Chapter 8: Reunion

Uhh, hi? *hides behind chair* I am so sorry! I honestly feel like putting a pole up to see how many of you would kill me. I just don't know how to do that. :3 But I do have excuses. HW is coming in shitloads, and I had a big-ass fight with my boyfriend. (We broke up. He's a douche bag.) AND! I met this really uber cool group of people, and guess what? Two of the guys are gay! SQEE! But. Anyways, I lied, this isn't after Angel Experiment. Because the Flock's lives got pretty fucked up after that, and I REALLY don't want to go into that. But the main reason I put this on hold for a bit is because I had writers block. I was planning on making this a long story with like, 20 chapters, but I got writers block and that didn't happen. So. But anyways, I'm back.

Well, I was back. But I accidentally the settings on my iPad, so I couldn't log in. But now I'm back. Yay. Anyways, reviews. AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I AM, SORRY TO ANYONE I PISSED OFF OR OFFENDED. Ish.

Ada, sweetheart, the whole damn world doesn't revolve around you. No it's my 9 year old friend. You know who.

Insecurity-s-Sanity : Oh. Tay.

XxXLucyloverXxX : Muchas gracias. Jeez, favorite band? God, I listen to so many different ones... I guess Green Day and Skrillx. Depends on the day and my mood.

Extended-Experience : Oh you just wait, the bitch will get what she deserves.

silver-eyedLadyofDarkness : I shall.

Lex : What the absolute fuck. How do you like HW?

Demi-titan666 : I shall. percyjacksonfan329m : Apologies that I can't cater to you 24-fucking-7. I'll get the next chapter in as soon as I can.

livelovellamas : I shall.

Goodorevilangel-yourchoice : Gracias.

Zane-Frost : I am not aware of what you refer to.

shiipitlikeFedEx : I love your name. XD But yeah. Mercy.

jayfeather10 : ^.^ I do try. Dragonninja-fan : I know! I love it!

zemyrocks : I shall.

moonshroom420 : in order of comments, Thanks, Your Welcome, Yep, YAY, Yep Mercy, YAY, I shall update.

Max P.O.V.

It took us several days to get to New York, and by the time we actually got to Manhattan, it was past midnight. We were heading towards Percy's apartment to see his mother. That was a fun conversation.

("But Maaax, what if she doesn't wanna see me?"

"She's your mother you idiot."

"But what if she get's so mad she murders me?"

"..."

"Max? Max, are you okay? Why is your face red? What's wrong-"

"OH MY FUCKING GOD PERCY SHE IS YOUR MOTHER YOU ARE GOING TO TELL HER YOU ARE NOT FUCKING DEAD BE HAPPY YOU HAVE A MOTHER!")

He had apologized a couple minutes after. But now we were going to see Percy's mom and stepdad. At first we wondered how we would get into the apartment, because Percy didn't want to wake his mom up in the middle of the night. And when we stopped for water, Percy sheepishly explained that he had a key in his shoe, and had just forgot about it. I swore I was about to commit murder. I was jerked out of my thoughts when Percy linked our fingers together. He smiled softly at me and all my anger drained away. I smiled back and thought about how lucky I was to have him.

When we were about ten minutes into the city, Percy pointed to an apartment building and we landed on the balcony. He reached down into his shoe and pulled out his key. He inserted it into the balcony doors. He quietly swung the door open and when I was through, closed and locked it.

"Why do I feel like we're breaking and entering?" I asked quietly. Percy snorted with laughter.

"Well, we would be, if it wasn't my house." He said, probably louder than he should have been.

Sally P.O.V.

She clung to Paul, her sobs echoing quietly in the kitchen. She missed him. She missed him so much. She hadn't seen her son in 5 months. That night, after Percy had left, Sally had asked Chiron if he had gone to camp. Chiron said no and both the mortal and the centaur began to get frantic. They had the majority of the greek world looking for him. The gods swore on the River Styx that none of them had taken Percy. Paul stroked her hair and eventually her sobs turned to sniffles, then silence befell the apartment. Sally didn't let go of Paul, fearing he would disappear like Percy did.

That is, until they heard the murmuring of voices. Sally jumped up to grab a frying pan, tears forgotten, knowing her son's scent still lingered in the apartment.

"Why couldn't we wait till morning?" A voice grumbled. A voice that both Sally and Paul recognized. Sally looked to Paul with hope in her eyes, wondering if it really was Percy after all these weeks, months, waiting.

"Because you idiot, she's your mother! Are you really going to leave her wondering if you're dead or not?" This voice was female and slightly quieter than what Sally hoped was her son's voice.

"Fine... But what do we do if they're asleep?" The voices became louder as the teenagers drew closer.

"Wake them up! They're your parents. They deserve to know you're alive!"

"But I won't be alive once my mom finishes with me."

"I am so close to punching you."

Sally took a tentative step towards the door.

"Percy?" Her voice came out as hoarse and strained but filled the room. They heard someone draw in a breath. Then Percy's, her son's, head popped into the kitchen.

"Oh my god." Faintly, Sally heard Paul's voice somewhere behind her, but all she could focus on was the fact that Percy was here. And alive.

"Hi mom." And then Percy had his arms out and Sally was running into them, sobbing onto his shoulder be cause he was alive. Percy was rubbing her back and whispering things like, its okay, I won't leave again, and I'm alive.

Percy P.O.V.

I felt someone lay a hand on my shoulder and saw that it was connected to Paul. He had unshed tears in his eyes but he smiled softly at me. I looked back at Max and jerked my head in a Come over here sort of way. Her head tilted in question. You sure? I gave a slight nod. My mom had stopped crying - which made me happy, because I absolutely hated it when she cried - and she looked at me.

"What happened to you?" I hesitated, not quite sure I wanted to tell her, but I knew I had to.

"Ahh, we'll, get to that. But first, I want to introduce you to some one. This is Max." I stopped and cleared my throat.

"She's my girlfriend." Max stepped forward and gave a little wave. Looking extremely shy, a way in which I hadn't seen her before. My mom looked her up and down and smiled, first at her, then at me. Then she gracefully walked over to the couch and sat down, Paul beside her.

"I have a feeling it's a long story. Sit down and tell me what happened." I sat down on the love seat across from the couch, pulling Max beside me. She interlocked our fingerers and I smiled softly. Then I told the story. And I realized, that, dam, (Hahasdfghjkl.) I had one interesting story. My mom looked unsure as I finished, like she had a question that she didn't want to ask, for fear of upsetting, me.

"Percy, you said they experimented on you... Exactly what experiments did they do on you?" I paled a bit, but Max squeezed my hand, and I relaxed. I silently asked Max if she would be willing to show hers too, and her eyes said yes.

"Ok, I'll show you. Just... Don't freak out." I shrugged off the hoodie I had on, Max doing the same and stretched out my wings. Not enough to break anything, just to make my wings visible.

There was a thump as Paul fell sideways on the couch.

So yeah! Do ya like how they found out? Do ya hate it? Well, just to give you a heads up, they'll be going to CHB in the next chapy. Yay! So there are two options. 1. Percy interrupts his own funeral, again, and then the campers crowd around Mercy, causing them to get claustrophobic, and Percy reveals his wings like that. Or, 2. Where Percy still interrupts his own funeral, but someone, vote on who, - I was hoping Rachel- socks him in the face. And he jokingly reveals his wings that way. So basically, do you want it to be a funny chapter or a serious chapter? Well, bye guys!