Wow three chapters in three days! God I need a life.
I do not own Percy Jackson nor Heroes of Olympus, they belong to Rick Riordan.
Chapter Ten - Jasper
I set the pork cutlet bowl in front of Alyx, her eyes turning into stars and drool seeping out from the side of her mouth. I karate chopped her head, making her whine and swat at my hand.
"Jasper's amazing, isn't she?" Jasmine said, setting down other dishes.
"Don't flatter me, Jas. You're more amazing than me." Gray laughed, handing Ryan a bowl, who took it with a grin and eyeballing Gray's body. Wally noticed and slammed his hand into Ryan's neck, making him nearly drop his bowl and yell.
"What the hell was that for!?" he yelled. Scott looked a bit overwhelmed with the huge family, and Jay, who sat next to him, noticed.
"You'll get used to it. I've been here for like two days and I'm used to it." Jay gave him a smile and some tension melted away in his shoulders. Fiona came in, dressed in black shorties, a red tank top and a towel around her head, her hair dripping wet. I rushed over to her and grabbed the towel, ruffling her hair.
"You're gonna catch a cold!" I scolded. She swatted at my hands, pushing them away and gripping the towel.
"I'll just have Gray heal me then!" she replied, sitting in her chair next to Hank. Ray chuckled.
"Tomorrow we'll have you start your training, okay?" he said. Scott nodded. "What weapon do you think you'd be comfortable with?"
"Um…" he thought for a moment. Robin rolled her eyes.
"Geez, take it easy on him." She said, slapping his head. "We'll get him trained and buffed up and then we'll go to weapons training." Leon pinched Jay's side, making him yelp in shock.
"This one's still a twig." She said. "Stop eating a bunch of junk food, dude." Jay looked shocked and in dismay.
"I'm not! I'm on the diet like you said!" he cried, trying to protect himself from his assailant.
"Eat more meat!"
"Okay!" After we sat down and said our thanks, Alyx happily indulged herself in food. Scott leaned over to me, looking a bit sick from watching her.
"H-How can she ingest that…?"
"After a fight or something, she inhales food like there's no tomorrow." I took a bite of the pork, chuckling. "She's been like that since we were kids. Playing outside, riding bikes, or doing homework, she was always hungry."
"Wow." He muttered, then looked at the girl trying to make Hank eat his least favorite food. "That's my niece, huh…?"
"That sounds weird." Phillip said, pointing his chopsticks at him. "Call her your cousin, not niece. It sounds incredibly wrong, especially since you're two years older." He stuck out his tongue then shoved a whole piece of pork into his mouth, chewing.
"Alright!" Alyx shouted suddenly, Hank crouching in the corner and gagging.
"Eep!" Alyx stood at her place, holding her bowl and pointing her sticks out at all of us.
"Tomorrow we go to New Rome to stock up on some supplies, and while the triplets are doing that, I'm going to be drilling these two losers" she pointed at Scott and Jay, "how to be proper warriors! Got that?!"
"Cousin!" Scott cried, both him and Jay clinging to her waist while crying. "Please have mercy!"
"Man she's got a ton of energy today…" Fiona muttered, picking up her dishes and leaving.
We had to pry Scott away from Alyx the rest of the night, Hank and Ryan the ones to finally drag him away, Scott crying and in defeat. Hank and I were washing the dishes, him washing and me drying. I glanced at him, pink and red butterflies fluttering around him as he watched Alyx demonstrate Riptide.
"You like her." I said.
"Eh? Y-You can tell?"
"Of course." I replied. "I'm Aphrodite's granddaughter, I see love when I see it." I smiled. "How long?"
"H-How long…?" He blushes and looked down. "Umm… Since we were ten…"
"Wow…" I muttered. "Does she know?"
"No…" He looked at the girl showing off, the others laughing and clapping their hands. "I'm waiting until after all this is over to tell her… So please don't tell her."
"I won't." I replied. He glanced at her again, the girl on her hands, doing a handstand, her shirt falling and revealing her bra.
"Alyx!" Fiona ran over and grabbed her legs. "Pull up her shirt, quick! Cover the men's eyes!"
The next morning, I took my shower, tied my hair into a ponytail braid and pulled on my workout clothes. I grabbed an energy bar and got my water bottle then headed out onto the deck, where Alyx was, seeing Ryan, Leon and Gray off. She too wore her workout clothes and was scolding the two boys about something.
"Never do that again! I had to wash out my eyes after that!"
"S-Sorry…" Gray was saying over and over, his face bright red. Ryan looked unashamed, his hands behind his head.
"What's going on?" I asked, setting my bottle on the box next to Alyx's, unwrapping my snack as I went to stand next to Alyx.
"I caught these two making out and groping each other!" Alyx cried.
"Oh." I replied and looked at the two. "You haven't told anyone about your relationship?"
"No!" Gray cried. "W-We're going to tell Reyna now when we get there…"
"Dorks." I said, taking a bite of the chocolate flavored bar. "Go get going so you can get back." They nodded, Leon saluting.
"Yes, ma'am!" And they left. Alyx gagged and rubbed her eyes.
"My eyes burn. I couldn't sleep last night."
"What were they doing?"
"Making out and groping each other, I told you."
"What were they doing?" I repeated. She gave me an irritated look.
"R-Ryan was grabbing Gray's ass while Gray was on top of him and…" she gagged, shaking her head. "I do not want to talk about it anymore."
"Good morning…" We heard and turned, seeing Fiona and Hank coming in.
"Good morning." We chorused and began our stretches, everyone filing in one by one.
"Good morning…" Scott was last to come in, dressed in basketball shorts and a muscle shirt. Alyx immediately went over and smacked his head.
"Wake up!"
