Hey! :D
So if you payed attention to The Last Olympian, you may have noticed that Nico di Angelo was born during World War II. Which means that he doesn't know about most modern technology!
And I plan to use this to my advantage :D MUAHAHA!
Anyway, after every chapter, I need you guys to review with a suggestion for a piece of technology he'll discover. Be creative! Don't do the normal ones like a computer or a cellphone. But do others like a toaster or microwave! Anything! :D
Also I'm putting my own character in. No she's not a Mary-Sue. I'm writing her exactly how I am.
Oh by the way, this takes place after The Last Olympian BUT before The Lost Hero. :D
Anyway, ENJOY!
It was a normal day at Camp Half-Blood. Well, as normal as it can get when you're half human and half god. This day in particular was important. Because young Nico di Angelo was about to discover something.
Nico had just woken up in his cabin. Obsidian black on the outside with Greek fire torches outside that burned twenty four hours a day. The inside was just as dark as the outside. Perfect for a child of Hades.
After showering and getting dressed, Nico walked outside and joined his friends Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, and Zaira Perez.
"Morning death boy." Zaira teased.
Nico glared at her, "Morning Little Miss Sunshine."
Zaira winced at that nickname. Sure she was a daughter of Apollo, but she wasn't like many of them. The only thing that was the same about her and her siblings was their talents and musical taste (Hey, when you're a child of Apollo, you like any type of music). Other than that, nothing. Not even appearance.
"You know I hate that nickname." Zaira said.
"Which is why I'm gonna keep calling you that." Nico said.
"Anyway," Annabeth said. "Percy invited us to play some video games on his PS3 in the Poseidon cabin."
"Yeah. I got Mortal Kombat 9." Percy said with a mischievous grin.
"That's got even more disgusting but cool fatalities than any other one!" Grover exclaimed.
Nico listened to the two talk about a game. Mortal Kombat? What's that? And what's a PS3?
"Uh what's a PS3?" Nico asked.
The other four looked at him as if he were an alien. Suddenly realization hit Annabeth.
"That's right! You were born before World War II so you don't know about the new technology!" she said. "Well, PS3 stands for Play Station 3."
"Ah.. I see." Nico said.
"And you insert a disk into it and start the game." Zaira finished. "C'mon we'll show you."
The five demigods all gathered in the Poseidon cabin. Percy brought five beanbag chairs from his closet and set them out. He grabbed five controllers and handed them to everyone.
Nico took the control cautiously. In gray, capital letters it said SONY. What the Hades is SONY? There was also a circular button with a weird symbol on it. Also a button labeled START and another labeled SELECT. On the left hand side there were buttons that indicated direction. On the right hand side there were four colorful buttons with different shapes. A green triangle, a red circle, a blue 'x', and a pink square.
He saw the other four press the center button and their controllers lit up. Nico did the same and a little red button came on.
"Ah!" he yelled and dropped his controller.
"Relax. That just shows that its on." Zaira explained.
"Oh.. right." Nico scolded himself for being so clueless.
"So who wants to fight first?"
"Me!" Annabeth exclaimed.
"Uhh I will." Nico said shyly.
"Okay then. Start!" Percy said.
Nico watched as Annabeth scrolled through the options on the screen. She chose TWO PLAYER. Next, the screen shifted and he saw a selection of different people.
"Choose your character." Zaira told him.
"How?" Nico asked.
Zaira leaned over and pressed the arrow buttons. "You move with these." she said. "And when you find a character you like, press 'x'."
"Oh.. okay." Nico said.
After scrolling through the different characters, he settled on one named "Scorpion".
"How do I fight?" Nico asked.
Percy got out of his beanbag and came over to Nico. He explained the different moves Nico could do with Scorpion. Nico listened and tried to remember all the different combinations. Down, right, 'x'. Down, down, circle. Or was it down, down 'x' and down, right, circle? Eh I'll figure it out.
A deep voice boomed from the screen. "Round one. FIGHT!" As soon as those words escaped the speakers lips, Annabeth's character charged. Attacking with move after move, defeating Nico in a matter of seconds.
"What the Hades?" Nico exclaimed. He didn't even get a chance to press a single button.
Then came the next round. Just as Nico's life bar was almost all red, the voice said, "FINISH HIM!"
Annabeth pressed a combination of buttons and her character kissed Nico's. Then unexpectedly, ripped Nico's character's skull and ate his brain. Just as that happened, Nico screamed and threw his control at the screen, shattering it.
The others watched in silence. Then looked at Nico.
"Oops?" he said.
Percy was trying not to be angry. After all, Nico IS barely learning about modern technology. "Its okay." he said through gritted teeth.
"Uh why don't we go? Its time for lunch." Annabeth said, trying to calm down her boyfriend.
"Yeah lets go." Grover agreed.
So how was that? Love it? Hate it?
Review so I can know! :D
Also, REVIEW YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR TECHNOLOGY!
Now, I have a challenge for you. I'm doing this with my other story, so I'm doing it with this one. Anyway, I'm going to give you lyrics to a song, and you're going to try and guess what song it is! The first one to answer correctly gets the next chapter dedicated to him/her. NOW, here are the lyrics
Its true, we're all a little insane. But its so clear, now that I'm unchained.
GOOD LUCK! ;)
Even though I'm
On my own,
I know I'm not alone,
'Cause I know there's
Someone, somewhere
-Someone, Somewhere – Asking Alexandria
-Zaira
