Here's chapter ten

I hope you like it.

By the way, I'm going on holiday to north wales for a week from tommorow, so I won't be able to update. Also, I've been going slow because there are a couple of other stories I've been writing.

Disclaimer: Do I look like a middle aged guy from Texas? I hope not, because that would be scary.

10. We arrive at Asgard

We appeared in a massive golden hall, with thrones along the side of the room, each pulled up to a table that spanned the length of the room. There was no-one else in the room, and Re'es shook himself, as if trying to get rid of muscle ache or something.

'Welcome to Asgard' he said. 'Home of the Norse gods. Now, if you exit the room and go left you'll find a check in desk. Tell the lady you're the Greek envoys and she'll handle you from there' he said, before he disappeared.

'Okay' I said. 'Let's go looking for that lady'. We went through the door and turned left and just like Re'es had said, we found a check in desk. The lady sitting there had long blond hair and smiled seductively when she saw me.

'What do you want?' she said gushingly, as she fluttered her eyelids at me. I could practically feel Annabeth glare switching from the back of my head, to her face, and back to my head.

'Um, hi. We're the Greek envoys, and Re'es told us to come and see you'.

'Oh. Well, okay. You get room's two-two-three to two-two-five. Basically, go down the corridor, take the second right onto stairs, go upstairs, then go right, continue about forty meters down the corridor, and they'll be three rooms next to each other on the right' she said. We nodded, took the keys from her hand and set off down the corridor. As we were walking, I put my arm round Annabeth's waist, pulling her closer to me. We climbed the stairs, exhausted after all the travelling we had done. The only good thing was that all the excitement had meant that my headache went away. We soon got to our rooms, and I took two-two-three. I entered, and immediately crashed onto the bed, passed out.

I awoke at some point later on, and I saw someone standing over me.

'Kelp Face, get up' Thalia said, and I groaned. She pulled me up. 'Come on, we have to go to the main hall, because we have to meet some people'. I sighed and walked to the bathroom, slapping water on my face. Then, I walked out of the bathroom, and turned to Thalia.

'Where's Annabeth?' I asked.

'Oh, she's waiting at the checkout desk. I had to come get you after we went for a little walk' she said. I nodded and together we left the room and started going down the stairs. We met Annabeth at the check in office and the three of us entered the main hall. We found four men waiting for us in there, three giving of the aura of a god, and the other one seemed slightly weaker. They were having an argument.

'No, you cannot go around tricking gods. It's not nice!' the tall, well built man with the grey hair and beard in front of the others said.

'Yes, I can Father' the small thin blond one in between the other two men said.

'No brother you can't' the tall muscled one on the left said.

'Dad, uncle, granddad, you can stop; we have guests' the other one, who I couldn't really see, as he was cast in shadow and seemed dark, said.

'Humph, okay, but you call us by our proper names, as you're not on good enough terms with us to just call us granddad and stuff' the old one said.

'Sorry' the other one said moodily, while the old one just sighed, before he turned to us.

'Hello, young demigods, I am Odin, Norse god of War and king of the Norse gods. You are Greek, yes' he said, and I saw something, maybe hatred or anger flash through his eyes when he said the word Greek. Like I said, he was a big man, but he wasn't like Ares. I mean, sure he was well muscled, but he wasn't as like, I don't know, I'm a bodybuilder with insane muscles like Ares was, and he didn't seem to give of a big aura of hatred.

'Oh, no sir. We're not actually Greek, I mean we're American, but we're the children of the Greek gods' Annabeth said. Again, that look passed through Odin's eyes when she said Greek, and when Annabeth said that we were American, he looked surprised, scared and maybe a little worried, but he soon regained his composure.

