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Chapter 301:

The Ascension was anchored away from the island as Percy and

teams Alpha and Beta used smaller row boats to reach the island.

Rocks jutted out at the shore, but the forest looked welcoming, almost

too welcoming.

"We have to be careful lads," Galen said in a low tone, "I remember

coming here with Odysseus the first time. The forest is filled with

monsters and traps laid out by the stupid Cyclops. There is also a

charm around the forest that causes everyone who enters it to become

influenced to do stupid things leading you astray or into danger. Be

careful."

Percy and the others nodded as the two teams slowly entered the

forest;

You have entered a forest!

+5 to all stats!

Percy could also feel the mana of the charm Galen was talking about,

but luckily thanks to Gamer's mind he was immune to all mental

manipulations.

"Here I think I found a way," Marc said pointing to a trail leading into the

forest. The sailor took one step onto the trail when suddenly something

burst from the ground towards Marc.

Percy however was on alert and had moved fast enough to push Marc

to the side avoiding a giant iron spike that would have otherwise

skewered him.

"Merde!" Marc exclaimed as he got back up, "it's already messing with

our heads. I was sure there was nothing there! Thanks Percy, you

saved my life there."

"Yeah no problem. But ah guys maybe I should lead," Percy said.

Galen raised an eyebrow, "and why is that?"

"I'm kind of immune to mental manipulations. It's the only reason I'm

still alive after meeting Cthulu," Percy explained making the others

remember the incident.

"Any objections?" Galen asked as no one raised their hands, "then

Percy, lead on."

Percy nodded and soon the team of sailors and demigod walked into

the forest heading towards the mountain in the center of the island. The

forest was big and filled with bugs and other type of creepy crawlies.

Luckily Percy had brave men with him and -

"-A bug!" William screamed out a he ran away from a big centipede that

was crawling up a tree.

Percy sighed, 'okay maybe not so brave….'

The forest was playing tricks on them, people were lead astray more

than once. Percy had to not only make sure nobody died but also make

sure they were going the right way. Once he caught William just as he

was about to fall into a 10 foot deep ditch.

They soon crossed a big bridge over a fast flowing river and slowly the

forest started to die out. The tree line soon went away revealing to

them a wide plain of open grass.

"There, that's the cave," Galen said pointing at the big mountain in the

center of the plains. By the side of the mountain was a large opening

which was closed by a huge rock.

Everyone walked towards it and gathered around the entrance. Percy

knocked on the stone, it was thick, maybe 40-50 feet thick.

"There is no way in hell we are getting past that," Galen said with a tsk,

"we tried it the first time we were here and we didn't even make a

scratch on the stone."

Marc raised an eyebrow, "ah, Galen you do remember who you're with

right?"

Galen looked confused, "who I'm with? I'm with you all but what does

that-"

Before Galen finished his sentence Percy turned around and activated

his Speed, Body Form and Earthquake powers. He charged up his

right hand with Body Form and Earthquake vibrations;

Body Form Activated: Right Arm

Percy drew back his hands and in a flash his fist collided with the giant

stone. Web like cracks formed around the spot of impact as they grew

bigger and bigger. The cracks didn't seem to be stopping as they soon

covered the entire stone.

Percy's first was stuck inside the stone, he pulled with all his might

which caused the stone to collapse on itself as Percy took his fist out.

"-Right...I forgot you could do that," Galen said causing everyone to

laugh at their Quarter master's expense.

Percy shook his fist, that was new. He had never really tried to add

speed to his attacks, it just didn't seem….well relevant. But just then he

realised that if he increased the velocity of the attack that would cause

the force behind his punch to increase resulting in more damage.

'Why hadn't I thought of that before?' Percy wondered looking at his

fist, 'it seems so obvious now, but…..the extra Wisdom skill.'

Percy quickly realised the reason for his new innovative thoughts,

guess the wisdom stats really are useful. Percy turned to the sailors,

"let's go kill a cyclops."

The sailors nodded but Galen spoke up, "ah Percy I don't think that's a

good idea."

Percy raised an eyebrow, "and why not?"

"Well last time we fought Polyphemus we blinded him and Poseidon

cursed us to be lost for 10 years at sea. If we actually kill him…."

Percy nodded, he got the message, his dad would be pissed….wait

Polyphemus was his brother? The thought sickened Percy to the core

but he quickly pushed it aside. Percy turned away from the cave and

formed a mist by increasing the moisture in the air. He then prayed to

Iris and called on his dad.

Poseidon's image showed up clearly in front of Percy, the god was

reading a book focused on the pages. He smiled and let out a

perverted giggle turning the pages.

'Okay….that's not creepy at all' Percy thought as he cleared his throat,

"Hey dad," Percy called up startling Poseidon.

"Percy?!" Poseidon yelled as he threw the book away and off screen

causing Percy to raise an eyebrow at the strange behavior.

"Bad time?"

"No, no, I was just ah, just doing some light reading," Poseidon said

giving a nervous chuckle, "so ah what can I do for you? Did something

happen?"

"Yeah actually, my friends are stuck in Polyphemus's island and they

are about to be eaten. So I just wanted to call you up and tell you

beforehand that I'm going to be be killing the stupid bastard."

"What?! Percy he's your brother!" Poseidon yelled out.

"Yeah, and he's right now trying to eat my friends. I would try talking to

him but something tells me he isn't really going to listen."

Poseidon sighed, "look Percy I understand your situation, but please

also understand that despite all that Polyphemus is, he is also your

brother. Please do not kill him."

Poseidon's face told Percy all he needed to know, his dad really cared

for the cyclops. Percy sighed, "okay dad. I promise I will try not to kill

him."

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Poseidon sighed, "that's all I can ask for. Oh and what's this I heard

about you picking a fight with Triton?"

"Ah sorry what was that? You're breaking up dad! I can't hear" Percy

canceled the message and sighed in relief. His dad was going to be

pissed when they actually met face to face. He turned to the sailors

and nodded, "well let's go."

