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Chapter 671

She pushed her hands out, desperately trying ot pulled herself out of

wherever she was. She could feel something, a cold breeze just

outside her gelatinous prison. She broke through the white continent

and suddenly the cover snapped causing her to be shoved down.

Thalia fell down on the metal floor as she began to pant. She coughed,

spitting out what felt like volumes of the white milky substance she was

drowned in. She panted and looked up, she found a pod around her

height hanging above her head. It's cover was torn apart, inside was

that milky white substance she was immersed in, she was trapped in

that thing.

She got back up and realised she was in a hallway of some kind. The

hallway was big enough for a four lane highway to fit inside. It's wall

were red and purple, the colors mixing and churning, almost in a

hypnotic way. And hanging from the ceiling of the hallway wasn't just

one pod but hundreds.

Each of the pods had a shadowy silhouette inside of it, and each of

them were hanging by a long thick cord which pulsated blue with

energy.

'Where am I?' Thalia asked herself as she got back on her feet. They

were shaky, but after a few steps she found herself able of walk without

issue. It was like her feet were asleep, in fact it felt like she had just

gotten a well rested nap. She was very energized, whatever that pod

did to her at least she got a good night's sleep out of it.

Thalia looked around, 'okay, so what's the last thing I remember? I

think...it was me, and Percy. We had just defeated that demon and said

goodbye to Christy, John and Jet. We were walking back when

suddenly I felt sleepy...super sleepy. And not just me, Michael and

Clarisse felt it too. They fell asleep before me. And Percy...he wasn't

affected though.'

Thalia cursed, 'okay, whatever is going on I can deal with it. If someone

kidnapped me then Percy is probably on his way right now. The best

thing for me to do right now is survive, find a way out of this place,

maybe find Michael and Clarisse, assuming they are here as well.'

Thalia quickly began walking down the hallway trying to find an exit.

SO far there seemed to be no end to the giant corridor, it twisted and

turned and seemingly went on forever. Thalia found herself walking for

what felt like hours, but she knew it had only been minutes.

Thalia grumbled, 'where the Hades is the exit?!' she kept walking and

eventually the hallway narrowed down until it back the size of a normal

school hallway with a double door near the end.

Thalia was weary, nothing good can come of this. She reached for her

can of mace and bracelet and activated them arming herself with her

shield and spear. She walked to the door and slowly pushed it open

peeping to the other side. Thalia's eyes widened, she saw nothing,

nothing but darkness, and then suddenly something pulled her

forwards.

"AHHH!" Thalia yelled out as she was sent flying through the darkness.

She dropped her spear into the bottomless pit below her as she flew

across the dark void. She went head over heels and flew faster and

faster.

Suddenly the darkness gave way to light and then suddenly Thalia was

throne onto the floor made of marble as she rolled before getting back

up and looking around. She was inside what looked like a king's

chamber. The room was decorated like it belonged to the 18th century

filled with paintings and beautifully designed furniture. The room had a

cupboard the size of a small car and a marble bathtub big enough for

ten. Oddly enough the room didn't have a bed.

"Welcome daughter of Zeus, I should have expected you of all people

would have escaped."

Thalia snapped her fingers summoning and chain of lighting she turned

and crouched ready to attack at a moment's notice. She saw a man

standing near one corner of the room smiling at her like he had not a

care in the world.

The man was dressed in a fine expensive looking suit, the kind Thalia's

father wore on a daily basis. His face was black and had no features,

like a shadow come alive. And on his back were a pair of giant wings of

black and white three times bigger than his body.

Thalia narrowed her eyes, "who the Hades are you?"

"I am Morpheus," the man pushed off the wall and bowed, "the god of

dreams. Perhaps you have heard of me."

Thalia's eyes widened, "you're a god." she lowered her hands and

stopped channeling her lighting, "sorry about the light show, wasn't

sure. Where am I?"

"You are somewhere safe," Morpheus nodded to her, "here no one can

come after you. Not the Gods, not any kind of monster and most

certainly not Kronos."

"Then...this is your realm?"

Morpheus nodded, "indeed it is."

Thalia's eyes went wide, she immediately was on the offensive once

more channeling lighting into her closed fists, "then you are the one

who kidnapped me!"

"Well that would mean you didn't come here of your own desire,"

Morpheus said looking unfazed by the lighting in Thalia's hands.

"What?! I don't even remember getting here! Last thing I remember

was falling asleep in Percy's arms!"

"Indeed, and after that you did what you always do when falling asleep.

Come into my realm," Morpheus snapped his fingers and the richly

decorated room disappeared. Thalia found herself floating in mid air

once more with nothing to support her.

Out of reflex she flinched, she conquered her fear of height but it was

still there, and right now it was very strong. She watched as slowly the

world around her began to shirk. The darkness gave way to the hallway

again which then became smaller and smaller into the size of a planet.

The planet was covered with hallways running across it like roads.

Those white pods hung above the hallways and between the small

paths was nothing but darkness.

Thalia looked to Morpheus, "this is your realm?"

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Morpheus nodded, "indeed, it is. Every God has one, but other than

fellow immortals no one is allowed to visit. A rule the Fates enforce

quite strongly. But I am an acception, my realm is accessible to all

humans once they sleep. Their minds come here, and they dream."

"That pod," Thalia said in horror, "you're saying I've been it before?"

Morpheus nodded, "everyday since the day you were born. When you

sleep you dream. And if you dream, that means you come here."

"T-then how did I wake up?" Thalia asked, "how am I standing here

talking to you?"

"A mistake on my path," Morpheus admitted, "you see I am a bit

strained right now. My powers are weakening. Usually I would be able

to hold you in check just fine, but now...well I'm stretched a bit thin as

they say. You are one of the most powerful demigods I have ever seen,

your will was strong enough to break you out of my hold."

"But...Michael and Clarisse...they fell asleep before I did. They...you did

that didn't you?!" Thalia roared, "why?! Why did you pull us into your

realm?!"

"To protect you," Morpheus spoke as he spread his wings, "you of all

people must understand Thalia."

"What do you mean?!"

The god sighed, "months ago Kronos came to us minor demigods with

a deal. An offer, he would give us the attention and respect we

deserve, and in return we must support him in the war with the

Olympians."

"What?! Why would you do that?!"

"Wouldn't you?" Morpheus shot back, "if you were ridiculed every

single day of your existence, if you were called a 'minor' as your official

title, though you are a hundred times more important that they claim

you to be? If your children were forced to live together, unrecognized

for the power they hold within...if they were called nothing more than

'unclaimed'...wouldn't you rebel?"

"I….maybe...but that still wouldn't excuse betraying the world to a, a

madman!"

"We thought so as well," Morpheus nodded, "we asked for more time,

but we had decided, we would never join Kronos."

"Who's we?"

"The council of minor God."

"You have a council of minor Gods?"

"Yes, or did you think we all just existed for the service of the great

Olympians?"

