A/N:

Hello my ever faithful readers,

Here is chapter 2. Lots of Ares and Aphrodite which we all know we love. I don't own anything Lore Olympus, that honor goes to our queen the amazing Rachel Smythe, I just enjoy playing in her sandbox.

Enjoy!

Hemorrhage

Chapter 2 - Emergency

3:30 am

His daughter's cries sounded like alarm bells across the house. He ran to the bathroom where the sight of her throwing up again broke his heart. This concussion was affecting more than they thought it would. He rubbed a hand up and down her shaking back.

Aphrodite sat on Philia's other side fixing the bun that had come loose. The worry that filled her eyes must have reflected in his own as she laid her hand over his. He saw plenty of injuries on the battlefield, but he could never handle seeing his own children injured or sick. If he could take it away from them he would.

"Daddy help me." Philia's soft whimper reached his ears as she leaned back into his embrace and he held her tightly. He looked at Aphrodite trying to convey his thoughts and she nodded in agreement, they would take her to the hospital.

"I'll go get her ready, why don't you go let Eros know." He handed Philia off to Aphrodite to get her ready to go, his arms feeling empty as he did. Eros's room was at the far end of the hall and he was glad to find his son standing in the doorway, concern etching his features.

"Is she ok?" He asked, pushing off the wall.

"I'm honestly not sure. She's been throwing up most of the night, she can't stay warm, is dizzy, and confused on and off. Your mother and I think it would be best if we took her to the hospital. Would you be ok to watch your siblings?" He hated to do this when he was finally home, but Philia needed a doctor.

"We will be fine dad, go take care of Philia." He pulled his son into a hug so very grateful for the amazing man his eldest had grown into.

"Call us if you need anything." He said releasing Eros from his hold.

"I will dad." It wasn't long before they were piled in the car. Ares drove as Aphrodite held Philia in her arms. Philia was crying from the dizziness that plagued her. He drove carefully, trying his best to make the ride as easy as possible on her.

The hospital loomed hauntingly in front of them. He felt his chest constrict in fear as the emergency sign shone down on the car. He couldn't understand why he felt this way, this wasn't the first time they had taken a child to the ER, but this time terror overwhelmed him.

He took a deep great to calm and center himself and climbed out of the car. He opened the back door and took Philia from his wife so she could climb out as well. He wrapped the blanket tighter around his little girl to block out the chill from the early morning air.

A white and purple nymph sat at the reception desk. The air around them was warm and reeked of cleaner. He held his daughter tighter against his chest his protective instincts overwhelming.

"Good morning. How may I help you?" He allowed Aphrodite to explain the situation. A growl threatened to escape him at the slow process of all the paperwork. He only released Philia when they needed her blood pressure and to weigh her. A familiar doctor showed up a few minutes later. He had seen this man many times himself.

Asclepius had treated him as a kid and an adult. He was an amazing doctor and took pride in his work. He was the most trustworthy doctor here and Ares felt his chest loosen a bit at the sight of the man.

"Back again Ares? What squabble did you get into this time?" Ares grimaced and rolled his eyes.

"Unfortunately not me this time, Philia fell and hit her head. She started having some complications a few hours after." Asclepius kneeled down to Philia's height. Her blanket was wrapped around her and her thumb was in her mouth, a habit she had when she wasn't feeling well.

"Well hello there little Philia, it's been a while since I have seen you in there. Don't you worry, Dr. Al is going to take good care of you. Why don't you hold onto this for me?" He grabbed a stuffed giraffe in pajamas with a little blanket attached to its hoof. She held it to her as he picked her up and led the two parents to a room covered in safari animals.

He set her on the crinkly covered bed. He motioned that they could sit beside her as he prepared his equipment. The initial check was quick and effortless, his years of experience shining through. When he pressed on her head to check around the bump her body fell back and began to convulse. He had them sit to the side of her creating a barrier so she wouldn't fall off the bed, as he pressed the call button on the headboard.

"I need the MRI room set up immediately." He commanded into the speaker. Ares knew he was the general of this hospital and kept it running smoothly. The shake in Asclepius's voice shook Ares to his core and the fear tightened in his chest again, a fear he could see painted clearly on his wife's face.

Aphrodite was crying as nurses came flying in the room taking their places at his daughter's side putting up the railings and getting her ready to move. They turned her onto her side as he seizing came to a stop. Ares held his wife tightly to him, her tears soaking his shirt. He could feel tears slipping down his own cheeks.

"You can come down to the viewing room." Asclepius touched his arm in a comforting gesture. "We will figure this out, Ares." They followed him to a room in a daze and watched as the nurses set up Philia on a sort of table that would move her into the MRI tube. Music played softly over the speakers so as to keep Philia calmer through the procedure. They watched as images of her brain began showing up on the screens.

"What are we seeing doc?" Ares asked looking closely at the screens. He pointed out an area that he had a concern with.

"What this area is showing is an intracerebral hemorrhage, which is bleeding in the brain. It is causing swelling in her brain. I would like to go in and perform surgery to lessen the swelling before it gets too severe." Ares and Aphrodite looked at each other and nodded.

"Prep her for surgery he spoke into the microphone." The nurses moved her onto a bed and began to wheel her out as the doc left to go wash up.

"We should call Eros." Aphrodite whispered.

"You go with Philia and I'll call him." They both left the room and went their separate ways. Ares pulled his phone from his pocket, praying that his little girl would be ok.

A/N: Ahhhhh a new character! I think of Asclepius as very grandfatherly. Poor little Philia. Aren't Aphrodite and Ares amazing parents? More Eros is coming in the next chapter. Do you have thoughts, opinions, questions, ideas, criticisms, etc.? Leave me a comment down below. If you enjoyed this chapter leave me a Kudos and don't forget to follow so you don't miss a chapter of this story.

As always my faithful readers,

With love,

Faithy