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Chapter 503:
Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep!
You have slept in you own bed; HP and MP have been restored
100% each. All ailments and negative status effects have been
cured.
Percy opened his eyes as he felt a familiar weight on his right. The
demigod turned, stretching his body awake as a yawn escaped his
mouth. The son of Poseidon looked down at the mass of black hair on
his shoulder as he bent down planting a kiss on Thalia's exposed
forehead.
"Morning," Percy said as Thalia tried to pull herself closer, but they
were already as close as possible.
"Turn that thing off before I destroy it," Thalia grumbled out as she
swung her leg off of Percy moving away.
"Sorry," Percy whispered as his switched off his digital alarm. He
looked down to see a notification alert;
Feed the Horses
Percy sighed, it was early in the morning, the sun was barely up. But it
was his turn. "I need to go," Percy told Thalia as he kissed her
forehead again before lifting her arm off of him.
"Horses?" Thalia asked as she pulled up the sheet over her nude
chest.
"Horses," Percy told her as he put on his clothes, "think you can
manage getting up before anyone notices you in my bed?"
"Yeah," Thalia grumbled out, "I'll do it. Don't worry."
Percy rolled his eyes, "we don't want an incident like last time. Mera
almost caught you sneaking back."
"Mera's a vindictive bitch," Thalia muttered as she swiftly fell asleep
again. Percy chuckled but said nothing. He placed another kiss on her
forehead before walking out of the cabin.
As Percy walked out he saw Leo sleeping on the porch. Percy smiled
as he carefully walked away into the camp, taking care not to wake Leo
up.
Percy breathed the crisp morning air, these days he had taken up
Thalia's habit of waking up at 7. The only reason he ever woke up early
these days was for some special training or if there was some special
chores to do.
Recently they had taken to sharing a bed in Percy's cabin. Thalia
would sneak in late at night and would cuddle up next to him,
sometimes they would get a little handsy, but most of the times they
just liked sleeping next to each other. Percy couldn't honestly say
waking up to someone sleeping next to you was one of the best
feelings in the world. He was always energetic during the mornings,
Gamer's body made sure of that, but having Thalia next to him made
him eager to wake up.
Unfortunately they could only do this for a few more days, the moment
John came back from whatever quest he was on they would have
company and Percy didn't really think John would like them together.
Say what you will about the man for all his attempts to adapt to modern
life he was still born in the 1920's where if you even kissed a woman it
was a sign of marriage.
They could move into Thalia's cabin if John came back, but again there
was a problem with that. Sure Thalia was the only daughter of Zeus so
it would be empty. But standing right in the center of the cabin was a
giant statue of Zeus looking down at the people in the cabin. It kind of
freaked Thalia out staying in the cabin, after all which teenage girl
wanted to sleep in a room where a statue her dad was planted right in
the center?
Percy quickly made his way towards the Stables that were located near
the very end of the camp. He rarely ever went there, but over the past
week he had become closer to said horses, he even took over for
Selina by taking care of them when she couldn't.
Since his dad was the father of horses Percy was again treated like
royalty by them all. The first day he saw them Percy was surprised to
learn that he could talk to them. He did have the Equus trainer perk,
but he never really spent any points to try and understand them like he
did for Leo.
Eventually he realised this was part of his demigod heritage, he was
technically the prince of all horses. Percy smirked, Poseidon was
definitely the coolest of all the Gods. After all Thalia and the Hades kids
weren't considered royalty. Percy was a prince in Atlantis and the
prince of Horses. Seriously! Could Poseidon get any cooler?!
The stables were designed to look similar to the ones made in
medieval times with a wooden roof and stone walls. The ground was
covered with cobblestones with a layer of grass and hay on top of it to
provide padding.
As Percy approached it he could hear the voices of his eger 'subjects'
inside the building telling him to hurry up.
"The boss is here!" a horse shouted from the inside.
"We noticed shit head!" another horse called out huffing in annoyance.
Percy opened the stable doors and went in. He saw a hay square lying
on the side. Percy walked over and tore off the straps holding the hay
together before grabbing a bunch of it in his arms.
"Who's hungry?" Percy called out gaining the attention of all the horse.
"ME!"
"ME!"
"ME!"
Several horse shouted in anticipation as Percy smiled. He then used
his telekinesis to lift up and feed all of them the hay in his hands. Percy
had gotten a lot better with his mental powers, right now he could
multitask as lot, hence why there was currently 6 clumps of hay floating
around the barn like they had a mind of their own.
The horse munched on them gleefully as they thanked Percy for the
meals. While Percy wasn't as close to the horses as Selina was he
could still make them obey him, it was because of his status as prince
of horses and his Equus trainer perk.
"Hey boss can we get some apples?" a red colt asked much to the
excitement of the rest of the horses and pegasies there.
"Ah, didn't Seliana say something about you lot over eating?" Percy
asked raising an eyebrow, "if I recall correctly she mentioned
something along the line of you lot running into the kitchens to steal a
sack of apples."
The horses snicked, "yeah, we do love our apples."
Percy smiled, it's obvious that they got their sense of humor from
Poseidon, must be a child of Poseidon thing.
"Okay I'll get you all some tomorrow," Percy assured them, "but for now
make do with the hay."
The horses nodded in thanks as Percy walked out, closing the stable
door behind him.
Chapter 504:
Percy walked to the Mess Hall but just before he reached an Iris
message popped up in front of him. Percy watched as the rainbow
cleared up into the image Edward Neak, the son of Hermes had a
bright smile on his face and bags under his eyes. He looked miserable,
haggard and exhausted, but for some reason he was smiling like a
casher cat.
"Ed?" Percy asked in surprise, "I'm surprised you're up so early."
"Hey Percy," Ed yawned, "yeah, I know. I have been up all night trying
to figure the formula out but after a few hours of grinding I think I finally
got it."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "you mean the immunity pills?"
Edward nodded, "yeah…..Percy, I did it. I finally figured it out. I
replicated the formula and managed to find all the ingredients to mass
produce it. There were some nicks here and there, for the most part the
formula would have only given people a timened immunity, but I think I
managed to make it permanent."
Percy's eyes widened, "Ed…..are you sure?"
Edward grumbled, "if I wasn't sure would I be calling you right now?!