Thalia narrowed her eyes, "so the council members rejected the

offer...I'm guessing you didn't?"

"No, I did as well...at first. But then I realised, why should my children

suffer for the hubris of the Gods? Why must innocent blood be spilt?

Blood of children that have never even gotten a chance to live?"

Thalia stopped glaring, her lighting started to fritze out. She

unclenched her fists. She looked at the god, this faceless being and

realised that he might in fact have point.

"So I made a deal with Kronos," Morpheus continued, "if I brought

every single demigod in the world into my realm and kept them there

then he would promised me that he would not hurt them ever again. He

would take his fight to the Gods themselves and leave the minor Gods

and the demigods out of it, for good."

"Y-you kidnapped us...to protect us?"

Morpheus nodded, "indeed I did. I took your mind and locked them

here. Your bodies will be alright, unharmed and untouched. When the

war is over you will all awaken and you can begin again, away from the

Gods, away from this war."

Thalia looked at the world below here, the world of dreams. The white

pods that littered the surface of the world, those were all demigods,

Greek and Roman. She understood now, she realized what he had

done.

"You...you saved us," Thalia finally said as she looked up with tears in

her eyes.

Morpheus nodded, "yes...I did."

Tears fell down Thalia's cheeks, "t-thank you." She walked forward and

moved closer to Morpheus.

"You need not thank me child...we are family, this is what family does,"

Morpheus spread his arms wide as Thalia moved to hug him. She

lowered her head and bent down, Morpheus slowly closed his arms

around her, when suddenly Thalia brought her elbow up into the man's

jaw.

Thalia was surprised to see her elbow go through Morpheus's face,

almost like it wasn't there. Thalia quickly moved back and summoned

lighting to surround her.

"Why did you do that?" Morpheus asked with a hint of anger in his

voice, "I'm trying to save you!"

"Because you're fuckign insane!" Thalia roared back and she charged

forward and threw a punch at Morpheus head.

"What do you mean?" Morpheus asked as he dodged the punch, "I

saved you! All of you!"

"And what about the world?!" Thalia asked as she swung her leg at his

head only the God to flap his wings and dash backwards, "what about

the thousands, if not millions of humans that will die because of the

battle between the gods and the Titans?!"

"Who cares about the humans?!" Morpheus roared as he snapped his

wings forward sending sharp metallic feathers at Thalia.

"I do! I'm one of them!" Thalia ducked to the size of a ball placing Aegis

in front of her. The feather bounced off the indestructable weapon,

Thalia quickly charged forward sending a bolt of lightning forward.

"Some will die, yes, but you will still live! We will still live!" Morpheus

easily dodged the lightning bolt, but Thalia had covered the gap

between them quickly as she began fighting him once more.

"So you expect me to just sit by and allow genocide to happen?!"

Thalia asked as she pushed Morpheus chest only for the lighting

covered fist to pass through unfazed. But just then the lighting started

to explode outwards, Thalia smiled, the lighting was draining into the

god.

"ARGH!" Morpheus roared in pain as he smacked Thalia with one of

his wings sending her flying back.

"You might have saved us, but the rest of the world will suffer for that,"

Thalia felt pain, all over, how did that little pat from his wings cause so

much damage?!'

"So what?!" Morpheus growled as he leaped forward and grabbed

THalia by the shoulders.

"Wrong move featherbrain!" Thalia roared as she exploded with lighting

shocking the minor god. Morpheus roared in pain, but he pushed

through bringing Thalia flying down back to the dream world and into

the fancy looking room.

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Morpheus slammed Thalia down into the floor breaking the girls back.

The room shock, but the floor below didn't break from the impact.

Thalia gasped in pain as she laid there motionless.

"Don't worry," Morpheus said as he walked away, "the pain is

temporary, remember this isn't even your real body, just a mental

projection from your mind. You will heal in minutes."

Thalia gasped through the pain, "I hate you so much."

Morpheus growled, "why? Why do you hate me?! I only did this for you

and my family!"

"Because you didn't think about anyone else! The humans-"

"-Will survive!"

"No they won't! Not after Kronos! You know how he is, do you really

think he will stand the followers of the Gods to exist long after they

have died?! He would kill them just to make sure they don't rise up

against him."

"T-they wouldn't do something like, they are only human!"

Thalia groaned, she could feel her body heal already, "yes, and we

demigods are half humans. We are strong, not because of our divine

side, but because of our human side. I-I was once like you, I couldn't

care for what happened to the humans...but now, after living with them,

trying to be one of them, I realise I am as much a human as I am god."

"You don't know what you speak off," Morpheus growled, "humanity

isn't a blessing, it's a plague. It's the only thing keeping you from

realising your potential to be a God. Why do you care for it?"

Thalia slowly got back up, her body was still in pain, but she smiled, "I

once had the same question you know. I asked Percy, 'Why should we

care? The humans don't care for us, why should we care for them?'

And you know what he said? He said, 'because we are them'. He

believes in them, I believe in them. Every single demigod, we don't just

belong to the divine world, we also belong to the human world. And we

would fight to protect both."

Morpheus remained silent. He meet Thalia's eyes and felt them pierce

into his soul. Zeus always looked down on Morpheus, but never once

did the God fell superior to Morpheus. But now, the way Thalia looked

at him, he felt like dirt.

"You can't leave this room, so don't bother trying," Morpheus finally

spoke up as he walked away, "the cupboard is filled with books and

there is running water, in case you wish for a bath, though you don't

really need one, but I find it a common dream to feel refreshed. You

don't need to eat or drink, and since you are technically asleep you will

not need to do that as well. You will stay here for now until I can find a

way to put you back under your dream."

Thalia looked up at the retreating god, "Morpheus, before you go can

you answer me something?" The God stopped and looked over his

shoulder. Thalia sighed 'guess that's a yes', "you said I was a the

strongest demigod you ever meet, tell me does that include Percy

Jackson?"

"Correction, I said you were one of the most powerful demigods I have

ever meet. And no, it doesn't include Percy Jackson."

"And why not?"

"Because...because I haven't been able to get him here for some time.

I have heard stories of his deeds, but have never seen his strength for

myself."

Thalia chuckled, she smiled, "oh, well then I guess I won't be staying

here for long after all."

"Why is that?"

"Because if Percy isn't here in your 'dream pods', then that means he's

awake. And if he is then that means he's coming for me, which means

that he's coming for all of us."

"One demigod won't change a thing. In this world I am God."

"So what if your God? He's Percy Jackson. He fought demons from hell

and Elder Gods. He traveled across worlds to return to me, you think

he won't come here as well? He will, and when he does you will regret

ever laying a finger on me or any other demigod!"

Morpheus growled, "we shall see girl," his form then started to fade

before disappearing completely. Thalia sighed she looked around the

boring room. It wasn't all that bad, the worst part is the room looked like

it belonged to an old woman from the 18th century.

