Ch.29
Percy turn but he could leave, Poseidon called "Honor Guard"
The Cyclopes immediately came forward and made two lined from the throne room to the door. they came top attention "All hail Perseus Jackson" Tyson said "Hero of Olympus...and my brother"
Percy was about to walk out of the throne room when a bright golden light shine at the ceiling, everyone cover their eyes, then something fell to the ground with an impact. Everyone in the room look at the man lying face down on the marble floor which has crack from the impact. The man was half naked, he wore a battered gray jeans and black dirty shoes and He has a tattoo on his back, an Omega symbol with wings on either side, inside the symbol is a trident, at the bottom is Greek letters that says Perseus and the color is sea green that glisten and move as if there's something inside of him. He was holding a blood red scabbard on his left hand and a ominous dark blade on his right, the man let them go and tried to stood up but fail, he tried again and he succeeded. He look up and put his hand over his face and groan
"Ugh my head" he run his hand down his face
He tense and look at the gods, he pointed at them.
"Wait aren't you?..." then turn and his arm went slack
"Oh you gotta be kidding me"
he has natural tan skin, with muscular body, his long messy hair fall up to his chin, and a strand of hair was braided on the side with a feather attach to it. He has sea green eyes but the white in them is dark. The man turn around and pick up his sword and scabbard, he sheathe the sword like a snake a frozen water chain wrap in the scabbard and the hilt like a snake, the moment the scabbard hit the hilt, he fall to his knees and pass out again
Everyone just look at the man with silence
"What just happen?" Percy ask
Percy just spend the most wonderful week of his life, he survive the war, he save the world and the most important of all he got the girl, he and Annabeth are together now, the building of the new cabins are coming on great and more demigod are walking in the borders. Percy walk to the to the mess hall for lunch, he walk in and smile and wave at Annabeth at the Athena cabin and she smile back, her golden lock of hair that shine under the sun, her glistening gray eyes. Percy got so distracted by her beauty he walk into one of the table.
"ooof"
Everyone laugh
"Idiot" Thalia said on Artemis table, The goddess of the moon decided to give them a break for their War effort, so they stayed at Camp for a while
"Dude that is so uncool" Travis said at the Hermes table, he limp to the Poseidon table and sat down. He ate his breakfast and wonder about the man in the throne room. He's currently at the infirmary of the camp, the gods decided to put him there until they know more and until he woke so that they could ask him, everyone kept on telling him that they look alike. Zeus even ask Poseidon if the man was his hidden son, and he shook his head. Everyone were curious who the man was, some say, he's Percy's twin, or brother, considering he has a creepy Katana they say he's a ninja, and some say he's from the future and Travis got hit for suggesting it.
After breakfast Percy walk in to the Arena for his sword lesson, He saw Annabeth practicing on one of the dummies, she saw him and she stop and smile brightly, Percy walk up to her and kiss her, she blush
"What was that for Seaweed Brain?" she ask
"For being so beautiful"
Annabeth blush reddened and laugh
"Oh Gods, if you guys are gonna be all gooey Romantic please do it somewhere else" Clarrise said as her cabin get ready for sword training.
"Wanna spar?" Annabeth said
Percy nodded
He got distracted by her beautiful golden hair and after two moves, Annabeth's knife is in his throat, she frown at him "What was that?" she ask
Percy rub the back of his neck and look down embarrassed "I just got distracted by how pretty you are "
Annabeth blush and punch his arms
they laugh
"Seriously you guys take it somewhere else" Clarrise said
They started again
Annabeth stab at him and Percy swipe it and then slash downward, she jump back to avoid. Percy lunged and stab, she side step and then slash, Percy duck and then whirl, she step back and they circle each other.
"What do you think about the man?" Percy ask her as he lunged again
"I don't know" She reply as she swipe his sword away with her knife
"Do we really look like each other" as he dodge Annabeth's strike
"Yeah but the guy was a little bit older version" they continue to spar for 30 minutes before they took a break
"What do you think this mean?" Percy ask breathing and sweating
"I honestly don't know" she reply
After the sword training Percy walk into the infirmary, he found Will checking the man, he was wearing a white v neck shirt and a sheet cover half of his body, the braided strand was let loose and the feather in the stand next to the bed.
"What's up Perce" Will greeted
"hey Will, how is he?"
Will look at the sleeping man "There's nothing wrong with him actually, he just need some rest" he look at the man and Percy back and forth
"You guys are really alike, he could be your twin you know"
Percy nodded "I know. Do you think he's my brother?"
"I don't know, but this guy is older than sixteen, eighteen or seventeen"
"Call me when he wake up" Percy said, then walk out
The conch horn blew to signal dinner and Percy walk in the mess hall, just like usual he look at the Athena cabin and wave at Annabeth, she smile at him and he got distracted again and walk in one of the table
"oof"
Everyone stare at him
"Okay it was funny at first, the second, the third, the fourth and the fifth times you did it but now its just sad" Connor said
"Shut up"
Percy sat down on his table, he got his food and then sacrifice to the gods
"To the Gods" Chiron cheered
and everyone followed
After dinner, Annabeth and Percy sat and hold hand together and sang along the campers at the Amphitheater, after that Percy walk her to her cabin
They were at the door
"Night" she said
Percy smile "Good Night" Annabeth lean in to kiss him and went inside and close the door, Percy had a stupid smile on his face, then he look at the creepy owl and his smile melted
He heard an owl coo and he bolted for his cabin.
