Chapter 441
Julia and Rob were impressed. The way Thalia planned spoke volumes
about the way they both trusted and knew each other well. They took
on their own assignments and didn't complain, it reminded them of
soldiers who fought side by side for a long time. Or maybe a better
example would be like a couple that knew each other well.
After the snack Julia took Percy to the library while Jason stayed with
his sister and took her around New Rome showing her around, helping
her pick out whatever she would need for Alaska.
Percy was taken to a giant building near the Colosseum. The building
was made of marble and stood four stories tall. The front was covered
with open windows and on the top was a painted glass celine depicting
all 12 Olympians looking down into the library. The outside was filled
with college age students hanging out by the stairs but the inside was
empty. Which made sense, after all how many college student want to
spend their summer break inside a library?
The inside itself was just as big as Percy thought. There were shelves
going up to 15 feet in height reaching the floor above it. There were
four stories in total, and each was filled with books. Each row was
marked in latin, and though Percy couldn't read it he got a general
understanding where everything was.
"Come with me," Julia said as she lead Percy to the front desk that was
just to the right when one enters the library.
Behind the counter was a young woman wearing a green toga over a
brown t-shirt with the band Green Day featured on it. 'Huh, didn't
realise it was such a popular band,' Percy told himself as he studied
the girl.
She was his age with curly red hair and blue eyes. She had lots of
freckles gathered around her nose and cheeks. She had a very flat
chest but her curvy behind more than made up for that.
Carrie White, The librarian of Rome
Lv- 12
"Carrie," Julia called out, "we need you help."
Carrie looked up and smiled at Julia, "Praetor Julia. So good to see
you. How have you been?"
"Fine, thank you," Julia flashed her a smile.
"Right," she ten noticed Percy and scowled, "and who is this?"
"This is Percy Jackson. Long story short he is on a quest and needs
you help."
Carrie scoffed, "you want me to help a boy? Really Julia?"
"Please," Julia nearly begged, "I need to get back to my station, things
are probably already getting out of hand. Rob needs me, you know that
lumex can't do anything right if it doesn't involve fighting."
Carrie tired to argue but sighed and nodded, "alright fine. I'll do it."
Julia smiled, "thanks Carrie!" she then turned and walked to Percy. In a
low whisper she spoke, "Carrie is very...untrusting of guys. Just do
what you came here to do and try not to piss her off, or else you will
have both me and the entire 12th Legion on your ass."
Percy nodded, "got it."
Julia walked off and Percy was left alone with Carrie. The redhead
glared at him, "well? What are you waiting for? Tell me what you want
to find boy?"
'Damn, she's worse that Ary,' Percy sighed, "I'm not sure what he is,
but I know his name Alcyoneus."
"Alcyoneus? Sounds familiar," Carrier looked around, "follow me."
Percy nodded as Carrier took him to the last row of book. Pressed up
against the wall was a series of small shelfs each used to house
reference cards for every subject available inside the library. The
shelves extended across the entire wall, for the letter 'A' alone several
drawers were designated for it.
"Here we go," Carrie said as she check one of the reference notes in a
drawer, "we have to look in page 100 in the book , 'Giants and
Titans:Enemies of Olympus' in the fourth floor, third row."
Percy nodded and said nothing as Carrie led him deeper into the
library. At the very back was a dusty old staircase whose steps looked
like they were about to break off at any point. Carrier didn't seem to
mind though as she climbed them two at a time.
Percy quickly followed her to the fourth floor and Carrie finally stopped
at the third shelf. She brought a ladder and placed it up against the
shelf before climbing it. Percy moved to help support the ladder when
Carrie stopped him.
"Touch that ladder and I will kill you," Carrie warned him.
"But it's not stable," Percy tried to argue back.
"Don't care," Carrie said as she began to look for the book in question.
Percy rolled his eyes, but said nothing.
"Found it," Clarrie said after five minutes of checking. The book
however was beyond her reach.
"I'll get it," Percy said as he got ready to use his telekinesis to get the
book.
"No," Carrie snapped back, "I got this."
Percy sighed but kept silent again. Carrie stretched and stretched and
just as she was about to reach the book the ladder gave away causing
her to fall down. Percy's quick reflexes allowed him to grabbed Carrie
and move her away from the falling ladder.
"Woah,"Carrie said holding onto Percy, "that was...how did you move
so fast?"
"Great reflexes," Percy replied as he put her down. As Carrier was
checking herself for injuries Percy turned to the book up top, it hadn't
moved an inch. He sighed and reached out to it with his mind. He
pulled it out of the shelf and slowly guided it towards his open hands.
"At least we got something good out of this," Percy said showing Carrie
the book before opening it to page 100.
Percy began to use his advance English language skills to read as fast
as he can. He quickly found what he was looking for.
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Alcyoneus it seems was a Giant. And he wasn't just any ordinary giant,
he was the son of Gaea and Tartarus. It seemed that he and the rest of
his brothers were born out of Gaea for only one reason, to kill the
Olympians.
It seemed that these 'Giants' were special designed to destroy a
specific God. Every Olympian had one, and Alcyoneus was born to
destroy Pluto, or Hades in Percy's case. The Giants fought in a war
against the Gods called the Gigantomachy, and they almost won.
Alcyoneus was the eldest of the Giants, he was considered one of their
best warriors in battle and some called him the most powerful Giant
when it came to hand to hand combat. Alcyoneus also had the power
to control the dead like Hades, but he couldn't raise them up for some
reason. He also seemed to be able to control Gold, diamonds and
other precious jewels underneath the Earth.
Now Alcyoneus may be scary, but there was two things that scared the
shit out of Percy above all else, you know ignoring the fact that he
supposed to be strong enough to defeat Hades himself.
One, Alcyoneus cannot be killed when he lives inside the land he was
born in. Since Percy assumes Alcyoneus was born in Alaska that
means that the only way Percy and Thalia can defeat him was to pull
him out of Alaska and into Canada, or even international waters.
The second thing that scared the shit out of Percy was Alcyoneus
almost immortally like status. It seemed that Alcyoneus could only be
defeated by a God and a demigod working together. So that meant all
Percy had to do to kill this guy was find a God, get his help and then
drag Alcyoneus across the state of Alaska. Then and only then would
this thing die.
'Great, just great,' told himself as he went through a list of all the Gods
he knew who owed him one.
'There's Hades for starters,' Percy realised, 'then there is Artemis, who
I could ask for a favour, but something tells me she is still pissed at me.
Then there is Hermes who might humor my request and finally there is
my dad, who just might do it.'
Percy turned to Carrie, "thanks for this. It's been a great help."
Carrier nodded as she turned to put the book on a table, "you're
welcome, now leave before-" when Carrier turned around she saw
herself talking to no one. The boy had disappeared into thin air leaving
behind nothing but a sudden gust of wind.
Percy quickly ran through New Rome at super speed and of Thalia and
Jason just as they were about to cross the Pomerian line.
"Hey guys!" Percy said appearing next to them spooking both Jason
and Thalai.
"Don't do that Percy!" Thalia shouted as she tried to punch him, but her
hands were filled with shopping bags, so she kicked him instead.
