wrath - percy jackson

5

"soo... you're kind of dead?" percy questioned, confused. his companion shook his head quickly.

"well, clearly, i'm not dead. but i was. then the fates dragged me out of elysium and dropped me here after blabbering something about being the sloth sin or something. oh and i have this really big tattoo on my chest." the brunette explained while dragging his v-neck shirt down slightly so percy could catch a glimpse of his tattoo. the son of poseidon hummed in acknowledgement. it was the word sloth written in greek, νωθρότητα, along his collar bone.

"my name is percy jackson, son of poseidon. i'm the wraith sin." percy stuck his hand out for his companion to shake, which the brunette gladly took with a smile.

"i'm caleb hurley, the sloth sin, born in ninteen eighty four and died in two thousand, son of hypnos." the brunette smiled brightly and shook percy's hand rather firmly, the ravenette could feel the slenderness of his fingers presumably from lack of use.

caleb was at average height, with brown, curly hair and a bright smile. he seemed to be from latin america, maybe brazil? he was slender and percy could tell he spent most of his time sleeping since he didn't seem the slightest bit fatigued at all, could dead people sleep?

his thought process was interuppted, however, when the pair heard some obnoxiously loud... mortal like voices? not this again.

percy grabbed caleb's sleeve roughly and dragged his newly found friend behind a nearby crevace. caleb writhed under his grip, confused and attempted to free himself but percy surprisingly had a strong grip on his wrist.

"what the fuck dude-"caleb demanded, irritated before the son of poseidon slapped a hand over his mouth. percy was on high alert right now and didn't need any distractions as he tried to process his thoughts when the sound of mismatched legs troffing on the ground. he bit down a scowl as the vampires came into view. thankfully, kelli wasn't among them as they were all dressed in traditional ancient greek robes that had clearly lived beyond their years.

"empousai. stay quiet." he whispered to the son of hypnos, who could only muster a small nod in return. percy could tell that this was his first time tartarus by the way his skin has started growing small rashes and blisters because of the acid air, the poor boy had started shaking slightly but it was noticeable enough.

"the earth mother has been sealed away forever, young one. she will not come to our aid anytime soon." a raspy voice called out, some ofthe noise coming from her nostrils.

"then we'll just have to find some other way out then." a younger, more human voice concluded. the brunette nudged percy's side gently, recoiling as his slender fingers felt numb against his skin, he hissed softly which finally caught percy's attention.

the son of hypnos mouthed, she might be human!

the ravenette could do nothing but sigh silently and shake his head. he mouthed back, it means nothing here, shut up.

caleb opened his mouth to retaliate, but closed it instantly once he caught sight of the empousai for himself. their hair was made of fire that raged in the acid air and their skin was white as bone. yup, definitely not human.

the sound of their mismatched legs - scrap, clump - became more and more distant as their vampire bodies turned a corner. the son of hypnos let out an audible breath that he didn't know he was holding in.

"h-how did you know?" caleb asked shakily after a few moments, percy stood up and grabbed his bags.

"it's not my first time here," he said briefly. "we can't follow them because we're supposed to stay down here, apparently. we have to get the phlegethon so we can rid you of your blisters." caleb to a moment to look down and his mud, chocolate orbs widened. "then we can go find the others, is that okay?"

"y-yeah. but what's the phelgeathon or whatever?"

percy smirked and bent down so he was at caleb's level who was still sitting down. "the river of fire."

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sorry if i got any greek words wrong! i don't speak greek. please feel free to correct me :)

this has been sitting in my drafts for two months and hasn't gone through any editing so sorry lool

anyway have a great day! <3