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Percy's Pov.
To be perfectly honest… I don't know whether I should keep to my usual self of kicking down all gods so they learn some humility self, I should grovel at the goddess who may condemn my life to that of a furry house ornament, or a bit of column A and a bit of column B. But, I could always throw one of my friends under the bus and still show a bit of humility…
"My apologies, Lady Artimes, apparently my co pilot Mr. Di Angelo forgot the paper work, including our sleep plan, material list, and a few minor blueprints and research papers, so I had to vocally state the plan until we get a notice board or notification center set up so everyone can go there for clarification." I respond to her inquisitive look. I see Nico give me a vindictive look, and I know I will have to answer for my traitorous acts later, but for now, I got to chat with the goddess I need most on my side.
"Understandable, Perseus. Now, if you may, I wish to know if you have proper confinements for some, larger… monsters and perhaps a few smaller ones as well." Artemis inquires, and I can see where this is heading.
"Are you saying that you already have a-" I begin, not believing the speed that the Hunter's got to a note worthy creature to hold away for dual reasons of it can't kill demigods and we can run the zoo so we can repair and possibly upgrade camp.
"A Chimera, and a rather large one as well. We are in Maine, Reid State Park. We will expect you in about a week or so. Do not disappoint." She declares, a bit of pride in her voice, but it was not enough to be considered arrogance like Ares spawn such as Sherman and Clarisse when she was younger to say a few, and perhaps the god of war himself as well.
"Thalia, I know you defected, but should you wish to leave, the Hunt's doors are always open for you as an honorary Lieutenant of the Hunt." The goddess of the hunt soothingly says, then swipes through the I.M. and leaves us to decide on knowing what to do.
"Thank god I got a few things from my dad," Claims Leo, bring out stack of five cubes with symbols on them, "He helped me make these, which are a few instant cubes that expand into enclosures. I figure we should put some down and use some instant concrete to pave the way to each of the new exhibits. And say nothing about this to my old man, I snuck out a main gate, usually used for a fortress but with a bit of decoration, we can make it the main gate."
"Nicely done Firecracker, now let's get this show on the road." Says Chris, patting Leo on the back in impression and approval, as are Travis and Connor staring at him in awe.
"Agreed. Now, for those of us who do not know, Chimera's like being near a source of fresh water near a more rocky site. I think the creek that leads off from the pond at the waterfall would be an excellent area to keep it. Hellhounds prefer more spaced out forests, so O'leary can go there, and we can link them up with Annabeth's monument and put another enclosure in between her monument and the Chimera's home for Pegasus." Comments Thalia, giving us some feedback.
"Ok, Thalia, point out where we got to put them, and me and Malcolm will set them down in a reasonable position and adjust the size for the monsters who are going to be in it and the size of their pack/pride/herd they will be with. Everyone else, make preparations on how to get a living death machine into a cage, then Nico brings up the most obvious thing one could think of:
"That's all nice and dandy, but what the hell are we supposed to feed a giant 12 foot tall and 18 foot long carnivorous, not including that damned tail." Grumbles the Son of Hades, pointing out the one thing that will get us all killed if we don't evaluate it properly.
"Uh, Permission to speak." Calls out Travis.
"Granted," I say "I hope this has to do with our problem of Chimera food."
"Yeah, it does. I was wondering if me and Connor could-" Travis starts.
"Wait, you mean you want to go and-" Connor interrupts.
"Yes Connor, I am wanting to do that so we can earn our keep." and I see a pair of evil smiles forge their way onto the Stoll brothers faces.
"Spit it out, Stolls, or I'll strangle it out of you with your own intestines!" Snarls Clarisse.
"Jeez, we were merely suggesting that we could go out and rob a Burger King of it's patties and other meat items to feed it." Hushes Connor, waving off Clarisse's gruesome death threat.
"Hate to admit it… but that is not that bad of an idea…" Mutter Malcolm, pawing at the dirt with his tennis shoes, looking to the drag marks in the soil in shame of his remark.
I let out a long sigh… today is going to a long day isn't it?
"Fine, just… leave something as payment and don't get caught… don't want to break you out of prison for something as stupid as robbing a McDonald's…" I grumble, not pleased with the idea.
"Ok… Time to set up our capture team for that Chimera and another team for the heist on the local fast food joints. Me and Thalia are going on the expedition with the hunt, mostly because I am a more respected male in the hunt and Thalia was a past member. We should bring Nico for transportation reasons, Clarisse for making sure we can get it back without anyone getting harmed on both parties, and finally Adam so I can get a feel for his strengths. Then the robbers will have two teams of four, don't want to risk anyone else. Each will be lead by a Stoll. Chris and Katie will go with one of the parties as a getaway driver. Malcolm and Theseus for brains in the fray, and Skylar and Calypso will go with them also, as they are some of the fastest of us. That wraps it up for our teams. Leo, you're in charge of the base and construction while we are gone. Good luck hunting, building or robbing," I shudder as I said that, "And may the gods be with you."
Yeah yeah, I know. It is short. I am going to make longer chapters, and if I don't give stuff that satisfies you, give me or my Beta Khaos Risen a sophisticated PM that makes sense and gives productive feedback, or a suggestion on something to be changed, and we will answer your requests, but if your comment is ignorant or makes you appear to be an idiot or will ruin the main plot line, and then it will be ignored and we will do nothing to change it unless someone else suggests it in a proper manner.
Final thing, I will most likely post a new chapter weekly or every two weeks, but always on Sunday in East Coast America time. I will try not to delay.
-SonofNyxHades