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Chapter 310:
"You will not speak of Lord Kronos like that," Luke said as he shoved
Percy into the ground harder before bending over and lifting his head
up by the hair, "do you understand?"
Percy glared at Luke, "why don't you go suck Hyperion's cock?"
Luke's eyes narrowed in anger as he pushed Percy across the face
before taking out a roll of duct tape and sealing Percy's mouth shut,
"keep you mouth closed, or else."
Hyperion threw back his head and laughed, "There's loyalty for you!
Kid you have balls," the Titan patted Luke on the shoulder, "when we
take over you can have any city you want, except New York that is."
Luke bowed, "you are too kind lord Hyperion."
Percy glared at them but said nothing. Inside however he was smiling.
When Luke pressed the duct tape against Percy's mouth he had
slipped in a small golden key, the key to Percy's collar and cuffs.
Percy moved the key across his mouth and pressed it up isn't the tape,
pushing it outwards until the tape became loose. Now all that Percy
had to do was to wait for them to be distracted.
Hyperion stood up in front of the chest as Luke handed him the Golden
Fleece. The Titan placed the Fleece on the chest and slowly the thing
glowed brightly. Hyperion smirked and turned to several gorillas
guarding Polyphemus, "bring him here."
The gorrilas nodded and dragged the unconscious cyclops over to the
Titan. Hyperion sneered, "He should be awake for this."
The Titan reached down and grabbed the Cyclops by the head and
lifted him up. He smashed the Cyclops against the chest again and
again until Polyphemus woke up screaming.
"Who are you people?! Where am I?" Asked the blind son of Poseidon.
"HMMM!" Percy shouted through the duct tape, "HMM!"
Hyperion raised Polyphemus up into the air with one hand, Luke slowly
slid the chest's top to the side and Hyperion lowered the cyclops over
the chest.
"Please let me go!" The cyclops cried out as he struggled to loosen
Hyperion's' grip on his neck, "I promise I won't eat any more humans!"
Hyperion smiled, "Luke, get out your blade."
Luke nodded and took his blade out before placing it under
Polyphemus's neck.
"HMMMM! HM!" Percy tired to yell out to them, to find out why they
were doing this.
Hyperion looked up and smiled his sadistic smile, "you were right boy,
we didn't have enough pieces of him to completely reform him. But with
the death of this useless crybaby," he then slowly moved Polyphemus's
neck along the blade cutting it open causing the cyclops to bleed out
onto the chest.
As soon as the body was drained of all blood Hyperion threw the body
into the chest closing it shut again.
"HMMM!" Percy cried out as slowly the Golden Fleece grew brighter
and brighter.
Hyperion turned to Percy, "he was your brother wasn't he? Oh well,
what's done is done. Now be witness to his rise! The Rise of Kronos!
Father of Time, the one who will destroy the Gods and rule the world
once more!"
The chest now started to glow as well. Percy could feel mana flow out
of the chest, he could feel something being born inside of that thing.
"Charge!" Percy heard the voice of Marcia roar out as suddenly the
forest exploded in motion. The crew of Odysseus came out yelling with
their weapons drawn tackling all the upgraded animals in the area.
"What's going on here?!" Hyperion shouted out in blind panic.
Percy got up, his gorilla guards were distracted now. Percy spun
around causing his chains to fall out of the gorilla's grips. Before they
even understood what was going on Percy activated his Super speed
and zoomed off towards the pirates.
Percy quickly found Michael in the midst of all this confusion. He was
holding back and firing arrows at any possible targets. Percy appeared
in front of him startling the demigod.
"Percy?! Did they gag you?" Michael asked in horror.
"HMMM!" Percy yelled out.
"Oh, right!" Michael pulled the duct tape off in one flick of the wrist.
"OW!" Percy yelled out.
"Did Luke give you the key?" Michael asked. Percy nodded and spat
the key out. Michael grabbed it and quickly unlocked the collar around
Percy's neck and the cuffs around Percy's hands.
"I think I got a neck cramp," Percy said as he stretched his body out for
the first time in hours. He quickly picked up his collar and cuffs and
threw them into his inventory, after all anything which was able to hold
him would definitely be useful in the future.
"Everyone it's time to go!" Michael shouted out as all the sailors of
Odysseus moved back to a clearing in the forest they had made
beforehand.
"Michael you go on ahead," Percy said turning to the cave, "I need to
stop this from happening."
"Percy-" Michael started only for Percy to vanish in a blur of speed.
Michael sighed, "asshole."
Percy ran towards the chest and reached out for the Golden Fleece.
Just as he was about to grab it a hand grabbed his and threw him
aside.
Percy landed on his feet and looked up to see Hyperion standing there
with a smile on his face, "now I end you."
Percy narrowed his eyes, "I don't' have time to deal with you!" Percy
activated his Speed demon perk, Body Form and Earthquake control.
He first activated his Binding hands spells causing blue ribbons to fly
out from Percy's hands and tie themselves around Hyperion.
"You think ribbons can stop me?!" Hyperion's roared out as he covered
himself with fire burning off the ribbons. Just as the flames cleared
Hyperion saw Percy raising him. His eyes went wide in surprise, but
before he could even do anything Percy punched Hyperion.
Hyperion's eyes popped open as his mouth flew. His skin was slowly
turning purple in pain as his entire body started to shake. Percy drew
his hand back allowing Hyperion to slowly cover his groin and fall down
into the fetal position;
Attack - 900 (Earthquake) X 5 (Body Form) = 4,500 Attack!
Bonus for speed (X 11) = 49,500 Attack!
Critical Strike!
2500% of 49,500 = 1,237,500 Attack!
Percy didn't have time to appreciate how powerful he had gotten. He
zoomed away from the fallen Titan towards the chest and grabbed the
Fleece. Just as he was about to take off the chest a hand exploded
from inside the chest and grabbed the Fleece.
Chapter 311:
Percy's eyes went wide in fear and shock. The hand was black, blacker
than Hades' robes. Slowly chunks of the black skin started peeling off
revealing golden brown skin underneath.
"You will not take this from me demigod," a voice came out of the
chest shaking Percy to the core. It wasn't a human, it wasn't a god, it
was something more. Percy started to panic but quickly Gamer's mind
shut it down.
"I'm not letting you get away with this Kronos," Percy growled as he
pulled on the Golden Fleece harder. The hand however wasn't letting
go. Percy activated his Body Form and pulled again using his added
strength, but the hand wouldn't budge.
Scratch!
The Fleece tore into two as Percy fell to the ground holding his part
and the hand went into the chest with his part. Percy looked at the torn
Fleece, the ends were pouring out dust, hopefully it would still work.
Percy shoved it into his inventory and looked at the chest, he couldn't
get the other piece.
Percy turned and ran, he ran at his top speed and quickly reached the
beach. There was only boat left, the rest of the crew had already left for
the ship.
"Come on Percy!" Nina yelled out from the last boat.
