Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or any characters mentioned in this story. All rights go to Rick Riordan. This is all purely made up and written for entertainment.

Fallout

Previously

"What do you mean brother?" Zeus said from his throne.

"Percy's fatal flaw of personal loyalty is very strong within him that he would give his life for any one of his friends. However, since he was betrayed, it was like a physical blow to his soul and mind. The bonds of loyalty he formed with his friends were snapped when they betrayed him so now he only has a few bonds of loyalty connecting him to this world. I don't know if he will ever trust them again or form loyalty to them either. Thank gods the daughter of Ares and Son of Hermes stuck by him and he still has Hades son and your daughter, Zeus." Poseidon said.

Zeus and Hestia were troubled by this news but shook it off before looking at their brother.

"Don't worry brother, we'll find him. While my nephew may be a pain in my toga, he is still my nephew and I…owe him a lot and care for him." Zeus said as if owing a demigod was chocking him.

Poseidon nodded his head before dissolving into an ocean mist and Zeus flashed out in a bolt of lighting. Only Hestia remained as she tended to the Hearth that was really low.

"Stay strong my son. Don't lose hope. We need you." Hestia whispered at the flames before she disappeared into the Hearth.

Now…

(Three years later)

It's been three years since anyone has seen the son of Poseidon. After the meeting where it was found out that Zane, the son of Zeus, had influenced everyone with his powers, many search parties had been sent out to search for the missing Hero of Olympus, but none found even a trace of him. The Amazons monitored all shipping and trading networks to keep an eye out for the black-haired, green-eyed demigod along with Hermes, but all they got were dead ends. The Romans sent out convoys to look for their missing honorary Praetor when they found out he was missing and dropped everything to search for him.

When they found out what happened to the son of Poseidon, they were furious to say the least. Even though he was a Greek, he fought and acted like a Roman. He brought glory to the Fifth Cohort of the Legion by retrieving their missing Eagle Standard and successfully defended New Rome and Camp Jupiter from the Giant onslaught. He saved their homes and was one of the bridges that connected the Greeks and Romans together. He earned their respect and when a fellow Roman was disrespected and betrayed by what was supposed to be their family, they demanded justice.

The other five of the Seven were shocked at what happened to their friend when they heard what transpired. Jason was so angry that he created a small storm off the west coast of California. It took an hour of coaxing from Piper to get him to calm down and he was still angry about it. They may have started out with a rocky relationship, but aboard the Argo II, they bonded over their shared duties as leaders of their respective camps and became really good friends. They saved each other on more than one occasion.

Piper was also very angry when she found out Percy was betrayed and Annabeth cheated on him. As a daughter of Aphrodite, finding out that he was cheated on and that such a pure love was broken sent her into a frenzy alongside Jason, but she had to reign in her temperamental boyfriend before he destroyed a small town. When she first saw Percy, she thought he would look down on her because of who her mom was. She was just a lowly daughter of Aphrodite who couldn't fight, what could she do. But he just walked up to her, introduced himself, and didn't care about her heritage. He saw past who her parent was and treated her like a fellow demigod and warrior. She was surprised to say the least and that earned him her respect.

Leo burst into flames and a small forest fire erupted somewhere in South Dakota when his dad told him Percy was driven out of Camp Half-blood. Aside from Jason and Piper, Percy was the closest friend he had. It didn't matter to him that his dad was Hephaestus and that he was the seventh wheel on the quest; Percy made him feel normal and acted like a friend to him. He even gave him some sword training while they had some down time and Leo showed him some forging tips.

Frank struggled to contain his transformations and Hazel was swapped with the amount of precious metals that she summoned, she was so emotional. Frank and Hazel saw Percy as the big brother they always wanted. Frank was so grateful to Percy for all he did for him. He helped him build his self-esteem up and made him confident in his abilities. He remembered when he said that he was proud to have Frank as family on their quest to release Thanatos and that meant more to him than anything.

Even though Hazel had Nico as her brother, she was glad that Percy treated her as his little sister. He comforted her on the quest when things got to be too much and he treated her like a normal demigod; not like some person outside of their own timeline or that her father was Pluto/Hades. He helped her with her curse and helped her adjust to this new time period.

All five did whatever they could to search for their missing friend. Jason and Piper flew from state to state, following up any leads on where he could have been. Leo created all sorts of automatons and sent them out to all unconventional places he could be; land, mountain, sea, sky, it didn't matter where. Frank and Hazel took the Argo II, with permission from Leo, and went up to Alaska and Canada to search for him.

All came back empty handed with no sign from their missing friend.

