Hello! I am back, and it is half term where I live so hopefully I can get lots of writing done so that I have all my chapters ready to go. I know it's a bad idea but up until now I've been writing the chapters just before I post them, oops. I have been so surprised by the comments I've been getting I didn't know that you guys liked my story so much, so thank you all. You really inspire me to carry on writing until the end. The next chapter will be the last one before we go back to the present day in the throne room as you've all been asking me to get back to it. Currently listening to – 'Dancing with a wolf' by All Time Low.

*WARNING* - This chapter has the most detailed torture of Percy Jackson, however this was important to the plot. It is not gory but just detailed, it is still T rated. However be warned, I cried while writing this chapter (that may just be because I was picturing the scene to be able to describe it though, and I'm a wimp). Do not read unless you are emotionally prepared.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in the story all rights go to Uncle Rick

Solitarypotato – Thank you so much I am glad that you are enjoying it. It's comments like your that keep me writing.

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Percy's POV:

*35 years with Kronos*

Percy sat in the corner of his room still shaking from his las session with Kronos. He was repeating the words "She didn't abandon you here, you tricked her into leaving" over and over again like a mantra. The teen hero couldn't believe it was happening but Kronos' words were starting to get to him, though he obviously tried not to let the titan know, he was beginning to believe that Annabeth had tricked him into staying in Tartarus so that she could escape. He was already starting to lose his focus on what was real and what was a lie. He couldn't believe it, he needed to stay strong he needed to get out. But his hope was dwindling. With each passing day it seemed less and less likely that he would escape before it was too late. He had already given up on the prospect of rescue, no one was coming for him. Nobody cared.

Percy was awoken from his musings as the metal door slammed loudly. His head immediately jerked upwards to see Kronos stalking over to him. "How are you Grandson? Got your stupid delusions out of your head yet?" He asked mockingly. Now the titan was stood right in front of him, and leaning down towards him as he spoke. "Well, I suppose you still need a bit of convincing then, don't you?" Before the son of the sea had time to even think about moving the titan had hold of his collar and had pulled him to his feet. The king tugged on the collar and he went stumbling forwards. "Kronos plea-" He began, but he was cut off by a sharp punch to the gut. Correcting himself Percy started again. "Lord Kronos, please. Please stop." He said in a trembling voice. The titan sent a glance at him over his shoulder. "Why on Gaea would I want to stop now?" He laughed. Resigning himself to follow the titan lord so that he didn't get choked, Percy looked to see where they were going. What he saw sent him into full scale panic mode.

"No! No, please!" Percy shrieked. But Kronos just ignored him and carried on dragging him over to the table. The demigod fought against him with all he had, but it did nothing. The hero had didn't have much left, he had been tortured for thirty-five years. No training, very little exercise and no break. Despite his struggling Percy was thrown onto the table and turned onto his front. Before he could move Kronos froze him in time and set to work on the shackles. Try as he might the teen could not move an inch and was forced to watch in silence as his enemy strapped him to the table. As soon as the last strap was in place Percy could move again, but by then it was useless he was trapped. Kronos chuckled darkly as he watched his prisoner collapse against the hard marble, finally giving in to his fate. He was so close to breaking. The thought made the titan smile ruefully, but he knew that although the demigod had given up he still would not listen to him. They still had quite a way to go before that.

"I had an idea this morning." Kronos began, making Percy groan internally. Whenever the titan had an idea it always meant pain for him. "I was thinking of how some of the people down here have been looking at you. And I know that if some others got the chance you'd be long gone." This caused the teen hero to shiver, he'd seen the way some of the monsters and titans looked at him. Some wanted to punish and then kill him and others, well the others wanted to do worse things. Kronos' booming laugh broke him from his thoughts. "Oh, I see you know what I mean. Well that makes this so much easier to explain." He cackled. "I thought that we needed something to show them that you weren't available. That you already belong to someone. Have you seen one of these before?" Percy lifted his face from the stone table and set his chin on it so that he could see what the titan was showing him. Held in front of the demigods face was a black dagger. It was about 6 inches long and had small lines of golden swirls spiralling out of the hand guard to decorate the blade. He couldn't see the handle its self as the titan kings hand was around it, but it looked as if it was solid gold. "It looks like some kind of ceremonial dagger." Percy croaked out, unable to keep the slight tremor from his voice as he wondered what the titan was going to do with the dagger. "Ah, you're not as stupid as you look. This specific dagger is for marking things with and that's just what I intend to do."

