Chapter 4

3rd POV, Olympus Throne Room

"I have called this emergency meeting today to discuss the recent destruction of Camp-Halfblood, which I'm sure you all know about by now," Zeus said. Demeter, Hermes, Ares, Dionysus, Hera, Apollo, Hephaestus, and Hestia all nodded in agreement, while Poseidon, Hades, Artemis, Aphrodite and Athena had confused looks on their faces. Zeus saw this and sent Hermes to get Iris. While waiting for Hermes to come back, most of the gods started whispering to each other, talking about what could have happened.

When Hermes returned with Iris, all talking ceased while Zeus asked the rainbow goddess to show them the destruction at camp. When an I.M finally showed, most of the gods looked at Poseidon for some kind of explanation; this was obviously the result of an earthquake, a very powerful one at that. However, when they saw Poseidon's confused face, they didn't know what to think. Only Athena and, surprisingly, Aphrodite seemed to have somewhat of an idea going on. Aphrodite was about to speak up when Athena cut her off, "Well judging by Barnacle Beard's face, this wasn't him. Leaving only one option, his spawn, Perseus." At this the entire room broke into screaming and arguments until Zeus threw his master bolt in the air, calling for silence.

"Now that we've all stopped acting like children," Zeus said with pointed looks towards Athena and Poseidon, " let's think why of possible reasons why young Perseus would cause this before we go accusing anyone." Nobody spoke up, everyone knew Percy loved camp to death, there wouldn't be any reason for him to destroy the camp.

"Annabeth cheated on Percy!" Everyone turned in shock to Aphrodite, who was covering her mouth, obviously not meaning to blurt that out. Athena looked at her in disbelief, who never considered that her perfect daughter could do something like that. She might not approve of Perseus but you couldn't get a better boyfriend than him. The gods looked as if they were about to start arguing again, until they felt an earthquake shake the foundations of the throne room. They looked to Poseidon, who was gripping his trident so tightly his knuckles were turning white, an ethereal sea green light emitting from him, his face was one of pure rage. He composed himself and the earthquake stopped, and asked in a deathly calm voice, " Is this true Aphrodite? Swear it on the Styx." Aphrodite nodded in response and thunder sounded overhead, confirming she wasn't lying, much to Athena's disbelief.

Poseidon snapped and slammed the butt of his trident into the ground, "This is the last straw Pallas Athena! I Poseidon, Earthshaker, Stormbringer, and Lord of The Seas declare Athena and her spawn enemies of my realm and all of it's inhabitants. Let no body of water, as small as a puddle, to as large as the oceans allow a spawn of wisdom to tread our waters! Do not attempt to find any solace within the sea, for you will not find any."

The gods were all shocked, Poseidon does not make empty threats, nor does he lose his temper like he did now. "Now brother calm yourself, it was not her that caused your son pain." Zeus said in a surprisingly calm manner, but even he was unnerved by Poseidon's threat. "Not this time Zeus, she has tormented my son for the last time." Poseidon replied in an angry tone. At this the gods looked confused, what had she done? It was Apollo, who's curiosity had won over his fear of his uncle, that spoke up, "Hey Uncle P, what exactly has she done?"

Poseidon let out a bitter laugh, "Where should I start? She's sent him across the Mare Nostrum, to kill the Lernean Hydra, with nothing but the clothes on his back. Or how about the time she sent him on a cross country goose chase to find and kill Lamia with no directions or clues whatsoever to her location. Athena alone has sent him on more quests than all of us combined." Most of the gods looked at Athena in disgust, while some seemed to have some more extreme reactions. Apollo had summoned his bow and started fidgeting with the string, Artemis had summoned one of her hunting knives, Hermes tried to hide his anger but George and Martha had other ideas, constantly transforming into their 'Laser Gun' mode, and Hades had summoned a Stygian Iron sword, which he layed across his lap. Athena looked around, trying to find any support, but even her father seemed to be upset with her.

It was Zeus who broke the tension in the air, "We can blame who later. Let's start with more pressing matters: the state of Camp-Halfblood. Are there any gods who would like to volunteer their assistance to the Demigods?" Hephaestus and Demeter raised their hands, while everyone else abstained. Zeus looked around and seemed satisfied with the answer, "Now, Hermes, can you summon Perseus here?" Hermes nodded and flashed away, he came back a few minutes later with a concerned look on his face, "He's not there father." This sparked some buzz within the gods, "Where could he possibly be?" Zeus asked, with more concern than anything else. He had come to care for his nephew. After all, how could he not after all the boy has done for his children; god and demigod alike. "My children said they haven't seen him since he left for the woods, where he supposedly found Annabeth cheating on him." Hermes said, with a bitter tone to his voice at the end. Surprisingly it was Hera who spoke up, "I say we leave him be for now, things like this can take a while to get over." She said with a pointed look at Zeus, who had the decency to look ashamed.

Everybody looked to Poseidon for confirmation, to which he reluctantly agreed to, understanding that things like this need time, no matter how much he wanted to help him. "Council meeting adjourned" Zeus said, leaving in a flash of thunder, which was followed by 13 flashes