Artemis flipped to the correct page and started reading.

Chapter 3: Hello, Poseidon

Artemis had the hunters set up camp near the woods of the boarding school before teleporting herself and Percy to Olympus. They reappeared outside the throne room where Artemis shoved Percy through the doors. Percy stumbled through the doors and came face to face with twelve Olympian Gods and Goddesses all looking at him surprised. Artemis roughly shoved Percy towards the middle of the room and was about to flash to her seat when a voice stopped her in her tracks.

"How dare you treat my grandson like that in my presence?" A female voiced hissed at a now wide-eyed Artemis.

Everyone in the room turned with confused looks towards Demeter who was glaring at Artemis angrily.

"Yeah, go Demeter!" Hermes and Apollo cheered.

"Will you two stop that!" Artemis yelled in frustration.

"Don't worry Grandma, I came with her willingly." Percy said with a smirk as he looked around at everyone's confused faces.

"Then why are you in shackles? " Demeter asked glaring at her niece.

"Lady Demeter, I would appreciate if you let me do the reading," Artemis teased.

"What do you mean?" Demeter asked turning towards Artemis.

"Then why are you in shackles?" Demeter asked still glaring at Artemis.

"Oh," Demeter said, blushing.

Percy's smirk grew and pulled on the shackles and revealed his free hands as he held the shackles in one hand now.

"How did you get out?" Artemis asked.

"A magician never shares his secrets," Percy smirked.

"It was better to have her not worry about me trying to escape, although these were rather easy to get free from." Percy said as he dropped the shackles on the ground.

"But, you could already escape?" Artemis said confused.

"Yes, but you didn't know that," Percy replied.

"Who are you?" Zeus bellowed after his confusion wore off.

"The most awesomest badass demigod ever known," Apollo answered.

Percy turned towards the King of the Gods, "I am Perseus Jackson, Son of Hades and Persephone."

"You know, I think I like Apollo's answer better," Percy grinned.

Zoe playfully smacked him. "Don't let Apollo corrupt you," Zoe whispered.

"You're a god?" Artemis asked shocked.

"No, why would I want to be? I don't understand how you guys can like being immortal. Every second you have to watch the people you love die right before your eyes, but you can't do anything about it, except move on. Don't you guys ever wish you were mortal?" Percy asked.

"Occasionally I do," Artemis said. "Watching my hunters die before my eyes, is hard, but I keep reminding myself that they are happy. That they are in Elysium or possibly the Isles of the Blest."

All the goddesses nodded. Even Aphrodite. All the gods, except for Zeus, Dionysus, and Ares.

Percy shook his head, "I am the adopted son of Hades and Persephone. My birth father abandoned my mother and I before I was taken in by my real father Hades when I was ten."

"Who is your real father?" Zeus asked suspiciously.

"Hades." Percy said seriously before sending a distasteful glance towards the man holding a trident in his hand with a pale white face.

Zeus noticed the look towards Poseidon before his face reddened in anger, "Poseidon! You broke your oath twice? I knew I should have killed that boy of yours two years ago."

"So did you, Zeus. You don't have any room to nag him," Hera said.

Poseidon seemed to ignore his brother's anger as he looked at Percy, "Perseus, you are my son. I di...." He began before Percy's eyes flashed with anger.

"Wrong, I am Hades and Persephone's son," Percy corrected.

"You are no father of mine Poseidon." Percy spat.

Poseidon's eyes widened at his tone, "Perseus, the ancient laws would not allow me to see you. If I could have I would have helped but I was restricted by the ancient laws."

"Do I smell bullshit?" Percy asked.

Percy's face darkened as shadows began to bend and swirl around the room. Percy's eyes began to glow as he looked angrily at Poseidon, "That is bullshit. You could have helped if you wanted but you were more concerned with the next mortal you knocked up. I don't care what you say Poseidon; you never have and never will be any relation to me. If you weren't a god I'd kill you myself for what you did to my mother."

"And I'd help," Hades mumbled.