'Wherever you are Percy, please hurry up,' Thalia prayed to her father,

something she rarely did. But the situation definitely called for it.

With Percy;

Percy sneezed, he rubbed his nose and sniffed, 'either I'm getting a

cold for the first time in three years or someone is thinking about me.

My guess would be Thalia….don't worry baby, I'm coming.'

"You okay Percy?" Triton asked.

"Fine," Percy nodded.

Hypnos's room had changed, the pillows had been pushed to the side

with Hypnos levitating in the center which had been cleared out.

"Hypnos said it would take awhile for him to form the bridge Percy," Iris

hald his shoulder, "calm yourself. Worrying will not help."

"I know, but I can't help it, you know," Percy grumbled, "an attack of this

scale, and there was no warning. One minutes everyone was fine, the

next they dropped like flies."

"Relax baby brother, you will do fine," Triton assured him, "just get in,

find Morpheus and get out."

"Yeah, got it. But seriously Triton, the whole compassion thing is kind of

freaking me out," Percy chuckled.

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Triton nodded, "I understand. I realise that I came off very negative

before, it's just that as history tells there haven't really been that

many….good demigod sons of Poseidon."

"You mean Orpheus?"

Triton nodded, "him and others like him. So I judged you before I truly

got to know you. For that I apologize."

Percy shrugged, "doesn't matter Triton, can't blame you can I?"

Triton nodded, "thank you Percy….how're you must know, this doesn't

mean I'm giving you permission to date Mera."

Percy's eyes went wide, "dude, I have a girlfriend!"

"And?"

"I'm in love with her!"

"Still doesn't mean you won't cheat on her."

"Yes! That's exactly what that means!"

"What are you saying my Mera isn't worthy of your love?" Triton glared

down at Percy.

"No! I mean, yes? I mean….fuck!"

Iris chuckled into her hands, "you two are the strangest pair of siblings I

have ever seen."

Before Percy or Trition could respond Hypnos spoke up, "I'm ready."

Everyone became serious as Percy stepped forward, "what's the

plan?"

"Morpheus realm is like any other, it exists outside normal reality, much

like other realms of God, but it is accessible to everyone once they

sleep. That's the easy part, the difficult part is getting you to dream."

Percy nodded, "okay...and how are we going to do that?"

"Leave that to me Percy. I'll make you a way into Morpheus's realm,

once there it is up to you to find and save the demigods."

Percy nodded, "okay, sounds pretty straight forward. What's the

catch?"

Hypnos gave a sleepy smile, "you can't bring anything you're not

sleepin in with you. So if there is something you need, I suggest you

have it with you when you sleep."

Percy nodded, "I see," 'so no inventory huh? I'll be stuck with just

Riptide and Waverider, but that should be enough.'

"Percy, why don't you take out father's Pegasus as well?" Triton

suggested.

"Wait why? Isn't that a bit overkill?"

"No really. Remember Percy this isn't the real world, it's Morpheus's

realm. He controls all, if he wishes he could remove all water in that

place limiting your arsenal and taking away your most powerful

weapon. Take the Pegasus with you, you will need it's power."

Percy nodded, "alright then...well if I'm going to fight a god, might as

well go all out then," Percy said as he opened his inventory and pulled

out the sea stone green symbol of power.

The Gods gasped at it's beauty, even they weren't free from it's gaze.

"Amazing," Iris whispered.

"Never in all my years did I think I would see this again," Triton

admitted, "father will be pleased Percy."

Percy nodded, "I'm sure he will," Percy then reached into his inventory

once more and took out his gauntlet. He put it on his left hand and

flexed smiling at the familiar feeling. "Tsunami!"

The gauntlet exploded forward covering Percy with silk and metal.

Soon he stood there covered head to toe in black armor with white

highlights,

Ping!

Bonuses activated!

+20% MP

+10% HP

+70% Elvish magic

+5 Dex

+2 Str

+3 Vit

+2 levels for water, ice, shadow and earthquake control

Percy opened the helmet and looked to Hypnos, "I'm ready. Send me

in."

The god of sleep nodded, "understood. Please, sit down."

Percy sat down cross legged as he held up the staff of Neptune with

his right hand. Hypnos floated down and sat in front of Percy. He slowly

began to chant in tongues Percy didn't recognize as Percy started to

glow white.

Slowly Percy felt his eyes grow heavy. His head started to bob back

and forth as he grew more and more sleepy. Percy didn't fight it, he let

the sleep take over. Finally Percy's head fell forward, sleep had taken

him.

Hypnos sighed, "it is done."

Triton and Iris sighed in relief. "We need to inform the minor council at

once," Iris told Triton who nodded in agreement. She snapped her

fingers in tending to summon a rainbow. But nothing came out, Iris

frowned and tried again and again but still nothing happened.

"What's wrong Iris?" Trition asked.

"My powers, it's not working. I can't seem to contact anyone via my

messages."

"But why is this happening?"

"I'm sorry, I believe that' my doing," Hypnos said as he got to his feet

smiling, "you see I blocked your powers. This is my little home you see,

I have made this place Iris message proof. Don't want unwanted calls

while napping."

"Oh, I see," Iris sighed in relief, "thank Chaos. Could you please drop

the wards Hypnos? I will be just a minute."

Hypnos shook his head, "no can do Iris. Don't want to risk you and

Triton leaking anything. Well I suppose it doesn't really matter in the

end, after all you won't be alive to do that."

Triton narrowed his eyes, "Hypnos what are you." Suddenly one of

Hypnos pillow flew threw the air and hit triton across the head. The

pillow then suddenly began to glow orange, before it grew bigger and

bigger, and then;

BOOM!

Triton was sent flying back as the pillow exploded. "Triton!" Iris called

out as she quickly went to his side. "Are you okay?"

"That hurt," triton growled as she slowly got up. He held his head, he

was bleeding from his temple, his ichor died his black hair gold.

"Hypnos! Why did you do that?! We are your friends!" Iris cried in

anger.

"Simple Iris, because you are not my friends, you aren't even my

allies," Hypnos smiled.

"I-I don't understand."

"Kronos," Triton spat out, "he's on the Titan's side."

Hypnos nodded, "correct son of the sea, I am on their side. Now, die,"

he snapped his fingers and disappeared in a flash of white light.

Suddenly every pillow in the room started to vibrate and glow orange.

"We need to get out of here now!" Triton called out as he got to his feet.

Iris grabbed Percy and tried to teleport only to find that she couldn't',

"he blocked all form of travel! We can't teleport!"

Triton's eyes went wide. The pillow glowed brighter and brighter as

they started to heat up even more. Triton jumped on Iris and Percy,

"get down!"

And then the room went up in flames.

BOOOOM!

Dream Land;

Percy sighed, "for the last time Kate, no, I don't know what Castle got

you for your birthday."

"You sure? Can't you just read his mind or something?" Kates asked as

they walked into her office in the 12th Precinct.

"My powers don't work like that Kate, you know that."

