A/N: Okay, so I've received a lot of questions as to why Perseus is being forced to go to Camp Half-Blood. To be honest, I wanted this to carry on where 'Titan's Curse' starts off from, but decided differently. Also, he wants to be closer to Zoe, his wife. The reason why Zoe is part of the Hunt, is because after they lost their daughter, is because Perseus was called back to the Primordial Council to help decide their stance on some topics concerning the upcoming Titan war. He asked Artemis if Zoe could come back to the Hunt because he anticipated that he would be gone for a couple of years. He hadn't been with the council for quite some time, so there was a number of things that he needed to hear about.
Read the author notes down at the bottom as well.
Chapter 29
Previously:
Will Solace POV
To say that his new cabin-mate was somewhat reclusive was putting it lightly. He was also very strange. Considering he seemed to be more-than-friends with one of the hunters of Artemis.
The entire way, Perseus had been virtually silent like some sort of moving statue or Automaton from the Hephaestus cabin, as if the whole prospect of camp was completely boring and like the world of the Gods and monsters was something that he had dealt with on a daily basis like it was his regular life. His eyes had no pupils, giving off the impression that he's been blind since birth.
"I guess I can't really jump to any conclusions..." He muttered to herself as he picked his way across the cabin until he found a bed right in the corner of the room. Will quickly set the bag down and went to leave. But curiosity got the better of him as he quickly found himself back by the bedside and his hands on the zips of the rucksack. He slowly began un-zipping the bag. Quickly, he began to remove the contents of the bag.
The first thing that came out was the usual stuff that a person would bring with them, for example shirts and trousers, sleepwear and several more private items of clothing that made Will kind of felt self-conscious about handling in person. That was when his hands finally hit something solid.
Quickly, Will pulled out a small square box made of some sort of lightweight black metal. The box itself had a single line written on it. "Ιδιοκτησία του Περσέα, Ο Πολεμιστής των Σκιών".
"Property of Perseus, the Warrior of the Shadows." Will whispered as his hands slowly moved over the latch of the box before a loud cough caused him to almost jump in shock to face behind herself to be greeted by the last campers he expected to see.
Thalia and Annabeth.
"What are you guys doing here?" Will asked as he tried to cover up all of the things that he had pulled out during his brief search through Perseus' bag.
Thalia smirked slightly as she closed the distance before speaking, "Well I was hoping to catch the newest member of the camp to continue a discussion we never got to finish earlier today." Thalia replied calmly with a slight evil glint her eyes.
"Well your out of luck, Perseus is..." Will found himself being cut off by a familiar, male voice.
"Not here at the moment."
Now:
Perseus POV
I had to stifle a laugh as the trio literally jumped out of their skin when my ghost-like voice crept into the room. Annabeth let out a small yelp and Will seemed to turn several shades whiter. But the daughter of Zeus, Thalia, stood strong and let a small grin creep across her face. "Ah just the person I'm looking for." Thalia said casually as she took a step towards me as I laughed heartily under her attempt at an intimidating stare.
I smirked evilly as I stood right in front of her. "If you have something to say, spawn of Zeus, then I suggest that you say it now or I'll be on my way." He hissed as Thalia's eyes went wide at the insult while Annabeth's jaw nearly hit the floor at my remark.
"You've got a lot to say for yourself newbie. I think perhaps I should show you how things work around here." She hissed back while I took another step towards the girl whilst bringing himself up to his full height, cracking his neck slowly like some sort of cartoon character as a small smile crept onto his face. "Brilliant, I can't wait to make you look like a fool. Meet me in the arena in twenty minutes so I can tear you a new one without even trying." I stated calmly.
The younger girl Annabeth looked like she was about to explode in rage but luckily Thalia spoke up first. "Yeah right. Twenty minutes, Arena, and a major show up for you!" Thalia growled as her electrical blue eyes narrowed before she headed out of the room, with her pet dog-like friend in tow behind her.
I faced the son of Apollo who seemed to pale more so and held up a hand for him to relax. "Relax Will, I am not going to get angry at you. I haven't said anything to you in any type of explanation. But make sure you're there for my 'spar' with the spawn of Zeus. Then and there, will I explain who I am."
Zoe POV
Zoe was squished between her sister Phoebe and Diana in the damned camp's arena for possibly out first little bit of entertainment whilst we were stuck in the hell hole.
The daughter of Zeus and Perseus seemed to share the same rivalry and hatred as Thalia's godly parent held for my husband. With Thalia calling Perseus an arrogant asshole that needed to be taken down a few pegs. And Perseus, who simply payed no heed to the girl's insults and comments as they got ready for their fight. Thalia had been swinging and stabbing with her spear for a little over three minutes as she got ready.