Percy's eyes widened in alarm as the dagger vanished from his sight. He hated everything that Kronos did to him, but it was always worse when he couldn't see. Like then for instance. The titan smirked evilly as he looked down at the son of Poseidon. Careful not to touch his skin Kronos slashed off the last remnants of the demigods ruined shirt. Percy's back muscles tightened as he felt his shirt fall away and he took a deep breath attempting to prepare himself for what was coming. The titan of time didn't care for any of this of he set the black dagger against the demigods pale skin. He smiled viciously as a shock of fear ran through the teen, who had turned his face back to the table. After a slight pause Kronos sunk the dagger through his prisoner's skin, erecting a muffled scream. His smile stretched into a grin as he dragged the weapon through his muscle making the boy scream louder. But the titan wasn't paying him much attention, he was watching the thick black lines that were forming behind the dagger.

For half an hour Kronos carried on with his torturous writing. Percy's pained screams the only noise. Eventually, the titan stepped back to admire his work. A cruel smile flashed across his face as he read the jaggered words. After a few moments he clicked his fingers to release the demigod from his bonds before pushing his unceremoniously off the table and onto the floor. Percy groaned loudly as he pushed himself up to sit against the table, breathing heavily. He heard a crackling laugh before he was suddenly pulled up and slammed back onto the table. When he opened his eyes again Percy was flinched as Kronos was leaning over him with his hands resting on either side of his head. The titan set him a menacing smile before asking, "So how are you feeling?" He laughed as Percy averted his eyes, not wanting to look at his capture. "Well, do you want to see it?" Without even being given time to say no Percy felt himself being dragged back off the table, before ending up stood next to Kronos.

The titan clicked his fingers and mirrors appeared on either side of the demigod, so that he could see his back. As soon as the mirrors had appeared Percy turned his head downwards so he couldn't see his back. "Ah, ah ah." Kronos tutted. "That hurts my feelings Perseus. You could at least look at my gift to you." Percy didn't move as he carried on staring at the cracked stone under his bare feet. Suddenly he felt a cold hand grab his chin, the person's nails digging into his skin making him wince in pain. "That's rude Perseus." He heard the titan scold. But he was no longer listening. He was staring horrified at the reflection of his back. Thick black letters were spread all the way from his shoulders to the top of his trousers, running over the top of all his scars. It took a few moments for his dyslexia to figure it out but eventually he managed to read what they said.

'This demigod is property of Lord Kronos'

*52 years after Percy's capture*

As the door creaked open Kronos could see his prisoner curled up in the corner, shaking as if he was crying. Percy gazed up at the titan walking in as he hugged himself, tears streaming down his face. "S-she left me. D-didn't she?" Pain laced his voice and the tears flowed more heavily down his face, dripping onto the cold merciless stone bellow as the demigod voiced his realisation. Kronos just smirked evilly at the trembling teen. "This is what I've been trying to tell you. You made up some silly dream to try and forget the truth, she left you. It was pathetic to see." The titan's words were poison and each one sank deeper than a knife, the boy finally believed the lie he had been telling him for the last four decades. "She tricked you into thinking that the lift would come back for you and that she could hold the button from the other side." The titan stalked forwards and knelt on the floor by the teen, false care masking his face. "But what if she thought she could?" Percy asked his eyes full of hope. But the titan king crushed it. "No. She knew, she just didn't care. Annabeth," Percy flinched violently at the name but that just made Kronos smile more. "Annabeth didn't love you. She knew I was down here waiting for you. The girl handed you over to me, for her freedom." The teen broke down crying, curling in on himself even further. Greif wracking his frame.

