Percy nodded, "yes. But not without a price. But right now I need you to fly me to downtown Boston."
Alecto nodded and quickly carried off Percy into the air, "you sure Zeus won't mind?" Percy asked as they flew along the Boston skyline.
"He cannot detect me and my sisters. We can hide ourselves from his gaze, hence why we are of great use to Hades and don't get shot with lightning bolts every time we fly."
Percy nodded as they quickly reached their destination. "Where now my master."
"I'm not sure," Percy was searching the warehouse district and immediately spotted the Lola's chocolate factory warehouse, "there!"
Alecto dived down and dropped Percy in front of the warehouse, "you wish for me to stay?"
Percy shook his head, "no. It's not a life threatening situation. I just want to have some fun is all." And with that he dismissed Alecto with a wave of his hand and then put away the gauntlet.
Percy adjusted his tie and put on his best smile as he walked into the warehouse. Inside Percy found several guards walking around with guns in tow, huh this might be a challenge. Attalia must be in the manager's office on the other side of the building.
Percy pulled out a sword he got as loot from killing a skeleton. It was a normal iron sword, so it should affect human to. Percy then began walking through the warehouse whistling a jolly tune while twirling his sword around.
After the first turn he ran into a guard, "who are you?" the mafia man asked.
"Nobody," Percy replied checkley.
"Well then Nobody better leave," he then pointed a sub-machine gun at Percy, "or else."
Percy smiled and opened his inventory box in front of him and expanded it to cover his entire body like a wall, "try me bitch."
The mafia man frowned and pulled the trigger. The submachine gun went off in quick succession spraying bullets at Percy only for each bullet to enter Percy's inventory and disappear. The man stopped shooting and looked at Percy with wide eyes, "w-what are you?"
Percy smiled, "I'm the son of a god." Then then dashed forward and hit the man with the flat side of his sword knocking him out. Percy then reached for the unconscious humans gun and Observed it;
PP-2000
A machine gun made by the KBP Instrument design bureau. it is a 9mm round and is capable of using armour piercing rounds and can store 44 rounds. It was previously used by Russia but is also common in the hands of the russian mafia.
Bullets left— 23
Percy smiled and put the gun away, it could be useful later. He then checked the man fully scoring another cartridge of bullets and a cigarette lighter.
Percy then move and as he approached a turn another man appeared. The new grunt didn't even have time to respond as Percy knocked the man out with a punch and looted his body.
Percy then climbed the racks of the warehouse and began knocking out every man patrolling the place. It was very fun, he kind of felt like Batman. Jumping out of the shadows, beating mafia members up, kicking ass with an awesome suit.
Percy eventually finished everyone there, the entire floor was clear of mobsters. Percy then walked to the end of the warehouse and there snuck to the window, unfortunately the shades were drawn.
'If only I had a way to spy on them from here...wait do?' Percy then pulled up his skill list and there it was;
Shadow Spying, Lv— 1 (0%)
You can use send your mana to infected another person shadow. For a certain time you will be able to hear whatever the person say and hears.
Mana— 10 MP every minute it is in use
Limit— 12 hours.
With this he should technically be able to spy on the people inside. Percy then activated his skill and sent out his mana through the wall and into the other room. It then caught onto the shadow on somebody there and Percy could hear what was being said.
"Listen well princess my boss is going to call very soon with your dad on the line. I'm going to give you the phone and you will talk, but you tell your dad one word about where you are and you're dead."
Okay that was obviously the bad guy.
"Kiss my ass," that a girl.
SLAP!
Percy winced at the sound of that and his Gamer's mind worked overtime to bring down his anger, after all is he loses control the curse of Le Bete would activate and that was the last thing he needed.
Percy then looked around at the bodies littering the floor of the warehouse and an idea came to him. He put away his sword and grabbed a single body from the pile of unconscious and dragged it to the manager's office.
"Okay you bitch I'm going to give you the phone now," the grunt said, "remember what I told you."
Perfect timing. Percy picked up the body and then threw it through the window. The noise and the sight caused the distraction Percy needed.
"What the fuck?!"
Percy then slammed into the door and rolled into the office. He looked up and saw the grunt's startled look and Attalia look of surprise. Percy moved before the grunt could and kicked his jaw knocking the man backwards and into a wall.
