CHAPTER ONE: THE PERCY EFFECT LIVES!
The AN below ain't compulsory… (seriously don't read it if you don't want to)
"… come again?" Percy deadpanned at the Atlesian soldier making said soldier sigh in exasperation, "I said, that I cannot let you pass, this is a militarized zone and hence off limits, it's not that hard to grasp" the soldier snapped in irritation. The war god raised a brow at him before sniffing and bringing his face closer while the soldier tightened the grip on his dust rifle.
"… why not?"
The man grit his teeth in fury, "Now listen here you stupid little piece of…" that was as far as he got before a fist slammed into his helmet, shattering the visor, making contact with his face, breaking his nose, shattering his jaw and busting a lip before he was sent flying fifty feet backwards.
"… the fuck?" Percy deadpanned at the distance the man had traversed via impromptu before turning his gaze to his still clenched fist…
Distance covered.
Fist.
Distance covered.
Fist.
"… that was a fucking love tap" he muttered to himself before frowning, "That was a fucking love tap! How the hell are these guys more durable than primitive humans if a freaking love tap sends them flying…" he paused and his frown deepened, "… with broken bones to boot!" he finished his tirade just in time to turn to see dozens of turrets whir to life before turning to face him just as multiple alarms started blaring"
"SURRENDER OR WE WILL BE FORCED TO FIRE UPON YOU!" a voice boomed out of unseen speakers making Percy wince as his godly senses made him receive it all.
Multiple soldiers and… robots?... Yeah, robots –the fuck?– in white armour (not exactly the most tactical colour, considering the current setting was that of a jungle, but it had to be at the very least be durable else he would give them points for blatant stupidity) came trooping out of their respective posts and aimed their weapons at him, a dignified looking young lady walked towards him at a steady pace with her arms folded behind her back.
Percy blinked in surprise at her appearance and he barely managed to choke back a gasp as his eyes watered with unshed tears.
Pristine white hair. Check,
Dignified flair. Check.
Calculated movement. Check.
Icy blue eyes. Che…
He stopped himself right there and narrowed his eyes at the lady, she… they had the same eye colour and the same cold demeanor, but the coldness radiating from her was rather… tame compared to that of the woman who stole his heart.
Well, the second woman to steal his heart but that was a story for a later day.
Scowling to himself as he realized that he had mistaken her for someone else (and almost lost the badass air around him by crying!), he fingered the ring on his left ring finger as he contemplated obliterating all those that were present just so that he wouldn't have to deal with the shit that was going to come out from this, before pausing and then smirking arrogantly as he remembered the fact that it had been awhile since he messed with anyone.
It was said that Hermes was the most mischievous god of the Greek pantheon… whoever said that obviously hadn't encountered Perseus before, his name meant 'The Destroyer' and he kept true to that name both on the battle field and on the pranking field.
"Whoever you are, stand down. This is your only warning"
The lady's voice snapped him out of his reminiscing and he blinked to regain his focus on the material world. "… what did ya say to me princess?" came his dry response making her eye brow tick in annoyance.
"I am specialist Winter Schnee of the Atlesian military and you are under arrest for unprovoked assault on an officer, any form of resistance on your part will be dealt with ruthlessly and efficiently" she finished with the same clipped tone, Percy was really starting to think that maybe there was a military barrack on this world that specialized in clipped, straight to the point and dignified speech.
"Uhh, no" he deadpanned before putting his hand on his waist and pulling out his flask and then taking a few gulps of his precious liquid gold… also known as Dionysus grade whiskey… mixed with godly nectar and a dash of Rum of course.
The lady… Winter's eye ticking increased in intensity as she saw the all too familiar gesture and without a word to her subordinates, readied a glyph at her feet and shot forward at high speed.
With a satisfied sigh, he put the flask back in its rightful place at his waist, he wasn't proud to say it, but as much as he had inherited his mothers kindness (one had to squint and look very closely to see if it was there), he had also inherited his father's love for alcohol (and catastrophic rage) … if his mother were to have found out, she would've thumped his ass, figuratively and literally…
He casually stepped to his left side and Winter barreled past him…
… now that he actually had time to reflect on it, his mother dearest actually had the hots for him, he actually lost count of how many times he and his father had to restrain her just so she wouldn't rape him on the spot…
… he took a bow and she barreled over his head before straightening once more…
… it was like a lady with an Electra complex, only that the object of her desire (and actual affection) was her son add that to the fact that this lady was a powerful goddess with some extreme Yandere tendencies and you had a volatile mix of crazy love…
… he tilted his head to the corner and Winter's rapier sailed past his face before kicking her slightly in the gut… sending her crashing into her still stunned subordinates that stood in stunned silence some seventy, eighty feet away…
… Percy was suddenly glad that Hestia didn't raise him, he would've lost his innocence too early…
He was brought back to the realm of reality as he felt something annoying pelting his skin. Looking up, he was met with the stunned faces of all those present, he raised a single brow at them; were so brain dead that they couldn't release the trigger of their rifles? The metaphorical light bulb went off in his head and he looked down to see their dust propelled bullets bounce of his skin before fixing them with yet another deadpan expression… they were still too stunned to take their fingers off their respective triggers.
"Th… these are dust enhance aura inhibitors, how the hell are you still standing?!" Winters voice cracked and Percy couldn't help but feel smug that the 'Percy effect' (popularly defined as his innate ability to piss your opponents off to the extent of blind rage, only to curb stomp them – usually with minimal effort – to a stunned state) had taken place (albeit unconsciously on his part) with relative ease despite not having used it in centuries.
… and also because of the fact that he had made the stoic specialist lose her composure.
"Well, I'm a Percy" he quipped back without the slightest hint of sarcasm in his tone, before they could process that, he snapped his fingers and they all fell into unconsciousness.
"Well… that was climatic" he stated in an excited manner with a deadpan stare firmly in place on his face… even he was confused on how possible that was, so don't ask.
"I get this niggling feeling inside me that I just wasted my time here" he mumbled to himself before shrugging and resuming his walk in the opposite direction while whistling a jaunty tune.
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Nobody told Perseus what and what not to do… if you did, you were just asking to get your ass handed to you, after he pushed your buttons of course.
And this was surprisingly tame compared to what usually became of people who tried to piss him off.
The 17… something Earthquake of Lebanon… or was it Lisbon… Liberia? Jesus Christ he used to be smarter than this!
Whatever, the 17 something Earthquake of L was proof enough of just what exactly he could do to such people…
… Oh, he didn't cause the earthquake, that was Poseidon… crying in his room in his palace…
… what exactly he did to the sea god is a story for another time.
AN: It's been a while, best friends of mine on the internet which I've never seen before but I still love. It's been a while (I already said that) but I've been busy with school in general, house hunting, travelling just cuz my mom wants me home (which is so freaking far from school!) every weekend, my other stories and… a girl… well two girls (I am not a two timer! I just really like them both but can't decide)… why did I put this here again?
My confusing… life aside, this was a light hearted chapter and such chapters will pop out once in a while sometimes in immediate succession but this fic will have a lot of dark parts.
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