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Title: The Mark of Perseus – Athena's Gratitude
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus; replacing Mark of Athena
Disclaimer: All rights reserved to Rick Riordan for he created the awesomeness that is Nico di Angelo. And everything else related to Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus. Aside from the Gods, they belong to the old Greeks. This fanfiction and its OCs on the other hand are entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.
Warnings: shounen-ai, moresomes, incest, bondage, explicit intercourse, anal, oral, mpreg, shoujo-ai, hetero
Godly Main Pairings: Poseidon/Percy, Hades/Percy, Zeus/Percy, Ares/Percy, Apollo/Percy, Hephaestus/Percy, Hermes/Percy, Dionysus/Percy, Triton/Percy, Thanatos/Percy
Demi-Godly Main Pairings: Nico/Percy, Octavian/Percy, Stolls/Percy, Jason/Percy
Side Pairings: Stolls/Nico, Frank/Hazel/Leo, Jason/Leo, Octavian/Leo, Reyna/Piper/Annabeth, Jake/Will, Chris/Clarisse, Malcolm/Katie, Grover/Juniper, Tyson/Ella, Paul/Sally, Zeus/Hera (past), Poseidon/Amphitrite (past), Luke/Percy (past)
Percy Jackson Characters: Perseus Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Jason Grace, Leo Valdez, Hazel Levesque, Frank Zhang, Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Octavian Simmons, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Thalia Grace, Clarisse la Rue, Chris Rodriguez, Katie Gardner, Malcolm Cage, Lou Ellen, Austin Barton, Kayla Hein, Will Solace, Jake Mason, Nyssa Black, Grover Underwood, Tyson, Ella, Sally Blofis, Paul Blofis, Mrs. O'Leary, Blackjack, Arion, Scipio, Tempest
Gods: Poseidon, Hades, Zeus, Ares, Apollo, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus, Triton, Thanatos, Aphrodite, Hebe, Hera, Jackson (OC)
Summary: Reunited with his Greek family, Percy has to to rescue his Nico. While also making new friends, reconnecting with his godly lovers who occasionally visit and dealing with the aftermath of his time kidnapped by Hera. There is also the matter of saving the world.
The Mark of Perseus
Athena's Gratitude
Chapter 8: Travis, Connor and Nico
Nico had to admit that even half-dead, the picture of Percy sweaty and wielding Riptide to slay each and every enemy that stood in his way, yeah, that got to him. Especially considering that his Sea Prince was currently in a fit of rage to save him. It made Nico's heart flutter to know that Percy was being all kick-ass to save Nico. There had been a long stretch of time when Nico hadn't thought he mattered to Percy, but now he knew that Percy loved him. Loved him enough to chase down two Giants in Rome to rescue him. And his sister Hazel, she was there too. Leo, Piper, Clarisse, Frank, even Katie. The fight itself was a blur, all Nico could focus on was Percy. The grace with which Percy fought, the fierce determination in his sea-green eyes. When Riptide got wiped out of his hand, Percy summoned his second weapon of choice, the Celestial bronze trident that could catalyst his ocean-powers. The handy little addition on the bracelet the Big Three had given Percy for Christmas. And oh yes, with the trident in his hands, Percy looked all like the depictions of a Greek ocean god. Percy used his powers, coupled with the special ability of the trident, to flood the Colosseum and that was about the last thing Nico remembered before passing out from exhaustion.
/break\
Connor was laying on their bed, with Nico on his lap while Travis tried to force-feed the unconscious demigod some nectar and ambrosia. Percy was in the shower to revive himself and get cleaned up, even though the Stolls liked the sweaty, angry Sea Prince. Hero!Percy was hot. Hurt!Nico was kind of cute, but Connor and Travis would prefer an awake Nico.
"He still hasn't woken up?", asked Percy as he joined them again.
Connor took an appreciative look at Percy, only with a towel wrapped around his waist, water running down his sun-kissed, muscular body. His fingers were running through Nico's hair while he looked at Percy. The two boys he loved. Travis sat down next to Connor, taking his brother's hand.
"You want to try and kiss our Sleeping Beauty awake, Prince Charming?", asked Connor.
Percy grinned amused as he walked up to them and sat down, straddling Nico's waist. The Ghost King grunted in his sleep, shifting a little. Smiling softly, Percy took Nico's face and leaned down to plant a chaste, tender kiss on his lips. At least until Nico woke up and returned the kiss.