Percy chuckled, "okay okay i get it."
Thalia huffed, "well did you find anything?"
Percy nodded, "a lot. I'll tell you later."
They quickly passed the Pomerian line and Percy saw Waverider right
where he left it. Percy approached the statue of Terminus who was still
gawking at the blade.
"Did she give you any trouble?" Percy asked as he took Waverider out
of the ground and turned it back into its pen form.
"Trouble? From a weapon? Are you crazy Greek?" Terminus asked.
Percy chuckled, "sometime I wonder that myself."
Percy quickly grabbed Riptide from Janet and Thalia and Jason got
their weapons as well. The three then quickly walked back towards the
military encampment. They quickly reached the Praetor's office, the
Principia, and went inside to see Julia and Rob hard at work filling out
paperwork.
Julia noticed Percy and the others enter, "ah your back. I trust you
found the information you seek?"
Percy sighed, "yeah, and then some."
"I see," Julia rubbed her chin, "fine then everything is settled. You two
will leave in the morning, I trust you have a plan?"
"Sort of a plan," Percy said with a shrug.
The day soon ended as Jason spent the entire time taking Thalia and
Percy around showing them the place. Eventually they had dinner and
were given the room in the fifth cohort to sleep in. The room itself was
small, just a set of bunkbeds that was pushed to the side of the room
with a table across it.
Percy and Thalia were alone in the room as they quickly unpacked
everything that was bought. Thalia had gotten them the completely set.
A couple of winter jackets with several thermal undergarments along
with some studded boots, perfect for ice walking. Thalia also brought
some hiking equipment, just in case.
Seeing said equipment brought Percy flashbacks to the illusionary
world he saw during his trials. He remembered how he climbed mount
Othrys, how he died facing Kronos. Maybe it was because he was in
San Francisco and so close to the mountain, but something about this
place made Percy feel nervous, like danger was right around the
corner.
Percy put the equipment away inside his inventory and then shared
with Thalia all he knew about Alcyoneus. And in the end she had the
same reaction he did.
"We are so fucked," Thalia cursed hanging her down in sorrow, "we are
so dead even Hades will be like, 'nah huh, you too dead for me'."
Percy chuckled, "yup. But luckily I do have a few Gods who owe me
one, maybe I can call them and try to pull in their favours."
Thalia sighed, "it's worth a shot."
Percy nodded and summoned a mist using his water powers. He then
angled it in such a way that the rays from the tube light formed a
rainbow. Percy took out a drachma and tossed it in saying the prayer to
Iris and asking for his Dad, might as well ask the God who is most
likely to say yes.
The image cleared up and Poseidon appeared before Percy, "ah
Percy! Glad you called! How's the quest going?"
Percy sighed and began his explanation. At the end of the story
Poseidon was looking shocked stiff.
"A-Alcyoneus? Are you sure?"
Percy nodded, "yeah."
"How did you find out?" Poseidon asked.
"The name came to me in my dreams," Percy lied easily
Lie successful!
Ping!
Your skill has gained a level!
Lying, Lv-15 (3%)
This is your ability to lie to people, the higher the level the better
the lie and less chance of discovery!
75% chance of success, less based on how extreme the lie is.
'I might be getting a little to good at this,' Percy told himself as he saw
Poseidon nodded his head in understanding, "okay then...this is
troubling news."
"Why so?"
"Because Giants don't just show up out of nowhere," Poseidon said
with a hard look in his eyes, "they are not like other monsters. If
Alcyoneus is indeed alive then someone is behind this."
"Kronos?"
Poseidon shook his head, "not a chance. The Giants hate the Titans,
even more than the Gods. They would never work for them. This is
very bad news Percy, it means that another group of Olympus's
enemies are making their move, sigh it's like everyone just got up and
decided,'hey let's be a pain in the ass today!'. I am truly getting to old
for this shit."
Percy smiled, "you don't look a day over 1000 dad."
"Ha ha, very funny," Poseidon grumbled, "but getting back to the matter
at hand, you need to get the Eagle back for the Romans to trust you,
stupid people those Romans. Fine, so you need the help of a God to
defeat Alcyoneus."
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Percy nodded, "right. I was hoping that you-"
"-I can't Percy," Poseidon immediately spoke out, "as much as I would
love to I can't. Olympian Gods cannot travel outside whatever country
we are inside right now, at least not with our full powers intact."
Percy grumbled, "great, so we are shit out of luck."
"Not necessary," Poseidon said with a sly smile, "tell me how big can
you open up your inventory?"
Percy caught on quickly, "how big is Alcyoneus?"
"If I remember correctly….around 40 feet tall and at least 10 wide."
Percy formed, "I think I can do that. So the plan is what? I throw him
into the inventory and bring him back here where you can help me
destroy him?"
Poseidon nodded, "sounds like a good plan."
Percy sighed, "it will be difficult, but I think I can manage it."
"Right. And if even for a second you think that you can't do it run away
Percy. Just grab the Eagle and run. There is no shame in that."
Percy nodded, "right. Oh and before you leave dad can I ask for one
more favour?"
"Shoot."
"Tomorrow Thalia and I set out to Alaska and I was wondering wether
you might have a boat I could borrow for the trip."
"You want a boat?" Poseidon asked in surprise.
"Yeah, not a big one, a small one if fine."
"You misunderstand Percy, that wasn't me being angry that you would
even ask me such a request. That was me being angry that you
thought I would say no. I'm the God of the fucking seas and everything
that sails along it, I can get you the Titanic if you wanted."
Percy grinned, "sweet. But please, just something small and fast
enough to get us where we need to go. Of course with my powers it
should be easy guiding the boat and I can give it a boost whenever it
needs it."
Poseidon nodded, "right. Tomorrow morning go into the San Francisco
harbour in North Beach Pier 41 and find port number 8. You will find
your boat there."
"How will I know it's from you?"
"Believe me, you'll know."
With that Percy wished his dad a good night and the rainbow message
disappears.
"Now all we need to do is find out where Alcyoneus is and we are
golden," Thalia said with a sigh as she leaned back on the wall.
"Don't worry about that," Percy told her, "I have a plan for that."
"Really?"
Percy nodded, "yeah. Trust me."
"I talked to Chiron," Thalia said as she took off her jacket and threw it
on the table, "I explained everything."
"Was he pissed?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah. But after I assured him countless times that we
would run at the first sign of trouble he finally agreed."
"Not that we would have needed his permission," Percy said as he took
off his own jacket.
Thalia nodded, "right….wait, Percy….are those tattoos?"
Percy looked down and saw Thalia staring at the strength seals on his
arm, "oh no they're strength seals. They help limit my strength and
when I release them my strength doubles for a short time."
Thalia was amazed, "so back then when you destroyed that marble
block..."
Percy nodded, "yup. That was me with all my seals removed."
"Amazing," Thalia looked at the tattoo like seals on Percy's arms,
"there are so badass."
Percy grinned, "glad you think so. Now….what do you want to do?"
Thalia smiled slyly, "depends, what do you want to do?"
