Percy quickly pulled up his perk tree chart and started looking through his perks. He then found what he was looking for, his Canidae trainer perk;
Ј Canidae Tamer— user of this perk can control members of the Canidae family with relative ease. This also includes magical beasts like werewolves and Hellhounds!
This perk was useful, but it did have limits. Percy could give out orders, but Leo would still hate him for it. Percy then looked at what new add ons he could use for this perk and immediately found the only he could use;
Communicate— Allows user to talk to and understand the members of the Canidae family. This insures a better understanding between the two.
Percy immediately bought the add on for 2 perk points and turned to Leo whose ears was twitching as Kate continued to scratch behind his ear.
"Alright Leo, tell me why you hate me," Percy said simply drawing strange looks from Castle, who was making a sandwich with Alexis's help, and Kate who just thought it was a silly thing to say.
"Huph," Leo groaned out, but that was what everyone else heard.
"I hate you because you abandoned me asshole," was what Percy heard.
'It works!' Percy realised as he continued, "I didn't abandon you Leo, I just had a lot of things to do."
"Yeah? Like what? I heard you had something called school to go to. Yeah I know, don't even try to hide it. You went to school and left me behind!"
"Do you even know what school is?" Percy asked raising an eyebrow.
"No...but I know you abandoned me!"
"Oh grow up short stuff!" Percy yelled back.
"Ah, Percy are you talking to Leo?" Castle asked as the others simply looked on in surprise.
"I'm only short because you refused to take me with you! You were supposed to train me asshole!" Leo said braking furiously.
"Wow there I think you struck a nerve," Castle said taking a bite out of his freshly made bacon and cheese sandwich, "strange, it's almost like you guy's can communicate."
"It's not that surprising Castle," Kate said petting Leo calming him down, "some owners who are really close to dogs like talking to them and pretending they talk back." She then narrowed her eyes at Percy, "though I have never seen the dogs respond back."
Percy was just about to respond when suddenly there was a knock on there door. "Coming!" alexis said as she walked towards the door and opened it letting an older woman inside, "Aunt Jackson!"
Percy and Leo's eyes widened hysterically as the both jumped to the ground and charged Sally who was surprised to see the both.
"Mom!"
"Mama!"
Percy hugged Sally tightly while Leo rubbed his head on Sally's leg.
"P-Percy? What are you doing here?"
"I came to visit," Percy said breaking the hug, "Gods it's been so long!"
"Yes it has, when did you come?"
"In the afternoon," Percy said shrugging, "Castle and Kate have been keeping me company."
"Have they?" Sally asked turning to the lady and gent in question, "thank you both so much. I didn't even know he was coming!"
"Anytime Sally," Kate said with a smile.
"Yeah he's a great kid. Can totally pop by anytime," Castle said.
"That's because you just want to use me to win at Call of Duty," Percy responded.
"Yeah....so?"
"Thank you both again," Sally said before bending down to pick up Leo and scratching him behind the ears, "and thank you for taking care of Leo. I hope he wasn't to much of a bother."
"None at all Ms. Jackson," Alexis said, "he was easier to take care of then my dad."
"Hey!" Castle shouted and was promptly ignored.
"Well then we better get going," Sally said turning to the door, "thank you all again so much!"
"Bye guys!" Percy said waving at them as they walked out of the apartment and into Sally's.
After she put her stuff away sally sat down with Percy as Leo sat down on the couch snoozing away. They talked for a while, Percy told her how he sailed with Odysseus, and after he assured her he was the original she was amazed. She wasn't to happy about the whole Janai'ngo thing, but after Percy told her he did it save a life she forgave him.
He told her about the prophecy, the revived daughter of Zeus, the children he rescued from the casino and then finally about how they were all preparing for war.
"Amazing," Sally said as Percy drank from a glass of blue milk Sally made for him.
"I know I am," Percy said with a smirk.
"Well Mr. Amazing you should know you have a blue milk mustache growing on your face," Sally said as Percy quickly wiped the extra milk away. "So.... a lot has happened to you Percy, how are you coping?"
"I'm okay," Percy said sighing, "well, I'm trying anyway. I almost it around two weeks ago and nearly ran away from camp, but luckily cooler heads prevailed and I stuck around."
"I see..... I'm proud of you Percy," Sally said with a smile that warmed Percy up, "have I ever told you that?"
Percy smiled, "you never had to."
