{𝟒) 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 | 𝙻𝚞𝚔𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚗

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⚔︎Ψ 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 Ψ⚔︎

𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, I looked up and turned to Nico and said, "don't be worried about meeting my mom. She's nice. You'll like her."

He nodded slowly and almost timidly, you would think Nico wouldn't fear this since we've seen certain things not all children see, or people see in the world.

We walked into the apartment complex, and I closed the door behind us as we walked into the hallway and I stared at the door at the end of the hall, it was my apartment. My stomach churned; I didn't know how I'd react to seeing my mom again especially after everything that's happened. But there's no going back anymore.

My knuckles knocked on the door a few times before setting my arm down, I turned to Nico as he just looked up at me with a smile of encouragement. At that moment the door opened, and I saw my mom standing there and she stared at me in a slight bit of shock, but then her instincts took over and she pulled me in and hugged me tightly against her.

I felt her tears fall onto my shoulder and she whispered some Spanish prayers in my ear, and I just held her back, not as tightly but I felt safe, which wasn't something I felt anymore.

But whenever I'm with my mom and in her arms I had no more fear. But even if I felt safe, nothing felt right anymore, I didn't feel right anymore...

She pulled away crying holding my face as I felt her hands shake upon my skin, "I was so worried, Damien and I thought you died in there...oh my god are you okay?"

She wiped my face and the dirt off my cheek was now on her sleeve as I said to her, "he's gone mom...Lukes...Kronos took his body as his host... and I don't know how to get him out, stop him, or fix him...I can't even k-kill h-him..."

I began to cry out as she pulled me back into her warm embrace as she stroked the back of my head, "I'm scared...I'm so scared mom...I can't...I can't even look at him...I was going to kill him, I was so close and yet when I saw him...I froze because all I saw was Luke and I can't kill him. I love him mami...and I'm so scared...it's all my fault."

Once again, she held my shoulders and told me, "This is not your fault at all, it's all the ones in the world who didn't help Luke, it's their fault and they shall pay the price of their mistakes for not helping the poor boy. We will figure this out I promise."

All I could think of as my mom tried to console me. It was only ever her and I, when all I could see were these strange creatures in my mind that no one else could see.

I was never crazy in her eyes; she just wanted me to be safe and she always made sure I was...

"And who is this?" She asked looking at Nico and he gulped slightly as I smiled, "this is Nico. Nico, this is my mom..."

Both of them stared at one another, my mom realizing this was the boy I was sent after to oversee for Hades and Nico now knew the women I told him about during our long walks through the labyrinth, the one who saved me from practically everything in my life or at least tried her best.

"Come in, the both of you." She quickly opened the door wider for us to walk inside and Nico followed suit and began to observe the smallest things around the house like the furniture and photos.

My mom grabbed my arm and held my shoulder and frowned with a small cry, "don't ever do that to me again."

She felt a grievance of her own and I felt as guilty as one could and I told her, "Luke's gone mom. I tried and...I can't do it anymore. I don't know what more I can do but run away...I can't hurt him, but Kronos is going to hurt so many people and he's going to make Luke do irreversible things that will change his life forever."

Her hand cupped my cheek and wiped the tear falling from my eye, "what have I always told you? Think with your heart, not with your mind. If you cannot do it, then don't force yourself to make a decision. Everybody in this world thinks forcing one side is always the answer, but that only makes the pain worse. Figure it out even with the little time you may have."

I nodded softly and told her, "I need a minute..."

Pulling away from her grasp I walked into the bathroom and turned the knobs of the sink for the water to flow, my body swiftly fell to the ground and sat on the tiled floor as I felt the tears rush out my eyes, out my face as I cover my head and ran my fingers through my hair, pulling and tugging.

Everything was wrong, nothing was right in this world anymore. Nothing felt right anymore, and I couldn't do anything to stop any of it. My heart was broken, the little last bit of hope in me was now gone and I couldn't do it anymore.

My life would be forever changed and nothing I could do even with all the power I had could change it.

After crying for a few minutes, I collected myself and ran the cold water on my face before patting my face dry with a towel.

I opened the door and looked out to see Nico with my mom, he was...smiling. She was playing a card game or at least showing him how to play it, it wasn't like his Greek God games he used to play, but even then, he seemed to be a natural fit with my mom.

She smiled...my mom was smiling, sometimes because of me and the world we lived in she no longer has that smile upon her face. It usually disappears or is ingenuine. But Nico made her smile. Even being a Demigod himself my mom was always a nurturing figure at heart.

Being a mom while it shouldn't have been placed on her at a young age, she was always protective, brave, strong, courageous, ambitious and fearless. The kind of power no God can have because in her selfish desires she was selfless in her own right.

As I walked towards them trying to keep a bright smile I gasped softly, and they both turned to me, and it almost felt like a pin drop. That's when I saw Damien in a mirror as he stared at his own reflection, and he called out.

Camps in trouble...please...hurry...

My eyes blinked rapidly as my mom grabbed my arm quickly and Nico looked up at me and frowned, "it's the bad feeling I had...we should've gone with them!"

But as he spoke, we suddenly watched as something crawled and ran across our apartment windows and my mom grabbed Nico pulling him back protectively and he said, "they're here. Kronos's army. They found us!"

I panicked and shouted, "mom you need to go somewhere that's not here. Go to Thomas!"

She looked at me saying, "I can't! -We...I...it's a difficult situation to explain right now!"

But as she said that the window broke and we all screamed as I shouted, "come on!" I grabbed Nico and pushed him ahead as my mom followed behind.

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I know the meeting was cut short but do not fear! We will be seeing more action packed scenes soon enough!