Chapter 19: The Family Is Complete

Okay, so you guys voted, and as expected, it was a yes! So, I'll introduce her in this chapter, and then in the next chapter, which is chapter 20, the main story begins. Also, still crying over the Young Justice thing, need help. It's so much harder when one of the people in your ship dies, and now Artemis is all alone, and it's really upsetting me. I finally know what it feels like to be a Jasper shipper. Whoops, too soon?

Chapter 19: The Family Is Complete

Percy's P.O.V.

3 Years Later

I prowled the dark streets, brandishing my bronze sword, Riptide. My children were with me, sticking to the shadows even though it was almost midnight. I taught them well, sometimes moonlight can be too bright. They were older now. Calix and Larissa were 10, Achilles was 9, and Urion was 8. Still, I deemed them old enough to join me on this mission, since it was also a good way to get a feel of their weapons of power.

Los Angeles was not at all quiet during the night, as cars flooded the streets and people walked the sidewalks enjoying a night out. I squatted down by the edge of the building, staring at a particular couple shuffling down away from the nearest nightclub. The woman was stumbling, clearly out of it, while the man, who was very scruffy and dirty, helped her along.

It was very suspicious, and I didn't doubt for a second that the man was up to no good, but it wasn't my problem. Therefore, I didn't need to deal with it. I whistled, waving my hand to keep heading forward, and my children nodded, running out of their hiding positions and jumping over to the next building.

It had been a long time since I was on Olympus, ten years to be exact. I had changed since then. The old me would've gone and beaten the guy up for trying to take advantage of the woman, but the old me would've also compromised the mission for that. The old me was weak, and stupid. This new me was better, faster, stronger.

My children were strong for children, able to scale and clear buildings and rooftops with little effort, all while making minimal noise. We didn't want to alert anyone, especially Poseidon. I had a feeling he'd be keeping an eye on this child. Let's just hope that he's got his back turned.

We looked for the address of one Kylie Washington, one of my father's flings. It has come to my attention that she gave birth to a daughter, the first female child of Poseidon in a long time. That would make her stronger than most demigods, with the Poseidon boost and her birth coming after a long period of abstinence for the god. Aside from me of course.

I'd considered just sending Bianca and Zoe for this job, since they were better ninjas than us, but I wanted to meet my 'sister' personally, with an offer she won't resist. She would be the first in hopefully a large force of demigods to join my cause.

We had gotten out of the main city area into the more residential suburbs, and the jumps were becoming a lot less perilous. We landed on one house and I held my fist out, signalling for them to stop. They did so, looking at me questioningly.

I checked Google maps, looking across the street. Sure enough, it was the right house. A small, family sized home in a not-so well off neighborhood. I pointed at it, and they nodded. Climbing down from the house we were standing on and getting in position around the Washington residence.

For example, Larissa hid behind the car, Achilles hid by the back door, Calix under a window and Urion remained on the roof of the house opposite hidden behind a chimney with his bow in case any trouble arose. I calmly approached the door and knocked.

It was late at night, so no one knocked for a while at first. Then, the door swung open, and confusion reached my brain as a man stood there. He was dirty, not unlike the man I'd seen earlier, and he wore a wife beater and held a Samuel Adams in his right hand.

His brow furrowed, and his eyes narrowed. "What do you want?" He asked, and I smiled, trying to appear friendly for now. I had no idea who this guy was. Perhaps Kylie Washington had moved on? "Good evening, is this the Washington residence?" I asked. The guy glared harder. "No. Now go away." He said, and slammed the door.

I frowned, pulling out my phone and checking the address. No, this is it. I pounded on the door again, and he yanked it open, pissed off. "What!?" He asked. "This is the Washington residence, now let me in." I said, and his nostrils flared. "Listen, I don't know anything about no damn Washingtons, now leave!" He shouted.

"Aaron? Who the fuck is it!?" Another male voice called from upstairs. He turned around, yelling at him. "It's just a drifter, keep watching her!" The guy, Aaron, again slamming the door in my face.

