Well, the votes are in and, drum roll please… Percy/Max has wone by uno votes, and for those retards who are unfamiliar with the Spanish word for one, I suggest you start practicing you're burger flipping skills and aply for the nearest job at a McDonalds. Sorry 'bout that, but I have just gotten in trouble do to a friends stupidity, but enough with my life, on to the rest of the pairings; Nudge/Nico, Percy/Max (or as I just realized wouldn't it be called Mercy?), Fang dies horrible death(It was the second fang pairing in line, I really only added it as a joke, but I got several PMs for it, along with some votes from friends at school, so sorry Fang) and last is Iggy/No one Poor Iggy… But I might change the last one. Also a lot of authors put what music they listen to while writing, so as of right now, I am listening to Green Day's new album, Uno. Now, without further ado, the next chapter.
-A
Chapter 3
When the door opened, standing there was a middle-aged lady with curly brown hair, who looked like she hasn't slept in days, trust me I know how that feels. "Can I help you?" She asked with out looking up. "Well…" I started but was cut off by Nudge "Do you know Percy? Huh? He brought us here to see someone? Is that a baby in there? Who's the man holding her? Why is the baby crying? Is she-" "NUDGE SHUT UP AND LET PERCY TALK" Max and the rest flock yelled beating me to it. When the lady heard all of his she looked up and when she saw me she gasped and ran forwards with tears in her eyes and hugged me. I could feel the flock tense up, until I hugged her back "I missed you too mom, do you care if me and my friends come in?" I asked.
My mom, still crying and at a loss for words, ushered us inside, and there was a similar reaction from Paul, who I had bonded with a lot before my two disappearances, and who viewed me as his son. We then took a seat, and I started blushing because of how close me and max were due to there only being a single seat left after my parents and the flock sat down.
Max seemed to notice my blushing and was about to say something, but luckily Paul, being a guy, noticed this and knew to save me from the embarrassment. "So Percy, where have you been, when the camp contacted us and told us about Anna-" My mom elbowed him and glared at him for what he was about to say "It's okay mom, I've come to terms with Annabeth" I sighed, it may not bother me too much now, but I knew if I hadn't lost my memories again, and… uh… developed a, uh, slight interest in Max, I probably would've been suicidal afterwards. But now I was going to honor her last wish and move on like she wanted me too.
"Percy, whose Annabeth?" Max asked with a hint of, was that jealousy? No, I must've just imagined that. "Annabeth was my gi-, uh, friend who died when I was captured by the school." I responded, and Max looked guilty for asking the question, and I was confused on why I didn't just tell them that Annabeth was my girlfriend. After a while of uncomfortable silence, the baby, who I had forgotten was there, started making gurgling noises, trying to talk. Then I thought Wait, Baby? WTF?! My mom noticing my confusion, said, "Percy, this is your little sister Zoë Annabeth Jackson" I smiled at the name choice and asked to hold her, to which my mom obliged. Ugh, obliged, stupid Athena blood, I better not start wanting to read I mentally shivered at the thought.
I then realized that I haven't introduced my friends to my mom, "Mom, this is the flock, we met when I disappeared, This is Max, Iggy, Nudge, Gassy, don't ask, and Angel" I said pointing to each of them respectively. "Oh, are they, you know…" she said leaving the question hanging, now I normally wouldn't have understood what she was hinting at, but with my Athena powers I understood what she was implying "Not that I know of, but were alike in… other ways" I said.
My mom and Paul gave me a questioning look so I sighed and started explaining about how the school experiments genetic engineering on mortals, but they had also gotten me. When I said mortals the Max and the flock gave me a questioning look, and I mouthed 'Tell you later'
My mom and Paul had horrified expressions on their faces and my mom asked/whispered "What did they do to you?" So I handed Zoë to Paul stood up and me along with the rest of the flock stood up and opened up our wings. Mom and Paul gasped. "I also got these" I said, and showed some minor displays of the new powers I got from the Olympians, my mom understood immediately and whispered to Paul, who got, if possible, a more horrified expression on his face.