Bloody hell Percy have some fucking faith!"
Percy was taken back, "alright alright, sheesh, sorry I asked."
Edward sighed, "I'm sorry, it's just, sigh, I haven't gotten any sleep.
Look we need to meet. I'm going to be in New York soon, I have a
previous engagement with some hot shot business tycoon. After that's
done I'll meet you in Central Park at 11, I'll bring you enough pills of last
the entire camp. There are like what? 150 demigods?"
Percy formed, 'if you only include the Greek demigods then yeah. But
there are Roman demigods as well….shit, should I tell him to bring
more?' Percy sighed, "look Ed why don't you just bring 12 pills or so. I'll
get the head counselors to try them out first before anything else and
then….then we'll see."
Ed nodded, "right, sounds good to me."
Percy nodded, "right, see you at 11. Oh and get some sleep, you look
like hell."
Edward grumbled, "yeah….,maybe I can get some rest while on the
plane."
The message disappears and Percy imm delicately activated his
Speed Demon dashing towards the Big House. He called arranged for
a war council meeting and soon everyone of the head counselors meet
up in the war room.
Percy quickly explained the situation to them, the demigods looked
intrigued while Mera and Chiron looked hopeful. Mr. D on the other
hand was blank. Percy couldn't figure out what he was thinking, the
God had a very good poker face.
"So what do you all think?" Percy asked them standing at the head of
the table with crossed hands.
"A pill that can block our scent?" Lee asked suspiciously, "why haven't
you told us this before?"
Percy shrugged, "it honestly never came up. When Ed first mentioned
the pills to me even he didn't know if they were legit. We were going on
a hunch, and it just happened to pay off."
"And you didn't think to tell us this?" Charles Beckendorf asked raised
an eyebrow.
"I didn't want to give people false hope Charles," Percy told the head
counselor, "if this ended up being a bust I didn't want to let people
done. It was pure luck and nothing else that this thing even ended up in
Ed's hands."
"Luck and you," Thalia muttered, "if you hadn't helped stop Agent 46
Ed would be dead right now."
The other head councillors looked at Percy who signed, "a story for
another time."
Travis spoke up, "Percy I don't like the fact that you're keeping secrets
from us."
"Yeah," Connor agreed, "first it was the whole pocket dimensions thing
then Thalia and now this, dude we trust you man, with our lives. Why
can't you do the same for us."
Percy rubbed his temples, "look man back then it was different, I still
didn't know whether or not I could trust you all. And the thing with
Thalia and me was private. I admit that I should have told you all
sooner about the pills but I stand by what I said. I didn't want to give
you all hope where it might not be."
The campers looked at him as slowly one by one they all agreed to his
decision.
"I'm assuming you're going to do this on your own?" Annabeth asked
as she looked up from Argo's personal journal.
Annabeth had been carrying that thing everywhere, it seems solving
the mystery of that book had consumed her, Percy wanted her to stop,
but he would be lying if he said he to wasn't curious. So for now he was
willing to let Annabeth have her little obsession, but the moment it
became too much Percy knew he would stop in and put a stop to it.
"Yeah," Percy nodded, "I need to make sure that Edward got the
formula for the pills down. Once I have that I'll be sure to test it out.
Then I'll bring the rest of them to you guys and you can see for
yourselves."
"So are we going to give everyone in camp a pill?" Selina asked in
anticipation.
Percy nodded, "yeah, that's the plan."
"Are we also going to give them to the Romans?" Annabeth asked.
Percy sighed, "I honestly don't know. I'll ask Ed about creating pills for
the Romans as well, let's hope he has enough ingredients."
"Great," Thalia mumbled, "when do we leave?"
Percy raised an eyebrow, "we?"
Thalia nodded as she got up, "yup. No way in hell I'm letting you go
alone. Besides, it's been a month since we did anything fun, maybe we
can have lunch or something, make a day of it."
Percy smiled while Annabeth rolled her eyes, "you two better not
destroy New York while you're there," the daughter of Athena
commented, "we have enough problems as it is."
Percy looked offended, "us? Cause trouble? What ever gave you that
idea?"
Annabeth simple rolled her eyes again while Chiron spoke, "so when
do you have to meet Edward?"
"I am supposed to meet up with Ed in..." Percy looked down at his
watch, "...4 hours time. I think I'll go ahead right now, maybe see my
mom or something."
"Great, then I'll take over training for today," Mera spoke up for the first
time, "I'll make sure they don't slack when you're gone prince Percy."
Mera gave Percy a very suggestive smile that Percy promptly ignored
but it did manage to piss Thalia off.
After saying goodbye to Leo and making sure he had enough to eat for
breakfast, Percy and Thalia took off for New York.
Thalia was put into Percy's inventory while the demigod ran at at near
mach 1 speeds toward New York. He quickly arrived at his mother's
apartment at around 8 in the morning.
After sneaking into an alley Percy reached into his inventory and took
Thalia out.
The demigoddess looked around, "you know, I think I'm finally getting
used to that."
Percy smiled, "good."
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The two then left the empty ally went towards Percy's mom's
apartment. As they climbed the stairs to the third floor Percy looked at
his girlfriend and noticed that she looked worried, nervous even. Last
time he saw her this scared they were about to fight a Giant.
"You okay?" Percy asked, "you look like you are about die or
something."
"I'm…..I'm fucking scared," Thalia admitted, "I mean, I'm going to
see...well….your mom."
Percy blinked in confusion, "yeah….and?"
Thalia sighed, "Percy, I, Thalia Grace, your girlfirend, am about to meet
your mom. Do you see where I am going with this?"
Percy blinked for a few seconds before chuckling, "relax Thalia, you
don't have to be nervous. My mom's kind of like me, laid back and very
caring, I promise she will love you."
Thalia nodded and mumbled under her breath, "I sure hope so."
The quickly reached the third floor as Percy walked towards his mom's
apartment door and knocked on the wood.
"Coming!" Sally's voice was heard from the other side as she quickly
opened the door. She looked at Percy and smiled, "Percy!"
The demigod grinned back, "hey mom."
Sally wrapped her son in a warm hug, a gesture Percy repeated. Being
with her made Percy feel safe, like everything in the world would be
alright, a feeling he slowly felt whenever he was with Thalia.
