Percy's New Brother chapter 1
Ncalkins does not own anything but the thought, ooc, au, thanks beta!
Percy, Annabeth and Grover had been in the Lotus Casino for a while now. Annabeth went off to the building things game and Grover went to the reverse hunting game. There were hundreds of things to do and games to play. Nevertheless, Percy did not know what to do. So Percy walked around to bad he was not looking were he was going.
"Hey!" A young boy's voice shouted.
"Oh, I am sorry man." Percy said, as he looked at the boy no older then ten. The boy had black hair and dark eyes.
"It's okay, I'm Nico!" Nico chirped as he looked up at the sea eyed black haired boy.
Percy smiled, "Percy, hey do you know any good games to play here?"
Nico brightened and with a smile he said, "Ya, there's this game called Mythomagic! It's sooo fun!"
Percy smiled bemused, "Okay, how do you play."
Nico explained how to play it. It was a lot like Yugioh, Percy found out. However, when he mentioned this Nico said, "What's Yugioh?"
"Nevermind Nico, let's play."
"Okay and don't worry I'll go easy on you."
So the two played the game, and they did other things, they just finished their lunch. "Hey Nico, I'm going to go play the VR sharpshooters. Do you want to come?" Percy asked as he started walking away from their lunch table.
"No, I'm going on the waterslide again." Nico said as he stood up from the table, pizza half eaten.
"Make sure you wait an hour before you go in. I don't want go to drown because of cramps or something." Percy called as he watched Nico run to the elevator; he smiled and shook his head at the responds his got, a wave without a backwards glance.
As Percy made his way to the game, he noticed a boy standing next to it. He was wearing bell-bottom jeans and a red T-shirt, not to mention he looked like Elvis. Percy shook his head and ignored it; he also ignored it when the kid said, "Groovy, man. Been here two weeks, and the games keep getting better and better."
'Groovy? Is he high or just from the seventies?"
Percy shook his head and ignored it.
"Ya, this game is sick!" Percy exclaimed as he killed another alien. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the kid looked at him startled.
'Okay that's weird.' Percy thought. "I'm names Darrin."
"My name is Percy. Hey, Darrin are you from around here?" Percy asked as politely as possible.
Darrin paused to think, but was bored and returned to the game. "I don't, I think so?"
Percy studied Darrin as he played the game; Percy began to feel a sinking feeling.
"Darrin? I have a question," Percy asked as Darrin shot another alien, part of Percy realized he just died and the game was asking if he would like to start again.
"What?"
"What year is it?" Percy asked carefully, fear beginning to take hold.
Darrin frowned at Percy. "In the game?"
"No. In real life."
Darrin had to think about it. "1977."
"No," Percy squeaked. "Really?"
"Hey, man. Bad vibes. I got a game happening."
Percy placed the gun back into the slot and began to talk to people asking what year it was. They all gave him different answers; Percy just decided to get Annabeth and Grover when Nico ran up to him dripping wet.
"Percy! You have to come with me to the pool; they have a new super slide!" Nico exclaimed his wet hair shinning in the light.
Percy was tempted he could only wonder what the super slide was like.
'Focus, you need to get your friends out of here.' Thought Percy as he shook his head, then he grabbed Nico's arm.
"Nico we need to get out of here! Just let me collect Annabeth and Grover then we can leave." Percy said as he began to drag Nico toward the games.
"Leave? Why, this place is great!" Nico declared as he pulled his arm away from Percy.
"It may be cool, but it's a trap. This place is bad news." Percy said, as he looked Nico strait in the eye.
"Prove it." Nico said eye Percy with disbelieve.
"I don't have time for this." Percy muttered under his breath. "Nico it's a long story and I have to go."
"Then make it short." Nico demanded as he looked at Percy defiantly.
Percy sighed in aggravation, "Fine. The Greek Gods are real; I'm the son of Poseidon." To prove it Percy touched Nico's wet hair and made it dry.
"Cool." Nico breathed as he fingered his now dry hair.
"This hotel traps people, there are people from 1977. What year do you think it is?"
"1943?" Nico said unsure.
"It's 2010 and we need to get out of here." Percy said in a bit of a panic.
"Okay just let me get Bianca." Nico said as he turned and sprinted off for his sister.
Percy ran toward the games to get Annabeth and Grover.
"Annabeth! We have to leave!" Percy shouted as he ran toward her.
Annabeth mumbled building a skyscraper, Percy grabbed Annabeth shoulders and shook her.
"Annabeth we have to leave this place is a trap!" Percy exclaimed trying to pry Annabeth from the game.
"Get off Percy! I am almost finished with this building them I am going to make a mini-Olympus! And you know what it's going to be better then the real thing!" Annabeth Cried as she elbowed Percy in the stomach.
"Annabeth," Wheezed Percy as he tried to get his breath under control. Once he did, he grabbed her shoulder and spun her around. "Spiders, Annabeth think of big hairy spiders."
"You're crazy Jackson!" Annabeth spat out. "Leave me alone loser!"
She then to Percy's shock took out her knife and stabbed him in the shoulder.
Percy gave a little scream as the blade pierced his shoulder. Annabeth pulled the blade out, wiped it on her jeans and then turned back to her game without a care in the world. Percy stared at Annabeth's back with betrayed filled eyes, as he held he wounded shoulder. Percy shook his head in disgust and turned away. As he looked of Grover he only felt a little guilty about leaving Annabeth there, after all she betrayed him.
