I'm so glad you guys liked this story! I think I'll keep it as a short story, but give you long chapters. So yeah, I hope everything is jiving properly! So glad you like this! DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything to do with the Percy Jackson/Kane Chronicles series. All rights belong to Rick Riordan. Please enjoy!
PERCY
SCRRREEEEECCHHH!
Percy hit the deck(quite literally) as another harpy tried to make confetti out of him. Above him, trying to avoid the same fate, Jason slashed his imperial gold sword, turning a Harpy into a cloud of gold dust and feathers.
The Argo II had stayed in Epirus. For the most part it was safe, but hourly watches were put into place. Frank and Jason had worked with Percy, and concluded it would be best if Percy summoned his friend where they were. There was no other place for them to go, or they'd be out of time to stop Gaea. They were already pressed for time. No sooner had they come to an agreement, the harpies attacked.
Hazel had come racing below deck and dragged Frank and the rest outside. And that was where they were now. Frank was in the crow's nest notching arrow after arrow at the harpies.
Leo ran around the helm summoning fire or activating one of the various weapons he had on the ship. They were winning until Jason got hit from behind. The harpy dragged it's talons down Jason's back, shredding his t-shirt and leaving horrible gashes.
Jason lost his control over the winds and plummeted to the ground. Percy jumped to his feet and charged the main mast. He jumped, kicked of the mast spinning a one-eighty, and snagged the gnarled feet of an angry harpy. She shrieked in protest trying to shake Percy off, but he yanked on her feet. Clearly she didn't like that too much, but the extra weight and her thrashing was tiring her, allowing Percy more control.
He wrenched her right foot and shot after Jason. The harpy was still screeching but otherwise had no choice but to do as Percy directed. As the harpy surged forward, Percy let one foot go and stretched out an arm to Jason. He caught his wrist and swung him towards the other foot. Jason hissed through clenched teeth. His back was bleeding horribly and probably hurt worse than the Fields of Punishment, but he hung on.
"Hold on tight," Percy called. "Things are about to get a little...complicated"
Jason looked around confused. "What do you mean complica—AHHH!"
Jason's grip tightened as they suddenly nose-dived, the harpy's attempt to get them off. The feathered demon was tiring from fighting Percy unsuccessfully and now the extra weight of the son of Jupiter. She kicked wildly, jostling Percy and Jason like rag dolls as she flew to her flock of sisters.
Percy knew they couldn't fight like this. They had to get off. He looked at Jason.
"On three, pull on her legs! We need to get closer to the deck and then jump!"
"Are you crazy?" Jason was losing a lot of blood, but his eyes were wide open and panicked.
"Completely!" Percy yelled back. "Just do it! One... Two... THREE!"
Both boys pulled on the harpy's legs, then let their bodies drop, using the momentum of their weight to drag her down.
The harpy screeched angrily as they kept it up. Finally they got close enough to the deck and let go. They hit the deck and rolled, Percy popping back up, Jason groaning in pain.
Drawing Riptide, Percy charged, cutting through every monster that got in his path. Finally Frank shot an arrow between the last harpy's eyes and she went down, dissolving in the air.
Percy capped his pen and rushed to Jason. "He needs help!"
Hazel came rushing forward with a bottle of nectar, the divine drink of the gods. Percy took it from her hands and gingerly poured it on the gashes, watching as they stopped bleeding and closed up. Annabeth approached from behind Hazel holding a square of ambrosia, another of the Olympians' godly foods.
She crumbled bits into Jason's mouth, careful not to feed him too much. The stuff was as dangerous as it was helpful. It could heal any demigod related injury or illness, but too much and they'd burn up from the inside and crumble to ash. Mortals world die on the spot.
Jason coughed then groaned before opening his eyes.
"You beat 'em?" he asked groggily.
Percy flashed his trouble-makers, lopsided smile. "Yup! Cut through them like butter!"
Jason sat up with more strength and high-fived the son of Poseidon. "Great. Think you can call your friend now?"
Percy's smile melted, and sea green eyes flashed a serious look. He nodded. "Yeah,"
Annabeth walked to his side. "Be careful, Seaweed Brain," She kissed him briefly.
He nodded. "Don't worry Wise Girl, I will,"
Then he leaped off the Argo II and ran for the top of the hill the seven, coach Hedge, Reyna and Nico had their picnic on. He wasn't sure if he was supposed to be in an open area or not, or even how far he should stand from the Argo just in case. He figured he was far enough and did a quick three-sixty to make sure there were no unsuspecting tourists around before looking down at his hand.
He remembered a year ago, sitting in a small diner off the Montauk Highway, his strange companion sitting next to him on a bar stool, and then drawing that weird thing on his hand. Percy stared at his hand as the scene replayed through his mind.
"Can I write something on your hand?" He asked.
Percy frowned at him. "Like your phone number?"
"Uh...well, not exactly." he reached for something in his bag. Percy saw stylus and a jar of what looked like ink. What was he planning on doing, tattooing his arm? Still, he held out his arm for the boy.
Percy watched as the kid drew some weird eye-thing on his hand, and when he finished, it glowed blue! Which Percy thought was awesome cause, well, it was blue! Then it disappeared. He thought it didn't work at first.
"Just say my name," he explained, "and I'll hear you. I'll know where you are, and I'll come meet you. But it will only work once, so make it count."
Percy shook his head, sucking in a deep breath. He thrust his hand into the air like some kind of beacon. He silently prayed to anyone who was listening, Please let this work. Please let him come.
