Chapter 4 The Training

After we left Gaia's body to be dealt with, we kept flying away when Blackjack said, "Yo boss, I'm not feelin so hot anymore. I gotta rest." So we landed in an alleyway and I suddenly felt weak too. I tried to get off Blackjack but ended up falling off. Blackjack' body went back to what it was before. The sun came up, and I started to feel the same when I changed for the first time. I yelled, but only at the end was my yell truly my yell. The Rider inside me tried to get to the shadows but there were none to get to that he could reach in time. Soon I regained full control over my body, but I felt really weak. The lights were beginning to dim, and just before I blacked out, I saw a man in a leather outfit standing next to me. He said two words that I could hear. "Morning bonehead." I then blacked out

When I awoke I was in a bed and I felt that my skull was still on fire. I got into a sitting position and massaged my sore throat. When I looked at the dresser beside the bed, I saw several tall glasses of water. I grabbed it and downed the whole thing in one gulp and did the same thing to each one. A question then popped into my head. 'Where was I?' So I got up and wiped the water from the corners of my mouth. I saw a man that looked to be in his early forties reading some books. Apparently he heard me come into the room and turned around to meet my curious eyes. He got up from his chair and asked me, "You alright?" "Yeah, I'm good. I feel like my skull's on fire, but I'm good. Thanks for the water. Uh, did you see my horse?" He then started to laugh quietly. Blame my ADHD for me saying this, but I had to ask. "Did I say something funny?" He shook his head then said in a western accent, "Ironic. I'm kinda big on irony. Your Pegasus is outside." I thanked him, but before I could leave, he said, "It does." At my look of confusion, he said, "You're wondering if your Pegasus looks normal? It does. Just so you know what happened last night will happen again." The fact that he could see that Blackjack was a Pegasus never came to mind. I asked with a suspicious look in my eyes, "Who are you?" He shook his head again said, "Question is, who are you? You're the Rider." I nodded my head before I could stop myself. He made a gesture for me to follow him. So I did. Don't ask me why, I just felt that I could trust this guy. I realized that I didn't know his name. "Hey, I never got your name." "My name is Johnny Blaze." "Percy Jackson." We then got to a door that seemed to appear out of nowhere and when we went through it, what was on the other side took my breath. There was every type of training equipment known to man. Johnny turned to me and said, "I'm going to train you with your powers. Now change." So I did. He looked at me and said, "Strange. Usually the fires are orange, but yours are green. No matter. The powers should still be the same."

Over the next few days, I settled into a routine. I would wake up, have breakfast, train, take a break and have lunch (Johnny is a really good cook), train, Try to speak to the fire element in me (Hades gave me one along with the powers), have dinner, and go to sleep. Now, I'm able to change in the day, not just the night, my chain can be as long as I want it to, and Blackjack can send out a wave of fire from his wings.

So, here I am, about to get up and do my daily routine, But I noticed something was different. Johnny usually waits for me in the training room, but now he's in the kitchen. He gestured for me to sit, so I did. He said, "Your time is up, Percy. I have taught you everything I know, now it is time for you to go." I can't say that I was surprised. Johnny and I had a couple of fighting matches, and I have been beating him more and more often. So I stood tall and said to him, "Thank you Johnny Blaze, for everything you have taught me. I promise that I won't let you down." He bent down and gave me a hug, as we have gotten close. So I gathered up all my belongings and changed into the Ghost Rider, with Blackjack changing with me. One of the things that I've learned is that whatever the Ghost Rider rides, changes with him. So I mounted him and we set off for Camp Half-Blood.

When we got there it was nighttime, when Blackjack whispered in my mind, "Yo boss, we should play a trick on the campers. It'll be hilarious." So we tried to hide in a bush, but the bush set on fire, so we decided to hide behind a rock. Here come our victims now, Connor and Travis Stoll. So we stepped out from behind Zeus' Fist, and roared a demonic roar, and the two thieves screamed like little girls, and they ran as fast as they could to the Big House(The Stoll's weren't at the Campfire when Percy first transformed). While they were running, Blackjack and I are laughing our skulls off. But we didn't want to be caught just yet, so we changed back and Blackjack ran to the stables as if he never left. When the Stoll's came back, dragging Chiron by his hands, with hair curlers in his tail. They saw me and yelled in unison, "Percy, did you see a green flaming skeleton?" I tried to keep from laughing, but failed miserably. My guffaws were echoing off the trees. The Stoll's were standing there dumbly as I got up, and changed in front of them. At this time, the entire camp was watching the three of us, but Anna bethwas the one who ran up to a green flaming skeleton and yelled, "Where have you been, Perseus Jackson?" So I explained everything to them, including my assignment from Hades. So Annabeth was standing there in shock at the fact that it had not taken me five minutes to defeat the Lady of the Earth. So she looked me in the eye and told me, "We need to talk in private

Sorry for the wait folks, but I've been kind of busy

You know what to do

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