Mortals meet Percabeth (and others)

Percy's Powers AU

Powers AU

Okay so this one-shot is something I saw on Instagram about the demigod's powers slowly killing them and I thought it was a cool idea so I fleshed it out into a full one shot and this is to do with Percy and how his powers are slowly killing him 

Enjoy! :)

NO MIST

There were a few downsides to being a demigod right? Not only did you constantly have to look over your shoulder to see what the next monster was that you were going to become a chew toy for and then if you survived that you would have to deal with temperamental Gods and Goddess  that liked to smite anyone they didn't like or just because they were bored one day and it was even worse if you were one of their children 

But the one thing worst than that was being cursed with powers

Take the son of Poseidon Percy Jackson for example, he wasn't even supposed to have born and yet some people say he's the strongest demigod in centuries who can part seas with just a wave of his hand or who can cause storms depending on his mood and hold his breath underwater for times that wasn't humanly possible...Because Percy wasn't human, at least not all human because he was part God but if those people dared to look closer they would see how much it hurt him to do those things he just couldn't feel it 

Like when he was underwater breathing as if it was just air, his lungs would expand and blister from the inside out and he would eventually find it hard to breathe in the air and he would rather spend his time underwater,  his lungs still getting blisters and slowing killing him but no one quite knew when he would actually bite the dust

After the battle with Gaia, Percy ended up getting really sick, no-one knew what was wrong with him all they knew was that he was finding it hard to breathe and the food and drink of the God's wasn't working on him.

He would just sit there in the medical ward in Camp Half-Blood playing Mytho Magic cards with Nico or whoever's time it was to look after him as he is hooked up to the water from the lake  and would just breathe underwater because that's the only way he could breathe normally and he didn't know that the thing that was keeping him alive was also the thing that was killing him how ironic right the son of the sea god slowly getting killed by the one thing he thought he had power over 

Water 

Will checked up on Percy as many times as he could a day to check that Percy wasn't getting any sicker but every day it seemed less and less likely that the raven-haired teenager was ever going to recover, not to mention he couldn't breathe normally without a tank of water attached to him so going into the mortal world was a big no no especially since his powers were so out of control and he could create an earthquake if he got too emotional so Will to the best of his abilities tries to keep him calm and if needed sedated 

"Tell me the truth Will, am I going to die?" Percy asked but his voice wasn't laced with fear, using an air bubble to speak in the water -- it was easy to comminute with the people that cared for him that way, it was as if he was asking a question about the weather as he put his hands up in the air as he realised he had lost another round of Mytho Magic to the fourteen-year-old doctor, he saw the little smirk on the blonde's face and realised that Nico had been teaching him 

"I don't know Perce we haven't figured out what exactly is wrong with you" Will frowned but Percy could see the guilt and fear that washed over his features 

"You don't need to lie to me Will I know I'm dying," Percy tells the boy who shakes his head slightly almost as if he was in denial so Percy put more strength behind his words, more power "I can't breathe unless it's underwater and even then it's getting harder and harder to breathe like there's something in my lungs but what I can't figure out"

By the end of his sentences, Percy was so tired that he could barely speak, his once tanned skin was now a milky white colour and his vibrant green eyes were dull and sunken in -- he didn't look like the Percy Jackson everyone knew nor did he sound like it either because after all, he was dying 

"You need your rest, Percy. No more talking" Will ordered 

Sighing Percy fell back onto his bed he knew quite well that he was dying it was just a matter of time and to be honest the son of Poseidon never thought he would die by getting sick, if he was to die he always thought it would have been a battle against monsters as he tried to save his friends and family -- not sitting in a bed unable to do anything and slowly waiting for him to die 

Will started to walk out of the medical bay that Percy was placed in but before the blonde-haired boy could leave Percy managed to call out to the young doctor "William I know I'm going to die soon ... somehow I can feel it ... so can you please tell everyone I love them and will never forget them even if I've gone I will always look after them and please tell Annabeth ... My wise girl ... that even though I'll be gone and always will love her she has to move on with her life ... Promise me that Will?"

By the end of his farewell, the two boys had tears in their eyes but wouldn't let the other boy know it and Will was so choked up at his idol's goodbye, the demigod that Will looked up to and one day inspired to be like all he could do was nod his head before spinning on his heel and walking away, saying to the raven-haired teenager that he would be back in the morning to check on him

Exhausted Percy closed his eyes no longer wanting to feel the pain in the world

And in the morning Percy didn't wake up