Percy smiled, "well, I know one thing to help end this long day."
Thalia nodded, "yeah, a good night's sleep."
Percy looked at her, "really?"
"Yes really. Why? You had something else in mind?" Thalia gave him
teasing smile.
"So we are just going to sleep? We aren't going to do anything else?"
"Right. Now, do you want the top bunk or the bottom bunk?"
Percy smiled, he could see her trying to look anywhere else but at him,
"so that's it huh? You really just want to go to sleep?"
"Yes."
"...okay then," Percy said startling Thalia with his answer, "I'll be on top,
you're okay with being on the bottom right?"
Thalia blinked, "seriously? Nothing? I'm your girlfriend god damn it!
You're supposed to not be able to keep your hands off of me!"
Percy shrugged, "you wanted to go to sleep. And so that's what we are
going to do."
"I was teasing you!"
"Hey I thought you were being serious," Percy shrugged unable to wipe
the smirk that was forming on his face.
"Jackson," she said in a foreboding tone,"shut up and kiss me," Thalia
grabbed Percy by his shirt collar and pulled him over her.
Percy fell on top of Thalia as he put his hands to the side to support
himself as the demigoddess under him pulled him deeper and deeper
into the kiss. Thalia rubbed her hands all over him. One was around his
neck while the other was on his back rubbing his lower back.
Percy let his full weight fall on Thalia as he moved her to the side. They
laid down sideways as they started to curl into one another. Percy's
legs were wrapped around Thalia's as his hands found themselves
stroking her hips.
Thalia pressed her hand against Percy's back and pushed him forward.
She broke the kiss and spoke with a panting voice, "come closer, you
might fall off the bed if you stay that far."
Percy smiled as he pressed his pelvis up against Thalia's, "better?"
"Much," Thalia replied as she began the kiss again.
Slowly Percy could feel her rubbing herself up against him. Percy
himself was doing his best not to get a boner, but at this point it just
seems like he was fighting a losing battle. Percy could feel his pants
tighten again as Thalia started to increase her pace.
Percy pulled her closer and pressed right up against her, chest to
chest. She then turned to put his back on the bed with her on top. He
broke the kiss as he slowly bite her lower lip, he moved downwards,
slowly kissing her neck, prickling her skin with hickeys.
Chapter 443
"Oh Percy," Thalia moaned as she wrapped her arms around his wide
shoulders. She used her grip on them as leverage, as she increased
her pace, grinding her clit on top of Percy.
Percy moaned in pleasure into Thalia's neck. He could feel his dick
being pressed up against Thalia's body. Just the fact that she was the
one to do it threatened to push Percy over the edge, but he held on, he
wanted this to last as long as possible.
Percy slammed down Gamer's mind and quickly began to think of how
he could make Thalia cum. He quickly brought both his hands and
grabbed Thalia's ass cheeks. Percy then deeply kissed her as he used
his hands to push Thalia harder and harder into himself.
Percy increased their pace, his hand dug deep into Thalia's juicy ass
as he moved her up and down. Thalia broke their kiss trailing her saliva
across his face as she moved faster and faster. She bent down and
moaned into her ear, "more Percy. Faster."
Percy bite into Thalia's neck as he did as she asked. He moved her
enter body faster and faster. He lifted his hips up and started moving it
to match the rhythm of his hands. Thalia's grip on his shoulder grew
tighter and tighter as she whimpered next to his ear.
'Just a little more,' Percy told himself as he tried his best not to cum in
that very moment. The way she sounded drove him crazy, lucky
Gamer's mind kept him in check.
Percy felt precum oze out of the tip of his dick but he kept it together.
He grabbed Thalia's hips and moved them faster and faster. Thalia's
moans grew louder and louder. She grabbed onto Percy's chest with all
her might when she suddenly threw her head up in the air with her
mouth wide open whimpering unintelligible words.
Percy finally allowed himself to feel the sweet feeling of release as
Gamer's mind removed the mental vice on his dick allowing him to
cum.
Thalia fell on top of him, she was panting, she was out of breath with
sweat gathered on her brow.
"That was..." Thalia couldn't complete her sentence. She simply looked
up from Percy's chest staring right at him.
"Yeah," Percy replied as he looked into her eyes, "we should do that
again."
Thalia raised an eyebrow, "right now?"
"No, not right now," Percy pulled her close, "later."
Thali pressed her head down on Percy's chest as the two demigods
slowly drifted to sleep, thier mutal orgasims made them feel like they
were floating on clouds. Percy held her close and soon the two fell
unconscious driven to the realm of Morpheus.
The next day;
Percy and Thalia woke up early in the morning, they kissed each other
and immediately realised that they both needed a change of clothes
and a shower.
After doing that Percy and Thalia meet Jason and the Praetors near
the exit to the Roman military encampment.
"Make sure you come back alive sis," Jason told her, "I so do not you
to transform into a tree again."
Thalia grinned, "I promise little brother, I'll come back to you alive."
Jason smiled but the his face turned to one of confusion, "hey Thalia,
were there bugs in your room last night?"
Thalia looked surprised, "no, why?"
"Well you have these bite marks on you neck," Jason said pointing at
them, "there are so many, I'm surprised you didn't notice them when
showering. Heck they go all the way down to-"
"-Okay!" Percy jumped in, "I think it's about time we leave, yes?"
Thalia was blushing but nodded, "yeah."
Thalia hugged her brother goodbye, Jason however was still very
confused. Percy waved at the Roman Legionaries all gathered near the
gate to wish them luck. It seemed a lot of the Romans knew about the
quest, and considering they know what Percy can do they also believe
that he would be the one who would finally bring the Eagle back.
The moment they reached the service tunnel Percy put Thalia into his
inventory again and took off.
The guards didn't even see him run outside. All they saw was the door
flying open as a black and orange blur zoomed out into the Highway.
Compared to the great distance Percy had traveled before, the trip
from Camp Jupiter to San Francisco was nothing.
In a few minutes Percy had entered the San Francisco Bay Area
through the San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge. He quickly went to the
North Beach area and quickly found Peir 41. It was very crowded, but
Percy just zoomed past all of them and looked around to find port 8.
When he finally found the boat in question Percy checked around for
security cameras before he opened his inventory and pulled Thalia out.
The daughter of Zeus looked around, "sweet. So did you find the boat
yet?" Percy nodded as he pointed over Thalia's shoulder. The daughter
of Zeus turned and stared at the boat docked at port 8. "Holy. Shit."
The boat was was black and white with the name 'Trident Mobile'
printed on the side in sea green. The boat itself was huge, at least 24
feet tall with two stories. The boat's windows were tinted black and the
overall design was very sleek and modern looking.
"Let's go inside," Percy said as he approached the boat. Percy hopped
on the boat with the grace of a dancer, he wasn't affected by the way
the boat moved in water. He held out his hand and helped Thalia get
on. The moment she got onto the boat the water started to shake the
boat a little harder, must be a warning from Poseidon to Thalia.
"This is going to take some getting used to," Thalia commented as she
and Percy walked into the boat.
