Hey guys! I am freaking impressed. Not even a day and I got my three reviews! You're working me to death! But I'm just kidding. I love you guys! And this is all from a challenge I said "Eh, why not?" to. So...I think I need a little time to catch up and breath, so don't hate me, but I'm raising it to five reviews. I need five reviews to continue. Shouldn't be hard.
Enjoy!
Annabeth XIII
Annabeth was going to kill whoever designed her uniform. It made her look ridiculous. It was exactly like Percy's, but it where his was blue, hers was grey. In fact, all the demigods had the same uniform but in different colors. Frank's was red, Hazel's was green, Jason's was purple, Piper's was pink (Piper was also on a murderous rampage about the color she was stuck with), Leo's was orange, Nico's was white, and Will's was gold. Calypso didn't get a uniform because she proved that she was useless in fighting.
Now Annabeth was sure that Calypso was faking it. The girl was fierce and fought in the first Titan war. She wasn't imprisoned simply on being Atlas's daughter. But Annabeth had to respect that. She would also do anything to get out of wearing that uniform. But there Calypso was, learning about the infirmary and the garden, and Annabeth was in a place called the Danger Room where all of who Percy called the "New Recruits" were snickering and whispering sarcastic 'Good Luck's at them.
"Don't sweat it Wise Girl," Percy said. "They just don't know how good we are."
"Let me guess, this is hard for them?"
"Definately. They almost die here. Why do you think the infirmary's all stocked up?"
"That'll be handy for us."
"Especially Jason. Gods know what will hit him in the head next."
"Ha ha," said Jason who was zipping up a purple boot. "Jason gets a ton of head injuries, hilarious."
"I'm pretty sure you beat the world record bro. Not many people can get injuries as much as you can and survive."
"Yeah bro. And not many people can piss of as many gods as you have and survive."
"Touche."
"Okay, is the 'mine's bigger' contest over yet?" Leo asked. "It's time to show off demigod abilities."
"Oh Leo, this is gonna be your playground," Percy said.
"Why?"
"Just wait for it."
All the demigods waited outside the doors, buttoning their gloves and zipping up boots, or whatever else needed to be zipped up (there were a LOT of zippers!). Finally the doors opened and Annabeth could practically hear Leo drool.
"So..many..machines!"
"I know dude."
"Please tell me I'm allowed to play with them!"
"The goal is to survive the danger room. If playing with them means surviving, then by all means!" Leo got a glint in his eyes that in any other situation it would be terrifying, but Annabeth knew. She knew this was how they were going to win.
The machines were going haywire. They were attacking the air, but she suspected that as soon as they sensed heat signatures, the machines would target them. So, of course, Athena got a plan.
"Leo, I believe those guys are heat seekers."
"And?"
"Confuse them with what's hot and what's not."
"Do you mean…?"
"Idiot mode." Annabeth could practically see the mutants in the control room whispering to each other 'Idiot Mode?' That elated her even more. "Alright. Let's see," in the corner of the room, she saw humanoid figures moving around. "Automatons, Piper can use her voice and distract them." She saw a small ventilation system. "Crawl space. Looks like it's return of Frank the Weasel." He grumbled about being the stupid weasel again. "All metal, That's you Hazel. Jason, keep a bird's eye view on things, and Percy, you're with me."
"Always Wise Girl."
"What about us?" Nico and Will said.
"Just to make sure Will doesn't murder you himself, no skeletons, no zombies, no shadow-traveling, no...dead kid stuff. And Will is our on sight medic and if needed, distraction. Giv warning and that whistle might come in handy."
"You really do have a plan for everything." Will mused.
"That's my job. Think about it, how else do you think this idiot," she pointed to Percy. "Would be alive today?"
"Good point." Nico said.
"Enough chit chat, let's go!"
"Yes Coach Hedge!" Leo saluted, and Percy slapped the back of his head. Immediately, all the demigods set out to do their jobs. Percy and Annabeth were the ones defeating most of the traps coming their way. They weren't using any powers, just their sword and knife, and they were winning. Mostly, they were defending Leo who was busy trying to alter the control panel of the danger room and set everything the way they were supposed to. Frank in the crawlspace was looking for wires to chew so that Leo would have less to worry about. Piper was getting close to convincing the automatons that they wanted to fight each other, and Hazel kept metal objects from hitting any of them.
Finally Leo cut the last wire or reprogrammed and shouted. "IDIOT MODE!" Immediately, all the machine parts started fighting themselves, completely ignoring the demigods. Frank came out of the vents and turned back human, spitting into his hand and stating "I hate eating wires." Jason landed and everyone came to a halt in the middle of the room as the Danger Room destroyed itself.
"Looks like we win," Annabeth said smugly.
Kurt XIII
If Kurt thought being a mutant was cool, that was nothing in comparison to being a demigod. We heard Annabeth's plan but it seemed impossible. But now he had seen the truth. He now knew about idiot mode, and he wanted to know how to do it, so he went to ask Leo long after they all showered.
"Dude, trade secret. Besides, you'd have to be a handyman supreme or son of Hephaestus to understand how to do it."
"Come on! I could probably handle it!"
'Okay, to be totally honest here, I figured this out messing around with an old Super Mario game. I created Idiot Mode because Jason and I got bored with the Hard level."
"You got bored with hard mode?"
"It was an entire summer with only three games. Jason and I beat all of them. Besides, Idiot Mode helped me in a quest over the summer. Crazy robot of the goddess of Hygiene wanted to disinfect us...with acid."
"Good call on idiot mode."
"Right? And I wanted to see a doctor."
"Oh the irony."
"I know, right?"
"Why would a doctor try to kill you?"
"Oh not him, the automaton of his daughter."
"His daughter tried to kill you?"
"No, a robot of his daughter did. I'm sure his daughter is quite nice."
"Why would someone make a robot of his daugher?"
"It's Greek Mythology! Who knows anything?!"
"I thought it made sense to you guys."
"Are you kidding? Nothing does. We just roll with it. I mean, Annabeth told Percy that cannibalistic giants were Canadians because that's the only way he could handle it. And Percy also thought that the Feast of Fortuna was the Feast for Tuna."
"Is he stupid?"
"No, he's stressed and done with life."
"Done with life?"
"He's kind of our leader. But he got a ton of things thrown at him and he just goes with it. He does his best and his best is awesome, but he goes with the flow. But he can be a bit rebellious against the gods sometimes."
"I wouldn't blame him. So...can you trick out my games to go into idiot mode?"
"Sure!"
