PJ600
Chapter 591
"Come here guys," Percy called out causing all the servants walk
toward him, after ensuring the humans were safe.
"Any casualties?" Percy asked once they were close enough.
"No," said Alecto, "I managed to shoot down a couple of those
Parademons though. Tough little things."
"Really? I figured you were tougher than that Alecto," Zed gave a sly
comment infuriating the Fury.
"Wait, that's Alecto?" Diana asked in amazement, "Percy, why does a
Fury obey you?"
"Oh, right. Well she tried to kill me once, I killed her first, and to
basically cut a very long story short she kind of serves me now," Percy
explained with a shrug.
"This is amazing," Diana said in wonder, "to enslave a Fury…."
"This is nothing," Timmy said with a shrug, "boss also controls
Cerberus. Nice dog, needs to go out more though."
"Cerberus?!" Diana exclaimed.
"A story for another time," Percy said as he turned all his servants into
smoke sucking them back into his crystal.
"Shit," a voice came from above. Everyone turned and saw Hal flying
towards them with Arthur carried in a green sphere made with his ring,
"did we miss out on all the fun?"
"Kind of," Flash grinned seeing his friend. Hal landed softly on the
ground releasing Arthur from his sphere.
"Are you okay?" Batman asked, "Darkseid damaged you pretty badly."
"Ah, are you worried about me Bats?" Hal teased, "and I'm fine, kind
of."
"No your not," Victor said as his machine body scanned Hal, "you have
three broken ribs, the bone in your arm is broke in three places.
Internal bleeding and I'm pretty sure your appendix just burst."
"Hal we need to you get to a hospital now," the Flash urged.
"Relax Barry I'll be fine," He waved his friend's concern.
"No, you won't," Percy spoke up. He reached into his inventory and
pulled out a low grade potion. He downed it in one swing restoring 30%
of his MP. He threw the bottle away and touched Hal, a golden light
shined out causing everything in Hal's body to snap into place.
"What the-" Hail stopped as he felt his body suit underneath his skin.
He expected pain but found none. He looked at himself, "I feel great!"
"All your injuries are gone," Victor said in astonishment, "P-Percy, what
did you do?"
"I can heal people," Percy answered, "kind of a gift I got from the
Golden Fleece."
"Percy, you and I must spend some time together," Diana said in
excited disbelief, "I think you might have many a story to share."
Percy nodded, "yeah, anyway," Percy turned to Arthur, "you okay? If
you want I can heal you as well."
"I'm fine," Aquaman replied, "the water healed most of my wounds."
Percy nodded, "figured. You Being Atlantean and all. Oh and by the
way you were wrong," Percy grinned spinning Aquaman's trident, "this
is my dad's trident."
"What?"
"Yup. Apparently if any of you guys use it nothing will happen, only
Poseidon or his direct children can even hope to use it's full power."
"S-so what do you plan to do with it?" Arthur asked in a worried tone.
He would have demanded the trident back, but he knew he was in no
position to do so.
Percy raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean," he threw the weapon to
Aquaman who caught it easily, "it's your weapon."
"B-but-"
"Dude I'm not even from this world," Percy said as he pressed the
button on the side of his helmet opening up his helmet, "the version of
Poseidon on this world isn't really my dad. Besides, if he doesn't mind
you guys using his weapon then who the fuck am I to say otherwise?"
Arthur looked at the weapon and then to Percy. He was astonished at
Percy's actions and wanted to ask why anyone would ever give up a
weapon of the Gods. But instead he smiled and bowed, "thank you
Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon."
Percy bowed back, "your welcome, Arthur curry, king of Atlantis."
"Ah guys, maybe we should leave," Flash said as slowly all the humans
that were at the edge of the crater began to reach the group in the
center.
"Why?" Percy asked.
"We don't have the best reputation with the public," Superman
explained.
"Yeah, they kind of hate us," Hal nodded in agreement.
"Why? You're all superheroes!" Percy said as if it was the most obvious
thing in the world.
"People fear what they don't know," Batman said.
Percy looked at the people around them. Percy reached out with his
powers of empathy and tried to feel out what the civilians felt. But
instead of fear or anger, Percy felt only happiness, joy and hope. Percy
smiled "actually, I think they know exactly who you are."
"You saved us!" one of the people suddenly cried out.
"You guys did it!" another man yelled out as he held his family close.
"You eight are the best!" a woman cried out as she helped her injured
boyfriend stand up to get a good look at their heroes.
"You guys are heroes," Percy said, "and they know it."
"No," Diana said sharply. Percy looked concerned, but the princess
smiled, "we are heroes."
Percy was surprised to be included when Hal patted him on the
shoulder, "got to admit kid, you held your own. Hell you probably
caused Darkseid more damage than any of us combined!"
"You may not be from this Earth Percy, but here you are a hero,"
Superman said putting an arm on his shoulder, "and I'm glad that you
were here."
Percy smiled, "thank you," he looked at them all, "all of you."
"So how exactly are you going to get home?" Victor asked.
"I honestly don't know," Percy admitted, "I have a way," the new
interdimensional travel skill, "but I'm not strong enough to use it."
"Well then for now you can stay here," Flash said, "and don't worry,
we'll make sure nothing to bad happens to you."
Percy smiled and just as he was about to accept the Flash's help the
ground started to shake;
BOOOOOM!
A new boom tube opened up in front of the heroes and Percy as they
quickly got ready to face the new threat. Hal was covered with the
green glow of Ion while Percy slammed down his helmet as he and
Diana leveled their blades.
"Flash, Hal, get the civilians away!" Batman ordered out, "Victor I
thought you said all the mother boxes here were fried?"
"They are," Victor claimed looking through his readings once again, "th-
this is something else."
"What is it?" Superman asked as he, Arthur, Percy and Diana stood
shoulder to ready to face the new threat.
"It's….I don't know," Victor admitted.
"PERCY!" Thalia's voice called out from inside the boom tube.
Percy's eyes shot up in recognition, "Thalia!"
Suddenly Thalia's figure appeared in the edge of the portal as he held
out her hand, "grab my hand! We are going to try and pull you
through!"
"I'm coming!" Percy turned to his new friend "I have to go."
"Then go!" Batman shouted. The rest of the heroes nodded in
agreement as they all told Percy their goodbyes.
Percy nodded as he turned and ran toward the boom tube. He jumped
towards the portal, he reached higher and higher, but it still wasn't
enough. He pushed out his tactile telekinetic field and pushed himself
higher grabbing Thalia's hand. The moment he did she pulled him
through the portal as everything went white.
The boom tube closed leaving the heroes and humans baffled by what
just happened.
With Percy;
Percy was thrown out of the portal as he landed on something hard. He
rolled along the floor until he suddenly stopped. His brain however was
still ringing. He groaned as he blinked away the rush he felt in his
head, it wasn't this bad when going through the portal into their world,
maybe there was a reason.
Percy picked himself up as he opened up his helmet, "fuck me in the
ass."
"PERCY!" Thalia's voice was heard. Percy turned to see his girlfriend
on the ground next to him. She jumped up and wrapped her hands
around him pushing him to the ground, "you're back!"
Percy hugged her back as he rocked her back and forth. He looked
around and saw that they were right now in the middle of the Roman
encampment. The roman demigods were gathered around them as
they stood in front of the Golden Eagle.
"Percy," Saito called out. Percy saw the scientist standing in front of a
hastily put together workstation with Julia at his side. The computer box
Percy was holding before he dimensional traveled was on the
workstation with several large data banks pulled up behind it. Wires ran
from the box to the Golden Eagle which was currently sparking with
electricity.
"Where did you go?!" Thalia broke the hug as she hit him on the chest,
"idiot!" tears ran down her face as snot rolled down her nose. She
looked a mess but she didn't care as she simply continued to beat on
him, "don't you fucking dare do that to me ever again! You hear me?!"
"Yes, I'm sorry," Percy held her tightly. Thalia resisted as she kept
hitting him but slowly stopped allowing Percy to pull her into a hug
holding her tightly as she cried into his shoulder.
"Thank the Gods we got to you Percy," Saito said with visible relief
washing over him, "what happened? Where did you go? What did you
do?"
Percy looked at the scientist, "I…...I think, no…..no, I know, I traveled
to another world."
"Really? What was it like?"
Percy smiled sadly as he held Thalia's crying form, "it was super. But
I'm not going there again any time soon."
Saito nodded as he walked away. Percy picked himself up as he held
Thalia's crying form. They both then walked hand in hand out of camp
Jupiter. Julia didn't try to stop them, though she wanted to make sure
Percy was alright. The Romans made way as Percy and Thalia walked
towards the exit of the camp.
