Banished

8

Percy PoV

I tried to stand after Artemis finished
patching up my wounds.

I stumbled into her and she grabbed my shoulders to help me balance.

"You should go see Apollo," the woman suggested. I nodded and hugged her.

With a slight smile, she hugged me back before I left to go get my leg examined.

I appeared in Apollo's clinic and was asked if I received my injuries while performing my godly duties.

After explaining that I had, in fact, gotten injured while hunting monsters as ordered by Lady Athena, I was given immediate treatment.

The god treating me smiled. "Hi, I'm
Joseph. Can you sit on the bed and extend your legs?"

I did as asked and the god moved some sort of scanner over the lower half of my body.

After looking through the display on the scanner, he cleared his throat. "You seem to have fractured your kneecap. Try not to put too much pressure on it for the next week or so and be sure to drink lots of nectar. I'll be giving you a special compression brace, which should help with pain and quicken the healing process."

I was given a black knee brace and put it on. The brace was tight and I could no longer feel the pain in my knee. I thanked Joseph and left to my apartment.

Before I had even made it to my bedroom, I heard a prayer from Artemis.

I appeared at her general location and heard loud grunting, accompanied by a loud smacking noise.

My friend was tied to a tree, being struck repeatedly by Ares, who was angry that she had been able to injure him while mortal.

I tackled Ares off of Artemis and punched him square in the jaw.

With the knowledge that I could go to the other Olympians and report him for attacking Artemis, he left.

I cut the rope that was binding the woman to the tree and caught her as she stumbled.

Her breath was shaky and she wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Where's your campsite located?" I asked, holding her close. She handed me the small cube that was her tent. "I packed up to change locations. Can you take me to a different forest?"

We appeared in a small clearing and I tossed the box to the ground.

It transformed into a normal-looking tent.

I helped her inside and she sat down on her bed. "Could you grab the first aid kit for mortals?"

Nodding, I grabbed the kit and brought it over, setting it down on the small table and opening it. "Before you use anything from there, I want to try something first."

I summoned a bucket of water and placed my hand on the woman's.

Water flowed up my arm and onto hers, spreading out across her skin in the direction of her various injuries.

Her injuries began to heal and she closed her hand around my fingers.

I smiled and allowed the water to evaporate. "There are only a couple places that might need bandaging now."

Artemis released my fingers, and the warmth of her soft hand dissipated.

I squeezed soothing ointment out of the bottle and gently applied it to the large cut on her cheek. I also applied it to the smaller cut above her eyebrow.

Once I had wiped off the excess ointment, I began searching for properly sized bandages.

"So, what's the situation with your leg?" She asked.

"Apparently I fractured my kneecap. I'm wearing one of those compression brace things. The doctor dude said to keep that on and if I didn't put too much pressure on the leg then I should be fine in a week," I explained.

"You should sit," Artemis remarked upon hearing my response.

I didn't see the chair that had been by the table earlier and elected to sit next to her.