Chapter 52

Road trip

At Camp Half-Blood

Billy was inside the stables feeding the Pegasi. Chiron had given him chores to do after his antics made Jon wreck the Hermes Cabin. As usual Billy found a way to piss off Jon and the two used the cabin as a playground.

"You're on thin ice Billy" Billy said trying to imitate Chiron, "Four footed know it all" he said as he fed a Pegasus.

The Pegasus looked at him and tilted its head.

"No offense" Billy said feeling bad. He stepped back and accidentally stepped in manure, "Aw man, how do you guys live like this it's everywhere"

Jon walked in the stables holding a set of tools, "I'm done fixing my half, it's your turn"

"I'm sick of these chores!" Billy barked at him. He looked at the Pegasus next to him, "I think I'm gonna go for a ride" he hoped on the Pegasus.

The Pegasus whinnied.

"What are yo upset about huh? I'm breaking you out too" Billy said to the Pegasus.

Jon stepped in front of him, "What if he doesn't wanna go?" he referred to the Pegasus.

"Well he'll have to live with it" Billy said sarcastically, "Now if you'll just get out of my way"

"I don't think so partner, I'm not taking the blame for you again" Jon warned him.

"Again?" Billy asked.

"Yeah first your cabin now tomorrow morning there's gonna be a horse and a jackass missing" Jon said.

Billy looked at him weirdly, "I'm only taking the horse"

Jon nodded, "Yeah I know"

Billy got what he was saying, "Move or I'll give you a horse shoe tattoo"

Jon grabbed his leg and threw him overhead.

Billy sat upright and glared at Jon.

Jon shrugged, "I'm just concerned about your wellbeing"

"Well it's the thought that counts" Billy joked.

Jon went to charge at Billy.

Billy lifted himself with one hand and dropkicked Jon knocking him into the standing Pegasus.

Jon pounded the ground with his fist creating a small tremor making Billy trip and fall.

Jon then went to stomp on Billy but he tripped Jon making him fall as well.

They grabbed each other and started rolling around trying to out wrestle the other.

Jon got on top but before he could do anything Billy started repeatedly hitting him with super-fast punches, stunning him, allowing Billy to escape by rolling underneath the Pegasus.

They both got on their feet standing on a different side of the Pegasus.

"You're dead!" Jon hopped over the Pegasus while Billy rolled underneath it.

"Not yet" Billy said.

Jon then rolled underneath the Pegasus and Billy jumped on top of the Pegasus.

As Jon got up Billy went to kick him But Jon caught his foot.

Jon then pushed Billy with all of his strength sending him flying high up where he grabbed on to a ledge, "Whoa!" He looked down at Jon, "Can't get me up here"

Jon kicked the wall, shaking the whole structure, resulting in Billy falling back on the Pegasus.

The Pegasus whinnied as Billy landed on it.

Billy went to get off to charge at Jon but then realized something, "This is where I wanted to be in the first place"

Jon then grabbed him and slammed him down on the ground and shoving Billy's face into the manure, "How's that taste?"

Suddenly they heard someone clear their throat in front of them.

Jon stopped shoving Billy's face in the manure and they both looked to see who it was.

They looked up and saw a drop dead gorgeous blonde girl with blue eyes. She wore tight brown leather pants that looked as if they were made from real animal skin. All she wore on top was a light blue tank top that was low cut so it showed her thin and toned waist and well sized breasts. In fact her whole body was perfectly toned.

She was holding the bridle of a horse that was loaded with her things.

"Can we help you?" Jon asked staring at her. He'd never seen this girl before at camp.

"Do I look like I need help?" The girl asked with a little bit of sarcasm.

Billy and Jon both got on their feet.

"Uh, we thought you were lost" Jon said.

"Yeah, this is, uh, Camp Half-Blood " Billy said trying to sound smart while he still had manure on his face.

"And you must be the grossly inept stable boys" she said mocking their stench.

Jon smiled awkwardly, "Hey let me help you with that" he went to grab the bridle she was holding.

The girl smacked his hand away, "There must be manure in your ears. I said I don't need help. Ever" she said sternly as she walked passed them with her horse.

Both Jon and Billy turned around with their eyes glued to her.

"Oh, well, I guess we don't even need to tell you where the guest courters are" Billy joked.

The girl tied up her horse, "No, cause I'll be staying in a Cabin, I'm a warrior"

They both looked at each other and smirked.

