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Poseidon's P.O.V
My son is friend's with a fury, that is scary, the fact that he scared her… that was beyond scary. She's skipping out of the country because she thins he's going to do Gods knows what. I pity my brothers, and hope he doesn't kill them. If he can kill them, it sad that I assume that he can.
We walked along for as far as I could possibly push Annabeth and Grover, but eventually stopping became imperative. We stopped outside of a shop that sold statues and smelled like burgers, there was a neon sign that Grover translated.
"Dyslexia isn't an excuse," Athena said childishly. I groaned.
"Athena you don't have it so how would you know" I asked, I think there's a quota for logic that she try's to fill everyday with the bar set at enough to drive me insane.
"She's actually right" Apollo says, I raise my eyebrows at him. "One of my sons is Richard Castle" he said naming one of the best-selling novelists in New York. I just shrugged.
"Aunty Em's Garden emporium" he said, "Guy's I don't have a good feeling about this." I frowned, he was probably right, but Annabeth at the very least need food and there wasn't anywhere else we could go to.
"That sucks, but if Annabeth needs food why doesn't he?" Hermes said, I didn't want to know because the answer probably isn't good.
"Can we just read" Demeter asked.
"Come on, it's fine. I can smell burger's" Annabeth insisted. The woman inside was of vaguely Middle Eastern origins. She reminded me of the grandmother in little red riding hood. That meant that I was fairly sure she was going to try and kill us. Particularly Annabeth who she glared at like she wanted to rip her throat out when she thought nobody was looking.
"If anything bad happens to either of them it is entirely your fault Athena" I spat at her. She just nodded, as we were stared at. Neither one of us explained.
"Will you delightful children stay for a photo for me please" She asked sweetly, "It's been so long since I've been able to create children statues." We agreed to go after we'd eaten, I moved over to whisper to them.
"Run for you're lives, run for you're lives, run for you're lives" Athena chanted crossing her fingers whilst giggles broke out. As if any of us would be that lucky, I don't think so.
"Guys, I think were in trouble, she's way to nice and I don't think she likes you Annabeth" I stopped as she came back. The food didn't smell or taste poisonous, so that wasn't what she was planning. I couldn't work out who she was, I ran through all the Greek monsters I knew, which regrettably wasn't much. Aunty Em, Aunty Em…. Oh! Aunty M! Medusa.
"What" everybody yelled, we at least they knew why we were freaking out. After muttering and many fear and concerns for their life were uttered logic came. It came in the form of Ares, which to be honest was beyond fucked up.
"The fury left the county and Apollo says we are all fuck and you think that Medusa's going to off them?" he said fiddling with a knife. He was right, I guess that it just proved how attached we'd gotten.
"I can see through this cursed veil very well, I might take it off," she said. Oh dear, she was going to turn us into statues. Damn, now I had to kill her.
"He really doesn't doubt that he can't does he?" Zeus inquired, "It's just damn, now I have to kill her"
"Neh, good for him" Hestia said, "Medusa's a bitch." It seems so very wrong when she swears I thought to myself.
"Here, I'll help" I said before turning to Grover and Annabeth, "Medusa, close you're eyes, get ready to run," I hissed. Turning around I moved over to her until I was standing right in front of her. "Hello Medusa" I said smirking I looked at a spot right above her head, making it look like I was looking at her before removing her veil.
"Clever, if she thinks she can't turn him to stone he'll have the advantage" Artemis said leaning forward in her chair eager to hear Medusa's downfall. She had killed may of her hunters.
"Hello son of Poseidon" she hissed in my ear, my eyes flitter open and shut, as she try's to catch my gaze. "Can you see me child"
"Say yes" the entire room yelled in worry and anticipation.
"Yes" lied, "What do you want?" I asked. She giggled and placed her hand on my cheek. I could here the sound of a car, looking up I saw a truck coming toward us. The only reason she didn't lose her hand.
"Who the hell's driving the truck?" Hermes said.
"Where'd they even get a truck?" Apollo asked rhetorically, "Anyway on with the story"
"I was going to make you a statue, but I can't. I will destroy the grey-eyed one, her Mother did this to me because she was jealous, I will kill the grey-eyed one, will you make me kill you to" she ranted. I shook my head a spun out of the way as she was hit by a truck.
"You know what I think Poseidon and I finally have something that we will admit to agreeing on" Athena said.
"Blessing's all round for the driver of the truck?" I asked smiling.
"Blessing's all round for the driver of the truck" she confirmed and many of our relatives fell of there chairs in amazement.
