PERCY
My eyes narrowed at the symbol of the fist that was approaching my face.
This was what I got for saving this kid? A fight?
Anger flooded through me like a wave. (Ha ha, little water joke there!) I raised my hand and summoned a wave of water, and the fist hit the water.
The fist thing disturbed my wall of water, causing drops of water to fly everywhere. Through the water, I could see the boy staring at me with wide eyes.
"Take a picture, it lasts longer!" I snapped. I put my hand down, and the water went down with it.
The kid's mouth was in the form of an O, and he looked back and forth from the water to me. If this kid wasn't going to say anything, I wasn't going to force him.
Unfortunately for him… Riptide was.
I pulled out my ballpoint pen, and a smirk appeared on the kid's face.
"What are you gonna do, write on me?" He asked.
"Not really, I don't use this pen for writing." I replied.
He looked at me and raised an eyebrow.
"I really use it… for this." I said with a smirk.
And then I took off the cap.
Riptide came out, looking bronze and deadly in the sunlight.
I pointed it at the kid, under his chin.
"You can obviously do your magic. And, as you just saw, I can do my mine."
The boy kept his head high and looked me right in the eyes. If it hadn't been for bobbing Adam's apple, I wouldn't have noticed how nervous he was.
"Look, I can't risk getting hurt. How about we… drop our weapons and introduce ourselves? That seems like a pretty good idea to me. I won't do any powerful spells, and you won't use any of your powerful… powers."
I looked at him. "And exactly why should I trust you? You're the one who tried to kill me first."
He glanced at the sword and then looked at me directly in the eyes. "I swear that was an accident, I was really tired, and I was going to use the spell to get me out of the crocodile, but then you came, got me out, and ticked me off, so the spell came out right then, and I couldn't stop it."
I nodded. His story was believable. It's hard to focus on other stuff when you're wiped out from fighting. But spells? "Spells? Was that what the fist was? Does this mean that you're a wizard?"
"I'm a magician. My name's Carter Kane, and I'm descended from the Egyptian gods. I can harness a god's powers and use them against my enemies." He seemed a little smug as he said this, but I shook it off. As casually as I could, I told him who I was.
"I'm Percy Jackson, son of the sea god. I have control over water." I motioned to the water and continued. "When I said that your monster was on my turf I was talking about land and water. Like I said before, it ate a pegasus and terrorized Long Island."
"Cool." Carter said. "Well, now that we're done with introductions, you wanna go get the crocodile? I think I could use your help."
I nodded, a grin forming on my face. "Of course I'll help. Just don't let it eat you again."
Carter rolled his eyes. "C'mon, we have some croc butt to kick."