Sorry for the late update I mean to get this up sooner but uh...had to figure out how I was going to go with this chapter, but thanks to my beta she helped me with this xD. Anyway to answer some questions I got in the reviews, EMT stands for emergency medical technician, and sorry I had to make it so sad but that's just the way this fic needed to start out and finally Nico WILL be appearing I Just wanted to get through what I planned for Percy but he'll definitely be in the chapter after this one. So here's the next chapter and enjoy!

Chapter 1: Moving on

In the Hospital…

"So…he is one of the few that came out of the accident alive?" a woman asked looking at the child in the room.

Percy was laying in the bed, his knees pulled up as his arms wrapped around them as best they could with one arm in a cast, but his tiny shoulders were shaking as his face was buried in the top of his knees, indicating he was still crying.

"The youngest to survive and it was only because of his mother that he's here today." The doctor replied, "The worst he came out with was a few scratches, bruises and a broken arm."

"I see…" the woman replied looking sadly at the child, "we've done a background check for any family or relatives and nothing comes up. It appears it was just his mother that was taking care of him, no name of a father."

The doctor sighed sadly as he glanced at Percy before looking at the child services woman, "Well his arm will heal in about a week, but…may I ask what happens to him since he has no guardian?"

"As much as I hate to say it, he'll be put into child services," the woman replied pushing up her glasses, "he'll be sent to one of the orphanages until he's adopted I'm afraid since there isn't any information about any other family but his mother's."

"Poor kid…" The doctor said grimacing, "are you going to continue to check on him?"

"Yes I have taken his case, I have to explain the situation to him but I think I can wait a bit." The woman replied, "until then we're still going to see if we can find someone related to him."

"Good luck with that then Ms. Bijou." The doctor said as the woman smiled faintly before they turned away and to attend to other matters.

When the two were gone from the hallway a dark blonde figure walked out of a nearby hallway looking curious. He had flirted with some nurses that were on break and he had just been leaving, but the hallway to the closest exit had been blocked by the two, and he couldn't just walk past since this area was for mainly patients. So he had stayed where he was, but he had been close enough to them and overheard about the patient they had been talking about.

He casually left the hallway and made his way to stand in front of the room and look into it. He was surprised to see exactly how young the patient was.

'I never thought he would be so young, I figured the kid they were talking about would be a teen.' The man thought to himself as by now the child had stopped crying but his eyes were red as tears were gathered in the corners of his eyes. With resolve he decided to visit the small child.

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The child sniffed and wiped his eyes on his blanket as he clenched it tightly.

"Mommy can't be gone…she can't…she was still there." Percy murmured quietly, "She…she was just sleeping…that's why they covered her with a blanket…"

The child tried to reassure himself that his mom was coming soon but in the back of his mind he couldn't help but feel that she wasn't coming back. There would be no more blue food, no more extra candy from the store, and no more hugs or kisses good night.

All these thoughts made Percy curl up once more as he sniffed tried his hardest not to cry but it was hard when the one person he wanted around wasn't here.

"Mommy…where are you…"

He heard the door opening and someone walking it but he figured it was another doctor or nurse to check his arm so he didn't bother looking up, that was until the person who had walked in started to talk.

Tears don't suit one young

Smile like the brilliant sun

My name is Fred

"H-huh?" Percy wondered out loud wondering who had spoken.

He stared at a young adult with bright blonde hair pulled back with a tie, in a doctor's uniform and Percy wasn't sure but the man's eyes seemed to almost be…glowing? But what was really occupying his mind was the strange phrase that he said to him.

"What…what was that mister?" Percy asked.

Now the man almost seemed to be pouting.

"You don't have to call me mister, I told you my name!" he replied making Percy blink, "you know in the haiku I just said to you."

"What's a haiku mister?"

"It's a poem only in a different form you know like 'roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you', it's like that but different." The man replied.

"Oh, I'm sorry sir it's just that I was just surprised by the poem, I don't think I was paying much attention." Percy said apologizing as he looked down at his blankets.

