Every Family Has Its Monstrous Problems

by gianahennelly

Deuce Gorgon is getting ready to head on his spring break only to be told by his mother that he has to spend the next 2 weeks with his estranged father. Who has a nonextince relationship with Deuce?Will Deuce be able to overcome not only his past trauma that damaged his relationship with his father but survive, his murderous uncle, with the help of his best ghoul friends?

17. Chapter 17

Chapter 17 Last Date of Spring
Deuce POV

I woke up to the sound of this pounding at the door, is like like knuckles rapping against the thick golden door as it slowly crept open to reveal my father. He green eyes were taking over my tired from before he green gaze met mine.

I wrapped one of my arms over my eyes slamming my head back on pillow. As the sun started to blind me, this heavy exhaustion clung to my limbs. I so didn't want to get out of bed and the tried hissing from my snakes agreed.

"Come on Deuce I let you stay the extra day, you were supposed to be on the plane back to Salem yesterday what the other. Come on." I let out this groan it was all so perfect but now I had to head home, I knew it wasn't going to last.
I groaned and rolled over to see all my clothes packed, but I didn't pack them which meant that my aunt did it while I was sleeping. I shook my head and looked sadly at the bags for a minute before curling back up into bed and closing my eyes.

"Deuce come on the plane leaves in 3 hours and I have to get you there." I looked intently at my father he had this wide smile on his face. "What are you so happy about?" I slowly crawled out for the bed and into the bathroom.

Looking at my eyes before starting to run my toothbrush against my teeth. The rough bristle of toothbrush station agonist my gums. But I was distracted by the sound of something shifting in room. I knew had to be my father" Simply put I'm heading back with you, I and your mother are going to give it one more go, both your brothers seem happy about it."
I choked on my toothpaste when he said that, the toothpaste slipping down my throat, causing a slight burn as my coughing got progressively worse. I'm starting to turn a shade of blue forcing my father to run into the room,

I worried expression plastered on his face as he clapped my back roughly till I cough up the toothpaste. Allowing for a large influx of air to enter my lungs as I gulped greedily. As I turned back to look at my father he has this happy wide smile on his face.

"What do you mean you are having another go at it. You can't you have to say here in Greece, dad you just can't." I started to whine, and he laughed at me "Right, sorry but no, come on, let's get you on the plane before Zeus unfreezes and ruin everything."
I hear the joy in his voice, but it didn't make me feel any better I hadn't thought about, what if I was on the plane and since I stonewalled the god of the skies. He decided that he was going to cause the plane to fall out of the sky. Killing me. I tried to shake that terrifying thought out of my head as we walked through the airport.

I let out this sigh as I started to board the plane, I could feel a twinge of anxiety start to build in my chest as we sat in the coffin seats. With each passing moment, I became a ball of nervous I couldn't take it, my leg started twitching. I heard this moment that made me jump but it was just my father leaning his head angst on the back of the coffin seat.
"Deucey calms down I got you, if the plan goes down I can just have to pop us out of the plane. So, calm down don't be so hiss-terical you big baby." Easy for him to say he was an immortal and maybe if he didn't call me Deucey like I was still a baby then I would we able to calm down. There was when Cleo said it compared to my parents. They did it as a way of cooking at me. While Cleo did it out of love and support there is a clear distinction. What teenage master do you know that would think being babied is cool.
I stared at him as the plane started to shake. I let out this light whimper that was accompanied by my snakes hissing at me out of irritation. I frowned up at them, how could they take dad's side on this.

I was so not being a baby, I pissed off Zeus king of the heavens. That's doesn't go unpunished. I could hear my father's light chuckle and he tore me from my thoughts. "I always wonder what it was like for my kids in Zeus realm now I know. Deuce come here." I looked at him staring into his large green eyes as our gazes mixed with concern shine in his eyes.
I watched him to lift the armrest that separates our two seats as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder gently. This worried looked on his face as I shivered as the plane jerked violently. When I looked out of the window there was this stormy raging outside. As the lightning strike, I could have sworn that I saw something walking on the wing of the plane.

