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Chapter 651
The Next Day;
The next day found Thalia and Percy sitting in Mrs. J's class. They both
told Michael what had happened the night before and needless to say
the son of Apollo was interested.
"Maybe it was some kind of super human," Michael suggested, "you
know like the ones Argo created?"
Percy nodded, "could be, that's possible. But Elsa would have told me
if there was someone so close by, she knows I live in this area and
would probably ask for my help if it came to that."
"Then maybe it was a human that escaped her notice," Thalia
suggested, "maybe when Argo 'died' for the first time this thing jumped
at a chance to run away and managed to successfully hide from
everyone."
"Yeah, plus I mean why are you guys even looking into this thing in the
first place?" Michael asked.
"What do you mean?" Percy asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"I mean what has this thing done to cause us grief?" Micheal supplied,
"from what I understand it was just attacking two flying people that
were chasing it. If this thing is trying to hide then can you really fault it
for wanting to keep it's privacy?"
Percy and Thalia shared a look. "He does have a point. I mean, I would
have done the same if I thought Kronos was after me," Thalia spoke.
Percy nodded, "yeah...maybe it's nothing after all."
"Alright class settle down!" Mrs. J waked in silencing the class within
seconds, "now today we are going to talk about the impact of religion
on history. Since obviously this is a very large and complex subject we
will be dealing with this a lot over the term. Now, let's begin…."
As the class went on as Mrs. J explained how religion shaped the
world, she kept getting sidetracked however going on and on about
how the world could have done without religion, and Percy couldn't
help feeling the same way. Which was ironic considering who his dad
is.
Eventually Percy started to loose focus. Mrs. J was now talking about
the facts of history and Percy already knew a lot about all that, he didn't
need a reminder. His eyes drifted from one person to the next.
Tyler was in the front row staring at Mrs. J's very very attractive lady
parts. Percy was too, but he made sure not to stare or get caught,
because if Thalia found out he was checking out his hot teacher…..well
Percy was just glad he had 600,000 in defence points.
Most of the guys were to busy having their eyes glued on Mrs. J's ass
while the girls just looked bored. However when Percy looked to the
corner he spotted Monica, and that girl did not look normal.
She had her head down with her hands blocking the sunlight from her
face. Her eyes bags under them with a little bit of sand near the edges.
Her hands were shaking uncontrollably and Percy could see her lips
moving under her breath, but she didn't have a book out to read.
Percy was worried, but for all he knew this was how Monica acted
normally. Normal humans would probably act like that if they didn't get
a full night's rest, which is probably why Monica looked like shit.
If Percy was to guess she probably stayed up all night drinking, which
would explain the reason she didn't like the bright sun light. The thing
she dug up from the courtyard yesterday morning was probably a flask
of alcohol, Monica was probably just suffering from a hangover.
Percy couldn't explain the whispering thing, but then again she
wouldn't be the first person who talked to themselves a lot.
Percy was about to move on when suddenly Monica raised her head
and made eye contact with him. Green meet chestnut brown and Percy
felt a chill run down his spine. Her eyes were almost pleading for help.
And just as quickly as it began it ended. She lowered her head again
looking away from him, but Percy couldn't forget how she made him
feel. He continued to glance at her, but Monica didn't look back.
"Alright class that's enough for now!" Mrs. J announced much to the
cheer of everyone there, "now for the rest of the period I want you all to
go to the library and pick out one book on an ancient civilization. I want
you to read it and then present it in class. Understood?"
"Yes Mrs. J!" came the resounding response.
Everyone quickly got up and went outside. Percy motioned for Thalia
and Michael to wait back while the rest of the class moved forward.
Percy noticed Monica looking sideways, she was aiming for the door.
She was about to reach it when Mrs. J spotted her.
"Come along Monica, I expect you would be wanting to do something
about the Mongolian Empire," Mrs. J patted Monica's back pushing her
forward.
"Huh? Why Mongolians?"
"Because they were a very brutal race and judging from you punk like
attitude you like brutal things, yes?"
Monica nodded blankly, "ah, yeah."
"Great! Then let's go!" Mrs. J turned to Thalia, Percy and Michael,
"come on you three!"
"Be right there Mrs. J!" Percy waved as they walked forward.
"What gives Percy? Why did you want us to stay back?" Michael
asked.
"Monica was acting weird," Percy whispered back, "she looked half
asleep."
"Maybe she didn't get much sleep last night?" Thalia theorised.
"No, that can't be it. When I saw I felt...something." PErcy shook his
head, "I can't put my finger on it, but...but something's wrong."
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Find out what's wrong with Monica and save her!
Rewards,
+5,000 Exp
?
Failure,
Monica dies
Do you Accept?
YES/NO?
Percy blinked in surprise. "What happened?" Thalia asked in a whisper.
"I-I'll tell you later," Percy waved her concern away as he pressed 'yes'
They reached the library in minutes and Percy turned to Michael,
"follow Monica, talk to her, find out what's wrong."
"Why me?" Michael asked.
"Because she hates our guts," Thalia grumbled, "she even had the
balls to call me a wannabe."
Michael whistled, "damn, either she doesn't know who she insulted or
she has the biggest balls out of all of us."
Thalia smirked, "I'm thinking she's just stupid."
"Anyway," Percy spoke up, "talk to her and find out what you can. Got
it?"
Michael nodded and quickly went to the furthest shelf of books where
he saw Monica go in. Percy and Thalia followed but quickly hide away
a few shelves down.
"So are you going to tell me what happened?" Thalia asked.
"I got a quest," Percy explained, "it said I have to save her or else she
will die."
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Thalia's eyes shot open, "woah, okay, that sounds bad. Did it give us
any clues? Was there a way the quest was worded that we might be
able to use to figure out what's going on?"
Percy shook his head, "nothing we could use. Although I do have a
feeling that it might involve whatever she dug up the day before."
"So what do you think it is?"
"No clue, but I know that it's definitely not a flask of whiskey."
"Oh there you two are," Mrs. J walked up to the two demigods with a
smile on her face, "and here I thought you both snuck off to some
corner to make out."
Percy and Thalia blushed red. "W-we were just looking for something
to talk about," Percy stammered out.
Mrs. J nodded, "right. Well I would recommend this," the busty blond
took out a red covered book from the shelf and handed it to Percy. The
title read 'They Mysterious of Greek Mythology'. "I really think you two
could do well about a project on ancient greek civilization."
Percy blinked, he looked to Thalia and saw that she was trying her best
not to burst out in laughter. Percy turned to Mrs. J, "thanks ma'am.
We'll get right on this."
"Great! I'll expect great things out of the both of you!" Mrs. J waved at
them and walked away, probably to check up on her other students.
Percy and Thalia looked at the book. "She would probably freak out if
she knew we were demigods," Thalia chuckled.
"Probably," Percy shrugged, he opened his inventory and put the book
inside, he would do his project later, for now his attention was focused
on his classmate.
"Screw you freak!" Percy and Thalia heard Tyler's voice loud and clear,
and form what they could tell it was coming from where Michael and
Monica were.
