Aftermath

Illusion

No one's POV

A shed made from sticks and palm tree leaves woven together stood in the middle of nowhere. A young man walked out, his clothes looking tattered. Raising his head up he peeked at the midday sun and sighed. His lips pursed as he's stared at the shed in thought.

This young man was Percy, he had no idea how long he'd been here or even where he was. He stopped counting a long time ago. The days felt long and the night felt even longer. He wondered how everyone was doing. Does his son even remember him? Was he doing well? And kronos? How would he be holding up? Would they forget him? Did anyone miss him?. He walked in the forest and picked up fruits, carrying them in a sack cut out from his clothes. He also killed a few rabbits and birds with a wooden spear he'd made much earlier.

Walking to the water he crouched down to wash the fruits and clean the animals before staking one rabbit and making a fire. Confirming that the meat was firmly and correctly placed, he took a quick bath and brushed his stick with a stick and charcoal then returned unafraid of any lurking monsters. After staying here for a while, he quickly realized that there were no monsters around.

He walked back to the cooking spot and turned the meat, then put the rest in the sun to dry to prevent them from going bad. After that, he sat down poking the fire with a stick, his ADHD getting to him as he had absolutely nothing to do. His days spent here were all a blur, he couldn't even be bothered to remember anything that could peek his interest even a little.

After a while the meat was done, he put out the fire out. While waiting for the meat to cool down, he brought out the washed fruits which consisted of apples, berries and tangerines. He picked the meat and ate emotionlessly. There was no taste to it as he had no seasoning. After eating the meat, he picked the fruits and nibbled on them a bit before returning the rest as food for later.

He walked back into the shed, curling up on the floor and crying himself to sleep and falling into a dreamless state .................
.............or so, he thought................

Usually, when he goes to sleep, it was more like a black out. However, this time was different, he was in a vast darkness almost like he was floating in deep space but without any light.

Noticing his surroundings, he scowled, waiing for the unwantez visitor to show himself. There was only one person he could think who would love this creepy setting.

Waiting for what seemed like forever, he finally sighed "are you going to cone out or not? I would have preferred my dream free sleep you know."

Chuckling, Order appeared out of thin air his green robes a dazzling sight "miss me?"

"You wish." Percy glared at him

"And what the hell is this game you're playing?"

"Game? Well, you are right, it is a game and we'll see who surrenders first. If you want it to end, you know what to do." Order said smiling.

"Never! I'd rather die than surrender to you." Percy yelled his eyes fierce and glowing brightly threatening to end the one who made him suffer.

Order chuckled

"Even in death, you will still be mine. Everything concernibg you belongs to me. Even your soul."

Percy clenched his fists unsure if he truly was powerful enough to trap his soul by his side.

Smiling order turned to leave.

Percy stood still lost in thought unaware that order had stopped.

"That spark in your eyes, I'll enjoy killing it again." Order said without looking at him, smiling at the thought.

A trace of fear flashed through Percy's eyes for a moment but disappeared so quickly that it felt like it was just a trick of light.

"You won't succeed. Never again."

"We'll see." Order smirked.

Camp half blood

       Kayson looked at his mom distressed, tears falling down his chubby cheeks. Percy's body lay peacefully unaware of the turmoil going on around.

     Ever since Percy fell unconscious, the whole camp became like a dead zone, the campers still trained but his situation weighed on their minds and caused a lot of distraction.

    Kronos sighed, finally allowing the baby to stick to his mother's body.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" He questioned as the baby crawled to his mother's head.

"We have no other options at the moment. His powers are similar to order's and may be able to help." Athena said as she shook her head.

Kayson stared at his mother's face, his lips pursed like he was trying hard to concentrate.

"Mama!" He yelled happily, giggling as he hugged his neck.

Confused, Kronos tried to get the baby off when he noticed ripples in the air. He let Kayson continue and finally saw a wretched shed with a fire place in front.

However, what caught his eyes were the familiar sea green eyes he missed so much.

"Percy?" He called.

Confused Percy turned looking for the source of the voice and stared directly at a pair of golden orbs. He thought order was playing a trick on him again until he heard another voice.

"Mama!" The little man giggled.

"Kayson!" He ran towards the image but passed right through it and fell.

"Percy! Are you alright?" Kronos panicked seeing his lover look so miserable and heartbroken.

"Kronos." He whispered tearing up.

"I'm fine. I just wanna get out of here. I miss you." He began blabbering so many sentences at once.

Kronos smiled wanting to hug him again.

"I promise we'll get you back into your body." He said trying to encourage his lover to stay strong for while more.

"My body? What do you mean?" Percy said confused.

At this moment kronos realize that Percy didn't know his body was at camp half blood and probably thought he was teleported some place else.

"Percy, we don't have much time but listen to me. You're trapped in an illusion no of what you see there is real. Order took your soul from your body and we don't know where it is. Judging from your location, I'd say neither does he, however, he's channeling his power to you to keep you in an illusion till he finds you. You have to wake up. If you break the illusion, you soul will return to your body." Athena explained as fast as she could knowing the baby probably can't hold out for too long cause he's still too young.

    True to her expectation, Kayson yawned. Seeing the ripples becoming blurry, Kronos yelled "Percy! I love you!"

Smiling Percy replied "I love you too."

"Come back to me soon." Kronos said his heart much calmer than before.

Percy looked much brighter and determined than earlier.

"I will. Look after our son for me." He said smiling as he stood from the floor and watched the ripples fade completely.