"Grover!" Percy shouted as he spied him playing a reversed hunter game near the door.
Percy ran over and tried to get Grover to leave only to have the same result as he did with Annabeth. Instead of stabbing him, he flung him away with a shout of.
"Get away Jackson! I'm not even your friend!"
Percy hit the ground hard and stared at Grover with astonishment. A bitter smile crossed his face as he thought, '"I am your friend, Percy." Ya right.'
"Percy!" Nico called as he dragged his sister Bianca over. "Are we leaving, now?"
Percy was up as Bianca shouted at Nico, "Nico how can you trust him! You don't even know him, it's clear he's nuts!"
Percy ignored her as he grabbed her other arm and together they dragged her, toward the entrance. Bianca kicked Percy in the ankle causing him to let go of her arm and fall. She then grabbed Nico and tugged him further into the hotel.
"Bianca let go!" Percy shouted as he struggled to get to Percy, who was lying on the ground trying to get his anger under control. "Percy!" Nico screamed as he raised an open hand toward Percy.
Percy hearing Nico's panic, snapped. He picked himself off the ground facing the doors, and then he pivoted toward the Di Angelo children. Percy narrowed his eyes and Bianca; he did not have time for this! His shoulder was throbbing, his friends had betrayed him and he had to save the world. Therefore, Percy did what any rash human being would do; he rushed Bianca breaking her hold on Nico and threw her over his shoulder.
"Be careful." Nico said as he followed Percy out with his sister screaming and pounding on his back.
A greeter trying to give them a new card briefly stopped them, but he backed off when Percy snapped at him and marched out with Bianca over his shoulder and Nico in toe. Once they were outside and a good amount away from the hotel Bianca calmed down enough for Percy to set her down. As the Di Angelo's looked around at the new buildings, Percy grabbed an ambrosia square from the backpack that had magically appeared on his injured shoulder. As he chewed his bit he looked at the near by newsstand, he checked the date: June 20. Percy cursed he had been in the Lotus Casino for five days, only one day to fix everything.
"What's that?" Nico asked as he pointed at the ambrosia square in Percy hand.
"It's Ambrosia. It is the food of the gods. They heal injures of Demigods, but we can't have too much or else we burn up." Percy answered as he rewrapped the ambrosia and tried to think of what to do with Nico and his sister.
Bianca cautiously walked forward as Percy tried to hail a cab. "Like a fever?" She asked.
"No, we burst into flames." Percy answered as he wave his hand in the air.
Bianca gulped and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'm getting you a cab, so that you can get a different hotel."
"What no way!" Nico shouted from right beside Percy, causing him to winch. "I want to stay with you."
Percy looked at him and said, "Look, what I'm going is dangerous. There is a chance I will die; you and your sister have no fighting experience or any weapons."
Nico set his jaw defiantly as another taxi passed by. "Aw come on!" Percy screamed, "I don't have time for this!"
"What is so important that you need to leave right this moment?" Nico asked and Bianca looked at Percy with interest.
Percy sighed, "I was accused of stealing Zeus's master lighting bolt, but I didn't steal it. Now I have to return it by tomorrow or Poseidon goes to war with Zeus. I am traveling to the underworld because Hades is our only lead. But first I have to travel to Los Angeles to the Santa Monica Pier to visit dear old dad."
A Taxi finally slowed down and headed their way. Percy sighed in relive, but to his surprise just when Nico was about to protest, Bianca said, "All the more reason for you not to go alone."
By Nico's shocked looked he had not been expecting that, but he went with it.
"Besides, I really want to see the underworld. It always sounded cool, and you are responsible for us two untrained demigods."
Percy turned to Nico and said, "You're a weirdo aren't you?"
Nico nodded happily, as Bianca opened the taxi door and slid in, followed by a rescinded Percy and then Nico.
"Take us to Los Angeles Santa Monica Pier." Percy said to the driver.
"You have a way to pay; it will cost a lot because that's a long way." The driver said around his cigar.
Bianca handed him her Lotus casino card and asked, "Will you take this?"
The driver shrugged and tried it, a dollar sign appeared and the driver got nervous. Bianca seeing this said, "Can you get us there as fast as you can?"
"Y-Yes your highness, I will." The driver stuttered.
Bianca let a smile slip on her face as the driver took off; she liked the highness bit.
"Can you not smoke, sir?" Nico asked as he rolled down the window trying to get clean air into the cab.
"Yes, your highness." The driver said as he tossed the cigar out the window and rolled down the other windows. "I rolled then down to get rid of the smell. Is it to your liking sir?"
"Yes," Said Nico pleased, and then he muttered to Percy. "I like the highness stuff; I am so keeping my card."
Percy laughed and said, "Don't get a big head Nico, and we don't know if any other place with take these."
Nico smiled and said, "That's prince Nico to you peasant."
Percy smiled back and said, "Hey now, who's the son of a sea god."
Nico laughed and said, "Sorry prince of the sea." He bumped his shoulder on Percy's, then snagged Percy backpack and started to rifle through it asking questions though out the rest of the ride. To Bianca's surprise Percy never got to annoyed, he actually seemed amused.
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