"And I made up that poem just for you." The man said as he smiled gently and patted Percy's head making him look back up at him. "No matter; at least it stopped you from crying, but anyway you can call me Fred, 'kay?"

"So…Fred what were you doing? Saying that poem and all?" Percy asked.

"It was to cheer you up of course!" Fred replied sitting on the edge of Percy's bed, "so why were you crying; oh and I never got your name did I?"

"Per…Perseus…but mommy called me Percy." The child replied, "And I was crying 'cause the man said that mommy was gone…and I don't know what they mean, all they did was cover her with a blanket. Does that mean she was asleep?"

"Ah…you see kid…" Fred started but Percy interrupted him.

"Percy! Don't call me kid when I told you my name." Percy pouted, trying to glare at Fred but all he ended up was looking cute with puffed up cheeks and Fred couldn't help but laugh before he nodded.

"Alright, well Percy the thing is what they said about your mom is well…she's not a part of this world anymore and er…" Fred tried to explain but knew either way Percy wasn't going to be happy.

"You mean she's gone up to heaven right?" Percy finished quietly. "That's what our neighbor Mrs. Callistor said when she said her own grandma was gone; that she went to a better place and is watching over her from above, so I think my mommy is with Mrs. Callistor's grandmother."

"Ah…so you understand what they were talking about now?" Fred asked looking at the sad child and thinking to himself, 'He already lost his mother I don't think I should explain to him how all souls go to the underworld for judging…'

"But…I'm…just scared." Percy sniffed as he tried not to cry, "I only had mommy so if she's gone what's going to happen to me now?"

"I'm sure…you'll be fine Percy…" Fred said trying to comfort him but Percy still looked like he was going to cry again any moment so he had to think of something quick.

"Say Percy what's your favorite animal?" Fred randomly asked making the dark haired child look at him.

"A d…dolphin…mommy had bought me a dolphin plushie at the aquarium but I dropped it." Percy replied sniffing. But what Percy had just said made Fred break out into a grin.

"Okay Percy, I know what I can do to cheer up you! But you have to close your eyes okay?" he said. He saw the child nod and close his eyes. "No peeking either."

Once he was sure that Percy had his eyes tightly shut he concentrated and held out his hand, trying to form something. It didn't take long as what he wanted to appear came through in a small burst of gold sparkles making him smile.

"Alright Percy you can open your eyes now, I have just the thing that'll cheer you up." Fred said.

Percy slowly opened his eyes wondering what exactly Fred had that would cheer him up and once his eyes were fully opened he was suddenly met with a rather large plushie of his favorite animal.

"Is that a…." Percy said his eyes never straying from the item in front of him.

"Yes it is, and it's for you. Dolphins are…my specialty…" Fred said mysteriously as he handed the dolphin plushie to Percy who smiled happily and hugged it tightly.

"But how did you get this! I didn't see you bring anything in with you! But thank you! Thank you so much!" Percy said happily burying his face in the soft material.

"That is a secret…" Fred said giving a wink to Percy who just let out a joyous laugh as he refused to let go of it.

"This is one of the best presents I had gotten besides the trip to the aquarium with my mom." Percy said quietly.

"What about your friends?"

"I…don't have many friends…my age at least…some people think I'm weird 'cause I only have mommy and other stuff…"

"What kinds of stuff?"

"I don't wanna talk about it." Percy replied hugging the plushie tightly, "Fred, why are dolphins your specialty?"

"Uh, well, because dolphins are my favorite animal as well and there's one that's even important to me." Fred stated.

"What's that dolphin's name?" Percy asked.

"Delphinium," Fred replied grinning.

Percy looked at his dolphin plushie before looking back up at Fred.

"That's a long name…uhm do you mind if I name my plushie Delphini?" Percy asked shyly, he was surprised when Fred just laughed.

"Sure go ahead! I'm honored you would name your plushie that." Fred replied smiling back at the child who gave him a small smile in return.

