AN:Hey, Sword of Solomon here. This one of my story that I wanted to do. Arctic Empire was my first story and I wrote it mostly because I wanted to see how good my writing and story planning. I also wanted to write for some time now. Arctic Empire also my training ground in writing fanfiction. Enough with my blabbing, time to go to the story.
Ocean's Breakdown
Percy was having a great day. At least it had been a great birthday. His mother had decided to bring him to a movie and then to a museum. Gabe tried to stop her, claiming they had no money but his mother insisted. Gabe finally gave in but he brought Percy to his room telling him that after they return, he will had "private time" with him, it didn't take a genius to figure out what he meant...
But even with Gabe's threat hanging over him, Percy didn't care. He got to spend some time with his mom, the best person in the world, and that, is an objective fact. They even visited Montauk for awhile. Percy couldn't help but noticed that his mother always had a longing look when she was at Montauk. Something that probably had to do with his real father.
He never knew his father, just that he was lost at the sea. He wished his father were here so Smelly Gabe never had to be in their lives. Unfortunately, his father's absence forced his mother to marry someone. He just wished it was anyone but Smelly Gabe. His mother deserve better.
As he was musing over his mother's marriage, they arrived at their apartment. Unfortunately. He wished he had more time like this with his mother but Sally always busy with supporting him and Gabe that she always was at work. She was never there when Gabe abused him, beat him, punched him, you name it. Whenever she return home, Gabe stopped and told him to clean himself up. Thankfully the water felt nice and it helped healed him.
Now that they here, Percy couldn't help but gulp. He would have to face Gabe, which he didn't wanted to do. Knowing his fate, Percy followed his mother solemnly, preparing to face Smelly Gabe. As they reached they apartment's door, Percy watched with horror as Gabe greeted them with a scowl.
"Sally, quickly make your bean dip. The brat and I had some talking to do." Gabe ordered. Sally tried to argue but a warning look from Gabe and a pleading look from Percy caused her to enter the kitchen. Little did she knew it will be the last dinner she made.
As soon as Sally left, Gabe proceeded to push Percy into his room before beating him up with the occasional curses thrown. It was a miracle he did not yell in pain but having been treated like this by Gabe for months allowed him to tolerate pain. He held his tongue, not wanting his mother to find out, lest Gabe do something horrible to her to. However, Sally had decided to check on both of them, Percy mainly.
"Gabe, what are you doing?!" she yelled, pushing past him and started to look all over Percy for any sign of injuries. "Sally, get back to cooking!" Gabe shouted. "No! Not anymore!" she shouted back in retaliation. "I will report this to the police and make sure you get send to prison for good."
Gabe, not taking the threat lightly attacked the pair. He threw punches at Sally, beating her up. What he did not expect was that Sally fought back. She kicked Gabe at the gut and then delivered a swift strike at ...his nether region. He gave out a rather girly scream. The pain made him unable to pay attention to Sally's next blow at his face, making his face uglier, something that should not be possible.
"Percy, get out of here! Go to my room. Under the bed is a wooden chest. It has books and other thing that will help you." Sally said. Percy quickly nodded before hurriedly doing what his mother said. Unfortunately, she did not give more than a glance at Gabe, which proved to be her undoing. As Percy came back into the room with said chest, he looked at his mother with a combination of fear and worries.
She did not knew the reason of her son's fear until she look back and felt cold metal going through her body. Her body slumped as darkness clouded her vision. The last thing she ever saw was Percy shouting and crying. She could not help but to cry. She married Gabe to protect Percy from monsters, only to bring home a monster. A tear fell her face as her body slumped against the wall.
Percy looked on in shock as his mother fell. The shock and fear slowly turned to rage and hatred. He felt filled with power, churning like the ocean when a massive storm is about to hit. His eyes still brimmed with tears, but instead of sad sea green eyes, his eyes were a Hurricane, hell-bent on destroying his target.
Gabe only laughed at the body of Sally Jackson. "That's what she get for kicking me." he winced in pain, the aftereffects of the kick still remained. "Time for you to be gone too brat. Can't have you blabbing the police about this." he said. Percy looked at the man with hatred. "You killed her. You killed my mom!!" he shouted, murderous fury in his voice. "So what." Gabe scoffed. "Don't worry, you will be with her soon." As he scoffed at him, he quickly made his way to Percy.
