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This is what happens when you mix magics results may vary so don't try this at home were professionals.
Damion Pov
[Sorry for the break though I guess Carter and Sadie are right when they say you wouldn't notice a break on a recording, we had a run in with some Empousai and the recorder took some damage Leo was able to fix it luckily and Percy was able to keep him from trying to re work the whole thing but back to the story.] So yeah it was seven on seven technically eight on nine if we count the two giants and Lamia but right now, I was more focused the ice minions in front of us. At this rate if things kept going the way they had been we were going to be here for a bit fighting Lamia's homemade grunts which she could make more of at the drop of a hat it seemed.
"Anyone got any bright ideas for how to get out of this one?" Leo asked as he and his double fought.
"Just one." said Carter as he drew his wand "Percy catch!" he called and threw his wand through the air the young demigod who caught it with one hand show off.
The wand shimmered and Percy hiss as he sucked in a breath as steam rose from the wand in his hand and it turned into a celestial bronze Kopis at which Percy grinned and decided to try his hand at ice sculpting, the ice double of Percy didn't stand a chance and soon resembled a pile of ice cubes.
"I gotta get me one of these." Percy said looking down at the new weapon in his hand and spinning it around with a deft flick of his wrist.
"If we make it out of this, I'll see what I can do." I called over my shoulder while trying to keep my double busy.
Lamia recoiled at this and spat a curse in that snake like tongue before leveling a glare at Percy and Carter. "You dare to mix magics!" She said more as a statement than a question. "Do you even know the consequences that could come from such thing you could very well kill us all."
"Oh, lady I dare." Sadie said as she tossed her wand to Annabeth and it too steamed and became a celestial bronze dagger just like last time and with two of the blades Annabeth made short work of her ice double as well.
"You fools you know not the forces with which you are tampering or the destruction you will cause with it if it goes wrong!" Lamia shouted as the two giants in the background continued to go at it.
Turns out that when you enemy gives you a warning about some thing it is probably a safe bet that they are doing one of two things. 1. They are trying to stop you from doing the one thing that will ruin their day and they know it. 2. They know that if you do the crazy idea you are thinking about doing it will kill them and you alike and most bad guys want to live to see their plans play out not die before they can complete them. Most of the time they are going for option 1 but there is that small percent that are actually trying to stop you so that they can save themselves from death by kablooey.
Lucky for us she missed the fact that Leo had taken to ice carving his double with, and I kid you not a battery operated power saw I thought to myself 'huh guess that tool belt of his works somewhat like the duat dose in the way you can store things there.' Lamia who was ranting and raving didn't notice him start to rewire one of the bull that was still down over in the corner however in retrospect it didn't help much with what was about to happen.
Carter Pov
In the end it seemed inevitable that what came next happened. Although I would have expected it more from Sadie rather than Damion, but when it comes to my cousin it seems that he and Sadie share a common habit of acting before they think and it tends to get them into trouble. [Hey, don't hit me Sadie Ow ok ok I get the point you two. At the risk of being hit again by either Sadie or Damion I will leave it at that.]
"Hey Lamia if you hate mixing magics than you're going to be driven nuts by this one." Damion called as he Shouted "Katastréfo."
True enough to Lamia's word it turned out that mixing magics was much more unstable than we thought evidence of this was the now Four-foot-deep by ten-foot-wide Crater in the ground floor of the museum that the explosion form the spell caused. White light blinded me as my world was knocked for a loop and my ears were ringing.
After a good minute or two my eyes started to work again and found that Lamia was gone as well as the ice doubles and the two machine bulls were melted slag. The David statue was lying on its side broken to pieces and missing one arm. Annabeth was going to have a cow about that but it seemed that it would have to wait until she and the others also shook off the after effects of the blast. Over the next few seconds the rest of the group started to come to and dust themselves off.
"Next time you have an idea like that do us all a favor and throw it in the trash." Sadie said pointedly at Damion.
"Noted." Damion replied pulling himself to a sitting position but not standing up right away.
"you have to admit though it worked."
"Yeah it worked alright you not only took out the bad guys but managed to hit every one of you're allies with that stunt as well." Annabeth shot back at Damion as she stumbled trying to stand.
"How was I supposed to know that using a word of power in Greek would back fire?!" Damion asked like one of us would know that.
"Oh, I don't know maybe because I bloody used the same spell no more than ten minutes ago." Sadie commented tone implying she would have smacked Damion if she had the strength to.
'The spell didn't backfire it worked perfectly from what I can tell, it was just that the spell had way more power than he had thought it would more than likely, though my understanding of magic is limited so I may be wrong.' I heard a voice in my head say as I stood there watching the others argue over what had happened.
'Wait Horus is that you?' I asked mentally.
'Hello earth to Carter who else could it be?' Horus said with a bit of sarcasm in his voice which I didn't even think he knew how to be sarcastic.
