THE SEA QUEEN'S PEARL
"Fuck" he repeated. Sally's eyes flashed dangerously. "Fuck?" she hissed. "Fuck? I tell you I'm pregnant, with your child and all you can say is fuck?" she was starting to become a little hysterical. "I'm not even twenty one and I'm pregnant! I don't have a career, I don't have family, how am I supposed to look after this baby? What if I'm a terrible mother and accidentally drop him on the head?" she sunk down onto the sofa. "Oh god..." "Sally, Sally calm down sweetheart" Poseidon said worriedly. He sat down beside Sally on the sofa and placed a hand on her thigh. "It'll be all right. You'll make a wonderful mother; I've seen you with people in general. You're kind and sweet yet stern if they've done something wrong. You keep promises remember?" Sally nodded still looking pale and terrified. "Oh Sally, I'm so sorry" Poseidon said softly. "I'm so sorry with what I'm going to have to tell you" Sally looked at him. There was a strange look of understanding and sadness in her eyes. "You can't stay with me. Can you?" "Gods can't be in their children's lives" Poseidon said apologetically. "It's a stupid rule, I know. But that's not all...Sally, my wife died. A very long time ago but she had been assured of reincarnation" Sally looked at him with mortification and disbelief. "You think I'm...?" she shook her head. "I can't be! I'm just plain old Sally, there's nothing special about me" "Don't say that!" Poseidon snapped. "You are a queen. More than a queen. You're a Queen amongst all queens. You're beautiful, loving, bright and stubborn. You could face down Zeus himself if you had to" "This is all too much to take in" Sally said hiding her face into her hands. "I'm sorry, but there's more" "More?" "I could make you a Goddess again but...the power...it would kill the baby" She clutched at her stomach. "No" she whispered looking horrified. "Not my baby" Poseidon softened and cupped her face. "Already a protective mother" he said smiling. "Sally, having this baby will be dangerous. Monsters will come after it all the time, it'll be my son or daughter the scent is incredibly strong. I advise you to send it to Camp Half Blood as soon as possible, just for the summer. They'll teach the baby to protect itself from the monsters and to understand their...problems. The child will have several syndromes making it difficult to learn at school..." "I don't care" Sally said. "I won't send my baby away. I'm its mother; I should be protecting it and teaching it to protect itself" "I know, I know but Chiron is a brother of mine. He's a fantastic teacher; he takes care of all the Half-Bloods as if they're his. The baby will be safe" Poseidon sighed. Time to give her the worst news of all. "Sally, I'm not supposed to have anymore children" "W-what do you mean?" she stuttered slightly. "Zeus, Hades and I have made a pact. To never sire another child. We swore on the River of Styx" "Why?" "Because a child of ours could destroy all of Olympus and the world. World War Two was caused by our children, this baby could start another" "My baby won't" she whispered. "I'll raise it to be a good child, it won't cause any war" "Sally..." He felt helpless. There was nothing to comfort to her. Their child would start a war, willingly or not. Zeus and Hades would hunt it down and wage a war against the sea. He remembered the Gulf War they caused last year. Small little skirmish but that had just been over an old conquest that apparently all three had. His son or daughter would probably cause a Mutually Assured Destruction. "Please...i need some time alone to think" she whispered. He nodded and pressed a kiss on her cheek before leaving. He hoped that their child will be safe and no one would ever discover their existence. Sally couldn't afford to lose another family member. PJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJ Triton had suspected that his father had immediately snuck off to see Sally. Rather ridiculous really since Poseidon wasn't a teenager, wasn't even someone's son anymore and he was sneaking off like a teenage brat. He didn't blame Sally for his father's behaviour; Sally sadly was more mature than a billion old God. However Triton had also suspected that his father would have spent the night catching up with Sally, hopefully just verbally but Poseidon was always a tramp so there was little hope for that. So when his father appeared at his bedroom door looking like his favourite seahorse died, Triton was worried. "Father?" Poseidon placed down a beautiful green-blue pearl in Triton's hand. "This is your mother's powers. I want you to protect them with your life" Triton clutched the pearl tightly. It felt small and silky and yet so powerful. "Why are you giving it to me?" "I can't give it to Sally" "Because she's not Mother" "No because she's pregnant" There was a deathly silence. Triton could hear absolutely nothing as he stared at his father praying that he was only jesting or something. "Tell me you're joking" he said icily. "I wish" "YOU BLOODY IDIOT!" Triton roared suddenly on fire with fury. "SHE'S JUST A GIRL! SHE'S BARELY OUT OF HER GIRLHOOD AND YOU PUT HER IN THIS SITUATION! HOW IS SHE GOING TO SURVIVE ALL THOSE MONSTERS? HOW IS SHE GOING TO PROTECT THIS CHILD? HOW WILL SHE HIDE IT FROM ZEUS AND HADES THEMSELVES? WHY THE HELL COULDN'T YOU JUST KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS FOR FUCK SAKE?" Triton was panting and glaring at Poseidon as he struggled to calm down. If looks could kill then Poseidon would have been dead a thousand times by now. "What do you have to say for yourself, father" he said the word father as if it was dirty and disgusting. Poseidon only stared at his son with a mix of grieve guilt and sorrow. "Please leave, I wish to rest from our family celebration. Hopefully I will be able to resolve the situation; otherwise we'll all be doomed" Poseidon stepped back and allowed Triton to slam the door in his face. PJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJ The next day Poseidon returned to Sally who was sitting by the docks in Brooklyn. He was surprised to find her so close to the ocean but gathered she was hoping to find him, herself. She wordlessly passed him a Styrofoam cup of coffee and stared out to the grey sea. It was gloomy and depressing, just like his mood was. "I'm keeping it" she said firmly. "Sally-" "No arguments. I don't have a family Poseidon and...I'm not cut out to be a goddess. I can't slip back into that life. I want this baby, I want to have a family and I want to have something of my own. It's selfish I know. It's dangerous and I get it...but this is something I want to do" Poseidon sighed and took a sip of coffee. The warmth didn't feel the coldness of his insides. He was too filled with his own depression. "I insist on Camp Half-Blood. Especially when he gets older, it'll be more and more difficult to protect him from the monsters. The scent will get too strong. Avoid all phones for him, it broadcasts the scent and..." "And?" "Tell him or her, that even though I'm not there I would have loved them dearly. I would have wanted them. But..." "But?" He took a deep breath and said the most dreaded words that every child of his had heard from their mother. "Tell the child I am missing at sea"
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