The Missing Souls

Not Really Dead..

~>I don't own PJO or HOO<~
"Souls have been disappearing, and Percy's is one of them." Hades finished.

Third Person-
The immediate reaction, was shock, as everyone was silent.

Poseidon was the first to speak, voicing his concern. "Do you mean to tell me you lost the soul of my son?!" His voice got louder with each word he spoke.

Hades took a step away from Poseidon. "Possibly? But, all I know is he's not in my realm. He could be one of the missing souls, or he could have never made it in the first place. Either way, he's gone."

After absorbing the information it seems, Poseidon strangled Hades. At first, Zeus tried to stop Poseidon, but gave up when he couldn't.

The demigods and the rest of the gods started their own conversations, leaving the big 3 alone. Finally as if just realizing it, Annabeth gasped, thus breaking up the fight. "Did anyone tell Sally?"

Looks were shared between many in the room.

"I suppose I should.." Poseidon said with tears in his eyes.

~

Sally's-
Paul was out of town. So in the mean time, I was reading a book. I heard a firm knock on the door, and went to get it wondering who it was. To my surprise, when I opened the door, Poseidon was there looking sad? That can't be good. I shook it off, "Poseidon? Come in."

He walked in, they turned to face me. "Sally..." Poseidon says.

"Where's Percy" I ask. It's weird he's here, but Percy isn't. Speaking of Percy, I haven't heard from him in a couple of days. I wonder why.

"Sally......" Poseidon repeats, with grief in his voice. That can not mean anything good.

"Tell me where he is," I demand, on the verge of freaking out. I'm not one to freak out, but when it comes to my baby boy, I will.

In response Poseidon, broke down crying. He wouldn't cry unless something happened to Percy, and even then he would only cry if Percy was- "No..," I whispered, hoping the conclusion I had come to was wrong.

"How?" I choke out, hoping maybe he would correct me, saying Percy is safe.

"That's the worst part, I don't know!" He paused for a minute, then looked straight at me. "But Sally, it was awful, seeing him like that."

"When, where did this happen?" I spoke to him on his birthday, that was less than a week ago. How could something have happened between then and now?

"At camp half blood, on- on his birthday.." He looked down, and I wasn't the only one that started sobbing. Of all the days, it happens on his birthday? My baby deserves better than that.

"I thought this was a safe place for him." I spoke through sobs.

"I did too," he responded mournfully, but he also spoke through tears.

"You promised me, you promised he would be safe."

"I know I did, and trust me when I say he was. No monster should have been within the borders." He promised me, as if that should make this easier. We both know that, it doesn't make this any easier to cope with.

"Then why is my baby dead!" I exclaimed loudly, then broke down crying again.

Dead, the word itself is bad enough, but when Percy and dead are in the same sentence, it's the worst thing imaginable.

"There was nothing I could do. I showed up just in time to see him.." He sobbed, leaving his sentence hanging, as to not say dead. "I never even got to say goodbye!" Neither did I.

Somehow we ended up hugging, and crying into each other's shoulders, as if that would bring our baby back.
~

At Camp Half-Blood
Annabeth's Pov-
Camp is like a ghost town. It's so quiet you could hear a pin drop. No one talks, all they do is stare into space, cry, or do both.

Leo has stopped joking, the stolls have stopped pranking, Hermes have stopped stealing, Athenians have stopped reading, everyone is mostly emotionless.

Poseidon is devastated, all the oceans are impossible to sail, earthquakes,and tsunamis ravage the earth. But the worst of all is some of us not knowing where he really is, after all he is one of the missing souls.

Of course, we're still devastated, but some have a sliver of hope. Something happened that gave us all hope, another prophecy. I know prophecy bad, blah, blah, blah, but I think I sort of like this prophecy. Rachel told it at dinner. I remember every word:
The wayward being has risen, to rule.
Only the son of the sea can defeat.
At the hands of the Titan the heir shall fall.
Their one hope who shall save or destroy.