Chapter 76
Percy shook his head, "no I heal fast. Also being the son of Poseidon make me heal everytime I come in contact with water."
Luke whistled, "wow, that's amazing Percy. Anyway putting the food of the gods aside what's our next move?"
Percy handed the Nectar and Ambrosia back to Luke making a mental note to get some for himself, "I don't really know man. Just wing it I supposed."
"Okay then, next stop LA."
Percy and the others quickly took a bath and got into a change of clothes. Percy now wore a blue shirt with a black hoodie. They all quickly left the motel and took a bus to the train station.
Once they reached Percy and the rest were disappointed to know that they had just missed the last train to LA, the next one being tomorrow morning at 8!
"God damn it!" Percy replied angrily as the group of questers walked along the road aimlessly, "now what?"
Luke shrugged, "just wait I suppose. There really isn't much we can do."
Grover nodded, "so let's make the best of this. Let's explore a bit, relax and enjoy the small things in life."
"Oh okay. Let's relax doing that while my mom is stuck in the Underworld," Percy snapped back causing Grover to put his head down in embarrassment. Percy was getting tensed, his failure in getting the chains along with the fact he would basically waste a whole day was getting to him.
Luke put his hand on Percy's shoulder and calmed him down, "look Percy we will get there okay? We just can't do it now. So let's take this time to relax and, because tomorrow evening we will be in LA ready to go into the Underworld."
Percy sighed, "I'm sorry G-man."
Grover smiled, "neah it's cool Percy."
Luke nodded, "good. Now that that's settled let's go and get some coffee."
"Wait why coffee?" Percy asked.
"Because coffee in the true nectar of the gods, Mr. D said so."
"Isn't Dionysus the god of wine? Why would he say coffee in the nectar of the gods?"
"He likes to eat coffee beans raw. Says something about them causing him to becoming a hyperactive hamster, which the next best thing to being drunk, which he can't be due to the ban Zeus placed on him."
Percy shrugged, "that is one weird god." He then followed Luke into a Starbucks as they ordered a drink. Percy got a cappuccino, while Luke got a double shot vanilla mocha cocoa with whipped cream and extreme form. Yeah, needless to say Luke is basic as fuck. Grover on the other hand got a black coffee which he spiked with a little bit of nectar when no one was looking.
The three sat near the entrance with a view of the door, in case monsters managed to find them. The three enjoyed their drinks as Percy felt his worries wash away. "You know what this was a good idea," Percy said with a smile, "I feel better already."
Luke smiled, "see what I tell you? Starbucks is the best."
Grover laughed, "says the basic white girl."
"What was that?" Luke asked with narrowed eyes.
"N-nothing!"
"What? You want me to Iris message Juniper and tell her you have been thinking about Nymph's and their….help me out here Percy what was it?"
"'Healthy bodies'" Percy supplied.
"Right, their 'healthy bodies'. Are you sure you want me to do that Grover?"
"NO! Please no!" grover yelled out in a panic.
"Then tell me, whose basic white girl?"
"Me, I'm a basic white girl."
"You're goddamn right."
Percy laughed at this and then suddenly an idea hit, "wait! Why don't we Iris message him!"
"Who?" Luke asked confused.
"Edward Neak!" Percy exclaimed, "let's just Iris him and ask him fro the chains."
"What makes you think he would be willing to negotiate with us?"
"Ah…..I don't know. But we have to try something!"
Luke sighed and then nodded, "okay let's do it."
They finished their drinks and quickly went to the alley next to the shop. Percy took out a water bottle and made it into steam as a rainbow slowly appeared.
Grover then finished out a drachma and tossed it in, "Oh Iris goddess of the rainbow accept my offering. Show us Edward Neak, son of Hermes."
The waited for the image to appear but then a voice came out of the rainbow, "the person you are trying to reach is unavailable at this time. Please try later." The rainbow then tossed out the drachma into Grover's waiting arms.
"Well shit," Luke exclaimed throwing his arms up in the air.
"Wait what does this mean?"Percy asked.
"It means he has some way of blocking Iris's powers," Luke explained as he began leading the group out of the alley and back onto the street.
"You can do that?"
"Yeah pretty easily actually. Just need enough power for it. that's the reason people can't just call up the gods willy nilly."
"Did you just say 'willy nilly?'" Percy asked with a smirk.
"Why? Isn't that cool anymore?" Luke asked.
"Ah, guys," Grover said trying to get their attention.
"Yeah man it's totally not cool," Percy said ignoring Grover.
"Really? When I was your age it was the coolest thing one could say."
"Guys," Grove Tried again.
"Wait how old are you? 42?" Percy smirked.
"Hey! I'll have you know-"
"GUYS!" Grover roared out causing the two to turn back.
"What?" Luke asked.
"I found him," Grover then pointed to a newspaper stand on the side of the road. Percy and Luke turned and on the cover of The Times was a picture of a well dressed man in a black suit. He had black hair and grey eyes and on his face was a smile that can found on Luke and every son of Hermes back in camp. Below written in bold was; 'Edward Neak, the genius of Boston.'
"You have got to be kidding me," Percy said in a dazed tone. They quickly purchased the magazine and sat down on a bench reading all that was written about Edward Neak.
The man had a mysterious past, most demigods did, and the first time the public caught wind of him was when he was 17. He had just designed a website which people complain to the government about their situation. This lead to hundreds to domestic violence cases being reported via this website and even common problem like fixing a sink. He single handedly created a virtual platform for the whole city of Boston where people could interact with anyone they wanted.
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