"Right right, anyway, back to business," Kate picked up a file on her

desk and looked it over, "where are we with the Simpsons case?"

"Well I have a pretty good lead right now, but I would like some time

before giving any promises."

"And by that you mean wait until the killer strikes again and catch them

in the act."

Percy grinned, "you know me so well captain."

Kate chuckled, "I should. After all I did train you. Alright, be careful and

if this plan even hints at risking the lives of other people I want you to

scrap it and go for the killer directly, got it?"

Percy nodded, "got it. Anything else captain?"

"Actually there is, George! Come in," Kate called out.

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In walked a man with brown hair and purple eyes. He was pale and

stood around 5 feet, very short, especially compared to Percy's

impressive 6 feet. The short man wasn't fully human though judging by

his large hands and feet, Percy could also sense magic roll off him, he

resembled a nature spirit of some kind, if he was to guess George was

a dwarf.

"This is George, a dwarf from the underground colony in New Surp.

He's a magical being, like you, so the department thought it would be

best if you two worked together."

Percy shrugged, "you do know I don't really need a partner right?"

"You are literally the best cop we have on staff Percy. Even before you

officially became a cop you were catching criminals. Plus you know

how to use your powers to help in an investigation, which is something

most magical cadets joining the force has no experience with. I want

George to learn from you and after he has enough experience I'll take

him off your hands."

Percy nodded, "alright, sounds good captain. I'll get going then," he

walked away and turned around, "coming George?"

"Y-yes sir!" the dwarf replied as he quickly followed Percy out.

"Mark I need that report on the lab analysis by noon?" Percy called out

as he walked to his desk.

"Hey just because you have super speed doesn't mean the rest of us

do!" Mark, a son of Ares shout back.

Percy chuckled, "yeah yeah, just get it done."

George quickly walked besides Percy, "I just want to say ser, it's an

honour. I mean, Gods be praised, you're Percy Jackson! You saved the

freaking world!"

Percy chuckled, "well not really. My wife did that, I just made sure

nobody killed her while that happened."

George nodded, "right ser. Honestly I'm surprised I got you as my

partner, I've heard about the things you did, bringing the divine world

out of hiding. Helping the mortals and the supernatural worlds coexists,

you're a hero back in my town ser!"

Percy smiled, "well here am I your partner George, and nothing else.

Got that?"

George nodded, "sir yes sir." the Drawk saluted, Percy couldn't' help

chuckling.

"Enough of that, time to get to business. Now unless my memory is

foggy your people are excelt with mud and the like yes?"

"Yes sir, if there is one thing we know it's our dirt."

Percy nodded, "good. In the crime scene we found trace amount of dirt

on the victim's clothes. I believe it's from Central Park, but I want a

second opinion. Go down to the morgue, the medical examiner in

charge, one Alexis Castle will help you finding the body. Use your

powers to find out where exactly the dirt is from. Got it?"

George nodded, "got it."

"Good, no go," the dwarf quickly walked away, "oh and George,

welcome to the NYPD-supernatural crimes unit."

George smiled, "thank you ser."

Percy smiled watching the drawk power walk to the morgue, if nothing

else the little guy had spirit and that is truly what counted in the end.

Percy felt his smart phone ring, he pulled it out and found the caller ID

displaying a picture of Thalia and himself on their wedding day. The

daughter of lighting hated the white dress, even though Percy and rest

of the guests swore she looked like an angel from heaven. And

considering they actually knew what angels looked like now that was

saying a lot.

Percy picked up the call, "hello sweetheart."

"Your daughter is climbing trees again," Thalia grumbled.

Percy chuckled, "well I'm sorry who was it again that told her that Gaea

might wake up any moment and try and swallow her hole?"

"Hey it was a good motivator to make her fly at the time!" Thalia shot

back.

Percy rolled his eyes, "fine, I'll come over and help get her down."

"Don't you have work?"

"No, just a little paperwork, besides I can always take an early lunch,"

Percy got up and put on his jacket, "see you in a bit."

"Great, oh and could you please pick up some eggs on the way home?

We ran out."

"Got it, love you."

"Love you."

Percy put away his phone and put a hand up, "ID create: Time

Dilation!" he entered the partial time frozen red world of his and took off

in a rush of speed.

Percy smiled as he ran passed the reconstructed New York. There

were no buildings here, bigger than ever. People now lived side by side

with that which they called monsters. The world was finally at peace,

and it was all thanks to Percy and his friends.

It was soo good, it was almost like a dream. A dream he didn't want to

wake up from.

Percy Jackson

Health- 15,400/15,400 (+2000) = 17,400

Mana- 8,325/8,325 (+2000) = 10,325 (+20% more mana, +1,865) =

12,190

The Gamer

Title- Son of Poseidon

(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)

Level-49 Exp- 127,050/150,000

Race-Demigod

STR- [Original- 150] 0.146 (+11+20+75) = 106.146 (Layers of seals

applied - 10)

VIT-150 (+11+20)=181

DEX-100(+11+20)=131

INT-150

WIS-100

LUC-100

POINTS- 50

MONEY- 25,221,683$/ 20,856 D

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Percy sighed as he fell back on the couch losing his tie. He looked over

at the kitchen counter and waved his hand pulling a glass out of the

cupboard telepathically and bringing it to him. He then filled the glass

with water before taking a drink of the pure creation.

"Long day?" Thalia asked as she walked in and sat down next to Percy.

The demigoddess had aged well. She still had her hair in a pixie cut,

but Percy liked it that way. It reminded him of when they first met. Her

breasts had grown two more sizes from child birth while her hips had

also grown wider. She looked far more mature now, and Percy swore

she related to Aphrodite in some form.

"You bet," Percy grumbled as she put his arm around Thalia pulling her

close. "Had a new member join the department, a dwarf. Ended up

becoming his new partner."

"Kate's doing?"

Percy nodded, "yup. How did you know?"

"Because you hate partners. You prefer to work alone."

"Well I like to think of it as because I already have a partner," Percy

said kissing Thalia who chuckled.

"Don't forget Micheal and Clarisse are coming over tonight, as well as

Annabeth and Luke."

Percy groaned, "right, today's the day we kicked Kronos's ass. Forgot

about that."

"We were in a fight for the sake of the world, and you forgot?"

Percy shrugged, "hey can you blame me for wanting forget that day?"

Thalia sighed, "not really no. Anyway come on, get up. Bethany wants

you to make her a cake, and I really don't want her to start crying

again."

Percy groaned, "oh come on. I just got back."

"Oh don't play coy with me Mr Jackson," Thalia warned as she walked

to the kitchen, "I know your limits, and you haven't come close to

reaching them yet."

Percy grumbled, "fine, Mrs. Jackson. I suppose my cooking skills are

legendary after all."

Thalia smiled, "well it's your own fault really, who told you to have such

a high skill rate in baking?"

