Vengeance

14

Percy PoV

It had been years since I had seen Artemis.

Time after time, I tried and failed to get her from Olympus. I hate to say that I let myself go.

I hadn't shaved or gotten a haircut in a long time, and the work was consuming me. After I had fled, I found the Outcasts.

I joined them, quickly rising through the ranks to become one of the Generals.

Levi would stop by from time to time to make sure I hadn't gone insane.

Then there was a sound.

A small, annoying, barely noticeable sound.

Artemis had activated her tracker.

She was in Australia.

And she was amidst many, many immortals.

I appeared in the crowd, watching as my fiancé casually avoided a dart by crouching down to tie her shoe.

My goddess stood, and I wrapped around her from behind.

I had to keep myself from smirking when she realized who I was.

There was a sudden bang. It was close by. Aimed at her head.

I pulled my future wife forward in hopes she might survive.

It hit her in the neck.

Fuck.

I appeared in the hospital area with the goddess bleeding in my arms.

The doctors took her into surgery, and I watched from outside.

Hours later, they had removed the bullet and Artemis was stable.

I sat down next to her bed, waiting for her to wake up.

At some point, I fell asleep in the chair.

I was awoken by a soft hand on my own.

I sat back up.

Artemis was awake.

I had her released into my care and took her back to my apartment.

I set her down on my bed and kissed her forehead.

My fiancé laid back down, closing her eyes.

I went to the bathroom and showered. After that, I cut the mop on my head to something of shorter length and attempted to shave the hair on my face.

To be fair, I only cut myself once.

When I laid down next to my lover, she nuzzled into my chest. "Good boy."

"I wanted to clean up for you," I murmured, kissing her temple.

Artemis spent the next week recovering, which means we spent a week cuddling.

Good use of time, in my opinion.

"Percy, why do you wear a ring?" My fiancé asked.

"Because the other girls wouldn't leave me alone. I told them I was married," I explained. "You won't mind me introducing you as my wife, will you?"

"Not if it's true," she replied.

"Do you wanna go get married now?" I asked.

Artemis nodded.

"Good," I responded. "I don't want to wait."

We grabbed Levi from the library, where he was brushing up on some ancient language or other.