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The Ascension was anchored away from the island as Percy and
teams Alpha and Beta used smaller row boats to reach the island.
Rocks jutted out at the shore, but the forest looked welcoming, almost
too welcoming.
"We have to be careful lads," Galen said in a low tone, "I remember
coming here with Odysseus the first time. The forest is filled with
monsters and traps laid out by the stupid Cyclops. There is also a
charm around the forest that causes everyone who enters it to become
influenced to do stupid things leading you astray or into danger. Be
careful."
Percy and the others nodded as the two teams slowly entered the
forest;
You have entered a forest!
+5 to all stats!
Percy could also feel the mana of the charm Galen was talking about,
but luckily thanks to Gamer's mind he was immune to all mental
manipulations.
"Here I think I found a way," Marc said pointing to a trail leading into the
forest. The sailor took one step onto the trail when suddenly something
burst from the ground towards Marc.
Percy however was on alert and had moved fast enough to push Marc
to the side avoiding a giant iron spike that would have otherwise
skewered him.
"Merde!" Marc exclaimed as he got back up, "it's already messing with
our heads. I was sure there was nothing there! Thanks Percy, you
saved my life there."
"Yeah no problem. But ah guys maybe I should lead," Percy said.
Galen raised an eyebrow, "and why is that?"
"I'm kind of immune to mental manipulations. It's the only reason I'm
still alive after meeting Cthulu," Percy explained making the others
remember the incident.
"Any objections?" Galen asked as no one raised their hands, "then
Percy, lead on."
Percy nodded and soon the team of sailors and demigod walked into
the forest heading towards the mountain in the center of the island. The
forest was big and filled with bugs and other type of creepy crawlies.
Luckily Percy had brave men with him and -
"-A bug!" William screamed out a he ran away from a big centipede that
was crawling up a tree.
Percy sighed, 'okay maybe not so brave….'
The forest was playing tricks on them, people were lead astray more
than once. Percy had to not only make sure nobody died but also make
sure they were going the right way. Once he caught William just as he
was about to fall into a 10 foot deep ditch.
They soon crossed a big bridge over a fast flowing river and slowly the
forest started to die out. The tree line soon went away revealing to
them a wide plain of open grass.
"There, that's the cave," Galen said pointing at the big mountain in the
center of the plains. By the side of the mountain was a large opening
which was closed by a huge rock.
Everyone walked towards it and gathered around the entrance. Percy
knocked on the stone, it was thick, maybe 40-50 feet thick.
"There is no way in hell we are getting past that," Galen said with a tsk,
"we tried it the first time we were here and we didn't even make a
scratch on the stone."
Marc raised an eyebrow, "ah, Galen you do remember who you're with
right?"
Galen looked confused, "who I'm with? I'm with you all but what does
that-"
Before Galen finished his sentence Percy turned around and activated
his Speed, Body Form and Earthquake powers. He charged up his
right hand with Body Form and Earthquake vibrations;
Body Form Activated: Right Arm
Percy drew back his hands and in a flash his fist collided with the giant
stone. Web like cracks formed around the spot of impact as they grew
bigger and bigger. The cracks didn't seem to be stopping as they soon
covered the entire stone.
Percy's first was stuck inside the stone, he pulled with all his might
which caused the stone to collapse on itself as Percy took his fist out.
"-Right...I forgot you could do that," Galen said causing everyone to
laugh at their Quarter master's expense.
Percy shook his fist, that was new. He had never really tried to add
speed to his attacks, it just didn't seem….well relevant. But just then he
realised that if he increased the velocity of the attack that would cause
the force behind his punch to increase resulting in more damage.
'Why hadn't I thought of that before?' Percy wondered looking at his
fist, 'it seems so obvious now, but…..the extra Wisdom skill.'
Percy quickly realised the reason for his new innovative thoughts,
guess the wisdom stats really are useful. Percy turned to the sailors,
"let's go kill a cyclops."
The sailors nodded but Galen spoke up, "ah Percy I don't think that's a
good idea."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "and why not?"
"Well last time we fought Polyphemus we blinded him and Poseidon
cursed us to be lost for 10 years at sea. If we actually kill him…."
Percy nodded, he got the message, his dad would be pissed….wait
Polyphemus was his brother? The thought sickened Percy to the core
but he quickly pushed it aside. Percy turned away from the cave and
formed a mist by increasing the moisture in the air. He then prayed to
Iris and called on his dad.
Poseidon's image showed up clearly in front of Percy, the god was
reading a book focused on the pages. He smiled and let out a
perverted giggle turning the pages.
'Okay….that's not creepy at all' Percy thought as he cleared his throat,
"Hey dad," Percy called up startling Poseidon.
"Percy?!" Poseidon yelled as he threw the book away and off screen
causing Percy to raise an eyebrow at the strange behavior.
"Bad time?"
"No, no, I was just ah, just doing some light reading," Poseidon said
giving a nervous chuckle, "so ah what can I do for you? Did something
happen?"
"Yeah actually, my friends are stuck in Polyphemus's island and they
are about to be eaten. So I just wanted to call you up and tell you
beforehand that I'm going to be be killing the stupid bastard."
"What?! Percy he's your brother!" Poseidon yelled out.
"Yeah, and he's right now trying to eat my friends. I would try talking to
him but something tells me he isn't really going to listen."
Poseidon sighed, "look Percy I understand your situation, but please
also understand that despite all that Polyphemus is, he is also your
brother. Please do not kill him."
Poseidon's face told Percy all he needed to know, his dad really cared
for the cyclops. Percy sighed, "okay dad. I promise I will try not to kill
him."
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Poseidon sighed, "that's all I can ask for. Oh and what's this I heard
about you picking a fight with Triton?"
"Ah sorry what was that? You're breaking up dad! I can't hear" Percy
canceled the message and sighed in relief. His dad was going to be
pissed when they actually met face to face. He turned to the sailors
and nodded, "well let's go."
They nodded and soon the group walked into the cave. It was dark and
creepy, like one would expect a cave to be. The ceiling was at least 50
feet above them with stalagmites and stalactites everywhere. There
was almost no light in here, other than the light coming from the
entrance. But then again light may not be the most important thing for a
blind cyclops.