The entire apartment shook, causing the fat man to stumble. He looked around confused, until his eyes landed on Percy. His eyes widen in terror as the boy seem to be glowing with sea green light, power radiating from him. He tried to ignore the feeling of dread, that he had woken up a sleeping monster. He quickly moved toward the boy, intending to kill him.
Or that was the plan if not for the wind which suddenly pushed him with so much force that his bloated body flew back a few feet. Not wanting to be scared by a mere child, he advanced once more, only for the plumbing to burst, water hitting him in his chest and a stray pipe hit his head. Darkness consumed his vision momentarily. When his head was clear and the daze had gone, he open his eyes to feel something restraining him.
'Sally's brat can't tied me up. He is too small to lift me.' he tried to assure himself. He looked to see what held him in place only to gasp in shock. He somehow got trapped in some kind of water bubble. He tried to move his arm but the water held him. He quickly looked at the only possible person that can made the prison. His eyes soon fell on Percy Jackson, holding one of his arms up and making a grabbing gesture.
"Brat! Let me out of here!!" Gabe yelled, thinking that it would scare the boy. It seemed to work, the water started to not hold his arm anymore, or so he thought. Suddenly, the water squeezed him even harder. Gabe decided to look at the boy, planning to scare him so that he would released him. Or that was the plan if not for the boy to glare at him with so much hatred, causing him to whimper. The boy's eyes seem to be glowing, storms forming in his eyes threatening to unleash their wrath upon him.
For many times, Gabe had felt fear. He was a bully and a coward, with his target being the weak. He had been afraid of his abuse of his stepson to be discover, he had feared that he would be sent to jail. Never in his life had he been scared of one of his victims. But here he was, trapped inside a watery prison, with the brat glaring daggers at him, telling with his eyes alone that his days were numbered. Here, he was afraid of Perseus Jackson.
"Brat, why don't we talk this out, alright?" Gabe said in a kind tone, hopping that he will release him.(I know, he is a dumbass)
Percy did not made any indication that he heard Gabe, instead making a grabbing gesture to the dagger nearby. A water tentacle shot out and grab the dagger before depositing it on his hand. He looked at Gabe again with fury and hatred, like a barrage of waves and tsunamis crashing onto a beach.
He willed the water make Gabe kneel and pushed his right leg in front of him, making he wince in pain. Gabe was a fat man, so a move that acrobatic did a number on him. He took the knife, ignoring Gabe's pleading and stabbed the leg countless times, causing him to roar in pain. He then pushed the leg back before willing the leg to heal it. But with a side effect. The water heal Gabe's leg but he will suffer from the treatment.
Gabe screamed when he felt the water touched his right leg, feeling more like acid than water. He did not notice the vanishing wounds. All that he knew was that it hurt like crazy. Percy repeated the same process with left leg before moving to his arms, all on the while ignoring Gabe's shouting.
Gabe had never felt so much pain, so much suffering. He looked at the monster in front of him.(ironic right) "Please, no more." he pleaded. "I'll do anything for you. Anything." "Can you bring her to life?" Percy asked, in a voice so deep that no 5 years old could pull off. He got a whimper for his answer.
"The cops will look for you. Your fingerprint is on that dagger. If you release me, we can talk this out." Gabe said victoriously, forgetting the fact that he kill someone too. "You can't prove that I stabbed you without any stab wound." Percy said coldly. Gabe looked confused before looking at his body in shock, there was no wound. "This last slash will have your fingerprint though, making it look like you killed my mommy and committed suicide."
"What if I don't want to touch the blade." Gabe asked, scared. His only leverage had gone. Percy did not say anything as he watch the knife, removing his fingerprint on the weapon. He will the water to move from his opponent neither region before giving a powerful kick there, with the help of water and demigod enhancement. Gabe gave the second girly scream for the night.
He then will the water encase Gabe's right arm with the exception of the palm and place the knife on his hand. He pushed the arm, moving the blade closer to Gabe's neck. Gabe tried to fight back but the water attacked, the stabbing and especially the savage nut-cracking had left him unable to protect himself from the tiny demon. His blade stopped at the fat man neck before Percy pushed the blade, slashing Gabe's neck.
