PJ530
Chapter 521
The gauntlet itself was made out of a very light metal that shined like
glass and very soft cloth. The forearm had a large slab of metal going
all the way around the forearm. The writs and glove however were
made out of the soft, almost silk like cloth, with a blue line going
between the metal and the leather.
"Go on," Poseidon prompted, "put it on." Percy nodded as he made to
remove his watch and armband of Cerberus when Poseidon stopped
him, "leave them on."
Percy looked at his father confused, "there doesn't really seem to be
enough space for them. Are you sure-"
"Yes, yes, now put the damn gauntlet on, I want to see if it works,"
Poseidon said sheepishly as he motioned Percy to hurry up.
Percy wondered why his dad was in such a hurry be he shrugged it off,
crazy Gods. He put the gauntlet on and was surprised to find that his
watch and bracelet didn't scratch the inside, hell it barely felt like he
was wearing anything at all. He could however feel his hand push up
against the gauntlet, but it never felt something resisted him, it was like
it went on forever.
"This is amazing," Percy said moving his wrist around getting a feel of
the gauntlet, "it doesn't' even feel like I'm wearing it."
Poseidon grinned, "yes it is charmed to feel like that. Think of it as
space being compressed multiple times in one point, this skill is called,
'Spatial Deflection', but I just like to call it the bigger on the inside
charm."
Percy nodded as he suddenly realised why the metal seemed familiar,
"did you make this out of the Galvron I gave you?"
Poseidon grinned, "yup. The metal is pure galvron, mostly. The rest is a
mix of celestial bronze and imperial gold. The cloth on the other hand,
well that's Galvron mixed in with some of Athena's personal silk
collection, virtually indestructible and it feels like silk to the normal
touch."
Percy blinked, "dad….that sounds super expensive."
Poseidon grinned, "I know, I'm awesome. But after you defeated
Alcyoneus Hades felt indebted to you. So he offered to pay up his debt
to you by giving me the raw supplies to build your armour. Don't ask
how I got the silk...just don't."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "armor?"
Poseidon grinned, "why don't you go ahead and observe your new gift
Percy. I assure you, you won't be confused anymore if you do."
Percy did just that;
Percy's gauntlet;
This gauntlet is the basic form of Percy's armour. It is made out of
Galvron and a combination of other metals. The cloth is a
combination of Athena's divine silk and Galvron.
Features;
Can only be used by Percy or who ever he gives permission to.
It has a storage space present underneath the metal forearm
plate, slide to access.
Currently being stored- 2 pens, a box of Nectar and Ambrosia.
It has electromagnets and a charm present in the metal forearm
plate that will automatically summon or repel your shield.
The cloth can become as hard as metal, simply channel mana into
it.
Percy stopped right there as he immediately wanted to try out all the
gauntlet just said. He looked at the metal plate around his forearm and
pressed on it. It was pushed in and clicked, sliding open revealing the
hidden compartment inside.
"Ah, so that's what you wanted to see first." Poseidon smiled, "well you
see I figured you needed a few extra weapons, just in case something
happened to Waverider and Riptide. Sure you have your inventory, but
incase you are unable to use it, this might be helpful."
Percy nodded dumbly as he looked in the storage spot, which was 4
inches deep. Percy remembered what his dad said, 'it is bigger on the
inside.' That explained how a four inch deep storage compartment
could be in his gauntlet.
Percy then looked what was stored there. Like the description said
there were two golden pens stored in there, they looked almost exactly
like Riptide, except more...new? Yeah, new. And next to the pens was
a tin box containing a square of Ambrosia that was dipped in Nectar.
Percy then closed the compartment and began to channel mana into
the cloth on his hands. Suddenly the smooth, almost silk like, material
turned hard. It felt like Percy was wearing chain mail, thick, but not that
heavy. The smooth silk curved jagged, taking on an almost fish-scale
like appearance. That wasn't the only new feature as Percy found
metals caps over his knuckles. They must appear when he activates
the clothes hard mode.
Percy deactivated the enhanced cloth and turned back to reading the
info box for the gauntlet;
Special features;
Activate Arm gaurd mode- Transform you gauntlet into its arm
gaurd mode. To activate say, 'Wave.'
Activate full Armour mode- Transform you gauntlet into it's
armour mode. To activate say, 'Tsunami.'
Deactivate- Say 'Low tide.'
Percy blinked as he snapped his head to his dad, "dad…..did you
make me an armour?"
Poseidon grinned, "hell yeah I did." Percy turned from his father to his
gauntlet and simply started with his mouth open. "Well?" Poseidon
asked him, "what are you waiting for?"
Percy grinned, "Tsunami!"
The gauntlet glowed blue as suddenly it exploded into motion. Percy
saw more than felt peice of armour come out of the gauntlet and flow
into their place. The silk and metal moved separately. The silk moved
like a fast stream of water as it coated Percy's entire body in a few
seconds flat. The metal on the other hand were like boats that sailed
on the silk, moving to where they needed to go.
Percy felt the chest piece slide into places as suddenly the silk jumped
up and sewed itself into the metal, blowing blue where the silk metal
metal. The chest peice then moved as it suddenly expanded meeting
with the pieces of metal on Percy's abdomen and fusing with them
forming one whole piece of greek style armour that ended slightly
below Percy's shoulders.
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On Percy's right hand came a gauntlet similar to the one on his left,
though a bit smaller in size. There was no metal on Percy's biceps and
triceps allowing him for a full range of motion with his arms.
Soon his trunks was covered with the armour as a belt snapped into
place taking the form of a plain band of white that broke apart the
constant black suit.
Percy's legs didn't have any more metal on them, most of it was just
silk, the this cloth seemed thicker, like the kind Percy found in his
friction proof suit. He had knee gaurd that looked very sharp and a set
of shin guards that came to his upper shin. His shoes were exactly like
his fric shoes, down to the pattern on the soles, except these were
again black and blue keeping with the theme.
Just then Percy felt something creep on his face, the silk covered his
ears and hair leaving only the front half of his face free. Suddenly a
large metal dome closed down on Percy's vision shutting close.
Percy could see through two holes in, what he assumes, is the helmet.
Percy looked looked down and moved his arm around, "woah."
Ping!
Armour activated!
+20% MP
+10% HP
+70% Elvish magic
+5 Dex
+2 Str
+3 Vit
+2 levels for water, ice, shadow and earthquake control
Percy looked at all that and couldn't help muttering the words that
came to his mouth, "fuck me!"
Poseidon grin grew even bigger, which almost seemed impossible, "I
hope you like the design, I made it myself."
"You made this?!"
"Well not physically," Poseidon admitted, "I did design how it should
look and all that but my forgers took care of the actually creating."
"Still," Percy looked down, "this is so cool!" Percy immediately
summoned a block of ice in front of himself forming a mirror to check
himself out.
If he had to describe himself in one word it would be cool. On his chest
peice was the form of Waverider expertly designed into it, it looked so
much like the real thing it was scary. The helmet in was a full mask
one, kind of like a great helm except more streamlined. Percy could
see a fin like structure on both sides of his helmet and a large on the
top back. It reminded him of a shark, two small fins in the side and one
large one on top.
The one thing that Percy didn't notice though was the cape that he now
had. The cape was black with its ends attached to pins near his neck. It
looked similar to his armour cloth, but much more thicker.
Percy then Observed his armour;
Percy's armour;
Armour made out of Galvron and a combination of other metals.