"A warrior?" Jon said chuckling.

"Well you can't be a warrior. I mean you're..." He struggled to say it, "You're a..."

"Short" Jon pointed out.

The girl didn't seem to like that comment, "Short eh?" She saw a pitchfork next to her, grabbed it, and swept both of their legs making them fall on their backs.

"Whoa!" They both say in unison.

The girl smirked, "Not only are you covered with it, you're also full of it" she stepped on Billy's head pushing into another pile of manure as she left the stables.

Both Billy and Jon stared at her as she left.

"She stepped on me" Billy said with a dreamy look.

Jon gave him a blank expression.


The next morning Dean and Tim were practicing by the sandpits.

"One punch?" Tim asked as he blocked an attack with his staff.

Dean ducked and slashed at his legs but Tim jumped over the attack, "I got knocked the fuck out in it's purest sense"

Tim swung his staff downward and Dean blocked by raising his shield, "That's crazy"

Tim suddenly became distracted as he spotted a gorgeous blond girl that he never saw before.

Dean smacked Tim in the face with the flat side of his blade, "Ow!"

"You paying attention brainiac?" Dean asked noticing his focus was elsewhere.

Chiron walked, with the same blond girl Jon and Billy encountered last night, through the training grounds.

"You'll learn the value of the team, surrendering yourself to the oneself" Chiron said.

The girl looked around at everyone training in fascination.

"Go, mingle" Chiron told her.

The girl nodded with a smile.

As she walked past everyone, all the boys would stare at her and mess up whatever they were doing.

Billy and Jon were climbing ropes side by side.

"I'm only cooperating because you didn't tell Chiron about last night" Billy said climbing down.

"Yeah well don't do me any favors, pal" Jon said.

"Well, well" the girl said stopping in front of them, "You two clean up well, for manure handlers"

All eyes were on the three of them, they were interested to see how the new girl acted.

She went to grab one of the ropes but Jon pulled it back, "Whoops, sorry, I forgot, no help" he said looking at Billy with a sly smirk.

Then she went for the other rope and Billy took that one, "Right"

Jon and Billy shared a small laugh.

The girl grabbed both ropes and pulled with enough force to send her flying all the way to the top.

"How'd she do that?" Billy asked.

"You know Billy" Jon said to Billy, "she really doesn't need any help" he realized.

Chiron noticed a lot of people had stopped what they were doing to watch the scene.

"Half-Bloods!" Chiron shouted getting everyone's attention, "Resume the exercises!"

Everyone went back to training.


Later after training everyone was at the dinning pavilion eating.

Dean, Tim, Jon, and Billy all sat together at the Zeus table. They always ate together.

Normally everyone would have to sit at their own table with the rest of their cabin but since Dean always sat alone he made an exception.

"Where do you think she's from?" Jon asked.

"I don't know, but she's smoking hot" Billy said with a dreamy look.

"Do you mind? You've gone after every piece of ass you came across since you got here" Tim said.

"What's your point?" Billy asked.

"You're a whore" Tim said plainly, "Stop contaminating all the females"

"I think you're just jealous cause I'm prettier than you" Billy said as he kept on eating.

"Why don't we arm wrestle for her?" Jon suggested.

"Yeah, that sounds like a perfectly fair idea" Tim said sarcastically.

Dean cleared his throat, "You guys are talking an awful lot about this chick"

"This is an important matter that needs to be settled" Tim said.

"Where is this girl, let me see her" Dean said getting curious.

Billy pointed at her, "She's over there"

Dean looked back and saw she was pointing at the Artemis table. He saw the blond girl sitting with a couple of other new girls.

This was strange because no one ever sat at the Artemis table because there was no such thing as an Artemis half-blood. Artemis was a maiden goddess.

A maiden goddess meant that they do not marry and have children the usual way or not at all. Athena's children are literally born from her thoughts, it is the meeting of minds that Athena thinks is the purest kind of love. Artemis does not have children as she detests males, and Hestia swore to Zeus that she would never marry.

Dean got a good look at the girl and then turned back, "Yeah she's pretty, so?"

"Shifreme" Billy talked with his mouth full of food making it impossible to understand what he said.

The other three looked at each other in confusion.

Billy swallowed his food and zipped next to Dean, "She's fresh meat!" he sounded excited, "She probably just figured out she was a half-blood after roaming the outside world all alone and helpless, just waiting for someone like me to snatch that virgin ass"

"Over my dead body toothpick" Jon said.

