Chapter Text
Third Person POV
Percy was fighting alongside his Father as they were taking on one of the Gaea's children, the Giants.
"ENOUGH!" A powerful voice rang out. Everyone froze on both sides of the war. Percy and Poseidon had just finished their Giant when the voice rang out. Everyone looked to find Gaea standing on top of the hill. In her arms was a demi god. A girl with grey eyes and blond curls. She had blood covering her and looked frightened.
"Annabeth," Percy breathed at the sight. His anger grew and he started towards the Earth primordial. He glowed sea green as everyone stepped out of his way. He met Gaea at the top of the hill.
"Lay down your arms sea spawn, if not she will die." Percy couldn't see a way out of this. He doubted he was quick enough to stop Gaea before she could kill Annabeth. His aura calmed when he knew it was useless and would only get Annabeth killed. Gaea gave a smirk. She might have lost, but she wasn't going down alone.
"Please let her go. I will do anything you ask."
"You have killed more of my children than any other that has ever lived, thus I think you will make a good play toy until I reawaken for myself and them. I might have lost, but I will not go down without causing pain. You must swear on the Styx that you will surrender yourself peacefully to me and with that I swear on the Styx to let the Athena spawn go." Percy nodded.
"No," Annabeth screamed, but Gaea hit her, shutting her up. Percy turned to everyone.
"I am sorry," he said. Poseidon tried to run to his son to stop him, but Zeus halted Poseidon from his attempt. Percy turned back to Annabeth.
"I will always love you my Wise Girl." Finally he focused on Gaea and his eyes hardened. "I swear on the Styx that I will go peacefully with you." Thunder boomed at this. Gaea smiled and flung Annabeth to the crowd of gods and their children. Percy walked over to Gaea as she smiled down at him. Before she could do anything else, Percy surprised everyone by pulling out Riptide and slicing Gaea's head off. There was a bright flash that took a few seconds to dissipate. Everyone had to look away until it did. When they all could see again Gaea was just about sunken back into the Earth and Percy, the two time Savior of Olympus was gone. In his finally act of selflessness he had sacrificed himself to save everyone at the price of him going to Tartarus for breaking his oath. Everyone couldn't believe what had just happened. Poseidon had fallen to his knees tears flowing from his eyes as Annabeth buried her head into Thalia's shoulder and cried, both of them for their lost loved one. Zeus, surprisingly mature, took control.
"Apollo you and your children heal all that you can. Hades have the dead transported back to the camps for proper rites." This was done quickly and Zeus took them all to Olympus. Hestia was at her hearth her fire dim and was crying. That was all it took for many of the other gods and goddesses to see. Many had been trying to hide their emotions, but soon they were all depressed at hte events tha that had just transpired. Everyone had loved Percy and were heartbroken to know what fate their hero was facing and it was all to save them, his loved ones.
"Today we again won the battle to save Olympus," Zeus started his speech. "This was sadly at the great cost of the hero and savior Perseus Jackson. He saved Olympus in the second Titan War, when he defeated Kronos. Now again Perseus saved Olympus at the sacrifice of him going back to Tartarus after breaking his oath to make Gaea sleep again for a long time. To this he will forever be remembered, for unfortunately we are not able to get him back because of his broken oath. I wish this was not so." By now everyone was either crying or red eyed from trying not to, even Ares, Hera, and Dionysus were upset at the death. Poseidon had grown older and was slouched in his seat crying. Hestia and Demeter couldn't stand to watch their brother like this and went to him. Athena had went to her crying daughter and held her, not being able to handle to see her broken.
"I know that this is a sorrowfully time, but there are rewards to be given. First, my brother and sister I made a mistake taking your thrones away, Perseus told me this before the war and asked me that if he won he wanted me to give you back your thrones." At that moment two thrones popped up. One black with skeletons and another that was a mix of red and orange that was practically flames. A tear went down Hades' face. Even beyond his death, Percy had given him a great deed. He took a seat on his throne, Hestia however stayed with her other brother. Zeus turned back to the others.
"Now the seven, Reyna, and Nico step forward." They did bowing to the king. "I offer you all immortality. I want you to be the bridge between the gods and their children. You shall be the councilors of Olympus. Do you all except?" All did, including Annabeth knowing that she would never see her love in the Underworld. After that each demi god was brought forth and reward from their serves. Usually they would have a celebration afterwards, but no one was in the mood. Zeus sent all back to their camps so that they could mourn their dead. A statue was made in memorial of Percy at both camps and on Olympus. His story was also told to all the new campers as time passed, to never be forgotten.
