"Dad, it's not March so why are you rambling about St. Patrick's Day?" I asked Dad.

Poseidon grumbled before admitting; "I lost my temper. I do need to learn to control it better."

He shrugged, "Perhaps you could tell me what is really the matter with the Chicago River, Percy?"

"I'm not looking at the river right now." I said knowing full well dad was going to get mad. I am the God of Rivers so I should have known instantly how to…. but I don't. Added to the fact that I struggle to control my temper… well it's a work in process. Yesterday afternoon, when I got angry over something, I accidentally caused the Spree River in Berlin to overflow its banks. It caused minor flooding in the German capital. Dad immediately fixed it to prevent a major flood, as apparently the Great Berlin Flood isn't due for a few years.

"Percy, you are God of Rivers, are you NOT? Use your abilities!" Poseidon roared. Dad is without question bipolar. I knew he was going to throw me into Lo'ihi in Hawaii or blow me into a hurricane. I tried to concentrate. Being God of Rivers is not an easy task! I couldn't possibly name all the things I have to do. I constantly hear the voices of the world's major rivers asking for things. Most of the time I block them out so focusing on one river in all that chatter is difficult.

"There are so many rivers in the world. How do I focus on just one? I don't know how." I asked worried Dad was going to explode at me.

"I'm sorry for getting mad..." he trailed off as before softly murmuring, "I should have remembered you haven't mastered your powers and you don't know how to control them…." he continued in a louder voice, "I'll assist you."

"Close your eyes." Check. "And clear your mind." Ehh trying. "Block out all the river spirits talking to you." I took a deep breath and channeled out all the yelling, whispering, and singing of the millions of rivers.

"Focus on the Chicago River." Poseidon said. I focused on the city of Chicago. I envisioned the river then like I was opening a window in my head I saw it! The river wasn't exactlydyedgreen. It was the result of chemical spill. A harmless green chemical had spilled into the river from a factory explosion.

"What do you see?" Poseidon asked.

"It was not done on purpose. It was the result of a harmless chemical spill. The chemical just happens to be green." I announced.

Poseidon frowned and then suddenly it was as if I was looking at the river from a viewing from. I could feel him next to me staring at the river. "That is correct, Percy. Very impressive."

I smiled from the praise. "Hey Dad, why did you get so angry before? Shouldn't you should learn to control your temper? You might have caused Lo'ihi to erupt." I said forgetting I have problems with anger management too.

"You caused flooding in Berlin yesterday when you got angry at Ares for causing too much violence in Munich." Poseidon exclaimed.

I wanted to hit my head. "Yes I did, but it was justified. He didn't need to cause so much unrest. In fact why must he do it at all?" I asked.

"You know Ares. Besides Zeus is having a chat with him as we speak." I pictured Zeus standing a few feet from Ares with clouds and lightning bolts around him yelling at Ares. If only he really did that…. wait a second, he does! He really likes theatrics. And I'm still wondering why he isn't the God of Theatre?

Just as I was about to reply the door opened. Normally, it would be considered rude to enter without knocking, but the gods can be needed for urgent matters, even in the wee hours of the morning. Just pray it's not Zeus coming in at three am. His grand entrances put Broadway to shame. I turned around to see who it was. It was Nico Di Angelo. He looked a little different. Like he had aged a bit. He looked like he was about 18 or so and his skin was little darker than before. It had a more medium tan. I had forgotten gods can take any form they want. Nico was wearing a sleeveless shirt and his usual black pants and he had his sword in its sheath.

"Guys what in the world is going on in here? I heard you yelling down the hall." Nico asked, annoyed. "It's four in the morning!"

"Dad got angry over the Chicago River being green. A factory explosion caused it. There won't be any environmental damage though." I stared at him, "Nico, man, I gotta ask what's your new thing with muscle shirts?" I asked.

"I'm buff for my age. I should show off the muscle!" Nico grinned.

