PJ650

Chapter 641

Artemis gasped, "what is this?" she bent down and picked the little

creature up with a gentle touch. The little one cooed at her wrath

curling up inside her fingers and rubbing it's bony extrusions along her

palms.

"I think that's a baby Balmoth," Percy turned and saw that something

was moving underneath the four other red fur coats, "and I don't think

he's alone."

Quickly the two gathered the five red coats and sure enough,

underneath each one was a baby Balmoth. Percy figured that he was

only meant to get one baby Baloth, but now since Wave Rider's 'Greed'

bonus kicked in they got 5.

Artemis had them all laid out on a single red fur coat as they played

with each other yapping and biting playfully.

"What are we going to do with them?" Artemis asked.

"Well...I think they are ours now," Percy told her as he feed a piece of

bacon to one of the smaller looking pups.

"Really? Just like that?"

"Well we did just kill their mother, so..."

"Oh Zeus," Artemis groaned, "what have we done."

Percy chuckled, "relax, it'll turn out fine, I promise. Think of it like this,

when they grow up they will be big strong badasses, inmagine five of

them on our side. If we raise them right that is."

Artemis sighed, "yes…..yes, you're right. They are our duty now...plus

they would make great tracking partners for the hunt."

Percy smiled, "right….so how many do you want?"

"All of them," Artemis smiled.

"Wait, what?! You want all of them?"

The Goddess nodded, "yes, it would not do to separate the pack, they

are after all all brothers and sisters, it would be cruel to take both their

mother and siblings away from them."

Percy sighed, "yeah, you're right," he then used his telekinetic powers

to lift the puppy up and shoved them into Artemis's hands, "hold them

for a second."

Percy then gathered the rest of the loot and put it away for later. He

then wrapped his arm around Artemis and put one hand up, "ID

Escape!"

The world then shattered around them as everything went white.

Suddenly they were back in the exact spot they were when they left.

Artemis looked around in surprise, "amazing, one moment we are in a

forest with a tree the size of this mountain and the next it is like we

never left."

"Well if you aren't sure that that all actually happened all you have to

do is look at the five blue pups in your arms."

Artemis chuckled as the pups yipped in joy, it seemed they liked the

cool air on Olympus more than the humid temperature of the Forest ID.

"Thank you for that Percy," Artemis smiled, "it was very fun going

hunting with you. I must admit that helped a lot in letting go of my

frustrations."

Percy nodded, "any time Arty, just give me a call next time you feel

stressed and we can go dungeon crawling till you feel like you just

drank a liter of Happy Happy juice."

Artemis looked confused, "excuse me?"

"Ah, inside joke," Percy chuckled, "never mind."

Artemis shook her head at his antics. Just then Artemis noticed the sun

rise just off the edge of the horizon, they had been hunting the whole

night. "Oh dear," she spoke, "we must have spent a lot of time there."

Percy noticed the sun rise and nodded, "yeah. Think your Hunters will

be worried?"

Artemis shook her head, "no, this wouldn't be the first time I went a

whole night without showing up in camp. I instructed them to worry only

if I don't arrive after two nights."

"Huh," Percy nodded in understanding as the two watched the sun rise

in silence. Percy hated to admit it, but every time the sun rose it made

him feel just a little bit better. Apollo might be an asshole, but he sure

as hell knew how to fill people with hope with every new day.

"Well then….I best be off," Artemis turned to Percy, "the pups need to

be tended too, I'm sure the younger hunters will be overjoyed by our

latest additions."

Percy nodded, "yeah, just be careful, when I was raising Leo….well

let's just say it wasn't the easiest job in the world. And you're raising

five of them who can also control mana, so….you know, be careful."

"I will," Artemis then gasped as she remembered something, "Percy,

the Dirtiger!"

Percy blinked, "oh, right," Percy opened his inventory and quickly took

out the Tiger. He laid it on the ground, but the moment he did it

exploded into white dust scattering into the wind.

"What happened?" Artemis asked in a panic.

"I told you, things found in the ID's can't exist outside it."

"They why hasn't the same happened to the puppy's?" Artemis asked

in concern as she tightened her grip on them.

"That's because they are loot items," Percy explained as he took out a

red fur coat from his inventory, "see? This coat and the pups were

given to use as a reward, hence they won't disappear outside the ID.

Anything else however…."

"I see...that's….disappointing," Artemis sighed.

"Yeah well, can't have it all," Percy quickly brought out all of the red fur

coats he had stored up. Artemis snapped her fingers banishing them all

away to whatever storage space she had.

Percy wondered if the Goddess had her own version of an inventory

system, if that was the case then maybe Percy's powers weren't that

freakish at all, they were just divine. After all the Fates must have had

some sort of inspiration for the powers they gave him, maybe this was

it?

"I have to be going now," Artemis spoke drawing Percy out of his

thoughts.

"Oh, yeah," Percy smiled, "take care Artemis, call me if you need help

with anything. Like a giant monster that needs slaying or a murder that

needs solving."

Artemis chuckled, "will do." She looked at him, 'I have to do it now….if I

don't, I'll regret it for the rest of time!'

Artemis then stepped up close and leaned forward planting a small kiss

on Percy's check. She immediately drew back blushing gold, "b-bye,"

and with that she exploded in burst of light teleporting away.

Percy meanwhile was left standing in the middle of Olympus with his

mouth hanging open. He looked around, nobody was there to see what

just happened. He quickly gathered his voice, "what the hell was that?"

Status-

Percy Jackson

Health- 15,400/15,400 (+2000) = 17,400

Mana- 8,325/8,325 (+2000) = 10,325 (+20% more mana, +1,865) =

12,190

The Gamer

Title- Son of Poseidon

(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)

Level-49 Exp- 122,050/150,000

Race-Demigod

STR-115(+11+20 + 75 )=221 [Multiseal – 6- 2.89 (+20 + 60)=87.89]

VIT-109(+11+20)=140

DEX-56(+11+20)=87

INT-120

WIS-62

LUC-100

POINTS- 228

MONEY- 25,221,683$/ 20,856 D

Percy Jackson is a demigod, the son of Sally Jackson and

Poseidon. He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it difficult for him to

sit still in class, that has since changed, he is now considered a

genius in battle and is considered very academically gifted. Percy

loves his mother, and every demigod in camp and will do anything

to protect them all.

Status- demigod, giving Percy - +11 VIT, +11 DEX and the ability to

breath underwater, enhanced strength, communicate with fish,

create earthquakes, talk to horses, control water and look cool.

Chapter 642

It had been a month since Percy discovered the marks of Kronos. And

since then life had been pretty normal for the son of Poseidon. Well as

normal as life gets for him anyway.

The Gods had made their first move against Kronos. Thanks to Percy's

intel on the marks of Kronos the Gods had made plans to counteract it.

That's where the Athena kids came into play.

Athena had arrived early on in the month and taken 5 of her most

brilliant children with her, that included Annabeth and Malcolm. Their

job was to find out more about the make and how to remove it. So far

they hadn't any luck, but Percy knew if anyone could solve this it would

be them.

