Author's Note: Here's chapter 7. I know it's short, but I hope you're liking our story so far. Don't forget to REVIEW! - Co-Author B
Disclaimer: If we owned any of this, Blood of Olympus wouldn't have happened like it did.
Percy woke up back in his cell. Great, he thought, here again. He'd just been having a new dream and this one was by far the scariest. This one was about the gods.
He was on Mt. Olympus in the throne room. The gods were all seated in their respective thrones. The entire room was grim. Zeus spoke first. "Brother, your son is causing….problems. Not only is it bad enough that our Greek and Roman counterparts are fighting, but now young Perseus could be used as a weapon to annihilate the Romans completely."
"Lord Zeus, I believe you are missing the bigger issue here." Athena spoke up, "Perseus Jackson could be used to destroy us. Yes, he defeated Gaea, but her children are still rising. The giants could control him easily now."
Hestia, always the reasonable one, said, "Poseidon, maybe you should take him back to your kingdom and train him. Show him how to use these new powers."
"If I brought him back to the palace Amphitrite would kill me and Percy. She already hates it that I keep having monster children. She has continuously told me how much she hates him."
Athena spoke again. "If Poseidon won't train him, then that only leaves one choice."
"And what would that be, Athena?" Hestia questioned.
"We have to kill him," she said simply.
Let's just say that that had a mixed reaction. Hestia, Dionysius, Poseidon, Artemis, and Aphrodite were all shocked. Ares looked extremely pleased, almost as if he wanted to be the one to kill Percy. Hera didn't really care, she used him and no longer needed him. Zeus looked thoughtful. Everyone else just nodded. Percy'd thought maybe Hermes or Apollo would stand up for him but apparently not. Way to repay me, he thought, after all I've done for them.
Hestia shook her head. "We can't kill him after everything he has done for Olympus!" she shouted. Thank the gods for Hestia.
"I don't want to kill him. It would break my daughter's heart, but if Poseidon won't train him then this is the only option."
Aphrodite said, "All the more romantic. I vote yes."
"So do I!" Ares agreed rather vigorously.
"I could care less," Hera replied.
Athena corrected, "You mean you couldn't care less. If you could care less, that means you do care."
"Well, now I will vote against whatever Athena chooses." Hera remarked snidely.
"Now wait a minute!" Poseidon interrupted, "No one is killing my son!"
"Well you're leaving us no choice." Athena said sternly.
"If Athena just said yes, I'm against it!" Hera yelled triumphantly.
"He could live on Mt. Olympus," Hestia tried.
"Yes away from all his friends and distractions." Athena agreed quickly.
"Oh, I see," Poseidon said, "all you want is to get my son away from your daughter!"
"Brother, I think it is a great idea," said Demeter.
"Fine, then let's vote, yay or nay."
There was a chorus of yays and nays that when counted resulted in a 50-50 split. The only one left to vote was Hephaestus. Just as Percy was about to hear the answer that was going to decide his fate, he felt the pull of someone waking him up. The dream dissolved and he was left awake in his bed.