'It doesn't matter. I would like you to meet Loki, god of lies and mischief, my adopted son, and Thor, god of thunder and lightning, my true son' Odin said, indicating that Loki was the thin blond one and that Thor was the blond muscled one. When Odin said "my true son" Loki flinched and looked downright evil, but I guess he just felt neglected. We nodded in respect, and Odin continued. 'Now, we don't want to see you, so we'll be off, but you can stay with Tom here, for a bit' he pointed to the man in the shadows, before him and his two sons strode out the door.

'I hate them' the boy, Tom, said from the shadows. 'They're stuck up, and they neglect me, but hey, I won't bore you with my life story. Oh, but where are my manners' he said, and stepped out the shadows. He was tall, about six foot two, with curly blond hair that went down to his collar and puffed out, sort of in ringlets, I guess. He was stick thin, and was wearing a black t-shirt saying "Thor roks' on it. He had blue-grey eyes, and I guess was okay looking. 'I'm Tom, Tom Gollding' as he reached out to shake my hand.

'Who are you?' I asked. 'And what significance do you have'.

He sighed. 'Does this help' he said, and pulled out a black silk balaclava and put it on. I didn't get who it was, but Thalia gasped with recognition.

'You're that guy who healed Annabeth when she got wounded by that snake creature' she said, and now she mentioned it, I could remember it.

'Oh' I gasped, before I pulled him into a hug. 'Thank you, thank you so much'.

'It's no problem. Just doing what I have to, having being hired by Odin' he said.

'I take it you're a demi-god' Annabeth asked, and he nodded as I released him.

'Son of Thor' he said bitterly.

'Wait a sec' I said. 'Why were you all dressed up in ninja gear? And what do you mean that Odin hired you?'

'Well, to answer both you're questions, I work for a mercenary group of ninjas called the "sect of the hidden dragon", and we were hired by Odin, to make sure the envoys all make it here, and to help protect Asgard from any trouble' he sighed.

'You're a mercenary?' Thalia questioned.

'Yeah, I'm afraid I am' he sighed again. 'But I'm not like the others in the sect, who just fight for the money. I'm just waiting to find the right cause to fight for' he said. 'Anyway, who are you?'

'I'm Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, stormbringer, earthshaker, father of horses, god of the sea. I am the hero of Olympus, after I defeated the titan lord Kronos a couple of months ago. This is Annabeth, my girlfriend and daughter of Athena, she is also heralded as a savior of Olympus, and this is Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, savior of Olympus and Huntress of Artemis' I said, pointing to each of us in turn. He nodded and stayed silent for a while, digesting this.

'Okay, so you all saved Olympus?' he asked.

'Yeah' Thalia said. 'But it was mainly kelp face over there'

'Kelp face?'

'Because he's a son of the sea. He's also a seaweed brain, and squid barf' Annabeth giggled.

'Squid barf?' I questioned. 'That's new' I added, and she shrugged. 'Anyway Tom, how did you learn that healing ability?'

'Oh, it's nothing, you have to learn it to become a member of the sect, so I learnt it. I guess it's kind of cool, but it means that because I know I can help a lot of people, I want to help them even when I'm forbidden too. For example, I wasn't meant to interfere with you getting here until only one of you was left, but I did anyway'.

'Thanks man' I said, and he just nodded.

'Like I said, it's what I do' he said. 'Anyway, I suppose I had better show you round Asgard'. We all nodded in support of the idea, and then he lead us out of the throne room through the proper exit, and we stepped out of the main hall and into the streets of Asgard. It wasn't as grand as Olympus. In fact, it looked like a Viking village, with loads of little, alright, really big huts everywhere, and there were blue chickens walking everywhere. I mean, that was pretty cool. Blue chickens, whoa. Anyway, there were big walls surrounding the city and beyond that were fields, rows and rows of seed grain, and quite a few farms. It looked like a completely peaceful place that had never been troubled by anything but Annabeth seemed to have picked up on something.

'I thought that Asgard wasn't just where the gods lived, I thought it was home of the ice giants, and dragons, and trolls and things like that?' she asked.