When Hades told Nico about what happened to Percy, Nico was furious with the campers and immediately departed to look for him. Percy was the guy that filled the void when Bianca died. He was the big brother he always wanted. When Bianca died, Nico was so angry with Percy because he thought that he let his sister die. But when they made their peace and he found out that Percy never gave up on him and looked for him when he disappeared, they began to form their sibling relationship. Percy never treated him as an outcast like other demigods did. He looked past his dad being the Lord of the Underworld and saw him as just a normal kid who just wanted to be loved and wanted someone to be there for him. Nico searched through the newly arrived souls of the Underworld, questioning all of them if they had seen Percy. He continued to look and refused to give up.

The seas grew restless and were in turmoil. More ships were sunken every day and earthquakes hit more frequently. Poseidon was in a deep depression as the years went by with no word on his missing son. Triton and Amphitrite tried to pull him out of his depression but they too were depressed with Percy's disappearance. After the first year, they realized that their half-brother and stepson had pure intentions when it came to helping people and realized that he had no choice in who his father was and was not to blame. They, along with Poseidon, amassed the seas and sent them to search the seven seas for him.

They found nothing as well.

But the most dedicated search group was the Hunters of Artemis. Thalia drove the Hunters to search everywhere for her cousin. All she knew was that the camp betrayed Percy and that her new, dick of a brother was behind it. Artemis decided to not tell her hunters and Thalia about Annabeth cheating on Percy because she didn't want her to tear camp apart and kill her best friend. Though Artemis was tempted to tell, just to see her reaction but thought better of it.

Thalia pressed the Hunters all over the country to find her kelp head of a cousin. Even though she didn't show it much, she truly cared for her cousin who was more like a brother to her. She was never the same when Percy went missing and that just broke Artemis' heart to see her Lieutenant in such a state.

Artemis was also furious that a demigod had managed to evade her and her hunters for so long. They were the best of the best and they had never failed to find and capture their target. And then Percy Jackson comes along. It was like he disappeared of the face of the earth and was distancing himself from the godly world. This was a big blow to her pride and she pushed her hunters to their limits to find the enigma demigod.

Nearly everyone worried about his safety. Camp Half-blood was riddled with guilt at what they did to Percy and were adamant about continuing to search for him. They were all incredibly angry when they found out Annabeth cheated on Percy and she wasn't influenced at all. That had a little bit of an excuse but what she did, she did all on her own. The only one who wasn't concerned about him was Zane.

After the council meeting, Zane left with Zeus and he received his punishment. Zeus first stripped him of his electrical impulse power to ensure that he could never manipulate anyone else ever again and then was sentenced to serve a full two years in Poseidon's home for the offense he performed against his son. Zane was forced to wait on Poseidon and the Royal family hand and foot and do all sorts of mundane tasks no matter how stupid or time-consuming. Poseidon and Triton took great pleasure using him as a sparing dummy when in training. He wasn't allowed to use any of his powers or complain or else he had to spend some personal time in Poseidon's dungeons. After the two years were up, he was sent back to camp to be put on probation and was forced to do tasks for all the people he had manipulated.

Poseidon was surprised when he heard what the punishment was and thought it was really out of character of Zeus to allow one of his sons to go down into his domain. But then he realized that Zeus cared about his nephew more than he let on and that his son had done the impossible yet again: He changed and humbled Zeus into being a better god and ruler.

Camp hated Zane for what they did to them and what they did to Percy. Zane still tried to act like he was the leader at camp but Clarisse was always there to shock him with her spear, Maimer, to knock him down a peg.

About six months after Percy disappeared, many new demigods began to show up to both camps, by the border at Camp Half-blood and at the Wolf House for Camp Jupiter. When they got to camp, they all spoke of the same man that rescued them from monster attacks.

The man was an imposing figure of 6'3' who wore a black cloak and hood covering his face. From what they could see under his hood, he had unruly black hair and flaming orange eyes. All the girls thought he was really handsome and the boys thought he was coolest guy ever.

When he dealt with the monsters, they all said he was ruthless and merciless in dispatching them, slicing through them in an incredible display of swordsmanship and marksmanship. But when they were dead and he was dealing with the kids, he spoke with them in a kind and gentle voice, soothing their fears and explaining what they are. He treated them all like they were his little brothers and sisters but they could tell he had went through some kind of pain in his life.

The gods and campers all thought that this man could have been Percy but when they heard about the colour of his eyes, their hopes deflated. Percy has sea green eyes so it couldn't possibly be him. They all knew Percy was alive because he was immortal and could only die in battle. They got further assurance from Nico and Hades that he hasn't died either because his soul wasn't in the underworld.