They nodded and soon the group walked into the cave. It was dark and

creepy, like one would expect a cave to be. The ceiling was at least 50

feet above them with stalagmites and stalactites everywhere. There

was almost no light in here, other than the light coming from the

entrance. But then again light may not be the most important thing for a

blind cyclops.

"You know I'm surprised," Marc said, "I kind of expected Polyphemus to

come rushing out here, after all Percy did make a lot of noise breaking

the stone entrance."

"Yes he should," Galen said scratching his chin, "the only reason he

hasn't-"

"-Is because he is busy trying to eat my friends!" Percy's eyes shot up

in realisation as he activated his super speed dashing forward deeper

into the cave.

The cave was small in comparison to the mountain. Percy reached its

centre in less than a second. Standing right in the center of the cave

was a giant being that automatically drew Percy's attention. It was

bigger than a Gergosa but smaller than a Gigantic Gergosa, wearing

nothing but a filthy loin cloth and a golden cape strapped to his back.

Percy didn't even have to Observe him to know who he was;

Polyphemus, Carnivorous Sheep herder

Lv- 25

HP:2,500/2,500

MP:0/0

Race- Cyclops

Str- 62

Vit-21

Dex-2

Int-12

Wis-1

Luc-9

Polyphemus is basically your mythological equivalent of Joffrey

Baratheon, if you don't know who Joffrey is then fuck you, go

read a book. The cyclops is big, dumb and spoilt to the core. He is

arrogant and egotistical as fuck. He loves his dad, but more often

than not takes advantage of Poseidon's love for him.

Likes: Poseidon, human flesh, female cyclops

Dislikes: Odysseus, Popcorn and bad sheeps that bite

He doesn't know about Percy

He is happy he is about get married and eat human meat.

Percy bleached at the idea of Polyphemus eating his friends. Percy

then took notice of the rest of the cave. Polyphemus was standing in

front of a huge cauldron stirring the pot. There was a platform to the

side of the cave where Percy saw Grove standing in a …..white

wedding dress… what the hell?

"Please don't eat us!" Percy heard Nina's voice yell out. Percy turned

back to the cauldron, tied to a stick on top of the boiling liquid was Nina

and Annabeth. Polyphemus was slowly spinning them like meat being

heated above a fire.

"Oh shut up, you demigods are all the same!" Polyphemus yelled out

as he took a giant salt shaker sprinkling Nina with it, "there, now you

might just taste better."

"You know that really won't help!" Annabeth shouted out, "we humans

are nasty! We don't taste good at all!"

Percy knew he didn't have time to waste, Nina and Annabeth were

keeping that thing distracted, none of them even saw Percy arrive, he

had the element of surprise.

Percy wanted to kill the stupid monster for even trying to kill his friends

but he remembered his promise to his dad. Instead Percy focused on

Binding Hands;

Binding hands, Lv-Max

Allows user to bind an opponent's body making it unmovable.

Release is possible only when user deems it. Only allowed to bind

a maximum of 5 people at a time.

Time limit- none.

Cost-1000 Mana

"Yo ugly!" Percy yelled out startling everyone in the room.

"Percy?" Grover called out his voice was filled with disbelief, "PERCY!"

"Percy?" Polyphemus asked out loud as he turned to Percy. His eye

was scratched up and scathed, Percy doubted he could even make out

his silhouette with that thing.

"Hey asshole I heard your ma'mas so ugly that when she looked out

the window she got arrested for mooning!"

"What?!"

Percy backed up slowly, he needed to get the giant away from his

friends, "your mama is so ugly even hello kitty said goodbye!"

"Who the hell are you?!" Polyphemus roared as he turned away from

the cauldron stepping towards Percy.

Percy backed up some more, "your mama is so stupid she stuck a

phone up her ass to make a booty call!"

"Don't talk about my mama like that!" Polyphemus roared out charging

Percy.

The demigod just smiled and waited for the cyclops to try and trample

him. Polyphemus was right on top of him as he brought his fists down

hard.

"PERCY!" Nina cried out.

Percy waited for the possible moment before dashing away from the

attack. He ran behind Polyphemus and quickly sent out the blue

ribbons of Binding Hands to wrap around the monster. Polyphemus's

wrists were tied together with his ankles causing the cyclops to fall to

the ground unable to balance himself.

"What in the name of Poseidon is this?! I demand you let me go!"

Percy huffed, "fat chance you giant tub of lard." Percy turned and

dashed towards Nina and Annabeth and quickly untied them. He

grabbed them before they could fall into the boiling water below and

brought them back to the ground.

"Wow," Annabeth said trying to maintain her balance, "that was fast."

Percy smiled, "thanks, I have been trying to improve my speed."

"Percy!" Grover called out. Percy turned and saw Groove running to

him with arms open reaching for a hug.

Percy raised a hand and stopped the Satyr midway, "one, why are you

here, two, why are you dressed up in a fucking wedding dress and

three what the hell is that?" Percy said pointing to the giant eyeball

Grover had stuck on his forehead.

"It's a long story," Grover said sheepishly, "I suppose it all began

when-"

"-No time for a the long story Grover," Annabeth said turning to Percy,

"Percy we need to find Clarisse and Michael, he got injured badly trying

to protect us."

"Get me out of this!" Polyphemus shouted again. Percy rolled his eyes

and repositioned a blue ribbon over the cyclops's mouth shutting him

up.

Percy turned to Annabeth, "Clarisse called me, that's how I knew you

guys were in danger. But where the hell are they? I can't see them

anywhere and this cave is pretty small."

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Annabeth pointed at the walls and Percy noticed several tunnels built

there, "they are in one of those. Polyphemus was too big to go in and

try to find them, but he had us so he let them be."

Percy nodded, "Clarisse come out!" He shouted, "it's me! We have

dealt with Polyphemus!"

"Percy they aren't going to come out if you do that," Nina explained,

"Cyclops's have a very good sense of hearing and can mimic voices

perfectly. She probably thinks you are just Polyphemus trying to trick

her."

Percy raised an eyebrow, he didn't know a cyclops could do that. "Hey

Clarisse it really is me!" Percy shouted again.

"Percy-" Nina began.

