Olympian throne room

No one's POV

The immortals had gathered in the throne room waiting for the rescue crew to come back. Zeus and Hades sat beside Poseidon on mini thrones, comforting the sea god and assuring him that Percy would return or at least they tried to.

Ever since the incident with order, Zeus and Hades became  like personal bodyguards to Poseidon. They even had Hecate cast a spell with Chaos around Atlantis. Now no one could get there without Poseidon's permission. They also had Chaos cast a lot of spells with the both minor and major gods.

Chaos helped Morpheus cast a spell that would block order from getting into Poseidon's dreams. Chaos also helped Dionysus cast a spell that would cause Order from reaching out to Poseidon's  mind.

Poseidon tried to argue saying it was unnecessary but after what happened in the throne room, they didn't listen to him anymore.

   The symbol on his neck had faded. Of course with Chaos's help.

Flashback in Athena's POV

"Poseidon, what's that on your neck? Why didn't you tell us? You should know the kind of person Order is. He will never give up anything he takes." Hades said feeling desperate to stop Poseidon from doing anything foolish. Now we know where Percy gets it from.
"And did you even think about us or Percy. What would he say? He would think it was his fault. Can't you see that this was part of Order's plan. If he takes you and releases Percy, Percy would feel it was his fault and then would try to get you out and that way you would both be in Order's hands."Zeus yelled. Unrestrained fury blazing in his eyes like a wild fire that would burn whatever it touched to ashes.

Poseidon whimpered a little and moved back, scared of seeing what Zeus would do next in his anger.

Zeus calmed down and turned to look at him.

"Look, I'm sorry I yelled at you, okay. Hades and I are trying so much to keep you safe but if you just go around doing things like this, it will just make this a whole lot harder for us. We already lost Percy. We can't lose you too."

Poseidon nodded and stood to hug them.

"So how do we get this symbol to fade? I have a feeling that it is much more than a symbol." Hermes asked.

"You are right it is no ordinary symbol. As long as that is on his neck, order can communicate with him as he wishes and also quite possibly whisk him to his location if the spell he casts is strong enough. Fading it is quite easy. All Poseidon has to do is drink this potion. It is made from moonlace and seaweed. Here drink this. " she said gesturing for Poseidon to take the cup from her hand.

Poseidon took it but looked sceptical about drinking it.

"Don't worry, it doesn't taste that bad." Chaos said.

Poseidon downed the cup at once.

"True but I don't feel any…ah" He grunted. He felt like someone had poured Greek fire on his neck and then put it out with water from the river Styx.

"Hold him down. He may get a little bit violent." Chaos said and true to her words. Poseidon thrashed about trying to claw at his skin.

After five minutes, which felt like five years to Poseidon, he stopped and was panting heavily.

"I am not doing that ever again." Poseidon said.

"Agreed" the brothers replied. Everyone in the throne laughed for the first time since Percy's disappearance.
Flashback ended

"When are they going to get here?" Hestia asked. It was evident that she was worried about them and she also couldn't bear seeing her brother like this.

"They should be here any second now." Chaos responded.

Suddenly the throne room bust open and the titans stepped into the throne room. They had a sad look on their faces. "Where is Percy?" Poseidon asked.

"I'm sorry" Kronos said. Poseidon  turned pale and burst into tears. Everyone in the throne room look ready to also follow suit. All except Chaos. She had a knowing look in her eyes

"What happened?" Zeus asked.

"He…"

Cliff hanger. Find out in the next chapter.