Chapter 38-

Percy woke up slowly and blinked her eyes several times to get rid of the fuzziness. What she saw surprised her. Triton was asleep on the floor while Theseus was looking out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

"Theseus." Her voice cracked and she winced, expecting pain. When none came she was thoroughly confused.

"Hey!" he came quickly over to her and kissed her on the cheek. "How are you?" he questioned, sititng down gently beside her.

"No pain." She whispered, grinning weakly. "Where's Perseus?" she questioned, looking around.

"Talking with his father. What's going on between you two?" Persephone frowned in confusion.

"Nothing." She tried to sit up and he quickly helped her. Still no pain, only stiffness. "He and the others are trying really hard to keep me alive." Her eyes shifted away and darkend. "It's not going to work." Tears sprang to her eyes and Theseus pulled her into a hug. "He's too strong." She whimpered and Theseus hugged her even tighter, feeling her take shuddering breaths.

"It's okay. It's okay." He rocked her back and forth and she slowly calmed down "He's going to kill all of you." She leaned back and wrapped her arms tightly around her legs "Unless I marry him." She looked over and he saw raw fear in her eyes.

"That's not going to happen." Triton answered, making the other two jump. Percy looked over and he stood up, walking quikly over to hug her. "We've missed you, little sister."

"I've missed you guys too." She leaned back agaisnt the wall as they sat down next to her. "I have to go back though." She nodded her head, thinking to herself.

"Yeah, but we technically have about a week until we absolutely have to go back." Perseus walked in, staring down at a packet of papers and flipping through them slowly.

"What's that?" She motioned for him to hand it over and he did so, sitting beside her and pointing to a few things.

"Battle plans that have failed in the past, things the titans have seen over the years; pretty much anything that the rebel titans think would be helpful. Iapetus sent them." Percy handed hald the pile back to him and stared at a sheet of paper that had caught her eye. "What's that?" he questioned, leaning over and whistling softly.

"Wow. That is one entry. Who was tortured this much? I mean, there's entry upon entry written by Kronos." He flipped through the pages, but Percy wiped her face, gritting her teeth.

"Me." She motioned to a name on the last page and Perseus whistled again, looking at Theseus as he did so, with a worried gaze.

"Anyways." She handed him the pile and rolled her eyes "These palsn are extremely old, nothing any of us would want to try now." Perseus flicked his gaze back to her as she said this.

"Okay." He flipped throug a second stack, one he hadn't handed her at first "And this is a contract Kronos wants you to sign. I've already read through it and it doesn't hold anything threatening. It does say that when you become Kronos's wife, you'll become queen." She jerked her head towards him and he grinned. "If you sign it, you'll be queen the minute you say I do." She gazed at the paapers and he sighed. "I know it's dangerous, but as queen, you'd hold much more pull-"

"Don't try to convince her to do something she doesn't want to do." Theseus jumped forward, but Persephone stopped him with her gaze. Poseidon stood in the doorway, watching her carefully, but she didn't see him.

"Pen." She held out her hand and Perseus quikcly handed her one. In a quick florish, she signed the paper and handed the pen back to Perseus.

"I'll sign here as witness." He did so just as quickly as she had "And we are finished. I'll take this to Iapetus, you stay safe." He pointed a finger at her accusingly and she rolled her eyes.

"You too!" she called as he walked out. Perseus flicked her off over his shoulder and Poseidon watched him go.

"Interesting." He turned back to his daughter with a frown "Is he always that disresepectful or?" he didn't finish the sentence, just left it open.

"He's a son of Zeus, what do you you think?" Triton coughed and turned away, hiding his grin as Zeus came to stand in the doorway.

"Excuse me?" he questioned, titling his head and glaring at Persephone.

"What?" She looked at him innocently and Zeus grinned slightly as Theseus sat down beside Percy.

"It's good to have you back, Persephone." He murmured, pacing into the room and sitting in the chair across from her.

"I won't be back for long. I have a wedding to attend." She held a dark look in her eyes and he cleared his throat.

"Yes, well there is another option." He nodded "We could pull you back to our side and fight against him in another war.

"We both know it won't be a war," she looked to the window and her eyes grew distant "It'll be a masacre. The center of that monster's attention, it's a very bad place to be." She looked at him with fiery in her eyes "Good thing I'm used to it."

"What do you mean?" he questioned, looking at her with questions in his eyes. Percy grinned and shook her head.

"That man is addicted to me." She rolled her eyes "Addicted to troturing me, Addicted to breaking me. Addicted to owning me. Addicted." Zeus raised his eyebrows and she continued "Oh trust me, I can't be owned. I'm too amazing." And with that, her brother couldn't take it anymore, he busted up laughing.

"Percy, you're so calm." Triton tried to breathe and his face grew red as Theseus snorted, trying to hide his amusement. "This really isn't funny, but." Percy was grinning at her brothers. "Too amazing." He snorted and muttered something under his breath.

"What, should I use another word? Too untouchable, too beautiful, to heroic. No, that last one doesn't work." She tilted her head and thought about it "Too breathtaking, too grand, to awesome, too remarkable, too awe-inspiring. Should I go on?" by now, everyone in the room was trying not to crack a smile, but it wasn't working.

"Ah, the dear Persephone Jackson has learned something from me. I'm so proud." Apollo walked in with a smile and Percy looked at him innocently as she replied.

"The student exceeds the teacher." And that was that. The whole room busted up laughing and several gods walked in, having heard the entire conversation from behind the door.

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