Hey guys! Thanks for all the reviews last chapter! Im running late right now; I had to babysit and I'm exhausted from band camp all week. So I'm gonna skip the reviews and give a basic thing. I'll try to speed things up, I'm sorry they're still in Tartarus and you're mad and all that jazz. Also, sorry about the cliffhanger(s). (Jk, not really but I figured I'd say it to sound better.) People weren't overjoyed with it (why not?!) so I'm "apologizing". ;) Anyways, that's about it. I own nothing but please enjoy this chapter! :)

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Percy's POV

He seemed to brace himself. "We have realized that you possess... The Black Heart."

For once, Zoë looked just as confused as I felt, which gave me a slight support to my ego. Still, I had no clue what the powerful beings were talking about.

I looked down at myself then back at them. "I feel fine. I think I look fine too. Especially for a guy that's been stuck in Tartarus for twenty years."

Aether scoffed. "You look like a peasant compared to me."

I opened my mouth to argue before Pontus interrupted me.

"Girls, girls, you're both pretty." He looked at me. "There's only a few ways people will know they possess the black heart, Perseus. Looks is not one of them."

I frowned. "Then how do you know I have it?"

Aether jumped back in. "You know that blue aura that appears around you whenever you get really angry?"

"The one that happens right before things explode, right?"

"Yes, that one." He rolled his eyes, silently asking if there was another.

Pontus picked up on the conversation again. "That's one of the ways people can tell."

Frowning, I asked, "But why blue? It's the black heart, so doesn't that mean the aura should be black?"

"Maybe it's because of your godly blood," Zoë suggested. I appreciated how she refrained from using his name.

Still, I scowled. "I hope not. I want nothing to do with that ass that used to be my father."

Chaos stared at me. "Perseus, calm down."

I glanced down at myself. I was glowing slightly blue. Growling, I asked, "Will I ever be able to think or talk about that douche without blowing something up?!"

Aether put his hands up in surrender. "Calm down, dude, and we can tell you the answer peacefully."

I scowled at them. A fire was burning in my bloodstream. Something was screaming for me to let the fire set me alight. "You know what? I don't feel like calming down!"

Pontus exhaled deeply. "Take deep breaths, Perseus. After realizing you possess the Heart, it will cause your temper to shorten. You have to regain control and calm down," he explained slowly.

I narrowed my eyes at him. "I just said that I didn't feel like calming down." I could see the aura glowing more fiercely around me.

Chaos tried to get through to me. "Perseus, the Heart will react with negative emotions. Hence the "black" part. When you get angry, it reacts. You could accidentally kill someone if you're not careful. Please, calm down."

The voice screaming at me in my head became even louder, drowning out all outside distractions and even my own thoughts. Let it go! Let it go!

Either my subconscious was telling me that I secretly had a thing for Elsa, or it wanted me to let my internal fire set me alight.

The voice quieted enough so that I could hear my surrounds once i came to a decision. The blue aura around me was now so strong that I felt like a glow stick after a kid cracked it and shook it up.

Chaos, Aether, and Pontus were all gesturing like hyper Italians, telling me to calm down and breathe, damnit. I could still here the voice in the background though, a soothing female voice whispering in my ear. Let it go, let it go!

I took a deep breath and murmured, "Can't hold it back anymore..."

That stopped the three primordials for a millisecond. "What?" They asked in unison, a similar expression of confusion on all their faces.

"Did he just recite lyrics from Frozen's Let It Go?" Aether asked incredulously.

Pontus' eyes widened. "Oh no. No." He stared dead at me. "Don't listen to the voice right now!"

Let it go, let it go!

"Turn away and slam the door," I muttered.

The three deities tried to stop me, tried to calm me, tried to stop the fire that was burning through my bones. But it was too late.

"And I don't care! What you're going to say!" I yelled, finishing up my version of Let It Go.

Suddenly, there was a huge explosion behind the three primordials. They whirled around to watch the blue flames crawl higher into the cloudy Tartarus sky. The blue aura surrounding me hardly faded.

"Let the storm rage on!" I continued. There was another explosion, this one behind me. I turned to watch in hysterical madness, chuckling as the monsters that were there screamed in pain and horror. My eyes drank in the sight. The aura still surrounded me.

I turned to my left, ready to explode something (or someone) else, when a pair of onyx eyes stopped me. For a moment, I had trouble remembering who she was, dressed all in black with blue flames illuminating her pale face. She stared me down, never taking her eyes off mine.

Her name hit me like a freight train. Zoë. How could I have forgotten her name? I never took my eyes off hers.

Gently, she started talking to me in a soothing voice. Not the urgent underlying tone that the others used, but one that promised a relaxing peace. Something my life had always lacked. "Perseus, I know the fire is inviting, but its charm will fade. It's playing with your mind, hoping you will give in to the anger and hatred. But you're not going to, are you?"

The way she said it made me want to assure her that I would never do such a thing. Id never give into the anger and hatred. I jerked my head back and forth awkwardly, hoping she knew I was trying to say no.

She smiled softly at me. "Good. Because the Perseus Jackson I know would never do that."

I nodded slowly, agreeing with her statement.

"See? You're overcoming that Heart's powers now. Just keep listening to my voice."

I looked down at myself and sure enough, the blue glow around my body was finally fading. Even the blue flames all around us were dying down ever so slowly.

The yelling of the three primordials had ceased.

Zoë kept smiling up at me, encouraging me to keep taking control. Her eyes never faltered from mine.

"Good job. You're almost done." She paused. "Perseus, the glow is gone! You did it! You took control!"

I grinned at her, no longer feeling that burning hatred lighting up my blood. "You helped me do it. It was a group effort."

To my left, Aether cleared his throat loudly. I rolled my eyes, turning to face him. Quickly, before I had turned around all the way, Zoë reached out and squeezed my hand.

She let go before I could squeeze back.

"So, if you two lovebirds are done, we'd like to explain to you what the Black Heart is exactly," Pontus stated.

"You know, especially after you almost blew us all up," Aether added.

Sorry for the crappy ending guys. I've had a splitting headache all day, and I blacked out at band camp yesterday (Monday) which caused a little hit of a panic attack for me. But once this headache goes away, I should be fine. Knock on wood... (Oh, where's a tree when you need one?)