A/N - Sorry it took a little longer to update but then again this chapter is slightly longer than usual.

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Percy didn't know how on earth he could repay Charles. He could feel himself drool at just the sight of all the delectable goods on display that were to act as a replacement for the breakfast he had missed this morning. The cafe always did have a variety of sweet treats but right now it felt as if he had just won a visit to his very own chocolate factory. "Seriously Charles, this is too much." Percy concluded after examining each cake, cookie and pastry.

"No, this is for you, you deserve it. I mean it's not only to compensate your terrible birthday beginning but also as an overall thank you. You're always there when anyone needs help; you-you're so, so loyal. You were there when me and Silly became mates, when we announced she was pregnant..." Charles trailed off as he was no doubt remembering the moment when he had come to Percy to tell him Silena was pregnant. The newly presented omega felt like tearing up for the second time today as he reminisced all those happy moments. Hopefully his birthday signaled another year of good memories to come. "-wasn't that Leo's fault?" grinned Jason as him and Silena walked into the cafe mid-conversation.

"Most likely." She answered with an identical grin adorning her pretty features although something about her expression seemed a little bit off. Almost as if there was a hidden layer of sadness borderline regret. Any worries Percy had completely vanished as Jason wrapped his arms tightly around his slim figure. "You know Perce, I don't know how on earth you can come here three times a week and still look the way you do." He said eyeing Percy up and down.

"You do realise you've just jinxed it now." Percy mutters irritated - good luck can only last for so long.

"Sorry babe." Jason apologizes. Meanwhile Silena and Charlie just watched the interaction with amusement.

"Come on then, we don't have all night." Chided Silena as she gathered plates full of bakes and presented them to the two younger wolves.

"I didn't know we were on a time schedule." muttered Charlie but still listened to his wife's demands.

"These are amazing!" exclaimed Percy although his compliment was hard to make out between all the crumbs stuck to his face. Jason smiled at Percy's cuteness and almost child-like behaviour. For a while they just sat there trading all kinds of stories and pack gossip. "Wait Silena, where are you going?" Jason asked as his gaze was distracted by the cold gust of wind that entered the diner. Silena stood by the door shaking slightly - must be from the chilly night air. "Well it is rather late..." she began uncertainly.

"'Lena, come on it's cold out," mentioned Charles as he rushed to get to his wife, "It can't be good for the pups."

"Y-yeah," Percy continued after quickly finishing his cookie, "Stay in the warmth."

"I-I don't feel good, m'sorry but I wanted to go home-"

"That's alright!" exclaimed Percy, "We wouldn't want you to stay if you don't feel good."

"Yeah," muttered Charles a bit concerned," You can go home and I'll stay here, maybe you can even visit Will on the way if you're feeling especially rough." Silena nodded her head and went to leave before seeming to remember something. "Charlie, are you sure you can't come home with me now? We all know that those two wont create too much mischief." The pregnant wolf looked quite desperate now, like she thought something bad would happen if she didn't make her mate leave with her.

"'Lena I'll come home if you really want me too but there are some things I need to finish up here first."

"O-ok, just...come home as soon as you're done, Jas' and Perce can lock up. Alright?" She asked and then gave the others an almost uncertain glance before hurrying down the road to her home.

"Well, that was odd." observed Jason.

Charles nodded as he switched off some of the coffee machines. "Must be the stress of everything, I mean the cafe, the pups, Leo."

"Leo?" questioned Percy with a look of half amusement and half confusion. Then again that is the normal look used by everybody when discussing the likes of Leo.

"Yeah, he's always up to something." mumbled Jason as he too dug into the array of cakes except in his rush to choose one he accidentally hit the side of the tray resulting in the whole lot catapulting up and onto the pack leader. Muffled laughter filled the room as both Charles and Percy tried to contain their giggles. They couldn't hold them in for long and Jason would've been annoyed apart from the fact that his omega's laughter was the most melodic charm he'd ever heard. The accident had also caused the huge bottle of perfume that Silena had bought for Miss Castellan to tumble to the floor and smash on impact. Jason was glad that the other wolves had chosen to laugh at the incident rather than be mad at him. "Okay that's enough now." Jason huffed whilst noticing that his shirt was now covered in gooey chocolate frosting plus a wet stain from the perfume. "And you guys say that I'm the messy one." grinned Percy to which his boyfriend gave him a fierce glare. "It's late anyway," continued Percy, "You should go home or check if Silena did end up going to the infirmary, then of course clean yourself up. I'll swing by after I've helped Charles clean and lock up." They embraced briefly and then Jason left leaving only two in the bakery. The pack leader was only the slightest bit embarrassed as he passed the select few that were out this late at night; not exactly a good impression to be walking about with dessert all over you.

Back in the bakery Charles was sweeping up some of the glass and Percy was doing his best to mop up the perfume except what he was really doing was spreading the substance everywhere. "Well, it's just you an-" Percy's statement was cut off as he noticed his bracelet suddenly start to heat up. He yelped as it started to glow and hastened to take it off.

"What the-"

"Are you alright?!" Charlie sprinted until the short distance between them was gone. They both stood to look at the symbol on the metal which glowed extremely bright.

"There must be some sort of magic embedded into it, right?" Percy mentioned but Beckendorf was more focused on the increasing temperature of the object.

"It's going to burn through the floor!" he shouted. Almost as if on cue a small flame flickered to life. It only took a moment for the both of them to realise how bad the situation was about to get. Exposed flame - spilled perfume - fire. With the speed of light the fire spread and continued to grow setting off multiple alarms. Way too quickly did the smoke become unbearable and soon Percy was coughing and spluttering from all that he'd inhaled. "Perce!" cried Charles panic-stricken. The part-time engineer could see that the building wasn't doing well even more from the fact that the fire was magically enhanced. Thank the gods Silena left earlier. That one thought brought him back to someone else - Percy. This can't be his end. "Hey, where are you?" he called as loud as he could with the air being sucked from his lungs.

"Here." cried a raspy voice. The smoke had somehow grown so thick that it had obscured the omega even though he was only a few feet to Charles's left. Death was a weight on Charles's shoulders which he knew he had to bear long enough to get Percy out of here, then, then he could let go. "Come on, I got you." He said as he lifted the frailer boy over his shoulders. Ignoring the burning feeling of his feet he bolted through the back exit until he knew it wasn't going to be enough. Blocking his way was the metal bread rack which he knew without even trying would be too hot to touch. He was so close, the exit barely three strides forward. A long groan came from the building's support and Charles knew that this was it. Sparing only an agonising second thinking about all that could've been, all that he would miss, he used the last of his strength to launch Percy to safety. Then his world was overcome by yellows, reds, oranges, golds and finally black.

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Atlas snarled at the vampire clutching his lord's new pet. "That was way too close. The fire was only supposed to be a small distraction for us to move in and take the boy, you're lucky that other wolf decided to play hero and rescue him. Our lord wont be happy."

"Oh please," snapped the blonde, "He's fine. Besides, now the others will be too busy mourning their petty loss to actually bother searching for us. Isn't that how it is, you werewolves just can't live with the loss of a pack member."

"Octavian," Atlas warned, "You underestimate our kind. Now they'll have even more of a reason to come after us."

"Well," the rogue vampire said with a sadistic smirk, "we'll just have to be ready for them."

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A/N - Sorry to spoil the mood with an A/N but soon I'll be posting a PJatO + HoO superhero AU with a Nico x Percy x Jason pairing. (It's alright if that isn't your kind of thing) Peace x