport primordials unfortunately,  but Titans and Gods are fine.Let me explain, so demigods can teleport mortals and maybe weaker demigods, but demigods almost never have the ability to warp, so it happening is like once a lifetime. Gods can teleport mortals, demigods, and weaker gods. For example, Zeus,  the strongest god, can teleport say, Aphrodite. He could possibly even teleport weak Titans, but he doesn't need to ever do that, plus it takes way to much energy.Titans, due to being much older than gods, are more powerful. Same rules apply, but the thing is, they cannot teleport primordials. There is no "weak" primordial, so Titans are basically the last stepping stone.Primordials can teleport anything except beings that are just insane in terms of power such as Order, Chaos, Void, and maybe more, I dont know.

I am classified in above Titan, but lower than a Primordial. I am allowed to teleport anything under a Primordial.I can still be teleported by gods, Titans, but I doubt any demigod exists that is powerful enough to...oh right, I am.If I allow a god or Titan to teleport me somewhere, I will teleport with them, say if Hermes flashes me to Olympus, sure, Zeus flashing me to the depths of the Underworld? Yeah.....no. (also just to clarify, Flash, Teleport and Warp are synonymous,  they mean the same thing.)

Also, monsters vary. Some monsters are much weaker than others. So a nymph would be mortal class, hellhounds would be demigod level, giants such as Porphyrion would be god types, Titans are Titans, duh, and people such as Typhon range between Titan and Primordial,  so that it why it took so mucn energy for me to teleport him. However monsters cannot teleport, since they do not have that power besides Titans, and Titans cannot teleport powerful gods. Someone like Kronos could possibly teleport say, Persephone, but that takes a lot of energy, as well as it is pointless.

So the gods did have a reason to fear me, I could easily teleport each of them to Chaos knows where.

"Perseus Jackson, while you have saved us all, we are deeply concerned about your power and where your loyalty lies." Zeus spoke rather nervously.

"And why is that?" I ask.

"Because you have shown the power to decimate Titans, it would allow you to easily push all of us out of our rule and let you become King." Hera stated.

I burst out laughing, confusing many gods and goddeses. They honestly thought I was still a threat.

"What are you laughing at?" Athena yelled at me.

"Me? King? Nah, you all have gone crazy. I do not need power, I already have too much myself. Why would I want to rule Olympus? If I were to even spend a second on that throne, I would pretty much blow up everything before it starts. You think I am some power-hungry maniac, don't you? Perhaps if I was a certain daughter of Athena, I would definitely rule over Olympus, but I am not. I just want a peaceful life, spending an eternity in Tartarus has given me enough action for a lifetime and more." I glare at Athena.

Athena has her jaw open, either from my explanation or that I insulted her child. Probably both. A few gods snicker at her, until she returns to her natural angry look, shutting everyone up.

Hestia, Poseiden,  and a few others nodded, expecting this. They knew I never wanted more power unless the situation called.

"Well....errrr.....that is quite an explanation, but....we still need you to swear alliegence to Olympus, then we can leave you alone, for now." Zeus stuttered, he was really paranoid.

"No." I smirk.

"WHAT?" Athena screeches at me, rather loudly.

"Can you honestly blame me Athena? I trusted each of you at one point, some of you have kept my faith in you relatively good, and most of you have betrayed my trust at one point. I made that mistake once, I will not repeat it again. So no, I do not swear my loyalty to Olympus, but I do swear on Chaos that I will not turn against Olympus unless given a reason to." I say. Instead of lightning appearing, a shooting star flies overhead, and leaves a trail of what looks like exploding firecrackers, but bigger and more explosive.

The gods look in amazement, usually when people swear on Chaos, nothing happens. It is because you have to be worthy to swear by that name. (Like Thor's hammer.)

Athena looked ready to release the meanest number 2 the world had ever seen.

Zeus had a look of amazement, but quickly turned it back to the "King of Gods" facade.

"That seems fair, but we will keep track on you, and do not even think of betraying us." Zeus thundered as he flashed out. Personally, I think Zeus is just acting intimidating,  because if I wanted them gone, I would have done it already.

