Chapter Two
It was the most intense pain he had ever felt then a numb sensation fell on the two. Percy felt like he was floating for hours. When he opened his eyes there was a Woman standing over him, she had cinnamon brown hair and gold eyes that looked like galaxies were inside, "good you're up."
"Hazel?" He asked as he sat up and looked around, He didn't trust anything around him, He couldn't recognize anything. She let out a light laugh, "Not exactly, I chose this form because it is familiar and does not invoke any bad memories, well nothing too bad. Seemed to care for her deeply." She waved it off, "You're on my secluded planet. I'm Chaos the creator of well everything, there's Order too they'll be here in a moment.
"Anyway," she waved her hands, helping the Demigod to his feet. She was short but her Aura was powerful. "Me and Order want to give you another chance at life, but not on earth, and you will not be reborn. Basically We'll give you our blessings. And let you off into space to do as you see fit. Collect bounties, steal, murder," She suggested with a giggle.
"You see," A boy walked in. A pale boy rather short with messy black hair and dark brown eyes.
"Nico?" Percy gawked, this was weird.
He chuckled and shook his finger in a very un-Nico like sense of humor. "Order," He gave the young heroes a bow. "As I was saying, balance must be kept and while me and Chaos are all powerful, things sometimes fall out of place. While you are out gallivanting around the universe and enjoying your second chance the instincts given to you by these powers will draw you places and you will know and create the steps to regain mortal balance," he smiled. "Do as you see fit you are no longer bound by the fates of earth you set your own path. I don't think a great hero should be so disrespected. Wouldn't you agree, Chaos?"
"You are very right brother," Chaos turned back to the two Demigods. "Do you accept?"
Percy really didn't want to but what other choice did he have, go back to earth and fall into the fields of punishment? "I accept," he answered.
The woman smiled and clapped, "Good, now this may hurt." there was a galaxy-colored orb in her hand. And a white one in Orders. It did hurt, it hurt a lot, It felt worse than Styx. So naturally he passed out.
When he woke up trained for a while and he was let loose on the universe. Let out to do whatever he pleases.
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Percy's version of do as you pleased happened to be collecting bounties for criminals, dropping them on the steps of the Nova Corp center or whoever wanted them. Occasionally he would go about stealing the legendary artifact and selling them for an insane number of units, the universal currency. He had a lot of bounties and a long list of crimes. No one could catch him though he was like a storm uncontainable, he could lay siege to a world, and no one wanted to invoke that kind of anger.
He also spent a good amount of time killing murderers and warlords. Occasionally babysitting Kylosians children before the genocide of their people, something Percy almost died trying to stop, and running from Ronan the Accuser a Kree that very much wanted a threat like Percy dead.
Percy was flipping through recent files with a drink in hand sitting on the edge of a fountain on Xandar. He had lived here for a while now, creating a comfortable life for himself. He scrolled through his tablet looking for bounties to pass the time. He was incredibly bored sitting around. He passed a few ravager ones that weren't worth it as they had their own bounty on Percy.
"Xandarians. What a bunch of losers. All of them in a big hurry to get from something stupid, to nothing at all. Pathetic." He heard someone say, he turned letting his eyes widen as he saw a walking talking raccoon and a giant humanoid tree. Of all the things Percy had seen over the years this was a new one. "Look at this guy! Can you believe they call us criminals, when he's assaulting us with that haircut?" he said, scanning his ID pad over a blond man with a really dumb haircut. Next, he ran it over a small Xandarian child who needed help walking, "What is this thing? Look how it thinks it's so cool. It's not cool to get help! Walk by yourself, you little gargoyle." Then an old man and pretty woman, "look at Mr. Smiles over here. Where's your wife, old man? What a class-A prevert." he laughed "Right, Groot? Groot?"
"If you're talking about the tree man, he's drinking from the fountain," Percy said, finishing his drink and standing up stretching his legs out.
The raccoon looked over at the tree, "don't drink fountain water, you idiot. That's disgusting!" Groot apparently shook his head.
"Yes, you did. I just saw you doing it. Why you lying?"