Percy and Thalia ran towards their friend. They saw Michael on the
ground with Monica helping him up. Tyler stood over them with a smug
smile, "when your girl hears about how easily I kicked your ass she'll
dump you in a second."
"What the hell is wrong with you Tyler?!" Monica roared as she got
Michael on his feet, "why are you acting like such an ass?!"
"Me?! What about him?! He already has a girlfriends and now I catch
him hitting on you!"
"He wasn't hitting on me Tyler! He was helping me!" Monica roared.
Percy felt a wave of mana wash over him. He couldn't believe what he
was feeling. The energy, it was coming off in waves, and the strangest
part was it was coming off of Monica!
Suddenly the books in the selves around themes started to shake.
Percy watched in amazement as the mana rolling off of Monica seeped
into the books lifting them into the air.
"I hate you Tyler! It's because of you that I never have any friends!"
Monica's brown eyes turned yellow, a wave of mana exploded out of
her sending Michael and Tyler flying back. Slowly Monica rose into the
air with an air of power surrounding her. Her hair floated around
pushed forward by an invisible wind, "I hate you!"
"What's going on?!" Michael yelled as Percy and Thalia helped him up.
Percy looked at Monic and focused his mana sensing powers. He
pushed his mana outwards and prodded her, immediately he was hit
with a wave of cold fury;
Demon Mana,
The mana you are sensing is from a demon brought forth from the
depths of Hell itself.
Percy's eyes shot open, "what the hell?!"
"AHHHHH!" Monica roared out as she sent a shockwave of energy
pushing everything away in a good 5 feet distance of her. Shelves
broke down, books went flying away. The windows in the library
shattered sending glass everywhere.
Percy knew Thalia and Michael could take care of themselves, but
Tyler was just a human. He needed to protect him, so without a second
though Percy rushed forward standing in front of the human absorbing
a majority of the energy being sent out of Monica.
Monica floated in the middle of the destruction. Thalia and Michael
were thrown away to one corner. But Percy stood right in front of her
protecting Tyler from the onslaught of magic. He lowered his hands
covering his face and stared at her with glowing green eyes.
"Who are you?" Percy growled.
"Your doom puny mortal," Monica spoke, but it wasn't her voice that
came out. And then suddenly, like someone had cut her strings, Monica
collapsed down.
"W-what happened to her?" Tyler asked as he finally got back up.
"Something very, very bad," Percy grumbled as he looked around at all
the destruction caused. He was going to have a tough time explaining
this one.
Percy Jackson
Health- 15,400/15,400 (+2000) = 17,400
Mana- 8,325/8,325 (+2000) = 10,325 (+20% more mana, +1,865) =
12,190
The Gamer
Title- Son of Poseidon
(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)
Level-49 Exp- 122,050/150,000
Race-Demigod
STR- [Original- 150] 0.146 (+11+20+75) = 106.146 (Layers of seals
applied - 10)
VIT-150 (+11+20)=181
DEX-100(+11+20)=131
INT-150
WIS-100
LUC-100
POINTS- 50
MONEY- 25,221,683$/ 20,856 D
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Percy looked down and saw Monica's chest raise up and go down. She
looked liked she was having trouble breathing, but from what the nurse
mentioned it was because her asthma was acting up.
Thalia sat beside her bed looking through an old magazine, they had
been here for three hours and yet Monica's condition hadn't changed.
The sun was going down, the last rays of the sun bathed the room
yellow. Percy didn't like it, he tried everything, even used his healing
powers, but she still hasn't woken up yet.
"Is she showing any signs of waking up?" Tyler asked as he walked in
with Michael and Clarisse by his side. They had gone out to get
something to eat while Thalia and Percy volunteered to stay at
Monica's side.
"Here, you guys should get," Clarisse brought out two cheese bagels
with a handful of cheese cream sachets.
"Thanks," Thalia smiled as she and Percy started to munch on the
bread.
"So happened to her?" Tyler asked he ran his fingers down Monica's
face, "one moment she was fine and the next….it was like she...she,
did something."
Percy nodded, "yeah. Something." He ate his food in silence as he
recalled what had happened since Monica went all demon fury on
them.
Thanks to the Mist everyone didn't question all the destruction caused
to the library shelves. From what Percy understood the mortals
believed that the wood in the shelves were rotten and they weren't
strong enough to hold the books up.
They also believed that a group of students had smashed in the
windows with rocks. The school was currently searching for these
'ruffians'.
Percy and the others also managed to convince everyone that Monica
had fainted because one of those rocks had hit her in the head. So far
no one dared to question them, Percy just hoped their luck would hold
for a little while longer.
"So tell me why exactly are you here Tyler?" Michael asked as he
narrowed his eyes at the swimming team captain.
"What do you mean?" Tyler asked.
"I mean you knew Monica, and she obviously knew you. I'm asking you
how," Michael clarified.
Tyler sighed, "simple...she's my twin sister."
The group stopped and stared at Tyler and then Monica.
"I'm guessing you two were fraternal twins?" Percy asked finishing his
bagel.
"Yeah," Tyler nodded, "obviously. She and I….well, we aren't as close
as we used to be. When we started school we just got split up. I
became popular and she...well she.."
"Became Goth?" Thalia finished.
Tyler sighed and nodded, "yeah. Goth." tyler looked at Percy, the
asshole from before was gone, standing now was a confused and
concerned brother, "what happened to her?"
Percy sighed, "I have no idea," he looked to Monica and observed her;
Monica William, Believer of Magic
Lv- 8
HP: 400/400
MP: 0/0
Race- Human
Str- 8
Vit- 6
Dex- 4
Int- 12
Wis- 10
Luc- 3
From a young age Monica has always felt different, she has
always been standing outside looking in. After her twin and her
started to drift apart Monica found comfort in the mystical and the
unexplained feeling a connection to the misunderstood. She has
dedicated her life looking for these things.
Likes: Magic
Dislikes: Normal people, shallow people, wannabes
She hates Percy
She is very adapt in ancient languages
She is unconcious
Percy then sent a wave of mana out feeling her body, his mana
sensing skill came back with the expected reply;
Demon Mana,
The mana you are sensing is from a demon brought forth from the
depths of Hell itself.
Percy grumbled, there was no change. He could feel the mana pouring
out of her, but his Observation powers still told him she was human,
not even mentioning if she was possessed by a demon or something, it
just didn't make any sense.
"I still don't understand what happened," Tyler grumbled, "one moment
she was fine and then she started….strated...fly? I think."
Percy sighed, "yeah...something like that" he turned to the others in the
room, everyone here, expect Tyler and Monica, could see past the
Mist. So Percy convinced them to act dumb on this, the less people
knew about their world the better, and while Percy might hate Tyler he
didn't want the guy dying from shock.
"Hey, what's this," Thalia squinted as she noticed something inside
Monica's jacket. She reached forward and pulled out a black leather
bound book. Percy observed it;
Notes of Yancy Academy constructions, (Cursed)
This book contains details about the construction of Yancy
Academy.