'Where have you been?' I shot back.
'Ruling the gods of Egypt where else and I have not really gone anywhere I am the part of Horus that never left you we talked about this before remember. Think of me as a shadow I am hear but not physically hear like I was the last time. Also, I am not being sarcastic your brain is perceiving that quality more so then I am putting it into my words and yes I do know sarcasm and how to use it if you must know.' He said flatly. Just as I was about to ask him how he understood sarcasm Sadie hit me in the shoulder with her staff.
"Ow." I said as Sadie just glared at me.
"Glad you could make it back from your metal vacation Carter did you even hear anything we said in the last minute?" she asked as she crossed her arms.
"Well I…"
"Brother dear you can be SUCH A DUNCE sometimes." Sadie shouted.
"You try staying focused when a God comes knocking at your mental doorstep." I said not backing down at Sadie's glare.
"Wait Horus is back?" Damion questioned as he stood up.
"Yes and no more like his shadow is talking to me." I stated Damion nodding back showing he got what I meant.
"It's like an echo more than anything he is not physically in your head like last time but it is like a reflection of himself is still there." Damion said stating what myself and Sadie already know.
"Wait you have a god in your head?" Leo asked one eyebrow cocked at the idea like it was nuts.
"Had past tense and don't ask it would take too long to explain the whole thing." I said not wanting to have that long conversation again.
"Think of it more like the god is able to talk to me through a mental link we share."
"So, it's like how mine and Leos dads and Annabeth's mom talk to us?" Percy asked for reference.
"I don't know if it's the same because they're not our parents, well our dad is now Osiris and is in the hall of judgement do to how he died while hosting Osiris but that's different. They work with us that is if we manage to work together in the first place because you can try to channel a god and burn up if you make a mistake." I commented.
"Oh, so they don't always help you when you need it." Annabeth said catching on fast for someone who doesn't know a lot about ancient Egypt.
"Oh, they help alright but not in the most helpful way like when Khonsu had us bet our lives to get back time to save the world or when Set pointed out we were hiding so we would have to help get him out of a tight spot but ended up helping us somewhat." I said sarcastically.
"Right like how he let that Tjesu heru try to eat us but helped carry you back to Bes and the limo after I killed it only to rattle off all the ways of how deadly the venom from that thing was and even after all that he had me give back his secret name before he would tell us where we had to go to get the piece of the book of Ra he had been given." Sadie commented at the fact that when they wanted to the gods could really be a pain even though they meant well in their own strange way.
"I m sorry but Kashu what and how do you give back a secret name?" Leo asked mangling the name.
"Its Tjesu heru first and for the love of Horus don't ask." I responded palm over my face remembering how painful and embarrassing the whole thing was.
Leo Pov
After a quick minute of talking about what our next move was Annabeth chimed in reminding the rest of us that we had come here to get the item Thoth needed for him to help us deal with or at least give us an idea of how to deal with Setne. Which got us all back on track and we headed back for the entrance to the Nome I believe its called. As we started to head back Sadie stopped and turned back to face the room as she did she spoke a word of power and symbol blazed gold in the air as it did the whole room we were in repaired itself like everything we had done was being reversed as if Sadie was rewinding a movie after a second or three the whole room was good as new and the David statue had been lifted of the ground and sent back to where it had been moments before.
"Wow…I just wow." was all Percy could say.
"Neat trick would come in handy for cleaning up cabins at camp." Annabeth said as she looked at Percy and then at the room.
"Doesn't work like that the Hi-nehm spell is meant to repair broken things or link two objects together." Damion commented like it was no big deal that with a single word the whole room had been repaired in just a few seconds and not a scratch or chip was to be found in the paint on the wall. I went over to the wall that Damion had sent the two Bulls flying through and knocked on the wall.
"No matter how many times I see it I will never get used to how this magic you guys use works." I said having trouble understanding how someone could do such things.
Sadie smiled and then stumbled Percy reached out a hand to help steady her and she smiled also I could have sworn I saw her blush slightly for a second. [Oowww! Hot! hot! hot! what was that for Sadie its true whoa, whoa keep cool no need to roast me, at the risk of losing my pants or being fried crispy I will move on.]
"You okay?" Percy asked worried about Sadie.
"She used to much power in one go and forgot that she could have drawn on Isis for help." Damion commented.
"Oh, give it a rest Damion." Sadie snapped.
"He's right Sadie we wont help anyone if we burn up before we can save them." Carter stated walking over to Sadie to put a hand on her shoulder.
Sadie smiled and took breath. "Your right Carter but don't let it go to your head." Sadie stated playfully punching her brother in the arm.
"Now since that little bit has been dealt with can go get the item, we came to get in the first place?" Annabeth asked impatiently waiting.
"She's right we need to move it too we are still on a deadline guy." Damion pointed out and with that we headed back to claim the item we came for I just hope we don't die before we get it back to Thoth.