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Story: Champion of Olympus: The Sea's Wrath
Chapter 2: One Eyed Monsters
Mount Olympus – End of May
Third Person's POV
Perseus Jackson walked into the throne room to see Zeus and Hera waiting for him. He walked in, and bowed before his adoptive father and mother.
"Rise son" Zeus ordered. Percy stood up, and addressed his parents.
"Father, you called for me." Percy said, his face held no emotion, he had bags under his eyes, and he looked exhausted.
"Yes son, we think that you need a break, please pack for camp, you will be leaving in a few hours. Argus will pick you up in the camp van in three hours." Zeus informed.
"Yes, father." Perseus said. He turned, and walked out of the throne room. He reached his quarters a few minutes later, and packed his duffel bag for the trip to Camp Half-blood. He walked outside, and took the elevator to the lobby of the Empire State Building. He walked outside, and looked up at the cloudless blue sky above him, he basked in the warmth of the sun, and for at least a moment he looked at peace. A motorcycle engine broke the young demigod away from his internal musings. He looked around the sidewalk next to the great skyscraper, and out of the corner of his eye he spotted some strange movement from an alley that was only a block from the New York landmark. He quickly crossed the street, and jogged to the alley. He peered down the alley to see two very large people or things hovering over a small person. He concentrated on the air around him, and used his powers to enhance his hearing so he could pick up the faintest noise in the air until he could hear the conversation from inside the alley.
Percy's POV
"Child, you will help us hunt, and eat flesh. You must eat to stay strong." One of the tall people/creatures said.
"I don't like meat. I don't want to hurt people." A younger sounding voice said.
"You will kill, or we kill you." One of the people/creatures said. I felt the power of Hades within me as I disappeared into a shadow. I reappeared deeper into the alley behind a large dumpster. I uncapped Riptide, and walked out of the shadows.
"Leave him alone." I said. The two tall creatures/people turned toward me, and I was drawn directly to their eyes, I mean eye. These were two teenage Cyclops, and I looked closely at the young creature behind them, this was an even younger Cyclops.
"Look a demigod just in time for snack." The Cyclops on the left said as he charged toward me, I moved Riptide to my left hand, and moved the ring on my right hand as my axe handle appeared. I squeezed the handle and the double bladed axe appeared. I began to spin the axe in my hand, the two Cyclops stopped immediately mesmerized by the sound of the spinning weapon. That was one mistake I wouldn't let them live down. I threw Riptide end over end like a tomahawk until it sliced through the skull of the Cyclops on the left causing him to turn to dust immediately. The other Cyclops charged again, but I shadow traveled behind him, once I reappeared I threw my axe imbedding the celestial bronze blade in the back of the monster's neck severing his spinal cord turning him to dust as well.
I turned toward the younger Cyclops who was cowering against a wall of a building in the alley. He was roughly six feet tall, with light brown hair, and a large brown eye in the middle of his forehead. I walked up to him carefully after I put my weapons away.
"Don't be afraid, I don't want to hurt you." I said trying to stay calm. He looked at me carefully.
"You don't want to kill me?" He asked.
"Not unless you're going to attack me?" I asked in return.
"I don't want to hurt anyone." He said in response.
"Good, what is your name?" I asked. He gave me a hopeful smile.
"I remember my name is Tyson." Tyson the Cyclops said.
I gave him a small smile. "My name is Percy, I'm going to a camp for demigods, if you're good they may allow you to come too." I said. Tyson looked at me thoughtfully. "That's if you want to go?"
"Yes, I'll go" Tyson said. He walked toward me slowly, and I put my hand out. He looked at my hand cautiously before he reached out, and shook it. His grip was like a vice, but I was able to shrug it off pretty easily.
"Follow me big guy." I said as we walked out of the alley back to the Empire State Building. I saw Argus parked out front of the building waiting for me. I approached the van to see Argus reaching for a weapon as soon as he saw Tyson. "Argus hold on, this is Tyson, he's my friend." Tyson smiled brightly when I called him my friend. Argus looked at me warily, and then shook his head. "Argus, he's not dangerous, I just rescued him from two Cyclops that were going to kill him." Argus glared at me, but I glared back in response. I just realized that I still had the dark eyes of a son of Hades, and I could imagine that my glare included some hellfire just for emphasis. Argus looked away from my eyes, I noticed none of his hundreds of eyes would look at me as he stared at Tyson, and then he nodded motioning for us to enter. Tyson and I sat in the back of the van as Argus drove us toward camp. The entire way to camp Argus would glare at Tyson, but I would always catch his glare, and return it with my own. Eventually Argus grew tired of the game, as he concentrated on the road only.
We reach camp about thirty minutes later. Argus stopped the van at the entrance of camp, Tyson and I left the vehicle, and walked side by side to the camp entrance. I strode through the boundary easily, but then I heard a low grunt. I turned around to see Tyson; he was butting his head against the boundary. I reached through the boundary, and grabbed his arm, and pulled him through easily.
Tyson and I walked side by side through, campers looked at us warily, until an all too familiar girl, and two of her half siblings confronted us just before we could reach the big house. Clarisse and her two sisters stared at Tyson menacingly with their weapons in hand.
"Prissy, why in Hades did you bring that monster in here?" Clarisse asked incredulously.
