Hi there..
I just read some review that says well…. Never mind.. I'm a boy so I really don't care. But please just keep it to yourself if you are writing something like that.
Here is chapter 9…
Hope you enjoy it.
Percy
The creepy old sales grandma was getting on Percy's nerves. She smiled at them and offered his help like a helpful policeman.
Reyna was the one who answered. "We need an antidote." She said."Right on business huh? " Medea smiled, "Sure you don't want some cooler, I have some for a mortal dollar."
"No thanks." Reyna pulled her most begging voice. "Please we are running out of time." Medea laughed. "I have some previous customer last two weeks they were not as kind as you, if only they asked nicely like you two are doing right now, I could have helped them. " Percy could tell Reyna's mind was working on their situation right now, finding the safest way. She seemed to let out a question that was bothering her since he told her about Medea. "Are you the Medea from the myth?" Reyna asked. "Yes child." Medea smiled. "Then, should you be dead?" Reyna's sweat was dripping down her face. What? she should be dead, Percy was creeping out now. "Nonsense, I am alive and that is all that matters." Medea's voice changed. "Now about that potion." A bottle, shaped of a swan visualized in her hand, it was filled with glowing blue liquid. "It was hard to brew all of my potion after those Halfling have blow it up. But you're different are you? You don't want blow me or my store. " her voice was so convincing. Percy sensed danger, every bone in his body was telling him to run now. Percy fought the urge to believe her. He remembered that she is a witch according to Triton. "Sure, we will not blow up your beautiful department store." Reyna said with a dreamy voice. Percy was sure Medea had put some kind of spell to her; he had to do something. "Why thank you." Medea smiled. "Now Reyna, do you really want this save this guy." She hid the bottle in her pocket and gestured to Percy. "Yes." Replied Reyna. "There are better things to do, more important things that will answer all of your questions." "Like what?" Reyna was getting deeper in to the spell, her voice was becoming more and more dreamy. "Like finding what happen to Jason." Medea got her now. Percy pulled his sword to attack but two silver dragons appeared behind Medea. "Don't be foolish Perceus, my guards are kind of hungry right now. " The silver dragons were about size of a car. Percy lowered his sword. If he attack, he will be torn to pieces by those dragons. Reyna seems not to notice the dragons.
"Jason?" Reyna was desperate now. "Pity," Medea's voice was like nails in a blackboard to Percy. "The one you are saving right now had something to do with Jason's disappearance." Reyna looked at Percy with piercing angry eyes. "Think of it? If Jason was gone who will be the leader of your camp? It was their plan from the beginning, a plan made he with Triton." The name Triton was like the most disgusting word for Reyna, she seems to remember something. "The one you where talking to in the shores…who was it?" Percy panicked, he was confuse, how this woman knew about Triton. It was an obvious lie; Percy would never do something like that. "Reyna it a lie, she's…" Reyna cut him off. "Who was it Percy!" Percy lowered his head. "It was Triton." Medea laughed on her victory. "See he admits it, you remember Triton right Reyna?" "Yes!" Reyna said gritting her teeth in anger. Medea was winning over Reyna "He kidnapped Jason five years ago and tried to kill him, it was a good thing you rescued him." What? Triton almost killed Jason, Percy did not know what to believe. He was losing ideas, at this rate they will fight each other for sure and that's just what Medea wants. "No, Reyna…control yourself." Seems that Reyna could not hear him. "He killed Jason and planned to be the leader and destroy your camp!" Medea was winning now. "Cut off the head of the snake, and the body dies, right Percy?" Darn it! How did she knew that, what else did she knew.
"I know you think that it is a lie Reyna but you see I have a proof of that. " She held her hands. In Medea's hands a golden lance, broken in half and black from fire, magically visualized. Reyna cried "Jason?" This is bad, Percy thought, and the dragons where still behind Medea, "Um, you don't happen to have those dragons for sale have you?" he asked Medea trying to buy some time."I'm glad you asked, they are fifty years of servitude each. " Percy smiled, got her. "But how would, I be sure that they will not eat me." Medea showed him a pendant. "This pendant I use to control them. But sadly you will not have the chance try, my patron has her orders." She turned to Reyna. "Yes Reyna, this is Jason's lance, to prove that he is dead. And you know what? That is not the only thing Percy did. He also viciously attacked Lupa. " Anger roared on Reyna's eyes. "Now here is your chance for revenge, kill him for Jason and for your beloved camp."
Reyna drew her dagger and charged at Percy, but as soon as she turned her back on Medea, snakes erupted from Medea's hand and bit Reyna. Percy cached her as she fell down. She was unconscious, breathing heavily. The venom was spreading through her body. The snakes retreated back to Medea's body. Medea laughed, "She is more stupid than I thought, tell her about Jason and she will listen." she approach Percy, "Now Percy you don't really want her as a companion do you? She does not care about you. Let's discuss the price of this potion." She threw the lance at the floor and brought out the blue potion. "This potion cures bodily abnormalities, venom, cancer or poison even if it is as powerful as the poison my patron gave you." She said admiring her work. "And the price is not even difficult to give, swear your allegiance to my patron and your life would be saved. Don't waste your time with the gods my patron will give you everything!" Percy was angry, "Shut up….shut up!" Medea took some steps backward. "Can't you see you cannot win against my patron? You can't save Reyna now." Percy stood. "Didn't I tell you to shut up!" she charged at Medea. Medea could not react quickly. She was not for close combat. In a spit seconds, Percy's sword was on Medea's abdomen, he had stabbed her but it was not deep enough to be lethal. Percy took the potion in her hands. Medea laugh, "The potion has only one dose. Save her and you die. HAHAHAHA. You think you won?" she commanded for the dragons to attack but they just stood still. Percy raised his hands and showed her the pendant. He crushed it with his hands the dragon's eyes turned red and they rampaged in the store, blowing fire to every appliances and stands. Percy hurried to Reyna's side and was ready to escape. "Wait" Medea stopped him. "Save me and I will tell you the location of the golden fleece." She smiled. Percy did not believe it, but he needs the location. He approaches her, "Where is it?" Medea coughs blood. "Take me out of here first." The dragons were burning everything. It was only a matter of time. "If you don't tell me I will leave you here." Medea sighed. Percy could tell she could not move her body in her condition. "Last I heard it is in the island of Polyphemus. Now get me out of here." Percy would like to leave her here to be burned but she was still a human being, more or less, and if he does that he was no better than her. He pulled her by the shoulder. One of the dragon notice them, it attack, Percy pulled his sword to defend. "You fool!" Medea pulled a bottle of potion in her pocket and threw it to Percy. Percy's reflexes kick in. he dodge the potion and it hit the dragon. It exploded at the dragon's face which made it even angrier. Percy runs for the exit, taking Reyna by his arms and leaving Medea screaming for help.
Percy took Reyna on the car. She was still unconscious. He started it and they flew, luckily police did not arrive yet and their where no people on the street. He was afraid the dragons would follow so he speeds up. It was about half an hour when he decided it was safe. It was noon. He examined Reyna, she was wincing in pain.
They landed on some gods forsaken island. It was small but big enough to make camp. Where the hell are we, he asked himself. The car has no GPRs nor do they have any cell phones.
He laid Reyna on the grass, she was burning up. He took the potion out of his pocket.
Reyna has a past and she had a future as the leader of the camp. He had nothing, he was chasing a past he did not even know if it existed or not. The campers were depending on Reyna to save Lupa. No, the reason he wants to save Reyna was not because she is better than him, it is because he wants to, she was to only friend he had and he will not forgive himself if he let his friend died. Without anymore hesitation he gave Reyna the potion.
