The Child Of the Moon: The Lightning Thief

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Chapter 13: I fight a really mean putty tat

I have to say so far turning in a pink poodle seemed to be the least crazy thing today. I mean as soon as we gave the dog over the dog started whimpering. I felt really bad about leaving him, in the hands of horrible owners. But as we walked away I heard "AHHHH, the dog he ran away again."

Percy, Grover, Annabeth and I all gave a full hearted laugh and I smirk as we walked back to get our tickets. So after two days of travel through mountains over rivers, and past oceans. And Luckily we weren't attacked once, but of course I stayed on guard the whole time keeping my hidden blades unsheathed.

"Hey uh...guys do we have any money left."I asked

Percy just seemed to ignore my question as he was too indulged into the newspaper article about him running away from old ladies on a bus and about him and his mom's disappearance.

"Yeah, here." Annabeth standing up from the nice comfy couch in the amtrak and handed me $25.

I then grabbed the money and walked to the front of the amtrak. As I walked down the aisle I looked out the window and noticed a few centaurs running across the plains, I waved towards the centaurs to say hi, a little one waved back saying hello. So I continued down the aisle and finally came to the Amtrak food store. There is the smell of doughnuts, burgers and even burritos.

"Hello how can I help you?" Asked the lady.

"I would like a burger please." I said.

She nodded handing me a burger. I then start to walk away, but as I try to open the door the door locks. 'Ah shit.' I thought to myself. I then turned around and instead of the store lady it was a Harpy. The Harpy lady smirked, she had razor sharp teeth, claws sharp as razors, her ears are pointed to a tip, her eyes the color of a golden color and slit, and she had wings that were folded into the back side.

"Hello child of Artemis." Said the harpy.

I immediately released my bow from my watch and took aim at her.

"What do you want demon." I said in anger.

"I am only here to send a message, and extend an invitation."

"And if I don't wish to hear it?"

"Then you are making an unwise decision and you will die."

I notch an arrow within milliseconds I had an arrow pointed at her face. Surprisingly she didn't flinch once, she only smiled.

"I only wish to deliver a greeting from Lord Kronos, and he would like for you-"

I then shoot her in the head with the arrow killing her immediately.

"Not interested." I said.

I then grab the burger and threw it in the trashcan, I then went behind the cash register and grabbed the money and some food I knew the creature didn't make, and I then made my way back to my friends.

Finally I reached my friends, Percy was semi-asleep, Annabeth was fully awake, and Grover just kept bleating in his sleep.

"Hey guys." I said.

"Hey, what took you so long?" asked Annabeth.

"Long line."

"But its empty."

"Not up front, there are actually quite a few people up front." I said, I hate lying, but I thought it be best I didn't tell them however what had happened. Everyone is already on edge I just didn't want to add to that.

I then went to the couch across from Annabeth and laid down.

"So," Annabeth said looking at Percy. "Who wants your help?"

"What do you mean?" Questioned Percy.

"Well, when you were asleep just now, you mumbled, 'I won't help you.' Who were you dreaming about?"

Percy seemed to be reluctant about saying anything.

"Well you see in my dream I am being pulled into a pit, and an evil voice is telling me to help him rise and he gives off an evil laugh as he is dragging me down." Percy said with fear in his eyes.

"Hmm." Annabeth said pursing her lips together. "That doesn't sound like Hades. He always appears on a black throne, and never laughs."

"He offered my mother in a trade. Who else could do that?" Questioned Percy.

"Hey ...Perce not to be a downer, but If this is Hades I wouldn't trust him with that sort of trade, I mean you do know that right man, I mean he can be deceitful ." I said knowing that It was actually Kronos I just didn't want to worry Percy even more.

Annabeth nodded her head. "I guess if he meant , 'Help me rise from the Underworld." If he wants war with the Olympians. But why ask you to bring him the master bolt if he already has it?"

Percy shook his head.

'Hm it seems as if Kronos is trying to get Percy on his side as well.' I thought to myself.

Annabeth then readjusted Grover's cap as he tossed and turned in his sleep to cover up his horns.

"And, Blake have you even met the guy I mean you don't know he might just agree to the deal." Percy told me with anger.

"Percy in all the old Greek myths Hades has been known to be deceitful and cruel." I told him.