"That's the way to be woken up", whispered Nico against Percy's lips. "Ciao, bello."
"Hello, idiot", whispered Percy back before glaring. "Do not ever get abducted by the enemy again, you hear me?! I was worried out of my mind – we all were! You moron, always with the solo-stunts! Why did you have to go all Dark Knight on us? We're a team! We love you!"
Nico winced when Percy slapped him. Okay, he deserved that. He probably should have talked to his three lovers. Looking at Connor and Travis, he noted that they looked as angry.
"I'm sorry", sighed Nico. "I had to. You know father wants me as his heir, turn me into a god. Gods don't work with demigods. Dad wanted to test me, send me to investigate the Doors of Death."
"Urgh, your dad is not getting laid for a month", declared Percy with a pout.
"And am I being punished too...?", asked Nico, his arms around Percy's waist.
"I don't think you're up for a lot of exercises just yet", objected the son of Poseidon.
"I wouldn't have to do a lot if you'd blow me", smirked the Ghost King.
"You're such a teen", sighed Percy. "So hormonal. Just tricked death and already horny."
"I'm a son of Hades. Tricking death is kind of my thing and the way you fought for me, the way you rescued me... Yeah, that got me hot and bothered", shrugged the son of Hades.
But before he could say anything else, he found himself kissed again. First by Connor and then by Travis. He smiled a little into the kiss. He had missed his stupid tricksters. Sighing contently, he leaned back and let the sons of Hermes do the work for now. Travis undressed Percy and Connor undressed Nico. Handy those tricksters. Grinning amused, Nico grabbed Connor by the neck and pulled him into another kiss. Connor hummed into the kiss, his hands wandering over Nico's torso, tenderly tracing bruises and ribs. Connor was frowning by the time they parted.
"We're going to get you back to full health", whispered Connor softly.
"Uhu. You're going to eat like at least three cows. Completely", declared Travis with a glare.
"The death state took a lot of my energy", sighed Nico upset. "Don't mother-hen me."
"My mom will do that once we all return home", grinned Percy teasingly.
"Mh... Sally's home-cooked meals... That's even better than sex with you", smirked Nico.
"Let me change your mind there", whispered Percy and leaned down.
His hands were slowly caressing Nico's thighs as his lips came closer and closer to Nico's hardness. The Italian groaned and bucked up, wanting those lips around his cock. Percy grinned a little as he licked his lips and placed them tenderly upon the thick cock. Nico groaned at the feeling of the slick heat around his dick. The groan turned into a whimper when Connor wrapped his own lips around one of Nico's nipples, twirling it between his teeth and teasing it with his tongue. The other pink knob got captured by Connor's fingers and twisted in a pleasantly painful way. This was new for Nico, just laying there and letting others pleasure him like that. Yeah, he could get used to it.
"Travis!", exclaimed Percy with a yelp as he let go of Nico's cock.
Nico cracked one eye open to look at what was happening. The wicked smirk on Travis' lips and the fact that he had his hand somewhere behind Percy told him all he needed to know. The sneaky bastard was fingering Percy. And even though Percy enjoyed that, he did like a warning beforehand.
"Sorry, but how was I supposed to withstand the temptation of your ass?", teased Travis.
Percy sighed and lowered his head back down onto Nico's cock. His tongue curled around the tip as his lips slid up and down the thick hardness. Percy's fingers fondled Nico's balls and Connor was still teasing Nico's nipples. He was normally better at lasting long, but he had been captured for days, he was at his limit and he felt overly stimulation. With a small gasp escaping his lips did he come down Percy's throat. The son of Poseidon choked a little, but managed to swallow most of it.
"Feeling any better, babe?", asked Percy with a grin, licking his lips.
"Babe?", grunted Nico and made a face. "No. Don't you ever call me that again."
Percy laughed and collapsed next to Nico, snuggling up to his Ghost King for cuddles. Travis huffed a little since his attempt at seducing Percy had obviously miserably failed, but he too laid down on their large bed, right behind Percy, spooning the Sea Prince. Connor on the other hand pulled Nico up against his chest, arms around the Ghost King's waist.
"Don't you ever scare us like that again", ordered Connor upset, kissing Nico's ear.
"I'll try not to get kidnapped by Mother Earth again", snorted Nico and rolled his eyes.