"-Hey give me a second," Percy told her before shouting again, "look I'll

prove it! The last thing Michael said to me before we left our separate

ways was how he didn't want to be stuck in a boat filled with racist

zombies!"

Still nothing happened, 'well then, time to turn it up a notch.'

"Oh I get it! You don't want to come out because you actually want to

spend more time alone with Michael! I can see it now! He struggled to

breath as he whispered, 'I'm cold Clarisse, hold me closer'. You slowly

lower your defense; you sleep next to him hoping your presence will

help him heal. You snuggle close, but Michael is still cold, so you take

of your clothes and pile them up like a blanket before you press up on

each other's bodies. Skin on skin breath on breath as-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP SEA SHIT!" Clarisse's voice came out from a

cave to the right as a spear came flying through the shadows right at

Percy's head.

The demigod easily caught the spear and spun it around in his hand.

He turned to Nina, "found them."

"Damn Percy you should be a smut writer," Grover commented as the

two friends shared a laugh while Annabeth shook her head in

amusement and Nina blushed a deep shade of red.

The group of questers quickly ran towards the cave the spear came out

of and found Clarisse and Michael there. Clarisse was by Michael's

side holding a piece of cloth over a wound on Michael's shoulder. The

cloth was covered with blood, Michael's skin was a pasty white. Percy

looked at his health;

Michael's HP: 10/1,000

"Shit this is bad," Percy said as he opened up his inventory and pulled

out a medium grade potion. He went to Michael's side and slowly lifted

the boy's head up, "Michael? Michael can you hear me?"

The child of Apollo slowly opened his eyes, they were unfocused but

they turned towards Percy, "Percy? Dude is that you?"

Percy nodded, "yeah it's me" as he uncorked the potion pressing it up

against Michael's lips, "drink this up man."

Michael slowly drank the potions, his lips were parched beyond belief.

His throat could only take a little of the potion at a time. But slowly the

color returned to his face.

"His wound stopped bleeding," Clarisse exclaimed as she took off the

piece of cloth she was holding.

Percy nodded, "yeah but he's not out of the woods yet," he said as he

used blood control to take out a tiny amount of his own blood and used

it to create runes around Michael's injured shoulder. The potion had

restored 75% of his health, normally that would be enough but Percy

wasn't going to risk his friend's life.

Percy poured out 250 of his own HP along with 200 MP to full restore

Michael to his full health.

Michael's eyes slowly readjusted as he blinked away the pain. He

looked up, "thanks Percy."

The demigod of the sea smiled, "no problem man. Just don't kill

yourself any time soon okay?"

Michael smiled, "okay."

"Now that that's done," Clarisse said as she got up and grabbed her

spear that Percy laid down on the side. Electricity poured through the

tip as she pointed it at Percy, "it's time for payback asshole."

Percy took a big gulp, "Clarisse I just wanted to find you quickly and

that was the best-"

ZAP!

"Shit!" Percy exclaimed as he felt the electricity go through his whole

body. His Marble skin was still active so he only lost around 500

defense points but that still hurt.

"Stay still so I can impale you!" Clarisse shouted as she chased Percy

around the tunnel much to the amusement of everyone else.

As soon as Michael could walk again the demigods walked out of the

tunnel and to the main cave where they found the crew standing there

taking turns drawing dicks on Polyphemus' face and body.

"We got company you guys!" Clarisse said as all the demigods quickly

readied their weapons for a fight, everyone except Percy and Grover,

the former because he knew the crew were on their side the latter

because he had no weapons and chose to promptly scream and

pretend to faint.

"Relax guys they're with me," Percy said stepping forward, "this is the

crew I sailed with to finish my quest."

The demigods glared at the sailors who had finally noticed Percy and

the other campers. "You sure they are trustable?" Annabeth asked

looking at the sailors.

Percy nodded, "I trust them with my life. Heck they saved my life once."

The demigods nodded and slowly put away their weapons.

"Ah Percy you found your friends I see," Galen commented giving the

demigods a big smile, "hello kids, I'm Galen the Quartermaster of The

Ascension."

Annabeth raised an eyebrow, that name sounded familiar to her.

"These are the guys you sailed with Percy?" Michael asked with his jaw

wide in surprise. Percy smiled and nodded, "so not fair! What the fuck

man! I got stuck with racist zombies and you got stuck with what looks

like the bloody A-team!"

"Oh shut up," Percy said smiling, "the reason I got the A-team and you

got zombies was because I got the tougher quest and I needed the

extra help."

"Odysseus!," Annabeth suddenly shouted out drawing everyone's

attention to her, "that's your captain right? Odysseus? You called

yourself the Quartermaster meaning you must have a captain above

you."

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Galen smiled, "Aye lass you are right. Judging by your eyes and your

sharp brain I would guess you are a daughter of Athena yes?"

Annabeth blushed at the compliment and nodded. Percy smiled when

suddenly a thought hit him.

"Shit we forgot about Odysseus!" Percy shouted causing the entire

crew to go into panic.

Grover sighed, "it's like you always forget about people Percy. Last

year you left me in LA this year you forgot about Odysseus."

"I didn't forget!" Percy yelled out opening his inventory, "I just pushed

the memory aside until I needed it again. Okay so where is this fucking

golden fleece I have heard so much about?"

"Right here," Marc said as two sailors went on top of Polyphemus and

removed the golden fleece bringing it towards Percy.

"That's the golden fleece?" Percy said looking at the stretched piece of

cloth. It glowed gold and with a pure golden aura that drew Percy to it.

"It's amazing," Nina said as it drew the attention of everyone present.

"Okay," Percy said drawing everyone's attention, "time to get to work."

He slowly reached into his inventory and slowly and carefully pulled out

Odysseus. Everyone gathered there looked at the man. The crew

members could see their captain still breathing but just barely. The

spike was still partially inside him, Percy gripped the end and pulled it

out.

"AHH!" Odysseus roared out in pain as he blinked his eyes open, "w-

what-"

"Shh, don't talk," Percy said as he grabbed the fleece and wrapped

Odysseus up in the golden cloth. Slowly color came back to his face as

the fleece glowed brighter and brighter. Percy used his observation skill

on the fleece;

Golden Fleece;

This enchanted piece of cloth has the ability to heal any living

being be it monster, man or plant. Even if the being is on the

verge of death the fleece can bring them back to perfect health,

destroying anything that causes the being to not be in perfect

health.

