Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoy this chapter =) Warning: Story contains, boyxboy, scenes of violence, character death, mentions of past abuse and the ratings may be turned up at a later time.

Carter frowned to himself as he was passing down the corridor with his sister and a couple of his friends, heading towards the cafeteria. The sun was risen high in the sky which was a pristine and clear perfect turquoise. The storm from the previous week had been absolutely and completely forgotten. Almost as though it had never actually even happened to begin with.

Yeah, a week. A whole week already since that assassin and hell hound had come up and attacked him. A week since one of Sadie's rogue hieroglyphs which they thought the Hell hound had crushed, went off in the corridor, sectioning off a part of the building... till it had 'mysteriously' been fixed. Almost... one might say, magically been fixed. But then again, those were the perks with being a magician.

Carter looked over to the dark haired boy with deep sea green eyes. He wore a skinny Italian black shirt with a low neckline, deep blue, sapphire leather jacket which wrapped kindly around his tight and perfectly strong frame. His hair was deeply ink black though strangely a highlight of grey streaked through one of his forward spikes. His skin was softly sun kissed and ever so lightly bronzed. He was good looking, Carter guessed. But then again, his name was Percy Jackson. Apparently, one of the best heroes around...

If he really was the kid of a Greek god... it was no surprise.

But then he had known that from the moment the boy had hit him in the face with swamp water and almost been beaten up by the boy.

"It certainly is strange." The blonde girl next to Sadie mused. "I mean, I was really surprised to get a message off you Sadie." She said, adjusting her ponytail and turning those unnerving cold grey eyes onto Carter and his sister.

That was Sadie's new 'BFF', Annabeth, the girl had eyes which were like the sky on a stormy and cold winter day. The calm before a storm, Carter liked to muse a lot. But her eyes were just a bad reminder right now. Sure Annabeth was kind, fiercely loyal and Carter knew that above all else, the last thing he wanted to do was get into a fight with her. But the way that she looked at him, as though he was threat which she was analysing how to obliterate, just unnerved him a bit too much for his liking.

She was dressed in a soft cotton white blouse and skinny fit jeans like Percy. Her ears were adorned with owl earrings, but most strange of all out of her appearance was in her back pocket she kept a cap which Sadie had told him, had the ability to make her invisible, (something Sadie had apparently seen her use when they had fought off against Serapis). But in the front of her belt, she kept her knife which glistened in the sparkling light. The bronze of the weapon looked perfectly able to slice a hell hound into pieces. But even as the four of them walked down the corridor, no one even batted an eye at her having it. Either they didn't see it, they didn't care or they might have thought it was a really good prop from the Drama department.

Sadie just smiled out the corner of her mouth as she watched the way Carter's eyes lingered on Percy slightly. Clearing her throat she watched him snap his attention forward. "We wouldn't bother you but... After our recent adventures." Sadie said quietly, careful not to mention the name of their most recent nightmare. "But the fact is, we just thought it was strange that a Hell Hound would be working with a Magician from another Nome. We have had a lot of them under tracks for the last couple of years. We had honestly thought that it was getting better, until the incident." She shook out her hair, running her fingers through her highlights subconsciously as her mind trailed back to the attack from the previous week.

The idea of magicians using monsters? That was strange. Demons maybe, that would be expected. But monsters? Something was off there.

Annabeth nodded slowly as though taking this into consideration. "And you said that you found something that came of concern for you-"
"Let's not jump to any conclusions about that just yet." Carter stated, quickly wanting to dismiss the subject completely as he thought about the knife that the magician had used. "It could have meant anything, but I'd rather not be sure or worry you about that till we're a hundred percent sure what we are dealing with right here." He turned his gaze away from the other three.
"You're right." Annabeth nodded. "Let's go over the facts, someone came to your academy, attacked you and tried to kill you. They almost succeeded in doing so, they had the aid of a what you might think be a hell hound, are still out there." She paused, her eyes boring into Carter without her even knowing. "And you want to be keeping stuff to yourself?"

Sadie smirked to herself slightly, watching how the girl put Carter in her place, she loved watching this part.

