Ch. 4

A/N sorry this is a kinda short chapter😜

Percy's pov

     I woke in a nightmare.

     The funny thing is, it had been a relatively normal week and there's usually at least a bit of warning before I'm kidnapped or sent to literal hell. In this case, it was both.

     Yep, you guessed it. Or maybe you didn't.

     I woke up in my late apartment to the smell of old beer, moldy pizza, and stinky breath. Starring down at me with all of his chubby face, double-chined glory, was none other than smelly Gabe.

     That's right, you heard me. Either this was some kind of grotesque nightmare or some  or the fates got extremely mad at me and sent me into some kind of horrendous universe where Gabe was still alive. Both were equally probable.

     "What are you doin' in my house?" He asked. I gagged. His breath smelled like a dead donkey. "I asked you a question boy," he said snarling. "Are you going to keep staring at me like that or are you going to answer?" His lip curled into a sneer.

     I was speachless. For the first time in years I was completely and utterly petrified.

     I had never wanted to see this man (if you can call him that) again and never expected to. My only thoughts were to either run for my life screaming at the top my lungs, punch him, or the dominating thought, call for my mom.

     But none of them were possible. Not when I was frozen like this. I couldn't breathe, I felt like the whole world was collapsing around me and there was no escape.

     Then, like a flashlight in a dark, endless pit of smelly socks, my mom was at the door and suddenly, everything was okay.

     Just like that, all of my worries melted, leaving only love for her, and hatred for Gabe in it's place.

     "What's going on?" Her voice was like an angel's compared to Gabe's horrendous croaking. I may or may not have shed a tear of joy.

     "Mom!" I gasped, springing up from the bed and running twords her. Instead of welcoming me into a hug with open arms, she stepped away from me, a look of fear on her face.

    Then she said the most, painful, crushing words she had ever said to me. "Who are you and what are you doing in our house?" The fear and distain in her voice and the hurt I felt in that moment was crushing.

     My mom, the only one who had cared for me for years, didn't want me. She didn't even remember my name.

     Dontcrydontcrydontcrydontcry I thought as a backed away from her. I would not, could not, shed a single tear. That would just make her feel bad and it wasn't her fault she couldn't remember me.

     I felt my heart breaking as I backed away from her. As I backed away from my only protection. She was my armour, my light. Now, she was gone.

     I backed up into something soft and squishy. It was smelly Gabe.

I lost it.

Hope you liked it! I really don't know how I feel about this chapter but if was fun to write :)