Sorry to keep you waiting, my Muffins! Yeah, that's what I'll call my PJ:CotLG fans, Muffins! Yeah, that's weird. Anyway, sorry for not updating on time! I had Advanced Geometry lessons, and boy, they are hard! Postulates and Theorems are way too numerous for my liking, and Proving is the bane of my existence! Also, I've been exposing myself to more experiences. Smash Bros. fics, Adventure Time fics, Vocaloid fics, I'm all over the place! Also, Starblade updated his/her Guardian of the Hunt fic! Percy dies, but so what?
I Need A Beta Reader!: Details in Chapter Eight's AN.
To all who want to know: I was born in the US, moved to the Philippines due to my Mom and Dad missing their home country, and I'm still here!
Sneak Peek Promo: If you can guess what game the special reference in this chapter is referring to, which is signified by the double asterisk (**), then you win a sneak-peek! Hint: It's a DS RPG made by Square Enix, praised for it's excellent use of both screens.
Disclaimer in Chapter Six
Enjoy my Muffins!
Chapter Nine: I die?
"Yes, my old partner, I am the one and only Cupid!" he said, a tone of mischief in his tone. Sami came up from behind me and wrapped her slender arms around my waist. I noticed Aphrodite's eye twitch for some reason.
"B-But why are you keeping us captive?" asked my Goddess. That statement turned his smile turned upside down. "Why won't you let us go?"
"I have my own... intentions. Guards, take the ladies away. I want to talk to the young... man alone," said the primordial god of love in an ominous tone. At that, the cage split itself into two, my companions in the other half. He snapped his fingers, and four demigods came in to the room
"Brainz..." the half-bloods moaned. It was pretty obvious that they were under Eros' control.
"T-The zombies are coming!" exclaimed Aphrodite, referencing the game... what was it called again? Plants Vs. Zombies? Artemis took a battle stance, while Sami looked at me flirtatiously, flicking her tongue in the air, as if licking my... oh gross!
The zom- I mean teenagers started pushing the cage out the door, leaving me with this demented man. He pushed himself off the throne, twirling the bow in his hands.
"Hello there, young man," he said. I could detect a faint French accent.
"Why did you control Artemis?" I asked bluntly. He smirked in response.
"Kids these days, so rash and imprudent!" said the God of Love. "I thought my successor taught you better."
"Um... imprudent?" I asked ruining the tension and living up to the nickname, "Seaweed Brain".
"I guess she didn't teach you better. Imprudent is the same as 'brash', you gormless demigod."
"...Gormless?" Eros facepalmed.
"Never mind. Anyway, do you know why you're here?" asked Cupid.
"I was about to ask you that," I said. Even if I only knew the guy for merely twenty four lines, he was already getting on my nerves.
"Well I won't tell you!" This was going to be a long night.
INTO THE MIND OF SAMI REINHEART
Percy, Percy, Percy, Percy, Percy...
INTO THE MIND OF THE GODDESS APHRODITE
She wasn't going to last the night. The guards had put them in a power-canceling room without any beauty care products! How was she going to survive? Sami was still love-drunk, much to Aphrodite's dismay. She didn't want some murdering psychopath touching her Champion. Not on her watch!
"You have a plan?" the Moon Goddess asked the Athenian. She giggled and put a thumb in her mouth.
"I bet Percy has a plan. He's amazing," replied Sami.
"Argh, think straight, my Champion!" yelled Artems, gripping Sami's shoulders and shaking her back and forth. "We need to get out of here without Perseus' help!"
Aphrodite started wracking her head for an idea. How could they get out of there? Then she got an idea. She had invented something when Ares got bored of having "jam" sessions with her. Her invention made things more... interesting for them both. She quickly started unbuttoning her skinny jeans, leaving her in her panties.
"Aphrodite, what in Hades are you doing?" exclaimed the chaste goddess. Instead of replying, she removed her underwear, leaving her half-naked. "This is not the time to make yourself feel better!"