Percy himself helped them out whenever he could. He gave them

information on how many people were infected, how they reacted, what

might have triggered them to lash out, and why some haven't done

anything unusual.

Percy didn't know where Athena had taken her kids, from what he

understood it was somewhere down south, away from all the action.

Athena was taking a lot of risk, it was kind of a package deal when it

came to dealing with Kronos, so the goddess didn't tell anyone where

they were. She also forbidden her children from telling. It was strange

talking with Annabeth through an Iris message and not knowing where

she was, but he knew Athena would keep her safe.

Percy sat on top of the Fist of Zeus in camp thinking over what had

happened over the past month. It was Friday night, he is supposed to

be in the 12th precinct, but Percy called in sick. He was in camp for a

very special reason. Today was the day when the Hermes team

assembled and left camp in order to scout for Kronos's army.

Percy missed the Athena kids leaving, he wasn't going to miss this.

They weren't scheduled to leave for some time, so Percy had a lot of

time to kill, and he already knew just how to spend it.

Percy opened up his stats;

Percy Jackson

Health- 15,400/15,400 (+2000) = 17,400

Mana- 8,325/8,325 (+2000) = 10,325 (+20% more mana, +1,865) =

12,190

The Gamer

Title- Son of Poseidon

(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)

Level-49 Exp- 122,050/150,000

Race-Demigod

STR-115(+11+20+75 )=221 [Multiseal – 6- 2.89 (+20 + 60)=87.89]

VIT-109(+11+20)=140

DEX-56(+11+20)=87

INT-120

WIS-62

LUC-100

POINTS- 228

Obviously Percy had a lot of points to spare. He was honestly excited

about using them all, one could imagine what he could do with them.

The first thing Percy did was improve his Wit, he put 41 point in that

raising it to 150;

VIT-150(+11+20)=181

Ping!

You have raised your VIT stats to 150! You have unlocked a new

Perk!

You have unlocked an upgrade to your perk, 'Speed Demon'!

Rush - Move your whole body at incredible speeds, this includes

your brain. Max speed - 1,000 Miles/hour.

Do you accept this perk?

YES/NO?

Warning! If you accept this perk it will overwrite your 'Speed

Demon' perk! Chose wisely.

Percy was surprised at this, this was the first time he ever had to

replace his old perk with a new one. But judging based on what the

perk featured it seemed they were essentially the same thing, meaning

it would be stupid to have both.

Percy liked this new perk, it gave him all the advantages of his old one

along with a special bonus, 'this includes your brain' that meant

Percy could now think in super speed, which would be invaluable in

dangerous situations.

So obviously Percy pressed yes.

The next thing to improve was his strength. Percy put down 35 points

into his Str and raised that stat to 150;

STR-150

That was of course without his various strength enhancing bonuses.

And in 3...2...1…

Ping!

You have raised your STR stats to 150! You have unlocked n

upgrade for an existing perk!

You have unlocked;

Strength seals limiter release- Before you could only apply seals

on your strength until the stats rached a single digit number,

unable to reduce to fractions. With this upgrade you will be able

to apply a seal limit of up to four layers of fractions.

Percy was surprised by the upgrade. It was useful, obviously and

something he had been wanting for sometime. Now he could apply

seals further reducing his base strength, which meant he had four new

layers of strength to exploit.

So Percy looked to his hands and activated his perk. He quickly

applied four more seals to his strength, increasing the total number of

seals to 10.

Slowly four new chain tattoos appeared on his forearms with the

number 7,8,9,10 present on them. Percy now had a total of five tattoos

on each arm, which caused his total strength to reduce from this;

STR - 150

To this;

STR- 0.146 (Layers of seals applied- 10)

But if you included all the bonus he got, like the +11 from his demigod

status, the +20 from his necklace of poseidon permanent bonus and

the +75 from his super strength courtesy of tactile telekinesis, that

brought his total strength back up to;

STR- 0.146 (+11+20+75) = 106.146 (Layers of seals applied - 10)

Which still made Percy strong enough to bend iron with his bare hands.

It was a shame his strength bonus wouldn't be counted in his seals,

that way he could have sealed a lot more of his powers away

increasing the bonus he would receive as well. But for now this would

be enough.

Then Percy moved on to his Int;

INT-120

He added 30 points to that, and;

Ping!

You have raised your INT stats to 150! You have unlocked a new

perk!

Ponder- Store excess mana you generate into different objects

allowing for you to draw upon them at any give time.

Percy was amazed at what he now had. It always bugged Percy hw he

never had enough mana when it came to a serious fight, but now if

what this said was true…

The way Percy saw it he was like a car and the mana was his fuel. He

may have a full tank now but that won't always be the case. So this

new perk of his will effectively allow him to make container to store fuel

for whenever he would need it. Kind of like an extra bottle of gas.

Chapter 643

Percy looked around and grabbed a small rock from the ground. He

focused on it and tried to do what the perk implied, infuse the rock with

mana. He felt all the excess mana his body couldn't store being

diverted into the stone causing it to glow blue green, the signature

colour of Percy's mana.

Slowly he could feel the stone heating up, the stream of mana was

constant and in just two seconds this happened;

Ping!

The mana storing capacity for this item has been reached!

Total mana stored: 20/20 MP

Percy was surprised that the storing capacity for the object was so

little. But then again this was just a normal stone, maybe a divine

weapon would be better suited for this task?

Percy reached into his pocket and pulled out Riptide. He would have

used Waverider, but the trident had many mana manipulating

properties already and he did not want to disrupt that in any form. Last

thing he needed was to destroy a weapon created by the entities of the

universe.

Percy looked at the pen in his hand and uncapped it. It grew to it's full

length and Percy quickly began to pour his mana into it.

He waited for the message box telling him he had reached his limit but

it never came. He was constantly pouring mana into this thing for five

minutes straight, and with a mana regeneration rate of 167 MP's per

second that meant this thing was filling up with a lot of mana.

When it finally reached the ten minute mark Percy stopped. He was

curious at to how much mana was now stored inside Riptide, he cast

Observe on the sword hoping his gamer powers could pick up on it;

Anaklusmos

Anaklusmos or Riptide is made out of celestial bronze. It has two

forms one as a pen and one as a sword. To release its sword form

simply take off it's cap. And to make it into a pen, tap the cap on

the blade.

It is charmed so as to never be lost as it always appears in the

owner's pocket few moments later. It is a blade used by Hercules

himself given to him by Zoe Nightshade, the original owner.

Riptide draws it's power from the sea and hence is every effective

when used by a spirit of the sea or by a child of the sea.

Attack-100

+50% when used against monsters.

+100% when used by a child of the sea.

Total Mana stored: 100,200/5,000,000

Percy eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

'WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!' he yelled in his head. He couldn't

believe what he was seeing. His weapon had a huge amount of energy

storing capabilities. This meant that if he maxed this thing out he would

be able to recharge himself 500 times over.

'Okay, I so need to fill this thing up, and fast,' Percy capped the sword

turning it back into a weapon and pocketing it. He consciously kept

pooling the steady stream of mana into the pen, Riptide was close

enough to him that he could fuse mana into it without having to

physically hold it.