Percy stuck his tongue out, he waved his hand causing all the

cupboards in the kitchen to spring open as different items started to

float out and set itself down on the counter.

Percy quickly tied an apron on, "so what happened at work today?"

"Nothing much," Thalia told him as she cracked a couple of eggs into a

bowl, "Annabeth wanted me to look into something, said she found a

bug in our system."

"Hm, and?"

"Just a worm, nothing the 'goddess of the net' can't handle."

"I still can't believe people call you that."

"Hey it's not my fault I'm the best computer geek in the goddamn

world!"

"It is when your father's the king of Gods and pulled a few strings with

Athena to plant the knowledge in your head."

"And I suppose having The Fates giving you the powers to become a

God is totally fair?" Thalia raised an eyebrow.

Percy started to whistle as he avoided making eye contact with his

wife. The woman chuckled as she and her husband slowly began to

make dinner for their guests.

"Pass the salt will you?" Percy asked.

"Salt? Aren't you making a cake?"

"Yes, but I'm trying to make the cream sour."

"What?! Why are you doing that?!"

"Because the foam is way to sweet, I may have added way too much

sugar and vanilla extract."

"Fine, just don't over do it." Thalia gumbled.

Percy looked over his wife's shoulder, "what are you making for

dinner?"

"Chicken pot pie," Thalia replied.

"Nice, can you make some fries with that?"

"Carefull with the junk food Percy, you're going to end up fat at this

rate."

"Oh please, I literally run at the speed of sound to get to work. I don't

think a couple of extra fries is going to bother me much."

"It is when you eat for ten men."

"Hey I don't say anything when you stuff your face with pancakes!"

"That's because pancakes are the food of Gods!"

"Ambrosia is the food of the Gods."

"You know what I mean," Thalia grumbled.

Percy chuckled, "I do." Percy began whipping cream at super speed

causing a little to spill on his face.

Thalia chuckled, "be careful Percy, or else you're going to end up

looking like Khonie after her date with Leo." Percy and Thalia chuckled,

she used her finger to wipe of the cream from his face, swallowing it,

"hm not bad. You didn't make it too bitter."

Percy smiled, "I see, so you like the bitter white creamy stuff?"

Thalia blushed but rolled her eyes, "you are still such a perv Percy."

Percy chuckled, "well in my defence you made me this way."

"What?! Bullshit!"

"Yeah, remember? It's all because of you," Percy pretended to cry, "you

took my innocence, I was just a little boy, sniff sniff."

Thalia raised an eyebrow, "really? And was it that same little boy who

asked me to sex with him every chance he got? Do you even

remember how many times we almost got caught?!"

"Hey that was because of Goblin's Growth and you know it!"

"You were a beast Percy," Thalia shivered, "I swear even after all this

time you still act like a horny little boy."

"Well excuse me for getting turned on," Percy huffed, he looked at the

stairs and sent a wave of mana out. He could tell Bethany and her

friends were all upstairs playing. Percy smiled, he bent down and

whispered in Thalia's ear, "you know, if you want I could take us into

my time dilation ID for a few seconds."

Thalia's cheeks tinted red, "seriously Percy? Now?"

"Why not," Percy wrapped his arms around Thalia, "I swear Thalia you

just look sexier and sexier day by day. I thought you were hot before,

but now, damn, if I was still 13 I would faint from lack of blood flow to

the brain every time I saw you."

Thalia groaned, "Percy, Bethany will get suspicious."

"We can be quick," Percy kissed her neck and slowly brought it

upwards, "if you want I can even..." Percy whispered into her ears

causing Thalia to grow crimson.

Thalia broke out of Percy grip and turned around. Percy was surprised,

'did I take it too far?' But just then Thalia jumped on him throwing her

legs around his hips and her hands around his neck. She kissed him

so hard Percy hit the counter behind him.

Thalia broke the kiss, "five minutes."

Percy grinned, "you got it." And in a flash of light they were gone.

A few hours later;

Ding Dong!

"I'll get it!" Bethany called out as she ran to the door opening it

revealing an older couple.

Chapter 677

The man had sandy blonde hair with a small scar on his cheek while

the woman had stormy grey eyes with her blonde hair tied back in a

pony tail. The man looked old, but still handsome dressed in an

expensive suit. The woman wore a lab coat over a sweater and a pair

of jeans.

Bethany smiled, "heya Uncle Luke! Aunt Anne!"

Luke grinned, "hiya kiddo!" he scooped her into his arms and grinned,

"how have you been?"

"Fine uncle Luke," Bethany chuckled, "where's aunt Christy?"

"Oh she couldn't make it pumpkin, she's taking care of Andrew."

"Why did something happen to him?"

"Oh no sweetie, you see Andrew is just very young, he can't stay

awake for long. So aunt Christy didn't want him going outside today."

"Okay, I'm glad he's okay, I like playing with him!" Bethany smiled.

"Well I'll be sure to bring him along next time," Luke smiled as he put

her down.

"Where are your parents Bethany?" Annabeth asked looking around.

"Here Annabeth!" Thalia called out as she and Percy walked out of the

kitchen to greet their guests.

Annabeth raised an eyebrow, Thalia's apron looked hastily tied on

along with her crumpled shirt. Percy's shirt was untucked, something

Percy never did when he was working. Annabeth sighed, "really you

guys? Again?"

Thalia hit Percy on the chest, "told you they would notice."

Percy chuckled, "hey super speed can only do so much."

"Were you guys hunting again?" Bethany asked her parents with

innocent eyes.

Thalia smiled, "yes honey, daddy and I were hunting monsters again."

"Which was it this time? The 60 foot look Snake of the damned?" Luke

asked stuffing a chuckle.

Percy smiled, "no, it was the 100 foot one, but in the end not a problem

for Thalia and I?" Percy and Luke laughed while Thalia looked she was

going to murder the two of them.

Percy and Thalia quickly went to the kitchen while Bethany went

upstairs to play with her friends. Luke and Annabeth poured

themselves glasses of wine as they sat next to the counter overlooking

the kitchen.

"How's work Annabeth?" Percy asked as he finished up the cake he

was making.

"Not bad," Annabeth replied.

"Really? Nothing exciting happened?" Luke sounded surprised, "you're

the mayor of Gardiner island Annabeth, surely something is going on?"

"No, it's all quite for once. Thank the Gods. Which is why I was able to

squeeze in a few hours in the lab."

"What are you working on now?" Thalia asked.

"A way to track Mist dead zones. They have become a problem lately,

figured it would be best to find and get rid of them."

"That's good," Percy replied, "don't want to many of those lying

around."

Ding Dong!

"I'll get it," Percy said as she rushed towards the door immediately and

pulled it open revealing another couple. The man had black hair and

brown eyes with short hair combed backwards and a goatee that was

cleanly trimmed. The woman had light brown hair with darker brown

eyes. She was taller than the man, though still a few good inches

shorter than Percy. She wore a evening dress that hugged her curves

and exposed her powerful muscular arms while the man had a blazer

over his shirt and a pair of expensive looking shoes.