Zeus was watching the argument unfold in front of him with an amused look on his face. He was more than happy to watch his brother be degraded by his own son before he decided whether or not to kill the boy.

"You better not if you wish to keep that throne of yours," Hera threatened.

Zeus nodded quickly.

Poseidon looked at Percy in shock, "I never hurt your mother."

"No, but your actions did," Percy said.

Percy growled under his breath before a hand on his shoulder caused him to calm a bit. He looked up into the green eyes of Demeter looking down at him sympathetically, "Calm down Percy. He may be a terrible father but he is still a god."

"Maybe he is, but I know one that's not," Percy whispered.

Percy nodded slowly before turning back to Poseidon slightly calmer, "You killed my mother the day she met you."

"Percy-"

"Relax, Poseidon. I forgive you eventually," Percy reassured.

Poseidon looked at his son sadly, "I could not do anything once you were born Perseus. I cannot be there to stop every monster that attacks."

Percy laughed a humorless laugh, "There were no monster attacks, there was one monster that you forced us to live with because of the disgusting scent you cursed me with. To protect me from monsters, she had to marry a piece of trash who smelled so vile it covered the potent sea scent I was forced to live with. Then he spent the next ten years making her life a living hell."

Percy looked down remembering that night. Zoe drew circles on his back calming him down.

Poseidon's eyes narrowed as Percy's words turned harsher, "Watch yourself boy. I told you I couldn't help you because of the ancient laws."

"You're so full of shit. You can interfere with mortals all you want when you want to get laid but gods forbid you actually have to act like a man and protect someone after you knock them up. Where were you when both my mother and I were beaten every single night? Where were you when he would rape her and make me watch inside our piece of shit one room apartment? Where were you when he would pin me down and slowly run his knife across my chest and back for trying to fight him off her? You say it isn't your fault? Every single thing that happened to her is both your fault and mine. Yours for being an ass and a deadbeat dad and mine for not being strong enough to protect her." Percy spat at a wide-eyed Poseidon.

"Percy, it's not your fault," Zoe whispered.

"It is. I should've protected her. I should have stopped him," Percy mumbled.

"You were ten, Percy. You were too young to do anything," Zoe said.

"I-"

"Shush. Stop blaming yourself. It isn't your fault," Zoe insisted.

Percy layed his head on Zoe's shoulder and closed his eyes for a moment. He could see the images in his head. The screaming, the yelling, and everything ran through his head. If he had only fought back or did something, there might be a chance his mother would still be alive. A tear rolled down his eyes as Zoe wrapped her arms around him, holding him tightly. She gestured for Artemis to continue reading.

Poseidon stared at Percy for a minute before he stood up furiously from his throne and raised his trident at Percy.

"Don't you dare do what I think you're about to do!" Hades, Persephone, Hestia, Hera, Artemis, and Athena yelled at the same time.

Poseidon shrank in his seat. He frowned at his future self's actions towards his own son. 

Before anyone could react, a tendril of fire wrapped around Poseidon's hands and painfully wrenched the direction of his trident away from Percy and towards the hearth.

There stood the normally calm goddess Hestia in the form of a twenty-five year old woman, her eyes flaming orbs of rage.

Everyone turned to the peaceful goddess in shock. "What? I protect my champions," Hestia shrugged. "I would not hesitate to wage war with anyone who put Percy into harms way or threatened him."

"How dare you try to kill my champion?" She hissed at her brother.

Poseidon was too shocked by Hestia's actions to respond so she continued, "That boy has faced more pain and suffering than any other demigod I've met. He is guilty of no crime other than pointing out your shortcomings, brother." She spat, saying the word brother like a disease.

Demeter had taken the opportunity to pull Percy back to her throne where she sat him on her lap in her fifteen foot godly height.

"How dare the boy speak to his own father so disrespectfully?" Poseidon asked as he recovered from his shock.

"No, how dare you. You lost the title of 'father' the second you left Sally and Percy alone with that monster," Hestia growled.

"I was forced to," Poseidon defended. "You know the ancient laws. It pained me to leave Sally, but I had too!"