Percy however sighed slightly, shaking his head before looking back in front of them. "How are you even sure it was a hell hound-"
"Because any weapon we used just made it bleed dust. The thing kept reconstructing itself every time it just took a hit. Even Sadie's-" He paused before he could say the spell, with his emotions like this, he might even accidentally use it. "Even Sadie's strongest spell was crushed under it's giant paw. The paw which was attached to it's rhino size body, the body of which looked like a giant black dog with molten glowing eyes."
"Carter." Sadie warned. "Remember your manners." She like Carter was dressed in black skinny jeans. She was wearing her combat boots, with a jacket and shirt on, he was wearing a hoodie over his white shirt. His frown painted the edge of his mouth as he paced himself slightly in front of the others. "Forgive him. Since the attack, he hasn't seen his boyfriend." Sadie smiled.
"SADIE!" He turned, glowing bright red with an horrified blush.

Percy grinned at her slightly, Annabeth had to suppress an amused smile at Carter's scandalised looking face. "Hey, it's okay you know. Homosexuality was so common in ancient Greek, that there wasn't even a term to describe it because it was so expected." She shrugged. "I mean, half of the gods are even-"
"Well I'm not!" Carter yelped like a small chihuahua, blushing bright red, not really helping his case as he pouted ever so slightly.

However his hand crept down to the knife in his over the shoulder bag. He stared at the horrifying black handle holding the one symbol that he wished to all of the gods of Ma'at that he would never have to see ever again, for as long as he would be alive.

He blinked his eyes away from it, and let his mind roll back to a almost porcupine like Sirena who had been hit with the god's know how many of these things. He had looked like on the verge of death after throwing himself in front of Carter and taking the onslaught of the weapons. Then he stopped the stampede of the Hell Hound in it's tracks!

That boy... the boy who had managed to come into contact with fate and had been the one to find the Djed amulet... after thinking that it had been a valentines gift from Carter!

That boy... that beautiful mystery wrapped boy. Who was he?

"So who is this other kid?" Annabeth said quietly, drawing Carter's sharp look out of his thoughts of the boy's soft skin and startling beautiful eyes. Not thinking of the cute colour of his warm lips, not thinking of those silky nests of spikes which had been on that smooth face. Not thinking about that lean body which had felt so good pressed up against his- "Earth to Carter?"
"Huh?" He blinked a couple of times. Looking between the expectant looks of his sister and Annabeth. "What?"
"I said, who is this other boy. What was so special about him-"
"He stopped the hell hound in it's tracks." Carter said as they came to a flight of stairs.
"oh don't tell me we're on about that freak again!"

All watched as Kyle walked over to them.

The boy had both hands behind his head, ruffling his glistening locks of hair.

The salve had worked perfectly over his skin. The various wounds and cuts had turned to small annoying scars which were still healing over but it was still better than having to deal with the longer terms wounds. His amber eyes glared over and he arched an eyebrow at Annabeth and Percy. "Oh so you brought Kelp Brains and Jar head in on this." He shrugged looking ahead with a bored expression, though a hint of an annoyed glare would flash over at Carter every now and then.
"Excuse my little Kitten." Sadie said sternly. "He hasn't been trained properly yet!" She swatted the back of his head.
"Still a bitch huh?" Percy laughed.
"Apparently getting made into a pin cushion didn't help his attitude any." Carter smirked.

The blond boy gave the three a glare and adjusted his purple silk, sleeveless shirt. The exposed skin on his shoulders and biceps showed the angry marks of where he had been stabbed, but their eyes were drew to his beautiful form. He had one part of his purple silk shirt tucked in. The collar was perfect and buttoned up to the top where a black bow-tie was placed precisely. The boy wore sleek black shoes beneath his skinny leather jeans. His braces fell in massive loops next to his skinny legs making the last of his outfit look complete as he looked like a picture of beauty and lust. "No, but it just gave me a new respect to find whatever bastard did this, and make him pay slowly and painfully."
"Claws away dear. You will have your chance." Sadie and Annabeth laughed but the boy just went 'humph' and walked along with them.
"Oh, you wouldn't be saying that if I was that little brat who stopped the hell hound."