They reached the service tunnel now and Thalia was still crying, "it's
going to be okay Thalia," Percy said again patting her back, "I promise.
I'll always came back to you."
She looked at him, trying to control her tears, "promise me. Promise
me you'll always come back for me."
Percy smiled as he best forward, "I promise," he then caught her lips in
a kiss. They tasted salty from her tears, but Percy didn't care. He held
her tightly as she slowly stopped crying.
She broke the kiss, "I want to go home Percy."
He nodded, "yeah...let's go home."
Chapter 592
Percy stood in front of the Golden Eagle in the middle of the Roman
encampment. He had stayed away from this place for a few days, but
eventually his curiosity won out, he needed to know what happened
here. The Eagle looked like it had been well used, almost tiered even,
that shine which had been there before for was gone. Percy could feel
like it was recovering slowly, but still, for now it looked like it was
tuckered out.
"I didn't expect to see you back so soon," Saito called out as he worked
on the workstation he had built near the Golden Eagle structure.
"I needed to find out what happened," Percy explained.
"Honestly Percy…..I have no clue," Saito shrugged as pulled out the
computer box Percy and him used to find the quantum number of
parallel universes. It was burnt out beyond belief, "fucking broken."
"How did you bring me back?" Percy asked as he looked at all the fired
equipment on the table. Saito had always treated his toys with care,
but seeing them like this told Percy just how much had to be sacrificed
to bring him back to his world.
"After you left my computer was able to decode the probability matrix of
the world you traveled to," Saito sighed, "nearly took up my entire
memory storage to do so….anyway, we had the number, we just
needed to find a way to bring you back. It seems that the box emitted
some extra dimensional radiation that could be harnessed to open
another portal, all we needed was a strong enough energy source."
"Did you use the Golden Eagle?" Percy asked pointing at the Eagle. He
had unlocked a skill while traveling through worlds, it was called
'dimensional portal creation', and Percy could use it to travel between
world. But to use it he needed 20 million MP, something he didn't have.
So if Saito needed to open a portal he would need the exact same
amount of energy.
"Yeah, we did," Saito nodded, "but we were afraid that might not be
enough, after all the Eagle isn't a power source, it's a weapon. Thalia
was….insistent we try something. She might have threatened to neuter
me once or twice."
Percy chuckled, "yeah she's like that."
Saito sighed, "anyway, yeah, we were afraid we wouldn't be able to
help you, and then I saw this," Saito pointed at the marble slab the
Eagle was inserted into. Percy remembered this, someone had fused
the Eagle with the stone and had drawn runes on it.
"Did you figure out what it is?" Percy asked.
"At first, no, but the longer I looked at it the clearer it became to me,"
Saito said with a smug smile, "honestly I don't know why no one else
figured it out, it's so simple."
"Alright Narcissist, enough with the boosting. What is this?"
"It's a power distributer," Saito said with a smile, "it channels the
lighting produced by the Eagle into energy that is channeled through
the marble," Saito pointed at the latin words inscribed onto the black
marble structure.
"So it was a spell," Percy muttered as he observed the thing once
more;
Block of marble;
This is a simple block of marble that is inscribed with the names
of dead Roman legionaries and power distribution spell which will
convert the lighting attack of the Eagle into energy.
Supplies- 25,000,000 MP
"I'm sorry what?" Saito asked curiously.
"When I first saw this it felt like the woman who put this block of marble
here put some kind of spell on it," Percy said, "guess we know what
that spell was now."
"I see…...a woman did this you say?"
Percy nodded, "yeah. She somehow summoned this thing out of thin
air and stuck the Eagle right in the center."
"Did anyone get a description of her?"
"No, well, yes. A Lares did, he said she had blue hair, a soft jaw and
yellow sulphuric eyes."
"I see," Saito rubbed his jaw, "well I know no one like that here, nor do I
recall any Roman goddess matching that description."
"Yeah….but that's not the thing that worries me," Percy said as he ran
he hand over the carved runes.
"Then what is?"
"This was exactly what was needed to bring me back," the demigod
stated, "and I mean exactly. The person who made this, this…..blue
haired ghost, did she make this because she knew what was about to
happen to me? Or was it all a coincidence?"
"I don't' think it's a coincidence Percy, it's to perfect to be one," Saito
spoke as the two faced each other.
"That means that this mysterious woman knew what was going to
happen to me and helped bring me back."
"And the question now is, why? And who is she?" the two men looked
at the Eagle, it didn't say anything though, it was, after all, just an
object.
A few days later;
Percy floated up in the air as he looked at the red sky above him. He
was still not used it, the flying, the floating, whatever it was, it was
amazing. He stood there in mid air and simply looked at the sky,
everything was just so…..amazing from up here. Not as amazing as
the sea, but still amazing nonetheless.
"You okay?" Thalia asked from the ground as she looked up at her
boyfriend floating in the air.
"I'm good," Percy replied back as he looked down, "maybe I should try
and move on to the next level."
Thalia nodded, "okay, but only if you're sure."
Percy nodded, "I'm sure," he then bent forwards and laid himself
parallel to the ground. He put his hands in front of him like he
remembered Superman doing, maybe this would make him more
aerodynamic or something. He then pushed the air around him, flying
forwards slowly.
"Can you go faster Percy? I can literally walk faster than you can fly,"
Thalia chuckled at the slow pace her boyfriend was moving at.
"Well I'm sorry some of us aren't natural flyers okay? I'm literally a fish
out of water!" Percy suddenly lost concentration as he began to fall
down. 15 feet from the ground he caught himself, he really needed to
focus properly, he needed to keep his tactile telekinetic field up at all
times.
"You okay sweetie?" Thalia asked in a worried tone, "I was about to
step in, but you caught yourself before that seemed necessary."
"I'm fine," Percy told her as he slowly rose higher and higher into sky.
He had no limit to how high he could fly, but he did have a limit for
speed;
Telekinetic flight, Lv- 1 (90%)
By pushing on the ground and the air via your telekinetic field you
have obtained the ability to fly!
Speed - 5 Kms/ Hr
Percy sighed as he stabilized himself, "you make it seem so easy."
"And you can make an olympic swimmer seem like a beginner Percy.
We each have our natural talent," Thalia reassured him, "mine just
happens to be flying, while you can swim around like a fish. Not a big
difference."
"Har har, and for your information I can swim faster than you can fly, so
eat that!" Percy shot back. He knew what Thalia was trying to do, keep
him talking allowing his mind to split its attention between between
keeping Percy afloat and talking back.
Chapter 593
"You're doing better hun," Thalia called out, "how much more till you
level up?"
"10%," Percy called out looking over the skill one more time. He just
just needed to hold this a little longer.
Warning! Lightning heading your way!
Percy turned to see Thalia blasting a bolt of blue lighting towards
Percy. He rolled out the side to avoid just in the nick of time. "What the
hades Thalia?!"
"I got tired of waiting!" Thalia shouted back, "doge lover boy!" she sent
blast after blast of lighting at Percy who kep moving away just in time.
The added quick motion helped him level up sooner;
Ping!
You have leveled up a skill due to constant use!
Telekinetic flight, Lv- 2 (0%)
By pushing on the ground and the air via your telekinetic field you
have obtained the ability to fly!
Speed - 10 Kms/ Hr
"It;s done Thalia! I leveled up!" Percy shouted as he avoided another
blast of lighting, "you can stop now!"
"Not happening fish head! We aren't stopping until you reach level 10!"
Thalia slowly started to quicken her pace blasting Percy over and over
with lighting bolts. She was slow before, but her speed was quickly
picking up forcing Percy to move faster.
"Is this because I traveled to another dimension without talking about it
to you first?" Percy asked as he narrowly dodged a lighting bolt aimed
for his crotch. He started to move around, trying his best to avoid the
attacks. Soon he was bouncing through the air, it was similar to moving
in water, only here you aren't limited to just the water.
"Maybe!" Thalia shouted sending a chain of lighting bolts at him, "or it
could also be because you did something stupid again!"
"Hey! I didn't know I was going to get sucked into another world!" Percy
yelled, "it wasn't my fault!"
"Yes it is, Julia told you stop, but noooo, you just had to mess with
things you couldn't control," Thalia then sent out a lighting bolt faster
than the rest. Percy couldn't react fast enough and it hit him square on
the chest pushing him back.
Defence - 432,841,332
Percy groaned he should really start dumping mana points in his
marble skin, it's starting to get a bit to low. He slowly lowered himself to
the ground and looked at the hole Thalia's attack burnt into his shirt
and groaned, "I really like this shirt."
"Well think of it as punishment," Thalia grumbled, "I'm sorry, by the
way. It just...well I just got carried away is all."
