Chapter 10

Chapter 10

 Percy

I was trapped. They were going to use me again. I won’t let that happen. I can’t be a pawn of the gods anymore. They were bad…weren’t they? Poseidon trapped me here though. Why did he do that? He thought I was crazy. I wasn’t. If only they knew how they were using me and the other demigods, they would change their ways.

I started pacing around my room.

Zeus killed Hades wife without second thought and probably didn’t lose any sleep over it. Hera had killed and tried to kill Zeus’s children just because of anger and jealousy.

Were all the gods bad?

They are. You know what they have done in the past.

The voice whispered in my ear.

What about the other gods? A voice in the back of my mind asked me. Hestia, Artemis, and Hermes weren’t so bad.

I stopped pacing for a moment and glanced out my window at the blue-green scenery in front of me.

That was only part of the Olympian Counsel though…a small part. I sighed, flopping onto my bed, not knowing what to decide.

I wondered what my mom and Paul were doing. Instantly, tears came to my eyes. I missed them badly and I wanted to see them.

I wasn’t a son of Hades though and even Nico couldn’t see his mom after she died.

Don’t let the gods use you again, Percy. With Oceanus reformed, another war is bound to happen. You said that you wanted to see your mom again? You can. It isn’t that hard. With all that you have already done, it would be easy to get into Elysium. The gods are being selfish, Percy. They only want you to win another war for them. Who knows? You are already extremely powerful. If you train more and gain more powers, Zeus might think that you are a threat to Olympus and then kill you the painful way.

I shook my head trying to ignore the voice in my head. I didn’t want to fight another war. There was too much blood, too much death in the last two. I didn’t want to see anymore. I should have died. It would be so much simpler if I had died. It would have saved so many lives. Their death was my fault.

I remembered Beckendorf and Selina with Michel. Those were only a few that died. I was alone now…Most of my friends were in Elysium.

Why was death so welcoming? I have been fighting for my life and the lives of others when I cost my friends their lives. I have managed to survive and now, I wanted to die. I had no purpose except to fight and win wars for the gods.

Suddenly, a sharp sounding knock on my door interrupted my train of thoughts.

“Come in.” I said cautiously as I slipped my hand into my pocket to grab Riptide. It was my dad.

“Percy.” My dad greeted. I still kept my hand on Riptide. Poseidon seemed to notice this but chose to ignore it. “We are going to start training as soon as your fever goes away.” He informed me and took a step forward, probably wanting to check my temperature. I just nodded in response and stepped backwards away from him and then pretended to be walking to my bed where I sat down.

 “How are you feeling?” My father asked me.
“I’m fine.” I said but in reality, my chest felt uncomfortably tight and I was having a bit of hard time breathing. I forced myself to stay calm though. It was probably because I was nervous.

“Okay.” My dad said. “I’ll call Apollo to check on you a bit later though.” Poseidon started to leave.

Suddenly, I couldn’t breathe and then I heard someone coughing. I looked down onto my hands to see that they were splattered red from blood. I could breathe again but it was a bit hard. My chest was still feeling uncomfortable and it was reaching unbearable. My father looked at me with a concerned gaze.

Then, I realized that I was gasping for air. I couldn’t get enough to my lungs. I heard a few more coughs and there was a pain in my throat. I was starting to panic. I couldn’t breathe again. I could see that my dad was panicking too. I was coughing again. I was coughing up blood. After each coughing fit, I would try to breathe in air but I couldn’t feel any entering my lungs. The last thing I saw was a golden flash of light and then my world went black.

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