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Chapter 13:
Percy grinned at his mom and Paul Blofis (though he thought it was Blowfish at first). He had met the guy when he came home, and the man seemed good and all. Tyson had been invited to his 'birthday party', with his mom making an extra cake for him.
They had just sat down, when the doorbell rang and Sally went to answer it. She opened it, and her eyes widened. She squeaked. "Poseidon."
The sea god smiled. "Sally, looking as beautiful as always. May I come in?" Sally made a sound that may have been another squeak, a 'yes' or a 'help'. Posiedon took this as a yes and stepped in. Paul looked at the sea god before stepping forward, shaking his hand.
"Paul. Paul Blofis."
"Blowfish?"
"No. Blofis."
"Oh, a shame. I quite like blowfish. I'm Poseidon."
"Like the god of the sea?"
"Yes. I've gone by other names before, but I like Poseidon."
Percy smiled. "Dad, what're you doing here?"
"May I speak to you in private, Percy?" Both of them headed out to the balcony. "The explosion at Mount St. Helens…" He hesitated. "It woke Typhon."
Percy froze. "Wait. The one who could destroy the gods?"
Poseidon nodded, raising his hand as Percy opened his mouth to speak. "It's alright, Percy. Typhon was already rising. But something about him is more dangerous. I have a feeling, like Athena, that Lin Chung knows something more that he is not willing to share."
Percy shrugged as Poseidon continued. "I understand his intentions, especially we are so near to war, but we need to know what to do."
"You want me to get him to tell the Olympians?"
"At least someone that can plan ahead." Poseidon made a face. "Someone like Athena."
Percy laughed quietly, before looking out at the horizon. Poseidon pressed a hand into Percy's, giving him a sand dollar. "A sand dollar. You'll know what to do with it." Percy frowned, but took it as Poseidon smiled. "Happy birthday, Percy," and with that, he disappeared into a sea breeze.
He walked back in, where the three had just started a game of Monopoly. They were interrupted once more by two people shadow travelling into the room. "Are we interrupting anything important?" They jumped, Percy drawing out Riptide. "Put that down, Percy, before you break any more china."
"How do you-?"
"You broke china?" Nico asked, interested. Lin Chung looked at him, eyes open. Percy tilted his head. Lin Chung was still wearing his usual long sleeved shirt and converse shoes, but he was wearing pants instead of his normal skinny jeans. "My grandmother liked to break china. She did it every Thursday, and bought new ones on Tuesday."
"Um, ok?"
"Nico needs to speak with you." Nico held his hands up in surrender.
"This isn't my idea, I swear! He-" He cut himself off, before cringing. "Um, yeah?"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Nico only told me just now and I had to rush back from China. Consider yourself lucky. Also he's hungry and I heard that you had cake." Lin Chung pointed to Nico, whose stomach grumbled. He blushed, looking at the ground.
Sally smiled warmly and walked to the kitchen.
"We have plenty of cake left."
"What is it?" Percy turned to Lin Chung, who led him and Nico out closer to the balcony and out of immediate earshot of those inside.
Lin Chung frowned. "Something risky, but that will guarantee you an advantage in battle." He looked at Percy, before continuing in Greek. "Θα πρέπει να κάνουν μπάνιο στα Ύδατα της Στυγός."
AN, and so, with this incredibly quick chapter, the next chapter will start the Last Olympian. Tell me, do you want me to create a new story for the Heroes of Olympus series, or continue like this?
Translation: Θα πρέπει να κάνουν μπάνιο στα Ύδατα της Στυγός - You have to bathe in the waters of Styx