Once back at camp he walked towards the Zeus cabin and quickly entered it. He opened his inventory and gently took Thalia out and put her in bed. Percy took off her shoes and socks along with her heavy jacket. He then slide a blanket on top of her causing the girl to smile at the warmth.
Percy nodded in satisfaction and slowly turned to walk away when Thalia suddenly spoke up, "Percy?"
The son of Poseidon stopped and bent down towards Thalia, "yeah sparky?"
"Humm, don't call me sparky."
Percy laughed, "whatever you say sparky."
Thalia smiled, "thanks for today. I had fun."
Percy smiled, "me too. I...I had fun."
Thalia giggled, "I loved the way you talked down to those two bimbos. You were such a great boyfriend."
Percy smiled, "thanks sparky."
"Percy?"
"Yeah?"
Thalia grabbed Percy's jacket and pulled him close. She grabbed his lips in hers as she shoved her tongue down her throat. Percy struggled for a bit in surprise but eventually gave in, 'fuck it. I want this,' he leaned into the kiss.
Thier tongues wrestled for dominance with Percy being the more skilled of the two. Thalia tasted like beer and pine wood, but Percy loved it etherway. He reached behind and ran his fingers through her hair holding her face as he deepened the kiss.
They kept close for as long as possible, breaking only to take deep breaths to begin again. Thalia was more sloppy, her motor skills were off because of the beer. Percy's mouth was covered with her saliva, but he didn't care as he simply kissed her back harder.
It felt like a second, but minutes passed. Finally Thalia broke it, she moved back as the two stared at each other. She smiled, "you taste great."
Percy then blinked as Thalia closed her eyes going to sleep with a smile on her face. The son of Poseidon slowly got up and walked out. His face was red and his body was hot. He felt his stomach roll around with a sense of giddiness.
Percy closed the door to the Zeus cabin and turned away. He looked up at the sky as he slid to the ground with his back flat on the door.
"What the fuck just happened?"
May the Fourth be with you.
The only reason I wrote this chapter so fast was because I wanted to say that. So I got this ready as quick as I can. I hope you all appreciate how hard I work for you, my back is paining again, I think I'm probably going to become a hunchback in the future.
Anyway yes, that just happened. Percy and Thalia sitting on a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Haha, but seriously most stories just jump into the relationship with Arty, but I want this to take it's time.
Anyway please give your opions on the chapter, review and PM me with questions, with all the reviews I get it is difficult to get to them all. So please PM if you have something to ask me.
Chapter 38
Chapter 38:
Percy sat down in front of the beach cleaning Waverider with a wet stone. He didn't know whether a weapon like this needed to be maintained, but he rather not risk it going dull on him.
Ping!
You have maintained your weapon! 5% bonus!
Plus there was the 5% bonus.
Percy closed and pushed the box away. He then put his weapon away and looked out at the sea. Leo was out playing in the water, the dog was clearly enjoying himself.
Percy sighed, 'okay I have to at least address what happened last night.'
Percy had been a wreck. Last night he kissed her....well she kissed him first but that's not the point. He had no idea why he did that. It just felt....right. It felt like everything in the world just fades away and the only thing that counted was Thalia and him.
'Dad is so going to kill me. Really? A daughter of Zeus? The only way I could have chosen someone worse to kiss is if I kissed a daughter of Athena!'
Percy hadn't gotten a wink of sleep last night. How could he? He just kissed someone, like an actual person he cared for! The first person he kissed was a demon from hell, the second was an older girl after he saved her from the mafia and the third was the queen of the Underworld! This was the first time he ever kissed someone who....who he liked.
He hadn't seen Thalia in the morning, she must have been hungover or something. Thalia was a great friend, and maybe yes, he did want to be closer with her. But they had just started to get along and now....Percy was afraid he had gone and screwed it up.
Percy grumbled and got up, 'if only I could seal away my own feelings. Sigh, what was it Love said? 'Love comes in many forms and in many sources. Do not try to stick to only one path. Look at all, and open your eyes to the feeling of others. After all, you have plenty of love to go around?' Yeah right. It doesn't matter what I want, what matters is what she wants. I mean.... Does she want me?'
"Percy?"
'I think she does. I mean why else would she kiss me?'
"Percy!"
'And she did kiss me first, so she made the first move, not me, so I should be-'
"PERCY!"
