The first chapter of the Flooding With The Unexpected is up. It's Poseidon's Point Of View to Living With Complications, it can stand alone, you don't necessarily need to read either one first. I'll list the things that are different between the two fics.
LWC = Living With Complications,
FWU =Flooding With The Unexpected.
LWC: Percy is learning how to adapt with his leg and being around his father and his side of the family all year round. He is surprised by his grandfather who he doesn't know or know anything about, and he quickly learns the dark family secret. Percy is oblivious to everything and relies on people to help spell things out for him. The main difference between the two fics is the school. There will be no crossover of what happens during class in LWC in the FWU.
FWU: Poseidon got a call that changed his summer plans. He tries his best to help his youngest son adapt of the life altering change, though he can be a bit clueless. After his father regained contact, Poseidon teams up with his siblings and try to protect his sons from the doom that his father prophesied. He also relies on his two coworkers to help protect and keep him sane throughout the whole deal.
What to expect in FWU: There'll be more character development of; Amphitrite, Triton, Hestia, Hades, Zeus, Delphin, and Nerus. There will be more of the aquarium and more of the rescues. There is more explanation when it come to Kronos and the letters.
For the Wattpad Users: I cross post and update my chapters at the same time on Wattpad and . You might've of notice a while ago I did publish a rough draft for the chapters I already written for FWU, they're now re-edited and unpublished.
Lastly FWU is already written and I'll be publishing a new chapter every week to both sites.
Here's is an excerpt that I taken out for chapter 5 of FWU for a sneak peak:
"Why don't you just bring him here? It's not like we don't need the help." Delphin asked.
"Delphin, did you not just hear a word I said? He's missing a leg! There isn't much he could do until he gets a prosthetic."
"Nonsense Poseidon. Remember Tyson? He got attacked by a shark, he lost his eye and his arm, and he still helps out with the sharks. If Tyson can do it, so can Percy." Nerus piped in.
Poseidon turned to Nerus with a frown, "I thought you didn't like Percy? What changed?"
"Just because I don't like the sprite doesn't mean I don't recognize good help. We need him more than ever no matter how much he annoys me. We've been on nonstop calls for the last seventy-two hours, we desperately need the help." Nerus wiped his brow after a wave splashed the boat.
They're currently are on another rescue call with a whale caught in a fishing net. It was reported the whale has several abrasions due to the net, which is why Delphin our lead veterinarian is here. Nerus also joined to inform Poseidon on several rescues that happened since he was gone.
Nerus had nothing but good words to say about his eldest son's involvement with the rescues. Which Poseidon couldn't help but raise a brow. Nerus is a cranky old man, and to hear him complement both of his sons is beyond wild to him.
Poseidon shrugged him off. He would love to have Percy help out, but he's concerned if he involves him too much it will overstretch his recovery process. Maybe Poseidon can start Percy off with feeding duties, or small cleaning duties? It's something to think about.
"This is the coordinates the fisherman reported. The whale should be around here." Delphin yelled over the roar of the waves.
Poseidon stopped the boat, letting the waves lap the boat slowly. He got out his binoculars to have a better look at the sea.
Nerus pointed slightly to Poseidon's left, "That's the whale."
Delphin aimed the sedation gun at the whale. The top of the whale was sticking slightly out of the water, a perfect target for the dart. Delphin released the dart and it stuck to the whale's blubber. To ensure safety of the rescuers, sedation is necessary. If the whale freaks out once released it could easily crush them.
They waited a good fifteen minutes before entering the water. Poseidon and Nerus are to cut the fishing nets off the whale, while Delphin checks the state of the whale.
"You should've brought Triton along, an extra hand could've gotten the whale free faster." Nerus grumbled.
"Sorry Nerus, Amphitrite banned him from any rescues this week." Poseidon responded not very sorry at all, focusing on the net before him instead.
"Delphin, is there any major injuries?" Poseidon called, finishing sawing through the net with his knife.
"Fortunately only very minor abrasions. I'm putting the tracker on the whale's left side. Hopefully no predators will take advantage of the whale's injuries."
They climbed back onto the boat after finishing the rescue. Poseidon went to collect his phone to see if there were any more rescues called.
"Good news. No one else called in a rescue, I think we're done for now." He reported to Nerus and Delphin.
"Thank the lord!" Nerus collapsed onto the bench as Poseidon started up the boat.
"Remember what we've talked about Poseidon. We need the extra hands, even if Percy can't do much, he can help around in the aquarium." Delphin said as they pulled up on shore.
"No matter how much I disagree with Delphin, he's right about this. We really do need the extra hands around. My daughter spent many hours covering Triton's role around the aquarium while he went on a rescue. Imagine what can be done if we had Percy in the aquarium while Triton is doing rescues? We can do three rescues at once, instead of doing one at a time."
Poseidon nodded at Nerus speech, they're right. The numbers of rescues calls have increased every year due to the manufacturing of plastic. More and more plastic wash up in the ocean daily, requiring more rescues. They're barely keeping up with these calls as it is. If they are able to switch Triton on rescues calls, they would be able to tackle them quicker. They just needed someone to run the aquarium in Triton's steed, and Percy may be that candidate.
"Alright I'll bring Percy along tomorrow." Poseidon tells them jumping into his car.
Poseidon could see Delphin do a silent cheer with his hands in his rear-view mirror. Poseidon couldn't help but roll his eyes at his antics. He turn his keys to start the engine up to head home.
"I'm home" Poseidon called out while opening the front door. Amphitrite was sitting on the couch watching 'The Office'.
She paused the tv and turned to her husband, "You've been gone for three days."
"It wasn't my intention to be gone for that long. The sea has been hectic. How's Percy?" Poseidon asked kicking off his shoes.
She shrugged, "He hasn't been out of his room."
Poseidon shut my eyes, "He hasn't been out of his room for three days?"
"Not that I've seen." She said pressing the resume button on the remote.
Great.
Poseidon climbed up the stairs to check on Percy. It isn't good that he's been in his room for three days straight. He opened his door without knocking.
"Hey Percy, How are you doing? Sorry I didn't expect to have that many calls, wounded animals are washing up left and right."
Percy is laying on his bed, "That's okay, really it's fine. I'm doing well, just thinking about tomorrow."
Tomorrow. School starts tomorrow. Poseidon totally forgot about that. Hopefully Triton explained the ride situation to him.
"Yeah school starts tomorrow. Forgot about that. Did Triton tell you about the ride situation for school?"
Percy sighed and with an exasperated tone said, "Yeah. I'm going with him before dawn."
Poseidon couldn't help but chuckle at the distain his voice held, "He likes to practice in the mornings. I don't know where he inherited that trait. I despise mornings. How long have you been laying in bed for?"
"Not long, I just ate dinner." He replied looking anywhere but his face.
Poseidon knew he was lying, but let it slip past, "That's good, I was worried that you be in bed all day for the past three days."
Percy still didn't make eye contact with him. Poseidon sighed before wishing him a goodnight, "Goodnight Percy, see you in the morning."
"Goodnight dad".
Poseidon closed his door, before checking up on Triton. He open his door and like Percy he was sprawled out on the bed, "Hey Triton!" He greeted.
Triton turned off his music, "Yes?"
Poseidon rolled his eyes, "I just got done with three days of rescue missions. Anyways, Nerus had nothing but good things to say about you when I was gone."
Triton just hummed in response.
Restraining another eye roll Poseidon asked , "Do you know how big of a complement that is coming from Nerus? That man always bitches and whines all day never having something positive to say, and yet gives you a complement."
Triton just shrugged and turns his music back on. This time Poseidon couldn't help but roll his eyes; Teenagers.