Wow! Really guys? 5-6 review for Chapter 9? Aww….I love you guys! But for this chapter, you'll have to review more than that…:P teehee…Anyways, thanks for those reviews. Slightlysane443, Octavian has made his grand (not to mention annoying) appearance. Come to think of it, he will have an IMPORTANT role to play in this story..:P teehee..now, on to the reading! Oh, and don't forget to review! Oh, and A PJO Fan, it's Octavian, the psychopath, wannabe-Oracle -this is my opinion of him..so don't get angry, okay?
Disclaimer: I am not a man and I am not a grown woman so I do not own PJO, tLH, SoN and PD.
Piper's POV
Reyna (curse her) was the first to unfreeze. Her expression hardened than ever (if I were Octavian, I'd get the Hades out before she can talk) and her eyes zeroed on him. " What," she said through gritted teeth, "are you doing here?"
" Relax, praetor," Octavian said coolly, examining his nails (and I'm a daughter of Aphrodite). " I just came here to warn you that there is a spy amongst you," his eyes flicked towards us, the graecus.
Apparently, Percy saw it, too and his expression turned irritable. " Apparently, Octavian," he put much contempt in his words, " it wasn't one of us graecus. And I also know that none of the Romans are low enough to be a spy. It's just not our style."
" Are you sure? Because, recently, I found out that some of you had become a spy for Saturn. Not only that, one of you graecus even became his host body!" Before Percy could open his mouth, Annabeth flew past him and pinned Octavian to the wall with her dagger.
" You son of a gorgon! Son of a bitch (A/N :I'm really sorry for the cussing but it seemed a bit right considering this is Annabeth we're dealing with..)! You worthless, pile of mongrel! Get off me!" she yelled at Thalia, who was trying to pry her off of Octavian. Would be a disaster if we don't stop her . Being Annabeth, this place will probably be soaked up with Octavian's blood in the next five minutes. And I really don't appreciate washing this son of a gorgon's blood off of the carpeting. And Mia would scream for our bloods if we messed up this room.
Percy looked at me and I got the message. I hovered cautiously near Annabeth, who still had her dagger pinning Octavian to the wall and Thalia, who was struggling to pull her off of the slimeball. " Annabeth, remember: we're on a quest to defeat Gaea. It won't be pretty if the Greeks and the Romans fought each other, right?" I said, putting all of my willpower in my voice. She stopped, breathing heavily and her expression was very murderous.
'Mr. Git' scrambled to his feet, his baggy T-shirt slipping off of his shoulder. Is he really this skinny? Anyways, he had a triumphant look on his face that made me feel the desire to punch him in the face and hear the satisfying crunching sound as my fist connects with his nose—whoa…since when did I become this violent?
" Just one question, Octopus," Leo said, much to Octavian's wrath, " how do you know that there's a spy amongst us?" Several of the campers snickered and others looked like they wanted to roll on the floor, laughing.
" Because, Machine Boy," Octavian said, gritting his teeth, " I saw it in the auguries! And it's Octavian!" Half of the kids were already on the floor, laughing so hard that some of them were gasping for breath.
Leo's expression was blank. " Auguries? What does that mean? Why does it sound like a nasty ritual that involves slaying?"
" Because it does involve slaying poor teddy bears," Hazel (I think. She's the Roman daughter of Hades) muttered. " Gutted my teddy bear when I first met him for my auguries…"
Reyna sighed in exasperation. " When are we going to stop talking about gutted teddy bears? We have things more important than gutted teddy bears!"
Percy nodded. " Yeah, for example, this spy, you mentioned," he turned to Octavian. " Did you see in the teddy bear's stuffing who this person might be?"
His lips curled into a smile that made me to punch him. Have I told you how I dearly love to punch this guy and break his bones and—oh, I have? Good, then. Anyways, the smile on his face made me inch a little bit closer to him. Not much, just enough to let him feel the tensions radiating from me. But he couldn't or he probably ignored it…because he looks down on us, the children of Aphrodite/Venus! Apparently, we're not violent enough. Well, let me tell you—
" Piper?" I snapped back to reality. I saw Jason looking at me with a worried look, Percy with an amused look and Reyna with a look that says ' There she goes! Sailing off to nowhere when we're in the middle of a battle crisis..'
" Uh…yeah? Did I miss something?"
" No…you just look like you wanted to punch someone," Jason said. Percy choked back a laugh and managed to pass it off as a cough.
Busted…
There you go…chapter 10..sorry if it was lame…it's just a filler chapter…and I think I'm going to stick to doing a Mia/Percy POV after this since I suck at doing others…anyways, tell me if you like it…or if you don't like it. Your reviews will be really appreciated..oh, you're wondering where the review button is? See that little button down here? That's right..now click it…and send me your reviews, 'mkay? Oh, and did I make Annabeth sound menacing enough? Did I make Octavian sound nasty and smug enough? Did I make Leo sound silly enough? Review! Thanks..
~Alisa