Percy was about to get on when one of the sailors yelled, "look out!"
Warning! Sw-
Percy moved quickly as he spun around and took out Riptide aiming it
at the person who attacked him. "Luke?"
The son of Hermes stood in front of Percy with his sword drawn, "I
can't let you leave Percy."
'He's putting on a show again,' Percy realised as he looked to the side
seeing several upgraded monkeys standing near the forest line.
"Nina go on, I'll catch up," Percy said as he readied his blade.
"But Percy-"
"-GO!" Percy said as he connected with the sea ordering the water to
take the boat off shore and towards the Ascension.
Percy then charged Luke as the two clashed in a heated battle, or so it
seemed. Percy could have finished Luke off before the son of Hermes
even got a single strike in, this battle was all for show.
Sparked flew as the swords collided, Percy leaned in, "why are you
doing this Luke? Come with us."
Luke shook his head as he disengaged from the standstill before
attacking Percy again, "I need to be here, the closer I get to Kronos
and the others the better I can protect you all."
"That's crazy talk Luke!" Percy said pushing Luke to the side before
pushing him to the ground. Percy then jumped on him with his sword
coming down for his neck which Luke blocked, "if they found out they
will kill you, or worse!"
Luke smiled, "glad to see you still care about me Percy." He pushed
Percy off him and the two began circling each other, "What's important
right now is you leaving Percy. I got this, trust me."
"Luke-"
"-Percy, trust me."
Percy looked at Luke and sighed, "You are a stubborn son of a bitch."
Luke smiled, "look who's talking," Luke charged forward and attacked
Percy with his blade while sweeping Percy off his feet and throwing him
to the ground, "you may be faster, but I am still a better swordsman."
Percy smirked, "for now." He got up and the two began their mock
battle again.
Luke then head butted Percy to the ground. He stepped over him and
put his blade over Percy's neck, "here I have this for you," Luke said as
he slipped a roll of paper into Percy's pocket without any of the
monkeys seeing.
"What is it?"
"The reason Kronos wanted you alive. The reason you were being
targeted from day one," Luke explained, "now go, you are wasting
time."
"You sure you don't' want to come?"
"Yeah," Luke nodded, "now hit me and escape, you have to make it
believable so that Kronos doesn't question my loyalty."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "what?"
"Didn't you hear me? I said hit me."
"I always hear 'hit me' when you're speaking, but that's usually
subtext," Percy said as he head butted Luke pushing him off him. He
then grabbed him and threw him towards the forest before turning to
the sea and running forward with full speed.
Percy actually forgot to harden the surface of the water before hand,
but somehow he didn't fall in. 'I must be going so fast I can hit the
water before my body is pushed down by gravity.' Percy realised as he
raced across the water towards Odysseus ship.
Percy climbed on board panting and exhausted beyond belief.
"You're okay now Percy," Nina said as she enveloped Percy in a
blanket.
"No, it's not," Percy said walking to the bow of the ship, "they can still
follow us with their own ship. I need to boost our own speed."
"Wait what about Luke?!" Annabeth asked.
Percy sighed, "He didn't want to come."
"What?!"
"He said he needed to stay with them to be our spy," Percy lowering his
eyes in regret. He should have trusted Luke sooner, he regretted that,
"I tried to convince him but-"
"-Bullshit you did!" Annabeth yelled out.
"Guys we can fight over this later!" Clarisse stepped in, "Percy get us
out of here, now!"
Percy nodded and activated his connection to the sea;
You have accessed the power of the sea! You may now control it
to varying degrees and also may control vessels or any other
items on the sea with great precision!
Percy raised his hands up as suddenly the ship was jerked forward
heading straight for Miami.
On the Island;
Luke walked back to the chest area with his head still ringing, 'damn
Percy has a hard head.'
As he walked out of the forest and towards the chest he realised
something had changed. Hyperion was on his knees bowing, Luke
turned to the chest and saw a figure standing on it.
The being was big, bigger than Hyperion. It stood nude in the cold
night, the winds didn't affect him at all. He had the body of the perfect
man with muscles bulging out and a long flowing beard. His eyes
glowed gold like the Golden Fleece that was now tied around his
shoulders. The only thing that shattered the image of perfection the
being was projecting was his giant grey right arm and left grey leg.
Chapter 312:
Luke could feel his power all the way from the edge of the forest.
Luke's stomach churned, he got a severe case of deja vu, like he had
been in this situation before.
"The prodigal son returns," the being spoke and instantly Luke knew
who it was. It was the same voice who haunted his dreams, the same
one that had started all of this.
Luke walked forward and stopped next to Hyperion before kneeling
down, "Lord Kronos, it is an honor seeing you reformed and well."
"I am not reformed," the being spoke out as he looked at his hands,
"nearly half of this body is mine, the other is part of that wretched
cyclops." He said looking at his deformed right hand and left leg.
"My Lord it is so good to see you after all these years," Hyperion
looked up with a smile on his face.
Kronos narrowed his eyes, "yes, it has been so long and yet you
never looked for me did you, brother?"
Hyperion stammered, "m-my lord that is not true! I was the one who
found your body parts in Tartarus. I-" Hyperion stopped mid sentence
as he started to choke on his own words.
Kronos glared at the titan, "you dare speak to me in this manner?
Do you think I am weak because I have only just reformed?"
"No my lord I would never-"
Kronos waved his hand over Hyperion cutting the Titan off. Suddenly
screams of pain erupted from the titan as he fell down to the ground in
pain. Kronos huffed, "the only reason you even searched for me is
because Luke told you I was alive. If he had not I doubt you would
have even tried."
Luke remained silent as Hyperion whimpered in pain. Kronos turned to
Luke, "you went to stop Jackson, I assume you failed."
Luke bowed his head further, "I am sorry my lord. Percy Jackson was
too strong for me. The only reason he did not kill me was because he
was more worried about escaping with his friends."
Kronos hummed in agreement, the titan stepped out of the chest and
onto the Earth for the first time in 4000 years. A shock wave of energy
went through the ground as the entire world of Greek mythology felt a
shimmer of power.
He walked up Luke, "Jackson may possess amazing powers. But
soon you will as well, my champion."
Luke looked up at the titan, "thank you, my lord."
With Percy,
It took them all night but eventually they made it to the port of Miami.
Percy had stayed up the whole night making sure no one was following
them, but it seemed they had bigger fish to fry.
Last night just as they had been sailing away Percy felt something, and
so did everyone else. It felt like a dark cloud had risen over the world,
something had changed, the rules had changed. Percy knew why it
was and so did everyone else, Kronos had risen.
The boat quickly docked in a private port in Miami away from the city
and the eyes of the public. Galen had used the Mist to confuse the
owner into letting them use the port and soon all the demigods were
off.
None of them looked like they had slept a wink last night, none except
Percy, thanks Gamer's body.
Percy turned to the crew, "thank you guys, all of you. I mean it. You
helped me a lot on this quest and I got you all into trouble on more than
one occasion."
