Chapter 20 - I Just Might Become A Suicide Bomber

The Olympians and Camp Half-Blood were used as weapons to destroy me. 

Think about this, a random dracanae attacks *insert a name* and he/she brings out Riptide…

Ssssss!

The dracanae slithers backward in fear, 

'That Ssssword, Anaklussssmossss! Where did you get it? My lassssst sssight was of this cursssed sssword piercing me!', her pupils dilated from fear.

From that scenario, what did you understand?

She hated the weapon that caused her death.

Thinking of those weapons I get partial PTSD.

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I don't want to see the objects of my nightmares.

But sadly…

Life doesn't work that way…

Now I'm thinking of being a suicide bomber, I go over to Camp Half-Blood, surely as long as I see them my emotions will surely spiral out of control, and then…

BOOM!

Then I remembered that Mum and Paul lived on Earth too and there were other lives apart from the Demigods and Gods on Earth. I refuse to be blackened to that extent.

As I looked at the Primordials, I felt kinda mad because they didn't consider my feelings at all.

But… I looked deep into their eyes, I could see the shame they felt for trying to send me as a saviour to the same people who betrayed me, and my heart kinda softened…

What are you doing Percy? I asked myself.

This better not be how my heart will soften when facing my enemies, I sighed in shame.

I was already partly open to the idea, then the deciding factor…

"Just spoke to someone who called himself Grim, Percy, he said you have to do it for the plot, if you agree to do it, he'll meet you", said Chaos laughing.

Grim?

Grim?!

That bastard who ruined my peaceful life? 

The ultimate target of my revenge?

He'll meet me? 

Good!

I'll do it! But first...

"You lots think yourself wise? How can the laws you created yourselves restrict you, even the Gods disobey the ancient laws not to talk of you guys the Primordials", I said to them distrustfully.

"We didn't create the ancient laws, the Fates did", said Nyx defensively.

So? 

"What does that prove? We're way above them on the order of power, you guys just don't want to help", I shot back.

"Ooookkk? You're starting to dump your anger onto us man, chill. In matters like laws are the domains of the Fates and even we can't break them without consequences. Take Zeus's case for example, he sired Thalia, and what happened? The only one above the laws is Chaos himself", explained Aether with a hurt tone.

I must admit I took out my anger on them, I stood up from my throne and bowed to them as an apology.

"It's fine, we get where you're coming from", said Ananke, the others nodded.

I looked at Chaos, I saw him picking his nose, he caught me looking me at him and waved,

"Oh Hi!"

Seriously? All that happened here didn't concern him?

And what the fuck was he picking? We don't get catarrh!

"Why can't you do it yourself?", I asked him, after all, he was above the ancient laws.

He looked at me blankly for a moment, then asked confusedly, 

"Why should I?"

Really?! True, why should he?

"Because it's your world"

"Well I'm a hands-off kind of creator… I've been indoctrinated by the Presence and One Above All. The hands-off approach is the best, it gives me time to do nothing", he said in a nonchalant manner waving his hands in the air.

Well… I guess being that powerful really is a blessing, knowing even when the world is destroyed you can still survive anywhere or even create another one.

"And besides, you're the son of prophecy, you're basically the protagonist of your own story. It's your destiny", continued Chaos.

He muttered something under his breath but I couldn't hear it.

"You wanna hear the prophecy?", Ananke asked.

Prophecy?

Really there's a fucking prophecy?

I got down from my throne and ran away.

This time I want to be running from prophecies.

But wait…

Knowing prophecies, my betrayal might have been prophesied already.

I have to hear it, even if it's two lines.

I came back and told her, "yeah"

"Alright", she replied. The white of her eyes showed as she said,

'Sky and Pit correspond through blood

Twelve plus Twelve failingly divided by Twelve

The sky falls, the earth rends and the seas dry

Liquid Gold flows surely

The Betrayed One returns-'

"Enough I've heard what I wanted to hear already", I cut her off, nodding with thanks.

Hmmm… the prophecy's not really cryptic, I'll understand later. 

So my betrayal really was prophesied.

It's decided.

We seem to have forgotten that another part of our world exists. The Roman side and the best part… they didn't betray me.

It's decided…

"I'll do it but I'm going Rome!", I shouted.

"Wow! Perce I didn't know you were this bad at English, man. It's 'I'm going to Rome', corrected Aether.

I rolled my eyes at him… I never expected much from him. I looked at the others and found them agreeing with him.

Sigh! A wise man once said, "normalize friendships between your IQ level so you wouldn't have to explain a joke".

So they are that much wiser than me?

It was like I was alone at a riverside playing with stones crying, "no one understands me!"

"So none of you got the joke? Honestly, I'm disappointed", I shook my head.

I could feel their curious eyes looking at me. I felt like a dog trainer in front of hungry dogs with dog treats in my hands. But this time, the dogs weren't hungry for food, they were hungry for knowledge… My Knowledge!!!

Hahaha!

Chaos, why the heck are you shaking your head at me and laughing?

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{A/N}:Now I'm starting to think the synopsis doesn't do this book justice, it makes the book seem like a romance book, should I change it?

I started this book I think 2017 or 2019? Then I dropped it and picked it back up that's why u can see the extreme change in quality and I'm too lazy to change the previous chapters lol.

And I feel like the primordials kinda have no personalities, that's the problem with first person novels.

It was supposed to have a pretty generic plot, now I wish I finished this book when I was younger but now I'm older I'm starting to switch things up and i regret it because i hate stress lol.

And if you hate how Percy's emotions go all over the place, don't read please, I don't need bad energy, this book is a light read minus the betrayals.How's the incomplete prophecy?

PS: I so much love breaking the fourth wall. Check out my book God of Writing please.