Percy narrowed his eyes, [Thalia drop the book now!] Percy switched
to ancient greek startling his girlfriend. She immediately drew her hand
back and looked at Percy for an explanation [I have a feeling this is
what caused Monica to summon magic.]
Tyler look confused but the other demigods understood what Percy
was saying. The demigod switched languages in order to keep their
conversation away from Tyler, once again for his one safety.
Thalia spoke in ancient Greek, [so what is it?]
[From what I'm able to sense it looks like a cursed item,] Percy
mummered as he looked it over, [it's a book about how this academy
was constructed, and from what I can tell it's cursed with demon
magic.]
[Demon magic?] Michael asked, [you mean Greek monster or….]
[I mean Christian demon,] Percy sighed, [like Marcia.]
[Great, just great. We come to a mortal scholl and the next thing we
know one of our classmates has been possessed by a demon.]
Clarisse sighed in frustration.
"What language are you guys speaking?" Tyler asked.
"It's something we came up at camp," Percy lied smoothly, "it's like
secret code."
Lie Detected!
"So why did you feel like you had to keep a secret from me?" Tyler
crossed his arms in fury.
"Because I don't trust you," Percy replied.
"Yeah well I don't trust you! In fact why are you even here?! I'm her
brother! Who the hell are you guys?!"
"We are her friends," Thalia spat out.
"She doesn't have friends!"
"And whose fault is that?" Thalia asked.
"I didn't do shit! The freak is just like this, she's always been like this!"
"What did you call her?!" Thalia roared as she jumped out of her seat
and charged Tyler. She grabbed him by the collar and slammed him up
against a wall, "you're her brother! And she's hurt right now, why the
hell are you acting like such an ass?!"
"Get off me bitch," Tyler tried to pry Thalia's hands off of him but the
demigoddess was too strong for him.
"I swear to the Gods Tyler you keep this up and I'm going to put you in
a full body cast," Thalia roared as lighting sparkled around her head.
"Guys!" Michael called out as he ran to Monica's side, "she's waking
up."
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Thalia let Tyler go as she and the others gathered around Monica.
They watched her stare awake as she opened her brown eyes and
lock on them.
She looked around and spotted her brother, "Tyler? What happened?"
"You...you well…-"
"-You were possessed by a demon," Percy jumped in causing Monica
to snap her attention to him. The other demigods looked at Percy
confused, they agreed to keep the mortals out of this, but the son of
Poseidon just sighed, "she needs to know."
The others nodded in relactantance, Thalia and Michael particularly
didn't like it, but it needed to happen.
"W-what did I do?" Monica asked in horror as she looked at Thalia, "did
I-did I-"
"-No, you didn't hurt anyone," Thalia assured her fellow punk girl, "but
you could have. It was pure luck that no one has died."
"What the hell are you guys talking about?!" Tyler finally lost his
patients, "what do you mean possessed?!"
Clarisse sighed, "fine, I'll tell him, come along Micheal," she and
Michael grabbed Tyler by the collar and dragged him outside. At the
door Clarisse turned to Percy, "get the story out of her, we'll fill in Mr.
Douche."
[Don't tell him we are demigods,] Percy spoke in ancient Greek, [he
may need to know about the existence of gods and monsters, but don't
tell him everything.]
Clarisse nodded in responce and closed the door behind her.
"Wait...you guys believe in possession?" Monica looked stunned.
Thalia and Percy shared a look and shrugged. "Yeah, kind of," Percy
replied, "we ah...we kind of have an experience with magic."
"How?" Monica asked wonder replacing her tired state.
"It's a long story," Thalia replied avoiding the subject, "listen Monica we
want to help you, but we can't do that if we don't what the hell is
happening to you."
Monica looked at Percy and then Thalia. She sighed as tear started to
come up, "I'm so stupid."
"Hey don't say that," Thalia reached in wiping away a falling tear drop,
"you didn't asked to be possessed."
"No, I kind of did."
Percy blinked, "wait, what? You asked a demon to possess you?"
"Not literally," Monica seemed to fold into herself, afraid of whatever
she was hiding.
"Monica," Thalia reached out holding her hand in comfort, "whatever it
is, you can tell us. We want to help."
Monica looked at Thalia and then to Percy, she slowly nodded, "okay…
damn, I don't even know where to begin."
"Preferably at the beginning," Percy said with a smile.
Thalia rolled her eyes, "I so knew you were going to say that."
Monica smiled, "yeah. Okay...well I suppose it all began over the
summer. I-I'm kind of obsessed about magic, you know? So I like to
spend time on the web searching for proof that it exists. And I
eventually stumbled on a site which talked about ancient buildings
spread across America and how they might be involved with the
supernatural. And it mentioned...well it mentioned Yancy Academy."
"Wait what?!" Percy all but yelled, "this school?! Our school?!"
Monica nodded, "yeah, I acted the same way. After I calmned down I
read a little more. What do you know about our school's history?"
Percy and Thalia shrugged, "not much," the daughter of lighting
admitted.
"Me too, until I did a little research. You see this school was built in
1950 for the rich and wealthy families of New York. But you see the
person who owned this land and the building wasn't even American."
Percy blinked, "say what now?"
"Yeah, and you will never guess who it was." Thalia and Percy waited
on the edge of their seats, figuratively in Percy's case, "Winston
Churchill."
"No way!" Thalia blinked in wonder, "the Winston Churchill built this
place?!"
Monica nodded, "yeah, I don't know why, but he bought this land in
1950 and began construction immediately afterwards. He had a cousin
in US to who he left the school too after his death, but apparently he
was very hands on when it came to the construction of the school."
"So, the greatest prime minister of England built our school," Percy
surmised, "but how does that help us? I mean that's amazing and all,
but how does this relate to the freaking demon you now have
possessing you?"
"It's because of what is under this building," Monica explained.
"And what is under it?" Thalia asked.
"People aren't sure," Monica shrugged, "some say it's treasure, some
say it's a portal to hell, me? Well I think Churchill found something
here, something magical, and he built this school over it in order to
keep it hidden."
"And again, not to say this all isn't amazing to know, how does this
relate to the cursed book you know have?"
Monica sighed, "there were...rumors, mostly. The people online talking
about this mentioned that Churchill would have let some sort of
guardian to protect whatever he was trying to hide. I thought it was a
lie, but now…."
Percy hummed, "Monica….tell me, what did you do last night?"
Monica blinked, "what do you mean?"
"What do you remember from last night?"
"Well I….I think I just fell asleep."
"What time did you fall asleep?"
"7?"
"And yet you looked like you were recovering from a hangover today
morning in class," Percy groaned.
"Percy you don't think that thing we followed yesterday was her do
you?" Thalia asked in concern.
"The demon must have taken over," Percy theorized as he lifted one of
Monica's hands. Her nails were painted pink, and it was clearly
chipped, "so the thing that we followed yesterday was probably her
body, but the demon was in control."
"Wait, demon?" Monica blinked, "what do you mean demon? Why do
you think I'm being possessed by a demon?"
"Believe me, I know," Percy told her.
"How? Did you meet one?"
Percy nodded, "yeah, but it's kind of a long story. Anyway, so how did
you even find the book?"