"We...well you are my friend…right?" Percy asked unsurely.

"Of course I'll be your friend." Fred replied.

"Thank you Fred…." Percy said smiling softly at him.

"So tell me what else you like Percy." Fred asked and almost immediately the once sad child talked earnestly to the other man.

After that for the week that Percy was in the hospital his friend Fred always came to visit him when the doctors or nurses weren't around and they would always find something to talk about no matter how mundane the subject was. Their conversations varied to what they liked to do, to games, hobbies, anything; one of the more interesting conversations was when Percy asked Fred about his family one Friday afternoon once the nurses finished their routine check up on him and his arm.

"Hey Fred? What's your family like? I've told you everything about me and my mommy but I don't know anything about yours." Percy asked as he played with Delphini, his dolphin plushie.

"Uh…y-you don't really want to hear about my family Percy it's not the most…how should I say it…normal family." Fred replied laughing nervously.

"Please? I really wanna hear about them." Percy begged giving Fred the water puppy eyes that he was hopelessly weak against.

"Oh alright just please stop with the puppy eyes Percy! You're too good at those!" Fred whined as the dark haired boy did stop but smiled brightly making Fred grumble. "You're sneaky with that look…alright let me first tell you that, well…my family is a bit 'unorthodox'"

"What does that mean?" Percy asked frowning at the strange word.

"It means that my family isn't really what you'd call normal by any means." Fred explained. "But I guess that what makes it interesting…more or less…"

"Okay so tell me about your parents!" Percy said smiling.

"Ah well…let's see, my father is one of those stubborn guys that can really cause a storm when he's angry and trust me he's angry a lot…" Fred replied chuckling a bit as he glanced out the windows, "has this whole high and mighty thing about him as well but he means well…usually I think."

"Did you just hear thunder?" Percy asked looking out the window making Fred even more nervous.

"Nope! Didn't hear a thing." Fred replied quickly coughing, "and my mother well, she was a kind woman she cared about me and my sister a lot and went to great lengths to protect us."

"Just like how my mommy protected me?" Percy asked as Fred smiled at him and patted his head.

"I guess you can say it's like that but to a lesser extent, see not a lot of people were nice to her and didn't like the fact my mom and dad were 'together', at least for a while." Fred replied, "And my mother had to travel a while to make sure we were safe."

"What happened to your mom?" Percy asked.

"Well…she didn't make it but she at least gave birth to my sister and myself." Fred replied sadly, Percy suddenly felt guilty.

"Oh….sorry if I brought up any bad memories." Percy said quietly looking down at his bed.

"It's alright, it's just been a very long time since I've remembered." Fred replied smiling a bit at Percy.

"So what's this sister of yours like then? I've never had a sibling before and did you have any other family besides your mom?" the dark haired boy asked. "What does she look like?"

"Well she's my precious little sister, she has auburn hair in a pony tail but the way you can really tell that she's my sister is that her eyes well glow like that…moon shall we say." Fred said grinning mysteriously.

"She sounds pretty." Percy said, "What does she like to do?"

"Well she likes to hunt and she really loves to do archery, it's a skill with a bow and arrow." Fred explained, "Actually we both like it, it's one of the few things we have in common but just between us, I'm the better archer, just don't tell her that."

Percy laughed a bit at that and smiled up at Fred.

"Thanks Fred, your visits always make me feel better…" Percy said at the older man.

"It's not a problem, so have you heard anything new?" Fred asked. At the mention of that, the younger boy got quiet and played with the fins of his dolphin plushie and looked really depressed making Fred frown and lay a hand gently on the child's shoulder, "Percy?"

"The lady…Mrs. Bijou said that I'm going to be put in an orphanage since they had no luck finding anyone related to my mommy," he replied sadly. "So the doctor told me my arm would be healed by Monday and that's when Mrs. Bijou is gunna take me to my apartment I had with mommy to get my things."

"Oh…so you don't know where you're going to be placed?" Fred asked.

