Location: Unknown

Perseus

"...and now I'm here.", said Perseus. He had sat on the ridge with Hestia sharing his whole life story with her for the past two hours. She listened intently, like a child being told a bedtime story.

Hestia sat in silence for a moment, taking in the new information. Perseus sat idly by, waiting for her to say something. He began to analyze and compare her to his Hestia, noticing everything from minute details to big differences. This Hestia was not in the form of a child unlike his Hestia, who was always in the form of a child, she was around his age. Her eyes weren't ones of innocence but of someone who had lost everything. Something Perseus did notice was that she was quite beautiful with a nice figure but did not linger on analyzing that for too long for fear of being noticed. He began to become lost in his thoughts and nearly didn't notice Hestia calling his name.

"Perseus...Perseus.", called the Goddess of the Hearth, snapping Perseus out of his thoughts. "Yes, milady.", he replied, not noticing his mistake. Hestia shot him a look, making him really pay attention. "What's wrong?", he hastily asked.

"I thought I told you to call me Hestia, not milady.", she reprimanded. "Sorry...Hestia. I'm not used to calling a goddess by her name instead of milady.", responded the once great Hero of Olympus. She merely stared at him, which unnerved Perseus to no end. "It's alright, Percy.", she said with a smile, something she hasn't done in centuries. Percy smiled back, glad to hear the hypocorism version of his name once again.

"So your life has been trial after trial? Something like that would bring a person down mentally.", said the beautiful woman. "Yeah, it was hard. I thought it would end eventually, but it never did, now my whole family is gone and I'm in a new place I could never dream of.", he replied. He looked down mournfully, beginning to think of the people he's lost over the course of his life. Hestia could only look on sympathetically, unable to imagine the horrors the man had seen.

She decided to change the topic to something a bit more positive. "What was your wife like, Percy?", she asked. Percy looked up and stared directly at her for the briefest of moments before looking away. "She was amazing. She was always thinking. She always had a plan, just like her mother. She loved architecture, she actually redesigned Olympus after the Second Titan War. She had grey eyes and blonde hair...", he paused to reminisce on the past for a second., "..she had princess curls that seem to never go away. She was my everything, I loved her more than anything besides our kids." He stopped to stare off in the distance. "A daughter of Athena, I presume.", inquired Hestia. Percy turned back to her and nodded. Hestia was a bit shocked, to say the least. "A daughter of Athena and a son of Poseidon. That's very surprising considering the rivalry between my brother and Athena.", stated the goddess.

"Yeah. In the beginning, everyone doubted that it would work out, but it did and that's all that matters.", spoke the son of Poseidon.

"What was her name?", questioned Hestia.

Percy smiled, "It was Annabeth."

"A beautiful name for such a great woman.", stated the fiery goddess. Percy smiled at her. Hestia smiled back with an intensity of her own. She looked up, noticing how dark it had become, "It's getting late. I'm assuming you don't have a place to stay the night. You can come and stay with me. You're gonna need the rest to regain your strength."

"Yeah. I don't have anywhere to go. Besides I doubt it'd be safe out here, the costumed freaks would likely find me.", stated Percy. "You've met the Justice League?", questioned the goddess. Percy looked at her incredulously, "The what?"

She smiled at him warmly, "There's quite a bit you need to know about this world."

"I can tell.", said the Grecian Hero. They both stood up. Hestia put a hand on his shoulder and in a flash, they were gone.

Location: Metropolis

Suddenly, they were in a building, an apartment. Perseus looked around, familiarizing himself with his new surroundings. Hestia following behind him, "Well this is my home, welcome." Percy looked at her then at his surroundings, "It's cozy." He stared at the hearth in the middle of the room. "I don't think campfires are allowed in apartments.", commented Percy, before smiling at her.

"Yeah, that was a personal addition.", said Hestia, she returned a sheepish smile to Percy.

After she told Percy all the need to know things, she let out a great yawn. Percy looked at her puzzled, "I thought gods don't get tired?"

"Usually yes, but without Olympus my energy is limited, making the use of my powers very draining and limited.", said the goddess, in a matter-of-fact tone. Percy took a step back, a bit offended by her tone, "Geez, sorry for asking."

"Sorry, sorry. I get very irritable when I'm tired.", said the eldest Olympian god, looking down in shame. Percy looked at her for a second before he stepped forward raising his hand to gently push her chin up, "It's fine. I accept your apology. No harm was done, it's all good." He gave her a heartwarming smile that made her blush a little, his hand moving up to cup her face. She gave him a beautiful smile that reminded him very much of Annabeth. "Thank you.", said the goddess in a low voice, meanwhile leaning into his palm. They stayed like that for a moment.

"One question, though.", said Percy, removing his hand from her face, ruining the moment and breaking Hestia out of her thoughts. Hestia looked at him with a bit of hurt, but hid it quickly, "What?"

"Where's the restroom, I need to get out of this armor?", he asked politely, acting like he didn't notice her hurt expression. "It's down the hall on the right.", responded the flustered woman.

Percy headed towards the restroom, leaving behind a confused goddess. "This is moving to fast! What's happening?!" she thought to herself, "You barely know the man and you're fawning over him already." She then decided talk to him about the sleeping situation and headed towards the restroom. First, she knocked on the door but no response was made but after a brief intermission, she opened the door to find him shirtless, his whole upper body armor off. Hestia stood frozen in the doorway, not knowing what to do.

Percy looked back at her, also frozen. No one dared to make a move until Percy spoke up after regathering his bearings, "Is there something wrong?"