Sally soon broke the hug as she looked Percy up and down, "you have
grown Percy. You're almost as tall as me!"
Percy grinned, she was right, Goblin's growth was clearly working for
him. He was around 5 foot 6 inches now, something that Percy took
great pride in rubbing in Thalia's face as he was finally taller than her.
"Thanks mom," Percy said, "I kind of had a growth spurt this summer."
Sally smiled as she looked at Percy's arms and glared, "Percy….why
do you have tatoos?"
Percy looked confused, "what do you-" he then looked down and saw
his strength seals in the form of chains around his forearms, "oh these.
Well they are kind of strength seals," he explained, "they help keep my
strength in cheek, don't want to accidently destroy something."
Sally foran, "really?"
Percy nodded, "yup."
"You sure."
"Yup."
"Percy…."
"Yeah mom?"
"You didn't join a gang or something, right?"
"Mom!"
Sally chuckled as she turned away from Percy towards Thalia, "and
who is this?" she asked with a smile.
Thalia stammered, "T-Thalia Grace ma'am, daughter of Zeus." She
gulped, "I'm the daughter of Zeus."
Sally looked surprised, "ah, yes. Percy mentioned you before."
Thalia blinked, "he did?"
Sally nodded, "yes, he told me about how you were, what was it again?
Brought back by the power of the Golden Fleece?"
Thalia nodded dumbly as Percy smiled, "anyway, can we come in? We
were in town on official demigod business and thought we should drop
by."
Sally smiled, "of course."
Sally lead them inside and Percy was happy to find that nothing had
changed. The place still smelled the same, blueberries with a hint of
vanilla floated about in the air. Percy and Thalia sat down in the dining
room as Sally went into the kitchen.
"I was just about to make breakfast when you came," Sally called out,
"would you two like some?"
"Yeah mom, thanks!" Percy called back as Sally told them to wait for a
few minutes. Percy then turned to Thalia who was busy looking around
staring at all the pictures on the wall.
Percy smiled, "those are my baby photos," Percy told her pointing at a
set of photos hanging in the living room. They were mixed photos, ones
of him in preschool or him and Sally at Montauk.
"Those are nice," Thalia said pointing to the ones of Percy as a baby
that were above the fireplace, "at least we know you were cute as a
baby."
Percy groaned, "and I'm not cute now?"
Thalia chuckled, "no sweetie," she kissed him on the cheek, "now
you're handsome."
"Alright who wants pancakes?!" Sally called out joyfully as she brought
out a stack of blue pancakes out for Percy and Thalia along with a jug
of blue milk.
"Woah, you were right," Thalia said eyeing the plate of blue food Sally
just put down, "she does make everything blue."
"Yup," Percy said as he floated two pancakes onto his and Thalia's
plates while lifting the jug of milk with his telekinesis pouring himself a
glass of said milk.
Sally looked on in surprise, "Percy….since when can you move things
with your mind?"
Percy finished chugging his glass milk rubbing the milk mustache that
formed, "well it's kind of always been there, but only recently did I really
start to train in it."
"And by train in it he means use it for every single manual task you can
think of," Thalia huffed biting into her pancake, "seriously, everything.
One time I saw a roll of toilet paper float out of the janitor's closet and
float towards the boy's toilet. I seriously thought that someone might
have slipped me some mushrooms."
"Okay A, that 'incident' was awesome. Do you know how far away the
janitor's closet is? I had to struggle to even get a clear picture of what I
want to be brought towards me, and B, you're just jealous because of
that time I lifted you up and threw you into the sea."
"It was freaking ice cold Percy!" Thalia shouted, "seriously! Ice cold!
What type of boyfriend does that?!"
"You insulted Star Wars!"
"All I said was that the prequels had better graphics!"
"And that it had better story!"
"I never said that!"
"Bullshit-"
"Boyfriend?" Sally voice stopped Percy's argument as the who
released their slip up. They both turned nervously towards Sally who
looked like the cat who caught the canary, "Percy dear, is there
something you would like to share?"
Percy looked at Thalia who motioned him to speak up. "Why me?" he
whispered.
"Because she's your mom," Thalia hissed back.
Percy gulped, "well mom you see...ah, well Thalia is my...well she's my
girlfriend."
Sally smiled, "really now? Does your father know about this?"
Percy and Thalia nodded, "yeah believe me, they know."
"They?" Sally raised an eyebrow. Thalia blinked, 'huh, so that's where
Percy got that from.'
"The Olympians," Percy sighed, "Aphrodite kind of spilled the beans on
that one."
Thalia nodded, "dumb Goddess. Giving away secrets that aren't her's
to give."
"So Zeus was okay with this?" Sally asked surprised, "I can't imagine
he was happy learning his daughter was dating a child of Poseidon."
"We ah, kind of worked something out," Thalia said with a shrug, "but I
don't really think Percy should meet up with him any time soon. I think
for now it's more like a , 'if I see you I'll kill you' kind of phase."
"So...what you're telling me is that I'm the last one to find out," Sally
said with narrowed eyes as she turned to her son, "tell me Percy, why
was I the last to find out?"
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Percy gulped, "w-well you see mo-mom, thing's just got so busy and I
was kind of stretched thin. We had this monster to fight and the
Romans came up, oh did you know there are Roman demigods? Like
seriously, then even have a Roman-"
"Percy," Sally's one word cut Percy's rambling.
Percy gulped, "yeah."
Sally smiled, "are you happy?"
Percy blinked but smiled, "yeah, I'm happy."
Sally nodded as she spent the rest of breakfast talking to Thalia trying
to learn more about her and how things were going on between the
two. Percy avoided any explicit details, she was his mother after all, but
told her everything else. He told her about the giant they fought in their
trip to Alaska, about how they joined both the camps. He even told her
about how Thalia kissed him in front of the whole camp telling them all
he was hers, much to the embarrassment of Thalia.
Time flew by and before they knew it it was to meet up with Edward.
Percy and Thalia walked out of Sally's apartment with Sally waiting by
the door. "Don't be a stranger dear," Sally told Percy as she kissed him
on the cheek, "and remember to treat Thalia well."