"No…but c-can you do me a favor please?" Percy asked.

"Sure thing little buddy, what would you like me to do?" Fred asked.

"Can you get my backpack from under my bed?" Percy asked.

The tall blonde man nodded and looked underneath the hospital bed and saw a blue backpack with fishes all over it and couldn't help but smile at it as he brought it out and handed it to Percy who thanked him.

"You really like fishes and the sea don't you?" Fred couldn't help but comment as Percy managed to open the backpack with his good hand to rummage around.

"Yeah, I've always just felt comfortable there." Percy replied sticking his tongue out to concentrate before he smiled and pulled out a camera and handed it to Fred who stared at it before looking back at Percy.

"Is there something you want me to do Percy?" Fred asked looking at the device.

Percy blushed embarrassed.

"Well since Mrs. Bijou said that I'll be going to the orphanage on Monday I don't know when I'll get the chance so, uhm…would you do me a favor and get these photos developed please?" Percy asked, "I have some spare change from my birthday that'll help pay…"

"Oh don't worry about it Percy, sure…I'll get these developed for you." Fred said patting Percy on the head.

"You really don't mind doing that? I don't want to cut into your schedule…." Percy said softly.

"Percy don't worry! It shouldn't take very long for these to develop. I'll get these done ASAP and then be back before you know it." Fred said assuring.

"Alright, you better go now the nurse usually makes rounds at this time." Percy replied laughing a bit, remembering the last time Fred had stayed too long and had to hide from the nurses. It was funny watching Fred trying to keep out of sight from the nurse that wouldn't just leave that one time.

"Thanks for the heads up mikro delphin." Fred said a bit affectionately.

"mikro delpin? What does mikro mean?" Percy asked.

"It means little so loosely translated its 'little dolphin'." Fred replied grinning, making Percy flush in embarrassment.

"Bye bye Fred." Percy said waving as the man left his room.

The nurse came in just as Fred left carrying in a tray of food smiling at Percy.

"Hello Percy I hope you're not too bored in here." The nurse said as she pulled the table across the bed and placed the food tray there.

"No I've been fine miss." Percy replied.

"You're such a sweet boy. Okay I'm just going to check and see if everything is alright, you still got some bruising from your accident." She said. Percy nodded and sat up straighter for the nurse to check him over.

"You haven't had any pains anywhere? Arms, chest, legs?"

"No ma'am"

"Any migraines, double vision?"

"Nah uh."

"Okay then how does your arm feel when-Oh! My gods Percy I'm sorry!" the nurse suddenly said as she had been moving towards the other side of Percy and had accidentally swung her arm knocking over the large cup of water that was on the tray in front of Percy spilling it all over him.

Percy blinked as he looked up at the nurse as he had a weird feeling when the water hit him but didn't think much of it. "I'm okay miss…" Percy said.

"No no…I have to get you a new hospital gown and dry you off…just give me a minute." The nurse sighed as she walked over to the bathroom.

She grabbed a spare towel from there and headed to the bed to dry Percy off when she was surprised. She gently pressed her hand against the child's head and was amazed that he was dry, as was his clothes.

"Huh that's strange…maybe I didn't spill as much as I thought." She said to herself, "Percy is your hospital gown wet or do you feel the water anywhere?"

"Um no ma'am, I didn't really feel any water hit me." Percy replied honestly.

"Huh…well that saves me a trip, but how's your arm feel?" she asked.

"It just itches a lot." Percy replied pouting.

"Yes we get that a lot but its only two more days and then we'll have it off." She said.

"Mmhmm…" was all Percy said as he hugged his plushie tightly.

The nurse could only smile sadly but moved closer to him.

"I gave you an extra pudding cup okay? So try and give me a smile okay?" the nurse asked softly.

"Okay…thank you miss…" Percy said smiling at the nurse.

"Good, I'll be back later to get your tray." She said as she left the room, leaving the child by himself.

Percy poked his food a bit but he knew he had to eat something and slowly started to nibble on some of it, his mind still straying to what was going to happen to him once he was out of the hospital.