I turned to the corner of the doorstep, opening a shadow message in the darkness. It opened next to my son, who sat crouched behind the chimney, fiddling with the scope he'd attached to the bow, trying to zoom in. "It's suspicious. What do you see, Urion?" I asked, and he took aim, looking through the scope which had zoomed in.

He bit his lip, looking through all the windows. "Got it. There's a man in one of the second story bedrooms, just as dirty as the guy who answered the door. He's going over to the other side of the room and- damn, now I can't see him." He said, and I nodded. "Shadow call me if you see anything." I said, and he nodded. I closed the call, and opened another two, this time to my other two sons.

"Achilles, Calix, get ready to breach on my signal." I said, and they nodded, getting out of their comfortable position and readying themselves. I looked behind me, and Larissa was peeking around the corner of the car. "Be ready." I said, and she nodded, ducking back behind.

I knocked on the door, and the guy pulled it open again. "Okay, what the fuck do you want?! Wait a minute, you guys are cops! Randy, we got the cops on us!" He shouted, smashing his bottle against the doorframe and swinging at me. I grabbed it, headbutting him, and Aaron fell back. I whistled as loud as I could, and the plan was set into motion.

Glass shattered from around the side of the house, and I heard the sound of wood smashing as Achilles and Calix entered the house, and the sound of something hitting the side of the house was heard. I looked up, and there was a rope running from the upper window to the house across the street, then the sound of Urion ziplining across filled my ears.

Glass shattered as Urion went through a window into the room next to the one with the Randy guy. Lariss got out from her position and followed me inside, checking my back. She stood on the guys nuts as she went through, making him groan and me chuckle. "That's my girl." I told her.

She smiled as we reached the hallway, where Achilles and Calix then entered. "No one else, just a lot of drugs." They said, and I nodded. We rushed upstairs to meet Urion, and found him coming towards the stairs. "There's a guy in that room, and he's got a girl with him." He said, and my face snapped towards the bedroom. "The daughter of Poseidon." I realised, and we crept towards the door.

All five of us piled outside the door, Calix and Larissa on one side, and Achilles and Urion on the other. I readied Riptide, and kicked the door in. We rushed in, and before I could see where the guy was, a gunshot rang out. And it was loud.

I barely noticed Larissa fly back in my peripheral vision, and I gave a roar of anger. The guy who was clearly redneck sat on the bed, reloading his shotgun with a girl lying on the bed behind him, bound and gagged. "You fucking cops get outta my hosue!" He said, cocking the gun.

I snarled, throwing Riptide across the room. It couldn't damage mortals, but it could hit objects. It did just that, knocking the shotgun out of his hands, and as my kids went to check on their sister, I went to deal with the guy.

I marched towards him, very pissed off. He back up, but I grabbed him by the shirt, and pulled him towards me. I started out with punching, beating so hard that his face turned into a bloody pulp. He choked on blood, and I decided to end it.

I moved my hands around his neck and began squeezing. He gagged, trying to breath. His wrists moved up to grab mine, but I was too strong. It was futile, and after just less than a minute, he stopped moving, and his breathing ceased. I dropped the dirty guy on the floor, and looked at the girl. "I'll untie you in a minute." I said, turning around to check on my daughter.

The scene was horrifying, and it brought tears to my eyes. The shotgun was powerful, and it left a bloody mess of Larissa's stomach. She cried, gripping her twin brother's hand tightly. Blood leaked from her lips, and I knelt down beside her. "No, no, no, no, no, no. Baby girl, you're gonna be alright. You're gonna be fine, princess." I said, gripping her other hand tightly.

"Daddy, I'm scared. It hurts." She cried, making my heart break even more. I set to work, slowing the bleeding as much as I could with my powers over time. I willed the earth to form around her stomach area, sorta like a corset, and looked at Calix and Achilles. "You'll need to carry her. I'll flash us out of her once I get the girl." I said, and they nodded.