"Do they know?" my mom asked "Not yet, I was going to show them after this" I sighed. "Percy who are 'they'" Max asked, making air quotations around they. I sighed, again. I then explained about the Greek gods, but I left out all my titles, because I didn't feel like going through them right now. The flock took the news surprisingly well, though Max looked kind of hurt that I didn't tell them earlier.
After the flock and I exchanged stories with my parent over what had happened over the past year, my mom made us some cookies, and was about to start telling some stories from when I was a baby, but then right before she could start the story, a hellhound demolished the front door surprising us all.
Might as well practice using my power in battles I thought So I summoned some vines to wrap around the hellhound, I was about to set the vines on fire, but I didn't want to burn down Mom and Paul's apartment building, so I instead decided to let some skeletons do the work for me, and withen seconds the monster was a sand castle in a power fan (A/N First to get the reference gets to submit their own OC, leave answer in a review or PM)
"We'd better get going mom, I don't want to attract anymore monsters, I'll IM you soon, bye" I said, and after some hugs, and the handing out of blue cookies, we were off.
"So, where to now Percy?" Max asked, "To the Empire State building" I replied. Then Nudge started blabbing out a bunch of random stuff so I asked her if she could stop talking. "Fine" she said, and we all just gawked at her. But the moment was short lived because she started singing. Now, don't get me wrong, shes a good singer, but she has horrible song choices. Though this time was the worst. "Hey I just met you…" "Nudge don't you dare continue that song" I said menacingly "And this is crazy…" "I will end you if you continue" "But here's my number" "I WILL CUT OFF YOUR FUCKING HEAD AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS YOU BETTER STOP SINGING" "So call me maybe" "MOTHER OF GOD THIS IS HOW YOU DIE" Then the rest of the flock had to restrain me from killing Nudge who was laughing like a maniac the entire time.
After I calmed down from my little 'episode', we entered the Empire State Building (the annoying wind spirits wouldn't let us fly into Olympus) and walked up to the doorman who for once didn't give me any trouble because he recognized who I was. We then got into the elevator and got up to Olympus, where the flock had no trouble getting through the borders, which meant that they were demigods. And, after a couple steps into Olympus they all got claimed, along with me. I had the symbol of every single Olympian over my head. Iggy and Gassy were sons of Hermes, Nudge was a daughter of Aphrodite, Angel a daughter of Athena, and Max a daughter of Nike.
After explaining their parents to them, we walked down the halls of Olympus, which were strangely empty, and made our way to the throne room, which doors were open. In the middle of the throne room, there was a grey shroud that was burning, and after it was all ashes, a sea-green one appeared in its place. "Also today, we are her to mourn for Perseus Jackson, who after a year of Missing in Action, has been declared dead. Is there anyone who would like to say something about the deceased?" said Thanatos who was standing up on a podium in front of all of Camp Half-Blood and Olympus.
I, seeing the perfect opportunity for a prank and amazing entrance, put on my hoodie and went up to the podium. When I got up there, none could recognize me, but I was still causing an uproar, the gods were arguing, confused over whose son I was, until Poseidon had enough and came to me and said "This is my only son's funeral boy, now I expect you to dress accordingly" his voice was seething with anger, and seeing this I couldn't help but say "Nah, I'm more comfortable in this"
Then, Poseidon got so mad that he summoned a massive tidal wave and sent it straight at me. I waited until it was right in front of me before I raised my hand and made the water go around me. Everybody was staring with me with a WTF expression etched onto their faces.
