"It's okay… you came," she replied as her feet weakly trudged along the dirty stone floor, a few weak lamps being their only source of light as they moved deep through whatever fortress they were in.
"No," he replied with a shake of his head as he tossed her over his shoulder before turning into a set of stone steps to the side, jumping two or three steps at a time. "I shouldn't have stood there like a fool while you were attacked. I shouldn't have even let them take you away."
...
Amphitrite smiled at his words, but just barely as she fought down grimaces from the pain. Riding over her son's shoulder with several open and still bleeding burns along her body was not a pleasant experience. He kept moving, passing several floors.
"Damn dungeons," Triton muttered before he finally stopped at one floor and exited into far more spacy halls.
However with the space there were already some mercenaries mixed with monsters, primarily telchines. Triton didn't stop though, charging forward and covering the distance before any of the men could properly aim. With a roar Triton swung his sword, cutting down up to three men at a time while knocking over others.
He ducked to the side, narrowly avoiding the lance of a telchine before it could impale him in the side. He would have turned on the attacker but the sound of more steps approaching clued him into the fact that there were running low on time.
With a snarl he turned and ran, still carrying her over his shoulder even as mortal bullets pelted them uselessly. She thanked the heavens above that celestial bronze bullets were in very short supply and regular lead bullets of lower calibers usually weren't enough to even pierce a god's skin. Still she raged within her mind with her inability to help her son and instead weigh him down.
If only she could get to a larger source of water but then again, that could prove disastrous if Pontus is already aware of their attempt of escape. She highly doubted it was beyond the great primordial's ability to drown even them if he wished.
She was broken out of her thoughts though as Triton exited the hall over the shouting of human forces and into the morning light of a large, stone courtyard. She flinched at the light as she adjusted, a cool sea breeze washing over her to soothe some of the ache of her burns. Triton then stopped as looked around before spotting a large gate and broke into a sprint towards it.
"Almost there," she heard him ground out as more mercenaries appeared from bastions along the roof of the fortress around them and fired another salvo onto them.
She winced at the sting of the bullets and looked back to see another group of telchines, this time joined by some cyclops, charging after them with celestial bronze tipped spears and steel clubs. She couldn't make much other observations though because Triton suddenly cried out after a rather large bang as he staggered.
She almost fell of his shoulders but he held tight and she looked down to see that a slowly closing bullet hole meaning there had to be a human or two with higher grade guns. At least mortal weapons couldn't make lasting damage but it was enough to slow them down.
Then Triton stopped, panting lightly with a thin film of sweat coating him, just a few more meters from the gates and the expanse of land leading to the sea beyond. Another group of cyclops, these outfitted with large, celestial bronze clubs and axes, stood before them, five strong along with the ones catching up behind them.
Triton gently set her down as he positioned himself protectively in front of her with his sword at his side. The two sides remained at a standstill as the pair was surrounded in all sides, modern and ancient weapons pointed at them from all sides.
"Dammit," Triton muttered under his breath as his free hand pulled out a small dagger into a reverse grip. "… Mother listen, do you think you could sprint the last bit on your own?" he asked while scanning around them.
"What?" she asked him in return, hoping that he wasn't about to suggest what she thought he would.
"If I make an opening, could you make it to the sea and then hopefully flash away," he continued. "The barrier stops just at the shore and from what I gather, Pontus, Oceanus, and … father are all busy at the moment."
"No! I'm not leaving you!" she protested at once, just barely forcing herself to a knee and looking at Triton with pleading eyes.
"We don't have a choice!" he snapped back, finally taking his eyes off their enemies.
"I don't care!" she retorted as she looked at him. "Then you escape, I'm probably too weak to flash anyways and I don't have my pearl."
Suddenly Triton's eyes widened as he dropped the knife and fished into the pocket of battle skirt and brought out a familiar white pearl with a broken chain. She gasped at the sight of it, her hopes looking up before she heard and felt the approach of Hyperion, the ambient temperature seeming to rise as the morning light grew in intensity.
She glanced back to see Hyperion now armed with a massive, claymore like sword glowing gold in his hands. His confident grin only made her grow agitated so without a second to spare she turned to her son and grabbed his hand with the pearl inside it.
"Crush it!" she ordered and he complied, turning the pearl to a fine white dust in a moment before the dust seemed to envelop them.
She could feel the energy stored starting to coat them as she heard Hyperion shout an order but she didn't care for it, just knowing that they would escape even the barrier around them prevented flashing but hopefully other means of teleportation. However, just as she felt the beginnings of transport she heard another loud bang followed by an excruciating pain making her scream.
Through tears she looked down to see a celestial bronze harpoon lodged through part of her lower gut, the barbs digging and tearing into her skin. She couldn't do anything before it was violently pulled back and her along with it, separating her from her son as he cried out for her … but it was too late.
In a white flash he was gone as she fell back, bleeding out with the sound of Hyperion's laugh in the background. She couldn't stop the new tears, her last hope slipping away as she realized her hell was about to get worse…
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( Jason POV ) , Same Time
At least once a week they would all gather for a shared meal, usually dinner but this time around it had been breakfast in the courtyard behind their temple in a picnic style.
Jason had just been debating with Hercules about his new dream and obsession to spread the wonders of Crossfit across the world while some of their friends snickered in the background.
He'd been arguing against the need for such extreme measures of fitness for those of a more civil lifestyle but the newly named god of Strength and Fitness of all things was adamant on converting the masses.