Monica looked like she wanted to ask Percy more questions but held
back. "Once I school started I went around looked for any clues
Churchill might have left behind. I looked around the library until I
stumbled upon a few books dating back to the foundation of the school.
In them I found clues leading to a book which spoke about Yancy
academy's construction."
"Which is when you found the cursed book," Thalia completed for her.
"Then that means the blood lust I felt that morning didn't come from
Tyler, but the demon," Percy said with narrowed eyes.
"Bloodlust?" Monica asked.
"It's kind of like a sense of dread you get from magical beings," Thalia
explained, "it varies on the strength of the creature, and from what
Percy felt the demon doesn't really seem that strong."
"That could have changed," Percy told Thalia, "demons feed on
humans, it could be using Monica to get a power boost for itself."
"Then we need to stop it."
"Agreed."
"Okay, okay, time out," Monica form a 'T' with her hand, "I'm sorry but
what the hell is going on? You two are taking this was to casually. I
mean you said you had experience with magic but….I mean how the
hell are you two just so relaxed about this?"
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Percy and Thalia looked at each other and shrugged. "Our life is kind
of like this all the time," Thalia admitted, "we just get used to it."
Monica looked to Percy who nodded, "trust us Monica, we got your
back."
"You guys seriously don't understand what you're getting into here,"
Monica shot back, "this isn't some math exam you pass or risk you take
by sneaking out to watch a movie, this is life and death stuff."
Percy chuckled, "we know, and we understand what you're getting
into."
"But-"
"-Enough Monica," Thalia cut her odd, "we are going to help you, and
that's final."
Monica sighed, "look I appreciate the offer, but seriously, I'm fine."
"You are possessed by a demon, how is that fine?"
"Because I already reached out for help," Monica crossed her hands, "I
may be reckless, but I'm not an idiot. When I woke up today I felt
something was off, so I called a couple of buddies of mine and asked
them to help me out."
"I'm sorry what?" Percy raised an eyebrow.
"What, you didn't think I was the only one interested in this place did
you? While I was searching around the net I found a bunch of people
who helped me out. One of them mentioned they had experience
handling the supernatural and if I ever got into trouble I should call
them."
"So they are coming here? Now?" Thalia asked.
"Yeah, they said they should be here by evening."
Percy and Thalia looked at each other again. [Does that mean we are
going to have more humans to protect while we actually deal with this
thing?] Thalia asked in frustration.
[Looks like it,] Percy sighed, [honestly, I can see why the Gods prefer
not interacting with them. It's like every time something dangerous
happens humans go like 'oh look at that dangerous thing that can kill
me! Let's go touch it!']
Thalia chuckled but Monica looked confused. "Wait...what language
were you guys speaking?"
Percy smiled, "it's a language we made up in camp. We use it when we
want to have a private conversation."
Lie Successful!
Monica nodded, "huh...okay….anyway, like I said, thanks, but no
thanks. I and my friends can handle this. You guys don't have to get
involved."
Thalia smiled, "it's almost cute how much she wants to protect us."
Percy nodded, "yeah."
"Hey!" Monica yelled blushing up a storm, "I'm serious here! You two
could be in serious danger, I don't need you here and I don't want you
here! Seriously!"
"Wow, she just said serious like three times," Percy whistled, "I guess
she must be pretty-"
"-Don't say it Jackson."
"-Serious," Percy chuckled. Monica groaned while Thalia rolled her
eyes at her boyfriend's antics. "Anyway, in all seriousness, hehe, we
are not letting you do this alone Monica. We may not be 'experts' like
your friends," Percy tried really hard to suppress his sarcasm, but
judging from the anger in Monica's eyes he failed, "but we'll try keep
out of their way."
Monica huffed, "fine…..but don't say I didn't warn you."
Just then the door opened and Clarisse and the others walked back in.
Tyler looked terrified, which was understandable considering he had
just been told every monster he ever read about as a child was real,
and a demon was currently possessing his twin sister.
"We good?" Percy asked.
"Yeah, he's a little shaken up, but I think he understands the message,"
Clarisse smirked, "it was honestly fun seeing him slowly melt down."
"Monica!" Tyler ran to his sister, "I'm so sorry. All those times you said
magic existed and now….I'm sorry! Please, whatever you want I'll do it.
I promise I won't call you weird or freakish ever again!"
Monica looked stunned as she watched her brother apologise for
everything he did to her, from teasing her with other boys to calling her
a witch.
Percy turned to Michael, "what did you guys to do him?"
"First we cleared the Mist from his eyes and then Clarisse stabbed him
with her spear. it went straight through. After Tyler realised he wasn't
dead she explained everything," Michael said with a shiver.
Percy and Thalia turned to Clarisse. The daughter of Ares shrugged,
"what? He wouldn't have believed me if I didn't show proof. I figured
shoving a celestial bronze spear through his heart would make him
more open to suggestions."
The demigods shuddered, Percy sighed, 'I might be crazy, but Clarisse
has made it an art form.'
After Tyler stopped begging by Monica's bed side everyone got filled in
on what was happening. Clarisse didn't like that Monica was involving
other mortals, but she knew is she couldn't do anything to stop her. If
they tried to shut them out Monica would just become angry and would
refuse to accept their help.
"So when are your demon hunting experts arriving?" Percy asked.
"They should be here by now," Monica said as she got back on her
feet. They were wobbly, but luckily it seemed she had recovered
enough from the incident from before.
"Where did you agree to meet them?" Thalia asked.
"Outside school grounds."
"Then outside we go," Michael cheered as the small group walked out
of the medical room.
"We need to remain quite," Percy told them as they snuck down the
corridor, "we should be approaching curfew right now and we can't
afford to be seen."
"We, got a problem," Clarisse said as they snuck to the main building's
door. They went outside but at the bottom of the stairs Percy spotted
Mrs. J sitting with a pad and a stack of papers by her side.
"Shit," Percy pushed them away from the door and back inside, "Mrs. J
is down there."
"Crap," Monica hissed, "we need to find a way around her."
"There is no other way out of this place," Tyler supplied.
"One of us needs to go down there and distract her," Michael said with
a smile.
"And I'm guessing you'll be volunteering as tribute?" Clarisse glared at
her boyfriends with crossed arms.
"I-I mean, well I one of her favorite students."
"Pft, yeah right, if anything I am her favorite student," Tyler huffed.
"Actually Percy is her favorite," Monica cut them both off as she turned
to Percy, "think you can handle her?"
Percy nodded, "I'll distract her long enough for you guys to sneak
away, deal?"
"Percy," Thalia growled, "don't you dare get two feet of that woman."
Percy gulped, "I-I'll try."
"Good, and don't even think about flirting with her!" Thalia hissed. She
didn't understand why, but she didn't like the woman, not one bit.
Percy told the others to stay back while he walked down the stairs
approaching Mrs. J.
"Lovely evening isn't it?" Percy asked.
"What?" Mrs. J asked jumping in surprise. She looked back and smiled,
"oh, it's you Percy."
"How are you ma'am?"
