The Bitten Hero

Chapter 10 - Capture

- 3rd Person PoV -

Percy slowly walked over to Hyperion whom was still trying to act big and brave against his threatening enemy, even though on the inside the titan was backing away, shaking in fear. Percy looked ready to kill him, walking in a very menacing way; as to add more fear in to the depths of Hyperion's dark and damaged mind.

"W-Who are you?" Hyperion tried desperately to cover the quiver in his voice, it failed drastically though, cracking to show just how scared he truly was.

"Say, Hyperion, how did you escape the tree I trapped you in all those years ago? Simple photosynthesis? Magic? Help from any old friends... Perhaps any other Titans?" Percy asked, a simple stride away now, but postponing the fight a few minutes to ask the questions he had been pondering  since he discovered whom the enemy was.

"It...It can't be you; you died! You died at the hands of Kronos and his minions... He-he said so!" Hyperion cried out helplessly. "I knew I shouldn't have trusted him again..." He added under his breath, hoping the boy didn't hear.

With that, Percy shot out his left, gripping the titans shoulder forcefully as to stop him from escaping. The Titan's reaction to such brute strength was letting out a weak yelp. This made Percy smile, as he then went and stuck his sword into the Titan's chest, it looked like an insignificant toothpick in his armour compared to the sheer size of the Titan, but it was a very powerful strike. After all, it left Hyperion bent over in pain. Luckily, at that exact moment two powerful female Olympians came into view, Lady Artemis grabbed hold of Hyperion's neck, squeezing perfectly to immobilise him. Whilst Lady Athena placed celestial bronze, interlaced with imperial gold and stygian iron, handcuffs on his hands and feet, a chain connecting the two cuffs as to limit mobility. One thought stuck in the back of the demigod's mind though 'This was far too easy...'. However, he decided against voicing his thoughts out loud; as to not worry the Gods.

The two Olympians then flashed the four of them into the throne room, Athena having a strong hold on their captive.

-----On Olympus-----

A bright flash in the middle of the room alerted everyone present in the room to the arrival of the four. Everyone was staring at Perseus, amazed by his sudden return, shocked that it was actually him, stunned by what he now was.

"Percy..." Poseidon started, but he couldn't even finish his thought; he was so confused now.

"Hey Dad... Everyone..." He said sheepishly, unsure of what to do now. All eyes gradually moved from him to Lord Zeus as he started to speak in his loud, booming voice.

"Today, Camp Half-Blood was threatened and we owe a thanks to our returned hero, Perseus Jackson, for defending the home of many of you campers, and managing to capture the Titan Hyperion!" Loud, happy cheering broke out at this point. "Silence!" Zeus roared, demanding the attention of everyone in the room to return to him. "Whilst we owe our thanks to him, I'm sure we all have our questions. However, you can question him in your own time, until then we shall celebrate! Hermes, Hephaestus, I'm sure the two of you can place Hyperion in a prison cell outside, we can have a meeting tomorrow to decide his fate. Do make sure he is secure though! Any last questions?" When no-one replied, he raised his voice to be clearly heard throughout the majority of Olympus "Meeting dismissed!"

Everyone neatly filed out of the throne room, walking the short distance to the courtyard where Dionysus and Apollo were hosting the celebrational party. The Gods all flashed out with their respective partners, or on their own, to go do their own things before arriving at the party. However, a few remained to talk to Perseus.

Poseidon went first "I missed you so much, son!" he cried out as he hugged the son he missed for so long tightly, not wanting to let go in fear of him vanishing again.

"I missed you too, dad." He muttered in reply. Poseidon gradually let go of his son, holding him at arms length and looking him over with a huge smile on his face and tears of joy in his eyes. Eventually, he let go and flashed out to get changed into 'party' attire. This left three more wanting to talk. Percy walked up to Hestia and Hera whom were stood side by side smiling happily at the man they had gotten to love. "Thank you, both of you... For everything. I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the two of you." He said whilst smiling softly at them, before he could even finish his last word Hestia had rushed forward and enveloped him in a hug. As soon as she let go, he was embraced by Hera just as tightly. Eventually the hugging stopped and they stood a respectable distance apart. Because no matter how close they were, Hera had spent millennia as the Queen of the Heavens, she had a reputation and she had grown accustomed to said reputation.

"It is okay, Perseus; you actually helped change us for the better too. We owe you as much as you do us. Thank you for helping, I hope these recent events wont change your attitude, and that we can remain close." Said Hera, her grin full of pride and joy, as she shared looks with Hestia. With that, the pair of them flashed away to join in with the fun that was happening just outside of the Throne Room doors. This left one last Goddess, she knew he wanted to speak to her and she also knew exactly why.

"I am truly sorry about what happened all those years ago, Perseus. But you have to understand, you had to go on that quest, no matter how pointless it seemed at the time, or the events following would never have happened, and right now Olympus could be in ruins if not for you. You helped save us once again, without even realising it." She spoke the truth to him, she truly did feel bad for it all.

"It is okay, Lady Athena. I just wish to speak with Annabeth again, please. I kept my distance as to not endanger her over the years, no matter how hard she tried, and no matter how painful it was for me to see her like that, I stayed away." The boy replied, as respectively as he could do. "I noticed she wasn't in this meeting, I'm guessing you know exactly where she is..."

"I do know where she is, but you must know that she only just accepted your 'death' a few years ago, this has been very hard on her. You will have to give her time, please do be there for her. And I'm only doing this because I know I've indirectly caused you both all of this grief. Tell her I'm sorry, but know yourself that I'm sorry to you too... She is in my private library, I shall flash you there, but you will have to deal with her yourself. I will make sure you are uninterrupted though." Was the reply he got, and it just made him smile, he would get to talk to her again after so long, and it would be a true conversation, or at least he hoped.

"Thank you so much, Lady Athena, I owe you one." He whispered just before she went to flash him out. He left, leaving a smiling Goddess alone in the throne room. She resisted all temptations to spy on the two, knowing it could end very badly for her.

So, instead, she went to join the partying that continued on until the early hours of the morning. Not one being got an ounce of sleep that night up on Olympus. Hermes flashed all of the demigods back to camp at midnight, knowing it was long gone past their bed times, although there were a lot of shouts of protest. The Gods all continued to party though, not stopping or slowing down for anything. In that moment, they were truly happy, all of them were.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait, I went on holiday for a bit.