It was difficult at first, he had to consciously direct his mana to the pen

instead of himself. But after a few tries Percy got the skill down.

And with that taken care off Percy looked back to his status box. There

was one more thing Percy wanted to improve, his Wis and Dex;

WIS-62

DEX-56(+11+20)=87

He was neglecting these two stats a lot, they had barely crossed the

100 points mark when the rest of his skills, excluding luck, had cross

150. Obviously Percy was going to have to change that.

He poured 44 points into his Dex stat first increasing it 100;

DEX-100(+11+20)=131

Ping!

You have raised your DEX stats to 100! You have unlocked a new

perk!

Please choose one perk;

Jointless - For a period of ten seconds all your joints will

disappear allowing you to move your body in any direction you

please. This will effectively give you great flexibility while

preserving your body's wholeness.

Health Regeneration - Bonus of +10% to your HP regeneration per

minute. (Total at moment 60% per minute)

Percy didn't really care for the jointless perk, he didn't really need it.

But the regeneration thing, well that he most certainly needed. So he

pressed on that instead;

Ping!

You have obtained the 'Health Regeneration' perk!

Health Regeneration - Bonus of +5% to your HP regeneration per

minute. (Total at moment 55% per minute)

Percy smiled, he closed the boxes and move don to his Wis perk. He

put in 38 points and raised it to 100;

WIS-100

Which of course gave him this;

You have raised your WIS stats to 100! You have unlocked a new

perk!

Precognition - See ten seconds into the future. Limit of 1 time a

day.

Percy grinned, this was probably the best perk he ever got. The time

limit was a problem, but Percy figured he could work on it through his

perk tree. Plus if he used it just right it could mean the difference

between victory and defeat in a battle.

Percy now had 50 points left, he knew he could spend it on something

else, probably on his perk tree for his new perks, but the wise thing to

do would be to save it for later. And so Percy closed his status box and

opened up his inventory, he had something he wanted to look up.

Bottle of Forest essence X 20

Skill Disk Level 10 X 6

Giant Growth Spell Scroll

First thing's first, the bottle of Forest essence. He took them all out and

gulped them down one by one. Each bottle gave him an added bonus

of +5 to his forest area bonus. And the end result was him gaining a

total of +105 as a bonus whenever he entered a forest area. Yeah, he

was definitely going to use 'Greed' mode more often. It was way too

useful not too.

Percy then took out the scroll and learned the spell;

Ping!

You have obtained a scroll containing 'Giant Growth'!

Do you wish to learn?

YES/NO?

Percy pressed yes and;

Congratulations! You have learnt a new spell!

Giant's Growth, Lv- 1 (0%)

Enlarge parts of your body.

Limit- cannot grow vital organs or other essential parts without

also growing surrounding areas.

Cost- 100 MP for every Kg of weight added.

Percy winced, the price was a little step, but it wasn't too bad. This

meant he would be able to increase the size of his body parts. One

could imagine how much damage he could cause if he increased his

hands and then punched someone with his full strength. Sure it

wouldn't increase the amount of damage caused, but it would still hurt

like a bitch.

Chapter 644

Suddenly the idea of smashing Areas with a giant foot came into

Percy's head. The demigod giggled as he imagined Areas struggling to

get up and avoid smelling Percy's feet. That would be priceless.

Then another idea popped into his head that made Percy go red. If he

could imagine any part of his body that meant he could also enlarge

his…well maybe he and Thalia weren't ready for something like that

just yet.

Percy pushed the spell box to the side and looked at the last few items

from his inventory, the 6 level 10 skill disks he obtained from his

dungeon adventure with Artemis. Now came the hard part, selecting

the skills to use this on.

Percy opened his skill list and once again went through a process of

elimination finding out which would be the best skill to use them on.

Immediately he had a few choices, he quickly made list.

Healing

Physical endurance

Critical Strike

Sword mastery

Spear mastery

Giant's growth

Mana control

TD creation/escape

Earthquake control

Smoke Form

Tactile telekinesis

Molecular manipulation

Flight

Immediately Percy had to take a few of them off the list. He couldn't

upgrade any of his elemental control skills or fighting skills, that would

just fuck them all up way too much. In fact if Percy was to guess he

would say that it would be better if he leveled them the old fashioned

way, pure grinding.

So that meant his sword mastery, spear mastery, mana control,

earthquake control, tactile telekinesis and molecular manipulation were

out of the picture. Leaving only 7 left.

Percy could level up his healing again, but at this point it just seemed

redundant. He could also improve his Physical endurance, but again

redundant. At this point even if he leveled that skill up ten times he

would only get an added bonus of 2% to his endurance, meaning he

would just be wasting away his skills disks.

Critical strike was an amazing skill, plus with his high luck rate that

would mean he had a great shot of always hitting criticals. So that

stayed on the list. And while Percy may not be using Smoke Form on a

regular basis when he does need to use it, he really needs to use it. He

can't have it timing out on him, that would be very very bad. So again

Smoke Form stayed on the list.

Telekinetic flight was kind of a grey area, as Percy wasn't sure what to

do. He did want to become a better flyer, but if it was like any of his

combat skill then that meant his flying skills would drastically improve

and he wouldn't' have any control over it. So that meant unfortunately

he couldn't use a skill disk on it. It sucked but it was okay, Thalia loved

it when he came to her for help, if he suddenly improved using skill

disks she would know and she would be pissed.

Then came the new skill, Giant's growth. This was a useful skill, but

again it had the same problems as flight, Percy wouldn't be able to

keep up. It would be best if he grinded the skill and improved on it on a

later date. So once again, the skill was kicked out of the list.

And the last, but not the least, came ID creation/escape. Percy had

always wanted to spam the shit out of this skill using skill disks, the

extra training time the time dilation ID gave him was extremely useful.

But there had always been a problem. If Percy had improved only the

creation ID, and not the Escape one that he feared that he might not be

able to escape it. He would be stuck there, forever.

So if he ever wanted to level up one of the two, he would have to level

up the other one as well. And before now he never really had a chance

to level up both skills. So this presented him with a very unique

opportunity.

So Percy knew what skills to level up;

Healing

Critical Strikes

Smoke Form

ID Creation

ID Escape

This would mean Percy would have a skill disk left over, but he was

sure he could find some use for it.

Percy quickly took out each disk and leveled up his skills;

Ping!

Your skill 'Healing' has leveled up 10 times!

Healing, Lv- 33 (0%)

Allows the user to heal any disease or ailments threatening

himself or others.

Limit- 5 aliments per use, 8 targets at a time, restores 35% of MP

and HP

Bonus- 5 minutes of +20% regeneration rate!

Cost- 200 MP

Your skill 'Critical Strike!' has leveled up 10 times!

Critical strike! Lv-33 (0%)

A precise strike that can cause 3500% damage to the target.

Chance of success- Luc+Dex

Your skill 'Smoke Form' has leveled up 10 times!

Smoke From, Lv- 15 (0%)

Turns the user's body into smoke, colour depends on person.