Urion came with me to check on the girl, and I used Riptide to cut her ropes. When I took off the gag, she launched into a hug, and I felt wetness on my shoulder as she cried. "My uncles... thank you." She said, and I nodded, patting her back. I pulled away and looked at her, then my face fell.

Brunette, emerald green eyes, caucasian skin color, wait a minute. "You're not a child of Poseidon." I said, and she shook her head. "My mom is Aphrodite. She left me to my dad, and when he died, my uncles." She said, and my jaw dropped. "You know of the Greek world?" I asked. "Yeah, my dad taught me." She said.

"What is your name, child?" I asked. the toddler was shy for a minute replying. "Sapphire." She then looked past and ran over to Larissa, crouching down beside her. "You're hurt." She said matter-of-factly, reciving no response other than a pained groan. She then took Larissa's hand and held it tight. "You'll be okay." She said softly.

"Guys, come on, we've gotta go!" I shouted, and they ran over. They grabbed onto each other as Achilles held my shoulder, before I flashed us all out.

The six of us landed back in my palace, and Nyx rushed over to us. "Perseus! Children! What happened? Whose this? Oh gods, Larissa!" She squealed, rushing over to my daughter. Her face was pale as Nyx held her, and I knelt down beside her. "Can you heal her?" I asked, and she nodded.  

I removed the earth cover, and she pressed her hand against the wound. Larissa squirmed, but I shushed her. As Nyx placed her hand on the wound, dark tendrils wrapped around it. I worried for a second, but all doubt faded away.

The tendrils began glowing, and after a solid minute, color returned to Larissa's face as she coughed and the tendrils vanished. The wound was gone, and my daughter sat up, still crying. She began hyperventilating, and wrapped her arms around my neck as I hugged her. I let my daughter cry into my neck as I let out a few tears myself.

"It-it hurt so m-much. I th-thought I was g-going to d-d-die." She sobbed, choking on her words. I shushed her, rubbing her back tenderly. My sons were crying too, and they joined in on the hug. The daughter of Aphrodite stood awkwardly beside Nyx as she rubbed her arm. I let go of Larissa, letting her relish in her brothers' arms as she cried her heart out.

I stumbled over, still upset, and knelt in front of the girl. She was young, no older than two or three. She held Nyx's hand in worry as the primordial goddess smiled down at her. I wiped my tears away and looked her in the eyes. "Look, what you did today. That was very brave of you. You didn't back down, you didn't cry, nothing. Even though all this fighting was raging on around you, you kept your cool and comforted my daughter. Thank you." I said, and she blushed.

"I just, I saw she was upset, and I didn't want her to be like that." She said, and I smiled. I held my hand out, and materialized a teddy bear in my hands. "You have the heart of an angel, little one. Here, take this." I said, and she smiled, grabbing the teddy bear and hugging it.

"Thank you." She said, and I nodded. "What's your name, child?" Nyx asked, and the girl looked at the ground. "Sapphire. Sapphire Reynolds." She said, and I smiled. I held out my hand again, but this time there was no teddy bear. "How would you like to join our family, Sapphire?" I asked, and her eyes widened.

She bit her lip, looking down at her teddy bear. It was new, of course, but it had an antique look. Button eyes, brown stitching to keep the fluff in, and no clothes or accessories for it. She smiled at it, and looked back up at me. "Okay, I will." She said.

I smiled hugged her, pulling her head close and kissing her forehead. She smiled, her emerald eyes staring into mine. "Daddy." She said, and I smiled. I stood up and took her hand, leading her over to my other kids. They turned to look at me, then their eyes drifted to the little girl with the teddy bear holding my hand.

"Kids, meet your new sister, Sapphire Jackson."

Okay, so now that's done, and the real story starts next chapter. Sapphire's not gonna be much of a fighter in this story, but she'll still have powers. I hope you guys like her, and the chapter as a whole. I can't believe I wrote this in less than a day. Hopefully the same will happen tomorrow, but I doubt it. This chapter was pretty short, since I just wanted to introduce Sapphire before the story got too started. Also, yes, she is pretty smart for her age. Okay guys, I'll see you later. Bye.

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