In that moment Kronos knew he had done it. He had finally broken the hero of Olympus after all these years.

Kronos swung around and let out a booming laugh that echoed around the room. He threw his head up towards the roof and howled in delight. It was done! He'd done it! Some of the other titans had mocked him saying it was a useless task and that he should just kill the boy. But this would show them. He was broken. Completely at Kronos' mercy, or the lack of. He swung his head around to look at his prize. The demigod was still curled up in the corner, leaning into the wall for a slight bit of comfort. The boy was still crying grieving the loss of hope and, whether he knew it or not, his lost battle for his soul. The child, for that was what he was in Kronos' eyes, had barely even noticed the titan lord's celebration. Yes, his enemy was finally broken. Kronos turned back around and smirked at the ceiling. "Just you wait. I'm coming for my throne back, and there is nothing you puny Olympians can do about it. Not now that I've got your hero, your saviour, under my control." He paused and cackled to himself. "I can't wait to see your faces as he spear heads my attack against you. Poor Poseidon," He spat the name as if it were poison. "he won't know whether to kill him or kiss him."

Percy sat with his head on his knees and his arms wrapped around them, hugging himself. His emotions were running rampant. For the last fifty-two years his love for Annabeth had kept him strong, able to take every punch, cut and drowning without breaking. But now, to know that she had left him without a second thought. To know that she didn't care. He was crumbling. Every single wall he had built, toppling down around him. He couldn't think straight, couldn't breathe. After an eternity one emotion rose up above the rest betrayal, quickly followed by heart break. Tears were still falling down the young hero's face as he uncurled himself and sat against the wall. Tipping his head back so it rested on the unforgiving stone. Somewhere in the back of his mind he registered that it was far too quiet. Coming to the conclusion that Kronos must have left he slowly stood up. Finally looking up he was startled to find the titan sat on the table looking at him.

"Perseus come here." Kronos commanded, although it was not as angry as usual. Cautiously the demigod lowered his head to look at his scarred stomach and walked over to the titan. The being in question smirked triumphantly and waited patiently for Percy to sit down beside him. Once the teen had, Kronos began to speak. "Perseus I know you're going through a tough time but you are going to face a lot of hardships in your life, and I can help you with those." Percy looked up at him in confusion before quickly averting his eyes. "You can look at me Perseus." The immortal demigod's eyes widened in shock as he looked back at the titan lord, however he did not look at his eyes as he still did not dare. "W-what do you mean?" He asked in trepidation. Kronos flashed a predatory smile at him. "What I mean is that if you join me I can protect you and help you." He answered, false care clear in his tone. Percy began to shake his head as he stood up and backed away from the titan. "I-I'm sorry I can't. I w-won't do that." The fake smile slid off Kronos' face as he stalked towards the boy. "What do you mean you can't join me!" He yelled. "Your precious love doesn't care about you and you are down here all alone!" Percy backed up quickly, stumbling backwards, until his back hit the wall. Kronos smirked viciously and carried on towards him. "I- I don't care i-if she doesn't lo-love me. Olympus are m-my family, I- I am loyal to to them. I w-won't destroy them." He stuttered as the titan kept getting closer, until he had his hands on either side of Percy, his face inches from the hero's.

"Are you sure? You don't sound very positive." The titan lord asked. The hero gulped and nodded, not trusting himself to be able to say no. The truth was he wanted the pain to stop, and he couldn't find another way out. But, he was trying to hold on for as long as he could. "Perseus." The titan tutted. "You just don't know when to give up do you. It's over." He growled, Percy tried to shrink away but the wall was behind him and the titan's hands blocked his other escapes. "There is nothing left for you to do. No-one is coming to save you. None of them care." Tears began to pool in the young demigods eyes, threatening to spill down his cheeks. But he held onto them, just. "Don't make this difficult boy, just give up this is happening either way. Just join me." Kronos put his hand on the side of Percy's face, making him subconsciously lean in to him slightly. "I – I" Percy began, looking as though he was going to agree. "N-no, I can'." He stopped himself, shaking his head as if warding off the temptation to say yes. "M-my family…" "Can do nothing for you down here!" Shouted Kronos, cutting him off. The titan suddenly pushed the demigods face into the wall with the hand that still rested on his cheek, the comforting gesture quickly turning evil.