I curled into my father side from fear as I desperately closed my eyes trying to think about me being somewhere else, anywhere else would be more bearable than this flight. But all that came back to my head was Zeus striking this plane down with me on it. The very thought made it impossible to calm down.

Then I remembered what my dad said how the other two idiots were okay with this. "Dad when did you talk to Chrysaor and Pegasus?" I opened one of my eyes to see my father looking at me amused as he reached across of me closing the window so that I couldn't see outside. "The other night when I brought your mother to Olympus, the boys stopped by to say happy birthday to you. But they didn't stick around long enough to actually talk to you."

The way that he said it almost made me think that he was disappointed that they didn't stick around. I rolled my eyes and close them again. Taking a nap was the only way to make it through this horrible plane ride. I snuggled closer to my father's side as I drift in and out of conscious.
"Thank you for flying with us and have a nice day" I was woken up by the sound of a cheery voice. I opened my eyes slowly to see my father standing up looking at me while grabbing his carry on out of the overhead shortage before shifting to get a better look at me. I looked around, the plane was pretty much empty, we were the last ones.

"Hey, kid you're going to get up or do you need a hand." I heard lighting and my heart crawled in my throat that his calling card. I looked over to my father to see his face was twisted and distorted. He had a hideous grin on his face, a murderous grin and deep blue eyes that had a spark to him. His hair shifted from black to blonde. I was met with the haggard and angry face of my uncle as the air smelled like ozone.

"Did you think that leaving Greece would save you," I yelled as he gripped my shoulder shaking me roughly as he lifted his bolt over his head, the blue energy cracking and shifting madly as he thrust it at me.
I slammed my eyes only to feel my tried arms that were drenched in sweat as I lifted the cover of the window I saw the storm still raging outside, it sent cold shiver down my spine as I thought maybe it was more than a dream. My heart hammers loudly in my ears as I did my best to collect myself.

When I turned my head I could hear the crack of my neck as my muscle started its stiffness. It forces me to wine I must have fallen asleep the wrong way."Attention all passenger return to your seats we are about to land." I felt this shiver go down my spine as I turned to see that my father wasn't in his seat.

What if this was yet another messed up dream like a dream within a dream. "Hey, Deuce is your okay? You look like you just saw a ghost" I turned to see my father standing next to his seat as he slowly sat down the plan shook violet. It jolted me out my seat.
I felt my father hand start to move as he scared me in my seat like I was a terrified child and I guess that I was in a way. When I looked up my father was frowning at me, as he placed a gentle hand on my forehead and his frown grew bigger.

"Your ice cold and clammy is everything alright Deuce, are you getting sick." I shook my head and pulled my head out of his grasp leaning it back against the seat and closing my eyes. I could feel my heart hammering in my chest as it went back to a steady rhythm. "I'm fine dad just a weird dream is all. Plus, we are still on this stupid plane, couldn't you have teleported us." I looked at him as this sly smirk form on his face.

"I could but didn't for a few reasons, one being that your mother said she wanted to pick us up from the airport and two begin that your body wouldn't be able to handle the instant transport, your body would disappear from the force before we got here.

Which would mean we would have to keep taking breaks and then we wouldn't make it back for your first day back to school." I growled under my breath there was no way that he was serious.
When I look at him it was like he read my mind, his eyebrows had risen as he answered me. "Did you think that we were going to let you blow off the first day back, by the time that we land it will only take half an hour to get you to monster high and you will still be on time for your first class. You should have gone back yesterday like I told you, but you don't want to."

I let out this low growl as the planned started to shake causing me to wince as I curled into my father's side. "I hate planes" I scratched my nails angst the end of my armrest as my father chuckled.

"How does this not rack your nerves, you're in another gods domain. Why does his power only affect me and not you it's so not cool or fair" He laughs at me but quickly stop when he thought that he was going to bite his tongue off. "Simply put I'm a god and you are a monster half blood we play by the different rule."
I was going to say something, but the plane suddenly dropped free flowing through the air as the lights of the plane started to flash on and off before they went out permanently. The plane filled up with darkness as the air mask dropped from above. But I wouldn't be the first loser to panic and grab them. So no matter how labored my breath got I refused to grip the mask.

