Alright so here's a new chapter. Sorry if I wasn't specific in my AN the harem is as follows Percy/Hestia/Thalia/Zoe/Artemis/FemLuke/ and maybe a few others like Calypso, Reyna and or Piper maybe someone from the Kane Chronicles depending on whether you the readers decide to vote for them in your reviews or not, so this is more incentive for you guys to review. Without further ado enjoy.
With a few more whispered words the tattoo faded back into Sam's pale skin. Revan relaxed the hammer and put the pistol away in a shoulder holster that was almost invisible unless you knew what to look for. Then Sam climbed up the rocks and stood there for a second before us.
"Damn I thought you were dead." Revan said then embraced Sam in a hug. I smiled at the scene Sam had been a bit of a younger brother to us. Sam hesitantly hugged back. "What happened to you man? Did those campers hurt you? Do I need to kill someone?" Revan asked rapid fire. Revan was a bit overprotective at times…Okay fine he takes over protectiveness to a whole new level.
The first incident was when a kid tried to bully Sam and Revan threatened to throw said bully into a wood chipper. He even found a wood chipper and brought the bully there and held the kid up by his shirt and went completely ballistic. I had to shoot him with a tranquilizer gun seven times before he calmed down. That was when Sam was seven.
Another was when we went into an office building to get a CEO from the fiftieth floor and then the CEO had to go and insult Sam. Revan had tied the man to an office chair and then Spartan kicked him off the fiftieth floor. That was when Sam was eight.
So yeah overprotective older brother syndrome was a bit of a problem. Then again so was I but I didn't threaten eight year old with wood chippers. Well now Revan was hugging Sam and checking him over. "I'm fine Revan. Seriously Revan if you don't stop I'm going to kill you!" Said Sam. When Revan didn't stop Sam punched him the face.
Revan backed up for a second before smirking. "You still hit like a little bitch you know that?" Sam's face grew red. "Now why don't you tell us what happened to you Sam?" I asked but with the undertone of a command that all those that served under me knew better than to disobey.
"During my last mission we were ambushed by templar's and something else. It wasn't a monster or demigod. It felt older and was stronger than almost anything I've ever seen. All I could make out was a silhouette of a man, because this thing whatever it was was surrounded by a glow as bright as the sun." Sam started to explain. "We were ambushed on a bridge, Jenkins, Tommy, Elizabeth, and Mark were the first to go. They were fried alive like they were cooked to a crisp. It felt like we were directly in front of the sun. Then when that thing attacked again it ignited the gas tank of one of the jeeps on the bridge. When the gas tanks ignited they blew up Colin and I were thrown of the bridge."
He took a slight breather and recollected his thoughts. "We were thrown into the river below and we washed up in Nova Scotia. From there we met a satyr and we eventually made our way here. We've been here for about five months and it's not what I expected. To tell you the truth." That thing that attacked Sam and Colin sounded like a god or something. But why would a god like Apollo, who was the only one who fit the description, attack Sam out of nowhere.
Unless it wasn't Apollo which meant it was someone else. Some deity with the powers similar to the sun. It couldn't have been a primordial that only left the Titan Hyperion, or another Pantheon. But that still left the question of which one was responsible.
"So where's Crandall, or Colin whatever you want to call him?" Revan asked as he lounged on one of the higher rocks. "He's probably trying to brush up on his skills in the arena." Sam said leaning against our little makeshift wall. "Still? Damn he doesn't quit I'll give him that." I said.
"Yeah he's been at it since day one." Sam said. "So how's it been for you two?" Asked Sam. "Well we found out that some demigods are with the Templar's now, I apparently stole something, and Thom may be dead." I said. Sam lowered his head in remembrance of Thom. "But we have a plan." Revan said looking at Sam.
"We're going to storm the underworld and get Thom back. You with us little brother?" Revan asked looking at Sam, who had his jaw dropped, and eyes wide. Then he returned to normal. "Suicide mission into hell seems like a normal day to me." We all smirked. "If we're going to do this we'll need someone to stay behind and keep tabs on the camp."
"Maybe Colin?" Revan suggested. "You know he's not going to like it." I warned. "Yes well you know he can blend in and keep his eyes and ears open. But first are there any places we can set up a base of operation?" Revan said. Sam had a thoughtful look on his face before his eyes widened. "Yeah I do. There's an old bunker about a mile or two into the woods. It looked old, but it's secluded and easy to defend. We bring in some furniture drawing boards and monitoring equipment as well as maybe a few more people we'll be set."
Revan and I nodded. "What about suspicion wouldn't they find it odd that three or four people disappear into the forest for long periods of time?" I asked. "Yeah you have a point there. Though eventually one of us will get our own cabin right?" Revan said. "So what about it?" I asked. "Well what if we tunnel under the cabins and set up a route." Sam nodded in agreement.
"Come on we can finalize the details later, for now though we should probably head back."
We all left back for our cabins and got ready for tomorrow. The only good thing about this whole ordeal was that we were all bunked in the Hermes cabin. Once we got back there Sam looked around then fell on his ass laughing as everything but our little corner of the room was a tie dye of colors. "So where's Colin's and your gear?" Asked Revan. Sam went up to the floor of the now abandoned cabin and pushed on the wall.
A hiss of air signified the opening of something. A small part of the wall came open and Sam reached in and pulled out two back packs and a briefcase. "Set it by our stuff for now the others might be here soon." Revan said as he went to the window and stood on look out duty.