Both demigods came to a skidding stop in their tracks, their faces frozen. "You was serious?" Annabeth stated, staring at Sadie as though the girl had dropped from the sky, singing a musical or something.
"Why would we kid about something like that." Kyle snapped grumpily. His amber eyes scorched into the ceiling above them. "The brat hasn't been seen once around school since a week ago... that or he's very good at hiding and covering his tracks." He said begrudgingly, with the barest hint of respect. "But the point is, the brat managed to stop a full grown hell hound, in mid, irate rage, from stomping over us." Once more there was that bitter and angry look of jealousy which shined from Kyle's eyes as he thought about how the kid had taken his opportunity to protect the most important person in the world to him.
"That's not possible." Annabeth shook her head.
"You're the kid of a Greek god, we're magicians, and you're debating the prospects of reality?" Kyle stated, then smirked as he watched the way the girl seemed to pause, as though he had sealed her mouth shut.
"You are so annoying! When you talk, it's like being hit by a steam train!" She growled quietly.
"He learnt from the best." Carter said quietly.
"HEY!" Kyle and Sadie snapped, glaring over at him and Annabeth.

Both muttered quietly to themselves for a moment. "How... How did he stop it?" Annabeth finally asked after a moment's of silence.

His memory rolled back to that morning. "It was strange."

He remembered the way that the boy had simply just held his hand out and called out to the hell hound. The monster then had skidded to a complete stop. With every ticking moment had stared at that brat as though the boy was the most important thing in it's life. Staring with longing at him, not with a hunger but with something else... Now that Kyle thought about it... almost like the monster was in L-

"Hang on." He frowned slightly as all five of them came around a corner. "What was that boy's name again?" His frown deepened with his thoughts as he tried to envision the boy again. Something about that brat... something about him... seemed very much so familiar. Sam? Sebastian-"
"Sirena." Carter said stunned and froze in place.
"Could of sworn it was 'fucking damsel', but-"
"SIRENA!"

Carter stared ahead of them as he caught sight of the dark haired boy. Those kaleidoscope eyes locked onto him for a moment and time seemed to freeze.

Carter stared at the large plastered down various bandages across the boy. He wore a simple shirt, and jeans, his amulet glinting in the light as he seemed to back up slightly. "Sirena. It's okay." He raised his hands slightly, watching how the boy looked like a deer caught in the oncoming path and headlights of a speeding car. They glistened with remembrance of that horrifying memory. Carter could see he was losing the opportunity as quick as it seemed to have presented itself. "I just want to talk to you-"

Sirena simply turned quickly and sprinted away the corridor.

"D-damn it!" He quickly sprinted after the boy, taking a sharp turn with the others on his heel.
"Carter?!" Sadie called out, staring after him as she tried to keep up. "I know you may like the boy but don't you think this will come across the wrong way!" She shouted with annoyance as her brother was picking up speed. "Carter! Just leave him! He obviously doesn't-"
"HE HAS A DJED AMULET!" Carter screamed back.

Sadie barely managed a squeaky; "WHAT?!" Before she fell and went rolling forward, causing the others behind her to come crashing down with her.

All groaned as Sadie clawed herself forward, glaring out through her hair after her brother.

Annabeth on top of her tried to sit up and held her own head as she rubbed it. "Man Sadie you have a hard head." She groaned.
"So I've been told." Nodded the blond, hissing the words between her teeth in a deep anger.
"What the hell was Carter on about?" Kyle murmured, sitting up slowly, blinking his daze out of his eyes, before seeing Percy had landed on top of him, but in his state, not realising that.
"He has a Djed amulet." Sadie hissed again as though she couldn't believe the words herself.
"WHAT?!" Kyle shouted, his eyes instantly coming into focus with an irate anger.

But then they shrank back in fear as he finally noticed the demigod lay on top of him, who was just coming back around to his senses.

H-He's laid- He's- He's on top of me. Kyle's heart race picked up with his breathing.

As Percy tried to give a reassuring smile after coming around to his senses, he was confused to see the mass fear in Kyle's eyes.