"You know I'm surprised," Marc said, "I kind of expected Polyphemus to
come rushing out here, after all Percy did make a lot of noise breaking
the stone entrance."
"Yes he should," Galen said scratching his chin, "the only reason he
hasn't-"
"-Is because he is busy trying to eat my friends!" Percy's eyes shot up
in realisation as he activated his super speed dashing forward deeper
into the cave.
The cave was small in comparison to the mountain. Percy reached its
centre in less than a second. Standing right in the center of the cave
was a giant being that automatically drew Percy's attention. It was
bigger than a Gergosa but smaller than a Gigantic Gergosa, wearing
nothing but a filthy loin cloth and a golden cape strapped to his back.
Percy didn't even have to Observe him to know who he was;
Polyphemus, Carnivorous Sheep herder
Lv- 25
HP:2,500/2,500
MP:0/0
Race- Cyclops
Str- 62
Vit-21
Dex-2
Int-12
Wis-1
Luc-9
Polyphemus is basically your mythological equivalent of Joffrey
Baratheon, if you don't know who Joffrey is then fuck you, go
read a book. The cyclops is big, dumb and spoilt to the core. He is
arrogant and egotistical as fuck. He loves his dad, but more often
than not takes advantage of Poseidon's love for him.
Likes: Poseidon, human flesh, female cyclops
Dislikes: Odysseus, Popcorn and bad sheeps that bite
He doesn't know about Percy
He is happy he is about get married and eat human meat.
Percy bleached at the idea of Polyphemus eating his friends. Percy
then took notice of the rest of the cave. Polyphemus was standing in
front of a huge cauldron stirring the pot. There was a platform to the
side of the cave where Percy saw Grove standing in a …..white
wedding dress… what the hell?
"Please don't eat us!" Percy heard Nina's voice yell out. Percy turned
back to the cauldron, tied to a stick on top of the boiling liquid was Nina
and Annabeth. Polyphemus was slowly spinning them like meat being
heated above a fire.
"Oh shut up, you demigods are all the same!" Polyphemus yelled out
as he took a giant salt shaker sprinkling Nina with it, "there, now you
might just taste better."
"You know that really won't help!" Annabeth shouted out, "we humans
are nasty! We don't taste good at all!"
Percy knew he didn't have time to waste, Nina and Annabeth were
keeping that thing distracted, none of them even saw Percy arrive, he
had the element of surprise.
Percy wanted to kill the stupid monster for even trying to kill his friends
but he remembered his promise to his dad. Instead Percy focused on
Binding Hands;
Binding hands, Lv-Max
Allows user to bind an opponent's body making it unmovable.
Release is possible only when user deems it. Only allowed to bind
a maximum of 5 people at a time.
Time limit- none.
Cost-1000 Mana
"Yo ugly!" Percy yelled out startling everyone in the room.
"Percy?" Grover called out his voice was filled with disbelief, "PERCY!"
"Percy?" Polyphemus asked out loud as he turned to Percy. His eye
was scratched up and scathed, Percy doubted he could even make out
his silhouette with that thing.
"Hey asshole I heard your ma'mas so ugly that when she looked out
the window she got arrested for mooning!"
"What?!"
Percy backed up slowly, he needed to get the giant away from his
friends, "your mama is so ugly even hello kitty said goodbye!"
"Who the hell are you?!" Polyphemus roared as he turned away from
the cauldron stepping towards Percy.
Percy backed up some more, "your mama is so stupid she stuck a
phone up her ass to make a booty call!"
"Don't talk about my mama like that!" Polyphemus roared out charging
Percy.
The demigod just smiled and waited for the cyclops to try and trample
him. Polyphemus was right on top of him as he brought his fists down
hard.
"PERCY!" Nina cried out.
Percy waited for the possible moment before dashing away from the
attack. He ran behind Polyphemus and quickly sent out the blue
ribbons of Binding Hands to wrap around the monster. Polyphemus's
wrists were tied together with his ankles causing the cyclops to fall to
the ground unable to balance himself.
"What in the name of Poseidon is this?! I demand you let me go!"
Percy huffed, "fat chance you giant tub of lard." Percy turned and
dashed towards Nina and Annabeth and quickly untied them. He
grabbed them before they could fall into the boiling water below and
brought them back to the ground.
"Wow," Annabeth said trying to maintain her balance, "that was fast."
Percy smiled, "thanks, I have been trying to improve my speed."
"Percy!" Grover called out. Percy turned and saw Groove running to
him with arms open reaching for a hug.
Percy raised a hand and stopped the Satyr midway, "one, why are you
here, two, why are you dressed up in a fucking wedding dress and
three what the hell is that?" Percy said pointing to the giant eyeball
Grover had stuck on his forehead.
"It's a long story," Grover said sheepishly, "I suppose it all began
when-"
"-No time for a the long story Grover," Annabeth said turning to Percy,
"Percy we need to find Clarisse and Michael, he got injured badly trying
to protect us."
"Get me out of this!" Polyphemus shouted again. Percy rolled his eyes
and repositioned a blue ribbon over the cyclops's mouth shutting him
up.
Percy turned to Annabeth, "Clarisse called me, that's how I knew you
guys were in danger. But where the hell are they? I can't see them
anywhere and this cave is pretty small."
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Annabeth pointed at the walls and Percy noticed several tunnels built
there, "they are in one of those. Polyphemus was too big to go in and
try to find them, but he had us so he let them be."
Percy nodded, "Clarisse come out!" He shouted, "it's me! We have
dealt with Polyphemus!"
"Percy they aren't going to come out if you do that," Nina explained,
"Cyclops's have a very good sense of hearing and can mimic voices
perfectly. She probably thinks you are just Polyphemus trying to trick
her."
Percy raised an eyebrow, he didn't know a cyclops could do that. "Hey
Clarisse it really is me!" Percy shouted again.
"Percy-" Nina began.
"-Hey give me a second," Percy told her before shouting again, "look I'll
prove it! The last thing Michael said to me before we left our separate
ways was how he didn't want to be stuck in a boat filled with racist
zombies!"