"Mooooom," Percy groaned, "you're embarrassing me in front of
Thalia."
Sally chuckled as she turned to Thalia, "take care of him for me."
Thalia nodded, "will do. And don't worry, if he does something stupid I'll
blast him with lighting."
Sally nodded, "thank you."
Percy groaned, "remind me again why I'm helping you get stronger?"
Thalia chuckled as they waved goodbye to Sally walking down and out
of the apartment complex. When they were outside they went back into
that secluded alley from before as Percy put Thalia back into his
inventory.
He then took off towards Central Park zooming around the place
searching for Ed. The funny thing was Ed didn't exactly tell him where
in Central Park he wanted to meet, so Percy was just forced to looked
everywhere, but that wasn't really a problem for the demigod.
Soon he found Ed sleeping on a park bench near the Northern
entrance looking tired as ever. After finding a private place to take out
Thalia, the two demigods then walked over to Ed as Percy shook him
awake.
"Ed?" Percy asked as he shook the man gently, "Ed it's me, Percy."
Ed groaned as he slowly got back up rubbing his eyes and yawning,
"gods be damned, can't you let me get one moment of rest?"
Percy chuckled, "sorry Ed, just wanted to make sure an assassin didn't
kill you or something."
"Don't even joke about that," Ed said as he stood up stretching his tired
body, "nice to see you again Thalia."
"Hey Ed," Thalia smiled.
"How's camp life?"
"Good," Thalia nodded, "we managed to join forces with the Romans,
so that's nice."
"Romans?" Ed asked in surprise, "what does Romans have to do with
this?"
"There are a sect of Roman demigods," Percy explained, "have their
own Gods, their own camp and their own city. It's honestly amazing Ed.
they have an entire city where demigods can go an live in peace,"
Percy smiled, "it's a safe place for demigods to get old and die."
Edwards Neak blinked, "are you serious? Like you aren't pulling my leg
or anything right? A city for demigods?"
Thalia nodded, "yup. Before I thought you were the oldest demigod
alive, but then I saw the people living in New Rome, that's the city's
name by the way, and I realised people over there can actually die of
old age."
"That sounds so cool," Edward admitted in amazement, "shit if we
combine that with my pills demigods might have a chance to actually
live a normal human life."
Percy nodded, "yup. That's exactly what I was hoping for. Maybe now
demigods don't have a bloody expiration date hanging over our heads."
Edward huffed, "tell me about it. Although, I don't really like the name of
the city they have.'New Rome' just sounds to...Roman for me."
Percy chuckled, "yeah I know what you mean. I am actually planning
on building a place similar to New Rome but for us Greek demigods."
Edward blinked, "you're serious?"
Percy nodded, "yup."
"That's going to cost you a lot."
Percy and Thalia grinned, "that's not going to be a problem."
Edward nodded, "well if you ever need any help from me just ask. I did
make my money creating security for Boston. Maybe I could lend a
hand in construction. Half-Blood Inc.'s research and development
sector did create some great ideas for an eco green energy system for
a metropolis."
Percy scratched his chin, "sounds good, maybe me and Annabeth can
swing by your office sometime, show you what we have so far."
Edward nodded, "sounds good."
"So," Thalia spoke up, "now that you two are done trying to save the
demigod race, can we get back to business?"
Edward chuckled, "as charming as ever Thalia," Ed reached into the
side pocket of his jacket and pulled out a tin case.
Percy took the case and opened it, inside were 15 neon green pills that
were about the size of a large tic tac. Percy took one out and Observed
it;
Pill of scent destruction;
Just one of these pills will destroy all the unwanted energy
leaking out of a being. This will result in a variety of effects;
For humans- If said human has latent magic powers, but said
mana leaks out of their body before it can be used, this pill will
allow said human to use the leaked mana, hence making them
magical. They can also see through the Mist.
For demigods- their scent will be destroyed, monster's will be
unable to track them. Also provides a permanent boost of +50 MP.
?-?
?-?
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Time limit- Forever, unless there is a drastic change in the user's
mana causing the pill to become useless.
"Ed," Percy spoke clearly, "I think you may have just created a pill to
destroy the scent of a demigod."
Edward nodded, "yeah, I know."
"Did you test it out?"
"I did, just now," Edward motioned to himself, "I took one and then slept
in the middle of Central Park. I was defenceless for about 2 hours, and
from my past experiences I know that my scent is strong enough for a
monster to notice in just an hour, tops."
"You risked your life to test these pills?!" Thalia asked, "Ed that's
crazy!"
Edward shrugged, "I need to test them out Thalia. Do you have any
other way?"
Thalia sighed but said nothing. Percy however kept reading the effects
of the pill when he noticed what effect the pill would have on humans.
This peaked Percy's curiosity, "hey Ed. How exactly does this work?"
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Edward looked surprised but answered, "well after doing some
research I found out that the reason we demigods leave behind a scent
is because we leak a small amount of mana unconsciously. Every living
being does it, it's just that when we demigods do it, it allows the
monster's to track us via our mana trail, which is more potent due to
our Godly side. And so it was all a matter of creating a pill that can
counteract this unwanted leakage of mana."
Percy blinked, "so….let's say a human has mana. If I gave this pill to
them….would that mean they could now use their own mana?"
Edward and Thalia blinked. The billionaire spoke up first, "well….I
suppose theoretically yeah, that's possible."
Percy looked at the pill before sighing, "a problem for another time.
Thanks Ed, we'll get this to camo and test it out. When we are ready I'll
call you for more pills."
Edward nodded, "right, oh and don't forget about visiting me, and I still
interested in this…..safe haven you wish to build for the demigods."
Edwards then yawned, "now fuck off. I'm sleepy."
Thalia chuckled as the two did just that walking away, leaving Edward
to get his rest. As soon as they were far enough away Thalia spoke up,
"what does your gaming powers tell you?"
"The pills can stop our scent," Percy told her, "permanently."
Thalia grinned, "awesome."
"It even gives us all a +50 for our MP."
"That's mana points right?" Percy nodded, "cool."
"But there is a catch," Percy told her causing Thalia to groan, "if
someone's mana changes drastically the pill might not work."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I'm not to sure…...but I think it might mean like if we became a God or
something. Or became immortal."