"Oh shut up you big idiot!" Marc cried out with tears in his eyes
The crew laughed as Marc hugged Percy while shouting, 'you're the
best little brother anyone could ever ask for.'
Percy smiled and finally broke the hug turning to Galen, "you owe me a
rematch."
Galen smirked, "any time kid. Also don't forget to eat your vegetables
every single day, or else you won't grow up to be strong like me!"
Percy chucked before turning to Odysseus, "captain I need a favour."
Odysseus nodded, "name it kid."
"Luke," Percy began, "you guys know he's a spy right?" the captain
and the crew all nodded, "well this goes without saying but he's risking
a lot to help us. If word got out that-"
Odysseus raised a hand stopping Percy, "relax kid we know. We aren't
stupid. We'll keep the kid's secret. After all being a spy for the God's
against Kronos? Now that takes guts. " The hero smiled at Percy, "plus
you saved my life kid, I owe you one."
Percy smiled back, "it's okay, you saved mine, I think we're even."
Odyssey nodded, "either way, I think you earned this," Odysseus took
out a brown bag and gave it to Percy. The demigod quickly opened the
bag and found a little necklace inside it in the shape of a Cyclops skull,
the same as the one on Odysseus's flag.
Percy observed it finding out it was nothing more but a simple metal
necklace. "What is it?"
"The crew and I talked and we all decided that you earned this,"
Odysseus and the rest reached into their shirts and pulled out a similar
necklace, "it's a symbol that you are officially part of our crew!"
Percy's eyes lit up in joy. He opened up the chain and took out the skull
before taking out his camp necklace and stringing it like a bead. The
skull now sat next to his previous two beads and it shined brightly in
the morning sun.
Percy looked at Odysseus and smiled, "thanks captain."
Odysseus grinned, "You're welcome sailor. Oh and one more thing,"
Odysseus took out a scroll and gave it Percy, "this scroll contains the
method I used for creating Yew's Breath. So while I would never depart
with my own blade," 'Gollum,' Galen coughed out, "I think you deserve
your own."
Percy looked at the scroll and his smile somehow grew wider, "this is
so cool!"
Odysseus grinned at Galen, "told you he would love it," the Quarter
master rolled his eyes.
"Alright men time to leave!" Galen shouted at the top of his voice
getting everybody back onto the ship. Odysseus stayed behind giving
Percy a pat on the head before leaving as well. The sailors all waved
goodbye to Percy as The Ascension slowly went back to the sea.
"So what's our next adventure captain?" Marc asked as he readied the
sails.
Odysseus smiled, "what say you Galen?"
The Quartermaster smiled, "well since Percy's isn't here anymore we
don't have to censor ourselves. Let's go do something fun"
Odysseus grinned, "I like the way you think. What say you lads? Want
to go to France get us some of that French ass?!"
Chapter 313:
"Aye! Aye! Captain!"
Percy stood in the port as a cold wind blew across him causing him to
sneeze.
"You okay?" Nina asked.
Percy nodded, "I'm fine, I just have this weird feeling like a lot of pent
up lust just got released all at once."
Nina gave Percy a weird look, "that was….oddly specific."
The five demigods quickly walked out of the private port and to the
main road. "Okay so how are we going to get home?" Clarisse asked.
"We fly," Percy said as he tried to hail a cab.
"Really? You okay to flying?" Annabeth asked raising an eyebrow.
"I think Zeus has bigger things to worry about than me flying in his
domain," Percy said as he finally got a cab to stop.
Percy opened the door as everyone got in the back while he sat up
front with the driver. "Where to kids?" The driver asked.
Percy looked at the man's name floating above him, "to Miami airport
Juan, and step on it."
The man smiled, "si senor," he then took off heading back towards the
city and then the airport.
It took them around half an hour to get there, Miami airport was
strange. For Percy, a guy who basically lived in New York his whole life
the simple Miami airport kind of startled him. They quickly paid the man
and walked towards the counter to book their tickets.
"We need five tickets to New York please," Percy said.
The woman across the desk looked at them with a critically eye, "and
where exactly are your parents?"
"Away, but look that's not important. We really need a flight to New York
ma'am," Percy repeated but the woman was having none of it.
"Now look here young man I cannot in good conscious just sell plane
tickets to five teenagers! Hell you might be trying to run away from
home and if I sell them to you I would be accused of aiding a crime!"
"We don't have time for this," Annabeth said as she stepped up and
snapped her finger causing the Mist to cloud the woman's eyes, "look,
you don't' see anything wrong with us. You want to sell us tickets and
will treat us like regular passengers."
The woman's gaze became unfocused, "I don't see anything wrong
with you, I want to sell you tickets and I will treat you like regular
passengers."
"There," Annabeth said as she moved back.
"I was going to do that..." Percy commented before turning to the
woman who was now cheerfully smiling.
"Okay so that's five for New York?" Percy and the others nodded, "well
let's see here. Oh dear, looks like we might have a problem here."
"What now," Michael grumbled.
"You see there are two planes going to New York today, the first is in
one hour but only has one available seat while the second one is in two
hours but has 8 seats free."
Percy turned to the others, "what should we do?"
Annabeth started thinking before speaking, "Clarisse," the daughter of
Ares looked at her friend, "you take the earlier flight and the Fleece and
get to camp as soon as you can."
"What?" Clarisse asked, "why me? Why not Percy?"
"Because this is your quest," Percy said as he opened up his inventory
taking out the Fleece and giving it to Clarisse.
"And remember the prophecy you received," Annabeth reminded, "'And
Fail without friends, to fly home alone.' It means that you were
supposed to fly back alone, without us."
"But what if we wait for the second flight? Wouldn't that be safer than
just me going?"
Percy shook his head, "that would be equivalent to challenging the
prophecy, and believe me you do not want to pick a fight with Fate. If
we do try to board the same flight then something else will happen to
make sure the prophecy comes true. Maybe the plane will crash
leaving you the only survivor or maybe we all die suddenly by a struck
of lightning before boarding leaving you the only one alive."
Clarisse started to shake in fear. "Great Percy I think you broke her,"
Nina said as she wrapped her arms around Clarisse comforting her.
"No, no he's right," Clarisse said nodding at Percy, "I go on the first
flight alone. Make sure you guys are on the second one okay?"
Percy and the others nodded and they quickly bought their tickets.
Percy went to an airport store and bought a bag for Clarisse to put the
Fleece in before they sent her off. The remaining demigods then went
to eat breakfast at the food court and soon it was time for their flight.
Since they didn't have any check in's and only carry on's, they got
through security fast. Luckily anything suspicious mortals might have
seen them carrying was quickly covered up by the Mist.
Percy entered the plane and took his seat in the economy section with
Nina to his left and Michael on his right. He strapped himself in and
started taking deep breaths calming his running heart.
"Nervous?" Nina asked with a smile.
