Las Vegas-

Percy was flying above the Nevada desert and was nearing the City of Sins, Las Vegas. He was riding Jake, his new Pegasus.

"Water, I like water!" Jake suddenly said out of the blue.

"What?"

"Water! You know the blue thing in the oceans and rivers. The thing you're God of. I like it a lot, not seawater though, it's very salty. It's too hot I don't like this heat. We are in the desert and it's too hot here. Can we go to where water is?" he asked.

"We just left the Giizhi… something. You drank a lot of water there." Percy said. "Manitou's horse was annoyed by you."

(A.N. – It's not 'Giizhi… something' it is 'Giizhigong' the name of the realm of Anasazi/ Manidoog Gods.)

"But I'm thirsty! This heat is unbearable, I'm dehydrating."

"No, you are not."

"How can you tell?"

"It's been only fifteen minutes since we left and the sun has already set, it is nightfall."

"Don't say I didn't warn you if I faint and you fall to your death. Oooh…! Look at that city! It's amazing, isn't it? How could humans build such a beautiful city?" His tone suddenly changed from annoyed to amazed. "Can we go there? Pretty please?" Percy could feel the same puppy eyes from Jake he used to use on his mom.

He sighed, "Let's go, but observe it only from the air. If you land on the ground and somebody saw you, I'll personally drown you in the water you love so much."

"Ye… Yes sir!" Percy felt him do a military salute in his mind.

Jake landed Percy on a roof of a hotel and flew off to observe the city from above.

Percy took the elevator and came down. He started walking the streets. He stopped in front of the Lotus Casino and Hotel. A bitter memory came to his mind.

It stood in the same place as the one in Percy's world. A shiver went through his spine as he stepped inside.

Although with a similar name the hotel was nothing like the hotel of Lotus Eaters. There were no games, arcades, ski slopes, water slides, and roller coasters.

Instead of those, there were huge posters everywhere of a show that was happening that night. The poster showed a woman with long red hair. She was wearing a white dress and looked stunningly beautiful. The poster read, 'Venus, the goddess of love, will make you fall in love with her songs, tonight at 9.00 pm in Lotus Theatre.'

0-0

Percy was sitting in the gallery. Some singers were coming on the stage and performing their songs. It was something similar to a singing competition. Percy was getting bored after an hour. His ADHD was kicking in and he was getting restless. The host of the show came on to the stage.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the time has come which we have all been waiting for. To charm you all and make you fall in love, I call The Goddess of Love, Beauty, and a Heavenly Voice, Venus!" He gestured and left the stage. People started cheering madly.

The lights in the theatre dimmed, only a focus of light remained in the middle of the stage. Smoke started to come out and filled the stage and from the middle of the stage slowly emerged the singer, Venus. She was wearing a beautiful white gown and a golden belt was around her waist. After seeing her in person, Percy could understand why there were so many fans of her. She was as beautiful as the Goddess Aphrodite.

Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author's consent. Report any sightings.

She started singing and it was like the most beautiful sound in the world. Her voice was like that of Divine Muses, it felt very much like the sweet taste of the Nectar and Ambrosia, his mother's soothing voice, and the touch of Annabeth's lips.

After the song ended Venus started a new one. This song filled Percy's eyes with tears. He remembered his mother, the vision Hestia showed where she was crying for him. He remembered Annabeth. He longed for his homeworld.

Tears welled in his eyes and the illusion broke, he snapped back to reality. He looked around himself; people were crying and were entranced.

'It is all because of her songs.' Percy thought, 'her voice is not normal, she's a Siren.' He concluded.

0-0

Venus was singing her new song. It was the saddest song she had ever sung. It was about the home she had left.

While singing she looked at the audience, they were all entranced by her voice as usual. Suddenly she felt something hit her in the abdomen. She stopped her song and looked down. Her white dress had gotten wet and it was changing color from white to red rapidly.

She went into shock, someone had shot her. She looked at the audience with a horrified expression. The song had stopped which meant the effect of her voice was fading. People were slowly coming out of the trance.

It was a miracle she was still standing despite being shot in the abdomen. She struggled but stood standing. A woman in the front row came out of the trance and noticed what had happened. She screamed. At that moment Venus lost her will to stand and dropped on her knees. She looked at the audience once again and saw a boy wearing an orange T-shirt running through the crowd towards the stage. Her vision became blurry; she collapsed and lost her consciousness.

0-0

Percy jumped on the stage as Venus collapsed became unconscious. The people were panicking and running around everywhere to find the exit. Bodyguards of Venus quickly came on to the stage and surrounded them.

Percy knelt over her. She was still alive but was losing blood rapidly. He didn't know what to do. He had no idea how to use his divine powers. He looked at the audience and noticed a glare on the ceiling. He realized what it was and immediately summoned the shield and hid Venus behind it. At that same moment he heard a clang, another bullet was fired.

Percy summoned the Riptide. He came out from behind the shield and threw it towards the ceiling where he saw the glare. The scaffolding broke and fell on the seat bellow in the gallery.

"Take her to the hospital!" Percy ordered the bodyguards.

He jumped from the stage and landed in the gallery. He willed for Riptide to return and it appeared in his hand. In the wreckage that had fallen from the ceiling a man was lying. A rifle lay there broken. He groaned as he stood up and pulled out a knife from his belt.

"What are you?" The man asked. He was wearing a black tuxedo and headphones on his head. He had a tan face and brown hair.

"Why did you shoot her?" Percy asked.

"I asked first!" The man said as he removed the headphones.

"I will ask you again, why did you shoot her?"

"Why? Is that 'thing' your girlfriend?"

"So, you know what she is?"

"Of course I know. I know she's a Siren. I've hated her kind for so many years."

"Is that the reason you shot her?"

"Move out of my way, I don't wanna hurt you."

"The Siren is under my protection, leave her be."

"Under your protection, what are you, a God?"

The man attacked. He slashed at Percy's head. Percy easily deflected the attack. The man slashed again and Percy parried it.

"If only I had my sword." The man said. He stepped back and pulled out a gun. "Step back or I'll shoot you."

Percy took a step ignoring his threat. The man shot, but before the bullet could hit him he summoned the shield. The bullet harmlessly bounced off of it.

"You cannot harm me, mortal, even without this shield." Percy turned the shield back into the wristwatch.

"Mortal? Who are you?"

"I am Percy Jackson, King of Atlantis. The Siren and her people are under my domain. If you lay your hand on even a single strand of her hair, by my father Poseidon's name I will hunt you down to Tartarus." Suddenly the temperature around them seemed cold. Percy was angry, no he was furious. His sea-green eyes turned to deep-sea blue, they seemed to emit sparks. Percy was showing his divine powers.

"Poseidon!" The man said surprised, "your father is Lord Poseidon?" The man dropped the gun and knelt. "He is alive! Thank the gods above! If he is alive why didn't he summon me?"

"Who are you?" Percy asked, gaining control over his rage. He was confused.

The man stood up, "My name is Odysseus."