"Relax Thalia, no harm done. You knew I could take it," Percy smiled,
"and besides it's kinda our thing isn't it? You punch me, I say sorry, we
have a steamy make out session…."
Thalia smiled, "and I guess since we already finished the punching and
the apologizes that just leaves out the make up huh?"
Percy walked up behind her wrapping his hands around her putting his
head on her shoulder, "I don't know. You tell me."
"I was so worried Percy," Thalia sighed, "you-you were just gone. And I
didn't know if you were ever going to come back. I…..I lost it. I almost
blasted Julia with the Golden Eagle, Jason stopped me but…..I need
help Percy, my anger is getting out of control. I fear that-"
"-You might hurt someone you care about," Percy nodded, "I get it. I
understand, for the longest time I couldn't' control myself whenever I
got angry, I told you right, about Le Bete?" Thalia nodded, "but I got my
anger under control, even before the entity of rage upgraded the Le
Bete perk. And I can help you as well."
Thalia smiled as she turned to Percy and pissed him gently, "thank you
Percy….promise me you'll never leave."
Percy smiled as he tightened his grip around her, "I promise. You're
going to have to try very hard to get rid of me."
"Good," Thalia kissed him again as the two sat down enjoying the
peace and quiet. Soon Percy was back in the sky back to flying
practise as Thalia helped him from below. It took a few tries but he got
it in the end. At the end of their session he had leveled up three more
times;
Telekinetic flight, Lv- 5 (0%)
By pushing on the ground and the air via your telekinetic field you
have obtained the ability to fly!
Speed - 25 Kms/ Hr
Percy finally landed on the ground and smiled, "I think I'm finally getting
the hang of this skill."
Thalia nodded, "yeah, I'll say. Soon you'll almost be as good as I was
when I first started. You know, after a few more years of training really
really hard."
Percy grumbled, "stupid girlfriend and her stupid super powers."
Thalia chuckled as she pulled him along as they walked around the
empty time dilation ID. She brought him to the beach and sat down
with Percy by her side. There were no waves in the ID world, but it
wasn't really a deal breaker.
Thalia spread her feet out on the sand only for Percy to place his head
on her thighs using it as a pillow. Thalia smiled, "comfy?"
Percy nodded with his eyes closed, "very."
The daughter of lighting chuckled, "alright then, tell me about this other
world you visited."
"Well….it was amazing, to say the least. I was in this city, I think it was
their version of a clear New York, only thing was it was infected with
these things called Parademons that seemed to be attacking Earth."
"And you obviously had to help," Thalia said rolling her eyes.
Percy chuckled, "you know me so well."
"So what were they? Monsters?"
"Nope, extradimensional being," Percy supplied, "beings that travel
between dimensions."
"Like you?"
"Yeah, except I can't do it on purpose. They can, they have these
things called mother boxes that can teleport people. I figured I needed
to get my hands on one of those in order to escape, but they were all
destroyed when I and the others sent the army away."
"Others?"
"Oh, right, when I arrived there, on that Earth, the planet was being
invaded, but a few people were fighting back. I can honestly say I have
never seen anyone like them Thalia. They were all so...amazing. There
was one guy, Arthur, he was basically a child of Poseidon, expect he
could control sea creatures on such a wide range it pales in
comparison to my own abilities."
Chapter 594
"Then you need to step up your game Percy," Thalia patted his
forehead, "can't have someone steal your crown of most badass thing
that ever came out of the sea now can we?"
Percy smiled, "no, no we cannot. Anyway, next was Victor, half man,
half robot, all awesome. He was basically like if the terminator had a
human side that hated violence."
"Wait if he hated violence how did he help drive back the
parademons?"
"I may have given him one of my world famous pep talks."
"You mean the same one you gave Michael to push him to date
Clarisse?"
"The very same," Percy smiled, "anyway then came Hal, he basically
has the ability to control the emotional spectrum of will power.
Remember Ion? The green whale I meet in my trials? His symbol was
on Hal's costume, apparently Hal could weaponize his will power and
project it as hard light constructs, isn't that amazing?"
Thalia smiled, "I love it when you get all nerdy like that."
Percy rolled his eyes, "fine, maybe talking about weaponised emotions
isn't all that interesting for you….hm, how about an Amazonian
princess?"
"Now you're talkin my language," Thalia said excitedly, "what's her
deal?"
"She's an Amazon, well trained, a lot better than the average demigod
in camp. You could probably take her though."
"Hm...there's something you're not telling me isn't there?"
"Well…..she might have been kind of attractive."
"I see….." Thalia smirked, "well then it's a good thing she's in another
dimension isn't it."
"You know I wouldn't ever cheat on you right."
"I know, but I still gotta mark my territory," Thalia shrugged, "anyway,
other than the Amazonian bimbo who else did you meet?"
"Well there was the one guy, he calls himself the Flash and….and he
has the same powers as Argo."
"What?"
"Yeah, lighting and all. Well, except his lighting was yellow and his suit
was red while Argo's was blue and black. He also seemed like a nice
guy, he mainly focused on help the people get clear of the attack, he
saved many lives…..he's clearly a hero…..."
"But you can't help but worry," Thalia finished for him, "it's
understandable, but Percy, just because they have the same power
doesn't mean they are the same person."
"I know, I know," Percy waved off her worries, "I just can't help but
think….how many more speedsters are out there? I'm not fast enough
to stop them if they ever become a threat."
"Don't' worry about that now," Thalia kissed his forehead, "focus on the
here and now. We have a war to win, then we can worry about the
future."
Percy sighed, "right….anyway. There was also this guy called Batman,
total badass."
"Let me guess, he could fly like a bat?"
"Nope."
"He had bat like wings?"
"No."
"He's blind and uses sonar to get around?"
"Different superhero honey," Percy smiled, "actually he's a human. Just
a plain human."
"What?! And he helped you fight off bad guys?!" Percy nodded,
"bullshit! What's his level?!"
"24. And he did help fight them off, a human Thalia, a human did that."
"Dman..." Thalia whispered in amazement, "I wonder what the hell he
did to be that powerful."
"No clue…..but anyway, all that aside there was one more hero there.
One guy was was more amazing than all of them combined. I didn't get
to see much of him, but he saved my life Thalia. He called himself
Superman, and by the Gods he deserves that title."
And so Percy went into his story about what Superman would do. He
then told her about Darkseid and his army. She was understandably a
little frightened, the monster was as powerful as a God, and he also
had the means to travel between dimensions. With the power he could
just pop into their world and start attacking. At least in this world Percy
had an army of demigods to back him up. If Darkseid even things of
coming here he'll be in for a 'warm' welcome from them all.
Soon Percy was done with his tale and Thalia just sat there quietly
taking it all itn. She sighed, "we need to get stronger, faster."
"I know," Percy sighed, "I figured I should probably train my tactile
telekinesis more. I will need the molecular manipulation to be at a
higher level if I want to build the Haven. Plus it was also one of the only
things that seemed to actually effect Darkseid, it tore into his skin and
armour when not even celestial bronze could. Obviously it's worth
looking into."
Thalia nodded, "yeah….this would be so much easier if you had a skill
disk."
Percy blinked, "wait….I do!" Percy got off of Thalia's lap and opened
his inventory. He quickly went through it and found what he was looking
for.
"When did you get this?" Thalia asked as Percy pulled out a level 10
skill disk.
"It was the quest I did in finding those two kids," Percy reminded her,
"you know the one which got me a job with Kate and Castle?"
Thalia nodded, "I see, and why haven't you used it yet?"
"Because," Percy tossed the disk to Thalia who caught it with ease, "it's
yours."
Thalia blinked, "excuse me?"
"Well remember when I used a skill disk to improve my...bedroom
skills?" Thalia blushed remembering that night, Gods she didn't get a
wink of sleep, "well you said that it wasn't fair and that cheated."
"Because you did!" Thalia hissed.
Percy rolled his eyes, "right, anyway, if you remember you also said
that the next skill disk I found had your name on it, hence…."
"But Percy you need it more than me," Thalia argued.
Percy chuckled, "hardly, a few hours of grinding and I'll be golden. You
so need it more than me, like seriously so much more than me. Like it's
not even funny how"
ZAP!
"YOW!" Percy hissed as Thalia sent a lighting bolt at the demigod's
back making him jump into the air.
"I get it Percy, you can stop making me feel weaker now," Thalia
grumbled.
"Just trying to make you see reason sweetheart," Percy rubbed his
back, "I figured you would be too stubborn to admit it otherwise."
"You know me too well," Thalia pocketed the disk, "thanks for this by
the way….seriously, thanks."
Percy nodded, "not a problem. So what are you going to use it on?"