Percy grinned, "Michael!"

The Son of Apollo grinned, "Percy," the two friends hugged, "you look

good man."

"I can definitely say the same to you."

"Where are the others?" Michael asked breaking the hug.

"In here Michael!" Luke called out.

Percy turned to Clarisse, "hey Clarisse, looking good."

"Thanks sea brain, I try."

"I think the triplets are upstairs playing with Bethany, want me to call

them down?"

"No it's fine," Clarisse stepped inside letting Percy close the door

behind her, "what's for dinner?"

"Thalia's making chicken pot pie."

"Oh dear...should we just order in?"

"I heard that Mrs. Yew!" Thalia yelled from the kitchen, "don't think just

because you gave birth to triplets you are somehow a better cook than

me!"

"I have three kids you have one, thereby I am three times the mom you

are," Clarisse smiled as soon everyone gathered around the kitchen.

"Well I wouldn't say that Clarisse," Annabeth called out as she hugged

her old friend, "from the way these two have been going at it I'm pretty

sure Bethany is going get a couple of siblings soon."

Percy and Thalia blushed as the rest of their friends laughed at their

expense.

"So Annabeth where's Nina?" Michael asked.

Annabeth sighed, "she's with her father and Leo. There had been

problems with Kronos's cage, they needed her help re enforcing it."

"Oh dear, hope nothing happens," Michael sighed as he drank from his

glass.

"If it does we'll be there to stop it," Luke responded flatly, "before it's too

late."

"Yeah," Clarisse replied with narrowed eyes.

"Alright enough talk about Kronos," Percy said, "honestly, the one time

we all get to meet up and immediately you people start talking about

that asshole."

"Well he did try to kill us all Percy."

"And we kicked his ass. If he comes back then we can deal with him

then, but right now we are going to focus on us, and the future. So

there will be now talk of the crazy farmer in this house, got it?"

Michael chuckled, "you're the man Percy."

Percy smiled, "and don't you forget it. Oh and Michael just a quick

question, is that goatee a permanent thing or…..?"

"Oh come on?! You too?!"

"Told you he wouldn't like it," Clarisse told her husband.

"But come on, it's not that bad is it?" Michael asked turning to her

friends. As one they all shook their heads causing Michael to hang his

head in shame, "I hate you all."

"Daddy!" three new voices suddenly called out. A pair of girls with

blonde hair and a young boy with brown hair ran into the kitchen

towards Clarisse and Michael.

"Hey kiddos, what's wrong?" Michael asked.

"Bethany is being mean again!" the girls cried out. The one on the left

was in tears, "sh-she told us that she would feed us to Leo!"

"WOOF!" the giant wolf called out as he ran down the stairs with his

tongue sticking out. Bethany was on his back as she used his collar as

a saddle, yelling at the top of her lungs, "get them boy!"

"AWWW!" the triplets yelled as they ran away from the parents with

Leo and Bethany at their tails.

Percy turned to Thalia, "you know she get's that from you right."

Thalia shot Percy a look, "it's your wolf."

"Yes, I know. But it's a mini version of you currently riding him."

Ding Dong!

Thalia looked up in surprise, "oh, it must be her! Percy get the door, I'll

take care of Bethany and Leo."

Chapter 678

Percy nodded in confusion. He walked to the door, 'who does she

mean? Nina? Mera? Where is Mera anyway?' He opened the door and

stared.

"Daddy!" a little girl called out. She jumped Percy as she hugged his

legs with her tiny arms. She was young, the same age as Bethany and

wore a silver parka with a quiver attached to her back. She looked up

and smiled at Percy with her pearly white teeth. Her hair was red,

bright red and her eyes were as green as the sea.

"Andrea!" Bethany cried out as she jumped off Leo and ran to the girl.

"Bethy!" the girl cried out as she pulled her into a hug, "how are you

little sis?"

"Little sis?! I'm older than you!"

"Na huh! Mom told me you were born a hour after I was!"

"Yeah but I'm still taller than you. Come on! Carlos, Debbie and

Phoebe are being mean again, so I'm having Leo teach them a

lesson!"

"Cool! Count me in!" the two little girls ran into the house leaving Percy

dazed and confused.

"Honestly she acts more and more like Apollo," a voice said in an

annoyed tone, "and even after everything I did to make sure that didn't

happen. Honestly Percy, I blame you."

Percy looked at the woman in front of him. She looked around his age

with red hair that reached her hips tied back in a pony tail. Her eyes

shined silver like the parka she wore. She was as tall as Thalia, and

just as beautiful with full hips and a medium bust.

The woman blinked, "what's wrong Percy? You're staring."

"A-Arty?" Percy stammered unable to believe what he was seeing.

"Yes...why? Were you expecting your other immortal wife that was the

goddess of hunting?"

"W-wife?" Percy gaped, his eyes fell to her hands where sure enough

there was a sea stone green wedding band on her left ring finger.

Percy looked at his own and found two wedding bands, one electric

blue and the other silver.

"Arty!" Thalia called out, "so glad you could make it!" Thalia looked at

Percy's stuck from, "Percy? Honey, what's wrong?"

"I-I'm married to Artemis?"

"Yes...are you feeling alright Percy?" Thalia asked, "are you sure you're

fine?"

"Maybe he's come up with something?" Artemis asked, "did he seem

odd before?"

"No he seemed perfectly fine. Percy maybe it would be better to sit

down."

Percy looked between Thalia and Artemis, they both had identical rings

of their fingers. 'No, no, this isn't possible. I would never...I don't think

of Artemis like that, I….I'm dreaming...I'm in a dream. Why….Hypnos,

he told me, he sent me to find Morpheus, that means,' Percy looked at

the house, his daughters, his family, and tears came down from his

eyes, "this isn't real."

And then reality exploded.

In the real world;

The building laid in ruins. The police and firemen had arrived and were

searching the destroyed pile of stone and wood for survivors.

In the middle of the this all under the wreckage of tones and tones of

metal and concrete was a perfect sphere made out of water. Inside the

sphere were three figured, a bleeding Triton holding the staff of

Neptune, an injured Iris that layed down beside an unconscious Percy

Jackson.

"How are you holding up Iris?" Triton grunted looking down at the fallen

goddess. Her arms were scrapped, the skin on her neck suffering from

slight burns. Triton did his best but in the end he didn't have Percy's

healing powers.

"I'm alright Triton," the goddess smiled, "thank you for worrying. But

you are the one who is bleeding, how long can you hold this?"

"For sometime," the son of the sea assured her, "it's lucky that Percy

had this with him. I can feel my father's power race into me, healing

me, giving me the strength to keep this up."

"Is that how you saved us?"

"Yes, but unfortunately it came at a price. Now Percy won't be able to

use this," Triton grumbled, "I can't believe Hypnos would betray us like

that."