Sally nodded, "so, what's the plan now?"
"Now? Well it depends. I actually came here for a reason other than just talking mom, thought the blue milk was worth the trip," Percy said finishing his glass, "I need some of your blood."
Sally blinked, "my blood? Why?"
"I need it for a ceremony mom," Percy explained, "with the war coming for us I find myself without a proper weapon. I need something to give me an advantage over the rest, and thanks to Odysseus I might just have a way."
"I see.... Have you talked to your father about this?"
"Yup, and he already gave me his blood."
"Well...okay then," Sally said going into the kitchen and bringing out a knife, "how are you going to carry it?"
"Woah mom, what's with the knife?!" Percy asked shocked.
Sally looked confused, "didn't you say you needed my blood?"
"Yeah, but I don't need that," Percy said pointing at the thing, "just sit down and I'll do the rest."
Sally nodded and sat down putting the knife aside. Percy then took one of her hands and using his blood control drew out a long stream of blood from her index finger. Percy then used his ice powers and formed an ice test tube big enough for the blood. He put the blood in there and sealed the test tube shut throwing it into his inventory.
Progress made!
Create your own weapon!
2— The blood of the person/persons you care about the most (Completed)!
"And done," Percy said, "see, no mess."
"That's amazing," Sally said looking at her finger, "how did you do that?"
"Blood is basically 70% water, so I can control it," Percy shrugged, "oh wait let me heal that for you." Percy took his mom's finger and used his healing skill to heal up Sally's wound in a flash of gold.
"Amazing Percy," Sally said looking at her hand, "since when can you do that?"
Percy shrugged, "since two weeks ago."
"What is it? Did Apollo give you a healing power?"
Percy shook his head, "no, not really, besides the only thing that asshole of a God would give is curses to children of Poseidon. Remember the quest to find the Golden Fleece?" Sally nodded, "well in the process I managed to get a power similar to that. It's called healing and it basically allows me to heal any person."
Sally looked at Percy in wonder, "amazing.....so you can heal anything?"
Percy nodded, "pretty much yeah."
Sally eyes' turned to worry, wonder and then finally filled with hope. "Percy....can I ask you for a favour?"
"Mom, come on, you don't need to ask me anything. Just tell me what you need and I'll do it."
Sally nodded and looked at the clock, "it's 6 right now, we just might make it in time."
"Make what in time?" Percy asked as Sally got up and grabbed her hand bag.
"I need you to heal someone for me, Percy. A daughter of my friend, Maria, is very sick. I want you to try and heal her."
Percy blinked, "ah...okay?"
They quickly left the apartment leaving Leo once again with the Castle's. Sally went outside and hailed a cab which took them towards Mount Sinai Hospital. The cab reached the hospital in 20 minutes, something Percy didn't like. He could have ran the distance in seconds, but this just gave him more of an excuse to be with his mom. They entered the hospital and Sally lead them to the third floor to room 322.
Sally slowly pushed the door opened walking into the room, "Maria? Are you here?"
"Sally?" a woman called out, "why are you here?"
Percy walked into the room and saw his mom hugging a latino woman whose face was covered with dried tears. His eyes then roamed the room and fell on the bed in the center. On the bed was a small child, around 9 or 8, with several tubes and wires attached to her. Her face was thin and sulken with no hair on her scalp. Her heart beat was slow but steady and her tiny body was thin to the bones.
"I wanted to see you and Tabitha Maria," Sally explained breaking the hug, "how is she doing?"
"She's well, thank you for asking," Maria said before turning to Percy, "and who is this?"
Sally smiled, "this is Percy, my boy."
Maria smiled as she walked up to Percy, "you have your mother's eyes."
Percy smiled, "thank you ma'am."
"Oh no need to call me ma'am," Maria said, "I'm barely 30."
"Right," Percy nodded.
"How have you been Maria?" Sally asked.
"Okay," Maria nodded to her friends, "Tabitha, she's been...the doctor's say she's getting better. But.... the tumor is still in there. Right now we're not sure," Maria started to tear up again as Sally pulled her into a hug.
"It's okay Maria, it's all going to be fine."
"I pray to God everyday Sally," Maria cried out, "why is he taking my baby from me?"
"I don't know Maria, but I promise Tabitha is going to make it," Sally lead Maria outside, "come let's get you something to eat. You look like you haven't had anything in days."