Cost- 200 MP per second

Duration- 5 Minutes

Your skill 'ID Create' has leveled up 10 times!

ID Create, Lv-35 (0%)

Used to create Instant Dungeons. Higher the level, stronger the

dungeon.

Current list-

Empty Dungeon- no monsters.

Monster Dungeon- Zombies

Monster Dungeon- Goblin Camp

Area Dungeon – Mountain/ Island/ Swamp/ Forest/ Plains

Empty Dungeon – Time dilation (1/15)

Monster Dungeon- Parademon invasion

Monster Dungeon- Hades

Your skill 'ID Escape' has leveled up 10 times!

ID Escape, Lv-35 (0%)

Used to escape from Instant Dungeons.

Percy smiled, he was honestly surprised by how happy he felt. He got

exactly what he wanted. The healing skill was amazing, plus the new

bonus he got, that improved a person's regeneration abilities for 5

minutes would be a boon in a battle.

The Critical Strike rates were through the roof. Percy could now

theoretically cause over 3 million attack points with his trident. That

might be on the level of Zeus's lightning bolts, but it was getting there.

Plus you know, Percy was trying to compare himself to a God, the fact

that he could this much damage was itself amazing, what more did you

expect? The ability to destroy whole planets with a flick of his fingers?

The Smoke From skill was alright, Percy didn't really care about it

much. It was after all just a skill he would use as a last resort. It was

never meant to be his signature move, so the time limit was perfect for

him.

And of course came the cherry on top of his perfect leveled up cake.

The ID creations/escape skills.

Chapter 645

The Time Dilation ID had improved a lot. Now every 15 seconds he

spent in there would equate to just a second passing out here. That

mean he could spend 15 days in there and only one day would pass

out here.

Plus the new Dungeon he got was interesting, but unfortunately Percy

hadn't even explored all there was to explore in his other dungeons, he

just didn't have the time to do so. But he promised himself to get to it,

eventually.

"Percy," Nico walked out of the trees and approached the demigod.

"What is it Nico?" Percy asked as he pushed away all the notification

boxes and closing his skill list.

"It's time," Nico stated with a worried look.

Percy smiled sadly, "you nervous?"

Nico shook his head, "no."

Lie detected!

Percy rolled his eyes, 'thank you captain obvious'. Percy got down from

atop the fist and walked next to Nico, "you know it's okay to be scared

right? Like it's a perfectly natural feeling to have."

"Yeah I know...it's just...why did they ask Bianca?" Nico asked as he

and Percy walked back to camp grounds.

"I guessing Hermes has his reasons," Percy said with a shrug, "but one

of them would be that he thinks that her powers would be useful. Even

for a child of Hades it's very unique. Plus the fact that she can speak to

ghosts would help a lot in tracking the Titan army."

"I guess," Nico grumbled, "but why can't I go with her? I mean I would

be useful too."

Percy nodded, "I don't doubt that one bit, but we can't risk two children

of Hades being out there. If Kronos get's his hands on both of you

there's no telling what he could do."

Nico stopped and he snapped at Percy, "so it's okay to risk alone

Bianca!?"

"Nico that's not what I meant," Percy spoke calmly, "Bianca is...she's

strong, she won't let herself get captured. Plus she's not going alone,

remember?"

Nico looked down, "yeah...I remember," he started walking and moved

in front of Percy. The son of Poseidon sighed and shook his head.

He kind of understood why Nico was so angry, if Thalia was going to go

and track Kronos's forces he would be nervous too. Hades he would

probably do something stupid like kidnap her in order to make sure she

wouldn't' be in danger. But that was just him.

Percy walked behind Nico as they walked to the Mess Hall where

everyone was gathered.

In the center of the mess was Hermes talking with Chiron in front of the

Hearth. Around them were various other campers saying goodbye to

their siblings and friends who were drafted into the 'Hermes Advanced

Scouting And Navigation Unit' or HASANU.

Obviously Hermes had made up the name, Percy and the others didn't

care for it though and just took to calling it the Hermes Squad.

Percy walked up to Hermes, "we need to talk."

The god turned to Percy and smiled, "oh hello Percy, sure, give me a

second," he turned to Chiron, "we'll speak about the emergency

transports later Chiron. Excuse me for a second."

The legendary teacher frowned but moved away. He and Percy shared

a look, the demigod could see the worry in the centaur's eyes, guess

even he was unsure about this whole thing.

Percy and Hermes walked outside the Mess Hall. They started walking

around camp as Percy started, "why are you taking so many demigods

with you?"

Hermes sighed, "you're starting to sound just like Chiron."

"If someone like Chiron is worried you know there's cause for concern

Hermes," Percy narrowed his eyes, "look I understand the need for

such a group, I do. But why are you taking so many important

demigods?"

"Really? And explain to me who exactly are these 'important'

demigods?"

"Oh don't give me that tone," Percy snapped, "you know exactly who I

mean."

Hermes nodded, "yes, I do. You mean the daughter of Hades, yes?"

Percy nodded, "and not just her. You're also taking the son of Pan, I

still don't understand how you convinced the Cloven Elders to let you

do that by the way."

"I didn't do anything, he volunteered," Hermes replied. Percy looked

shocked as the God continued, "and I didn't have to speak to the

Elders, he did it for me."

"Why would he do this?" Percy sighed as he rubbed his temples.

"I asked him the same, and do you know what he told me?" Percy

shook his head and Hermes continued, "he told me it was because he

wanted to be a hero, like you."

Percy sighed, "he isn't ready."

"He's strong enough."

"He's a child."

"You were no older than him when you started your adventures,"

Hermes argued.

"He's only 11," Percy grumbled.

"And you were 12, big difference," Hermes shrugged.

"But there is a difference," Percy shot back, "when I was 12 I took on

Ares and lived to tell the tale. I was born into this life,

Decker….Percy...he's far more gentle. He's not a warrior."

Hermes nodded, "yes….he reminds me of him you know." Percy

looked confused and Hermes clarified, "Pan. My son."

Realisation dawned on Percy, "right….your Decker's grandfather."

Hermes nodded, "yes, I am. So you know I'll take care of him yes?"

Percy sighed, "yeah, it's just, sigh, I can't help but worry, you know?"

He chuckled, "just a few short years ago I was worried about how I was

going to graduate school, but now, now I'm worried about matters of life

and death."

Hermes nodded, "war makes children grow up fast. And if Decker is to

survive the oncoming war he needs to grow up quicker as well."

"I understand…..can I ask you something Lord Hermes?"

The God laughed, "oh dear, you called me lord, now I can't deny

anything you ask."

Percy chuckled at the joke but quickly took on a serious look. "I want

you to take one more demigod with you on this mission."

"Really? You were just arguing about removing demigods and now-"

"-I know, I know, but….look I understand why this needs to happen.

And I may not like it but sacrifices have to be made. But if you're going

to take Decker, you need to take Nico along with you."

Hermes stopped, "are you serious right now? Do you understand how

dangerous it would be to bring along two children of Hades?"

"And yet it would be best if you took him also."

"And why is that?"

