Percy scrunched his face up into a pout and stared at the girl in front of him. She had jet black hair and electric blue eyes. She was wearing dark blue jeans that had holes in them and a black tank top. The girl stood about an inch taller then Percy.
"Percy, this is Thalia," Poseidon stated setting Percy on the floor. He wobbled for a second before grabbing onto his father's leg. His bright sea colored eyes stared over the girl in front of him.
"What's wrong with'im?" She asked poking Percy slightly rough in the shoulder. He shied away from her.
"Nothing, he is just shy," spoke Poseidon softly, ushering his young son forward. Thalia, who seemed to be chewing a piece of gum, blew a bubble then popped it. Percy giggled quietly and looked at her with eager eyes.
"Again," he grinned.
Thalia gave him a weird look before making another bubble and popping it with her teeth. He giggled again and came out from hiding behind his father and stood in front of her.
"Again!" he exclaimed. She did it again but before she could pop it, Percy's finger shot out and popped it for her.
"Hey!" she cried angrily, pulling the piece of gum from her mouth.
"Eww! Now it's infected with your germs!" she said glaring at Percy who sat down and giggled.
"I no have gewrms." He smiled at her. She glared back at him before taking another piece of gum out of her pocket and popping it into her mouth; she wrapped the old piece into the wrapper. Percy watched her, his eyes wide with curiosity; he stuck his hand out eagerly.
"Pwease, I have one too?" he asked while his eyes changed to a bright green color. She stared him down before crossing her arms and shaking her head.
"No," she simply stated.
Percy frowned and looked around but his father seemed no where in sight.
"Wanna play a game?" Thalia asked with a slightly evil look in her eye.
"I like games!" Percy smiled brightly not noticing anything different about her. He stood up and jumped up and down.
"Okay, but can you do this?" she asked and held up her hand, sparks flew from the palm of it and launched into Percy's hair, making it stick up.
"No…I no can dat." He pouted, but shot his hands up. Water appeared around him.
"But I do this," he said before splashing her. Thalia growled at him before she lunged.
"Eeee!" Percy cried jumping out of the way and speeding down the hall. Thalia chased after him, gaining oh him quickly.
"Oomph!" exclaimed Percy as he hit the ground, a weight on top of him. He looked up to see Thalia smirking down on him.
"No fair!" he pouted, his cheeks turning red and puffing out slightly.
"Oh get over it," she replied sticking her tongue out. "You wanna do something fun?" Thalia asked getting up from sitting on Percy.
"Yeah! I like fun stuffs!" he smiled happily, innocence glittered his eyes.
"Okay, but you gots to follow me!" she said in a bossy tone. He nodded eagerly.
The two young children started their journey by sneaking out of the room that they were playing in, out the palace door, through Olympus, only to reach a tall golden metal door; buttons lined neatly beside it. Percy eyed the buttons like any little boy would: like he was desperate to push them.
He reached his small hand up to press the largest button.
Ting!
The elevator door opened up and Percy's eyed widened happily at his new discovery. Thalia pulled him in and he giggled while reaching his hands up to press more buttons. One hand finally landed on the floor button, and the door slid shut and he felt it moving down.
"Fun, right?" she grinned, looking over at her younger friend.
"Uh huh!" Percy said leaning back and forth while holding onto the handle bar.
Ting!
The doors opened, and a lobby appeared in front of them. Thalia grabbed Percy's hand and pulled him past the staring people and through a hall in the hotel. She pushed open a door to reveal a room filled with arcade games. Percy's bright green eyes glowed happily as he watched a few kids play.
"Me too!" he smiled looking at Thalia. She pulled out a few dollar bills. Percy stared at them curiously; because he lived in Olympus it meant he didn't see American money very often. It intrigued him.
"My birthday is coming up, and so I got money for it," Thalia grinned while slipping the dollar into the coin machine. Once she counted the coins, she gave Percy some and kept some for herself.
"Put them in the games you want to play, okay?" she explained, showing him how to do it, then turning away to play her game. Percy turned toward the other games, before moving from one to the other, finding fault with it. He was too short for most of the games.
He found a basketball shooting game and put the coins in like Thalia showed him. The balls rolled down and he picked one up with much difficulty. The basketball was bigger then his head by far and he had a hard time holding it up.
Suddenly, hands grabbed his waist and lifted him up to the hoop. He looked down surprised, only for his green eyes to meet deep blue ones. He turned his head back up in time to drop the ball into the hoop and giggling.
The hands set him down and he looked up to find a tall man with dark brown hair and bright bluish- blackish color. He wore blue jean shorts and a dark Hawaiian shirt. He looked at Percy with a mysterious smile which you could almost mistake for a smirk.
"Thanks you, fowr helping me," Percy said smiling childishly at the older man. He didn't sense anything wrong. He glanced over to see Thalia in deep concentration on her game.
"No problem, kid, you know there's a fun room with a lot of games your size you can play, I'll show you if you want," the mysterious man offered quickly, knowing he didn't have long before his chance would run out.
Percy's eyes lit up at the thought of games he could play but then slowly lost their light when he looked at Thalia.
"I no aloud to go with stwangers." Percy said softly, letting out a defeated sigh. The man's eyes flared black and back to blue again.
"I don't have time for this," he spoke grabbing Percy's arm. The little boy's eyes shot open and he tried to wrench his arm out of the man's grip.
"Let go!" he cried, his eyes watering threatening tears to spill over. Thalia abandoned her game and approached the man, holding a basketball.
The man started pulling Percy out of the arcade, leaving people behind to wonder why the boy was crying. Thalia followed them, the man not noticing her.
"Let me go!" Percy screamed only for his words to be muffled by the man's hand as he was picked up. The little boy fought ferociously, he kicked and pushed, and bit the man's hand—but to no avail. The man had a firm grip on him.
Thalia ran after them, still clutching the ball she had stolen. Her devious little mind working up a plot.