"Find, all things considering," she sighed as she stretched her hands
up. As she did so Percy couldn't help but notice the way she pushed
her chest forward emphasising her large breasts.
Zap!
Percy wiped in surprise as he felt a jolt of lighting hit his ass. He looked
around and saw Thalia glare at him. Monica and Tyler looked
confused, the Mist prevented them from noticing anything, but the
other demigods knew, and they just chuckled in response.
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Percy sighed, 'focus Percy, focus.' He looked at her side and noticed a
stack of question papers that were corrected.
"So ma'am what are you doing out here?" Percy asked.
"Well I just thought it was a very nice night, no reason to waste it," she
looked up seeing the beautiful crescent moon shining down below
bathing her and Percy in silverlight. "So I figured I might as well correct
my papers out here, you know, with some fresh air."
Percy nodded, "I see….so I take it those are our papers?"
Mrs. J nodded, "indeed. You did very well in your last exam Percy.
Though I would suggest you brush up on your Egyptian history. They
are a very important ancient and important culture you know."
Percy sighed, "yeah, got it Mrs. J."
The teacher chuckled, "anyway, how is Monica doing?"
"Still unconscious," Percy lied easily, "Thalia and the others left some
time ago, the only reason I stayed is because I kept argueing with Tyler
and time just seemed to slip away."
Lie Succeeded!
"Yes, time is a bitch to all of us," Mrs. J looked far away, her eyes were
unfocused, she seemed to be recalling something.
"Anyway, it's getting late, we should probably get to our rooms," Percy
said looking at his watch.
"Oh dear me, you're right," Mrs. J got up and looked at her papers and
sighed, "so much work….oh, I know! Percy, be a dear and help me
carry these will you?"
Percy blinked, "ah, yeah, sure. Not a problem." Percy looked behind
and motioned to Thalia to carry on without him, he would catch up
when he could.
He quickly grabbed the stack of test papers Mrs. J was correcting and
followed her along as they walked back into the main building. Thalia
and the others ran before Mrs. J and Percy entered, and stayed hidden
until they left. Once they were out of sight Thalia and the others ran out
of the building making their way to the school boundaries.
"Do you know where my room is?" Mrs. J asked.
"Yeah, in the right wing, correct?" Percy said as he walked behind her.
"Right, how did you know?"
"Oh, I just like exploring things. In my last year here I pretty much
mapped out this entire place in my head."
Mrs. J nodded, "impressive. I did the same when I first came here.,
though I went to the library instead. I don't exactly have the freedom
you enjoy, so much work to do, no wonder my mother hated school."
Percy was surprised, "wait, there are maps of the school in the library?"
Mrs. J nodded, "indeed. I think it's in the history section, if your
interested you should check them out. Maybe you might even find one
or two secret passages you didn't know about."
Percy chuckled, "yeah, maybe."
"So tell me something about yourself Percy," Mrs. J asked as they
began walking up the stairs to the third floor.
"Well, there's nothing much to say really. I'm 14 years old, though I'm
told I look much older."
"Yes, I was very surprised to hear your real age. I've seen many
miracles puberty performing, myself included, but you Percy take the
cake. And the bakery."
Percy laughed, "yeah, guess it did kind of hit me hard. Anyway I'm right
now studying in the 10 grade because my mom and the school felt I'll
do best there. I'm somewhat good at studies, so they thought it would
be nice."
"'Somewhat good' is an understatement Percy," They reached the third
floor and Mrs. J lead them to the fourth door down the hallway, "you
have a near perfect grade score. I would even say you're something of
a genius."
"Thanks Mrs. J."
"So any plans for the future? I know that being a child genius a lot of
choices would be open to you, you are probably going to have a hell of
a time picking what you like."
"Well...I am thinking about becoming a cop."
"A cop?"
"Yeah, I have a job in New York, I go there during the weekends and
intern at the 12th precinct. So I kind of like it."
"Well, if that's the case I'm sure that if you do join New York will have
earned a very talented police officer," she opened the door and took
the stack of papers off of Percy's hands, "thank you Percy. Have a nice
night."
Percy smiled as Mrs. J closed the door behind her. The moment the
door closed Percy took off in a blur of speed running out of the main
building and towards the gate.
He ran across the threshold so fast the gate gaurd didn't even notice
anything wrong. The only indicator that Percy had passed was a gust
of wind.
Percy ran down the road leading from the school to the town nearby.
He looked around for his friends when he spotted them up head,
talking with two guys in front of a black van.
He slowed down, he didn't want Monica and Tyler questioning how he
got there so fast. He quickly hide behind a tree and stealthily walked
towards them until he got within earshot of them.
"And I'm telling you I'm not just going to let a bunch of kids tag along,"
a vaguely familiar voice spoke. Percy couldn't put his finger on it, but
he knew he heard it before.
"This is a very dangerous world kids, you don't understand what you
are getting yourself into," a second male voice spoke up, again familiar
yet strange.
"Look pal, we know exactly what we are going up against," Thalia said
with a low growl, Percy could tell she didn't like restraining herself, but
again, it was necessary.
"Oh? And what do you think we are dealing with?" the first voice asked,
"a little demon possession? Hm? Is that what you think this is?
Something we can cure with a little spell and some holy water? Get
real kid, Monica is in danger, and we are here to help her."
"Enough Jet, it's not their fault for wanting to help, stop giving them
grief," a third voice spoke, this one was also familiar and was female.
Suddenly Percy was hit with the realisation of where he heard those
voices, and who these people were.
He smiled, 'of all the people in the world….this has to be fate or
something.' Percy walked out of the trees and to his friends.
He looked at the two mean from before. One was tall, he wore a red
button shirt over a black t-shirt and a set of jeans. He had dark skin,
latin in origin, with brown hair and a gun holster on his side.
Chapter 657
The other man was shorter, about Percy' height, with light brown hair.
He was bigger than the first man, but also more muscular. He wore a
blue and green jersey with the number 3 on it and a open zip hoodie
over it. He also had a gun strapped to his side but he was currently
holding a baseball bat with nails in it.
Percy smiked, "you know, you guys still haven't changed in all this
time."
Thalia smiled along with the others in her group. The two men however
jumped a little in Percy' surprise entrance.
"Who are you?" the man with the baseball bat asked as he leveled it at
Percy.
The demigod chuckled, "oh please, I managed to overpower you when
I was 12 Jet, do you really think I can't kick you ass again now?"
Jet looked shocked, "do I know you?"
Percy rolled his eyes, "seriously? How many 12 year olds do you know
that can kick your ass?" Percy turned to the other man, "come on John,
please tell me at least you remembered."
John also looked shocked, "I'm sorry, but no. Who are you."
"Percy?" the feminine voice spoke up again. Percy turned and there
sitting in a wheelchair inside the van was a woman with red hair and
bright green eyes. She wore a red shirt with a black leather jacket over
it, she had a gun holster strapped to her chest with a celestial bronze
blade sheathed to her side.
Percy grinned, "hello Christy, it's so nice to see you again."
"Wait, Percy?!" Jet yelled in shock, "what the hell man! How have you
been?!"