"Because I can promise you that he is planning on running away with

you all right now. In fact he probably already has his things packed,"

Percy smiled. Early that day he spotted Nico in the woods hiding what

looked like a large bag packed to the brim with snacks, blankets and

clothes. It didn't take a genius to figure out what he was planning to do.

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Hermes grumbled, "you might be right. But still, the risk of two children

of Hades out there is too much."

"And yet you selected the older child to go with you. She's third in line

to fulfill the prophecy, at least if you had taken Nico, who is only fourth,

you would not be risking much, but you didn't, you picked Bianca."

"Because she's stronger than him."

"True, but like you said, why take the risk? Nico can do what Bianca

can, and yours isn't a fighting force, it's a tracking squad. Why exactly

would you not need Nico instead of Bianca?"

Hermes sighed, "look the reasons do not matter, I stand by what I said,

it's too great a risk."

"And if you don't' let him join you he will run away on his own. So what

would you rather have? Nico working for you where you can keep an

eye on him? Or somewhere out there in danger of being kidnapped by

Kronos?"

Hermes narrowed his eyes, "you could make sure he doesn't do that.

Keep him locked up here in camp."

Percy nodded, "I could. But have a life too. I have school, and my job in

the police department. I can't watch him 24/7."

Hermes rubbed his eyes, "you are turning out to be a real pain in my

side Percy."

"It's not my fault you underestimated the stubbornness of a child of

Hades."

"Fine," Hermes snapped, "fine. He can come. But by the Gods Percy if

his father asks why he's with us I'll point him to you, understood?"

Percy grinned, "yeah. Understood."

The demigod and the God walked back to the Mess Hall where they

split up. Hermes went to talk to Dionysus and Chiron while Percy

tracked down Nico who was talking with Decker in one corner of the

hall.

"...and that's when I'll meet up with you all," Nico whispered.

"Nico I don't think you should-," Decker spoke up but stopped the

moment he spotted Percy walking to them.

The son of Poseidon smiled, "what are you two conspiring about now?"

Nico turned around and put on his best innocent face, "n-nothing.

Nothing at all."

Percy raised an eyebrow as he turned to Decker. The son of Pan

began to sweat, "N-Nico was just saying goodbye Percy. That's all."

"Ah huh," Percy hummed, "and that wouldn't have anything to do with

the bag of supplies I saw him stash away in the Forest, would it?"

Nico and Decker gulped. "I-I don't know what you mean Percy," Nico

stammered.

"Really? You don't?" Percy asked.

"No."

Percy chuckled, "fine. Anyway I suggest you go and dig this

nonexistent bag up and bring it back here."

"And why should I do that?" Nico asked with a frown.

"Because I just spent the last five minutes convincing Hermes to take

you along with him," Percy smiled as he saw the wonder appear on

Nico's and Decker's faces, "so I suggest you two hurry up before he

changes his mind."

"Please telling your not joking," Decker begged.

"I'm not joking," Percy smiled, "now go. Quickly."

The two took off at full speed. "Thanks for this Percy!" Nico called out,

"I owe you one!" Nico and Decker ran out of the Mess Hall and towards

the Forest. Percy was honestly surprised at their speeds, even for his

eyes they looked like they were going a mile a minute.

"Do you really think that was a good idea?" Percy turned around and

saw Bianca staring at him with a worried look on her face.

"He was already getting ready to run away with you lot," Percy

admitted, "I caught him packing a bag earlier in the day. So I figured he

would get into a lot less trouble if you all could see him."

"Yeah, but….I'm worried. What if he isn't ready for this?"

"And you thought Decker would be ready for this?"

"Decker has always been the more calmer one of the two," Bianca

admitted, "he wouldn't get into too much trouble. And despite Nico

being able to control the shadows around him he is certainly not the

stealthy type."

Percy nodded in agreement, "agreed. But again, it's better to keep an

eye on him then let him do whatever the hell he wants. Besides, he

might just surprise you," Percy looked at Bianca, "now are you going to

tell me what really has you so nervous?"

The daughter of Hades looked away, "I don't' know what you mean."

Lie Detected!

"You do realise you can't lie to me right?"

"I….fine, yeah I'm scared half to death, is that what you want me to

say?"

"Quite frankly yes. If you don't think you're going to die, then that's why

you die. But if you admit you're scared and address why you're scared

you will be able to overcome it."

Bianca frowned, "you think so?"

Percy nodded, "I know so."

The demigoddess sighed, "it's just...I didn't expect the war to arrive so

soon. I had always thought we would have a year, maybe more before

Kronos attacked. But now here I am, going on a scouting mission with

my brother and the god of messengers."

"Relax, Hermes is comeing with you," Percy reassured her, "of all the

Gods on Olympus he is the one who cares the most about demigods.

And I mean all the demigods. He will protect you all, or die trying."

"I thought Gods couldn't die."

Percy smiled, "then I guess that means you'll all be coming back

without a scratch on you."

Bianca smiled, "yeah, I guess," she smiled, but Percy could still tell she

was scared. And he quite frankly couldn't blame her, he would be too,

you know, if he wasn't Percy Jackson.

'Maybe I could cheer her up,' Percy opened his inventory and quickly

looked through it. He smiled 'perfect.'

"Bianca," Percy called out. She turned and gasped as Percy held out a

celestial bronze shield for her.

Shield of Ares,

It is the shield of Ares which is charmed to be unbreakable and

can withstand godly amounts of force. It is also charmed to give

the wielder a + 20% on all attacks.

"It's called the shield of Ares," Percy explained as he gave it to the

daughter of Hades, "I got it on my quest to find my mom. Ares gave it

to me as a reward, but it was a trick. He had stored the Master bolt in

there hoping that I deliver it to your father in order to start a war among

the Gods."

Bianca blinked, "what?"

Percy waved the question, "super long story. Short version, I now own

it, but haven't used it, ever. Plus I didn't really like it, anything that

comes from Ares is like poison in my eyes. It's probably a stupid notion

to have, but thems the facts, plus I much rather use the extra arm for

magic or even holding an extra sword. Anyway, since I'm not using it,

and it's basically just collecting dust in my inventory I figured you would

be able to find a use for it."

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Bianca looked it over. She ran her fingers down the sharp edge and

winced as it gave her a shallow cut. She looked up at Percy, "I don't

know what to say."

Percy shrugged, "say nothing, it's the least I can do. Besides, I already

gave Decker a sword and Nico a crown, it's only fair you got something

as well."

"Wait, you gave my little brother a crown?"

Percy nodded, "yeah, he wanted it, so I figured why not."

"Sheesh, no wonder his ego had gone through the roof," Bianca

chuckled and Percy smiled. It was nice hearing her laugh, and the fact

that she did it so rarely only made it sweeter to hear.

"Anyway, remember Bianca, I'm just an Iris message away," Percy put

his hand on her shoulder, "call me if anything goes wrong, and I mean

anything. I will drop everything and be there as soon as I can, I

promise."

Bianca nodded, "thanks Percy, I promise." Bianca blushed, and Percy

tried his best not to comment on it.

