Chapter 108: Magnus passed out more than Jason Grace

(Percy POV)

Magnus fell to the ground.

Hearth tried to catch him but he was to slow and he was probably exhausted himself.

"Is he alright?" Blitzen asked as he knelt down next to Magnus.

"I don't know," I admitted, "Whatever he did. It must've taken a lot from him."

"So what do we do now?" Blitzen asked, "I don't think we can carry Magnus all the way back to Thor."

I glanced outside the window, it was already dark outside. "I'll guess we make camp here and hope Magnus is better tomorrow."

...

( Next morning)

"He's still not awake." I noticed. Hearth poked a few times in his face, but it did not work.

Magically Exhausted Hearth signed.

It reminded me of my (short) training with Zia in the First nome, she had been talking about how using magic drains power, and most importantly, how it could kill you if you used to much of it.

"He's going to be fine," A thunderous voice bellowed from above.

From one of the high windows, the god of thunder soared into the room on a chariot pulled by Otis and Marvin.

"Hey, Thor!" Jack called out, "I just defeated a zombie giant!"

Thor landed in front of us in all his grungy glory. "Good work, Jack and the others!' He grinned. "You found the staff. That's better than nothing!"

"What about Magnus?" Sam and I asked at the same time.

"He'll be alright," Thor said, "Summoned the power of Frey, brought summer. Takes a lot."

"He did what?"

Summer, Hearth signed quickly, Magnus' father is Frey. God of summer.

"Oh," I said, "That's completely reasonable."

"So when will he wake up?" Sam asked nervously, "You know since we got a deadline."

Thor shrugged, "It's the first time he ever did that. My guess would be around one full day."

"12 hours!" Sam and Blitzen cried out.

Personally I thought it wasn't that much of a problem, "Chill, we got like 1 entire day before Fenrir escapes."

And yes, I know that is a horrible thing to say but in the life of a demigod it's completely reasonable.

"Uhm...no," Sam said, "The wolf gets free tonight."

I blinked, "Wait, what? Today it's Tuesday right? Fenrir would escape on wednesday, full moon. Freya told us."

"Which technically starts at sundown on Tuesday," Sam said. "The full moon rises tonight."

"Oh, shit." I said, I realized that moment my bet with Hel would take place after I faced the wolf which was kind of a mistake. I thought that I could win the bet with Hel before we would have to face the wolf. I knew that thanks to prophecy that I would be included on the fight with Fenrir. The bonds get broken and death follows dawn, With this knowledge in mind I had hoped this would mean I would be alive until I met Fenrir. Which I had hoped to take place after the bet with Hel, granting me an easy win. But the bet would finish after the fight with fenrir, which gives me a lot of chances to die.

Death follows dawn, Mmm...like Hel follows dawn? The dawn of 22 January?

I shook my head and tried to clear my mind. "Okay, so Fenrir escapes tonight, if we are lucky Magnus wakes up before we arrived on the island."

That sounds like a horrible plan Hearth signed.

"Yes, how'd we get to the island we don't even know the location of?" Blitzen grumbled, "And how do we transport Magnus."

Thor grinned, "I can transport you and your unconscious friend."

"To the island?" I asked hopefully.

"Nope, to the dwarf brothers at the Long Wharf in Boston. They will take you to the island. Their boat usually leaves at sunset."

"Dwarves?" Sam asked, "Why not taking us directly to the island?"

"Because I got shows to watch!" Thor said like it was an obvious fact.

"But dwarves can help us too." Blitzen said approvingly.

"Oh, no," Thor said. "They'll try to kill you at the first opportunity, but they do know the way to the island."

Great, this god is no help at all Hearth signed.

"Indeed!" Thor bellowed, "Mister elf is right. You'll get the chance to prove yourself at fenrir's island!"

"Wai-" I wanted to ask if he would come too but before I could ask something the room started to spin, I felt myself getting dizzy.

"Good luck!" Thor yelled as I was teleported away.

...

(New England Aquarium, 4 hours later)

I was hanging around in the New England aquarium, (I'm a son of Poseidon) when I bumped straight into Gunilla.

Hearth and Blitzen had decided to watch over Magnus, and there was still some time before sunset so I had a lot of time to kill. Sam had her own business to attend (though she promised to be back in time) which left me to wander around in Boston. After some time I found an famous Aquarium and decided to check it out.

That's when I ran into Gunilla. I was just standing next to a large shark tank, desperately trying to avoid acknowledging the shark's existens. He kept talking about how he tried to bite a human once which led to his disforce, it was truly boring to hear. But since I was a son of Poseidon it would be considered rude to just walk away. So I waited for him to finish his story. That's when I saw a girl passing through the crowd. I perked up, Snow blond hair, pale blue eyes and a look on her face like she was about to smash someone? Yup, definitely Gunilla.

"Hey Gunilla!" I called out and ran towards her, now I had a good excuse to leave the shark behind.

Gunilla turned around and her gaze met mine, "Percy?"

I smirked, "Yes, duh!"

She rolled her eyes and dragged me away from the crowd and led me to a more private corner.

"What are you doing here?" she whispered.

I frowned, "Why are you whispering?" I whispered.

She shot a glare, "Because the thanes are looking for you. If I acknowledge I found you I had to turn you in."

I blinked, "Oh," I muttered under my breath. "So what are you doing here?"

"The thames ordered a search for you and Magnus. They figured out a son of Poseidon would hang around in an aquarium."

I blinked, "That's racist. And true."

"What are you doing here?" Gunilla asked, "I thought you were on a quest with Magnus."

I smiled and told her everything we went through, though I left out details like, Medusa, Hel and Thor's hammer being stolen.

Finally Gunilla sighed, "The Thanes won't let you go to the island."

"I have too," I said, "It's our only chance to stop Ragnarok."

"I know," Gunilla said saddened, "500 years of being a Valkyrie and now Ragnarok has arived."

"Not yet," I reminded her, "We can still stop it."

"I have to arrest you," Gunilla said, "And you won't survive and encounter with Fenrir. Even with an elf and a dwarf on your side."

"Ask for back up," I suggested, "Valhalla has back up troops right?"

"They won't help you, They believe your a traitor."

Then a small plan began to form, "Tell them we go to Fenrir's island. Let them chase us, then they can see we aren't lying about Fenrir needing to be chained again."

Gunilla face lit up, "That's brilliant."

Then her head perked up and I heard a beeping sound, it came from her watch. I frowned and gestured her to look. She shot a quick glance at me and back at her watch.

"I need to go," She told me, "The Thanes expect me to see me."

I shot her a small smile, "Well go then."

She stepped forward and gave me a small kiss before turning around and running away through the crowd.

I frowned, I was still a bit confused about my relation with Gunilla. Guess I'll figure it out after we tied up Fenrir.

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