I watch Matthew smiles even as he plunges to the abyss of death.

His knees hit the floor and my sword is still stuck in his chest, I watch him with horror as his breath getting heavier and heavier.

He looks up to me and with his dying breath he says: 'Sorry Percy… Looks like you can't save me…'

I stand there and I freeze as Matthew falls to the ground and my sword is being pulled out by itself.

Matthew lies there helplessly, and then I know immediately; Matthew is dead.

That is Matthew's gift for me… His death… He wanted me to kill him so that in the future I can kill my other brothers.

I can feel my grip weakening and then I let go of Riptide. I feel nauseated as I keep watching Matthew's cold body. I cover my mouth, trying so hard not to throw up, and then I fell to the ground.

Matthew is smiling, even in his death, and he got what he wanted, I killed my brother.

'The first blood… The most important thing in a war, and you just drew it.' A strange voice comes from behind me. The voice is heavy, it resembles my father, but it doesn't quite sound like him.

I pick Riptide up quickly, turn around and point it at that voice but before I know it, Riptide is knocked out from my hand.
An old man with a white beard, wearing sandals, a short beach pant, and a colorful shirt is looking at me. He looks like Santa Clause without the ridiculous red outfit and the big belly. I recognize him though, I saw him once at the camp. The old man is Pontus, the Primordial sea god.

'Ah… Yes… The bond of brothers. Nothing is more tragic than two brothers trying to kill each other.' Pontus smiles wickedly.

I had thought that not all of the primordial gods were twisted like Hemera and Nyx, but now I just realized that all of them are the same. They created this sick game and they like it very very much. Hemera, Nyx, Pontus, they are like the Olympians when I first met them, the only difference is that the Primordial gods are exactly what I thought they were, twisted and sick.

'You all are sick and twisted.' I glare at him.

Pontus chuckles, 'I can imagine how upset you are right now, but put yourself in our shoes, my young demigod. We've been asleep for thousands of years. You cannot imagine how bored we are when we woke up, and how excited we were when we found out that the Titans have been defeated by a sixteen years old demigod.'

I clench my fists in anger, 'I killed… My own brother, because you thought that it would be fun?' I approach him slowly, 'Because you sick gods were bored!' I half scream.

I raise my right fist and attempt to hit Pontus in the face. My brain is saying how crazy I am in Annabeth's voice, that I already lost my mind, but I don't care. I'm too angry to think reasonably and my heart is filled with hatred.

It's futile, just as expected. Before I'm able to hit Pontus, he repels me with a shining bright light. He knocks me ten feet away; I feel something just hit me really hard.

'Now now, my young demigod. If it wasn't for us, you wouldn't even know that you have brothers.' Pontus smiles, like what he's doing is a kind thing. 'Although, if you want someone to blame, you should blame your father. After all, it is him who abandoned Matthew and your other brothers.'

I glare at him again, 'My father would have never done that.'

Pontus grins, 'Are you sure? You've heard Matthew's story, I doubt that he lied to you.'

My father… I can ask him. I turn my back to Pontus, there's no more reason to talk to him. It would just upset me even more, and I'm already exploding with anger.

'I know what you're thinking, young demigod. You want to go and ask your father for some answers.' Pontus smiles.

I turn my head to him, 'Are you going to stop me?'

He chuckles, 'Of course not.'

I glare at him but then I set my sight to my father's palace, I start walking.

'Although…' I turn to him again, and then he flicks his fingers and a bright strange round portal appears. 'If you're going to your father, who's going to save her?'

The portal shows the image of a girl, being chased by lots of earth spawns. The girl is hurt, and she's running desperately.

I close in to get a better look, and then I found out who that is.

Pontus turns to the portal; he's enjoying this very much, 'Ah… Yes, the young lovely Titaness. Calypso, was it? Such a shame, to taste freedom after a long imprisonment, only to have it shortly before losing it to the cold touch of death. Oh, and don't even think that she cannot die because she's a Titaness, we made sure of that.'

I'm angry again. I feel like putting a sword in Pontus's heart, even though I know that it's impossible for me to kill him.

Pontus grins, 'So what is it going to be? You can get all your answers you want right now, or you can save your friend. Personally, I would go for the answers, friends are replaceable after all.'

Calypso is running, but the spawns are catching up fast, they're going to catch her sooner or later.

I look down; I can't believe that the Primordial gods are resorting to some dirty tricks like this.

I want to go to my father, I want to ask him if he really abandoned Matthew, or who are my other brothers and why did they all hate him.

I look at Pontus, 'I swear that I will destroy this stupid game, you will all not going to like how it will turns out.'

Pontus laughs in amusement, but I say that to myself as well. I will not play by their rules anymore, and I will make them angry, as angry as I am right now, but for now, I know what I have to do.

I jump to the portal, not knowing where I will end up. I just know that I need to save my friends.