wrath - percy jackson

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"ugh, what the fuck?" the woman on the table cursed as she sat up on the weirdly shaped table. a shy girl entered the room followed by two guys, sebastian and percy.

"she's awake." sebastian pointed out, crossing his arms while kamala smiled at the woman.

"thank you for that, captain obvious." percy commented sarcastically as he appraoched the woman who eyed him suspiciously. now that she was awake, percy could see that she had the most brilliant pair of magenta eyes he had ever seen.

"who're you?" she asked bluntly as she blinked, her vision coming into focus. percy smiled gently.

"my name is percy jackson, son of poseidon, the wrath sin. i am presuming you are the lust sin?" the son of sally introduced himself in a gentle voice, making sure he didn't seem threatening to avoid any unwanted fights.

"oh, so you're our leader huh?" the woman smiled cheekily at him. "i'm maya reynolds, daughter of aphrodite, the lust sin obviously. i was born on the eighteenth of april, nineteen sixety six and died on march twelveth nineteen eighty two. nice to meet you."

the son of poseidon deduced that she wasn't confused and cautious anymore, so he didn't have to treat her like a child. he smiled and clapped his hands twice and almost immediately, caleb and luke come out of their rooms.

"guys, please introduce yourselves." percy requested in an authoritive tone that took over him every time he ordered the sins to do something, yes, percy jackson was a born leader. he had honed those skills when he was with the romans, who taught him discipline and order. being a son of poseidon, he was a part of the sea, and therefore not bound to one mythology. when he talked with his dad a few months ago, poseidon had explained that he was both greek and roman, just like the rest of his demigods but he was born greek and therefore their ways flowed more naturally with him.

"hello, my name is luke castallan. i am a son of hermes and the sin of envy. i died in two thousand and nine. i'm twenty two."

"my name is caleb hurley, son of hypnos and the sloth sin. died in two thousand. i'm sixteen like you haha."

"hello! my name is kamala saeueng, i'm a daughter of hebe and the gluttony sin. i died in nineteen seventy eight, and i'm fourteen the youngest one here. i'm glad we have another girl."

"hey, the name's sebastian carter, son of nike and the sin of greed. i died in nineteen ninety nine and i'm eighteen."

maya nodded to them and smiled sweetly. "it's a pleasure to meet all of you. are we missing someone?" she asked, confused to see there were only five sins, six including herself. percy nodded.

"we are, in fact, missing the pride sin. once we are untied with him, we'll either find a way out of tartarus or we will try to build a better home. i will try to contact the fates as soon as possible." the ravenette confirmed, nodding his head. he looked at maya before speaking again. "you'll be sharing a room with kamala for the meantime before we find a more suitable home for us, is that alright with you?"

maya nodded as she bounced off the weird table and hugged kamala who squealed at the sudden contact. "i'll be happy to share a room with this little cutie." she grined brightly as she squished kamala's cheeks who was smiling awkwardly. percy nodded.

"well then, meeting dismissed." he said before entering his and luke's bedroom. he sighed and sat on the dirt bed, visibly relaxing as he laid down. luke followed soon after and sat on the bed, smiling softly at their leader.

"taking the role of leader quite well, aren't you?" the son of hermes smiled softly at his leader, who smiled weakly in return.

"you could say that."

~ ~ ~

"it's been weeks since we last heard from percy. i called his mother a few days ago and said she had last heard from him last month, right before i lost connection with him. something's wrong and i know it." nico seethed as he clutched the sides of the ping pong table. the head counsellors were having their monthly meeting and nico spoke out for the first time that evening. "i told you all that he went away because of family problems, but i lied. he left because something had happened and i only caught wind of the reason a last week. he promised me that he would iris message me every week and didn't fail to do so until last week." he eyed annabeth when he said this part and she looked away to try to avert his gaze.

chiron crossed his arms thoughtfully. "we will alert the hunters of artemis to keep an eye out for him when they are on their travels. unfortunately we can only send out two search parties, and only experienced demigods who have gone out on quests before will be allowed to search. we shouldn't allow this news to get to the younger campers since it will cause a panic. if anyone will ask about his whereabouts, keep saying what you have been for the last two weeks, that he took a little break from camp because of family issues."

"that's not enough!" nico shouted. "we need to send more out to cover more ground, and we need to inform the romans too. percy was their praetor and they would be willing to help the search efforts. i was firsthand how loved percy was as praetor, they will put out at least two legions as search parties if not more."

the centaur considered this before nodding. "nico, please inform them of the recent developments. we will discuss the less pressing matters when you return. everyone, please return here tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock."

nico pecked will on the lips quickly before shadowtravelling to camp jupiter.