02: Remembrance and Old Habits
Disclaimer: I do not own PJATO
Warning: implied relationships, kissing, implied sex
I listened to: Sail by AWOLNATION, Demons by Imagine Dragons, and Coffin by Black Veil Brides.
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Ethan rolled his eye, and through his hands on his hips, this was the hundredth time they were talking about Percy Jackson that week,
"Oh gods please Luke!" Luke frowned,
"Ethan, I really care about him-"
"and he knows I'm unfaithful and it kills him inside!" Ethan snorted, and grabbed Luke's collar, "I like you better as Kronos," he smirked. Luke tried to fight the feeling but he knew Kronos was winning…again, I'll take over thank you, Kronos' voice hissed. Luke's arms wrapped around Ethan and he lost control.
"Good," Kronos hissed, and Ethan smiled,
"Welcome back my lord," Ethan slide his hands around Kronos' neck, sorry Percy…this body's mine, Ethan smiled. Kronos kissed the top of his head,
"It's been a little too long," Kronos slid his hands down Ethan's back and stopped just above his ass,
"Way too long."
Luke sat straight up; Percy recovered from being flung at the wall from his previous position on top of Luke,
"What's wrong?" Luke ran his hand through his hair,
"No-nothing." Percy shook his head,
"No, none of that. Talk to me….or else you can't stay here." Luke starred at the blanket,
"Just a flashback…" Percy nodded towards him,
"Go on,"
"It was about Ethan…I was telling him something about wanting to see you…or not kill you or something…" Percy smiled, "he…he said he liked me better as Kronos or something and then…Kronos sort of took over." Percy's eyes burst open,
"ETHAN AND KRONOS?!" Luke frowned at him,
"That's the only thing you take out of this?" Percy smiled,
"Sorry, go on," Luke turned his attention back to the blanket,
"It was so odd…I mean it wasn't from my perspective…it was from Ethan's…" Percy shrugged,
"I know as much as you,"
"Do you think he's alive?" Luke stared intently at Percy. Percy swallowed hard and shook his head,
"Sorry…but you dropped him from the top of the Empire State Building…there's no way-"Percy froze as Luke stood up, running another hand through his hair,
"It makes no sense!" Percy stood and tried to hold his hand but Luke jolted, "why am I alive!?" Percy felt tears fill his eyes,
"We promised not to talk about this-"
"I know but…why isn't he alive? He's a hero too-"
"Luke he was on Kronos' side 'till the very end-"
"He tried to kill me." Percy starred at his feet, "He knew where my weak spot was Percy….he was going to do it..." Percy nodded,
"I know, but…Luke he didn't…we shouldn't question the Gods they have their reasons." Percy grabbed his hand, "All we need to worry about is this…don't worry about anything else." Percy tried to smile at Luke, "Please… let's just figure this out…please…" Luke nodded slowly and Percy pulled him into a tight hug. Luke leaned his head on Percy's shoulder, "I love you," Luke nodded against Percy's shoulder.
They stayed like this for about five minutes until there was a knock on the door,
"Perseus," Chiron's voice rang out against the silence in the room. Luke picked his head up and Percy kissed his lips lightly,
"Coming," he whispered, mainly to Luke. Percy opened the door and Luke sat down on Percy's bed,
"Come on in Chiron," Percy smiled and led the activities director into the cabin.
"Good morning boy," he smiled at Luke, Luke nodded towards him, having a good start of the day I hope." Luke bit his lip and Chiron patted his back, "It'll get better, I promise." Chiron turned to face Percy and frowned, "Help him," he mouthed. Percy nodded,
"Of course," he mouthed back. Chiron smiled,
"I came here to tell you both that the camp has assembled at the Pavilion, after a long discussion and a harsh list of rules for the meal, I'm here to ask you two to come down to breakfast." Percy froze; he knew this was going to happen, but having Luke face the camp was not going to be the "start of a good day."