The four of them soon fell asleep, all cuddled up like that. A power-nap until they would reach their meeting spot with Annabeth and the others.
/Frank&Hazel&Leo\
Leo was sitting on Frank's lap, leaning back against the Canadian's chest. He had his feet in Hazel's lap and she was tenderly massaging them. This felt good. Leo liked being taken care of like that.
"I hope Rey is alright", sighed Jason as he was sitting next to Frank.
"Of course. We're talking about Reyna", encouraged Hazel with a small smile.
"Even I have to admit that you praetors are like weed. I just can't get rid of you", sighed Octavian.
Leo groaned and closed his eyes as he could already feel another fight between Octavian and Jason coming up. He really didn't need that right now. His mind was still set on the little boy they had encountered in the pantheon. He had been kidnapped, Leo was sure of that. After all, the mother Jack had described had looked nothing alike the woman who had picked him up in the end. He knew those were mortal problems and he should focus on the war ahead, but this was about a little boy who had lost his mommy. Leo could relate to that. So he wanted to help the child. But how...?
/Jack\
Jack was glaring upset as he sat on his bed in the little hut on his 'home'. The island. He hated the island. Every time he had run away, he had seen something different and amazing.
"Jackson, you need to stop running. Please", sighed Hebe.
She was a pretty brunette woman. But she was not his mother. Nothing could replace his mother. Even though Jack only had one faint memory of being held in Percy Jackson's arms, he knew that this was what safety and love felt like. And he wanted more of that. He needed his mom back.
/Reyna&Annabeth&Malcolm\
Annabeth was wincing as she hobbled around. Stupid Arachne, stupid mission, stupid broken leg. Reyna heaved a sigh as she caught up to the blonde and easily lifted the daughter of Athena up.
"R—Reyna, I can walk myself!", protested Annabeth and blushed.
"Yeah, I can see that. I want to get out of here today and not tomorrow", huffed Reyna.
Frowning embarrassed, Annabeth leaned against Reyna's shoulder. Her Roman wasn't just beautiful and a good leader, she was also really strong. Urgh, not the right situation to be turned on.
"Would you mind waiting for me, women?!", called Malcolm as he ran after them.
The son of Athena was panting as he caught up with his sister and her lover. Just the kind of mission Malcolm had been looking forward to. Facing a giant, disgusting spider while walking on top of Tartarus itself while also having to watch his big sister making lovey-dovey faces to the Roman. Just the kind of day he had been looking forward to. But they had beaten Arachne with her own tricks. Had made her spin a pair of Chinese handcuffs and got her caught in it. She was still laying there, trapped in her own web. Malcolm looked over his shoulder, concerned. Now all they could do was wait for the Argo II to arrive and find them and pick them and the Athena Parthenos up. The trio of them tried to get away from Arachne – the children of Athena even more so. But then the beast struggled, it looked as though it was short of breaking out. Lightning hit the floor, cracking it open so the monster disappeared into the endless pit of Tartarus before it could attack.
"Urgh, hate spiders. Disgusting little creatures. You're not good with them either, huh?"
Annabeth, with her arms around Reyna's neck, looked up. Who stood there was... impossible. The boy was looking like Percy Jackson's twin. Just his eyes, they weren't sea-green, they were silver like stars, glittering in the faint light. He had a cheeky grin on his lips, fingers hooked into his belt.
"Not exactly... our favorites, no", grunted Malcolm, staring at the boy with a calculating glare. "Are you one of the Roman demigods? Did you guys already catch up with us? Are you a son of Jupiter? Like Jason? Because that lightning hit was way too convenient not to have come from you."
"Son of Zeus. Yes", nodded the other boy with a mischievous grin. "You could say that."
"Annabeth!", interrupted a loud screeching scream.
The four of them turned around to face the Argo II. A latter was hanging down, at the bottom of it hung Piper, swinging with the wind, eager to get to her lovers. In a few moments, they were surrounded by demigods. Katie was hugging the life out of Malcolm, pulling him toward the ship. Piper was bandaging Annabeth's leg while the blonde was still laying in Reyna's arms. The daughter of Athena was highly irritated that Piper kept chiding Reyna for not watching out for their girlfriend better like Annabeth was some kind of damsel in distress. Okay, she kind of was right now, but still.
"Hey, Annie. You alright?", asked Percy as he joined the threesome.