"What?!" Percy yelled back turning to see his demigod trainees fight off a Legion zombie. It was the third one they fought in a row, after Percy took care of the Damned Knight that showed up.
"We need your help!" John yelled as several demigods attacked the legion zombie keeping it distracted as they lead it towards the sea.
Percy sighed as he got up, "fine....lazy bums. Can't even fight a giant zombie."
They demigods moved away and Percy approached the monster. The monster spotted the demigods moving away and it constantly tried to attack them by swinging it's big arms around.
Percy sighed and turned around to Leo who was playing in the still waters, "Leo, sick him."
The dog whined, "you want me to do what?!"
"Just bite him, or scratch him. I promise you won't get hurt."
"Bu-But master!" Leo whined even louder looking sad and scared.
Percy narrowed his eyes, 'puppy dog eyes? Really?' Percy almost wanted to apologize to Leo for even suggesting the idea, but instead he quickly slammed down Gamer's mind and crushed all the sympathy he had. "Do it."
"You are heartless."
Percy smiled as the dog charged ahead. The black and white dog was much faster now, and he managed to bite into the Legion Zombies leg before the monster took note of him.
"GRA!" The monster said shaking his foot throwing Leo off of him.
"Master!" Leo barked as he ran away from the zombies giant foot.
"Yeah yeah, don't worry. I got you," Percy didn't even blink as he released all of his strength seals;
Seal Release: Layer 6, Time: 12 hours.
Percy felt power flow into hims as his strength increased over and over from 1.5 to 69,120;
STR— 69,120 (+20)= 69,140
Percy activated his Speed Demon powers and launched himself right at the Legion Zombie barreling through it like a bullet tearing through the monster chest in one clean shot.
Percy landed on the other side and immediately activated his strength seals again. After some testing Percy realised that the time he had left over from each strenght release would be added to each new seal. Hence he took to the habit of constantly only using this power only when he really needed it, similar to Body Form.
Percy turned around to see the disintegrating form of the Legion zombie as a message box popped up.
Ping!
Your companion: Leo, leveled up!
Leo
Lv-7
HP: 550/550
MP:185/184
Race— HellHound (1/2)+Wolf (1/2)
Exp— 1,300/1,400
Str-11
Vit-11
Dex-6
Int-5
Wis-3
Luc-4
Points-5
Percy closed the box and turned to the exhausted looking demigods and one pissied off looking Leo. "Alright everyone, let's line up!"
They groaned but complied as everyone quickly lined up and Percy took them out of the ID and into the real world.
Everyone then quickly went their own way as some wanted to sleep while others were hungry from such a workout.
John approached Percy with an irritated look in his eye, "what happened out there Percy? You were distracted today. We almost got hurt."
Percy sighed, "yeah I know. But relax, I would never allow anything to happen to you guys. But I figured you all needed experience fighting in a real life or death situation. You can't always expect me to show up at the last moment."
John sighed, "yes, I suppose you are-"
"You son of a squirrel!" Leo barked as he tackled Percy and began to bite into his arms, "you nearly got me killed!"
"Relax Leo!" Percy said flicking the dog's nose stunning him. Percy pushed the dog off of him and got up, "it was to make you stronger boy. Don't tell me you can't feel yourself becoming stronger?"
Leo grumbled and looked down, "I do feel a little bigger," he commented. Leo was now around 1 feet and 4 inches big. He was the size of a normal age dog, but something told Percy he wasn't going to stay like that for long.
The three began walking back to the Mess Hall as Percy started talking to John about how his life was at the military. Percy was genuinely interested to know about his brother, after all the man couldn't be cooler even if he tried. He was a freaking naval officer who fought in world war 2, and was the son of Poseidon. The only way he could be even cooler was if he had somehow killed Hitler and fuked his wife.
Percy and John sat down at the Poseidon table today as the two brothers continued to talk about their respective lives. Just then Percy noticed Thalia walk in from the corner of his eyes. She looked sleepy with bags under her eyes and a hand held up to her head.
'Yup, definitely a hang over,' Percy told himself as he sighed, 'maybe she doesn't remember last night.'
Percy took off a piece of meat from his plate and gave it to Leo, who snarfed it down in seconds. The dog then began to whine and beg for more food and Percy gave in, after all who was he to talk about restraint when it came to food?