The back of the boat was plain looking with a low barrier near the
edge, maybe to make it easier for people to get back into the boat if
they fell into the water. Percy saw a ladder attached to the side of the
boat and a decently spaced walkway on both sides leading to the front.
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The inside of the bottom deck was the very definition of luxury. The
room was filled with big fluffy couches and a TV across from them.
Further inside was a small dining area with a table and four chairs.
Past the dining area was the kitchen, it had a fridge, an oven, a
microwave and even a stove.
Next to the kitchen was semicircular couch built into the wall with a
circular table in the center. There was a huge set of tinted windows
through which Percy and Thalia could see the front of the ship. On the
sides of the semicircular couch was a sliding door on the left that lead
outside and a set of stairs to the right that lead up.
Percy and thalia climbed it and found themselves on the upper deck.
Near the front of the boat was the captain's seat. In front of the seat
was a shit tone of monitors and different gadgets. Percy recognized all
of them, and he instantly knew how to use each and everyone of those
tools.
The rest of the upper deck was filled with another living room with an
even larger TV and at the end was a set of tinted sliding doors that lead
outside. The outside of the upper deck was open to the sky with a set
of chairs and a table left outside.
"Percy, you need to look at this," Thalia called out from the captain's
chair.
Percy turned as saw his girlfriend hand him a note that was attached to
the ship's wheel. It read;
'Impressed? I know you are, don't even try to deny it son. Anyway just
to let you know, this is a Lazzara 80 Sky Lounge, one of my favorite
mortal boats. Treat it well and be carefull. Also the boat is locked, use
your powers over the sea to activate it.'
"I'll say one thing about him," Percy said throwing the note away, "my
dad sure does have good taste."
Thalia nodded, "I know. Everything here looks so….impressive."
Percy smiled, "I know. Come on let's get this show on the road."
The couple went down to the lower deck and walked to the front of the
ship. In the front of the ship were three sun beds that were extremely
soft to the touch. Percy stood at the tip of the ship and looked ahead,
the San Francisco Bay was beautiful to see.
"Get back," Percy told Thalia as he closed his eyes trying to connect to
the ocean again like he did on Odysseus ship.
It took him a minute, but he finally found that connection again. He
pulled onto the sea and suddenly the boat lurched forward. The sea
tried to pull it out. But the ship was still anchored in. Percy then closed
his eyes and focused on the ship itself. He commanded the ship to
raise the anchor and untie to chains binding it to port 8.
Once that was done Percy reached into the sea again, and this time
when the sea pulled the boat forward, it responded.
The Trident Mobile sailed across the Bay Area and quickly turned to
the West sailing faster and faster.
Just then Percy felt Waverider heat up. Percy opened his eyes and
reached into his pocket. Waverider was practically glowing. Acting on
instinct Percy transformed the pen into it's trident form and placed the
trident bottom first in front of the ship.
Suddenly Percy felt his connection to the ship grow. He could feel
every single thing living around him in the ocean. The fishes that swam
next to the boat. The way the water moved. Before Percy's connection
to the sea felt like a rope. Now it was bigger, stronger. It felt like a steel
beam.
'Of course,' Percy realized, 'Waverider enhances my connection with
the sea.'
Percy let go of the trident and found that it stood straight all on it's own.
Percy could feel a mental connection to the weapon, he could control
Waverider with his mind, and through it control the boat and the waters
around them.
The Trident Mobile quickly got out of the Bay Area and into open
waters. Percy turned the boat North and set sail towards Alaska.
Percy stepped away from Waverider and turned to Thalia who was on
the sunbeds.
"This is so cool," Thalia said looking around, "how are you doing this?"
"I can tap into the sea with my powers," Percy explained as he sat next
to her, "I can command it and every other thing that lives in the water.
Well, within reason of course. Like I can control fishes, but probably not
Sea Monsters who are intelligent enough."
"Sweet," Thalia said, "does that mean I can control birds?"
Percy shrugged, "I don't know. Have you ever tried?"
Thalia shook her head, "no, I haven't."
Percy nodded, "maybe we can try it out later. But no we need to focus
on the quest. We have the boat, we have the clothes. We just need the
location."
"Didn't you say you knew where to go?"
Percy shook his head, "no, I didn't. I said I know of a way to find out
where to go," Percy then opened up his inventory and pulled out a
glowing yellow ball.
Thalia immediately felt like she was suffocating, It was like she was
having a panic attack, but she only go those when she was in high
places. This didn't make sense. It was like that ball brought out and
made her relive her greatest fears all at once.
"Thalia? Are you okay?" Percy asked with concern.
"T-that ball," Thalia stammered out, "it feels like fear."
Percy nodded, "it was a reward from my trials. The entity of fear,
Parallax, gave it to me."
"H-how are you able to not freak out?" Thalia was panting, "it feels
so….deadly."
"It's because I already faced my biggest fear," Percy replied with a
steal in his voice.
Thalia remembered what he told her. About how he saw them all die by
his hands, how he suffered for week believing everyone he cared about
had died.
Thalia gulped, 'if he can do it. So can I.' Thalia steeled herself and
slowly calmned herself down.
"I'll make this quick," Percy assured her. He turned to the glowing ball,
"Parallax, it's me, Percy. I have come to ask a question of you."
Thalia waited for a few seconds in silence. Nothing seemed to happen
when suddenly voice came out of the ball.
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"Ask your question, and I will answer," the voice that came from the
ball felt like a nail being scratched on a white board. Thalia wanted to
cover her ears and scream in pain, but she couldn't do that, she
wouldn't allow herself be seen as something so weak and pathetic. Not
now, not ever. And never in front of Percy.
"Give me the exact present location or any possible future locations of
Alcyoneus the Giant," Percy's voice was clear and crisp. Thalia didn't
understand it, how could he sound so confident surrounded by all this
fear?
"Alcyoneus the Giant lives in Alaska, he is presently on the
Hubbard Glacier and he currently has no future locations in
mind."
"Thanks," Percy said as he immediately shoved the ball back into his
inventory. Percy turned to Thalia, "are you okay?"
Thalia rubbed her temples and groaned, "I'm fine. It's just….that thing
brought out all my greatest fears at once. Is that what you got for
completing your trial?"
Percy nodded as he hugged Thalia with one arm stroking her arms,
"yeah. I can use it a total of three times and Parallax said that he would
answer any question I asked."
"Is that why you asked about future locations as well?"
Percy nodded, "yeah, he did say anything. And considering that he is
the living embodiment of fear I thought that knowledge of the future
shouldn't be too much of a stretch for him. But apparently he can only
guess the future."
"Why do you say that?"
"Remember what he said? That Alcyoneus has no future locations in
mind? That means that Parallax only knows what other people are
thinking and not the future itself."
Thalia nodded, "so, Hubbard Glacier. Do you have any idea where that
is?"
"Didn't you buy a map yesterday during your shopping trip with Jason?"
Thalia nodded as Percy opened his inventory and quickly took out the
map she bought. It was a booklet of sorts with every page containing a
close up map of every state in the US. Percy turned to the last page
and saw the map of Alaska there.
