Apollo's POV:

I watched as Percy looked over at the two girls and raised his glass in greeting before taking a long swig.

"Evening" He said uninterestedly

"What are you two handsome men doing here all alone?" The brown haired girl said as she sat next to me and her friend, a petite redhead sat next to Percy "Perhaps we could keep you too company?" she finished as she held onto my arm

"I mean, its fine with me, what about you Perce?" I asked and he looked at me before shaking his head subtly "Yeah, it'll be fine" I say and see his face contort into one of displeasure

The girls smiled and started to talk about themselves trying to see if we had anything in common. Soon the hours started passing by quickly and I noticed Percy had continued to keep drinking, steadily finishing one drink after another while looking around the club and smiling slightly even as the girl kept buying him drinks. However, no matter how drunk Percy had gotten, he kept refusing the girl's advances. I looked at him in awe that he could refuse anything in such a state. However, her flirting ended when a large, burly man walked up and forcefully grabbed the girl's arm.

"We are leaving" He said as she tried to pull away but he tightened his grip on her arm "NOW!" he yelled before he tried dragging her out as she dug her nails into his forearm only to have him whip around and the sound of his hand hitting her face echoed slightly as everyone had stopped talking to watch the scene

Most of the on lookers had sad looks in their eyes as some of the newer faces had a bit of fear showing. The bouncer at the front even looked away from the scene as the man was almost twice as big as him. However, I heard the sound of a glass being put down and to my shock, Percy was standing up his eyes far from being unfocused. It was as if he was unaffected by the alcohol at the moment as his eyes narrowed at the man and he cracked his knuckles.

"Hey, that's not how you treat a lady" Percy said as stalked up to the man who eyed him with amusement

"Who her? She is anything but a lady, but if you wish to protect her then so be it pipsqueak" The man said as he shoved the girl behind him and shuffled forward and threw a hard punch at Percy

The punch connected with his face and Percy spun to the ground seemingly unconscious. The man just laughed loudly before he turned around to grab the redhead again when Percy got up and smirked his forehead bleeding from the hit. He turned toward the man and chuckled lightly.

The man spun around, and his eyes widened slightly, but as the man went to punch again Percy surged forward and landed a heavy right hook on the man's jaw. The man spun to a table before holding his now broken jaw in shock. The man stood back up and faced Percy only to have a fist connect with his stomach causing him to double over.

"Since you think its smart to abuse women, ill make sure you know the meaning of pain! You may not know this but you're not the first person I've met that abused women!" Percy growled as he grabbed the man's head and drove his knee into his nose breaking it with a splatter of blood "He didn't have time to regret his decisions before he met his... 'untimely demise'" Percy spat as he kicked the man's legs out from under him

"U-m Sowry" The man mumbled from the floor in pain, but I knew Percy wasn't finished

"You're sorry? YOU'RE SORRY!?" Percy snarled as he brought his foot up and slammed it onto the man's knee caps "SORRY DOESN'T UNDO YEARS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING, SORRY DOESN'T HEAL WOUNDS!!" Percy snapped as he grabbed a chair and raised it over his head "Sorry won't bring back love! Sorry won't save you here asshole" Percy brought the chair down on the man's head "Every time I think this world is worth saving, every single fucking time I actually enjoy myself, I am reminded that there are monsters like you living in every fucking shadow! Perhaps I should do what I normally do to monsters and rid the world of your presence!" He continues in a venomous tone

As Percy ranted, I tried to think of what he was talking about. He seemed to be talking from personal experience, but he never talked about anything like that.

"P-Peas ser!" the man attempted to form the words through his bloody and broken face as Percy glared daggers at him "I'll do anything!" he pleaded, and I saw Percy slowly reigning in his anger

Percy reached down and grabbed the man up by his shirt and growled.

"Leave, and never show your fucking face here again! If I so much as hear that you are looking at a woman wrong, I will finish what I started" He threatened, and the man nodded before he was dropped

The man then attempted to crawl out of the club. Percy just took several deep breaths and slowly walked back to his chair where he grabbed his drink and downed it quickly. He then turned toward the exit and started to walk out. I quickly followed after him and saw him walk into the alley where we arrived before he bent over and threw up the drinks, he just consumed over the last few hours.

I simply put a hand on his back and after a few minutes he looked up and I knew it was time to head back. I summoned my chariot and helped him get into the passenger seat before I climbed into the drivers. I started driving down the road and Percy was looking out of the window.

"Apollo... want to know what I really wanted to wish for?" He said randomly and I looked at him for a moment before turning back to the road

"Sure Percy" I responded

"For all this to end. For the monsters to never come back, for everything to be peaceful, then we wouldn't have to fight all the time" He said with a sad tone of voice "Ever since I was... eleven I have been fighting for my life" He said with a slight pause and I knew he was hiding something

"Percy, if there is something you want to say, you can trust me" I said wanting him to open up but out of the corner of my eyes I saw him shake his head

"It's over now, nothing to say anymore" He said as he brought his knees up to his chest and held them

Taking the moment, I used my godly powers and searched his mind, bringing up images that horrified me. I saw a fat man, beating and abusing Percy and his mother, I saw flashes of knives, beer, and violence. I pulled away and kept my eyes forward my hands shaking at what I just saw.

"Hey Apollo, have you ever wondered what it would be like if you were born a mortal? You know, ignorant of this mythical world, where the only issue you had to deal with was tests and wondering when your next homework assignment was due?" he asked with such a sincere tone that I actually started thinking about it

"I guess, why do you ask?" I responded and he sighed

"What if this side of the world never existed? That the myths died in ancient Greece and didn't move to the US. Would I still have met my friends? Or would I have new ones? Maybe I could have a stable relationship, or perhaps it's all just a wistful dream" He said sadly, and I blinked

"Percy, if the myths didn't exist in current day, Annabeth wouldn't have been born, no one would have. It was your destiny to be a demigod, and it was your fate to fight all those monsters" I said as I slowly pulled into the hunter's camp "You can't change fate, the best thing you can do is confide in your friends and family. Perhaps Annabeth can help" At this I saw him scoff which had me confused

"Yeah, I'll be sure to ask her, thanks for the night out cousin. Despite that little show at the end, this was truly the best night of my life" He said sincerely before he got out and stumbled around the camp drawing the attention of the hunters

I quickly got out as Artemis came running up to Percy when she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him stumbling. She turned her gaze onto me, and I returned it.

"APOLLO!!!" She yelled angrily "Why in father's name is he drunk! What did you do!" She snapped but I sighed and walked into her tent

She quickly followed and zipped it up before she glared at me waiting for an answer.

"You said you wanted answers, right? About why he was feeling like he did. Well there was only one way to get him to talk, so I took him to a club and got us both some drinks, he drank a bit much but he was fine, hell didn't even take any girl's advances either. But that's not the point" I explained before I started from the beginning when I arrived.

A/N: yes i know a rare Authors note, I just wanted to say, yes this chapter sucks, i know. Second, i did this so i can start the actual story soon, and finally, i didnt want to stretch out the bar scene for like seven chapters so i cut it down. Until next time my fellow Demigods and Demigoddesses, take care!

~Major Nich