To the Bermuda Triangle and Beyond
Percy
Annabeth didn't even have time to go into shock instead she picked up her duffel bag and ran to the elevator. I had no idea where she was going but I followed her either way.
"Come on Tyson," I grabbed our bags and followed the blonde.
We followed her way all the way to where my dad was greeting the guests.
"Mr. Poseidon looks like you got your wish, Percy and I won't be going on this cruise," Annabeth informed him. "We need to go see Thalia."
"Wait a second young lady," my dad grabbed Annabeth by the elbow yanking her back and he pulled the four of us to the side. "First of all what happened?" We explained to him about Thalia's condition. "My, my, this is serious," he stated as he stroked his beard. "First of all you may leave and I will delay the sailing for an hour just to give you a chance back."
"Let's go," Annabeth for once was the careless one.
"Do you even have a way to get there," I crossed my arms. "Looks I'm just as worried as you are but it if we don't have a way to get to the hospital there's no way we'll be able to meet the doctors."
"Well," everyone looked at my father. "It was supposed to be your birthday but I guess you can get it early," my dad motioned for us to follow him.
"Where are we going?" Tyson asked as my dad pressed the button sending us down to the eighth floor. He was so quiet I almost forgot about my brother.
"Come along now," my dad maneuvered through the crates and other items that the guests bought. When he finally did stop I looked at him with disbelief that was my present. "Happy birthday son," my dad tossed me the keys. In front of me was a black Ferrari California it was beautiful compared to the blue Prius that I used when I picked Grover up two winters ago.
"What happened to my Prius?" I asked but I was still gawking over my new car.
"You still want that old thing? Because if you do I can always take this back to the dealer," dad was about to take my keys away.
"No way, wait when did you buy it?"
"Got it when the last cruise was in Italy now don't you have a cousin to visit?" That got us moving, I was in the driver's seat of course, Annabeth was riding shotgun and Tyson was in the back. Dad on the other hand went to open the ramp that let us out.
I revved the engine and sped off. We arrived at the hospital in no time, of course being in a sports car helped and also have two people yelling at you while the third is cheering to make you go faster does help. Before I shut the car off Annabeth took off her seatbelt and jumped out of the car. Add in a roll and she would have been perfect for an action movie. When Tyson and I finally caught up to her, she was once again in the elevator. The good thing about this hospital is that it's owned by Apollo and we don't need to check with the front desk they know it's us.
"Grover what happened?" Annabeth asked him as he was blocking the door and preventing them from heading inside.
"I knew this was going to happen. Annabeth I know that you're upset but you can't see her right now, Apollo is trying to figure out what happened. All I know is that the charts that showed her brain function, the line was moving less from before and from what I've heard something entered her system."
"It's poison," Apollo finished off for Grover as he exited the room. "After being in the vegetative state for so long, her immune system isn't working as well as it normally could and some short of poison started to develop. It is spreading throughout her body and if we don't stop it soon it will reach her bloodline and it would be an instant death. We're currently slowing down the spreading of the poison and it's barely working. There is something that could cure her but we're not exactly sure."
"Well use it, it doesn't matter," Annabeth looked like she was about to attack Apollo like a rabid fan on a celebrity so I quickly stuck an arm out.
"Look it's not that easy," Apollo massaged the bridge of his nose. "First of all we need Zeus' consent seeing as he is her father. Second of all even if we did get it we don't have the medicine. The medicine is called the Golden Fleece and it was created by Chrysomallus a long time ago and it was claimed to cure anything and it did. The only people who know about the location are the Gray Sisters and we've finally got the location. The only problem is that the person I had sent it out to retrieve it hasn't returned yet."
"Well what's the location, we'll help her, how could you sent the person off by themselves," Annabeth fired questions at him.
Apollo answered all of our questions and we soon found ourselves heading to the Bermuda Triangle.
"How in the world are we supposed to convince my dad to set us off course and to the Bermuda Triangle?" I asked Annabeth as I stopped at a red light.
"We'll just get him to get us close enough to it then we'll take the jet skis to the island," Annabeth stated as if visiting the Bermuda Triangle is a daily thing.
