Dealing with Drama

Promising Plans

AN: I actually don't have any idea what I should write for this chapter... maybe some more fluff?

Time: Next Day

"I'm telling you, it was just a mild blackout, not anything-" Artemis shouted at Aphrodite, her face gold.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." She waved her hand dismissively. "Whatever it was, the real winner was Athena." She glared at the wisdom goddess, making her blush, a shade of gold as bright as her blonde hair.

She had almost died of embarrassment when the tale of her passing out was recounted for everyone's benefit.

"Can you shout a bit louder, please? I think my eardrums are still intact." Percy interjected, making the two goddesses blush.

They were holding another video gaming session in the living room.

Everyone was sprawled out on the floor, on couches and loveseats, cheering for their team. This time, Percy was all alone, without any supporters except his two teammates, while everyone else cheered for the other team. They sat in the living room of the house on the island, a room large enough to accommodate all of them. The cool marble floor shined, an impeccable white with chaotic patterns formed in the stone over the years. The air conditioner worked at full capacity to cool the room down. One wall was dominated by a hundred-inch television, which displayed replays of the last round. That, accompanied by the expansive home theatre system, and realistic sound systems, completed the perfect gaming set up Percy had assembled on the island... well, apart from the enormous, cutting edge gaming PC set up in the smaller gaming room.

The day outside was.... hot and humid, as was the norm on the tropical island of Ogygia. The sun was beating down with a ferocious intensity, as if Apollo was enraged about something. Strong winds whipped up a ferocious breeze, that whipped through all the palm trees, making the long leaves rustle. The sea was choppy, the waves higher than ever, crashing down on the beach and raising a deafening noise. There was not a single animal in sight- the skies were clear, the forest silent. The winds did not make it feel alive.... it was too silent, and the rustling and movement of the leaves, seemed like bad omens.

But none of that mattered to the twenty-four beautiful, yet ferocious and overprotective females, and one overpowered Dark god, residing on the reinforced house on the island. Nothing could, in fact, break through the staunch defences presented in the form of its inhabitants.

And again, currently, the male was being taunted by his girls, as they cheered against him.

Sometimes, he felt, they did it on purpose to aggravate him.

"Don't worry, big brother," Rose patted his arm, making him shoot a small glare in her direction. "We are winning anyway."

"Winning anyway?" Violet interjected, "We just lost our perfect streak!" She jabbed at the television with her controller.

Rose huffed at her, "We are still winning by... 17 rounds." She added, after taking a quick look at the stats displayed on the glowing screen. The session couldn't have been more one-sided, despite everyone cheering against team Poseidon.

"Team Poseidon, go!" The three cheered in preparation for the next round, big brother and two twin sisters.

Their raucous cheering stopped when they felt the overwhelming depression and crippling despair waft over to their side from the other team.