Sam set his stuff behind our own careful to avoid the trip wires. "Hey Sam you in there?" Yelled a familiar voice. Then Colin was in the door.
Colin had short shaggy rust colored hair with black streaks running through it, a few of his bottom teeth were crooked he had a group of freckles on both his cheeks and a scar from the tip of his left ear to the bottom of his chin. His eyes were the color of a stormy night, with little tinges of grey like clouds towards the outside edges of his irises. He was around eleven years old.
Revan looked at Collin from across the cabin and nodded his head at him. Colin just stared at us. "What no Hi how you doing? What are you doing here? I'm hurt Colin." I said as I stared at my friend. He broke into a small chuckle. "Damn it's good to see you sir." He said. "Drop the formalities and call me Percy my friend. How've you been?" I asked. "Good apart from being here. I'm not a social person." I chuckled and Revan snorted.
"Yeah well it's good to see you. But right now we have a problem and a mission." I said. As soon as I said that Colin straightened up. "Thom's gone, we believe him to be in the underworld. Our mission; infiltrate the underworld and get him back." I said. Colin grimaced. "You know my father won't like it." He said. "I know which is why I've decided that should we proceed you will remain here acting as our eyes and ears." Colin looked about ready to argue before I raised my hand in a silencing motion.
"This is not a request; this is an order from your commanding officer. I don't want to have to fight Thanato's. We all know he can find you at a moment's notice. Revan, Sam myself and maybe a few others will be the ones to make the trip."
"Uh sir where exactly is the underworld?" Asked Sam from the corner of the cabin. "We don't know which is why," I said as I saw Sam and Colin make objections. "We will find someone who does."
"Like who sir?" Asked Sam. "Well we all know monsters come from the underworld or that's where they return after they die. My plan is simple." I said. "We find some monster and we give it an interrogation." Sam seemed to grow a sadistic smile on his face at the mention of interrogation.
"Very well sir." Colin's finally relented. I nodded my head towards him. "Thank you Colin. Now where do we eat?" Colin let out a soft chuckle. "Here in a little bit sir, I mean Percy." Then as soon as Colin finished speaking a conch horn sounded signaling lunch. I didn't know how I knew it was a conch horn; this day kept on getting stranger.
"Come on I'll show you where we go for now." Colin said. He led us all out to the dining pavilion and we all got in line at the end of the Hermes cabin line. "Alright here's the rundown Revan, Percy. We have these goblets that are unlimited refills and hold whatever you wish it to hold. We all scrape a portion of our food as an offering to the gods. They apparently enjoy the smell of food."
Revan growled at him deep in the back of his throat sounding more like a pissed off dragon. "They can have my food over my dead body." I chuckled at Revan. "Come on Revan what about our dear old friend Lady Hestia." Revan's growling subsided. I chuckled at him then he growled at me. "Don't laugh at me, or would you prefer I tell Hestia about your little crush on her?" He whispered. I blushed a little bit and narrowed my eyes at him. "You wouldn't dare."
He grinned at me. "Oh I would more than dare." I growled at him and turned back to the front of the line. We sat down at the Hermes which was extremely cramped by the way. We got our food which consisted of spaghetti and meatballs. I had a coke and Revan had a glass of orange juice and what I suspected to be a little taint of vodka.
We all got up and dumped it into the brazier in the middle of the pavilion. I though in my mind 'Lady Hestia, and whoever my godly parent is.' Revan came up and did the same but I could almost hear his thoughts as he offered his food. "For Lady Hestia and for my godly parent. Should my parent claim me I will find you and kick your ass.'
We went back to our table but decided to sit somewhere else seeing as the table was too crowded for our tastes. We found a tree not far off and made our way up keeping our food intact as well. We were all lounging on branches as we ate. I was towards the top, Revan sat under me and stared at the setting sun, Sam was beneath him and Colin was on the lower branches.
"So where's this daughter of Zeus or is there such a thing?" I asked. "She's over there sitting by herself. I looked over the pavilion, all the people in the pavilion had yet to notice us in the tree branches, and I soon found her.
She had spiky black hair in the front and it kind of smoothed out towards the back. She had electric blue eyes and slightly tanned skin, some freckles were stretched out across the bridge of her nose. She had startling electric blue eyes, I rubbed the faint scar across my left eye the scar was invisible unless you looked really closely; her eyes seemed so similar to my transplanted one. She looked to be around twelve maybe thirteen.
She wore a black leather jacket over a grey t-shirt, blue jeans and black combat boots. She looked like a Goth/punk girl. She was also very pretty, all the right curves in the right places. 'Damn it Percy stop thinking like that' I mentally chided myself. I finished my plate and drink which we also had brought up and sat in silence looking at the beautiful daughter of Zeus. Then I looked over back at the cabin area and saw Lady Hestia sitting at the hearth looking rather glum.
Damn it all to hell. I still had a crush on Lady Hestia, and yet I was draw to both her and the daughter of Zeus. 'Man life was confusing, then again almost nothing is ever clear in life and why should love be any different, wait a minute when did love come into this.' I thought. I sighed and banged my head against the trunk of the tree and watched the sun set.
"Well boys I suggest we prepare ourselves for the coming storm." I said. "Something's coming and I have a feeling that we will be in the center of it."
"We better get ready guys it's almost time to turn in." Colin said. "Yeah this is going to be a long summer eh?" Revan said. "Yeah, yeah it is." I said.