Still nothing happened, 'well then, time to turn it up a notch.'
"Oh I get it! You don't want to come out because you actually want to
spend more time alone with Michael! I can see it now! He struggled to
breath as he whispered, 'I'm cold Clarisse, hold me closer'. You slowly
lower your defense; you sleep next to him hoping your presence will
help him heal. You snuggle close, but Michael is still cold, so you take
of your clothes and pile them up like a blanket before you press up on
each other's bodies. Skin on skin breath on breath as-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP SEA SHIT!" Clarisse's voice came out from a
cave to the right as a spear came flying through the shadows right at
Percy's head.
The demigod easily caught the spear and spun it around in his hand.
He turned to Nina, "found them."
"Damn Percy you should be a smut writer," Grover commented as the
two friends shared a laugh while Annabeth shook her head in
amusement and Nina blushed a deep shade of red.
The group of questers quickly ran towards the cave the spear came out
of and found Clarisse and Michael there. Clarisse was by Michael's
side holding a piece of cloth over a wound on Michael's shoulder. The
cloth was covered with blood, Michael's skin was a pasty white. Percy
looked at his health;
Michael's HP: 10/1,000
"Shit this is bad," Percy said as he opened up his inventory and pulled
out a medium grade potion. He went to Michael's side and slowly lifted
the boy's head up, "Michael? Michael can you hear me?"
The child of Apollo slowly opened his eyes, they were unfocused but
they turned towards Percy, "Percy? Dude is that you?"
Percy nodded, "yeah it's me" as he uncorked the potion pressing it up
against Michael's lips, "drink this up man."
Michael slowly drank the potions, his lips were parched beyond belief.
His throat could only take a little of the potion at a time. But slowly the
color returned to his face.
"His wound stopped bleeding," Clarisse exclaimed as she took off the
piece of cloth she was holding.
Percy nodded, "yeah but he's not out of the woods yet," he said as he
used blood control to take out a tiny amount of his own blood and used
it to create runes around Michael's injured shoulder. The potion had
restored 75% of his health, normally that would be enough but Percy
wasn't going to risk his friend's life.
Percy poured out 250 of his own HP along with 200 MP to full restore
Michael to his full health.
Michael's eyes slowly readjusted as he blinked away the pain. He
looked up, "thanks Percy."
The demigod of the sea smiled, "no problem man. Just don't kill
yourself any time soon okay?"
Michael smiled, "okay."
"Now that that's done," Clarisse said as she got up and grabbed her
spear that Percy laid down on the side. Electricity poured through the
tip as she pointed it at Percy, "it's time for payback asshole."
Percy took a big gulp, "Clarisse I just wanted to find you quickly and
that was the best-"
ZAP!
"Shit!" Percy exclaimed as he felt the electricity go through his whole
body. His Marble skin was still active so he only lost around 500
defense points but that still hurt.
"Stay still so I can impale you!" Clarisse shouted as she chased Percy
around the tunnel much to the amusement of everyone else.
As soon as Michael could walk again the demigods walked out of the
tunnel and to the main cave where they found the crew standing there
taking turns drawing dicks on Polyphemus' face and body.
"We got company you guys!" Clarisse said as all the demigods quickly
readied their weapons for a fight, everyone except Percy and Grover,
the former because he knew the crew were on their side the latter
because he had no weapons and chose to promptly scream and
pretend to faint.
"Relax guys they're with me," Percy said stepping forward, "this is the
crew I sailed with to finish my quest."
The demigods glared at the sailors who had finally noticed Percy and
the other campers. "You sure they are trustable?" Annabeth asked
looking at the sailors.
Percy nodded, "I trust them with my life. Heck they saved my life once."
The demigods nodded and slowly put away their weapons.
"Ah Percy you found your friends I see," Galen commented giving the
demigods a big smile, "hello kids, I'm Galen the Quartermaster of The
Ascension."
Annabeth raised an eyebrow, that name sounded familiar to her.
"These are the guys you sailed with Percy?" Michael asked with his jaw
wide in surprise. Percy smiled and nodded, "so not fair! What the fuck
man! I got stuck with racist zombies and you got stuck with what looks
like the bloody A-team!"
"Oh shut up," Percy said smiling, "the reason I got the A-team and you
got zombies was because I got the tougher quest and I needed the
extra help."
"Odysseus!," Annabeth suddenly shouted out drawing everyone's
attention to her, "that's your captain right? Odysseus? You called
yourself the Quartermaster meaning you must have a captain above
you."
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Galen smiled, "Aye lass you are right. Judging by your eyes and your
sharp brain I would guess you are a daughter of Athena yes?"
Annabeth blushed at the compliment and nodded. Percy smiled when
suddenly a thought hit him.
"Shit we forgot about Odysseus!" Percy shouted causing the entire
crew to go into panic.
Grover sighed, "it's like you always forget about people Percy. Last
year you left me in LA this year you forgot about Odysseus."
"I didn't forget!" Percy yelled out opening his inventory, "I just pushed
the memory aside until I needed it again. Okay so where is this fucking
golden fleece I have heard so much about?"
"Right here," Marc said as two sailors went on top of Polyphemus and
removed the golden fleece bringing it towards Percy.
"That's the golden fleece?" Percy said looking at the stretched piece of
cloth. It glowed gold and with a pure golden aura that drew Percy to it.
"It's amazing," Nina said as it drew the attention of everyone present.
"Okay," Percy said drawing everyone's attention, "time to get to work."
He slowly reached into his inventory and slowly and carefully pulled out
Odysseus. Everyone gathered there looked at the man. The crew
members could see their captain still breathing but just barely. The
spike was still partially inside him, Percy gripped the end and pulled it
out.
"AHH!" Odysseus roared out in pain as he blinked his eyes open, "w-
what-"
"Shh, don't talk," Percy said as he grabbed the fleece and wrapped
Odysseus up in the golden cloth. Slowly color came back to his face as
the fleece glowed brighter and brighter. Percy used his observation skill
on the fleece;
Golden Fleece;
This enchanted piece of cloth has the ability to heal any living
being be it monster, man or plant. Even if the being is on the
verge of death the fleece can bring them back to perfect health,
destroying anything that causes the being to not be in perfect
health.