500 Years Later
Annabeth POV
I had just gotten done with teaching my class when an arm wrapped around me. I smiled as I turned to see Aiden.
"Hey babe, how was class?" I stood on my tip toes so that I could kiss him and he kissed me back. I nuzzled into him.
"Better with you here." It had taken me hundreds of years to get over Percy, little steps at a time over the years. Aiden stepped into my life about a hundred years ago after coming to camp. It took a while and we finally started a relationship. Friends and family were happy to see this and Aiden was granted immortality knowing I couldn't take another loss. We were currently the leaders of the camp as Frank and Reyna were still the leaders of the Romans. Everything was well. The past 500 years had been ones of peace, besides the usual monsters. The gods were more intertwined with their children since the last war.
"Get a room," Clarisse yelled. She and the other head counselors of the cabins had also been made immortal. When they relinquished the position they would also relinquish the immortality, but so far none had done that. This was because all were still the best even after the hundreds of years of new campers.
"Suck it Clarisse," Aiden yelled. Many of the campers around us laughed. It was well known there was a rivalry between the daughter of Ares and the son of Hermes. I lightly hit the back of his head, which made him pout at me. I laughed. He started to tickle me and I gave into giggles as I tried to run away. He quickly caught me, being a son of Hermes, and scooped me up. He gave me another kiss, this one more passionate. I felt content at this. I felt like nothing could go wrong, I was terrible mistaken. Rachel, who the gods thought it was best to keep immortal, came up to us with a grim face. Aiden saw this and put me down.
"What is it Rachel?" She shook her head.
"We need to call a meeting now. I feel that something is off. We need everyone, the gods, the hunters, and both camps." My eyes widened. This could not be good. I turned to Aiden.
"Go get the campers to meet in the arena. I will message the gods and get everyone else there." He nodded and quickly set off. Since I was an Olympian counselor I had a direct link with the gods that I could use during emergencies.
Lord Zeus Rachel has asked for the presences of the Romans, Hunters, and you gods at Camp Half Blood. There was a boom of thunder so I knew that my request had been heard. I quickly made it to the arena, knowing it wouldn't take long for the gods to transport everyone there. When I arrived both camps and the hunters filled the arena, while the gods stood in the middle with the immortal campers and Rachel. I met up with them. That is when Rachel started to glow green and everyone shut up.
A War of Old Comes Anew
Together Both Enemy Sides Renew
If Successful the World Shall Fall into the Abyss
A Warrior Shall Come that Accepted Fates' Kiss
From Torture, Darkness, and Night Shall He Arise
Through Him the World Will Escape Its Demise
With that Rachel fell only to be caught by Aiden. He handed her to Apollo. No one said anything as we tried to decipher the prophecy. It was clear about the war and it was an enemy we had faced once before. The second line made it sound like two enemies from before. The third meant death if we failed. The fourth, fifth, and sixth, said a warrior would come to save them, but who. She knew no one that fit the description.
"It is clear that a war will arise," Zeus stated. "This one I fear is one lead by Kronos and Gaea. What we need to now know is, who is the warrior to save us?" My stomach dropped. Both Kronos and Gaea, which meant fighting Titans and Giants. We had also sacrificed so much in just each war, how much would we have to sacrifice if both enemies were together? I was scared as I made my way to Aiden. He enveloped me in a hug.
"It will be okay Annabeth," he whispered to me. "I will stay with you." This made me hurt worse. Percy had said the same thing. I buried myself in Aiden. Everyone was in their groups now. The campers talking and arguing amongst themselves, the immortal campers talked among themselves, no doubt remembering the last wars. The gods stood in a group talking and bickering. What were we going to do?
Somewhere
Third Person POV
A boy stood, that looked to be eighteen stood in the darkness. He had his eyes closed and there were two swords at his sides, one Stygian Iron and the other Chaos Silver. Many beings came out of the darkness to attack the boy. The boy's eyes instantly snapped open and blocked his attacker's movements. He defeated them all in a matter of moments.
