(Recap: "You.. You don't mean that Poseidon!" Hades said with a mixture of fear and confidence.

"Trust me Hades, I mean every word." He said in a steely calm voice.

"After all, if I can kill my own son, then I can also kill for my son." He finished, leaving the Gods and some demigods who figured out what he meant wide-eyed. Annabeth looked at me with shock, and I just smiled sheepishly.

"Looks like I didn't kill Triton after all," I said. And I knew, now was the time to explain everything. I couldn't delay it any further, war happening or not.)

NARRATOR'S POV:

The room was dead silent, demigods and Gods alike in shock.

"What son are you talking about Poseidon?" Hermes asked.

"Which one do you think Hermes? Which one has been the talking point of the whole of Olympus since the past few days?"

"Triton..? You..? But... How... Why?" Asked Hermes, now more confused than ever.

"It was necessary, especially after what he did. Percy, son, it's time to explain everything now. Say it." Poseidon spoke, intent on resting some more before the war resumed now since Tartarus could attack at any time.

The attention shifted to Percy who was by now used to being stared at while speaking something. He held onto Annabeth's hand and took a deep breath. Then he began explaining an elaborate plan that would go on to become a masterstroke artsy enough to fool a primordial like Tartarus.

"A few days before anything began, I had a dream. The dream had Triton talking to some powerful being I didn't recognize. He was discussing some army secrets of the Poseidon Palace. At first, I figured it must be one of dad's lieutenants and put the thought behind me. Then one day I went to see dad. The same day that everything began. You saw that video. My words were correct, that day I had indeed planned to surprise dad by meeting him during the night. I did go there, and we were simply talking at first." Percy paused to take a breath.

"Why didn't you tell me you were planning to go?" Annabeth asked her boyfriend.

"Because it was a spur of the moment. I was in my cabin going through some random old stuff when some old letters from dad came to my notice. I remembered the times I'd received those, it made me miss him. And I knew he missed me too, he'd appeared in a few of my dreams after the war against Gaea and said so. I decided to pay him a visit." Percy said and Annabeth nodded satisfactorily.

He then continued explaining the plan.

"When I reached I was ushered inside by the guards. Neither Amphitrite nor Triton were present in the Palace as I learnt from the guards. They were supposedly visiting some friends in the deeper parts of the ocean. The guards notified dad who was resting in his chambers. We met and talked for over two hours about any and everything. That was the most time I'd spent with him in one go and we opened up about a lot of topics. The war, mom, daily life, dreams..."

He continued
"While I was just describing the dreams he had sent me, I came across the topic of Triton's dreams. Dad was confused and asked me to describe the lieutenant. When I did, he had a mini panic attack. His words were incoherent and actions indicating he'd gone into shock. While rambling non-sense he spoke one word, 'Oceanus'. I waited a long while before he could speak sensibly again. We discussed the possibility of Triton being a traitor. He was obviously against the idea at first. He called amphitrite to discuss the matter. She didn't appear in front of dad when he called her, so dad grew suspicious. The next few moments were spent searching for her. We found her a couple hours later, or rather her dead body in a pool of blood."

A few campers had their hands clamped over their mouths, even some gods looked a bit surprised at the death of the queen of the ocean. They looked at Poseidon with pity, but he shrugged them off and nodded for Percy to continue.

"Upon investigation, the murder weapon was recovered. It belonged to Triton. Dad used all of his power to summon Triton. Oceanus may have been alive but the control of the seas was still in dad's hands and Triton was dumb enough to hide in the waters. Upon some pressurizing from the lieutenant and dad he spilt the beans. Oceanus wanted revenge, Tartarus was also rising. By that time the big three had already known about Tartarus rising as I was to learn later. So he wasn't surprised. Dad was heartbroken, worried about his kingdom. Without a queen and a traitor for a prince, he wanted to set an example. So then and there he announced me as the Prince of the seas, immortal or not he didn't care. Then I'll spare you the gory details, but he sentenced Triton to a pretty brutal death. He killed his own son, after disowning him first of course."

Everyone was now looking at Poseidon with newfound fear mixed with respect. Percy took a breather and continued,

"Once Triton's chapter was closed, he told me about Tartarus and how the big three were soon going to discuss this with the Council. He teleported me to somewhere in some random forest and summoned Zeus and Hades. They discussed some things. Things looked pretty glum when Hades came up with the idea of a double agent. Obviously, we can't befriend monsters, and Tartarus would never need a demigod so much that he'd trust him with his secrets and plans. So they needed a powerful demigod to be the one. They looked at me all at once - it was pretty creepy, and the rest, as they say, is history."

Percy let that sink in. A while later Jason spoke
"That explains the video they showed us in the throne room of you leaving camp. You did leave camp to meet your dad. But then what about your execution? Lady Artemis or anyone else clearly didn't know about this plan and yet they said you were executed by Zeus' lightning bolt itself, but here you are!"

"That's because it's common knowledge that my fatal flaw is loyalty. Nobody would believe I just turned. So they had to stage killing me. It was very well planned - the execution, you know. Lord Zeus, can you show us the video so I can explain better?"