I stared at my younger friend. "You're a god. Of course you would be muscular. Why did you change your looks?" I asked.

"Why you don't like it? It's cool I can be a master of disguise now." Nico said. I knew he would enjoy being a god and he makes life on Olympus interesting to say the least.

"No, I like it. This look suits you." I told him.

"Thanks. So Percy you have control over all the worlds rivers?" Nico asked seemingly forgetting his anger at being woken up at 4 am. He looked at me silently asking if I could show him my powers.

"Uhh," I smiled, "Sorta."

"Could you show me? Do something with a river." Nico asked. What could I do? I could easily use my power over storms and water to cause a major flood in say Ottawa. I decided it was best to ask dad what he recommended.

"Do you have any suggestions dad? And how is Nico even going to be able to see what I do?" I asked.

"How about you pick the river? You are the God in charge of managing the world's rivers. I'll assist you if things get out of hand. Wait as a matter of fact I do have a suggestion for which river. I suggest the Taedong River in Pyongyang." Poseidon suggested.

Why was he picking Pyongyang? Oh wait… I thought back to my seventh grade history class… that's the capital of the world's most dictatorial state.

"Okay and how is Nico going to see what I do?" I asked.

"He'll see it with River and Ocean Television. It's a channel only I can control." Poseidon said. Now I officially knew life on Olympus could never be boring. Gods had their own TV channels? I wonder if there is an Olympus News Network. Hahaha, it'd be called ONN.

"Are you serious? You have your own TV channel?" I asked stunned.

"Yes. Each god has one. They control the programming on it." Poseidon said as a door in the lower wall magically opened and a plasma screen TV rolled out on a cart and immediately turned itself on. It showed the city of Pyongyang and the Taedong River.

"What is that place?" Nico asked.

"That's Pyongyang. Capital of North Korea. Now Percy all you have to do it focus on the river and picture what you want to do and Nico will see it on screen. " Poseidon answered.

I was a little nervous about what I was about to do. Even though I could control my powers (Well I can! Sorta) it takes some time to adjust. Nico and Annabeth were still adjusting too. I then started thinking about what I could do.

The Taedong River has a dam near the city that I could easily overtop and flood the city but this was merely a demonstration for Nico of my powers. It would have been wrong to cause mass destruction and harm innocent people at least at that moment. I pictured a massive storm system over the city dumping torrential rainfall and causing the river to slightly overflow its banks. As soon as I pictured it, my fingers bent pointed at the screen and that's precisely what happened. The river began to overflow and flood the city. The water was rushing through the streets. After about ten seconds dad put his hand on my shoulder and closed my hand into a fist.

"That's enough, son." Dad said.

The river stopped flooding the city and the storm clouds dissipated and the water started to recede. I bet the people of Pyongyang were looking up at the sky and looking at the river wondering what had just happened. I hope I scared the dictator, Kim Jong-Il. Next time, I won't be so nice. I might cause the river to flood only the streets leading to his palace and the North Korean Parliament.

"That was awesome!" He grinned at me.

"This TV is pretty sick too! What other channels are on here?" Nico asked. "Is there a remote?"

Poseidon pulled out a remote from a drawer and handed it to Nico. He started flipping channels. It turns out almost every Olympian has there own television channel and some more than one. There's the Storm Network, HGTV or Home and Garden Television (I technically shouldn't be telling you that HGTV is actually a Olympian channel), the Volcano Channel, Poetry Television etc. The three of us didn't realize how much time had passed. I almost forget that today Annabeth, Nico and I would be presenting our plans for the new throne room to the Olympian Council. In perfect timing she walked in. She was carrying our blueprints.

"There you are Seaweed Brain. I've been looking all over for you. We have to be at the throne room in five minutes."

"Merlin's beard. You're right. Let's go." Poseidon said.

The four of us ran to the throne room so we could present our plan to the Gods. The meeting would go better than I expected.