Bruce

I stumbled to bed, tired. Percy had trained us hard. Suddenly, I heard a scream. Percy. I ran to her room, my tiredness forgotten. When I arrived, breathless, I found Percy thrashing around. I quickly dumped water on her, and she woke up. "Nightmares," she explained when she saw my questioning gaze. "Memories of Tartarus and the war." I left her and went to bed, falling asleep.

In the morning, I woke up to the smell of Percy's famous blue pancakes, which I hadn't had for years. When I got to the kitchen, I saw Percy and Alfred chatting happily. Percy spotted me. "Hey, Bruce! Breakfast is ready!" I grinned and grabbed a plate of blue pancakes. Alfred joined me. Five minutes later, Dick came downstairs. When he spotted the blue pancakes, his eyes widened. I laughed. "Don't worry, they aren't poisoned. In fact, they're better than regular pancakes."

Dick hesitantly nibbled on one, not sure whether to trust me. However, his eyes soon lit up, and he began stuffing pancakes into his mouth despite Alfred's look of disapproval.

"Hey, Percy, do you want to be my sidekick?" I asked.

"I think she should be part of the league," stated Dick.

"I could be a sidekick at first then graduate to be a league member," said Percy. We agreed.

A month later, Robin and I were fending off a small group of thirty monsters. Our swords were indestructible, as well as our newly made shields(courtesy of Tyson). Our skills with swords was now decent, so Percy did not unleash her full power upon the monsters to let us get some practice.

Percy was effectively holding off ten monsters at a time, even though she was going easy on them. She would kill them all before moving on to another group. Dick and I could take on three monsters each- an improvement from when we could only take on slightly weakened monsters two-on-one.

Soon, all monsters were killed. Percy brushed herself off. "Any injuries?"

"No," Dick and I replied at the same time.

"You're getting better. Dick, you let your guard down for a few seconds when a dracaena lunged. Bats, you're relying on your right leg more than your left. Balance it out."

"You were watching us while you fought? That's dangerous," declared Dick.

"This job is dangerous," Percy retorted. She vapor traveled us back to the Batcave.

After dinner, at around five o'clock, Percy tapped on my shoulder. "I have something to show you," she whispered excitedly. She vapor traveled us away.

We reappeared on a seaside cliff. She looked at me. "Do you trust me?" she asked.

"Yes," I replied without hesitation. Percy was one of the most trustworthy people in the world.

"Jump," she said, before jumping down toward the sea. I looked down. Percy was hovering in the air. Seeing my confused expression, she explained. "I can use water molecules in the air to fly,"

Now confident that Percy would catch me, I jumped. Unlike Percy, I fell toward the sea. My heart hammered in my chest. Was she trying to kill me? I thought. Five feet above the rocks below, I stopped.

"Seriously?" I asked. Percy childishly stuck her tongue out at me. She made a pushing motion. Water surged into my outer layer of clothes. "That'll make it easier to control," Percy explained. We flew away toward the setting sun over the sea.

"Should we go underwater?" shouted Percy over the rushing wind.

"Sure!" I replied. We fell out of the sky and hit the water. Percy swam to me and created an air bubble. With a touch she dried me. I looked around. What I saw took my breath away. We were in the middle of a kelp forest. Fish swirled around us in their schools. An otter floated above us, eating a sea urchin. Two dolphins approached out air bubble. They started clicking and whistling.

"What are they saying?" I asked. Percy hesitantly touched my arm. Immediately, I could understand them.

Hello, my lady, my name Pearl, said one dolphin. She pointed a fin at the second dolphin. He is Hydro. We are messengers of the sea.

"Hello," said Percy.

Your father worries about you, clicked Hydro. He misses you a lot.

Percy thought for a moment. "Can you tell him not to worry about me and to not miss me?'

Sure, replied Pearl. They swam off. Bye! whistled Hydro.

Percy and I explored the area. We found the entrance to a sea cave underwater. Percy glanced at me. "Should we?'

"Sure," I replied. Percy uncapped her sword as we walked through the entrance. Its dim glow lit the cave. We ran along the sea floor. It slowly sloped upward until at last we burst out of the water. I looked around. We were in a small chamber. A hole in the ceiling provided light. I looked at Percy. "Percy..." I said hesitantly, gathering courage. "I... sorta like you?"

She laughed. "love you to," she said before pecking me on the cheek

"Should we go up there?" I asked, nodding my head at the hole above.

She concentrated. "There's... some things up there. Human figures, but radiates a strange aura. I'll create a water bubble around us to protect us."

Using water in the air, Percy levitated us slowly out of the hole. When she saw the figures, she gasped and kneeled. Figuring that it might be some sort of god, I followed her lead.

"Lord Pontus. Lady Thalassa," said Percy. I racked my brain. Who were Pontus and Thalassa? I thought. Weren't they primordials of the sea?

"Rise," stated Pontus with a kind, deep voice. "What brings you here?"

"We were exploring the caves. We are sorry for intruding," explained Percy.

"It's okay. We get bored sometimes anyways." said Thalassa gently. She nodded her head at me. "Is he not mortal?"

"He is. I am a daughter of Poseidon, and I brought him here.

"Two dolphins, Pearl and Hydro, keep us informed on the outside world and serve as messengers between Poseidon, who is like a son to us, and us. Have you seen them? We haven't heard for them for months," said Thalassa.

"We saw them in the kelp forest outside the cave," I said, finally gaining enough courage to speak. The primordials breathed sighs of relief.

Percy glanced worriedly at her watch. "We should get going. Dick will be worried."

"If you want to visit again, you can. I can train you on your powers if you'd like. It can get boring here," Said Thalassa.

"Thanks," said Percy. "Bye!" and she vapor traveled us away.

We arrived in the living room of Wayne manor. Dick jumped, startled. "Where have you been?"

"Exploring," Percy answered vaguely. We watched Finding Nemo and listened to Percy rant about its inaccuracy before hitting the sack.