"You have done well Ani̱leí̱s," a woman's voice came from the darkness. The boy bowed to the voice which formed into a woman of black. She had onyx wings. Her long hair matched the color as did her eyes that were filled with silver stars. Her dress was midnight blue and flowed gracefully down her body. She smiled at the boy.
"Thank you Lady Nyx," the boy's, surprisingly deep voice, said.
"It is almost time," a man said coming next to Nyx. He was even darker than she was. His appearance was so dark that it seemed to suck out what little light there was. Everything from his eyes, hair, suit, and his body was black, well that was the closest word to describe the color since it was deeper than any black of Earth.
"You have been trained well," another man stepped forward giving space to Nyx and the other man. His skin was pale and his eyes seemed empty. His was wearing a dark grey suit that matched his short hair.
"Lords Erebus and Tartarus."
"Stand Ani̱leí̱s," Tartarus said. He did. "The people of Earth need you. Our sister and grandson have teamed up to destroy it. Use the blessings and tools we have given you to stop this and return the peace to Earth."
"I will."
"Then go," Nyx said. With this the boy nodded and dissipated into the darkness.
Back on Earth
Poseidon POV
My family stood in a circle discussing the new prophecy. I just stood there. Losing Percy had taken its toll on me. Most of the time I just wished to fade. The only thing that kept me from doing so was Hestia. She had been a constant in my life in the past five hundred years. I still looked like an old man. I hadn't had any other kids after Percy. It was too painful to even think about. Suddenly the ground shook. Many campers pulled out their weapons as the ground cracked open and a person rose out of it. Power rolled off the person who came up. He was dressed solely in black. He had black boots that went up to his knees. He had a black cloak that was torn ad ripped at the bottom that also came to his knees. You could see his black shirt and black pants. He had two black swords at his waist and a black bow was on his back. Silver knives glistened near his swords. He had long black wings that expanded on his back to a fourteen foot length. His head was covered in a hood and I couldn't see his face, but for his mouth that looked to be in a snarl. The ground closed up as he moved forward.
"Who are you punk?" Ares came forward his swords ready to fight. The figure stopped and looked around at everyone.
"My name is Ani̱leí̱s." The figure said. His voice was surprisingly deep. He only looked to be a young adult. "I am here to help you win the war." I saw Athena narrow her eyes.
"How do you know about the war? We just found out." Ani̱leí̱s tilted his head. "We have known for a while." He answered Athena's question.
"Who is we," she asked.
"My patrons and myself."
"Who are your patrons?"
"That is not important right now nor do they wish anyone to know. I will let you know it is no one here." His tone was dead. It was like he had no emotion. Maybe that is why his name meant merciless.
"What do you find important?"
"To train you all to fight in the war to come."
"Why should we listen to you?" Annabeth and Aiden stepped forward. Ani̱leí̱s's wings fluttered a little.
"Daughter of Athena I mean no harm. I want you to win the war." Her eyes narrowed. Aiden stepped in front of her.
"Do you mean to insult her?
"No boy I do not. I only wanted to easy her mind."
"Then take off your hood and show us who you are?" Annabeth was very much like her mother.
"You do not wish to see my face. It would not put your mind at ease."
"Let me be the judge of that." He didn't move for a moment then shrugged. What came next I would never forget and never wished upon anyone. He lowered his hood to and looked up. Many gasped, Aphrodite fainted. In front of us stood a boy with black empty eyes. His face had scars and his left side was one big scar. One went from the top of his right eye to the bottom. His mouth was in a snarl from another scar. One of them crossed his nose. Then on the left side of his face it looked like it had been burned, because it was red and puckered. He let his hair, which he had moved out of the way to show us his full face, go back to cover his burned half and threw his hood back on.
"I told you it wasn't one to put you at ease Daughter of Athena." Annabeth's face was pale at the sight. "Now will you accept my offer?" Zeus stepped forward.
"We still don't know whether you are a traitor on not." Ani̱leí̱s tilted his head. "You have no choice in this matter Lord Zeus if you do not trust me you will lose this war." Athena's eyes lit up.
"A warrior shall come that accepted fates' kiss." She repeated. "I think we have found our warrior."
Ani̱leí̱s POV
"What are you talking about?" I was confused.
"The prophecy stated a warrior." There was a prophecy? I had known about the war, but not about a prophecy.
"What prophecy?"
"If you knew of the war how do you not know about the prophecy?" I was getting tired of her questions. I sighed.