Percy shut his eyes and tilted his head to the sky.
He said one word: "Carter" before he saw a blinding light and everything went black.
Ω
Somewhere in Brooklyn, New York, there was a mansion. On the third floor in a conjoining room nicely furnished with a king sized bed, stereo system, TV, and kitchenette, there was a boy, standing in the middle of the room in a trance.
Slowly he turned his head towards the balcony. He hadn't noticed his sister walk through the doors joining their rooms, calling his name.
He stood stiffly. His sister rolled her eyes and walked over to him, waving a hand in front of his face.
"Hello! Carter! I'm talking to you here!" she said.
No reply. Instead he walked to the balcony, turning his body east. An image flashed through his mind. A boy with jet black hair and sea green eyes stood atop a hill. He was dressed in an orange t-shirt and although Carter couldn't see what it said, he knew the words Camp Half-Blood world be printed in black across it.
His hand was out-stretched to the sky and the familiar Eye of Horus blazed in bright blue in the sky. The symbol's magic was sending the boys location. Epirus, Athens.
In his head he could hear what the boy was saying.
"Carter! Carter! Please, can you hear me?! I need your help. Bring back up! Lots of back up! We're in the middle of a war!"
The magic was draining fast. Soon the spell would be spent. He needed to tell his friend he was coming.
Carter closed his eyes and focused. "Percy, I hear you. I'm coming."
Ω
The last thing Percy saw was a blinding blue light, then everything turned black. Suddenly he saw an image. An African American boy standing on a balcony facing eastward. A girl walked out on the balcony shaking his shoulder, but he didn't look at her. Just stared.
A memory appeared: "I'll hear you... I'll come meet you..."
Percy didn't know if it world work but at this point he didn't have anything left to lose.
"Carter! Carter! Please, can you hear me?!" Percy yelled. He saw Carter's eyes widen slightly and become even more focused. " I need your help. Bring back up! Lots of back up! We're in the middle of a war!"
For a while nothing happened and Percy was afraid it didn't work, or that Carter really couldn't hear him. Then his eyes closed and Percy heard his voice echo in his head.
"Percy, I hear you. I'm coming."
Then the image faded and Percy opened his eyes. He was still standing on the hill, face to the sky. He saw the fading blue symbol of an eye and smiled. He was coming!
Percy's head snapped to the bottom of the hill as he heard voices calling his name. All the rest of the seven were running towards him, Annabeth in the lead. The others were smart to not get in her way.
When she reached her boyfriend she threw her arms around his neck.
"Percy, what happened?!" She demanded. Her stormy grey eyes flashing with concern and confusion. Annabeth hates not knowing.
Percy smiled and spun her around, his lips finding hers. "Annabeth, I'm fine,"
"But we saw some weird, blue eye suddenly appear. What was that?" Piper interjected from where she stood at Jason's side.
Her boyfriend was sending Percy a curious look. "Dude, what did you do?"
"Did it work?!" Leo cut in.
Percy held up his hand. "Relax guys. That symbol was like a homing beacon. And yes, Leo, it worked." Percy grinned again. "He's coming with back up."
"Who's he?" Frank asked.
"Yeah," Hazel added, "you never told us who this guy is."
"His name is Carter. I couldn't tell you before because that's how I call him."
"With his name?" Leo quirked an eyebrow.
Percy scratched the back of his neck. "Long story. I'll explain later on the ship, but right now? We have a friend coming."
Ω
Carter shook his head when the image of Percy Jackson dissolved and faded to black. He opened his eyes and heard his sister Sadie calling him.
"CARTER! Snap out of it!" She screamed.
"Hey!" He winced. "No need to scream, Sadie."
"Are you freaking kidding? I've been calling and shaking you for the last five minutes!"
Carter turned to his sister. "Sadie, I'm sorry, but on a completely random note, do you remember that mission I went on about a year ago? The one in Long Island?"
Sadie looked at him questionably. "Yeah. You came back with a baby crocodile and wouldn't shut up about some Perry Ackerson guy or something."
Carter rolled his eyes. "So close, sis. Try Percy Jackson."
Now it was her turn to roll her eyes. "Fine. Percy Jackson. What about it?"
"Well after that mission we got talking about why we were drawn to each other, and we agreed it was probably some dangerous force." I explained. Sadie nodded, gesturing for me to continue. "So we agreed to go our separate ways, when Percy thought we should have a way to contact each other should we need the help."
Sadie looked confused for a second before her eyes widened. "You didn't!"
Carter nodded. "I used the Eye of Horus spell and explained how you use it."He stared at her, his dark brown eyes darkening even more. "Sadie, he hasn't used it in a year. Now he has and he said he's in the middle of a war and needs back up. I know where he is."
"Carter, we just cleaned up our own mess, now you want to go walking into someone else's?" Sadie threw her hands in the air.
"I made a promise, Sadie."
She dropped them to her side again, and shifted her weight from foot to foot. "He really needs our help?"
"From what I gather, a lot." He said.
His sister sighed. "Alright. Fine. Where are we headed?"
Carter smiled. "Round up the Nome. We're going to Epirus, Athens."
And that's the end of chapter 2! Look I'm really sorry for the delay. It's been crazy lately but everything is working itself out so I should be able to write more but I've also got another story going so we'll see how it goes. Anyway, again I'm sorry and please read and review! Thanks guys! Write you soon!
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