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I nicknamed this chapter Clarisse and the Donuts.
Part 25
"I called for the flask and gave the cap a quarter turn. Instantly a white sheet of wind jetted out and propelled us sideways, and turned our downward plummet into a forty-five degree crash landing. We hit the ocean and skipped like a stone over the waves, before whizzing along like a speed boat," said Percy.
"That was scary, I was hanging on for dear life," said Annabeth. Athena was glaring at Poseidon.
"It's not my fault Athena, they were free-falling from a ship to the ocean and they are now whizzing along it, not hurt or injured," said Poseidon angrily at Athena.
"We tried to Iris message Chiron, we thought it was important to let someone know what Luke was up to, and we didn't know who else to trust," said Percy.
"You could have told me," said Thalia.
"You were a pine tree," shouted Travis.
"Yes but I wouldn't have told your secrets," said Thalia.
"You couldn't talk at all, YOU WERE A PINE TREE," shouted Connor and then grunted as Thalia punched both he and his brother in the gut.
Anyway, the connection was poor. It was like Chiron was at a dance club, there was a weird strobe light flashing in the background and rock music blaring," said Annabeth.
"Chiron in a dance club….." said Apollo, none of the gods or demi-gods could believe it.
"We told Chiron what was happening, but with the noise from his end and the rushing wind and waves from our end it made it very difficult to hear," said Percy.
"Our connection was broken like the screen had been smashed like someone had thrown a bottle at it," said Annabeth.
"Oh I asked Chiron about that later, it was a bottle. They were aiming it at his head, he was not impressed," said Percy laughing.
"After an hour we came to Virginia Beach," said Percy.
"The Princess Andromeda travelled that far over night," said Athena in awe.
"Yeah five hundred and thirty nautical miles," said Percy. Athena looked shocked that Percy knew the distance.
"This is the quest where we found out that Percy had perfect bearings while at sea," explained Annabeth.
"Cool can we test it out? We could drop him somewhere in the pacific and see if he knows where he is," pondered Connor who was then soaked with sea water.
"It was like I was a human GPS unit," said Percy, "I still am at sea," he continued with a shrug of the shoulders.
"A coastguard cruiser saw us and turned around to following us. I directed Percy to navigate us into Chesapeake Bay as I knew a place to hide," said Annabeth. Thalia gasped.
"As we entered the mouth of the river, it was like I was coming off a sugar high. I was tired and frazzled and no longer knew which way to steer the boat," said Percy.
"Once we beached the lifeboat and buried it with branches I directed Percy and Tyson to the hideout I knew," said Annabeth.
"You showed him our hideout?" asked Thalia.
"Yes, I doubt that Luke even remembered where it was, or cared," said Annabeth.
"I was hoping I had imagined it, but Annabeth confirmed it. Luke had let us go too easily," said Percy.
"Yeah he didn't even try to follow you," said Artemis.
"We had overheard Luke say, they'll take the bait, and we thought he was talking about us," explained Annabeth.
"The fleece is the bait?" asked Rachel.
"We thought we would do all the hard work and get the fleece. Luke would try and steal it from us," said Percy.
"He's a son of Hermes of course he'll try and steal it," said Katie who then gulped as she saw the angry look from Hermes and his sons.
"I asked Annabeth what Luke meant that Thalia would be on his side," said Percy.
"I told Percy he reminded me of Thalia, that they are so much alike it's scary," said Annabeth.
"They don't look anything alike- well except for the black hair, how is that scary?" asked Apollo.
"No not in looks in behaviour. I thought Thalia and Percy would either be best friends or they would have strangled each other," said Annabeth.
"What did you two decide on?" asked Nico confused "I thought Grover and Annabeth were your best friends and you two were strangling each other just last week."
"If I have choice, I would say best friends. I don't like being choked," mumbled Thalia, Percy nodded in agreement.
"Annabeth asked me would I turn against Olympus because I get angry at my dad at times, I said no therefore neither would Thalia," said Percy.
"You get angry at us?" asked Zeus and Poseidon.
"We all get angry at our parents at times, we are teenagers," said Will shrugging. The Gods frowned.
"Where is Tyson during this heart-to-heart?" asked Clarisse.
"I had sent Tyson to go get us food," said Percy.
"Your in the wildness, what is he going to find?" asked Ares "a convenience store."
"Tyson went looking for Powdered Donuts in the wildness," said Percy.
"DONUTS," the male demigods and Apollo, Hermes and Ares drooled.
