Chapter 28-He's back!
Thalia and Persephone sat in front of the king of gods at the kitchen table. He hadn't said anything yet and they were beginning to become antsy.
"Poseidon," he paused momentarily and Percy wanted to cry out What! but she didn't. "Was possessed. Apollo is with him at his temple. He knows what he did, but wasn't in control. It's a matter of time before he wakes up." He paused again and rubbed his face "Hestia is talking to Amphitrite while Hermes tells your siblings." He looked at Persephone as he said this, but she didn't answer. She couldn't answer. Did this mean the whole disownment could be turned around?
"I'm going to talk to Apollo this afternoon when your father wakes. We'll discuss it and talk with you tomorrow morning." Percy was listening, but she didn't answer, just stared at the table in surprise.
"Thank you Dad." Thalia hugged him and tugged softly on Percy's arm, she followed, throwing a quick thank you over her shoulder only to see that the god was gone. Thalia pulled Persephone up the stairs and into her bedroom, shutting the door behind her.
"Where are we going?" Persephone hissed as Thalia dragged her along, up the stairs.
"You're going to take a shower than go to bed." Thalia answered back and Percy froze in her tracks.
"It's early though!" she protested even though her body agreed with her cousin.
"Yes, but I say that I'm older and I get to tell you when it's time for bed." Thalia let static electricity bounce from hand to hand as she glared at her cousin. Waiting for her to argue.
"Fine." She paused and rolled her eyes "This won't work for you after tonight." Percy grumbled as Thalia turned and continued up the stairs with expectations for Persephone to follow. "I'm not a little kid." She grumbled to herself. She jumped into the shower, turning the water all the way up and letting the heat turn her skin pink. She washed her hair quickly and turned off the water, grabbing the fluffy towel that hung on a hook on the door. She dried off and put on her equally fluffy pajamas, thanking Aphrodite silently. She wrapped her hair up in the towel and opened the door to find Thalia laying on her bed staring off into space.
"Finally!" she cried, hopping up and tugging on the towel. It fell out of Percy's hair and Thalia shoved her towards the bed.
"Now, you're most likely in shock after hearing all of this, but I don't want you staying up all night thinking. It's late and you need to sleep. Artemis's orders." She slipped out of the room as Percy crawled into bed.
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"Percy!" she excited whisper woke her from her slumber. Triton knelt on the ground next to her bed with an excited look on his face. "You'll never guess what Hermes told me!"
"That dad was possessed?" she questioned, rolling the other way and shutting her eyes. She could sense confusion surrounding him as he tugged on her shoulder.
"How'd you know?" he asked, sitting on the bed and leaning against one of the many pillows.
"Because Kronos possessed Luke when we were out in the barn and he told me that it was part of his plans." She mumbled, loud enough for him to hear. He tugged on her shoulder again and she rolled onto her back to look up at him. His head was blocking the lamp, so she couldn't see his face.
"Did he hurt you?" Triton asked worriedly, looking down at her. She shook her head and yawned.
"No. He just wanted to talk," she paused "and scare me." She mumbled.
"What'd he say?" Triton could see through her mask and saw that she had been scared by his visit.
"That he wanted to break me and the only way to do that was for him to take over and have me watch as he tortures my friends and family." She whispered softly. Triton shifted until he lying beside her, they looked up at the ceiling at her own personal galaxy that had come to life when Thalia had shut the lights off.
"I won't let that happen." He replied after a moment. "There are more gods than titans. If Kronos thinks he can take over, he's got another thing coming."
"I wish they could just leave us be." She whispered after a moment. Triton looked at her funnily before shaking his head.
"You know, there wouldn't be any demigods without war. Demigods where created to help protect Olympus." He spoke softly and she looked at him before turning back to the ceiling.
"And also because the gods can't keep it in their pants." She replied. Triton choked as he tried laughing, but eventually answered.
"Yes, and that." He nodded in agreement and the two lay on the bed for a few more moments.
"I should get going. You need to sleep." He stood up and made way for the door.
"Hey, Triton?" she called, he paused and turned towards her, questioningly.
"Don't let Thalia wake me up in the morning, kay?" it was mostly mumbled as she was already falling asleep, but Triton understood.
"Okay."
I'll try to update tomorrow. Sorry for the long wait, I was on vacation and didn't have access to a computer
