The Broken Arrow

Aphrodite was going through an emotional roller-coaster. First she was calmly shopping with her daughter, slowly using her skills in manipulation, honed by a millennia of use, to gather more information about that Camp Director, that... Raj. The goddess had spent the entire last night on trying to find out more about him but her search has yielded in frustratingly few results. The lad had showed up earlier this year and seemed to have become the most popular guy in the Camp overnight. The other demigods were tight lipped when it comes to them, protecting the secrets of their leader with zealous devotion. Aphrodite can't even question the boy's father Hypnos, as the stupid sleep god spends months, if not years at a time hibernating. So her best plan was to corner Piper and take the necessary information from her, slowly and methodically.

At first it went well, and the goddess was able to extract a lot of information from her daughter and had even begun to crack up at how head over heels in love her girl was. But then, when she grabbed Aphrodite's arms and had begun to shake them while talking about her new 'master's' greatness, Aphrodite began to grow weary.

Aphrodite was often considered a bimbo goddess, but that's just how she acts cause she finds it funny, and was actually smart. She was interested in Raj because he was the first person to reject her in her entire life, immediately making him a person of interest. But what about Piper? What made him so interesting to her? The moment Piper began to act like a fanatic, Aphrodite suspected love magic. But no, Raj was a demigod and only her demigod children can wield love magic. One look at Piper and the love goddess was able to figure out it was not love magic animating her daughter. So what? Was Raj able to intrigue others to the level he did with her and make them follow him with religious devotion simply by being himself? The whole notion worried Aphrodite... and made her incredibly horny.

But before she could do anything, she saw him. Camp Director Raj was casually strolling through the mall, smiling, laughing and talking without a care in the world. Seeing him like that made Aphrodite angry. How can he be so carefree after doing everything he has done? She had spent every passing minute since her rejection thinking of ways to get back at him, while it seems like he has completely forgotten about her.

It was then the goddess noticed who was wrapped around his arms; Clarisse La Rue. The girl seemed a bit battered from her duel yesterday, but Aphrodite had never seen her more happier, laughing and giggling while latching on to Raj's arm as if she was afraid to let go, so very unlike the fearsome warrior people know her as (or at least, knew. Yesterday's duel drastically changed how everyone viewed the girl).

Suddenly Raj noticed them (the Mist, unless specified, only tricking mortals) and waved at them. If others could see them, they would have assumed it was just two groups of teens meeting at the mall.

Raj walked up to them with an easy smile. "Hey," he said, before giving a respectful bow to Aphrodite. "My lady. What a pleasant coincidence."

The goddess was silent for a minute, shocked by the mortal's audacity. The bow would be sweet, if it wasn't for the fact that just last night he treated her like some whore off the street. Now it felt like mockery. Gathering herself after a moment, Aphrodite replied. "Yes. What an entirely unexpected coincidence," she said dryly, with a wide, fake smile and a sarcastic tone which meant she was saying the complete opposite. She was sure that the annoying mortal knew she was here and that's why he showed up. Heck, she wouldn't even be surprised if he had bugged her daughter.

An awkward silence followed, with Aphrodite and Raj staring at each other while Clarisse shuffled around awkwardly while Piper stared at 'her master' fawningly. Finally, the daughter of Ares broke the silence, by saying "my lady," and bowing to her and then smiling at Piper. "Hello Piper."

"Hello Clarisse," Piper said, finally taking her eyes off Raj and giving her a warm smile. Aphrodite looked at her daughter carefully, but she seemed genuinely friendly towards the woman that's currently spending time with her one true love.

Raj finally looked at Piper too. "Hey Pipes," he said friendlily. Then, before she could respond, the fat bastard roughly grabbed her daughter by the nipple and pulled her to him, giving her a sloppy kiss while Aphrodite and Clarisse looked on with their mouths open. Eventually, after what seemed like a lifetime, Raj let go. Piper stepped back with a look of dazed pleasure, a single string of saliva hanging off her mouth, which finally fell on her chest and disappeared between her cleavage, Raj looking hungrily at the entire scene until the drop of saliva was lost from sight.

Raj looked at the slack jawed goddess. "Now that you know about our relationship, I thought pretending otherwise to be futile. It's so freeing to have everything out here in the open, isn't it?"

Aphrodite seethed at the young man's arrogant smirk. She really wished she could get back at him somehow, but unfortunately she couldn't. Fortunately, his companion is nowhere nearly as invulnerable. "So Clarisse," the goddess said, squaring up on the girl with a thin smile, toxic femininity exuding from every pore. "I didn't expect you to be out and about today... or for a couple of years at least. That was some thrashing you got yesterday, and of course we can't forget that free show you gave us yesterday. I have seen street harlots with more class, dear."