Thalia nodded, "I see…..oh and Percy, about that human thing..."
Percy sighed, "you noticed."
Thalia nodded, "I did. Does the Game say that if you give the pill to a
human they will gain magical powers?"
Percy nodded, "yup. I always wondered why certain human never were
able to use their mana despite having so much intelligence. Guess this
is why."
Thalia sighed "great, so we have a pill that can increase the lifespan of
a demigod, while at the same time turn humans into magicians. Just
what we need."
Percy chuckled, "maybe in the future we can make every human into a
magical being, that way none of us needs to hide any more. We would
all be freaks."
Thalia chuckled, "one can dream Percy, one can dream."
Percy took out two pills out of the box, "here," he gave Thalia one, "let's
see what happens."
"Oh, isn't this sweet, a romantic walk in the park while my boyfriend
gives me a mysterious glowing green pill," Thalia said in a mocking
tone, "you sure know how to woo a lady Percy."
Percy chuckled, "I didn't realise I still had to woo you. Aren't you
already mine?"
"I am," Thalia nodded, "but it would still be a nice thing to have you try
and woo me once in awhile."
Percy chuckled, "alright then how about this, after we take the pills we
go out on a date, like a real one. No ice glaciers, no Giants, just a
normal trip to the mall that two teenagers would do. Deal?"
Thalia grinned, "deal."
Percy nodded, "alright then," he took his own pill, "bottom's up." They
swallowed it together as suddenly a small rush of mana filled their
body. Percy felt his entire being heat up a little as he felt something
burn. It was like there were these lines of mana streaming out of Percy,
small enough to not be noticed before, but now it was the only thing
that Percy could feel.
Slowly Percy felt his pores close up stopping the constant stream of
mana from pouring out of him;
Ping!
You have gained +50 mana!
Mana- 7,750/7,750 (+1000) = 8,750 (+20% more mana, +1,710) =
10,500
Percy smiled pushing the notification away and put the rest of the pills
into his inventory, don't want those getting lost.
He then turned to Thalia who looked like she just ate something spicy.
Her head was sweating as her skin turned red before slowly turning
white again. "Are you okay?" Percy asked Thalia.
"I'm fine," Thalia said as she coughed, "damn, it feels like I just ate a
can of chilli flakes."
Percy nodded, "I know what you mean. Do you feel….I don't know,
more powerful?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah, it wasn't like that berry you gave me during our
trip to Alaska, it was far less of a boost."
Percy nodded, "yeah this only gave a +50 bonus while that gave a
+200 bonus. Anyway, are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine Percy," Thalia said as she looked down at her sweat soaked
shirt, "although I could use a clean up."
Percy nodded, "one magical clean up comeing up," Percy snapped his
fingers causing all the sweat on Thalia's skin to evaporate into nothing
leaving her dry as a bone. "Alright, your dried down and we have
complete immunity from monsters…ready for a normal date?"
Thalia grinned, "bring it."
Percy and Thalia walked around the park hand in hand. In the public
eye no one cared about the two, they weren't the son and daughter of
two Elder Gods, they weren't the leaders of Camp Half-Blood, no. They
were just a couple walking around park hand in hand, happy to be
alive.
Soon the park got a little boring as Thalia and Percy left the park, "so
which way to the mall?"
Percy scratched his head, "well we can go the Manhattan mall
but….well it's not really the kind of place you take a girl to to woe her."
Thalia rolled her eyes, "Percy I have never been to a mall in my life,
well not really, but what I mean is I have never gone there and actually
bought anything. The last mall I went into was because I need to
escape a bunch of cyclops's. So yeah, I don't' care if it's just a hole in
the wall, let's just go do something."
Percy smiled, "alright, but don't say that I didn't warn you."
A short cab ride later:
"This ain't that bad," Thalia commented as they walked into the mall.
The floors were marble with a black and white checkered pattern, the
walls were covered with a chrome cover and the lights were bright
neon white illuminating Percy and Thalia's path into the wall.
Chapter 508
While Thalia only saw all the glamours lighting and the pretty stores
Percy, someone who had been here before, noticed the way the mall
looked old and worn out. The edge of billboards had been used and the
marble floor had scratches on it from the numerous people that had
walked on it before.
The store themselves were okay. To their left was a woman's
accessories store called Strawberry, which Thalia seemed almost
allergic to due to the store's liking for the colour pink. Something told
Percy that his girlfriend wasn't a girly girly.
To their right was a Victoria's secret that automatically made Percy
blush. The posters along the store windows featured very beautiful
women wearing very sexy linger.
'Damn, those legs go on forever,' Percy noticed as suddenly he began
to imagine Thalia in one of those. Her perky breasts filling a black
corset as her hips pushed a garter belt to it's limits. The way those
stockings would cover thick thighs of her's and the way her eyes would
look at him in that sexy face she makes when she want's him…..and
immediately all the blood started to rush to his groin.
Percy quickly slammed down Gamer's mind, last thing he needed was
Thalia thinking he got turned on by another woman.
"Percy," Thalia whispered into his ear startling Percy.
"W-what?" Percy stammered as he looked at Thalia's grinning face.
"Were you just looking at a lingerie store?" Thalia asked as she closed
in on him grabbing his shirt collar.
"Well I mean it was kind of there with big bold words, it would be kind
of hard not to notice it," Percy said as he looked into Thalia's eyes
gulping as slowly the desire to kiss her grew within him, 'it's not fair!
Those damn eyes are just too sexy!'
Thalia smirked as if she knew what Percy was thinking slowly batting
her eyes bringing them closer, "would you like me to buy one of those
for you?" Percy's blush came back with full force, "is that what you
want Percy? To see me wearing those tight," she ran her other hand
down his pants, "sexy lingerie?" she rolled her tongue making Percy
turn his focus on it as he gulped.
"Thalia someone might look," Percy told her.
"The mall is practically empty Percy," Percy tore his eyes away from
hers and looked around seeing that there were only five other people
besides them in the store, "besides," Thalia's voice turned into a
whisper, "I don't care if they watch."
Percy couldn't take it any more as he wrapped one hand around
Thalia's hips while putting the other one up, "ID create: Time dilation."
Thalia was surprised at Percy action as the two were transported into
an empty pocket dimension where they were the only people living.
