Hahaha! I try my best to copy Rick Riodan's masterpiece cliffhanger. However, nothing could ever beat that one.

Oh! Btw, I miscounted. I do not have 38 chapters. I only have 37 plus a tag scene. This is it! The last chapter of Prince.

Warning Dark Percy up ahead and some Sexual innuendos.

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Chapter Thirty-Seven: Face Yourself

The girl was still shouting at me, calling me Percy.

"That name you referred to me as is no longer mine." I laughed slightly. I could feel my power growing even more. I chuckled, but then I was silent. No choice of my own. This girl was kissing me.

My hands slipped around her waist, and I held her closer. She pulled away and looked at me hopefully.

I laughed. "What? You think a simple kiss will 'snap me out of it'?" I laughed scornfully. Pulling her to me harshly, I kissed her again. She struggled uselessly against my grip. I didn't release her. I liked to see her struggle. I imagined her struggling against my strength while in bed, writhing under my form, fighting against succumbing to the pleasure. That was pleasing image… This strong-willed girl becoming undone by my hand.

"You're pretty. Perhaps, I will make you immortal, and you can entertain me when I'm bored." I grinned at her. "Possibly even give me a son." I looked her up and down and smiled lustfully. "Yes…I wouldn't mind seeing all of you…"

I leaned closer to her and whispered, "I will make you scream my name until you have no voice left. I will force you to watch as you come undone by the hand of the boy you used to know." I licked her neck slowly and bit her earlobe. She gave a gasp of pain. I licked her blood from my lips and pulled away smoothly.

I took in her shocked face and laughed mockingly. "I am no longer who you remember me to be. A kiss won't bring this boy, Percy Jackson back. This isn't Disney, Annabeth!"

I frowned again. Annabeth. That was her name…perhaps I did know her. I looked at the gods. I knew his name was Zeus, and the other one was Ares. I knew that the green eyed god was Poseidon, and the other one was Hades…

I blinked. "Oh…" The memories came rushing back to me. My mother laughing with me as we spent the night at Montauk. Grover, Annabeth and I having a food fight. Triton and I laughing and sparring. Amphitrite trying her hardest to drill etiquette into my brain. Rachel throwing a hair brush at Kron…Kr…K…huh? I forgot his name…

All the memories came back to me. I blinked again. I stared at them all. "Annabeth…that's…that's…your name." I looked at the gods. They had relief on their faces.

Poseidon sighed. "I'm so glad that you're back, Percy."

I took a breath. "What just happened?"

Not surprisingly, Athena answered. "The power blocked you from your own identity. All you had as an identity was our power. You only had the distant emotions that a god has. You had nothing that made you Percy Jackson. Nothing. You didn't recognize any of us, or your own girlfriend. You were still connected to yourself, that is why you singled out Ares instead of your father. Once you made a verbal and conscious connection to yourself through Annabeth, you snapped out of it."

Annabeth smiled. "So the kiss worked?"

Athena smiled slightly. "No. It didn't. It was his disdain of your hope that did it." Aphrodite huffed.

"Of course it was! Nothing ever goes my way! It would have been so cute if true love's kiss brought him back!" She held her hands in a fangirl fashion.

I rolled my eyes. Suddenly the severity of our situation came back to me. "Tartarus, bring him to his entrance." Ouranos' words echoed back to me. I knew what I needed to do.

Leo immediately obeyed me. I searched my memory and found what I was looking for. I had all of the gods' memories. Their vast collection of knowledge. My mind was still in some sort of shock, so I wasn't going insane from the sheer amount of knowledge just yet. I knew I didn't have much time though. I was a time bomb.

I summoned all my power inside me and nodded to Leo and Jason. They tossed Tartarus into the tunnel. I collapsed it and bound Tartarus to the Pit. But I left Night to roam free. I could control her easily enough, with Ouranos' help.

Leaning heavily on Annabeth, I remembered the monsters. I only had a little more power left from what was trapped inside me. I nodded to her and then rose into the air, using the air around me as my crutch. I turned in a circle and saw the monsters. I cast my power out to feel them and used the last remainders of my strength to send them back to Tartarus.

Two hundred thousand monsters, give or take a few hundred, exploded into dust.

I shuddered. My body flickered, but I held on. Small Bob….where was Small Bob? I glanced around and saw him. Bob was crying over him. Damasen was comforting him. I frowned, unsure if I could do this.

Closing my eyes, I focused banishing the virus from his body and knitting Small Bob's body back together. Apollo's magic coursed through me. It took a second for my healing to take affect, but Small Bob woke up. Bob let out a happy, disbelieving shout and hugged the tiger tightly. With my advanced hearing, a gift from Artemis, I could hear Small Bob purring.

I turned by attention to Mrs. O'Leary, who was also struggling not to die from the virus. I healed her as well. My dog. My wonderful dog wasn't going to die today. She barked happily. I smiled.

My smile vanished when I suddenly stopped controlling the wind and started falling like a rock. The last thing I wanted to do was make an undignified splat on the sidewalk. Blackjack swooped in and saved me from falling. I tiredly relaxed on his sleek, black body and rested while he landed among the others.

Thanks Blackjack. You are the best, Pegasus. Ever.

Aww! Thanks Boss!

I chuckled. I found myself lying on Annabeth's lap. "The monsters are gone. I'm afraid I used up all my…power…" I whispered. My eyes were getting heavy. I fell unconscious.

