Hey, first of all I want to say thanks to everyone who has read this story, even more so to everyone who's reviewed. Secondly, this chapter contains mentions of Rape, and torture, the actual torture scenes aren't in the chapter but if you want them I'll send you them in a PM. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Next chapter will end this story, I need 15-20 more reviews (for a grand total of at least 36) before I write the sequel, and I say this because I don't want to take time out of other stories if people are enjoying them more. Enjoy.

I don't own PJO

Percy laid his mother on the couch and covered her with a blanket,

"there's something I need to do Zoe, and you won't like it" Percy said, Zoe looked at him in surprise,

"what is it?" she asked hesitantly, Percy sighed and looked at her.

"I have to bathe in the Styx" he whispered, the effect was instantaneous, she scowled and glared at him.

"did you even think about my feelings when you decided this?" she asked harshly,

"yes, you said our relationship was purely platonic Zoe, in case you forgot" Percy snapped, Zoe's face fell and she looked away.

"how stupid are you Percy?" she asked quietly, then stood and left the apartment with tears barely restrained. Percy struggled not to cry as he stood and wrote his mother a note, he walked out of the apartment and shadow traveled into the Underworld. He sat on the banks of the river Styx and gazed into the black waters solemnly until he lost track of time.

Zoe POV (weren't expecting that were you?)

Zoe stormed out of the apartment and ran out into the street, it was raining heavily. She ran for Central Park ignoring the people around her, the falling water concealed her tears. When Zoe finally reached Central Park she collapsed behind a tree and cried, she hated that her resolve had broken but there was nothing she could do about it now, suddenly there was a voice behind her.

"hey baby, what's wrong?" it asked eerily, the voice seemed slimy and just plain wrong as Zoe heard it, in a moment of clarity she realized she was unarmed. The owner of the voice stepped into her view and Zoe realized that it was a male, he was so fat she was surprised he could walk unaided, stains led from his arm pits all the way down the side of his dirty shirt and his breath smelled of alcohol. He made a grab for her and Zoe scrambled out of the way, but the first man had a friend, she was grabbed and hauled to her feet. Zoe knew no help would come, not in New York, she struggled against the man who was restraining her but she wasn't strong enough. Finally as the first man began to grope her she screamed,

"Percy! Help!" her voice cracked though, and even though she knew he wouldn't even hear her she held onto the tiny hope that he might be close.

Percy POV

Percy stared into the river until a voice that seemed to carry on the wind reached his ears, "Percy! Help!" it said, he recognized the voice as Zoe's and jumped to his feet, completely forgetting that there was no wind in the Underworld. Percy jumped into a shadow and reappeared in Central Park, he saw movement and muffled screaming. He rushed over to find two men groping Zoe, his vision turned red and the burning fires of rage spread like wildfire through his body,

"you have three seconds to run, before I kill you" he said, his voice came out low and calm, though as the fatter of the two men looked into his eyes he did not see green friendly orbs, he saw hurricanes promising pain beyond anything he had ever known, the man didn't move, but then he was so drunk he had forgotten what pain was. Percy was on them in a flash, he gripped the first man by his throat and lifted him off the ground, Percy set his other hand on fire and ripped the man's pants off, Percy punched him in his manhood and kept his hand there as the flames spread onto the man's body, melting skin and flesh as it went. Next Percy turned to the Second man, who promptly dropped Zoe and tried to run, he didn't get far. Percy simply shadow traveled in front of him and kicked him hard enough to send his considerable mass flying backwards into the tree behind him, Percy set his hands on fire and melted the flesh on his wrists until it was pouring down the trunk, then he made it freeze with his water powers. Now that the man was sufficiently restrained Percy drew a small pocket knife and cut away his clothing, he carved a sentence into the man's chest, then castrated him and left him to bleed out.

Percy knelt beside Zoe and wrapped his arms around her,

"it's ok Zoe, I've got you now, it's ok" he whispered, she nodded and looked at him, Percy thought she looked so beautiful right then, with the setting sun framing her and her volcanic eyes staring into his sea green ones, he involuntarily leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers. Zoe responded instantly by pulling him closer, she had been waiting for this for so long she didn't care that he had just brutally murdered two mortals. She smiled slightly as he pulled away in shock,

"sorry Zoe" he said, she looked confused and stared at him, but then passed out. Percy picked her up and carried her back to his apartment, his mother was awake as he laid Zoe in bed. She looked at him pointedly,

"it's nothing, but there is an important matter that I need to discuss with you mother" Percy said, she nodded and he sat down,

"I need your blessing to bathe in the Styx so I can fight a Titan lord possessing a mortal body who happens to have the curse of Achilles." he said, she sighed and looked into the distance.

"how did I know there would be something like this in your future?" she asked, Percy didn't respond,

"fine, you have it Percy, but you better come back to me" she said, Percy nodded solemnly and shadow traveled away.

Zoe POV

When Zoe woke up she was in her room, she walked into the living room and saw only Percy's mother. She sat beside the older woman on the couch,

"where's Percy?" she asked, his mother looked at her solemnly,

"the Styx" she whispered, then Zoe exploded.

"WHY WOULD YOU LET HIM DO THAT?!" she screamed,

"BECAUSE WITHOUT IT HE HAS NO CHANCE!" Sally screamed back, Zoe finally let the tears fall as she collapsed on the sofa,

"Kronos is still in a mortal body, Percy would be fine" she whispered.

"no, his host has the curse of Achilles" Sally said, Zoe looked at her pointedly,

"you haven't seen Percy fight" she stated. Sally looked crestfallen,

"he told me it was his only chance to defeat him, if the Titan gained his true form do you really think Percy could defeat him?" she asked Zoe, the ex-hunter nodded and Sally sighed.

Percy POV

Pain, it overwhelmed Percy's senses as the black waters of the Styx overwhelmed him, he focused on the small of his back and tried to think of all his friends, Jason, Thalia, his mother, even some of the hunters flashed before his eyes but none helped, until an image of Zoe appeared above him. She was screaming at him and holding out her hand, slowly his arm responded and reached for the image. Then the pain was gone and he had been flung from the river, he lay there staring up at the ceiling of the Underworld for a while. Then he heard a voice,

"rise young hero" it said, Percy sat up and saw a nude woman floating above the black river,

"Lady Styx I presume?" he asked, she nodded,

"you will face much hardship in the future" she said, Percy looked at her in confusion,

"what does this have to do with you?" he asked,

"I gave you my blessing child, the Styx will always answer when you call" she said, then she was gone, Percy shadow traveled home.

When he got home Percy saw his mother still asleep on the sofa, Zoe was sitting next to her. Then he looked outside and saw that cars had just stopped, mortals were just laying in the street,

"oh gods, the entire city is asleep" Percy whispered, Zoe looked up at him in surprise while the television played a news report about a freak storm heading across the country, in he looked close enough Percy could see the gods flying around the massive storm cloud firing at something within.

That's Part one, leave a review if you liked the chapter, the next one will be up soon.