Thalia smirked, "what do you think I'm going to use it on?"
Percy blushed, "well, I remember you mentioning something about
improving your bedroom skills in order to get even with me, so..."
Thalia smiled, she threw her leg over Percy and straddled him. She
pulled him close and whispered into his ear, "why would I need to use a
skill disk to that, when I can just practise on you?"
Percy's heart started to beat faster, he felt his clothes get hotter, "you're
such a tease Thalia."
"Why do you think I'm teasing?" she asked in a playful tone as she ran
her fingers through his hair, "you know we really haven't had any fun
for sometime."
Percy smiled, "yeah, I guess so..." Thalia smiled, she leaned in and
kissed him hard pushing him down on the ground pinning his arms.
Some Time Later;
Percy eventually and reluctantly dropped Thalia back into the real
world. After their little makeout session Thalia decided it was time for
him to start his training, she also said she wanted to do her own
training.
When Percy offered her the use of his time ID she declined, she said
that she was working on something that involved the wind and that she
would need real wind movement in order for her training to be effective.
So Percy now stood alone in his Time ID. He cracked his knuckles,
'time to get to work.' He first pulled up the skill in question;
Molecule manipulation, Lv- 7 (43%)
You can manipulate the molecules of objects within your range.
Your control over this ability is minimal, you can only separate the
molecules not manipulate them.
Cost- 500 MP per 4,000 pounds of mass
Percy's skill in this was meager at best. He could only separate
molecules, not manipulate them in any way or form. So it was useful in
a battle, but it was so much more than that. In fact the potential for this
skill was limitless. It was like having a super computer and only using it
to play minesweeper.
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So now Percy had one goal, level it up high enough so that he was
skilled enough to manipulate molecules and reshape them into any
structure he wanted. This was he could basically create any structure
he wished, it would be like transmutation from that show Chad liked to
watch…..Fullmetal something.
And so Percy got to work. He first began destroying the camp around
him. And when that was done he ran to New York and destroyed the
city as well. He was halfway done with reducing the city to dust when
he realised he had leveled up enough.
Ping!
Molecule manipulation, Lv- 15 (0%)
You can manipulate the molecules of objects within your range.
Your control over this ability is basic, you can scan the object and
manipulate it to a certain degree.
Ability;
Scan- Allows you to have a scanned mental image of the object
you wish to manipulate. Rage- 20 feet
Cost- 500 MP per 9,000 pounds of mass
Percy smiled, the level up provided him with a way to scan and
manipulate an object. It may not be exactly what he wanted, but most
times he never got what he wanted so he will have to make do.
Percy closed the box and looked around, 'time to test this skill.'
He quickly traveled back to camp and exited his ID. After that he
reentered it causing everything inside to set back to normal. Percy
wanted to test out his new powers in a familiar place, after all he
practically knew this camp molecule by molecule.
Percy first went to the Apollo cabin, fuck you Apollo, and pressed his
hands on the cabin walls. He sent out his mind and tried to feel the
molecules in the cabin wall but instead of simply getting a vague
sensation of what he was touching he was able to feel everything.
He could see it all, no, that wasn't the right word, he couldn't see it, he
could feel it. It was like a mental image popped up in his head,
displaying the walls like a 3D picture. He could spin the image around
in his head, it was similar to a computer generated image, he could see
it from any angle.
'Now how do I manipulate this thing?' Percy asked himself, 'wait, if it
works like a 3D computer image maybe I should just try a change it like
one of them.'
So Percy imagined a cursor appearing on the 3D image in his head.
He used that as a symbol of his ability to manipulate and slowly started
to pull the wood apart on the surface of the wall.
Percy felt the wood below his palms start to move, shift and turn. He
didn't stop, he kept going. Using his mental cursor he slowly started to
push away the wood in a certain region of the wall, pushing it to the
sides, creating an opening in front of him.
When he was done Percy opened his eyes and saw a crude opening
formed in front of him. The wood was pushed to the sides, the opening
was circular in nature, almost oval in shape. Percy felt the wood
around the opening, it was thicker than the rest, Percy had pushed it all
to the side.
Percy smiled, this was good, this was exactly what he needed. But of
course he needed to practise, he needed to be better. If he was going
to build his city he needed his abilities with Molecular manipulation to
be perfect.
So Percy turned to the rest of the camp and sighed, there was a lot of
work to do.
Later that night;
Percy had spent 3 days in his time dilation ID, and in the real world that
came up to 18 hours. By the time he came out of the ID everyone had
already gone to bed, in fact it was the middle of the night, almost the
next day even.
Seeing as there was no reason for him to stay awake Percy simply
walked to his cabin, he needed a good night's sleep. He had been
working very hard, and luckily for him that hard work payed off big time;
Molecule manipulation, Lv- 19 (78%)
You can manipulate the molecules of objects within your range.
Your control over this ability is basic, you can scan the object and
manipulate it to a certain degree.
Ability;
Scan- Allows you to have a scanned mental image of the object
you wish to manipulate. Rage- 21 feet
Cost- 490 MP per 9,000 pounds of mass
Percy reached his cabin and saw Leo sleeping outside the cabin. He
smiled and walked in, careful to not wake the loyal companion up. He
opened the door and walked in, Thalia was already in bed holding a
pillow tightly in her grasp. Percy smiled and quickly took off his jacket
and pants.
He slipped under the covers and Thalia stirred, throwing her pillow to
the side the moment she felt his familiar warmth by her side.
"You're late," she muttered still half asleep.
"I'm sorry," Percy kissed her forehead as she placed it on her chest. He
wrapped one hand around her and pulled her close. The demigod
smiled, he was happy. He closed his heavy eyes and let his sleep take
him. Darkness fell slowly.
Unknown Location
And then someone turned the fucking lights on.
Percy blinked away the temporary blindness as he looked up to find
himself in a familiar place. The room had no windows or door and was
bare except for the greek style pillars lining the corners. And in the
center of the room was a giant spinning wheel with multicoloured
threads running through it. Each unique, each representing a person
living on Earth at the moment.
'Oh shit,' Percy cursed, he remembered this place. He came here once
before right after he finished killing Janai'ngo. Percy sighed, "you can
come on out Clotho, I won't fall for the same jump-out-of-the-shadows
trick."
"Well never say never," a voice came from directly behind Percy
causing him to jump away in surprise.
"Shit! Don't do that! It's creepy as hell!" Percy cursed as he looked at
the Fate. She was different this time, she was no longer a hag dressed
in grey rags, she looked younger, maybe late 20's early 30's, wearing
greek style clothes. She looked similar to her godly form, yet Percy
knew that was not the case. Why? Because he was currently not
getting hit with visions of the future.
"You are wondering why I look different yes?" Clotho asked as she
walked past him towards the giant wheel.
"Yeah, that as well as why I am here," Percy said walking behind her, "I
assume it's because of my little adventure into another world?"
"Yes, it is, for all three of your questions," Clotho snapped her fingers
and a pink transparent bubble floated out of Percy's head and into
Clotho's. She suddenly stopped for a few seconds, standing as still as
a statue.
Percy was worried, "ah, Clotho? You okay?"
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Suddenly Clotho gasped as she blinked away a look of pain that broke
through her face. Percy knew she needed to sit down, he grabbed the
stool next to the giant spinning wheel and brought to behind the Fate
helping her sit down.
"Thank you Percy," Clotho held her head in pain, "that was not
pleasant."
"I beat it wasn't," Percy nodded, "what happened?"
"I simply reviewed all the things that happened to you in that world via
your memories," Clotho groaned, "easier said than done though. I'm
not used to transferring memories. It's more of Atropos' skill to review a
life."
"I see," Percy nodded, "so….what do you think?"
"You did a very stupid thing Percy," Clotho snapped, "the powers we
gave you were not supposed to be used as toys. And it's not something
you experiment on as you wish. We trusted you with powers you
cannot even comprehend, and you abused it."
Percy sighed, "look I'm sorry okay, it's just-"
"-No, I'm not done," Clotho cut him off as she got up and stared Percy
down, she was much taller than him now, "you have no idea what's at
stake here Jackson. No idea, you cannot just throw your life away like
that. Do you understand? You are more valuable than some simple
science toy, your life has a purpose, a great purpose and you cannot
just throw it away like that."
"I'm sorry," Percy hung his head, "I really am. I-I didn't know it was
going to do that."
Clotho sighed, "yes well you didn't chose to be sent into another world,
thank Chaos for small miracles. Stupid Darkseid, he wasn't supposed
to be able to come here, don't' know how he managed it."
"Ah, what are you talking about?" Percy asked a little taken back.
Clotho just cursed someone, she never did that, none of the Fates ever
did that. They never showed emotions, ever.