"That was great, great demi-god driving Annabeth" Grover said as they stumbled out of
the car shakily. I laughed, they were learning.
"I'd say blessing's for Annabeth, but she's got Percy on her side. Does she really need them?" Hera asked. We all shook our head, she was probably better off then we were.
"Did I kill her?" Annabeth asked. There was an angry roar, "No, I think I just made her mad." Medusa swung around and went for Annabeth; I drew my sword and flipped it from dangerous to lethal.
"Okay, I can't take it anymore. How is that thing made?" Hesperus said. The possibility of him kidnapping his sister so she can teach him how she did it, very high.
"Hey Medusa" I yelled she turned and I swung my sword, "Heads up." Flump, her decapitated body hit the floor. It didn't disappear again.
"What is with that?" Zeus asked, "That's never happened before." Nobody had the answer.
We searched through the shop. Finding a shipping address for the Underworld a DOA recording studios LA. Giving us an address, we also cleaned out the cash register, $250 bucks and about 20 drachmas', also a Hermes express mailing envelope system. Which gave me an idea, after I'd asked Annabeth some things.
"You buy statues from Medusa?" Demeter screeched.
"You daughter wanted them for her garden, would you prefer I didn't give what she wants" he responded. She threw a carrot at him and we all tried not to giggle.
"Why did Medusa want to kill you so bad, but not me?" I asked her quietly. Sighing she turned to me and thought about how to explain.
People glare at Athena for creating the menace. She looked down and mumbled an apology.
"Medusa was you're Dads ex-girlfriend, he brought her to my Mom's temple to make-out. Which was incredibly disrespectful, and Mom turn her into that" she explained, "It's one of the many reasons why our parents hate each other." Hate was not what that story translated to me at all.
"Oh, yay. There might be somebody who agrees with me," Aphrodite sung.
"You think that Athena and I secretly love each other. I doubt it, and if he does and I can work out how to, he is so grounded" I said shivering.
"Really because what that said to me is that my Dad likes you're Mom, brought Medusa to her temple to try to make her jealous. She got jealous but instead whatever stupid male idea he had she turned her into a monster" I explained.
"No" Athena and I yelled while everybody else cackled.
"Now you have to ground him, good luck" Hades said, "I'll see you soon." I groaned, no I do not like Athena.
"No, she doesn't, and that doesn't make any sense" she protested. I shook my head at her denial.
"Yes, listen to my daughter" Athena begged through the laughter. I'd given up, it was stupid talking to a book.
"If she didn't care she would have just killed her, not turned her into a monster with a grudge and a hankering for revenge on her kids" I said, "So it our parent hate each other is that why you hate me?" I asked.
"Oh dear, I sense a cluster fuck" Ares said sighing, "If you want you're kids to hate each other I doubt it going to happen. That was okay with me the less people that hated my son the better.
"I don't hate you" she spluttered in denial, "I just… well." She floundered around trying to explain.
"There's no reason for you not to hate him either" Athena said. She was heavily glared at and cringed in he chair.
"No you don't hate me yet, but you're trying to" I sighed. "We are our own people, I am not my Dad and you are not you Mom. You're being raciest, and making judgements on people for the way that they are born." This left he baffled and me pissed at my family, there how many centuries old now and behave like children.
"He's twelve, who is he to call us children" Hera said frustrated, "Even if he has a good point about the racism, we encourage it when he puts it like that."
"I don't think he's twelve, I think he just appears to be" Ares said, once again shivering. Thinking of some of the things he's said I shivered to.
Which lead me to where I was now, stuffing the separate parts of Medusa's body into a box and attaching it to a shipping statement.
To the Gods Empire State Building, 600th floor Best wishes, Percy Jackson.Everybody that wasn't frozen in shock was falling of their thrones laughing.
"Ah, I don't think were going to react well to that" Zeus said, "I'm going to be furious." It would be amusing none the less.
"There going to think you're impertinent" Annabeth said as it disappeared. Grover laughed and shook his head."This kid is so far beyond impertinent" Demeter sighed.
"He's growing on us anyway" Artemis sighed. She was right.
"Percy, impertinent? Annabeth wherever did you get that idea? Percy is so far past that its not funny" he teased. We got into the truck, both of them very hesitant about my driving abilities and off we went."Where did he learn to drive?" Apollo said. I just sighed, life was never going to be the same.
"Alright, one more chapter and then we should go to bed" I said taking the book and starting to read.
Another chapter done, I got another flame from my last chapter. Pout-y face. 2 out of 21 isn't bad though? I mean 19 of you liked me? I appreciate the honesty anyway. All comments are welcome.