The cloth is a combination of Athena's divine silk and Galvron.
Features-
Enchanted to be resistant even under extreme weather
conditions.
Flame proof
Water proof
The cloth can become as hard as metal, simply channel mana into
it.
Friction proof
Defence- Indestructible
Boots-
+20% MP
+10% HP
+70% Elvish magic
+5 Dex
+2 Str
+3 Vit
+2 levels for water, ice, shadow and earthquake control
Special feature-
God Mode-
Will give you +50 points to all stats and 9 million defence points
Cost- all your mana, leaving you unable to use your mana while in
this mode. -20 to all stats after use.
Time limit- 5 minutes
Percy's cape;
Cape made out of a combination of Galvron, Athena's silk and
celestial bronze.
Feature-
Memory cloth- While usually it is a normal flexible cloth, if one
was to pass mana through it, the cloth will take on whatever form
said user choices. The cloth will also become as hard, provided a
passable level of defence
100 MP- Iron hard
500 MP- Steel hard
1000 MP- Chromium hard
1500 MP- Quartz hard
2000 MP- Diamond hard
"Dad this thing has enough stats to make a normal human on par with
the average demigod!"
Poseidon grinned, "thats why I keyed it to only you and whoever you
give permission to. No one else can activate it, let alone use the
gauntlet."
"How do I take this off?" Percy asked pointing at his helmet.
"The button is on the temple," Poseidon supplied.
Percy pressed on his right temple causing a screen to slide down. The
helmet's eyes sockets started to glow blue as Percy saw a virtual
screen in front of him that showed his life and mana bar in the corner
along with a mini map.
"What the hell?" Percy asked looking at the health and mana bar. It
was perfect, it told him exactly how much mana he had and how much
he was recovering on a per second basis.
"Ah yes, the hud screen. Something the Fates suggested I do."
"You talked to the Fates?"
"More like they talked to me," Poseidon said with a shrug, "anyway,
they gave me the spell to use on the screen. They told me it would help
you know how much energy you had let behind. It a Gamer thing
right?"
Percy nodded, "yeah, something like that." Percy pressed the button on
the right again deactivating the screen. The helmet's eye sockets
stopped glowing as Percy's vision returned to normal. He then pressed
the button on his left temple causing the helmet to pop open revealing
Percy's face.
"So...what do you think?" Poseidon asked eagerly.
Percy looked down, "dad….I don't know what to say. This armour
it's…...is amazing."
Poseidon nodded, "I know, I made sure you only had the best. It was
easly with the Galvron, the metal is a great mana conductor so I was
able to put in a tone of enchantments. This is probably one of the best
forged pieces of armor in the entirety of Atlantis."
Percy quickly hugged his dad pulling him close, "thanks dad...this
is….this is the best gift I have ever gotten."
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Poseidon grinned, "you made me proud Percy," the God broke the hug
and looked Percy in the eyes, "I don't have many son's that have
been….necessarily good people. They were never respected much in
the Greek world but you…..you have made me proud son."
Percy smiled, "thanks dad."
Poseidon grinned, "anytime.
"Although…..the cape is a little….too much?"
Poseidon sighed, "I'll admit, it is more Roman than Greek, but you are
the head of the oncoming war Percy. Both the Greeks and the Romans
look up to you. You're their hero, so you need to at least look the part."
Percy wanted to argue but he knew Poseidon was right. So instead he
just sighed, "yeah, you're right, I guess."
Poseidon nodded, "though if you want to remove it, all you have to do
is," Poseidon reached behind Percy's armour and pressed a rune
below the back of his neck causing the cape to retract back into the
shoulder pins they came out of.
Percy grinned, "cool, everyone else is going to be so jealous."
Poseidon chuckled, "yes, yes, I am sure they will be. Speaking of the
demigods I do believe the rest of them have arrived, meaning it is time
for me to go."
Percy looked over and saw a couple of demigods unchanged and
ready. Percy nodded, "right, Low Tide," he said deactivating his armour
causing all of it to pour back into his left gauntlet leaving Percy in his
trunks and flip flops.
"Have a great birthday son," Poseidon told Percy giving him another
hug.
"Thanks dad," Percy replied, "and thanks again for this amazing gift, I
promise, I won't let you down."
Poseidon grinned, "I know you won't." The God then disappeared in a
flash of light leaving Percy alone.
The demigod quickly threw his new gauntlet into his inventory and
walked back to his fellow demigods, he would learn to use his new
armor later, but for now it was time to relax and have fun.
Percy walked back to the demigods, it seemed only the guys were
ready along with a few girls. Percy went to Michael who, along with
Travis and Conner, was busy ogling Katie Gardener who was wearing
a green two piece.
Percy sighed, "you know if you three stare any harder you might burn a
hole into her bikin."
"Shut up Percy!" Michael hissed, "don't say that out loud! We don't
want her to find out!"
Percy rolled his eyes but remained quite. But they did have a point,
Katie was hot. She was extremely gifted in the chest department, one
couldn't tell before due to all the baggy clothes she wore, but Katie had
some great big melons on her. But that didn't mean Percy perved on
her, no he didn't, he had far too much of a healthy fear of his girlfriend
to do that.
But Katie wasn't the only good looking girl in the group, in fact almost
all the campers were good looking with very athletic bodies. But then
again they were all the children of the Gods, so it made sense that they
all looked beautiful or handsome. Plus they trained everyday, hell
Percy was surprised that camp half-blood wasn't just one big orgy party
24/7. Sure a few people did it, mostly couples or children of Aphrodite,
but over all it was just like any normal teenage camp. You know if a
normal teenage camp fought monsters and controlled the very
elements.
"Damn look at Clarisse," Travis said out loud pointing at the daughter of
war who had just come out of changing room.
Why Clarisse wasn't what one would call a….classical beauty, she was
very sexy in her own right. Clarisse's' body was trimmed of all fat with
tightly packed muscle. Her breasts weren't huge like Katie's but her ass
was very firm. She wore a red two piece bikini with black straps that
showed of her trained body. There was something to be said about a
girl with ab's, and judging by the way Michael's jaw was hanging Percy
believed he liked it.
Percy chuckled, "seriously Michael you need to pick up your jaw before
someone shoves a coconut into it."
Michael snapped shut as he blushed, "s-shut up."
"You know," Percy lowered his voice to a whisper as he put his hand
over Michael's shoulder, "you could go and pair up with her." Michael's
eyes widened at the suggestion as Percy continued, "she doesn't have
a partener, I think, and neither do you. So…., what do you say?"
Michael gulped, "w-well she does look pretty, I guess."
Percy patted Michael on the back, "then go talk to her."
Michael gulped nervously but nodded as he did just that. Percy smiled
at the sight of his two friends chatting.
The next person to come out of the woman's changing room was Mera
who winked at Percy. She wore a two piece bikini with a green lower
piece and a purple chest piece that was shaped like a seashell. Percy
didn't even understand how those things held back her massive chest
and not snap at the straps. Mera's breasts were probably a solid D cup
and the way she puffed out her chest showed how much she liked
them.
Percy however didn't linger long, which caused Mera to huff in
annoyance but the mermaid didn't say anything about it. Just then
Percy saw Thalia walk out of the shower. Percy's eyes widened and his
mouth opened in amazement.
Thalia was wearing a black one piece swim wear that really
enfranchised her curves. He breasts were pressed together by the
tightness of the suit enhancing her cleavage. The 'v' shaped cut at the
bottom displayed her wide hips and thick thighs drawing the attention
of everyone there. Percy swore even some of the girls looked at those
things in lust.