Zeus nodded, waved his hands and a screen appeared. A remote appeared in Zeus' hands. He tossed the remote to Percy who caught it reflexively.

He pressed the play button and the day of his supposed execution played.

"Percy... What he did might have been wrong, but what you did, that was terrible. You had no right whatsoever to impart justice like that, to take someone's life so mercilessly. Do you have any idea what effect it had on me? Amphitrite? That woman is practically inconsolable." Poseidon said, shedding some tears.

"When...When will I be... " Percy asked, his words constricted in his throat.

"We do not wish to imprison you. And according to the ancient rules, you can't leave this room. So it has to be now. I'm sorry."
"It's alright. Do it. Just please, tell the whole truth to the campers."

"We will, you have our word," Zeus said.

Then he got up from his throne, his height kept on increasing till he reached his original godly height. Then he summoned his lightning bolt.

"Thank you for all you have done for us Percy, we never thought it would come to this, but please understand that we are left with no choice. We can't break rules that were set even before we became Olympians."

"I understand. I'm not sorry for my actions though I; never will be."

The big three just sighed. Then Zeus aimed his bolt at Percy's chest and prepared to fire.

Meanwhile, Annabeth had tightly clutched Percy's hand while watching the video as if waiting for something inevitable to happen.

Percy stood in front of one of the windows and Zeus summoned the bolt that was to destroy the son of Poseidon. Bang! Came the voice as lightning thundered in the room. Smoke clouded even Godly vision. As it cleared, all that lay was a charred lump of debris with a broken window and wall.

The video ended there as the screen went blank. Obviously, the impact had knocked Percy off his feet and smashed him so hard against the window and wall that he fell down 600 floors. The fall wouldn't have needed to kill him though, he was a victim of Zeus' master bolt after all. The king of the Gods held immense power in that bolt and not even immortals could survive it, let alone a demigod. That's what the onlookers thought. They looked at Percy with wide eyes. Annabeth was hungrily drinking in the sight of Percy, clutching both his hand tightly as if he would run away. Percy smiled reassuringly and kissed her on the forehead.

"That is what you were expected to see. If you see the slow motion though, it's very different." He said and clicked a few buttons on the remote.

The speed was now very slow. Their eyes widened when they saw what had actually happened.

The video showed Zeus' bolt hit with surgical precision, not at Percy but the ground beneath his feet. Percy had jumped a bit in the air moments before the impact of the bolt. As a result, the bolt simply made Percy jump higher and longer. He fell out of the window mildly injured. When he was dropping down 600 floors a gigantic bed of skeletons made by Hades covered in water lay below to negate his fall.

Percy then continued speaking "The water healed my injuries and then I started acting as if I'd lost my memories. Zeus had given me a list of some minor Gods we knew had turned. So I approached them as if I was lost. They scrutinized me and were fooled that I'd lost my memories. So they conveyed this to Tartarus. I was taken to talk to him for a few hours where he made sure that I was not faking anything. Once certain, he welcomed me with open arms. He filled some lies about how the Gods and demigods were all evil and had to be destroyed and thought he'd convinced me."

"Why did I have to be the one to get kidnapped?" Thalia asked.

Percy's eyes widened.
"I wasn't the one who planned that thals! I'd never do that! I was only informed by monsters that one demigod was taken and I had to go to the forest, bring him to Tartarus and interrogate him. Heck, I didn't even know the gender or parent of the God let alone that it was you, I swear."

Thalia nodded understandingly while now the story was making sense to everyone else.

Percy continued
"The rest was all improvisation. Thalia has that sword I dug up from Tartarus. He can only be killed by it. Calypso had a tracker in her veins. All I did was purely act my part in fear that if I were to fail, there would be no other way to save you."

"I know I hurt a lot of you, but I'm so sorry. If I thought I had any other method or we had any other chance to survive, I would never have done what I did. I'm sorry Thalia, I never meant to put you through the physical pain of Tartarus. You too Annabeth, never ever wanted to put you through the mental torture I put you through."
He continued apologetically.

"It's alright kelp head. I can die for you, this is but a fraction you asked of me. Just..dont hide things from us now okay? It wasn't physically painful being in Tartarus. Thanks to you and Iapetus of course, but it was mentally very depressing to see you act against us like a traitor. The most loyal demigod in history, and to think you joined hands with the most dangerous evil being out there." The thought made Thalia shudder.
Annabeth just nodded and kissed Percy on the cheek. Athena was fuming, Poseidon staring at his longtime rival and smirking.

"You did it for me, Percy. I think I can forgive you just this once." She smiled.

"Thanks, wise girl. We'll talk more on this later. Right now everyone deserves a rest." He said, specifically looking at Leo who was still as distraught as ever. There were nods of approval and the demigods proceeded to get some rest in the makeshift beds.

Percy had a bad feeling about the next day. He would be fit to fight, but suddenly he was thinking of his mom and Paul, and his stomach was in a twist. He didn't understand this feeling, his mom was obviously safe in her house, just missing Percy as usual and worried about her son. The war against Tartarus had nothing to do with Sally Jackson, no way she would be involved. She was fine... Or was she?

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