Narrator POV:
A single house in the forest was lit up. Normally the house had not been touched, it was a safe house for all demigods alike.
Well it was supposedly a safe house. Layers and Layers of the Mist laid over the house so not even monsters themselves could find it, only the demigods that knew the whereabouts of the house could easily access it.
"How's your wound?" Travis asked his brother quietly in a hush whisper. The monsters they had just found had been nothing that they have ever fought before and it was luck alone that got them away.
Connor cringed for a moment, not wanting to be reminded of the wound on his arm. His eyes flashed down for a brief moment before back to his brother. "It hurts, it hurts so much. Connor told him in a strained voice. The wound was brutal, it had blood all over his arm and it was torn up in three different spots. The number of painkillers he had taken along with Ambrosia and he was surely past his weekly limit.
Travis stayed quiet for a moment, checking outside to see if there was anyone. "We should iris message Camp. Perhaps they could send back up?"
Connor shook his head, "We have already lost 4 demigods to those things. What were they? I have never seen those types of monsters before."
"I-I don't know." Travis went back to whisper before cleaning off Connor's arm. "Regardless, we need to contact camp about them. We need to let Chiron-." A knock on the door shushed Travis up. Both boys looked alarmed.
"Could it be other demigods?" Connor said as quietly as he could. Almost breathing it out.
Travis shook his head and turned off the lights. "No other demigods are in this area."
They waited for a few minutes, no other knocks were heard. Connor looked to his brother. "Iris message camp now, we need to let them know."
Travis looked grim but did as his brother suggested. Grabbing a bottle of spray mist and some drachmas he sprayed the water and threw in a drachma. "O, Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow-."
The door broke down and standing there were two people. One a man and the other a woman both with red eyes that glinted dangerously. "My, my what do we have here. Two little demigods who were trying to tell the Gods and Goddess's about us?" The females voice was filled with excitement as if she had just gone on a grand treasure hunt and found the gold.
The male had a boring look on him, "My lady, let us get on with it. We still have things to do before the sun comes back up."
The female sighed, "Your right, as always Alucard." The man named Alucard said no more as his lady turned to the two boys who had fear planted on their faces.
Shakily Connor stood up, "Travis go, I will hold them off for as long as I can." Connor said grabbing his sword.
"Ah, do you see this Alucard? Look at these demigods giving up their lives for one another. How heroic." The lady mentioned off handily to her servant.
Connor's eyes flashed dangerously, did she know who she was speaking too? He was a son of Hermes. He would not be talked shit about by this woman. "Go Travis. The gods must know about these creatures." Connor snarled at them.
Travis eyes looked shocked, he had never seen this side of his brother but regardless took off.
Connor looked at them with a glare. The female just looked amused while Alucard had a blank look on his face. "You fucked with the wrong demigods today bitch."
"Oh Connor, we are going to have so much fun."
Travis was running for his life to the next safe house, dodging trees and bushes that tried to stop in his path. The house was over four miles away but for a son of Hermes it did not take nearly as long for him running at full speed. Within moments he was out of breath and at the safe house.
He got to work at once, if the monsters could get inside that safe house there was no reason they couldn't get into this one either.
"O, Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow, accept my offering, show Chiron at Camp Half Blood." Travis paced nervously as he waited. It took a moment but sure enough Chiron lit up, talking with a camper. "Chiron!" Travis almost shouted at him
Chiron must have got the hint because he looked over to Travis. "Travis? What is wrong my boy?"
Travis breathed heavily, "We found a new monster, one that is unstoppable. They have red eyes and move-"
"Did you just say red eyes?" Chiron cut him off, "They look humans but with red eyes?" Travis took a deep breath but nodded. "Travis get out of there immediately and come back. You need to run."
"Who is running exactly?" The female with red eyes said from right next to Travis. "Oh Chiron! It has been so long! It's so nice to see you!"
Chiron's face paled dramatically. "Lady Selene. It is lovely to see you once again. May I ask what you are doing?"
She grinned wickedly. "Oh nothing. Just looking for a demigod who's quite famous to us 'monsters.'" She mentioned off handily, "Do you happen to know where he is?"
Chiron squinted his eyes in slight anger but held a calm posture. Seeing this Selene put her arm and wrapped it around the poor boy. "Now Chiron, why are you so angry? Isn't it nice to tell me what I want to know. No one gets hurt like poor Connor here." Selene grinned wickedly as she pulled a severed head of Connor up. Blood was all over the face and yet not a single spec was on Selene.
"C-Connor." Travis said horrified. His twin brother was dead and seeing him with his eyes bloodshot and a scared look on his face broke Travis.
"Selene why have you done that?" Chiron said a rather grim expression on his face. This was not how he expected the day to go. While it was often that he heard of demigods dying, seeing them ripped apart the way that Connor was only happened once in a blue moon.
She winked playfully at him, "For no reason. Now Chiron, please tell me where Perseus Jackson is, and I let this young man go home. If he tells me quickly enough I may revive his brother."
"What?" Travis jumped coming back to his senses.
