I know I just posted a story but I had already written this chapter and wanted to post it out as well so we get some people at least slightly hooked. Im not going to have a strict schedule due to me living life by the seat of my pants, so I cant promise anything other than my best work, however I will try to upload once a week and this will typically come after my other story unless I just had a really good idea for a chapter.

As always I don't own Percy Jackson or NCIS, those are owned by their own respective people. If I owned NCIS I would have had a Ziva and Tony reunion when we saw Ziva again. anything you see in here that reminds you of someone elses work is probably because I took inspiration from them and just forgot who and what story I got the Idea from so please dont flame me, however should you recognize something from a fellow fanfiction author let me know where and what the thing is along with the author and stories name so I could edit them into the story to give them credit.

Percy POV

I had just left my cabin when I saw Clarisse leaning on a tree just past my cabin's walkway. "You change your mind about talking," I said. In true Clarisse fashion she said "Shut up and walk Jackson". When we got to the place I instantly saw something that made me almost re-think this entire thing, It was called the Ares' PTSD Center, which made the APC thing on my card suddenly make a lot more sense. If it wasn't for the fact that Clarisse probably would have left if I had I would have just up and left right then and there, but for the betterment of both of us I bit my tongue and walked into the building. It… was surprisingly pleasant for being run by the muscle head known as Ares, but I guess even Ares has a heart when it comes to those that have been harmed due to his domain. They even had a VA and physical therapy branch here for veterans here. I walked up to the lady behind the Desk (she must have been an Aphrodite child with the amount of makeup she had on) and she said "Hi welcome to APC how can I help you" and then she looked up "Oh Mr. Jackson, the Half-Blood friendly room is just down the hall behind the bronze door" she said with a slightly surprised expression. We followed the desk woman's directions and went into the room, and to my surprise surrounded by a bunch of people was the man himself. Ares was sitting there discussing things with what looked to be one of his kids but 45 years old or so. "Let's get this meeting started" he said with a clap of his hands. People went and told their stories and how this group has helped them, along with other things they've been doing. Some of the stories were really tear jerking, one of the people here wasn't a Demi-god but the widow of one, she said that she saw her husband get attacked viciously by a pack of hellhounds and then she was taken as a slave and forced to do all sorts of things for the Titan Army back in that war, she ended up breaking down and I saw something even more surprising than Clarisse giving me a hug, Ares was hugging the women, and not even because he wanted something but simply because he understood what she went through. That's when I realized that Ares wasn't just some brute who couldn't do anything but fight, but he was someone who understood all aspects of war. From the training of newbies, the sacrifice that the soldier's family makes, the actual war, and even what comes after, anything that causes battle or is related to a war in any possible way is a part of his domain. When it eventually came to be my turn I went through my entire life, from my mother getting taken by the Minotaur up until last night when I was unable to sit still and handle normal life after so long at war. The veteran soldiers seemed to understand that last part better than anyone. They recommended finding something to do that satiated that need for battle, such as being a cop or since I was so young just flat out joining the military. I thought that over and realized it might be a good idea, but however they said I needed to learn to relax a little bit before I threw myself back into wars and battle otherwise everything would just get worse because I never completely healed. When we ended Ares came up to me and Clarisse, he thanked me for bringing her since this was the only way he'd be able to interact with her or any of his children and he wasn't allowed to tell them due to them having to find it on their own. He also recommended something for me to do to try and relax, He gave me tickets to a concert from someone named Jimmy Buffett, he said that since I'm and I quote "Barnacle Beard's mini me" that I would really like him considering all of his music is beach music and he's an avid ocean goer. It was in 2 days and it wasn't too far from here, actually it was on the water at Montauk

I got to the concert about 2 hours early so I could scope the place out for monsters and what I found surprised me greatly. There were people here everywhere, some in grass skirts and some high as a kite, they were all drinking the same beer Landshark for some reason. But these people all looked like they lived and died on a beach so I blended right in. The only monsters I saw were some friendly Centers so drunk that they wouldn't notice me even if they were not friendly, there were also some Satyrs which I only recently found out are massive party animals (pun intended) which makes sense as to why they would hang around Mr. D soo much. I walked around and got pulled into a group of people playing some cornhole and drinking their beers as fast as I could water. After a little bit of conversation with them I learned that some of them are Marines and Navy Petty officers, they were some very fun people to hang around with, as it turns out we both had tickets to the yard area instead of the seats so we hung out well into the concert, singing about cheeseburgers, and it being 5 o'clock somewhere. After the concert happened we were all drunk out of our minds we stumbled over to the parking lot, we were about to get into the cars when a group of people came out all holding guns and pointing them all at us, they asked one of the guys, I think his name was Raymond about some form of boat that id never heard of before, and asked another guy name Alex about some form of experimental weaponry. When they didn't answer they shot one of the other guys in the head and threatens everyone else that if they don't get the answers we are all next, they never actually gave an answer and i got hit in the head with a pistol and then shot in the chest, it just so happens that i had a near impenetrable body by normal means due to the water armor I put on the second i saw the people come out but due to my level of drunkenness, on top of the amount of energy i expended today i passed out after taking the hit and fell into the water. The last thing I saw was red hitting the water above me after hearing a bunch of loud bangs. The next thing I heard when i woke up was "uhhh Tony one of them is still alive" "McGee tell Ducky not me, do i look like a doctor" and then i passed out again.

So what do you think. Good, bad, the crap on the bottom of your shoe? let me know I'm all ears. But if its bad don't just flame me, let me know what's wrong so I can fix it. Also did you like the redemption (kind of) of Ares I read a fanfic that had him being a genuinely good dude, as well as in some of the myths he was a good guy so I figured he should get at least some love.

If Sally Jackson would be disappointed in you for it, don't do it. Just don't