"Not a problem," Percy pressed his hand against the interior and concentrated. Slowly a ladder came out of the call attached to the inside, "there, that should get you guys down there."
"And Christy?" Michael asked.
"I got it," Percy knew he would have to display another one of his powers, but it didn't really seem to be a big deal, after all he just showed them all he could manipulate matter itself and freeze over a swimming pool.
Christy felt her chair shake as suddenly it flew into the air. "What the hell?!" she yelled grabbing onto it for dear life.
"Relax, I'm just going to carry you like this for a while, it would be difficult going down otherwise," Percy replied as he lowered Christy down the pipe with himself floating down with her.
"How are you doing all of this Percy?!" Christy yelled out as she saw the light slowly die as they got closer and closer to the bottom.
"I'm psychic," Percy knew it was only a half truth but he figured it was better than nothing.
"A psychic?!" Christy yelled.
Percy nodded, "yup," the light was almost gone now, he snapped his fingers conjuring a fireball illuminating the darkness. They eventually reached the bottom and Percy noticed that the ground was tilled and clean, almost like no one had set foot there in over 50 years.
"And you can create fire as well?" Christy asked.
Percy shook hi head, "no, just fire ball. Fire isn't really my element."
Christy wanted to ask more but then Thalia jumped down landing besides them with a gust of wind padding her landing.
"That was fun," Thalia mumbled as she looked ahead at the tunnel before them, "so we waiting for the others?"
Percy nodded, "yes, we shouldn't go in without backup. Speaking of which..." Percy focused on his gem and smoke poured out of it.
Marica appeared before him in her wolf form and bowed, "master. I see you have found the demon's domain."
Percy nodded, "yeah," Percy sent out a wave of mana and got assaulted by message telling him that he was surrounding by demon mana, "you think you can tell what kind of demon this is now?"
The wolf shook her head, "no, it's still too weak. I doubt it even has a physical form like me, probably still just a spirit. I would suggest you be careful, you will not be able to simply punch your way out of this."
Percy nodded, "noted."
They waited for the others to join them and they quickly walked into the dark tunnel before them. The tunnel quickly opened up into a bigger chamber. Percy saw a pool of water to the right with glowing moss inside and around the water. In front of them was a trident carved into the wall with a circle around it. And in the center of the chamber was a seastone green rod with a pegasus on the top and the words 'SPQR' written below.
"Is that-" Thalia began with halted breath.
"-A legion symbol," Percy completed. He walked forward as he stared at the thing before him. He was surprised to see it down here, Hades, he was surprised to see it at all. If he recalled correctly Julia and Rob told him that all other legion symbols were destroyed, all of them. The 12th legion's Eagle was the only remaining memory of Roman. But now....now that no longer was the case.
Percy narrowed his eyes and Observed the thing;
The 11th Legion Pegasus— Attributed towards Neptune, (cursed)
Imbued with the powers of Neptune himself, this staff has the ability to control and direct the very sea itself. This power can be activated by saying the phrase, 'Eleventh Legion Fulminata'. The staff can conjure great amounts of water at command and can be used to cleans water source to become drinkable. It's strongest ability is to create localised Earthquakes.
Percy couldn't believe what he was reading, this was his father's symbol, proof that there was in fact a roman legion that respected and represented his father.
He wanted to grab it right then and there, but he wasn't an idiot. It was cursed, and Percy had an idea who had cursed it.
Percy growled, "come out. Now." He could feel the demon mana around him, he didn't even have to send out waves of mana to do so.
"So you have all finally come," a voice of cold death spoke filling the chamber with a loud rumble.
"Show yourself demon!" Jet yelled out as he and the other's quickly formed a circle around Christy and Monica. Thalia was at the lead with Michael and Clarisse in the back.
"Marchosias, you are here as well? Truley this is an amazing event. Now I can eat the souls of these pathetic humans along with enacting my revenge on you!"
The wolf looked confused, "and....who are you again?"
"What?! Don't tell me you have forgotten! I am your sworn enemy! I am the great Earl of Hell! I rule over 30 legions of demons! I stole the soul of the very first child of Abraham!"
"Ah which Abraham was that?" America asked looking even more confused.
"Abraham Frea!"
"Right....wait...Raum? Is that you?"
"Yes! It is I! You finally remember you greatest foe Marchosias?!"
Percy turned to his wolf servant, "you know this guy?"
