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"Is everyone okay?" Percy asked.

"Yes, everyone is perfectly fine. If a little bruised and beat up, but all of them are up and about," Will said.

Percy nodded, "good."

She moved to sit up, but Nico stopped her.

"Perce, you just woke up, take time to rest," he told her.

Will gave her a look from behind Nico, she looked between the two and sighed, "alright." Then she laid back down.

"I'll let the others know you woke up, Miss Percy," Alfred said, then he left the room.

Percy went back to eating some of her sandwich, and drinking the water she was given.

She felt the water heal her a bit as she drank it, and give her some energy. She looked at Will, and asked, "how long will I need to be here?"

"We will stay here for the night, and I'll double check your wounds before we leave tomorrow, but do take it easy. You're still healing, but you can get up and move around a bit tomorrow, since water and nectar healed you pretty well. But take it easy for at least a week," Will said.

"Alright. Thanks for getting my family out of there," Percy said, looking at both Will an Nico.

"Of course. But next time you decide to take a primordial on by yourself, don't," Nico said.

Percy laughed a little, "I knew he'd be a bit weaker, since he was possessing a psycopath. But I'll definitely keep that in mind."

Nico nodded, and sat back down in the chair. Will joined him in the chair next to him, having made sure everything was good to go with Percy's charts and such.

Bruce, Tim, Dick, Jason, and Alfred came back into the room.

"Hey, glad you guys are safe," Percy said with a smile. Everyone in the room noticed how tense she got.

"How are you feeling, Perce," Bruce asked.

"Bit sore, and tired, but overall alright," Percy said.

"So you know about our nightly activities," Damian said.

"Yes. Wasn't that hard to figure out. I've known for a while now," Percy said.

"And you never asked us anything?" Dick asked.

"Not really. If I did, you guys would start asking me more questions too. So it was easier to just keep it to myself," Percy said.

"Fair enough. Are you alright with us asking questions now?" Dick asked.

"Not really. But go ahead anyway," Percy said.

"Nico said you were the daughter of Posideon, can you elaborate a bit more on that?" Bruce asked.

"Well, my dad is Posideon, Greek god of the seas, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc," Percy said, "I found out when I was twelve."

"And your grey streak and scars?" Jason asked.

"I've fought in two wars due to being my father's daughter, and have gone through Tartarus, which is why I have the scars. The grey steak is from holding up the sky, it caused immense strain, and was supposed to kill me, but it didn't," Percy said.

"What about you two?" Tim asked, looking at Will and Nico.

"I'm a child of Hades, which you knew, and Will's a child of Apollo, which you also knew," Nico said, looking at the group with crossed arms.

"Okay, and you were tortured in Tartarus, right?" Dick asked, he flinched slightly as he asked the question, a look of pain flashing through his eyes.

"Yes, and then some," Percy said, her face and voice completely void of any emotion.

"Demigods get attacked by the Greek monsters though, right?" Damian asked.

Percy looked at him, "familiarity or research?" she asked.

"Bit of both," Damian said with crossed arms.

"You've been with people who were familiar enough with them to do research about it? Or had they personally had someone with them that it happened to?" Percy asked.

Damian raised his eyebrows slightly, "they did the research into World War 2."

Percy nodded, "makes sense. But yes, we do."

"We haven't seen any monsters around, though," Damian said.

"They've been around. Especially as the pit got more creatures on side," Percy said.

"But that doesn't explain why didn't we see any of them," Tim said.

"I would go out when you guys went out, and Alfred was in the cave, and deal with them," Percy said, "before you guys ran into them and got killed. Plus, the mist conceals the mythological world."

"We are trained, you know," Damian said.

"I was aware of that when we had dinner my first night here. However, your weapons wouldn't have hurt them," Percy said.

"She's right. They'd go straight through them, since they aren't mortal, mortal weapons won't hurt them," Will said, as Nico nodded next to him.

"You have fought in wars, have been tortured by extremely dangerous beings, and have been hunted since you were young due to your father's blood?" Bruce asked.

"Overall, yes. The gods don't normally get involved with the problems we run into, unless a titan is involved, which is usually only defeated by a god and a demigod," Percy said.

"How did your mother die?" Bruce then asked.

Percy sucked in a breath, before slowly breathing out, then began her answer, "we had just finished the war with Mother Earth, I had just left camp due to all of the memories, just wanting to be comforted by my mom, who didn't know if I was alive or dead, for the past 8 months," Percy said, looking at her hands.

She took a deep breath, before she continued, "I just got home and walked into the scene of their dead bodies. There was a note, saying that Mother Earth had some monsters find them, and kill them. I grabbed the note and hid it. It is against the rules for mortals to learn the gods are real. Then I called the police and found me rather catatonic. It was my fault they were killed."

Silence fell on the room, as everyone stared at Percy. Then Jason spoke up.

"And that's why you didn't tell us right away. You didn't want to feel responsible if anything happened to us, due to the mythological world," he said, staring straight at her.

Percy nodded.

"It's also why she had us focus on getting you out, instead of helping her," Nico said, giving a small smile to Percy, understanding where she was coming from.

"And the Joker is dead now?" Damon asked.

"Yes. He willingly became the Pit's host. If anyone were to bring him back, we'd end up at square one again, and it would result in a lot of dead people," Percy said, looking at Bruce. She was well aware of her uncle's history and beliefs about killing.

"Yeah, he was barely beaten this time. Next time, he'd be prepared, and there would be no more humans left on the planet," Nico said, aware of how close Percy came to being killed before she defeated the pit.

"So what now?" Tim asked.

"Now we relax and enjoy the victory," Will said, with a smile.

"But what will you do now, Perce?" Dick asked.

"Honestly, I need time to heal. Hopefully, the curse I've dealt with from my time in the pit will stop, since he's been defeated," Percy said.

"If you'd like, after you've had the time to heal, you can train the young justice league, and maybe the league of justice a bit as well," Bruce suggested.

"I'd really like that," Percy said with a smile.

"Wait a minute, what curse?" Dick asked.

"She has really bad nightmares, of her time in the pit, and probably visits from the pit, if I'd have a guess, the wounds she gets in the dreams appear on her body, to a lesser extent," Jason said.

"Master Jason and I have worked on making sure she's okay. Though, she's pretty good at healing herself," Alfred said, making his presence known.

"Hopefully, defeating the pit will have helped," Jason said.

"I do believe Miss Percy needs to rest, as do the rest of you. Mister Nico and Mister Will, shall I show you to your rooms, I do believe it is too late to go back to camp," Alfred said.

"I believe that is a smart idea. We will contact camp tomorrow morning," Will said, before Nico could protest.

Nico sighed in resignation, but didn't protest. He wanted to make sure Percy was alright before they left too.

"Is there a way for me to shower? I feel really gross," Percy said.

Yes? But he careful. Perhaps do it sitting, you'll be less likely to injure yourself further. You are healing well, but it's better safe then sorry right now," Will said

"I can do that. I'll put on some loose clothes afterwards. Then rest," Percy said, with a sigh.

"I'm going to bring you some food, Miss Percy. I believe that would be best, then you can rest," Alfred said.

"Alright, Alfred," Percy said

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