'He still acts like a dog,' Percy realised seeing Leo behave so well mannered, 'maybe I can eventually get the wolf out of him, but for now he's just a big dog.'
Percy noticed Annabeth walk into the Mess Hall in the corner of his eyes. 'Might as well give it to her now.'
Percy got up and walked towards Annabeth, "we need to talk."
Annabeth blinked, "what about?"
Percy pulled her to the side of the Mess Hall, he looked around, everyone was focused on their own food or conversation. Good. Percy opened his inventory and pulled out Argo's personal journal that he had been reading last night, "I need you to decipher this."
Annabeth took the leather bound book and opened it up. She read a few pages, skimming through each of them. "Percy this thing has codes and encryptions I can't even begin to understand."
Percy nodded, "I know. But you're the smartest person I know belonging to a cabin filled with geniuses, I'm sure you, and a couple of your siblings you trust, can figure this out."
Annabeth could hear the warning in Percy's voice, he was nervous about something. "Where did you get this book?"
Percy looked at her, "it's Argo's personal book Annabeth."
Annabeth's eyes widened as she looked at the thing in her arm. Percy told her about the island's underground base. About how Argo was using science to decrypt and understand the supernatural. And like Percy, Annabeth also felt drawn to that forbidden knowledge.
"Are you sure you want me to decode this?" Annabeth asked, "you might not even get anything useful out of it."
Percy nodded, "yeah. I'm sure. Anything Argo could have written down in there could be of importance. You find out what that is, and we just might find our trump card in this war."
Annabeth nodded, "okay. If you're sure."
"And I hope this goes without saying, but make sure you carefully chose who help you," Percy warned her, "you know how tempting the knowledge in this book is."
Annabeth nodded, "I'll make sure not to pick anyone who is too obsessive or compulsive. Don't' want to accidentally creates another Argo."
Percy nodded and just then he saw Thalia come towards him, 'shit! Shit! Shit!' Percy started to panic, he activated his super speed and zoomed away before the daughter of Zeus could even say a word to him.
Annabeth blinked, "ah...you're welcome?"
Percy ran to the Poseidon cabin and dropped down on his bed. He was mentally exhausted. He screamed into his pillow muffling his voice.
'Why did I run? Why? I should have stayed there and talked to her like an adult! Fucking hell. And I forgot Leo, great. Just great.'
Percy turned around and stared up at the ceiling, he knew he should probably study or train, but right now he wasn't in the mood. It felt like nothing was going right for him. He knew it was whining, he knew he was acting like a kid who was confused.
'Honestly after everything I have been through one would think I would be mature right now.' Percy sighed, and slowly time passed.
Just then a misty cloud started to form in front of Percy. The son of Poseidon was startled and immediately got up. He looked at the cloud and slowly a rainbow formed, 'an Iris message,' Percy realised.
An image in the rainbow came up and Percy saw a man with black hair and grey eyes. The demigod's eyes immediately lite up in recognition, "Edward?"
Edward Neak, the son of Hermes who stole the chains of Hephaestus. Percy remembered the rich Boston native and his fun party going persona. Only now none of the fun was in Ed's face, in fact the demigod looked scared beyond belief.
"Oh thank the Gods I reached you in time Percy," Edward sighed with a sigh, "you wouldn't believe how nervous I have been."
"Ed what's wrong?" Percy got up quickly, "you look scared."
"I am," the man admitted, "Percy, I need your help."
Percy nodded, "name it man."
"Percy things have been going....bad. There's this crime family, the Fanico family. They are a big deal in Boston and a few days ago-"
"-Don Fanico was found dead in the docks. Yeah, I know," Percy nodded remembering the incident he read in Kate's file two days ago.
Edward looked startled, "how do you know that?! It isn't even on the news!"
"My mom has a friend in the police department," Percy replied, "I managed to sneak in a pick on one of her case files."
"Was it detective Beckett?" Edward asked.
Percy nodded, "yeah, how did you know?"
"She questioned me a few hours ago about the murders. Damn she was hot."
Percy narrowed her eyes, "why did she question you? Ed....what's going on?"
Edward rubbed his temples and sighed, "okay, this is why I called you. Look Percy right now I'm... I'm in deep inside the Abyss. Last week I heard from Biggy that an illegal auction was happening in New York and the thing up for bide would be a game changer for everyone."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "what sort game changer?"