Percy nodded, "it's my first time flying."
"What?" Michael asked, "How can it be your first time?"
Percy shrugged, "never really flew before that's all plus you know son
of Poseidon and all, I think I just had a natural fear for flying."
Michael raised an eyebrow, "didn't you always say you loved the
feeling of running because the wind in your face made you feel like
flying?"
Percy nodded, "yeah but that was like flying, this is actual flying. Totally
different."
Soon the flight started as slowly it went towards the long runway. Percy
gripped his seat tightly, tight enough to form a small crack in the
handle, but luckily no one saw.
The plane started moving faster and faster until suddenly Percy felt a
lot of force push down on his body. Percy closed his eyes and waited
for it to get worse, only nothing happened.
"Relax Percy that's it," Nina said, "you can open your eyes now."
Percy opened his eyes and sighed, "that was...kind of easy actually.
Heck I think I could probably run faster than this plane."
Michael nodded, "yeah you probably might. So how do you feel?"
Percy smiled, "not bad, I could get used to this whole flying thing." Just
then the plane hit turbulence, it was almost like a warning from Zeus
not to get too comfortable, "Or not,. should have kept my mouth
closed."
"Maybe," commented Annabeth from the row behind them.
Percy sighed and slowly sank back into his seat. Suddenly his ears
started to pain, "ah guys my ears are-"
"It's the extra pressure," Annabeth said, "don't worry you'll get used to
it."
"Thanks Annabeth," Percy said only for the girl to ignore him.
Percy sighed, she was still angry he hadn't told her about Luke. Percy
didn't know what to do, he felt so bad, he should have trusted Luke
before, but at the same time he knew he didn't do anything wrong, it's
not his fault that back then Luke had acted in such a manner that Percy
didn't feel like trusting him.
The demigod sighed again, his mind slowly drifted back to his first
quest. Everything was simpler back then, he only had to worry about
one thing, saving his mom. Percy laughed remembering the good
times he spent with Luke and Grover. He made so many mistakes back
then, he used to be so…..quick to anger? Sure he wasn't any better
now, but at least he learnt from his mistakes. Like last time when he
forgot Grover, boy was that a mistake he never wanted to repeat again.
Hell Grover was pissed for weeks…...wait.
Percy's eyes shot open, "GROVER!"
Odysseus ship,
Grover walked out of the sailors' quarters rubbing his eyes. He finally
changed out of that stupid dress and into a nice set of greek armor one
of the sailors had leant him. He turned around and took a deep breath
of the sea, the whole ordeal with the Fleece was finally over.
Grover walked out and suddenly everyone stopped working and turned
towards him, "ah, do I have something on my face?"
Galen stepped forward, "Grover? Didn't you leave with Percy?"
Grover blinked once, twice, 'that son of a bitch did it again!' "PERCY!"
Chapter 314:
Percy was panicking. Not because he was currently in a small metal
tube flying through the domain of his least favorite uncle who could kill
him at any moment. No, no that was an everyday problem for Percy.
What really had him freaking out was the fact that he had forgotten
about Grover, again.
"Clam down Percy," Michael said patting him on the back, "I'm sure it's
not that bad."
"You don't understand Michael! This is the second time I did this to
him!" Percy yelled out as he tried to pull out his own hair, "Grover is so
going to kill me!"
"You're over reacting Percy," Nina said trying to calm him down,
"besides you aren't the only one, we forgot too."
"I know, but I just feel so bad," Percy lowered his head, "oh my mom is
going to kill me."
"Your mom?" Annabeth asked, "what does this have to do with you
mom?"
"Last time I left him Grover went and complained to my mom. Needless
to say she wasn't happy that I left him in LA without paying the bills."
"Damn," Michael said whistling, "sucks to be you."
Percy lowered his head even further, "I'm so dead."
Annabeth sighed, "relax seaweed brain I'm sure Grover will be fine.
Odysseus and the others will take good care of him."
Percy looked up and turned to Annabeth, "you sure?"
The daughter of wisdom nodded, "100%"
With Grover;
Grover found himself being dragged around the sea by a dolphin.
The crew had come across a family of them and began challenging
each other to try and ride one. They eventually dragged poor Grover
into it going so far as to throw Grover overboard. The youngest dolphin
then caught Grover between her teeth and started to swim around
causing everyone else to cheer while Grover got one hell of a nasty
headache.
'Percy I am so going to get you for this one,' Grover grumbled out
accepting his new life as a dolphin's chew toy.
Percy;
Percy sighed again, "you're right, I'm sure he's fine."
Percy laid back and relaxed. Michael had already gone to sleep while
Annabeth took out the in flight magazine and started to read up on the
many amazing but useless inventions that were featured in the sky
mall. Nina however was looking out the window just watching the sky
as the plane flew on, Percy wanted to ask her if everything was alright
but he figured she needed some space.
Percy closed his eyes and let his mind wander. This quest had been
difficult, it had been filled with giant sea monsters, giant Gergosas and
even a giant Titans. Hm, maybe he should call this the giant quest.
Percy recalled the event at the island. That hand that broke out of the
chest and grabbed the Fleece, Percy was sure it belonged to Kronos.
That meant he was back, Percy felt it heck he was sure the entire
world felt it, but maybe he should go and tell the gods what he saw,
give them an eyewitness account of the event.
Percy nodded to himself, 'yeah, I'll do that. When I get to camp I'll tell
Mr. D, he'll tell the rest.' With that solved Percy's mind started to drift
again. He thought about the Ascension and how cool it was that he
was now considered an official member of the crew! Wait….does that
mean he's partially immortal now?
Percy opened up his status and found that his race was still demigod
without it saying he was partially immortal. Percy smiled, 'it would have
been pretty cool if I was.'
Percy closed the box and looked around, after the initial excitement of
flying things kind of got boring. Maybe that's why everyone was no
nonchalant about it. Guess your first time will always be the best.
Percy wanted to do something, anything. He was so bored, his ADHD
was acting up again. Percy turned around and looked at Annabeth
reading her magazine.
'Hm, maybe I should read a book. After all I did get a huge collection
from Argo's personal library. Oh wait, every time I try to read something
interesting there is always a chance to fast learn it, and there is no way
I'm going to read an entire book if I could just simply absurd all that
knowledge with the press of a button.'
Hence laziness won that argument as Percy sighed spending the rest
of the flight in deep boredom. He should have bought a gameboy or
something.
The plane landed at around noon and the group of demigods quickly
walked out of the airport ready to get back to camp. Percy was happy
that he finally got out of that uncomfortable seat and got a chance to
stretch his legs. Maybe it was the Poseidon in him, but now that he
tried flying he swore he would never do it again, unless absolutely
necessary.
The quickly got a cab and started the last leg of the journey back. The
car driver was some indian dude that smelt like pizza, what? Did you
expect him to smell like curry just because he was Indian? You fucking
racist. Shame on you. Plus who doesn't like pizza?
