Chapter 3: Death Of An Old Satyr
Naruto was unconscious because he was injured.
Matthew had a look of concern on his face. But Josh assured him, "He'll be fine. Excluding the fact that his injuries may not be able to keep him in battle."
"But he may not be a demigod."
(With Percy)
Thalia told specific things to Percy and Annabeth. She ordered them to go to Olympus and set up their final defense.
As Percy and Annabeth walked in the building, they found out the doorman had disappeared. His seat was empty and his magazine face down on the desk.
However, the place was jam packed with wounded demigods. Some had severe concussions. Others were bruised and battered. Did I tell you there were injured satyrs?
Percy and Annabeth bounded towards the elevator and met up with Connor and Travis Stoll shifting uncomfortably.
"Is it true?" Connors asked. "About Silena?"
Annabeth sighed, "She died as a hero."
Travis deadpanned, "I also heard that-"
Annabeth twitched her eyebrow in irritation. "Enough. End of the story."
"Right," he muttered. "The titans' army will barge in this building and try to get in the elevator few times in the row. And all the Giants can't fit in there."
"That's the titans' drawback. Can you disable it?"
Travis shook his head. "No, it's magic. You need a keycard. But the doorman has vanished. Our defenses are weakening. Anyone can walk into that elevator and go straight up. And so we need to devise a strategy to keep the mobs away." He explained.
"Uh-huh."
"We need reinforcements for the love of all gods."
Just then Matthew and Josh slammed the door open and ran inside before both tripped over their legs and chirped simultaneously, dropping a blond kid in the process. As they got up, Josh gawked at Naruto and then back at Matthew. "You idiot! How could you be so careless? You just dropped him!"
The medics hastened themselves towards the blond kid and placed him on the medic's bed. And began to tend his wounds.
Percy noticed this and raised an eyebrow in confusion.
He walked towards the blond kid due to the fact that he was disturbed about something.
"Percy?" Annabeth said.
Percy reached the bed side of Naruto and glanced at the medics. "Who is this? Why is he unarmed? He has no protection."
Matthew sweat dropped. "About that…he was ambushed by a Drakon and we had to rescue him. There's one thing you need to know." Percy gestured him to answer. "He's not a demigod."
Percy was baffled at that statement. He's not a demigod? All humans were put to sleep by a god so the war could move ahead smoothly. So why isn't he asleep?
"He fell unconscious after dealing severe damage from the Drakon." Josh added.
"Are you sure he's not a demigod?"
"Definitely not a demigod. I can feel it by touching him."
The medics frowned at Naruto's kunais and shurikens. Apparently they had taken it out. "Well apparently he was not so defenseless after all." The medic touched the tip of the blade and yelped. "It's sharp too!"
"Ninja weapons?" Percy asked quizzically as he stared at the weapons.
"Seems like that. It looks cool. I wonder where he got that." Josh wondered.
"Alright medic, make sure he recovers. I want you to pay attention to him the most. Did you hear me?" Percy asked while he saw the medic with her mouth slightly open. "What's wrong?"
The medic continued to stare at Naruto's wounds as steam erupted from it. "I don't know how to put this right but his wounds are somehow healing."
"What?" Percy stared at Naruto's wounds as it was slowly started to knit and close by itself.
Matthew and Josh exchanged looks, with their rape faces applied. "Shit's gonna get real." Both said in unison.
Annabeth was peering at Naruto over Percy's shoulders and raised her eyebrows.
Moments later, the medics claimed that Naruto may regain conscious soon. Percy ordered them not to let him escape.
"Great. He can see through the mist." Percy muttered as they resumed with their discussion.
"But how are we going to sort this problem. I'm implementing that there are no reinforcements." Annabeth said.
Percy peered outside at Mrs O'Leary, the hellhound, who was breathing against the glass doors and smearing drool on it.
He shadow travelled and met with Grover and Leneus near the elevator.
Leneus was injured. His ankle twisted in a bad angle, and his vision blurry.
"Leneus!" Percy cried.
Grover was kneeling next to the fat satyr.
"Grover?" he murmered.
"I'm here, leneus." Grover informed Leneus. He was blinking back tears despite him saying obnoxious things about him.
The fat satyr sacrificed his mind and soul and was now injured. He was closing on to his dying moments. "D-Did we win?"
Grover lied by saying that they won, which relieved the satyr.
The satyr chuckled, "Told you…true leader…true…" and closed his eyes for the last time.
Grover's eyes turned puffy and put his hand on the satyr's forehead and spoke an ancient blessing. The old saytr's body melted, until it turned into a sapling in a pile of soil.
Grover picked up the sapling and went inside the elevator. The elevator played some easy going music, and some music from the 1990s.
Annabeth's voice was brittle. "You were right about Luke."
Silence filled the air as Annabeth fixed her eyes on the elevator floor displayer which blinked numbers magically. 400, 450, 500
Grover nudged Percy, gesturing him to say something.
"Annabeth," I said. "I'm sorry."
"You tried to tell me." Her shoulders tensed as her voice was shaky. "Luke is no good. I didn't believe you until- until I heard how he'd used Silena." She gently placed her head on the wall and exasperated. "I'm fed up of all this. I bet you're happy now."
"No…no no no…that doesn't make me happy."
Grover clenched his fist as the sapling was in his hand. "Don't worry man. Shit happens. Oh look. It's our floor."
The doors dinged and we stepped onto the aerial walkway.
To be continued…