Selene let go of him. "I can revive the dead; did you not know that?" She grabbed his chin and made him look into her scarlet red eyes and pale lips. "I could bring back every single one of your friends that died today. As long as you tell me where Perseus Jackson is."
Before Chiron could respond she swept her fingers through the Iris message. "All 5 demigods coming back to life. As long as you tell me where Perseus Jackson is. Think about how happy your brother would be to come to life. You guys could live together forever. Have a life of not dealing with monsters but growing up, getting wives and even having children. Imagine living without the fear of monsters."
"Together forever?" Travis echoed as the whispers of immortality were in his ear.
"All you have to tell me is where Perseus Jackson is." She told him seductively in his ear.
He took one look at his brothers scared face, and slowly it morphed into a memory of him hanging out with his brother in the Hermes cabin the happiness they were both having a bonding moment. "Manhattan, New York. He lives with his mother, step-father and little sister in an apartment." He said almost sleepily.
She smiled at him, "Thank you. Now rest." And with that his sleepy face became mortified as the truth of what he had just done happened. It was only for a moment though before his own head came flying off.
"Perseus Jackson?" She spoke to no one in particular, "Here I come."
~0~
"BOO!" A girlish scream was heard.
Perseus shot up, scanning the room, he noticed a small child that was jumping on him with a small grin on her face. "Rose, I thought you knew better than to wake me up."
She pouted at him, "But its already 8! And you said you were going to take me to the park today just like you told Mommy and Daddy!"
Percy rubbed his eyes, he hated having to wake up early but he would do anything for his family. "Alright, alright! Get out so I can change." The four-year-old grinned in triumph before exiting the room.
Sighing, Percy stood up from his bed and checked his phone. His face suddenly turned into a frown as he saw the amount of missed calls from Chiron.
At once he called Chiron back but there was no answer. "That's weird." Percy murmured, "Perhaps he's training some children.
"Percy!" Rose banged on the door. "Come on! I want to go to the park!"
"Rosalie Persephone Jackson, you be nice to your brother right now! Don't make me come up there." Percy heard his mother yell through the house. It was refreshing to know that not everyone was completely wrapped around his sister's finger.
Throwing on just a T-shirt and some simple jeans. Percy made his way to the door and opened it to see his little four year old sister waiting right outside the door with eyes wide open. "Can we go now please!" She begged.
"Have you eaten yet?" That clicked her mouth close before she ran down the stairs, sticking her tongue out at him.
Once more Percy sighed but gave a small smile. He had always wanted a sister to love and cherish but in all honesty, he had no idea that they would have been so much work and at the age of 21 he was amazed at how much work it would be to take care of her.
While his mom and Paul loved and cherished her as well they just didn't have the time. They refused to let Percy pay for anything, (Apparently saving the world gets you quite a bit of money). Though it also became a hindrance since they were out working so much. His mom fell back into the habit of working multiple jobs while Paul was slowly getting promoted at his school.
That left the responsibility of watching his younger sister since he was taking online college classes until next year where she would be joining Pre-K.
"Percy come eat too! I need to get going to the shop soon someone called in sick!" His mom hollered through the house.
Percy went down the stairs where his mother was waiting for him. "Percy make sure you don't give Rosalie any ice-cream while you're at the park. She's had enough sweets the past few days as it is" His mother gave him a critical eye.
Percy waved his hands in a surrender motion. "Yes Ma'am!" He told her with one of the biggest grins on his face. Rosalie smiled brightly at her mother.
Sally let out a sigh but smiled nonetheless. It was the small moments like these that kept their dysfunctional family still rolling. "Well I'm off, tell me if you need anything alright? And Percy by the way Chiron called, said he needed to speak to you?"
Percy nodded, "I got a call from him while I was sleeping. I don't know what it was about but he never answered when I called back." Percy told her leaving nothing out, "I'm worried, I told him not to call me unless emergencies arise."
She pursed her lips together, "Don't worry about it for now. If it was bad they would Iris message you, right?" She grabbed her son's hand. "It'll all be okay."
Percy nodded but an eerie feeling was telling him otherwise. At this point he was just doing it for his mother's sake but a strong feeling in his gut made him be on guard. If there was one thing that Percy trusted more then anyone else it was his gut. It had saved him multiple times and would continue to do so.
"Percy! I'm all done!" Rose talked with cheerios falling out of her mouth, if it wasn't who it was Percy would have founded it disgusted. She had the cheerios and milk were drooling out of her mouth. To top it off it wasn't exactly going back into the bowl.
Percy sighed, he loved his sister dearly but this was a little too much for him. "Rose. Finish chewing and swallowing before talking. You know better."
For effect, she smiled brightly at him and swallowed her cereal. Percy sighed and Sally had a small smile on her face, "You know what that means. And don't be afraid to call if you need anything! I'll just be at the candy shop!" Percy knew that she meant well but knowing how busy she was he doubted she would get any time off at all.
After waving goodbye, Rosalie and Percy took a train to central park. Once they arrived Rosalie shouted with joy. "Yes!" and ran off with joy.