The wolf sighed, "we dated for a while...didn't end well."
"It was all that sea gods fault!" the psirt yelled out. Slowly a cloud of shadows formed over the Pegasus staff creating a mass of pure demonic energy that had red glowing eyes in the center of it, "he took my Marchosias from me!"
Raum, Night's End
Lv— 30
Percy turned to Marica, "my dad?"
The demon sighed and nodded, "yeah. I kind of got bored with Raum, we always fought, and he refused to apologize. And when I meet your dad...well I just kind of left him."
"He's the son of Poseidon?!" Raum yelled shaking the very chamber with his anger, "I'll kill him! You hear my Poseidon?! I'll kill your son!"
Percy sighed, "great, just great."
"So this again comes down to one of the gods sticking their dick where it doesn't belong huh?" Thalia said as she and the other demigods stood by Percy's side.
"Looks like it," Michael sighed, "when will our parents ever learn? It's embarrassing is what it is!"
"Well think of it this way, if they never stuck their dick in our mother's we wouldn't have been born," Clarisse shrugged.
"Yeah, true," Percy shrugged as they quickly took out their weapons in their hidden form.
"What's going on?" John whispered to the other mortals. "They are just walking up there like there isn't a mass cloud of evil above them."
"I don't know," Christy admitted as she saw the four demigods stand without a care in front of the black cloud. Fear did not fill them. Percy was even smiling in glee.
"Alright Raum, I'll give you one chance, release your grip on my friend, or I'll make you into tailpipe exhaust."
"Foolish son of Poseidon! You cannot stop me! Marchosias! Join me! Together we can kill these greeks!"
The wolf sighed, "yeah, sorry Raum, but I'm kind of on their side."
"What?! Why?! You are a demon are you not?!"
"Four words: The Gem of Kefka."
At that Raum yipped the red eyes in the cloud slowly turned to Percy, "h-how did you obtain the gem?"
Percy smirked, "I killed the guy who owned it before," Percy uncapped Riptide and Waverider summoning both swords. Thalia followed by activating her shield and her spear, Michael took off his rubber bracelet and turned it into a bow an arrow with a quiver appearing on his back while Clarisse turned her necklace into her spear.
"It matters not!" the demon roared, "I'll still kill you all!" The cloud exploded forward as it covered the demigods whole.
"Not today asshole!" Percy sent out a wave of his mana sending the cloud back long enough for him and his friend to gather around closely and Percy to create a mana shield around them.
"What's the plan?" Thalia asked.
"Marcia, can he be hurt by celestial bronze?" Percy asked.
"50% of the time, yes" Marcia nodded, "but I would recommend you use elemental magic instead."
"And for those of us who can't control lighting or water?" Clarisse asked.
"Clarisse you and Michael protect the mortals," Percy ordered as he slowly let down the barrier, "Thalia, you and I are going to hit this thing with everything we got, Marica, that means you as well."
They all agreed and the moment the barrier was down they all split. Michael ran to Monica side while Clarisse followed.
"Lighting bolt!" thalia roared as the tip of her spear sent out a blast of lightning hitting the cloud right in the center.
"ARGH! A child of Zeus?! Impossible!" The cloud condensed itself turning into a black version of a minotaur, "fine! If I am to face greeks then I shall do it as a greek monster!"
Percy grinned, "dude, poor choice. I fought the real thing when I was 12," Percy activated his super speed and rushed Raum side cutting him in half with Riptide and Waverider, "and he lasted longer than you."
"No matter!" the pieces of the black minotaur turned back into smoke before reforming into a large snake, "this form will suffice!"
"Right," Michael let loose several arrows blinding one of the snake's eyes with one arrow while pinning to the ground with the others, "I'm sure it will."
"How?!" the snake exploded into its cloud form again, this time it had only one eye, "how did you hurt me?!"
"I'm the son of Apollo," Michael drew another arrow which glowed gold, "I just infused a little bit of light into the arrows and," he let the arrow loose cutting through the smoke causing Raum pain, "presto."
"Dark Wave!" Raum yelled out sending a blast of shadows at Michael.
"Clarisse catch!" Thalia threw her shield like a discus at the daughter of ares. Clarisse caught it easily enough and jumped in front of the wave of black energy deflecting it to the side with the indestructible shield of Aegis.