"How can you be so full of energy in the morning!?" he cried as he was dragged.
We went with basic training; defense and offense, then we told him his workouts that he should do. As he was writing down the final workout, Alyx grabbed the back of his shirt.
"Take your shirt off.
"EH?!"
"A-Alyx!" Jasmine scolded.
"O-Okay…" Scott got up and pulled off his shirt.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" Alyx yelled. A trident identical to hers was on his back and of course the tattoo on his arm. "Why are you so ripped?!"
"I work out already." He replied. Alyx's eye twitched, then she started to touch him all over. "H-Hey!" he cried, shivering and covering his face as she bent down.
"This is very inappropriate, Alyx." Phillip told her.
"Meh!" She replied, grabbing his legs and sliding his shorts up. "Wow, you shave your legs?"
"L-Let go!"
"No." she said firmly, squeezing his thighs. "I guess it makes sense since you're a surfer. After all, look at my body." She replied. She did have a nice body, I have to admit. Thick, muscular thighs and calves for jumping and running, beautiful, child bearing hips (not that I would tell her because she would punch me immediately), big breasts, a flat stomach, slight abs and strong, muscular arms. She was the definition of beauty and strength.
"P-Please stop squeezing my butt!" he cried, shaking me out of my entrancement.
"Hehe! Meat buns! That's what they remind me of!" Alyx replied, giggling. I glanced at Hank, whose jealousy was rising each second.
Caleb finally stopped her, hitting her head and pushing her away.
"Geez." He said. "Have a little self-control will ya?" He turned to Scott, who was rubbing his butt and blushing brightly, a pout on his lips.
"So mean, Caleb!" Alyx cried, tears in her eyes. "That hurt!"
"You were fondling a guy!" Caleb said. "That could be filed as sexual harassment!"
"Bleh!" She said, sticking out her tongue. Scott came over to me, practically a tower to me, and rubbed his neck, watching Alyx and Caleb bicker, Wally and Ray trying to break it up.
"How is she the leader again…?" Then his eyes widened and he looked away. "Oh, right." He muttered.
"Eh? What?"
"Yesterday my mom and girlfriend were caught by some monsters, and Alyx took them out herself, even though Fiona was there too." He shivered. "Her eyes are like iron…"
"Haha, right? They change different colors and sometimes when we were little they looked almost white."
"Creepy…" he said.
"You get used to it." I clasped my hands behind my back, smiling at them all, laughing and clenching their stomachs, Ray holding their heads, his biceps rippling with muscle.
"You guys are like a big happy family, huh?"
"Mhm." I said, pulling out my phone and handing it to him. "This is Alyx on the day she was blessed by the gods."
"She's so cute…"
"Aphrodite was so happy that she was born and even said she'd claim her as her own, much to my parents dismay."
"Haha, seriously?"
"Mm." I swiped right, showing Alyx in a bundle of blankets in Annabeth's arms. "This is when she was born." Annabeth's blonde hair was tied into a bun coming undone, sweat on her forehead, her eyes closed and a smile on her face. Alyx was cute, black curls already prominent, her eyes shut and, even though it was a picture, it caught her soft and peaceful breathing.
"Wow…"
"That's where her favorite saying came from."
"What saying?"
"May our fates intertwine."
The three called up a few hours later, and we landed to load up. I watched Ray carry two large fuel containers, licking my lips in the process.
"That's weird, stop." Ryan said next to me, startling me.
"W-What?"
"Licking your lips while watching my brother."
"Hmph!" I said, going over and helping Jasmine with the food.
We took a break, sitting on the deck, yawning and sipping from our water bottles.
"We'll leave in the morning." Leon said suddenly, running her hand through her curls.
"Why not now? It'd be faster, wouldn't it?" Scott asked. Leon stared at him for a moment, then looked at Alyx, who shrugged.
"Why not?" The girl said, sipping from her bottle again. "He's right, it'd be faster."
"Okay." Leon said, running up the steps and into the control room, and we began to move. We continued training, Alyx showing off her skills, much to Jay and Scott's amazement, their eyes wide with stars.
"So cool!"
"Isn't it-"
BOOM!
"Eep!" Jasmine shrieked, hiding behind Phillip.
"Go under!" Alyx ordered Scott, Gray, Jasmine and Jay, who dove into cabin. Leon came running down, pulling out her hammer from her hold.
"How the hell did they break through the barrier!?" Caleb yelled.
"I don't know! I think they detected Scott's scent!" Leon shouted back.
"EH?!"
"Bastards…" Alyx muttered, then let out a battle cry and jumped into the air, landing on top of one monster, slamming her sword into the head, making it scream and turn into goo.
We were engaged in a heavy battle for quite some time, but they just kept coming. I eventually had to pull out my second weapon and continued to cut down monsters on the deck, Alyx and Phillip taking on the flying monsters with their flight and jumps.
I stabbed a gorgon in the back, making it scream shrilly before exploding. I sighed, panting and freezing when I heard a shriek.
It felt like slow mo looking in the direction of the scream. Blood splattered onto the deck as Fiona collapsed onto the planks, three claw marks going diagonal down back, her tank top ripped.
"Fi!" Hank screamed, and killed any monsters in his way to get to her. Jasmine and Gray ran onto deck, Gray kneeling and hovering his hands above her, hesitating.
"Heal her, dammit!" Hank shouted, and I pushed him back, throwing Katoptris behind him and killing another gorgon.
"I can't right now!" Gray shouted. Jasmine, oh sweet Jasmine, gently moved his hands and hovered hers, chanting something under her breath before the wounds closed slightly.
"Come on." Jasmine said, lifting Fiona into her arms and running below deck again.
"BASTARDS!"
Was the last thing Alyx shouted before everything went white.
To be Continued...