Thalia looked at Percy and smiled, "clever boy."
Percy didn't say anything as he grabbed Thalia kissing her hard as he
pushed her up the nearby wall. Thalia wrapped her legs around his
hips and broke the kiss, "knew you couldn't resist me."
"Are you going to do this every time I look at another girl?" Percy asked
recalling several times Thalia did the same when Mira was involved.
"Got to remind you who belong to don't I?" Thalia said as kissed his
neck slowly trailing down.
"Believe me, I'm not going to forget any time soon," Percy muttered as
she bite into Thalia's neck making the daughter of lighting moan.
10 minutes later;
Percy and Thalia popped back into the real world with their clothes
properly placed but their hair were in a mess. Percy didn't mind, his
hair was always messy, but Thalia did her best to try and make it seem
like she didn't just make out with Percy. But then again the five hickies
on her neck kind of gave her away.
Percy smiled, "so, are we actually going to see what's in this mall or
what?"
"You're the New Yorker," Thalia commented, "lead the way."
Percy chuckled and nodded as he guided Thalia through the stores.
This time Percy completely ignored the Victoria's secret store which
made Thalia happy, but at the same time sad, she didn't want him to
feel like he can't be himself, but then again she also don't want to even
imagine him looking at another woman like the way he looks at her.
"Hey Thalia, you want some coffee?" Percy asked pointing to the
starbucks underneath a set of elevators.
Thalia nodded, "sure." Percy nodded as he went to get the their cups.
Thalia sighed, 'maybe I shouldn't worry too much, after all it's Percy, it's
not like he would ever cheat on me. Yeah…..yeah, I'm worrying to
much, fuck this Thalia you found yourself the perfect guy and you will
not screw it up being a little possessive bitch, you got that?!'
Percy came back only to see Thalia distracted. Worried he used his
powers of empathy to feel her emotions and was flooded by a huge
wave of self doubt. Percy sighed, "Thalia stop beating yourself up."
Thalia blinked, "how did you know I was….Empathy powers, right. Ever
tell you how creepy that is?"
Percy nodded as she took her coffee, "constantly. Now, what are you
beating yourself about this time?"
Thalia sighed, "I-I was worried I looked desperate. I mean...I didn't like
the idea of you thinking about another woman like that and the way I
acted…..I don't know Percy. I guess I just get jealous really easily."
Percy chuckled, "please, I get jealous way easier than you," Percy
sipped his coffee, "I once punched Apollo off of Olympus because he
was ogling you."
Thalia blinked, "you what?!"
Percy nodded, "yeah….didn't I tell you?"
"No!"
Percy shrugged, "must have slipped my mind. No big deal really, he
was staring at you, and then implied that I should let him sleep with
you, I didn't like that, so I kicked his ass. No big deal."
"Percy…...you know what I'm not even going to address that," Thalia
said chugging her hot coffee, "guess we are just two very possessive
people."
Percy nodded, "yup," he then leaned in close, "and you know why I got
turned on?" Thalia shook her head, "I was imagining you in that," Percy
said pointing to the picture of the model he was looking at before.
Thalia blushed, "w-what?"
Percy chuckled, "come on Sparky, I'm in the mood to do some
shopping." Thalia didn't say anything as she simply followed Percy as a
small smile crept on her face. She turned back to the lingerie store,
'maybe…..'
Chapter 509
Percy and Thalia's first stop was at a shack present on the mall floor
called Gizmobiles. It was a small shack managed by a single guy
named Gary and it sold cell phones. Thalia was about to move on
when Percy stopped her. "I think it's time we finally got mobile phones,
don't you?"
Thalia raised an eyebrow, "Percy what are even saying? We can't use
technology because the monsters can…..track us using our scent…..."
Percy grinned, "right, and if we don't have our scent anymore..." he
trailed on for Thalia to continue.
"Then they can't track us anymore," Thalia realised as a sparkle came
into her eyes, "I want a flip phone."
Percy grinned, "done."
In the end they both got a phone. Thalia got a black flip phone while
Percy got a blue and grey one, it was a lot like the phone he had
before in Yancy academy, before he had to get rid of it due to his
awakened demigod scent.
Percy quickly saved the numbers of Edward, the Collector, his mother
and anyone else he could think of off the top of his head.
They also bought extra phones, one for each cabin head and for each
employee at the camp. Percy put all the phones way in his inventory
and spent a total of about 360$. Nothing compared to the total amount
of money he had saved up.
Thalia then spotted a store that sold leather jackets tucked away in the
corner of the mall and quickly proceeded to drag Percy there. The son
of Poseidon watched as Thalia tried on coat after coat trying to find one
which suited her better than the one she had with her.
"What do you think?" Thalia asked trying on a slim black and red jacket
that seemed to really hug her abdomen and enhance her chest.
"I think you look like a dominatrix," Percy said smiling.
Thalia looked down, "it's not that bad Percy."
Percy smiled, "it's not bad Thalia, but it's not something we can wear
during battle," Percy commented as he looked around, "it's
too...restrictive. You need to be able to move, your previous jacket was
bigger for you, but at least it didn't restrict your movements."
Thalia frowned, "yeah...I guess you're right."
"But, that being said I totally think you should buy this jacket," Percy
said surprising Thalia
"What?"
Percy shrugged "you like it don't you."
"Yeah, but you said-"
"Yeah, I said it wasn't good in a fight, but we do have a life to live you
know," Percy grinned, "besides, one can never have too many leather
jackets."
"What about the cost?"
Percy shrugged, "I can summon gold out of the Earth, I think we got
that covered. Just buy it Thalia. Consider it a perk of being the girlfriend
of a rich guy."
Thalia chuckled as she took off the jacket, "yeah, so you're my what?
Sugar daddy?"
Percy sighed, "let's not go there." Percy gave Thalia the cash to
purchase the jacket and the couple quickly began roaming the mall
once again.
They eventually entered a best buy where Percy spent the next half an
hour looking at all the gaming systems he could now buy and use. For
the first time he didn't have to ask his mother, who was already
strapped for cash. Now he could buy it himself.