"Blake is right Percy, you can't barter with Hades. He is heartless and greedy. I don't care if his Kindly Ones weren't as aggressive this time-"

"This time?" Percy questioned. " You mean you have run into them before?"

I noticed Annabeth reach for her necklace. She fiddled with the white bead with the emblem of a pine tree. 'It must be Thalia.' I thought to myself.

"Let's just say I've got no Love for the Lord of the Dead. You can't be tempted to make a deal for your mom." Annabeth said in a down trodden tone.

"What would you do if it was your dad?" Questioned Percy.

And as soon as he said it I noticed Annabeth's face go a little dark.

"That's easy," she said. "I'd Leave him to rot."

"You're not serious?" Percy asked.

Even I had to look at her questioningly.

"My dad has resented me since the day I was born, Percy," she said. " He never wanted a baby. When he got me, he asked Athena to take me back and raise me on Olympus becuase he was too busy with his work. She wasn't happy about that. She told him heroes had to be raised by their mortal parents."

"But how...I mean, I guess you weren't born in a hospital." Percy said.

"I appeared on my father's doorstep, in a golden cradle carried down from Olympus by Zephyr the West Wind. You'd think my dad would remember that as a miracle right? Like, maybe he'd take some digital photos or something. But he always talked about my arrival as if it were the most inconvenient thing that had ever happen to him. When I was five he got married and totally forgot about Athena. He got a 'regular' mortal wife, and had two 'regular' mortal kids, and tried to pretend I didn't exist."

I sighed and said, "I'm sorry Annabeth you got played a shitty hand really but you have to think about it like this, I mean ever sense I knew about my mother leaving myself to die I think about other people's lives and how some lead with terrible lives worse than mine...and I have to say some even worse than yours I know it's unfair, but all anyone can do is push forward and hope for a better future."

Annabeth had some tears in her eyes and Percy was looking out the window. She wiped her eyes and looked the opposite direction.

"My mom married a really awful guy," Percy said."Grover said she did it to protect me, to hide me in the scent of a human family. Maybe that's what your dad was thinking."

Annabeth continued to mess with her necklace in thought. She was pinching the gold college ring that hung with the beads. It is most likely her father's.

"He doesn't care about me," she said. "His wife - my stepmom - treated me like a freak. She wouldn't let me play with her children. My dad went along with her. Whenever something dangerous happened - you know something with monsters- they would both look at me resentfully like, 'How dare you put our family at risk.' Finally, I took the hint. I wasn't wanted. I ran away."

"How old were you?" I questioned before Percy could even ask.

"Same age as when I started camp. Seven."

"But.. you couldn't have gotten all the way to Half-Blood Hill by yourself." Percy said.

"Not alone, no. Athena watched over me, guided me toward help. I made a couple of unexpected friends who took care of me, for a short time, anyway."

Annabeth after she said that she seemed to be lost in thought and I didn't want to disturb her so I decided to not say anything else.

Toward the end of our second day on the train, June 13, eight days before the summer solstice, we passed through some golden hills over the Mississippi Rover into St. Louis.

Annabeth stretched her neck to see the Gateway Arch, and to me it really just looked like a bag handle on top of a city full of people.

"I want to do that," She sighed with a dreamy expression.

'Oh boy.' I thought to myself.

"What?" Percy asked.

"Build something like that. Have you ever seen the Parthenon, Percy?"

"Only in Pictures."

"Someday, I'm going to see it in person. I'm going to build the greatest monument to the gods, ever. Something that'll last a thousnad years."

I just whistled. "That's a really big dream Annabeth."

While Percy just laughed. "You? An architect?"

Annabeth just flushed. "Yes, an architect. Athena expects her children to create things, not just tear them down, like a certain god of earthquakes I could mention."

"Ha, ha she has you there Perce." I said.

Percy just looked at the brown water of the Mississippi below.

"Sorry," Annabeth said. "That was mean."

"Can't we work together a little? Percy pleaded. "I mean didn't Athena and Poseidon ever cooperate?"

"They did Perce with the chariot but even that took thousands of years all on just designing the damned thing. Those two are like oil and water man but you two are nothing like you're parents. Besides having a temper and being a little stuck up. But other than that you two should be able to work together."

