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But that shall be revealed LATER!
You will see the twist pretty soon, lets just say we have no Echidna, because I want to introduce her earlier on, but as more powerful then portrayed in the books, Typhon is the father of the monsters, and it takes all of the Olympians and Hades to kill him, yet Percy could probably kill the mother of monsters, so she will be introduced later and will probably be around Kampe's level
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"Vegas?" Percy asked, "We're going to Vegas?
Annabeth rolled her eyes but gave a small smile, "Yes."
"Vegas? We're going to Vegas?" Thalia mocked, grinning at Percy, Annabeth nodded again,
"Why Vegas?" Percy questioned,
"Well, I had a dream last night, my mother told us to go there, in the prophecy it also mentions a casino in Vegas, listen carefully, spot the reference, its really not that hard." Annabeth rolled her eyes at her companion's supposed stupidity, before reciting the prophecy,
"You shall go west, and face the god who has turned,
You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned,
You shall lose one, and find one, in the place where time stops,
You shall meet the daughter of the Goddess of crops,
And will sacrifice someone you love the most,
And will find the true thief, as the Solstice comes close,
You shall be betrayed by one, you could call a friend,
You will lose a friend, near the end," Annabeth finished quietly,
"That doesn't even make sense," Percy pointed out, "You shall be betrayed by one, you COULD call a friend, because I am doubting it means that you'll be betrayed by one, and if you wanted you could ring one of your friends up, that means that somebody that could be my friend, or could have been a friend..?" Percy moaned,
"He has a point you know..." Thalia trailed off when she saw Annabeth's look and decided to swiftly shut up.
"The Place where time stops, the Lotus Casino, Vegas." Annabeth stated with no room for questioning, and that was how the ended up in a service station around an hour later, they'd caught a ride with a friendly truck driver, who'd allowed them to sit in his trunk, it was an open roof trunk though, so it was fine, if not even more fun. Unfortunately, the driver had been going in a slightly different direction from then. He'd given them ten dollars to buy a snack before leaving them. They sat in a cafe intending to use the ten dollars, and if needed (which it would probably be) some money Percy'd grabbed from Medusa's lair. A young waitress eventually approached them,
"What would you like?" She asked, in a bored tone,
"Um, could I have a latte and a tuna panini?" Percy requested, ignoring the surprised looks that Annabeth and Thalia sent him, they quickly listed their orders off and the woman looked at them skeptically,
"You have enough money for that?" She asked, an eyebrow raised, Percy flashed her around sixty dollars and her eyes widened slightly, not expecting a bunch of kids to have that kind of cash.
"Tuna, seriously?" Thalia asked giggling,
"Yeah, yeah I know," Percy mumbled, a lustful look in his eyes, "But I don't care, tuna is so nice." He gushed, the two girls looked at each other and burst out into laughter,
"That's like, eating your sibling, or your nephew or something." Thalia spluttered,
"That's more Kronos' thing, if I don't know them I'll just say they were disowned," He leant in, "As long as my dad doesn't know it doesn't matter," He winked at them and pulled out, "Actually dad likes tuna too, he was the one who introduced me to it, albeit guiltily, I don't share that feeling, but I do share the love of the food." Percy explained, grinning as they gaped.
Suddenly the humorous atmosphere vanished. They all turned to face the imposing character who had just opened the door, his attitude bring the attention of the three demigods immediately. He walked over to the trio, occasionally baring his teeth or threateningly thrusting his knife at anyone who would oppose, or anyone who looked annoying in his eyes.
"Hey punks." He half said, half yelled,
"Hey thug." Were words Percy considered speaking, before deciding against it, "Hey?" He asked questioningly, the unspoken words obvious, "What do you want?"
"Ah, Artemis' pet project, son of a sea shrimp, or wimp, a huntress, is it fun living with more than twenty man-hating hotties?" He asked, rubbing his knife against his top, which had a skull and crossbones emblazoned on, with the words printed, 'NYC GANG'.
"Ares." Annabeth said cooly, "What do you want," She continued, straight to the point,
"Ah, one of Bird Head's Brain Kid,"
"Yes, indeed, what do you want?" She replied bluntly,
"Therefore this must be old Lightning pant's kid," He smirked, "About as graceful as a blind rat," He jibed, "Hopefully you have better memory then your father, how do you lose a lightning bolt?" He commented absent-mindedly - well acted as if he was commenting absent-mindedly, and the God of War's acting, was definitely not on point as some, nicer people would say.
"What do you want?" Annabeth cut in, before Thalia could yell an anger-filled insult.
"Back to Owl Head it is then. What I want, oh I want so many things," He raised his eyebrows suggestively, causing Annabeth to grow red in anger and embarrassment, she shook her head quickly,
"What do you-" She began, before being quickly intercepted by Ares,
"Want? What do I want? See me and one of my, uh, friends, we uh, left something in a nearby park, I want it back." He ordered,
"What did you leave behind?" Annabeth asked,
"None of your business Crow Face," Ares responded, a slight redness to his cheeks,
"We need to know, or we'll just pick you up a nice pink sweater, is that what you want?" Thalia taunted mischievously,
Ares bared his teeth at her threateningly, but responded to her after she mentioned something about a nice summery dress, "A shield, and a scarf."
