Chapter 14

Poseidon POV

I am not stupid.

I can tell my son was expecting to be hit, and I shot a glance at Apollo who simply shook his head and nodded at Percy, my Percy, my little boy. I hold in a flinch of my own when Percy shied away from my hand on his shoulder, but felt better when he relaxed a bit.

I know Artemis and Apollo and yes, even Hades would not hurt him, I could tell by the worried way they were watching us, tense and ready to intervene at the slightest command from my boy. My boy... Am I even ALLOWED to call him that, after I left him at the hands of that disgusting man? NO. I am a terrible father and I will never be able to make it up to this child, this precious child, my last link to my beautiful and kind Sally.

I rest my gaze back on Percy, it seems he fell back asleep. I smile slightly, his innocence shines through, and I can now see just how tense the boy really is, as he slowly relaxes in his sleep.

Peace, child. Rest while you know you are safe.

Artemis POV

I am confused.

Why does Poseidon look at Percy as if mourning a loved one? Ah, Sally. To be honest I almost forgot he wasn't actually my son... Funny, how such a small thing like him causes so much discord within me, and yet also set me completely at ease?

I smile slightly down at him, what a conundrum. Percy has finally fallen asleep, and Poseidon looks to be having a war within himself, something like, guilt and anger in his eyes. For what, I cannot tell. I look at my brother and he nods his head, it was time for Percy's checkup.

We had been having Apollo come and give Percy checkups at least once a month since he first came to us, to make sure he healed correctly both physically and mentally, although the psych evaluation will have to wait until he is awake. I put my hand on Poseidon's shoulder,

"I need you to leave so Apollo can do his check up." I whisper/commanded. He gave me a long and hard look, and then turned his gaze back to Percy and then over to Hades, and finally Apollo. He seemed to be trying to make up his mind, so I stayed quiet.

"I-" he stopped and made a face.

"No, I want to see what happened to my child." He then turned and stared me directly in the eye. As if daring me to kick him out. We stared each other down for a minute, until a sigh from Apollo caught both our attentions.

"Fine, but I'm telling you now, if you cause any major storms because of this, I PERSONALLY will never let you see Percy again, understood?" Poseidon looked slightly shocked, but quickly covered it with determination.

"Understood." He replied. I looked at Zoe who was trying to be as invisible as possible while still being there.

"Do you wish to stay?" I asked her. I knew the scars caused flashbacks in some of the girls and they would break down crying if they saw them. Zoe looked back at me and nodded her head.

"For Percy." She whispered. I nodded, and looked to Apollo, we were ready. Hades looked at me and nodded his head, he was going to stay. Nodding again, I gesture to Apollo to begin.

Poseidon POV

Apollo made me remove my hand from Percy's shoulder. I watched as he slowly took off his clothes trying not to wake him. He groaned in discomfort, and suddenly, Hades was holding back a hellhound. I was so shocked I didn't even move. He simply nodded to Apollo to continue.

I can honestly say I was not expecting what I saw.

WORDS. THERE WERE WORDS, HORRIBLE WORDS CARVED ON MY SONS STOMACH, WORDS LIKE WHORE, BITCH, MINE, AND WORST OF ALL, PROPERTY OF GABRIEL ALONG HIS WAISTBAND.

I SAW RED. THAT DISGUSTING MAN. IF HE WASN'T DEAD ALREADY THEN HE WOULD FEEL MY UNENDING WRATH.

I look at Artemis and she closed her eyes and slowly shakes her head. Then she said the worst possible thing,

"There's more."

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~Flashback 6 years ago~

I'm worried. I haven't been able to locate Sally for the past month, our baby is due soon. I wish I could be there. I HAVE to find her, I need to make sure she's ok.

I am walking around New York to see if I can find a trace of my kind Sally, and our baby, but all I get is this overwhelming sense of discord. I just don't know what to make of it...

It's almost like they, disappeared.

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"I was only able to finally find my child, my SON. When he came through the camp border. I am so confused. I was sure i would never find them, that they were lost to me." I said as I finished retelling my story.

Artemis looked like she was about to blow, and Apollo looked to be thinking. Hades had a look of suspicion on his face however, and THAT is never a good sign.

"What brother, you look like you've got a hunch?" I ask. He looks perturbed, but shakes his head.

"I'm sure it's nothing..." was all he said.

Artemis POV

HOW DARE HE SAY HE DIDN'T KNOW. EVEN I COULD FIND PERCY IF I WANTED TO, HE IS UNIQUE, HE IS OBVIOUS IN HIS AURA. I can't believe they are buying this crap.

" Uncle, do you think perhaps, if what you're saying is true, he was shadowed from you? Like a god's work?" My brother asks, I hadn't thought of that...

looking at uncle, he hadn't either.

Now the question is, who would hide Percy and Sally from Uncle, and why?

AN:

IM SO SORRY.

This took forever, it's not good and it's super short. I am trying to keep up with the updates, seriously IM TRYING. I'm thankful that all of you have stayed with me and my abused Percy for so long, and don't worry I will speed up the story a bit here soon. It won't always be "Percycollapses in front of boy" every chapter, I promise, it will get better.

P.S. I have actually just thought of a huge plot thingy and have begun implementing it in the story, but don't worry, I won't reveal it until MUCH later. It'll be one of those things where it leads up to it with hints and shit. It'll be great! :D

Love, WolfMistwood