Chapter 166

–Earth Marvel, Layla's Penthouse–

"Is something wrong, Akeno?" Asia asked. Asia just got back from having a fun day exploring the city with her newest bodyguard. She was happy because she got to explore all she wanted and she also got to heal quite a few people who desperately needed it. She always enjoyed doing that! Their looks of thanks were reward enough for her.

Natasha had kept her word to Layla and put a small detail of trusted SHIELD agents on Asia to keep the girl safe. She was currently being shadowed by Sharon Carter. Sharon thought Asia was a very sweet girl. She was blown away by Asia's healing powers–as was anyone else the girl healed. 

Sharon wasn't quite sure how she felt about the Nephilim, Akeno, though. Sometimes Akeno would be mischievous and teasing, and other times she would be sitting around wallowing in depression… So pretty much a standard teenage girl.

"There's that feeling again." Akeno said. She was currently staring out the window, off into the city. She felt something calling out to her. It was very close. "I sense the same lighting from before. It's close by." The only thing that was strange was that she didn't sense any emotions in the lighting this time. There was no God throwing a tantrum.

"The random lightning storm from a few days ago? Is it going to happen again?" Sharon asked in concern. That had caused a lot of property damage and even a few civilian deaths! Whole sections of the city lost power, including hospitals where people were on life support. At first, SHIELD had thought that it was the Mutant Storm, battling some of the villainous Mutants again. They had later confirmed that to not be the case though.

If something similar was going to happen again, then she would have to contact her superiors at SHIELD. They couldn't afford for the city to be hit with another unexpected black out after all. It made them all look incompetent! 

CRACK!

"Eeeeeeep!" Asia ducked down to hide from the thunder.

"What the hell!?" Sharon exclaimed. 

A lighting bolt just flew by their penthouse window. It didn't come from the sky though! It came in sideways! That absolutely wasn't natural. The lighting bolt had slammed into a nearby building and left deep scorch marks in its steel exterior!

The call she was feeling was becoming more intense for Akeno. She didn't think she could sit back and wait anymore. She turned towards Asia and the SHIELD Agent. "I'm going to go check out what that was." Akeno's four black wings appeared behind her as she opened the window. She hopped out and took to the New York skies.

"Wait!" Sharon tried to stop the teenage Nephilim but it was too late. Akeno had already left. "Damn it…" Sharon muttered. This whole situation screamed 'supernatural' all over. She pulled out her communicator and decided to at least call in some backup for Akeno in case the girl needed it.

Sharon turned back towards Asia who was hiding under a table away from the lighting. She sighed gently and went over to comfort her. Sharon was glad that at least she had the easy baby sitting assignment here.

…

Akeno flew over a dozen blocks before she found herself approaching the area of the empire state building. Nearby, on another building's rooftop, she saw a strange sight. 

A teenage boy looked to be having a deathmatch with a much younger boy. The little boy was carrying a golden sword and appeared to be able to control water. A nearby water tower had been destroyed and the kid was hurling large amounts of water at the teenage boy. 

Unfortunately for him, the teenager was able to fly and he was carrying some kind of artifact made of Divine Lighting! Akeno could feel it. It was this artifact that had been calling for her! She flew closer to get a closer look at what was going on.

"Luke! You can stop this! It doesn't have to be this way!" The boy said as he conjured a shield of water for himself. It was just in time too. Another bolt of thunder was sent from Luke's lighting artifact at the boy. The water shield managed to disperse most of the charge, but the boy still screamed in pain when he was partially shocked.

"Of course it has to be this way, Percy! Can't you see! The Gods are evil! They don't care about us! All they care about is their dwindling power! But now I know the truth! Other beings exist! Beings that are truly worth serving!" Luke said fervently. He caressed the Lighting bolt in his hands. This was his ticket to power and revenge! He wouldn't bow his head to their uncaring Olympian overlords any longer.

Akeno wondered what Gods these two were talking about but figured it didn't matter much. She wasn't going to watch a child get murdered in front of her. She knew that she might have been acting mopey lately, but she wasn't that angsty…

Luke was hovering in the air with a cruel smirk on his face. Down on the rooftop, Percy could barely stand himself up. His muscles were still spasming from the electricity he'd just been hit with. Luke pointed Zeus's Master Bolt at Percy and willed it to fire. He grinned when the lighting shot out towards percy.

What should have been the final attack though, ended up being thwarted!

Luke wasn't expecting a girl with four black wings to swoop down, right in front of Percy, and block his lighting blast! 

Akeno grimaced as the divine lighting hit her. It wasn't powerful enough to do significant damage, thanks to her Heavenly Lighting Bloodline, but it still stung. She was used to shocking others, not getting shocked herself! 

With a wave of her hand, the foreign lighting was dispersed from her body. Akeno was surprised. That lightning…felt almost reluctant to leave her. 

"Ara, don't you know that killing children is generally frowned upon?" Akeno asked Luke hovering in the air.

Luke frowned. Unlike the rest of the sheep at camp half blood, he actually kept up with world events. He knew he was floating in front of a genuine Angel–A genuine Fallen Angel just like the now world famous Layla! This girl even bore a heavy resemblance to Layla herself. 'Was this her sister or something!?' Luke wondered. 

Luke eyed the four winged Fallen Angel warily. She was standing directly in front of the young Percy Jackson. Luke knew that killing Percy was now going to be almost impossible. 

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Luke shouted at Akeno demandingly. "Do you know who you're messing with? I'm a Demigod! The son of Hermes himself and the chosen of the mighty Chronos!" 

Akeno giggled. This guy was name dropping his whole family as if he was some kind of Young Master... "Ara, what a rude way to introduce oneself. You might need a bit of punishment…" Akeno said as she licked her lips. Electricity danced across her fingertips. "I am Akeno Himejima by the way." She introduced herself without saying anything but her name. She had no interest in discussing life stories with a guy that was trying to kill a child.

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