Hey peeps! Sorry for taking forever! I had... business.

But whatever! I'm back in black, I'm ready to attack... and I have this lovely chapter for ya! Multiple POVs are always exciting... *evil grin* But this not in Multiple POVs, so you're out of luck! JUST KIDDING! It's still interesting!

So yeah, the usual biz: I ain't Rick. Wish I was (actually, no I don't, I'm glad I'm not a middle-aged man... I wish I came up with the idea and wrote the series), but I ain't, so I'm gonna suck it up and write fanfiction for y'all! How's that?

*sigh* Sometimes I disturb even myself. Well, enjoy...

Brad's POV (Viewers: Oh no you didn't! lulu: Oh yes I did! Now quit interrupting, peeps!)

When I saw that guy, I was impressed.

Now I know what you're thinking: No way! The great and awesome and amazing Brad Williams was IMPRESSED? Impossible!

I kid you not, my beloved fans; I was impressed by Omega.

Not that I'd let any of my fellow campers know that.

So I bad mouthed him a bit. I figured he could take it.

What I did NOT figure was all of those weapons pointed at me. Talk about disconcerting!

And then Omega turned out to be Percy Jackson.

Well, damn.

I hate Percy Jackson.

I'd never met the guy, but he was, according to everybody at camp, so much better than me.

The greatest demigod who ever lived, they said.

Please. I was great and powerful! I was a son of Poseidon too!

But no. Percy had more control, better swordfighting skills, and much more modesty than me. At least, so everyone said.

I was a good swordsman. I was good with my water powers. I was good. Heck, some even said I was great!

And yet Percy Jackson was always better. He was the best swordsman in over a thousand years. He was more powerful than Hercules, or as we Greeks called him, Heracles. He had been on many quests. He had been in two wars. He was modest, humble, kind, caring. And his fatal flaw, the one thing that could get him killed, was personal loyalty.

This guy was perfect.

It wasn't fair. He got Dad's love and favoritism, despite having walked out on him, despite leaving him. He got the respect of both camps, Greek and Roman. He got the favor of the gods. He got Riptide, the sword that I so desperately wanted but couldn't have because my father said it was always meant to be Percy's. He got everything.

Even my crush, Annabeth Chase, liked him.

I know, I know. Annabeth's over a thousand years old. So? She's gorgeous, and kind, and smart.

But she never paid me any mind. She tutored me, sure. She was cordial to me. But it was like she didn't even care I existed.

So I was on my way back to camp. Everyone on the bus was avoiding looking at me. Those who did were glaring daggers.

Fortunately, Annabeth was not a glaring-daggers type.

Not that she was there. She'd run off in the middle of the meeting. I had no idea where she'd gone. Still, I could imagine that she was sitting next to me, smiling that sweet sad smile and placing her hand on my knee, saying that it was okay, saying that she would always like me better than Percy Jackson...

Like she'd ever say that. She had a shrine to him in the Big House, one that I'd seen her in front of whenever I followed her there (no, I'm not a stalker!... really). She would go up, but her fingers to her lips, then place her fingertips on a picture of a twelve-year-old boy and girl standing arm and arm, laughing as their picture was taken.

I knew they were friends when they were young, before the wars and before Annabeth was given immortality. I knew they'd been on a million quests together. However, it had taken me forever to realize the truth.

Annabeth Chase loved Percy Jackson.

It was obvious... but then, I'd always been oblivious to things like that.

One thing that everyone said Percy and I had in common: we were both oblivious to the most obvious things.

Eventually, I realized that before he left, he and Annabeth had been together.

That pretty much cemented my firm hatred of the guy. He ruined every chance I might have had with Annabeth by having met her first, loving her first, and being with her first.

It really wasn't fair.

Camp was coming into view. I smiled. Camp was where I really felt at home. I didn't have that many friends, but camp was still home.

One of the kids who wasn't glaring at me nudged me. He was new, and his eyes were wide with wonder.

"Are you the one who insulted Percy Jackson?"

I groaned. "Yes I am, kiddo."

"Why?"

I didn't answer for a few seconds.

Then I whispered, "He has everything I wish I had."

The kid nodded, understanding in that way that only kids understand. "I see. You're Brad Williams, son of Poseidon, and he is the other son of Poseidon. He has Riptide and Poseidon's love, despite having left us all. He has the camp's respect. He has the camp's love."

I stared at him. How did he figure this out? He literally said just what I was thinking!

The boy grinned. "I'm Liam, by the way," he said conversationally. "I'm nine, but I'm as understanding and wise as an old man and a little kid at the same time, or so everyone says. My mother is Athena and my half-sister, Annabeth Chase, is the girl you like."

This shook me out of my trance. "Wha- but- how did you- what?" I spluttered incoherently.

Liam grinned. "I think we're gonna be good friends, Brad. I think you're okay. You just have some issues with a one-sided sibling rivalry. Don't worry! I can be helpful with getting over that!"

I sighed in resignation and leaned back in my chair. Oh well. If this kid wanted to be my friend, I would be nice to him. I know that many people think I'm a terrible person, but I'm really a nice guy.

Sometimes.

Okay, that's the end of this chapter! If anyone is confused about Brad, you aren't the only one. Even I'm confused about him, and I created him!

I think Brad just suffers from having an amazing big brother who he is intensely jealous of. Underneath, he's an okay guy. It's just gonna take a while for the niceness to come through.

This is probably gonna be the last time I update for two weeks or so because I'm going on vacation! Summer took forever to get here, but now that it's here, I'm taking advantage of it! I'll be gone for most of the summer, but I'll try to update as much as possible!

Love ya! lulu