Derek rolled his eyes, "yes, we do give free refills."
Percy nodded and quickly took a bite out of his burger.
12 minutes later;
Derek couldn't believe his eyes, the little kid that had come in a few minutes ago was still eating. He had finished all the burgers and was getting through the fries as well. He had to record this, people wouldn't believe him otherwise!
Derek slowly took out phone to record but Percy noticed it immediately and quickly manipulated the Mist around the device fo that it wouldn't record anything.
Percy quickly went back to eating his fries, he used a little super speed to finish them all quickly before drinking his coke in one gulp. Percy turned to Derek, "where are the rest bro?"
Derek blinked, "ah, I'll get them for you right away dude," he then stopped recording and went to back to get the rest of Percy's order.
Soon Percy had finished eating to his heart's content, all 32 Big Macs and 21 fries. Percy let out a burp and rubbed his tummy, he could feel how full he was. Surprisingly though he didn't even get a little bump on his stomach from all the food, Gamer's body must have been working over time for that.
"Dude you should totally be in a food eating competition," Derek told him with his mouth wide open.
"Thanks dude," Percy burped again, "we'll....see ya."
Percy then got up and quickly walked out of the restaurant. Derek quickly took out his phone and looked at the video. But the moment he pressed play a message popped up saying that the video file in question had been corrupted making it unuseable.
'What the hell is going on?'
Percy took a deep breath of fresh air and stretched himself out, he may not need to make another pit stop after eating so much food. Percy put on his goggles and activated his helmet before he took off in a blur of speed racing towards the highway. He quickly got on it and zooming through Ohio.
Soon Percy percy passed out of Ohio and into Illinois. He kept on running eventually going through the outskirts of Chicago before eventually running into IOWA.
+2 for Vit!
Percy had now reached the two hour mark and he knew his journey was only halfway complete. The running was okay, his pants weren't on fire any more and his tank was still feeling full. The only problem is that IT WAS SO FUCKING BORING!
Percy didn't know why he hadn't realised this before, while he was running his body may have been working but his mind was free! He tried to read a book, but he was going so fast he couldn't hold on to it, plus he did need his eyes to see the oncoming traffic so that he could avoid it.
Percy was in a rut, he realised he should have planned this out better. Maybe he should just take a train when coming back, this boredom would probably kill him if he ever tried this again.
Percy eventually came into Nebraska and then Colorado finishing up the three hour mark. Percy could feel his pants start to heat up again, but it was warm, not flaming hot. The shoes however were holding up nicely and didn't even heat up, in fact his feet were extremely cool thanks to the enchantments inside.
Percy eventually entered Utah when he started to feel hungry again, it seemed his maximum stamina got him around 876 miles at his top speed, not bad for demigod. He got off the highway again and went to the closest town with a Macdonalds. He stopped near the parking, deactivated his helmet and went in. He expected the place to be empty, but this time though it was around 9 am and the place was packed with people. Percy couldn't risk eating as he did before, to many people.
Percy quickly placed an order for 10 big macs, 2 large cokes and 4 fries, to go. The man behind the counter looked strangely at Percy, but gave him his food anyway thinking it was for a group of people and not just Percy alone.
Percy then quickly left the restaurant and went to the local park to eat. Just as he had opened his first burger to eat something happened. A feeling washed over him, the scent of pine and lilacs filled the air as a voice rumbled out;
"Go to the forest Perseus, you are needed."
Percy blinked, the voice sounded old, older than any normal mortal, it sounded so full of life and powerful. It had stopped but it was replaced by pull Percy felt directing him towards the woods outside of town.
Percy put away his food and ran towards where the feeling had directed him.
You have entered a forest!
+5 to all stats!
"Let go of me!" A voice cried out from deeper inside the woods.
'Somebody needs my help,' Percy thought as slowly the feeling that guided him so far slipped away leaving him confused as to where to go. But just then;
"Get off!"
'There!' Percy ran in the general direction of the shout and went deeper into the woods. Soon he came upon a pair of boys were ganging up on another kid and beating the shit out of him. They didn't look like they were more than 12 and the kid they were picking on was 10.
Percy sighed and quickly grabbed the two boys by the collar and threw them aside, "enough."
The bigger boy, Justin, quickly got up, "who the hell are you?!"
Percy narrowed his eyes, "someone you don't want to mess with kid."
