Bucky's Son

27 - Son of the Sea God

Percy took a deep breath and walked inside of the building and to the front desk where he asked for the key to the sixthhundredth floor. The guy didn't even put his book down as he denied Percy the key saying that there was no such thing, and Percyh wasn't in the mood to play games, and pulled the lightning bolt out of his bag and slammed it down infront of the guy.

"Key please."

The guys eyed widened and he scrambled to grab it and told Percy to wait for an empty elevator. Percy thanked him and got into the next lift and inserted the key and pressed the button, and was surprised at how bad the music was, it was worse than his Uncle Tony's.

His brain couldn't accept what he saw, from the clouds rose only a peak of a mountain, and many palaces, and mansions. There were intricate roads leading up the peak, and at the top was the largest and grandest palace. He could see open air market, an amphitheatre, a hippodrome and a coliseum. He realised that he was seeing an entire Greek city, but what it would of looked like 25 hundred years ago.

He found it hard to believe that it was all just sitting there above New York. How could it stay there without falling? How could no one see it? How could he of not seen it? He could see Manhattan from where he stood, so why could he not see Olympus from the ground?

As he walked through the city, he was pretty much in a daze, he walked by nymphs, merchants trying to sell him ambrosia, a shield and a replica of the golden fleece. He saw the nine muses in a park, satyrs, niads, and what he believed to be minor gods and goddesses. Everyone seemed content and almost peaceful, as if there wasn't a threat of a war, which made Percy uneasy. Did they not feel? Could they not sense the tension? It didn't sit right with him at all.

He eventually found his way to the throne room where he saw twelve thrones, one for each Olympion, and arranged in the shape of a 'U', just like the cabin at camp, and he also noticed that all the thrones, except for two were empty. The one on the end and the one to its left.

Percy knew who the two Gods were, and he knew they were waiting for him to approach, and so he did. He did his best to pretend he wasn't scared, but he felt like he was walking to recive a punishment back at hydra.

Looking at them, Percy thought his body was starting to burn, but he didn't think that was possible, he was probably getting hot from his walk up the mountain peak. Zues was wearing a blue pinstriped suit and had a grey and black beard which was well maintained and next to him was Posiedon, his father and he was very different. He wore khaki shorts, a Bahama t-shirt covered with coconuts and parrots, as well as leather sandals. Percy also noticed that he had scarred hands, much like and old fisherman. He had the same black hair, and the trademark look that labled Percy a rebel. 

The two gods weren't moving or speaking and it made Percy think that they had just finished arguing. Percy decided to go to the foot of his fathers throne and knelt.

"Father." Percy thought it best to be at least a tiny bit respectful, as he did not look up, feeling the power of the gods and he had no doubt they could turn him to dust if they so wished. He could also feel and he was sure he could hear it to, his heart beating in his chest.

"Should you not address the King first boy?" Percy heard Zues speak from his left and he kept his head down and stayed quiet.

Poseidon asked for peace in a voice that stirred something in the back of Percy's mind, a memory that he had long been made to forget. A memory of him as a baby and the feeling of the god's hand on his forehead. "The boy defers to his father. This is his only right."

Zues and Posiedon spoke about him breaking the oath and if he stilled claimed Percy as his son, which he did and then Poseidon addmitted his wrongdoing and asked for Percy to speak. Percy swallowed the lump in his throat. He knew he was a wrongdoing. He had known it all of his life, esspecially with Hydra, but hearing it then, before he could say anything, Zues started grubling about how he had already spared him and Poseidon reminded him that if he had blasted Percy out of the sky then he would of destroyed the bolt.