However he only reacted to late as Kyle screamed and kicked the boy in a frenzy, hitting him and punching him as much as he could.

One kick managed to make it's way between Percy's legs before Kyle threw himself to his feet and ran off as fast as he could.

Annabeth stared with wide eyes and Sadie face palmed, glaring at the ground as Percy groaned and collapsed forward. "What in Hades was that all about?!" She exclaimed, patting Percy on the back as she checked Sadie over, making sure she hadn't hit her head too hard on the floor. "And what the hell is a Djed amulet?" She wondered.
"It's an amulet. A special one." Sadie explained, holding the spot where her head seemed to throb. "It means." She looked in the direction her brother had sprinted off in. "That boy has got the blood of the Pharaohs..." She turned her gaze to Annabeth. "He's a magician and I know one thing... if those assassins, don't kill my brother first... Then I will." Her eyes narrowed. Once again, Carter keeping information from me? Idiot!

-Break-

That's right. This isn't going to look creepy at all is it you idiot? He thought to himself. I'm running after a boy who I've barely known, who I've talked to once, and saved my life from an assassin and monster. He rounded a corner and saw Sirena had stopped to catch his breath. At the first glance of Carter the boy started sprinting again but just wasn't fast enough, or probably just not as healed as Carter and Kyle were.

As he neared the boy, he reached out and grabbed Sirena's arm. Only realising how stupid that idea was the moment Sirena screamed out and doubled forward, his legs going weak. "Oh shit sorry!" Carter began to call out but found himself flying backwards as something strong hit his chest and in a blur of black, sharp white fangs were barred at his throat.

Now. Saying that he would have shouted out, would be wrong...
("Saying that he didn't would be even more so.")
("Sadie this isn't your part!")

Okay so he might have screamed slightly.

But with the large black object on his chest, about the size of a full grown Doberman with it's teeth at his throat and molten eyes glowering down into his. How was he supposed to react? He wasn't going to cheer and clap about it was he?!

The hound snarled with an open mouth, pulling back to rip out Carter's throat before suddenly both just heard: "W-Wait! STOP!" Sirena called out.

The boy's face was clouded with pain but he held out his good arm and Carter managed to finally see the boy in a fresh light.

Sirena's face was still it's warm bronze colour but it was paler, exhaustion was painted across it though the boy seemed to be trying as hard as he could to hide it. Those multicoloured eyes were full of such a longing and such emotion that Carter found himself freezing in place, unable to move a single muscle but just carry on staring back at the boy.

Sirena was dressed in a black shirt with sparkling silver glitter that spelt out; Fame Monster. Carter was pretty sure that he had seen Kyle with a shirt like that before. The boy's jeans were scarlet red and he had on some nice trainers. His wrists were covered with a length of bandage and his left arm was in a sleeve... the arm that Carter had grabbed. Nice one. He scolded himself.

Sirena crouched slightly on his knees and that's when Carter realised just how much the boy seemed to be struggling.

Various patches under his shirt were wet and spreading. The scent filling the air, a thick metallic scent... the smell of blood. The white patches across his face looked none to the better where he must have tried to plaster the slices from where the other daggers must have hit him.

Of course he didn't have the magical healers like Jas, who could have really helped him heal. He had run off faster than the salve could have really done it's work, and with all honesty. Sadie was not the best at healing magic.

So that meant... he had to rely on his own healing and looking after himself.

Sirena panted for his breath, his brow beaded with sweat. Carter knew that it wasn't from them running, what ever had been on those daggers? He had and Kyle had felt plenty of after effects, and that was when they had been healed. Gods know what those symptoms were like without Jas' special healing. "Charlie." Sirena whimpered.

Immediately the hounds turned it's head from Carter and stared after the other boy. Sniffing the air it finally caught the thick scent of blood. "GRRR." It turned with one last snarl into Carter's face and barred it's teeth at his throat before it turned and bounded back over to Sirena, nuzzling the boy and sniffing the wounds. Licking the boy's cheek as though he was some loyal, adoring puppy. "W-What in the name of Osiris?" Carter stated, feeling control of his body return to him as he sat up slowly. "You named... a hell hound, Charlie?" He stared at Sirena as though the boy dropped from the sky.

