A Daughter’s Sorrow

Eleven

Perci moved closer to the man on her beach. She could only just see that he was breathing. The ravenette walked up to him and bent over to flip him over onto his back.

His hand shot out and grabbed her ankle. She yelped when he yanked her foot out from under her, making her trip. He tried to stand. But Perci's fist flew out and punched him in the jaw. He fell back to the sand with a grunt.

The demigoddess jumped to her feet and put her foot to his throat to hold him in place. The young woman’s eyes flashed with with amusement as he struggled to move her ankle. His breathing was becoming heavy as he began to pant.

Perci liked his eyes. Dark blue and filled with determination and intensity.

She eyed his strong jaw and how handsome he was, "And you are?"

The man smirked and grabbed her thigh, pulling her down. She landed on her back in the soft sand. The man pressed himself to her body and grasped her wrists, holding them above her head.

"d**k Grayson." His deep voice meeting her ears. Their faces were inches apart and Perci couldn't help notice his kissable lips.

The demigoddess mentally threw that thought out of her head. She narrowed her eyes at the man, staring into his, "How did you get here?"

"Where is here?"

"Ogygia. My island. Now how did you get here?"

"Im not sure. The last thing I remember was a huge explosion."

Perci blinked, then groaned.

:3

Dick still had no idea where he was. He had thought this new person was attacking him, especially when she cracked him in the face.

He couldn't help but notice the fearless look in her sea green eyes. How soft her skin looked. How beautiful her face was.

"What about you? What's your name?"

The black haired beauty then swung her leg around, hooking his waist and flipped them over. The gorgeous girl was now straddling him. She leant in, her forearm against his throat and his heart stuttered when she smiled, "Perci." She whispered.

Perci stood, another smile on her face and held out a hand to d**k. He took it and let her pull him up. Again, they were inches apart. d**k's eyes dropped to her lips for a second before meeting her sparkling eyes, "Hungry? Cause I am starving."

He chuckled softly and they walked to her mansion.

Now d**k had been adopted by Bruce Wayne. Batman. But this mansion... Wow.

He looked up at it with awe. Perci laughed at his reaction, amused with the look on his face. He liked her laugh.

The door opened without anyone standing there. That freaked d**k out.

Hello. Hello. Hello.

"Oh God! What was that?!"

Perci laughed again, holding her stomach, "That's the Aurai. They're wind nymphs and although I tell them they don't have to, they do everything for me."

Dick's eyebrows were almost in hairline. He then closed his else and rubbed his temples, "I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead."

"No Grayson. You're not," Perci sassed, strutting past him into the mansion and turned left, down a hall.

The strange man followed her and they entered a dining room connected to a kitchen.

"So what do you want to eat? The Aurai can make anything."

The wind nymphs placed a cheeseburger and chips in front of Perci.

Dick stared at the blue bun and blue chips, "Aah...should you be eating that?"

Perci laughed again and shook her head, "I like it when my food is blue. It reminds of my mother. She would always make blue cookies and give me blue candy."

"What, why?"

"My stepfather once told us that blue food didn't exist."

Dick chuckled, "Okay then. Can I have a club sandwich and chips...please?"

The two heard giggles from the wind nymphs, as they played with the man's hair.

"Girls," Perci scolded gently.

Dick's food appeared in front of him and he looked down at it in shock, "Wow."

:3

Perci had told d**k that he could explore the Mansion and so far, he'd seen an art and dance studio, bedrooms, except Perci's and a gym. There was also a room that had a couch and a giant TV with a small popcorn stand, fairy floss machine and a bar stocked with every kind of drink, except alcohol, he could think of.

Unlike Bruce's mansion, this one had bare white walls and wasn't cluttered with expensive, breakable things. Only suits of Greek and Roman armour.

It was elegant and beautiful.

‘Just like it's resident’, d**k thought.

The Aurai had made him some jeans and a black shirt because his Nightwing suit had been burned and ripped in some places. They made Perci togas, which made d**k think she was Greek Goddess. He wouldn't be surprised. She's absolutely gorgeous. Too gorgeous to not be a goddess.

He wanted to stay with her. But the man knew that he needed to go back to Gotham.

Dick was on the lower level of the mansion, when he opened the next door. There was a huge indoor pool. The man came closer and looked down into the clear water. And had a heart attack.

Perci was laying on the bottom, her eyes closed and hands crossed over her stomach, a peaceful look on her face.

Immediately he dived in and grabbed her waist, dragging her to the surface. d**k put her on the edge, jumped out himself and turned to give Perci CPR.

But she was sitting up and staring at him. And she was completely dry!

"What are you doing?" Perci asked, confused, completely forgetting he had no idea about who she was.

"You, you were drowning! I thought you were dead!"

The demigoddess snorted and laughed, her eyes glittered with amusement, "I can't drown."

"What? How?"

"I'm a halfblood. A demigod. Half human, half god."

Dick fell backwards, onto the floor and covered his face, "Of course. Wind nymphs, magic food, demigods. Why not?"

Perci laughed harder. She liked that. It's all she seemed to be doing since he'd arrived.

:3

"Your decision is coming close, Persephone Eris Jackson. Have you made your decision yet?" Order's voice echoed through the trees.

Perci stood in a dark forest, a dense fog floated around the demigoddess's ankles. She held Riptide lightly, ready for anything. All she could hear was her own breathing, could see it as well.

Suddenly a war cry filled the air, animalistic and vicious. A shiver ran down Perci's spine. She spun around, trying to pinpoint the sound. But it seemed to come from everywhere.

"I am growing impatient, Persephone. Make your choice! Now!!"

The ravenette breathed deeply, then whispered, "I will never ever join you."

"... So be it."

Tears began to trickle down her cheeks, her face was blank. Everyone she'd ever lost, flooded her small field, their weapons raised, their faces contorted with rage and hatred.

A sob left the Saviour's mouth as she hacked through each and every demigod. Each disappeared in a puff of smoke, but Perci could feel her sword slice through them all.

Several cuts and bruises etched her skin when all her attackers were gone, dead.

The demigoddess sat down, holding her legs to her chest. She began to rock back and forth trying to stop the tears still dripping off her chin.

Perci stabbed her sword next to her thigh, the blade sinking into the earth. The Saviour looked to the sky...

And screamed in pain.