"Deuce don't you need air." I hear my father yell as my snake's hissing cut off part of his voice. I could hear the flight attendant going off saying that everything was fine and that we were landing and after a hearing some more terrified scream thanks to the gods I wasn't one of them.

As I looked out o the window I could see the black pavement coming in hot as the wing hot side of my window seemed to be engulfed. In bright orange and red flames, as the plane skidded to a stop I could see the wing ripping off and floating back into the storm-torn air. Slowly but surely the lights came back as I sat there too stunned to move. What in hades just happened.

"I am never getting on another plane very again." Before I could finish my sentence my father pulled me into a hug before glaring at me. "Deuce don't do that again, pride or not if air mask comes down you grab one."

Great, he was being super dad today. I don't know why but it really got me so I hugged my dad tightly. Glad that he was here because I'm sure that if he wasn't I wouldn't have been this in control.
As we were walking out of the airport I could hear the whispers of people and talk about the plane that nearly crashed due to an electric failure that appeared out of nowhere. Did I mention that planes were a floating death trap a thousand time before and now it was proven? "Next time I would rather teleportation."

I hear my father laugh as he wrapped in protective arm around my shoulder pulling me into another hug. He was more shaken up by losing me then eh care to admit. I got to admit having him there made it a lot less terrifying.
All in all, it was a good trip we love most of our issue even the Zeus wanting to kill my form when I was 6. There are still some things that need to work out before I fully trust him but we are getting there.

This trip proves to not be a total I looked up there was my mother stand in front of her car. It was a classic Mustang, it was bright green with a pinstripe. I smile wide and looked at it, we didn't have this car before. She smiled faintly at me. "Your father and I got you this car, but you don't get to drive it, till we away other wises."
I screw what was even the point then it was so not fair. I took in a deep breath to cool myself down when I hot the new car smell in my nose. "Why can't I drive my car I take my test tomorrow then I get the car. Right?"

I walked in the back seat looking out the window as her snakes started to hiss. My dad was laughing under his breath at the way that my mother was acting as she rolled her eyes in the front I got a good look at her I notice that she had her glasses off, she must have gotten her own contacts.

She twisted her head back to look at me her cold blue eyes looked like denim as she stared holes into my body. "Yes, but the car is for school and home only, don't think that I have forgotten about your activity with Cleo" I looked at my mother and laid my head angst the back of the seat I was hoping that she did forget.
"Yeah but mom our plane almost fell out of the sky, hades it did fall out of the sky doesn't that earn me some forgiven." I looked at my mother as her snakes hissed at me as monster high came into view.

The pouring down rain and lightning cracked against the sidewalk, when I locked out of the window, I could have sworn that I saw Zeus. He was standing on the side of getting road a killer look in his eyes as he ran his finger against his throat.

The look in his eyes that told me I wasn't safe no matter where I went. It forces a shudder down my spine but when I blinked my eyes again he was going it must have been because of the dream. "While I am glad that you are still alive, and the plane didn't crash that doesn't curry you much favor sweetheart. Now be outside as soon as the bell rings." I looked at my mother and sighed "I will walk home."

As I was about to get out of the car I hear the locking sound as I turned to look at my father who had this sheepish grin on his face as my mother turned to glare at me. This outraged looks on her face. "Like hell, you will you will get sick not to mention that my poor little babies on your head hate the rain. Isn't that right boys"
I felt her run her fingers over each of my snakes head as she cooed at them. "Your father will be here to pick you up the moment that the bell rings. So be ready and there will be no Cleo coming over today so don't even ask." She frowned at me before telling dad to unlock the door. I walk out of the car and sighed before walking down the hallway. I could hear whisper but I didn't have time for gossip.