As time went on Percy suddenly thought of something, "guys," he
whispered out. Nina, Michael and Annabeth who were all stuffed into
the back seat with him turned to look at Percy, "what do you think we
should do about the fact that Luke is...well, you know..."
"Do you think we should tell people about Luke?" Annabeth asked.
Percy shook his head, "I'm don't, why? You think we should?"
Annabeth frowned, "no, I don't think we should"
"Why not?" Michael asked, "I mean the rest of the people know's he's
on our side-"
"-we can't risk his secret getting leaked out," Percy said, "we can't tell
anyone, not even the Gods. "
"Oh come on!" Michael practically groaned, "why can't we trust the
Gods?! They are on our side! Heck Kronos is trying to kill them!"
Annabeth groaned, "no, no if Ares could get corrupted enough to help
Luke steal the lightning bolt then there's no saying what else Kronos
could do to others."
Percy nodded, "yeah, plus Kronos doesn't really want to kill all the
Gods, just his 6 kids, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and
Hestia. He would have no problems making deals with the other Gods
for immunity."
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Nina raised an eyebrow, "you really think the gods would betray each
other?"
"We are dealing with the Greek Gods," Percy said, "they invented the
back stabbing. Look the less people who knows about this the better."
Annabeth nodded, "I agree, any objections?"
Nina shook her head, "no."
"I also agree but what about Clarisse?" Michael asked, "what if she
already spilled the beans?"
"Clarisse has the mind of general, she won't do that, she knows how
important of a secret this is" Percy said, "remember we still have a spy
in our midsts, we don't want to tip them off."
"Didn't Like say the spy was his?" Nina asked.
"That maybe true...but let's not risk it," Percy said, "for now we stick to
the plan, Luke remains our secret. Agreed?"
Everyone nodded and said together, "agreed."
Annabeth smiled and turned to Percy, "see Percy, this is called trusting
others."
Percy frowned, he knew she meant the fact that he kept Luke wanting
to be a spy for them a secret from them. Percy sighed, "I really don't
want to talk about this right now Annabeth."
The daughter of Athena sighed and turned away as an awkward feeling
settled down amongst them. No one talked, not even Michael, and
soon the cab ride was over as the reached the entrance to camp.
Percy payed the man and the rest quickly walked up the hill and into to
forest. Just as the entered the trees two blurs moved towards them.
Michael, Nina and Annabeth reached for weapons but Percy just stood
there and smiled.
Zed and Alecto appeared in front of them and bowed to Percy,
"master," the said together.
"How's camp? Did you guys run into any trouble?"
Alecto shook her head, "no monsters even walked near this place
since you left. I think after a few of them died at our hands trying to get
in they got the message."
Percy smiled, "great, I think you two deserve a break. Good job, both
you," and with that Percy pulled them back into the gem on his
forehead finally giving both the servant a well deserved break.
"Ah dude I have always been meaning to ask you, why exactly is
Alecto dressed up like a school teacher?" Michael asked,
Percy shrugged, "she tried to kill looking like that. Guess she liked the
form and just kind of stuck with it."
Michael nodded and soon the team walked up the familiar hill and
reached Thalia's tree where they saw a huge crowd of campers
surrounding it.
"Hey there back!" A camper cried out as soon Percy and the rest were
crowded by campers all congratulating them on a job well done while
patting on the back.
Percy managed to slip out of the group and walk toward the tree where
Clarisse was. "Is it working?" Percy asked looking at the tree. The
Elder Snake venom was gone and so was all signs of decay from the
tree, "I guess it's working."
"It started to heal itself the moment I put the Fleece on it," Clarisse said
pointing at a low hanging branch where the Golden Fleece now rested,
"it's back to full power. Some of the Satyrs even say that they can feel
the barriers power being increased causing the defence around camp
to nearly double."
Percy whistled, "damn, that' impressive. Maybe we should use the
thing to try and heal all out injured from now on."
Clarisse shook her head, "no, we can't. The moment we take the
Fleece off the tree goes back to normal power. True that's enough but
with Kronos risen and everything that's going on I think people would
feel a lot safer if our camp's defence was at max.'
Percy nodded, "sounds good. Oh and by the way," Percy lowered his
voice to a whisper, "we decided not to tell anyone about Luke being a
spy. The less people know-"
"-The better," Clarisse nodded, "yeah, got it."
Percy nodded, "good, glad be got that srted out."
"Oh and by the way Dionysis wanted to see you, now," Clarisse
pointing to the Big House, "I told him about the quest and he wants to
talk to you."
"Got it, thanks," Percy said turning away, "anything else?"
"Oh, there's this victory feat at the Mess Hall in ten minutes, don't be
late hero."
Percy smiled walking away, he shouted,"you're the real hero Clarisse,
you bought the Fleece back."
"Shut it seaweed brain!" Clarisse shouted back.
Percy chuckled but made his way to the Big House. He didn't need to
look inside for Mr. D because the God was outside sitting on the porch.
He was drinking a can of diet coke and reading a newspaper titled,
'Olympus daily.'
"Mr. D," Percy announced himself as he took a seat on the chair
opposite to the God, "you wanted to see me?"
Dionysis lowered his newspaper and raised an eyebrow in confusion
before it changed to recognition, "ah, Peter Johnson. I heard from
Clara that you had a very interesting quest, she mentioned something
very interesting and I wanted you to tell your side of the story."
Percy nodded as Mr. D went back to his newspaper, "well I suppose it
begins right after he got the Fleece. We were just leaving the island
when suddenly we were surrounded by the Titan army and they took
us prisoners. They put us in chains and took the Fleece, but luckily the
others managed to escape leaving me behind."
"And why did they leave you behind?" Mr. D asked turning the page of
the paper.
"My chains were to hard to break out of, so I told them to leave me.
Later that night I was brought back to island. Kronos's people were
going to use the Fleece on something, on someone. I didn't know who
untill I saw a big chest on the island with a sickle on the top."
Mr.D stopped reading, "continue."
"I tried to stop them, but they used the Fleece to revive Kronos," a cold
wind blew through the camp grounds, "suddenly the others popped out
and started attacking the army, distracting them enough for me to
escape. I tried to grab the Fleece but a hand burst out of the chest and
grabbed it instead. I pulled as hard as I could but the hand didn't let go.
The Fleece ended up tearing in half."
"And you believe this hand to be Kronos?" Mr. D asked in a skeptical
voice. Percy knew the God was just trying to piss him off, but Percy
noticed that the god was not even reading the paper, his head hadn't
moved an inch since the conversation began. Though he looked like he
was not paying attention, he was.
"Yeah, I do. I ran out of there as soon as I could and managed to
escape with the others. As I was leaving I could feel a pulse of power
exploding out of the island, Kronos had risen."
"You know I would be inclined to believe your story except I find it hard
to believe," the God said, "Kronos was cut up into so many pieces and
scattered across the world. Most were thrown into Tartarus while some
were hidden away by the god's themselves. So even if the titans took
the rest of eternity they still wouldn't have found them all."