The only reason why Percy wasn't immediately turned on at the mere
sight of her was because he had seen it all before. But even then there
was still a part of him that instantly shut off, and Percy thinks it was the
part of him that made proper words.
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"W-wo-ah," Percy stammered as Thalia approached him.
She smiled at him, "and here I thought seeing me half naked won't
interest you anymore."
"I don't know why you thought that," Percy told her as he once again
looked her up and down, "damn, I'm a lucky guy."
Thalia grinned, "and I'm a lucky girl," she looked his once over lingering
too long near his abs, "Gods those things are so damn hot!"
"Yeah they are," a daughter of Aphrodite, Drew something, called out.
Percy turned and saw her and a few other female campers were
looking at them, or more specifically, him.
"Back off Drew, or I swear I make you hair look like a puff ball," Thalia
growled out as her hands crackled with bluish current. Drew and the
others immediately backed of, the girl didn't spend hours on her hair
only to have it turned into a perm because she pissed of the daughter
of Zeus.
"Damn Thalia," Percy said grinning, "didn't know you were that
protective of me."
Thalia huffed, "well I am," she looked at his scar as a look of regret
took over her face, "especially with you."
Percy knew Thalia still blamed herself for his scar, he didn't understand
why, it wasn't her fault a Giant almost killed him. But he understood the
guilt she must have felt when she saw it, so he did what any good
boyfriend would, he smiled as he hugged her, "relax Thalia, I'll be fine."
Thalia nodded but said nothing. Percy kissed her on the cheek, "come
on I know what'll make you feel better," Percy then too Thalia to one of
the ice cream stands.
Percy looked at the stad and grinned, "go on, my treat," he said smiling
at Thalia.
The daughter of Zeus smiled as his gesture as she looked at the
options available. "I think I'll have…."
As Thalia was making her ice cream selection Percy felt his boyfriend
scenes go off. It was some kind of sixth sense he got every time a
situation involved Thalia. It wasn't really a skill, at least the Game didn't
register it as such, more like a gut instinct. Percy turned around and
immediately saw what was tigger his boyfriend scenes.
Travis and Conner had their eyes stuck on Thalia's behind, as was
Lee, but he was much more discreet about it. Now Percy didn't
honestly mind them looking, after all Thalia was a pretty girl, but
something in him still wanted to rip their throat out for even thinking
about checking his girl out. It was a part of him he didn't like, but it was
still a part of him.
So Percy came to a compensation. Instead of killing them Percy
decided to teach them a lesson. He reached out with him mind and
visualized the straps on their swimming trunks. He grabbed hold of
them with their mind and pulled them up at the same time giving both
boys a mean wedgie.
"EEP!" Travis and Conner yelled out as they felt their pants being
yanked up before they were suddenly let go causing them to drop to
the ground. They held their groin in pain as they slowly looked for what
caused this.
Suddenly the two of them felt a wave of bloodlust hit them hard. Sweat
began to gather along their brows, it was one of the largest amount of
Bloodlust they have ever felt. The only other time the two felt this much
coming at them was from that time they pranked the Aphrodite girls by
putting glue on their lipsticks.
The two demigods and everyone around them slowly turned to the
source of the bloodlust and found themselves staring at Percy's eyes
which were glowing red. The brothers gulped as Percy glared at them.
Percy then looked to Lee who was also sweating a bit, the message
was clear, Travis, Conner, Lee and every other boy there knew that if
they ever looked at Thalia wrong they would regret it.
"Damn Percy," Thalia said giggling as she handed him his blueberry ice
cream cone, "didn't know you were that protective of me."
All of Percy's anger washed as away as he blushed taking his cone
from Thalia, "I ah….well at least we know that we are perfect for each
other."
Thalia chuckled, "yeah. I would electrocute any girl that leered at you
while you would wedgie any guy who looked at me. We are totally a
match made in heaven."
Percy smiled as he turned to their server, a young man who didn't
seem to notice the whole bloodlust thing. "How much do owe you?"
Percy asked the man with a smile.
"Nothing," the man replied, "everything here is already payed for in
full."
Percy was surprised, 'guess Ed really is pulling out all the stops for
today.'
Soon everyone was ready and Percy stepped to the front of the group.
He cleared his throat, "now before we all go out and have fun, I want to
address one small thing,"everyone quieted down to listen to what
Percy had to say, "first off I just learnt that everything here is free," the
demigods started to chatter, "that means you all don't have to pay for
anything, Ed's footing the bill."
Everyone cheered at that as the demigods next to the older man
thanked him repeatedly while Ed just smiled, he was glad that he could
make his family happy.
"Now the second thing I wanted to say," Percy's voice turned serious, it
was the kind of tne he used when he wanted to tell them something
important, so everyone began to listen closely, "if anyone of you little
shits pees in the pool and I swear to the Gods I will hunt you down and
shove your piss down you fucking throat!"
The camp gasped as they all stepped back.
"You can do that?!" Michael asked in surprise.
Percy nodded, "yup. I can control piss. It's not a skill I would like to
advertise, but yeah I can do that. I can also connect with the water, so I
know when it's pure and when it's not," Percy glared, "and I have ways
of finding out whose piss it is."
The entire camp started to get nervous under Percy's glare when
suddenly a woman's voice called out, "is that really how you talk to
your friends Percy?"
Percy blinked as he looked to the back of the group, "mom?"
Sally Jackson smiled a she walked towards Percy in a very beautiful
one piece swimsuit and a large blue hat. Percy gave his mom a hug
and stepped back, "what are you doing here?"
"Come now Percy, did you really think I would not come for my own
son's birthday party?" Sally asked.
"Not that, I mean how are you...here. Like here here?"
Sally smiled as she turned to Thalia, "Thalia called me." Percy turned
to his girlfriend and felt the love he had for her grow in leaps and
bounds as the demigoddess simply smiled. "Thank you again for the
invite Thalia dear, I hope this son of mine didn't give you too much
trouble."
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Thalia blushed, "n-no ma'am, not much trouble."
"Oh please dear call me Sally," she then turned to Percy, "and you,"
she glared as Percy started to sweat, "is that how you talk to you
friends? I raised you better than that Percy!"
"But moooom-"
"No buts," Sally crossed her arms in anger as Percy hanged his head
in shame, "now apologize to your friends."
Percy looked up as he activated a skill he hadn't used in over a year's
time;
Puppy dog eyes, Lv-1 (20%)
You can use these eyes to guilt trip people into doing what you
want them to do.
Success rate- (Luc)% chance of success
Percy knew that since it was his birthday he had a luck of 150 points.
This was guaranteed to work!
It didn't.
Sally thru the look off, "oh please, I raised you Percy. I know that look
and I am immune to it. Now apologize."
Percy grumbled, "fine." He moved in front of the group and sighed, "I'm
sorry."
The demigods were stunned at the way Sally controlled Percy. The
only person they ever saw Percy listen to was Thalia, and even she
couldn't make him do something he didn't want to. Truly Sally Jackson
was the mother of demigods. She raised him, and she knew how to
control him. This made her somewhat of a godly figure in the eyes of
the demigods.
Soon the group was off. They tried to maintain order, but that was
quickly lost in the first five minutes.
Mostly the demigods went as groups, either with their siblings or with
their friends. Couples obviously went together, Thalia wish Percy,
Selina with Beckendorf, who just started dating, and of course Michael
and Clarisse, though neither admitted that.