"You don't look that tough!" Justin growled out, "get him!" He cried out as his friend and him charged Percy with their fists flying.
Percy sighed and let them hit him. They punched him across the face and hit him in the gut, but nothing they did even phased Percy.
Defence— 123, 979
Percy raised an eyebrow, they had managed to collectively cause him 1 single point of damage.
Soon Justin and his friend fell to the ground panting, their knuckles were bloody and they were exhausted.
"What the hell are you!?" Justin asked as he and his friend slowly backed away holding their fists in pain.
Percy smiled a cruel smile, "I'm a demon."
With just that tiny use of blood lust Percy managed to scare off both kids making them run away screaming. Percy sighed and turned around to the little 10 year old, the kid had a bruised face and cut lip, but he looked up to Percy with amazement in his eyes.
"You okay kid?" Percy asked helping the kid up..
"I-I'm fine," the kid saying as he patted himself down, "t-thanks. My cousins don't exactly know how to hold back."
Percy raised his eyebrows in surprise, "your cousins did this to you?"
The boy nodded, "yeah, they don't really like me."
Percy then noticed the boy's name and title;
Percy Decker, Son of Pan
Lv— 2
Percy's eyes shot open in surprise, 'Pan?! As in the missing God Pan?! This kid is Pan's son?! And his name is Percy too?!' Percy scrutinized the kid and looked at him closely, his jawline was very narrowed, kind of like Grover's. His hair was brown like dirt and over all he seemed very normal looking. But the moment Percy looked at the kid's sky blue eyes, he knew he was a demigod.
"Kid....where's your dad?" Percy asked wondering whether the kid would have any clue as to where Pan was.
"I-I don't know," he looked down in shame, "He wasn't really around when..."
"Okay," Percy said, the kid looked depressed just talking about his dad, Percy didn't want him to feel worse by interrogating him. "Tell me where's your mom?"
"She died," he again looked sad beyond belief, "I live with my aunt and uncle now."
"I see..." Percy said before going into deep thought, 'okay what do I do now? He's a demigod, I have to bring him to camp or else he might end up monster food. And what's more he's Pan's kid, the Satyrs will treat him like a king, plus if I bring him in Grover just might forgive me for leaving him.'
PErcy turned to...eh, Percy, "hey kid, what's your name?" He asked, he knew the name already but he didn't want to freak the kid out by telling him he knew his name before he even introduced himself.
"P-Percy, my name if Percy Decker."
The son of Poseidon smiled widely, "no way! My name is Percy too!"
"Really?!" The kid asked in amazement, "that's so cool!"
"Percys for the win!" Percy said giving the little kid a high five.
"Thanks for saving my life big Percy!"
"No problem little Percy," the son of Poseidon smiled, 'the kid's alright.' Just then little Percy's stomach started to grumble in hunger, "didn't eat?"
The boy shook his head, "no, I kind of skipped out on breakfast."
Percy smiled as he pulled out his bag of burgers and fries, "want some?"
The child of Pan's eyes went wide in amazement, "woah! Where did you pull that out from?!"
Percy winked, "trade secret kid," he took out a burger and handed it to the 10 year old, "now eat."
Little Percy smelt the burger and a look of disgust went over his face. But he took the burger and gave out a weary thanks in response.
Percy raised an eyebrow, "wait you don't like meat?"
The kid looked nervous, "yeah, I don't really eat meat."
"Then why did you take the burger?"
"Well you offered it, and you did kind of save my life there. So I thought it would be rude if I said no."
Percy blinked in surprise, 'oh yeah, son of Satyr, figures he's a vegetarian.' Percy then laughed out loud, "wait, you thought it would be rude? Kid you're hilarious!"
"Hey! I was just being nice!"
"Dude if you don't want meat just say so," Percy said as he took back the burger and gave the little kid a large french fry, "here, it's may not be the healthiest eating choice but it isn't meat."
Little Percy's eyes widened comically as he snacthed the fries and began gulping them down in the hand fulls. Percy chuckled and the two sat down in the forest enjoying their meals. Percy Decker had eaten around two large fries before he was full and Percy Jackson had eaten everything else.
"Wow Percy, you sure can eat," Pan's son said, "I have never seen someone eat that much."
The son of Poseidon smiled, "why thank you Percy, it's a blessing from the gods, well actually the Fates but that's not important."
