A/N: The common word that I didn't use was 'said'. Again, brownie points to the people who got it right. Hope you enjoy. Oh, and I'm back from vacation, so I'll try to update quickly.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PJO, WHICH BELONGS TO RICK RIORDAN, HOWEVER I DO OWN ARIANNA, MY PLOT AND THE DEMI-GOD PART OF SYLAR. THE REST OF SYLAR AND HIS ABILITIES BELONG TO TIM KRING.
WARNING: BLOOD, BRAINS AND SUICIDE. MENTIONED BOY x BOY LOVE.
Chapter 4: Interrogations are disgusting
3rd person POV
"What happened here?" Zeus thundered. (A/N: don't you love the pun?)
"Let's see, we get here and surround Kronos. I attack, quickly followed by Thalia and Nico, he then flips Nico into Thalia and they crash into Athena's throne. Arianna throws a knife at him, but it bounces off. Just as Annabeth and Percy attack, he caught Annabeth and flipped her into Hermes' throne. Kronos summons his minions, which Arianna and I polish them off quickly. We are then called cannibals—"Sylar started.
"Well you did say that they tasted good." Percy muttered darkly.
"Hey, don't knock it 'til you try it." Arianna snapped.
"ANYWAYS, Annabeth gets through to Luke, and he takes control and stabs himself with Annabeth's knife." Sylar finished matter-of-factly.
The gods just stood there and gapped at him.
"All right, I'll bite whose kid is he?" Zeus asked.
"He is mine, brother." Hades answered.
"So, we all broke the oath?" Poseidon stated obviously.
"Yes Seaweed Brain, You are way to slow for your own good." Athena answered.
"Hey that's my nickname!" Percy yelled.
"Did you happen to think that you are the only one privy to that particular nickname?" Athena stated.
"No, I just thought that I was the only one referred to by that nickname. Besides, I thought Annabeth made up that name for me." I said, puzzled.
"I thought it was a good nickname, so I borrowed it." Athena shrugged.
"You know mom, I can probably think up some nicknames for Percy that you wouldn't dare call Poseidon. Maybe something like 'Percy-poo'." Annabeth giggled.
"Awkward," Both Percy and Poseidon said.
"Um, sorry to break up this awkward moment, but I kinda promised my girlfriend that we would be doing interrogations today." Sylar interjected.
"Fine, proceed with this 'interrogation' of yours. Who is it that you are trying to interrogate?" Zeus asked.
"Them," Sylar pointed to the four dead half-bloods.
"I don't understand how you're going to interrogate dead people, but okay." Zeus shook his head.
"Like this,"
Sylar proceeded to lift one of the half-bloods from the floor telepathically, while Arianna did the same. The whole hall waited with bated breath. Then two thin lines appeared on both of the dead half bloods' heads.
"This is usually the part where people start screaming." Both Sylar and Arianna said at the exact same time. (a/n: line borrowed from Heroes)
It was becoming apparent to the lot of them that both Sylar and Arianna had done this before. The line of red had completely surrounded their heads. With a bang, both scalps flew off and exposed their brains. Both Sylar and Arianna were smiling. Both bodies were brought closer and closely examined. (A/N: if I let Ethan live, this is what would have happened to him. Only difference being that he would be alive and screaming during it.)
"EEEWWW! YOU'RE GONNA EAT THEIR BRAINS! CANNIBALS! Percy shouted, sick to his stomach.
"Why do they always assume that we're cannibals, Ari?" Sy asked genuinely.
"Absolutely no idea, Sy," Ari replied.
"FOR THE LAST BLOODY TIME, WE ARE NOT CANNIBALS!" The couple shouted.
Thoughts during the 'scalping':
Percy: Don't throw up…don't throw up…don't throw up…don't throw up…
Annabeth: No wonder she didn't take me with her…
Athena: is this what my daughter does with her life?
Ares: this would be way cool if the kids they scalped weren't my kids
Aphrodite: EEEEWWWWW! THAT WAS SOOO GROSS!
Apollo: I feel a depressing haiku coming on
Artemis: not even a boy should have to suffer this
Poseidon: better not make enemies of them
Zeus: HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL! HOW'D THEY DO THAT?!?!
Hermes: me see no evil
Thalia: poor Luke-y
Hades & Nico: I thought I was demented…
"I think we've scarred them for life. What say you, Ari?" Sylar asked.
"I'll bet they'd like to know what we found out." Arianna smirked.