"Everyone!" Hermes called out drawing every demigod's attention, "we

are about to leave. Say your goodbyes now."

Percy turned to Bianca, "I guess all that's left to say is goodbye."

The daughter of Hades nodded sadly, "yeah….hey Percy?"

"Yes?"

"Can I just do one thing?"

"And what's the-" Percy stopped midsentence as Bianca pulled him

down by the collar and kissed him right on the lips. Percy blanked for a

second, pure shock overwhelmed him. Gamer's mind rebooted his

brain, but before he did or said anything Bianca pulled away.

"I'm sorry, but I had to do that once before I left," her blush grew bigger.

Percy stared slack jawed at the daughter of Hades, he didn't know

what to say. She quickly walked away leaving him confused and very,

very scared, 'Thalia's going to kill me.'

Soon everyone of the demigods traveling with Hermes gathered in

front of the barrier tree. Percy and a few other campers were with

them, the rest had already said their goodbyes. Chiron, Dionysus and a

few other workers stood to the side, Mera was abset as she was

currently in Atlantis finishing off her last few exams in order to become

the Sea Enchantress.

Hermes stood straight, "alright everyone this will be my first address to

you all as the leader of the HASANU."

"Can we please just call it the Hermes squad instead?" Peter, a son of

Ares that Percy was close with asked. He was also drafted into the

Hermes squad, he was their battle expert and it was his job to fight off

any unwanted threats.

"Yeah, I like Hermes squad better," Nico yelled out with Decker

nodding with his best friend.

Hermes sighed, "don't you people like HASANU?"

"Nope," Jaden Crocker, a son of Athena flat out admitted, "it's stupid."

The God of messengers grumbled, "great, just great. We haven't even

started yet and you all are already crawling up my ass. Sigh, how does

Artemis put up with her Hunters?"

"Simple, she doesn't give them a stupid name," Nico grinned causing

everyone to laugh.

Hermes sighed, "fine, we can be the Hermes squad instead. Are you

happy now?" No one argued, "good. Now, our mission is simple. We

are going to travel around the country looking for and following up on

any and all leads we have off Kronos and his army. We will travel

together, just the ten of us, and like the Hunters of Artemis I will be with

you through every step of the way. Now, any questions?"

"Yes," Bianca spoke up, "where too first?"

Hermes grinned, "Texas, a place called the Triple G Ranch. It's a place

where monsters thought long extinct are breed. Olympus didn't much

care about it, until we started getting reports that those monsters were

being sold to Kronos's army. So now we are going to find these things,

track them down and find out where they are going."

Nico then raised his hand, "how are we going there?"

Hermes snapped his finger and suddenly a sharp whistle tore through

the air. Percy turned and saw a red streak racing across the land until it

stopped right in front of the barrier. A gust of wind blew into them, the

back rush from the wind, it pushed most off balance, but Percy was

used to it, after all he broke the sound barrier on a regular basis.

Standing in front of them was a red double decker bus with a suited up

snake man as its conductor. It walked out and removed it's conductor

hat, "the Sceptre Express is at your command my league."

"Wow," Nico said as his eyes winded to the size of saucer pans, "that is

so cool."

"Yeah," Decker agreed.

"Right then everyone, it's time to leave," Hermes quickly hurried all the

demigods into the red bus. Nico popped his head out of the bus

window and waved at Percy.

The son of Poseidon smiled, "take care Nico! Don't get into trouble!"

Nico grinned, "I won't!"

Percy turned to see Bianca staring at him. The moment their eyes meet

she blushed and turned away. Percy chuckled, "stay safe you guys!

Call if you get into trouble!"

The rest of camp said their goodbyes as well, siblings wished each

other luck, Chiron looked like he was going to cry while Dionysus just

looked bored.

"Ready for take off!" the snake conductor yelled and suddenly the

wheels on the bus exploded into flames. And then in an instant it took

off into the night blazing a trail of flaming red hot track behind it.

Percy whistled, "okay, I have got to get me one of those."

Chapter 648

The Next Day;

Percy and Thalia walked around Yancy academy courtyard arm in arm.

It was early morning on a Monday and class was yet to begin. Percy

wore his camp t-shirt along with the leather jacket Thalia had give him.

Thalia also wore a leather jacket with a Green Day t-shirt and a pair of

ripped jeans.

They looked at the sky, the sun had just risen, the birds had begun to

sing and they were completely alone as not many students liked to

walk in the courtyard so early in the day. The trees were slowly turning

brown, autumn was almost upon them, and yet the lively flora filled

courtyard was still teeming with life and beauty.

"You see that fountain over there?" Percy pointed at the stone fountain

in the center of the courtyard, "that's where I first learnt how to control

my water powers."

Thalia chuckled, "really? I would have figured you would have done

that some place bigger, like the swimming pool you have in campus, or

you know, the ocean right outside your gates?"

Percy smiled, "yeah, now that I think about it that would have probably

been a better place to start practising. But hey, in my defence I only

had like a hand full of points in my wisdom stat, so I wasn't really the

smartest kid in class."

"But now you are," Thalia said as she hugged him tighter. She

shivered, "it's pretty cold, can you warm me up?"

Percy grinned, "sure thing sweety," he pulled her in front of him and

wrapped his arms around her. He pulled her close and kissed her

gently.

Thalia broke the kiss wrapping her arms around his neck, "hm, you're

getting better that that. Did you level up recently?"

Percy shook his head, "no, I just know what you like." Percy leaned

down and kissed her again. He licked her lower lip and gently bite it.

Thalia shuddered in his arms as she tightened her hold on him. She

then pushed his head forward and pushed her tongue into his mouth

kissing him for all he was worth.

Percy could feel Thalia shudder in his arms as his tongue fought back.

His hands went lower as he cupped her ass squeezing them. He pulled

her closer and was about to move down her neck when suddenly the

sound of sticks breaking broke their trance.

Krack!

Percy and Thalia moved as one. They let go of each other, Percy's

hands flew to his pocket feeling Waverider and Riptide while Thalia

reached for her bracelet and her can of mace. They looked to where

the sound came from and spotted a girl walking out of the bushes

looking behind her.

The girl had new pink dyed hair with a punk rock themed shirt on and a

pair of pink and black striped leggings. She wore a leather jacket with

torn off sleeves and several trinkets lining her arms.

She turned to them and Percy could tell she hadn't gotten much sleep

from the huge bags under her chestnut brown eyes. She turned around

and looked at Percy and Thalia gasping in shock, "what the fuck?!"

Percy and Thalia shared a look, "ah, are you okay?" Thalia asked.

"Yeah," she looked back searching for...something in the bushes, "I-I'm

fine."

"You sure?" Percy asked looking behind her, he focused his eyes and

activated his 8.0 Eyesight. He took a quick look around but found

nothing, "you seem...troubled."

"I'm fine fucker," the girl snapped. Percy looked at her name;

Monica Williams, Believer of magic

Lv- 8

Percy looked at her, "Monica you look really tensed, are you sure

you're okay?"

"How did you know my name?" Monica snapped at Percy, "are you one

of them? Are you after me?!" She tried to charge Percy but Thalia

stepped in.