They both just glared at me. 'Okay maybe wrong thing to say.' I thought to myself.

We rode into the city, Annabeth watched as the Arch disappeared behind a hotel.

We then pulled into the Amtrak station downtown. The intercom told us we'd have a three-hour layover before departing for Denver.

Grover stretched. Before he was even fully awake, he said, "Food."

"Come on, Goat boy," Annabeth said. "Sightseeing."

"Sightseeing?"

"The Gateway Arch," she said. "This may be my only chance to ride to the top. Are you coming or not?"

Grover looked at Percy and I .

I nodded, "let's go I think we need this..." I paused seeing the weird faces I was getting from my friends.

"sigh, I mean we need some normality let's go it will be fun and I am sure it will only be for a few minutes."

Annabeth's eyes lit up in excitement.

"Alright, I just hope they have a snack bar without monsters." Said Grover.

The Arch was about a mile from the train station. Late in the day the lines to get in weren't that long. We threaded our way through the underground museum, looking at covered wagons and other junk from the 1800's. It wasn't all that thrilling, but Annabeth kept telling us interesting facts about how the Arch was built, and Grover kept passing Percy and I jelly beans, but of course I would only eat the blue berry and watermelon flavor.

I however stayed alert at all times just in case something went wrong. I then heard Percy ask

Grover "You smell anything?"

Grover took a smell and said "Underground, and Underground air always smells like monsters. Probably doesn't mean anything."

But when it comes to demigods nothing like this is just coincidence. There has to be a monster around, and I am going to be prepared. So I just kept my hand on my wrist just in case I needed my bow.

"Guys," Percy said. "You know the gods' symbol of power?"

Annabeth had been in the middle of reading about the construction equipment used to build the Arch, but she looked over at Percy and said. "Yeah?"

"Well, Hade-"

Grover cleared his throat. "We're in a public place...you mean, our friend downstairs."

"Um, right," Percy said. "Our friend way downstairs. Doesn't he have a hat like Annabeth's?"

"You mean the helm of Darkness," I said.

"Yeah, that's his symbol of power. I saw it next to his seat during the winter solstice council meeting." Annabeth said.

"He was there?" Percy questioned.

Annabeth nodded. "It's the only time he's allowed to visit Olympus-the darkest day of the year. But his helm is a lot more powerful than my invisibility hat, if what I've heard is true..."

"It allows him to become darkness," Grover confirmed.

"He can melt into shadow or pass through walls. He can't be touched, or seen, or heard. And he can radiate fear so intense it can drive you insane or stop your heart. Why do you think rational creatures fear the darkness?"

"But then...how do we know he's not here right now. Watching us?" Percy asked.

Then I realized it was possible that Hades could strike us any moment if he is here. I gulped and tensed my body.

Annabeth and Grover exchanged looks while Percy and I looked at them expectantly. Heck my dad never did teach me about how to sense things like that. And my monsters sense as I now call it only sense monsters not demigods or gods themselves so maybe Grover or Annabeth knew how to sense the god of the Underworld.

"We don't," Grover said.

"Great. " I mutter.

"Thanks, that makes me feel a lot better," Percy said. "Got any blue jelly beans left?"

And as Percy asked that I throw the last blue jelly bean in my mouth.

" Sorry Perce, Blake just ate the last one." Grover said with an amused smirk.

We got shoehorned into an elevator that was quite small and add to the fact that we are with a fat lady with her dog, which was a Chihuahua (man freaking Chihuahuas freak me out they are vicious I mean how can such a little thing be so evil they are like mini Hell Hounds) lets just say it is really cramped, and none of the guards said anything about the dog. But what was weird was that I felt my monster sense going crazy near the fat lady. 'We are going to have to be careful around this monster she has such as strong sense.' I thought to myself.

We then started to go up, inside the Arch. I've never been inside an elevator like this before and honestly I am kind of afraid of heights, so I only freaked out a little as we continued to go up.

"No parents?" The fat lady asked.

She had beady eyes; pointy, coffee-stained teeth; a floppy denim hat, and a denim dress that bulged so much, she looked like a blue-jean blimp.

"They're below," Annabeth told her. "Scared of heights."

"Oh the poor darlings."