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Percy nodded, "yeah that's true. I don't know who they got around that
but they did. All I know is that they used Polyphemus to do it."
The god sighed, "and how did they do that?"
"They slit his throat over the chest before throwing him into it. If I was
to guess they used the cyclops's body to replace all the parts that
Kronos didn't have."
Silence fell over the two as the God remained silent for a long time.
Percy didn't know why, but he hoped it was because Dionysus was
finally taking him seriously.
"Do you have anyone to backup your story?" Dionysius finally asked.
"Well, not really no. Everyone else was busy running away when the
hand popped out, but I am telling the truth. That explosion of power,
that feeling, everyone felt that, I beat even you."
Dionysis finally put down his paper, and took of his reading glasses,
"so you are basing this claim on a feeling?"
'Is he trying to piss me off?' Percy grumbled to himself, "yeah. I am."
"If I go to Zeus with this he will laugh at my face. You do know that we
get threats about Kronos raising every other week right?"
Percy grumbled, "look I know what I saw. Fuck if it wasn't Kronos they
were trying to resurrect then who?"
Dionysis shrugged, "another Titan, a monster forgotten to time, we
can't be sure that-"
"-I swear on the Styx that I saw Hyperion trying to resurrect okay?"
Percy interrupted. A roar of thunder ring out signalling that the oath was
accepted, and seeing as Percy was still alive that meant he was telling
the truth.
"You shouldn't have done that Jackson! The oath of Styx's isn't a lie
detector test!" Dionysis stood up over Percy, "it is a powerful and
sacred oath made by people during times of importance."
"Well this is a time of importance!" Percy yelled back standing up,
"Kronos had risen. You know it, I know, he'll even everyone knows it.
Why the hell are you trying to pretend like it hasn't?!"
"I'm not trying to deny it Jackson! I believe you! I But we need to be
sure! If we begin prepping for war only to find out there is nothing to
fight then we risk angering the other-" Dionysis stopped mid sentence,
realizing he was about to say something that shouldn't be said.
"Other? Other what?" Percy asked.
"Look it doesn't matter," Dionysus said snapping his fingers
transforming into a greek style ones with a golden crown made out of
vine creeper, "I'm going to go to Olympus to report this. If Zeus doesn't
believe you then we might not even start preparing for war."
"Why wouldn't Zeus believe me?"
The God sighed, "my father can be, challenging to say the least when
confronting hard choices. He will remain stubborn when it comes to
matters of action until Kronos comes knocking on the doors of
Olympus."
Percy nodded, "okay… I guess that's better than nothing." Dionysis
nodded and raised his fingers to snap and teleport away, just then
Percy spoke up, "wait! Before you go can you please ask Zeus to bring
back Chiron? It's obvious he didn't poison the tree."
Dionysus gave an amused smile, "why? Isn't Tantalus a good
teacher?"
"No," Percy replied flat out, "he's fucking crazy and an asshole."
Mr. D smiled, "well said. Fine, I'll ask Zeus about reinstating Chiron. I'll
leave out the part where you called one of his sons crazy," the god
snapped his fingers vanishing in a flash of light.
Percy blinked out the temporary blindness that the teleportation
caused, "I have got to learn how to do that."
Percy walked to the Mess Hall all the while wondering whether Zeus
would take his warning seriously. Percy understood Dionysius's point, if
they just started assembling their forces every time someone said
Kronos was raising it would soon become the divine version of, 'the
boy who cried wolf.' But with that being said Percy would still consider
Zeus an idiot if that man didn't at least try and search for the Titan.
The Mess Hall was full like always with everyone eating merely and
smiling. Percy walked in, everyone was sitting according to their
cabins, everyone had siblings to talk to, everyone except Percy.
The lone son of Poseidon walked to lunch line and pilled up a huge
amount of food. He put most of it in his inventory, it could once again
prove to be useful. He sacrificed a small portion to his dad and then
began to eat his meal alone.
This was one of the camp traditions Percy hated. It just shoved the fact
that though they were all called his family, in the end Percy was alone.
He ate his meal in silence as everyone else talked and behaved merry,
Michael and Marcus used to shout out jokes or tired to talk to Percy,
but in the end they went back to their meals.
After the food Percy went outside only for Michael to call him, "Percy?
Where are you going?"
Percy shrugged, "I want to just go and take a nap. It's been a long day,
I didn't get any sleep on the boat and well... "
"Right, got it," Michael nodded, "me and the other guys are going to the
beach for a swim. If you want to..."
Percy smiled, "thanks Michael. I'll think about it."
Michael nodded and the two went their separate ways. In all honestly
Percy had a lot on his plate right now. With Annabeth being pissed at
him and his return to camp, things just seemed…..difficult to deal with.
He needed some peace and quiet.
Percy walked into the Poseidon cabin and found it just as he left it,
minus the broken window from the time Artemis threw him through it.
Percy opened up his inventory and took out his old clothes and threw it
into the hamper for washing. He took off his armband of Cerberus,
broken watch and several necklaces and put them on the side table.
Percy then decided to take a quick shower, it had been three days
since his last proper one. The only reason he didn't smell was because
of all the times he swam in the ocean.
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Percy washed his head and quickly put on a set of boxers and an
orange camp t-shirt before falling into bed exhausted. He didn't need
sleep, Gamer's body and Gamer's mind took care of that problem, but
Percy still liked to sleep, it was the one of the few things he still did that
made him feel normal again.
You have slept in you own bed; HP and MP have been restored
100% each. All ailments and negative status effects have been
cured.
Percy groaned as he got up again. He looked at his broken watch and
saw that he had slept for around four hours. It wasn't much but it was
something. Percy looked around, the last three days he always had
something to do, something to say to someone or just have fun. But
now it was all over and Percy was frankly clueless on what he wanted
to do.
Percy shrugged, 'might as well read some of what I and Elsa stole from
Argo.' Percy opened up his inventory and browsed through the book he
got. He quickly took one out and;
You have obtained the book containing the skill: Basic Botany
Would you like to learn?
YES/NO
Percy pressed yes and the book dissolved into nothing filling Percy up
with knowledge.
Ping!
Your skill for Botany had leveled up!
Science!, Lv-X
A branch of knowledge that deals with the physical world.
Botany- Lv- 2- Basic concepts of science dealing with flora.
Percy was impressed, he honestly didn't care about plants, not his
thing. He did have an extra subsection in zoology for marine life, but it
seems some skill books level up already existing skills. Interesting to
note.
Percy then took out a book on basic physics and learnt that as well;
Science!, Lv-X
A branch of knowledge that deals with the physical world.
Physics- Lv- 2- Basic concepts of physical science.
Percy took out a book on understanding genetics and one on
advanced zoology and quickly pressed yes for both of them. The first
one worked out well;
Science!, Lv-X
A branch of knowledge that deals with the physical world.