Aphrodite had expected the warrior girl to come fists swinging at her (now wouldn't that have been amusing?) but it seemed like she had hit a really, really raw spot. The girl's face reddened in an instant as she looked down, the bags clutched tightly to her chest, and it almost looked like tears began to pool around in the corner of her eyes.

The goddess suppressed a vindictive smile. One point to me. But then she looked at Raj and knew she had done something wrong. Right up until this moment, whenever the Camp Director dealt with her, even while rejecting her, he had always been smiling, always cordial, always polite (even if it was sarcastically sometimes). But not anymore. His face looked like a stone mask, his eyes boring into her coldly. Aphrodite knew she had crossed a line the moment she went after one of his 'girls.' And deep down, that made Aphrodite afraid. Afraid because she had burned any chance of having a positive relationship with this charming, enigmatic stranger.

"Well," Raj said, throwing an arm around Clarisse's waist and hugging her body to his. He then began to openly fondle the girl's toned ass. Aphrodite's composure broke for a second as her eyes greedily followed his hand, and when she finally mustered enough strength to look up (and ignore the growing wetness in between her legs) she saw him smiling coldly at her, knowing exactly what he was doing to her body. "after I told you to fuck off last night, I went and had an amazing time with Clarisse here. Isn't that right love?"

"Uh huh," Clarisse muttered, too enthralled by the hands groping her, pleasure overriding shame.

"But afterwards I learned that Clarisse also really wanted to spend time doing... couple stuff. So we came here. Now we would like to stay here and keep chatting but I think we already wasted enough time on you. So we'll be going now."

With that, Raj led the mewling girl away from them but not before giving a peck on her daughter's lips as goodbye. Aphrodite turned to watch them go as her face burned with a hitherto unknown emotion to her; complete and utter humiliation. Not only did that mortal reject her, but now he's going to show off that whore in front of her as if she was somehow better than her?? She had burned down entire cities for less!!

"Mom?" Piper asked weakly.

It was with her daughter's alarmed voice that Aphrodite was broken out of her trance, and realized that she had been so angry that the clothes she had been holding had caught on fire. With a disgusted sigh the goddess dropped the now burned clump of rags in her arms and wiped the soot in her arms with a thought.

"Mom," Piper whispered. "You were wrong to go after him like that"

Aphrodite wordlessly glared at her daughter.

"But it doesn't matter." she said excitedly. "There's still time! Ways to make him interested in you-"

"Stuff that," the goddess snarled. "That stupid mortal has insulted me for the last time. I will make him kneel before me. I will show him the true power of an Olympian!!"

Aphrodite glided forward, silent and invisible, following the couple. She had woven the Mist around her even tightly so not even demigods can see her now.

The couple, Raj and Clarisse was in front of her, walking in between the hundreds of cars parked behind the mall. Even if you are not a love goddess, it was clear what they were doing to do from their body language. Clarisse is giddily half running and giggling while holding on to Raj's hand, who was smiling indulgently at his newest girl's antics.

All the while, unknown to them, Aphrodite was tracing their steps. And in her hand was the most feared weapon in all of Olympus, something that inspires dread even more than Zeus' master bolt; Cupid's Bow. This wasn't some cute bow you see in a mortal cartoon, but a lethal weapon nearly as tall as the goddess, used by her son Cupid to strike down people who have angered her the most. Making someone fall in love with the wrong person can drown out entire countries in blood. Aphrodite was fondly reminded of the Trojan War, and she didn't even have to use the bow that time. However, she would normally relegate these duties to her son Eros (or Cupid as he is more commonly known. For whatever reason the mortals remembered his Latin name better). This would be her first time in action, the first time a mortal pissed her off so much that she wanted to get her own hands dirty.

Meanwhile, the couple forged ahead, oblivious to the stalking goddess.

"This seems like a good enough spot," Raj said, looking around a relatively dark and secluded spot. He turned his attention back to Clarisse. "Well? Get down on your knees."

"Ok," said the giggling girl, before her face turned serious again. "You know, I've never done anything like this."

"If you don't want to..."

"Oh no I do," the girl replied quickly. Then she bit her lips, half out of worry, half out of lust. "It's just that... you make me... no, just being with you makes me want to do things I never thought I would do."

Raj smiled as he brushed a strand of Clarisse's hair behind her ear, making the girl blush even more harder, if that was even possible. "But it happens in a good way right? You are having fun?"

"Fun doesn't even begin to cover what I'm feeling." Clarisse whispered, before giving another wide grin and going down on her knees and unzipping Raj's pants.