"N-no.", stuttered the lovely goddess, "I j-just wanted to talk about the...", she trailed off. "You sure?.", said Percy taking a step closer towards her. Hesita mind began to run amuck, staring at his body, taking note of every detail to behold the Grecian warrior's body. "...sleeping situation.", she continued.

Percy then began to catch on. His eyes flashed a brilliant pink for a brief second. His confidence began to skyrocket. He then slightly smirked, "You're absolutely sure nothing's wrong?", stepping into arm's length. Hestia began to take steps backward out of the doorway till her back hit the wall of the hallway, Percy following after her each step of the way. Hestia's hands shot up to stop him from coming any closer. He leaned in and whispered in her ear in a husky voice, "You sure sleeping is all we're gonna be doing tonight?" Sure it's been years since he's been with a woman, the only woman being Annabeth, but he wasn't out of practice due to Aphrodite's blessing. Hestia's face turned a bright red, her knees beginning to shake a little. Her hands began to roam Percy's body.

Before anything could happen, Percy stepped away and shot her a great smile, "Don't worry, I won't do anything with you, it's way too early. We've barely gotten to know each other. I'll take the couch." Hestia let out a breath she didn't know she was holding, her face still a bright red. "O-o-ok, good night.", she spoke quickly and turned, starting a brisk pace walking to her room. Before she could open her door, Percy called out her name, "Hestia!"

She looked back over her shoulder and replied calmly, seemingly having regathered herself, "Yeah?"

Percy flashed her a smile, "Good night and thank you.", he paused for a minute, before adding, "And you're very beautiful don't let anybody else tell you otherwise. I'll see you tomorrow."

Hestia smiled back, "Thank you, see you tomorrow. You're not so bad yourself." She then opened her door and walked in, closing it behind her.

He began walking to the living room, grabbing his shirt. "How could I let Aphrodite's blessing control me like that?!", he mentally scolded himself, "Whatever, it won't happen again."

Hestia's Bedroom

Hestia

Hestia leaned against the door, slowly sliding down it, into a sitting position. "What Just Happened?!", she thought to herself. Her heart beating at the speed of Hermes. Never has she ever experienced something like that. She's never had these feelings. Thoughts flew through her head, some heartful and warming, others not so innocent or PG-rated. Whatever this feeling was, she wanted more, she craved it more than anything.

Location: Watchtower

"Bruce go home, it's late. We can find him tomorrow, you need to sleep. You've haven't slept in nearly 72 hours.", said Wonder Woman. Batman had been up the previous nights before this mysterious man appeared, following up on leads. "I'm fine Diana.", said the Dark Knight, replaying the tape of this mysterious man. Suddenly the monitor shut off. Batman flicked his eyes to Wonderwoman, she was holding the plugs to the power of the monitor, "Bruce go home." Before he could respond, a new voice came from behind them.

"She's right Bruce, go home, we can take it from here.", spoke the Man of Steel, Superman, "It'll only be for a few hours, till you get your energy back."

"And no Batcave, I'll make sure Alfred keeps you out.", said the Amazon. Batman looked at both of them, then sighed, "Fine, but only five hours." He began to get up from his seat, before a palm from Wonder Woman sent him back into his seat, "No. You can't keep doing this to yourself, Bruce. Eight hours, please." She gave him a death glare that could rival the famed Batglare.

Batman stared back for a moment. "Six and a half hours." Wonder Woman and Batman had a staring contest, with Superman idly observing.
"Fine.", said Wonderwoman with a frustrated sigh, she then turned and left. Superman turned to Batman, "You're not gonna listen to her are you, Bruce?"

Batman only smirked back at him. Batman returned back to the monitor and began working again. Superman sighed lightly, "Working his gonna be the death of him.", he thought. He began to walk out.

Batman knew he needed sleep but could care less. He watched the video over and over, analyzing everything. He remembered back at the park how skilled and precise the man was. The surveillance video showed that he also had powers. There's also an indication he was of Greek origin, from the name to the blade. He used water which was an ability used by Poseidon. He would have to do further research.

Hallway

Wonder Woman knew Bruce wouldn't obey her, he was stubborn, but she could at least try. She thought back to the mysterious man. This man was an enigma. He called himself Perseus, he was clearly Greek, he controlled water which most likely meant that he was a son of Poseidon, but the gods were gone. Except for two, Ares and Hestia. Ares would never help her, he was an evil man with evil intentions, he would most likely try to use this Perseus to do his bidding. Hestia, she would be a bit hard to find but not impossible. The Amazons had lost communication with her ages ago, but she was still alive, that much was for sure. She would have to ask her mother for help. Perhaps she would have to revitalize her studies of Ancient Greece. However long it would take, she'll find him.

I feel that this chapter is a bit better written the previous chapters. I will eventually revamp and fix somethings in (Like Percy being an emotional little prick and telling everybody everything. Like idfk why I did that and what I was thinking when I wrote that) the previous chapters to be on par with this as the story carries on. Yes, I know that I suck at writing but I really feel that this is an improvement from previous chapters. Btw there is no definite pairing rn. Maybe I'll just carry on this story, finish it, turn The Arrival into an actual story, come back and rewrite this later on. With this story I dug myself into a hole that would take more time to fix right now, then it would to finish the story. But with The Arrival, I'll make sure not to fuck up.

So yall get five choices

1)Fix previous chapters rn and continue the story

2)Finish this, then rewrite later

3)Go slow with this, and focus more on The Arrival

4)Put this on Hiatus, then fully focus on The Arrival, meanwhile slowly fixing the chapters for this for later when I come back

5)FULL YEET IT and murder my mental health and do both stories consistently meanwhile fixing this story