"Darkseid is an interdimensional dictator," Clotho explained, "meaning
he is a threat. A long time ago this world was sealed away from him,
but somehow he was able to pull you through into his world, maybe it
was because of his boom tube technology, but either way it's never
happening again, not if we have anything to say about it."
Clotho then snapped her fingers and suddenly Percy felt something
inside him seal up;
Ping!
Until further notice the skill 'Dimensional portal creation' has been
sealed. You cannot train in it, level it up or use it. Signed- Clotho
the Amazing.
Percy groaned, "I didn't know you could take away my skills like that."
"We gave them to you, of course we can take them away."
"So if I get a skill which you don't want me to have you can just seal it
up huh?" Percy narrowed his eyes, he got why she had to do, but it
didn't mean he liked it.
"No, only if said skill is to dangerous," Clotho said in a gentle tone, "this
is the same case with Janai'ngo Percy, Darkseid is simply too big a
threat and we cannot afford to have him attack us, especially when we
already have so much to deal with."
Percy nodded, "I get that….fine. Anyway what's with the new look?
Decided to change things up a bit?"
"Yes," Clotho nodded as she looked down, "this is what I look like when
I have been using my powers actively. My sisters and I have been
working day and night to seal up the breach you created with your little
adventure. Hence we all started to take on forms similar to our true
selves."
"So wait all of you look like this?" Percy said, "why would you ever
want to change?"
"Being beautiful isn't something we care about," Clotho explained, "it
isn't a trait we posses. And since we rarely see anyone else except
ourselves we see no need to look differently."
Percy shrugged, "to each their own I guess. So is that it? That's all you
called me for?"
Clotho nodded, "yes. Don't ever try and experiment with your power
Jackson, this is our final warning to you. Oh and before I forget," she
snapped her fingers forming a blue ball of energy in her hand. It flew
into Percy as the son of Poseidon felt energy flow into him;
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Survive Darkseid's attack and return home!
Rewards;
+100,000 Exp
+10 points
Percy smiled , "okay, I didn't expect this but I'm grateful either way.
Thanks Clotho."
"You are most welcome," Clotho nodded, "now it's time you went back.
Oh, and before you leave, here," The Fate snapped her fingers and
Percy was blinded by a flash of light.
When the demigod opened his eyes he found something in his hand,
something very familiar. It was a black bat shaped metal projectile that
Percy remembered Batmana using. It looked dangerous and very, very
sharp.
"Isn't this one of Batman's?" Percy asked as he inspected it's sharp
edges.
"Indeed it is," Clotho nodded, "it is the very first one he made. I believe
he calls it a 'batarang'. I thought you would appreciate a souvenir from
your time in the other world."
Percy smiled, "yeah...thanks Clotho," he put the weapon inside his
inventory, he couldn't wait to show Thalia the batarang, she was going
to be jealous!
"Now, it's time for you to go back Percy," Clotho became serious as she
glared at him, "and remember, your life has meaning to it, do not ever
risk it, understood?"
Percy nodded, "yeah. I got it." Just then a flash of light overtook
Percy's vision as he found himself back in his body and bed. Thalia
was at his side sleeping soundly, he looked at he watch, not even a
minute had passed.
The son of Poseidon groaned, there was going to be a lot of work for
him to do over the coming month. He looked at his side and smiled, but
at least it was going to be worth it.
Two weeks later;
Percy stood in the middle of Gardner island. He had cleared out 2
square kilometers in the island, this was where he was going to make
his Haven. It was located right in the center of the island, a few miles
away from the old Gardener mansion which he left untouched, after all
it was a part of this island as well, it didn't feel right getting rid of the old
place.
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The two square miles Percy had cleared used to have trees and large
boulders, but with a little bit of elbow grease, Super Strength, he
managed to clear it all up, moving the trees and stones towards the
edge of the city limits.
He used flags to mark the appropriate location on the land. He made
sure to leave plenty of space for the defencive wall they were planning
to build along with the various other watch towers and commercial
buildings.
Percy now stood in the middle of the land. This was where he was
planning to build 'The Hearth', the public heart of the entire city. He
mainly wished to build this place in order to have some place for
people to gather and talk, like the Senate of Rome.
Percy looked to the side and saw several huge blocks of marble
stacked up. Ed's material supply company, Tekton, had come in last
night and Percy had carried out all the material they brought with them
to the island, obviously the huge supply ships they came in couldn't
come anywhere near the island.
Percy had revicived what he had asked, water pipes along with waste
disposal pipes. He also got several lengths of thick wires that would be
used to conduct electricity. And the moment he did he got to work.
Annabeth gave him the exact details on where and what he had to do.
She had marked down everything in the map and Percy had laid down
the wire and pipes exactly as she specified. Hell he triple check his
work by flying over head to gain a bird's eye view of it all.
Laying down the pipes and wires had been tricky. First Percy had
marked each pipe with a different coat of paint, blue for water and
green for waste disposal. He so did not want to ever imagine those two
getting mixed up.
He then used his telekinetic power to lift up large amount of land and
lay down the lines. It was hard at first, he wasn't used to holding
something so heavy up while at the same time laying down the pipes.
But as time went on it became easier and easier.
Percy had managed to lay down the pipes and wires for half of the city.
They still didn't have an exact number on all the buildings and
apartments they were planning on building, so for now Percy just layed
down what he could.
Most of the wires went to the future location of the Power storage area
in the Apollo district while the water pipes went to the Poseidon district
to the location of the water purification place. The waste disposal pipe
however went outside the city, where Annabeth planned for the
fertilization facility to be, Percy still didn't like the idea, but it was
necessary.
Now all of that was finished, and Percy was ready to build the first
structure for the city, the Hearth.
He turned to the several cubic meters of marble he ordered. They
stood up tall, at least 40 feet high, Percy was really happy he had
super strength, or else this would be a pain in the ass to do.
Percy walked up to the first block of marble, they were all white, pure
white. He flexed his arms and activated his Body Form;
Body Form Activated: Left and Right arms
Percy didn't need to release his strength seals for this;
STR- 1.64 (6 layered seal) (+20+60) = 81.64 X 10 = 816.4
Percy reached out with his mind and carefully lifted up the block of
marble with his mind just long enough for him to slip his fingers down
and lift it up manually. He still wasn't used to carrying such heavy
objects with his telekinetic powers, but he was getting there.
He carried the block of marble and carefully laid it down on the center
of the city, this would be the foundation of the Hearth.
Percy jumped up and stood on top of the marble structure, he pressed
his hands on the surface of the stone and activated his molecular
manipulation ability.
Ever since he realised how useful this skill could be he had been
grinding it left and right. It became a sort of obsession for him, Thalia
was a bit worried, but she knew this was something he had to do.
Molecule manipulation, Lv- 29 (78%)
You can manipulate the molecules of objects within your range.
Your control over this ability is at the rank of the average
practitioner, you can scan the object and manipulate it paying
great attention to the fine details.
Ability;
Scan- Allows you to have a scanned mental image of the object
you wish to manipulate. Also allows for a very detailed
manipulation of said object. Rage- 40 feet
Cost- 400 MP per 12,000 pounds of mass
Needless to say Percy had reached the level of fine control he wished
for. Now he could add great details to his manipulated works. He once
changed the statue of Zeus in the Zeus cabin into that of Poseidon,
and the fine detail was spot on. Sure he had to change it back, but it
was the thought that counts.
Percy had used this skill continually, creating buildings in his ID
grinding another skill of his;
Architecture, Lv- 17 (30%)
The ability to build buildings and other man made structure meant
for housing.
All buildings you build have a 25% chance of falling over
All buildings you build have a 75% chance of looking good
0% of product wastage.
This of course only applied to any building he designed. Since
Annabeth designed the building there was a 0% chance of it falling
over and a 100% chance of it looking awesome.
Percy focused as a 3D images of the stone popped up in his head. He
saw the marble in fine detail and he smiled, 'transform!'
The marble slowly started to change form. It almost looked like the
solid rock had turned into water by the way it flowed outwards,
spreading itself out reducing its height while increasing its length.
The marble laid flat down on the ground while a small portion of it
drilled itself into the ground as a 30 foot marble rod form bellow the
mirabel surface drilling itself into the ground. It would serve as the
foundation of this place.
Percy opened his eyes and smiled, the marble block had been reduced
in height and stretched out to around 100 meters wide in diameter in a
circular shape. Honestly it felt like he was playing with clay, only he had
a lot better control and it was so much cooler.
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Percy then grabbed a second cube of marble as he put that in front of
the marble foundation he created. He closed his eyes and focused,
and slowly the marble started to move in a way similar to water as it
started to wrap around the circular marble foundation below it.
