the words wrung in his ears like the clash of steel on steel. never to return? but this was his home, where could he go.? "do i make myself clear?" percy looked up from his mantal turmoil right into the eyes of his mentor. he may look calm and in charge but his eyes spoke a differant story.
you could see the fear clearly in his eyes. the great chiron was afraid of one of his students. i couldnt belive he was doing this to me. after all i had done for this camp and they exile me. "yes." i said painfully. almost as if the words hurt me to say. "but know this chiron the next time this camp needs a hero. the next time you need someone to win your war for you again. the next time your cowering in fear with noone to turn to." i paused and smiled "i wont be there to save your sorry asses so dont even think of coming for me." i made to walk away but stoped and looked for annabeth. once i found her i we staired into eachoithers eyes. i almost broke down crying right there but i held strong. "ill hope every single one of you die the most painfull agoniseing death you can think of." i could feel their shock from hereing my little speach. and with that i turned again and mist travled as far to L.A. i picked here because of how close it was to the underworld. fast escape if things became too much.
i walked around looking for somewhere that i can be alone for a while. i walked for hours and finaly found an ally that didnt have anyone in it.
i sat down next to one of the garbage containers and leant my head against it. the smell didnt seem to bother me since i spent so long smelling blood and rotting flesh from two wars.
and as i sit there i began to cry. i cried and cried but it seemed never ending. the sun had long since went down and still there i sit crying. i finaly passed out from pure exhaution.
but even than i did not sleep well. haunted by the memories of the last few days of the end if my life.
She watched as he lay there i her tent shivering like he was cold. but she knew what it really was. he was dreaming of his past. of the day everyone he ever loved abandoned him.
For the millionth time in the past two years she asked herself. why? why hadnt she been there for him? why hadnt she seen the signs? and for the millionth time in two years she had no answers for any of the questions. she looked at percy from her position on the floor about 10 feet from him. he looked so frail, so weak. he couldve passed for a dead body if his chest was not riseing and lowering slowly. she sighed. she felt like it was her fault that the young man before her was like this. he was once so strong and happy. the greatest hero to ever live.
more powerful than even the gods. but now.. he lay before her almost dead. the once musculer and tanned body now replaced with a pale thin one. she could count his ribs he was so skinny. the thing she missed the most was his eyes. before they brought happiness and joy, woth a sence of safty. everyone knew they were safe when he was around. but now they were dark, there was no joy, no mirth, no friendlyness. only misery and insanity and the most prominent of all... pain. so much that it hurt even her to look into them. as she was thinking of all that happend she had not noticed him stirring from his sleep. that is until he shot a stream of water up her nose. she bound up and turned toward him with fury clear in her eyes. "hello artemis long time no see." he said with a smile. the only thing going through her head was does he want to die?
Percy woke from his usual nightmare shivering. he hated that. but it always starts like the nightmares than the shivering. than... he cringed involentaryly at the thought of what happend next. he didnt want to hurt anyone else. but the cycle never ended, just restarted anew. as he lay there he began feeling around. to his suprise instead of hard ground and trash he found silk and animal fur. his eyes shot open and he looked around at his surroundings. "Shit they caught me." he bagan to think of a way out of this when an idea struck him. this was artemises camp. she hates all men and even kills them. i can finaly be free. he thought of all the ways he could get artemis to kill him but none seemed like him. so he just decided hed do what he does best. royaly piss off a god. he looked around once more and found her not very far away but in close enough distance to catch him before he could escape. smart girl. he thought dryly. so with the little power he could muster with as weak as he was he formed a small stream of water from the air. and shot it right at her face. she was so fast he didnt even see what happend . one second shes sitting than shes standing over him. he smirked and thought here goes. "hello artemis long time no see." he had never been so scared when he saw the look he got from her. only one thing registered in his mind. "oh fuck."