"You're funny. You also oddly enough look like an animal on Terra."
"You've been to Terra," he asked, almost impressed very few came back from there.
Percy snorted, "I'm from Terra, Names Percy, Percy Jackson."
The Raccoon froze in complete and utter shock, "The Nova Storm" he whispered.
"Is that what they call me now,'' Percy asked with a laugh, "I've had a lot of names over the years. That one's new though I like it. Yes, I have a ravager's bounty on my head." He said pushing the raccoon's ID pad down, "Trust me I'm not with the money. Ronan can't even catch me." Rocket has heard the stories of the Nova Storm. He laid waste to worlds that threatened war, he decimated army's single handedly, the only man Thanos ever feared. He looked like a scrawny kid. He held out his hand to introduce himself.
Rocket looked at it for a moment then shook it, "I'm Rocket and that's Groot," both their ID pads beeped, and they looked them over, "Whoop. Looks like we got one. Okay, humie, how bad does someone want to find you?" They both zoom in on a man who looks Terran and a pink woman "Forty thousand units? Groot, we're gonna be rich," The racoon exclaims. Rockets look over to Groot and find him drinking from the water from the fountain again, he sighs and shakes his head.
Percy flicked his wrist and the fountain stopped flowing on Groot. And kept looking through his tablet, "this is worth a fight with the ravagers." He looked at the raccoon, "How bout we compromise, we work together you take $35,000, I got the other $5,000. Last run in with Ronan busted my ship so I've been stranded here awhile," he was honestly surprised Ronan hadn't found him yet.
Rocket agreed, it was a little too fast, so Percy read his mind on one of powers he got from Chaos, 'we'll take the chance to turn him over to the ravagers too.' That made much more sense, Rocket wanted him to catch Quill then turn on him and get double the money. Honestly Percy probably would have done the same. No matter he would just have to let Rocket know who he's dealing with, after he got his money of course.
He watched Quill get pushed out of the brokers shop, He enhanced his vision and saw the orb in Quill's hand. His eyes widened that was a powerful artifact. It was said the power within could kill everything in its path if it ever touched organic matter. 'That's not good, I should ask Order what to do with that.'
Suddenly the woman he was talking to grabs the orb, kicks Quill in his stomach and runs off. Quill throws a magnetic laser rope at her catching her around the legs and trips her up. As she kicks the rope off her legs Quill catches up to her, but she manages to kick him off and starts punching him. For what he was worth Quill was a good fighter catching her a few times. She straddles his chest and holds up her knife ready to stab him.
Percy raised his hand and the water from the fountain shot out throwing the woman out of the way. "Put him in the bag. Put him in the bag!" Rocket insisted to Groot who grew tendrils reaching for the woman. "No! Not her, him! Learn genders, man." The woman kicked Percy, landing him on his back. Quill uses the diversion to his advantage to run free.
"This is why I work alone," Percy groaned, getting to his feet and chasing after Quill. The woman who Percy would soon find out was named Gamora broke free of Groots tendrils and threw Rocket across the town square. She picked up her dagger and aimed for Quill, making him drop the orb.
The orb was worth more than the bounty. In the wrong hands it could unravel the universe. Percy was a being made to keep Balance not let it be destroyed. Percy jumped over the railing and grabbed it running off. He didn't have a ship but stealing one of the Nova Corp's to get back to the Void was pretty low on his list of offensives right now.
Gamora jumped over the railing and landed on top of him, knife drawn, "Give it up."
Percy smirked, "Giving up's not really my style hot stuff," he blinked and was back on his feet by the fountain waving at her. She looked absolutely baffled. A second later Percy was thrown in a sack by Groot, "we had a deal rat."
"You and that orb are worth way more than Quill," said man who shot the bag away from Groot giving Percy the opportunity to kick himself out at run again.
He shot Percy in the back electrocuting him the one thing Percy still couldn't take and sadly it wasn't because of his power it was because of Zues. Before Percy blacked out all he heard was "By the authority of the Nova Corps, you are under arrest."
"Of course."
Published: Sep 27, 2021
Updated: Apr 30, 2023