Behind him stood Nico – after all the kidnapping in the past months, neither wanted to let go of the other. They had send their tricksters, together with Jason, Frank, Jake, Tyson and Chris over to carry the big statue to their ship, wrapping ropes around it. Annabeth spotted Thalia, Will, Austin and Kayla with their bows at the ready, in case a monster was laying in the wait.
"I see you found your damsel in distress", smiled Annabeth strained. "And yes, we're alright. Thanks to the help of this... son of Zeus, according to himself."
Percy frowned and stared past the girls. Clarisse and Hazel had joined them by now too, ushering Reyna and Piper to get Annabeth up to the ship so their healers could take proper care of the blonde.
"You can chit-chat later, girls", grunted Clarisse annoyed, taking one of Annabeth's arms.
The blonde was grateful not to be carried around like a princess. Supported by Reyna and Clarisse, she followed Hazel and Piper back toward the ship, throwing one last glance at the stranger.
"I saved her!", exclaimed the copy of Percy with a broad grin. "I did good, right?"
Percy frowned, a little disturbed that the stranger was looking at him like that. Like a little kid who wanted praise from mommy for doing something right. Percy looked intensely into the starry-silver eyes and the blood in his vein felt like it was freezing. The boy wasn't just looking like he wanted praise from his mommy, he genuinely wanted it.
"J—Jack...", whispered Percy, his heart beating so hard he felt as though it wanted to break out of his chest, he clasped one hand over his mouth. "Oh gods. No."
Jack frowned confused and tilted his head as he watched his mother cry, slowly taking a step away from Percy and the now very angry looking Italian next to him. "I thought you'd be happy..."
"Percy", growled Nico in a warning, pulling his sword. "Who is that?"
He didn't like that anyone made his Percy cry. But Percy was just shaking his head wildly and then he basically attacked the stranger with a hug. Urgh, not another minor god. Please not.
"O—Of course I'm happy, Jackie", whispered Percy into the other's ear, hugging Jack tightly. "But I promised myself that I would find you, that I would... g—give you a good childhood and now you're... you're as old as I am... I... failed you... I'm sorry, so, so sorry..."
"No!", exclaimed Jack and returned the hug as fiercely. "You didn't. I wanted to find you. I left to find you. I had to find you. I'm fine, see? I'm all good. You didn't fail me, mom. It's not your fault."
"What... in the world is going on here?", interrupted Nico confused.
His eyes wandered between the girls who tried to climb the latter, the boys who were fastening ropes around the statue to secure it and Percy and this other guy hugging. Percy pushed Jack away a little, a wide-eyed expression on his face. He blushed as he looked at Nico.
"Uhm... Nico, just... give me another minute and I'll explain it, okay?", pleaded Percy.
The son of Hades heaved an annoyed sigh and nodded. How could he deny Percy anything?
"Mom?", asked Jack in a tiny voice. "What... now?"
"That... That is an excellent question", sighed Percy exhausted, before blinking wide-eyed. "Do you have a weapon? It's dangerous out here for our kind! I don't want you to get hurt!"
"Mom", laughed Jack, happy that his mother worried about him like that. "I'm really strong."
"Yeah, yeah. So were many others", muttered Percy with a glare, hastily pulling his bracelet off his hand and pushing it over Jack's wrist. "This is a powerful weapon. I'm not having you being defenseless, Jackie. The lightning bolt turns into a dagger when you press it, the trident into, well, a trident and the skull turns it all into a shield. Are you even listening to me while I talk?"
"S—Sorry", mumbled Jack and blushed. "You just have a nice voice. Just like I remember..."
Percy's eyes softened and he felt more tears gathering in his eyes as he pulled Jack into another hug. "I missed you so much, my baby boy. I'm so... so sorry. But I'll never leave you defenseless again. Hera will never come close to you again, I promise."
"Okay, mommy", nodded Jack, face buried in Percy's chest.
"I really expect a good explanation for this", interrupted Nico sternly.
"Jack, baby", whispered Percy seriously, looking deep into his son's eyes. "See those two brunettes at the statue? They're two of your fathers. Why don't you go and help them. I'll explain this to your daddy Nico and then I'll be right behind you, okay, darling?"