'I wish I knew where my real daddy was…' Percy thought to himself as he hugged his dolphin plushie tightly trying not to cry again.

The remaining two days past and Percy was getting worried because he hadn't seen Fred and it was the last day he was in the hospital before Mrs. Bijou would be coming for him tomorrow. He kept glancing at the door every minute worried that he wouldn't see Fred today since he was told that Mrs. Bijou would be coming in the morning to get him.

"Fred…when are you coming?" He mumbled against the soft fabric of his dolphin plushie.

"Miss me mikro delpin?" A familiar voice said teasingly making Percy look up surprised as a grin made its way across his face.

"Fred!"

"Sorry about being late had to take care of a few things." Fred apologized as he sat on the bed next to Percy. "So what did I miss?"

"W-well…I got my cast off and…I'll be leaving tomorrow." Percy said.

"That's good though you'll be out of here!" Fred said but was wondering why Percy didn't look too happy.

"After the hospital Mrs. Bijou said we'll be stopping at mommy's apartment to get my things and then…" Percy replied.

"Then you'll be in the orphanage." Fred finished grimacing as he said it.

The child in the bed nodded as he bit his lip.

"I'm just really scared what's going to happen when I'm there…I mean…" Percy said mumbling but stopped when the older blonde haired man ruffled his hair.

"I'm sure you'll get adopted by a nice family Percy, oh before I forget here you go." Fred said handing an envelope to the dark haired boy who took it happily.

"My pictures! Thanks Fred!" Percy exclaimed happily as he opened it and took out the photos the young boy looked at the photos of his birthday that were taken that day.

"Wow it looks like you were having lots of fun." Fred said.

"Uh huh I really really like aquariums because of all the fish and other animals." Percy said grinning, "See here's the area that had a bunch of ancient fish bones."

"I see and I take it that's your mother?" Fred asked pointing to the dark brown haired woman hugging Percy in the photo.

"Uh huh that's my mommy." Percy said.

"What was her name?" Fred asked.

"Sally Jackson."

"Pretty name."

"Yeah….here Fred…"

"H-huh? Percy why are you giving me this photo?" Fred asked taking the picture of Percy and his mother.

"B-because you're one my few friends that I ever made and I…I wanna give you something so you don't forget about me…" Percy replied shyly as his eyes looked down at the bedsheets.

"Awww you didn't have to, but thanks." Fred replied patting Percy on the head, "and I'm glad that you see me as a good friend of yours I'm really going to miss our conversations."

"Me too…you're really the only one that kept me from being bored in this place." The dark haired boy replied laughing before he went quiet.

"It'll be fine Percy, I'm sure you'll get adopted by a good family." Fred said trying to comfort him.

"It's not like you can see into the future Fred." Percy mumbled.

"You'd be surprised…" Fred muttered but rubbed his chin and closed his eyes, his curiosity getting the better of him about what may happen to Percy.

He concentrated and in a flash he saw a vision of an older man hugging an upset Percy by a small pond behind a house as two women entered the backyard. There was some brief talking and Percy's sea-green eyes lit up as he looked at the man who nodded and hugged him tightly.

"Fred? Fred are you okay? You didn't fall asleep sitting down did you?" Percy's voice asked as the older man opened his eyes and gave the child in front of him a dazzling smile with a gleam in his eye. The whole expression had the whole 'I-know-something-you-don't-know' that had Percy looking at him.

"Oh don't worry about me, but I get the very good feeling that you'll be fine mikro delpin, trust me." Fred stated proudly.

"W-well…I guess if you're sure Fred." Percy said as he hugged his plushie, "I just dunno, this is the first time I'm going to go anywhere without mommy and now that she's gone…"

"Hey…hey no more tears Percy…" Fred said rubbing the child's back as he sniffled, "you can get through this just fine alright? I know you're strong and can get through this no problem."

"You really think so?"

"I know so, you're a good kid."