After that, Percy willed the water bubble to dissolve. Gabe holding his neck in pain, trying to stop the wound but failed. He writhe in pain before he stop moving for good.
Percy quickly looked at Gabe, the man he hated the most had finally died. The man would not torment him any more. His hatred slowly disappeared as he remembered his mother. He quickly made his way to his her, but unfortunately, his mother died when Gabe stabbed her. His emotion changed from anger to anguish as realization hit him that his mother was truly gone and Percy Jackson cried. His emotion skyrocketed as anguish filled him. His dam broke and he cried his heart out, not knowing what to do.
Unbeknownst to the boy,three other beings were in the room with him. Two watching the boy who was crying at his mother's dead body while another one held two cut strings on her left hand, while her right hand held a shear. The three beings look like a bunch of old women with the exception that the radiate powers. "Perseus Jackson." one of them said. The boy look up and froze when he saw the three old women. "What do you want?" Percy asked timidly, different from the person who just became a murderer.
"Do not fret child. We not here to harm you, only to gave you advice." Anoth - (Ouch,okay, okay. I said your name.Happy?) Lachesis said. "You need to know your ancestry, your heritage. About your father." Clotho said. " My father dead." Percy replied dejectedly. "He still alive." As Clotho said this, Percy grew excited before he slowly became angry. If his father was alive, why did he do nothing. He could have made sure that Gabe did not harm him or his mother. As sensing his thoughts, Clotho continued. "Your father cannot live with you for certain reasons. Reasons that your mother listed. Read the message and books she left and you shall know the truth."
"Now, for a little advice about the future. You shall play an important role in this world. But you will not be involved in the prophecy directly. You will contribute and change this world for the better, from the shadows. However. You will play an important role in another world, where it is in a dire need of a hero, someone that will change the world for the better." Atropos said.
Percy wanted to asked about the other world thing and how would he, a 5 year old boy, be able to change the world but before he got to ask, the three fates spoke as one. "We cannot give you a direct answer." He groaned, really wanting to know how to do what the three old ladies told him would. "You must remember to never speak to anyone about our meeting, I mean, three old ladies who can read thoughts and tell of the future? People will think you are insane!" the three fates said smiling as they vanished.
Percy blinked. He was pretty sure he was dreaming. To make sure he pinched his cheek. "Ouch!" he yelp. Okay, not dreaming. He quickly made his way to the chest and rummaged through its content. He did not know that he would learn something that would change his view of the world, and his journey began.
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AN: That is done. I'm sorry for the short chapter. I'm not really good at starting with the introduction. This is my second story so I need to get use to making the first chapter. This story is harder as I had to make the conflict between Gabe and Percy. I have to make Percy more mature because I had planned a pairing with Percy.
Beta: Amin Duncan-Pope
I will make my story more like something from manga or anime because in my opinion, gods, titans and demigod powers are underrated. They powerful being so I make the demigods more powerful. Here is some powers that I think all demigods should have.
1. Familiar Creation
In the HOO series, it was told that demigod blood can destroy or making the land better. A pair of demigod blood is enough to wake Gaia, a deity so ancient she can take down Olympus easily. If demigod blood can wake something so powerful, it is possible that demigod blood can give life to inanimate object. It will required strong willpower and unless the demigod godly parent domain allowed to control some element, he/she will be restricted to stone and metal familiar.
2. Divine Armour
If magician, person that have only a distant relation with gods with no blood relation can create some kind of spiritual being at least children of gods can do something similar. I imagine they can form some kind of spiritual armour. The stronger can do something like combat magician from KC can do, make combat avatar of their godly parent.
3. Godly Strength
If you read Smart Son of the Sea by Hadrian Targaryen, you will now about this power. This power allowed demigods to channel their godly blood. They focus their divine energy to become stronger, faster, more agile and greater endurance. Demigods already have greater physical ability than human. When they channel their godly blood, they will be much stronger, not Hercules strong, but strong nevertheless. Basically, they can enhance their physical abilities.
This are some of the power I think demigods should have. If you have any critic or suggestion, give me a review.That is all. If you have any suggestion for my other stories especially the mythological one, PM or give me a review. Until next time.
Sword of Solomon out.