The walk down to the dinning pavilion was like a scene out of a movie, a fog seemed to roll out of nowhere and a strong wind blasted through camp, thanks dad, Percy rolled his eyes. Luke was so sickly pale Percy thought he might pass out,
"It's ok…it's camp…where you belong," Percy seemed to be reassuring himself more than Luke, who kept his eyes trained at Chiron's back. The camp was eerily silent, as they approached the pavilion they saw the tables, as full as they always were during the summer, but there was something disturbing about them. All of their faces were dead serious and absolutely silent,
"You'll be sitting with the Hermes' table," Chiron whispered as they made their way closer,
"What?" Percy whispered, but Luke nodded,
"He is my father," Percy bit his lip and suddenly felt much worse, Luke would be facing this alone.
A small amount of whispering broke out over the tables the second Luke placed his foot on the pavilion,
"I can't believe this,"
"Dead!"
"Traitor!"
"Where is he gonna sit?!"Percy tried to smile back at Anabeth and Nico but he felt like his face weighed a million pounds. He walked quickly to the Poseidon table and sat down, staring intently at Luke who seemed frozen next to Chiron. Chiron turned his head to look at the boy and quickly noticed he was not going to move anytime soon, Chiron tapped his shoulder lightly,
"Go ahead boy," Luke didn't move so Chiron gave him a more powerful push, Luke turned to face him and Chiron nodded encouraging, "go on." Luke swallowed hard and began walking. Luke kept his gaze just above everyone else's faces. He made the familiar walk to the Hermes table and saw Travis and Conner flinch slightly. Luke went to take a seat but no one moved to make room for him. Luke locked eyes with Travis who scowled back in return and nodded towards the way end of the table. Luke quickly spun around and walked to the seat. The half-blood who was forced to sit next to him slid as close as he could to the girl next to him, but neither said a word.
"Eat," Dionysus spoke slowly; he too looked bothered by the situation. The plates where passed out by nymphs who "accidently forgot to give Luke food" about eight times. Percy felt his anger bubble up inside him as the members of the Ares cabin shoved Luke through the offering line. Percy watched in horror as Luke offered his food, all of it, to Hermes and whipped a tear from his eye.
"You ok?" Katie Gardener smiled weakly at Percy; he nodded weakly and slid his breakfast into the fire,
"Poseidon," he whispered weakly.
The rest of the month continued in a similar pattern: awkward if not angry glances, complete isolation, and the occasional fight. To put it simply Percy was getting tired of watching Chiron run to wherever Luke was to break up an argument or physical altercation. What was worse, Chiron made Luke spend week days in the Hermes cabin. The only good parts were when Luke was allowed to stay in the Poseidon cabin with Percy.
Everything seemed fine, until Tuesday, September 18. Percy had been staying out of school to watch over Luke, however, the fights seemed to happen less and less often so he and Chiron had decided it would be a good time to return to school. Percy, thus far, was having a decent day for a child with ADHD and dyslexia. Paul Blofis, his step dad, even set him back up in the school he taught at! Percy was currently jotting down some vocabulary words for English class when the loudspeaker yelled his name,
"Percy Jackson to the main office, Percy Jackson main office." Everyone in the class gave him the respected,
"OHHH YOU'RE IN TROUBLE!" As he strolled out of the classroom and down the stairs to the main office. He opened the door slowly and saw his mom sitting, whipping tears from her eyes,
"Oh Percy," she sighed. Percy's eyes immediately widened and he ran over to her,
"What's wrong?"
"It's that Luke boy, Anabeth…she called…she sounded so afraid…" Percy gulped,
"Wha-what?"
"We have to go…to the hospital now," Sally said to the secretary, who gave her a mournful look,
"I'm so sorry," she whispered.
"HOSPTIAL? MOM! WHAT'S HAPPENING!" Percy felt his heartbeat accelerate, but his mom just pulled his wrist out of the school and into the Prius waiting outside.
"MOM PLEASE! What is happening?" he screamed, Sally started the car and turned to him,
"Don't worry we are going to camp not the hospital." Percy felt like someone hit him in the face with a dictionary, "What? I needed some excuse to get you out of school."