Percy chuckled, "good, good. Trying not to die, so far so good."
"What are you doing here?" John asked in disbelief, "last place I would
ever expect to see you would be in the middle of the road!"
"I'm not here by random John, I go to Yancy Academy, and these
guys," he pointed to the kids, "are my friends."
"So, they are like you and…." Christy began.
"Luke? Yeah, they are like me and Luke," Percy nodded finishing for
her.
"Luke?" Thalia asked in surprise, "what does Luke have to do with
anything?"
"Perhaps we should talk about this inside," Christy moved into the van
inviting them in.
Percy and the others followed suit, John and Jet locked the door
behind them and quickly got into the front two seats.
Percy whistled at the back of the van, it was completely customized.
The entire back was removed and fitted with a computer, cameras and
even a mini satellite dish that seemed to be broken. There were also
various other gadgets piled in the back, overall it reminded Percy of
one of those portable station vans the cop would use during a
stakeout.
"Where did you get all of this stuff?" Michael asked as he looked at the
tech they had in the back.
"I'm guessing Edward hooked you up?" Percy asked as he and the
others sat down in the back with Christy sitting in front of them.
"Yes….these hasn't exactly been the same since...well, you know,"
Christy sighed.
"Actually, we don't know," Monica said looking confused, "what's going
on here? How do you know Percy Christy?"
"Wait is Christy the friend you knew who was coming to help your
demon problem?" Percy asked.
Monica nodded, "well, yeah. But how do you know her?"
Christy sighed, "well, it was what? Two years ago?"
Percy nodded, "yeah, about that long."
"Two years ago my friends and I went on a camping trip in the forests
of Indiana. Everything was going fine….until…."
"Until the Nokken," Jet completed for his struggling friend. "It killed us
one by one. Soon there were only four of us left."
"We thought we were done for, until Percy, Luke and Grover showed
up. They helped us track and kill the thing," John completed.
"So wait, you fought a monster?!" Tyler asked as respect and
admiration filled his eyes.
Percy chuckled, "yeah, I guess I did." He then turned to Charity, "now
it's your turn. Why the Hades are you three here?"
"Since that trip we couldn't properly readjust to simple life," Christy
explained, "we tried, we really did. But after finding out the truth of the
world was….we couldn't just sit by and let the monsters roam free. We
needed to protect those who couldn't protect themselves."
"And so you three became what? Monster hunters?" Percy narrowed
his eyes.
"Yes, we did, and we are damn good at what we do," Jet spoke up,
"just last week we tracked down and killed a pack of harpies."
"Oh dear," Clarisse said, "you should not have done that."
"What? Why?" John asked.
"Because they serve Hades," Michael explained, "and he is very
territorial about his servants."
Christy looked confused, "right, anyway, for the last two years we have
been going around the country finding those that need help and getting
rid of the monsters."
"And how exactly are you paying for all of this?" Percy asked looking at
the van and gadgets.
"Edward helped us out at first, but eventually we managed to find
others like us and with their help we managed to create several fake
credit cards for us to use," Christy pointed at a box of old used cards
that had either been cut in half or had their metallic strip rubbed off.
"Wait, others like you?" Thalia asked, "what do you mean?"
"Hunters," John supplied, "we call ourselves Hunters. We are basically
a group of men and women who know what the real world is like and
will do everything in our power to protect mankind."
Percy blinked, "you're joking…." they stared at him, "...okay….not
joking."
"Why do you think we were joking?" Christy asked with narrowed eyes.
"Because you guys just told me you were hunting monsters….humans.
Hunting. Monsters. Why wouldn't I think that's a joke."
"You think just because we are human we can't hunt them?"
"Yes."
"And why not?"
"Do I really need to give you a reason other than the fact that they are
monsters?"
"And we have something that can kill them," Christy pointed at the
celestial bronze blade she had at her side.
"And how exactly are you planning on doing that when one third of your
team is blind?" Percy asked. Only Christy was clear sighted, the others
were not.
"Not any more," Jet answered, "ever since the trip we have been able
to slowly see more and more the supernatural world. We may not be
able to see everything like Christy, but we can still see enough to put a
bullet in it's head."
Chapter 658
Percy was surprised, he never heard of anyone developing the ability
to see past the Mist. But now that he thought about it he remembered
how Nancy was able to see the Gergosa, she must have also
somehow developed this ability while hanging out with Percy, who was
also part of the mythological world.
'But that means the rest of the mortals I'm hanging out with also have a
chance to see past the Mist. But maybe like Jet mentioned they can't
through all of it, maybe….I need to research more on this, but later.'
"Fine," Percy sighed, "you guys can come along. I suppose it wouldn't
hurt having a few extra hands with us."
"Wow, didn't realise we needed your permission short stuff," Jet
scoffed.
"Actually yes Jet, you did need my permission, Monica is my friend and
if you were any other normal human who was just wanted to chase
ghosts I would have sent you away."
"I'm sorry but exactly gives you the right to act all high and mighty?"
Monica asked crossing her arms.
"Simple," Percy shrugged, "I'm Percy Jackson."
Tyler rolled his eyes, "and they say I'm the arrogant one."
"Dude, if you only knew have the shit he did you wouldn't be saying
that," Michael said, "he's just trying to keep you guys safe. We all are."
"And what thinks you can keep us safe?" John asked.
"Well..." Michael looked at Percy, [should we tell them?]
Percy sighed, [maybe. Christy and the others already know half of the
story, kind off. It wouldn't matter if they did or didn't.]
Michael shrugged, "you see we four go to special camp. And at this
camp we are trained specifically to fight monsters. It's kind of like our
job."
"What type of camp is this?" Christy asked.
"A Camp for those who can kick ass," Thalia supplied, "anyway, what
we are trying to say is when we encounter the demon leave the fighting
to us."
"Really? And what exactly can four teenagers do against a demon?"
Jet asked.
Thalia looked at the man and smiled, "you'll see."
Christy sighed as she rubbed her temples, "I so need a drink after this.
Fine, we are all in agreement, we are going to help Monica get rid of
the demon, yes?" Everyone nodded.
"Great, so where do we start?" Percy asked.
"Oh so the great monster hunter is asking us now huh?" Jet scoffed,
"thought you went to a monster fighting camp which trained you for
these kinds of things."
Percy shrugged, "we mainly deal with monsters, not demons. And
mostly Greek stuff, nothing else."
"Either way this is a unique case even for us," Christy admitted as she
turned to her computer. "Most demons possess humans and be done
with it. This thing however is acting like a leach, from what I understand
it took over temporarily twice, once last night and the other today
afternoon."
"And it's doing so through this," Monica took out the black book she
risked her life to obtain.
Christy sighed, "I think you might have just stumbled upon a cursed
item. Though this is definitely going bigger than a curse item. What
if…..wait a minute, Monica you said that you were possessed by a
demon, why do you think so?"
"Because Percy told me," Monica shrugged.
"Why did you say that Percy?" Christy asked.
"Because I felt demon mana come out of her by the bucket load,"
Percy shrugged.
"And how would you know what demon mana feels like?" Jet asked
with narrowed eyes.