Percy woke up, he brush his teeth, got dress on his camp shirt, then walk out of his cabin, on his way to the mess hall he ran into Nico
He smile at him "morning, you don't look so good" He look like a zombie
"I hate mornings" Nico complain
Percy put his arms around his shoulder "come on lighten up"
Nico groan
the moment they walk in the mess hall, everyone stare at him, he stop "What?" he ask
"We're just waiting for you to do your routine" Katie said
Percy rolled his eyes "Don't worry, I won't do it this time" he said and sat down on his table.
Percy woke up in a familiar sight before him, he rub his eyes and sat up and look around, it took him a while to remember what happen and then he curse the Giant in every language he know which is a lot considering the Lethe's power, he threw the sheet aside and put his feet on the ground. He was wearing a white v neck shirt and a blue jeans, he braided his hair and attach Piper's feather on the strand, he look for bandage and cover his SPQR tatoo, then walk out of the infirmary barefoot since he couldn't find shoes. He climb the hill of Camp half blood and the dragon guarding the fleece look at him
Percy smile "Hello Paleus"
Percy look at his home, the arena, the cabins, the strawberry field and the big house
"Ahhhh sweet home" he held his hand to the sky and shout "ANDROMEDA" and the blade flew from the big house to his hand.
Percy look at her "I'm sorry for losing you again, I promise it won't ever happen"
The sword humm
Percy smile "Thanks" he look at the mess hall and began walking, he could hear noise coming off the hall, he stop in the front, he sigh "Here we go" he said and walk in
The talking die down and everyone look at him and he just smile. Percy walk toward the head table and look around him, he saw Annabeth, Clarisse, Travis, Connor, Katie, Jake, Thalia, And then he stop at the Poseidon table and look at himself, he marbled at how much he has change in an expand of one year. He continue on, then stop in front of Rachel, Chiron and Mr. D
he smile at them "Hello" he greeted
"ah finally you're awake, would you mind telling us Who you are?" Chiron ask gently with curiosity burning in his eyes and Mr. D just look bored
Percy pause for while and everyone waited for him to answer
"That is difficult to answer"
Chiron raised his eyebrow
"Why do you have Amnesia?" some one ask and laugh behind his back
"Its not funny as it sound but no, its a lot more complicated than that"
"Then tell us your name" Clarisse said exasperate
"I'm Perseus Jackson and i'm from the future"
Silence envelope the room for a few minutes as they all try to process on what he said and Percy just stood there smiling mischievously.
"Wait I was right!" Travis said from the Hermes table
"Travis shut up" Katie yelled
Annabeth was about to open her mouth when Percy said "I thought it was impossible too but I'm here" she frown at him
"No I'm not reading your mind, I just predicted your gonna say that and if you don't believe me I swear on the river Styx that I'm telling the truth" Thunder rung across the sky and everyone expected the Styx to claim him but he remain there standing in front of the head table, while everyone stare at him wide eyes.
"Well that was a nice surprise" Mr. D said
The councilors stood around the ping pong table for the emergency meeting, they all look at Percy as he eats his nacho seating in a chair and his sword on the side.
"Dude this is so weird" Grover whispered at young Percy
"I know" he reply
"Well look at the upside, you gotten handsomer" Drew said the new head of the Aphrodite Cabin, Annabeth frowned at her as she look at the future Percy like an hungry wolf and he's a meat.
Drew lean in "So tell us about you?" She said sweetly and added charmspeak, Percy was about to swallow a nacho, he stop for a second, then continued on.
Drew frowned, then smile "Tell us about the future" she said again and adding more charmspeak
Percy continued on eating
"Drew stop" Annabeth said, But continued on goind
Frustration growing on Drew, she thought she could control him with her charmspeak but it's not working
she tried again, this time full power
"Hey do you wanna have a date with me" she said sweetly
Suddenly Percy slam his hand on the ping pong table, he look at Drew with anger
"Look here you little bitch, I haven't eaten for gods know how long, I can't enjoy my food if you keep on annoying, if you ever charmspeak me again I will cut off your tongue" He yelled, then continued on eating
Everyone stare at him shock
"it seems to me you still need to control your temper" Grover said to younge Percy
Chiron and Mr. D came in
Percy look at them "could we start the meeting, I'm kinda of in a hurry" he said then drank from his soda from a goblet
"We have to wait for few more minutes err" Chiron doesn't know what to call him
"Why don't you all call me Jack to avoid confusion" Future Percy said
Chiron nodded "Yes I think that would be the best"
Mr.D look at Jack "It seem the older you get the more annoying you become"
Jack look at the god "You know, I was gonna tell you how you got your sentence over, but now I change my mind"
Dionysus froze and look at him eating his nacho "you mean I got freed from this prison"
Jack shrugged "Maybe you did or maybe you didn't, I guess you'll never find out"
Dionysus eyes flared "TELL ME" he roared, everyone in the room got ready to run if the god revealed his true form
Jack just sat there and smile at him unfazed by his anger
"Mr. D please calm down"
the god look at Chiron and calm himself, he sat down while glaring at Jack. Everyone stare at him in shock on what he just did.