Ignoring her, she fastened her panties to the metal wall using what little goddess power she was allowed to use under the anti-magic force field surrounding the cell. She quickly donned her pants again and said, "Back away from the wall!" The two others obliged, sliding away from the panties. Aphrodite tapped the cotton and rushed to where Artemis and Sami where.
BOOM!
Explosive panties. When Aphrodite showed them to Ares one "meeting", he almost pissed his pants. After he got over the shock though, he eagerly jumped onto the bed, awed by the unexpected explosion.
"Now let's go save Percy!" she yelled, running to where she remembered the main chamber was.
INTO THE MIND OF PERCY JACKSON
This guy loved to poke fun with me. Even when lowering my cage into a pit of boiling lava, the guy still wanted to make fun of me.
"**I can't believe you're that stupid! I would've expected better out of Lady Aphrodite's servant. I suppose it's inevitable... sometimes... hee hee," said the primordial.
"And I suppose you're an ass. All the time**," I replied, looking for a way out. I couldn't use my powers nor my weapons, the bars are electrified, and I'm being lowered into lava. I'm so scr-
BOOM!
A Michael Bay-esque explosion rocked the palace. I could hear a "Wrong way Aphrodite!" coming from the hall to my right. Eros brought out his bow and fired, breaking the chain that was lowering me. Luckily, Artemis used her godly speed to tackle the cage, sending the both of us tumbling to the side.
"Hades!" he yelled, aiming at the Moon Goddess. He fired, but Artemis dodged, the arrow hitting the cage's lock. I jumped out, doing a little victory pose once my feet touched solid ground. "Your going down Eros!"
"Contrary to your beliefs, Perseus, it is not I that is 'going down'," said Eros, his etiquette coming back, "it is you!" Then he brought out three rubies, throwing them at my companions. It hit them, their eyes glowing red.
"Awaiting orders, Master," said the three girls simultaneously without emotion.
"Kill the boy. I'll be on my throne if you need me," he said, walking towards his throne. "Hold it!" I was about to chase after him, when the girls jumped at me all at once.
Sami brought her dagger down. I parried the arc and sidestepped, narrowly avoiding Artemis' knives. Aphrodite was trying to snipe me, but her allies were blocking the way. I didn't want to hurt them, they were the only family besides my father I had left. I wasn't going to risk losing them. With Sami, the jewel was behind her neck, so if I swing too hard, I might kill her. Aphrodite was too far away to locate her jewel. Hopefully it was somewhere simple, like her hand. Artemis', on the other hand, is the one I couldn't locate. I put two and two together, and inferred that it was up her- I don't think I need to go there. I needed to knock them out somehow.
While these thoughts were in my head, Aphrodite got in a cheap shot and hit Riptide, sending it into the other pit filled with spikes. You see, before deciding to lower me into the lava pit Eros had to decide between lava or spikes. You know what he chose. Anyway, back to the story.
That stroke of misfortune caused a chain reaction of sorts. While I staggered from the force of Aphrodite's arrow, Sami stabbed me in the abdomen and cut my ankle, with Artemis following up with a kick to the manhood.
"Marvelous job, servants!" said Eros, clapping his hands in glee. I could barely feel my abs at this moment, the pain was just to intense. "Show them the power of love!"
"As you wish, my Lord," stated Aphrodite, Sami and Artemis at her side. I could barely move, due to my crotch on fire. Artemis' hunting boots had metal heels okay! Aphrodite raised her arm, a pink haze forming around her palm. This was it.
I was going to die.
"I-I'm finished," I whispered as Aphrodite hit me square in the chest, intensifying my old grief and effectively killing me.
I never thought it would end this way.
Okay, I know you all want to kill me, but please hear me out! You could try to guess the special reference to win a sneak-peek and find out what happens next! Also, remember that prophesies have double meanings!
I Need a Beta Reader!: Details in Chapter Eight's AN.
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