Percy was beyond amazed at the power of the fleece, it could bring

back anyone from the brink of death. Percy looked at Odysseus and

found that the man was no longer poisoned; Janai'ngo's venom had

been flushed out. The Greek Hero's health was being regenerated at a

rate of 5% per minute.

'Maybe….' Percy thought out as he opened his inventory and pulled

out the loot item he got before, the power mimicker;

Power Mimicker,

It has the ability to copy a certain skill possessed from any being

or object and give the user the same ability.

Note: This will only grant the skill, not the proficiency of the skill.

Meaning all skills gained through this object will start at '1'

'Well it does say skill from objects as well,' Percy thought out.

"Ah Percy what is that?" Michael asked pointing to the small golden

ball.

"Just an experiment," Percy replied as he pressed the small walnut

sized object up against the Golden Fleece. The ball glowed brighter

and then;

Ping!

The power of 'Healing' has been granted to the Power Mimicker!

Are you sure this is what you want?

YES/NO

Percy pressed yes without hesitation and the small golden ball

disappeared into dust which then floated over to Percy's body fusing

with him;

Ping!

You have gained a new skill!

Healing, Lv- 1 (0%)

Allows the user to heal any disease or ailments affecting himself

or others.

Limit- 1 ailment per use.

Cost- 500 MP

"Wow," Percy said reading his new skill. It was stronger and better than

the healing runes he always used, plus it was not that costly.

"Percy what happened? What was that thing?" Annabeth asked

worried.

"It's nothing," Percy waved it off closing the skill box, "the small ball

was supposed to help in healing, I just wanted to use it on Odysseus.

"But it went into you."

Percy nodded, "yeah it kind of backfired there."

Lie successful!

Annabeth looked suspicious but accepted the explanation. "Percy why

exactly was Odysseus injured?" Michael asked.

"Oh, it's kind of a long story. Let's talk over there" Percy said as he got

up and walked away from Odysseus allowing the sailors to gather

around their captain, waiting for him to be fully healed. Percy and the

other demigods, plus Grover, walked away from the group giving them

some personal space.

"So what happened?" Annabeth asked they all sat around in a circle.

"First things first," Percy said as he opened up his inventory taking out

several plates filled with food, "fresh food straight from camp. I put it in

my inventory so it's still hot."

Percy gave his friends each a plate, they had been looking tired and

used up. Percy may not need to eat any more but that didn't mean he

didn't understand hunger.

"So, what happened to you?" Nina asked as they all ate their hot camp

cooked meals.

Percy then began to explain to his friends what had happened to him

after they left. He told them about how he travelled to save the

Ascension from the giant octopus Dave, how he met Odysseus himself

and how he got along with the crew. He then spoke about how he

managed to save Mera from an underwater monster that wanted to

fight Triton. He didn't tell them it was a Great Old One because, well he

already got plenty of people pissed at him for that.

He then spoke about Nassau and meeting Elsa's team. Annabeth and

Clarisse cringed remembering those three, it hadn't been a pleasant

fight. But after Percy told them how they wanted to get Argo too and

how Argo had experimented on Elsa, they started to like the three

member team. He then told them about how he and the crew basically

collapsed the entire base on top of the creepy scientist's head before

traveling here to save their asses.

"I still can't believe Gergosas are people," Annabeth said in a low tone

of voice, "but it does make sense." She turned to Clarisse, "remember

that warehouse we ran into?"

"You mean the one which looked like it was abandoned in a hurry?"

Clarisse asked.

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Annabeth nodded, "yeah. Argo must have transformed the first batch of

Gergosas using the people there. The clues were right there in front of

our eyes and yet we didn't see them!"

Percy patted Annabeth, "don't be too hard on yourself Annabeth, it's

not your fault." The demigods nodded and soon silence fell. "So, you

guys never did tell me about what happened to you."

"Right," Grover said as a smile came on his face, "well I suppose that it

starts with me first."

Percy nodded, "right...so why the wedding dress?"

Grover smiled sheepishly and rubbed his neck, "well it's kinda my fault

really. You see during my search for Pan I kind of got attracted to the

scent of the Golden Fleece."

Percy raised an eyebrow, "attracted?"

"The Fleece is like a beacon for nature spirits," Nina explained, "most

of them can feel it even across the Atlantic."

"And Polyphemus knows that," Grover said, "he used it to lure me into

a trap and tried to eat me back in Saint Augustine. I went and hid inside

a bridal dressing shop and tried to change my scent by changing

clothes hence the ah, garments," Grover said pointing at his clothes.

"Why didn't you call for help?" Percy asked surprised.

"I did try," Grover explained, "I tried to form an Empathy link with you,

but I couldn't. Somehow something was blocking my attempts."

"Empathy link?"

"It's a type of magic Satyrs can do," Grover explained, "we from a

connection with people that are close to us, like really close and then

send messages to them via dreams. I tried to form one with you

but….well I couldn't. It was like trying to break down a metal wall using

a piece of string."

Percy nodded, the reason Grover's Empathy link didn't work was

probably because of his Gamer's mind. And the reason he didn't get

dreams was because….he never got dreams. Not since getting his

powers Percy hadn't had one single dream. 'Why am I just realising this

now?'

"Percy you okay?" Nina asked snapping Percy's attention back to

them.

"R-right, sorry. Anyway what happened next?"

"Well I then got caught by Polyphemus but the stupid cyclops thought I

was a female cyclops because of the dress and took me back to his

cave to marry me."

Clarisse snickered, "you two would have made an excellent couple."

"Like you and Michael?" Grover sneered causing everyone to laugh

while the two in question blushed. "Anyway so I got stuck in here, hell I

thought I was actually going to have to marry him when suddenly you

guys arrived and tried to save me. That didn't go so well, but then

everything worked out for the best."

Percy nodded and then turned to Annabeth and his other friends, "what

happened with you guys."