Genetics- Lv- 1- study of heredity and variations of inherited
traits.
It was it's own branch unaffiliated with anything else. But the second
book didn't work for Percy. Instead he got this message;
You cannot learn this book. You do not meet the requirements.
For learning 'Advanced Zoology' you need to have Zoology at Lv-
5
This meant that Percy had limits, he need to raise his knowledge levels
before he could actually learn more. Percy put the book into his
inventory and pulled out one labeled 'The History of Animals,' it wasn't
exactly a zoology text book and it didn't activate when Percy touched it,
but neither did Percy's school texts, so maybe he had to read it to gain
more levels in zoology.
Percy activated his Speed demon perk and his 8.0 Eyesight and began
reading his book in super speed. Gamer's mind helped him understand
everything as he read it and in 20 seconds PErcy had gone through the
entire book.
Ping!
You have leveled up a skill!
Zoology- Lv- 3- Basic concepts of science dealing with fauna.
Percy in no means remembered everything he read with photographic
memory, but he did understand what he read. He knew animal
classification, the breeding habits of mammals and a thorough
understanding of evolution.
Percy looked through his inventory for what else he could read and
advance his knowledge. Soon after an hour and 20 books Percy had
gotten a bigger library of knowledge.
First off he had gained a new skill, not just a new subsection, a new
skill;
History!, Lv-X
A collection of knowledge based around the past. You
know….history.
Greek History- Lv- 15 – A deep understanding to Greek History.
You may not posses all the knowledge about the subject
It was strange why he just got this now. But after thinking about it Percy
realised he had only touched upon a few great articles here and there
whenever he read anything. When it was to do research to find the
chains of Hephaestus he read one or two article, never a whole book
start to finish.
He also gained a few more levels to different skills;
Science!, Lv-X
A branch of knowledge that deals with the physical world.
Physics- Lv- 2- Basic concepts of physical science.
Chemistry- Lv-3- Basic concepts of chemical science.
Botany- Lv- 2- Basic concepts of science dealing with flora.
Zoology- Lv- 3- Basic concepts of science dealing with fauna.
Marine Zoology- Lv-3- Basic concepts of science dealing with
marine creatures.
Genetics- Lv- 5- A strong base for the study of heredity and
variations of inherited traits.
For some reason Argo had a lot of books on genetics. But then again
the man was basically a modern day Frankenstein so it really wasn't all
that surprising. After Percy had reached lv- 5 in genetics he had gone
ahead and learnt advanced books increasing his level again and giving
him new sub skills;
Genetics- Lv- 9- A strong base for the study of heredity and
variations of inherited traits.
· Genetic engineering- Lv- 1
· Medical genisis- Lv- 1
· Microbial genetics- Lv- 1
· Human genetics- Lv- 1
Percy understood concepts that confused him before, he understood
DNA, chromosomes, heredity values, amino acids, enzymes and so
much more. And that's not all, his understand went into different fields
as well, like understanding how to cure a hereditary disease or make a
baby with a stronger immunity system.
Percy understood why this subject fascinated Argo, Percy understood
that deep within Percy's own DNA was the genetic material of a God.
Meaning if Percy could find and isolate that particular set of genes, he
could theoretically find a scientific basis for all his powers!
Percy blinked…..did he just use the words 'isolate', 'gene,' and
'theoretically' in the same sentence? Percy shook his head, he better
be careful lest he becomes as void of morales as Argo himself.
Percy closed the boxes and put the books he read into the bookshelf in
front of his bed. He didn't need them any more and it would be a waste
to carry them in his inventory. Plus if he kept his books out in the open
like this people might think he was a smarty pants.
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Percy went back to bed and opened his inventory to look for something
else to do, when just then something stuck out. it was the piece of
paper that Luke had slipped him before he left. Arriving to the son of
Hermes this paper had the reason why Kronos wanted him alive and
why he had been targeted.
Percy didn't really know what that second part meant, he always
thought he had been targeted because he kept pissing people off.
Percy took out the paper and opened it up. It read;
A half-blood of the eldest Gods
Shall reach sixteen against all odds
And see the world in endless sleep
The Hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap
A single choice shall end his days
Olympus, to preserve or raze.
Percy's eyes went wide in horror. Panic spread out fast but luckily
Gamer's mind took over calming him down.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!" Percy screamed out. He read this thing
again and again as slowly he calmed down.
'Okay let's look at this rationally. First thing's first, what is this? A
prophecy, duh. But what does it mean? And who's it for?' Percy told
himself as he read the first line again;
A half-blood of the eldest Gods
'Okay so who are the elder Gods? In Greek myth it's my dad, Zeus and
Hades. And do they mean Elder Gods as in Cthulhu?...please let it not
be them. Okay fine, but what if they don't mean Greek myth? What
if...no, no Luke said this is the reason why Kronos wants me alive,
meaning it is Greek and nothing else. So that means the prophecy is
talking about the only demigod of the big three alive right now, me.'
Percy sighed and pinched his nose, this was not how he wanted this
day to go. He looked at the second line;
Shall reach sixteen against all odds
'Okay pretty simple, they just mean that whatever is supposed to
happen to me will happen in like….two years? Well fuck.'
And see the world in endless sleep
'Okay now this is creepy as fuck. What the hell do they mean by
endless sleep?! Do they mean sleep sleep or fucking dead?! Does that
mean I'm the only person that will be alive when this happened?!'
The Hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap
'And then I die, great. This prophecy just get's better and better. And
what's the cursed blade? Should I be worried about someone cursing
me and the curse acts like a blade, or is it an actually cursed blade?'
A single choice shall end his days
'Another line about me dyeing, great, great, always excited for that.'
Olympus, to preserve or raze.
'So...my choice will decided weather Olympus survives or not? SHIT!
No wonder everyone wants me dead! This things literally just told me I
have the power to destroy the Gods!'
Percy closed the prophecy and began to think. His head was
swimming with ideas and theories. There were so many things going
on that Percy couldn't make heads or tail of it.
Percy took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He started at the
beginning, the first quest he ever got, Alecto was sent after him
because Hades thought he had the bolt, he didn't. He then found out
he was being targeted because he was the son of Poseidon and was a
direct confrontation of the pact made by the big three.
'Dad told me they made that pact because they didn't want their
children to influence the world to much….but what if it was also to stop
this prophecy from happening?'
It all made sense now, people wanted him dead because he was a
linchpin, he was the deciding power in all of this. Percy was born to be
the one to destroy or save Olympus. Kronos wanted him on his side so
that he could control the prophecy, the Gods want him because well
they didn't want to die.
'I'm their weapon,' he realised, 'they are raising me as a weapon. And
after that I'm going to die,' Percy thought remembering the line about
his death, again. Seriously why were there two lines talking about his
death, wasn't one enough?
Percy looked at the note again and checked whether there was
anything else to read. He turned the paper and found on the back a
small note made by Luke;
Don't panic;
'To late dubmass,'
Ask Chiron or Annabeth
Percy blinked, 'did they know? If they did how could they not tell me?'
