Broken Pasts (Percy Jackson AU)

Gabe

*Poseidon's POV*

I stayed here the whole night. The whole night only one thing was stuck on my mind. It never left my train of thought. Why did Sally died?! If she stayed with me none of this would have happened. Sally would be alive, Percy wouldn't have been abused and we would have lived like a happy family.

But that's never going to happen.

Only if I looked harder. Everyone would have been happy.

But the world doesn't work that way.

As these thoughts harassed me, I didn't know that the doctor was there until he put his hand on my shoulder. I looked up. His eyes where full of sympathy. I hated that. He gave me a small smile.

"Percy is awake now you can see him."

My heart jumped with joy. My son was awake! I stranded up and followed the doctor to Percy's room.

IV cords were attached to Percy. His arm didn't look so pussy and red as it did yesterday. Percy looked up at me, a worried look reached his face.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"At the hospital," I replied.

His eyes were filled with fear. He struggled to get up because of his arm. He gave up and started to rip the IV cord out of his arm. I quickly grabbed his good arm and stopped him from pulling it out. He started to thrash around.

"Percy, stop!" I commanded.

"No! I have to go before he gets here!" He yelled at me, still thrashing around.

I knew who he was talking about. Gabe.

Not long after Percy shouted, doctors filled the room. A nurse pushed me out of the room. I huffed in frustration. I didn't even get to spend three minutes in there.

After making phone calls to work and I went back and sat down in the waiting room. I drummed my fingers on my lap. Then the hospital doors opened.

Two police men came in. They weren't alone. In front of them was a man in hand cuffs. He was short and fat. His bold head shone form the reflection of the lights. His face was like a pigs, with small beady eyes and a short stubby nose.

He looked at me dead in the eye. I stared back at him, not once wavering. For some reason I didn't like him, not one bit. We both continued to glare daggers at each other until one of the officers pushed him forward.

As they walked, I continued to assess the man in front. I had a fair idea who he was. It was Gabe.

*Percy's POV*

My vision is blurry and my head was spinning. Where the Hades am I? Finally my vision was clear. The whole room was white. I looked at my arm, it wasn't as bad as it was yesterday. When I looked around the room I saw Poseidon come through the door. He walked up to my bed. I looked up at him and asked the question I wanted to know since I've woken up.

"Where am I?" I asked Poseidon.

"At the hospital," He told me.

At the hospital! He is going to find me and kill me! I have to leave now before he gets here, I have too! I tried getting up so I could escape, but I couldn't use my arm as it was still sore. I tried to rip out the IV cords but a strong hand gripped my arm.

"Percy, stop!" Poseidon commanded.

"No! I have to go before he gets here!" I yelled at him, trying to get out of his gasp.

Doctor started the fill the room. A nurse pushed Poseidon out of the room. One of the doctors walked towards me with a needle in his hand. While all the other doctors held me down, he japed the needle in my arm.

My vision became blurry again. I was getting really sleepy. I tried to fight it, but it was too strong. My world around me turned black.

***

I tiredly lifted open my eyes. I was still in the same white room. I didn't bother trying to escape again, they'll just put me back asleep. I drummed my fingers against my bed.

After sitting there was years (or that's how long it felt like! Stupid ADHD!) A doctor came into my room. He took the clipboard from the end of my bed.

"Perseus Jackson," He said.

"It's Percy," I muttered.

"The Police want to ask you a couple of questions," I nodded and the doctor let them in.

They were wearing the usual police uniform. One of them was a woman and the other was a man. They both looked like nice people so the whole good cop, bad cop thing wasn't going to happen. Dam, I don't get to sass the bad cop.

"Percy, we won't to ask some questions about you guardian," the woman told me.

"For the last six years you have lived with your step-father, Gabe Ugliano. Is this correct?" He asked me.

"Yes."

"Now, on the reports the doctors have given us, you have old scars and wounds that shows that you have been abused. So that leads us to one thing." The male officer told me.

I looked up at him. I knew what he was going to say next.

"Did Gabe Ugliano abused you?"

I swallowed the lump that was stuck in my throat and nodded.

"We thought so, that's why we arrested him beforehand. We need you to make sure we got the right man." The male cop told me.

"Wait Gabe's here!" I exclaimed. This wasn't good.

"It's ok Percy, your stepfather has been cuffed and two other police officers are there to make sure he doesn't do anything," the female officer assured me.

That didn't calm me one bit. Gabe will find a way to hurt me, he always does. The male cops went out the door. Not long after he came back with two other cops. And Gabe. My throat became tight. Gabe's eye where full of rage. From then on, I knew he wanted to kill me.

"Perseus, tell the cops I didn't do anything and we can go back to the way things were," he smiled evilly at me.

I was frozen in my spot, too scared to move. I couldn't even correct him. I tried to say something but nothing came out of my mouth. Never in my life have I've been this scared. Maybe because I've never seen Gabe so angry.

If possible Gabe became angrier.

"THIS BOY IS LYING! I'VE NEVER TOUCHED HIM HIS WHOLE LIFE! HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS CHILD!" He shouted at the police.

"Because, Mr.Uglaino, we have proof, and now Percy has confirmed it was you, you're going to jail."

Something inside Gabe snapped. His eyes were blazing red. Somehow he had gotten out of his cuffs. He lunged at me and grabbed my throat.

Air escaped me, I couldn't breathe. I tried to push Gabe away but I was too weak. Black dots danced around my vision. I heard screams but they became muffled. I was dying, there was no escaping it. My vision became black for the last time.