"Yeah right like either of you have a chance" Tim said.

All three began to argue amongst themselves and Dean simply watched in fascination.

Dean shook his head, 'All this over a blonde with a great rack'

Having heard enough Dean decided to break it up, "Look guys, your squabbling isn't going to help you figure this out. Why don't each of you talk to her, take her out on some dates, and let her decide which one of you she likes best?"

The three of them went silent as they considered their options.

Chiron interrupted their train of thought, "Half-bloods!"

Everyone stopped talking and gave him their attention.

"I have some troubling news. We've had some casualties as of late, some of our Satyrs have fallen victim to a creature's wrath, as well as the Half-bloods they were searching for" Chiron said with some sadness in his voice, "But this news brings us a new quest"

The word quest brought some excitement to the crowd.

"What does he mean by quest?" Tim asked.

"Like a mission" Dean said.

"The leaders of each team will see the oracle. Whichever leader receives a prophecy gets the quest" Chiron said.


Dean was waiting inside the big house. If nothing happened his turn was next.

Clarisse came down the stairs with a sour expression.

"Anything?" Dean asked.

Clarisse stayed silent as she walked past him.

"I'll take that as a no" Dean said.

"Go on" Chiron told him.

Dean went up four flights of stairs and stopped in front of a green trapdoor. He pulled the chord, the door swung down, and a wooden ladder clattered into place.

The warm air above smelled like mildew, rotten wood, and…a sort of reptilian smell.

Dean climbed up.

The attic was dark, dusty, and filled with Greek hero junk: armor stands covered in cobwebs; once-bright shields pitted with rust. One long table was stacked with glass jars filled with pickled things—severed hairy claws, huge yellow eyes, various other parts of monsters. There were shields with monster bites out of them and swords bent in the shapes of daemon heads.

A dusty mounted trophy on the wall looked like a giant snake's head, but with horns and a full set of shark's teeth. The plaque read, HYDRA HEAD #1, WOODSTOCK, NY, 1969.

Dean looked around, "There's a lot of stuff up here"

There was a broken sword hilt labeled: This broke and Leroy got killed. 1999.

Then Dean noticed a pink silk scarf with a label attached to it. He picked up the tag and read it: SCARF OF THE GODDESS APHRODITE, RECOVERED AT WATERLAND, DENVER, CO. BY ANNABETH CHASE AND PERCY JACKSON.

Dean picked up the scarf. The perfume was indescribable—rose, or mountain laurel, something amazing. He rubbed it against his cheek and it felt heavenly, 'Lord I can only imagine what the owner of the scarf smelled like'

By the window, sitting on a wooden tripod stool, was the most memento of all, a mummy. Not the wrapped in cloth kind, but a human female body shriveled to a husk. She wore a tie-dyed sundress, lots of beaded necklaces, and a headband over long black hair. The skin of her face was thin and leathery over her skull, and her eyes were glassy white slits, as if the real eyes had been replaced by marbles; she'd been dead a long, long time. The oracle looked like stereotypical hippie from the 60's.

"Um, hello?" Dean said awkwardly.

Suddenly she sat up on her stool and opened her mouth.

"Holly shit!" Dean jumped back.

The trap door behind him slammed shut.

Dean showed two fingers, "Peace lady! I got some pot if you want!" he took out a bag filled with green herbs.

A green mist poured from the mummy's mouth, coiling over the floor in thick tendrils, hissing like twenty thousand snakes.

"I am the spirit of Delphi, speaker of the prophecies of Phoebus Apollo, slayer of the mighty Python. Approach, seeker, and ask" The Oracle said.

"What is my destiny?" Dean asked.

"You will travel north where the water falls

In a group of four, differing from all.

The fool will find a stranger,

And with his actions put him in danger.

You'll acquire a new companion, strong and brave

One that will help your battle in the monster's cave" The oracle said.

The mist retreated, coiling into a huge green serpent, slithering back into the mouth of the mummy until there was no trace of it and she reclined back against the wall.

"That's it?" Dean asked.

The oracle mummy stayed deathly still.

Dean walked up to the mummy and left the bag of herbs on her lap, "Enjoy" he went back downstairs.

"Well?" Chiron asked.

"I have a quest" Dean said. He relayed the words to Chiron.

"Interesting" Chiron said.