I decided to stop messing with them so I said "Come on dad is that how you treat your only son after he's been missing for a year?" I then took off my hood causing a lot of gasps, and even a few people fainting. My dad turned into a puddle. The flock came up to me laughing and giving me high fives. Then a voice that I would recognize anywhere sent a chill down my spine "PERSEUS JACKSON" I cringed I am so fucked right now I thought. Thalia then proceeded to come up to me and give me a slap that I'm pretty sure even the mortals 600 stories below us could hear. The rest of the flock flinched and were about to come to my defense, when Angel said to let Thalia and I sort it out. Mental Note: Yell at Angel later for condemning me to what could quite possibly be my death.
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN, WE HAVE LOOKED ALL FUCKING OVER FOR YOU FOR THE PAST YEAR, EVERYONE HAD GIVEN UP HOPE ON YOU, THEN YOU THINK IT WOULD BE A FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC IDEA TO FINALLY SHOW UP AT YOUR DAMN FUNERAL, DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED WE WERE FOR YOU WHEN WE FOUND ANNABETH DEAD AND YOU MISSING? HUH?! DON'T JUST STAND THERE ANSWER ME! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOUR BEST FRIEND DIED AND HER BOYFRIEND AND YOUR LITTLE BROTHER (A/N They are gonna have a brother/sister relationship since Perlia lost by a vote)WENT MISSING?!" Thalia screamed. "Well I'm happy to know that you care so much about me Thals" I said. Luckily for me, she was done ranting, and she hugged me (I could've sworn that Max started glaring at her at this point) and said "I'm happy you're back kelp-head"
It was then that the flock decided to make themselves known by Max coughing. Thalia got of me and looked at the flock as if noticing them for the first time. Max then asked "Who are you" Thalia looked at her then at me started laughing and said "I'm Percy's sister in everything but blood." Max oddly seemed relieved by this answer. "Percy are you gonna introduce us to your friends" Poseidon asked, it was then I noticed that the gods had teleported all the half-bloods out except for my friends, and were now awake.
"Uh, yea, this is Max daughter of Nike, Iggy & Gassy sons of Hermes, Nudge daughter of Aphrodite, and Angel daughter of Athena" I said pointing at them all respectively. "We're the flock" Nudge decided to pipe up while motioning to me and the rest of the flock. Nudge was about to say more when Gassy put his hand over mouth so that I could explain, since they knew I had the most experience with the Olympians.
I then explained all about the school, we showed them our wings, the were all speechless, then I got asked the question that I had been trying desperately to avoid. Athena, who had been silently crying since I told them about how Annabeth had died, asked "Why do you have the scent of all of us Olympians" Shit, Can't really avoid that "Uh, I don't know?" I said/asked "He's lying" Apollo said "Oh, look at the time, it's getting late we should go, see ya" I said trying with all my might to avoid answering the question.
Just as I turned around, a bunch of undead soldiers came and blocked my path. "Perseus, answer the question" said Hades. All of the Olympians were now completely alert and waiting for my answer, even Mr. D. "What question" I asked feigning innocence "You know what I'm talking about Perseus" "Uh, yes" "That answers not good enough, now answer right or I will have my soldiers attack you" "Maybe you guys are just going crazy." Hades' face turned purple and he waved his hand and the skeletons attacked.
But, instead of going after me they went after Max and the flock. Seeing this made me so angry that I saw red. Instantly, my hands were blasting Greek fire at the skeletons destroying several. I then summoned a lightning bolt to kill even more. I summoned grape vines and some of my own skeletons to kill some. I made some go crazy and attack each other, and the remaining skeletons I killed by summoning a tsunami wave. And the last one I flew to and brought it up high in the air and hurled it at the ground destroying it.
Everybody in the room was just gaping at me. Then Athena realized what the school had done to me and whispered something to the rest of the Olympians. Zeus then rose and pointed his master bolt at me, but instead of blasting me he said "All hail Perseus Jackson son of Olympus"
Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry for those of you that didn't get the pairing you wanted but I hope you will continue to read my story. For those who want to know the exact numbers for the main pairings, they were; Mercy 27 Perlia 26 Fax 14 and Fang dies a horrible death 19. Please review and check out my other stories. Till next time,
-A