Percy was so distracted he didn't even notice Thalia slip out of the
store and buy something else from a store in the mall. Luckily the bag
was small enough for Thalia to hide it along with her new jacket. It was
something she wanted to have as a surprise for Percy.
Percy quickly finished his little shopping spree in best buy as he got a
DVD player, a 41 inch flat screen TV a gaming console called a PS3
that had just released and a couple of games for him to play when he
got back.
Along with those Percy also got a couple of how to DVD's, they
featured documentaries or guides to learn different tasks like sewing,
fencing, basketball, modern architecture and even one about karate.
Percy was fully planning on watching them all and use his
Photographic reflexes to mimic all the skills he saw. The modern
architecture however was more of a guide than anything else. After all
he did have the crazy plan to create his own haven so it might come in
handy.
Percy carried all his stuff in a large cart, he couldn't very well put all
these items inside his inventory in front of all these people. The Mist
might have covered his tracks, but then he would still be blamed for
theft.
Percy pushed the cart with Thalia walking along side him. "So what's
next?" Percy asked.
"Well I really want lunch," Thalia told him, "not all of us have a body
that doesn't feel hunger Gamer body."
Percy nodded, "yeah, I know. So what are you in the mood for?"
"Chinese."
Percy nodded as they made their way to the lift that took them to the
court on the second floor. Percy got them seats while Thalia got them
two heaping bowls of noodles. Being demigods their calorie intake was
huge, Percy's especially. He barely managed to eat enough food per
day, considering the large amount of energy he needed due to his
super speed and metabolism. And Thalia was like the average
demigoddess, able to eat large portions of food without getting fat. This
was mainly due to the fact she trained everyday to maintain her body.
"So what's next?" Percy asked Thalia as he began to dig in.
"We return to camp I suppose," Thalia said as she ate her food, "we
have been here long enough, and considering nothing has come to try
and eat us means the pills worked."
Percy nodded, "yup. So...did you have fun?"
Thalia smiled, "no monsters to fight, so world ending prophecy, just a
normal, almost boring day. Yeah Percy, I had fun. But I don't think I
want to do this again any time soon."
Percy nodded, "I know what you mean. After the things we have been
through a normal day just seems so...boring. Well other than the time
we spent making out, that was fun."
Thalia chuckled, "yeah. That was fun. Gods know how we are going to
survive school, I think I might just die from boredom."
Peyc smiled, "relax, I'll make sure to keep you entertained."
The two finished their meals and quickly returned back to camp. Percy
had snuck off his cart of electronics towards a blind spot in the parking
garage and quickly put all of the items into his inventory.
Chapter 510
Once they came back to camp Percy called for an immediate meeting
and soon everyone was once again gathered in the war room.
"So did it work?" Lee Fletcher started off with asking.
Thalia nodded, "Percy and I stayed in one place for a long time, two
hours at the minimum. In all that time no monsters even came close to
us, and considering how powerful Percy and I are..."
"Two hours?" Annabeth asked, "you two were gone longer than that."
"Yeah, we spent time at my mom's place," Percy told them.
Clarisse laughed, "and how was meeting the misses Thalia?"
Thalia blushed "well...it was kind of nice. Ms. Jackson is really nice."
Chiron nodded, "yes Sally is an amazing woman….but how did you two
manage to stay there for so long and not attract any monsters?"
"Dad has a force field around the place," Percy said with a casual
shrug, "he mentioned something about scaring away monsters. It's like
a powered down version of Zeus's blessing on Thalia's tree that
created the barrier."
"Do you think Poseidon could do that for the haven as well Percy?"
Annabeth asked surprising the demigod.
"Well...I'm not sure. I didn't really think it was a good option to consider
since, you know, it would only cover one building."
"Yes but that depends on the caster," Mera spoke up surprising
everyone.
Percy raised an eyebrow, "do you know the spell?"
Mera nodded "yes, it is called 'Spring's rush' a barrier type spell that is
a type of monster repellent. But it takes a lot of mana to cast and-"
"-Could you please teach it to me?" Percy asked her immediately, "I'll
see if I can make something out of it for the haven project."
Mera nodded, "of course my prince."
Percy rolled his eyes, "Mera how many times do we have to go over
this? Just call me Percy."
"I would," Mera nodded, "but this is a public gathering of leaders, as
such you deserve to be called via your proper title." Percy sighed but
said nothing else.
"Okay can we please get back on topic?" Selina asked, "the pills, do
they work?"
Percy nodded as he took them out of his inventory and sliding them
towards the center of the table, "they work. There should be enough in
there for each of you, including Mera."
Mera looked surprised, "thank you my prince….I well I don't' know what
to say."
Percy smiled, "think nothing of it. Now, what are you waiting for?"
Lee and the others looked at each other and nodded. Clarisse opened
the box and each of them took a pill. They swallowed it without a
second thought as they slowly started to sweat heating up from the
inside.
"Fuck!" Charles cursed, "this burns!"
"Give it some time," Thalia told them as Percy had already taken a
carton of milk out of his inventory. He then created glasses out of ice
and poured milk into them serving it to each head coulcer.
Clarisse was the first to recover while, surprising, Castor was the
second. Mera recovered next as she immediately starts chugging down
her glass of cold milk sighing in relief. Soon the other also recovered
as a wave of energy flew into them.
"What was that?" Annabeth asked as she finished her glass of milk, "I
just felt a….a burst of energy."
Percy nodded as he explained to them the concept behind the pills and
how they would gain a small boost in their powers. He left out the fact
that these pills could also give humans magic, if they knew that….well
there was still a spy among them. Granted it was Luke's spy, but it was
a spy none the less.
Percy also gave each camper one of the burner phones he and Thalia
bought at the mall. Needless to say they were all excited about the
prospect of using technology, the Hephaestus kids especially, who
knows what they could do if they were given access to a computer?
After giving Thalia the bag with all the stuff she bought, Percy and
Mera walked to the beach where the two smiled feeling the salty sea
breeze on their face. It was a child of the sea thing.
Percy sat down on the sands with Mera in front of him, this was how
they usually sat whenever Percy was being trained by the mermaid. So
far it has alway been exercises to help improve his water control, like
rapidly forming water from the moisture or controlling a drop of water at
a time.
Such training resulted in him improving his water control by two levels;
Water Controlling Lv-23 (41%)
Allows you to control any form of water from any source of water.