"Ambition makes fools of us all," Iris sighed, "he wanted Morpheus's

powers and titles, Kronos simply gave him a way to do that."

"And he would have gotten away with it too," Triton turned and smiled

at Percy's sleeping form, "I swear kid, you're a little miracle."

Iris chuckled, "maybe that should be his new nickname? 'The Miracle

of the demigods'."

Triton chuckled, "seems appropriate." Suddenly pain rushed into his

body as he winced in pain. The sphere of water shuddered causing the

load over them to slowly shift down. Triton immediately recovered and

concentrated on the barrier making the water stable once more.

Iris sighed in relief, "I can hear the mortal law enforcement digging

through the wreckage. They won't reach us for some time though."

Triton nodded, "I can keep this up for now. Have you tried contacting

the others?"

Iris shook her head, "Hypnos's charm is still in effect, I can't use my

powers."

Triton growled, "great so the divine way is useless," he noticed Percy

and an idea came, he smiled, "maybe the mortal way isn't. Iris check

Percy's pocket, he should be carrying his mobile."

Iris nodded as she crawled towards Percy she sighed, "he's wearing

his armour Triton, I can't reach into his pockets."

Triton cursed, "fuck, forgot about that detail. Guess having a building

dropped on you can really mess with your mind huh?"

Iris sighed, "it's alright Triton, the others will hear of this. They will come

for us, I promise you."

Dreamland;

Percy fell down and landed on his feet. He coughed as he unlocked his

helmet's faceplate spitting out something white and sticky. Percy

growled, it was all over his armor's surface, luckily the stuff wasn't

inside it, otherwise that would be awkward.

Percy tried summoning the water from the air to douse himself when

he found that there was not a single drop present in the air. It wasn't

that the air was dry, it was like water didn't exist here. He couldn't feel

it's presence anywhere, not around him and not inside him.

'Right, Hypnos said this was a dream world, that means none of this is

real,' Percy growled, he looked up and saw pods among pods of filled

with something white. There were silhouettes of people inside those

things, 'the demigods, they must all be inside.'

Percy got his feet, they were wobbly for a few seconds but clicked into

place. Percy sighed, this was a strange feeling, being in this place. It

felt familiar, but Percy had never seen it before in his life.

He was in a huge hallway, at least the size of a four lane highway. The

walls were a mix of red and purple swirls moving in an almost hypnotic

way. The white pods hanging above him on the ceiling were creepy,

and very strange.

Percy reached out with his mana sense and he felt a huge amount of

mana being channeled into the pods. There was probably enough

mana in here for Percy to use his interdimensional travel skill several

times over.

Chapter 679

'What is Morpheus doing?' Percy wondered, 'he's not getting anything

back, and from what I can tell he's using vast amounts of mana to

support these guys. It doesn't make sense.'

He immediately used Observe;

Pods of dream,

A container in which the human soul is kept when visiting the

realm of sleep. In it the human starts to dream.

The pod is powered with mana from Morpheus.

Percy narrowed his eyes, 'wait...land of dreams...pods containing

humans….dreaming of their life….fuck, this is the fucking Matrix!'

He groaned, 'alright, first things first, find Morpheus and the other

demigods. If I was to guess they are all in these pods, but it's too much

of a risk taking them out. I pulled myself out, don't know if forcing them

out is a bad thing or not, so might as well not risk it. Okay then...let's

find the God of dreams.'

Percy resealed his helmet and took out Waverider. He looked around

for the staff of Neptune but found it nowhere. 'Shit, something must

have happened,' Percy cursed without the staff this just got infinitely

more difficult.

Percy shock his head, he needed to focus on finding Thalia first and if

he was to guess she was probably hiding in one of these pods. And

since he decided not to fuck with them he should probably focus on

finding the god of dreams.

Percy looked down the giant hallway and sighed, 'no time like the

present,' he then took off in a rush of speed. The hallway blurred

together in a mix of purple and red as Percy ran faster and faster. But

no matter how long he ran or how fast the world around him didn't

change. It was the same hallway, it was the same body bags.

Percy stopp and growled, 'okay, so moving forward doesn't help. What

about...' Percy looked to the the walls. He approached it and ran his

hand along it's surface. The walls felt freshly painted, wet. But at the

same time Percy could feel power radiate off of it.

'Alright then, let's see if I can go through these things,' Percy put away

Waverider and closed his eyes, releasing his strength seals;

STR- 0.146 (+11+20+75+2) = 108.146

Seal Release: Layer 10 Time: 1 1.2 Months

STR- 42,467,328 (+11+20+75+2) = 42,467,436

Percy grunted, he felt a rush of power go through his body. The seal

tattoos on his arm vanished as he grunted, his arms felt hard, like iron.

He stood up straight and took a deep breath to calm himself. He drew

back his right arm and launched it forward.

BOOM!

The wall vibrated hard against Percy's fist sending shock waves across

the wall. The white pods in the ceiling vibrated hard, shaking like a leaf

on a tree. Percy felt the wall groan, but it refused to break.

Percy drew back his hand, 'okay, time to step it up,' he closed his eyes

and began to channel his Body Form perk increasing his strength tem

times over.

Body Form Activated: Full Body!

STR- 42,467,436 X 10 = 424,674,360

Percy gasped at the sudden rush of power that surged through his

limbs. His muscles became more prominent, his kin started to stretch

out. Percy took a deep breath and slowly let it out. Before doing

something like this would have caused Percy immense pain, but

thanks to his tactile telekinesis body enhancement he felt his body stick

together in one piece.

However the demigod knew this would be enough, he needed to take it

a step further. Percy hadn't used this skill in a long time, at least never

like this. He focused on him mana, he felt it vibrate slowly as it came

pouring out in dredges. Percy caught the mana and forced it into his

arm and for the first in long time he felt himself hold back his vibrations

in control.

Percy grunted his power back inside of himself, he hadn't needed this

power in a long time, he had gotten off on pure strength alone. Percy

looked at purple and red wall and drew back his right hand.

He charged his earthquake power allowing it to rumble with energy, he

felt his mana circle around his hand. He felt the power, the pure

destructive force inside his fist. He tightened his shoulder and threw his

arm forward letting out an animalistic cry, "AH!"

BOOM!

The wall was pushed back by the force of the impact. The strongest

punch a human ever made was around 5,000 Newtons, his strength

points were at least 20. That's 250 Newtons per point. Percy had

424,672,360 points to his stat, that was over 106 billion newtons.

Combine that with his Earthquake powers and you get something far

more devastating.

Attack = 424,674,360 STR X 1,200 = 509,609,232,000 Attack points!

That was well over 127 trillion Newton of force.

Ripples of energy went through the wall. Percy could see it trying to

fight back, trying to hold together, dispersing the force behind the

punch. He would have to hit it again.

Percy drew back his left fist and through the fist of colossal energy into

the wall sending out another blast of energy.

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

The wall rippled again, spreading the energy wide and away. "ARGH!"

