Updated: 28/8/2021
Happy 29th Birthday to Me and Happy 55th Birthday to my Dad!
This is the biggest mass update I have done
Chapter .4.
Apollo looked furiously at his so-called family while cradling Artemis protectively and gently in his arms. Who was wrapped in his jacket.
"Apollo?" Meg whispers his true name.
"Yes. I won't yell at you now. I have much more pressing matters. I need as much ambrosia, nectar, morning dew we have. I need bandages, water, disinfectant, suture kit, dressings and IV's", Apollo orders.
Everyone looks at him still in shock.
"NOW!" Apollo snarls looking feral.
His protective instincts were in overdrive at the moment. His sister was critically injured in his arms and all they could do was gawk at him.
Will jumps up and runs from the room.
Apollo quickly moves Artemis to the couch. Trying to be gentle placing her down. But she whimpers still unconscious.
"Shhh Little One. I am sorry. This will hurt", Apollo says gently to his unconscious twin.
"How did you get your memories back?" Zeus asks/demands.
"Shut up before I blast ALL of you", Apollo growls at them his eyes flashing.
They ALL take a step back at the ferocious anger in Apollo's eyes and face.
Will came back with everything with Asclepius and several others.
"I bough . . .", Will starts.
"NO! Only me will be treating Artemis. And touching her. All of your back off", Apollo growls at his children.
He snatches the supplies out of their hands and organises them. He needed to get a better picture of her injuries. So he snatches up a square of ambrosia and ate it. He needed to regain his strength.
He felt his energy return to him.
"Ok. Lets see what we are dealing with", Apollo says raising his hands and waving them over Artemis.
His eyes widen in horror at the dozens upon dozens of injuries…
Whip Marks on her back with water of the River Styx and River Acheron.
Beatings.
Strangulation.
Burns.
Contusions and Lactations.
Knife and Sword cuts and wounds.
11 Stab Wounds.
9 Broken Ribs, one piecing the lung.
Broken Collar Bone.
Dislocated Shoulders and Knees.
Broken Arm. 4 Places.
Broken Wrists. 2 Places.
Broken Hand. 2 Places.
Both Legs Broken. 4 and 3 places.
Broken Shoulder Blade. 1 Place.
Broken Pelvis. 2 Places.
Broken Clavicle.
Broken Ankle. 1 Place.
Broken Calcaneus and Metatarsals (Feet): By Pipes.
Broken Cheek.
Broken Jaw. 1 Place.
Broken Toes and Fingers. 4 and 4 Fingers. 3 and 4 Toes.
Dislocated Shoulder.
Bruised Organs.
Bleeding Spleen, Liver and Kidneys.
8 Fingernails Missing.
7 Toenails Missing.
Tissue, Ligaments, Muscles, Nerves and Tendon Damage.
Water in Lungs. Also Blood in the pieced Lung.
Strained Vocal Cords.
Bit Tongue.
Split Lip.
Blusters: Wrists.
Fever: 105
Sleep Deprivation: Insomnia.
Starvation: Anorexic.
Dehydration.
Electrocution.
Suffocation.
Concussion.
Ichor Loss: Anaemia.
Infection. Starting of Septicaemia.
Mental Strain.
But there was something else…
Suddenly he cursed and waves his hands and shattered the Mist illusion Artemis had around certain places.
Everyone behind him gasps seeing how thin she was. She obviously hadn't been eating well for quite a while. Under her eyes were dark, dark circles and her face showed so much stress.
Apollo suddenly snatched up her wrist gentle and looked at it closely before shattering another illusion. His eyes widen in sadness and anger. Not anger at her. Never ever her. But those bastards behind him.
Everyone's eyes widen at seeing the dozens and dozens of cutting marks on his wrist. And when Apollo picked up the other one it was the same. Some were still open. Then Apollo checked her thighs and there were many cut marks.
"Oh Little One I am so, so, so very, very sorry", Apollo whispers sadly.
Her visions must have been so bad that she had started cutting again. And more than just her wrists. Her depression must have skyrocketed.
He was livid about how much Artemis had to suffer because of them.
Will comes back with supplies and Asclepius and his daughters with him. They gasp seeing how bad Artemis was. They rush to help but Apollo snarls and pushes them back.
"Stay back! Only I can touch her. You have ALL done enough", Apollo snarls at them.
"But…", Asclepius starts.
"Put the stuff on the ground and leave me to work", Apollo orders his patience wearing thin.
Nobody had seen Apollo this pissed off before. They quickly do what they are told.
Apollo quickly decides the internal bleeding needed fixing first. But he could heal all these injuries it was simply beyond him. And plus he had only just returned to his Godly status.
He quickly ate a piece of ambrosia and felt his strength return.
He starts to work. He heals the internal bleeding and punctured lung. But had to put a chest tube in to drain all the blood and fluid. But he also put her on a nasal cannula as her lungs were weak.
He put in a IV of Fluids, Godly Antibiotics, Nectar and Morning Drew as well as pain relief and sedation. He didn't need her waking up when he reset her bones or with him cleaning her wounds.
Next he stitches and cleans up the stab wounds. He then cleans her back with cleaning solution to clear out infection as her back was infected. He wiped it down with nectar and stitched the major gashes and whip marks up and cleaned over the stitches with nectar again and bandaged them. He wrapped her burns and put burn cream on them. He strapped her still tender ribs.