Perseus was just kneeling down in a monk-like meditation position, an aura of calm and serenity slowly cascading from him. No longer in his armor and helm. Now he was wearing black jeans with a white t-shirt that defined an eight pack and muscular pecs. I could see was his face was directed at me in amusement. His blank eyes giving off the misguided message that he is blind.
After several more moments, Chiron finally spoke up, "Perseus…Thalia. Your duel today is a weapons-only fight but Perseus may summon his weapons of choice before we begin." He paused as if to add dramatic effect before continuing, "The winner is the one who either forces a yield or manages to incapacitate their opponent first!" Chiron proclaimed loudly.
Slowly Percy raised himself off his knees and crossed his arms, drawing no weapons.
Thalia snorted with laughter before speaking in a mocking tone, "Just back out and walk away with a little dignity you have left." She called out across to Perseus, causing Zoe to frown slightly. Perseus just continued to stare at the young daughter of Zeus with his murderous glare.
"Sorry but I don't need a weapon to beat you spawn of Zeus. Time to show who the top-dog is." Percy growled out before Chiron finally shouted out the one word everyone had wanted to hear.
"FIGHT!"
Perseus POV
Immediately, Thalia pressed onto her bracelet, causing a familiar shield to spring to life.
Thalia's was a direct copy of the shield that Zeus gave to his daughter Athena, Aegis. A terrifying silver colored shield with the terrifying and downright hideous head of Medusa the gorgon implanted into the shield, causing almost everyone in the stands to flinch or let out a small string of Greek cuss words.
Perseus however just smiled back at the show. He let his aura roll of his shoulders with a roll of his shoulders. The sheer force of power caused Thalia to collapse onto her knees dizzy, her shield falling from her arm, her spear rolling from her fingers.
Everyone looked at me in a mixture of shock, awe, fear and confusion. I broke the silence walking towards my opponent speaking loudly. "This is a lesson that needed to be shown to you spawn of Zeus. You should never expect to walk away from insulting a Primordial God. That is exactly what I am, which is something that needs to be shown to you all here." I said, gesturing to everyone in the crowd.
Seeing Zoe's smile caused me to mirror that expression before continuing on. "You see, I am the Primordial God of Animals, Loyalty, Assassinations, Darkness and Senses. Former Guardian of the Hunt. I am a son of Nyx and Erebus." I say as I knelt next to the un-moving body of Thalia.
"Consider yourself lucky that I am under strict orders not to kill anyone. Cross me again and I will show no mercy." I snarled out as her eyes met my own.
1 month later
So far, not one male tried to hit on any of the huntresses. In fact, everyone was too afraid of me to try anything out of fear. Something that both irked me but eased my nerves.
Artemis had come back to camp after a week-long hunt and collected her hunters. She seemed sad to know that it would be a while before we both saw her again. But we assured her that it wouldn't be more than five years until we see her next.
A couple of days ago, I had run into a young man carrying a falcon on his arm while wielding a staff and wand at a monster I had never seen before. But after defeating the monster with magic it seemed, he created a portal away from here.
I had asked Zoe about it but she was just as confused as I was. Then I remembered something from so long ago.
Iskandar and the House of Life.
Zoe noticed my instant change of posture as I recalled the Chief Lector back from when I helped the Egyptians fight the Romans. "What is it?"
"Remember when I disappeared after helping the Egyptians fight off the Romans so long ago?" I asked her bitterly. Zoe nodded, confused at first before it came to her.
"That's right, they've moved closer. That boy was using Egyptian magic to defeat that three-headed snake. I guess I should go see if they need help. Because if that boy had to come all the way over here, they are in need of some assistance." I replied.
"Okay. But we will need to be careful." Zoe told me as she pulled me into a deep kiss.
A/N: Okay, I know this chapter is freaking short!
And I know that many of you were waiting for a huge fight between Perseus and Thalia, but the humiliation would do better than any other idea I had prior to what I came up with first.
But the next chapter is a flashback to when Perseus and Zoe tried to conceive their first child. The reason for me inputting the scene in this next chapter is because I was asked lots of times via pm, or reviews, to put it in. So the next chapter will only contain sexual content.
Additionally, I will be posting a "PJO & Others drabbles" story. I have several prompts in my head that i'm not sure where to go with. So I'll be posting a new idea with each chapter update. If you have an idea for where I should go on from there, either pm me, or leave a review on the corresponding chapter.
Updated: 01/23/2019