FLASHBACK ENDS

Over the spare time I had, I was able to visit Rachel, Tyson, and Grover. Surprisingly, all of them have not been near camp for over 3 years, meaning they never knew what happend to me. Grover was away saving nature around the world with Juniper, and visited me last month. Grover was shocked by what had happened. He noticed that a lot of monsters vanished a while back, and was even more surprised at my history. It took him fourteen tin cans to calm down, and twelve more to keep him from fainting.Tyson worked in the cyclops forges year-round. I visited him right after the war, I did not tell him what happened, it would only make him unhappy. He was pleased when I summoned peanut-butter sandwiches for him. Rachel was at her boarding school, she finished her 3 years there and came back last week. She was stunned, literally, she could barely believe what I told her. At first, she denied it, then she realized it was true when I showed her my powers. She tried to slap me, but slapping my cheek is like slapping a block of iron. She almost fainted on top of me until I flashed her to the Oracle room for her, then she fainted again.

I sigh, at least I get some peace for now, a rare thing now.

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Peace is boring. I mean sure, its nice, but after a while it gets boring. Really boring. Well wait and see I guess.

4 months later

I dont know how, but somehow over the course of 4 months, the gods have sent us over 50 new demigods. I really dont know. However, I am still bored, the counselers are easily able to keep the newbies in line. Jack and Annabeth tried to corrupt a few, but failed miserably when they saw my statue.

Some monsters have risen. Few giants have been spotted, nothing too major yet. The minotaur was sighted, as well as a few Hydras, but they do not pose a problem.

Still, I am quite bored. I live at home, watch some TV, etc, nothing too exciting.

I take a shower, cleaning myself out, clearing my head. I feel so much better being out of Tartarus. These 6 months, I was able to rebound from being stuck in hell for a century. It still never completely left my mind. It all still remains freshly in my head, all the memories, all the struggles.

I look at myself, and I analyze myself. I was pretty tall, pushing above 6 feet natually. I could always change my size, but nah. My sea green eyes glinted a bright green, with yellow specks, and a black hole for a middle.

I still had my original face, with my black hair, and all my natural looks, but you can tell I have seen a lot. Adds to the whole "hero of Olympus" aspect.

I had that scrawny, but muscular thing going. I was not a Heracles, but I definitely had mucles like a giant.

Bad example.

But after all these months of peace, I lose intrest. I was still alone, still 17 technically, but I was like 100-ish.I thought about finding a partner in life, Zoë would want me to move on. Nobody fits the bill, while many girls fan over me, I would just outlive them, and none of them seem to like ME, just the fame. Ahem* Annabeth *cough.

I pondered more, and decided to stay loyal to Zoë. I would stay a "virgin" forever, or at least for a very long time, who knows, fate likes throwing stuff at me.

Zoë's tattoo still resides on my arm, fresh as it was when it was put there. I miss her, but I know she is happy, and watching me now. I wish I was there with her, smiling, laughing, having fun.

Wait, Im getting all emotional and stuff, maybe doing nothing is a bad idea, makes me think about the past, and I definitely dont like the past.

I warp to Olympus where I see all the gods fiddling as well. Hepheastus was messing with some kind of minature plane, Dionysus was wasted on his throne, Hera and Zeus were chatting, Poseiden was reading for some reason, Athena was deep in thought, Apollo and Hermes were both chuckling at a joke. Artemis was playing with a small bow. Hades was doing paperwork on his throne, looking ready to flip a table out of frustration. He must be accounting the deaths of everything. Hestia lay at the hearth, keeping it warm as always. Aphrodite was putting on all the makeup, she put makeup on her makeup I bet.

I interrupt their little hobbies and they notice me standing. Each god makes it to their throne, and looks to Zeus.

"Perseus Jackson, why have you come?" Zeus asks curiously.

"I am extremely bored, like really bored." I answer.

Zeus looks at me oddly. "Er, what do you want from us?"

"You guys got anything to do? Like any chores or assignments that I can do? 6 months of standing around is pretty awful, how do you guys do this for all eternity?" I ask.

Apollo speaks up. "Yeah, I could use some help on something, although I kinda want to speak in private for a moment."

He looks serious, which is quite rare.

Zeus nods and Apollo flashes me and him back to New York City, just above a tall building.

"Look, I got a problem that I can't fix right now. I may have had a daughter with a woman who remarried after I left." He says sadly.

"The man is awful. He is abusive towards my daughter and her mother. I cannot help her, I sometimes give her some luck, but I can't do anything major for her. They live a few blocks away, 3rd floor of that one." Apollo says as he points to an apartment.

"Please help them." Apollo almost pleads with me. The always happy god is now heavily griefed with sadness.

"Sure, just tell me their names and I will be there." I reply.

"Oh thank Zeus. The Mom is Sarah, and her daughter is Kate. Their last names are currently Richardson, but not for long. I want you to get rid of that man, he is the scum of Mankind." He tells me.