Percy and Thalia first hit the Lazy River that was basically just a slow
circuit of water that went around the first half of the park. They grabbed
a two person float and basically jumped in relaxing as the slow moving
current sent them a drift.
Percy played with Thalia's as she laid back on his chest relaxing in the
water. Percy smiled as he kissed her head, "thanks."
"For what?" Thalia asked.
"For being the best girlfriend ever," Percy replied as he wrapped his
arms around her shoulders.
"I didn't do much," Thalia admitted, "I just made a bunch of calls."
"I don't care," Percy said holding her close, "I love you."
Thalia's heart fluttered hearing those words, "I love you too Percy."
The couple laid back as they enjoyed a gentle float down the water
body enjoying the rays of the sun. Percy hated Apollo, but at least the
God did good work.
"Attack!" two voice yelled out as Percy and Thalia suddenly felt
streams of water hit them reaching the two in water.
Percy sputtered as he turned to see Nico and Decker standing on the
banks of the water body with two toy water guns in hand. The boys
grinned as Nico aimed at Percy's head, "feel the wrath of the Water
Explotinator 2000!"
Nico's water gun shot enough water to drench Percy's entire head as
he laughed happily.
Percy grinned as he pushed his wet hair to the side, "do you really
think that was a good idea Nico?"
Nico blinked, "yeah, why not?"
Thalia grinned, "because bone boy, you just started a water fight with
the son of Poseidon."
Nico and Decker gulped as they turned to see Percy lift two giant balls
of water and throw it at their faces.
"Abandon ship!" Decker yelled out as he and Nico ran away before
Percy's water ball could hit them.
Percy chuckled, he didn't throw it to hard or fast, after all it was just for
fun. "You two aren't getting away that easily!"
Percy got off the two person tube and had the water carry him to the
banks of the water body as he began chasing the two boys with Thalia
laughing at her boyfriend's antics.
Soon they moved on as Percy watched over Nico and Decker while
Thalia managed to find Annabeth and Nina. Annabeth wore a one
piece swimwear similar to Thalia but also wore a jacket over it. Nina on
the other hand wore a two piece bikini that showed off her body. Like
Clarisse she didn't have much fat in her arms, a by product of working
in a forge.
"Let's go on that one!" Decker shouted as he pointed to a ride called
'Surf City' that was basically a large pool that created artificial waves.
Percy grinned, "hell yeah mini me!" he turned to Thalia "you coming?"
Thalia shook her head, "you go ahead."
Percy nodded as he and the two kinds ran into the pool. Thalia smiled
as she turned to her friend who was currently looking into a book.
Thalia sighed, "Annabeth you can read later."
Annabeth grunted but did nothing. Thalia sighed but said nothing, the
girl was like this ever since Percy gave her that stupid book of Argo's.
Thalia knew what Annabeth was doing was important work, but she
didn't want her friend obsessed with it.
"She hasn't put that thing down once," Nina said as the three quickly
found bench to sit on that gave them a clear line of sight to the boys,
"she's kind of obsessed."
Thalia nodded, "I know."
"I'm not obsessed," Annabeth muttered, "I'm just….it's a child of Athena
thing."
Thalia raised an eyebrow, "like what?"
"This book," Annabeth closed it rubbing her eyes, "there is just so
much to take in it's…..it's staggering."
"How much sleep are you getting?" Nina asked as she looked at the
bags under Annabeth's eyes.
"Enough," Annabeth replied.
"How much is enough?" Thalia asked.
"Enough," Annabeth repeated as she sighed, "it doesn't matter. The
things I'm learning from this….it's amazing. Did you know Argo once
tried to map out the DNA sequence of the Gods?"
Nina raised an eyebrow, "I thought the Gods didn't have DNA."
"They don't," Annabeth nodded, "at least not in the way we know it. It
seemed Argo theorized that the DNA of the Gods only existed inside
themselves and once that DNA interacts with, let's say, a human, it
becomes 'corrupted', half of it vanishes while the rest stay. That's why
we are not immortal even though one of our parents are, because the
part that gives us that trait disappears."
"So he what? Tried to get the blood of a God?" Thalia asked.
"Not just any god," Annabeth explained, "the God."
"The Christian God?" Nina asked, "he exists?"
Annabeth shrugged, "he thinks so."
"He does," Thalia spoke up drawing the other two's attention, "Percy
and I once meet a son of Pestilence, one of the four horsemen of the
Apocalypse. Plus Marcia, the demon from hell Percy controls, also
mentioned something about the Christian God, something about
lunch."
Annabeth nodded, "makes sense. Greek Gods, Roman Gods,
Christian God, what's next? Egyptian?"
Thalia chuckled, "who knows?" Soon the three feel silent as Annabeth
put the book away, Thalia was right, she needed a break.
"So.." Nina spoke up drawing everyone's attention, "you and Percy."
That statement alone made Thalia pause. She knew about Nina's
feeling for Percy, and she frankly felt for the girl. She liked him for the
same reason Thalia did. Percy saved her life when she was at death's
door and helped protect her from one of the scariest night in her life.
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"Ah...yeah," Thalia nodded as the awkwardness set int.
"When did you guys...you know, admit it?"Nina asked.
"He ah, he kind of saved my life," Thalia told her, "but before that I kind
of got drunk at a party and may have kissed him. So that and
well….one thing lead to another and we just kind of…..got together."
Nina nodded, "you kissed him huh?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah."
"Damn," Nina cursed, "so that's what I should have done." Thalia and
Annabeth blinked as Nina chuckled at their reactions, "what? You
thought I was going to be angry? Well I am, but...it was kinda my fault.
He saved my life too, should have made my move then and there. I
would have had an entire year head start on you….but that's life,
regrets and all."
Nina looked so sad, Thalia just wanted to hug her and tell her it's going
to alright, but that would make her feeling seem kind of…..worthless.
She didn't need nor want Thalia's pity, and Thalia respected that about
her.
"So tell me Thalia," Annabeth spoke up, "how does Percy kiss?" Thalia
blushed as Nina looked at the daughter of Athena in surprise. "What?"
Annabeth asked with a shrug, "I'm curious."
"Really?" Thalia asked, "you are curious about how he kisses?"
"Yeah," Annabeth nodded.
"Annabeth I don't really think-"
"-Actually now I'm curious," Nina interrupted, "I want to know how he
does it. You know considering I can probably never get one from him
considering you threaten to electrocute anyone who even looks at him
funny."
Thalia blushed as she rubbed her head, "yeah well, I'm kind of
possessive."
"So is he," Annabeth said, "now...spill."
Thalia blushed, "well….I guess he's….he's amazing. It's like kissing a
pillow, like a really warm pillow that hugs you back. But then there are
these times when he's...well, just like goes into this phase where he's
so demanding and pushy. Then he feel like….well like a wave, just
sweeping me off of my feet."
Nina stared in wonder, "wow."
Annabeth nodded, "wow is right. I'm not in love with Percy and I still
want to know how it feels to kiss him."
Nina blushed while Thalia chuckled. "Oh and also," Thalia began,"there
is this one thing he does where kisses me and places his hands on my
hips. He like slowly works into it, and then bamn! Both his hands are on
my ass and he just pulls me closer, it honestly feels amazing. One time
I didn't remember to stand and my legs just kind of gave out, but Percy
just held on."