Percy was beyond amazed at the power of the fleece, it could bring
back anyone from the brink of death. Percy looked at Odysseus and
found that the man was no longer poisoned; Janai'ngo's venom had
been flushed out. The Greek Hero's health was being regenerated at a
rate of 5% per minute.
'Maybe….' Percy thought out as he opened his inventory and pulled
out the loot item he got before, the power mimicker;
Power Mimicker,
It has the ability to copy a certain skill possessed from any being
or object and give the user the same ability.
Note: This will only grant the skill, not the proficiency of the skill.
Meaning all skills gained through this object will start at '1'
'Well it does say skill from objects as well,' Percy thought out.
"Ah Percy what is that?" Michael asked pointing to the small golden
ball.
"Just an experiment," Percy replied as he pressed the small walnut
sized object up against the Golden Fleece. The ball glowed brighter
and then;
Ping!
The power of 'Healing' has been granted to the Power Mimicker!
Are you sure this is what you want?
YES/NO
Percy pressed yes without hesitation and the small golden ball
disappeared into dust which then floated over to Percy's body fusing
with him;
Ping!
You have gained a new skill!
Healing, Lv- 1 (0%)
Allows the user to heal any disease or ailments affecting himself
or others.
Limit- 1 ailment per use.
Cost- 500 MP
"Wow," Percy said reading his new skill. It was stronger and better than
the healing runes he always used, plus it was not that costly.
"Percy what happened? What was that thing?" Annabeth asked
worried.
"It's nothing," Percy waved it off closing the skill box, "the small ball
was supposed to help in healing, I just wanted to use it on Odysseus.
"But it went into you."
Percy nodded, "yeah it kind of backfired there."
Lie successful!
Annabeth looked suspicious but accepted the explanation. "Percy why
exactly was Odysseus injured?" Michael asked.
"Oh, it's kind of a long story. Let's talk over there" Percy said as he got
up and walked away from Odysseus allowing the sailors to gather
around their captain, waiting for him to be fully healed. Percy and the
other demigods, plus Grover, walked away from the group giving them
some personal space.
"So what happened?" Annabeth asked they all sat around in a circle.
"First things first," Percy said as he opened up his inventory taking out
several plates filled with food, "fresh food straight from camp. I put it in
my inventory so it's still hot."
Percy gave his friends each a plate, they had been looking tired and
used up. Percy may not need to eat any more but that didn't mean he
didn't understand hunger.
"So, what happened to you?" Nina asked as they all ate their hot camp
cooked meals.
Percy then began to explain to his friends what had happened to him
after they left. He told them about how he travelled to save the
Ascension from the giant octopus Dave, how he met Odysseus himself
and how he got along with the crew. He then spoke about how he
managed to save Mera from an underwater monster that wanted to
fight Triton. He didn't tell them it was a Great Old One because, well he
already got plenty of people pissed at him for that.
He then spoke about Nassau and meeting Elsa's team. Annabeth and
Clarisse cringed remembering those three, it hadn't been a pleasant
fight. But after Percy told them how they wanted to get Argo too and
how Argo had experimented on Elsa, they started to like the three
member team. He then told them about how he and the crew basically
collapsed the entire base on top of the creepy scientist's head before
traveling here to save their asses.
"I still can't believe Gergosas are people," Annabeth said in a low tone
of voice, "but it does make sense." She turned to Clarisse, "remember
that warehouse we ran into?"
"You mean the one which looked like it was abandoned in a hurry?"
Clarisse asked.
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Annabeth nodded, "yeah. Argo must have transformed the first batch of
Gergosas using the people there. The clues were right there in front of
our eyes and yet we didn't see them!"
Percy patted Annabeth, "don't be too hard on yourself Annabeth, it's
not your fault." The demigods nodded and soon silence fell. "So, you
guys never did tell me about what happened to you."
"Right," Grover said as a smile came on his face, "well I suppose that it
starts with me first."
Percy nodded, "right...so why the wedding dress?"
Grover smiled sheepishly and rubbed his neck, "well it's kinda my fault
really. You see during my search for Pan I kind of got attracted to the
scent of the Golden Fleece."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "attracted?"
"The Fleece is like a beacon for nature spirits," Nina explained, "most
of them can feel it even across the Atlantic."
"And Polyphemus knows that," Grover said, "he used it to lure me into
a trap and tried to eat me back in Saint Augustine. I went and hid inside
a bridal dressing shop and tried to change my scent by changing
clothes hence the ah, garments," Grover said pointing at his clothes.
"Why didn't you call for help?" Percy asked surprised.
"I did try," Grover explained, "I tried to form an Empathy link with you,
but I couldn't. Somehow something was blocking my attempts."
"Empathy link?"
"It's a type of magic Satyrs can do," Grover explained, "we from a
connection with people that are close to us, like really close and then
send messages to them via dreams. I tried to form one with you
but….well I couldn't. It was like trying to break down a metal wall using
a piece of string."
Percy nodded, the reason Grover's Empathy link didn't work was
probably because of his Gamer's mind. And the reason he didn't get
dreams was because….he never got dreams. Not since getting his
powers Percy hadn't had one single dream. 'Why am I just realising this
now?'
"Percy you okay?" Nina asked snapping Percy's attention back to
them.
"R-right, sorry. Anyway what happened next?"
"Well I then got caught by Polyphemus but the stupid cyclops thought I
was a female cyclops because of the dress and took me back to his
cave to marry me."
Clarisse snickered, "you two would have made an excellent couple."
"Like you and Michael?" Grover sneered causing everyone to laugh
while the two in question blushed. "Anyway so I got stuck in here, hell I
thought I was actually going to have to marry him when suddenly you
guys arrived and tried to save me. That didn't go so well, but then
everything worked out for the best."
Percy nodded and then turned to Annabeth and his other friends, "what
happened with you guys."
