CHAPTER - 21

When we were about to shake hands, Annabeth pushes me away, she said

Annabeth : "don't trust her Ryan, she's dangerous and she has a special resentment against demigods."

"well, she's right about one part, and that's that I have a dislike for demigods, especially the children of Athena" interrupts Medusa.

Ryan : "well, I know the reason why you are upset and especially your dislike for Athena, but Annabeth was not the one who turned you into the being you are now."

Ryan : "besides as I told you before I have the power to help you and you no longer have to be turning every living being into stone and have to live alone for eternity, let me, show you a place where you will be accepted and you won't have to worry about the curse." I say to her.

Medusa : "ok I will trust you, but I wonder, why do you want to do this, being that you have the power to help me, it means you want something in return, I wonder, what do you want from me, since nothing is free in life and I am a being of many years of life, and I do not understand why you would want a monster like me." she says with a questioning tone and an expression of pain or regret.

Ryan : "well, the truth is that I want you to stay with me and you can also help me with my meals, since your food is delicious, before arriving here, I was thinking about how to deal with you"

Ryan : "But the smell of your food made that thought vanish, that and I find you beautiful in spite of your curse, that's why I would like to take you with me, now I hope you agree, so we can travel fast, since there are still other places to go to" I answer her question

"ok, now the problem is how do we move, there are a few days left for the winter solstice, we have to get to the museum where the pearl is located, from this place" says Grover

"don't forget that the return pearls are the only ones that will allow us to return from Hades, Ryan" says Annabeth.

"Well, I have the solution to those problems, I have a car and I have one of the pearls, do you need anything else?" says Medusa.

"well, some delicious lunches for the road wouldn't be bad" I tell her.

"Heh heh heh, got it boss" replies Medusa.

"Why boss?" I ask

Medusa : "well, didn't you just hire me to be your cook, if I don't call you boss then what do I call you?"

Ryan : "well, we'll talk after that, we better get ready, we have to get to the museum and then to las vegas."

"ok, I'm going to get the car, you guys can go get the pearl, it's in the hand of the statue in the pond in the garden" says Medusa.

I followed Medusa while Annabeth and Grover go to the statue in the garden.

In a few moments we arrived at the garage of her store, where she has a beautiful jeep with enough space for all of us.

"So why are you still following me, is it because you don't trust me right" Medusa asked me.

Ryan : "nothing like that, it's just that I wanted to spend some time alone with you, so I can get to know you better and maybe taste those beautiful lips you have"

I answer her shamelessly, which makes her blush, despite having many years of life she is still inexperienced in love, after all her first and last crush was Poseidon.

"don't be silly, why would I let you kiss me, besides don't you have that girl Annabeth as your girlfriend, I saw how you were looking at her all the time and it's obvious that you feel something for her if you are not dating yet." Medusa tells me in reproach.

Ryan : "It's true that I like her, but that doesn't mean that I can't have more women, after all, you were born in a society where it was common to have more than one woman, isn't it true?"

After answering her, I pull her closer to me with my arms firmly on her hips, I steal her lips, at first she tenses, but only for a few seconds, when she starts to accept it and soon we intertwine our tongues for more than a minute, when we separate a thread of saliva connects our mouths, she blushes, looks away, then moves away to a wooden shelf where she takes some keys, which are clearly from a car, with her back to me she asks me

Medusa : "if I accept to be your wife, you promise not to leave me like your father did that time".

"of course, I will never leave my women no matter where, I will always have time for them" I answer her, when I finish my words she comes closer to me and hugs me before giving me a soft kiss on the lips

Medusa : "We have to go, they must be waiting for us outside".

Ryan : "you're right, let's go then"

After that we get in the car, where medusa starts driving in the direction of the others who are waiting for us outside the store.

They get in the back of the car and our trip to the museum of literature where the statue of Athena and the place of the return pearl is located begins.

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(time skip 8hrs)

it is night and there is still a long way to go, Annabeth and Grover are sleeping so I ask medusa to go to the hostel up ahead, so we can rest as these long distance trips are more physically and mentally tiring than any training we have had at the camp.

When we arrive I ask for three rooms, one for the girls and the others for Grover and one for me, they will say I am crazy, how can I put Annabeth and Medusa together in one room, well, that is part of my plan because when Annabeth knows she will stay in the same room as Medusa she will surely not be able to sleep well and to clear her mind she will leave the room and I for my part will be in the pool swimming since it is the way I have to relax and it is my chance to get closer to her.

Some time later everyone goes to their rooms, after leaving my luggage I put on my bathing suit and head to the pool, where I swim for a while before I dive for a while while waiting for Annabeth to show up.

About half an hour goes by when I finally see her silhouette near the pool, soon I come to the surface where I find Annabeth.

I sit next to her and we start talking about how our lives have been so far.

I also ask her what she does the days when there is no camp, that's when she reveals me that she travels with her father for a while because now she can defend herself from the monsters and she knows techniques to mask the smell so they don't follow them, etc.

We reach a moment of peace as we look into each other's eyes and her emerald green eyes with a touch of platinum gray reflect my sea water eyes, the next second we are kissing.

When we separate she is stunned for a few seconds, before running out to her room, I quickly follow her, but she quickly enters and closes the door.

I don't know what happened so I approach and knock on the door, but she yells at me from inside to leave.

And that we can't be together, that's when I ask her why, and she tells me that her parents don't get along so they are never destined to get together.

When I hear that answer I get angry and tell her that's garbage and that if she wants to be with me there will be no one to separate us, not even a god.

She opens the door softly and hugs me the next moment with some tears on her face, I hug her softly and tell her that everything will be fine and that she should go to rest because there is still a long journey in this search, she agrees and gives me a little kiss on the lips and goes to her bed next to Medusa who sleeps peacefully rolled up in her sheets on her snake side, as she needs constant heat for being half reptilian as they are cold-blooded.

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The next day while we are traveling in the car, the only noise in the environment are the ones Grover makes when he eats some cans for breakfast, that's because Medusa realized what happened between Annabeth and me and now she is so embarrassed that she looks away with a blush every time I look at her.

Luckily that doesn't last long because we arrive to the museum, when we enter the place the only people are some janitors, nine to be exact, in the middle of the room is the statue of Athena and in her crown is the pearl of return, while we are wondering how to get it without being noticed by the janitors, I realize that they are not around anymore and they are all gathered in front of us then all at once say "hand over the lightning, Ryan Jackson or you will suffer the consequences".

"I don't have the beam" I yell at them, and that's when I realize this is the hydra part, all the janitors start to combine and grow into a big nine headed snake or dragon hydra, which can spew fire and poisonous gases, luckily medusa is here, she stands in front of us she takes off her sunglasses and looks directly at the hydra turning it into a giant stone statue, we all thank her, then I take the pair of flying slippers and launch myself towards the pearl on top of the statue, after getting it, we quickly leave, take the car and head to our next destination, las vegas.

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