Zeus and the council wanted this man found and identified so they could see what his agenda was for helping their children and to see where his loyalties lie. While Zeus had become a better ruler, trying to break years of paranoia did take time.

While they didn't find Percy or the mystery man during their search they did find something far more unpleasant. It was found that there was an increase in monster activity and that they were forming small groups all across the continent. They thought that it was just the remains from Kronos and Gaea's armies, so they just the Hunters to deal with the little bands of monsters whenever they weren't looking for Percy.

Line Break

The Hunters were currently tracking down a large group of Cyclopes and Hellhounds outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These monsters were causing a bunch of problems with the locals and Zeus ordered Artemis to take care of them.

Artemis and Thalia were currently leading the Hunters through the forest, tracking down the groups of rouges when the group they were tracking ambushed them. Sixty Cyclopes burst out of the underbrush along with about forty hellhounds forming a complete circle around the dozen hunters.

"Hunters, back to back! Fire at will!" Artemis yelled as she pulled out her bow and took aim at the closet monster, which was a Cyclopes, and fired a silver arrow right into her eye.

The hunters were shooting as fast as they could, hitting eyes, throats, hearts, legs, anywhere that an arrow could shoot at they hit. Unfortunately, they were quickly running out of arrows and hand to pull out their hunting knives and go for close-quarter combat. Several of the hunters were wounded as the monsters began to advance on them, forcing them closer and closer together.

Thalia had out her trusty spear and her shield Aegis, and was currently dealing with a rather large hellhound that was trying to get to a wounded hunter with a mauled shoulder. The hellhound jumped at her and she quickly ducked and thrusted her spear directly into the monster's underbelly, adding a few bolts of lightning. The hellhound let out a yelp of pain before it exploded into golden dust.

Thalia turned around to check on her wounded sister before she was hit in the stomach by a massive wooden club. She flew back ten feet right into a tree and laid there dazed as the Cyclopes advanced on her. He had on a victorious, smug grin as he raised his club, ready to finish of the famed daughter of Zeus.

Artemis saw the whole thing happen was trying to move as fast as she could to reach her lieutenant but she knew she wouldn't make it in time. Before the club could be brought down on the fallen daughter of Zeus, a huge fireball blasted club right out of the Cyclopes hands. The monster turned around in surprise to see where the fireball came from only to get hit right in his ugly face, taking his head clean off his shoulders as his body turned to dust.

Thalia and Artemis looked to see where the fire came from and saw a man in a black cloak with a hood on with his hand, palm out at where the monster just was. They could see that wisps of fire were curled around his fingertips before he reached down and pulled a three-foot, celestial bronze sword, and a one-and-a-half-foot silver, hunting dagger. Fire ran down his arms and coated the sword and dagger with white-hot fire as he lunged into the midst of battle.

He moved with the precision and grace of a hunter as he flipped over a hellhound, while slitting it throat with his flaming dagger. He landed on his feet and rushed a trio of Cyclopes who were over a fallen huntress and he quickly stabbed his sword through the back of one Cyclops and spun around, slicing the back of the knee of one of the other ones. The first Cyclops burst into dust while the other collapsed to its knees where the man finished the move by driving his dagger up through its chin, directly into its brain. He withdrew the dagger and flung it at the third Cyclops that tried to get the drop on him, where it immediately buried itself in its chest. Both monsters exploded in a shower of dust, but the man wasted no time in grabbing his dagger and rushing the other monsters.

The rest of the monster finally took notice of the man and all had terrified looks on their faces. They all immediately broke of their fights with the huntresses and rushed the man who rushed back.

None of the monster could touch him. He ducked, dodged, flipped, and rolled, all the while cutting monsters down with every swing of his flaming sword. His technique was flawless and ruthless as his sword became an arc of death and destruction.

The monsters were in full-blown retreat as they tried to get away from the demon they were fighting. The man just calmly sheathed his weapons and raised his hands at their retreating figures. A wall of flame rose up in front of the remaining forces that stopped them dead in their tracks.

They turned to face the man and they couldn't see his face under his hood, but they saw flaming orbs of fire where his eyes should have been. He raised his hands once more and twin streams of flame shot from his palms and completely covered the remaining monsters. They screamed in pain, as they were burned alive and crumbled to ashes and dust before the flames ceased.

The man turned to the hunters only to see them look at him in awe and fear before they raised their bows with arrows drawn pointed right at him. Artemis strode right up to him and was surprised to see him bow in front of her. She quickly masked her surprise and narrowed her eyes at him.

"Who are you?" She yelled at him, with her bow drawn. The hood was obscuring his face so she could only she his mouth and nose.

He opened his mouth to respond only to suddenly tense up.