The group all groaned at once and began their story. After leaving
Percy they sailed right into the sea of monsters. They quickly ran into
trouble in the form of Scylla and Charybdis which pretty much tore the
ship into pieces. After sailing in dead water for a few hours they came
upon an island called C.C's Spa and Resort.
The questers were happy to get help as the island was filled to the brim
with beautiful women, something Michael liked a lot. The moment they
landed the girls were escorted to get a free makeover while Michael
was turned into a guinea pig by Circe.
"Circe?!" Odysseus yelled out, "you all met Circe and lived?!"
Annabeth shrugged, "kind of yeah."
"Please tell me you broke her nose or something," Odysseus asked.
"We transformed every male she had captured on her island back into
human and when they were distracted we kind of snuck away."
"But it did piss her off yes?"
"Yup."
"Good girl."
Percy smiled, "he doesn't like her much."
Annabeth nodded and continued on with her story. After that incident
the questers stole a boat and sailed forward, they met and thankfully
avoided the Sirens, and managed to land on Polyphemus's island just
this morning.
They tried to save Grover but failed. Michael was injured and Nina and
Annabeth were captured. And the rest was history.
Percy sighed in relief, "Sounds like you guys had one hell of an
adventure."
Everyone nodded, they looked tired but happy that it was finally over.
They soon got up and walked over to Odysseus who was also back on
his feet.
"This certainly is one hell of a carpet rug," he said giving the fleece to
Percy, "thanks kid, for saving my life."
Percy smiled as he took the fleece and put into his inventory for safe
keeping, "thanks Odysseus. Oh, and I think I have something that
belongs to you."
Percy reached into his inventory and pulled out Yew's Breath. He
presented the blade to Odysseus who smiled.
"My men told me you did amazing things with this blade," he said
touching the metal, "you probably used it a lot more than I ever did."
Percy nodded, "yeah, it saved my life."
Odysseus smiled, "you want it don't you."
Percy blushed but nodded slowly, "yeah it's kind of awesome."
"Well then," Odysseus began, "make your own."
Percy blinked, "huh?"
Odysseus snatched the blade and hugged it tightly, "you think I'm going
to give you my blade?! Fuck that! It's my baby! My precious!"
Percy and the others blinked at the captain's behavior as the sailors
simply laughed it off.
"Don't mind him," Galen said wiping his tears, "he's always been
fiercely possessive of that blade. In fact when we met Tolkien he got
inspired by Odysseus' behavior with the blade and based a book
around it. Smeagol, I think, or was it Gollum? I never was good at
names."
Percy chuckled; he could see how Odysseus could have inspired such
a character. 'Wait… did he just kiss the handle? Okay I am never
touching that blade again.'
Soon everyone got ready as the all made their way out of the cave.
"Hey Percy what about the big spoilt brat?" Michael said pointing at
Polyphemus.
Percy sighed, "I'll release him from his bonds after we leave the island.
Let's go, the further I get away from this embarrassment of a son of
Poseidon the better."
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The demigods nodded, they really couldn't understand how that thing
and Percy could ever be related.
They made their way off the island, Percy again worked over time in
the forest to make sure no one died, and quickly they reached the
beach.
Percy snapped his fingers causing the binding hands spell he used on
Polyphemus to break, "I just released the cyclops," he said.
"You sure that was a good idea?" Michael asked.
Percy shrugged, "I don't see why not."
"THIEVES!"
Percy gulped, "maybe we should hurry up and leave."
"I didn't know you guys came in two boats," Nina said as she looked at
the sea, "kind of Elsevier don't you think?"
"Two? But there was only one," Percy commented as he activated his
8.0 eyesight looking for the Ascension. It was easy to spot and right
behind it there was another boat The second boat was state of the art
and looked more stylish when compared to the Ascension. Percy
focused and found that a name printed on the side, 'Princess
Andromeda'.
"That's not ours," Galen said narrowing his eyes, "it's not something I
recognize at all."
"It looks pretty cool though," Percy commented deactivating his eyes.
He and the other were about to get onto their rowing boats when
suddenly;
Warning! Behind you!
Percy immediately activate his super speed. He drew out Riptide in a
flash and summoned a big ball of water from the sea before turning
around to face the enemy.
"Wow Percy what's with the fancy moves?!" Grover asked shocked.
"We're not alone," Percy said narrowing his eyes and activating his
special eyes again. He looked through the forest for any signs of
moment when suddenly a huge figure walked out from the shadows of
the trees.
"Your reflexes have gotten better demigod," his voice was deep and
loud, Percy recognized it right away.
"Hyperion," Percy growled out through clenched teeth. Annabeth was
shaking, this was the same titan that had killed her. She was scared
and Percy could feel her fear. Everyone quickly armed themselves
while Hyperion started to glow brighter and brighter until his body was
covered in flames again.
"I went through all that trouble to hide my presence to sneak up on you
and it was all for nothing," Hyperion said as he drew his blade using his
left hand, his right one still a stump.
"So I'm guessing the ship is yours?" Percy asked as he stepped
forward in front of the group, Hyperion probably wanted to fight him, if
so maybe he could take the fight elsewhere to avoid harming his
friends.
"Indeed, though I don't like traveling by sea, I prefer the sky," Hyperion
covering his blade with flames.
"So what do you want? A rematch?"
"Tempting, tempting," Hyperion said smiling, "but not now. A rematch
would be going against my King's orders."
"I didn't realise you were someone's bitch Hyperion," Percy taunted but
the Titan didn't fall for it.
"Enough talk, surrender at once and I will not harm you all," Hyperion
said turning from Percy to the others, "resist" he smiled sadistically,
"and you will all be killed."
Odysseus snorted as he drew his blade, "you may be a Titan but you
are still one, we are many."
"Last time I checked we outnumbered you," Michael said as he drew
his bow string back knocking an arrow.
"Really? Count again," Hyperion said strapping his leg on the ground
causing a huge shock wave and breaking the stones underneath.
Suddenly the forest came alive in front of them. Slowly the trees parted
ways as several new figures revealed themselves.