The monster that sprang out of Raj's cock was so big that Aphrodite nearly dropped her bow. THAT was his dick?? Of course, Aphrodite had seen bigger ones, with gods being able to change what their bodies look like. But that's all that was; looks. When it comes to feeling it felt just the same as usual. But that thing... well it would feel really good indeed. Now at least she knows one reason why a horde of girls are so damn interested in him.

Meanwhile Clarisse was struggling with the monster too, being unable to fit even a third of it into her mouth. Aphrodite at first scoffed at the girl's inexperience, thinking how well she could have sucked him off if she was there, before realizing how appealing it must be to have the proud yet sexually inexperienced warrior sucking on one's cock.

Raj then changed his tune by suddenly taking the dick out of the girl's mouth, immediately making her whimper like a bitch who's treat was taken away. But whatever noise she was making got drowned out as Raj lifted his large nut suck and put it right in the middle of her face. Clarisse dived into his balls with enthusiasm and half her face was covered with his unnaturally large sack, whatever parts of her face visible disappearing beneath strands of saliva coming out of the general direction of where her mouth is supposed to be.

It took a few minutes of that before Aphrodite realized not only has she lowered her bow, but also subconsciously massaging her crotch. With a low growl, half frustration and half amusement, she hefted the bow up once again. To be truthful, she quite liked this Raj person and how he has made the Camp a more degenerate place. And it's not like she was going to stop it once she had control over him. Aphrodite would let him continue his thing... it would just be under her righteous management.

And with that she let the arrow fly, it becoming invisible for all except her the moment she let it go, speeding through towards Raj. And then... it stopped.

The arrow was in midair, but now it was inching very, very slowly towards the target, almost as if another **** was pushing it back.

Aphrodite's jaw fell. This has never happened before. No mortal can stop an arrow of Cupid, and even a god can be targeted by it if they were caught slacking. To stop the arrow like this... then another Olympian, one stronger than her, must be carefully looking at what's going on, and interfering. The goddess' mind went to her talk with Raj last night, about how he said he was sleeping with other goddesses. Aphrodite has put that down as simple boasting, but here was the undeniable proof. Not only is Raj sleeping with another goddess, she must be an even more powerful entity than she was to do such a thing.

Aphrodite looked around quickly, but knew that was futile. If a goddess can stop her arrows then she can certainly cover herself invisible to stop being detected even from Aphrodite's eyes. Quickly the love goddess went through in her mind who is more powerful than her in the Olympian council, but each answer seemed less likely than the next. Surely it can't be Athena or Artemis, those two prudes who would kill a man for looking at them wrong. Even Hestia had sworn off men since her last... encounter. And of course, the idea of Hera abandoning her oh so precious faith was ridiculous.

And yet no matter what logic dictates the facts remained the same. The arrow hanged in midair, now completely stopping any movement. Aphrodite felt like her mind was slowly melting. First her... her rejection, and now this. Sometimes the most obvious answer is the correct answer. But what if the correct answer is something impossible?

And then, almost as if to taught her, the arrow broke into two neat pieces and fell on the floor.

The massive SNAP noise may have come from the broken arrow. Or it may come from the love goddess as her sanity snapped.

Piper was sitting on a bench in the mall, absently rifling through a lingerie magazine, marking down the sluttiest and most revealing that she may buy later. But her mind was a thousand leagues away, wondering how her mother was doing. She already knew where Aphrodite was and what she was going to do after all.

Getting everything she wanted from the moment she was born, Aphrodite was someone who never learned patience or subtlety. Irk her enough and she would go after you with the biggest weapon in her arsenal; Cupid's Bow. Of course, her master had known that and wanted her to come after him with that particular weapon (for some later plan of his no doubt).

Yet, despite all his reassurances, Piper was worried. Sure he had done hours of research on the matter and was protected by some of the most powerful beings in the universe, but no mortal has ever thwarted one of Cupid's arrows before. Her master was taking a huge risk, the type that he often takes that gives mini strokes to her and her harem-sisters. If they were in any sort of normal relationship, she would have grabbed Raj by the shoulders and would have drilled how risky it was into his head. But he was her master and she was his good little girl so after one tearful warning she accepted her reassurances and did as he asked.

"Piper."

The voice, quiet and utterly broken shook the girl away from her thoughts. Looking up, she saw her mother. But instead of the confident, woman who's always in control, Piper saw a... woman. A normal, scared woman, hugging herself, eyes filed with a sense of complete disbelief as if everything she knew and believed in has crumbled around her... which of course was the plan.

"Pipes," Aphrodite whispered, holding back tears of desperation. "Please help me. Help me so that he would notice me."

Piper stood up and hugged her mom, half to comfort her and half to feel her mother's amazing body touching hers. "Of course mom. I'll help you."