It slowly encircled the entire area the marble fondation covered and
transformed into a set of stairs that were present around the area
evenly. Percy opened his eyes and sighed, 'nice. Now...' he closed his
eyes again and focused, he fused the marble steps to the marble
foundation making them one single piece.
Percy sighed as he stepped back, this had been a trick he picked up
on accident. The train of thought was that if he could separate
molecules of objects, he should also be able to fuse them. And then
one thing led to another until, boom, molecular fusion.
Now he didn't get a sub skill in this, but maybe that was because it
should have been obviously it was included in the skill mentioned.
Percy wasn't used to this skill, he had difficulty fusing things with
different molecular compensation. He could fuse wood and wood,
stone and stone, marble and marble, but that was it. Maybe he needed
to level up the skill more in the future to do that, but for now this was
enough.
Percy then got to work. He used the rest of the marble to build up the
Hearth, the center of the Haven.
He designed the building exactly like he imagined. The steps lead up to
a row of marble pillars that were 40 feet tall. On top of the tall pillars
was a circular done with a hole in the center in order to let out all the
fumes from the inside.
Inside the Heath had walls that went up halfway, this was in order to
encourage proper ventilation while also keeping the heat from the
central hearth from escaping.
There were seats going down from the top to the bottom spreading all
around the building's inside. And in the center was a huge empty space
with a raised marble walkway around it. The center was covered with
woods and other burnable substance, it would serve as the Hearth.
Percy put torch holds along the walls and inscribed the names of Gods,
minor and Olympian, on it as well. Soon he would also inscribe the
name of fallen demigods, a way of honoring them all.
The inside of the building was dark, the only sunlight that came in was
from the hole on the roof and the upper half of the wall. Percy walked
up to the center and stood on the walkway looking down at the soon to
be hearth. He snapped his fingers causing a fire ball to appear in the
palm of his hand.
"Lady Hestia, I invite you to this island of mine," Percy spoke out loud
hoping the estranged Olympian would hear him, "I wish this place to be
one of family, love and above all, a home. I ask that you bless this
place and watch over this Hearth, tend it to, make sure that it never
goes out. I...I know that it is a lot to ask, but we are family, I hope I can
ask that."
Percy launched the fire ball into the pit and instantly the wood caught
on fire, lighting up the previously darkened building. The flames of the
Hearth roared to life as it raged on and on. Percy looked at the flames
and was assaulted by it's warmth.
"This is certainly an amazing place Percy," the demigod in question
looked up and standing there on the other side of the Flames was the
hooded form of Hestia herself.
Percy smiled, "I'm glad you came," he walked around the marble
walkway and stood next to her, "and I'm happy you like it. I tried to
make this place as best as I could but….well I'm still trying."
"It looks like it has been carved out of one single piece of marble,"
Hestia noted looking at the stone below her feet, "but that should be
impossible."
Percy chuckled, "yeah, I'm awesome like that."
Hestia's 8 year old form smiled as she pulled the hood off her red cloak
down revealing her brown hair and warm fiery eyes, "this place feels
nice Percy, it has the potential to be a place for hope, for family. What
you are trying to do is amazing…..well I must say I'm honoured you
asked this of me."
"Does that mean you'll accept?" Percy asked as a feeling of happiness
took hold in his heart. He had always feared the Goddess would say
no, or even refuse to come, out of all the Gods Percy meet, she
seemed the most reasonable. Well apart from his dad and
Artemis….well maybe not Artemis, she did at one point turn him into a
deer.
"I would never deny a request such as yours Percy," the Goddess
kneeled down on the marble walkway and pulled a red poker out of her
dress, "you are family, I would never deny family a home."
"Thank you Lady Hestia," Percy bowed, he seriously owed her, "it's
nice to have the Goddess of the Hearth on my side."
The Goddess nodded, "tell me, what do you call this place?"
"Well I was thinking the Hearth," Percy said with a shrug, "not that
original I know, but it's appropriate."
"I approve," Hestia chuckled, the very sound of her laughter made
Percy happy, almost as happy as being with Thalia made him. Guess
this as why all the other Olympians loved her so much, it was simply
impossible to hate her.
"I'll give this place my blessing," Hestia snapped her fingers causing
lite torches to appear on all the torch holds Percy ad carved into the
walls. The inside of the building was doused with the orange hues of
the flames as slowly the temperature became warm, pleasant even.
"As long as you call his place your home Percy Jackson, this flame will
never go out," Hestia tended to the fire, "it will burn for as long as it
can. You will never have to put wood to fuel it. And the more people
that call this place home, the more joy that is felt here, the bigger the
fire becomes, and the stronger it will roar."
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Percy looked astonished, he never expected this, "t-thank you Lady
Hestia," Percy bowed again. This was the first time he ever bowed to a
God twice. He owed her a lot, she deserved it.
"You are welcome," Hestia then snapped her fingers again causing the
walls to glow orange before returning to normal, "I have also put up a
minor barrier around this place. Anyone who is considered your enemy
will not be allowed inside, be it God or man."
"Holy shit, I didn't realised you could do that!" Percy eye's were wide
opened as he used his mana sense to feel the barrier, and sure
enough there it was;
Hestia's Protection,
Anyone you, Percy Jackson, call an enemy will be unable to enter
this building.
Strength- strong enough to repel a human.
Percy was surprised, "Lady Hestia, you said it can push back a God,
but-"
"-It's not strong enough to do that yet," Hestia explained, "very good
Percy, your knowledge about magic has improved, not many would be
able to sense that. You see this ward is similar to the flames, the more
people who call this place home the stronger it becomes."
Percy nodded, "I see… so I suppose the barrier won't be unto full force
until I finish building the rest of the place huh?"
"Not at all," Hestia smiled, "this place is amazing Percy, truly an
accomplishment worth sharing with others. Bring the demigods here,
have fun, break this place in, bring joy to this hall. That will increase the
power of the barrier and give something for the demigods to believe
in."
"Wait….are you telling me to have a party?" Peyc asked in surprise.
Hestia nodded, "well….yes. I heard about what happened on your
birthday, it was supposed to be a day of relaxation, but it was spoiled.
Maybe this could be a chance to give the demigods the break they so
deserve. Plus while here you can never be attacked by monsters, so I
doubt the same situation that happened on your birthday will occur
here."
Percy grinned, "you know, I think you're quickly becoming my favourite
aunt. But then again the only other people contending for that position
is Hera and Demeter, so it's not saying much."
Hestia nodded, "well then, I suppose it's time I leave. If you ever need
someone to talk to Percy, you will always find me in the closet hearth."
Percy nodded, "thanks Lady Hestia…..for everything." The goddess
smiled back and exploded into flames vanishing before Percy's eyes.
The demigod smiled and looked around, Hestia was right, this place
needed more people in it, it needed the human touch. Well, demi-
human anyway. But first Percy couldn't' just jump in there and tell
everyone it was party time, no, he needed to prepare.
This place basically had stone cold seats, he needed to get pillows,
and blankets. He would also need alcohol, Thalia would kill him if there
wasn't any alcohol. And maybe he should talk to Katie about the Happy
fruit he gave her a month or so ago. Surely she should have figured out
a way to use that for fun now.
Okay, so what else was needed?...Music, and good music. Percy could
buy a few speakers, maybe he could get a DJ or something….wait,
what the fuck was he thinking. He literally knew a cabin full of kids who
were the children of the God of fucking music, he could just get the
Apollo kids to play something.
Then what else? ….Well they were Greek, so maybe a movie? No,
that's stupid, no movies. Plus how would he get electricity here? They
haven't set it up yet.
Food, he would need lots of food, maybe a quick stop in the Lotus
Casino was in order. He would also need plates, cups…...maybe even
a porta potty.
He would also need a pool table, no, no that's stupid, besides the
Apollo kids would just win their their superior aiming skills. Maybe he
should put up some decoration, like a banner or something, and trash
can's, many many trash cans. Annabeth would kill Percy if he let them
trash the place on the first day.
'Shit, I need to write this all down,' Percy realised as he took out a
piece of paper and a pen from his inventory. He quickly jotted down all
he would need;
Pillows
Blankets
Alcohol
Soda
Water
Food (Lotus Casino)
Cups
Plates
Porter Potty
Trash Cans
Decorations
Percy put away the list, it was time to get to work.
First things first, the pillows and blankets. Percy entered his time
dilation ID and took off at mach 1 speeds. He went to New York city
and searched the entire city for a place to buy pillows in bulk. Sure
enough he found a warehouse for Bed, Bath and Beyond.