Percy didn't know where to look, there were so many of them all over
the place. It was an entire army of animals each armored and looking
like semi humans. There were hundreds of them, lions and rhinos with
metal along their horns to be used as a weapon. Percy remembered
the bears he fought back in Largo's lair, the Upgraded Bears. Argo
must have made an entire army of them for the Titans.
Hyperion smirked, "what do you think?"
Percy glared, "I think that an army of losers still won't make you a
winner."
The Titan threw up his head and laughed, "you know I said the exact
same thing! But the point is, they may be weak, but there are enough
of them for you all."
Marc walked up with his sword and pistol drawn, "we can take them."
Tung!
An arrow flew across the air sailing towards Marc's eyes. Percy used
his super speed and caught the arrow before it hit the frenchman.
"Fuck!" Marc yelled out in surprise as he landed on back, "where did
that come from."
"There," Percy threw the arrow to the side pointing at the top of the
trees which were filled with monkeys wearing archer gear with arrows
pointed at them all.
"You can probably survive this Jackson," Hyperion stated, "heck you
could probably kill this pathetic army in minutes. But how many of your
friends will die in the process?"
Percy gritted his teeth, he knew the answer already. He put his weapon
down and lifted his hands up, "I surrender."
"Percy-" Clarisse began to protest when Percy threw her a glare
shutting her up.
Hyperion smiled, "I knew you would see to reason." The titan walked
up to Percy and looked down at the demigod. He smiled, drew back his
fist and punched Percy across the back of the head hard enough to
knock him out.
Some time later;
Percy's eyes slowly opened up to see a notification in front of him;
You were knocked out!
Defence - 134,000
Percy sighed, at least his defense was still holding on strong. Percy
shook the feeling of numbness from his head and looked down to find
himself kneeling on a hard wooden floor.
'Well fuck,' Percy cursed as he lifted his head up only to find a big
weight around his neck. Percy looked down and a saw a giant golden
metal collar around his neck. There were four chains with one end on
the collar and one end bolted to the ground. Percy's hands were locked
behind his back with cuffs and his legs were strapped down to the
ground.
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"I'm liking this less and less by the minute," Percy muttered.
"Percy? You're awake!" Percy heard Michael's voice from behind him.
"Michael? Are you okay? Where are the others?" Percy tried to turn but
couldn't. He was facing a metal door but the cell extended behind him
as well.
"We're fine Percy," Clarisse spoke out, "we are all fine, well Grover is
still knocked out. He kind of fainted when you were knocked out."
"After Hyperion knocked you out he took us all prisoners," Percy heard
Nina say, "he handcuffed us up and threw us in here. However you
were special, so he put you into….well that."
Percy pulled on his chains as he tried to get up, not only were the
straps holding his legs down powerful but so were the chains. Percy
cursed under his breath, "shit, where is everyone else?"
"The crew are being detained in their own boat with Odysseus locked
in his quarters," Michael explained, "from what information I managed
to eavesdrop on it seems they are taking us back to the island for
something."
"Then why haven't they done it yet?"
"Because they are waiting for sunset," Annabeth explained, "they don't
want Apollo to catch wind of this and tonight is a lunar eclipse so
Artemis will not be able to spy on them."
"So they are keep us alive for something, but what?"
But before they could answer any more questions the door to their cells
creaked open. Percy turned his eyes to the door and a tall blonde
haired man stepped through. He wore a dark blue cape over a greek
style armor with an hourglass emblem etched into both.
"Luke," Percy growled out as he tried to move pushing his body
forward only to have the straps jerk him back causing him to hit the
ground.
"You really shouldn't have done that Percy," Luke said as two black
bears came into the room behind him closing the door, "those chains
have been made especially with you in mind by Argo himself."
"Yeah well that fucker is dead now," Percy said as he tried to control
the moisture in the air to form a water blade to attack Luke only to find
that his mana was being blocked. Percy couldn't understand it, it was
like something was there making sure he didn't' have access to his
powers, blocking his mana from leaving his body.
"I told you they are specially made for you," Luke said as he tapped on
the metal collar, "a mix of imperial gold and iron, very powerful. It's
nearly unbreakable and added to that is an enhancement to block all
magic being sent outside your body."
Percy gritted his teeth, 'okay so I can't go outside, what about inside?'
Percy activated his Body Form perk and used it on his whole body.
Percy's entire muscular structure started to bulge out as a glow of
green surrounded him. Percy tried to break out of the cuff's using pure
strength but to no avail.
"I told you, unbreakable," Luke said as he turned his sights behind
Percy, "hey Annabeth, Clarisse, Michael."
"Yo traitor," Michael said with what Percy imagined a smile, "fancy
seeing you here."
"Luke why are you still with them?" Annabeth asked in a pleading tone,
"you're fighting a battle nobody wants."
"I know Annabeth," Luke said lowering his eyes in regret, "I know. But I
have made my choice, I want vengeance beyond anything else."
"You really haven't changed have you?" Percy said in a harsh tone,
"always going on about yourself. Tell me Luke, who is it? Who is the
spy you have working inside our camp?"
Luke turned away from the others and looked at Percy, "if I tell you
their life will be in danger."
"Considering they are the reason the entire camp is in danger I think
people won't be in a forgiving mood."
Luke bent down in front of Percy, "I didn't come here to talk Percy, I
ca-"
"Didn't come here to talk? Please that's all you care for. You know who
you sound like? Hermes. Gods that god could-"
Slap!
Luke slapped Percy across the face cutting him off, "don't you dare
compare me to him. I am nothing like him!"
Percy smiled despite the red mark on his cheek, "sure you're not."
"I didn't come here for this," Luke snapped looking serious, "I came
here to get the Golden Fleece."
"Well go ahead, I think that half brother of mine still uses it as a loin
cloth."
"We know you have it Percy," Luke narrowed his eyes at the boy, "and
we know you are keeping it in your pocket dimension."
Percy smiled, "well let's say I do have it, not that I do, why would I ever
give it to you?"
Luke stood up and drew a celestial bronze blade, "simple, for every
hour you don't give me the fleece I will kill one of your friends."