Jack perked up at the prospect of finally meeting some of his fathers so he nodded hastily. Hugging his mother for a last time, the boy dashed off past Nico and toward the statue to help. Helping was good. Hebe had told Jack that his mom was good and liked doing good deeds, so Jack was set on being good too, to make his mother proud. Nico stared a little stunned after the boy.
"Please explain to me why he kept calling you mom, Perce", pleaded Nico softly.
"B—Because... he's my... son...", whispered Percy lowly, averting his eyes. "Our son."
"Ours? Ours, as in... yours and mine...?", sputtered Nico wide-eyed.
"You're... one of the fathers. Together with Travis, Connor and my godly lovers", nodded Percy stiffly. "Hera... used me. The ultimate weapon against the giants. The perfect union between god and demigod. My son. She used magic to get me pregnant by, well, all of you. It's why she hid me for so many months. To... wait out my pregnancy. She took my baby away from me, wiped my memories and put me out of the streets. And then I found the Romans. You know the rest of the story. And Jack – Jackson, I named him Jackson – has been raised by Hebe... She... aged him. Because a baby couldn't fight in a war... I—I guess he got... away... I'm sorry I didn't tell you."
"Well, we haven't seen much of each other since you've been abducted Percy", whispered Nico, caressing Percy's cheek. "I don't blame you that it hasn't been the first thing out of your mouth."
"No, I... I haven't told anyone. Not even Trav and Con", whispered Percy, shaking his head. "I just... couldn't. I failed him, Nico. I let him be taken by Hera and I couldn't keep him safe. I... I just wanted to free him first before telling you about him... I wanted to fix it..."
"Percy, I know you like to think that you have to carry the weight of the world, but you don't", replied Nico tenderly, tilting Percy's head up. "Don't pull a Dark Knight on us, Perce. We're a team, we love you. We would have helped you with it. With saving... our... our son. Wow."
"Wow, yeah", laughed Percy hoarsely and threw himself at Nico. "Thank you."
"Mom! Dad! Are you coming?!", called Jack and sprinted back up to them. "I confused the others."
"Uhm... They... don't know about you yet, I wanted to do the introductions", grinned Percy sheepishly. "Don't worry, everything will be fine, Jackie."
"Hi", interrupted Nico, waving his hand at Jack. "I'm Nico, the son of Hades. One of your... dads."
"Cool", grinned Jack broadly, bouncing on the balls of his feet. "I got a lot of underworld in me because of you and dad Hades. And a lot of trickery. And ocean."
"Cool", countered Nico amused. "The gods will probably faint one by one."
Percy wanted to laugh at that, but the hole in the floor that had been creaking before – but Percy had ignored it, had been too focused on having Jack back – it cracked more. Percy's eyes widened as he felt the floor beneath him break away into the pit of Tartarus. All he could see was Jack's mortified face, with the Argo II in the background, the statue dangling down from the ship's stomach. But before Percy could fall completely, he felt Nico holding onto him. Blinking a couple of times, he looked at his lover. Nico smiled down at him while dangling off the cliff.
"No! No, no, no, no, no!", chanted Jack, looking over the cliff.
"Get away from here!", called Percy loudly, wrapping his free arm around Nico's waist. "This is dangerous! This pit, it... it leads to Tartarus! Go away, Jack! To the ship, you'll be safe!"
"I can't! I can't lose you again!", exclaimed Jack, tears running down his cheeks.
"Funny, I was thinking the same thing when I grabbed him", whispered Nico, looking up at Jack seriously. "I can't shadow-travel us to safety yet, I'm not strong enough at the moment. But I've been down there before. Tartarus leads to the Doors of Death. I know the way. You, go to the ship, do as your mother said and stay safe. Lead them to the other side of the Doors. We'll meet you there. I promise you, I'll keep Percy safe. Tell the others all of that. And stay with them."
Author's note: So, that's the last chapter. Only the epilogue, with Jack meeting the crew, still missing. Please, don't even start to bother me about when "House of Love" will be out, because I don't know yet. I changed the title a bit so it's more appropriate; it'll focus more on love than lust; romantic, friendship and family, since Jack will meet the gods and will get used to the crew and I want to deepen the relationships Percy has with his lovers, so there'll be romantic flashbacks. Still also smut, but not in every chapter as it used to be in the past installments, because - beware - there will be a lot of plot too. Just to warn those who are only in for the PWP, because that kinda stopped last story already. We have plot now and it thickens.