He vaguely heard something before he started losing consciousness, his last thoughts being on what would happen to his sister and cousin.

Meanwhile, Percy was another case. He woke up to immense pain in his body, like it was trying to split into two pieces and considering that he had Greek and Egyptian blood in him, it literally was trying to split him apart.

After the pain subsided a little, he looked around. The place was completely dark with little specks of light around. In front of him, there was a line of translucent people standing. So he concluded that he was in the underworld. But looking at the feather in the balance, Percy resisting to shout out 'Holy shit! I am in the Egyptian underworld?'

He groaned as he sat up, rubbing his head furiously, trying to recollect what had happened. "Need some help there?" a melodious voice asked. Percy just looked up, trying to spot who it was. As if the lady spotted his confusion, she introduced herself. "I am Nephthys, the goddess who guides souls which are in distress and a part time goddess of water." she said.

Percy spotted her looking weirdly at him, open mouthed and looked down to find himself flickering. "That is strange, not something I've encountered in a long while. Your body is having an internal war with itself, causing you to be in between life and death." she explained.

"Also, I can feel your life force ebbing away quickly but you still have a chance to live. And if I am not mistaken, I do sense Egyptian and Greek heritage in you. Care to explain? So I could help you some way." Nephthys said.

Not seeing a point in hiding anything from the goddess, Percy started to explain. "I am I am Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson, a Greek demigod and part magician. I'm the nephew of Julius and Amos Kane, step-son to Gabriel Kane. Julius, Carter, Sadie and myself had been visiting the museum to take a look at the Rosetta stone...Then uncle started performing some ritual, causing the tone to explode and I blacked out after that."

"Hmm..." she thought, as a look of realisation dawned upon her. "Did you say the Rosetta stone? Maybe that is the root cause of the problem then. You see... when a god is set free, each god will have to find a living host nearby so...the stone had 5 goods trapped in it namely Osiris, Isis, Horus, Set and myself. Now that I think about that..., I sense a part of myself in you..." she said.

"So you mean to say that I might a be hosting you?" Percy asked. "Yes, but no. I can see that you are hosting some other god but still have some of my blessings. The main problem is that your Greek blood is not willing to accept it, causing an internal was in you, causing you to be in a stage between life and death. The only way you can survive is by accepting the changes." she said.

"Now got up, I'll explain it more in detail as we walk." she said, holding out her hand. The minute they touched, Percy experienced a searing hot pain and something he would never be able to describe later on but felt like two souls binding together to sum it up in short before blacking out again.

The next time he woke up, he was confused. He was in a brightly lit room, lying on a soft bed with a rock pillow. Someone had changed his clothes at some point of time as he could sense that he wasn't wearing the clothes he was wearing before. 'Where am I?" he mentally wondered.

"You are in the 21st Nome right now Perseus and have been out for nearly 5 days." a masculine voice answered, startling Percy out of his wits and nearly screamed before he calmed himself down.

"Who are you?" Percy asked hesitantly. "Oops! I'm Anhur, or as you Greeks would call me Onuris, the Egyptian war of hunting and war. Don't worry, no one knows about this yet except for Nephthys and myself. I think your cousins have something to share with you about the recent events you missed in your days of battling for your life. Time to join the rest of the world Percy." Anhur said.

"So... you are hosting me right now. Won't the other gods notice the change, you hosting me and all?" Percy asked. "We can discuss it afterwards, I will be here all the time so we can discuss this anytime. You need to catch up first. I think your cousins are coming to check upon you. See you soon!" he said and retreated into Percy's mind again.

Just at that moment, Percy heard frantic footsteps and Sadie and Carter burst in through the door, panting. "Percy!" they shouted together when they noticed him awake. Percy took in their appearance in the meantime. Both were a little worn out and looked like they had just come out of a fight.

"What happened? You all look beaten up?" Percy asked worriedly. "A lot has happened Percy. Dad died and told to remind you about some promise just before he died and hosted Osiris. Then a god popped up to destroy Egypt, by the way, Egyptian gods are real and then we host gods and pretty much that's it. We will explain the rest later on. How are you feeling?" Carter asked.

"Pretty sore but feeling ok actually. And I do remember my promise. Bring in Uncle J's bag will you? He said he had something for the two of you and Uncle A, who I assume is also here?" Percy asked.

"Yup. Amos is currently taking a bath and..." Sadie started saying when a cat walked in regally, looking around and hissed when it saw Percy. It suddenly changed its form and got out a knife from thin air and hissed as it placed its knife at Percy's neck.

"Nephthys" it hissed out. "He has the smell of death and sea." "Bast... maybe he is also hosting a god?" Sadie asked. "Smell two gods on him" she said. "What are you talking about?" Carter asked. "Smells different" Bast said.

"I don't know what is happening here. Can you first tell me how did your cat turn into a... Goddess?" Percy asked. "Carter, Sadie, leave now" Bast said and they left immediately, not wanting to get on her bad side.

"So tell me Greek," Bast said as the others had left "how did you end up hosting gods?" she asked. "I really don't know! Like I was there at the museum, was knocked out and then suddenly, I end up in the Land of the Dead, Nephthys talks with me, touches me and then suddenly I am alive with a god in my head!" Percy exclaimed.

"Do you know the consequences of hosting a god and a goddess Perseus, being a Greek?" Bast asked. Percy shook his head negatively. "Remove your shirt" Bast ordered and Percy obeyed. Bast fingered his chest, where his heart should be but he felt a weird sensation unlike anything normally came from someone touching his chest. He looked down and gasped at the black thing protruding from it.

"Yeah. That happens as you just were struggling between life and death after all. That is a scarab, a stone placed on the heart when you die and it seems to have replaced your heart. I don't know any other consequences that could from a demigod hosting a god honestly. This has never happened so you need to be careful Perseus." Bast said.

"But won't the changes be glaringly obvious if someone wanted saw me without a shirt?" Percy asked and then immediately, there was a layer of skin covering the scarab so that it seemed like nothing was amiss.

"Maybe it changes with your thoughts and wishes. I mean, the scarab will only show up when you will for it to show, until then it is like your heart above the ribs and under the skin." Bast said as Percy tried to bring back the scarab in again. "Cool!" he exclaimed as the scarab resurfaced.

"No one should know about me being a part of both the worlds though, it might lead to some serious problems. And with gods in my head, I don't know how I am going to hide anything." Percy said. "You do know that if you host them, they can respond only if summoned right? Until then, they stay out of your head." Bast said.

"Unfortunately Bast, that does not seem to be the case here. A fraction of us is stuck with young Perseus." Anhur said suddenly. "You mean he is a permanent host?" Bast asked, shocked. "Unfortunately, yes he is. He is currently listening into our conversation. Though we can retreat to the back of his mind unless summoned, we can never leave him." Anhur said.

"Great, just great." Bast muttered. "Try to solve and discuss your problems out and please explain everything in detail to him as he would really need it for the upcoming days. He needs some alone time so I will ask Sadie and Carter to leave him alone for sometime. Be careful Anhur, you all are threading on a very thin line unless you sort it out." Bast warned and left.

'What is become of my life?" Percy thought as he overheard the conversation.

A/N: I know, a pretty abrupt ending and late chapter, but I cannot help it a bit guys. My update schedule will be a uncertain. So I am really sorry for the inconvenience.

Hope you all liked it though! All comments and criticisms accepted and appreciated. Any pairings for Nico and Percy?

Thank you all for reading!

Rasi10 signing off

Published on 11 November 2018