"So a group of four, that means I can take my team" Dean said.

Usually only 3 people went on quests.

"North, where the water falls" Chiron said as he thought about it, "A waterfall…Niagara Falls is north from here"

"Sounds accurate to me. And the fool…" Dean said.

They looked at each other.

"Billy" they said in unison.


"So, you think we're gonna go hunt a monster?" Billy asked, "Dean, I thought you were enjoying your life the way it is, why do you wanna end it now?"

"Billy what happened to your sense of adventure?" Dean asked.

"It's alive and well thank you, and I prefer to keep it that way" Billy said.

"Well if we don't stop it who knows how many people that creature will kill?" Tim made a good point.

"Well I guess that settles it" Jon said getting excited, "When do we leave?"

"I was hoping you'd say that" Dean admitted, "I wasn't looking forward to facing this thing by myself"

"You think I'm gonna let you take all the glory?" Jon asked.

"Hopefully you guys leave some for me" Tim said.

The three of them started walking but Billy stood right where he was.

They turned back and looked at Billy.

"Don't gimme that look I'm not doing it" Billy said crossing his arms.

"I bet you that girl will be impressed if you go" Dean pointed out.

"Alright I'm in, all you had to do was ask. Sheesh" Billy said catching up to them.

"How are we getting there?" Jon asked.

"We're gonna drive there, how else?" Dean said.

"Our first adventure together, I wonder how it will end up?" Billy wondered.

"With your face splattered with its blood I'm sure" Jon said with a smirk.

Billy glared at Jon, "Guys we don't need him" he was referring to Jon.

"Uh, yes you do" Jon said.

"No, we don't" Billy said back.

"Yes, you do" Jon said back.

"No, we don't" Billy insisted.

"Yes, you do" Jon insisted..

"No, we don't but thanks for asking" Billy said.

Jon grabbed Billy.

"Guys!" Dean pushed them away from each other, "put your differences aside, all right? Cause I need both of you"

The three of them went to get their things and leave, not noticing that a specific blonde beauty was listening closely to their conversation.


The 4 of them were in Dean's Camaro, on their way to Niagara Falls. But they ran into some traffic, and by traffic, I mean bumper to bumper traffic.

Dean sighed, "Awesome"

"You know, if I ran by myself I could have been there by now" Billy said.

"I'm sure you could have, but we're traveling as a group" Dean said.

"Hey, you think if I threw a log with all my strength and jumped on it that it would carry me for miles?" Jon wondered aloud.

"That would not work for multiple reasons" Tim said.

"Just wondering" Jon said.


Later on, they reached Niagara Falls. Since the prophecy said something about a cave they figured they should look in the woods in the Niagara Gorge. So they parked the car and went on foot.

Outside the air-conditioned vehicle, they noticed what a hot day it was. If Dean were to fight Blob today all he would have to do is let the sun beat him to a pulp.

"Hey guys, I just thought of something" Billy said, "If we told the world who we were we could get famous, welcomed in every city, free food, girls asking us to sign their naked flesh. I could get used to that"

"Well, leave it to you to find the bright side" Jon said sarcastically.

"Actually Billy has a point, might give you a chance to give your arm a rest" Tim said laughing.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Jon asked.

"Tim I think you're underestimating my pal here" Billy joked putting his arm around Jon's shoulder, "Jon has the strength of 20 men, and his arm doesn't get tired" He joked again and they shared a laugh.

"Oh, you guys kill me" Jon said rolling his eyes, "Listen, I don't need to brag about all the women I know, like some people do"

"Oh, wait a minute. Do I hear what I think I'm hearing?" Tim asked.

"An echo in your head?" Jon replied.

"You know what you sound like?" Billy asked.

"A virgin!" They say in unison laughing.

Dean took no part in this conversation, bragging about girls wasn't his thing.

"Oh, well, wait a minute, Jon? No way!" Billy laughed.

Tim and Billy both looked at him curiously.

"Are you?" Billy asked.

"Guys, what difference does it make?" Jon said.

"Well" Tim said, "I think that if you weren't a virgin, you would probably know"

Tim and Billy shared another laugh.

Jon had enough of them so he lifted them both up from their necks.

"Whoa!" They say in unison.

"Look guys, I mean, I may be old fashioned, but I want my first time to be special, with somebody I care about. Now, is that a problem for either of the two of you?" Jon asked.