"But Tabitha-"
"Percy will take care of her," Sally reassured Maria, "I promise nothing will happen to your girl as long as Percy's there."
Maria turned to Percy, "take care of her for me will you?"
Percy nodded giving a weak smiled, "yeah, I promise."
"We'll be back soon Percy," Sally said while giving Percy a look that he understood as, 'work fast Percy.' The two mothers then walked out of the room leaving Percy alone with the dying girl, and she was dying;
Tabitha Alejandro Quanswala Forthaco, Dead girl
Lv— 1
HP: 10/50
MP:0/0
Race— Human
Str-1
Vit-0
Dex-0
Int-1
Wis-1
Luc-0
After being diagnosed with cancer at an early age Tabitha's life has been a living hell. She has rarely held on to her childhood and the only reason she has lived this long is thanks to the amazing doctors she has had and the love and constant support of her mother.
Likes: Cotton candy, the clouds
Dislikes: Cancer, seeing her mother cry
She doesn't know Percy
She is in a lot of pain but can't feel it due to the temporary coma she is in.
Percy could almost feel the sadness and pity pouring out of his heart. It felt like someone had punched into his chest and ripped out his heart. Before Percy would have to simply stand around and do nothing...but now he could do something. He could make an actual difference. Percy didn't know whether his powers could cure cancer, but they do come from the Golden fleece, which brought back Kronos and Thalia, so they should at the very least be able to do this.
Percy bent down and squeezed the little girl's hand, "I don't know whether you can hear me or not, but if you can I just wanted to tell you hold on, I'll make sure the pain goes away."
Percy then began the healing process pouring his mana into the girl.
Ping!
You are attempting to heal somebody with several ailments! Please chose one to heal;
Low bone density
Low metabolism
Low white blood cell count
Cancerous tumors in lung
Cancerous tumors in esophagus
Leukemia
Medically induced coma
Percy then pulled up his healing powers;
Healing, Lv— 1 (90%)
Allows the user to heal any disease or ailments threatening himself or others.
Limit— 1 aliment per use.
Cost— 500 MP
'Okay so if one alimet costs 500 MP then I should be able to all of her ailments easily,' Percy said to himself smiling. He first chose to cure the tumor in her lungs. Percy's hands glowed, lighting up the dull hospital room with a golden light. Percy felt his mana being eaten away, but it was nothing compared to how much he had left.
Percy looked at her heart beat, with the cancer removed from her lungs the girl was breathing better already.
Percy then did the process again and again and again slowly curing every single ailment Tabitha had until only the coma remained. Percy fell down to the chair next to the bed from mana exhaustion. He had just used 3,500 MP in less than a minute. Percy was strong, but that type of strainfull magic took its toll.
'Should I cure her of the coma now?' Percy wondered, it would be strange if she suddenly woke up just as Percy was with her. But then again Percy didn't want the girl to stay in a mental limbo if he could help it.
So with a shrug Percy threw caution to the wind and used his powers one last time and healed the girl of her last alimet.
Ping!
Healing, Lv— 2 (10%)
Allows the user to heal any disease or ailments threatening himself or others.
Limit— 1 aliment per use.
Cost— 450 MP
Just as the golden glow from the healing settled down the door opened and Sally and Maria walked in with a cup of coffee in their hands.
"Thank you for looking after her," the latino mother said taking a sip of her coffee, "and thank you Sally. This visit means a lot."
Sally nodded, "not a problem Maria," Sally turned to Percy and widened her eyes, "Percy are you okay?!"
'Way to attract attention mom,' Percy sighed, "yeah, I'm fine."
Maria now noticed Percy as well, "Percy, you're sweating. And you look exhausted."
"Nothing a nap won't fix," Percy said with a smile.
Just as Maria and Sally were about to check up on Percy once again a groan came out from Tabitha as well as a word, "my-mom-my?"
Maria's grip of her cup failed causing the ceramic cup to fall out her grasp. Percy moved quickly and grabbed the cup before it hit the floor and then moved back as Maria ran to her child's side, "Tabitha? Tabitha honey can you hear me? It's me, it's mommy."
The woman had tears flowing out as the small shield opened her eyes, "mommy? Is that you?"
"Baby girl," Maria said with tears as she grabbed the child in a light and gentle hug, still afraid of breaking her. But then Tabitha did what she couldn't for over a year. She lifted herself up and curled her arms around her mother's neck and hugged back. Maria cried harder, the tears flowed even more now.