"He is looking for donuts in the middle of nowhere, is he stupid?" yell Athena.
"My son is not stupid," yelled Poseidon anger flashing in his eyes.
"If he finds donuts I will provide everyone here with donuts," said Athena.
"Great they fight over Medusa, Athens and now a Cyclops finding Donuts," said Thalia.
"Looks like we get Donuts," said Percy laughing.
"What?" asked a confused Athena she wasn't the only person confuse.
"Imagine our surprise when Tyson came back with a box of Powdered Donuts," said Percy.
"He came back with donuts…," said Poseidon. Athena looked at Annabeth who nodded.
"It is true, he did arrive with donuts. We were in the middle of the wildness but there was a Monster Donut shop fifteen metres over the hill," explained Annabeth.
"Damn another chain store, you're near a nest of monsters," said Hermes.
"So Athena, where are my donuts?" asked Poseidon looking at his niece.
"I wasn't serious," said Athena.
"You said if my son found donuts you would provide us all with donuts," said Poseidon glaring at Athena.
"You want donuts? Here are your donuts," said Athena throwing a box of powdered donuts at her uncle. The donuts landed on Poseidon's lap and head. Poseidon grabbed the one from his head took a bite and threw it at Athena hitting her squarely in the chest.
"Ouch."
"It's a donut, it didn't hurt," said Poseidon as he chewed "Hey these are good."
"Can we have some donuts?" asked Connor. Athena had made a box of donuts appeared and was taking aim at Poseidon.
"Cool, a FOOD FIGHT," shouted the Stolls.
"I don't get food fights, it's a waste of good edible food," said Nico sighing.
"We will not have food fights in MY THRONE ROOM," shouted Hera.
"Why is it HER throne room?" asked a confused Travis.
"Because she is queen," said Katie shrugging her shoulders.
"If she is queen, why does she care? She won't be personally cleaning the room."
The demi-gods gasped as boxes of Powdered Donuts appeared in front of them. The drooling gods also had a box. Athena looked away from Poseidon.
"Does any one else want donuts, otherwise can we continue with the story," said Hestia giving Athena and Poseidon a look that screamed - grow up.
"We were watching the Monster Donut store when we heard a scraping noise of something dragging its belly through the leaves and a hissing sound," said Annabeth.
"It took me a while to realise what I was seeing. The monster had multiple necks, at least seven, each topped with a hissing reptilian head. Under each neck it wore a plastic bib that read: I'm a monster donut kid," said Percy.
"You ran into a Hydra," said Zeus astonished.
"It was sniffing the ground like it was hunting for something. We kept quiet in the hope the Hydra would pass us by. Unfortunately two of the heads were pulling apart one of our duffel bags. It was following our scent," said Annabeth. Poseidon and Athena groaned.
"Tyson stepped back and snapped a twig, all seven heads turned to us, we scattered as one of the heads spat an arc of acid," said Percy.
"Percy then made the mistake of.." begun Annabeth.
"You cut off a head didn't you?" said Thalia.
"I just swung without thinking, and there were now eight heads," said Percy.
"When do you ever think?" said Clarisse ignoring the death look Percy was given her.
"I backed up towards the river the Hydra following. Annabeth tried to distract one of the heads but another head knocked her into the muck. Tyson was not happy he charged between Annabeth and the Hydra and started smashing at the monster heads with his fists so fast it reminded me of the whack-a-mole game at the arcade," said Percy.
"We soon heard a chug-chug-chug noise that Tyson said was a steam engine," said Annabeth.
"From the river we heard a familiar female voice shouting to prepare the thirty-two-pounder. Another voice came out saying that the heroes were too close. The other voice said to fire at will," said Percy. Will was suddenly hit in the head by a half eaten donut.
"Hey, what was that for?" asked Will glaring at Nico.
"They said to fire at Will, so I did," said Nico. Everyone just rolled their eyes.
"I yelled for us to hit the dirt as a cannon ball came towards us and hit the Hydra which exploded showering us with nasty green slime," said Annabeth shuddering.
"There on the river was a Civil War battle ship named CSS Birmingham. Lining the decks were zombies in grey uniforms. A flag waved from the top a wild boar and spear on a blood-red field," said Percy.
"Clarisse is that you?" asked Ares.
"I had to rescue these losers from the Hydra," said Clarisse.
"You may have rescued us from the Hydra, but WE rescued you from a feast of goat with mango chutney," said Percy glaring at Clarisse who gulped and shut up.
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