Percy put the map down and Thalia and him looked it over.
"Here," Thalia spotted the Glacier first. It was near Canada and closer
to the south then Percy previously thought.
"That's not so bad," Percy assured her as he mentally commanded the
ship to move towards the new location, "if I was too take a wild
guess...I would say we would be at least 3000 miles. Maybe I could
have run it if I wanted to hm…."
"You may have been able to run it, but you would have been exhausted
by the time we reached there. And fighting at half strength against
something that can't be killed unless a God and a demigods work
together is not something you want to do."
Percy nodded, "right. Well I suppose it would take us….a day and a
half to reach the glacier. That is with my powers. This Boat would
normally take 6 days to cover the same distance."
Thalia nodded, "so we have a day and a half to prepare to fight that
thing."
Percy nodded, "yeah."
Thalia looked at Percy, "want to make out again?"
Percy shrugged, "why not?"
Thalia pounced on him pushing Percy down on the sun beds as she
pressed her lips up against his own. Percy had his hands on her perky
behind as he pressed her close. The couple kissed and touched the
other forgetting the world around them as the luxury boat they were on
speed past the San Francisco area.
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Percy tightened his grip around his imperial gold spear. He had
checked his inventory and sure enough there it was;
Imperial Gold Spear
A spear made of imperial gold. Like celestial bronze this spear
can kill even the divine.
Attack- 30 x Dex
Percy didn't know why he didn't use this spear before. With his
amazingly high Dex rating of 80 his total attack would have come up to
2,400 points, much more than Riptide. But then again Riptide was
better suited for combat with the bonus he got from his sword mastery
skills.
Thalia started to circle around the small battle area they made in the
living room by pushing all the furniture and TV to the side. They both
had taken off their jackets. Thalia had her hair tied up in ponytail while
Percy stood with sweat gathered on his brow. Percy steadied himself,
he took a deep breath and slowly let it out.
Thalia jumped on him swinging her spear down. Percy blocked with his
spear and pushed her back before thrusting the tip at Thalia.
The demigoddess blocked it easily before swinging her spear in a low
angle aiming for Percy's leg. Percy jumped up to avoid the weapon
started repeatedly stabbing Thalia.
Thalia side stepped all of the attacks, moving backwards. Percy swung
at her legs, and his spear was promptly stopped by Thalia's own. Percy
then pushed forward pinning Thalia to the wall behind her using their
spears as a choker on her neck.
"Give up," Percy hissed.
"Never, lover boy," Thalia smirked as she kicked his left knee losing
Percy's stance. She then pushed back and unlocked their spears with
a wide swing throwing Percy off balance. Thalia swung her spear down
and Percy moved to block.
Percy was just managing to hold his own, but he had to bend
backwards to block her spear in time, which resulted in throwing him off
balance. Thalia took advantage of this by suddenly bringing her spear
back knocking Percy of balance yet again before thrusting the spear tip
into his chest.
"Not again," Percy mumbled as he saw his defence points decrease;
Defence- 305,668,730
It wasn't much of a lose, but it was still considered his lose. The reason
why Percy so much more defence points was because he had been
adding on defence points like crazy during their boat ride. Every
chance he got he would activate his water body bonus and drain all his
mana into his Marble skin skill.
"You're definitely skilled with that," Thalia said smirking as she
transformed her spear back into a can of mace, "but you're not good
enough."
Percy smirked, "yeah. Your right. You're pretty good with handling a
spear. Long pointy spears."
Thalia was confused at first before she realised Percy's choice of
words. A deep crimson took over he face, "perv."
Percy chuckled, "yeah, yeah. Oh, and before I forget, start pouring all
of your mana into your marble skin spell, and then keep doing it again
and again."
"Why?"
"It will build up your defence," Percy told her, "and I am not letting you
face a Giant without being at your best."
Thalia nodded and started doing just that.
Percy nodded, "good, now...what do you want to do?"
Thalia calmned herself down, "I don't know. Want to watch TV?"
Percy shrugged as they quickly moved the couch and the TV back into
place and sat down. Thalia had hold of the remote as she started to
search through channels. Percy on the other hand had one arm around
Thalia as he sat right next to her, holding her closely.
Thalia smiled at the action as she leaned back putting her head on
Percy's shoulder as she finally settled on the News channel. It was an
international news network that was currently covering the UNO
meeting in New York.
"-And that concludes our coverage of the UN's decision to increasing
funding for WHO. Up next we tackle the issue of the growing crime
rates all across America. In the recent months the police have found
that there has been a strange uptick of crime. Police have been unable
to find the cause of this phenomenon but have found that this crime
wave had started somewhere around 2 weeks ago. For more we go to
Chang Williams for more."
The news then changed to an asian man talking to the police
commissioner of Seattle, one of the cities most affected by the crime
rates. While most other cities were prepared for this increased crime,
Seattle was not.
"Do you think this has anything to do with Kronos coming back?" Percy
asked Thalia.
Thalia sighed, "I'm not sure. He was revived 2 weeks ago, so maybe
there is a connection, but I'm not sure. Maybe it has something to do
with his title."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "his title?"
Thalia nodded, "he is know as the titan lord of time, harvest and evil."
Percy chuckled, "that's so funny."
"What is?"
"Well he has two amazing titles, like lord of time and lord of evil, but
then the third one is harvest. Can you imagine that? And evil time
manipulating farmer wearing overall threatening to kill kids because
they were playing in his corn field?"
Thalia laughed, "yeah, Gods that sounds so silly. Hey, you know what?
I don't like the name Kronos, sounds like a failed energy drink. So from
now on we call him the crazy Farmer."
Percy smiled, "look at you, coining your own nicknames and making
fun of powerful immortals. Guess I am rubbing off on you."
Thalia smiled, "maybe."
Percy kissed her forehead, as then her lips. Just then he noticed
several purple markings along her neck and he stopped and smiled,
"did I give you those?"
Thalia looked down and groaned, "yeah you did," she hit him on the
stomach, "ass."
"Ophf," Percy chuckled as he faked his pain, "what was that for."
"For almost forcing me to explain to Jason what a hickey was," Thalia
grumbled, "next time don't make them so obvious."
"Why not," Percy asked as he kissed her just below her ear slowly
going down her neck, "I want people to know you are mine."
Thalia grumbled as she pushed him away, "nope."
Percy grumbled, "but Thaliaaaaa-"
"No buts," Thalia huffed, "if all we do when we are alone is make out
the our relationship will be based on nothing but physical attractions.
So tuck it in big boy, I want to watch TV."
Percy grumbled, "fine….but let's at least stop watching something so
depressing," he said takeing the remote and changing the channel,
"let's see what else is on TV."
They skipped a few channels, sports, cartoons, sports, Discovery
channel, sports, how many god damn sport channels are there?!
"Wait," Thalia said, "go back."
Percy went back showing a food channel with a woman called Nigella
Lawson hosting the show. The woman had black hair and black eyes
with a great smile and huge breasts. She wore a very modest baggy
blouse but even through that Percy could tell that she had huge tits.