The group all groaned at once and began their story. After leaving

Percy they sailed right into the sea of monsters. They quickly ran into

trouble in the form of Scylla and Charybdis which pretty much tore the

ship into pieces. After sailing in dead water for a few hours they came

upon an island called C.C's Spa and Resort.

The questers were happy to get help as the island was filled to the brim

with beautiful women, something Michael liked a lot. The moment they

landed the girls were escorted to get a free makeover while Michael

was turned into a guinea pig by Circe.

"Circe?!" Odysseus yelled out, "you all met Circe and lived?!"

Annabeth shrugged, "kind of yeah."

"Please tell me you broke her nose or something," Odysseus asked.

"We transformed every male she had captured on her island back into

human and when they were distracted we kind of snuck away."

"But it did piss her off yes?"

"Yup."

"Good girl."

Percy smiled, "he doesn't like her much."

Annabeth nodded and continued on with her story. After that incident

the questers stole a boat and sailed forward, they met and thankfully

avoided the Sirens, and managed to land on Polyphemus's island just

this morning.

They tried to save Grover but failed. Michael was injured and Nina and

Annabeth were captured. And the rest was history.

Percy sighed in relief, "Sounds like you guys had one hell of an

adventure."

Everyone nodded, they looked tired but happy that it was finally over.

They soon got up and walked over to Odysseus who was also back on

his feet.

"This certainly is one hell of a carpet rug," he said giving the fleece to

Percy, "thanks kid, for saving my life."

Percy smiled as he took the fleece and put into his inventory for safe

keeping, "thanks Odysseus. Oh, and I think I have something that

belongs to you."

Percy reached into his inventory and pulled out Yew's Breath. He

presented the blade to Odysseus who smiled.

"My men told me you did amazing things with this blade," he said

touching the metal, "you probably used it a lot more than I ever did."

Percy nodded, "yeah, it saved my life."

Odysseus smiled, "you want it don't you."

Percy blushed but nodded slowly, "yeah it's kind of awesome."

"Well then," Odysseus began, "make your own."

Percy blinked, "huh?"

Odysseus snatched the blade and hugged it tightly, "you think I'm going

to give you my blade?! Fuck that! It's my baby! My precious!"

Percy and the others blinked at the captain's behavior as the sailors

simply laughed it off.

"Don't mind him," Galen said wiping his tears, "he's always been

fiercely possessive of that blade. In fact when we met Tolkien he got

inspired by Odysseus' behavior with the blade and based a book

around it. Smeagol, I think, or was it Gollum? I never was good at

names."

Percy chuckled; he could see how Odysseus could have inspired such

a character. 'Wait… did he just kiss the handle? Okay I am never

touching that blade again.'

Soon everyone got ready as the all made their way out of the cave.

"Hey Percy what about the big spoilt brat?" Michael said pointing at

Polyphemus.

Percy sighed, "I'll release him from his bonds after we leave the island.

Let's go, the further I get away from this embarrassment of a son of

Poseidon the better."

Chapter 306:

The demigods nodded, they really couldn't understand how that thing

and Percy could ever be related.

They made their way off the island, Percy again worked over time in

the forest to make sure no one died, and quickly they reached the

beach.

Percy snapped his fingers causing the binding hands spell he used on

Polyphemus to break, "I just released the cyclops," he said.

"You sure that was a good idea?" Michael asked.

Percy shrugged, "I don't see why not."

"THIEVES!"

Percy gulped, "maybe we should hurry up and leave."

"I didn't know you guys came in two boats," Nina said as she looked at

the sea, "kind of Elsevier don't you think?"

"Two? But there was only one," Percy commented as he activated his

8.0 eyesight looking for the Ascension. It was easy to spot and right

behind it there was another boat The second boat was state of the art

and looked more stylish when compared to the Ascension. Percy

focused and found that a name printed on the side, 'Princess

Andromeda'.

"That's not ours," Galen said narrowing his eyes, "it's not something I

recognize at all."

"It looks pretty cool though," Percy commented deactivating his eyes.

He and the other were about to get onto their rowing boats when

suddenly;

Warning! Behind you!

Percy immediately activate his super speed. He drew out Riptide in a

flash and summoned a big ball of water from the sea before turning

around to face the enemy.

"Wow Percy what's with the fancy moves?!" Grover asked shocked.

"We're not alone," Percy said narrowing his eyes and activating his

special eyes again. He looked through the forest for any signs of

moment when suddenly a huge figure walked out from the shadows of

the trees.

"Your reflexes have gotten better demigod," his voice was deep and

loud, Percy recognized it right away.

"Hyperion," Percy growled out through clenched teeth. Annabeth was

shaking, this was the same titan that had killed her. She was scared

and Percy could feel her fear. Everyone quickly armed themselves

while Hyperion started to glow brighter and brighter until his body was

covered in flames again.

"I went through all that trouble to hide my presence to sneak up on you

and it was all for nothing," Hyperion said as he drew his blade using his

left hand, his right one still a stump.

"So I'm guessing the ship is yours?" Percy asked as he stepped

forward in front of the group, Hyperion probably wanted to fight him, if

so maybe he could take the fight elsewhere to avoid harming his

friends.

"Indeed, though I don't like traveling by sea, I prefer the sky," Hyperion

covering his blade with flames.

"So what do you want? A rematch?"

"Tempting, tempting," Hyperion said smiling, "but not now. A rematch

would be going against my King's orders."

"I didn't realise you were someone's bitch Hyperion," Percy taunted but

the Titan didn't fall for it.

"Enough talk, surrender at once and I will not harm you all," Hyperion

said turning from Percy to the others, "resist" he smiled sadistically,

"and you will all be killed."

Odysseus snorted as he drew his blade, "you may be a Titan but you

are still one, we are many."

"Last time I checked we outnumbered you," Michael said as he drew

his bow string back knocking an arrow.

"Really? Count again," Hyperion said strapping his leg on the ground

causing a huge shock wave and breaking the stones underneath.

Suddenly the forest came alive in front of them. Slowly the trees parted

ways as several new figures revealed themselves.