They must have heard my father is a god. I walked down the busy hallway of monster high when I noticed the most perfect ghoul in the school. I stalked over to Cleo locker and wrapped my arms around her waist. When she wheeled her head around she has an excited for surprised look in her eyes.
Before I could say a word she warped me up in a hug that was so tight I thought that she was going to choke me."Oh thank god Deuce, I thought that you were going to die." I look at Cleo stunned over a moment about she just rolls her eyes and showed me the news, apparently, my plane was the lucky one.

Three other flights in the air at the time were shot shown because of electronic failure caused by the storms. "Wild! Sorry to worry you babe your fangtastic for worrying about me. But I am fine and guess what I got my own car and after the test tomorrow it's all mine."

I smiled wide at her as she started it grinned madly at me. "That means more trips to the mall."Come on we have to get to clawculus" She nodded her head as we walked down the hallway.
A few hours later
I was walking in the creepateria with Cleo on my arm when she started playing with one of my snakes causing her to giggle when he gave her a love bite. "Your snake is lovely today" I looked at Cleo, he blue eyes lit up with joy as we made it into the food line. I smile back and kissed her lips gently.

"So, I was thinking that we could say in tonight and have a boovie night are your houses. I would say mine expect that my family well they…" I laughed and kiss her nose "Don't worry about it you can say it; your father and sister hate me. But we can't do a boovie night.

My mother said you can't come over she is still pissed about walking in on us on my birthday. Dad didn't say a word he just agrees with her."
I felt her shiver under my gaze as my eyes move or look at her lips were a gasp just escape from. I had to resist the urge to kiss her, her thick lips made me lose control, just the thought of them made me do unspeakable things. I tore my face from her lips long enough to pile food on. I just assume the gasp because of some fashion fail.
"Duece, did you just say that your dad didn't say anything like he is here?" I turned back to look at Cleo. Her eyebrows were scrunched up in confusion and she looked so cute when she was confused. We were on our way to a table by the window giving us a perfect few of the campus.

The rain beating against the roof was loud as the lightning lit up the sky. When I turned back Cleo was looking at me. Almost like he was waiting for an explanation and then I remembered that she asked me a question. "Oh yeah, I just found out this morning when we were on our way to the airport. He and mom are getting back together."
I smiled at her before looking out to the endow and seeing Zeus standing there, he had run his finger across his neck again. I was out to jump out of my seat but the thunder stuck another moment and then he was gone.

Was my mind playing tricks on me it had to be that stupid dream that I had on the plane? "Deuce that is a big deal are you exact I knew that thing have been better between the two of you since Zeus has been out of the picture. But is he like allowed to leave Greece he is a god and all that."
I laugh and turned back to see this concerned look on Cleo's face."He is the god of the seas and he doesn't really spend a lot of time in the heavens so it's not a big deal. Plus, he can always teleport, if they ever need something. All he would have to do is snapped he must be some perk to being immortal you know."

Before I could say anything else my phone started to go off and the ghouls had just come over. I smiled at each of them when my phone went off. I stood up and lake out into the hallway. I made sure that there wasn't anyone else in the hallway when I hit the green button on my phone screen. "Yeah, mom what's up." I tried to make sure that my voice didn't sound like I was annoyed but I was.
"Don't give me an attitude Deuce. I am calling to tell you that I must head out for the night, your father is going to pick you up as planned. But after that he is heading out with me, there is a problem with your aunts and I told them that I would be there. I will be gone for the rest of the night. Your father is just driving me up to their house. You will be alone in the house for a few hours. But your father should be home before 8. Okay?"

I looked up to see that Cleo was talking to the other ghouls and whatever she was saying they all seemed really absorbed in. "Yeah, mom see you tomorrow." I hung up the phone and walked back to the table this stupid grin on my I looked at the other ghouls they were all smiling wide at me. "What?" I looked at Draculaura and then Frankie before turning my head to look at Clawdeen.
"Your dad's here?" I smiled and nodded my head they all squealed, I don't know why but they all really like my dad. "Any way Cleo we can still have our date night at my house my mom is leaving for the night and won't be back till tomorrow and my dad won't be back till 8 but even if he did, he doesn't care." I watched her eyes light up as she hears the news.
The rest of the day went fine but a few times the lights went out and we were all forced to sit in the crematorium for the duration of class. By the time that school was over, I wanted to crawl into my bed and never wake up.