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Percy looked at Thalia, 'is this a test? I heard girlfriends do this to test
whether their boyfriends are attracted to other women….yeah this is a
test. Don't look at the hot older woman's boobs Percy, don't do it. No.
Don't do it.'
Percy eventually had to use Gamer's mind to stop his head from
imagining those bare giant tits while Thalia was just enjoying the show.
Percy eventually got himself under control and watched the program.
Nigella was british, her accent gave her away, and apparently the
theme of today's show was cheese.
"Why do you like this show?" Percy asked Thalia.
"I used to watch it with my mom and brother," Thalia said in a low tone,
"some days, when my mom wasn't drunk or fucking crazy, would sit
down and watch this show with us. It would just be the three of us and
no one would talk for the entire time. Then after it was over, and mom
was really feeling good, she would try and cook one of the recipies for
us."
Percy could see the tears gather around Thalia's eyes, Percy didn't say
anything, he simply held her closer. Thalia placed her head right below
Percy's neck holding him close.
"She was a terrible cook," Thalia chuckled as a few teardrops ran along
her cheeks, "but Jason loved her food. She would often joke about
trying to restart her celebrity career as a tv chef. She said it would be
the perfect thing for her to do.
"Then one day she found out a network was looking for a new TV chef.
She contacted her old agent and begged him for a chance to audition.
She got into the final two candidates. The day she came back after the
audition was one of the few moment that my mom looked sane and
happy. She cared so much for us, she even...she even tried to fix
things between her and me. But a week later we came to find out that
she didn't get the part and mom lost it. She...she wasn't the same after
that. She got worse and worse. And….and that's it."
Percy held Thalia close as more tears fell from her eyes, "I'm sorry you
had such a shitty life," Percy told her as he gently patted her back, "and
I know I can't really do anything to make it better. But-I ah, I want to
make sure your future isn't as bad."
Percy tried to sound mature and caring, but trying to console
somebody wasn't something he was good at, "I get that what I'm
saying might not mean much. I understand that. But I want you to know
that as long as I can, I'll try and make your life not suck. I promise."
Thalia looked up at him, "you promise?"
Percy looked into those sad eyes. Thalia ever allowed herself to look
weak, Percy knew that. Even when Percy contacted Parallax, the entity
of fear, she put up a strong face. For her to lower her gaurd in front of
anyone meant only one thing, she trusted him, she put her faith in him.
And he wouldn't let her down.
Percy cupped her face with his hands and pulled her close. He bent
down and kissed her. They broke apart and Percy pressed his
forehead against her's, "yes. I promise."
Thalia smiled, "I'm going to keep you to that."
Percy smiled, "I know."
Thalia curled up into Percy as the two turned towards the TV. They
didn't speak, they had nothing to say.
As the show went on and on Percy began to realise how easy this
Nigella lady made things seem. Before Percy always saw cooking as
something complex and difficult to do, but now it seemed like it was just
a matter of doing the right thing at the right time.
Eventually the show ended and when it did Percy got a pretty big
surprise;
Ping!
You have learnt a new skill through watching someone via your
photographic reflexes!
Cooking, Lv- 25 (80%)
The skill to create food through mixing and combining different
ingredients, using different methods.
80% chance of making the eater happy
70% chance of not destroying all nutritional value inside the food
made
90% chance of making the food look great
10% chance of botching the recipe
Recipes;
Cheddar Cheese Risotto
Macaroni Cheese
Percy was amazed at what he saw. The program went on for about an
hour and while Percy was focused all that time he found it amazing that
that allowed him to gain a new skill! And something at such a high
level!
Nigella Lawson was a very good cook, so it would make sense that the
cooking skill he would gain from her via Photographic reflexes would
be pretty advanced as well. But this was….this is just amazing. Turely
the points he spent buying the Photographic reflexes was well spent.
And what's more this mean something else, Percy could now just sit on
the couch, watch different episodes and he could practically learn
anything he wanted! Why this opened up his world to unlimited
possibilities!
All he needed to do is get access to the internet and Percy could
theoretically learn every single skill in the world just by watching a
couple of videos done by people who are great in the field!
"So, what did you think?" Thalia asked turning off the TV.
"Think of what?" Percy asked.
"The show," Thalia said getting off of Percy's chest and stretching.
"I thought it was brilliant," Percy admitted.
"Yea right," Thalia scoffed, "you were probably distracted by her
enormous cans."
Percy blushed, "no I wasn't!"
"Yeah you were."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes," Thalia smiled, "don't think I didn't notice the way your eyes were
glued to the TV."
"Hey I was just appreciating her cooking skills," Percy said crossing his
arms, "and for your information I was glued to the TV because I was
trying to learn the recipes."
Thalia rolled her eyes, "Percy you don't have to lie. I don't mind that
you look at other women's boobs. Just don't do something to piss me
off, like stare at them like Donny did."
"Okay first off, I really wasn't looking at her boobs. I admit I was at first
but then I was actually trying to focus on the cooking. And second,
wow. Really? You're okay with me looking at other women?"
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Thalia shrugged, "it's not like you're going to do anything about it," she
glared, "right?"
Percy nodded, "right."
"And besides," Thalia threw her leg over Percy straddling him and
pushing him down, "why would you ever cheat on this?"
Percy put his hands on her hip as she bent down to kiss him. Percy
broke the kiss, "I wouldn't."
Thalia smiled, "I know." She then bent down and began kissing him
again.
Percy broke the kiss again, "but just for the record I really was trying to
learn how to cook."
Thalia rolled her eyes, "sure you were."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "you want to bet?"
Thalia smiled as she wrapped her hands around his neck sitting down
on his lap, "what's the wager?"
Percy smiled, "I have been meaning to ask, do you have any plans for
when summer vacation is over?"
Thalia looked surprised, "what does that have to do with anything?"
"Just tell me."
"Well, yeah. Annabeth invited me to go to her school."
Percy smile grew bigger, "then that's what I want. If I prove to you that I
was actually paying attention to the cooking and not her boobs you will
join my school instead."
Thalia looked surprised, "what?!"
Percy smiled, "yup."
"Percy...are you sure?"
The demigod nodded, "yeah. I don't want us to drift apart during the
year, and well…..would being in the same school as me be something
you're willing to stand?"
Thalia blinked with a vacant expression on her face, "oh my Gods
you're serious."
Percy nodded, "yeah."
"A-are you sure? Won't you be irritated I'm spending so much time with
you?"
Percy shrugged, "I don't know. But...I don't really think I can get mad at
you for simply being there can I?"
Thalia smiled as she grabbed Percy in a tight hug, "yes you idiot!"
Percy chuckled, "relax, it's not like I'm asking you to marry me."
Thalia smiled, "yeah, I know. But I'm just so excited! You better win this
beat mister or else I'm going to zap you so hard your hair will stand up
on all ends like Einstein."
Percy smiled, "yes ma'am. Now come on, let's cook." Thalia got off
Percy and the two went into the kitchen. Percy slowly tired to
remember the recipes he had learnt, the Cheddar Cheese risotto and
the Macaroni cheese.
