(At the camp)

    People were watching the screen intently, even through the night, it showed each and every death, but when no one was dying, it was on Percy, at least it usually was. Chiron didn't even try to usher people to bed, but he did forbid the younger kids from watching and they would be updated. It was late, probably 4 in the morning now and Percy's friends haven't moved. They watched as Percy screamed over the person he killed, watched him have a breakdown.

     "Hey, that's me!" Someone said behind them, and they all jumped, seeing the man that Percy just murdered. "I should be dead, shouldn't I? How am I back here?" He asked curiously, and Ares flashed down with a smile.

    "I couldn't actually get any of you killed, that was the rule, Hades and Thanatos helped me with this one. Everyone goes back to their homes when they get killed." He explained, and Percy's friends sighed in relief.

     "Okay, now that we know Percy won't actually die, Annabeth, do you know anything about Percy's attempt?" Jason stood up and asked seriously. They were all exhausted, and fights were about to break out if they didn't get some rest, but they didn't care about the facts.

    "I broke up with him, before, he and I were going to keep it secret for a bit because he asked me to. He hates letting people see him down, it's why he went so quiet the last few weeks." Annabeth explained.

     "What did you say to him? He obviously wouldn't have tried unless he was really hurt." Hazel asked angrily, he was her friend, and she wasn't going to sit and let other people hurt him.

      "I just broke up with him." Annabeth shrugged. "What did you mean when you said you thought Percy found joy in that evil?" Annabeth changed the topic, looking over at Ares, who watched the screen and Percy put poison on people's lips.

      "That breakdown he had, he's been avoiding it for years, he finally couldn't cope anymore, all that death he watched, he felt so out of control and lost. He's had violent urges for a long time, due to being abused as a kid." Ares said, sitting down on a couch. "You're missing the show, someone's behind him."

    Everyone watched intently as Percy was stabbed in the side twice. He grimaced tightly and then swung a new blade, stabbing the person in the eye, and then ripping it out while the person cried, and then proceeded to stab them in the eye, to much blood loss, and they collapsed motionlessly.

     "That son of a-" a new person swore, looking at the screen, "I'm alive?" They asked, holding onto their eyes, now with a better glance, they could tell it was a girl, probably 15 ish, young. "That's my body, that is so weird." She continued, before walking away with the other person who was killed.

    "How do you know all this about Percy?" Nico asked Ares, almost angrily. 

    "You can't see it, can you? Have you ever looked in his eyes, I can also sense it, being a god and all, but he's miserable, he's been miserable, he hates everyone and thing, he's only alive because he feels like everyone else wants it from him. And personal loyalty makes him feel like he has to do what anyone else wants." Ares claimed, smirking at the screen when it shows a close up of Percy's blood covered face. "You think that's the friend you knew? He lied to you guys."

    Nobody liked Ares, or what he was saying but they knew he was right. They never really knew Percy, didn't ask how he was doing most of the time, they didn't think he would struggle like that, and for that they felt guilty.