Off to the side they would also occasionally glance at their king as Percy was metaphorically and literally pulled from all sides. Medusa had taken to teasing her king for his attention much to the chagrin of Raven, being daddy's little princess and all so both were vying for his attention.
Medusa wanted him to feed her, Raven pouting all the while and offering to feed him while Lamia pressed up against his back and generally throwing more fuel into the flame and Lupa sat back about while shaking her head at them.
Lastly were the queens and Andy sitting just a little further, all three looking on in amusement and pretending they didn't notice the pleading looks Percy sent their way.
Styx sat with Nico and Will, still hounding both of them but if rumor was to be believed, slowly warming them to the idea through teasing and suggestive ideas.
Lastly was Thalia sitting with Phoebe and some other goddesses, namely Hecate, Theia, and Eos and discussing some of the businesses the goddesses were starting up or expanding through their growing influence with the Canadian government.
Sadly the joy of the morning couldn't last as Jason's head snapped up from his meal as he felt the pearl he'd given to Amphitrite break, his action being noticed by the rest of the council and guests.
The light atmosphere evaporate as he shot to his feet as he felt the light condense in front of him, the other gods shooting up too with some willing their weapons to them.
However they all stopped in surprise as the light flashed out to drop a tired and slightly injured dude that vaguely resembled Percy in front of him. The man, with oddly blue toned skin, looked around wildly with his sword in hand before his eyes landed on Percy.
"Jackson!?" he shouted in surprise as he took a step back, forgetting the Jason was behind him and bumping into him.
"Wow there!" Jason said as Triton wheeled around with sword raised. He was about to ask who he was and where was Amphitrite but Percy beat him to it.
"Triton," he said as he approached quickly. "What's going on?" Jason could tell that he was on guard, and now all others who weren't before were, knowing that they were in the presence of the lieutenant of Poseidon.
"No time, my mother needs me!" Triton shouted as he gave the warning signs of beginning to flash but was stopped when Jason clapped a firm hand on his shoulder, effectively grounding him to the spot.
"What happened to Amphitrite?" he asked in a deadly serious voice as Triton glared at him.
"What happened? What happened is that Oceanus and Pontus came and revealed that she was consorting with you and for the last week she's been held on an island and being tortured!" he nearly roared as he tried to shake Jason's grip but he wasn't letting go.
"What island?" he asked as the pressure of his divine aura started to manifest in a white glow, making it harder to breathe for most of the present gods save the council members.
"A remote one fifty miles north of Funchal near the Canary Islands," he replied, his agitation being cowed but the power rolling off Jason.
He focused his sight through his domain near the Canary Islands, searching for Amphitrite but instead found a blank spot roughly the distance north that Triton said.
He clicked his teeth, knowing that it would take even them a few minutes to break a barrier that had been held up for a week or longer by Pontus and he wasn't sure if that barrier prevented his own forces from flashing in or out. Last thing he needed was to tip off whoever was holding Amphitrite.
"Is the barrier physical?" Jason asked quickly.
"No, they have mortals that need to come and go. You just can't flash there without the express permission of Pontus," he answered as he started to fidget. "Now let me go! She was left weak and injured with Hyperion and who knows what they'll do to her now."
Jason did let go of Triton but the sea god didn't get a chance to do much more before he was knocked on his ass as Jason flared his power, his wings springing out of his back as his coat of light materialized and his sword appeared in its sheath at his hip. He then noticed Percy and Nico nearing him quickly but before they could stop him he shouted, "Don't try it. She's there because of me and I'm not leaving her!"
"Who said we are stopping you?" Percy shot back as he gave off a far more controlled release, his wings, coat, and swords appearing in a moment with Nico doing the same. "We're going with you," Percy added with in a clipped tone.
Jason nodded back as the three looked to the others, giving a quick wave and in Percy's case receiving and hug and to be careful from Raven. Without another second's hesitation the three primordials kicked off the ground and soared into the skies above, clearing the morning clouds in their wake before Percy and Nico each grabbed one of his arms.
"Flash us there," Percy ordered to which Jason nodded, the familiar silvery glow encompassing them before they were gone in an instant only to reappear above the Atlantic, just over a thousand feet above the island Triton specified.
"Leave Hyperion to me," Jason all but growled as the rage literally made him steam.
"I'll get Amphitrite out of there and to Will," Nico said as all three drew their weapons.
"And I'll cut down the rest," Percy finished while nodding to the specks of boats, all coated black and without markers, headed for the island.
Without another word all three closed up their wings, plummeting to the earth below. The wind roared in their ears and assaulted their eyes but they didn't so much as register it as the island drew closer and more of the forces became visible.
Human mercenaries, telchines, cyclops, and two distinct figures in the center of a ring of them. They weren't aware of their approach but their ignorance wouldn't last.
They hit terminal velocity soon enough and by now were getting close enough to see faces turned up from the monsters that felt them approaching. Jason spun around to have his feet facing the ground and sword drawn to his side before he braced himself.
BOOM!
Their arrival was loud and rough, shaking the very island as the ground crater underneath each of them but Jason shook off the tension in his legs as the dust settled, idly noting that he'd crushed a gate and some humans on impact but they weren't his concern. His eyes instead fell on Hyperion, or more importantly, what was in his hands.
Held by her hair was Amphitrite's bloody face with a clearly broken jaw and body hanging limply as Hyperion held her up. The sight only enraged him more, making him vow to pay Hyperion back for every ounce of pain he put Amphitrite through.
"HYPERION!" he roared as the island and sea around them shook beneath his wrath, his body launching forward like a cannon ball and his blade already poised to cut him to pieces…
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