Sirena however just reached out his hand slowly and rested it on the side of the hound's muzzle. He tried for a winning smile and the hound let out a low and soft whining sound. "It's okay boy. He didn't hurt me. He didn't know."
"Sirena." Carter said quietly with wide eyes, watching how the boy seemed to be completely at ease with the monster, even going far enough to let it nibble at his bandages and lick the blood from the open wounds before pushing it's head against them to try and stem the bleeding. "That's a-"
"Leave me alone."

Carter froze as all of a sudden he could hear the boy's voice beginning to waver. "Are you-"
"I told the last one of you... you creeps that came after me! I'-I'm not interested!"
"What do you mean?" Carter frowned deeply.
"D-Don't play stupid. You may be really, really cute, but I don't think you're that stupid. You sent that cloaked figure after me! That g-guy, the one who attacked you."

Carter kept his voice low and calm as he watched the hound turn and glare at him, it's teeth barring in aggression as it's mood shifted, rising and falling with Sirena's agitation. He held his hands up once again slowly, watching how the other boy was growing paler, with more blood loss. He needs medical attention... I have to get him back to Brooklyn house. Jas needs to take a look and see the damage. But to get him to the house, he needed to make sure that he did it, while he was still alive.

That meant, making sure this house didn't chew him apart first!

"Sirena, think. Why would I send that guy after you? You heard him." Carter kept his voice soothing, watching the way the other boy's eyes were glazed over. He was swaying ever so slightly, there was no real focus there, but it was clear he was fighting to keep conscious. "He was going to kill me. He wanted to kill me, so did that." Carter nodded his head towards the hound which snarled and moved closer to Sirena. It's ears flattened back against it's head, it's teeth barring ready to kill. "But the thing is, you saved me remember?" He pushed for a smile, watching how Sirena's eyes were now half closed. "You saved me, like a hero-"
"D-Don't talk to me as though I'm stupid!" The boy shouted. Immediately, the hound let out a loud bark which made the ground feel like it was shaking. "His name is Charlie."
"But that's a hell hound! You're looking after a hell hound!"
Is it any more fucking crazier than what ever it was that happened!?"

The hound, Sirena seemed to have named, crouched, growling louder and louder as it prepared to lunge for Carter's throat. It's eyes glowing considerably brighter.

Okay. Note to self. Try harder. He knelt slowly so he was on Sirena's level. "Listen, I don't want to hurt you. All I want to do. Is take you somewhere you will be safe. You're special, Sirena, you are so much more special than you will ever know." The boy seemed to ease at that, Carter's voice slowly taking on more of a confident tone as he began to edge forward.

Charlie, for however much he didn't like it, seemed to not lunge, though he stood dominantly in front of Sirena without showing any intention of moving.

What the hell is with this hell hound?! Carter wanted to shout. "Sirena, just come forward slowly, take my hand and we can go."
"N-No!" He shook his head violently.
"Sirena." Carter said a little more forcefully now. "If you don't come with me. You're going to die!"

Charlie's head rose at that, staring back at the boy who had named him with wide eyes. Oh... you've got to be kidding me. Carter thought as a plan seemed to be formulating itself in his head. "That's right." He stared directly into the eyes of the hound. "If he doesn't come with me, he's going to die. And as for as much as you seem to absolutely deteste me. You don't want him to die?" The hound paused, staring at Carter as though the boy was the most despicable thing ever to walk to earth. "WELL DO YOU OR NOT! DO YOU WANT HIM TO DIE!" He shouted.

The hound snarled loudly and in the end, moved to the side so Carter could crouch in front of the boy. "Thank you-" He fell quiet as the hound turned, smashing his tail into Carter's face before laying across Sirena's lap and shrinking down to the size of a puppy. I need to figure out what the hell is with that dog. He thought to himself, but focused more on the fact that Sirena seemed close to passing out from blood loss. "I'm not special." The boy seemed to be whispering over and over. "The figure said that afterwards. He said I was a fool and that it was no loss to him. He said he had delivered his message, and I was to give it to you."