Percy wondered as anger started to build up inside of him.
'Luke's told me to ask Annabeth or Chiron meaning they knew! They
knew and didn't tell me! Why didn't they tell me the the moment Grover
and Chiron meet me? They could have told me when I was trying to
save my mom, they should have told me!'
Cold fury built up as Percy put on his items and got ready to go out, he
needed to talk to a certain demigoddess. Percy walked out of his cabin
and looked at his watch. It was 6 already, that meant Annabeth would
be in her cabin or in the Mess Hall.
Percy activated his speed perk and zoomed past the Mess Hall. One
quick look inside and Percy found Annabeth sitting with her siblings.
Percy walked in, his anger was clearly seen. Michael tried to wave
Percy over but stopped the moment he saw Percy's face, the only time
he had ever seen such a look on Percy was when he was fighting
Hyperion who had just destroyed camp.
Percy stopped behind Annabeth. The rest of Athena cabin stopped
talking and laughing as Annabeth turned around and looked up at
Percy.
"Percy? Can I do something for you?" She asked, "why do you look so
pissed?"
"We need to talk, now," Percy growled out the last part putting in a little
blood lust.
Annabeth took a gulp and nodded, "s-sure." She got up and the two
walked out of the Mess Hall. The rest of the campers watched the
leave and the moment they left they began gossiping why Percy looked
so pissed and what it had to do with Annabeth.
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Percy lead the girl towards the Amphitheater. While going there he
didn't say a word. Annabeth kept trying to ask him what happened but
Percy said nothing.
When they finally reached the Amphitheater Percy stopped in the
center of the stage and turned to face Annabeth.
"Percy will you please tell me what's going on? I haven't even seen you
so pissed," Annabeth said with a hint of fear in her voice.
"Remember what you told me when I revealed to you all Luke wanted
to come back? Do you remember what you said?"
Annabeth looked surprised but nodded, "I said that it wasn't your
decision to make. I told you that you should have told us and that by
not doing so it meant that you didn't trust us."
Percy nodded, "right, right. And I responded by saying that it wasn't
your decision to make, I said that Luke came to me, it involved me and
so it was my decision to make. Do you agree with that?"
Annabeth took a deep breath, "Percy I get that it was your choice and
ultimately your decision. But that decision involved the rest of us. We
deserved to know, because it affected us."
"Okay, so you're saying that because it affected you, you deserved to
know, and that I was in the wrong. Right?"
Annabeth nodded slowly, "not exactly. Percy I understand why you did
it but-"
"-Stop talking," Percy snapped as he reached into his pocket and
pulled out the prophecy, "Luke gave me this before I left him, he told
me this was the reason Kronos was targeting me."
Percy threw the paper at Annabeth as the demigoddess caught it
easily. She opened the paper and began to read it. The moment she
read the first sentence her eyes widened in surprise. She looked at
Percy, "Percy I-"
"Look at the back," Percy said with cold eyes, "read it."
Annabeth did as her hands started shaking.
"Now remember what you said," Percy said walking closer to
Annabeth, "you told me I was wrong for keeping something that
effected you from you. You said I didn't trust you enough to tell you the
truth. So tell me Annabeth, can I say the same about you now?"
Annabeth looked up as fear and regret spread across her face, "Chiron
didn't' think you were ready. He didn't want to worry you."
Percy blinked, "not ready? It doesn't matter if I wasn't ready or not, if
this prophecy involved me then I needed to know. If I knew from the
start that something like this was going to happen I would have trained
day in and day out to try and survive the war. I'm going to tell you what
you told me Annabeth, I deserved to know!"
"Percy it's not that simple!"
"Okay fine, explain it to me. And please use big complicated words, I
may not be a son of Athena but I do have some intelligence."
Annabeth looked down in shame, "prophecies can be impossible to
predict. I didn't want you to….I didn't want to be afraid."
"Afraid!? How could I have not been afraid?! And it doesn't matter if I
was afraid or not, this is what my future is! Unless I die before that,
which would be equally bad! Annabeth you should have told me! I
needed to know that my life was in danger!"
"I'm sorry!" Annabeth shouted with tears freely flowing from her eyes,
"is that what you wanted to hear? I'm sorry! I know I should have told
you, but I didn't because…..because I didn't want it to be you."
"Well it was me Annabeth! When were you going to tell me huh? Were
you going to ever tell me?!"
Annabeth didn't respond as she walked to the seats in the
Amphitheater and sat down, "you saved my life Percy, you saved
everyone's lives. I knew then that you were the one the prophecy
spoke about, but I didn't want it to be true. I didn't want you to die! Is
that so wrong? I thought that if I didn't mention it maybe it won't come
true, maybe you hide, run away, do something! I even thought, hoped,
you might even join Odysseus and his crew and be granted partial
immortality to escape the prophecy. You would never become 16, you
wouldn't have to die!"
Slowly some of the anger inside Percy was chipped away, "Annabeth,
you're my friend, and you mean a lot to me. And I get that you wanted
to protect me….but I can't run away from this."
Annabeth lowered her head as tears rolled down her face. Percy
wanted to comfort his friend, but he was still angry at her. So he did the
only thing he could, he walked away.
Percy walked across camp running into people left and right. Most tried
talking to him, but Percy wasn't in the mood. He felt betrayed, Chiron,
Grover, Luke, Annabeth, Michael, Nina, the Stoll brothers, Clarisse,
Peter those were just a few of Percy's friends around here, they were
once the reason Percy felt this place to be home.
But now… Percy couldn't take it. The camp just felt so fake, for once
Percy saw camp as something other than a safe haven for him. It
wasn't a place for the gods to keep their children safe, no, it was a
place to raise weapons.
Percy rejected Luke's way of thinking before, he said that the only
reason the God's cared for them was because they were nothing more
than tools. Percy didn't believe him then, he was to stupid to
understand.
Percy felt helpless, before he always had a chance, a chance to get it
right, to save the day at the last moment. But now, after finding out that
he was always meant to die, it just seemed so useless.
What was the point in leveling up if he would die in the end? What was
the point of trying new things if he was going to die before he does
anything with that knowledge?
Percy looked at the setting sun, 'maybe….maybe I should have gone
with Luke.'
Percy shook his head, 'no, no! That's crazy talk! Just because my life
sucks doesn't mean I have to basically become an evil dictators bitch!'
Percy sighed, he needed to talk to his dad. Percy walked to the beach
and made a mist with his moisture control. A rainbow was formed with
the last rays of the sun as Percy made a call to his dad.
He waited for a few minutes and then for ten before Percy gave up. 'He
must still be in that meeting,' Percy said to himself as the sun finally
set.
He needed to get out of here, camp just reminded him of his oncoming
death. He needed leave, just go away for sometime. Maybe his mom's
place….yeah, that sounded right.