"Wow there sister calm down, we aren't with anyone, we just want to

talk."

"How did he know my name?!" Monica snapped at Percy as she tried

to push past Thalia but the demigoddess was far too strong.

"You're kind of hard to miss," Percy said pointing at her hair, "I

remembered hearing about from a couple of people."

"Really?" Monica huffed in disbelief, "yeah sure. You heard about me."

"What does that mean?" Thalia asked a little offended at the tone

Monica used.

"He's Percy Jackson, the guy who everyone loves," Monica glared at

Percy, "he's the smartest one here, the genius. No one can touch him,

not even the teachers. Why would the prince of Yancy academy even

know what I sound like?"

"Well that's a little harsh," Percy frowned, "I mean sure I might be a

little popular but that doesn't make me an asshole like Tyler."

"Whatever," Monica looked at Thalia, "have fun shoving your tongue

down the wannabe's throat."

"What did you say you little bitch?" Thalia glared as she clenched her

fists.

"You heard me," Monica glared, "what? You think your punk if you dye

you hair and wear a shitty bracelet?"

"You want to talk about being a wannabe?" Thalia looked her over,

"you look like you drowned yourself in hot glue and then rolled around

in a Hot Topic discount rack."

Monica growled, "whatever, fuckign losers," she threw her head up in

disdane, walking out of the courtyard leaving a confused Percy and a

very very pissed off Thalia.

"Okay who exactly is that bitch and why does she hate you so much?"

Thalia asked once Monica was out of sight.

"I-I think she might be in our homeroom class," Percy admitted as he

used his improved memory to recall her face, "she usually sits in the

back, very quite. If I recall correctly she also takes Mrs. J's class with

us."

Thalia grumbled, "did we do something to piss her off?"

Percy shrugged, "I don't know. A lot of people hate my guts, but usually

they do so after we have spoken once or twice. I don't think I ever

spoke to her."

Thalia turned to the bush through which Monica popped out, "what do

you think she was running from?"

"Let's go find out," Percy and Thalia walked through the bush and into

a densely flora covered portion of the courtyard. They were surrounded

by trees 20 feet tall, nothing they couldn't walk around.

Soon the path cleared up revealing an oak tree that looked like it was

as old as the academy. While Percy was bust staring at the old tree

with it's large trunk Thalia spotted something on the ground.

"Think she did that?" Thalia pointed at a small hole in the ground. It

was shallow around 2 feet deep, the soil around it looked freshly dug

up.

"She must have used her hands," Percy said as he observed the area

around the dug up dirt.

"Why do you say that?"

"There are no tool markings in the ground," Percy pointed to small

grooves in the mud, "these are way to small to come from a rack, and

obviously no one would use a rack to dig up dirt. And if she had used a

shovel she would have left single long cuts. If I was to guess she used

her hands to dig this up."

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Thalia whistled, "those hours that the police department are really

paying off huh?"

Percy nodded, "totally," he looked down into the hole and found the

bottom flat, like something had been placed there for a long time. "I

think there was something in here."

Thalia nodded, "yeah, from the look of things, I would….maybe a book

of some kind?"

Percy nodded, "yeah, it looks small, maybe the size of my hand."

"Big enough to hide something in the pocket of one's jacket?" Thalia

asked.

"You think she carried whatever she dug up with her?" Percy asked in

wonder.

"I think, why else would she look like she didn't want to be followed?

Probably trying to sneak something in that she didn't want anyone else

to see."

"But why would she try to hide a book?"

"Who says it's a book? For all we know it could be a flask of whiskey.

After all unlike you we normal people don't have an inventory to carry

our stuff."

Percy rolled his eyes, "Thalia you are not normal. You are literally the

daughter of a God."

Thalia shrugged, "and yet I still do not have my own personal storage

system."

"Right, anyway might as well get back to the dorms, we need to ready

for class," Thalia grumbled but nodded as she and Percy walked away.

"So why do you think she was so pissed at us?" Percy asked.

"Not us sweety, you."

"She called you a wannabe," Percy smirked.

"She was probably drunk," Thalia shrugged, "after all the puffball is so

over the top punk she's obviously compensating for her lack of true

punkness by covering herself with stereotypes."

Percy shrugged, "maybe. Anyway any plans tonight?"

Thalia shook her head, "no, why?"

Percy smirked as he wrapped his hand around Thalia's hips, "well I

was thinking maybe you and I can go into town and catch a movie."

"What's playing?"

"Some movie," Percy shrugged, "does it really matter?"

Thalia shook her head, "no." She leaned forward and kissed him.

Warning! Bloodlust coming from all around you!

Percy broke the kiss and looked around frantically. He couldn't find

whatever was giving him this bloodlust.

"What's wrong?" Thalia reached for her can of mace, "is someone

watching us?"

"I-I don't know," Percy looked around, he even activated his 8.0

Eyesight, but he couldn't seen anyone, "I don't think so."

"They why did you act like I just blasted you with a lighting bolt?"

"Because I just a message from my Area sense that someone was

sending a wave of bloodlust at me."

"Well maybe-," Thalia stopped midway as she spotted Tyler walking in

the distance. He glared at Percy and Thalia and huffed walking away

quickly, "maybe it was the douchebag over there."

"You think so?" Percy asked.

"Why? Was it serious evil levels of bloodlust?"

"No, it...it didn't feel strong, in fact it remember that time when Leo was

still a puppy and I took a piece of his bacon? He had been pissed for

hours. It feels similar to that, but more...sinister."

Thalia shrugged, "maybe he really hates you."

"Yeah...maybe," Percy nodded. He pushed the problems to the back of

his head as he and Thalia walked back to the dorms. Though as he

was getting ready to begin the day Percy couldn't help shake the

feeling that something was wrong, very very wrong. He couldn't put his

finger on it, but he decided that should be alert just in case.

Later in class;

"And that is why Scotland and Britain don't get along," Mrs. J walked

around class with a book in hand explaining the complicated past of

Europe.

"So wait they hated each other because they were from different

tribes?" Michael asked.

"Well yes and no Michael," Mrs. J explained, "you see….the British

were like the jocks and the Scottish were like the….no actually switch

that, the Scots were the jocks and the British were the Nerds. The

British had advanced war weapons, for their time, but the Scots had

numbers. Hence they didn't exactly get along."

The class murdered at her answer. Percy leaned towards Thalia, "she's

the best history teacher I have ever had."

"You're just saying that because she has huge tits," Thalia glared.

"Oh admit it, you like her as well."

"Well….she does make interesting examples," Thalia admitted, "but

she should really learn to shop for her size."

"She's a size 5 at best."

"She's a size 9."

"Sweetie-"

"She's a size 9 and that's what she should wear."

Percy chuckled but didn't want to argue. As Mrs. J continued her

lesson Percy looked to the corner and noticed Monica having her down

on her desk. She looked liked she was reading something between her

hands but it was too well covered for Percy to tell what it was.