"So umm Jack how far are you from the future?" Annabeth ask
He had a thoughtful expression "The Titan war just ended, I guess a year"
"What else can you tell us?" Grover ask
he shook his head "I don't think you'll want to know" that put stop at the questions
Percy sat there silently feeling confuse of the situation, here sitting in front of him is his future self. The whole thing is giving him a headache
They waited until one by one the Gods of Olympus appeared
They all look at Jack and he smile at them.
"Hello" he greeted
Zeus look around the room "Chiron Don't you think this room isn't suitable for meetings?" he snap his finger and the room did a 360, the room was still the same but the furniture were different, the gods sat on chairs positions like their thrones and the demigods sat on a long couch while Jack on a chair
"You'll tell us your story and we will decide if its the truth" Zeus said
They all waited for him to start but he just kept on eating his nacho which irritate Zeus
Jack look up "Oh I'm sorry, I haven't eaten food except Ambrosia for a while now, just let me finish" he said and continue on eating
By the time he finish his nacho, Zeus was ready to blast him with his master bolt
Jack clap his hand "Now let's get started, I'll just tell you the short version since I don't have time" lean back on his chair "It all star-"
"Wait" Athena interrupted "Tell us the long version so that we may understand"
"Look I don't have much time okay I wasn't the only one who came to this time, they probably have a head start so just listen closely, it all started when you issue a quest to find a book"
"This all started because of a book!" Zeus said exasperate
Poseidon sigh "Calm down and let the boy finish"
Jack gestured at him "Thank you. Now I was pick to do it, so I went to The Sea Of Monsters to find it, After days of sailing and I found the island where it was hidden,
Jack brush it off as if its a minor detail "Anyway, I found the book, and that's where things got complicated, I got ambush by the enemies and they took away the book"
"And you let them?" Ares said
Jack shrugged "They're really cautious of me after that incident, If I move a single muscle they would have kill me"
"What kind of book is it, I've never heard a book powerful enough to travel someone back in time"
"Nobody knows about it really, even Hecate only thinks of its existence as a legend her father told her about, the title was The book of Ouranos , and the only one who knows everything about it is" Jack expression change in to a pure disdain "HER"
everyone stare at him
Then his expression change again "Anyway, they threw me into a prison and I escape, I found them and they're already using the book, so I try to stop them, then a shockwave blast me back then suck me into this golden light. Then I woke up in the throne room"
Everyone was silent for a while
"he's telling the truth" Apollo said and Hermes agreed
" now now, Before we judge we should find out about these enemies he's talking about, I sense he's holding back something" Hera said, and Athena nodded
"Who are your enemies? and what are they using the book for" Zeus ask
They all waited for him to answer
he run his hand through his hair "I think that we should stick to need to know basis, it might mess up the future beyond repair and we all know that I'll get blame even though it wasn't me who's using the stupid book"
"That's true, everyone seems to blame us for everything even though we didn't do it" Percy said
Jack pointed at Percy "The handsome dude is right"
"you may be right, but how are you gonna find it?" Poseidon said
Jack smile "Don't worry about that, now that you all" he stood up but Athena snap her fingers and two handcuff wrap around his wrist to the armrest.
he pull them and then look at Athena "What is this?"
"We can't have you wondering around, you might cause damage, perhaps you should tell us how to find it and we'll issue a quest" she said
"Those who agreed" Hera ask
all the gods raise their hand
"I don't think you understand, no demigod in this time can defeat that asshole, your just sending them to their death"
"I assume you could?" Artemis ask
"Of course"
For the first time Annabeth spoke "Why don't you just tell us how to defeat them?"
"even if I did, you're not strong enough, you'll die" Jack look at the gods "And before you do anything, that includes the guys from San Francisco"
They all look at him
"How do you know about them?" Zeus ask with suspicion
Jack smile "I know a lot of things, now if you please release me"
"even if what your saying is the truth, we still can't let you go" Hera said
Jack curse under his breath
"Then how about this, someone must accompany him"
"That could work" Jack said
"very well we shall tel you tomorrow of our decision" Zeus said as he was about to leave
"Wait, you need to decide now, I've been delayed for a week, I cannot wait for another day"
"How about we accompany him Milady?" Thalia said
everyone look at her
"What do you think" Athena ask Artemis
She thought for a while, then nodded "I'll make an exception since it's an emergency"
Jack smile "Great, we'll leave in an hour"
What do you think?