"What'd you learn?" was the collective shout from the group.
"We found out that Kronos was in LOVE-" Sylar started.
"-With a guy." Arianna finished.
Thalia, who was close to tears, asked "Who?"
"Ethan Nakamura. But if you noticed, we said Kronos, as in just him, not him and Luke mutually. " Sylar responded. (A/N: now Ethan's with his lover XD)
The gods took an instant disliking to the psycho/sociopathic psychotic teens. It was on Zeus' mind that they send them to the underworld.
"I propose a vote." Zeus declared.
"On what exactly?" Hera asked.
"On sending them to the dark depths of the underworld!"
"Um, Zeus dear, you do realize that that wouldn't have worked out anyway right?" Hera asked.
"And why is that darling?" Zeus purred.
"He is a son of Hades, god of the underworld." Hera sighed; her husband could be so thick at times.
"Oh, oops," Zeus replied sullenly. "They are still too dangerous to be left alive."
At that, both Sylar and Arianna burst out into laughter.
"You don't even know the half of what we can do." Arianna managed to say between giggles.
"Besides, you couldn't kill us if you tried." Sylar threw his head back and roared with laughter.
"How is that?" Hermes asked, puzzled. He had finally looked up from his cell phone.
"Simple, we've tried to kill our selves." Arianna grinned.
"So let me get this straight, you two are psychopathic, sociopathic, psychotic, insane, sick-minded, sarcastic, sadistic, murderers with cannibalistic tendencies, AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, YOU'RE SUICIDAL TOO?!?!" Percy shouted.
"You described us very accurately." Sylar smirked; he was so enjoying the moment.
"Would you like us to tell you of some our suicidal stories?" Arianna asked cheerfully.
"Why not, maybe learning what you two have already tried will give us an idea." Athena replied. "What, I'm thinking about the big picture." Athena said to Annabeth's raised eyebrows.
"Let's see; we've jumped off of bridges, jumped off cliffs, drove in the suicide lane, attempted to drown, held two-hundred foot metal rods during thunderstorms, skated on power lines, flew kites near power lines in the rain, sat on railroad tracks, jumped off of the Empire State building," Arianna paused here, for the priceless reaction of the gods—they all looked horrified.
"I'm not done yet. I still haven't gotten to the best part! Now as I was saying, we climbed Mount Everest in swimwear, in the middle of winter, jumped into an erupting volcano, caught a ride on the outside of a space shuttle, then jumped off in orbit.
All: they hold the world record for the most suicide attempts and the strangest ones too
"But out of all of those, do you want to know what my favorite was?"
There was a collective nod from the group.
"We locked ourselves in a basement with Miley Cyrus music blaring out of rock concert-worthy speakers."
Thalia and Nico shuddered.
"The funny thing was that one almost worked—we asked each other to put ourselves out of our misery. Then we figured out that our abilities had no effect on us at all. We even tried nuclear explosions, (A/N: yes, they have that ability) that didn't work either. All that did was blow up the neighborhood and melt the speakers."
"We have never been able to kill ourselves. We had built-in immunities to water, fire, and even lightning. We have never been able to die." Sylar spat miserably.
"On the bright side, IT'S TIME TO PART-AY" Arianna shouted.
"I should've added mood swings to my list." Percy muttered darkly.
"Before we celebrate, Jackson, do you want immortality?" Zeus asked.
"No, I just want all half bloods to be claimed by their thirteenth birthday." Percy requested.
"Very well, so let it be written and so it shall be." Zeus boomed. "Or, however that phrase goes."
"YAY! PARTY TIME!" Arianna whooped with glee.
"ALRIGHT, WHO'S UP FOR SOME GRAND THEFT AUTO?" Sylar barked with laughter as Arianna grabbed Percy, Annabeth, Nico, and Thalia, to her horror. The fan lifted off the ground and took off at a super-sonic speed. (At least that's what they thought).
A/N: ok people, there's only 1 more chapter left in this story. But I will write a sequel probably something along the lines of 'Saving Luke' or 'Highway to Hades'. I don't know though. I apologize for making Ethan and Kronos gay, but as it was the first thing that popped into my head, and it stuck. Please review.
And now I will take the time to answer some of your questions.
1. Sylar and Arianna are meant to be weird, odd, insert any adjective used by Percy here.
2. Thalia won't be kicked out of the Hunt yet—as she didn't do anything but tell him that she loved him. Technically, Artemis could take that as either romantic or family love, but we all know that it's totally romantic love.