As I walked down the hallway with the ghouls and Clawd I could hear the sound of a mustang and this honking sound. Through the current of the black rain, I could see my dad pulling up in my mustang.

The passenger window was rolling down to see my father looking at me and then at the ghoul under my arm. "The two of you coming." I nodded my head and watched Cleo pulled out her umbrae's before starting to walk to the car.
When we got into the car, the whole ride my father was trying to embarrass me and he is doing a great job at it."I won't be home till 8, you sure you can stay in the house by yourself I don't mind asking your cousin to come over." I groaned at him when I heard Cleo giggling in the back.

"What I'm just making sure, you looked terrified today on that plane and you still seem a little shaken up from that you are too scared I really don't mind calling someone to watch out for you"

I let out another snarl as I saw this wide grin form on my father's face broke out he was doing this on purpose. I cursed under my breath in greek only causing him to laugh more. "You're not funny dad. Your only saying that causes Cleo is in the back."

Cleo laughed before kissing the back of my a shiver down my spine. "Don't be such a baby Deucey, I'll protect you." My father let out this amused chuckle thanks to Cleo's joke.

As we pulled up to the house I side, and I got out of the care the water breaking around me like there was an invisible umbrella surrounding were some perks of being the son of Poseidon.

I sighed heavily and turned to look back at the closed car door. The window rolled down. I was met with the serious stone-cold face of my father "Seriously though you sure you are okay, just the two of you, I can call your brother to say with you." I let out this low grown at thought of that dick.

"No dad, he is just going to make fun of me. I got this go." He let to this low laugh, but I could tell that he is worried about me. "Dad if it really makes you feel better I will call you every hour till you get back." I watchful this small smile turned into a huge grin.

"That's my boy. But I mean it if you need anything just call and I will speed home" I walked off to the arch doorway where Cleo was standing trying to avoid the rain. I opened the door and she rushed in before her hair got ruined by the rain.
As I open the door we were met with the foyer, the stone cold marble floor seemed holders as I slammed the door shut and locked it. "Hey, Deuce?" I look over to see Cleo placing her coat on the coat rack that my mother had left in the foyer for guest. "Yeah babe what is up." I looked at her as I went into the kitchen and made a cup of coffee I wasn't going to make it through the night without it.

"What did your, dad mean when he said you were shaken up by that nightmare." I let out a sigh I could hear the concern in her voice and I didn't want to blow her off but I also didn't want to have to explain it to her either.

"Nothing I just had a weird dream that's all." As the hot black liquid was flowing out of the device and into my cup, I turned around to see Cleo tugging as a strange of her hair. "Okay. Deuce you wouldn't like me would you." I walked over to her kissing her lips gently they were ice cold.
I could hear the coffee machine going off in the background and I went to the fridge and grabbed the milk and sugar before shifting to see look at Cleo. "There is something that you want babe all you have to do is name it." I watched her place a finger to her chin, as she tried to think about what she wanted to eat.

I just went about my routine of making my coffee, I poured in 3 large spoonfuls of sugar and some milk before stirring with a sliver. The caramels liquid swirls as I flung the spoon into the sink. When I turned to see Cleo was still thinking about what she wanted. "Well, babe." I looked at her and she let out this sigh.

"Well, it is a boovie night so popscorn" I nodded my head and jumped down grabbing a big out of the pantry and popping it in the microwave before walking into the living room and setting up the tv.
I made sure that I placed a blanket on the couch because no matter how warm it was in here, Cleo always manages to get cold, maybe because she uses to live in Egypt, but she was always cold. But I didn't mind warming her up. I chuckled a little to myself as I put on the boovie.

