Aloha, I bring you chapter 2 of The Word on Percy Jackson. Enjoy. (:
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus.
After decided that they would meet back on Wednesday, the group split up with the idea of winging it. They decided they would just talk to whoever would listen and not impale them with a spear (yeah, according to Clarisse, they're asking had gotten annoying).
After Leo and Piper left, Jason sat under Thalia's tree a while, not sure who to talk to. After a few minutes, he finally decided to go find the Stoll brothers. Might as well start a tradition. (Because obviously, soon another camper would go missing, and the Stolls would be the best people to ask. Obviously.)
Getting up, Jason brushed himself off and started heading for the Hermes cabin. He wasn't exactly on stable grounds with Connor due to a story involving shaving cream and Jason's bed, but that's another story. Once there, Jason knocked on the door and was greeted by Connor Stoll.
Once said son of Hermes saw Jason, he yelped and shut the door, slamming it in Jason's face. Jason then heard something that sounded something like crazy Roman at the door, you idiot, and just open the stupid door.
He chuckled and then was greeted by Travis who, thankfully, didn't yelp and slam the door in his face. Though, Travis was wearing his trademark devious smirk, witch could prove to be much worse than a simple door-slamming.
"What's up Jason?" Travis asked, amusement in his eyes. He was probably hoping Jason brought him more money and dessert.
"I need to ask you a question. And it's kind of stupid… and stalkerish. So, uh, just answer it and try not to make a face." Jason replied, and then almost chuckled, as Travis' faced morphed from amusement to confusion. And maybe just a hint a weariness.
"If you were to describe Percy in one word, what would it be?" Jason asked, and then Travis made a face that clearly said wow-this-guy-is-a-creepy-stalker. Even though Travis didn't actually say it, he could practically hear Travis asking are all Romans freaking like this guy?
"I said don't make a face!"
"Sorry Jason, but you were right. That did sound stalkerish. Uh, if I answer, can I have your dessert for a week again?"
Jason sighed. He needed to stop coming to the Hermes cabin for information. "Yeah, whatever."
His brother then materialized next to him and they shared a look before turning back to Jason.
"Terrifying." They said in unison, they're faces identically horrified. It was hard to believe that they weren't twins.
The look on their faces made Jason want to laugh. They looked like they wanted to run and hide. He settled for an amused smile.
"And why would that be?" Jason asked, his voice only slightly mocking. Okay, so maybe he was enjoying their discomfort a bit too much, but something about messing with the Stolls was just too tempting to pass up.
"Well, let's just say that you don't prank Percy. Ever." Travis started.
"That is, unless you want to end up at the bottom of the lake." His brother added.
"And, well, you don't want to be at the bottom of the lake. It's kind of hard to breathe there." Travis said, sharing another look of horror with his brother.
"And it's disguising. And the naiads just aren't that nice." Connor finished, his nose scrunched up, apparently remembering some mean lake naiads.
Jason couldn't contain himself. He burst out laughing.
"Okay, I'll keep that in mind. Any other reasons?" Jason asked, deciding that unless he randomly had the urge to be a son of Hermes, the information on pranking wasn't exactly useful.
"Well, you've never seen Percy in battle, but it's some scary stuff. Just ask anyone there during the Battle of Manhattan, well except Clarisse, she'd never admit it. He's the best swordsman in the camp, in like, the last 300 years. If you've never seen Percy Jackson in battle, then you've never experienced true terror." Travis explained, and Jason stopped laughing.
Travis and Conner held such a look of seriously that Jason knew they couldn't be joking or messing with him. With was weird, since they were always messing with him. (And everyone else, especially Katie Gardner…)
Jason's mouth went dry. "Seriously?"
"Yeah, actually I got something that can help you… see what I'm talking about. Be back in a second." Connor said, and then disappeared inside a cabin.
He soon later appeared with a DVD labeled "Ways to Scare the Newbies".
"Here you go. That'll be 15 drachmas." Connor replied trying to make a voice sound professional, but failed miserably, sounding more like a bad Darth Vader impressionist than anything remotely professional.
Jason handed him the money and cursed under in breath; he was going to be broke before Wednesday.
"Later Jason." The brothers said, and then slammed the door in his face.
Jason stared at the DVD, and then shrugged. And then a thought hit him, he didn't have any way to play it.
Curse those Stolls. He then knocked on the door again. Connor opened it.
"Oh hey Jason. I assume you came for a way to watch that lovely DVD in your hands. For only 10 drachmas, we'll let you use the Hermes cabin TV, that is, as long as you don't tell Chiron about it."
Jason resisted the urge to punch Connor and then shoved him the money. Once inside the cabin, Jason pushed the DVD into Travis' hands who promptly put it in the DVD player. After a minute or so, an image showed up on screen. Jason recognized the area as Manhattan and after seeing the monsters and demigods, Jason assumed it was some time during the Battle of Manhattan. (Yeah, Jason had great intuition. Maybe he should look for some careers concerning it.)
"You were filming during the Battle of Manhattan?" Jason asked, a little bit in disbelief. Shouldn't they have been fighting or something?
"Yeah, our swords were broken and we didn't have time to get another. So we took out a camera and started filming the battle. This was during when Percy was fighting the titan Hyperion." Travis replied, shrugging.
Connor hit the play button, and a scene unfolded on the screen. A teenager about 15 was facing down a titan with glowing gold eyes. Jason immediately recognized the guy as Percy Jackson. They started fighting, and it looked pretty even for a while.
Jason got what Travis was saying at; Percy was a demon in battle. It left his mouth dry and a weird feeling in his stomach. Jason wouldn't want to face this guy in battle. And that was saying much, considering not long ago, Jason had challenged the King of the Giants. A stunt that Jason had no doubt that Percy would have done were he there.
Then it got stranger. The water started to form around Percy. Lighting crashing and the wind picked up. Percy was creating a hurricane. Yeah, definitely didn't want to face him in battle.
After a bit more fighting and general titan butt-whopping, the video ended. Jason just sat there for a second before finally speaking.
"I get what you're saying. Terrifying."
"Yeah, that was pretty helpful. Maybe you should pay me for it." Connor said grinning.
Jason glared at him and Connor shuddered.
"I'm not going to lie. If I were to describe you in one word, it would be terrifying also." Connor said, and then went to hide behind his brother.
Jason walked out of the cabin, not even trying to hide how satisfied he was. The Stolls found him terrifying, and he actually learned something useful about Percy. Maybe this one-word stuff would work after all.
And maybe he should try being terrifying around the Stolls more often, especially if it scares them into laying off the pranks…
Eh, I hope you liked it. Review and gimme your thoughts, please. (:
And yeah, I'm not really sure if that's how Jason would react to this. But you gotta admit, with the way it is described in The Last Olympian, Percy sounded like a beast when fighting. And then creating a hurricane? Watching that would leave any demigod shell-shocked. So, uh, sorry if Jason was a little OOC. I can try rewriting it, but I like it.
And no, they won't all be talking to the same person. I just like having Jason talk to the Stolls. Something funny always comes out of it.
Any questions or suggestions? Leave 'em in the reviews. Thanks.
Bu-bye. (: