Percy was tired. He had been running for hours and even his unnatural stamina had run out.
He had to keep running to the pull of power he felt from the water source that was somewhere in the forest.
He had no weapon to fight the monster off with, but he had his powers and he needed to be able to use them now.
Percy whipped his head around as he heard a growl that was extremely close behind, his green eyes flashed in the dark night as he scanned the trees looking for the ugly thing that apparently liked Fruit of the Loom.
He felt a growl escape his own mouth as the fear of his situation changed to anger, and he felt something snap inside him. A now familiar tug in his gut started to grow with his frustration.
Percy made it to his destination. A wide lake stretched before him and he grinned in spite of the dangerous monster chasing him. His power grew and he felt his strength regenerate and only his feet were in the water. He walked further in until it was at his waist and the tug began to hurt a little.
The winds had started to pick up, rain started to fall and his strength increased tremendously. He could see the monster that had been in his dreams for years. This was the second time he had seen it, and the last he had was the worst day in his life. His anger increased along with the storm.
"Moooooooo!!!" The Minotaur caught his prey finally.
When Percy heard that noise he moved, and the water moved behind him.
The half bull half man hybrid began his own charge at the demigod and roared another challenge, leaving his giant omega axe sheathed on its back.
Percy raised his own scream of rage as he ran closer and closer to the thing that killed his mother. They were ten feet away from each other when the water Percy controlled shot forward faster than the beast could react.
The wave slammed into the Calvin Klein underwear model wannabe hard enough to send him slightly to the side. Percy used this to full advantage as he changed direction instantly moving to attack, he realized he couldn't jump on the monster's back with the axe blocking it.
He controlled the water that had splashed to the ground as a hand jumped off the ground and grabbed the handle of the axe and pulled it half way out before the minotaur spun wildly and the axe flew out of range of either of them.
Its beady red eyes narrowed at Percy and it bellowed in anger and charged again. Percy didnt have time to use his powers this time and dove as far to the right as he could just avoiding its outstretched arm. He got back up instantly and saw his chance.
The Minotaur had smashed into a tree and was dazed. Although the tree looked the worse for wear. Percy leaped onto its back and grabbed its horns to hold himself steady. All confusion left its eyes as it bellowed again louder than all its previous roars.
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Percy began pulling at the horns with both hands planting his feet firmly in its back. He heard a crack and pulled harder.
"AHHHHHH!" Percy screamed out as his muscles burned from the strain but he kept pulling.
CREAK!
Percy got launched off the beast's back as it howled in pain, horror, and anger. He landed hard and his breath was knocked out of him. He was dazed for a second before the rain cleared his brain of all fogginess. He got up quickly and almost fell back down when his left foot tried to reject all the weight placed on it.
Percy grunted as he tried to regain balance. He could feel the water working overtime to take away the injury that was causing him pain. He raised his hand and looked at the rewards that his dangerous plan ended with. A foot long dagger of bone that ended with a point sharper than most creations the mortals could create.
It was awkward to wield but it was better than nothing which is what he had before. His eyes lifted from his new makeshift weapon and locked onto the form of the monster that hauntef his dreams for the last two years and they darkened. His body felt flooded with power and thunder cracked high in the sky. He charged and cried out as his pain was forgotten, rage completely taken over as a green aura surrounded his body.
The minotaur felt fear flow through him as the demigod it had been hunting for years became the hunter. The fear turned to a sort of defiant acceptance as he knew that he could no longer defeat his enemy but he wouldn't be killed sitting down.
The demigod and monster roared at eachother in one final clash. The Minotaur was at a complete disadvantage missing one horn that threw his balance off. Blood flowed into his eyes blinding him.
SHINK!
They collided and Percy was sent flying backwards by the momentum of his enemy. He rolled to a stopand felt sore, bruised and broken in all different places on his body. His ankle screamed at him full force now. But all the pain he felt was nothing compared to the relief he felt when he saw the Minotaur disintegrating into golden dust. Its own horn had been shoved straight through its heart and no normal monster could hope to survive any blow like that.
Percy let his head fall back and tears flowed out of his eyes. Horrible memories sprang to his mind of his mother on the day she died. Choked to death by the monster he just killed. Sobs racked his body as the guilt hit him and he whispered apologies to the only person he had loved in his life.
The storm died out as the anger and pain dissipated along with it.
Percy dragged himself to the water and let himself fall deep into the lake. His eyes closed, the adrenaline keeping him running all gone.
Darkness took over his vision and he passed out
A.N.
Please review kindly :) this is my first attempt at publishing anything on FF so to any who read this let me know what you think of this chapter and what i can improve on.
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