"What about Blackjack?"
"What?"
"Blackjack, the car that you're currently riding in? My baby?"
"First of all you named your new car after your horse and second we'll just leave it back in the boat and you can drive it again when we get back."
"Are we going to tell Luke?"
"No, we shouldn't ruin his vacation."
"Here," I tossed her my phone. "Call my dad and tell him to open the ramp and also explain to him the situation.
"Hey Mr. Poseidon, it's me Annabeth."
"…"
"I'm fine, how are you?"
"…"
"Annabeth, not to interrupt your chit chat with my dad and all but we're approaching the boat soon and that ramp would be very useful."
"Fine, fine, yes Mr. Poseidon it is your rude son. We just wanted to let you know that we'll be arriving and we need that ramp as of now, I'll explain what's going to happen when we board."
"…"
"Okay goodbye to you too," Annabeth finally hung up and put my phone in the cup holder between our seats.
"Can I come with you guys?" Tyson asked whilst he stared out the window enjoying the view of the waterfront.
"Tyson," I started to tell him no.
"We'll talk about it later, we're here," Annabeth interpreted me.
"Hey dad what's up, want to do us a favour that might save our niece's life?" I quickly asked.
"I'm fine, and depends what's the favour," dad raised an eyebrow.
"Well we need you to steer the ship near the Bermuda Triangle then lend us the jet skis."
"Should I even ask?"
"Nope.
"What about Tyson, you have to watch him."
"But dad, we can't. You expect a seven year old to ride a jet ski?"
"No Perseus I expect him to ride with you and I can't watch him I have a ship to take care of," I wanted to retort but the look from his eyes was daring me and also saying if-you-want-your-car-then-listen-to-me.
"Fine," I let a sigh of defeat while Tyson let out a cheer chanting 'I'm going on a mission' over and over again.
"So Mr. Poseidon will you lend us the hippocampus?" Annabeth asked.
"I don't know, the hippocampus is a really fast jet ski and I'm not sure if Tyson's going to be okay on it."
"Don't worry dad, I got this, you do trust your son right? He did inherit your skills," I stated proudly and even puffed my chest out for an exaggeration which got a giggle from Annabeth.
"Fine, now how about you two enjoy what's left of your vacation before you head off," dad gave us a push. "And Annabeth how many times have I told you to just call me Poseidon."
"Sorry about that and one more thing. Can you please not tell Luke or Chris or even let them know what we're doing? I don't want him to freak out," Annabeth pleaded.
"I understand," dad gave Annabeth a knowing smile and the crinkles by his eyes appeared.
Annabeth gave her thanks and we bid my father goodbye. We decided to hit the different levels before our departure. I went to the buffet and stuffed myself with Tyson. For a seven year old he eats more than me. Annabeth on the other hand kept scolding us about our table manners but I could tell that she had a hard time keeping a straight face. We then headed to the first floor so I could introduce Annabeth and Tyson to the Atlantis Float which I named and created while the Neptune Café's menu was designed by my mom so everything was blue.
We were in the middle out enjoying our floats until the intercom announced that if we looked on deck we were nearing the Bermuda Triangle. That point we left our table and headed back to the eighth floor where my dad was waiting for us.
"I trust you guys," dad handed us the keys to the jet skis.
"Rainbow," Tyson ran towards one of them.
"Well then I guess I'll be riding Rainbow, Annabeth you'll take the other."
We thanked our dad one final time before we rode off. When we reached neared the coordinated that the Gray Sisters claimed was where the medicine was we noticed an island and headed towards it. We got off the jet skis and made our way into the forest. We kept walking and I had a feeling that we were being followed. My suspicions were confirmed when a twig behind us snapped.
"Well, well who do we have here?"
[A/N] I was originally going to use a Lamborghini Reventon or Veneno but it ended up costing under $2 million and over $4 million respectively so I decided against it. The Ferrari California was a bit under $200 000 pretty expensive but hey when you're as rich as the Olympians it's barely a scratch in his bank account.
Answer: The Golden Fleece
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