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Scathath slammed the hilt of her spear into Argen's face before letting up.

"You aren't going to dodge? Block?" She asked confused as he bled, his eyes still wide open and his hands still ready to fight.

"Dodge? I can't dodge your attacks, and block… Nah, I'm not blocking anything anymore…"

Argen took each attack with gritted teeth and teary eyes as he was beaten to a pulp.

…

Argen, Percy, Bianca(One of the demigods Percy had been protecting) and Thalia were all in Artemis's main tent.

"Mm, I gotta say you hunters certainly know how to eat, all this extra food and yet you guys are still weak? How amusing."

Argen smiled as he tormented Zoe, he had a special thing for her, especially after his dreams of her bowing to him, it only made him want to mess with her more.

"If everyone can listen in…" Artemis said drawing everyone's attention except for Argen, who looked like he was doing something else.

He was listening of course, just didn't want to give the satisfaction that she had ordered him to do something.

"Apollo is… Dead. He was killed by that false god you guys saw today, Luke Castellan."

You could hear a pin drop in the tent with how quiet it was. Finally, after some seconds Argen yawned and stood up, walking out of the tent.

No one tried to stop him and just let him go, and then continued on with the conversation.

…

"What do you want to do now? It's pretty clear they won't go with you… If you haven't sense the hostility then-"

"Of course I have, I know exactly how they feel about me Scathath thank you very much…"

Argen paused for a second then moved his head down a little, not allowing anyone to see his eyes.

"Scathath… Do you think Luke was lying? I couldn't tell… If he has a way to bring her back then-"

Scathath widened her eyes a bit before interrupting. "Are you serious? You really think he has a way to bring her back? I want her to be here as much as you do. I understand, but we can't simply believe every single person who-"

"You don't understand, I hate it when others say that shit, it's just a lie…" Argen interrupted before walking deep into the woods, sighing as he pondered over Scathath's points.

"I thought I'd find you somewhere alone being depressed," Zoe said suddenly coming up from behind him.

Argen glanced over at her as they both looked at the moon. "You? I? What's with the new language, could have sworn you only spoke in old Shakespearean haha."

Zoe gritted her teeth before catching herself and breathing out slowly. "I thought it would be better to learn to talk this way, now others can understand what I say easier."

Argen nodded before walking forward, followed by Zoe. "No killing?"

*Bam!*

Zoe punched forward with more force than Argen had ever seen her use and hit a tree right behind him. "No killing." She nodded in agreement and kicked at his side.

Argen dodged and slipped under her arm, grabbing her by the collar and slamming her into the ground.

"Have you been training? You seem to have gotten a bit stronger," Argen said as he felt up a little of Zoe's arms, reaching down her shoulder slightly before his hand was smacked away.

"Geez, I just wanted to see the mark I left you…" Argen said before Zoe wrapped her legs around his body and flipped over, slamming him into the ground instead.

"Nice try," Argen replied to the attack with a one handed handstand and flipped right side up.

Argen widened his eyes though as he felt a small trickle of blood on his cheek.

"I have been training…" Zoe admitted as she trapped Argen in her legs again. The glint of silver poking out from her palm.

Argen broke from the grab as the knife point reached his eye, dodging it though he kicked Zoe in the face, causing her to tumble to the side.

Zoe stood up and got in a new fighting stance, he'd never seen her fight like this.

"You really have gotten stronger!" Argen said before rushing forward.

*Whish*

Argen blinked and almost blocked the strike, until he remembered the promise. With that he dodged the dagger that Zoe had kicked up at his throat.

'That was a close one…' He thought as he used the momentum he had dodging and spun, backhanding Zoe in the face.

"I think that's enough Zoe…" Argen said after a few seconds. Zoe nodded as she got up, clearly annoyed at her loss.

"Next time we fight I will not lose, I swear on everything I have," Zoe said as she walked off back toward the camp.

"Ahh… Now what to do, surely you have some ideas Luke? Are you trying to just bait me in… Hah…"

…

"I'm coming with you guys," Argen said as Percy, Thalia, Megan, Grover, and the hunters(Including Bianca in their ranks) all were beginning to leave.

"You are still not welcome on this side, no matter what you have sworn to kill all the gods, you've even succeeded somewhat…"

"I wasn't talking to you," Argen said as he looked straight at Percy. He could feel the hesitation from him as he waited for an answer.

"I… I'm not sure that's a good idea Argen," Percy said, his emotions suddenly becoming wild.

Argen nodded with a small smile that would seem almost sad, though it was more understanding.

"I get it… When you guys get back to camp you'll probably get permission to go save Annabeth… Good luck with that…"

Argen turned and began walking away with Scathath before pausing and turning again.

"Also Moth- No Artemis, This will probably be the last time we meet under such peaceful terms… I hate you so much I can hardly stand it… You're lucky I don't kill you right now…"

"How dare-" Zoe began to say before Argen raised his hand.

"Hush Zoe, as someone who was abandoned by their parent shouldn't you be the most understanding?"

Argen's words caught Zoe off guard as she widened her eyes.

'How much does he know?' She thought as Argen smiled again, and finally walked away.

"Wait!" A voice cried out, making Argen pause as arms wrapped around him.

"Damn you, Damn you, you didn't even react or say anything, you just fought with me and left, I hate you, I fucking hate you," Megan said as she held him from behind.

"Megan, even with everything that's happened, you're still one of my best friends."

With these words Argen flashed away, gone as Megan wiped her tears. The last statement was almost like a promise, that even though things were a little different they were still friends.

"What… Is this?" Percy said to himself as he felt something sharp in his pocket.

Pulling it out he saw a note was stuck to the silver object.

"Just in case you need an immortal killing weapon, who knows what's guarding Annabeth, besides, Artemis may go too, good luck Percy. -Argen"

——

"Alright down to business guys… We may not be complete, but four is enough for now…" Argen said as he paced around a round table, one used by one of the most famous heroes in history.

Three others were sat in the stone chairs of the round table. Scathath, who was all know, Kratos, son of Zeus and immortal demigod of war, and Nia Segamin, Irish demigod, son of a woodland goddess, as well as the former High King of Ireland.

"First things first… We're going to see what that bastard has, there's no way he thinks he can trick me by himself, so if it is all a trick then he has someone at his back… We leave tomorrow at dawn… Get some rest."

With this Argen clapped his hands and left the room. Looking out on Camelot with a grim expression…

How had they turned Camelot into a base of operations? Well that's a longer story…

End of Volume 2

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Yes I know Kratos is actually a god, but come on, this is a fanfic and he's never been shown in the PJO series, so I'll do as I please with him.

The next few chapters will be filling up everything from when Law died to the present. After the two month time skip Argen and Scathath had just left Camelot after taking it over, which will be shown in these chapters.

With all this thanks for reading volume 2.

Volume three releases tomorrow(it's 9:05 Pm for me at the moment, so take that however you would like, 12 hours? or so?)