He fixed her pelvis, collar bone, shoulder blade, clavicle, jaw with his powers as he decided Artemis shouldn't suffer that pain. He stopped the bleeding on her toes and fingers and dressed them but healed the bones. He popped her shoulder back in.
He was able to just put a brace on one leg and a cast on the other after realigning the bones. From upper thigh to toes. He started on her arms he healed the one with the less damage and casted the other being careful of the IV he had put in.
He cleaned her cutting marks on here wrists and winced as he realised, she had been cutting over cuts for a very, very, very long time and had caused some nerve damage. Hopefully he could help prevent permeant damage.
Apollo spent hours trying to fix all of his sisters injuries. He knew his so-called family was watching him. And heard one or two being sick at seeing some of the wounds. But he could care less at the moment. All that matter to him was Artemis.
He couldn't heal all the injuries as Artemis wasn't strong enough to support that much power. And the fact he didn't have that much power to give her.
But he desperately wished he could fix everything or turn back the clock so he didn't leave her alone to put up with their powers by herself.
Now look where that had landed her. She was barely alive and he didn't know if she was sane. He didn't even know when she would wake up as she could be in a coma after everything she had been through.
He started washing of the skin he hadn't yet. He had been at this for quite a while.
"How is she?" he heard someone ask.
He sees those self-centred bastards looking at Artemis in sadness and confusion.
"How do you think? YOU all did this too her", Apollo spits at them especially his so-called Father.
"How did I do this?" Zeus asks.
"You kept us apart", Apollo states.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Athena asks.
Apollo glares at them, "How would you feel to be separated from the one person that you have known since the moment you were conceive?"
"I don't feel nothing. You two are just weaklings", Ares says to him.
"Artemis is the strongest person I know. It takes a lot to break her. What else did you do to cause her to be in this state?" Apollo asks them.
They were silent.
"Thalia what has Artemis been like the last 300 years?" Apollo asks his sisters Lieutenant.
Thalia winces, "She seemed distracted. She hardly ate or hunted. Sometimes she seemed to be looking right through us. She didn't like coming out in the sun and appeared to wince every now and then and I think I saw her talk to herself once"
"Did she sleep?" Apollo asks even through he knew the answer.
"No. And she seemed to disappear for days at a time", Thalia replies.
Apollo frowns. Where could she had disappeared too? And what were they hiding from him?
Before he could ask another question. A commotion was heard outside.
Apollo jumps up to protect his vulnerable sister. Then he sees two figures he hadn't seen in a long time. Followed by a couple of Campers.
"Sorry my Lords and Ladies this group just barged into Camp and asked for Artemis", Austin tells them.
"Toby, Tabitha, Amy, Lux your all still Lieutenants?" Apollo asks them, recognising his own Hunters.
"Lord Apollo?" they whispers shocked.
"Your back?" one of the females asks.
"Yes I'm back Tabitha", Apollo replies.
"What happened to Aunt Artemis?" Toby asks his Father.
Apollo quickly explains and he sees his four Lieutenants look at the Gods in rage.
"Who the hell are you?" Zeus booms.
The Quartet look to Apollo for permission and he nods.
"I am Toby, son of Apollo and First Greek Lieutenant of the Hunters of Apollo", Toby says standing straighter.
The Olympians and others gasp at that announcement. Apollo had Hunters?
"I am Tabitha, daughter of Athena and the Second Greek Lieutenant of the Hunters of Apollo", Tabitha says standing straight.
"I am Amy, daughter of Bellona and First Roman Lieutenant", Amy states.
"And I am Lux, Legacy of Trivia and Second Roman Lieutenant", the last male says.
"You have Hunters?" Hermes asks the Sun God.
"Yes", Apollo replies.
"YOU DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION…", Zeus starts to boom.
"You don't get to decide for me. Artemis had Hunters and I wanted a group too. But my group is not only for one gender. It is mixed. Any girls who don't want to be virgins but what to be a hunter Artemis sends them too me", Apollo explains.
"Why would she agree too that?" Poseidon asks.
"We are a lot closer than what we lead you all to believe. But that doesn't give you the excuse to treat Artemis the way you did and leave her in the hands of a monster", Apollo says glaring at them all.
The only ones looking ashamed were Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon and surprisingly Hades. Thalia and the immortal demigods looked ashamed but to Apollo he believed they would do it again if Zeus asked them too.
"We wouldn't knowingly hurt her", Hermes states.
The Four Lieutenants of Apollo cough. Knowing that last part wasn't true.
Apollo whips his eyes to them and so do the other Gods.
"What aren't they telling me?" Apollo asks them.
"There is a prophecy Dad", Toby admits.
"What prophecy?" Apollo asks.
"Nothing. It has nothing to do with Artemis", Zeus states not seeing the problem.
But Athena started to realise something and she pales. Realizing the prophecy WAS about Artemis AND Apollo.
Apollo seems Athena's reaction.
"I'm not going to like this am I?" Apollo asks rhetorically.
His six sense was back working. He KNEW he was going to be furious when he heard the prophecy.
"What is the prophecy?" Apollo asks them.
There was silence. Nobody wanted to make Apollo anymore made at them then he already was. But some didn't know how the prophecy could make him made.
"What. Is. The. Prophecy!?" Apollo asks empathizing the words.
He needed a clearer picture. Because he had a feeling this prophecy told part of Artemis's story and that he wasn't going to like it.
And you know what when they told him.
It did tell Arty's story.
And it made him absolutely fucking furious to the point he was seeing red and the sun began to burn hotter as the Sun God lost control…
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