Percy then walked up to the man and saw he was unconscious. He then picked up the phone the man had and pressed his ear on it.
"Hello? Hello are you there Dick? Give the phone to the girl!"
Percy channeled some bloodlust into his voice, "all your men are gone. If you don't want the same thing to happen to you then you won't ever attack this girl again."
"W-who the hell are you?"
"Your worst nightmare," Percy then threw the phone down and crushed it under his foot. He then turned to Attalia, "hello beautiful. What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"
Attalia looked stunned, "w-what are you doing here Percy?"
Percy then began to undo her bonds, "well we were having such a nice conversation before, before these men took you away, very rude of them."
Ping!
Quest Completed!
Find and save Attalia!
Reward,
3000 Exp
A kiss
Percy swiped it away and then helped Attalia to her feet, "Yo-you came for me?"
"Yup," Percy said with a smiled, "I know, I'm awesome."
Attalia looked at him with a look of wonder before grabbing his head and kissing him silly.
Ping!
Kissing, Lv— 5 (25%)
It is what it is. The higher level you are the better kisser you are. And remember practise makes perfect.
Your level is kissing leaves the person happy
The Next Day,
Percy stood in the platform next to the train that would take them to LA. Last night was fun. It helped him calm down after the whole curse thing. Also the kissing was fun, he gained two more levels before Attalia thought she had given him a sufficient reward.
Kissing, Lv— 7 (35%)
It is what it is. The higher level you are the better kisser you are. And remember practise makes perfect.
Your level is kissing gives the person a reason to remember you
He kind of felt bad because the way she saw it he was an older man, 21 or so, but in reality he was 12, kind of made it a akward. But in the end that didn't matter. Percy walked her home and then crashed in his motel room. In the morning he found Grover and Edward also in the motel with a note from Luke saying he would meet them at the station.
So Percy now stood with Grover and Edward, both of whom were wearing shades and had ice packs pressed up against their heads.
"Pain," Grover moaned, "so much pain."
"Yeah well that's what a hangover is," Percy said with a smirk.
"Just-just-, keep quiet okay?"
"Sure G-man," Percy said as he then turned to Edward, "thanks again Edward. We couldn't have gotten those chains without you."
The man took of the ice pack and grinned, "not a problem Percy. You helped the people I considered family and for that you have my respect and gratitude. If there is anything you need, don't be afraid to ask."
Percy smiled at that, "got it."
Just then the train whistled signaling the start of the journey. Percy and Grover got on and waited nervously for Luke to show up.
"There," Grover said pointing at a figure running through the crowd of people in the station.
By the time Luke was halfway to them the train had already started to leave, "come on Luke!"
Just then three women jumped out of the crowd of people and ran after Luke, "get back here Luke!"
Percy recognized one of them women, Luke was making out with her last night.
"We are going to kill you!" cried another as the train started to pick up speed. Luke realized he was not going to make it. He then jumped up and shouted, "MAIA!" Suddenly wings sprouted out of his shoes and he flew into Grover and Percy crashing into them.
The three then turned back and watched as the train left the station and the three angry women behind. Luke got up and then started laughing, "HAHA! Oh gods that was a close one!"
"What did you do?" Percy asked as he helped Grover up.
"I ah-may have made out with all three of them last night."
"And?"
"And I didn't realise they were sisters."
Percy and Grover laughed at Luke's antics as the three walked into the train and quickly sat down in their cabin.
"Well atleast we are heading to LA now," Luke replied.
"Yup," Percy nodded in agreement. Today 13th of June. He had 8 days to find his mom, the lightning bolt and the lightning thief. Easy as pie. Percy then looked at Luke's shoes, "where did you get those Luke?"
"Oh these? I stole them from my dad," Luke said with a grin, "figured he owed me some overdue birthday gifts."
Percy nodded and then Observed the shoes;
Hermes's flying shoes,
These shoes will sprout wings and fly at the command of the wearer. They are charmed to be durable and will only break if you cut the wings off. Activation spell, 'Maia.'
Warning! These shoes are charmed to send their wearer straight into Tartarus the moment the person who wears it enters Hades.
Percy's eyes widened, what the hell is going on.