Percy gave a tight smile. It was these moments that kept his life in check. After the giant war he had lost practically everything. His girlfriend, his best friends, he almost had lost his family too and by some stroke of luck he was able to save them
'Luck' Percy murmured bitterly. It wasn't luck that saved them but skill and being in the right place at the right time. Skill that have been deteriorating over the years and him visiting his mother at the last second possible to mourn over his friends. That wasn't exactly luck.
"Percy look!" Rose called at him snapping him out of his thoughts. "The ice cream man is over there!"
"Rosalie, you just had cereal. Now you want Ice-cream? If you have ice-cream now then you can't have any later."
A devious look grew in her eyes and Percy knew that look from anywhere, "Oh no you don't. Mom told me you only get one ice-cream and that's all."
"But Percy, what mom doesn't know won't hurt her!" Rosalie pouted and as easily he saw through the façade it was those damn puppy eyes that got him every time. Every. Damn. Time.
"I need to talk to Aphrodite on how to be immune to that bull shit." Percy murmured underneath his breath. "Alright you can have 2 small cups total today. We can get one right now if you want." Percy compromised with her.
While not exactly ecstatic, he could tell Rose was happy with her current situation. "Let's go!" She said running ahead of him.
"Rose be careful!" He shouted at her but it was obvious that she paid no heed. Running directly to the ice-cream cart. Percy rubbed his nose before a loud scream was heard.
At once his eyes flicked up to Rose having bumped into someone and had fallen to the ground. At once he ran over to see her having fell on the pavement. "Rose are you okay!" He tried his best not to make it sound too loud. Picking her up he sighed when it was just a scab on her knee. "Rose you need to be careful. What have I told you!" He tried his best to not to sound like he was berating her but he could tell it didn't come out the right way.
She flinched, "But she wasn't watching where she was going either!" She sobbed and let out muffled cry's that eventually died down.
Picking her up, he turned to look at the person who Rosalie had bumped into. "My apologies, I'm sorry my sist-"What he saw made his breath get caught up. It wasn't everyday that he saw someone as breathtakingly beautiful as he did now. She had someone of the palest and whitest skin with midnight, black hair and the strangest violet eyes he had ever seen before. Coughing slightly, he continued, "I'm sorry that my sister wasn't watching where she was going." He lifted his sister back a little bit from his arm, "Rose what do you say?"
At this point she was doing small sniffles, "I-I'm Sorry!" She cried out. "I didn't mean to run into you." The sniffles continued and she put her face back into his arm. Percy looked to her and mouthed 'I'm sorry'
The lady did a light laugh, "It's okay little one, I wasn't watching where I was going either." Her voice was like velvet and the softness was beautiful.
"See!" Rose looked at Percy. "She wasn't looking either!"
Percy nodded, "Yes, but if you were watching where you were going there's a chance that you would have never ran into her, is that correct?"
Rosalie wisely decided not to say anything. Percy looked to the lady, "I am sorry Ma'am, would you like to join us for ice-cream as an apology? I'm afraid that's where we were headed."
She rose an eyebrow and gave a small smile, "Don't even know what my name is and you're already asking me on a date?"
Percy let out a light chuckle, "The names Percy and this little one is Rosalie, may we have yours?" Rosalie gave a small wave before holding him tightly once more.
"At least I don't need to give you manners on saying your name first. I suppose that's a plus. The name is Pamela." She gave a light bow, "Pleasure to make your acquaintance"
Percy rose an eyebrow this time, "I didn't know we were in the 1500's either." He told her with a small smile.
She smiled and this time did a mocking bow "Manners are important you know." She hummed to herself, "Now about that Ice-cream…"
Rosalie perked up at once. Her eyes still red from being puffy but she grew ecstatic. "Ice-cream!"
Time skip
"So, my Lady, how do you think it went?" Alucard stood from the shadows. Night had come and Alucard always had a more joyous time not being seen.
Selene looked at the empty ice-cream cone that was left in her hands. She truly had a joyous day with the man even if she had to have the disgusting ice-cream just to prove she was human. It had been a pain but was needed for a small build of trust. It was one of the many that would come.
"Did you send someone to track them to where they live?" Alucard wordlessly nodded to her, "And about your other mission."
A feral grin grew on the man's face. It was this face that made the man something to fear throughout the world and even made the Primordials stay away from them. After all Vampires always were the best, even Chaos knew it was a mistake making them.
"They were taken care of this morning, Chiron is slowly reforming but he will be back eventually. The 'Camp Half Blood' Is in shambles. The best part of it all is that the Gods won't know anything has happened for our estimate of three to four days." Alucard spoke almost with a husk in his voice. Killing always was a turn on for him.
Pamela looked up to the night sky, her old domain shining brightly above them. "It is a shame that the Gods decided to turn on us. I will bring them to their knees and make their hero fall in love with me all the while."
"Selene, what do you plan to do with the boy after?" Alucard questioned hesitantly. He wanted to make sure that he didn't step out of line when it came to the boy. That boy meant something to her.
She innocently. "A Queen must always have a King, No?"