The Chihuahua growled. Which made me jump slightly. The woman then said, "Now, now, sonny. Behave." The dog had beady eyes like its owner, intelligent and vicious.

I said, "Sonny. Is that his name."

"No," the lady told me.

She smiled, as if that cleared everything up which it did sort of she and the dog must both be monsters.

At the top of the Arch, the observation deck reminded me of a tin can with carpeting. Rows of tiny windows looked out over the city on one side and the river on the other. The view was nice, but we were about 600 ft up and I really hated how high we were.

Annabeth kept talking about strucural supports, and how she would've made the windows bigger, and designed a see-through floor. She probably could've stayed up there for hours, but luckily for Percy and I the park ranger announced that the observation deck would be closing in a few minutes. I have to say I like Architecture but not as much as my dad did and not as much as Annabeth does currently.

Percy led myself, Grover, and Annabeth to the exit, loaded us into the elevator, and as I and Percy were about to get in we realized that there were already two other tourists inside. There was no room for Percy and I.

The park ranger then told us, "Sorry sirs, you must wait for the next car."

"We'll get out," Annabeth said. "We'll wait with you guys."

I was about to agree especially with this monster near us who wouldn't be able to get in the car either, but Percy just had to blab his mouth and say. "Naw, it's okay. We'll see you guys at the bottom."

Grover and Annabeth looked at us nervously, but they let the elevator slide shut. Their car disappeared down the ramp.

Now the only people left on the observation deck were myself, Percy, a little boy with his parents, the park ranger, and the fat lady with the Chihuahua.

'We are so dead.' I thought to myself.

Percy smiled uneasily at the fat lady. She smiled back, her forked tongue flicking between her teeth.

Waiit. I so called it.

"Dammit Percy you just had to let them go down!" I shouted at Percy

Then all of a sudden the Chihuahua jumped down barking at us.

"Now, now, Sonny," the fat lady said. "Does this look like a good time? We have all these nice people here."

"Doggie!" said the little boy. "Look, a doggie!"

His parents pulled him back. 'Kid that ain't no dog.' I thought

The Chihuahua bared his teeth at us, foam dripping from his black lips.

"Well, son," the fat lady sighed. "If you insist."

Ice started forming in my stomach. "Um, did you just call that Chihuahua your son?" questioned Percy.

"Chimera, dear," the fat lady corrected. "Not a Chihuahua. It's an easy mistake to make."

She then rolled up her denim sleeves, revealing that the skin of her arms was scaly and green. When she smiled, I saw that her teeth were fangs. The pupils of her eyes were sideways slits, like a reptile's.

The Chihuahua barked louder and with each bark, it grew. First to the size of a Doberman, then into a lion. The bark then became a roar.

The little boy screamed. His parents pulled him back toward the exit, straight into the park ranger, who stood, paralyzed, gaping at teh monster.

The Chimera was now so tall its back rubbed against the roof. It had the head of a lion with a blood-caked mane, the body and hooves of a giant goat, and a serpent for a tail, a ten-foot-long diamond back growing right out of its shaggy behind. The rhinestone dog collar still hung around its neck, and the plate-sized dog tag was now easy to read: Chimera-RABID, FIRE-BREATHING, POISONOUS-IF FOUND, PLEASE CALL TARTARUS-EXT.954.

I then click my wrist watch and out popped my bow and I pressed the button on my ring and my shield with my sword on the inside appeared.

The snake lady made a hissing noise that might've been laughter. "Be honored, Blake Love, Percy Jackson. Lord Zeus rarely allows me to test a hero with one of my brood. For I am the Mother of Monsters, the terrible Echidna!"

Percy starred at her. He then said the most "Intelligent" thing ever: "Isn't that a kind of anteater?"

She then howled, her reptilian face turning brown and green with rage. " I hate it when people say that! I hate Australia! Naming that ridiculous animal after me. For that, Percy Jackson you will die first, my son shall destroy you both."

"Great job Perce, It seems you have a knack for pissing off the wrong people or monster in this case!" I yelled at Percy

The Chimera then charged, its lion teeth gnashing. We both managed to dodge and leap away from the bite.

Percy ended up next to the family and the park ranger who were all screaming now, trying to pry open the emergency doors. I was at the opposite of the deck. I put my shield on my back, luckily it had a strap for my back. I then notched an arrow and fired hitting it in the leg.

