Olympus was shaking. The whole mountain top was rumbling and pulling against the magical chain that linked it to the empire state building.
"ZEUS!" Poseidon's voiced roared as he walked into the throne room.
Athena yelled as a huge column crumbled on top of her.
"Control your temper Poseidon!" She yelled angrily as she shoved the column off of her.
"Athena, now is not the time." He growled at her.
"Zeus, Where is Perseus?" Poseidon barked at the king of the gods.
Zeus blinked at his brother. He gripped his master bolt and stood up.
" Poseidon, calm down. If you break the chain I'll make you repair it. What are you talking about? Can't you keep track of your own son?" Zeus chuckled.
Olympus stopped shaking. The columns that had been broken were starting to reform. Poseidon settled for a deadly glare.
"Do not lie to me brother. What have you done with my son?"
"Oh hush up brother. He's fine." Hera's voice drifted from the door way.
"What do you mean?" Zeus and Poseidon asked at the same time.
Hera sighed as she walked over to her throne. "He's going to help save the world again."
Poseidon looked at Zeus for further explaination. Zeus just shrugged his shoulders.
"Trust me, He'll be back in, oh, six months? Now go away Poseidon. I have to talk to my husband."
With an angry puff of sea air, Poseidon vanished.
He appeared outside Sally Jackson's apartment and stared at the door. How many more times was he going to keep doing this? Poseidon heard Sally's laughter from inside the apartment. He couldn't tell her; not yet.
He arrived back in his throne room at his palace. Poseidon tossed his trident onto his throne and leaned up against the wall. It had been decades since he felt this kind of loss. Percy was the best son he had ever had. Poseidon's guilt finally broke through the wall he had put of around it. The oceans, which had been deadly calm, suddenly erupted into chaos. 80 foot swells popped up all over globe, freak hurricanes started in minutes and moved to the coasts with frightening speeds.
Poseidon never wanted Percy to get involved in the cross fire of his family, and he had done his best to remove him. But he turned his back for a week, and Hera had taken his only son. Poseidon slammed his fist against the wall. Californa's San Andreas fault suddenly exploded into a 9.2 earthquake.
"Lord Poseidon, calm yourself." Amphitrite warned from behind him.
"How can I, when they've taken my son!"
"Trito- oh. Percy is missing? I told you no good would come of that child." Her caring voice had turned icy.
Poseidon whirled around to face her.
"Without Perseus, I nor you would be here today. He's save our lives so many times, and this is how you repay him? I expect this from my brother, but not from you."
Amphitrite huffed indignantly and stomped out of the room.
Poseidon knocked his trident off his throne and sat down.
Poseidon, please. You're going to wash away New York City and the rest of the east coast. If you need to talk, I'm in my apartment. Paul's here, but he's promised to stay out of the room.
Sally Jackson's prayer shocked him out of his temper tantrum. It had been years since she prayed to get his attention. This was the invitation he had been waiting for. He grabbed his trident and left the palace.
He needed a little bit of humanity.
Poseidon knocked on Sally's door.
"You came!" She squeaked as she opened to the door.
"I heard your prayer." He gave her that half sarcastic, trouble maker smile that she always loved.
"Oh Poseidon, you look bad. What's wrong? I figured it was you who was angry because the world's oceans practically exploded and California almost fell off the United States."
"Sally, it's Percy. He's gone."
Her silence was agonizing. Sally Jackson just sat on the couch with a surprised look on her face. Then she slapped him right across his face.
"One child, Poseidon. We had ONE child to look after. I get you're a god, you're a busy guy. But you couldn't watch him for one night?"
Poseidon had never been slapped by a mortal before. He was in even more shock than before the slap. The king of seas just sat on the couch, flabbergasted. Never, in his thousands of years of living had he ever been slapped by a mortal. He was supposed to be angry, but he couldn't be. After 18 years, Sally Jackson still had her spark.
"I'm so sorry." Sally gasped, realizing what she had just done.
"You haven't changed one bit." He laughed. Then he pulled her into his lap. "I promise Sally, we'll get our son back. I swear to you."
Sally's eyes seemed to look straight through Poseidon. He laid down, dragging Sally with him. Their lips only centimeters apart.
"You better." She breathed raggedly. Their noses brushed against each other. The saltwater air that was his eternal cologne began seducing Sally, again.
Sally Jackson shook her head then pushed herself off of Poseidon.
"Nice try, buddy boy. But I've got a mortal man I gotta look after. I can't look after an immortal man too." She opened up the door.
"Don't come back until Percy gets back, alright?"
"Will do Sally. Take care of yourself, and your blowfish too."
Sally grinned as Poseidon strode out of her room and the apartment.
