One shot #1: Gaming
I was over at Percy's house, studying. Well, I was supposed to help him study, but the idiot didn't want to. So, I am now studying by myself, on the couch. While Percy (the Seaweed Brain) was sitting on the floor, playing on his PlayStation 3. I was memorizing the Periodic Table from left to right when I heard noises coming from the TV.
"Die, you bloody-" Percy murmured as he frantically hit buttons on his controller. I looked up from my textbook, irritated, and looked at what he was playing. It was one of those typical boy games, where you beat the living crap out of someone.
"What the heck are you playing?" I demanded, closing the textbook.
"'Mortal Kombat'," he replied, watching his character beat up some scantily dressed girl. I looked as Percy's character ripped out the backbone of his opponent. I rolled my eyes. Typical that he would want to play a stupid game instead of studying and not failing. As I continued to watch Percy play the game, I got more and more interested. Eventually, it had been half an hour and I decided to give it a go.
"Hey, can I play?" I asked tentatively, sitting next to him on the floor. Percy looked at me.
"Sure," he said, seeming excited. He handed me a second remote.
"So...how do you play?" I asked, staring at the controller in my hand. Quickly, he instructed me on what to do. I decided that to just wing it, since Percy talked so fast that I couldn't understand a word he said. We, apparently, were going to battle. We chose our characters. Percy chose this S.W.A.T guy while I chose 'Kitana', a scantily clad girl. Well, at least Kitana didn't have four arms like this other character had.
The battle began, and I randomly just started pressing buttons, not even looking at the screen. I heard Percy growl in frustration.
"How are you so good at this?" he asked, pressing frantically on his controller. I looked up at him.
"Pardon?" I asked politely, still pressing random buttons.
"I feel like you've played this game before," Percy whined. I shook my head.
"Never heard nor played this in my life."
"Then you must be cheating." I rolled my eyes.
"How on Earth can I cheat at this moment?" He had no answer.
With a final blow, my character won. I set my controller down and smiled smugly at Percy.
A/N:
Welcome to my new fic! If you haven't read my other Percy Jackson fic 'The Red Games', I warn you that some of the material in here will connect to that story, so I highly recommend that you read 'The Red Games' first. Thanks!