"How?!" Raum yelled out as he transformed again, this time into a black humanoid figure with horns and a tail. He summoned a sword in his hands and charged Michael.
"Sorry pal," Percy jumped forward swinging Waverider across the demon's neck, "I'm your enemy, not them."
"Foolish son of Poseidon!" The demon blocked with his sword trying, and failing, to push Percy back with raw strength, "I'll kill you where you stand!"
Percy rolled his eyes, "yeah, sure you will," Percy covered his leg with mana forming an armours layer over it. He then kicked the black demon sending him flying into the wall. "If you were like a couple of levels stronger you might be able to anyway."
"Fool! This isn't even my true power!" Raum started to glow red as his black body turned crimson, "fear my wrath!" He swung his sword sending out a wave of black and red energy at Percy.
The demigod yawned as he sidestepped the wave of energy as it smashed into the chamber walls. "You need to be a lot stronger than that if you want to beat me," Percy rushed forward thrusting Waverider into the demon's body causing it to leak out red energy.
Percy pushed it to the ground as Thalia ran and impaled her spear downwards into Raum's chest sending a huge electric charge into the demon's body.
"H-how?" Raum stammered out as he felt his body disintegrated.
"Simple," Percy shrugged, "compared to the things we had to fight, you're nothing, less than nothing. You're a leach, simple as that."
The demon growled at Percy and then turned to Monica. It smiled, "yes, I am a leash, but at least if I'm going to die, I'm taking her with me!"
The red body disappeared and reappeared directly in front of Monica. Percy dashed forward as he saw Raum raise it's hand intending to stab Monica through the chest.
Tyler moved on instinct, he jumped to his sister's side, "noooo!"
As the demon's claws approached Monica Tyler pushed her away. The demon's hands were inches from Tyler's body. Slowly it closed the distance, Tyler's eyes looked down in horror, he didn't know what to do.
And just as Raum was about to puncture a hole through tyler's ribs Percy caught the demon's hand and stopped him dead cold.
"What?! How are you so fast?!" Raum tried to break Percy's grip but couldn't.
"Simple, I'm special," Percy pushed Raum back before throwing him into a wall. He then summoned Waverider into his hand before telekinetically shooting it into Raum body like a bullet from a gun.
"ACK!" the demon coughed up blood, or something that looked like it.
Percy turned to Marcia, "how do I kill it?"
"Light," the demon replied.
"I got this," Michael stepped up as he drew back and arrow. "Percy, think you can give me a boost?"
Percy nodded, "one mana dump coming right up," he put his hand on Michael's back and channeled as much mana as he safely could into the son of Apollo.
The arrow Michael held glowed brightly first, before slowly it grew bright and brighter. Soon it lite up the entire room and Michael let it loose.
The arrow flew with a whistling sound as it hit Raum in the head. The demon roared for mercy again and again before it finally exploded into a cloud of red dust that settled into the ground.
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Find out what's wrong with Monica and save her!
Rewards,
+5,000 Exp
Pegasus of the 11th Legion
Percy smirked, "well...that takes care of that." He turned to Monica who was being helped stand up by Thalia, "you feeling better now?"
The punk girl nodded, "yeah...it's like whatever it was doing suddenly stopped. I don't feel 100% better, but I think I should be okay."
Percy nodded, "great." He turned to Tyler, "that was a brave thing you tired to do Tyler. I'm surprised."
"She's my sister asshole, of cource I would try and save her," Tyler huffed as he tried to hide a smile forming on his lips.
Monica looked to her brother, she looked like she wanted to shout at him, but instead she simply hugged him and whispered, "thanks...bro." Tyler smiled as he hugged her back.
"I didn't think it was going to be that easy," Jet said as he looked at the floating red dust.
"It wasn't," Thalia clarified as she struggled to hold back a yawn, "it was four against one and we four were much stronger than it. If it was you guys going up against it it would have killed you in a minute."
"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence," John grumbled as he put away his gun.
Percy looked at the red dust left behind and narrowed his eyes, "he's not dead yet."
Thalia and the other's looked at him and readied their weapons, they didn't question it, Percy was rarely ever wrong.
"What do you mean?" Christy asked, "you four vapourized him into dust."
"Every time I defeat someone a piece of them is left behind," Percy told her, "it's an ability of mine, nobody doesn't mean it's dead. It just means he's hiding."
"But that would mean to say he was even here in the first place," Marcia said as she licked her paw.