"One, seriously, a scarf? Two, don't be so flipping hypocritical Dumbo, how do you lose a shield?" Percy teased the God who blushed and pulled out his knife, raising it above his head, trying to make the Son of Poseidon believe that he was about to stab him. The waitress who'd been walking over to them shrieked and dropped the tray of food, luckily it fell an inch and landed on a nearby, well-positioned table. Percy glared at the god, and Thalia hissed at him, cursing him in Ancient Greek, he glared straight back, his eyes alight with Greek Fire.
"Oh, come on Princess, bring the food over then fu-" Ares began angrily,
"Sorry," Annabeth looked apologetically at the waitress, "He's got a mental condition, makes him act like he's on his period, don't worry, the knife is blunt, he's really just a big sweetie," Annabeth forced, Percy and Thalia desperately attempting to hold in their laughs, Ares, a big sweetie, no way in Tartarus was that near the truth.
"Oh, its ok, do I need to be calling his doctor for you?" She asked helpfully, bringing the food over, much to the appreciation of Percy's growling stomach.
"No, no, its ok," Annabeth reassured before handing over the money, plus a bit extra for the inconvenience of serving the War God next to her, pretending to forget her rudeness from earlier, she'd made up for that. Percy practically leapt on his panini, quickly devouring it, with a contented smile on his face. The waitress quickly hurried away, whilst she understood this man's behaviour, due to a medical condition, that didn't mean she even nearly began to want to be within ten metres of him. Annabeth glared at Ares, whilst Percy, now he had the time too (the desire for a tuna filled panini in his stomach fulfilled) smiled at his friend, very grateful for her presence on this trip, because, yeah she could be a bit annoying sometimes, at least she was smart (ish) and was helpful in these kind of situations, not that they happened much, I mean, how often does an Olympian God of War, stroll into your local Starbucks, and make you go on a potentially life threatening quest to save his shield and the girl he was hocking up with's scarf (yes, Percy was clever enough to deduce that Ares was hooking up with some girl).
Then again, that really is the life of a DemiGod isn't it, go on deadly Quest, then go on just as scary Quests inside your already dangerous Quest, then be half eaten by hordes of monsters, really, life was simple for a demigod, as long as you were one of the lucky ones who died before they reached Camp Half-Blood and knew about the Gods, at least then they'd probably go to Elysium. He shook his head, trying to not think of the journey he'd been on with the Hunters, when they'd been searching for a daughter of Apollo, all they'd found was a carcass, with rotten flesh and crows picking at the remaining muscle. It had been enough to make the oldest hunters feel the need to vomit rising up in their throats, Artemis had quickly flashed them away, giving them a rare chance to stay in her Palace on Olympus, one of the few times he'd been there.
Ares looked at the demigods with a scrutinising, slightly confused look in his eyes, the look quickly vanished once his gaze connected with Percy's, "Well, you punks better be back here in three hours, or, next time your in a battle, I won't have your back." He threatened in an attempt to be menacing, slamming his fist on the table, before vanishing away.
Percy picked up his drink, ignoring the soft sensation of the hot liquid scalding his tongue slightly, leaving an odd taste in his mouth. He slowly downed the Latte, taking the final swigs as Thalia and Annabeth began to sit up from their seats. The trio made their way to the door of the Starbucks Coffee Shop, and walked out the door, Annabeth picking up a sheet of paper Ares had left and reading the scrawled out instructions, written in blood red. Twenty minutes later, (Thalia had snatched the instructions from Annabeth and made a very poor attempt at taking them to the destination, the only reason they succeeded in their arrival was due to the fact that Annabeth had, eventually grabbed it back, quickly working out their way to the Land of the Lost Shield and Scarf).
Percy stared at the entrance, desperately trying to make out letters from the decrepit sign. 'Wtaelarnd Asumentem Karp' He deciphered, before mentally rearranging them, 'Waterland Amusement Park'. Percy shook his head bewildered, why on earth was the God of War, taking his date, to an abandoned Water amusement park, the place gave him the creeps, and not just because of the multiple spiders staring down at him. If this was where the War God went on dates, he obviously he had no clue for romance
AN/ TWO words: IM SORRY
sorry for taking nearly a month to update, I was away on holiday and when I got back I was super lazy, so I held off finishing this chapter,
IT IS SHORT, because I'm trying to make myself update more, and give myself more initiative, it tells me what I can write next. The Earliest I can promise for the next chapter is in two days time, because tomorrow I am holed up at A Sports Fixture all day. I promise to try and [update] it quickl, again
So Sorry For Being a Procrastinating Moron
And Also
For Giving You a Crap Chapter in Recompensation