"Bullshit!" Hestia cursed, shocking everyone with her language. "I know the ancient laws as much as you do, but if you cared so much about the laws then you wouldn't have gone around having sex, you wouldn't have gone behind your wife's back and had an affair. Your actions put an innocent mortal in danger, you put a child in danger, and whatever worse is that you didn't even bother to know if you had a son or not!"

The room fell silent after Hestia finished yelling at her brother. Poseidon put his head in his hands as he knew Hestia was right. She was always right.

Shadows gathered near the hearth of the throne room as Hades and Persephone appeared; both with looks of anger towards Poseidon.

"He is not your son Poseidon. My husband and I adopted Percy shortly after he lost the only parent he had when his birth mother died." Persephone hissed at the sea god.

Zeus stood from his throne and slammed his bolt into the floor, effectively silencing the room.

"Drama queen," everyone muttered, disregarding Zeus, Dionysus, and Ares.

"Enough! If you have a throne, sit in it and shut up! If you don't, then conjure up a seat and shut up! We will discuss what happens next with some order damn it." Zeus bellowed.

Everyone did as they were told; Hades, Persephone and Hestia conjured up seats next to Demeter's throne where Percy sat calmly eating a bowl of cereal still on the goddess' lap.

"You what?!" Hermes shouted.

"No, Percy. How could you?!" Apollo yelled.

"What, it's good. You should try some," Percy said as Demeter made three bowls of cereal appear in front of Hermes, Apollo, and Percy.

"Now, I want to hear this boy's story from the beginning, starting with how he came into the care of my brother and daughter." Zeus asked as the room finally found some order.

Hestia stood up, "The story began about four years ago. My brother Hades and I were having a conversation in Central Park when we came across Perseus as he ran from Hellhound. After looking through the memories of his life, I convinced my brother to raise the child as Percy had had enough hardships for an entire lifetime. Everything the boy said to Poseidon is the truth." She said with a distasteful look at her brother.

"Of course, why would I lie about something like that?" Percy said.

Hades continued, "At the time, your daughter was still a tree and Perseus was in line to be the child of the prophecy. Rather than let the prophecy fall to someone who might fail, Hestia and I decided we would prepare Percy to face the prophecy and ensure he made the correct choice when the time came. For the past four years, Perseus has trained with the greatest heroes to ever live; Theseus, Perseus, Odysseus, Achilles and for a very short period Orion." He explained his face shifting into a smirk when he mentioned Orion.

"Why so short with Orion?" Apollo asked.

Artemis laughed and read.

"Why so short with Orion?" Apollo asked; a look of disgust on his face.

"I see Apollo doesn't change much," Percy teased.

Persephone smirked, "My son has a strong distaste towards men who hurt women. When Orion spoke of the events that led to my sister killing him, Perseus convinced his father that Orion was not worthy to live in Elysium with deserving heroes. He is spending the next few centuries in the Fields of Punishment before Perseus will decide if he is worthy of Asphodel yet."

"Meaning, he's going to be stuck in the Fields of Punishment for all eternity," Percy said.

Apollo's eyes widened before he grinned, "I like this kid."

Artemis looked at Percy with shock and a little guilt, the boy was the opposite of what she hated about men and she had brought him here to be killed.

"It's fine, Lady Artemis," Percy said.

Artemis smiled.

"How dare you betray your own brother?" Poseidon yelled from his throne.

"That piece of trash is no brother of mine!" Percy yelled.

"Percy, when I told Demeter to stop reading the story, that applied to everyone," Artemis scolded and read.

Percy glared back at the sea god, "That piece of trash is no brother of mine. Even your own son Theseus was more than happy with the punishment given to that prick. Orion was a real chip off the old block, huh Poseidon?"

"Well if I say it twice then it must be true," Percy smiled sheepishly as everyone, disregarding Dionysus and Ares, laughed.

Poseidon stood from his throne again but was pulled back down by Hera, "Enough Poseidon. We need to hear the rest of Perseus' story."

Everyone turned to the Queen of Heavens with shock, but chose not to say anything.