There we go, 10,000 fucking words. Doom! Mike drop! The crowd goes wild!
Questions;
If INT and WIS are 60 each, will the gauntlet of Kefka make the servants 120% more powerful?: Yes, yes it will. And I know, OP, but seriously it's to much fun.
Changing race— yeah you can change race. But by special actions, like lets say eating the golden apple, that makes you a god. Percy can become a god, if he wants to. But seriously who would want to? And all those rules, yuck!
Introducing Arty— In time dear reader, in time.
Alright there we all of the questions done. Did I miss some? P.M. me. Also thanks to BRD man, your review left me in stitches and I just and to rewrite the first few lines to add that in, seriously man, perfect!
Chapter 16
Chapter 16:
Percy looked at Luke's shoes from the corner of his eyes for the fifth time or so. Questions flew around in his head. Did Luke know they were cursed? Did someone curse them? Was someone targeting Luke? If so who? And why?
Percy could only come to two conclusions;
The person who cursed Luke's shoes hated Luke.
The person who cursed Luke's shoes wanted him dead
The person who cursed Luke's shoes did it before he left camp, because they never encountered anyone strong enough in magic to curse a godly artifact like these.
The only person who would want Luke hurt would be the Lightning thief, Luke was on the quest to find the lightning and expose the thief, so it made sense. That or a crazy ex-girlfriend or something.
Percy then spoke up, "hey Luke do you really think it's a good idea to wear those shoes?"
Luke looked up startled, "what do you mean Percy?"
"Well it's just that those things make you fly right? And the air is kind of Zeus's domain. I just don't want you to get zapped or something."
Luke shrugged, "yeah it's cool. I'm the son of Hermes, technically his grandson. He won't really have a problem with me using them. If anything my dad would probably be more pissed off."
Percy nodded, "okay then if you are sure." Percy then spoke about camp and other random topics but all the while his mind was wondering how he should get rid of those damned shoes. He needed them off of Luke before they entered Hades. Maybe he should throw acid on them or something.
Slowly it became late in the afternoon with the sun going down over the horizon. Luke and Grover had recovered from their hangover by drinking a lot of water and a lot of trips to the bathroom.
Grover eventually spoke up, "so when are we going to reach LA?"
"By mid-night or so," Percy replied.
"Good. Nothing can stop us now," Grover said with a victorious smirk.
Percy smacked his head, "you idiot!"
"W-what?" Grover asked sheepishly.
"You don't say shit like that Grover," Luke exclaimed.
"What? Why not?"
"Because you'll jinx it!" Percy yelled out as suddenly the train started to shake a little, "great, just great. I hope your happy Grover."
The Satyr threw his hands up, "I'm sorry!"
Suddenly a woman's scream was heard from the back of the train, "BEAR!" Percy sighed as he got up and walked to the back of the train with Luke and Grover following them.
"What do you think it is?" Grover asked as he took out the blade he got from the forge of Hephaestus.
"Probably not a bear," Luke replied as he took out his sword, "should be just a monster, probably the Mist made her seen a bear instead."
"So it's something big and scary, yes?" Percy asked as he took out Riptide.
"Yup."
"Good."
Percy and the rest quickly walked to the last compartment from which men and women ran from, "get out of here kids!" Cried out one of the men as he ran out of the room.
"We're good," Percy called out showing Riptide.
"I don't think a baseball bat is going to take care of that thing!" the man yelled.
"Relax, we'll be fine," Luke replied as he put a hand on the man's shoulder, "you should probably leave, we'll make sure somebody isn't trapped in there with the bear."
The man looked into Luke's eyes and then nodded dumbly, "okay," his voice was calmer than before, "I'll do that."
The man then walked away leaving them alone, "Jedi mind trick?" Percy asked.
"Jedi mind trick," Luke nodded.
The three managed to reach the last compartment and there standing between broken seats and fallen bags were three cyclopes. They were all dressed in golden armour and had spears on their side. Luckily they didn't notice Percy and co. so the group of questers quickly hide behind a row of seats.
"You idiot!" cried one of the cyclops. This one was the biggest of the three and was currently scolding the smallest, "if you didn't act so stupid we might have just managed to sneak up on them!"
"But boss we are huge," replied the smallest cyclops, "we can't sneak up on anything."