Percy didn't know where to look, there were so many of them all over

the place. It was an entire army of animals each armored and looking

like semi humans. There were hundreds of them, lions and rhinos with

metal along their horns to be used as a weapon. Percy remembered

the bears he fought back in Largo's lair, the Upgraded Bears. Argo

must have made an entire army of them for the Titans.

Hyperion smirked, "what do you think?"

Percy glared, "I think that an army of losers still won't make you a

winner."

The Titan threw up his head and laughed, "you know I said the exact

same thing! But the point is, they may be weak, but there are enough

of them for you all."

Marc walked up with his sword and pistol drawn, "we can take them."

Tung!

An arrow flew across the air sailing towards Marc's eyes. Percy used

his super speed and caught the arrow before it hit the frenchman.

"Fuck!" Marc yelled out in surprise as he landed on back, "where did

that come from."

"There," Percy threw the arrow to the side pointing at the top of the

trees which were filled with monkeys wearing archer gear with arrows

pointed at them all.

"You can probably survive this Jackson," Hyperion stated, "heck you

could probably kill this pathetic army in minutes. But how many of your

friends will die in the process?"

Percy gritted his teeth, he knew the answer already. He put his weapon

down and lifted his hands up, "I surrender."

"Percy-" Clarisse began to protest when Percy threw her a glare

shutting her up.

Hyperion smiled, "I knew you would see to reason." The titan walked

up to Percy and looked down at the demigod. He smiled, drew back his

fist and punched Percy across the back of the head hard enough to

knock him out.

Some time later;

Percy's eyes slowly opened up to see a notification in front of him;

You were knocked out!

Defence - 134,000

Percy sighed, at least his defense was still holding on strong. Percy

shook the feeling of numbness from his head and looked down to find

himself kneeling on a hard wooden floor.

'Well fuck,' Percy cursed as he lifted his head up only to find a big

weight around his neck. Percy looked down and a saw a giant golden

metal collar around his neck. There were four chains with one end on

the collar and one end bolted to the ground. Percy's hands were locked

behind his back with cuffs and his legs were strapped down to the

ground.

Chapter 307:

"I'm liking this less and less by the minute," Percy muttered.

"Percy? You're awake!" Percy heard Michael's voice from behind him.

"Michael? Are you okay? Where are the others?" Percy tried to turn but

couldn't. He was facing a metal door but the cell extended behind him

as well.

"We're fine Percy," Clarisse spoke out, "we are all fine, well Grover is

still knocked out. He kind of fainted when you were knocked out."

"After Hyperion knocked you out he took us all prisoners," Percy heard

Nina say, "he handcuffed us up and threw us in here. However you

were special, so he put you into….well that."

Percy pulled on his chains as he tried to get up, not only were the

straps holding his legs down powerful but so were the chains. Percy

cursed under his breath, "shit, where is everyone else?"

"The crew are being detained in their own boat with Odysseus locked

in his quarters," Michael explained, "from what information I managed

to eavesdrop on it seems they are taking us back to the island for

something."

"Then why haven't they done it yet?"

"Because they are waiting for sunset," Annabeth explained, "they don't

want Apollo to catch wind of this and tonight is a lunar eclipse so

Artemis will not be able to spy on them."

"So they are keep us alive for something, but what?"

But before they could answer any more questions the door to their cells

creaked open. Percy turned his eyes to the door and a tall blonde

haired man stepped through. He wore a dark blue cape over a greek

style armor with an hourglass emblem etched into both.

"Luke," Percy growled out as he tried to move pushing his body

forward only to have the straps jerk him back causing him to hit the

ground.

"You really shouldn't have done that Percy," Luke said as two black

bears came into the room behind him closing the door, "those chains

have been made especially with you in mind by Argo himself."

"Yeah well that fucker is dead now," Percy said as he tried to control

the moisture in the air to form a water blade to attack Luke only to find

that his mana was being blocked. Percy couldn't understand it, it was

like something was there making sure he didn't' have access to his

powers, blocking his mana from leaving his body.

"I told you they are specially made for you," Luke said as he tapped on

the metal collar, "a mix of imperial gold and iron, very powerful. It's

nearly unbreakable and added to that is an enhancement to block all

magic being sent outside your body."

Percy gritted his teeth, 'okay so I can't go outside, what about inside?'

Percy activated his Body Form perk and used it on his whole body.

Percy's entire muscular structure started to bulge out as a glow of

green surrounded him. Percy tried to break out of the cuff's using pure

strength but to no avail.

"I told you, unbreakable," Luke said as he turned his sights behind

Percy, "hey Annabeth, Clarisse, Michael."

"Yo traitor," Michael said with what Percy imagined a smile, "fancy

seeing you here."

"Luke why are you still with them?" Annabeth asked in a pleading tone,

"you're fighting a battle nobody wants."

"I know Annabeth," Luke said lowering his eyes in regret, "I know. But I

have made my choice, I want vengeance beyond anything else."

"You really haven't changed have you?" Percy said in a harsh tone,

"always going on about yourself. Tell me Luke, who is it? Who is the

spy you have working inside our camp?"

Luke turned away from the others and looked at Percy, "if I tell you

their life will be in danger."

"Considering they are the reason the entire camp is in danger I think

people won't be in a forgiving mood."

Luke bent down in front of Percy, "I didn't come here to talk Percy, I

ca-"

"Didn't come here to talk? Please that's all you care for. You know who

you sound like? Hermes. Gods that god could-"

Slap!

Luke slapped Percy across the face cutting him off, "don't you dare

compare me to him. I am nothing like him!"

Percy smiled despite the red mark on his cheek, "sure you're not."

"I didn't come here for this," Luke snapped looking serious, "I came

here to get the Golden Fleece."

"Well go ahead, I think that half brother of mine still uses it as a loin

cloth."

"We know you have it Percy," Luke narrowed his eyes at the boy, "and

we know you are keeping it in your pocket dimension."

Percy smiled, "well let's say I do have it, not that I do, why would I ever

give it to you?"

Luke stood up and drew a celestial bronze blade, "simple, for every

hour you don't give me the fleece I will kill one of your friends."

