My Curses, Wally’s interruption

Percy's POV

Percy jolted awake in bed. IT's that dream again, her time in Tartarus, her suffering, and her curses. She didn't tell anyone about this, not even Nico and Thalia, but when she had escaped Tartarus, the god of the deep abyss had curse her to relive her flashbacks and feel all her wounds again. Percy looks down at her arms and legs, they were covered in bloody scratches, nothing really serious tonight but how long can her luck last? She shook her head and got up to clean herself up.

Percy grabbed her utility-belt and pulled out a small vile of nectar. She dipped a piece of cloth in it and rubbed the godly liquid on her wound. Percy watched as the wounds closed up, she didn't really feel the pain anymore, really why would she? It seems like demigods like her got hurt so often they forgot what physical pain felt like. Wish the same thing could be said about mental pain...

'No,' Percy mentally scolded herself. 'Don't think about it! Don't fall back into flashbacks!'

She glanced at the clock on the wall.

2:45 AM

She wasn't tired, so Percy figured that she did go train. She needed to take her mind off of things, also she needs to practice on her swordplay.

'Recognized, Riptide B23. Activating Simulation'

Percy took out riptide the sword and got into her usual fight stand. She had programmed the computer to set her mythical monsters to fight her. She needed to blow off steam.

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'Begin'

Monsters of all kinds appeared around Percy and lunged at her all at once. Percy rushed forward to meet them. A hellhound leaped towards her and she sidestepped and slashed her sword through the monster. An Empusa came rushing towards her with her weapons drawn, Percy blocked it with hers and with all her demigod's strength, she kicked the monster backward, sending it flying towards the cave wall. With each slash and hacked, Percy felt like she was back on that day with the war with Gaia. Images flashed through her mind, every death, each cries of pain and agony. Percy failed to notice that she had an audience and the fact that her wounds had reopened and were bleeding out.

Dick's POV

Dick had woken up in the middle of the night hoping to get a glass of water but what he got was a big surprise. Seeing the light coming from the training room, Dick went to investigate, only to see his girlfriend whom he had been dating for two months, hacking away at the holographic monsters with her godly bronze sword-riptide. He stood beside the gate, awed by the moves Percy displayed. He had never seen Percy in action with a sword. Much less seeing her doing her demigod thing. He watched as Percy finishing up the last monster before caping her sword, only then did he realized that she was covered in cuts and blood.

"Percy," He gasped, running forward to the brunet, "are you alright?" Dick hugged the girl and gently guided her to the medical room.

"I'm fine." The girl said, though her expression says otherwise. She sat down on the medical bench and Dick went and fetched the first aid kit. He sat down beside the sea-green eyed girl and began cleaning her wounds.

"How did you get all those wounds? Those holographic monsters were not supposed to hurt you. I didn't even see them come near you." Percy shook her head and sighed.

"My wounds are not from the training, they are from all my previous quests and wars." Dick stopped what he was doing and looked at his girlfriend, he asked the silent question. What happened? Tell me.

"...I guess the easiest way to put it is that, uh, my scars are, uh, caused by godly weapons...so they left scars that couldn't be cured fully...?" Dick hummed in response, Percy clearly didn't want to talk about it. He wouldn't push her too hard just yet, she would open up to him someday. He finished up cleaning Percy's wounds and she jumped down from the bed.

"Do you need me to wrap them up, some of them looked pretty serious."

'Nah, it's okay, I just need to eat a bit of ambrosia and I will be fine."

"Ambrosia?..."

"Godly food, demigods used them as medicines, they are quite effective. However, if mortals consume them they would be burnt alive from the inside out, literally. " Dick's expression must have been hilarious because Percy laughed and gave him a hug.

"Don't worry, I'm not gonna use them on you guys, you are my teammates. I care for you too much, Dick Grayson."

"How did you-"

"Come on Dick, I'm an ADHD girl, I noticed things people usually don't. I have seen you as Dick Grayson on tv several times and I have seen you in person as Nightwing. And it also helps when you are a half-blood who has a cousin on the Justice League."

"When-"

"The day after you asked me out," Percy said, "I had my suspicions way before that. I got my answer when Diana came and congratulated me on finally getting a date, and told me who you are under the mask."

"Okay, but promise me that you will keep this a secret, the team can not find out who I am under the mask."

"I swear to you on the River Styx." Thunder boom outside. Dick looked confused.

"Sticks?"

"Styx, that is a river in the underworld. Swearing on it is the most serious promise one can make if I go against it, my punishment would be worse than death." Dick was horrified and touched. Percy was truly serious, she even went as far as risking her life to keep his secret safe. He couldn't help it but bring Percy in for another hug, feeling her warm body pressed against his.

"Thank you. What had I done to deserve such a wonderful girl like you?" He smirked as she tightened her grip on him. Dick was almost disappointed when they broke apart. He looked down at her and drank in her feature. Her tanned skin, her bright sea-green eyes...and her pink lips.

Dick felt himself leaning forward and before he knows it his lips were on his girlfriend's. Percy kissed back almost immediately and it quickly turned from a soft kiss into a passionate one. The next ten minutes of making out were intense with Percy somehow ending up sitting in his lap and his hands in her hair.

"Ugh, get a room you two! There are plenty in the cave you know!" A slightly raspy voice said from behind them. Wally had gotten out of bed and was shielding his eyes from them like they were doing PDA, which they kind of are.

Percy quickly got off from Dick's lap, her face flushed. "I, er, better go now, my wounds still need to be healed, and uh, yeah- bye!" She rushed off, leaving Dick half amused and half disappointed. He glared at Wally.

" Great! You embarrassed her! Now, what am I supposed to do?"

"Ask her on a date..." Dick turned to his best friend with a questionable look.

"What?" Are we even on the same page here?

Wally didn't answer, instead, the speedster was dozing off beside the doorframe.

"Gee, thanks for the clarification," Dick said sarcastically, he paused for a second and considered what Wally had said. Now that he had thought about it, he and Percy had never actually gone on a date. They were so busy with the missions that they barely had time to think about it. He looks back at Wally's embarrassing sleeping form and smirked. "But thanks for the advice dude. I'm gonna take my girl on a date..."