It then roared in anger. "You're mother has killed enough of our kind, we shall have our revenge and send your body parts back to your mother!" screamed the Echidna.

The Chimera then charged at me and blew fire I jumped to the left and avoided the fire and Percy yelled "Hey Chihuahua." as he now had moved to another spot.

The Chimera shot flames again at Percy and he dove throught the explosion. The carpet burst into flames; the heat was so intense, it nearly seared off his eyebrows. Where he had been standing before was a ragged hole in the side of the Arch, with melted metal streaming around the edges.

Percy then went to slash at its neck. Which was not the smartest choice. The blade sparked harmlessly off the dog collar. He tried to regain balance and as the snake head was about to bite at Percy's leg I shot my arrow hitting the arrow through the eyes of the snake so it couldn't see where Percy was. But it still was able to bite him on the calf. The tail then wrapped around his leg and made Percy lose balance and tossed his sword into the Mississippi River.

I then grabbed my sword out of my shield and charged the Chimera. While Percy back up to the hole.

"Go Percy jump into the water. You will be safe there. Go."

"They don't make heroes like they used to, eh, son?" The Echidna said to the Chimera.

"If you are the son of Poseidon," the Echidna said now looking at Percy and not me, "you will not fear water. Jump, Percy Jackson. Show me that water will not harm you. Jump and retrieve your sword. Prove your bloodline."

'Come on Perce jump' I thought to myself as I continued to stare down the Chimera who hadn't made a move yet.

"You have no faith," the Echidna said. "you don not trust the gods. I cannot blame you, little coward. Better you die now. The gods are faithless. The poison is in your heart."

She was right. He was dying.

"Come on Percy jump man you have to I know the gods can be shitty but they are family just jump man you have nothing to lose!" I shouted

The Chimera then lunged at me. I then used my sword to hit the chimera away and then I heard the Echidna shout "Die, faithless one," and the Echidna was about to strike Percy down with her claws put Percy turned and jumped with his cloths on fire, and poison coursing through his veins.

I sighed in relief he should be safe now. However I wasn't out of the woods yet. The chimera then pounced on me pinning me down its claws digging into my skin. Luckily its claws had no poison and it was about to take my head off, but I used my hidden blades and stabbed it in the leg.

It lifted one paw in pain and I saw the snake lung at my leg to bit it but using my now free arm with my sword in hand cut the snake head off. The Chimera then roared even louder and got off of me in pain. It stood a little ways away in pain. Then it finally got over its pain and glared at me with red bloodied eyes. It then charged at me and blew fire out of its mouth. I held up my shield blocking the fire. I then sensed the Echidna come up from behind me. I then jumped to the right avoiding a swipe to the head. I then notched another arrow and shot at the lion head on the Chimera it hit part of the ear still not turning it to dust. The Echidna Screamed at me. " You continue to harm my son. You shall die."

This time she lunged at me as she lunged at me I put my hidden blades up and she thought I was going to aim at her waist but I ducked down and stabbed at her legs. She then used her claw at an angle to cut me but I rolled between her legs. The Chimera not realizing his mother was fighting me shot fire at me which I rolled out of the way and the fire hit the Echidna turning her to dust.

'One down.' I thought.

The Chimera then lumber at me I then Imagined a Rhinoceros how it is gray and has super thick skin and a horn that is razor sharp. I also imagined it a bit bigger than that of a regular Rhino and then felt my body change and my skin broke apart turning hard and changing to a gray color and my hands changed to that of a rhino's. Finally I stood as a bigger than normal rhino with thicker skin than that of a regular rhino. The Lion then bit down on my leg not puncturing the skin but still causing me even more pain. So I then put my horn underneath his neck and pushed up with all my might puncturing it's neck and before turning to dust the Chimer a blew fire from its mouth and moving its head at an angle it shot super hot flames at my arm. I then changed to human form my arms bleeding from the claws of the chimera earlier, a third degree burn on my shoulder and I then changed to an eagle and too off. I found Grover and Annabeth in a clearing away from everyone looking at the building in shock. I then flew down to their level. Changed back to human form and said "Hey guys." Right before I passed out frommthe pain and exhaustion.