She loved the human's media, mostly because of one of the boovie that was about her father and all the other most famous monsters. When I hear the microwave go off I grabbed the white and red bag gently pouring the yellow airy popscorn in a big blue bowl. Alright, let's get this date night started.
After about three movies later, I started to hear this moment in the front of the house, the foyer it was coming from the foyer. I started to get off of the couch, but Cleo was clinging to my side she had this terrified look on her face. "What the hell was that Deuce.?" I turn to see that Perseus was sleeping on the recliner chair, so it couldn't have been him.

"Maybe something climbed out of the dragon pits." I looked at Cleo and her eyes widen "Why the hell would a monster climb out of the dragon pits and come into the house." I shrugged my shoulders but right now I was just trying to get her to calm done she was freaking me out.

I slowly stood up getting ready to take off my contact and blast the first person that walked in the door when I saw my father walk into the room. He looked at me confused for a moment before looking at Cleo.

"I was going to see if you needed a ride home, but did I miss something else." I sighed and shook my head "No Cleo thought that you were an intruder I was going to stonewall the first person that I saw."
He shook his head as his frown started to form on his face "Come along Cleo I will take you home. Deuce we need to talk when I come back." I looked at Cleo and kissed her cheek gently before she walked over to the foyer. When the door slam I crawled on the couch for a moment just looking at the mess in the living before griddling getting off of the couch and cleaning up the room.

I walked into the kitchen and emptied everything in the trash and I want to wash the cup. I was cleaning the cup when I looked up to see that there was someone in the backyard. I was looking through the glass door when thunder stuck in the sky.
"What are you are looking at, you conserving brat." I knew the cold and distant voice, one that was filled with a primordial anger that exhumed power. But it couldn't be, he should be in Greece what purpose did he have to be here.

I was off this palace and that was all that mattered. When I blink I hoped that terrify feeling would be gone but it wasn't. I looked at the glass door and saw was Zeus, his hideous sneer on his face that looks a lot like a murderous stare like a normie about to lynch me.

I took out my contacts ready to hit him with my stone glare was when I hear the sound of movement he was behind me, that was just his reflection in the glass.

I jumped and dropped the cup that I was cleaning. "Dammit, Deuce I knew that I should have left you alone are you okay." I look at my father he had this worried look on his face as he saw the contact in my head.
He shook his head sadly like he was the one that made the mistake. "Buddy put your contacts back in before you turn something or someone into stone." His voice was gentle but it filled me with shame.

Was I losing it for was he really there? He had to be I felt the fear, and I saw the saw look in his eyes I wasn't seeing anything he was really there. I shakily put my contacts back in as my father frown and shook his head sadly.

"You dropped a glass let me see your hand I want to make sure that you are okay." It wasn't really a question it is more of a dead man so I lifted my hand slowly allowing him to look them over. His eyes scanned my pale skin make sure that there isn't a single cut on my hands before speaking.
"Come on let's get you to bed." I shook I had no as he snapped his finger and the cup was fixed but before I could talk to him. He teleported me to my room. "Dad I am telling you that I saw him. I saw Zeus and he was here to kill me."

My father shook his head as he gently sat me on the bed and went in my closet to grabbed me a pair of sweats and a tee shirt. "Change and head to bed I will be in the living room."

I shook my head no I didn't want to be left alone after that psycho was here. Dad was the only preventing him from killing me at any moment. "Dad waits for place can you stay with me for the night please." I look at my father and he shook his head but here was there was this small smile on his face.

"Fine, you can hang out with me for a little bit longer in the living then it is straight out bed." I smiled wide and nodded my head as he walked out of the room. I change as quickly as I could I didn't want to be left alone after the day I had.
By the time that I made it down to the living room, my father was sitting on the just climb on the couch and grabbed a pilling placing it on his lap before laying down. I heard my snakes hiss quietly as I close my eyes and let a blanket fall on my body. "Night son."

I yawned and pulled my blanket up to my shoulder. I could feel myself drifting off and I couldn't help what came out of my mouth." Night daddy loves you." Before I knew it, I was off in the land of screams.