Annabeth and Nina looked at Thalia starry eyed as a feeling of want
rose in their hearts, along with a little envy in Nina's case.
"So….." Annabeth began.
"So…." Nina repeated, "you guys think Clarisse and Michael are going
to start dating by the end of the day?"
"Totally," Thalia agreed grinning as the three quickly dived into the new
topic.
Percy and the boys were having a blast in the big wave pool. Decker
swam along the waves as Nico and Percy make the waves in the pool
bigger. It was easy to do as Percy quickly gained control over the water
systems and started making the waves bigger. But he made sure not to
over work the system, don't want one of the machines to break or
anything.
After some time the small group quickly moved on. Percy noticed that
Thalia, Annabeth and Nina had all become closer as they spoke in
hushed tones. Percy could eavesdrop on them, but he decided not to.
But he did use his Empathic powers to try and figure out why the girls
kept sending him weird looks and realised that they were all having
feeling of lust directed towards him. Thalia was obvious, and so was
Nina, though there was also a little bit of envy mixed in with that. But
the biggest surprise was Annabeth, though those feelings were far less
in intensity than Thalia or Nina.
Soon they came onto a water slide called the 'Alien Invasion'. The ride
was huge with a big funnel like structure on the very top. The slides
turned and knotted all over the place before opening up to a poll of
water in the bottom. Needless to say Nico and Decker were excited to
try it out.
Since it was a four person ride Percy and Thalia decided to join the
kids as they climbed to the top of the water ride. They quickly got onto
a four person water tube as the sat around facing each the center
holding their hands.
The employee who worked there pushed the tube into the big funnel
like structure, giving it a little spin.
The water tube slowly started to revolve around faster and faster as it
began to circle the funnel. Percy's head was spinning but thanks to his
advanced reflexes he could still clearly make out where they were. But
the rush and the excitement still filled him with happiness as the tube
finally entered the slide like tunnel.
The inside of the tunnel was glowing with different lights as strange
music blared in the background. Nico and ecker cheered in happiness
as Thalia and Percy giggled in joy. They hadn't had much time to act
like a kid, this was definitely a feeling they missed.
Soon the ride ended and Nico and Decker wanted to go again. This
time Annabeth and Nina accompanied them leaving Thalia and Percy
by a bench that seemed to be littered all over the camp.
"This is fun," Percy told her as they looked at their friends around them.
Percy noticed Katie and Castor walk around as they chated about the
fertility properties of grapes. Katie waved to Percy who waved back.
"Yeah, it is," Thalia admitted, "it's nice to let kids….well be kids. Nico
and Decker aren't the only demigod kids we have in camp, they all
deserve days like this."
"And you gave it to them," Percy said holding her hand, "you did, not
me." Thalia smiled as Percy continued, "remember that time so long
ago when you still hated my guts? The first time we had an actual civil
conversation?"
"You mean that time you were perving on me?" Thalia asked grinning.
"First off I wasn't perving on you, I was Observing you, and second off
can you blame me?" Percy asked looking her up and down.
Thalia chuckled but said nothing. Percy smiled, "do you remember
what you said back then?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah. I said that you were better than me, and that you
were the one who should lead the camp, not me."
Percy nodded, "you said that because you thought you weren't worthy,
that you would fail them. You believed that they wouldn't follow you-"
"-But you did," Thalia cut in, "you believed in me. You said that you
would support me, that people cared about me."
"Like you cared about them," Percy squeezed her hand, "and I was
right. You gave them what I never could Thalia, a chance to be kids.
While I was too busy making sure they were strong enough not to die
in the war to come you treated them like the children they were. You
gave them a chance to be normal. You said before you don't think they
would ever follow you into battle….tell me, do you think the same
now?"
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Thalia looked at the demigods that roamed the park, they smiled and
waved at her and Percy. They were all so happy, and knowing that she
helped make this possible made her happy.
"No….before I was an outcast, they wouldn't have followed me. But
now…." Thalia turned to Percy smiling, "they would. Guess you kept
your promise Percy."
Percy smiled as he kissed her gently, "I guess I did."
After going a few more rides the day just flew by. Before they knew it a
message alert played on the park's speakers told them all to meet up
at Picnic Grove, which was in the edge of the park, for lunch.
The grove itself was huge with a buffet of sorts placed here and there
in stalls. It didn't seem like this was the usual practise here, but
considering they were the only one's here Percy guessed the park
must have made an exception.
Percy grabbed a plate and went through the buffet filling his plate with
everything and anything he could find. Thalia simply shook her head at
Percy's appetite while the mortals just looked on in wonder.
Thalia then found Michael and Clarisse sitting with Annabeth and Nina.
Thalia guided Percy, who was holding onto his plate with both hands,
and they sat down with the others.
"So did you guys have fun?" Thalia asked as she winked at Clarisse
who blushed back.
"Yeah we did," Michael said a with a grin, "we went into this call
dinosaur falls, I think it was one of the biggest slides in the water,
totally awesome!"
"And….?" Nina probed further.
"And...what?" Michael asked.
The girls, including Clarisse sighed. "Nevermind," Nina said as she
returned to her food.
"So what did you do Percy?" Clarisse asked as she looked at Percy
only to pause for a few seconds. Percy currently was going at super
speed putting away food like he hadn't eaten in days.
"He's, ah...currently occupied," Thalia said sighing at her boyfriend's
lack of table manners. "We had fun," Thalia continued, "mostly Nico
and Decker dragged us all around the park pushing us to try new
things."
"I know what you mean," Michael nodded, "mostly the younger kids
went on the rides while the older ones just kind of enjoyed their day off.
And the rest, well...you know those cabanas located all over?"
Annabeth nodded, "you mean those mini changing room things? Yeah,
what about them?"
"The older kids started using them to make out," Clarisse supplied as
she glared at Michael who blushed.
"And how do you know this?" Percy asked as he was halfway done
with his plate.
"We ah, might have accidently stumbled on Selena and Chris….you
know," Michael blushed.
"We had to run before we got spotted," Clarisse said, "so we kind of
hide in one of the cabanas and well….we heard moaning coming from
the other ones. It didn't really take a child of Athena to figure out what
was going on."
The others nodded as he finally got the picture that Clarisse was
portraying. She was pissed because while Michael and her were
trapped in that small room he didn't try and kiss her or anything. Even
Percy, who was kind of dense about these things, understood what
was going on.
"Hey Michael you guys are done with your food right?" Percy asked.
Michael looked at his and Clarissa's empty plates and nodded, "ah,
yeah. Why do you ask?"
"I want seconds," Percy told him as he finished the rest of his food,
"come with me."
"Why can't you get it yourself?' Michael asked.
"Because seeing your beautiful face will improve my self control,"
Percy said rolling his eyes as he got up and grabbed Michael, "just
shut up and come."
Michael huffed, "okay, okay, shes," the son of Apollo grabbed their
plates and walked away. Percy looked at Thalia and Annabeth and a
silent message was passed between them. At the moment they had
one goal, get Michael and Clarisse together.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Get Clarisse and Michael together
Rewards,
+50 Exp
+1 point
Failure,
Clarisse might end up killing Michael
Micheal might end up crying to sleep every night
Do you accept?
YES/NO?
Percy immediately pressed yes as the quest box disappeared. He then
lead Michela back to the buffel while Annabeth and the others began
talking to Clarisse.
"You know she likes you right?" Percy told him as they walked to the
buffe.
"W-what?!" Michael stammered out blushing.
