Percy sighed, "yeah….wait, Zeus hasn't visited you? Not once?"
Thalia shook her head, "guess I'm not good enough for him."
Percy sighed, 'stupid king of the Gods.' "Well you're not missing much I'll tell you that," Percy said, "he's kind of a dick."
"Watch your mouth mister," Thalia said in a mock serious tone, "he's still my dad. Talk shit and I might have to blast you a new one."
Percy chuckled, "sure you would. But seriously, it doesn't matter that you had a shitty past, your here. With us. We may not be your actual siblings, but we do care for you."
"Right," Thalia said looking at the sea and the starry sky. Silence ruled for a long time before Thalia spoke up again,"I actually had a sibling you know? Like a real one."
Percy's eyes widened in surprise, "a child of Zeus?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah. His name was Jason. He was….he was my little brother."
Percy noticed the tense used, "was?"
Thalia growled in anger, "Hera, that bitch. She took him from me. My mom, that weak fool gave him away as a peace offering. She said that Hera hated the fact that my mom had managed to seduce Zeus not just once, but twice. She said that the only way Hera would even consider sparing our lives was if we gave Jason up as a sacrifice."
Percy listened in silence and astonishment. "I-I'm sorry Thalia."
Tears ran down her cheek and Thalia wiped them away as soon as they came, "no, don't be. It's not your fault. It's Zeus's fault. He should have just stayed away, he shouldn't have come back."
Percy's lowered his eyes in sadness, the way Thalia spoke right now...it was the same way he spoke about his dad over a year ago.
"I'm going to bed," Thalia said getting up and patting the sand from her back, "good night Percy."
"Good night Thalia," Percy replied back but the daughter of lighting was already gone.
Next day,
Percy had just finished the daily training routine for everyone, he had made everyone fight the Knight of the damned again, and things didn't turn out any better. Thalia though had managed to get in two lighting bolts and had leveled up in the process, not that she knew that.
After telling Chiron and his friends about where he was going Percy was off for New York. He reached the city in mere minutes and he quickly went to his mom's place. It was located on East 83rd street, a few blocks away from Central Park. It was an expensive location to be in, but Poseidon got the money part covered.
Percy walked into the building and went to the third floor. He knocked on his mom's door several times and waited for her to open.
'This is taking way too long,' Percy realised looking at his watch. 5 minutes had passed, he began to worry. 'Did something happen to her? Did Kronos go after her again?'
Percy needed to find out what was going on. He knelt down in front of the lock and tired to look in through the keyhole. He couldn't see much, but everything looked normal. Percy pressed his arm against the keyhole and formed his shadow lockpick from the darkness under his jacket.
Percy almost had the door open when a voice called out, "what are you doing?"
Percy was stunned and immediately removed the shadow lockpick from the door. He slowly got up and turned to see the neighbor's door flung open and standing under the door frame was an older woman with short brown hair and brown eyes. She had her hands crossed with her eyes narrowed and on her hips was a badge and a gun.
'A cop lives next door?' Percy realised surprised. He hadn't spent too much time with his mom, but he felt like he should have know that at least.
"I was just looking for my mom," Percy said eyeing the attractive female officer 'god she is so hot!', "Sally, Sally Jackson."
"And you are her son?" the detective asked raising an eyebrow, "why haven't I ever seen you before?"
"I stay at a boarding school, I rarely see my mom," Percy explained as he looked at the woman's name and title;
Katherine Beckett, The foxy Cop
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"She never mentioned a son," Kate said looking Percy up and down, "and we both are very close."
"If you two are very close then I'm sure she would have mentioned me," Percy shot back, "after all she did mention you, Ms. Katherine Beckett of the NYPD."
Kate was surprised that he knew her name but hid it well, "I'm surprised she told you that."
Percy nodded, "my mom and I may not be close but we still talk."
"Right...then why didn't she tell you she's not home right now?"
"She's not?" Percy asked surprised.
Kate shook her head, "no, she said she was going for a campus interview. So that brings up the question, who the hell are you?"
"Is this an interrogation?" Percy asked.
"Maybe."
"Why so hostile?"
"Because I just saw you trying to break into her house."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "using what tools?" He rolled up his sleeves showing nothing there.
"Or you're just better at hiding things."
"Kate!" a masculine voice called out from inside her apartment, "where are you?"
"Outside Castle," Kate called out before turning to Percy, "so let's say you are her son. What are you doing here?"
"I just came to surprise her with a visit, we haven't seen each other in so long," Percy said just as a man walked out from Kate's appartment standing next to her. He was tall and ruggedly handsome with black hair and dull blue eyes. Percy looked at the man's name and title;
Richard Castle, Writer
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'Where have I heard that name before?' Percy wondered.
"What are you doing out here Kate?" Castle asked before he noticed Percy, "ah, and who's the kid?"
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