Percy cried out and clawed desperately at Kronos' hand, trying in vain to pry it away from his face. This did nothing except anger the titan. Becoming quickly bored the titan lord pulled Percy's head away from the wall before slamming it back into it. This time he let the boy fall to the floor. Percy immediately fell to his side, the world spinning. The impact had been so hard that the boy could not see clearly and was struggling to stay conscious. He realised that the titan had moved away from him, but with his distorted vision the demigod couldn't tell where he was or if he was coming back. He could barely hold a thought never mind do anything else. Much too soon Percy felt himself be picked back up, once again he was pushed up to the wall but he managed to not hit his head. After a few moment he felt a sharp pain in his right hand, the demigod let loose a scream of pain that only got louder when something stabbed into his other hand. Once the pain receded slightly the hero reopened his eyes, realising that despite everything he could once again see. He was immediately met with Kronos staring at him, unable to look at his he turned his head to the side. Percy instantly saw what had caused the pain, he was now being held to the wall by a gleaming gold dagger in each hand and a cold metal band around his bare torso.

Sudden pain burst to life in the trapped demigods legs, crying out in pain Percy looked down to see two more daggers buried up to their hilts in each of his thighs. Tears rolling down his face Percy let his head fall back against the wall and closed his eyes. After a few moments rest the young hero let loose a blood curdling scream as the blades in his thighs were twisted 90 degrees. "This could have been avoided if you had just taken my offer, it wasn't that hard." Kronos growled. Unable to look at him Percy carried on looking up at the ceiling, tears distorting his vision. In the past the son of Poseidon may have prayed to the gods for help, but now he knew they wouldn't. They never had before, why should they start now? "Look at me Jackson." Determined to not look at him for fear of his crumbling will, the demigod stayed looking at the stone ceiling. Trying as hard as he could to distract himself. Not even thirty seconds later white hot pain shot through his shoulder. "LOOK AT ME!" The titan roared. Wanting the pain to stop Percy's survival instincts took over and his head snapped towards his torturer.

What he saw made him want to get as far away from the man as possible. Kronos' golden eyes looked like molten lava, anger and hatred swimming in their depths. The titan king had one hand balled into a fist, his knuckles so white it looked as if the bone would burst through the skin at any moment. But, worst of all, was what the titan held in his other hand. Held ready to strike Percy was a bronze, leaf shaped sword that glowed slightly. The demigod instinctively knew that the grip was just plain leather, worn from use, and that the sword would balance perfectly in his hand. It was able to protect him in any battle, save him from a gory death. The tip of the trident that was delicately carved into the hilt stuck out from under the titan's hand, as if it was being crushed by him. Just like the swords owner. It was Percy's own sword. His trusted companion for all his demigod career, but lost upon his capture. Riptide. Its presence should have reassured him, but it did not. Not when it was held in the hands of Lord Kronos. Percy registered all this in a second, taking only that time for his eyes to widen immeasurably. "Please Lord Kronos, this isn't necessary." He pleaded to the demon before him. "You don't have to do this." Tears carried on streaming down his face. But the titan lord just smiled wickedly at him.