"They were your friends too Luke," Percy said with narrowed eyes, "I

know you. You don't kill demigods. You would never do that."

Luke narrowed his eyes, "true, but I have my orders."

Percy growled, "you are the worst type of creature in this world Luke. A

traitor to your own kind and family."

"So who's it going to be first Percy?" Luke continued ignoring the

threat, "Annabeth? Michael? Or how about the blonde daughter of the

ugly god?"

"Luke you don't' want to do this!"

"Nina was it? Pretty name for such a pretty face," Luke said as he took

a step forward. Percy could hear the ring of the blade as Luke slowly

lifted it up into the air. He stopped, the blade was raised even higher,

Percy could hear the leather grip crackle as Luke tightened his grip

and-

"OKAY!" Percy yelled out, "OKAY I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU!"

Luke lowered the blade, "I knew you would see reason," he then

walked back towards Percy, "give it."

Percy opened his inventory, "I need to use my hands to pull it out."

Luke narrowed his eyes, "no, just direct me and I'll do it."

Percy shook his head, "no, it doesn't work like that. I am the only one

who can access it."

Luke groaned, "well… you have your mouth don't you?" Percy blinked,

"use it for something useful instead of always talking so much."

"Bu-but I'm not even sure that-"

"-Do it Percy!" Luke said raising his sword, "or do I have to threaten

another one of your friends again?"

"No! No Luke, you don't," Percy turned to his inventory and pushed his

head into it. He thought of selecting the Golden Fleece and opened his

mouth to feel with his tongue. Suddenly it touched something warm

and fluffy. Percy reached deeper inside and caught the object around

his teeth and pulled removing the Fleece out of his inventory.

Chapter 308:

Luke reached down and pulled the Fleece out of Percy's mouth, "good

doggy."

"You're not going to get away with this Luke!" Michael shouted out as

Luke promptly ignored him turning towards one of his guards.

"Give the Fleece to Hyperion," Luke said as both the bears bowed and

left the room. Luke went to the door but instead of leaving he closed it

shut. Luke turned to Percy, "do you remember the offer I made last

summer? The one right after the Gergosa attack?"

Percy looked up at Luke and nodded, "yeah, what about it." Percy

remembered the small crescent moon device Luke had slipped into his

pocket to try and convince Percy he wanted to help him and camp

again. Percy had shot Luke down hard, he didn't trust the demigod

then and not certainly now.

"You didn't trust me then, you said you didn't trust me," Luke said

looking sad.

"Yeah, I did, what about it."

"You were right. You had no reason to trust me back then," Luke said

turning to the door, "but tonight I'll give you a reason to trust me." And

with that Luke opened the door and left leaving Percy surprised and

the rest confused.

"Percy what the hell was he talking about?" Michael asked.

"Nothing...it's nothing," Percy said as he began to think, 'is he serious?

Does he really want to be on our side by betraying them? They why did

act like that before? He freaking threatened to kill Nina! Maybe he was

putting on a show….those bears! He wanted to make sure no one

suspects him, maybe he is on our side.'

"Percy," Annabeth called drawing Percy out of his thoughts, "what did

Luke mean by that?"

Percy sighed, "he….he. Sigh why is it always me? Last year, right after

our first meeting with those Gergosas Luke messaged me and told me

that he wanted to become a spy for us against the Titans."

""And what did you say?" Nina asked.

Percy sighed, "no. I said no."

"What?!" Clarisse shouted, "and your telling us this now?!"

"Because back then you guys would have shut down the idea too,"

Percy said, "or have you forgotten it was because of him you nearly

died and Annabeth nearly became lunch?"

Clarisse growled but didn't' speak.

"Percy we could have helped Luke, we could have gotten him out of

danger and back with us," Annabeth said causing Percy to feel guilty.

"I know Annabeth, but I didn't trust him. Tell me would any of you?"

No one answered, no one. Silence rained on for a few moments before

Annabeth spoke up again, "it wasn't your decision to make Percy."

"Yes it was, he came to me, not you. So it was my choice to make."

"You should have told us Percy."

"Okay fine, tell me what would you have done huh? Tell me what would

you have said to him!?"

"That's not the point!" Annabeth yelled, "the point is that you didn't trust

us, you didn't think we deserved to know!"

"You know what maybe we should talk about this later when we aren't

prisoners," Michael said.

Percy clicked his teeth but remained silent as did Annabeth. They didn't

speak to each other, no one did.

'Why don't they get it? It's not my fault!' Percy told himself, 'how the hell

was I supposed to trust Luke after the shit he pulled?'

Percy shook his head clear of such thoughts, a problem for a later

time. Right now he needed to find a way out of here. Percy cleared his

mind and thought back to the file that contained all the information Argo

had collected on him.

If what Luke had told him was true that mean Argo built these chains

based upon the information he had on Percy back then. So the only

way Percy could escape is by using something Argo didn't know about.

'Ice control? No, I can't throw out any type of mana. Something in my

inventory?...no, nothing useful.' But just then it hit him, 'he didn't know

about my gem.'

Argo didn't know about the crystal in Percy's forehead, when he made

this he still though Percy used the gauntlet. Percy poured his mana into

the gem in his forehead, he could feel the crystal activate.

Percy summoned Marcia as smoke poured out of the crystal taking

shape of the giant wolf in front of Percy.

Marcia looked down and smiled, "oh this must be a dream. You

kneeling before me like that, oh god thank you!"

Percy sighed, "great, this just got more embarrassing."

"Percy how did you do that?" Michael asked surprised.

"I got a new upgrade to my crystal that Argo didn't know about," Percy

looked at Marcia, "can you get these things off of me?"

The wolf looked at the chains and then to the cuffs and shook her

head, "no, it's made out of imperial gold, I don't think I can.."

"Why don't you try and summon one of your other monsters?" Clarisse

suggested, "like that big red one with super strength."

Percy sighed, "I can't, I left him at camp to protect it."

"And I doubt the Goblin king of the Damned Knight could as well

seeing as they are just at average strength," Marcia explained

before turning to the other demigods, "but I can break their cuffs."