Everyone looked a little surprised that Hera helped a demigod but she was rather impressed after his rant towards Poseidon earlier. He said what she had been saying for centuries about the male gods.

"It's not only the male gods, though, there

"Artemis my dear, please explain what happened in Maine." Zeus asked turning to his daughter.

Artemis nodded, "My hunters and I arrived at the school in search of the two demigods and found Thalia, Annabeth and Poseidon's boy trying to fight off a horde of monsters that were preventing the trio from reaching the Manticore who already had Hades' two children captured. As my hunters were about to enter the fight, shadows engulfed the three demigods and sent them into the woods. Perseus stepped out of the woods and was single-handedly fighting his way through the monsters towards the Manticore. I ordered my hunters to aid him until we could discover who he was and why he was there.

"A reasonable order too," Percy said. "Never trust anyone until they have proven to be trustworthy and even then, don't trust them."

"She still could have been nicer," Demeter said.

He reached the Manticore and had the monster defeated when my lieutenant stepped up to finish it off. The monster snatched her before trying to step back but it fell off the cliff with my lieutenant. Perseus jumped off the cliff and managed to rescue my lieutenant.

"I would do anything to make sure Zoe stays alive," Percy said. "I don't know what I would do if she died."

Zoe smiled. "And I would do anything to make sure you stay alive too. I love you so much, Percy."

"I love you more," Percy grinned.

"Not possible," Zoe said with a twinkle in her eyes.

Afterward, I planned to bring the two demigods to Olympus along with Perseus but the two vanished when they were engulfed by a shadow. Perseus explained he would be of much more interest to Olympus than his siblings and instead surrendered himself peacefully after rescuing his siblings."

Most of the Olympians stared at Percy in shock, he glanced at Artemis questioningly but when he didn't get a response he nudged his grandmother and pointed to his cereal bowl. Demeter beamed at her grandson before snapping her fingers and refilling his bowl.

Demeter refilled Percy's bowl as he dug in again.

"And what of Thalia and her two companions?" Zeus asked.

"One has a broken arm, and the others are fine," Percy said.

"They are fine. Poseidon's son has a broken arm and bruised ego but they were unavoidable as he tried to threaten Perseus as he was surrendering himself to me." Artemis explained.

"Did you attack my son?" Poseidon asked angrily.

"Yes," Percy said not really caring.

Artemis rolled her eyes, "Perseus put your son in his place. Although you should thank him as I was seconds from turning the arrogant boy into a jackalope for interrupting my interrogation of Perseus."

"See, by hurting him, I saved him," Percy muttered.

Poseidon glared at Percy but bit his tongue. A number of Olympians snickered at the thought of Poseidon's son being shown his place. Zeus cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

The demigods and gods did the same.

"Now we need to decide what should become of this boy. He is very powerful from what I can see and would be a dangerous enemy to Olympus. He doesn't seem to have any ties to Olympus, perhaps it would be best to kill him now before he could become a threat." Zeus said thoughtfully from his throne.

Zeus was shocked to find a number of Olympians, including many of the goddesses glare at him.

"The boy will not betray Olympus; I will vouch for my grandson's loyalty." Demeter said from her throne.

"Thank you, grandma," Percy said.

"Of course, Perseus," Demeter smiled.

Persephone gave her mother a grateful smile.

Athena looked at Percy curiously before clearing her throat, "I believe the boy could be a valuable asset to Olympus father. While he may hate Poseidon, he has no grudge against anyone else. He has been trained by the greatest heroes to ever live and could become the key to helping us win any war in the coming years. He is also not the prophecy child, so he poses no threat in that regard even though he would be an excellent candidate should something happen to Thalia."

"You know, I don't know if I should be thanking you or not," Percy said. "I mean, you supported me, and yet, in a way, you led me into a worser fate, considering I have had near deaths about fifteen thousand times."

"How about a thank you?" Athena suggested.

"Thank you. Oh, by the way, you can sit next to Theseus if you want. You won't get another chance," Percy winked.

Athena blushed but teleported next to Theseus.