In a fluid motion the sword was raised high above Kronos' head and brought diagonally down across the boy's bare chest. A cry escaped his lips as his back arched away from the wall. But the titan just carried on hacking and slashing at the demigod's chest. His screams of agony just making the titan want to hurt him more. After a few cuts Kronos decided see how a more unorthodox style effected the boy. He added in vicious kicks and punches to his torture, that left purple bruises across his skin. Some of the hits were so powerful they began to bruise the titan's knuckles. After a few minutes of this a crack echoed out around the room followed by an even louder scream of pain. Kronos had broken one of Percy's ribs

Not long after a cry was heard through the screams, "Stop! Stop please." The boy cried. Kronos' violent torture had left numerous gashes along Percy's body. All of them were leaking ruby red tears of blood that ran down his chest in rivers, which were often joined by the child's own tears. The little bit of his skin that was visible was varying degrees of purple. But each and every inch of it was bruised more than it ever had been before. Not even his arms had been spared, deep lacerations crossed each arm and left blood to flow freely from his wrists down to join the rest at his shoulders. All of the cuts burned, maybe one or two he would've been able to handle but with how many cuts Kronos had inflicted it was a miracle the boy was still conscious. Pain clouded his thoughts and the only thing he could think of was stopping it. Luckily the titan did as he was asked and stopped the horrific torture. Before he was finished though the titan had looked at the crimson stained blade and a haunting smirk spread across his face. With not a second thought the titan of time plunged riptide into the demigod's shoulder, the blade going all the way through and deep into the wall, erecting one last bone chilling scream.

"I'll do whatever you say, as long as you don't make me fight against the gods. I swear on the Styx!" Percy had managed to get the last part in through his pain driven mind as an afterthought, his better side knowing Kronos would want him to fight against the gods. The titan smiled at the son of Poseidon, watching the tears carry on running down his face, before he frowned slightly. The sword was suddenly twisted in Percy's shoulder, pulling another cry from his mouth. "I'll never try and escape either. I swear! I swear it." Percy cried out, he couldn't see a way to escape anyway the only thing he could do now was stop the pain. Nobody was coming to save him. Nobody cared. Everyone hated him. And if they didn't, they would now. He had nothing to go back to "I accept your terms, boy." The titan smirked.

Kronos then ripped the sword from his body and threw it to the ground, where it clattered noisily against the stone. The titan let each cry of pain die out before ripping the next weapon out of Percy's body, causing as much pain as possible despite the boy being sworn to him. Finally the demigod fell to the floor as the metal band was pulled off, showing that even that had spikes on the inside. Percy laid on the stone for several moments catching his breath and collecting his scattered thoughts. "Get up boy!" The titan lord kicked him. Percy tried to push himself off the floor but found himself unable. Lord Kronos sighed in exasperation and clicked his fingers. Immediately the wounds on Percy's legs healed to form circular scars, but none of his other injuries healed. With another sigh the titan bent down and plucked the demigod off the floor and pushed him into the wall, though not hard enough to make him fall down again. "I couldn't have you unable to walk could I? Then you would be useless." Kronos, his new master, stated. "Now, come. We must go tell the others of my victory, and then you have training to do." "L-lord Kronos, why do I have to train? Y-you accepted that I would not f-fight the gods." Percy asked cautiously, following the titan as quickly as he could without crying out in pain. Which admittedly was very slowly. "And you won't." The demigod visibly sighed with relief. "You'll be fighting their children." Kronos finished. He then proceeded to drag the demigod out of the room, as the teen had frozen at the thought of having to fight against his own kind. At least it wouldn't be his friends they'd been dead for a long time. Right?

I am so so so sorry. Oh my gods I'm a wreck right now, I had to take a break while writing that because I got too emotional. Unfortunately while I'm writing I visualise the scene I am creating and, trust me, you do not want to visualise that. It's not pretty. But I am not planning on doing anything like that again you will probably be glad to know, so don't worry. I will definitely not be making Kronos that sadistic again.

As I said at the start there is one more chapter and then we are heading back to the throne room to see what everyone thinks of seeing Percy again. Especially a certain son of Hades. In the next chapter we will see a subservient Percy and a little bit of Kronos' plans to take over the world. There will be three snap shot scenes from 75 years, 90 years and just before the prologue. Thank you once again for reading. Please follow and favourite if you are enjoying the story so that you can get the new chapters as soon as they are up. Also please review, each and every comment I get inspires me to write more as I can see that people are reading it and (hopefully) enjoying it. Thanks again, see ya.