"Just because I knew of the war does not meant I knew it from a prophecy." She took breath.
"A War of Old Comes Anew
Together Both Enemy Sides Renew
If Successful the World Shall Fall into the Abyss
A Warrior Shall Come that Accepted Fates' Kiss
From Torture, Darkness, and Night Shall He Arise
Through Him the World Will Escape Its Demise"
Well huh. So they actually knew who my patrons if they thought about it.
"There you go then. I am the warrior spoken in the prophecy. Now can we move on? This is getting tiring." With that I turned from them only to pause at Poseidon. He looked like a tired old man. What was wrong with him? I moved on to the crowd.
"From here on out I will train you so when war comes we will win. From today on I am your leader and you will all stay here to train. I know that Romans and Greeks can have a hard time working together, too bad. Get along. To the hunters I understand you hate men so I make this threat to the rest of the campers. Make a move on them and you will be punished. Now off to eat and get rest because tomorrow you will start training and you will not like it."
"Who says that you can be leader," the boy beside Annabeth asked. I narrowed my eyes, though he couldn't tell. Instead I walked over and towered over him.
"What is your name boy?" He looked angered.
"Aiden, son of Hermes, and co-leader of Camp Half Blood along with Annabeth."
"Then Son of Hermes shall we have a fight? If you and the Daughter of Athena win I will back down and if I win I will lead the camp." He looked at Annabeth who nodded. "Then it is agreed. Get ready and when you both are meet me here. We will fight as soon as you are ready." With that the two went to get armor and make sure they were ready. The rest of the campers I recognized stood near the gods. I went over.
"Poseidon why are you an old man?" They all looked at me like I had grown two heads. I tilted my head.
"My favorite son was sacrificed in battle five hundred years ago. I have not gotten over his death." This annoyed me.
"You know that he would not have wanted to see you this way so why are you?" This got me stared of shock.
"You knew Percy," Poseidon breathed.
"I knew of his deeds and personality. He died by the time I was risen. I do not understand why you keep from happiness because of him. The Daughter of Athena has moved on, why not you. You could have more children, like she has another lover. Percy would like to see that she is happy now."
"That is true" Artemis said. "The boy speaks the truth of Percy. He would not like to see you this way because of him Uncle." I turned to Artemis. I didn't like being called boy like she had said it.
"Lady Artemis if you could please refrain from calling me boy and call me my really name it would be nice. I know you do not like males, but I do not like being called boy." Her eyes widened and then hardened.
"Why should I, boy? You haven't earned my respect enough for me to do so." This made me furious. I just wanted to be a little more polite. I went over to her and surprised everyone by grabbing her by the neck and lift her.
"I said my name is Ani̱leí̱s Artemis, I wished to be called this." I had several weapons pointed at me by now and a shocked goddess in my hand.
"You WILL let go of my daughter, NOW." Zeus ordered. I looked at him and sneered.
"All I want is a little respect and if she isn't going to give it to me why should I respect her? I mean I made sure her hunters would be left alone and she can't comply with one simple request. Why shouldn't she receive punishment?"
"I SAID LET GO!" I looked at Artemis.
"What is my name?" Before she could answer Zeus went to strike me with his bolt. I simply made a shadow appear and he disappeared through it. He reappeared stuck in the ground. No one made a move now, except Zeus who was struggling to get out. I turned back to Artemis.
"What is my name? Answer or I will squeeze." She stared at me with hateful eyes and tried to flash out of my grasp. I put a stop to that by forming a black bubble around us. The only light was the moonlight that shone off of Artemis. A knife appeared in her hand and she went to stab me. I made another shadow around her wrist stopping her. I then made it so her other hand was stuck to her side and started to squeeze. Her eyes widened.
"I will call you Ani̱leí̱s," she finally spat. I dropped her and the bubble dissipated so that we were the center of attention again. Hades had helped Zeus from his prison. His face was red as Artemis got up from the ground still giving me a murderous look.
"How dare you do that to me!" I gave a dark chuckle. "If you do not respect me then I will not respect you Zeus. I am not someone to trifle with. I am stronger than all of you Olympian's together." All of them just stared at me weapons still at hand. That is when Annabeth and Aiden came back. They had missed what had happened, but I noticed they could feel the tension between us.
"What just happened," Annabeth asked. I turned to her.
