Percy's life after Betrayal- With Poseidon

CHAPTER 10

I don't remember when I fell asleep but when I woke up in Tartarus, I wish I didn't.

As usual, Tartarus was at the table searching for new 'toys'. After a while of searching he came to me empty handed. I looked at him, confused. He saw my look and laughed.
" Ah, today we will do something new."
He looked at me with.... lust? My eyes widened with realisation. No no no he will not do that, will he? Yes. He was coming closer and closer.
He started by touching me first. Everywhere. It was gross. Then he started removing my clothes one by one. When he removed all my clothes, he moved back to remove his. Then he again stood awfully close to me. Looking at me with lust which me feel uncomfortable. ( Now I won't go into the details but you......)

After he was done with me, he let me go. He knew this would cause much more damage than any other torture.

I woke up feeling extremely dirty and gross. My clothes were back on me but the sheets were stained in red. I started crying softly which turned into full on body wrecking sobs. I failed myself again. I thought bitterly. I had vowed to myself when Gabe was turned into a statue that I would never let this happen to me again. Gabe had taken full on advantage of me from the age of 6 to 12 till he was turned into a statue. But I failed. Tartarus had done it.

I didn't came out of the room for the whole day and no one questioned it.

~~~~Time Skip~~~~~~~~~~

Its been three weeks since I arrived Atlantis. Three weeks since I left Camp Half-Blood. Three weeks since my mother and Step-dad died.

Things are slowly changing. Triton and Amphitrite have warmed up to me but I know it is an act. They still hate me. Tartarus keeps doing that again but alternatively switching between torture on one day and that on other. That is the only thing that makes me cry.

My eyesight came back. Everything was going good. We did a family outing one day. Came back around dinner. Then enjoyed dinner with each other.

I was a little exhausted by all this. But I decided that I won't sleep again. I do it sometimes not always. Or father or Triton notice it. I have also started eating less and less. I eat with them and throw it up in my  bathroom...

Its been 5 days since I last slept and the exhaustion was creeping up on me. It's been the longest since I have went without sleeping. Returning from the dinner, I brushed my teeth and the laid down on my bed, immediately passing out.

When I woke up, I saw the usual red room. But this time something was off. The air was extra hot and toxic. Tartarus was looking really angry, well more than usual. He usually had this insane like smile on his face, but today he was angry, very..

He slowly stalked up to me and my breathing quickened. He stood directly in front of me so I couldn't look anywhere else. Suddenly he started yelling, " Where were you for the past 5 nights? You thought you could escape me. ME! Ha! Look where your attempt had landed you. Now you will receive extra punishment for your stunt.......

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I woke feeling exhausted. I tried to sit up but my whole body was screaming not to move. I decided to lay back down and memories of last night came flooding back and I had a really strong urge to vomit. I rushed to the bathroom and proceeded to empty my stomach. When that finally stopped I picked myself up only to sit down again and vomit again. This didn't stop until there was nothing inside me. I laid on the floor as my body shook from silent sobs.

I slowly picked myself up and went into the shower. Still crying, I picked up the soap and started scrubbing myself. I scrubbed to remove the blood, the stench, the dirt, anything that reminded me of him . I scrubbed until my skin was red and started bleeding but water healed those.

I laid on my bed and curled myself into a tight ball. What right do you have live? a voice in my head said..

Worthless

Useless..... More voices joined in

Waste

Idiot

Dumb

Stupid

You should die.......

Yeah,  yeah  you should

Go AWAY!

Yes, YOU GO AWAY!!

Just go die

I knew the voices were right so I didn't argue back. I just laid curled up in a ball, crying.

Suddenly there was a knock at my door and a voice said, " Hey Percy, it's training time. Father is calling. "

I attempted to ignore him but he kept on knocking, successfully increasing my headache.

I finally had enough of him. I walked up groggily and went up to the door. As soon as I opened the door, I was hit by a dizzy spell. I attempted to keep myself from falling but lost balance and fell into someone's arm.

Triton's POV
As soon as Percy opened the door, he started falling. Out of instinct, I caught him and asked, "Hey, what happened to you? "

" Please take me back to bed " he spoke, his voice sounding hoarse as if he had been crying. I quickly took him to bed, placed him down and sat beside him. I don't know why but I was worried for him. " Tell me this moment what the Hades is going on?" I demanded. He sighed as if telling that was very difficult.

"At least give me some tablet for the headache"

I brought him some painkiller with water. I waited till he swallowed the pills, all the while thinking what actually happened to him and why was I worried about him. He shifted a little and leaned against the headboard. He looked at me and sighed. " Promise me you won't tell anything to Dad. He is already worried about me, I don't want to worry him more. " He looked really serious so I promised him.  After that he started telling me what has happened from camps' betrayal to Tartarus' curse and today's  too. 

At first he was silently crying but by the end he was curled in a fetal position, rocking back and forth. With a start I realised that he was having a panic attack. I walked towards him and hesitantly circled my arms around him, hugging him. Whispering soothing words, I finally bought him to calm down. Just as he was about to fall asleep, I stood up to go only to be stopped by Percy's hand. I looked at his hand then he back at him.
" Stay with me. Maybe you could chase away the nightmare. Please! "
He had this broken but hopeful look in his eyes that I couldn't say no to. So I just opened up the blankets and he shifted so I could sleep.

When I was finally comfortable, he said, " I hope you are comfortable with cuddling because I tend to cuddle up unconsciously to anyone who is sleeping next to me. And if you are just shake me slightly and I will wake up." He gave me a small smile and went to sleep but not before mumbling, " I have always wanted a big brother. " under his breath. I think he didn't wanted me to hear it. It sent a warm feeling in my chest .

At some point we both ended up cuddling together, because that was how  Mother found up the next morning.

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