"We cannot let the boy continue to roam freely; he could fall into the enemy's hands and forced to betray us anyway." Zeus countered.

"Then we will send him to camp. I will claim Percy and he will stay in my cabin with my children." Demeter announced.

"Thank you, mother," Persephone said.

"It's not problem, Persephone," Demeter smiled.

Zeus sat on his throne thinking before Hera leaned over and whispered into her husband's ear. Zeus listened before he slowly nodded.

"We shall put it to a vote. Who believes we should kill the boy now?" Zeus asked.

Dionysus was the only person to raise his hand and received a number of glares in response.

Everyone glared at Dionysus. "What?" Dionysus asked. "If you had to mentor 500 adolescents, wouldn't you take the opportunity to potentially have one less? No? Then I want a merlot. Or maybe a pinot."

He waved his hand summoning a bottle of pinot noir.

"All for letting the boy live and sending him to Camp Half Blood?" He asked.

Ten hands rose while only Poseidon did not vote as he refused to vote for either. He disliked the way Percy spoke to him but was also feeling guilty about abandoning his own son to such a life.

"Very well, Perseus shall be sent to Camp Half Blood." Zeus announced.

Percy raised his hand from Demeter's lap, "Lord Zeus?"

Zeus nodded in his direction.

"What of my brother and sister? They don't even know they are demigods and pose no threat to Olympus. Will they be allowed to come to camp as well?" Percy asked.

"He will if he wishes to live," Hera said.

Zeus realized he had forgotten all about the true spawns of Hades, "We do not know where their loyalties will lie in the future. Why were they not brought to Olympus?"

"So that you wouldn't get a chance to kill them if something went wrong," Percy said.

"I thought it was best if I went to Olympus first. I will make sure their loyalties never change from Olympus and will be responsible for them and anything they do." Percy said hopefully.

"You do know if they ever betray us that you will be punished along with them if I agree to this?" Zeus asked.

Percy nodded, "They are my brother and sister; I would gladly give my life for either of them."

Bianca and Nico smiled at their older brother.

Percy smiled back.

Zeus nodded, "Very well Perseus, they are your responsibility then."

"Thank you Lord Zeus." Percy said gratefully.

"Artemis, you are leaving for your assignment soon correct?" Zeus asked.

"Yes father." She replied.

"Then you will send Perseus to camp with your hunters. Please ensure they boy is not killed while traveling with them." Zeus ordered.

"They wouldn't kill me. I wouldn't do anything to give them a reason to," Percy said.

Everyone expected Artemis to argue but instead she simply nodded to her father.

"Council dismissed." Zeus announced before disappearing in a bolt of lightning followed by most of the council.

"Epic!" Leo said with a fist pump in tbe air. "Jason, can you do that?"

"Uh...I'm not sure," Jason shrugged. "I've never tried."

"Oh, you have to try it when we get back to camp," Leo said excitedly. "That would be epic."

"Unfortunately, only I can disappear in a bolt of lightning," Zeus said. "Otherwise  it wouldn't be as epic."

"Aw, man," Leo whined. "You really have lame powers, dude."

Poseidon stood from his throne glaring harshly at his brother, "Who do you think you are adopting my child without my permission?"

Hades smirked, "I simply gave Perseus the option. He freely chose to be raised by me rather than wait around for you to remember you had him."

Poseidon's eyes narrowed, "You know I was not able to have any contact with him or else Zeus would have killed him."

"You could at least have checked to see if I were alive or not," Percy muttered, even though Poseidon couldn't hear him.

Percy scoffed, "I see your other son, the arrogant little prick, managed to gain your favor enough for you to get him to camp. I doubt the one good son you've ever would be pleased to find his legendary blade in the hands of such a weak demigod."

"You did what?" Theseus asked. "Don't you think you should've asked me?"

"I...I just thought-"

"Save it. It's too late now," he interrupted.

Artemis continued reading.

Poseidon's glare shifted to Percy, "Theo? He is a worthy hero. How dare you speak that way about him?"

"Him, a worthy hero?" Achilles spat.