Carter figured at first that Sirena was just rambling, maybe another side effect from what ever type of potent substance may have been on those knives.

Those knives with a black snake handle.

Carter scooped his arms underneath Sirena and stared down into the boy's eyes, watching how even when he was still weak like this, they still danced, they were still full of beauty. But the touch itself, once more send that shock wave pulse through Carter as his fingers brushed over the exposed skin of Sirena's back accidentally. A breath escaped out of him and for a second he seemed to find the world focus entirely only around the other boy.

Sirena's eyes refocused and he tilted his head up slowly. "Carter." The boy whispered so softly, beginning to close the gap between them till their lips touched and Sirena's arms were wrapped around his shoulder.

Charlie growled from where he was resting on Carter's Sirena's chest, but even that seemed to fade out.

For this strange moment, there was a deep craving hunger, a hunger Carter couldn't explain within himself. As though he was a drowning man and this kiss was his air. Their lips hungrily scoured around each other as suddenly their tongues danced for dominance with each other. Carter began taking control, holding Sirena more delicately.

Around about the same time Sadie, Annabeth and Percy came around the corner.

"HA! I KNEW IT!" Sadie shouted. "But seriously Carter?! You haven't even been on a date yet!"

But both boys only broke apart when a knife sailed into the wall next to their heads.

Carter stared over with Sadie as Kyle stormed over and ripped the knife from the wall. "Missed that damn hound." He growled a little too loudly, before turning on the spot and taking a place next to Sadie. Glaring at the ground.
Kyle hardly ever misses. Carter thought to himself.

But Sirena seemed to pick up urgency, more and more desperate to get Carter's attention now that the strange hunger in both of them had been sated. Something Carter would have to think about later... why had all of a sudden, that strange urge taken him over... and why most of all... with Sirena?!

"Now if you two have finished playing tonsil tennis! Then you and the brat can get your arses moving and we can get back to the fucking house!" Kyle hissed.
"We better be going to." Annabeth nodded. "And we better take the hound-"
"Only if you want me to tear out your throat!" Sirena shouted, with Charlie snarling loudly in accompany.

Sadie's eyes widened fractionally and Annabeth took a slight step back out of shock. "It's not him talking." Carter shook his head. "He's been effected by the same thing that me and Kyle were. We need Jas."
"You touch Charlie and I'll kill you." Sirena hissed again. His eyes almost seeming to glow slightly as he glared down the two demigods.
"Charlie? He named a Hell Hound? Charlie?" Percy rose an eyebrow.
"You named yours Mrs O'Leary." Annabeth stated.

Slowly she looked over at Sadie to see what the girl thought. "Don't worry... it seems to be quite well behaved for him. If not."

She turned her head to make sure she was looking in it's eyes. "If he miss behaves, I'll be the first to feed him too our crocodile."
"GRRR" Charlie barred his teeth before turning his attention back to Sirena.

Annabeth and Percy said their goodbyes quickly before leaving quickly.

Kyle glared over Sirena once more before folding his arms and glaring at the ground again. "He wanted to talk to you. He wanted me to give you a message." Sirena said over and over again. Keeping his voice in a pleading note. All sense had left him now. That much was obvious. What ever was effecting him was also affecting his mental state.
"Hush now. It's okay." Carter kept saying softly as Sadie pulled out her phone to call back to the house, letting them know a new initiate would be on the way. "He can't hurt you now-"
"Those eyes." Sirena said quietly. "Those horrible eyes. The snake. The horrible snake!"

All three froze at that.

"Um. What did he just say?" Sadie said quietly.
"He's fucking delusional!" Kyle hissed.
"What was his message?" Carter asked softly.
"He said that he would regret not getting to see your face when I would give you the message but he would settle for how desperate you would become after hearing it."
"What was the message?" He pressed a little more, watching how with tears in his eyes, Sirena turned his head back up to him.
"He said."

Sirena froze, remembering the words.

But Carter's blood turned to ice as he heard them and looked back over at the snake handled knife which had been used to attack them.

"He is returning."