Percy nodded, "okay do it-"

"-No way,' Nina said stopping Percy mid sentence, "like hell we are just

going to leave you here by yourself."

"Yeah, ain't gonna leave you Percy," Michael said in a reassuring voice,

"we'll find a way to get out of this together."

"Guys there is no time," Percy snapped, "Marcia do it."

The Wolf nodded and went towards the demigods.

"Percy this is no time to play the martyr!" Clarisse shouted out as

Marcia broke Nina's cuffs open.

"I'm not playing the martyr Clarisse," Percy said as another pair of cuffs

broke, "you guys need to get out of here. Get onboard the Ascension

and free Odysseus and his crew. The Titans are planning something

big, you guys heard it yourselves. You need to try and stop it."

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Annabeth walked in front of Percy glaring at him, "are you sure you're

okay with this?"

Percy nodded, "if what Luke said is true then he wants to help me

escape anyway, I'll be fine."

"Oh so now you're going to trust Luke?"

"I don't exactly have a choice do I?"

"Guys stop fighting!" Michael shouted as he and the rest of them

walked in front of Percy along with Marcia.

"He's right," Percy said looking at Annabeth, "we can settle this later."

Percy closed his eyes and focused on the gem summoning Timmy and

Craig. The two appeared in front of Percy next to the demigod and

bowed, "master."

"Okay you two listen, you both and Marcia get these guys out of here

and onto the Ascension. Listen to what they tell you do your best to be

a pain in the ass for the Titans."

The three servants nodded. Marcia walked forward and licked Percy's

face, "I'll make sure they come back for you Percy."

Percy smiled, "I know you will. By the way Timmy I want you to carry

Grover out," Percy said pointing to the unconscious Satyr.

The Goblin King nodded and picked up Grover swinging him over his

shoulder, "got it boss."

Percy nodded, "now go all of you!"

The wolf turned around and sent a blast of darkness at the jail door

breaking it open. Timmy and Craig walked out first followed by the

demigods with Marcia being the last one out.

Percy couldn't see what was going on but he could hear several people

shouting out. From what he could hear it seemed like the group were

spotted pretty quickly. Percy looked at the view from outside the cell

and saw the sea, he realised he still must be in the Princess

Andromeda.

The entire ship was in disarray, Percy could feel the rumble of feet all

along the ship. And then suddenly silence. Percy smiled, they had

managed to get away. Slowly a cloud of smoke entered the cell and

entered Percy's crystal, it seemed Craig had been defeated.

Percy sighed and bent down lower, the only thing to do now was to

wait.

5 minutes later,

"How did you do it?" Hyperion growled out.

Percy smiled, "do it? Do what? Your mother?"

"Shut up!" Hyperion shouted as he smacked Percy across the face.

Defence - 124,000

Percy smiled as he spat out a wad of blood. "Is that the best you can

do?"

Hyperion raised his hand to slap Percy once again only for Luke to

step in front of Percy, "get away from him demigod."

Luke glared at the titan, "Lord Kronos said he wanted him alive. You

keep hitting him like that he won't be."

"You saw what he did! If he somehow manages to escape-"

"He won't."

"And how do you know that?"

Luke turned around and faced a kneeling Percy, "because if he could

have he would have done it already," Luke swung his leg and kicked

Percy across the face.

Defence - 123,980

Percy smirked, "I didn't even feel that."

Luke narrowed his eyes but said nothing. He turned to Hyperion, "let's

go, our time is wasted here. We have to be ready for tonight."

The titan grumbled but nodded, "come, we have lots to do."

Luke nodded as the Titan turned and walked away leaving Luke alone

with Percy. Luke turned, "are they safe?"

"Yeah," Percy responded.

"You don't trust me so I won't bother asking where they are. But will

they try and rescue you?"

Percy looked at Luke for a few second before nodding.

"Good," Luke said walking away, "they managed to free Odysseus and

his crew before sailing away faster than we could catch up to them."

Percy smiled, Triton's blessing must have still been in effect, "good,

that's good."

Luke nodded, "one hour, the event will start in one hour."

"What event?"

Luke was about to answer when a gorilla in a pink set of armor walked

in to inform him of a meeting. Luke nodded to the gorilla and turned to

Percy, "you will see soon enough."

Percy sighed and lowered his head as once again he was alone.

After his one hour of solitude Percy was moved to out of the cell. They

removed the straps on his legs and pulled him out of the cell and on

the deck of the ship. The four chains around the collar on his neck

were held by four Upgraded Gorillas, in case Percy tried to resist they

could drag him forward with pure strength.

Percy was taken off the ship and onto a boat which took him back to

Polyphemus's island. They crossed the forest without incident, being

animals themselves the gorillas must not be affected by the forest's

spells.

Soon they arrived at the plains in front of Polyphemus's cave only this

time it wasn't empty. Lights poles were strung up all around, there was

no moonlight to be found. And in front of the cave was a giant chest,

bigger than Percy and around 10 feet wide. It was covered with the

marble carvings of Titans battling the gods along the side and the top

had a wicked sickle on it.

Percy immediately understood what was going on, he didn't believe it,

but he understood it. They were trying to bring back Kronos using the

Golden fleece. Percy doubted the thing had that much power, but at

the same time fear took over Percy's heart, fear that the biggest threat

to Greek myth would be soon be brought back from the dead, and that

it was all his fault.

Luke and Hyperion stepped out of the cave, Polyphemus was being

dragged outside by Hyperion. They walked forward and stood in front

of the giant chest, Hyperion threw the unconscious body of

Polyphemus to the side next to Percy.

"Ah, the guest of honor has arrived," Hyperion said smiling, "do you

know why you're here? Have you figured it out yet?"

Percy narrowed his eyes, "you can't bring him back."

Hyperion smiled, "that's what you think." He touched the chest carefully

and smiled, "the Gods were thorough while destroying their own father.

They cut him up into so many little pieces that we barely found half of

him."

Percy smirked, "way to go dad."

Hyperion glared at Percy and walked forward to try and hit him only for

Luke to beat him to it by kicking Percy across the face before smashing

his leg on top of his head pushing the son of Poseidon into the ground

with his boot.