Just then Monica snapped up and caught Percy' line of sight. She

glared as she slowly slipped whatever it was she was reading into her

desk. Percy narrowed his eyes and tried to get a better look with his

advanced eyesight, but the only thing he got was that the book she

was reading had a black cover and was about the size of her palm.

Monica glared at him and looked at Mrs. J, pretending, and failing, to

be listening to what she was saying.

Percy figured he was the only one who noticed Monica's strange

behaviour, but he was wrong. Mrs. J held her book in front of her face

as her eyes flashed sulphuric yellow. She looked at Monica and

groaned, 'Percy's going to have to deal with that one soon.'

That night;

Percy and Thalia walked out of a movie theater located in the small

town outside of Yancy academy's gates. They weren't technically

allowed to be here after curfew, but they didn't really care much about

that.

"So wait he's a werewolf, and that somehow made him better at

basketball?" Percy asked confused about the movie they just watched.

"Well, I guess it's because he's better at coordinating his movement

now so that would make him a better basketball player," Thalia

shrugged.

"Yeah okay, I get that, but why the hell does no one realise he's a

walking fur covered fuzz ball? I mean half the people seem okay with it,

one chick even wanted to sleep with him!"

"Percy you know it doesn't matter what a person looks like on the

outside," Thalia chuckled, "it's what's on the inside that counts."

Percy rolled his eyes, "yeah, sure. Still doesn't answer my question

though."

"Percy it was a movie made in the 80's about a teenager that

transforms into a werewolf, just go with it."

Percy shrugged, "yeah yeah." Percy looked at his watch, "holy shit, it's

1 in the night, that movie was long."

Thalia shrugged, "yeah, I guess. Will we have any trouble getting back

in?" Percy looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "right, stupid

question."

They walked into a deserted corner and at once took off into the sky.

Thalia was surrounded by cool ocean winds that lifted her up while

Percy used his telekinetic flight. Luckily for Percy he was flying just low

enough as to not draw the attention of Zeus, plus any flying Zeus might

detect from this area would just be attributed to Thalia.

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Percy reached out and held Thalia's hand, "so did you enjoy date

night?"

"That was a date?" Thalia chuckled, "compared to our usual ones that

seemed pretty tame."

"Well if you want we could always just hope into one of my ID's and get

in a good monster workout," Percy chuckled.

"Yeah, no. I'm way too tired for that," Thalia yawned, "damn, it's times

like this when I wish I had Gamer's body."

Percy smiled, "yeah, I am pretty lucky." They quickly reached Yancy

academy flying right over their walls. As they flew into the school Percy

looked down into the thick trees and saw a shadow run through them.

"What's that?" Percy stopped following the mysterious figure moving in

the dark.

"What are you looking at?" Thalia asked as she drew up behind him.

She looked down and immediately saw the person trying to sneak

around the dense trees, "maybe someone got the same idea we had?

Coming back from a late night adventure?"

"Then why are they running away from the school?" Percy asked as he

saw the figure run closer and closer to the walls bordering the

academy grounds.

The figure then leapt up into the air clearing the 20 foot tall walls with a

single leap. Percy saw the figure in full view, he or she had a black

cloak wrapped around them hiding their body. Percy wasn't able to

make anything out as he saw them land on the other side of the wall

and run into town.

"Did you see that?!" Thalia said in surprise.

Percy nodded, "yeah. Definitely not a normal human."

"What do you think? Monster?"

"No, I don't think so. Anything powerful enough to disguise itself as a

human would be too arrogant to hide itself, it would want the world to

see it. No, I don't think we are dealing with a run of the mill monster

here."

"Demigod?"

Percy shook his head, "I don't think Michael or Clarisse are very

stealth, do you?"

"Then I suppose it's our job to follow it huh?" Thalia sighed.

Percy chuckled, "well you were the one who wanted our date to seem

a little more up to our standards."

Thalia rolled her eyes, "so I jinxed it, great."

The two quickly took off following the mysterious figure. From up in the

sky Percy and Thalia tracked it easily enough. They followed till the

edge of town, but just then the black cloaked figure slipped between

two building and when Percy and Thalia rounded the corner they were

met with a dead end with no mysterious black figure in sight.

"Where did it go?" Thalia asked.

"It couldn't have gone far, I mean we saw it go in there," Percy looked

at the neighboring buildings, "which means….LOOK OUT!"

"GRA!" The black cloaked figures appeared on top of a nearby

building above Thalia and Percy. It jumped at Thalia shoving her down.

"Thalia!" Percy roared as he chased after his girlfriends.

The black figure and Thalia crashed into the road below as the

demigoddess kicked the monster off of her.

"Get away from her!" Percy channeled the biggest psychic attack he

could muster grabbing the thing and throwing it half way across town.

"Fuck that hurt," Thalia grumbled as she pulled herself out of the

ground.

"Are you okay?" Percy asked as he landed and helped her up. His

hands glowed gold as he began healing her, "looks like the marble skin

spell took most of the damage for you."

Thalia grumbled, "yeah...I can't believe I let it get the jump on me."

"It's okay, you weren't prepared. And besides that thing moved fast, like

insanely fast. One moment it was on the ground the next it scaled up a,

what? 3 story building?"

Percy and Thalia looked at the red brick layered building. It had a

boutique in the ground floor with housing on the remaining two.

"Where did you send it?" Thalia asked looking around.

"Halfway across town," Percy cracked his knuckles, "stay here, I'll

super speed around and find it. I'll call you once I have."

Thalia nodded, "great, good luck love." Percy nodded and disappeared

in a gust of wind leaving Thalia alone.

Curious the daughter of lighting walked to the alleyway where she saw

the mysterious figure enter and looked at the red brick layered

buildings sides. It was dark, Thalia couldn't see much, but not for long.

Thalia snapped her fingers causing a spark of lighting to jump between

them. Then another, and another, before finally the lighting curled in on

itself forming a ball of blowing hot plasma that Thalia used as a light

source.

Thalia inspected the side of the building and found small impression in

the bricks. Something small and sharp pierced the wall and from the

way the trail moved up the building. Each were in seats of five, Thalia

was willing to bet the thing she and Percy were tracking made this by

piercing the wall with it's fingers.

Suddenly a gust of wind rushed into the alley kicking up dirt. "Did you

find it?" Thalia asked not taking her eyes of the wall.

"No, I searched entire town, twice. Every alley way, every building.

Nothing," Percy grumbled.

"Really? That was fast."

"Got a new speed upgrade. Anyway, found something?"

"Yeah," Thalia narrowed her eyes, "I think so." She reached into one of

the hole located at her shoulder height. She then carefully pulled out a

small shard that was pink in colour.

"I think our black cloaked friend left this behind for us. What is it?"

Thalia asked.

Percy narrowed his eyes and used Observe on the substance;

Human nail (broken with pink nail polish),

It's a broken human nail.

"A human nail."

"Really? Human?" Thalia was surprised, "so we were chasing a

human?"

Percy grumbled, "yeah….maybe the thing we chased didn't leave this

behind. After all a simple human can't cause," Percy turned to the holes

in the wall, "well...this."

Thalia grumbled, "so what in our parent's name are we dealing with

here?"