Chapter 5:

'Duck!' his gut screamed making the son of Athena dodge an incoming arrow and throw his own dagger. The dagger missed the opponent by a metre making Percy groan. The opponent smirked and pushed forward, making Percy having to resort to his brute strength, which wasn't much.

Logan slashed at Percy's left leg, making the latter jump to escape the incoming attack and Percy knelt down and swiped his legs, making Logan trip to the side and land on his left side.

Percy hurriedly grabbed Logan's fallen sword and held it to the latter's throat and said, panting, "Yield?" Logan grumbled but nodded and Percy threw it to the side and crashed to the ground next to Logan, both breathless from their duel.

Percy gathered his breath in huge puffs of air and coughed and stood up and extended his arm to Logan. Logan gladly took it and hauled himself to his feet, his left arm hurting after the fall.

As the two made their way towards their respective cabins, Logan asked, "Hey Percy, when we first met, why were you trying to keep that dagger so close to yourself? Even when you were bleeding, you held the dagger tightly."

Percy lost his carefree attitude and the temperature seemed to have gone down severely making Logan slightly afraid. Percy didn't reply and soon they broke off to their own cabins.

Percy, however, took a detour and went to the beach and looked to the sky, more specifically at the moon and said out loud, "Malcolm do you hear me?"

Silence.

Percy sighed, a tear escaping his eye, "I am sorry Malcolm. I know I should have been strong. I should have fought harder. I know that I am weak. Please Malcolm, answer me."

Silence.

"ANSWER ME!" Percy shouted at the sky, tears streaming down his face as he covered his face in his hands and broke down. The air around Percy began breezing, making Percy look up towards the sea as a figure walked out of the water.

Percy stared at the figure, the water in his eyes blocking his vision, and saw a male about 30 years old gazing sadly at the him.

Percy hurried to his feet and unsheathed his dagger and held it in front of him and asked, "Who are you?" The figure shook his head and said, "Shush child."

With that the figure wrapped his arms around Percy, causing the latter to start struggling till he gave up and melted in the hug. Poseidon was silently surprised that he would even hug a child of Athena, much less talk to him/her. However, Percy's scream seemed to bring a side of Poseidon that he never knew about. His fatherly side for the young boy, something that shocked the immortal.

Percy slowly cried himself to sleep and Poseidon waved his hand, wiping off his tears and sending him back to his cabin but leaving his memories intact. Disappearing in a wave, Poseidon kept thinking about what the demigod son of Athena would have in store for Poseidon.

Percy awoke to the smell of sea and looked down to see that he was completely clean, and his face wasn't sticky from the tears and he thought out loud, "Was it all just a dream?"

Mal, who was sitting on her bed next to him, turned to him and asked, "What was just a dream?"

Percy turned to look at her and saw her usual bright grey eyes dull and bloodshot, probably from crying. "I think Lord Poseidon hugged me." Mal's eyes widened before she crouched down laughing. Percy stared at her dumbfounded till he realised how ridiculous it sounded when he said that, and he released a few chuckles of his own.

Percy shook his head from the dream and turned to Logan who was arguing with a hunter. The hunter herself looked tough with beefy arms clearly visible, her face had defined structures making her seem scary. Add to the fact that her eyes were blood red just made it scarier. He listened to their argument, "I am not going to have an archery challenge with you."

The hunter shook her head and said, "Why not, boy? Afraid we are stronger than you?"

Logan rolled his eyes and replied, in a thick Australian accent, "I ain't afraid of y'all." Percy stifled his laughter and noticed the hunter's face turning bright red, with anger or fun, it was hard to tell.

The hunter drew her bow and challenged, "If you are so tough, then go ahead. 10 arrows. Winner gets bragging rights. Agreed?"

Logan reluctantly nodded and drew his bow and readied in a pose opposite to the hunter. On an unsaid mark, the two began shooting fluently, not taking their eyes off the target. After 2 excruciating minutes, both of them stopped, each panting as the Logan shouted, "I won!"

Percy looked at Logan's and saw all of the arrows splitting each other. Then he turned and saw the hunter's where it was the same.

"It's a tie," Percy said in shock. Logan was the best in the camp, besting even Chiron, much to the latter's frustration. The hunter, meanwhile, was frozen in shock and soon, the crowd began gathering and they saw the unbeatable hunter's set and Logan's set.

Logan began making poses and Percy laughed till it became too ridiculous and he pulled Logan away from the crowd, much to everyone's annoyance. Making sure they were far away, he patted Logan on the back and said, "That was good Logan."

Logan simply nodded and replied, "Yeah but it would have been better if I had won." Percy dipped his head in acceptance and sat on the beach, looking at the sunset. Logan sat next to him, his hand travelling down his hair, trying to mess it up.

They stared at the sunset and Mal and Alpha soon joined them, sitting in the middle. A hunter approached them, right as the sun disappeared from the view and broke their peaceful moment.

"Is anyone of you guys Percy? I forgot his last name but that is what milady told me the boy's name was," the hunter said, her chocolate brown hair, jiggling around as she tried to take deep breaths.

Percy turned around and noticed the hunter and classified her as the new recruit as he took in how she looked, chocolate brown silky hair with natural highlights, a royal blue right eye and an ice blue left eye.

Mal punched him lightly on the arm, making him snap out of the shock as he turned to her, an annoyed expression on his face. "You were staring," she replied.

Percy grumbled about 'evil sisters' before nodding towards the hunter and left with her as Alpha followed him. Mal and Logan sat at the beach, looking at the moon. Logan turned to her and asked, "Maley, do you know why Percy is so serious when he is in battle?"

Mal replied without turning, "Call me Mal and Percy wasn't always like this. Before you met him, he had been on two quests, but he has been struggling since he was born. First, he left with my brother Mike Kale. Only Percy returned with Mike's body which had a huge hole where his heart was supposed to be. Then, in the second quest, my brother in blood, Malcolm Mark, died. That day when Percy was returned, he was attacked by the cyclops and then you arrived, so you know what happened after that."

"Yeah but why does he not take anyone with him on his quests? Like he had just gone to the quest and didn't take anyone. Why?"

Mal turned towards Logan, tears brimming in her eyes and said, "Because he is convinced that he is the reason everyone dies. They all died protecting him, but he thinks he killed them."

"But it isn't, is it?" Logan asked, uncertainty in his voice. Mal shook her head and replied, "I tried telling him countless of times, but he never listens to me."

As the two continued chatting about Percy, a figure watched them from behind a tree, his gaze fixed on Logan and he muttered, Soon. The dog barked loudly, giving him signal to listen to what the demigod and the Olympian were discussing. He climbed a tree and began jumping from tree to tree as he looked back once more towards the beach and whispered, Soon, you will all die, and I will reign.

A/N: Wrap! Whew, I am exhausted. These constant updates are hard to keep up and I feel like I should take a break. Like go on a slow pace. Add to that the lack of reviews. I get it that the chapters are the 5 but I am trying. 1-2 reviews per chapter is nothing and I know I sound greedy and unthankful, but I am just purely annoyed. Oh also, I know I didn't mention Percy's dad's death but it's for a reason. You will know later on, unless I forget. Btw I'll update as soon as I can.