Percy roared throwing punch after punch into the wall. The wall

vibrated again and again like the bass speaker in club as it strained to

spread out Percy's power.

'Just a bit more!' Percy roared out increasing the speed of his punches.

His Rush perk activated causing his punches to slowly increase past

human speeds, drawing unto the superhuman and then slowly

breaking the sound barrier.

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

BOOM!

509,609,232,000 Attack points!

The fists blurred faster and faster. Each punch moved so past the air in

front of it didn't have time to fully move aside causing small pockets of

air to be crushed into the wall.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

The walls vibrated over and over, Percy could feel it trying to fight back,

but he didn't let up, he kept the punches going over and over, he could

feel it straining under his might. And then, at Percy's 106th punch the

wall cracked and suddenly exploded outwards.

BOOM!

Percy stepped back, supporting himself using his hands to keep

himself upright. He looked at the giant hole in the wall and smiled.

Panting he stood up straight and slowly powered down, he couldn't

keep the flow of power going for long.

Chapter 680

There was shadows dancing in the hole in the wall. Percy could see

forms and figures appear and evaporate before he could identify them.

It was like the darkness had a mind of it's own.

Percy could hear the roar of the wind, but there was no wind to

produce such a sound. He felt numb looking at the darkness, it wasn't

fear, no, it was just pure numbness. It was like there was something

there, and that something was nothing.

Percy gulped and stepped forward. He grabbed hold of the broken wall

and stuck his head into the darkness. He looked down and saw no

bottom. He looked up and saw no top. Even the outside of the wall was

blank, it was like he had punched a crack into the very fabric of this

reality,

"I have to say Percy, you surprised even me with that stunt," a voice

behind Percy spoke out.

Percy's eyes narrowed, "Morpheus," he turned around and found

himself staring at a being with a shadowy silhouette for a face wearing

a very expensive suit. Out of the man's back grew wings, black and

white, three times bigger than his own body, power rolled off him, his

very precise seemed to brighten the tunnel.

Percy didn't even have to look at the God's title to know who he was;

Morpheus, God of Dreams

Lv-?

The shadowy face nodded, "she said you would come for her….for

them….I must admit though I didn't think you would."

"Then you don't know me at all," Percy's anger seeped into his voice

as he was reminded once more of why he was here, his friends, his

family. He came to take them back.

"Such anger, careful Jackson, it may just be your downfall," Morpheus

tone sounded like he was teasing Percy, the demigod honestly couldn't

tell, the divine being didn't really have a face to read.

"Where are they?" Percy asked.

"Kind of a redundant question don't you think?" Morpheus shrugged.

"Release them all," Percy demanded drawing out Waverider leveling it

at the God, "or I'll make you."

The God sighed, "typical demigod behaviour, fighting before thinking.

Tell me Percy, do you even know why I did what I did? Why I spent so

much time and energy bringing the demigods here?"

Percy's eyes flashed from red to green, he was barely keeping himself

from jumping the God, "no, but I'm guessing the reasons are

complicated and twisted."

"No, not at all, in fact it's very straightforward," Morpheus explained, "I

brought you all here in order to protect you. I made a deal with Kronos,

if you all stayed out of the war then you will not be harmed, he gave me

his word."

Percy's eyes went wide, "so you brought us in here….to protect us?"

"Yes….and something tells me you don't appreciate that."

"You're right, I think you're insane," Percy growled, "how did you

know?"

"Because Thalia Grace said the same thing, she then punched me in

the face," Morphs sighed, "something tells me you're about to do the

same."

"Right again, but first tell me where she is," Percy's eyes trailed to the

pods, "is she in there?"

"No, no she escaped," The god of dreams sighed, "she managed to

free herself, how I don't know."

"Keeping so many people in here against their will must be hard for

even a God," Percy shot back.

Morpheus' shadowy face lowered, "I...I must admit, I am impressed. All

it took was one look and you figured it out...how?"

"Your pods, you're supplying mana into them, forcing them inside, and

it's draining you isn't it?" Percy speculated, "you couldn't keep her in

there because her will was too strong, she broke free."

"Correct," the God nodded, his wings flappings, "you certainly are a

clever one."

"Thanks, now where is she?"

"Safe, I promise you, like everyone else in here," Morpheus spread his

hands out, "do you not see what I am doing here Percy? I am saving

them all, your family and mine. By bringing them here I have insured

their lives, I'm doing this for us!"

"And what about the humans?!"

"Again and again about those stupid humans!" Morpheus roared, his

wings flapped sending a gust of wind strong enough to knock down a

tree. Percy however stood firm, to him it was just a breeze. "Why do

you care so much about those filthy things?!"

"Because I am one of those filthy things," Percy growled, "and so is my

mother. I have lived in that world for all my life, I have meet so many

amazing people, why in hell would I ever leave them behind?!"

Morpheus growled, "you think they are amazing?! They are horrific!

None of them are worthy of a single drop of demigod blood! They aren't

worth the air they breath!"

"What gives you the right to say that?!"

"I'm the God of dreams boy! I see into their very deepest darkest

desires and you know what I see?! I see death, decay, jealousy, lust,

pain and so much hate! They are only happy when they cause others

pain! They find satisfaction only in making others hurt! Those amazing

people you know? Do you know what they dream about?"

Percy flinched, he was tempted, so very tempted, but he gritted his

teeth, "does it matter?"

"What?! Of course it matters! It matters if the people you love and care

for wish you dead!"

"But they don't do they! They never say that, or act on that impulse! I

wish people dead every day, but I never say that or do anything in that

way!"

"But you don't dream it do you!" Morpheus floated into the air pointing

at a white pod, "this is a son of Ares, you know him I believe, Peter his

name is. You know what his dream is? Of one day besting you and

taking control over the camp!"

"If that's his dream then I can't blame him," Percy growled back, "he

wants power, everyone does, but I know he would never act on that

impulse because he's my friend!"

"Then what about this one," Morpheus pointed to another pod,

"Clarisse La Rue, do you know what she dreams about? She dreams

about a world where she was never a demigod, where none of you

were ever a demigod, she dreams of a world where the gods died. She

hates the very family she has sworn to protect!"

"And yet she stayed!" Percy shot back, "she could have left camp the

moment we cured her off her scent and never looked back. She could

have hide as an ordinary human for the rest of her life and never cared

what happened to the Gods. But she didn't, you know why? Because

we are her family, and she would never abandon family!"

"Open your eyes you arrogant fool! Not everyone is as loyal as you!

Luke betrayed you the first chance he got!"

Percy knew that wasn't true, Luke never betrayed them, he was simply

a spy, but he could never admit that. "Fine, so what? He did so only

because he believed we would live better lives under Kronos's rule! He

did it for us!"

"And what if one day someone else thinks they know better? What if

one day Clarisse changes her mind? What if one day Peter decides to

turn the camp against you? What if one day the very people you swore

to protect decided to leave you?"