"Because I fought one, duh."
"Sure, you fought a demon," Jet rolled his eyes, "I totally believe you."
"Like I care if you…..wait, that's it!" Percy's eyes sparkled, "oh I'm such
an idiot for realising this sooner!"
"What? What happened?" Clarisse asked.
"I'll just asked Marcia about the demon!" Percy yelled as he opened the
van door and walked back onto the street.
"What are you talking about?" John asked.
"He's going to summon a demon," Thalia replied.
"He's going to do what?!" all the humans roared as one, but the
demigods didn't pay them any head.
Percy closed his eyes and poured mana into the crystal. Smoke
poured out of his forehead as Marcia appeared before him in her wolf
form and bowed, "master."
"Marica, I need your help," Percy said scratching the winged demon
wolf behind the ear.
The other humans stared with open jaws. Tyler's eyes rolled into the
back of his head, Monica looked like she might just follow him. Jet and
John looked like they just saw a woman naked for the first time and
Christy's jaws were wide enough to swallow a pumpkin whole.
Sometime Later;
"Dude! You have a pet wolf!" Jet yelled out in amazement.
"A pet demon wolf!" Christy cried out in horror.
"I am no pet" Marica growled as she bared her fangs shocking the
gathered humans. She looked to Percy and purred, "I'm his slave."
"Ah, is that wolf making bedroom eyes at Percy?" Tyler asked Thalia.
The demigoddess shrugged, "yeah, it kind of likes him."
"Is no one else freaked out by the fact that it can talk?!" John asked
and was ignored.
"Marcia we need your help," Percy mentally took out the leather bound
book from Monica and presented it to the demon wolf, "I think a demon
is using this book in order to possess my friend. What can you tell me
about it?"
The wolf sniffed the book over, she looked at Monica with narrowed
eyes, "where did you find this girl?"
"I-It was buried in campus, I found it using clues left behind by
Churchill," Monica confessed.
"Churchill? Hm, I don't know what he would have to do with
demons, but I can tell you what this is. This book is an anchor so
to speak, we demons use anchors to feed us strength, if I was to
guess this demon isn't possessing your friend, but feeding off of
her."
"Then how did it take over?" Percy asked, "last night she was able to
climb up the side of a building with her nails, and today she basically
sent out a shock wave of demonic energy."
"A side effect of the feeding," Marica growled, "one that we demons
avoided if possible. When the host transfers energy to the demon,
some of demon's energy is fed into it. But so does the demons
personality, making the host insane."
Monica's eyes shot wide open, "wait, so I'm going to go insane?!"
"Yes, you are."
"How can we stop it?" Christy asked.
"You would have to destroy the demon," Marica said with a shrug,
"but that's easier said than done."
"Any clues on which demon did this?" Percy asked his servant.
"No, I can't tell, sorry. All I know is that it is powerful, very
powerful."
"Stronger than you?" Percy raised an eyebrow.
"There are many demons stronger than me master," Marcia cooed,
"but few smarter. If it was I using this book the girl would be dead
before she even knew what was going on. This demon is sloppy,
he's left himself exposed."
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"Or he's just trying to lure us into a trap," Clarisse spoke up. Everyone
turned to her in disbelief, "what? Come on you guys think about it. It
wasn't to feed on humans. What better way to do that-"
"-Than to bring more of us to it," Percy completed.
"So now all we have to do is find where this demon is, fall into it's trap,
somehow survive and then kill it," Jet shrugged, "so easy."
"Only we have no clue where the demon is," Monica spoke, "it's using
this book as an anchor, and I'm guessing it doesn't have to be near to
feed on me."
"Indeed it doesn't. I would suggest looking for cave or any form of
underground systems, it may be a vast generalization, but we
demons do love our caves."
"Monica, that thing you mentioned Churchill was trying to hide, do you
think the demon is there?" Thalia asked.
"It would make sense," Christy nodded, "I mean, it probably targeted
Monica because she was looking for it's resting place. It probably let
her reach out for help because it wanted even more people to find it."
"So now we have to find out whatever Churchill was hiding, great, just
great," Percy scratched his chin, "any tips?"
"Don't die, because if you die at the hands of a demon you get a
straight one way trip to Hell, and while I may like you, the others
will most definitely not."
Percy nodded as he dismissed Marica absorbing her back into his
gem. He turned to the team gathered in the van, "okay guys, last
chance, you all sure you want to do this?"
"Yes," said Christy and her team in an even tone.
"Yes!" Michael said with a grin.
"Yes?" Tyler said unsure of how he could be useful.
"Great, then let's go."
"Where to first oh fearless leader?" Michael asked.
"We need to figure out where this Demon is hiding, Monica, does the
book tell us anything about where this underground chamber that
Churchill left is located?"
"It gives some vague idea, but...well, it's confusing. It's more like a
journal than a map. It talks about the chamber, but I can't figure out
what it means."
"The library," Percy realised, "Mrs. J mentioned that there were maps
of the school in the library. Maybe using the notes in the journal we can
find where this thing is."
Percy quickly pushed Christy's wheelchair up the road to the school.
The others were walking in front of them, Jet and John were speaking
with Michael asking about camp, Thalia and Clarisse were helping
Monica telling her how everything was going to be alright. And Tyler?
Well he just walked forward looking as lost as ever.
"It's been a long time Percy," Christy spoke in a whisper so that only
Percy could hear her.
"Indeed, I honestly prayed I would never see you guys again," Percy
chuckled, "not because I hate you or something, but because if we did
it would probably mean you guys got yourself into some deep shit."
"I can understand that," Christy nodded, "things seem to escalate to a
100 with you around."
"Yes, they always do. Anyway, how's life? Other than the hunting for
monsters thing?" Percy said with a little anger in his tone.
"You really don't want us to hunt monsters huh?"
"Christy, I may look like a kid, but I'm not innocent," Percy sighed, "I
have seen things you wouldn't believe, and have done things you
wouldn't like. I speak from experience, there are some things in this
world that you wouldn't expose your worst enemy to."
"I get it Percy, I do. You want to protect us, and I appreciate that. But
you can't always be there, we need to protect ourselves."
"By going after things you can barely understand?"
"And you do?"
"Definitely more than you."
"Look, we have a right to fight for our lives. We won't just run away and
hide, this is our world too."
Percy sighed, "you're as stubborn as Luke."
Christy perked up hearing the son of Hermes's name, "Luke….where is
he anyway? I figured he would be with you."
"He's…..he's not here. He's on an important mission right now."
"Really what kind of mission?"
"He's trying to save the world."
Christy blinked, "really?"
Percy nodded, "really."
Christy chuckled, "you two are so like Sam and Dean."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "I'm sorry who?"
"Sam and Dean Winchester," Christy clarified, "their two brothers we
met on our journey. They were Hunters, like us, but a lot more
experienced. We were chasing a ghost when we met, Dean basically
said the same thing you are, 'you three are rookies, you don't belong in
this job'."
"Sounds like a smart man."
"He thought so. Anyway, we stuck around, and in the end helped them
catch the ghost and send it away. We kind of earned their respect that
day, so now whenever one of us needs help we call the other."
