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Anyways, here's chapter 3!
(Third Person POV)
Venem looked around at the expectant faces of both the Hunters and Percy. He had never told his whole story to anyone, which made all of them curious. He sighed, wondering how he was gonna explain this.
"I found out shortly after Percy arrived at Camp. Percy, you've seen Spiderman, the movie right?" He asked, glancing at Percy. Percy nodded. "It was a lot like when Peter discovered that he had powers. Except with a lot more pain, on my part." He said, wincing at his original stupidity.
"I accidentally whipped myself at first, not being able to control the bursts. It really is a miracle that no one found out about it until later, after you got back from your quest. Then someone, I suspect one of the Hermes cabin, went to Chiron, who went to the gods. Then they called me to Olympus for judgement. Seeing as no one was sure who my parent was, they summoned the minor gods to try and identify me. No one was my parent, which confused them at first, before I accidentally grabbed the roof before pulling myself up onto it. I hung there a few minutes as they got over their shock at what I had done. They then sentenced me to exile, lest someone find out about the line." Percy held up his hand, obviously wanting to ask a question. "Yes, Perce?" Venem asked, trying to look bored.
"What is the line?" He asked, curious about more family history.
"The line is a bloodline, my bloodline to be more specific, and that is how we all inherit our abilities. Any more questions?" Venem glared at the rest of them. When no one spoke up, he leaned back in his seat, closing his eyes before continuing the story. "I wandered around for a while, fighting monsters and helping demigods before sending them to camp. I was wandering around in a forest when I heard sounds, obviously a fight. I ran towards the source, and there I found Artemis and her Hunters fighting a large group of monsters. I ran to help, and nearly got a dozen arrows for my trouble. Luckily for me, I had figured out how to change my appearance, so I changed into my monster form. I promptly helped to kill all of the monsters, before finding myself at the business end of twenty bows. Artemis told them to put their bows down, before a hidden monster jumped out of the shadows at a hunter. I engaged in a rather one-sided wrestling match before choking it to death, resulting in a rather thankful Hunter and god. I had accrued a rather impressive amount of wounds during my exile, so they took me in and healed my wounds." He ended there, casually shooting a cord over to a glass and pulling it back to him.
"How did you gain your powers?" Thalia asked, confusion evident on her face. Then again, it was evident on everyone's face except for Venem's.
"My bloodline. Imagine my blood as giving special powers to me, like the original Spiderman." He answered, taking a slow sip from his glass.
Artemis clapped her hands, signaling the end of breakfast. "Percy, Venem will help you with the laundry and sharpening the arrows. Percy, we need you to make a bathtub for the Hunters later, and heat the water. Go on!" She waved them out of the tent.
Venem led Percy to the river, where there was a large pile of clothing. "Are they serious?" Percy asked incredulously.
Venem nodded. "That comes as part of the job. Usually," He cast a cord over to the pile of clothing and plucked up a shirt. "I just run them through the river as fast as possible a few times, but you should be able to make a whirlpool and spin them around." He nodded at Percy before dumping the pile of clothes in the river, walking off.
"Where ya goin'?" Percy asked him, making the water spin.
"To sharpen the arrows. I use my claws, which is a lot faster than the whetstone. This way, we can get two jobs done in the time of one." Percy nodded at the wisdom of this statement.
Venem walked over to the weapons tent, leaving Percy by his lonesome at the river.
- 30 Minutes later -
Artemis came down to the river, looking around for Venem. "Where's Venem?" She asked, ducking her head around, like she was expecting him to jump out form behind a tree.
"He went to the weapons tent to sharpen the arrows, milady." Percy answered as respectfully as he could.
"Good. Did he tell you I wanted the clothing completely finished and dry in an hour?" She asked, trying to keep a straight face while looking at Percy's dejected look.
"Nope. He just said to wash them, before he walked off." Percy said, looking at the spinning water.
"Someone say my name?" A voice said from the trees, before Venem dropped down next to Percy, making him jump and yelp. "Jeez, and to think that I thought you were a guy this whole time, Perce." Venem smirked, earning a punch on the shoulder from Percy.
A flash of light filled everyone's vision, making Venem and Percy shield their eyes. When they looked back up, Zeus was standing there. Zeus looked at Venem apologetically, before saying "Sam, you're sister… she was captured about an hour ago. We don't know who, or why, but we thought you should know." Zeus said, wincing at the barrage that he knew was about to hit.
"WHADDAYA MEAN SHE WAS CAPTURED?! I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT SHE WAS SAFE, ZEUS. YOU SAID THAT NO MONSTER COULD GET TO HER, AND NOW YOU SAY SHE'S MISSING?" Venem screamed at Zeus. "I'm leaving. Now. And no one is gonna stop me." He said, throwing a cord into the camp, pulling a backpack down to him from a tree.
"If someone wants me, don't try and reach me. I'm blocking all IM's to me, so don't even try." Venem warned, drawing a black dagger, before dashing off into the woods.
So Venem has family, hmm?
Also, please review to correct and criticize me. Sorry for the short chapter, but I got sick so I kinda lost my inspiration for this story.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: I won't be updating for a while. My birthday is tomorrow, so I won't be posting tomorrow or Saturday, probably not Sunday either. After that, I should go back to normal. SORRY!