"A lesson in respect Daughter of Athena. Now are you and the Son of Hermes ready?" They both nodded not knowing how strong I was. Athena stepped in front of her daughter as Hermes stepped in front of his son.
"You will not fight them," Athena growled. Annabeth gave a confused look. Aiden also looked at his father in confusion.
"So it is a forfeit and I lead."
"Wait," Aiden started, "why aren't we fighting? Why does he get to lead?"
"He just put our Father into the ground where Uncle Hades had to help him out because he was so stuck he couldn't flash out. He just announced he was stronger than all of us Olympians put together." Hermes told them. This caused Annabeth to pale. Hermes' son looked like he was still debating of fighting me or not.
"Leave it Son of Hermes. Your father wishes for your safety, after all he failed to do that to another son. Do not let what he is doing go to vain. He is doing a lot for you. More than Luke Castellan got." That decided it for Aiden. He felt like I was insulting his family and came after me in a flash of speed, well for most people. I simply stepped forward and a little to the right. When he was at my side I grabbed his throat jerking him back, since aimed a little further ahead. I slammed him the ground causing him to lose his breath.
"IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO CHALLENGE ME?! I wanted this to end know. Clarisse and her father stepped forward spear and sword in hand. I drew my sword made of Stygian Iron called άκαρδος or Heartless, for it cut down anyone in my path. I left my other called θεριστής or Reaper for it could kill anything, since could hurt them much more since it was Chaos Silver. I faced the pair as they came at me. I refused to use my powers on this one, instead I used my strength, speed, and agility. It was a quick fight, which was disappointing. I immediately unarmed Clarisse and used the butt of my sword to render her unconscious. I moved on to Ares. I blocked his strike deflecting it down. I kicked out flinging him back several feet. I rushed forward catching him still off guard. I smacked the sword out of his hand and had mine to his throat. I gave a slight graze as ichor came out. He growled at me.
"ENOUGH!" The word and female voice made me freeze. The last time I heard that was the last time I was truly him, not this shell now. I turned to the source to find it was Hestia, surprisingly who yelled. Flames burned in her eyes. I moved my sword, sheathing it, and straightened.
"Lady Hestia." I bowed my head to her. Then I turned back to the demi gods. They were all in shock from what they had saw.
"I want everyone out of this arena now! Go do what I have said. Tomorrow at dawn you will meet me at Zeus's Fist. If you aren't there you will regret it." They practically stumbled over another to do what I had asked, not wanting to incur my wrath. Smart children. I turned back to the immortals that had stayed, including the gods. "All that will fight in the upcoming war I expect to be there also. You will all train underneath me. I looked at Chiron who had been off to the side this entire time just watching.
"I shall be staying in the Big House. No one is to disturb me." I wouldn't matter though, I barely ever slept. My mind wouldn't let me, too many nightmares.
"I understand this. I will make sure that no one does."
"Thank you."
"One more thing before you leave," Athena said. I internally groaned. "How do you know so much about us?" I thought for a moment deciding what I was going to say.
"I was brought up the past couple hundred years for this sole purpose of being here. I was taught a lot." With that I departed. It was still too early fake lying down, so I went around camp to see how it had changed. As I moved around I noticed it had gotten much bigger with more cabins. I also noticed Hephaestus building more cabins for the Roman's so that they could stay here. They were taking me seriously now, well most. I think there was one or two that still did not. I didn't know where I was going until I got there. I was at the beach. I looked at the waters and found them to be gray and sickly. I saw two figures on the beach. I was about to leave when their heads turned towards me. I sighed no choice but to go over since they have seen me. It was Poseidon and Tyson.
"Hello again." Poseidon nodded at me while Tyson stared at me. "What are you doing?"
"Thinking about what you have said. It is the truth Percy wouldn't have wanted me to become what I have. I thought maybe to try and change this." It was my turn to nod at this.
"Who are you," Tyson asked.
"My name is Ani̱leí̱s, Son of Poseidon and General of the Cyclopes." His eye narrowed. It seemed he had matured since five hundred years ago.
"Tyson is fine." Poseidon turned to face me.
"That was a very reckless thing you did in the arena Ani̱leí̱s with Artemis and Zeus. You will probably not be liked throughout camp." I shrugged.