"They were your friends too Luke," Percy said with narrowed eyes, "I
know you. You don't kill demigods. You would never do that."
Luke narrowed his eyes, "true, but I have my orders."
Percy growled, "you are the worst type of creature in this world Luke. A
traitor to your own kind and family."
"So who's it going to be first Percy?" Luke continued ignoring the
threat, "Annabeth? Michael? Or how about the blonde daughter of the
ugly god?"
"Luke you don't' want to do this!"
"Nina was it? Pretty name for such a pretty face," Luke said as he took
a step forward. Percy could hear the ring of the blade as Luke slowly
lifted it up into the air. He stopped, the blade was raised even higher,
Percy could hear the leather grip crackle as Luke tightened his grip
and-
"OKAY!" Percy yelled out, "OKAY I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU!"
Luke lowered the blade, "I knew you would see reason," he then
walked back towards Percy, "give it."
Percy opened his inventory, "I need to use my hands to pull it out."
Luke narrowed his eyes, "no, just direct me and I'll do it."
Percy shook his head, "no, it doesn't work like that. I am the only one
who can access it."
Luke groaned, "well… you have your mouth don't you?" Percy blinked,
"use it for something useful instead of always talking so much."
"Bu-but I'm not even sure that-"
"-Do it Percy!" Luke said raising his sword, "or do I have to threaten
another one of your friends again?"
"No! No Luke, you don't," Percy turned to his inventory and pushed his
head into it. He thought of selecting the Golden Fleece and opened his
mouth to feel with his tongue. Suddenly it touched something warm
and fluffy. Percy reached deeper inside and caught the object around
his teeth and pulled removing the Fleece out of his inventory.
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Luke reached down and pulled the Fleece out of Percy's mouth, "good
doggy."
"You're not going to get away with this Luke!" Michael shouted out as
Luke promptly ignored him turning towards one of his guards.
"Give the Fleece to Hyperion," Luke said as both the bears bowed and
left the room. Luke went to the door but instead of leaving he closed it
shut. Luke turned to Percy, "do you remember the offer I made last
summer? The one right after the Gergosa attack?"
Percy looked up at Luke and nodded, "yeah, what about it." Percy
remembered the small crescent moon device Luke had slipped into his
pocket to try and convince Percy he wanted to help him and camp
again. Percy had shot Luke down hard, he didn't trust the demigod
then and not certainly now.
"You didn't trust me then, you said you didn't trust me," Luke said
looking sad.
"Yeah, I did, what about it."
"You were right. You had no reason to trust me back then," Luke said
turning to the door, "but tonight I'll give you a reason to trust me." And
with that Luke opened the door and left leaving Percy surprised and
the rest confused.
"Percy what the hell was he talking about?" Michael asked.
"Nothing...it's nothing," Percy said as he began to think, 'is he serious?
Does he really want to be on our side by betraying them? They why did
act like that before? He freaking threatened to kill Nina! Maybe he was
putting on a show….those bears! He wanted to make sure no one
suspects him, maybe he is on our side.'
"Percy," Annabeth called drawing Percy out of his thoughts, "what did
Luke mean by that?"
Percy sighed, "he….he. Sigh why is it always me? Last year, right after
our first meeting with those Gergosas Luke messaged me and told me
that he wanted to become a spy for us against the Titans."
""And what did you say?" Nina asked.
Percy sighed, "no. I said no."
"What?!" Clarisse shouted, "and your telling us this now?!"
"Because back then you guys would have shut down the idea too,"
Percy said, "or have you forgotten it was because of him you nearly
died and Annabeth nearly became lunch?"
Clarisse growled but didn't' speak.
"Percy we could have helped Luke, we could have gotten him out of
danger and back with us," Annabeth said causing Percy to feel guilty.
"I know Annabeth, but I didn't trust him. Tell me would any of you?"
No one answered, no one. Silence rained on for a few moments before
Annabeth spoke up again, "it wasn't your decision to make Percy."
"Yes it was, he came to me, not you. So it was my choice to make."
"You should have told us Percy."
"Okay fine, tell me what would you have done huh? Tell me what would
you have said to him!?"
"That's not the point!" Annabeth yelled, "the point is that you didn't trust
us, you didn't think we deserved to know!"
"You know what maybe we should talk about this later when we aren't
prisoners," Michael said.
Percy clicked his teeth but remained silent as did Annabeth. They didn't
speak to each other, no one did.
'Why don't they get it? It's not my fault!' Percy told himself, 'how the hell
was I supposed to trust Luke after the shit he pulled?'
Percy shook his head clear of such thoughts, a problem for a later
time. Right now he needed to find a way out of here. Percy cleared his
mind and thought back to the file that contained all the information Argo
had collected on him.
If what Luke had told him was true that mean Argo built these chains
based upon the information he had on Percy back then. So the only
way Percy could escape is by using something Argo didn't know about.
'Ice control? No, I can't throw out any type of mana. Something in my
inventory?...no, nothing useful.' But just then it hit him, 'he didn't know
about my gem.'
Argo didn't know about the crystal in Percy's forehead, when he made
this he still though Percy used the gauntlet. Percy poured his mana into
the gem in his forehead, he could feel the crystal activate.
Percy summoned Marcia as smoke poured out of the crystal taking
shape of the giant wolf in front of Percy.
Marcia looked down and smiled, "oh this must be a dream. You
kneeling before me like that, oh god thank you!"
Percy sighed, "great, this just got more embarrassing."
"Percy how did you do that?" Michael asked surprised.
"I got a new upgrade to my crystal that Argo didn't know about," Percy
looked at Marcia, "can you get these things off of me?"
The wolf looked at the chains and then to the cuffs and shook her
head, "no, it's made out of imperial gold, I don't think I can.."
"Why don't you try and summon one of your other monsters?" Clarisse
suggested, "like that big red one with super strength."
Percy sighed, "I can't, I left him at camp to protect it."
"And I doubt the Goblin king of the Damned Knight could as well
seeing as they are just at average strength," Marcia explained
before turning to the other demigods, "but I can break their cuffs."