"Clarisse," Percy stated, "she is totally in love with you."
"Percy have you been drinking some of the chlorine water?" Michael
asked sarcastically, "because you sound crazy right now."
Percy rolled his eyes, "you are the son of the God of truth. You know
I'm not lying."
"I know you think you're not lying," Michael told him as he put away his
finished plates, "but that might not be the truth."
"Michael you are not that stupid so don't act like it," Percy grumbled as
he began to put food back onto his plate, "you like her, you know she
likes you, so what's the problem?"
Michael looked like he wanted to argue a lot more but stopped himself.
He sighed and began again in a low tone of voice, "I don't think I'm
good enough for her."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "what the hell are you talking about man?"
"Clarisse,' Michael repeated, "I don't think I'm good enough for her
man. She's...well fuck she's perfect. Sure she might not be funny or
witty, but she's awesome in her own way and you have seen those abs
right? She saved my life that time with Polyphemus and ever since
then…..everytime I try to talk about it with her I just freeze up. All my
confidence just kind of melts away. I keep thinking, 'what if I'm not good
enough? Would she leave me?' And honestly Percy….I don't think I
can take that."
Percy sighed, "Michael, I love you man, you are one of my closest
friends, but by the Gods sometimes you act like a idiot."
Michael blinked, "w-what?"
"Look in any relationship there is always the chance of a break up.
Maybe someday even Thalia and I might drift apart or even just stop
being together for no proper reason. But I honestly don't care about
that, for me….for me it's about the now. Right now she's the one I want
and right now I am the one she wants and I fully intend it to be that way
for as long as I can."
Michael noded sadly, "yeah….but what if Clarisse doesn't like spending
time with me? What if….what if she doesn't feel the same way I feel
about her."
"Then that's her problem Michael," Percy told him, "but honestly tell
me," he stared into the demigod's eyes, "do you really think she feels
like that?"
Michael looked at Percy for the longest time as the gears in his mind
worked overtime. He blinked, "fuck this."
Michael turned and walked away from Percy. The son of Poseidon
blinked, 'well that was unexpected.'
"Michael wait up!" Percy called as he grabbed his plate of food running
after his friend, "if it's something I said I'm sorry!"
"Shut up Percy," Michela replied, but it had no malice in it, if anything it
was said more as an afterthought.
Michael walked behind Clarisse surprising the girls who were suddenly
taken out of their conversation but Michael. "Clarisse we need to talk."
The daughter of war blinked as she turned to Percy who just shrugged
in confusion. She got up and turned to Michael. "What about?"
"This," Michael said as he grabbed her head and brought it towards his
closing his lips on hers. Clarisse's eyes went wide at the action but
slowly the war girl accepted it as she began to kiss back. Michael ran
his hand along Clarisse's back as she wrapped her arms around his
shoulders.
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It was honestly very awkward for Percy to be standing next to them, he
wondered is this was how everyone else felt when he and Thalia were
making out. Plus Clarisse and Michael were obviously kissing for the
first time, Percy wasn't an expert, but he was pretty sure that you don't
try and swallow the other person's lips into your mouth.
They finally stopped as Michael panted, he was out of breath, "do you
want to go out sometime?"
Clarisse grinned, "about bloody time you idiot."
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Get Clarisse and Michael together
Rewards,
+50 Exp
+1 point
Percy smiled as he pushed the box away. It was a very short quest and
not worth much points, but since when did making people happy need
to be rewarded.
"Finally!" Annabeth shouted out throwing her hands up in cheer, "it was
like you two would never get together!"
Clarisse and Michael blushed as Nina spoke up, "I must say Percy you
must have amazing motivational speaking skills. You talked Michael
into doing something in two minutes that Clarisse's half naked body
didn't managed to do in half a day."
Michael and Clarisse further blushed but the jabs didn't stop as more
and more demigods realised what happened. It was now Michael's turn
to be made fun of, but Percy didn't really think he cared, he was far too
happy to be bother with the light teasing.
Soon Percy finished his second round as he left his friend to go find out
where his mom was. Apparently she spent the day walking around
helping the younger demigods out along with Ed. Percy soon found her
sitting next to Edward chatting with a smile on her face.
"How was your day mom?" Percy asked as he sat down next to Sally
and Ed.
"It was great dear," Sally said with a smile, "did you get enough to eat?"
Percy grinned, "come on mom, who do you think you're talking to?"
"I'll say," Ed grumbled, "kids eats more than any grown man I know."
Percy grinned, "well when you the stamina to run half way across
America you tend to burn a lot of calories."
"Well it's just then," Sally said with nostalgic sigh, "even when he was
younger, before all of this, he used to go through so much food! It was
like the boy had a black hole where his stomach should be!"
Percy shrugged, "I was a very active kid."
"And you still are," Ed said grinning, "I always wondered how a 12 year
old kid could be confident enough to fight a demon from hell. Guess I
can see where he got it from," Ed smiled at Sally who blushed, which
was surprisingly went unnoticed by Percy who was being called by his
friends.
"I'm coming!" Percy shouted at them before turning to Sally again, "I'll
meet you later mom, one of my friends just kind of started dating so we
are making fun of them."
"You mean Michael and Clarisse?" Ed asked in surprise, "I thought
those two would never get together."
Percy was surprised, "how did you know about Michael and Clarisse?"
"Oh please dear," Sally waved Percy's question off, "anyone who had
eyes could see the way those two acted around each other. It was only
a matter of time you know."
Percy chuckled, "guess the only ones who didn't know were Michael
and Clarisse themselves."
Ed chuckled, "yup."
"Any way please go ahead and enjoy your time Percy," Sally told him
reassuringly, "today is your birthday and we have spent many of them
together. This is probably the first one you can spend with your friends,
so go ahead. I'm sure Ed can keep me company."
Percy nodded as he turned to Ed, "I leave her in your….hands."
Ed raised an eyebrow, "kid you're acting like I'm not responsible."
"You're not," Percy replied back flatly, "you are a grown man with the
personality of a child."
"That's rude," Ed huffed as he turned to Sally, "aren't you supposed to
say something about disrespecting your elders?"
Sally shrugged, "well he's not wrong."
Ed caught his heart dramatically, "Et tu Sally?"
The older Jackson laughed as the two adults began talking about their
lives telling Percy that is was time for him to go.
As the demigod looked back he saw his mom laugh and smile gleefully.
It kind of made him nervous, it's not that he didn't like her being happy,
it was just that the person telling the jokes was Ed who…..well, he's
Ed. The guy who took a 12 year old kid into club. Sure it seems like a
cool idea then but looking back now Percy realised it might have not
been very responsible of him.
Percy sighed, 'well at least mom will be adult enough for the both of
them.'
Percy walked back to Michael and the others and immediately began
to tease him friend as he found the newly found couple holding hands.
After their early lunch the demigods split up again, but as every had
just ate people tended to more a bit more slowly. They weren't to eager
on getting on rides that would make them barf up all that they had just
ate.
So the group of demigods were mostly just glad to walking around from
place to place. Michael was nervous as hell, he had no idea what to
do. If Clarisse said anything like, 'it's too hot,' or 'damn my feet are
killing me.' Michael would lose it.
He would curse his dad for the constant rays of sunlight. He would offer
to carry Claisse if she wanted. And then….this happened.
"Damn I'm cold," Clarisse muttered.
Percy raised an eyebrow, "how can you be cold?" Percy asked, "we
are in a water park in the middle of the summer."