'We got rid of those ages ago. We bribed them with loads of riches to wander the earth, not Asgard and to fight on our side in any war' Tom said. We nodded, and we followed him around on the tour. There wasn't much else to see really, and it wasn't nicer than Olympus.

'So, when are we having the council then?' I asked.

'We're just waiting for the Egyptians to turn up, but there always late, so it should be a couple of days' Tom said.

'Oh, well that's a bit crap' I said.

'Squid barf, it's not crap. It means we have time to prepare what we want to say, and what the Olympians want us to say' Annabeth said. I shrugged. Why did she have to be so smart, so irresistibly clever, and so insanely hot?

That evening, we were told to dine in the great hall with all the gods. Basically, we had to be really formal and respectful, which I can't do. I mean, seriously, I don't do formal. The only bonus was that Annabeth looked absolutely stunning in her dress. It was black and strapless, cut just above the knees. I got changed into my suit, which was a white shirt, sea green tie and black blazer, which were supplied by Freya, Norse goddess of love, fertility, and the one I was hoping for tonight with Annabeth, sexual desire. After I had changed into my suit, I walked to her room and knocked on the door.

'Wait a sec' Thalia called through the door. 'Just finishing her off'. I waited outside for about two minutes, when the door opened. Thalia opened the door. She was wearing an orange dress with straps, which was cut just below the knee. It was funny, seeing her in something that wasn't black, but in truth she looked pretty. In fact she was beautiful. She stepped past me, leaving the doorway open. Then, Annabeth stepped into view, and my mouth dropped open. She was beautiful, stunning, whatever you want to say. In my eyes, she was the best looking women in the world. She giggled when she saw my mouth hanging open. I just about managed to shut, then I held out my arm, and she wrapped her arm around it. Together, the three of us walked towards the great hall. When we got there, we were seated at the far end of the table, with Tom and the other demigods, who all looked bored. When Tom saw us, he came up to us, hugged me, and kissed both Annabeth's and Thalia's cheeks. They both blushed, but Tom kept on grinning.

'Finally, some decent company' he said.

'What's wrong with those guys?' I asked, pointing to the members of the sect.

'What?' he said. 'Oh, they're just not very good conversation makers, unless you like talking about money or how many ways you can kill a person in'. We sat down, and continued talking about what teenagers talk about. We found out some interesting information. He was from Bristol, but moved to Bath at eight, and left home at eleven, when he found out he was a demi-god. He wondered around and found his way to Turkey, where he was picked up by the sect, and he'd been with the Japanese group ever since. We also found out he knew thirteen different ways to kill a person quickly with his bare hands, that he was a big Oakland Raiders fan, and he was crazy about soccer. I also learnt that Annabeth was coming to live in New York after the holidays, but she wouldn't tell me which school she was going to. Soon, the dinner arrived and although we were on best behavior, some of the gods weren't. Thor and Loki were arguing with each other about who was the better fighter, and Odin reckoned he was best, so there was a big bust up at the other end of the table. The meal was nice, and afterwards Annabeth and I went on a romantic moonlit walk around Asgard. It was beautiful, and I got a good ten minutes making out with Annabeth before we went back to our rooms.

'Percy' Annabeth said, as we stopped outside her room.

'Yep' I replied.

'What do you like about me?'

'Everything. You're funny, intelligent, smart, good with a knife, a great friend and beautiful, which is why I like you. In fact, I-I think I, wait no, I know that-' Why was it so hard to say. It's three words, three small words.

'Yes?' she asked softly.

'I-I love you' I said.

'I love you too' she said, before I gently kissed her on the lips. 'In fact, after hearing that do you want to, you know, sleep with me?'

'What, yes of course' I said. I couldn't believe this was happening, my dreams come true. We stepped into Annabeth's room and became one.

So, there's chapter ten.

I hope you liked it.

Just in case you didnt read my A.N. at the top of the page, I'm going on holiday for a week, so won't update.

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Tom.