"Okay." I answer. He nods happily and flashes back to Olympus.

So to find this family. I walk to the building and warp to the 3rd floor, I see the door marked "RICHARDSON". I walk up to the door and before I even knock, I hear people talking, screaming more like it.

"Kate! Get over here! You never interrupt me when I'm drinking!" A man shouted.

"No, please! Mom help!" A little girl yelled.

"Honey! Please stop! You are scaring her!" A woman pleaded.

"Shut up! You stupid bi-" the man spoke, but I had had enough.

I barged through the door scaring the woman and girl. The mother had tears in her eyes, as well as scars hidden by makeup. She was blonde, and was pretty. She must be like 25-ish. You can tell she must have been more beautiful than Aphrodite, but it seems years of stress have gotten to her. She was still pretty, just a bit worn down.. The daughter was blonde as well. She was cute, but now she was deathly afraid. She looked about 7, she must have been before the pact, long before.

"Ma'am, take your daughter to another room, and don't look." I told them.

The woman hurried and picked up her daughter.

"Who the hell are you? Get out before I call the police!" He shouted at me.

I glare at him. "And what? Tell them you abuse your wife and child? I have been sent here to save those two by their real father. "

"You have no idea who you are messing with!" He shouted as he ran towards me, wanting to punch my jaw.

I smirked as I easily dodged it and swiped his leg off the ground. He tumbled to the floor and yelped.

"Who are you?" He asked with fear.

"The Destroyer." I say as I quickly pull out Bane in SMG form and send a bullet through his head. A quick, painless death.

"Kate, Sarah, you can both come out, its safe." I say as I snap, my fingers and the body dissappears into Hades realm.

The two come out from the other room and look at me cautiously. 

"Who are you? And where is Herald?" She asks me. Herald must be the husband.

"You don't need to worry about him anymore, he is gone forever." I say.

Sarah looks a bit horrified, but happy. Kate is behind her mother, scared of me.

"Hey there, I didn't mean to scare you. I was sent here by your father." I say.

Sarah gasps and Kate comes out of hiding behind her mother. I guess I do look a bit intimidating, Bane on my back, and while my blue T-Shirt and jeans are not scary, my scars do show some character.

"You know my father?" Kate asks me shyly.

"Yes I do, I wil tell you more, but I need to talk with your mother first ok?" I ask her.

"Okay." She smiles a little bit. She had a nice smile.

I bring her mother over to another room, where we talk.

"So I assume you know everything?" I ask.

"Yeah I do, the gods and stuff." Sarah replied quickly.

"You don't need to be scared, I was sent here by Apollo." I tell her.

"That bastard! He left us with nothing, we had to survive with that monster for years!" Sarah broke down in front of me. She must not know about the ancient laws.

"Apollo didn't tell you." I say.

"Tell me what?" She asks, tears in her eyes.

"If he were to directly visit you, you two would be killed, and he would lose all his powers." I tell her.

"What?" She asks confused.

"Its complicated,  but rules were made long ago, horrible rules that made it so gods cannot visit their children until they know much about the Greek World. My father Poseiden didn't visit me until I was 12." I reply.

Sarah looks somewhat happy, knowing Apollo did not abandon her like she thought.

"Apollo asked me to help you two out, I can see why. What was that guy's problem?" I ask.

"I was forced to marry that man because of his human stench. Apollo warned me that if I didnt find a way to mask Kate, monsters would find her." Sarah stated sadly.

So, the same reason my mom married Gabe, that jerk.

"I see. Well now that you two are safe, it seems you both need some help around here." I say as I point around the house. It was quite small, and furniture was worn out. The room stenched with beer scents, as well as just plain stink.

I snap my fingers and I repair the furniture easily, making the room that looked like it was from the stone age look like a brand new place to call home.

"How...." Sarah gasped at me, admiring the newly made furniture, as well as added features such as decorations. All this from me snapping my fingers.

"Blessed by Hepheastus." I grin.

Before she can reply, Kate runs in from the other room, screaming in cheer.

"Mommy, look! Our house is beautiful! " she says in utter glee.

I smile, and she looks at me curiously.

"Did you do this?" She asks.

"Yeah, you looked like you guys needed it." I reply.

She celebrates around the apartment rooms, admiring the new features. New things as well as old belongings are in the house, making the old house look like a hut. It was worse than Damasean's hut in Tartarus when I got there, and it was barely even stable.

Kate asks me about Apollo, and I tell her what I told Sarah. She bursts in joy when she hears they were not abandoned.

They ask me questions, which I answer. They seemed much more calm with Herald gone.

