Malcolm laughed. "That's a good one, Annabeth."
"No really, Malcolm." Alcina said in my defense. "Annabeth is my mother."
Malcolm didn't look like he believed us. "Prove it."
"Look at her, Malcom. She has my eyes, but Percy's hair. Chiron knows and already created a cabin for me and her."
Malcolm asked, "Alright then. Say I do believe this crazy story, then tell me how she was bor-ahh! What the Hades is that?"
Surprised by his sudden outburst, I asked, "What is what?"
"The voice!"
I smirked and said, "Alcina. She can talk to people through their minds. What did she say?"
"That is really cool. She said that she was born the same way Mom was. But that leaves only one question. Who is the father?"
Wow. For a child of Athena, he can be really dumb sometimes. "Malcolm. Think. I said that I was going to be living with Alcina and Percy."
Malcolm's face turned red with anger. I can only assume he finally understood.
"I am going to kill that fishy sea spawn! Where is he!" Malcolm shouted as he stormed out of the Athena cabin, his eyes seeing the new cabin. He sprinted that way before I could stop him.
"Malcolm! Come back here!" I shouted at his retreating figure.
"I'll warn dad!" Alcina yelled back at me, for she was already running full speed after my half-brother. But then a strange thing happened. She dissolved into a cloud of mist, and reformed back into a human body at the waters edge, about five hundred feet ahead of Malcolm. She dove into the blue water, and came up about 20 seconds later with Percy, who freaked out when he saw Malcolm charging.
"He looks a lot madder than I thought!" I heard Percy yell. "What?" he screeched two seconds later, before continuing with, "Alcina! I don't care that 'madder' is a plant with yellow flowers of the genus Rubia, or that it is used in dyes! And how did you know that!" He huffed before groaning and turning to her. "You did what now? When did you even have time to do that?"
I raised an eyebrow, wondering what Alcina had done. I wish I had heard all of that conversation, not just Percy's side.
Percy turned to look at me, still running after Malcolm, when his eyes widened. In his argumentative state, Percy had forgotten about Malcolm, who had closed the distance between the two of them. I heard Percy say, "Oh Styx." before Malcolm punched his jaw, knocking him to the ground.