"I'm not used to wearing," she looked down, "well this," she pointed at
her bikin.
Percy shrugged and moved on, but Michael didn't. He looked around
for something for Clarisse to wear and his eyes landed on Annabeth's
jacket. He grabbed it and somehow before the girl even realised what
was happening managed to slip it off of her giving it to Clarisse.
"Hey!" Annabeth yelled out in frustration, "that's mine shit stain!"
" Annabeth you shouldn't hide your body," Michael waved at her,
"woman empowerment and all that." He then put the jacket around
Clarisse's shoulder who blushed at Michael's antics.
"That settles it," Nina said with a wide grin, "Michael's whipped. We lost
him you guys, we lost Michael."
"Hey! I'm not whipped!" Michael protested.
"Oh dear Clarice you look sick," Thalia said in a horrified voice, "are
coming down with something? Was it something you ate?"
Clarisse was confused but before she could speak Percy spoke,
"yeah….maybe it was something you ate."
"What?!" Michael yelled out, "are you serious?"
"Yeah Michael," Annabeth nodded just managing to suppress the grin
that threatened to tear apart her face, "maybe you should go to the first
aid tent and get her something."
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"But isn't that on the other side of the park?" Percy asked horrified,
"how could he ever get there in time. This is it, Clarisse if going to die
now, woe is us to have lost-"
"-You can stop Percy," Nina said as she giggled, "he already left the
moment you said where the first aid stand was."
And sure enough at the end of the road was Micheal running for all he
was worth towards the first aid stand. Percy and the rest couldn't hold it
in any more as they broke out into laughter. Annabeth grinned, 'nobody
takes my jacket.'
"That was kind of mean you guys," Clarisse spoke out.
"Oh please," Nina rolled her eyes, "as if you wouldn't have done the
same."
Clarisse shrugged, "well he's my boyfriend you know, so no, I
wouldn't."
"Yeah but how long did you have to wait for that to happen?" Annabeth
asked, "remember all those times where you wanted him to kiss you or
even just hold your hand but he didn't? Remember that Clarisse?"
"And remember all the times he shamelessly flirted with Mera?' Nina
pushed, "and how he kept pushing you away every time you tried to
get close to him?"
The daughter of Ares slowly turned blank as she nodded, "okay then,
he can suffer a little longer."
Percy shivered, the way Annabeth and Nina manipulated Clarisse was
almost unnoticed. The son of Poseidon made a mental note to himself
not to piss ether of the two girls off.
Soon Michael returned with a giant box of first aid medical items. And
of course they then began to tease him yet again. After Percy put the
box back where it belonged by super speeding around the park they
were off again.
It had been around a hour since they had eaten so they finally felt
ready to get on one of the rides. This time is was another artificial wave
machine, but this was much, much bigger.
'The Big Kahuna' ride also featured several small surf boards. They
were just long pieces of foam, but people could still use them to ride
the artificial waves created.
Michael immediately had the brilliant idea to have a competition, the
one who can stand on their board the longest won. And of course
Percy wasn't allowed to play, because Michael and the others all
agreed that was cheating. Percy didn't like that, he didn't like that at all.
So he planned his revenge.
First up to surf was Michael who was surprisingly very balanced. Just
as he was about to cross the 40 second mark Percy decided to step in.
Using his powers over the water he managed to flip Michela's board
over him dropping the son of Apollo into the water.
Next came Annabeth who was very good at staying on her board. It
must have been her dislike of moving water that motivated her to stay
on the board, but Percy quickly took care of that. All it took once one
tiny little push with his telekinetic powers and Annabeth fell into the
water
Clarisse then gave it a shot and this time Percy didn't have to interfere.
She just fell down all on her own. She also had a bad case of motion
sickness, must have been something to do with the horrible boat trip
she took that summer.
Fourth was Thalia, and Percy made sure not to interfere this time. He
wanted to help her win, but refrained himself from doing so. This was
mostly because Thalia already knew all his tricks and would be pissed
if she knew he was helping her win. She stayed on for a full minute.
Last was Nina, who actually knew how to surf. Every trick Percy did
failed, she just adapted to fast to even the slightest change. And she
soon crossed the full minute mark making her the winner of the
contest.
Soon the group moved on to the next ride which was something called
the 'Hollywood stunt rider.' It wasn't that big of a ride, but it didn't
feature one thing, a memorabilia photo at the end.
So they all decided to go for it. Unfortunately it only allowed four people
per boat. That meant they were two extra. Just as they were about to
call it quits they saw Bianca and Nico walking hand in hand each with
their own ice creams.
It didn't take much to convince the children of Hades to come along for
the ride and they were quickly off. The first group who went through the
ride was Annabeth, Nina, Michael and Clarisse. They got into a silver
tram that took them high up a metal tube before bringing them down at
breakneck speed on to the other side where a camera who picture
them just before the impact the water below.
After his other friends went it was Percy's turn. He sat in the back of
the tram with Thalia while the brother sister duo sat up front. They were
slowly taken into the metal pipe which was pitch black barring a few
glow in the dark stickers here and there.
Nico giggled, "this is so cool! It's like climbing up a river!"
Percy nodded as the tram was surrounded by water on both ends. It
didn't kind of seem like a log ride, only they were going up hill.
Soon they came to the very top as Thalia held his hand tightly. They
stopped for a second that the very edge of the fall. Everyone was silent
and just then, "let's start this thing!" Nico yelled out. And as if the ride
heard it they suddenly fell down head first.
Everyone yelled in excitement as they threw their hands up. Jets of
water splashed onto their faces drenching them from head to toe. Even
the water around the tram rushed past them making it feel like they
were swimming down stream.
Suddenly the dark tunnel they were in opened up to the sky as Percy
heard the snap of a picture being taken.
The tram then crashed into the water pool below causing the water to
explode. If they weren't drenched before they were now.
They climbed out of their tram and went to their friends who were
waiting for them by the counter. Soon each of them had two picture
feature both groups of demigods. These photos were now considered
treasured memories as Percy carefully his copy into his inventory.
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The now larger group of demigods moved onto the next ride,
'Bootlegger's Run'. It was a giant water slide, the biggest in the park. It
was made out of tube that twisted and turned all over the place, which
some being fully opened while the others being fully closed. Each cart
could support 10 people, so they could all easily hit inside.
Like a normal rollercoaster this thing took a long time to get to a higher
level. Water flowed past them and Percy could feel it all around him.
He also knew that the tracks for the ride ended after the tipping point,
beyond that it was gravity and the strong water currents inside the
tunnels that would guide their little cart.
Everyone quickly strapped in and they were quickly off. The cart moved
slowly upwards as everyone chattered amongst themselves in excited
tones. They reached the very edge of the long climb and slowly began
to descend down.
Percy heard the cart disengage from the tracks below it, the water
around them began to pick up speed as it slowly pushed the cart
forward faster and faster. Soon the cart was going downwards gaining
more and more speed.
The demigods yelled out in joy at the way the cart spun. Soon they
came into a tunnel that blocked all light from the outside. The inside of
the tunnel was covered with neon lights that zipped past them without
a moment's notice. Soon they came to a sharp turn where the cart
literally ran up the side of the tunnel.
The demigods were having the time of their lives, and Percy couldn't
have felt happier.
Warning! Gergosa's are attacking the park!
Percy blinked at the box, 'what the fuck?!' Justs then the tunnel leveled
out and the top half was opened up revealing the view outside. Percy
turned and saw with disbelieving eyes a 30 feet Gergosa standing in
the middle of the park.