Fred was suddenly taken by surprised when Percy suddenly dropped his plushie and hugged the other man tightly.

"I'm really gonna miss you Fred…" Percy said quietly.

"We'll see each other again alright?" Fred said softly.

"Promise?," Percy asked.

"…I promise I don't know when but I get the feeling we will." Fred replied as Percy smiled hugged Fred tightly.

The next day….

Percy stepped out of Mrs. Bijou's vehicle and looked at the old apartment building sadly before he walked in with the woman following behind him. The attendant at the front desk was a younger looking woman with dark red hair and blue eyes going through some papers. She looked up and was surprised when she saw Percy with some strange woman behind him and quickly moved from behind the counter and to the younger boy.

"Percy! Are you okay! I was worried when you didn't come back after you and your mother went out! What happened, where is she, and who is this!" she exclaimed.

"H-hi Mrs. Callistor…th-this is Mrs. Bijou…" Percy said quietly shuffling a bit as he gripped his fish backpack tightly.

"Percy, Mrs. Callistor is my mother and she's out shopping, I told you to just call me Evelyn." The woman replied, "But that still doesn't answer my question Percy."

"I believe I can answer that…Percy can you give me a bit of time with your friend here?" Mrs. Bijou asked taking Evelyn's shoulder and walked a bit away from the child who nodded as he looked at his dolphin plushie sticking out of his backpack.

There was a few quiet moment of the two woman speaking before Percy found himself wrapped up in Evelyn's arms as the girl hugged him tightly.

"Oh Percy I'm so sorry!" she said hugging the boy, "I heard about the accident but I never thought…"

"Its…okay….I'm just gunna get my stuff from my apartment…" Percy replied hugging the woman back.

"Oh I wish I could take care of you but with my brother coming to stay with us in a few days, my classes and my mom getting sick…" Evelyn said sadly, "I'd adopt you if I could…"

Percy let out a small smile as he hugged the girl back as they made their way to the elevator.

"I know you would but…could…could you at least take care of the stuff I can't take?" Percy asked softly.

"Of course! I'll keep them in the best condition until you come back for it." Evelyn replied as the elevator stopped at the fifth floor and the doors opened letting them out to walk to the rooms.

They stopped at the end of the hall and, saving Percy the trouble Evelyn took out the master key and opened the door into a barely decorated apartment. There were a few pictures hanging on the walls along with decorations but other than that everything was pretty sparse.

"Mommy was gunna go pick up some new curtains…" Percy said quietly.

"Do you have bags to pack your belongings in?" Mrs. Bijou asked.

"Yes ma'am, uhm…Evelyn can you help me please?" the dark haired child asked looking up at the dark red haired girl who smiled gently back.

"Of course Percy, if you would give us a moment?" she replied looking at the other woman who nodded.

"Take your time." Mrs. Bijou replied stepping away and watching them walk inside.

"Don't worry Percy, I promise to leave everything like it is here for you when you come back." Evelyn said, "And when you do I'll make those sugar cookies you like with blue frosting."

"Thank you…I'm really happy knowing mommy's and my things won't get thrown out." Percy said as they headed towards one of the rooms.

The apartment was generally small, even though it was a two room with one bathroom. There were flowers put on the table, recipes on the fridge for cooking and some home décor magazines on the coffee table with little tabs in them and there were a few pictures of Sally and Percy in frames with seashells on them.

Evelyn followed Percy to Sally's room where he went into the closet and pulled out a single large luggage bag with the help of the woman.

"Okay so what do you want to bring that's really important to you Percy?" Evelyn asked Percy as she took a glance around the room.

Like the tiny living room there wasn't much in the room but a bed with blankets, an average sized bookshelf, photos and other trinkets that Sally had collected, mostly things relating to the ocean.

"I…wanna take one of mommy's favorite books." Percy said as he walked to the shelf that was about two heads taller than him.

"Which one is it?" Evelyn asked, she saw Percy pointing to a rather thick book and took it off the shelf to get a better look at it.