Percy opened the fridge, it was filled with lots of different ingredients, it
seemed Poseidon also like to cook food, or maybe the food just came
with the boat and was somehow charmed to be fresh.
Percy took out all the ingredients for the Cheddar cheese risotto,
surprisingly Percy found a bag of risotto rice inside the pantry.
"So what are you making?" Thalia asked him.
"Cheddar cheese risotto," Percy said as he put an apron on. It was
blue, obviously, and had the words, 'King of Kitchen' written on it.
"Need help?"
"You offering?"
Thalia nodded, "sure, I know a thing or two."
Percy smiled, "great," Percy then took out a chopping board and a 2
leeks, "cut these into finely sliced pieces."
Thalia nodded as she put on a second apron, this one was pink and it
had 'kiss the cook' written on the front. Thalia groaned at this, "switch
with me."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "why?"
"Please."
"I think it makes you look cute."
"I will hurt you."
"Okay then," Percy didn't argue as they switched aprons. Percy looked
down at his and smiled. Thalia had taken a knife out of the drawer
when Percy tapped her on her shoulder, "read this," he said pointing at
the words on his pink apron.
"Kiss the cook," Thalia said as Percy kissed her. The daughter of Zeus
giggled as she broke the kiss, "you release the more you do things like
that the longer it will take to get this done."
Percy shrugged, "I don't mind."
Thalia pushed him back, "get back to work Masterchef."
Percy smiled as he began to prepare the ingredients for the meal. He
first took 1 tablespoon of butter and melted it along with some olive oil
inside a medium-sized frying pan. As that was done Percy took out a
bag of ready made vegetable stock and started to heat it up in the
microwave.
After Thalia was done with the leaks Percy gave her 125 grams of
cheddar cheese to shred while he added the leeks to the butter and oil.
Percy needed them to boil together, so while he waited for that to
happen he took out the stock, which was done and put in the risotto
rice to heat up.
After the rice was ready Percy put it into the batter and leaks mixture
and began stirring it nicely for a minute or so, until the rice became
mixed in with butter, oil and leeks.
Percy then increased the heat as he added half a teaspoon of dijon
mustard and some white wine to be absorbed into the mixture. Percy
then started to ladle the mixture till all the ingredients started to mix in
with each other. Percy smiled, the rice was coming out perfectly.
"I'm done with the cheese," Thalia said placing the shredded cheese
next to Percy, "now what?"
"Now we stir and wait," Percy told her, "give it about 18 minutes and it
should come out al dente."
"What does that mean?"
"I have no idea," Percy told her, "just something the cook used to
described the finished product."
Thalia nodded as she leaned on the counter, "I'm surprised Percy. I
didn't realise you knew how to cook."
Percy smiled, "I don't, well I didn't before."
Thalia raised an eyebrow, "what changed?"
Percy groaned, 'should I tell her? Yeah...she deserves to know. Maybe
not the whole truth, but something.'
"I have a special ability," Percy confessed, "it's called photographic
reflexes."
Thalia rolled her eyes, "at this point I'm not even surprised anymore at
the things you can do. So what's this one? Can you like remember
things you have seen once?"
Percy chuckled, "kind of. I don't actually remember something I see,
but I can go a step beyond that and actually mimick the skill. In fact
that's how I got so good at handling a spear, by watching you."
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Thalia was surprised, "so you can pick up a new skill just by watching
someone do it?"
Percy nodded, "yeah."
"Holy shit!" Thalia said out loud, "that is so cool! And totally cheating,
but so cool!"
Percy smiled, "thanks, and I do have limits you know. I can't mimic
more than one person. So if I see somebody play the piano I will copy
that skill, but I am only as good at it as the person who I copied it from."
"So...if you copied your spear handling skills from me...why aren't we
equally matched?"
Percy shrugged, "I'm not sure, but I think it's because I'm not used to
the skill. It's like this, imagine I'm going for a driver's test, and the only
thing I did to prepare for it was learn from books and other references
and never once did I touch an actual car. Now imagine how I would be
on the day of the test. I would know everything, what to do, how to
park, how to stir, everything. But I would have no practical experience."
Thalia nodded, "so the reason we aren't equals is because your not yet
used to handling a spear, right?"
Percy nodded, "yup."
"So wait, you said that your cooking skills had something to do with this
photographic reflexes skill of yours."
Percy nodded, "yeah, it seems that I don't have to physically see that
person do something to learn the skill from them, so I ended up
copying Nigella's skill in the kitchen."
"Holy shit!" Thalia screamed out louder, "Percy, do you have any idea
what this could mean?!"
Percy nodded, "yeah. I could learn any skill, any time just from sitting
on the couch watching TV."
"Then why aren't you a multi talented genius already?"
Percy chuckled, "to be honest I didn't know I could do that until just
now."
Thalia nodded, "okay, but this is still amazing news! Shit Percy if I had
a power like that it would really help with my training."
Percy nodded as he continued to stir the rice, 'could she? Leo has
powers similar to me, and the Fates did mention once that I could
share this power with other people...hmm maybe later. Right now we
are going into a dangerous situation and if I tell her about my Gaming
powers it could break the trust we have. I'll tell her the truth when we
get to camp, the whole truth.'
Percy felt excited and nervous, for the first time he wanted to tell
someone about his gaming powers. He asked himself over and over
whether he trusted Thalia, whether she could keep his secret. And now,
instead of getting jealous or angry that Percy has this power and she
doesn't she laughed it off.
'I truly am the luckiest guy in the world,' Percy told himself.
Soon the rice was ready and Thalia quickly added the cheese into the
rice. Percy let the cheese melt into the rice as Thalia quickly brought
two plates to eat in.
Percy took the pan off the heat and slowly stirred the rice putting down
heaping servings on both plates.
"We need something to drink with this," Thalia said opening and
looking into the fridge.
Percy turned around and got a great view of Thalia's tight ass as she
bent down and into the fridge. 'I forgot how big and firm this thing is,'
Percy told himself as he started to feel his dick growing harder form the
sight.
'NO!' Percy yelled out slamming down Gamer's mind, 'we are having a
nice moment right now! I will not ruin it by getting a boner!'
Percy sighed as he finally got his body under control again. Thalia, now
with a bottle of orange juice in hand, closed the fordge door and looked
surprised, "ah, are you okay Sweetheart?"
Percy nodded, "I'm fine," Percy then blinked, "wait...did you call me
sweetheart?"
Thalia blushed as she turned away from him, "we need cups!"
Percy smiled, "Thalia," Percy approached her and turned her around.
He pressed up close as Thalia bent backwards, "did you call me
sweetheart?"
"It kind of slipped out," Thalia admitted.
"You know what?" Percy said closing the distance between the two of
slowly, "I kind of liked it."
They were inches apart, Percy could feel Thalia's warm breath on his
lips. Thier lips were almost touching when suddenly a voice sounded
out.
"Ah hm."
Percy and Thalia jumped as they reached for their weapon drawing it
out in one quick motion. They turned to see where the noise came from
and looked surprised as they saw Poseidon standing there next to the
couch.