"So…you used Luke…and a hospital…and thought that would be ok? You do realize he's like my best friend right?" Sally nodded,
"It needed to be believable." Percy rolled his eyes and groaned into his hands, a thought burst through his mind,
"You said we are going to camp?" Sally nodded as she speed out of the city,
"Yes…the Luke part wasn't a complete lie." Percy's heart raced again, "There is…something wrong with him. Chiron didn't say what…but he sounded so nervous. He gave the phone to Anabeth and she was a mess, she kept screaming, 'Mr. D you can't, wait for Percy to come!" Percy froze, what could Luke be doing that was this…horrible.
To put it simply, Percy was so distracted by the herds of Half-Bloods surrounding the bathrooms that he was oblivious to Chiron's arrival and the fact that his mom was granted access to the camp and was racing towards the bathrooms with them.
"MOVE!" Percy heard Chiron yell next to him, it didn't affect him, he just kept sprinting, running into any half-blood in the way.
"PERCY!" Anabeth screamed trying to wrap him into a quick hug,
"Where?" Percy growled, she quickly backed up and pointed to the boy's showers. Percy arched his eyebrow but ran in. Luke was currently beating some Ares boys to a pulp while Mr. D attempted to wrap him um in grape vines.
"MOVE!" Percy yelled almost knocking into Mr. D, "Luke stop!" Luke stared at Percy and grinned,
"Perseus," That voice…Percy felt his heart stop as he saw Luke's eyes glow with the all too familiar gold that previously belong to Kronos. Percy acted…well stupidly and impulsively. He threw his boy and Luke and slammed his fist into Luke's face. The Ares boys quickly got the hint and tried their best to stand and run out of the showers,
"P-Percy…he-he's back…I-I- help!"
"Luke stay with me!" Luke made an extremely strained expression and his eyes slowly lost the golden glow. "Luke?" Luke began breathing heavily, but he raised his head and smiled at Percy, the golden tint gone.
"Perseus, move away from the boy." Percy turned slowly to see a sight that, in any other circumstance, would have made him wreck his clothing. The Big Three stood glaring at him. Zeus held his master bolt threateningly.
"Wha-what are you going to do?" Percy was still holding Luke against the tile wall.
"Just step aside son, please." Percy felt every muscle in his body agree to his father…except his heart. He reluctantly shook his head,
"You're going to hurt him….please….don't hurt him!" Zeus frowned and turned to Hades who laughed,
"Poseidon your children always live up to your stupidity don't they?" Hades scowled, "We aren't going to hurt him…too bad-"Luke's eyes widened and he gripped Percy's shirt tightly.
"Son…there is a piece of Kronos still stuck in him…we just have to remove it."
"Will it hurt him?" Percy stared intently at his father,
"Yes…unfortunately it will-"
"Then no!"
"Yes!" Luke yelled, "Do it…please!" Percy shook his head,
"Luke-"
"I'll be fine…I swear on the River Styx." Thunder rolled over the skies and Hades smirked,
"Let's hope you're right Son of Hermes," he laughed.
"Perseus…I'm only going to say this once more…MOVE!" Zeus growled. Percy turned to Luke who nodded encouragingly and he slowly walked over to stand next to his mother who had burst through the crowd.
"Mom…how are you here?" Sally rolled her eyes and wrapped her arms around Percy as Zeus walked over to Luke who was trying to stand,
"Good luck Luke Castellan, you'll need it." Zeus smiled and he slapped Luke's forehead. Immediately Luke fell to the ground unconscious.
"That's it?" Percy whispered, Poseidon nodded,
"Pretty stupid looking huh?" Percy nodded and then ran over to Luke,
"He is alive Perseus…Chiron transport him to a hospital wing immediately and meet at Olympus in five minutes, you too Dionysus." Percy ignored his father's goodbye and pushed a piece of hair out of Luke's eyes,
"You better be ok you selfless bastard."
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