Percy looked at Poseidon confused before his eyes widened and he let out a loud laugh, "You actually named him after Theseus too? That is rich. I look forward to seeing the real Theseus' reaction to your feeble attempt to replace him."

"I agree with Percy, father. You could have asked me or something. Out of all of the people to name after me, you chose the worst one," Theseus said.

"I-I'm sorry," Poseidon stammered.

"I accept your apology, but that doesn't mean I like it," Theseus answered.

Poseidon gripped his trident and stepped towards Percy only for Hades, Hestia and Persephone to stand protectively in front of Percy who was still sitting calmly on his grandmother's lap.

"Poseidon," Hades said in a warning tone. "If you touch my wife or son, you will no longer exist."

Poseidon nodded quickly. Persephone kissed Hades while Percy hugged him.

Poseidon glared at Hades, "This is far from over brother. You will pay for turning my own flesh and blood against me." He spat before vanishing in a bright sea green light.

"You will not touch my father," Percy hissed.

Hades smiled proudly at his son.

Hades turned to his son with a look of pride, "You did well Perseus; I don't think I've seen Poseidon so angry in millennia. Take care of your brother and sister, I will send them to camp by the end of the day."

Percy smirked, "Thank you father."

"Don't do anything foolish at camp Percy. Many of the demigods may try to challenge you to test you but killing someone will not end well for anyone. I love you." Persephone said warmly before she and Hades vanished from the throne room.

"Oops," Percy said sheepishly

"What did you do?" Persephone groaned.

"You'll find out eventually," Percy responded.

Percy jumped off Demeter's lap as she shrunk herself down to human size, "I will inform my daughter Katie that you will be joining them in my cabin. Don't be afraid to Iris Message your grandmother if you need anything Percy." She said as she kissed him on the cheek before vanishing from the throne room as well.

Percy smiled brightly. He loved his grandmother so much. She was the closest mother-like figure he had other than Persephone, of course.

Percy was left with his patron who smiled warmly at him, "You have made me so proud my champion. The hearth will always be there for you when you need it just as I am."

Hestia led Percy over to Artemis who stood in the middle of the throne room waiting impatiently.

"I trust my champion will not come to harm under your care niece?" Hestia said with a hint of warning in her voice.

"I'm sorry, Percy" Artemis said.

"I forgive you, Lady Artemis," Percy smiled.

Artemis shrugged, "He seems to be respectful enough and he did save my lieutenant, I don't see any issues arising."

Hestia eyes narrowed a bit but nodded, "Very well. Perseus I will be watching over you on your journey." She said before vanishing in a flash of flames.

Artemis looked at Percy curiously for a minute before gesturing for him to follow her. Percy was surprised but followed her outside the throne room. Artemis led him into a courtyard before taking a seat on a bench and gesturing for him to sit on the bench across from her.

Percy waited for the goddess to speak, knowing she was one goddess whose bad side he had no interest in getting on.

"Definitely not wise to piss off your girlfriend's sister," Nico agreed. "It does not end well."

"You speak from experience?" Aphrodite inqured.

"Maybe," Nico mumbled. "But it wasn't my fault."

"I assume you are curious as to why I brought you here Perseus?" Artemis asked.

Percy simply nodded in response.

"Your sister, the daughter of Hades; I was planning on offering her a place in my hunt where she would become one of my immortal maidens. I will be going on a solo hunt but would still like to offer her a place in my hunters when I return, will that be a problem?" She asked stoically.

Percy looked at the goddess confused, "No offense Lady Artemis, but why are you even asking me? She is my sister but the choice is hers. Personally I would love if she joined the hunt despite that I would not get to know her better; but knowing she was safe would be worth it."

"Do you mean that?" Bianca asked.

"Of course. You're my sister. All I want is for you to be happy," Percy said.

"Thank you," Bianca said.

"Of course, sis," Percy grinned.

Artemis looked at the demigod slightly impressed, "I only asked because I wanted to know if you would try to stop her from joining but I appreciate you wanting what is best for her."

Percy nodded.

"That was very unwise of you to challenge Poseidon like that. You will need to be careful in the future and when around the sea." Artemis warned.