"Ancient Greek Myths and Legends huh? Never knew your mom was a fan of this kind of material." Evelyn said as he put the book in the bag.

"I saw her reading it a lot she would read it to me sometimes too. Even though I didn't understand, they were good stories." Percy replied making Evelyn smile.

"Well let's see what else we can put in your bag." Evelyn replied as the two continued to go around the apartment and decide what Percy should bring.

Mrs. Bijou sighed as she glanced at her watch noticing that it had been almost past an hour since the two went inside the apartment to pack up. She heard the door click and saw Percy tugging the suitcase behind him with Evelyn following after.

"Now remember Percy I want you to write to me anytime you need help or just want to talk or anything alright?" Evelyn said kneeling down to Percy's height.

"I will…thanks for everything Evelyn." Percy replied hugging the woman back.

"No problem kiddo, now take care of yourself okay?" Evelyn stated as she stood up with a firm look on her face.

"You ready Percy?" Mrs. Bijou asked.

The small boy just nodded and waved sadly at Evelyn as the two of them headed towards the elevator where the two got in and would be the last time the two saw each other for a while.

Evelyn sighed as she soon took the elevator after them making sure the door was locked behind her before she headed down back to the front desk. Just as she got there a tall dark haired man suddenly entered the building and Evelyn narrowed her eyes as she looked closely at the man and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the choice of clothing. He was very tall with short black hair and sea-green eyes as he wore a blue Hawaiian shirt with shorts and flip-flops.

'If I didn't just see Percy leave I could swear I was looking at an older version of him.' She thought to herself before she noticed the man looking at her. "May I help you with something sir?"

"Ah…yes I wanted to visit an old….friend of mine you see." The man said smiling at Evelyn, "do you know what room Sally and Percy Jackson are staying in?" he asked.

"Oh my…I…I'm sorry, I guess you haven't heard the news have you?" Evelyn gasped looking at the man sadly.

"News? What news? Did they move?" he asked confused but Evelyn shook her head.

"You see…there was an accident a week earlier involving a bus crash and well…Percy and Sally were on that very bus." She replied.

The strong man in front of her suddenly looked weak in the knees when he heard the news.

"Y…you mean both of them are…gone?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

"We-well…I'm afraid Sally didn't make it but Percy, he survived the crash." Evelyn replied patting the man's shoulder, she nearly let out a surprised yell when the man grasped her arm out of the blue.

"Please…tell me where Percy is!" he asked almost desperately.

"I…I'm sorry sir but Percy…Percy was taken into an orphanage just a few minutes earlier, you just missed him." Evelyn stated as the man soon dropped his grip on her arm and she just watched him with the horrified look still in his eyes.

"No…I can't believe Sally's gone and…I just missed Percy…" the man said sadly as he walked out of the building a sudden air of depression around him.

Once he left Evelyn's sight and was by himself he just disappeared in a burst of water to contemplate the news he had just heard. He reappeared on an empty shore at the beach, the waves licking at his feet as he just stared into the water depths.

"What am I going to do…it was easy when I knew where they lived and I could check up on them every once in a while but now…now Sally's gone and I don't even know if Percy is in the same state!" the man shouted angrily as the waves seemed to match his mood growing bigger as they crashed harder against the shoreline.

He had to take a few deep breaths to calm down, but his emotions were still going haywire as he hated not knowing where Percy was.

"I have to search for him…somehow I have to find him…I have to find my son…" the man said determined.

Preview of the next chapter:

"Do you have control over your powers?" Tatsuya asked making Percy look up to stare at him.

"What do you mean?" Percy asked.

Tatsuya didn't say anything but he raised a hand over the pond and Percy watched awed as the water rose up from the pond and formed into a bubble with Nemo floating around in the bubble.

"Like that little one." Tatsuya replied as he made the bubble float over to Percy and hover in front of his face.

"N…no…I wish I did though…" Percy replied amazed as he poked the bubble but it didn't pop like he thought it would.