Percy didn't know how to react once the flashback dissolved into the shadows of the dreamscape.
But seeing his family last moments made that deep hole in his heart ten feet deeper.
It explained why he didn't even thought of them when he pulled the trigger. Many would say that it was because he was selfish, not even taking into consideration how they would react.
Yet something inside of him stirred. Even though his mind erased that memory deep inside he knew that they had died.
Perhaps that was the reason he pulled that trigger. He had no one, everyone abandoned him.
But look where that gun placed him. It got him into some freaking nightmare with a bloody trial.
Maybe….this whole thing was a nightmare. Maybe the camp didn't betray him…
So why did it seem like it have been days.
It must be. This was all a nightmare.
"I don't mean to bring down your hope. But this.." Perseus gestured to his mind."... is real. Face it, everyone abandoned you for Mark. Your family is dead and you are too weak to cope with it, or anything."
"This is all a nightmare! I am going to wake up and I will be back at came with my friends and family with me!"
"Is that all you can get into that little head of yours? That every bad thing that happened to you was a freaking nightmare?" Perseus snarled. "What about Alex and Nathan? What about Lilly?"
Percy only replied with silence.
"Have you ever wondered why deep inside you hated that name Perseus?" He said in a venomous voice. "It is because that is me. You are afraid to be me."
Percy looked up into those raging eyes. They looked like blood mixed the waves of the ocean crashing onto the shore.
"You are not willing to submit to me because I am everything you despise, I am your freaking counterpart. Your lesser being." He spat as he gestured to the dark surround around them. "I literally live in your shadows!"
Percy was surprised at the sudden change in attitude. The raging figure in front of him was arrogant and annoying and next thing he realized he was filled with resentment and hate.
"But don't worry. With every second you are going to deteriorate and I will take over when that happens. Have a good time in your nightmare." Perseus smirked with air quotes.
"I am going to prove you wrong!" Percy snarled back before lunging at his other self.
"Well you are going to have a hell of a time." Perseus grin as a blinding light engulfed his figure. "I guess that is my que to go. I hope you like to kill, because you are going to need it."
And just like that Percy was pulled out of the realm of Morpheus.