"I see...how many Hunters are there?"
"Hundreds."
"Then how come I have never heard of them?"
"Well it's all very hush hush, and the only way you could ever meet
them is if you're a monster of a fellow Hunter."
"Hm...maybe Artemis would know something about this," Percy
wondered aloud as he recalled the goddess of the Hunt.
"What was that Percy?"
"Nothing, never mind."
Soon they reached the gate and saw the security gaurd there.
"Shit, how do we get in now?" Tyler asked.
"We could jump the wall," Jet pointed at the 20 foot tall construction.
"And what about Christy?" John asked.
"I'll carry her and you toss the chair over," Jet replied.
"Relax guys, we got this," Michael walked right past the gate
manipulating the Mist to turn himself and everyone else invisible to the
guards sight.
"Michael wait!" Tyler hissed, but everyone was shocked when they
realised that the gate gaurd didn't even blink as Michael walked right
passed his line of sight.
"How did he do that?" Monica asked.
"He used the Mist to turn himself invisible," Thalia explained.
"You can control the Mist?" Jet asked in amazement.
Percy nodded as he rolled Christy forward, "yeah, we can."
"So you can hide things from us?" Christy asked.
"Yes, we can."
"So are you even the real Percy?"
"I am, I may be able to trick the others, but you are a clear sighted
mortal, I can never use the Mist to trick you."
Chapter 660
The small group of friends/Hunters quickly snuck across campus
walking to the library. They reached the door and when Tyler tried to
pry it open he discovered it was locked.
"Shit," John cursed, "we can't get in. And I don't think we can just break
in a window."
"Step back," Percy bent down and placed his hand over the lock. He
focused and using his telekinesis twisted the locking mechanism inside
snapping the door open. It was crude, but it got the job done.
"Woah," Tyler said amazed, "how did you do that?"
"Trade secret," Percy opened the door, "come on, we don't have time
to waste. Marcia said the demon could kill Monica at any moment."
"Where are the maps?" Thais asked.
"History section," Percy pointed as he closed the door as soon as
everyone was inside.
The history section was trashed, Monica's outburst from before had left
the windows broken and a couple of book shelves toppled.
"Damn, there's glass everywhere," John said as everyone carefully
stepped around the fallen glass, "if this is how much of power the
demon leaked into you one can wonder how much energy it actually
has."
"Alright, gather everything you can about the school and bring it here,"
Christy rolled to the nearest table, "Monica since you're the only one
who can touch the book I want you to look over it and find what we
need, the rest of you must look over this mess and try to find a record
of some kind."
The others nodded as they all split up into different groups. Percy
walked with Thalia as they quickly looked through a self together.
Thalia yawned, Percy chuckled, "are the late nights getting to you?"
"Yeah, it's times like this when I wish I had Gamer's body as well,"
Thalia grumbled.
"Well if you want you could take a break, I'll sort through the shelf
myself."
Thalia nodded as she stepped back rubbing her eyes. Percy used his
super speed to quickly look through the various book finding nothing
useful.
"So what's the deal with Kirsty and Luke?" Thalia asked.
"Hm? Oh, nothing big, they just liked each other is all."
"Is she like his girlfriend or something?" Thalia asked.
"Why? You jealous?" Percy smirked.
"No!" Thalia hit Percy's arm, "I don't like him like that!"
"Good, because I don't really think I can deal with you having a crush
on an older guy."
"Hm," Thalia huffed, "I was just asking because when you mentioned
Luke she looked like someone had just kicked her puppy."
"I meet Christy and the others on my quest to get back my mom. She
and Luke kind of hit it off, and Luke inspired her to be a hero, he even
gave her that celestial bronze blade she carries around."
"Huh, wondered where she got that from," Thalia muttered as she
spied Christy from the corner of her eye, "thought you gave it to her."
"Neah, I prefer punks over redheads."
"Oh, so you like Monica then?"
Percy blushed as he looked at Thalia, "not what I meant sweetie."
Thalia chuckled, "I know Percy, I know."
"I got something!" Tyler's voice called out. Everyone ran to the table as
Christy and Monica poured over the book that tyler brought to them. It
was a book with the blueprints for the school written by the architect.
Christy went through page after page, but nothing stuck out.
"Monica which page did you say sounded like the secret chamber was
here?" Christy asked.
"This one," Monica opened the book and looked through it, "'the
second wing if finally complete. If all goes on schedule we can finish
the gymnasium within the week. The 'location' that Mr. Churchill wanted
to build is also nearing completion. To avoid suspicion we have built it
before the gymnasium construction. The blame of digging up will fall to
plumbing for showers and the like.'"
"So it's somewhere near the gymnasium," Clarisse concluded.
"Yeah but where?" John asked, "from what the maps say the gym is
near the border wall, the only thing next to it is the main building. There
isn't even much space for anything else."
"So maybe we shouldn't be looking for something else, maybe it's in
the gym," Michael suggested.
"Wouldn't make sense," Thalia yawned, "I mean if Churchill wanted to
keep this thing hidden and safe he wouldn't put the entrance
somewhere kids visit on a daily basis."
"Then…..maybe something happened. Something Churchill had no
way of stopping," Christy suggested, "maybe after he died the school
went against his wishes and did something he didn't want them to do."
"So they built over the entrance?" Jet asked.
"Yes, I think I know just the place," Percy said with a smirk.
A few minutes later;
"You have got to be kidding me," Tyler said with an open jaw. They
were now inside the swimming pool searching around for a secret
entrance.
"Nope," Percy replied as he sent wave after wave of mana out trying to
pick up on something, "this place was built 20 years ago, and is right
next to the Gym. Churchill wouldn't have put the entrance somewhere
outside the school ground, so that meant this is the only place it could
be."
"So it's somewhere below this building?" Christy asked as she looked
around.
"I'm guessing so," Monica replied as she shuddered. Her skin had lost
it's colour, she looked like she was about to drop dead, luckily Tyler
kept her on her feet.
"I think I found it," Percy spoke up as he felt a trace of demon mana
coming from underneath the pool, "it's coming from underneath the
pool."
"The entrance is under the pool of water?" Jet asked with a sigh,
"great, so all we have to do is drain the pool and then break through
who knows how many feet on concert."
"This is becoming more and more impossible by the second." John
grumbled.
"We aren't giving up," Tyler snapped, "we aren't just going to let her
die!"
"We didn't say we were Tyler," Percy walked to the pool and looked
down. He sent a wave of mana and felt a solid brick of demon mana
right underneath the water. If he was to guess the entrance was a few
feet below the water.
"Alright then smarty pants, since you're so confident, care to explain
how exactly we are going to get down there?" Yet asked with crossed
arms.
"Dude, just wait and watch," Michel told the man patting him on the
shoulder, "you're going to be in for a treat."
Percy stood up straight and without a second's hesitation jumped into
the water. He glided down to the bottom and touched the marble. He
closed his eyes and activated his molecular manipulation ability. He
scanned the marble and concrete below him gaining a 3D picture of
what there below.