Percy shrugged, "I have no fear of death Lady Artemis. My home is in the Underworld and most of my friends are not alive. I could not miss a chance to knock him down a peg. The gods think they can go around impregnating any woman they want without consequence but someone needed to tell them otherwise."

"Not many, men would say that. You are something different," Artemis said. "Do we get along well in the future?"

"Yes, Lady Artemis. Except for the times when you try to kill me in Capture the Flag, but other than that, we get along really well," Percy replied.

Artemis chose not to ask why she would try to kill Percy in Capture the Flag.

Artemis gave Percy an impressed smirk as she agreed with his reasoning.

"Mind explaining how you managed to free yourself from the shackles I put you in?" Artemis asked curiously.

Percy's lips quirked into a mischievous smile, "Houdini was a son of Hades and taught me how to get myself out of a sticky situation should the need arise."

"Of course," Artemis said face-palming herself.

Percy smirked.

Artemis looked at Percy incredulously for a minute before her eyes drifted to the scar running down his face, "How old were you when he did that?" She asked in a surprisingly soft tone.

Percy's calm face quickly tensed as he looked away from the goddess, "It would be easier if you just looked through my memories. That is how everyone else finds out and I have no desire to relive any of the moments from my past. But I would ask that you keep what you see to yourself please."

Artemis nodded as she looked into the memories of Percy. After a few minutes she pulled back with a scowl on her face, "What happened to that man?" She growled.

"Let's just say his punishment is almost worse than Tartarus," Percy grinned evilly.

Everyone shivered at the thought of what might have happened to Percy's stepfather.

Percy smirked, "He has his own section dedicated to him in the Fields of Punishment designed by myself and my mother Persephone."

"It was fun making it," Percy said. "I had so many tools to choose from. So many ways to make his life in the Underworld worse than Tartarus."

Artemis' face shifted into a satisfied smile, "Did you kill him?"

Percy's smirk grew, "Very slowly."

Artemis smiled, "Good. Now before I bring you to my hunters, I have another question for you."

"Orion I presume?" Percy asked.

Artemis nodded, "What did you mean when you said the events that led to his death?"

Artemis leaned forward curious to find out what Orion had done.

"He was not very shy about what he called his accomplishments and I did not like the way he spoke about how he almost "scored" with the goddess of maidens. Theseus also explained that he tried to rape one of your huntresses as well." Percy explained.

"He did not almost 'score' me. He simply gained my respect for a very short period," Artemis growled. "How dare he do such a thing to my sister!"

Apollo made a mental note to give Orion a visit later for messing with his sister.

Artemis' face reddened in anger, "He did not almost "score". He simply gained my favor for very short period of time."

Nobody said anything about Artemis repeating herself.

"I know Lady Artemis. He is currently where he belongs and I have no plans to tell my father to release him from punishment anytime soon." Percy replied quickly.

"He'll be staying there for a while. His punishment is almost, if not, then just as, bad as the other evil pig that is unfortunately my stepfather," Percy said.

"Good. I suppose I owe you some thanks for putting him in his place." Artemis added.

"You owe me nothing," Percy asserted.

Percy shook his head, "No you don't Lady Artemis. I was more than happy to do it. He committed too many crimes against women in his short yet too long life to be considered any type of hero."

Artemis smiled, "Thank you for saving my lieutenant as well, she is very important to me."

"Of course, Artemis," Percy grinned.

Percy gave her a small nod in response.

"I will make sure my huntresses treat you with more respect than they do other males; you have earned that much. Come, we must return to them and send you all to camp." Artemis added.

Percy nodded and stood up as Artemis did the same. She put a hand on his shoulder as they vanished into a flash of silver light.

"That's it," Artemis said.

"Alright. Achilles I'll meet you in the arena. Anyone who wishes to watch may," Percy announced vanishing in the shadows.

"First I would like to speak with you and Zoe," Artemis said.

"Alright, everyone break. The match begins at 6:30. Be there on time if you wish to watch the epic battle," Percy said.