"Dad?" Percy asked as he lowered Riptide, "what are you doing here?"
"I came to personally wish you good luck Percy," Poseidon frowned as
he looked at Thalia and Percy, "though a better question is what you
two were doing."
"Ah, that is," Thalia stammered before turning to Percy, "tell him Percy."
Percy glared at Thalia and hissed, "why do I have to?"
"He's your dad," she hissed back.
Percy sighed and turned to Poseidon, "well you see dad, when a guy
and a girl like each other very much-"
Thalia hit him upside the head, "-I don't think that's what he meant!"
Percy rubbed his head, "well what else am I supposed to say?!"
"I don't know! Anything else but that!"
"Well if you think you can do better then why don't you give it a try?!"
"He's your dad!"
"You used that excuse last time!"
Poseidon chuckled loudly surprising both Thalia and Percy, "you two
are just like me and Sally."
Percy blinked, "what?"
Poseidon smiled, "yes, it's true. Sally and I used to fight all the time, but
we never meant anything by it, we just liked to rile the other one up, it
was our way to keeping things interesting. And it seems you found
someone with whom you can do just that."
Percy sighed, "dad I can explain-"
"-No need," Poseidon said walking up to the kitchen counter, "it's kind
of a self-explanatory situation."
Percy rubbed his neck, "yeah, I suppose it is. Look dad I know it's
stupid and dangerous to date a daughter of Zeus bu-"
"-It's not just that Percy," Poseidon interrupted his son, "she is a
powerful demigod in her own right, and your strength could put you on
par with Hercules himself. You both are powerful demigods, if people
knew you two were together they would be all the more afraid of you
and would constantly try to break you two up."
"That's ridiculous," Thalia said, "who would want to break us up?"
"Your father," Poseidon narrowed his eyes, "I came here directly from
an emergency meeting in Olympus. I told them about how you two
found Alcyoneus, alive and how you were both going to fight him."
"How did they take it?" Percy asked.
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Poseidon pinched his nose, "how do you think? They lost their minds. A
few Gods were alright, like Athena, Artemis and Hermes, they kept
calm and accepted my word heck even Ares seemed to accept it. But
the others claimed that you were lying and that you were drowning in
you own power. Some believe you had tricked Thalia into this mission
where you intend to….. kill her in order to become the prophecy child
yourself."
Percy looked horrified, "I wouldn't never do that!"
Poseidon sighed, "I tried to tell them that, even a few of the Gods who
you helped out chipped in. We finally managed to convince the other
Gods not rush to judgment and wait and see."
Thalia narrowed her eyes, "tell me the truth Lord Poseidon, was it a
few of the Gods, or just one God?"
Poseidon looked nervous, "w-what do you mean?"
"I'm asking you whether my dad told all those things."
Poseidon shook his head, "no."
Lie detected!
"You're lying," Thalia declared, Percy was surprised she knew
Poseidon was lying.
"No I am not," Poseidon tried to defend himself.
"Yes, you are. You have same lying face as Percy," Thalia said.
Poseidon sighed in disappointment but smiled, "I am glad you and my
son are close enough for you to know his different faces," he sighed
again, "sadly, yes. Zeus was the one who became paranoid. But you
have to understand, during the first Giant war Olympus almost fell, for
Zeus that was a few of his darkest days as a leader. Thousands died
on his watch, and he would rather not admit that they are returning."
"That's stupid," Thalia spat out,"if he really is feeling guilty about all the
people who died because of these Giants then he shouldn't try and
deny their existence, he should grab his lightning bolts and hunt these
things down!"
Percy nodded, "she's right. I get why Zeus doesn't want to admit they
are coming back, it's irrational, but I get it. But at the same time his
actions are ridiculous, I would never hurt Thalia," Percy held her hand
tightly, "I care too much about her."
Poseidon sighed, "this is too much to deal with right now. Look, I'm
going back to Atlantis, I just came here to tell you to bring Alcyoneus
back alive. Zeus needs to see him to believe it. We might just have to
fight both the Giants and the Titans this time around, and we can't
afford to have a civil war breaking out within our ranks."
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Bring Alcyoneus to Olympus, alive!
Reward,
100,000 Exp
Skill disk- Level 10
Failure,
Zeus will become paranoid and will kill you the first chance he
gets.
Do you accept?
YES/NO?
Percy sighed at the new quest, "I originally planned to not even fight
the guy. I just wanted to go in, use my super speed, find the Eagle and
get out. Do you really think we have a chance to capture him?"
Poseidon nodded, "yes. I am very aware of just how powerful you are
Percy. I know you can do this. But," the God turned to Thalia, "you will
need all the help you can get."
Percy sighed and pressed yes accepting the quest, "right got it."
"Oh and Percy," Poseidon glared, "we are going to talk about this when
you get back."
Percy gulped but nodded. Poseidon then flashed away leaving Percy
and Thalia alone.
"That went well," Thalia said.
"Yeah. My dad found out I'm dating you, your dad wants to turn me into
ash, and he doesn't even know we are dating. Oh and we are
supposed to bring back a being that is strong enough to fight Hades."
Thalia smiled, "I know, it'll be fun!"
Percy smiled, "you're one crazy demigoddess."
Thalia kissed him, "yeah, but I'm your crazy demigoddess."
Percy smiled as the two then sat down in the dining area and ate their
food. Percy found that though his food didn't actually taste as good as
the food he had stored away in his inventory from the Lotus Casino,
but there was something satisfactory about eating food that you had
made with your own two hands.
Percy and Thalia talked for some time before they finally decided it was
time to sleep. They went below deck and found several bedrooms on
the lower deck. Percy and Thalia chose the biggest one and after a
long and steamy make out session they both fell asleep.
The Next day;
You have slept in a bed; HP and MP have been restored 75% each.
All ailments and negative status effects have been cured.
Percy opened his eyes and pushed the notification away. Percy looked
down and saw Thalia lying down on his chest with one arm on top and
the other spread to the side. They had a thick and soft blanket draped
over them warming them up nicely.
Percy could feel his dick getting hard again, this was one of the bane's
of puberty, morning wood. He was surprised the day it first happened,
one morning he woke up and bamn, there it was. Now however it was
just annoying.
Percy carefully slipped out of the bed and quickly slipped into the
bathroom. Percy threw his clothes into the hamper, he saw a washing
machine and a dryer in one of the rooms, maybe he could get these
along with his other dirty clothes cleaned before they left the ship.
The shower was one of those closed cupboard type showers. Percy
got in and slide the frosted glass back into place. Percy activated the
showers and just let the hot water wash over him.
Ping!
You have entered a water body! Due to your parentage you have
gained a boost!
+1000 HP
+1000 MP
All wounds are healed
All ailments cured
Water Breathing ability active
+1000 HP(+1000 HP due to necklace of Poseidon) = +2000 HP
+1000 MP (+1000 MP due to necklace of Poseidon) = +2000 MP
Percy sighed as he pushed the notification away. He had so many
problems on his head, the Giant Alcyoneus, bringing peace between
both camps, Kronos, Zeus finding out he was dating his daughter and
even life itself.