"Gergosa!" Annabeth yelled out. Before they could do anything else the
cart went into the closed tunnel again. Percy knew he had to move.
"I'll meet you all outside!" Percy yelled out as he activated his strength
seals releasing them all at once;
Seal Release: Layer 6, Time: 1 month
STR- 69,120 (+20) = 69,140
Percy broke off the straps holding him place and got up.
"Where are you going?!" Thalia yelled out.
"I need to make sure they are all safe!" Percy yelled back as he jumped
up. He tore through the ceiling of the metal pipe like it was nothing and
landed on top of it.
He looked ahead to see the Gergosa bend down and pick someone
up. Percy activated his 8.0 eyesight and immediately recognized that
the person the Gergosa had in it's hands was Beckendorf.
Percy didn't hesitate as he bent low and pushed foward breaking into
the pipe through the force of his jump. The entire ride shock as Percy
was sent launching through the air towards the Gergosa. Percy
reached into his pocket and uncapped Waverider.
Percy drew back the blade and gathered his mana activating the
special feature of Waverider. Large amounts of water was summoned
from the tip of the weapon as Percy used his mana control to
manipulate said water into forming a larger water sword.
"Get off my friend!" Percy roared as he swung the now giant water
blade across throught the Gergosa's hand, which bought Chalres up to
it's mouth, and it's neck.
Percy then dismissed the gathered water and threw Waverider to the
side as he grabbed Charles who was falling from the cut off Gergosa's
hand. Percy quickly used the water he gathered before to form a
protective ball around him and Charles and they quickly went crashing
into the ground below like a falling comet.
Percy managed to create an air pocket inside the bubble for Charles to
breath, he was well aware that breathing underwater was only a child
of the sea thing.
The moment they stopped crashing into the Earth Percy opened the
water bubble and let go of Charles who was panting.
"T-thanks Percy," the usually quiet son of Hephaestus said.
"It's okay," Percy asured him, "what happened? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," he assured the demigod, "it just- it came out of nowhere. It
tried to grab Selina but I managed to push her out of the way in time. Is
that….the Gergosas you guys told us about?"
Percy nodded, "Yes, and Charles, I don't think that was the only. They
usually hunt in groups….we need to get the others."
Suddenly two more roars broke out of the park as Percy could sense
through his mana sensing powers that exactly two more Gergosa's had
suddenly popped out of nowhere.
"We need to hurry," Percy told the demigod, "go to the announcer's
desk and tell everyone through the microphone to come to Picnic
Grove. They may be able to handle a few of the Gergosas on their own
but I don't want to risk it."
Charles nodded, "right….why is this happening?"
A dark look came over Percy's face, "I have an idea….but I hope to the
Gods I am wrong. Now go! I'll make sure Selina is alright. Once you
are done with the broadcast get to Picnic Grove, we'll see you there."
Charles nodded as he ran away. Percy watched him go and quickly
turned around and began running the other way towards where the
Gergosa was last seen. Percy reached into his inventory and pulled out
his black armored gauntlet. If he was here then Percy needed
something to trump his Haki.
Ping!
Quest alert!
Save the demigods in the park!
Rewards,
+1 point for every life saved
Level 10 skill disk (2)
?
Failure,
Death of camper members
Death of Thalia
Do you accept?
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes, he had no intention of failing this mission, least of
all it would result in any harm coming to Thalia.
Percy slide the gauntlet on, "Tsunami!" The armour exploded with cloth
and metal as they began to cover Percy. He ignored the feeling of the
soft cloth like material cover his body. He ignored how the chest plate
locked itself into plate as a blue hue came on from the point where
cloth met metal.
Armour activated!
+20% MP
+10% HP
+70% Elvish magic
+5 Dex
+2 Str
+3 Vit
+2 levels for water, ice, shadow and earthquake control
The helmet then slid into place as Percy pressed the button on the
right activating his hub, he would need the mini map to find Selina.
Percy honestly wanted to check up on his mom, she was mortal and
probably the one most in danger. But he had hope that Ed would take
care of her.
Percy quickly found the daughter of Aphrodite hiding behind a
dumpster. She was covered with garbage but she still looked
unbelievably beautiful, and the revealing bikini didn't help one bit. The
moment she stopped Percy and jumped at him, Percy expected a hug
or even a hello, but instead Selina started to slash at him with her
sword.
"Get away from me you freak!" Selina roared out as she poured
charmspeak into her voice, not that that had any effect on Percy.
"Woah Selina stop!" Percy cried out as he back away from her wild, yet
precise swings.
Selina paused, "Percy?"
The demigod nodded as he pressed the left button near his temple
opening up the mask, "it's me."
"Where did you get that suit of armour?"
"It was a birthday gift from my dad."
Selina looked it up and down, "some birthday gift."
Percy nodded, "yeah, I know. Are you okay? Did anything happen."
"I'm fine, is Charles-"
"Is fine," Percy told her, "I told him to go to the announcer's desk and
direct everyone to Picnic Grove."
Selina sighed in relief, "good, that's good. When that thing came in, I-I
froze. When you, Clarisse and Annabeth told us about them….I didn't
understand just exactly how horrifying they were. They tired to eat
Charles Percy, eat him."
Percy nodded, "I know, but it's okay. We have trained for this, I have
trained you all for this. At the very least no one else will die until we all
gather together to form a solid defence."
Selina sighed but nodded, "yeah….yeah, you're right."
"Get to Picnic Grove Selina," Percy told her, "Charles will meet you
there." Selina nodded and started to move when Percy stopped her,
"Selina," the girl turned around, "did you see something when the
Gergosa attacked? Someone?"
Selena groaned, "well…..there was this one creepy looking guy. He
was one of the park workers, I think. He just….he just put me the
wrong way. Like he didn't look at me in a perverted way, I'm used to
that. He just….set me off."
"Where did you see him last?"
"I think he was at the Hollywood stunt ride place, you know the one that
took people's photos?"
Percy nodded, "right, I'll check it out. You get to safety."
Selina nodded as she ran away. Percy activated his Speed Demon
perk and rushed towards the familiar park ride. As he ran he thought it
over, he tried to remember all the people in that ride, none of them
looked like him. But he could have just been hiding.
Percy stopped in front of the ride and he looked around. He couldn't
see anyone and his map, which seemed to work on sensing people's
mana, also didn't pick up anything. Percy walked around for minutes
when suddenly his screen turned red;
Warning! Atta-
Percy didn't read it as he jumped away landing to the side as
something crashed into the exact spot he was standing on a few
seconds ago. He landed perfectly, the heavy armour didn't restrict his
movements.
Percy's hub turned back to normal, the Fates must have also made the
hub linked to his own powers. The red lights must have been a version
of Area sence.
Percy quickly pushed all those thoughts to the side as he looked to the
thing that had attacked him.
"You have gotten faster haven't you?" asked the figure dressed in black
as he stepped out of the small creator he had made. He patted his suit
as blue lightning crackled around his body, "I hate getting my suits dirty,
but for you…..well for you I always make an exception."
Percy growled, "I thought I killed you."
"You did, almost," the man grinned revealing his shark like teeth, "but
you will find that human will can do wondrous things…..Percy."
Percy reached into the pocket of his armour's belt and drew out and
uncapped Riptide and Waveride. He looked at the man and
growled,"this time I'll make sure your head is removed from you body,
Argo."