"Mom, what is there to eat? Im hungry." Kate asks her mother.

"Let me check the frid-" Sarah said as food appeared on a dining table near them.

The table was full of chicken wings, barbecue, sodas, tea, sandwiches, macaroni,  etc.  Each food looked mouth watering,  with the smell of heaven itself in the room. The chicken wings were still sizzling with grease, and the macaroni and cheese was oozing "please eat me".

The two gawked at me with priceless expressions, I grinned at them.

They thanked me and dug into the food, savoring each bite. They must not eat much normally. Little did they know that I restocked the fridge from moldy salads, spoiled milk, rotten meats, to what lied on the table right now.

When the two finished, I wondered how a slim woman and child managed to eat most of the food.

Sarah got up first and looked as if she was slapped. She sighed, she must be thinking of something bad.

"Whats wrong? " I ask.

"Don't take this the wrong way, we appreciate your help, but Herald was the one making us our income, without him, we can't afford it here." She said sadly.

"We are happy he is gone though, but I doubt you can everything-" she said, but was cut off as I gestured to follow me.

I led her to her new couches, one could fit five people, even though Kate and Sarah were the only ones there. You know those couches that can convert into a bed? This is one of those types of beds, but instead of a bed was a large case. I opened a bed and uncovered the case. The case was filled with money, coins, bills, blocks of gold, diamonds, gems.

Sarah almost fainted infront of me. There were multiple couches, each with these types of cases. They were set for life, and could live in luxury for the rest of their lives.

I was able to build the case, use Hades blessing for the gems, and I just used the mist to make paper slips look like dollar bills.

"How....." Sarah said once again.

"Blessing of Hades." I grin, and she stares at me.

"You have no idea how much this will help us!" She exclaims in joy, all those years put up with that man, all for this.

"I also have this." I handed a spray bottle.

"What's this? A mansion in a can?" She joked.

"Nope." I laugh. "Its a bottle that has one spray, and it will mask your daughter's demigod scent, so monsters cannot get her as long you spray her once." I tell her.

She thanks me more times I can count. She can hardly believe it, as if this were a dream.

Well, mission accomplished.

"Hey you two, I gotta go now, make sure you spray that stuff and dont get robbed or something." I tell them.

Kate and Sarah happily stand at the doorway, waving goodbye as I leave the apartment.

"Thank you!" Sarah says.

"Goodbye nice man, thank you for all the cool stuff!" Kate says as well.

I smile as I leave, the two deserved to live better. Sarah reminded me so much of my mother, a person who would do anything to protect their child, even if it meant years of mistreatment.

I walk out of the building and before I even make it 10 feet, Apollo flashes infront of me.

"You have no idea how much you helped me. I couldn't help them all these years, and I had to watch everything that man did to them. Thank you Percy, I can finally sleep at night, and visit my famiy again." Apollo said rather cheerfully.

"No problem." I reply.

Suddenly Apollo darkened, the once bright, shiny eyes became green and dark.

"Percy, you have helped me very greatly, and for that, I give you a warning. Something bad is coming, something evil,  not a monster, even I don't know what it is. But it is coming for you Perseus, something bad is going to happen to you. The Divine has given me a glimpse into the future prophecy. A new prophecy is coming, soon." And with that, he returned to his natural look.

"You were right, fate is attracted to you like all ladies are with me." Apollo chuckles, but can tell my distraught.

"Don't worry, whatever happens, you have the Gods of Olympus on your side." Apollo reassures me.

"Thanks Apollo." I tell him.

"Nah, thank you, you helped me remember?" And Apollo flashed out.

I chuckle as I flash back home, but that was quite ominous.

Well, duty calls.

HAH, I said duty.

Author's note: Longest chapter yet, let me know if you want more chapters like this, or maybe like once every 5 chapters or something.

Also, if you see a plot-hole somewhere in here, be free to mention it, and I will fix or explain. Questions are always welcome as long as they are not rude or idiotic.

I plan to make this a classic betrayal story, but with unique events coming up. I do not have a complete story arc, I am literally just writing what I think is interesting. I do not have an ending, but I do have several events that will come, good ones. I will say this, a huge plot twist will come soon.....soon.

Anyone with an idea for an ending is welcome to say it, and if it is compatible with what I plan to do, it may be put in the story. I kinda plan for a happy ending, but my last resort will be Percy dying. However I doubt I will have Percy die, since I hate those endings.

Next chapter may be posted rather quickly, depends on if I plan to rewrite it, probably not since I would hate to rewrite 4k words.