He entered the building easily enough, he tore a hole in the side of the
place, and quickly found where they stored all the pillows. He slipped
out of his ID and into the real world, he grabbed all of them, big, small,
fluffy, not so fluffy, and then slipped right back into his ID. He promised
himself to return all the pillows once he was done using them.
He then searched around and found blankets as well, he repeated the
same thing he did with the pillows, but this time he left a note saying,
'I'm going to use these, bring it back as soon as I can.' Hopefully that
would serve as some kind of promise to the people who would
eventually discover the pillows and blankets were missing.
Two down, 7 to go.
Percy went to a wal-mart for the plates , the party decoration, the trash
cans and the cups, this time he did buy them, no reason not to. While
there he also picked up several large bottles of soda and water. It took
a while and Percy saw some things he never wished to ever see again.
Truly Wal-Mart was the pitstain of America, hell he saw so many half
naked people in there he lost count!
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There was also this one lady with crooked yellow teeth that looked like
a textbook definition of a witch. And she was currently breastfeeding
her 7 year old son. Needless to say Percy ran out of the place.
Next was the porter potty, which was a little tricky. It took him an hour
to search the entire city for the company that supplied them to various
construction sites, but in the end Percy did find it. He snuck in and like
with Bed, Bath and Beyond he stole them, he so did not want to fill out
all the paperwork involved in renting these things. He took three of
them, one for the guys, one for the girls and one for the Ares kids.
Seriously, no offence to Clarisse, but those guys were pigs.
Percy then went to central park where there was a secret entrance to
the Labyrinth that he could access. Useing that he traveled halfway
across the country coming out on the Camp Jupiter side of the tunnel.
This way Percy didn't have to run across country to get to Las Vegas,
though that would probably give him a good workout.
Percy got the food from inside the Lotus Casino cafe easily enough,
this time however he didn't wait and look around, hell he didn't even
bother slowing down. He kept moving at super speed, not bothering to
stop for any reason.
This was why the Lotus Casino's mental manipulation ability was nulled
out, Percy could barely feel it working on him, and he also didn't lose
out on any time.
And now came the most difficult item to get, the alcohol. Well not
difficult, not if you the ability to manipulate the Mist.
Percy quickly ran to the nearest liquor shop he could find, and since he
was in Las Vegas that meant all he had to do was walk two blocks in
any direction and boom, there was at least one liquor shop open even
at 4 in the afternoon.
Percy waited outside the liquor shop and quickly looked through his
skill list for the skill he was looking for;
Mist Control, Lv-3 (0%)
The user can control the mist to create illusions.
Can be used on- Mortals
Range- 30 meters
Percy used his Mist control and made himself look older, around late
20's, early 30's. And for good measure he even gave himself a 5
O'clock shadow. He then double checked his disguise and readied
himself. He had a level 20 acting skill with 80% believability rate, it's
time to use that.
He walked in casually and casually had a look around. There was no
one else in here, except a clerk in the back who looked bored as hell.
But at least she was cute, curly blonde hair made into a pixie cut.
Percy walked up to the nearest shelf and looked at all the booze
stacked up there. He was so nervous, he knew he shouldn't be doing
this and felt nervous. He could just imagine what would happen if he
got caught, his mom would.…...wait…..he fucking fought monsters and
just a few weeks ago was sent into another world, if he could do all that
then he could drink some bloody liquor!
Plus it's not like he never drank it before, there was that time with
Odysseus and his men where they celebrated after Galen kicked his
ass in hand to hand combat. Percy smiled and wondered if there would
be any difference in their skills now.
But he quickly took himself out of memeory lane and focused on the
task at hand, getting the booze.
First, they would need light beer, mostly for the first timers and the
casuals. Percy grabbed a cart from the side and quickly filled it up with
several six packs filled with beer, he got diffrent flavours, he honestly
didn't know what he should get, he also stuck to the basics, no need for
any flavored stuff.
He then went to pick the really hardcore stuff. Percy first grabbed two
bottles of rum for himself. What? He liked the stuff, if anyone was to
blame it was Odysseus and Galen. He also picked up a bottle of
vodka, some grape juice, a bottle of fizzy water, two bottles of Johnnie
Walker Black and a bottle of scotch.
Percy walked up to the counter and looked at the young woman there
giving her a friendly smile, but not too friendly, don't want to seem in a
hurry or anything. Percy looked at her name;
Amanda Cole, Party animal
Lv- 9
'Huh, that's a pretty weak level for an adult,' Percy told himself, usually
if a human was an adult their level would range from 12 to 19, with few
going 20 and above. But it seems this girl was kind of weaker than
most humans.
"Find everything you need?" Amanda asked lazily sounding like she
was repeating a revised script.
"Yeah I did," Percy stacked up all the liquor he got.
"Great, if there's anything I can-" Amanda's voice got stuck in her throat
as she stopped and stared at Percy. Slowly a red tinge came on her
face as she smiled shyly, "I'm Amanda by the way."
Percy smiled, "Percy, Percy Jackson," Percy shook her hand. Amanda
however had a little trouble letting go of the offered arm.
"Right," she got back to work billing all the items, "has anyone ever told
you you look like a movie star?"
Percy blushed a little but slammed down Gamer's mind killing the
shyness, "ah, no, no they haven't."
"Well they should have, seriously, you are so hot enough for it," Percy
honestly didn't know what to say. Amanda spoke again, "so, you
haveing a party or something?"
Percy nodded, "something," he opened his inventory and after making
sure Amanda wasn't looking he carefully took out several 100 dollar
notes.
"Cool, I haven't seen you around here before, just moved in?"
"Not really, I'm passing by, friends and I are going on a road trip to New
York, so we figured we have a party to start the trip off."
"Damn, really? That's so not fair."
Percy looked surprised, "really? Why?"
"Because I just saw you," Amanda bit her lips seductively causing
Percy to blush, "so when is this party?"
"T-tonight," Percy said as Amanda finished his order.
"So are you planning on doing anything between now and then," she
leaned forward, her tits were smaller than Thalia's, but she definitely
knew how to use them.
"Ah yeah...my girlfriend and I are planning to catch a movie."
Lie succeeded!
Amanda sighed, "why is it that the cute ones are always gay or in a
relationship?"
Percy chuckled, "don't worry, I'm sure you'll find someone."
Amanda, "yeah, you and my mom. Anyway, your total comes up to
540$," Percy handed her the amount, "ID?"
Percy raised an eyebrow, "seriously?"
Amanda shrugged, "state law dude."
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Percy grumbled, he was about 50% sure she was just giving him a
hard time because he refused her advances. Percy reached into his
inventory and pulled out his library card, using a little bit of Mist he
manipulated the image on it into a fake driver's licence before handing
it to Amanda.
The girl checked the card and nodded giving it back to Percy who
immediately put it back into his inventory. The girl bagged all the drinks
and put it back into Percy's cart.
Just as he was about to leave she called out, "hey Percy, if things don't
work with that girlfriend of yours you should totally hit me up."
"Thanks Amanda, I'll think about," Percy lied and walked away. Once
he was outside the store he quickly snuck around the nearest corner,
away from security cameras. He opened his inventory and deposited
all the drinks into it. He then pushed the shopping cart away, it would
look like he just left it there. Not very responsible sure, but it was better
than having to answer unwanted questions.
Percy now had all he needed for the party, all that was left to do was to
get Gardiner island ready. Oh, and also talk to a certain daughter of
Demeter about a particular fruit.
A few hours later;
Thalia Grace sat alone in the Zeus table as she played around with her
food. Her boyfriend was currently held up in that island of his doing
Gods know what while her friends were busy doing their own things.
Michael and Clarisse were currently shooting kissy faces at each from
across the room, Thalia was so glad Percy and her never did anything
like that…..but they did do worse so that was a moot point.
Annabeth was currently running herself to the bone trying to figure out
Argo's notes while her siblings tried their best to keep her alive. Nina
was busy at the forge along with her siblings while the Hermes kids
were pushing themselves to the limits, Hades, Travis once asked Percy
to keep things up a notch.
Mera was also showing her face into a book, it seems she was due to
return to Atlantis for an exam of some sort. Thalia smiled at that, guess
not everything was all that bad. Sure Kronos and all that, but at least
the stupid fish bitch will now finally stop flirting with her boyfriend.
Just then a pair of arms wrapped themselves around Thalia's neck
pulling her back as a warm set of lips kissed her forehead. The
daughter of lighting smiled, she didn't need to look back to know who
was there, "I haven't seen you all day."
"I was busy," Percy said as he sat next to his girlfriend with a smile on
his face, "I was...well, I was planning a surprise for you."
"Really? A surprise? For me?"
Percy nodded, "yeah, you and everyone else in camp."
