So this chapter of the demigods will be a bit different. We have the Stolls coming in for their appointments (wisdom teeth again), so this should be interesting…hopefully!

Again, thanks so much for the reviews, and if you have any ideas for the Seven, just PM me or post it in a review for a procedure you'd like to see and what they should do afterwards!

I DON'T OWN PJO/HOO or CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY!

CHAPTER 36: THE STOLLS STEAL STUFF

And so our story begins with our favorite sons of Hermes: Travis and Connor Stoll. Our story also begins with them being chased by the police.

"Oh, crap!" yelled Travis. "Dude, we gotta get outta here!"

Connor looked around frantically. "Dude! Alley!"

The boys rushed down the alley with their loot and looked around. There was an empty trashcan in the middle of the alley, and a homeless guy was sitting there.

"Hey," said the homeless guy in a glum voice. "How's it goin'?"

"Fine. We just robbed a game store." Travis held up Cards Against Humanity and the homeless guy freaked out.

"I LOVE THIS GAME!" the homeless guy screamed.

"Yeah…so do we," Travis said awkwardly. "That's why we stole it."

"Yeah," the homeless guy said, "that's what I do in my spare time, too."

Both boys stared at him.

"You guys wanna play a round?" asked the homeless guy. "I'm Jupiter, by the way."

"Travis and Connor Stoll," said the boys.

"Ha-ha," said Jupiter the homeless guy. "You last name is Stoll when you steal stuff!"

"Oh!" Travis yelled. "Now I understand that joke Percy keeps trying to tell us!"

"Why do you keep looking at me funny?" Jupiter asked Connor.

"Sorry. Your name's very Roman," Connor said. "We're Greek, so we've had our fair share of Roman culture, too."

"Yeah. My wife's got a Roman name, too. Her name's Juno. She hates it."

"This is just getting awkward," said Travis. "Uh, can we play the game now or not?"

Jupiter dealt the cards out and they all began to play.

Two minutes later, Travis presented a black card to Jupiter. "Congratulations, Jupiter! Your card was Every Christmas, my uncle gets drunk and tells the story of THE MIRACLE OF CHILDBIRTH. That was pretty good!"

"Thanks," Jupiter said. "Our next card is What's that sound?"

Jupiter handed the black card to Travis. "Congrats, man. You have answered that question with Mall Santa. That's great!"

Someone cleared their throat behind them and they all saw a woman in ragged clothes, holding a cane.

"Hello, Ceres," said Jupiter.

"Hello, Jupiter," Ceres said, coughing into a tissue. "How are you this morning?"

"Fine," said Jupiter.

"I see you have two new friends," Ceres observed.

"Yeah. Hey, since I've only known you guys for ten minutes, you wanna come to my cardboard box for some expired soda?"

"Sure!" said Travis. "We've got nothing better to do!"

So the four people headed a few feet down the alley where Jupiter lived, in a large refrigerator box.

"So," said Jupiter, "I feel like it's time to tell you guys something important about Ceres and me."

"What is it?" asked Connor.

Jupiter and Ceres snapped their fingers and their forms changed. Zeus was sitting before them and Demeter was right next to him. Both of them were wearing scrubs of different colors: Zeus' were blue and Demeter's were green.

"You two are late for your extractions," said Demeter. "And I don't like you," she glared at Travis.

Travis and Connor stood up awkwardly.

"Uh…we both got this sudden bout of diarrhea," said Travis. "So we're going to crap it out over there—"

Zeus and Demeter grabbed the boys by the wrists and teleported to Olympus.

Once they were in the waiting room, the boys went to the bench to sit down, but Zeus snapped his fingers and the bench disappeared.

"Give me the game," Zeus ordered.

Travis handed Cards Against Humanity over to Zeus and Zeus teleported it back to the mortal world.

"Excellent," said Demeter approvingly. "Now, follow us into the exam room."

Connor and Travis were led into the exam room, which was behind a white curtain. They saw that there were two chairs, not one.

"Hephaestus installed this one last night when he realized you two were having it done simultaneously," Zeus explained. "And we have already assigned you chairs. Travis, you'll be with Hermes and Demeter. Connor, you'll be with me and Apollo. GET IN YOUR CHAIRS! NOW!"

Connor and Travis glumly headed to their chairs, where Apollo and Hermes greeted them.

"Hey, Connor," Apollo said, "ready for this?"

"Hey, Travis," said Hermes, "how are you?"

"Yep," said Connor.

"Good," said Travis. "Dad, we stole a game today!"

"I know. I heard," Hermes said, giving Travis a high five. "And it was a good game, too! I've taught you boys well."

Demeter slapped him from her chair. "I need to ask Travis some questions before we begin." She pulled out a clipboard and a piece of paper. "Did you eat your cereal this morning?"

"Cereal's for old people," said Travis.

Hermes chuckled as he was putting a mask on.

"So, you don't like cereal? How unfortunate. I would've approved of you dating Katie, but I guess I will not approve of it unless you eat your cereal."

"Are you done yet?" asked Hermes. "I have to operate here."

"Yes. I suppose," said Demeter bitterly, putting the clipboard away and putting a mask on, too.

Meanwhile, in the chair next door, Zeus gave Connor some laughing gas while Apollo checked the amount of Novocain in the syringes. Then Apollo started talking in doctor-language, so Connor just spaced out.

"Any questions?" Zeus asked.

"No," said Connor.

"Excellent," said Zeus. "Apollo will now begin the procedure!"

Zeus handed Apollo the topical, which Apollo gave to Connor.

Meanwhile, in the other chair, Travis was already giggling like a maniac. Demeter was constantly dodging his flamboyant hands as they almost slapped her.

Overall, the procedures took about an hour per Stoll, so as soon as they hopped out of their chairs, they went to the first place they could think of: GameStop.

"Connor," said Travis in a slurred voice, "l-let's go in there and s-see what the hell's going on."

"My tummy hurts," Connor giggled. "I have to go poopsies!"

The boys entered GameStop, where the cashier looked at them. "Hi, boys," he said. "Can I help you today?"

"Hello, mister dude," said Connor. "We are looking for the bathroom!"

"In the back," said the guy.

Connor apparently didn't have to go anymore, so he slipped behind a nearby table, full of video games. "Twavis," he said, his face full of gauze, "let's get dis one!"

"Dude, slip it in your coat!"

"OTAY!"

Connor took a video game and slipped it under his coat. Travis grabbed another game and slipped it under his coat. Then the two boys headed out of the store. The store, oddly enough, didn't have an alarm, so the boys got off easy.

They headed back to Olympus, where the gods were cleaning up the exam room. Zeus snapped his fingers and one of the chairs disappeared. Now the office looked like it did before the boys had their procedures done.

"Daddy," Connor squealed, "I stoled somethin'!"

"Good for you, son! I love you guys!" Hermes hugged and kissed his kids. "We need to take your medicine. C'mon. Dr. Apollo's getting it ready right now."

Demeter looked at Travis. "I'll let you keep dating Katie if you eat this bowl of Frosted Flakes."

"Okay, Lord Demeter!"

Travis spat the gauze out on Demeter's shoe and took the bowl of cereal from her. He attempted to eat it, but spat it back out again because he was still numb. Well, to make a long story short, Demeter got mad because Travis spat out her favorite food on the floor.

STEALING IS WRONG, CHILDREN!