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After my training duels, I was welcomed back to my cabin with totally expected surprised party; that somehow, Hestia managed to pull out in the span of an hour… then again, considering she was a God, this wasn't really that surprising; we had fun, and I got a lot of presents, Artemis gave me a hunting knife, Apollo gave me a seventy-inch widescreen 4K TV, Hades gave a small set of Stygian Iron weapons, and Persephone gave me an underworld servant.
As for the rest of the people inside the camp, nobody came… the fact Hades was inside the cabin was more than enough to keep most of them away, Percy and Annabeth came, although they were cursed to look like stupid characters they did, as for the rest of the camp, idiots… for real. Avoiding someone as nice as Hades is ridiculous.
But nonetheless, I had fun, that was until I learned… something, you see…. After the party, I saw some campers started to leave, and at first, I was like, oh, they are going on quests… but then, I noticed the numbers kept increasing and increasing…. Why were so many campers leaving, wasn't this place supposed to be a permanent type of place?
"Are you going to stay, or?" Hestia asked, seeing my lost gaze at the campers in the distance.
"I thought this was supposed to be a very camp-like prison," I muttered.
"Well… the reason no one was allowed to leave before was because of the symbol being supposedly stolen by a demigod," Hestia clarified, "I thought you knew that," she hummed.
I… really need to investigate things more thoroughly, "I see, well… as long as I can get out freely, I don't mind, and to answer your question, no I will stay, we have a much of movies to catch on," I winked, and she snorted.
"That sounds like a plan," Hestia smiled, leaving to the kitchen.
Inside, I was screaming… so many plans to gain my freedom back, and it seemed I had achieved that a long time ago, well as much freedom the idiot of Zeus allows me, we all know all he sees in us is tools and sometimes booties.
"Alright, time to try my TV," I sighed.
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Setting the TV was easy, and now I had something inside my cabin besides my multiple consoles that would help me procrastinate; ahhh, I love putting my responsibilities in the back until they come back to haunt me.
As I was watching the re-run of Supernatural with a delicious box of chocolate ice cream, I felt someone approaching, with a sigh I saw as Luke basically kicked my door down, breaking my TV in the process, "That was a seventy inch… 4K TV," I inhaled sharply, "So how can I help you?"
"You are going to answer me… why is it that the Gods love you so much," Luke sneered, holding his sword to the right, "I worked to the bone and all I got nothing… and yet here you come… and in months managed to befriend two of the first Olypiams… TELL ME HOW!?"
"Do you really want to know?" I asked grinning.
"Yes!" Luke growled, his eyes glowing for a second.
"Do you really… REALLY wanna know?" I asked once again.
"YES!" Luke bellowed in anger.
Well, he asked for it, "Fuck you, that's how,"
"Hahaha," Luke started to laugh, a laugh devoid of emotion… no, his laughter had emotions... But they felt heavy, like a wave of despair, "Hestia is not here, nor is Dionysus," he stated.
"And what?" I asked with a yawn.
"I wanted to talk to you," Luke's voice changed to something sinister... More dangerous, it was unmistakable; I was now talking with Kronos, "I have seen your deeds for the Olympians, and I have seen how little they give you… you deserve better,"
"Oh, is this the part you try to seduce me into the dark side," I knew Kronos outclassed me, but he wasn't here; heck, he didn't even have the power to harm me now.
"They will never let you fly… they will clip your wings… that's all my son does stop anyone with talent in fear they might overthrow him," Kronos said, "Join me, rise to be only beneath me, with me… you will always be free,"
"Hmmm, what about my cookies?" I asked.
"What?" Kronos said, after a long second of silence, probably processing what I had said.
"My cookies, the ones I should get if I join the dark side," I asked.
"What?! I will not dignify that stupid question with an answer," Kronos growled through Luke.
"WHAT?!" I gasped, "There aren't any cookies in the dark side?! The audacity! Then I am afraid I must say no my good sir," I bowed dramatically, "Now if you'll excuse me, I will go and tell tale Zeus, his drunk dad is back,"
"It's a shame really, but it was to be expected…" Kronos smiled, and that… made me lose composure for a second, why was he smiling… I knew for a fact he didn't have enough power to kill me, yes he could force my way some nightmares, but that was about it when it came to his current power… not only that was canon, but I could feel it, his mana was nothing to be afraid of, nothing like Zeus or Hades… or even Hestia… and yet, he was smiling like he had won… why? "I knew from the moment I saw you, that I had to kill you… and unfortunately for you… my pawn can't do that, you surpassed him… but fear not," At that Luke or rather Kronos moving look pulled a crystal, "Let me extend you an invitation to …. My current home, so that we can have a personal conversation," With a smirk he broke the crystal in an explosion of black shadows, and everything I was feeling was replaced with a sudden sensation I could recognize, I was falling.
As I felt to Gods know where, I focused on what he had said… his home…. His current home, I was falling into Tartarus, "I left the ice cream out, the ants will run the place by when I manage to get out of there," I lamented.