Chapter 27

Well it was supposed to be just a nice trip to the store to stock up on supplies, really simple right? Well it turns out that it wasn't that simple. Unless you think simple is getting swarmed by 50+ monsters is.

Zoe and I had to separate to gather more resources and be able to divert the monsters attention. Because if both of us were togeather, our scent would be greater and more monsters would attack us than if we spilt up. Most of the monsters went after me due to my stronger scent but that didn't mean that Zoe was left alone. 

I had managed to defeat most of the monsters but ultimately I wasn't able to collect food because of the sheer amount of monsters that was trying to get a bite of me. I had to run through the town fighting the monsters before I could catch a break.

And I don't know what the mist was showing the humans but the amount of stares was astounding. 

I jumped up, narrowly avoiding a shot of acid that came from the now 4 headed hydra. I let out a sigh and extended my wings to fly up into the air to fire some fire down at the hydra. I been fighting this monster for the past 10 minutes. 10 minutes all across the town.

I had managed to lose it multiple times but somehow it kept finding me and firing acid at me, my only major weakness. Yet it somehow showed no sign of exhaustion after our little run through the town.

What are they feeding this dude. I look at the hydra who was snarling at me while I was in the air. He is almost as wide as an 19 wheeler and about as long as one. And the gods must really have something for us demigods because why in the all living greek mythology does this fucker need to be this fucking quick.

I had thought that it would be slow but it was quick as any small snake yet strong as a Anacaona. Not really relative but you get the point. 

After the flames died down, I couldn't see the hulking mass of a snake. And just judging from how I did this before and how I nearly had a chuck bitten out of my shoulder. I looked around at the buildings before launching my tail behind me.

I felt it connect and I turned around to be face to faces with this hydra. I quickly clawed off the heads then used fire to make sure they don't regenerate. And after the 4'th head dropped, the body turned to gold dust, which promptly fell to the ground.

Slowing down, the gold dust shifted until it was forming into a necklace? I picked it up from my tail and examined it. It was a simple sliver necklace and it had a beautiful Lotus flower on it. I felt my eyes fog as I saw the lotus, remembering Bill and how he was reincarnated as a lotus. I wish that I could beat Luke for all things he done to me and my friends but I guess dying up on top of that mountain is a fate well deserved. 

'Sigh' I put the necklace in my pocket before taking a deep breath in, trying to find Zoe's scent. Noting for the first try. I take one more deep breath in and I got it. The smell of Lavender and what I can describe as a forestry smell. I shift my head to the right of me and I begin to fly over the town.

While I'm flying over, why not think about what am I going to be doing with this necklace. I mean I am not the biggest fan of jewelry, but Zoe is. Hmmm. I know the golden gate bridge is nearby so why don't I give Zoe this at the bridge. That is actually a good idea. I mentally pat my back.

But how will I convince Zoe to go there. hmm. I guess I can just say that "Oh hey Zoe, lets go to the golden gate bridge just to sight see before we go back to camp." Hopefully that works.

I smile.

I land on a roof of the building that Zoe was currently in. It was a Walmart quite big and quite crowed so I kept an eye out for monsters. Oh and speaking of Walmart, she told me that they practically have everything. I can remember when she said that some years ago she and her hunters bought supplies here that they used to take out a 150 foot drakon without the help of Artemis. 

Well now it is time to wait. I crossed my legs and sat down, tapping my fingers on the roof of the building. I took a look around while I waited. The sky was orange and it made the other buildings nearby look like it was photoshopped or was painted. 

It was a really beautiful sight to watch. It is a shame that most demigods are not allowed to be in San Francisco due to mount Othrys and Kronos trying to take over Olympus again. Even though Luke is dead, Kronos is still an active threat. 

Luke is dead, Zoe told me that he fell off the mountain and with how the mountain began to crumble, I look toward the mountain, I can just assume that he fell to his death. It was an astounding feat to prevent the mountain from crumbling and lifting the sky back but I just feel like I had help. Father, Ra, and mom. They helped me. 

I couldn't do any of that without help, I need to become stronger. I set a new face of determination as I found myself a new goal, Kill Kronos. I need to stop him from making another "Luke."

My train of thought was cut short by a girls voice shouting my name. I recognized this voice as Zoe's. I look down at Zoe, she had long dark hair that had one strip braided. She had a plain gray T shirt with blue jeans. 

She was carrying some bags that I could smell that contained food. I hopped down next to Zoe, making a thud sound.

"So, any monsters?" I ask her and she responds by shaking her head. She let out a sigh and I could see that she was looking tired. Her arms were down and she let out a yawn.

"I am just tired, so mind flying us back home?" She asked and I let my wings extend. I got on one knee and allowed Zoe to get on my back. She wrapped her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist. I grabbed the bags and began to fly back to home.

It took a solid 15 minutes before I landed softly on the ground Infront of our home and Zoe hopped off my back and we entered our home. I went into the kitchen and started to put the food into the refrigerator and Zoe started to prepare to cook some food.

When I finished putting all the food in the fridge, Zoe was still cooking so I went into the living room and took a nap. Despite all my "invincibility" I ran out of energy fast. So I usually take naps through out the day. But if I didn't, I found my powers running out and lack the extra punch that they usually have.

As I relaxed my muscles and took some deep breaths in, I thought about how I was going to give Zoe the necklace. I put my arms on the couch top and let my head fall back. Time for some shut eye before dinner.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fun fact about greek myhtology-

Heracles's birth name was actually Alcides or Alcaeus, but his mother renamed him to try and appease Hera (it didn't work)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I felt someone tapping my arm so I woke up and saw Zoe looking at me. I could instantly smell something delicious but I could just not place what I was smelling. I think Zoe read my face and chuckled a little.

"I made some Teriyaki Chicken Quesadilla." Zoe said while putting down some plates that had the Terryyaki chicken Qesodillo? on it.

(Remember that Atem was raised in a low funded orphanage that didn't serve much variety of food.) 

"I have no clue what you said but I'll gladly eat it because it smells amazing." Zoe looked at me weirdly for some reason. Was it the fact that I complimented her cooking? 

"You don't know what Teriyaki is? And a "Quesadilla"?" Zoe sat next to me as she said this, staring at me waiting for me to respond. Was the dish that she cooked common? I don't recall ever seeing it before. Or in fact hearing about it.

"Um no?" I said unsurely as I waited for Zoe to laugh at me or something, but the opposite happened.

"Oh, a Quesadilla is pretty much just a tortilla filled with cheese, chicken, and spices." Zoe explained to me as she handed me one of the quesadillas. It smelled really good and looked funnily enough like a tortilla cheese burger. 

I bit into it and shallowed some of it. The flavor exploded in my mouth, this was far better than any food we had at Olive Garden. It tasted even better than some of the food at camp half blood. Zoe is a fanatic cook.

I quickly started eating the quesadillas much to the entertainment of Zoe who laughed while grabbing some of them.

As we ate, Zoe began to talk with me while we ate.

"So Atem, after you.... Died. Where did you go and how was Bianca able to summon you?" She asked some touchy stuff but I just felt comfortable around her. Like how I was with Bill. So I decided to tell her.

"After I died, I ended up in some kind of sack. I was stuck there for what felt like days, then I was able to break out of it. The environment looked horrible but it felt like home. I later learned that I was sent to Tartarus to reform." I took a breath in and to continue to eat some of the Quesadillas that Zoe made.

I turned to look at Zoe after she didn't say anything. She had a look of horror on her face.

"H-how did you reform in Tartarus? Only monsters go there." Zoe said and I couldn't help but slump my shoulders. I guess I am afraid of something.

"Well uh, you see I'm not human mainly." Zoe had a face of confusion so I decided to tell her the full story of me actually being like 3000 years old and what not. But I do remember Ra telling me something that I shouldn't tell other demigods this because it usually causes problems at later dates. 

"My mother was a demigod awhile ago, well more like 3000 years ago." I saw Zoe jaw drop as I continued.

"Well she had impressed Typhon, the uh father of all monsters, a lot and they ended up having me. But Kronos didn't like that and kinda killed my mother and my grand father and great great grandmother sent me into the future to keep me safe. So technically I am mostly a monster and 3014-3015 years old." I ended it and saw Zoe just looking at me, frozen.

"Y-your the son of Typhon?" Zoe said while tapping her fingers on her leg.

"Mhm."

"You are a demi-titan." Zoe sounded more, sure.

"Well demi-monster/titan." I clarified and Zoe slowly shook her head.

"My father told me stories of Typhon, that he was such a force of nature that even Kronos was afraid of him. That Typhon was so strong that he towered above the tallest of mountains. And you're telling me that you are his son." Zoe put her hand on her head.

"Yep pretty much."

Taisho secret 

The reason why Zoe is so shocked that he is Typhons son is because Typhon was like the boogie man back when the titans rule. He was a monster among titans and Atlas used Typhon as a ghost story. And just imagine someone you're really close to just telling you that they aren't human. Quite a bit to take in epically when the possibility of Typhon rising is there.