The kid looked confused but shrugged as the two fell into a comfortable silence.
"So tell me something about yourself kid," Percy asked finally. He needed to know about the kids life here, if the kid was happy then he could talk to his aunt and simply tell her to send little Percy to camp for safe keeping, if not, well Percy could always just kidnap him.
"Ah, well I suppose it started when my mom died," little Percy said with a low tone, "I don't actually remember her, I was like 5 when it happened. She was nice though, from what I remember. Ever since then I lived with my aunt and uncle, they're alright, I guess, but my cousins are the worst."
Percy nodded, "I see.....hey Percy," the little kid turned to look at him, "how would you like to run away from this place."
For a moment a spark of happiness went through the kid's eyes. A strong and warm gust of wind blew through the forest almost like it was reacting to the kids happiness. But just as quickly as it started it ended.
The son of Pan looked down, "no, I can't. Even if I did I wouldn't have anywhere to go."
"Well you could come with me," Percy said, "there's a place for people like us, a camp. If you want I can take you there."
"Wait, what? People like us? What do you mean?"
Percy blinked before realisation dawned on him, "oh yeah! I haven't told you yet have I?"
"Told me what?" Little Percy started to look weary now.
'Is he nervous?' Percy wondered, 'of course he's nervous, why wouldn't he be? A strange guy just showed up one day asked him about his life history and then offered to kidnap him....wow I sound like a weirdo.'
"Well you see little Percy I am technically your....ah...let's see here Pan is Hermes's kid, Hermes is Zeus's kid, which would make Hermes my cousin...ah... oh forget this! I'm your cousin, there, let's keep this simple."
"Wait, you're my cousin?!"
Percy nodded, "yup, on your dad's side."
"You know my dad?!" Little Percy jumped up and was on his feet, "who is he?! Where is he?!"
Percy shrugged, "I don't know where he is, no one does. But I do know who he is. His name is Pan, the greek God of the Wild."
Little Percy blinked, "my dad....is a god?"
Percy nodded, "yup. And that makes you a demigod kid."
The child of Pan looked at Percy in amazement, "bu-but that's impossible! I can't be a-be a God!"
"I said demigod kid," Percy repeated, "there's a big difference between a god and a demigod. And yeah, you are. Tell me mini me, have you ever felt...I don't know, different? Like does words confuse you? Have you ever felt unhappy sitting in one place, away feeling like you needed to jump around and do thing?"
Little Percy's eyes went wide as he nodded, "yeah but I was told that was because I was, dys-dys, ah dys-"
"Dyslexic, yeah we all are," Percy said sighing, "it's both a curse and a blessing, believe me, one time I mistook dog for god and believe me I pissed off a lot of people because of that."
"B-but I can't be-wait, my dad is goat?!"
"Half goat," Percy explained, "he's basically a Satyr, half man, half goat. A little more on the goat than man, and I should know, I had one for a roommate for a year but did that guy smell like wet goat a lot."
"But how do you know I'm a demigod?"
Percy shrugged, "it's a gift i got from my dad,"
Lie successful!
"Basically I can sense out people like us and tell who their godly parents are."
"But how I be a demigod?" Little Percy asked still skeptical, "I can barely beat off my cousins!"
Percy sighed, "there's a lot more to beginning a demigod than just being able to kick ass, sure it's a huge part of it, but still just a part. And as for proof.....well let's see, son of Pan so..... Ah ha! Okay how about this, have you ever felt connected to the forest? Like does being in one make you stronger?"
Little Percy thought about it for a few second before nodding, "yeah, I do. Plus I some times when I hide in here Justin and Greg can't find me, sometime I'm right in front of them and they can't see me!"
Percy nodded, "that's your divine side protecting you mini me. Your dad was the lord of the Wild, so places like this would in fact help you because it is part of your domain."
"Cool," the other Percy said with stars in his eyes, "wait, are you a demigod Percy?"
Percy smiled and nodded, "yup," he got to his feet and slowly pulled all the water from the air towards himself forming a trident, "I'm Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon."
Little Percy was practically drooling at the sight of the water trident, "that is so cool!"
Percy smiled and released the water weapon, "so mini me, tell me, do you want to come with me and see the rest of the family?"
"There are more of us?!" He asked excitedly bouncing on his feet, "how many?!"