He suddenly sprinted directly at Thalia, startling her into releasing her arrow point blank right at him, which hit him directly in the stomach, only to push her out of the way where a black arrow hit him square in his back in the spot where she had been standing in only seconds before.

Artemis quickly turned around to see a lone dracaena, a snake woman, with a empty bow pointed directly at the spot Thalia was at. Judging from the position of the bow, the arrow would have hit her directly in the head, killing her instantly.

The man immediately pulled out his dagger, turned with a startling speed despite the arrows lodged in his body and threw it at the snake-woman, striking her right in the head, killing her.

The Hunters, Thalia, and Artemis looked at the man in shock as he smiled a small smile before coughing, a bit of blood trickling out of his mouth.

He turned to Thalia and whispered two words before he collapsed into a heap.

'I'm sorry." His voice sounded really familiar, but Artemis couldn't place where she heard it.

Everyone was shocked at what just happened. This man just saved their lieutenant's life maybe at the cost of his own. Thalia, curious as to why this man saved her, bent down and removed his hood, revealing his face where she jerked back in shock.

He had unruly black hair that was slightly long that looked like it couldn't be tamed with a brush, well-defined cheekbones that led down to a strong jaw. He had very tan skin, a straight nose, and defined lips. There, right before Thalia was the face of her cousin, Percy Jackson.

She let out a scream of panic before kneeling down beside him, checking to make sure he was alive, oblivious of the stares of her fellow sisters. She breathed out a sigh of relief as she felt his pulse but it was beginning to weaken.

"Artemis, we have to get him to Olympus immediately!" She looked at her mistress with a pleading look in her eye.

Artemis crossed over and saw the person that they have been looking for the past three years before her eyes widened.

'APOLLO!" Artemis yelled out. She quickly kneeled by her lieutenant and removed the two arrows from his stomach a back. She sent a pulse of light to slow the blood loss but they were going to need help.

"Phoebe, Atalanta, run to the medical tent and bring me some nectar and ambrosia. Taylor, Susan, bring me some towels, everyone else form a perimeter and set up camp!" Artemis commanded.

All the Hunters looked at her sceptically and the Percy in disdain.

"NOW!" She all but shouted at them. Their eyes widened and they quickly ran off to get do their lady's command. Moments later a golden light filled the clearing they were in before Apollo appeared grinning with his shades on.

"Hey little sis, what did you call me down her for? Some tips on how to sho-Holy Hades what did you guys do?" He yelled when he saw the crumbled body of the son of Poseidon.

"No time for an explanation Apollo. We need your help now!" Artemis waved off her twin's questioning look and he knew it was serious when she didn't reprimand him on calling her little sis.

"All right. Stand back away from him." Apollo commanded assuming his serious doctor mode. He kneeled down next to Percy and raised his hands over him, while they glowed golden.

When they glow stopped he turned and faced his sister and Thalia with a grim look on his face.

"His lung had been punctured by the arrow that hit him in his back, it's filling up with blood. Also, the wound to his stomach tore a small hole in his stomach. It's leaking stomach acid into the surrounding cavity. I'll need to transport him to my temple on Olympus to fully fix the problem." He said without a single trace of his usual joking self.

At that moment, Phoebe and Atalanta returned with the nectar and ambrosia, which Apollo promptly snatched out of their hands, not even flirting with them or giving them a glance.

He trickled a little bit of nectar onto his wounds and fed him a little bit of ambrosia. The godly food worked as they watched the cuts closed. Apollo turned to his sister and she was shocked at how serious he was being.

"Call a council meeting. Dad will probably want to know that you found him and Uncle P will definitely want to know. I'll inform the council when he is stable."

Artemis nodded as Apollo flashed out with the unconscious demigod. She turned to look at Thalia, who had a look of shock on her face.

"Stay her and set up camp, I'll be back as soon as I can." Artemis said.

Thalia looked like she wanted to protest but closed her mouth at the look Artemis gave her. She reluctantly nodded her head but gave her look that said to tell her everything when she gets back. She then turned around and left to go set up camp.

With that out of the way, Artemis closed her eyes and disappeared in a silvery light with one thought on her mind. This is definitely going to be interesting.

And there is chapter 5. Percy has been found and was injured, what will happen next? You'll have to wait and see. I'm so evil (smirks and hides before you can find me). I'm so sorry about not updating, my life… exploded. But I got it done!

I will be updating a bit less now, twice a week maybe, just so I have more time to get this story done. I hope you all don't kill me for this, keep reading guys I love you!

Also, I might be going on holidays soon… so if I don't upload at least once a fortnight, I'm alive… but just relaxing somewhere away from you!

Thanks for reading guys,