"Wait," a voice called out. Kate Beckett walked out of the living room, her gloves were stained with blood. "He's with me."
Percy was pulled out of the apartment and into Castle's. No one was home, Percy sat on the couch witch Beckett kneeling down in front of him.
"Percy….. Percy look at me," Kate spoke in soft gentle tones, "everything is going to be alright. I promise you everything will be fine."
"Is it her," Percy asked as tears welled up in his eyes, "is that blood on you gloves her's?"
Kate looked at her gloves and cursed. She quickly removed them and turned to Percy, "we I want to assure you that you will be taken care off. I promise. I will find the person who did this and-"
"What happened to her?"
Kate looked surprised, "I don't-"
"-WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER!" The policemen outside Castle's apartment barged in with guns drawn. Kate quickly motioned them to stand down and they slowly did.
The detective turned to Percy, "are you sure you want to-"
"-Just tell me," Percy snapped.
"She…..we can't be certain until we have done an autopsy. But it looks like she was mauled by some kind of animal."
Percy's eyes glowed with pure anger, if he had the Le Bete perk with him they would have turned yellow by now. "Do you know what kind?"
Kate shook her head, "no….we don't."
"When?"
"Sometime last night. I heard it happen. I ran into your mother's apartment to try and help her, but by the time I went in…...there was nothing I could do. Her last words were, 'tell Percy I am proud of him.'"
Percy looked at Kate as tears slowly filled up his eyes. "T-thank you detective Beckett."
Kate nodded, "Percy why don't you stay here for a while, just until we can find you somewhere else to go."
"I have nowhere else," Percy said.
"No other family?"
Percy shook his head, "I never knew my mother's parents. And….well there is my dad, but I don't know whether he wasn't to have anything to do with me anymore."
Kate nodded, "then stay here. I'll take care this as fast as I can and we will get through this together Percy."
Percy nodded blankly as Kate went outside to deal with the investigation. The moment the door closed Percy was up. The anger in him called out for vengeance, he wanted to scream out at Kate for not getting there sooner. He knew that the mortal police woman would have had no chance against a monster, but he still felt the anger.
'No…..never again. I will never lose myself to my anger ever again,' Percy told himself as he rained in his anger. It was strange doing it without the help of Gamer's mind, it was like scooping out water with your hands.
There was only one person Percy could go to get the help he needed, his dad. The Fates might have abandoned him, and the other Olympians might hate him, but Percy had to believe his dad hadn't given up on him. What he told the detective was true, he didn't know whether his dad wanted anything to do with him, but he had to try.
Percy looked around the apartment and found 100 bucks tucked away in a drawer. It was a lot of money, but for someone like Castle it would be chump change. Percy knew he couldn't walk out the front door, the cops would see him and detain him. So Percy went to the fire escape and got out through that.
Once he was down the fire escape he hailed a cab and asked to be driven to the closest beach, Silver Beach in Parkchester.
Percy spent that time wondering how he was going to talk to his dad. He couldn't use Iris messaged anymore, he had no drachmas. He could try to swim inside and try and find him, but something told Percy his swimming skills aren't going to be what they used to be.
Eventually Percy reached the beach in 30 minutes. He payed the driv 40 dollars and quickly left for the shore. The 'beach' itself wasn't really a beach. It was just a few meters of sand surrounded by building at the shore. But it was technically a beach and Percy hopped this would work.
It was around 10 in the morning, the beach was empty. Percy walked to the waters and stood there. He took a deep breath, "dad, if you can hear me. I need your help."
Percy stood on the beach for hours. Time passed quickly for the mortal boy. Hours came and left and Percy repeated the same thing, "I need your help." Eventually he stopped realising he was even saying it. The words came out, but inside Percy was recalling all that he had done.
He had killed those he had sworn to protect. The only reason he wanted to grow stronger was to protect them, and now all he cared for were gone.
Percy knew only one thing, pain and loss. He could feel the guilt in his heart, the uselessness of regret. He felt anger, he felt fear. The way Clarisse looked at him, the way they all drew their blades on him, that was his greatest nightmare.
His mind was also filled with memories of his mother. The way she smiled, the way she cared for Percy. She was the kindest person he knew. She was the reason Percy wanted to protect others, so that he could be like her.
Percy fell to his knees as he looked up at the setting sun. 'Have I been here all day?' Percy asked himself. Time didn't seem to bother him anymore. Maybe it was because he hurt the Titan of time. A curse that Kronos managed to inflict on him on top of everything else that was going on.
The only thing that mattered to Percy now was his losses. He didn't want to live anymore, he couldn't take it. He had failed his mother, he had failed his father. He lost control and killed people he called family. Tears rolled down his eyes, he looked up at the sea, "dad…..I need you."
"Grrr," Percy heard a growl behind him.
The former demigod turned slowly and there standing at the entrance to the beach were a pair of yellow eyes that belonged to a Hellhound.
He should have felt scared. He should have felt like running away, after all he was now human. But Percy felt neither of those things. Instead he felt calm. He felt relieved. Standing before him was a piece of the world that abandoned him, that left him.
He may not be a demigod, but at the least he could at least die like a demigod.
Percy stood up and faced the beast. His breath was slow, his hands steady. "Well? What are you waiting for? I'm here, eat me!"
The Hellhound snarled and charged. It's mouth opened wide as spit drool off the side. Percy unfocused his eyes. He was ready, 'I'm coming.'
The Hellhound was nearly on top of him. Percy knew this was the end. There was no reason to keep fighting anymore. All of this….it didn't matter. Percy slowly let all of his anger, his fear, his hate go. He was at peace.
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