You can reconstruct it in anyway you wish and it will obey your
every command.
Cost-1 MP per minute
Special attack- Water Spikes-500 Damage cost 110 MP
Special defence- Water shield-200/200 Durability cost 50 MP
Special control- Blood control-cost 20 MP per minute. (Can
control those who are weaker than you.)
Special control- Moisture control- cost same as water control + 5
MP
This resulted in Percy's affinity for water to greatly improve to such an
extent that it felt as natural as breathing for him. Mera had also taught
him three new spells;
Special defence- Water armour- X/X durability cost- 100 MP + X
amount of water available
Special control- Water construction- Create a structure out of the
water- 50 MP per liter of water.
Magic spells, Lv- MAX
A collection of all the spells you know;
Negate- Counters a low level spell, 30% chance of sending it back,
65% chance of negating it completely. Cost- 50 MP
The first two spells were water based spells. The water armour
basically made water form an armour around his body so thin that it
was not visible to the naked eye. If you touched it you could feel it, but
otherwise it was invisible. Percy had taken to using this skill whenever
he could, usually when he was training with Craig or Zed.Chapter 510
The water construction spells was a little more unique in terms of water
spells. When Percy used this spell any thing he made out of water
would gain a certain level of sentience. For example, if he created a
giant buzzsaw out of water he could then command said buzzsaw to
attack a particular person. The water structure would then do just that
without the need for constant commanding. Percy had particularly
taken a liking to the skill and liked to create water missiles sending
them towards people who he wanted to piss off, like Castor.
The third spell however was something new that Percy had never
learnt before. It was what Mera called simple magic, it seemed anyone
could do it, provided they have the mana. It was created by magical
humans from a time long forgotten. Since it wasn't like any spell he
knew before the spell 'Negate' was it's own skill.
And Negate did what it sounded like it did. It basically allowed him to
reflect spells. He still hadn't gotten a hang of it, but things did look
promising.
"So, how do I perform this spell? Spring's rush was it?" Percy asked.
Mera nodded, "this spell is unlike any I taught you before," she took a
deep breath, "it involves very fine mana control. This spell would
require my full attention, and even then it would be doubtful that I can
create a guarded area bigger than the size of a cabin."
Percy nodded, "okay….it sounds difficult, but hopefully I can give it a
try. I may not be next in line to be the Sea Enchantress but I am good
with magic."
Mera nodded, "indeed you are Percy. Now, remember what I said
about useing only your na-"
"Natural mana, got it," Percy nodded, "relax, I already know how to use
it. I taught Thalia remember?"
Mera nodded. Natural magic was apparently the name people used to
call mana that wasn't affiliated with any elements. It was the same type
of magic that Percy had Thalia learn how to use when learning the
Marble skin technique.
Apparently it was the basic form of magic the everyone could use, but
demigods, being half-god, naturally had the most advanced form of
magic, elemental magic. Hence why it was so difficult for Thalia to
learn how to use her natural magic, in simple terms she was just too
good for it.
Percy took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Now, listen to the
sound of my voice," Mera's voice entered the darkness of Percy's eyes,
"take out your natural magic and bring it outside your body."
Percy focused on his core and slowly brought his mana out as it
reached his skin, some slipped out of his grasp pouring out into the air,
but the rest Percy had an iron grip over.
"Now chant with me," Mera then suddenly switched to ancient Greek,
[Mighty Poseidon I ask upon your power to guide my spell upon this
hour. Your trident's might to never fall, like the waves of the sea that will
never stall.]
Percy repeated the words as slowly his mana started to heat up.
"Remember Percy focus on the words," Mera spoke clearly, "they are
meant to be a focus, so that when you perform this spell you do not
lose your way. Focus my prince on the chant, repeat it over and over
and bring out more of your man, hold it for as long as you can."
Percy nodded as he continued the chant as he began to pour out more
and more mana slowly gathering it all on the edge his skin. Soon the
mana started to vibrate trying to slip out of Percy's control, but
somehow the son of Poseidon managed to hold on.
"Remember try to use this mana to form a dome of protection around
you. Think of it similar to your water sphere, visualize how you want the
barrier to look. Now repeat this spell as you push the mana out," Mera
then switched to ancient Greek, [Spring's rush!]
Percy took a deep breath [SPRING'S RUSH!] Percy pushed the mana
outwards clearing his head of any other thoughts but the desire to push
the mana out. It would like used a spoon to push back a pile of rocks.
The vibrating mana seems to evaporate from Percy's grasps causing
him to lose all of it in a matter of seconds;
Ping!
You lost -2000 MP!
Percy grumbled as he pushed the box away, "what did I do wrong?!"
Mera sighed, "you lost your focus Percy. Remember, we say those
words to guide our spell. The chant serves as a prayer to your father
and as a way to help us control our magic."
Percy sighed, "that doesn't make sense, I could control it well enough
before, even spells like Marble skin which took natural magic, I could
easily control it."
Mera nodded, "yes I know," Percy had taught Mera the marble skin
spell, needless to say the mermaid had begun to spam it as much as
she could. "But this spell needs the extra focus. The marble skin spell
is a simple, but powerfull spell. Truly a spell worthy of the Gods. But
the spell I just taught you is a complex protection spell that needs the
extra focus."
Percy rubbed his head, "okay...okay let's try this again."
"You sure?" Mera asked worried, "that was a lot of mana you just used
Percy, you don't want to stress yourself. It was nearly the total amount
of mana I have."
Percy shook his head, "I'm fine, I have a lot more mana to spare."
Mera blinked, "h-how much more mana?"
"I probably have 3 times your total amount," Percy told her. Mera's
mana was just somewhere around 3,000 MP or something while Percy
had a total of 10,000 MP.
Mera paled, "you have that much?" she asked in a low tone, "if I didn't
know you were the son of a God before I do now."
Percy shrugged, "it's no big deal. Now, we need to get back to
business."
Mera nodded, "right. Close your eyes and we'll begin again."
Percy nodded as he did so. He pulled his mana out as he began his
chant again, but this time he changed it. Meera said that the chant was
a way for him to remain focused, but the words personally didn't hold
any meaning to him. So he went ahead and changed them.