"I did not come here to be liked. I came here to train you and to help fight. As long as they listen I do not care. I also expect to see both of you tomorrow for training." Poseidon looked like he was about to argue, but I put up my hand. "You are very strong Poseidon we will need you in this fight." He pursed his lips but nodded. With that I walked away. It wasn't the best idea to stay near the water. If it touched me, well I didn't want that to happen. The next stop I made was at the archery range. The hunters were there, except for their master. When they saw me they all scowled for what I had done to their master. I moved along, not looking for a fight. I moved to the woods when I finally found a shady place. I decided to lie down and enjoy the air. After not coming to earth for a very long time it felt great. I closed my eyes, which I found out was a mistake.
Third Person POV
Dream
A boy had his head hung low where he was being held up by chains. Two Titan's stood near the boy who was barely conscious. They had just gotten done breaking practically every bone in his body. Blood leaked from several wounds on his body and his leg was barely attached to his waist. It was a surprise that the boy was still awake.
"I am tired of this," the King of the Titan's said.
"Then why not give him mental pain. Give him memories that will haunt his dreams when he passes out. That way we will always be torturing him," the Titan of Forethought told his king. Kronos thought upon this and smiled. The boy hearing this flinched. He wished that he could just die, to fade into nothing.
"What an excellent idea Prometheus." With that the boy's head was fuzzy and then turned to darkness. When he awoke he couldn't remember what was going on. He was in Camp Half Blood near the beach, his favorite place. He felt something was off, but he just didn't know what it was.
"Hey Kelp Held!" He turned around to see Thalia, who was practically his sister, Nico, who was practically his brother, and Annabeth, the love of his life. He smiled and waved at them.
"Hey Pinecone Face, Death Breath, Wise Girl. What's up?"
"Hey Seaweed Brain," Annabeth laughed. Man he loved to hear her laugh. Nico scowled at him making Percy laugh. It was another peaceful day where they could just relax. They all sat on the beach and talked, however after a few moments for this the scenery started to get dark. Percy couldn't figure out why and looked away from his family for a moment, sensing something wrong. He heard a scream to turn back around to find Thalia and Nico lying dead on the beach, the sand soaking up their blood. The next thing he knew he was being straddled by Annabeth who was holding her dagger, which was bloody, above him. She looked crazed.
"I can't believe you thought I loved you. You a murder who couldn't save his own friends. The world is better off without you and no one is going to try and save you." Horror filled Percy's sea green eyes as Annabeth brought down the knife stabbing him over and over again making him scream out in pain and begging her to stop.
Thalia POV
I was mad. The boy had disgraced Lady Artemis in front of everyone. She was still fuming and had left the hunters with me in charge. We had decided to go to the archery range. We were making damage to the targets when HE came around. We all gave him a death glare. HE seemed to realize we were here and moved on. Good riddance. We went back to practice for a couple hours until I got bored and told them to do whatever they wanted to do. I had decided to go out into the woods. I wanted to walk and I doubted that HE would be out there. I walked around until I heard some noise. It sounded like someone was in pain. I picked up my speed to see what was going on. I came up on a clearing to see a male figured lying down, but rolling back and forth and moaning. As I got closer I noticed it was HIM. I immediately turned around to leave. He deserved what he was getting, until I heard him cry out.
"Please, please stop. Don't." I knew he was a boy, and a horrid one at that, but I couldn't let this continue on. I went up to him and kicked him. He flew up knife in hand as his hood flew off. His eye that I could see why wide with panic, his wings burst out, and he was breathing hard. He looked around and noticed me. He jumped back.
"Are you real?" His voice was strained.
"I am really gonna kick your ass for hurting Lady Artemis." He seemed to calm down with this answer, put his knife away and threw up his hood. He stood and left without saying anything else. That was weird. I shrugged it off and moved on.
Ani̱leí̱s POV
I hadn't meant to fall asleep, in fact I was surprised I did. I was just resting, which is all I usually did until my body told me otherwise. I was mad at myself for falling asleep. I scolded myself, how could I do that? I stomped around and noticed it was now around supper time. I had decided to go back to the arena to let off some steam. I never ate anymore. I couldn't my stomach wouldn't let me. Thankfully Nyx had done something about that as well as making my body require less sleep. I was relieved when I got to the arena no one was there. I set up some automations and set them on hard setting. Leo must have been working on these a lot, because they were better than five hundred years ago. It still didn't take me long to decimate them though. I sat down in the middle of the arena piles of trash around me. I looked up and couldn't wait until morning.