"He's not a monster, he's my friend, and if you know what's good for you, you'll back off hot head." I said coldly. I could feel the electricity sparking at my fingertips, and I could see lightning in my vision. Clarisse and her sisters looked at me worriedly.
"You cannot bring a monster into camp Jackson, he must be destroyed." Clarisse yelled. Her sisters nodded in agreement. A few other campers joined her until Tyson and I were surrounded. They all held out their weapons as if they would strike at any moment. I raised my hand into the air, and a bolt of lightning struck my hand as the air around me smelled of ozone. The campers backed off as I brought my hands together causing a ball of electricity to form in my grasp.
"What's going on here?" A familiar voice yelled as the crowd of campers dispersed. I could see the old centaur gallop into view. Chiron's eyes grew wide when he saw me, even more so when he noticed my friend.
"Percy, you brought a Cyclops into camp?" Chiron asked in disbelief. I looked at my teacher with a glare that he couldn't help, but notice. "Alright everyone let Percy through to the big house, Mr. D and I will discuss the matter. Chiron led Tyson and I through the crowd. Clarisse gave me the evil eye the entire way, but I stared back as electricity flashed in my eyes. We reached the old house, and walked through the front door until we reached the kitchen where Mr. D was sitting drinking his diet Coke. Chiron motioned for Tyson and I to sit down.
"Little brother, I see that you brought an unusual friend to camp." Mr. D said.
"You could say that brother." I said.
"Percy, where did you find him?" Chiron asked.
"First off his name is Tyson." I said, as I went into detail about how I found him and rescued him from some older Cyclops. Chiron smiled at me when I told him about my fight.
"I see your abilities and skill have improved Percy." Chiron said. I just nodded in agreement.
"Can he stay at camp, he has no other place to go. The other Cyclops will only try to kill him, he doesn't eat meat." I said. Mr, D and Chiron's eyes grew big with this realization.
"He's a vegetarian?" Chiron asked. Tyson laughed at the word.
"No, I'm a Cyclops." Tyson said.
"Tyson, vegetarian is a word that means that you don't eat meat." I said. I guess Tyson understood as he began to nod vigorously.
"I'm a vegetarian." Tyson said happily. Chiron, and I smile at the pronouncement.
"Can he stay here?" I asked. Mr. D looked at Chiron, and then sighed.
"I guess, it would be refreshing to have someone else besides you brats here, I guess he can stay at the big house until we decide where his permanent accommodations will be. " Mr. D said.
"Good, that's settled. Tyson you can sleep in one of the rooms upstairs, and then work in the camp forge with the Hephaestus cabin." Chiron said.
"What is a forge?" Tyson asked.
"You'll see big guy." I said.
"I'll show you to your room." Chiron said as he left with Tyson who waved goodbye as he walked out of the kitchen.
Mr. D turned to me, and cleared his throat. "Father would like you to take it easy for the first few weeks of camp, therefore no capture the flag or sparring matches." Mr. D said.
"Why not?" I asked suspiciously.
"Are you questioning me, or our father?" Mr. D asked. I glared at my older pain in the ass brother.
"If those are the choices, then I'm questioning you." I said. Mr. D just gave me the death glare, but I smiled, that seemed to unnerve him greatly.
"Just do it, now get out of here." Mr. D said. I gave him a mischievous grin as I walked out of the big house. I carried my duffel bag, and walked toward cabin two. I entered the cabin of my adoptive mother, and crashed on the bed. I was really tired, but as usual I couldn't get to sleep. Instead of sleep I became lost in thought, something that I'd done a lot of in the past few months.
Annabeth's POV
The cab drove through the back roads of Long Island until we reached the dirt road that led to the strawberry farm. The cab stopped at the end of the road, and let me out. I paid my fare as I listened to the driver drone on about there not being any place around here, and that I shouldn't get lost in the countryside, or some other crap that I tried to ignore. I just nodded my head until he drove off, probably thinking that I was crazy, or something. I walked down the dirt path until I reached the border of camp. I walked through the border, and then passed Thalia's tree. Taking a moment to say hello to my old friend. I stopped at the top of the hill next to the tree, and looked down over the camp. I saw cabin one that reminded me of Thalia, and then cabins two and three, which reminded me of Percy. I still couldn't get our last conversation out of my mind. I couldn't believe that he actually snapped at me, and then waved off the message. I was at first very hurt, and then extremely mad. Now the main thing that I felt was worry. Something was wrong with Percy, and I had to find out what.
I walked down toward my cabin to see the familiar owl hung over the door. I entered, and saw my half brother Malcolm sitting at a desk reading.
"Hey Mal, how are you?" I asked. Malcolm looked up at me happily, but then I saw what he was reading, a book about Cyclops.
"Why are you reading that?" I asked.
"Well, your boyfriend happened to bring a young Cyclops to camp, and I just heard that Chiron and Mr. D are allowing the thing to stay. I was just reading up on them." Malcolm said.
"First off Percy is not my boyfriend, and secondly what in Hades is going on around here?" I yelled. Malcolm closed his book, and stood up worriedly.
"Not so loud." Malcolm said. I tried to calm down, but I couldn't get over the fact that a Cyclops was in camp, and Chiron was letting him stay.
"I have to see Chiron." I said as I stormed out of my cabin. I was so mad at Percy that I couldn't see straight, what was he thinking?
AN: I hope you enjoyed this quick second chapter; I wanted to introduce Tyson, before we get into the more interesting aspects of the story.