"Okay, this I got to hear."
"Well, I know everyone had been pushing themselves to their limits,
Hades, just the other day Travis had asked for more training!"
Thalia chuckled "yeah, I know what you mean."
"So, I figured why not help them relax? Now I know what you are
thinking, the last time we tried that Argo crashed the fun, but this time I
can guarantee that won't' happen."
"Why not?"
"Because it's going to be on Gardiner's island," Percy told her with a
grin.
"So….you are going to take everyone from camp to the island
for….why?"
"Because my amazingly beautiful, sexy and awesome girlfriend, I want
to throw a party," Percy said a grin.
"WHAT?!" Thalia shouted out causing everyone in the Mess hall to stop
and stare.
"Not so loud!" Percy hissed out as he looked around, people slowly
we're moving on, giving them their privacy, "do you want Chiron or Mr.
D finding out?"
"Sorry," Thalia said in a whisper, "but seriously? A party? You are
planning on throwing a party?"
"Yes….don't sound so surprised," Percy huffed.
Thalia chuckled at her boyfriend's brooding form, "I'm sorry honey,
really, I am, it's just that….well I've alway been the fun one in this
relationship."
"That is…..true," Percy couldn't argue against that, "but I decided to do
something about that. You were right, I'm basically a stick in the mud, I
don't know how to have fun, but that will change. And beside," Percy
came in closer wrapping his hand around her hips and pulling her
towards him, "you surprised me and the rest of the camp with such an
awesome birthday gift, sure Argo kind of ruined it, but that doesn't
matter. I want to finish what you started Sparky," Percy leaned in and
gave her a kiss on the lips, the kind that sent goosebumps down
Thalia's spine causing her toes to curl up.
"Damn it, you're getting better at that," Thalia cursed, "I swear Jackson,
one of these days you are the one who'll be melting into my arms."
"I already do that every morning I wake up," Percy said causing Thalia
to blush up a storm, "now come on, we have a new mission. Tell
everyone you can about the party, invite only the ones you are sure
that can keep a secret. And at no costs do not let any of the adults find
out. If Chiron finds out he'll tell my mom and then she'll…...well let's not
think about that okay?"
Thalia nodded, "got it. Let's go," Thalia moved to get up but Percy
pushed her back down on her desk with his telekinetic powers.
"Yeah, not so fast," Percy then pushed Thalia's plate forward, "you
need to eat Thalia."
"Didn't you get food for the party?" Thalia asked.
"I did, but that's not the point," Percy took up a fork and cut the meat on
her plate. He picked up a small piece of meat, "here, say 'ah'."
"Percy," Thalia blushed looking away as Percy tried to feed her, "I'm
not a baby!"
"Well you're my baby," Percy said pushing the fork full of meat forward,
"now open up."
"Percy-"
"-No buts, just open up," Percy replied. Thalia sighed and gave up, she
opened up and Percy put the meat in. The demigod smiled as Thalia
chewed her food, "see, was that so bad?"
"I hate you," Thalia spat out.
Lie Detected!
Percy smiled, "no you don't." After that Thalia quickly finished off the
rest of the food on her own, she may have liked the way Percy doubted
on her, but there was a limit to how much he could embarrass her in
public.
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Percy and Thalia then split up and started to jump around different
tables telling whoever they thought would want to show up for the
party.
The plan was this, right after 11, everyone who knew about the party
would sneak out of their cabin and they would meet up at the Fist of
Zeus, where Percy would take them where they needed to go.
Soon the news spread out like wild fire. The campers made sure not to
tell anyone they thought couldn't keep the secret. Nico, Decker and all
the other younger demigods were left clueless about the news, while
everyone actively avoided Chiron like the plague that night. Why?
There was this rumor going around that the centaur could read the
minds of demigods, who started this rumor no one knows, but people
avoided him just in case it proved to be true.
At 11 Percy and Thalia waited on the Fist of Zeus, and slowly all the
demigods started showing up. The first person there was Michael, with
Clarisse in tow. Then came the older half of the Hermes cabin along
with the whole of Ares cabin.
Bianca wasn't there, Percy really wished the girl tried to have more fun.
Surprisingly Annabeth and the entire Athena cabin was here. It seemed
they had collectively decided to spend a night out enjoying life, plus
this gave them all the perfect opportunity to forget about work for some
time.
They waited for 20 minutes, just incase a few campers found it hard it
sneak out. Percy finally got up and addressed the crowd, "all right
people, who's ready to party?!"
"YA!"
"Keep it down!" Michael hissed, "you don't' want to alert the Harpies!"
"Right, sorry," Percy chuckled, "kind of got excited."
"Why?" Lee asked looking around, "no offence man, but this doesn't
really feel like a party."
Percy green, "who said the party was here?" the campers looked
confused while only Thalia smiled knowing what he meant.
"So...you are going to take us to the party?" Clarisse asked.
"Yeah," Percy opened his inventory, "I'll take you all in my inventory."
"Ah, where exactly is this place you're going to take us?" Annabeth
asked.
"It's a surprise," Percy grinned, "now, who's first?!"
"What the hell," Michael shrugged, "hopefully you won't screw this up. I
mean, it is a party organized by you."
"Dude, you are so going to eat those words," Percy responded as he
put Michael in his inventory. Slowly one by one everyone got stored
away. Surprisingly Mera also showed up, it seemed she had charmed a
son of Ares into telling her what was happening. Thalia didn't like that,
but she refused to let the mermaid ruin her night.
After everyone was loaded up Percy took off for Gardiner's island and
reached there in record time, thanks to his time dilation ID.
He stood at the edge of the Haven city borders and opened up his
inventory carefully taking out every demigod inside his inventory.
Soon all the demigods were out and confused wondering where they
were.
"Percy, dude, where the hell are we?" Peter, the son of Ares, asked.
"This is Gardiner's island," Percy said motioning to the island, "it's kind
of….well, it's mine."
"Wait, what do you mean yours?" Selina asked.
"I mean, I own it," Percy motioned all around them, "kind of got it from
this creepy albino that owed me a favour or two."
"So this is it," Annabeth said looking around in amazement, "it's bigger
than I imagined."
"Wait, you know about this place Annabeth?" Matthew, Annabeth's half-
brother, asked.
"Yeah, this is where Percy wished to build the Haven for the
demigods," Annabeth explained, "and if I'm correct….we should be
standing right at the edge of the city limits."
Percy nodded, "yup. I already told the head counselors this, but after
my trip to New Rome, I kind of realised how unfair it was for all of us to
die at the age of 20. It sucked and it was unfair, so I decided to do
something about it. It took some time, but I finally got started in building
a place for all us."
"Wait….so this is where you wish to build the city for demigods?"
Michael asked looking around, "dude, you have a lot of work to do."
"I know, but it will be worth it," Percy smiled.
"Hey, what's that?" Nina asked pointing at a building in the middle of
the clearing. The demigods squinted and could just make out the
vague silhouette of the structure in question.
Percy smiled, "that my friends, is where we are going to party, come
on," Percy lead them on a walk towards the center of the clearing all
the while telling them what was going to go where.
Over all the demigods were very impressed. Percy admitted Annabeth
helped out a lot, but he didn't have to do that. Not because he needn't
show his humility or something like that, it was because no one in their
right minds would ever believe Percy could have thought of all this up
without some help.
Soon they reached the building in question and the demigods gasped
in wonder.
Thalia leaned in close, "Percy, how long did you take you to build that?"
Percy shrugged, "a hour, I think."
"Dude seriously?" Michael's jaw looked like it was broken, "I take back
my previous statement, if you can build that in an hour you can build a
city in a week."
Percy nodded, "yeah, but it's a lot more complicated than that," he
walked up the set of stairs leading inside the Hearth. He turned and
looked back at the hesitant demigods, "well? What are you waiting for?
Come on!"
The demigods talked amongst themselves before finally just giving in, it
was Percy, there was a 50% chance they might enjoy what was inside
and a 50% of them being dosed with sea water.
The demigods slowly went up the steps of the Hearth for the first time,
there was a warm glow that came from the inside, it felt welcoming.
The pillars were inviting, which was a strange feeling to get from a
hunk of stone. The walls looked like they were carved from a single
slab, with waves etched into walls. Obviously Percy was a little partial
when it came to the city designs.
The inside was even more amazing as a wave of warmth hit them all,
bringing them out of the cold and into a large room that decorated with
a giant banner in the center with the words, 'PARTY!' written in blue.
The steps leading down to the center of the room were all covered with
pillows and blankets. In the center was a big heart whose flames grew
bigger and warmer as more and more demigods got inside.
Percy stopped in front of the hearth, next to him were several table
filled with drinks, food and plates.