"No! Not a problem!" Billy shook his head in fear.

"A problem? No!" Tim also shook his head in fear.

"It's great" Billy said.

"Yeah, it's respectable. It's classy" Tim said.

"I wish I was one" Billy added.

"Good" Jon said dropping them both.

"What have you been eating?" Tim joked as he pat his back.

Billy stopped all of a sudden, "Shh, shh. Wait" He heard water splashing, "it's a naked woman. Bathing. Naked"

"How does he know?" Jon asked looking confused.

"It's a gift" Billy said, "come on" he ran to where he heard the splashing noises.

Jon, Tim, and Dean followed him out of curiosity.

Billy, Tim, and Jon peaked through some bushes while Dean stood back uninterested.

They found a blond girl undressing to take a dip in the lake. The same blond that they saw back at camp. She was undressing and the three boys were ogling her curvaceous body.

"Hey it's that girl" Tim whispered.

"Yeah, and I thought you said she was naked" Jon said.

"She is naked...under her clothes" Billy said.

"Maybe she's lost?" Jon said.

"Maybe we should offer her our services, huh?" Billy said suggesting something.

"Congratulations, Billy, you were right. Can we go now?" Dean asked getting impatient.

"We can't just leave her there" Jon said.

"Yeah, this forest might be crawling with perverts" Billy said.

"Gee, you think?" Dean said sarcastically as he looked at all three of them.

"We'll get a better look down there" Tim said slowly stepping down.

"Guys" Dean said.

The three of them went lower.

"Guys" Dean sighed at their immaturity.

They made their way down but when they got there she was nowhere to be seen. They came out of hiding to look for her.

"Huh, she was right here" Tim said looking around for her.

"She must have seen us" Jon guessed.

"Where did she go?" Billy said backing away.

Suddenly the blonde came out of nowhere and held her bronze sword to his throat from behind him, "She's right behind you" she said with a devious smirk.

Tim and Jon drew their weapons.

"Let me guess" the girl said, "You thought I was drowning" She joked.

"Please don't hurt him" Tim said trying to reason with the blonde beauty.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't" She said glaring at him.

Tim and Jon stood there clueless as to what to say.

"Really guys? Not one good reason?" Billy complained.

"For one" they heard behind her.

The girl turned around to face Dean standing there in a calm demeanor, "He's a little misguided, but basically harmless" he said with

"Oh, gee, thanks" Billy said sarcastically.

The girl brought her blade closer to his throat to shut him up, "You think invading a woman's privacy is harmless?" She asked sternly.

"That's not what I meant" Dean speaking softly.

"Yeah, what did you mean?" She asked with an angry expression.

"That they're three morons who owe you a big apology" Dean said referring to his friends.

"Yeah, miss, if you don't mind—" Billy was cut off.

"Shut up! What are you boys doing here?" She asked.

"We're on our way to slay a monster sighted in these areas" Tim said honestly.

"Yeah, right. You're going to kill the Ghidra?" She asked.

'I guess we know what we're hunting now' Dean thought.

"No, no it's true!" Billy said trying to improve his situation.

"Shut up! How do you boys expect to kill a monster when you can't even get past me?" She asked.

"She's got a point guys" Billy said.

"Shut up!" The three boys said in unison.

"Now you see that's where you're wrong" Dean said grinning.

"How's that?" She asked.

"I saw the surprise on your face when I came behind you, you didn't even know I was there. If I wanted to I could have taken you out easily" Dean said challenging her.

She knew that he was right about what he said, even though she would never admit it. But something about this boy intrigued her, "I think I'll come with you" She said with a grin.

"You're kidding, right?" Jon asked not believing his ears.

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" She asked with a straight face, "Sounds like fun. I got nothing better to do. Besides you boys look like you could use a little help"

"Tell you what, take that knife away from my friend's throat, and it might be easier for us to come up with a decision" Dean said looking her in the eyes.

She looked into his eyes and saw no deception in them. She pushed Billy revealing her half-naked body to them, "So, what do you say?"

Dean looked to his teammates and they all nodded in agreement as they stared at her.

"I guess you can come then" Dean said.

The girl grabbed her things.

"But" Dean wasn't finished, "I'm going to need a demonstration" he said twirling his sword in his hand, "catch my drift?"


Author's note: Looks like the boys got themselves into trouble again, who could've seen that coming? Hope you enjoyed the chapter, see you next week!