A long time later

When I woke up, I found myself in a white room. I looked around and realized that I was strapped down. "Hey! What's the big idea!"

My voice echoed around the room.

Apollo quickly came in, all the gods did. Poseidon gave a huge sigh of relief. Tears were seeping from the corners of his eyes. Hermes instantly started texting on his phone.

Apollo smiled awkwardly. "Sorry, didn't know if you'd come back as Freaky Percy or Regular Percy."

Hermes rolled his eyes. "Not that those chains could hold Freaky Percy down." He looked at Hephaestus. "No offense, Heph."

Hephaestus shrugged. "None taken."

I frowned. "Okay, what are you talking about?" I looked at a frowning Zeus.

"You do not remember anything?"

I shook my head. "I remember Athena and all of you invading my mind and then fading Kronos. But after that I passed out. Now I'm here. What else happened?"

Morpheus and Hypnos touched my forehead and temples. Hypnos shook his head. "His brain has locked those memories away. It is a way of protecting itself. A mortal would go mad with all that knowledge forced into his brain. I believe that mortals call it Dissociative Amnesia." Apollo frowned.

"No, Percy can't have that. It'll kill him. A demigod can't survive this world with such sever memory loss!" He looked at Zeus. "Please let me heal him."

Zeus nodded. "By all means."

Athena stepped forward. "Wait. Heal his mind, but would it be possible to block his memories of the gods' knowledge anyway? We need time to decide what to do."

Apollo nodded. "It's been done before." He shot Hera a glare. The goddess looked away and all but whistled innocently. I rolled my eyes. I was still feeling a little stunned over this whole thing. Could you blame me?

Apollo moved closer and took a breath. "Okay, let me in there, Perce."

The procedure was simple. With Diunysus' help, they healed my mind of this amnesia, but before I could register everything that the gods had crammed in my head, Apollo blocked it off. The nearest I can explain, is that he put everything in the basement of my brain and locked the door, blocked up the cracks, and then sealed the key hole.

After that was over, I felt inexplicably exhausted. Apollo helped me lie back down. We looked at Zeus. Zeus sighed. "I will tell you everything that happened, everything that you need to know. You've been in a coma for eight days. We didn't even know if you'd wake up again." He told me what had transpired. I blinked, trying to take it all in.

"So, I used up all the power?"

Athena shook her head. "No. Once you were made a Universal, you will always stay a Universal. However, since your memories are blocked, your powers are too, probably. I would suspect a large amount of physical or emotion trauma will bring it all back to you, no matter how good Apollo's job was."

Zeus stared at me. He glanced at the other gods, and they all nodded. I sighed. I knew what was coming.

"Perseus Jackson, this has never happened before, but I will offer godhood to you a second time. You might want to consider taking this more seriously though. As a Universal, you are already immortal.

"You will not grow old but will stay the age appearance of a nineteen year old, the same age that you became a Universal. However, your brain is mortal. You are one step away from becoming an actual god. I highly recommend that you accept our offer in order for your mind to be able to take your power."

I sighed again. "Dad, have you told them our agreement?"

Poseidon shook his head and explained to the everyone what his plan was. "That way, Percy can live both his mortal life and his immortal one."

Zeus frowned. "I don't like this. There are too many variables. It's too risky."

I laughed. "Oh come on! What else could happen that already hasn't?"

I slowly got off the table when Apollo finished untying the last binding. I rubbed my wrist and shot Apollo a look. He shrugged sheepishly.

Zeus shook his head. "It would be best if you joined us on Olympus as soon as possible rather than just delaying it."

I groaned. "I know. I just…" I looked at him. My body was exhausted. I shrugged in defeat. "I just want to go home."

Zeus sighed and waved his hand. "Very well, Jackson. I shall wait for you to call upon the gods when you are ready."

I found myself in my room. I walked out and saw Mom in the kitchen making cookies. I smiled.

"Hi Mom." She stiffened and turned around. Her eyes widened.

"Percy! Oh Percy!" She ran to me and held me tightly. I laughed and lifted her up and twirled her around in a circle.

"I love you, Momma. I told you I'd come home." She sobbed and held me tighter.

"Percy?"

I turned to see Annabeth, wearing one of my hoodies. My throat tightened. The gods didn't tell me what everyone else was doing while I was unconscious.

Had she lived here this whole week, wondering if I would wake up or die in the night? Oh Annabeth…

"Annabeth…" She ran to me and I held them both. The two women I loved the most in the world. Paul leaned against the doorjamb and smiled.

"Welcome home, Percy."

I grinned. It was good to be home again. Annabeth kissed me.

Oh yes, it was very good to be home.

The door bell rang. Paul went to answer it. Triton walked in, dressed in a Point of No Return Kansas Shirt and black skinny jeans. He pulled out his earbuds and grinned.

"Sorry, I have to barge in on the mortal family reunion, but I wasn't able to get to Olympus before Percy left."

Mom did something I never thought she would do. She pulled Triton into the group hug. His eyes just about popped out, but he relaxed and returned the hug. We broke apart a few moments later.

I smiled at my mom. She and Annabeth were still teary.

Triton grinned. "Don't think that being a Universal can get you out of it, Percy."

I frowned. "Get me out of what?"

"Court lessons." Triton gave a sadistic grin.

I groaned and put my forehead on Annabeth's shoulder. "Nooooooo…"

Mom and Annabeth just shook their heads and chuckled. Paul was definitely smirking in the background.

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