Percy nodded, "okay do it-"
"-No way,' Nina said stopping Percy mid sentence, "like hell we are just
going to leave you here by yourself."
"Yeah, ain't gonna leave you Percy," Michael said in a reassuring voice,
"we'll find a way to get out of this together."
"Guys there is no time," Percy snapped, "Marcia do it."
The Wolf nodded and went towards the demigods.
"Percy this is no time to play the martyr!" Clarisse shouted out as
Marcia broke Nina's cuffs open.
"I'm not playing the martyr Clarisse," Percy said as another pair of cuffs
broke, "you guys need to get out of here. Get onboard the Ascension
and free Odysseus and his crew. The Titans are planning something
big, you guys heard it yourselves. You need to try and stop it."
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Annabeth walked in front of Percy glaring at him, "are you sure you're
okay with this?"
Percy nodded, "if what Luke said is true then he wants to help me
escape anyway, I'll be fine."
"Oh so now you're going to trust Luke?"
"I don't exactly have a choice do I?"
"Guys stop fighting!" Michael shouted as he and the rest of them
walked in front of Percy along with Marcia.
"He's right," Percy said looking at Annabeth, "we can settle this later."
Percy closed his eyes and focused on the gem summoning Timmy and
Craig. The two appeared in front of Percy next to the demigod and
bowed, "master."
"Okay you two listen, you both and Marcia get these guys out of here
and onto the Ascension. Listen to what they tell you do your best to be
a pain in the ass for the Titans."
The three servants nodded. Marcia walked forward and licked Percy's
face, "I'll make sure they come back for you Percy."
Percy smiled, "I know you will. By the way Timmy I want you to carry
Grover out," Percy said pointing to the unconscious Satyr.
The Goblin King nodded and picked up Grover swinging him over his
shoulder, "got it boss."
Percy nodded, "now go all of you!"
The wolf turned around and sent a blast of darkness at the jail door
breaking it open. Timmy and Craig walked out first followed by the
demigods with Marcia being the last one out.
Percy couldn't see what was going on but he could hear several people
shouting out. From what he could hear it seemed like the group were
spotted pretty quickly. Percy looked at the view from outside the cell
and saw the sea, he realised he still must be in the Princess
Andromeda.
The entire ship was in disarray, Percy could feel the rumble of feet all
along the ship. And then suddenly silence. Percy smiled, they had
managed to get away. Slowly a cloud of smoke entered the cell and
entered Percy's crystal, it seemed Craig had been defeated.
Percy sighed and bent down lower, the only thing to do now was to
wait.
5 minutes later,
"How did you do it?" Hyperion growled out.
Percy smiled, "do it? Do what? Your mother?"
"Shut up!" Hyperion shouted as he smacked Percy across the face.
Defence - 124,000
Percy smiled as he spat out a wad of blood. "Is that the best you can
do?"
Hyperion raised his hand to slap Percy once again only for Luke to
step in front of Percy, "get away from him demigod."
Luke glared at the titan, "Lord Kronos said he wanted him alive. You
keep hitting him like that he won't be."
"You saw what he did! If he somehow manages to escape-"
"He won't."
"And how do you know that?"
Luke turned around and faced a kneeling Percy, "because if he could
have he would have done it already," Luke swung his leg and kicked
Percy across the face.
Defence - 123,980
Percy smirked, "I didn't even feel that."
Luke narrowed his eyes but said nothing. He turned to Hyperion, "let's
go, our time is wasted here. We have to be ready for tonight."
The titan grumbled but nodded, "come, we have lots to do."
Luke nodded as the Titan turned and walked away leaving Luke alone
with Percy. Luke turned, "are they safe?"
"Yeah," Percy responded.
"You don't trust me so I won't bother asking where they are. But will
they try and rescue you?"
Percy looked at Luke for a few second before nodding.
"Good," Luke said walking away, "they managed to free Odysseus and
his crew before sailing away faster than we could catch up to them."
Percy smiled, Triton's blessing must have still been in effect, "good,
that's good."
Luke nodded, "one hour, the event will start in one hour."
"What event?"
Luke was about to answer when a gorilla in a pink set of armor walked
in to inform him of a meeting. Luke nodded to the gorilla and turned to
Percy, "you will see soon enough."
Percy sighed and lowered his head as once again he was alone.
After his one hour of solitude Percy was moved to out of the cell. They
removed the straps on his legs and pulled him out of the cell and on
the deck of the ship. The four chains around the collar on his neck
were held by four Upgraded Gorillas, in case Percy tried to resist they
could drag him forward with pure strength.
Percy was taken off the ship and onto a boat which took him back to
Polyphemus's island. They crossed the forest without incident, being
animals themselves the gorillas must not be affected by the forest's
spells.
Soon they arrived at the plains in front of Polyphemus's cave only this
time it wasn't empty. Lights poles were strung up all around, there was
no moonlight to be found. And in front of the cave was a giant chest,
bigger than Percy and around 10 feet wide. It was covered with the
marble carvings of Titans battling the gods along the side and the top
had a wicked sickle on it.
Percy immediately understood what was going on, he didn't believe it,
but he understood it. They were trying to bring back Kronos using the
Golden fleece. Percy doubted the thing had that much power, but at
the same time fear took over Percy's heart, fear that the biggest threat
to Greek myth would be soon be brought back from the dead, and that
it was all his fault.
Luke and Hyperion stepped out of the cave, Polyphemus was being
dragged outside by Hyperion. They walked forward and stood in front
of the giant chest, Hyperion threw the unconscious body of
Polyphemus to the side next to Percy.
"Ah, the guest of honor has arrived," Hyperion said smiling, "do you
know why you're here? Have you figured it out yet?"
Percy narrowed his eyes, "you can't bring him back."
Hyperion smiled, "that's what you think." He touched the chest carefully
and smiled, "the Gods were thorough while destroying their own father.
They cut him up into so many little pieces that we barely found half of
him."
Percy smirked, "way to go dad."
Hyperion glared at Percy and walked forward to try and hit him only for
Luke to beat him to it by kicking Percy across the face before smashing
his leg on top of his head pushing the son of Poseidon into the ground
with his boot.